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catwhoorg -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/5/2013 7:34:51 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JocMeister I don´t want to brag or anything...But guess how just got hold of a ticket to Iron Maiden next Saturday...!!! [&o] Awesome. They always put on a great show. Enjoy yourself.

JocMeister -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/6/2013 6:40:42 AM)
27th-28th August -44 This is a quick update to catch up with the game before leaving on a 6 days vacation! In the last week we actually only managed 2 turns. So not much to update but there has been some important events. Mindanao Oroquieta, a small base North of Cotabato was easily secured by some 20 NZ Shermans. This is good news as it adds a second base in Mindanao. The small base between the two will also soon be secured. They will be built up to 5-6 AF but probably not maxed out. Cotabato will reach 7 next turn. Once it reaches level 9 I can move the 4Es in. The 32nd ID is moving into the mountains to cut off the troops fleeing the south. A bombardment of Cagayan reveals the Japanese won´t be able to hold on to this base for long. quote: Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 18038 troops, 361 guns, 300 vehicles, Assault Value = 825 Defending force 26070 troops, 246 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 652 Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 38th Infantry Division 1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division 110th Combat Engineer Battalion 1st USMC Tank Battalion 98th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd RAA Jungle Regiment Defending units: 6th Division <--Remember that this division was thrashed at Cotabato 20th Engineer Regiment 48th Ind.Mixed Brigade 28th Engineer Regiment 71st Engineer Regiment 4th Raiding Regiment 64th Ind.Mixed Brigade 6th Garrison Unit /4 217th Naval Construction Battalion 1st Ind.AA Gun Co 244th JAAF AF Bn 61st Air Flotilla 248th JAAF AF Bn 89th Field AA Battalion 188th JAAF AF Bn 148th JAAF AF Bn 25th Ind. Engineer Regiment 74th JAAF AF Bn 34th Ind.AA Gun Co 216th Naval Construction Battalion 4th RF Gun Battalion 51st Air Flotilla 180th JAAF AF Bn I don´t know if Erik will try to evacuate or leave them to his fate. I´m waiting for the 2nd Marines to arrive here before making the first deliberate attack. Within a week I will have another Corps on Mindanao if things seem to bog down. Celebes sea area The failed assault on Jolo is a bit annoying but after I calmed down a bit I realised it doesn´t change or slow anything down. So in the end all it does for Erik is getting 20.000 men killed and cut off. As soon as Cotabato can house the 4Es the troops on Jolo with only level 1 forts will quickly be wiped out. Sidate fell on the 28th dooming Manado! [&o] quote: Ground combat at Sidate (75,100) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 12192 troops, 166 guns, 598 vehicles, Assault Value = 543 Defending force 4690 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55 Allied adjusted assault: 288 Japanese adjusted defense: 25 Allied assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied forces CAPTURE Sidate !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2346 casualties reported Squads: 108 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 59 destroyed, 28 disabled Engineers: 32 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 28 (24 destroyed, 4 disabled) Units retreated 2 Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 711th Tank Battalion 2nd USMC Amphb Tank Battalion 706th Tank Battalion 1st Marine Division Defending units: 74th Infantry Regiment 2nd South Seas Det. 56th Naval Guard Unit 3rd FF Const Unit The units will quickly move towards Manado. Support troops will land on Sidate very shortly. I will build the base up enough to provide local CAP. New Guinea The troops at Sansapor are starting to crumble. This will mean 30.000 Japanese soldiers less and will free up the Allied troops for their next target. quote: Ground combat at Sansapor (83,107) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 12646 troops, 214 guns, 543 vehicles, Assault Value = 528 Defending force 12030 troops, 135 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 159 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Allied adjusted assault: 137 Japanese adjusted defense: 358 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 895 casualties reported Squads: 15 destroyed, 59 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 26 (4 destroyed, 22 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 92 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Assaulting units: 6th Infantry Division 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 671th Tank Destroyer Battalion 3rd USMC Tank Battalion Defending units: 5th Garrison Unit 45th Ind.Mixed Brigade 1st Mobile Brigade 2nd Amphibious Brigade 31st Engineer Regiment 44th Naval Guard Unit 8th Garrison Unit 16th Garrison Unit 3rd JNAF AF Unit 37th JAAF AF Bn 13th Air Fleet /1 To be continued... 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JocMeister -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/12/2013 8:27:50 PM)
Nobody had the decency to bump me up from second page while I was gone? Shame on you! [:D]

Cpt Sherwood -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/12/2013 9:16:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JocMeister Nobody had the decency to bump me up from second page while I was gone? Shame on you! [:D] You didn't offer to share your tickets to Iron Maiden. [:-]

JocMeister -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/13/2013 11:21:57 AM)
Mine...all mine! [:D] Soon time to start the beer drinking! I´ll get some photos up tomorrow. [:)]

JocMeister -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/13/2013 1:05:55 PM)
Planning for the rest of -44 While I was gone I actually brought a crappy laptop with the latest turn file. Not good enough to play on but good enough to go over the map, units, reinforcements, preparation and whatnot. I spent quite some time looking at what I should do. Or rather aim to do during the rest of 44. I came to a few conclusions that shaped the operational plan. - Its counter productive and too risky to operate the CV fleet around the PI. - LBA will be enough to gain air superiority and cover invasions in the PI archipelago. - The only place on map currently requiring CV support is the Marianas. - I need to open the DEI front. This should have been done months ago. CV Fleet Will retire to OZ and get their 6/44 upgrades done. This will also allow CVE/CVLs damaged earlier to finish repairs. Next task is the 2nd phase of the Marianas invasion. This will probably happen in October or November. This will add another 3 heavy US CVs and countless CVEs to the job. At that time I should most likely be able to field almost 3000 CV aircraft. This is where I think Erik will commit the KB next time. PI This will continue to be the main push. If Eriks defenses continues to be understrength there is a good possibility I will have liberated Luzon before the year is up. I foresee Erik abandoning southern PI setting up the defenses around Manilla with its better terrain. I will let him do that and then land behind him with 2 full Corps. The first Corps has already started prepping. I will try and maintain the current high pace. Once Cotabato reaches level 9 the heavies will move in. I´m guessing Erik hasn´t had time to put up a proper MLR getting forts up. So I´m hoping the 300 4Es at Darwin can really start causing carnage once operational. DEI First landings to establish a CAP base will commence immediately. This advance will aim to land on Java before 44 is up. LBA only. Burma A lot of what I do here will depend on what Erik does. If he starts pulling out more troops I will launch an all out assault on the PI. I reckon he needs about 2 months to shift the troops. He has to be careful though. If he moves out too much one decisive allied victory here can mean I´ll reach Thailand very fast. Reinforcements The troops prepped and ready for Marianas will be tasked to clear out Mindanao while waiting for the CVs. Its about 4000 AV so it should be doable with minimum losses. I also have troops prepping for Balikpapan. I actually have very little LCUs, planes and ships arriving before the year is up. Mostly ships but nothing spectacular. Landing ships, subs, DEs, DDs. Two fast BBs and 2 CVs in December. I also spent some 2000 PPs buying out some more troops. 1 NZ BDE, some OZ tanks and some more USMC squadrons. All that convert to 24 planes have been bought out! Once October hits I´m going to have field day when most of the 18 plane squadrons resize to 24! In general I´m very enthusiastic about the future. I think I´ve come up with something very cool for 45 in the process... [:)]

Encircled -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/13/2013 1:19:11 PM)
Some sort of mega bomb by any chance?[:)]

JocMeister -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/14/2013 8:34:21 AM)
Haha, there will probably be a bomb or two dropped...but not what I had in mind! [:)]

JocMeister -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/14/2013 7:58:22 PM)
No turn from Erik today. Was kind of hoping to get it. Sent in the first DEI invasion and was curious to see how it went. EDIT: Got the replay. Something seems to have gone bonkers with my landing. They didn´t start unloading until midday. Don´t know why. No auto bombardment which is odd.

BBfanboy -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/15/2013 2:19:14 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JocMeister No turn from Erik today. Was kind of hoping to get it. Sent in the first DEI invasion and was curious to see how it went. EDIT: Got the replay. Something seems to have gone bonkers with my landing. They didn´t start unloading until midday. Don´t know why. No auto bombardment which is odd. Two thoughts about what could have happened: - some ships had to refuel and used up half the ops points before the landing - the Amphib TF was not set to ABSOLUTE threat tolerance, and the TF commander waffled about committing to the landing because of air or sea threats [including mines] in the area.

JocMeister -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/15/2013 7:59:31 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy Two thoughts about what could have happened: - some ships had to refuel and used up half the ops points before the landing - the Amphib TF was not set to ABSOLUTE threat tolerance, and the TF commander waffled about committing to the landing because of air or sea threats [including mines] in the area. I double checked both things prior to sending the turn. Hopefully I got enough on shore to not get wiped out. No "auto bombardment" was triggered. Thats a bit worrying and could mean I actually didn´t get anything on shore? Or Erik has left no combat troops capable of bombardment? Hopefully I get the turn today so I can check it out. Erik lost another batch of navy bombers this turn! [:D]

BBfanboy -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/15/2013 1:21:52 PM)
No bombardment often happens if you have the TF already in the hex you want to bombard when you switch the TF from Surface Combat to Bombardment. I always do the switch a few hexes away to avoid this and don't recall ever having a bombardment fail to take place. Even if there are no enemy troops left in the hex they will waste shells![:@]

JocMeister -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/15/2013 9:08:19 PM)
29th-31st August -44 The tempo has slowed down considerably since both sides are licking wounds and preparing for the next clash. Mindanao First deliberate attack ordered on Cangyuan tomorrow. I have roughly 1200 AV against 800. Tomorrow will decide how I do this. If its stubborn resistance I´ll bring in the Saipan army of 2600 AV to deal with it. AF at Cotabato is at 7.74. Erik has finally starting to interfere with the countless convoys moving between Morotai and Mindanao. I lose half a ART unit and 7 LCTs. No enemy losses. Two MTB TFs popped into view this turn. Sent out some stuff to deal with it. Sarmi The reinforcement convoy finally arrived! 4500 AV and countless BFs and engineers. Will take a while to sort everything out. CV Fleet I did a quick count and its looking a bit better than expected. I can field roughly 1400 AC. Not too bad... Probably double what Erik can put in the air right now and only 400 less than the original setup. This is probably a lot more than Erik expects me to have. Perhaps this is a good opportunity to lure him to battle and finally destroy the KB. A fake invasion of Badelbaob/Marcus Island/Marianas or something? I contemplated going directly for Saipan but ruled it out as two of the IDs have very low prepp. By waiting I will also increase my strength by almost 600 AC. And that is not counting whatever gets repaired. I also need the assault shipping elsewhere right now. DEI Well, the foot is in the door and Erik won´t be able to fly in enough for this one to stop me. Once Babar is secured and I can put a CAP up the ball will start rolling. Good to have another front open! By the looks of it Erik has abandoned the area. Thank you! Java by Christmas? [:D] Burma Still no idea what Erik is doing. His stacks are showing movement but not moving. So it looks fake. His "left stack" south of Prome is finally starting to show signs of deterioration as we are now inflicting equal amount of damage as we receive when bombarding. The 4Es will start to bomb again next turn and another 1200 AV is moving from Prome. Strat bombing Switched to Manpower attacks again after reading up a bit on the forum. Not convinced yet but I´ll try it for a month. I´m sorry the updates have started becoming less detailed. But I´m basically just moving troops right now. Not much action at all. [image]local://upfiles/32406/8E19B8DB45C44C3E896565B8621EB063.jpg[/image]

BBfanboy -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/15/2013 10:45:12 PM)
Nice update - tells us what is going on all over your map. It is easy to lose track of what is happening in an AAR after it has gone to page 2 purgatory. [:D]

JocMeister -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/16/2013 5:44:27 AM)
Thanks BB! [:)] Its hard to describe in text exactly whats going on. There is so much stuff in the Mindanao area I´ve lost track of where everything is. Basically I´m just dumping everything on Mindanao right now.

JocMeister -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/16/2013 6:00:19 AM)
Philippine Islands Here is a screen of the situation. The expected MLR is based on the fact that I´ve broken through and past Eriks defenses after the Moluccas invasion. I´m scrambling to get intel from the bases in the archipelago. From what I have gathered so far its basically empty and non developed. Erik is not going to try and defend in open terrain and certainly not without forts. The rough plan here is to jump under LBA up to Luzon. Tie up his forces around Manila and then land north of it cutting them off. I´m not sure I´ll have enough to clear out Luzon without the Mariana forces (5500 AV). I havn´t counted but I have roughly the same ready for Luzon. Manilla is going to be a tough cookie for sure. Eriks air force has again reappeared and I will start sweeping them away soon. The reinforcement convoy brought with it some more 300 planes and 3000 AS and I can strip some of the rear bases of CAP. Again I´m waiting on Cotabato AF to reach level 9. [image]local://upfiles/32406/D401B8A25EC545EFAE79636C9080964C.jpg[/image]

JocMeister -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/16/2013 6:17:15 AM)
CV Fleet This is the new disposition: TF1 3 US CVs 3 Brit CVs 1 CVL 400 AC TF2 3 US CVs 3 CVLs 380 AC CVE TF1 11 CVEs 330 AC CVE TF2 10 CVEs 300 AC Total strength: 1380 AC Repairing: 1 US CV (Bunker Hill will be out for 6 months), 3 CVLs (ETA about 1 month), 12 CVEs (ETA 1-2 Months). All ships except Bunker Hill will be repaired locally. The low endurance of the CVEs make them repair really quick. Some of the more damaged ones may go back to the West Coast including CVL Princeton. Arriving in NG within 2 months 3 US CVs and 14 CVEs

JocMeister -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/17/2013 3:33:34 PM)
1st-2nd September -44 A little more action this time around. Mindanao The first deliberate attack at Cagayan fail to deliver. I´m going to have to start bombing here soon to prevent forts. Or leave them to rot. Oh wait. Can´t do that as he will just fly them out. quote: Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 30922 troops, 513 guns, 569 vehicles, Assault Value = 1311 Defending force 32112 troops, 296 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 877 Allied adjusted assault: 586 Japanese adjusted defense: 1283 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 864 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 55 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 11 destroyed, 63 disabled Allied ground losses: 1466 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 105 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 31 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled Guns lost 53 (3 destroyed, 50 disabled) Vehicles lost 39 (4 destroyed, 35 disabled) Assaulting units: 38th Infantry Division 1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division 2nd Marine Division 110th Combat Engineer Battalion 1st USMC Tank Battalion XI US Corps 98th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd RAA Jungle Regiment Defending units: 28th Engineer Regiment 56th Ind.Mixed Brigade 4th Raiding Regiment 20th Engineer Regiment 48th Ind.Mixed Brigade 64th Ind.Mixed Brigade 71st Engineer Regiment 6th Division 6th Garrison Unit /4 74th JAAF AF Bn 25th Ind. Engineer Regiment 34th Ind.AA Gun Co 1st Ind.AA Gun Co 216th Naval Construction Battalion 188th JAAF AF Bn 148th JAAF AF Bn 51st Air Flotilla 89th Field AA Battalion 217th Naval Construction Battalion 61st Air Flotilla 4th RF Gun Battalion 244th JAAF AF Bn 248th JAAF AF Bn 180th JAAF AF Bn I´m going to exchange some of the ID as they are up for invasions pretty soon. I´m also moving in a crapload of Arty and some tanks. 6th ID is also freed up as Sansapor is finally captured. quote: Ground combat at Sansapor (83,107) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 12513 troops, 214 guns, 543 vehicles, Assault Value = 504 Defending force 9150 troops, 116 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 29 Allied adjusted assault: 209 Japanese adjusted defense: 103 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Sansapor !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1893 casualties reported Squads: 95 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 122 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 29 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 48 (47 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 9 (9 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 3 Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Erik also put some 200 Jacks forward at Cayguan. Possible to stop me from bombing. With quickly put an end to that by shooting down 80 Jacks for 11 P47s. No aces lost but 2 new double and 4 new triple aces! [&o] He also tried a Frank sweep over Cotabato. Probably to test the CAP (which was week as the P47 where on Sweep). Erik lost 12 Franks for 8 Hellcats. Erik also has a bunch of MTBs running amok in the Celebes sea. This guys are really slippery and even when I connect with them they usually get away without losses. As usual naval 2Es, DBs and TBs refuse to fly against these pests. Grrr! [:@] DEI We crash through the door at Barbar as Erik has abandoned the place. Not sure yet whether this is a mistake or not. But now I can advance under LBA up the DEI. Goal here is to land on Java. This is the smallest allied front with only 6 divisions working the route. It will take a while for the shipping to get to Darwin to start hauling the forces forward. Burma Now here something is really going on! [X(] Eriks Eastern stack has withdrawn?! I have no clue why but I´ll take it. He left 3 units at Toungoo that will either leave next turn or get wiped out. I will of course immediately give chase. If I can catch his stack at the next hex I might be able to inflict some losses. He will still have a x2 terrain modifier but almost no forts will have time to be built. I set the 2Es to start bombing to slow him down. Could this be the first sign of withdrawal from Burma? If so, why? The Western stack continues to show small signs of deterioration. quote: Ground combat at 55,51 (near Prome) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 120123 troops, 1610 guns, 710 vehicles, Assault Value = 5096 Defending force 92232 troops, 1083 guns, 1166 vehicles, Assault Value = 3123 Japanese ground losses: 354 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 166 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 21 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Assaulting units: 23rd Indian Division Lushai Brigade 26th Indian Division 81st (West African) Division 16th Chindit Brigade 11th PAVO Regiment 45th Indian Brigade 5th Chinese Corps Guides Cavalry Regiment 22nd (East African) Brigade 150th RAC Regiment 14th Indian Division Gardner's Horse Regiment 18th Cavalry Regiment 3rd New Chinese Corps 9th Indian Division 6th Chinese Corps 8th Belfast Heavy Regiment X' Force 20th Indian Heavy AA Regiment 16th Indian Heavy AA Regiment XXXIII Indian Corps 28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Provisional GMC Grp Defending units: 33rd Division 2nd Division 21st Division 16th Division 55th Division 39th Division 2nd Tank Division 28th Army 68th Field AA Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 56th Field AA Battalion 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 51st Field AA Battalion 25th Army 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 3rd Medium Mortar Battalion My losses are about 90% chinese. So I bomb away. Here is a screen of Burma. Anyone with an idea of why Erik withdrew from Toungoo? [image]local://upfiles/32406/CDA583C0E4D04B4E9A873DBBCA09F1C5.jpg[/image]

HansBolter -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/17/2013 5:03:11 PM)
Strafers will often go after the little boats that the level, torp and dive bombers ignore. Twin engine fighters, B25s with strafing skill and the little Aussie FBs (can't think of the name right now) are all good choices for this duty.

JocMeister -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/18/2013 6:12:34 PM)
This is what happens when you go outside instead of playing AE. Why do I never learn! [:D] [image]local://upfiles/32406/452C53504FF44CA78854B0BF4EFB4323.jpg[/image]

Cpt Sherwood -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/18/2013 6:42:47 PM)
Look, Joc is a redneck!! [;)][:D]

BBfanboy -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/18/2013 8:39:04 PM)
I always thought Sweden was a "hot" country for other reasons ... [;)]

Bullwinkle58 -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/18/2013 9:06:56 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cpt Sherwood Look, Joc is a redneck!! [;)][:D] Bread dough ain't that white! White ain't that white! [:)]

BBfanboy -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/18/2013 9:16:00 PM)
Yeah, but did you notice how he has adapted his tire chains to jewellery so that they will always be with him? Clever people these Swedes!

JocMeister -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/19/2013 6:45:49 AM)
3rd-4th September -44 More action these two turns. Mindanao On the 3rd Erik orders some massive sweeps of Cotabato. I think he was hoping that I would still have a lot of planes on sweep. No such luck. His sweeps does horrible and he loses some 200 planes for almost no allied losses. I lose an ace and get a triple aces wounded. But gain quite a few new ones! On the 4th there are no new sweeps. Eriks surface forces doesn´t to very well either. He sent in a small SCTF of 4 DDs that manages to sink 5 empty LCT but in return getting sunk the following day. Every DD counts... [:)] I don´t really understand the timing of it. Cotabato is already 8.51. There is simply no way he is going to be able to close it. Same thing with naval intercepts. Had he done them the days after I captured Cotabato it could have put me in a pickle. Feels like I for once are one step ahead of Erik. I like that feeling! [:)] DEI Eriks battle fleet show up in 3 different TFs. A BB TF, CA TF and CL TF. Again its one day too late. The AF is open and I´m flying in everything I need. I can´t oppose his SCTF with anything but air power right now though. Marianas Supply is starting to get thin. Erik continues to bomb from the air. AF was actually closed a few turns back. The troops will have to hold out for another two months. Burma Some VERY interesting developments. Erik "Eastern stack" has withdrawn and my amour has already caught up. Rest of the troops arrive tomorrow. More on this in a separate post. Erik has left town for the weekend. I´ll do a theatre by theatre rundown with maps and stuff during the weekend. I might have a golden opportunity in Burma...

JocMeister -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/20/2013 9:43:13 AM)
PS. You guys are hilarious... [:D] Maps and stuff coming up tonight hopefully. Still renovating the little ones room but should be done today freeing up some time!

Encircled -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/20/2013 10:46:43 AM)
If you keep moving the chain down by the same amount each time, you will have the perfect "tiger stripe" suntan.

JocMeister -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/20/2013 9:09:13 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Encircled If you keep moving the chain down by the same amount each time, you will have the perfect "tiger stripe" suntan. Will the ladies like that? [:D]

JocMeister -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/20/2013 9:23:55 PM)
Mindanao Area Here is a screen of the current situation. After the initial push into the Moluccas and the landings at Cotabato things have become quiet with 1944 standards. This is mostly because I´m forced to wait up for base building. I´m severely hampered by the lack of a level 9 airfield to put the 4E hive on. Right now the SOPAC 4Es are sitting at Darwin doing very little besides training. Once Cotabato reaches level 9 in 5 days they will redeploy and pound everything in sight into rubble. Starting with Jolo....Together with the 2Es I will have 500 bombers working here soon! [sm=00000622.gif] I´m also expecting Manado to be secured within 2 weeks giving me another level 9 AF (potential) in the area. This will become the B29 hive capable of reaching most Japanese oil assets. Once that happens it will begin the downward spiral for the Jap economy. This will continue to be the allied main push. I havn´t counted the exact numbers but right now I think right now I have some 6000-7000 AV in the area. Once the Marianas is secured the total AV will probably reach some 15.000 AV. This will be focused into a very big hammer falling on a target yet to be revealed! [:D] This area also have the vast bulk of the allied air power. Yet I lack numbers to cover everything. I´m continuing to lose shipping to scattered strikes. But everything important gets LRCAP and so far I have lost only barges, LSTs and some xAKs. So far... [image]local://upfiles/32406/A109D8D654AE43568D839E3A941CCF29.jpg[/image]

Bullwinkle58 -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (7/20/2013 10:33:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JocMeister quote: ORIGINAL: Encircled If you keep moving the chain down by the same amount each time, you will have the perfect "tiger stripe" suntan. Will the ladies like that? [:D] Lady tigers.

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