RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A)

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crsutton -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/11/2012 5:38:41 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: khyberbill quote: dive for my P-38 (set to an altitude the Zeroes can't even reach) means the same idiocy happening to the Zeroes what happened to my first two sweeps... amazing to see the Zeroes were even able to damage three of my P-38 (of which two crashed) but the P-38 shot down 15 Zeroes over the target for no loss during the engagemen I have had ok success against Zero's with P-38's but not so good results against Tojo's even when Tojos are on escort or lower CAP. Interesting. Perhaps there are other factors involved such as pilot skill or fatigue. Frankly, I can't think of any 2nd generation fighter that did not eat the Tojo for lunch in my game. P38 and Hellcats included. Tojo is the best fighter in 42 and early 43 but after that it is useful but no longer a threat.

khyberbill -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/11/2012 5:41:33 PM)
The game I am referring to is up to October 42. I was disappointed and thought I would do better. I had 70+ EXP pilots in the sqaudron.

Capt. Harlock -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/11/2012 8:29:02 PM)
quote: Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2598 troops, 164 guns, 166 vehicles, Assault Value = 1578 Defending force 72539 troops, 977 guns, 677 vehicles, Assault Value = 2584 Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 11 (4 destroyed, 7 disabled) Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Oh, no! They're getting the range! At this rate, the fall of Clark can only be a matter of a couple of decades! [:D]

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/12/2012 7:26:16 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Capt. Harlock quote: Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2598 troops, 164 guns, 166 vehicles, Assault Value = 1578 Defending force 72539 troops, 977 guns, 677 vehicles, Assault Value = 2584 Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 11 (4 destroyed, 7 disabled) Allied ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Oh, no! They're getting the range! At this rate, the fall of Clark can only be a matter of a couple of decades! [:D] Clark will never fall until it runs out of supplies, no matter how many IJA divs will show up, there won't be any success for the IJA as long as the defenders got supply. And at the moment there is plenty of it due to my succesful resupply runs with single freighters coming in from Pearl Harbour passing just 400 miles South of Japan! [:D]

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/12/2012 12:30:26 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 19, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet still no LRCAP over the enemy units while we still fly sweeps in preparation of the bomber strike... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 19 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 19 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 16 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 16 x H81-A3 sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 98 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 9 No Japanese losses Allied Ships PT-31 PT-35 PT-32 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x D3A1 Val bombing from 9000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 111 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 35 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 48 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 27 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 10 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 5 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet 5 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 4 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x H81-A3 sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 37th Division, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 59 No Allied losses while not doing damage in a wood/rough hex we still force the two enemy units into combat mode which means our pursuing will catch up as they are in move mode... Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 13 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 47 No Allied losses Airbase hits 27 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 59 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 90 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 11 No Japanese losses Allied Ships MTB 9 PT Q-111 MTB 26 MTB 12 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x D3A1 Val bombing from 9000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 7 No Japanese losses Allied Ships PT-32 PT-31 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2583 troops, 164 guns, 162 vehicles, Assault Value = 1579 Defending force 72539 troops, 976 guns, 677 vehicles, Assault Value = 2584 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 13 (5 destroyed, 8 disabled) Allied ground losses: 61 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 11th Division 48th Division 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 38th Division 4th Tank Regiment 2nd Tank Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 14th Army 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 41st PA Infantry Division 81st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 194th Tank Battalion 61st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 31st PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 14th PS Engineer Regiment 1st PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 21st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division 4th Marine Regiment 2nd PA Constabulary Division Clark Field USAAF Base Force Provisional GMC Grp Asiatic Fleet II Philippine Corps Far East USAAF PAF Aviation 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment I Philippine Corps USAFFE 1st PI Base Force Manila USAAF Base Force 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 57,106 (near Loemadjang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 13866 troops, 123 guns, 66 vehicles, Assault Value = 477 Defending force 774 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 446 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 446 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(+) Allied ground losses: 1006 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 72 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 5th Division Defending units: Soerabaja Base Force

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/12/2012 12:52:57 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 20, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 19 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 19 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 102 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 38 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 11 No Japanese losses Allied Ships PT-31 PT-34 PT-35 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x D3A1 Val bombing from 9000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 2 x D3A1 Val bombing from 9000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb PT boats seem to be regular targets for nav strikes... Cuttlefish keeps his dive bombers in level bombing mode... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 10 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 5 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet 5 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 22 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x H81-A3 sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 37th Division, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 71 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 13 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 31 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Airbase hits 7 Runway hits 20 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 16 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2606 troops, 167 guns, 166 vehicles, Assault Value = 1579 Defending force 72550 troops, 976 guns, 677 vehicles, Assault Value = 2587 Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 2nd Tank Regiment 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 38th Division 48th Division 4th Tank Regiment 11th Division 7th Tank Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 14th Army 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 11th PA Infantry Division 194th Tank Battalion 81st PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 31st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 71st PA Infantry Division 4th Marine Regiment 192nd Tank Battalion 14th PS Engineer Regiment 61st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 41st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 1st PA Infantry Division 21st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constabulary Division Manila USAAF Base Force PAF Aviation 1st PI Base Force I Philippine Corps 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Far East USAAF II Philippine Corps Provisional GMC Grp 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment Clark Field USAAF Base Force Asiatic Fleet USAFFE 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 82,39 (near Sian) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 57622 troops, 219 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2199 Defending force 9322 troops, 102 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 105 Allied adjusted assault: 1415 Japanese adjusted defense: 21 Allied assault odds: 67 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3943 casualties reported Squads: 132 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 117 destroyed, 38 disabled Engineers: 10 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 27 (17 destroyed, 10 disabled) Vehicles lost 10 (6 destroyed, 4 disabled) Units retreated 1 Allied ground losses: 347 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 44 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! we attack the enemy division that shock attacked over the river into our stack of units... as expected it was no problem at all to kick the division back over the river leaving it completely trashed... Assaulting units: 22nd Chinese Corps 15th Chinese Corps 24th Chinese Corps 92nd Chinese Corps 69th Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 41st Chinese Corps 5th New Chinese Corps Defending units: 32nd Division

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/12/2012 12:54:05 PM)
another turn only showing the usual bombing runs without anything important happening... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 21, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 19 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 19 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 38 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 47 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 45 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 26 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Zuid KNIL Battalion, at 47,91 , near Palembang Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Zuid KNIL Battalion, at 47,91 , near Palembang Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 28 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet 5 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 22 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 22 x H81-A3 sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 37th Division, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 59 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 13 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 14 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 37th Division, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 12 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2583 troops, 165 guns, 165 vehicles, Assault Value = 1579 Defending force 72580 troops, 974 guns, 675 vehicles, Assault Value = 2584 Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 17 (15 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Allied ground losses: 30 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 4th Tank Regiment 38th Division 2nd Tank Regiment 11th Division 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 48th Division 7th Tank Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 14th Army 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 41st PA Infantry Division 14th PS Engineer Regiment 91st PA Infantry Division 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 51st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 194th Tank Battalion 71st PA Infantry Division 61st PA Infantry Division 31st PA Infantry Division 4th Marine Regiment 1st PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 81st PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 21st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constabulary Division PAF Aviation Manila USAAF Base Force I Philippine Corps Far East USAAF Asiatic Fleet II Philippine Corps USAFFE 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion Provisional GMC Grp 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment 1st PI Base Force Clark Field USAAF Base Force 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/12/2012 1:01:00 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 22, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Medan (46,76) TF 41 troops unloading over beach at Medan, 46,76 Japanese ground losses: 602 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 82 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 8 (0 destroyed, 8 disabled) Vehicles lost 5 (0 destroyed, 5 disabled) the enemy lands a full division at the empty Medan and suffers horrible lots of disablements doing so... no idea why CF isn't using a small unit or paras to take the base to land his division at a friendly port afterwards... as always his combat unit comes in without ANY support... hmm, this seems to be a common tactic for CF but I doubt it makes much sense to be honest... 17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 21st Div /3 17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of 21st Div /4 17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of 21st Div /4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 19 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 19 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x H81-A3 sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 110 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 34 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 44 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Airbase hits 9 Runway hits 24 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on NS KNIL Territory Regiment, at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on NS KNIL Territory Regiment, at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 7 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 9 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet 5 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 5 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 5 x H81-A3 sweeping at 30000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 37th Division, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 69 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 13 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 13 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb 15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... Also attacking 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade ... Also attacking 37th Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 79,41 , near Kienko Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 18 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 18 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 7 No Japanese losses Allied Ships MTB 9, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb the Vals are now dive bombing... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2592 troops, 163 guns, 169 vehicles, Assault Value = 1579 Defending force 72611 troops, 971 guns, 675 vehicles, Assault Value = 2588 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 11 (7 destroyed, 4 disabled) Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled) Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 11th Division 48th Division 4th Tank Regiment 38th Division 2nd Tank Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 14th Army 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 14th PS Engineer Regiment 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 194th Tank Battalion 31st Infantry Regiment 61st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 1st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 4th Marine Regiment 71st PA Infantry Division 31st PA Infantry Division 81st PA Infantry Division 21st PA Infantry Division 41st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 2nd PA Constabulary Division II Philippine Corps Asiatic Fleet PAF Aviation 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Manila USAAF Base Force I Philippine Corps Provisional GMC Grp 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment Far East USAAF USAFFE Clark Field USAAF Base Force 1st PI Base Force 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kalidjati (50,99) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 12094 troops, 106 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 421 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 197 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 197 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kalidjati !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(-) Assaulting units: Imperial Guards Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 79,41 (near Kienko) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 70973 troops, 400 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2500 Defending force 11389 troops, 100 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 249 Allied adjusted assault: 2122 Japanese adjusted defense: 124 Allied assault odds: 17 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 6449 casualties reported Squads: 223 destroyed, 30 disabled Non Combat: 125 destroyed, 91 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 8 disabled Guns lost 48 (35 destroyed, 13 disabled) Vehicles lost 9 (4 destroyed, 5 disabled) Units retreated 2 Allied ground losses: 1205 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 78 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled our Chinese units shock attack over the river near Kienko and force the enemy to retreat another time... the defeated division and bgd got no combat ability left... nice little counteroffensive in Northern China... Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! [:D] Assaulting units: 21st Chinese Corps 67th Chinese Corps 50th Chinese Corps 65th Chinese Corps 76th Chinese Corps 70th Chinese Corps 56th Chinese Corps 38th Chinese Corps 99th Chinese Corps Defending units: 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade 37th Division [image]local://upfiles/13774/ACC5660C38454F1FB60BA7331938776F.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/12/2012 1:06:19 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 23, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on West Sumatra Base Force, at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Medan Coastal Gun Battalion ... Also attacking West Sumatra Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 104 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 28 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 12 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb the only interesting development this turn is a convoy that was spotted in the Solomons heading SW... the position and the heading of the convoy made me a little suspicious, hopefully our nav search will keep track of the convoy, am not sure about it's mission nor what the convoy really consists of... [image]local://upfiles/13774/C1E4C38FEB714035ADE6AB88A4B28D13.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/12/2012 1:17:49 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 24, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Coffs Harbour at 95,163 Japanese Ships SS I-22 Allied Ships DD Downes DD Tucker DD Reid been a couple of days since we have tangled with a sub off Sydney while we already are used to the outcome... SS I-22 is located by DD Downes DD Tucker fails to find sub and abandons search DD Reid fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Coffs Harbour at 95,163 Japanese Ships SS I-22, hits 2 Allied Ships DD Downes DD Tucker DD Reid even after the April upgrade our destroyers stay completely useless vs enemy subs... SS I-22 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Downes I-22 diving deep .... DD Tucker fails to find sub and abandons search DD Reid fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Reid attacking submerged sub .... DD Reid cannot establish contact with SS I-22 SS I-22 eludes ASW attack from DD Reid DD Reid attacking submerged sub .... DD Reid is out of ASW ammo DD Reid is out of ASW ammo DD Reid is out of ASW ammo DD Reid is out of ASW ammo DD Reid fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Reid fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Reid attacking submerged sub .... DD Reid is out of ASW ammo DD Reid is out of ASW ammo DD Reid is out of ASW ammo DD Reid is out of ASW ammo DD Reid is out of ASW ammo DD Reid is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Ketapang (55,93) TF 126 troops unloading over beach at Ketapang, 55,93 Japanese ground losses: 371 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 38 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (0 destroyed, 5 disabled) not that easy for the Japanese anymore to land unprepared units after the amphib bonus ran out... even if they do so at empty bases... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 103 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 38 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 9 No Japanese losses Allied Ships PT-33 PT-32 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x D3A1 Val bombing from 9000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 24 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 9 No Japanese losses Allied Ships PT-32 PT-33 PT-35 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x D3A1 Val bombing from 9000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb seems like one Val unit is dive bombing here, the other one is glide bombing... guess CF should pay more attention to his settings... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 88 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 29 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Gebe (80,105) TF 49 troops unloading over beach at Gebe, 80,105 Japanese ground losses: 87 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Gebe (80,105) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 292 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 8 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 7 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Gebe !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: III/66th Nav Gd /1 enemy convoy was spotted once more, heading towards New Caledonia, now reported as probably being a task force including a carrier but no ships were really identified so this leaves me still puzzled... looking at the distance the enemy task force moved in one das this surely is no convoy made of freighters but either an enemy SAG or KB... so I guess it's KB as it wouldn't make much sense to send a SAG without any cover into dangerous waters as the area around New Caledonia clearly is Allied territory... [image]local://upfiles/13774/AD6BEAAA1F914DA39CC618B78DD006AF.jpg[/image]

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/12/2012 1:26:00 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 25, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Coffs Harbour at 95,163 Japanese Ships SS I-22, hits 3 Allied Ships DD Downes DD Tucker another round against I-22, another failure... SS I-22 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Downes DD Tucker fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tucker fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tucker fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tucker fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tucker attacking submerged sub .... DD Tucker is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Coffs Harbour at 95,163 Japanese Ships SS I-22 Allied Ships DD Cassin SS I-22 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Cassin DD Cassin fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 118 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 43 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 24 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/12/2012 1:58:48 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 26, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 9 No Japanese losses Allied Ships MTB 12 MTB 8 MTB 7 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x D3A1 Val bombing from 9000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 23 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Korps Marechausee Battalion ... Also attacking Medan Coastal Gun Battalion ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 66063 troops, 707 guns, 612 vehicles, Assault Value = 2037 Defending force 72790 troops, 971 guns, 675 vehicles, Assault Value = 2607 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 1868 Allied adjusted defense: 11563 [:D] Japanese assault odds: 1 to 6 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 7867 casualties reported Squads: 86 destroyed, 432 disabled [:D] Non Combat: 38 destroyed, 45 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 115 disabled Guns lost 91 (1 destroyed, 90 disabled) Vehicles lost 133 (92 destroyed, 41 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1455 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 170 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled Guns lost 28 (1 destroyed, 27 disabled) Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled) Japanese High Command orders another attack at Clark Field and once more the attack fails miserably... our units are fully supplied, 100% prepped, are sitting in jungle/rough terrain behind level 3 forts and the constant enemy artillery bombardment also caused their experience going up slightly... we only lose 7 combat squads while the enemy has another division nearly completely disabled plus he suffered far more losses in terms of KIA... Clark Field turns out to be the grave of IJA divisions and it will be a tough fight if Cuttlefish really wants to keep up fighting here, no chance to achieve anything as long as our troops are fully supplied and if he really decides to keep attacking here then our disablements will be combat ready by the time the enemy shows up again in front of our guns... if the IJN naval blocade of Luzon would have worked our troops would have long surrendered but due to the blocade being a total failure we will be able to hold a couple of months longer from now on, probably lasting until the end of 42... [:D] Assaulting units: 4th Tank Regiment 48th Division 65th Brigade 16th Division 11th Division 38th Division 2nd Tank Regiment 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 14th Army 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 61st PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division 21st PA Infantry Division 41st PA Infantry Division 194th Tank Battalion 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 81st PA Infantry Division 14th PS Engineer Regiment 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 51st PA Infantry Division 1st PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 91st PA Infantry Division 4th Marine Regiment 11th PA Infantry Division 31st PA Infantry Division 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 192nd Tank Battalion 2nd PA Constabulary Division Far East USAAF USAFFE 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Clark Field USAAF Base Force PAF Aviation II Philippine Corps Provisional GMC Grp 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment Asiatic Fleet I Philippine Corps 1st PI Base Force Manila USAAF Base Force 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment Akyab reached lvl 9 airfield today which is another milestone in the buildup of our most important bases... Cox Bazar is a lvl 7 airfield too as well as Chittagong... the Chinese aren't in need of help at the moment so there is no hurry in driving into Burma but if we need to do so, the area around Akyab will be perfectly suited to support such an attempt... I am not sure what is going on North of New Caledonia, we spot another enemy TF today, again no ships identified... while I thought the enemy convoy spotted earlier so far could be KB it now seems it's a SAG but the other TF showing up North of Espiritu Santo wasn't identified as KB either with a small convoy spotted being unloading... I am sure KB has to be in the area, it would be more than careless to operate major naval assets without having the support of KB as Cuttlefish just has to be aware I could send in my carriers and lots of other stuff... as you can see I have sent out my carriers and a cruiser SAG to be stationed off New Caledonia to react but am not keen to send in my carriers if I don't even got a clue of what I might be facing... to me it looks like an upcoming invasion of New Caledonia but I once more wonder about the way it is carried out as I would keep my TFs together and would move them straight to the target without giving the enemy more time than needed to react on my move... we'll see how that's going to work out... [image]local://upfiles/13774/8E69E57DB5AF4622BA6F9C170090B276.jpg[/image]

EUBanana -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/12/2012 2:08:44 PM)
[&:] Surely a couple of IJN rowboats with 3 inch guns would stop lone freighters sneaking in to Clark Field. Is his naval search that lacking? I'm gonna have to bear this in mind I must admit, I usually have naval search as a fairly low priority in my games, which is still enough to pick up taskforces and convoys no problem.

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/12/2012 2:28:07 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: EUBanana [&:] Surely a couple of IJN rowboats with 3 inch guns would stop lone freighters sneaking in to Clark Field. Is his naval search that lacking? I'm gonna have to bear this in mind I must admit, I usually have naval search as a fairly low priority in my games, which is still enough to pick up taskforces and convoys no problem. he had nav search as well as enemy SAGs plus probably some bombers South of Luzon as he caught some of my freighters earlier but my first attempt to sneak in a freighter coming in on the "Northern route" was succesfully which was then followed by more than a dozen more single freighters leaving Hawaii four to five days in between them bringing probably a total of 70-80,000 tons of supply IIRC... two freighters were redirected to China when the enemy finally noticed what we were doing... there was no nav search South of Japan, no nav search around Okinawa, no nav search on Formosa and no nav search on Luzon which enabled us to pull this off... at some point he must have moved in some aircraft or just increased nav search as he then picked up the first freighters but it took a while until he investigated his sightings as he sure might have thought he has spotted a sub now and then as he didn't engage my freighters until he really identified one of my freigthers... by then, it was pretty much too late and the IJA forces at Clark now pay for it... perhaps his nav search just failed, I don't know... all a Japanese player has to do is have some nav search on Luzon and a couple of bombers... if you want to make sure, blocade Bataan with two or three second class DD and you are fine, not a single ton of supplies will reach the cut of Allied troops... I have to admit though that while I have tried to sneak in a freighter now and then in every of my games, I was never able to really bring one to it's destination, most often close but never reaching Bataan... now in this game, more than a dozen freighters full of supply reached Bataan

paullus99 -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/12/2012 2:32:58 PM)
MacArthur and troops dining on caviar and steak while the Japanese starve on 1/2 rice rations in the opposite trenches, I love it!

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/12/2012 2:53:20 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: paullus99 MacArthur and troops dining on caviar and steak while the Japanese starve on 1/2 rice rations in the opposite trenches, I love it! yeah, kind of. But ultimately, we will run out of supply nevertheless at some point as we won't liberate our Army within the end of 42 but holding out that long will be a real success.

EUBanana -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/12/2012 3:08:07 PM)
Are you able to base aircraft at Clark Field still? Surely if there are no Allied bombers there, he could just park a couple of PBs on the Clark Field hex itself, who would be enough to see off a freighter. I suppose if he's not seeing them though he has no idea, and supply being burned up is very hard to gauge. He probably assumes you managed to slip a bunch in earlier, not that you're still doing it now.

jeffk3510 -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/12/2012 4:13:44 PM)
Great results at Clark. Holding out this long and longer is wonderful. I am very curious to see what happens in New Caledonia...

Capt. Harlock -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/12/2012 8:48:41 PM)
quote: But ultimately, we will run out of supply nevertheless at some point as we won't liberate our Army within the end of 42 but holding out that long will be a real success. A success indeed. But what are the chances of getting transport aircraft close enough? And do you have any submarines that could make supply runs?

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/13/2012 7:38:43 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: EUBanana Are you able to base aircraft at Clark Field still? Surely if there are no Allied bombers there, he could just park a couple of PBs on the Clark Field hex itself, who would be enough to see off a freighter. I suppose if he's not seeing them though he has no idea, and supply being burned up is very hard to gauge. He probably assumes you managed to slip a bunch in earlier, not that you're still doing it now. no aircraft at Clark Field. I could of course fly in B-17 (guess they can hop from Darwin to Clark) and I could fly other stuff out of China too (flew in transports earlier) but I don't intend to do so. CF bombs the airfield literally daily and my B-17 are just too valuable while I can't see much they could achieve at Clark. Not sure if I could fly in fighters from China, might be possible or just slightly too far. oh, I am not moving in freighters anymore. After CF finally engaged the first freighter he replied "You, Sir, are a very sneaky man" and he had bombers, nav search and several SAGs taking out every freighter except two which could be diverted to China. CF stated he wonders if any freighter managed to get to Luzon but as of now, he must be sure that I've managed to bring in more than just some supplies. [:D] At this stage of the AAR, we had roughly 70.000 supplies on Luzon IIRC, with the game being one month ahead of the AAR at the moment.

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/13/2012 7:39:14 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jeffk3510 Great results at Clark. Holding out this long and longer is wonderful. I am very curious to see what happens in New Caledonia... I can already tell you that it will become a little more interesting...

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/13/2012 7:53:48 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Capt. Harlock quote: But ultimately, we will run out of supply nevertheless at some point as we won't liberate our Army within the end of 42 but holding out that long will be a real success. A success indeed. But what are the chances of getting transport aircraft close enough? And do you have any submarines that could make supply runs? getting DC-3 close enough to reach Luzon would mean we would have to take Mindanao I guess. Don't have the game in front of me but I think that would be the minimum. It's only end of May so speaking about taking Mindanao back at this stage of the war would be a little like A. Hitler in his bunker in April 45 talking about destroying Soviet Armies around Berlin. I think I am doing quite good in this game without doing anything crazy but planning to retake Mindanao at this stage would be a little too much I guess. All my planning and operating is still more or less purely defensively. Now if I would be able to hold at Clark Field and liberate my Army there at some point I think that would be a new milestone in my PBEM history, especially as CF has been playing this game for quite some time too and this is not an AI game. As to subs, we have been using all our fleet subs from day one to move in supplies. My sub transport fleet can carry roughly 2000 tons of supply in total (split into three TFs) and is moving at 8 hex per day. As soon as a sub drops to 3 hex per phase it is split off and sent for repairs. Over time this pays off just like the single freighters as my subs surely have moved in tens of thousand supplies so far. I have only be using fleet subs that carry the defective Mk-14 and which can move at 4 hexes per phase. Those fleet subs moving only at 3 per phase are on combat mission but had no success in all the months so I should have put them together to be used as another transport TF too. The Dutch, British and US S-class subs are all on combat mission, roughly 50% of the S-class have undergone their radar upgrade so far, with the rest being upgraded as they return from their patrols. The long range Dutch subs are on offensive missions, the S-class and shorter ranged Dutch and Brits are mostly on defenisve missions in areas around my most important bases. With the recent development around New Caledonia I have ordered more than halve a dozen subs around PM to move South into the theatre where it seems to heat up now. I will continue to use the US fleet subs on transport duty until September, then they will head back to Australia for their radar upgrades and R&R and they will then be sent out on offensive missions against the enemy's merchant Marine to be in their patrol areas in 10/42 when the Mk-14 dud rate will go down for the first time.

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/13/2012 10:19:45 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 27, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 101 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 9 No Japanese losses Allied Ships PT-33 PT-31 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x D3A1 Val bombing from 9000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships PT-41 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Asiatic Fleet , at 79,76 (Clark Field) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 111 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 35 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 44 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ... Also attacking 11th PA Infantry Division ... Also attacking 2nd PA Constabulary Division ... Also attacking 51st PA Infantry Division ... Also attacking 61st PA Infantry Division ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ... Also attacking 11th PA Infantry Division ... Also attacking 2nd PA Constabulary Division ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 22 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 22 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Korps Marechausee Battalion ... Also attacking Medan Coastal Gun Battalion ... Also attacking Korps Marechausee Battalion ... Also attacking Medan Coastal Gun Battalion ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on West Sumatra Base Force, at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking Medan Coastal Gun Battalion ... Also attacking West Sumatra Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 42 No Allied losses Airbase hits 24 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 58 the B-17 work over Lae's airfield once more doing some nice damage... I always have to remind myself that the hits actually have to be divided by 2 due to the reduced bomb effect compared to stock so with 12 airbase/29 airfield hits it's not that dramatic damage... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 12 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 18 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I changed my decision of sending the carriers South to be on station near New Caledonia and instead I ordered them to attack the TF that was sitting North of New Caledonia for the last couple of turns as it was never identified as KB and usually if a TF gets spotted three times it would be clear if it was a carrier TF... this is the result of my move: [image]local://upfiles/13774/5E2949463E9D4DFEAEC0A214642FBB22.jpg[/image] Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 113,152 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft Martlet II x 8 F4F-3A Wildcat x 16 F4F-3 Wildcat x 21 F4F-4 Wildcat x 36 SBD-3 Dauntless x 83 TBF-1 Avenger x 10 Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 7 damaged Japanese Ships BB Fuso, Bomb hits 10, on fire BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 14, on fire DD Shigure BB Nagato, Bomb hits 9, on fire DD Hayashio, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Shiratsuyu DD Asashio CA Takao, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires DD Hibiki, Bomb hits 1 the TF that was spotted the last several days was this one, consisting of several battlewaggons, a heavy cruiser and the destroyer escorts... while I didn't expect CF to move such a TF into the area having it sit there for days without cover from his carriers this is what Cuttlefish actually did it seems... now while we ordered our carriers to go in to engage the enemy SAG at it's position of the last days, CF ordered his TF at the same moment to move South towards New Caledonia, leaving his SAG six hexes South of my carriers now, instead of 2 or 3 to the North East... I thought the enemy SAG would be bombed to hell and finished by my Swordfish and Albacores (got three RN carriers moving together with the USN) but guess what, not a single British bomber took off! [:@] Why should they launch against such a target? This once more is perfectly realistic... They did not take off! So it was up to the SBD to score two dozen 1000lb bomb hits on the battlewaggons causing not much, once more, these hits are comparable to 500lb stock bombs... really would like to see a survey how a BB would look like after being plastered by a dozen 1000lb bombs, several scoring near misses having a mining effect... this is the afternoon phase already, we didn't launch any strike in the morning and there won't be a strike consisting of my British torp bombers... if you look at the screenshot you will notice several more enemy TFs being spotted today and it turned out my move was an absolutely high risk move as one of the TFs has been identified as KB... while Cuttlefish didn't pay the price he should have paid, his decision to operate his task forces spread out over hundreds of miles instead of moving under the cover of KB meant our strike going in unopposed while our carriers can move away unharmed next turn, which is what they are going to do of course... Aircraft Attacking: 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 13 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 10 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 11 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 9 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 1 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Fuso Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Hayashio Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Takao Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Mutsu -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 113,152 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft SBD-3 Dauntless x 17 Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged Japanese Ships BB Nagato, Bomb hits 2, on fire BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires BB Fuso, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires DD Asashio, Bomb hits 1, on fire this wave was split off the main strike, scoring another 6 1000lb bomb hits with heavy fires reported on two enemy BB now... my opponent seems to be doing lots of things I wouldn't do that way, now this can either result in bad losses for him (as seen with his cruisers and CVL that were sunk early on and to some extent today) or it will result in some bad outcome for me when I run into something I don't expect at all... so far, only the enemy paid for this unconventional approach... Aircraft Attacking: 5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 12 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Nagato Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Mutsu Heavy smoke from fires obscuring BB Fuso

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/13/2012 10:24:34 AM)
KB was identified today, ending up 500 miles away of my carriers further SE with the enemy BB SAG ending in between our carrier TFs... it is really beyond me why his SAG was parked for a couple of days SW of the Solomons and why he isn't moving under the cover of KB... he got away lightly so to say as the British torp bombers attacking could have resulted in two or three IJN BB sunk today but with no strike in the morning and the Brits not flying at all in the afternoon the game engine saved the IJN's day... in real life, I can see no reason why three RN carriers wouldn't launch any bombers against three IJN BB that are spotted, identified and attacked... I am not sure if this is the upcoming invasion of New Caledonia but with the number of enemy TFs scattered over the area I think it is... we'll see soon as he probably will land on the Northern tip of the island if this really is an invasion... we have 600 av sitting at Noumea so I am not really afraid at this point as terrain is favouring us and we also do have lvl 4 forts already and a level 6 airfield... there is an Australian div plus a coule of US tank rgts, a US combat eng unit plus support units... the plan was to have another Aus div here which is on the move at the moment (planned arrival in about 10 days) but the appearance of KB will postpone it's arrival now of course... if this is really an invasion then I am already sure that CF isn't able to bring in enough when I look at where the IJA is currently fighting with it's divisions and what CF doesn't know, we have a big convoy coming into the area tasked to bring two USMC divisions plus other units to Australia which can easily be diverted to New Caledonia as soon as KB has to turn around again which would bring our total av at Noumea to roughly 2000... this wouldn't only mean we could hold the base easily, but we could destroy everything on the island up to something like 1000av... experience of playing CF so far tells me there will not be anything close to 1000av and probably no or nearly no support troops at all... let's see how this will go on... [image]local://upfiles/13774/65A94B3B8D2E4480AAE73866F52893D1.jpg[/image]

Capt. Harlock -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/13/2012 8:34:38 PM)
quote: by my Swordfish and Albacores (got three RN carriers moving together with the USN) but guess what, not a single British bomber took off! You indeed have something to complain about. For once the British stringbags could have flown with no defending CAP to worry about. The one thing you can say is that your victory in this game will not be "mere luck".

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/14/2012 2:23:41 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Capt. Harlock quote: by my Swordfish and Albacores (got three RN carriers moving together with the USN) but guess what, not a single British bomber took off! You indeed have something to complain about. For once the British stringbags could have flown with no defending CAP to worry about. The one thing you can say is that your victory in this game will not be "mere luck". the engine is absolutely frustrating at times. One time you see more than a hundred bombers being sent after two freighters, when you spotted, identified and attacked high value targets you end up with no or not enough bombers being sent out for a reason only the game engine knows

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/16/2012 2:43:30 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 28, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Palembang at 49,90 Japanese Ships TB Hatsukari Allied Ships SS O21, hits 6, heavy damage Hatsukari heavily damages O21 in shallow waters, the sub tries to make Darwin... SS O21 is sighted by escort TB Hatsukari fails to find sub, continues to search... TB Hatsukari fails to find sub, continues to search... TB Hatsukari attacking submerged sub .... TB Hatsukari fails to find sub, continues to search... TB Hatsukari fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 53 No Allied losses Airbase hits 22 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 75 one of the rare times when our bombers seem to do some damage... again, this is only like achieving 37 stock 500lb bomb hits on the airfield so far from being heavily damaged... the longer I play, the more I start to think that changing the bomb effects wasn't a real good idea as everything else related to it wasn't touched so this probably will turn out to be a problem in the long run... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 109 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 40 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 9 No Japanese losses Allied Ships PT Q-112 PT-41 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x D3A1 Val bombing from 9000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Asiatic Fleet , at 79,76 (Clark Field) Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 115 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 28 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Koumac (113,156) TF 163 troops unloading over beach at Koumac, 113,156 Japanese ground losses: 421 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 28 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled and here we go, as expected, the enemy lands on New Guinea... 17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of 20th Div /1 17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad accidentally lost during unload of 20th Div /1 17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost in surf during unload of 20th Div 17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of 20th Div 17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost overboard during unload of 20th Div /4 17 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 20th Div /5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Batavia (49,98) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 12157 troops, 106 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 428 Defending force 1272 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 192 Allied adjusted defense: 75 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 149 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled our static CD unit was able to fend off the first assault of Imperial Guards div but the enemy hasn't suffered any losses and will easily take the base on the next attempt... Assaulting units: Imperial Guards Division Defending units: Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 47,91 (near Palembang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 719 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 30 Defending force 2976 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 77 Japanese adjusted assault: 4 Allied adjusted defense: 73 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 18 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 61 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 68 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: Yokosuka 1st SNLF Defending units: Zuid KNIL Battalion So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion Teloekbetoeng Base Force Palembang Base Force

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/16/2012 2:54:43 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 29, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Noumea at 115,160 Japanese Ships BB Fuso BB Nagato Allied ground losses: 205 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 14 Port hits 2 BB Fuso firing at Noumea BB Nagato firing at Noumea the enemy obviously isn't impressed by the appearance of our carriers and bombards Noumea, this time his BB are kept closer to KB... two of the BB in the original SAG that was attacked by our carriers are split off and are probably out of reach already, guess they are going back to Truk... the bombardment doesn't do any notable damage and our defense at Noumea should be easily able to handle the enemy division that landed at Koumac... recon indicates no other unit there so once more Cuttlefish does an invasion with a single combat division without any further support... to be honest, this really looks crazy to me, this is not the same as taking an empty base in the SRA with an unsupported SNLF, this is the attack on a major target and we are nearly in June 42 so what does CF expect to meet at Noumea? in the meantime my carriers are on standby, ready to strike if we get the possibility to do so and my reinforcement convoys are closing in on New Caledonia too, ready to bring in the troops as soon as KB has to move North... if we are lucky, one of our subs may hit a carrier as they are running back and forth over my subs... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Palembang at 49,90 Japanese Ships PB Shonon Maru #10 Allied Ships SS O16 our subs operate against the tanker convoys around Palembang but they are utter useless... SS O16 is located by PB Shonon Maru #10 PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shonon Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 105 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 33 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 43 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 64 Aircraft Attacking: 20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 23 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Damar at 74,115 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft B-26 Marauder x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Natsugumo DD Minegumo Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 1000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 500 lb SAP Bomb bad weather and destroyers as targets means literally no chance to hit something... as usual, 80-90% of my available bombers don't launch at all or fail to locate the enemy TF... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 47 No Allied losses Airbase hits 18 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 42 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 112 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 41 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 9 No Japanese losses Allied Ships PT-33 PT-31 PT-32 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x D3A1 Val bombing from 9000 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 95 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 35 minutes Japanese aircraft D3A1 Val x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships PT Q-112 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,74 (Langsa) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 15 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 8000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb 16 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Batavia (49,98) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 12136 troops, 106 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 425 Defending force 1128 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 33 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 197 Allied adjusted defense: 9 Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Batavia !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-) Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 60 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 1274 casualties reported Squads: 57 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 64 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 14 (14 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: Imperial Guards Division Defending units: Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion that's it for Batavia's defenders, they managed to destroy one enemy combat squad in the two days of fighting... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Koumac (113,156) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3486 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 156 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 4 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Koumac !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(-), disruption(-) Assaulting units: 20th Div /2 hmm, that's only roughly 1/4 of an enemy div...

crsutton -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/16/2012 3:35:37 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy quote: ORIGINAL: Capt. Harlock quote: by my Swordfish and Albacores (got three RN carriers moving together with the USN) but guess what, not a single British bomber took off! You indeed have something to complain about. For once the British stringbags could have flown with no defending CAP to worry about. The one thing you can say is that your victory in this game will not be "mere luck". the engine is absolutely frustrating at times. One time you see more than a hundred bombers being sent after two freighters, when you spotted, identified and attacked high value targets you end up with no or not enough bombers being sent out for a reason only the game engine knows Frustrating but wonderful at the same time. A botched coordinated effort in 5/42 between Allied carriers of differing nations was entirely possible and rather likely considering the lack of experience on the American side. Considering the trouble that the Americans had getting all of their own planes to the target in 42, there should be no surprise if the Brits got the wrong information or none at all. I find the result to be very historical. The game will throw you some odd things at times but I in no way find this one out of line. In my opinion what makes AE perfect is its lack of predictability. Quite frankly, if my forces did what I expected or planned all the time, the game would quickly grow boring and tedious. This is coming from an Allied player who just had his carriers split up and react towards an intact KB in late 44 and got a severe pasting as a result....[X(]

castor troy -> RE: Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A) (7/16/2012 4:28:24 PM)
as you can see, the Brits had info to strike, other the Martlets would not have launched. I am not asking for a coordinated strike, I am asking for ANY strike. The British bombers did nothing even that their own aircraft spotted the enemy battlewaggons (both their bombers and their floatplanes from British ships). We spotted the enemy already several times in the morning, a USN sailer could have informed the RN ships nearby by using a rowboat going from the Saratoga to one of the British carriers to launch some bombers in the afternoon. If we go as far as to say it's due to operating ships of different Navies against the enemy, then I claim the Japanese should be a hundred times more handicapped due to the internal war the IJA had with the IJN, something none of the Allied nations came even close to when operating with each other. I can see no real life explanation why the British shouldn't launch a single bomber. If they would have flown alone or failed to find the target then be it, but as so often in the game, the bombers just sat there doing nothing at all. Add in that I need roughly 4 or 5 times more 1000lb bombs to actually sink a BB in the game than in real life this is not something that really amuses me.

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