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derwho -> (1/26/2003 2:54:32 AM)
Grotius: I had to move some Claudes to my CV-TF to get that 1% of more CAP protection. I had enough space on my CV's to do that so I thought what the hell, why not. ;) My Claudes propably saved the day and I sunk Ross'es CV with no hits on my shipping - so a logical answer to your question would be that they did their job well and deserve a upgrade. Mogami: Thanks for your advice. I'm usually very careful and I double-check everything before submitting my turn, especially when conducting CV-operations. I had a few drinks yesterday so I'll put this on a slight hangover. ;)

derwho -> (1/26/2003 4:43:01 AM)
Steamrolling or what? --[CLiP]-- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/23/42 Weather: Thunderstorms Sub attack near Gili Gili at 17,42 Japanese Ships MSW Wa 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PC Ch 24 Allied Ships SS S-46, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage --[CLiP]-- I lost Wa 2. Kinugasa seems to be jinxed! --[CLiP]-- Sub attack near Basilaki Island at 18,42 Japanese Ships CA Kinugasa Allied Ships SS S-38 --[CLiP]-- Why does ross bother? --[CLiP]-- Naval bombardment of Luganville, at 53,53 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 10 Port hits 5 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 3 --[CLiP]-- Or maybe S-45 is just incompetent? --[CLiP]-- Sub attack near Gili Gili at 17,42 Allied Ships SS S-45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Basilaki Island at 18,42 Japanese Ships CA Kinugasa Allied Ships SS S-38 --[CLiP]-- Ah the smell of a burning airfield on a morning! --[CLiP]-- Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 26 G4M1 Betty x 21 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 P-39D Airacobra x 5 P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 4 destroyed G4M1 Betty x 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra x 2 damaged SLDR C.Holmes of No. 75 Sqn RAAF is credited with kill number 2 Allied ground losses: Men lost 54 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 21 Attacking Level Bombers: 15 x G4M1 Betty at 3000 feet 6 x G4M1 Betty at 3000 feet --[CLiP]-- Moved my CV-TF to a position 10 hexes east of Cairns as my search last turn saw lot's of juicy targets there. --[CLiP]-- Air attack on TF at 12,57 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 28 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate x 4 destroyed B5N Kate x 16 damaged Allied Ships DD Maury, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CL Honolulu, Torpedo hits 2, on fire DD Helm DD Jarvis, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage --[CLiP]-- Suddenly my CV-TF decides to react to enemy carriers. Again, my pulse is 160 and I start sweating like a yankee pig as I thought Ross might have gotten new some carriers as reinforcements. This was not the case and I'm quite baffled why a single CV is floating around here. I guess I managed to score much more damage on Yorktown than I expected and Ross was moving it to a Noumea to be shipped for Pearl. --[CLiP]-- Air attack on TF at 19,56 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 D3A Val x 14 B5N Kate x 24 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate x 5 damaged Allied Ships CV Yorktown, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 7, on fire, heavy damage --[CLiP]-- No more Yorktown and my intel says 25 planes went down with it. More *hit is raining on PM. --[CLiP]-- Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 11 D3A Val x 23 B5N Kate x 29 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val x 1 damaged Allied ground losses: Men lost 116 Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 31 Attacking Level Bombers: 9 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet 9 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet 11 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet --[CLiP]-- PM is now at 100% and I can keep it so with a small effort.

derwho -> (1/28/2003 12:02:12 AM)
Losing more minelayers.. ;( --[CLiP]-- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/24/42 Weather: Partly Cloudy Sub attack near Luganville at 53,53 Japanese Ships SS I-27 Allied Ships CA Vincennes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat at 0,0 Japanese Ships ML Takashima, Shell hits 47, and is sunk Allied Ships CA San Francisco CA Vincennes CA Canberra CL Leander CL St. Louis DD Grayson DD Monssen DD Hughes DD O'Brien DD Bagley DD Mugford DD Henley DD Benham DD Fanning DD Hull -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Luganville, at 53,53 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 8 Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 1 --[CLiP]-- But keeping PM checked. --[CLiP]-- Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 66 G3M Nell x 8 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 P-39D Airacobra x 2 P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra x 2 destroyed CPT C. Weaver of 35th FS bails out WOUNDED and is RESCUED Allied ground losses: Men lost 5 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 7 Attacking Level Bombers: 4 x G3M Nell at 3000 feet 4 x G3M Nell at 3000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 D3A Val x 34 B5N Kate x 29 no losses Allied ground losses: Men lost 163 Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 21 Attacking Level Bombers: 9 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet 9 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet 11 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Townsville at 10,62 Japanese Ships SS I-21 Allied Ships DD Helm, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Gridley --[CLiP]-- Ross marched tw of (in my opinion) much needed battalions to capture Buna. A secondary target for the Allied player at this time, again IMO. --[CLiP]-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Buna Allied Shock attack Attacking force 8422 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 2149 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Buna base !!! Japanese ground losses: Men lost 2643 Guns lost 12 Allied ground losses: Men lost 34 --[CLiP]--

Nomad -> (1/28/2003 1:42:26 AM)
Nighttime surface combat at 0,0!!?? did you change the location to protect something?

mogami -> experiance (1/28/2003 2:26:15 AM)
Hi, I'll bet sinking that lone ML raised the night experiance of those USN ships by around 20 points. I always look for easy battles as USN to gain experiance in. (Comes in handy later when USN has radar) Dr Who, if you have room, I might be able to begin another PBEM game in a week or two. (several of my PBEM games should end soon) You can have Japanese scenario 19 Historical Sub doctrine. USN damage control, FOW on Auto Sub off. Variable, Japanese 200 Allies 100

derwho -> (1/28/2003 2:44:49 AM)
Nomad: Uhmm.. No, the location is actually Luganville harbour. Mogami: I'll compleately wipe you out with those settings so let's look at something more realistic, ok? Would you be interested in a scenario dealing with the latter part of the South Pacific-campaign, with some tweaking of the IJN reinforcements to give you a good clean fight?

mogami -> Settings (1/28/2003 8:52:07 AM)
Hi, The idea is to see just how far a good Japanese player can go in scenario 19 with 200 percent. I don't really care if you "wipe" me out. While I don't believe historical scenarios should be balanced (It's smoke em if you got em, if not, "No wonder they lost the war") Personally I don't think scenario 17 (The historic May 1st condition) Gives the Japanese enough ponies. (I'll try scenario 17 with 200 percent Japanese ship commitment next) But scenario 19 has a lot of air and ground units the Japanese never see in scenario 17. Oh, I'm not afraid of no ghost.

Admiral DadMan -> Re: Settings (1/28/2003 9:04:19 AM)
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mogami [B] ....Oh, I'm not afraid of no ghost. [/B][/QUOTE]Or my suicidal IJN DD Captains raiding his Battle Line :D

derwho -> (2/1/2003 5:23:01 PM)
I had to skip a few days of AAR posting just in case some of my words would betray me to Ross who surely also reads this. 2 turns ago I spotted two USN CV's supported by atleast one CA and 5 DD's 19 hex SE of GG. As I was just in the middle of moving my transport TF's to PM this was most worrying. I was sure that I had taken out the USN ability to use carriers for a reasonable timeframe so I could take PM with just one small supporting CV-TF consisting of 2*CV and one CVE. The rest of my air assets ware spread around doing various other tasks, mostly bombarding Port Moresby from Lae. It wouldn't be possible to ship another CV-TF to protect my Port Moresby invasion force. So, I quicky moved all available air assets to Gili Gili which is now a size 3 airfield. I stationed 149 Zeros, Vals and Kates there with escort and Naval attack as missions. I moved my CV-TF 2 hex West of Gili Gili, right on the shoreline. This was my trap. I hoped Ross would move his CV-TF close enough to GG so that GG air-assets could atleast give him a pounding before my CV's would close down for the kill. And my plan worked even better than I had hoped: We kick off with actiong around Luganville that's still in my hands. Ross is hitting a lot of mines in Luganville harbour as he's moving troops there with a transport-TF. I'm going to lose it but Ross is going to pay a heavy price for it. --[CLiP]-- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/27/42 Weather: Partly Cloudy Sub attack near Luganville at 53,53 Japanese Ships SS I-27, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships CA San Francisco CA Vincennes DD Henley DD Benham -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 7,55 Japanese Ships SS I-21 Allied Ships DD Maury --[CLiP]-- My assault against Port Moresby starts with a devastating bombardment that causes widespread panic amongst the civilian population of PM. --[CLiP]-- Naval bombardment of Port Moresby, at 10,40 Allied aircraft Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra x 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: Men lost 153 Airbase hits 15 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 187 Port fuel hits 1 --[CLiP]-- Ross is doing his best. One thing I actually would like to have in UV/WiTP is the possibility that I could "sack" a given place if I wanted to. Right now Luganville is badly damaged, but it has about 5k Sup and 10k fuel. I'd like to burn them before I lose the hex. --[CLiP]-- Naval bombardment of Luganville, at 53,53 Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 3 Port hits 2 --[CLiP]-- And Ross moves for my trap. --[CLiP]-- Air attack on TF at 15,43 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 32 A6M3 Zero x 10 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 15 TBD Devastator x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 2 damaged A6M3 Zero x 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 damaged TBD Devastator x 15 destroyed TBD Devastator x 3 damaged PO1 S. Kitahata of DII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 4 Japanese Ships CVL Zuiho CV Kaga -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 17,47 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 29 A6M3 Zero x 4 D3A Val x 16 B5N Kate x 34 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 21 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 7 destroyed A6M2 Zero x 2 damaged A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed D3A Val x 7 destroyed D3A Val x 6 damaged B5N Kate x 17 destroyed B5N Kate x 27 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 7 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 3 damaged LTJG W. Holt of VF-6 is credited with kill number 2 Allied Ships CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire CV Lexington, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage CA Pensacola -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 17,47 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 36 A6M3 Zero x 2 D3A Val x 40 B5N Kate x 44 Allied aircraft F4F-4 Wildcat x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 11 destroyed A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed D3A Val x 6 damaged B5N Kate x 6 destroyed B5N Kate x 13 damaged Allied aircraft losses F4F-4 Wildcat x 11 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat x 5 damaged LTJG L. Godson of VF-6 is credited with kill number 4 Allied Ships CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 15, on fire, heavy damage CV Lexington, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CA Salt Lake City CA Indianapolis, Torpedo hits 2, on fire --[CLiP]-- My airforce at Lae pounds PM. --[CLiP]-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on 113th Base Force, at 10,40 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 11 D3A Val x 35 B5N Kate x 30 no losses Allied ground losses: Men lost 39 Attacking Level Bombers: 10 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet 9 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet 11 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet --[CLiP]-- My pilots flying from GG try to finish the badly hit USN fleet but can't find any targets. --[CLiP]-- Air attack on TF at 17,47 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 30 A6M3 Zero x 6 D3A Val x 13 B5N Kate x 14 no losses ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 17,47 Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 3 A6M2 Zero x 25 D3A Val x 22 B5N Kate x 25 no losses --[CLiP]-- My SNLF was thrown out of Marilinian. --[CLiP]-- Ground combat at Marilinan Allied Shock attack Attacking force 2224 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 1007 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Allied assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied ground losses: Men lost 49 --[CLiP]--

Ross Moorhouse -> (2/1/2003 5:36:11 PM)
At the moment DrWho can plot and plan while I run around the map trying to fight the fires he starts. ;)

derwho -> (2/1/2003 6:00:10 PM)
Port Moresby will be mine in a few turns. When PM falls I can concentrate in mopping up New Guinea from US troops. --[CLiP]-- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/28/42 Weather: Overcast Naval bombardment of Port Moresby, at 10,40 Allied aircraft Allied aircraft losses B-26B Marauder x 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: Men lost 54 Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 110 Port hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Luganville, at 53,53 Runway hits 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Port Moresby at 10,40 Japanese Ships AP Hakozaki Maru, Torpedo hits 1 Allied Ships SS S-38 --[CLiP]-- Ross tried to nab my CV-TF at night but I wasn't there anymore so I annihilated his defensless ships. --[CLiP]-- Air attack on TF at 15,43 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 D3A Val x 22 B5N Kate x 27 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val x 1 destroyed D3A Val x 13 damaged B5N Kate x 3 destroyed B5N Kate x 19 damaged Allied Ships DD Swanson DD Gwin CA Pensacola, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Meredith DD Ellet CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Wilkes, Bomb hits 3, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 15,43 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 A6M3 Zero x 6 D3A Val x 20 B5N Kate x 24 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val x 3 damaged B5N Kate x 2 destroyed B5N Kate x 6 damaged Allied Ships CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Wilkes, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Balch CA Pensacola, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Selfridge, Bomb hits 3, on fire --[CLiP]-- I just couldn't resist the urge to use my floatplanes in a destructive manner: --[CLiP]-- Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 53,53 Japanese aircraft E8N Dave x 12 Japanese aircraft losses E8N Dave x 2 destroyed E8N Dave x 12 damaged Allied Ships DD Lang DD Drayton, Bomb hits 2, on fire CA Northampton, Bomb hits 2 --[CLiP]-- Iron rains on PM: --[CLiP]-- Air attack on 113th Base Force, at 10,40 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 11 D3A Val x 35 B5N Kate x 20 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val x 1 damaged Allied ground losses: Men lost 12 Attacking Level Bombers: 11 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet 9 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet --[CLiP]-- Death at sea: --[CLiP]-- Air attack on TF at 15,43 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 22 D3A Val x 15 B5N Kate x 12 no losses Allied Ships DD Gwin DD Balch, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage DD Ellet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 15,43 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 28 A6M3 Zero x 6 D3A Val x 18 B5N Kate x 13 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val x 2 damaged Allied Ships DD Swanson DD Balch, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Selfridge, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Gwin, Bomb hits 3 DD Meredith, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage --[CLiP]-- Floatplanes, floatplanes... A considerable number of Rosses shipping in Luganville harbour has hit Type 93 mines. --[CLiP]-- Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 53,53 Japanese aircraft E8N Dave x 4 Japanese aircraft losses E8N Dave x 3 damaged Allied Ships AP John Penn, Bomb hits 2, on fire Allied ground losses: Men lost 12 --[CLiP]-- Le grand� final�. --[CLiP]-- Ground combat at Port Moresby Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 14479 troops, 198 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 13897 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Japanese ground losses: Men lost 243 Allied ground losses: Men lost 187 --[CLiP]--

derwho -> (2/1/2003 6:31:28 PM)
Port Moresby is mine along with over 300 planes from it's airfield. A great day for the IJN. --[CLiP]-- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/29/42 Weather: Overcast Sub attack near Port Moresby at 10,40 Allied Ships SS S-41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Gili Gili at 17,42 Japanese Ships AG 2056, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Cabrilla, Shell hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Port Moresby at 10,40 Japanese Ships AP Hakusan Maru Allied Ships SS S-38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Port Moresby, at 10,40 Allied aircraft Allied aircraft losses Beaufort x 1 destroyed B-17E Fortress x 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: Men lost 45 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 93 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Port Moresby at 10,40 Japanese Ships AP Kirishima Maru DD Yayoi Allied Ships SS S-44, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Gili Gili at 17,42 Allied Ships SS Cabrilla -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Gili Gili at 17,42 Allied Ships SS Flying Fish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 16,45 Japanese aircraft B5N Kate x 6 Japanese aircraft losses B5N Kate x 1 damaged Allied Ships CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage DD Wilkes, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on 113th Base Force, at 10,40 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 11 D3A Val x 35 B5N Kate x 30 no losses Allied ground losses: Men lost 70 Attacking Level Bombers: 11 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet 9 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet 10 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat at 0,0 Japanese Ships AG 101, Shell hits 1, and is sunk AG 102, Shell hits 1, and is sunk AG 104, Shell hits 3, and is sunk AG 105, Shell hits 1, and is sunk AG 106, Shell hits 1, and is sunk AG 107, Shell hits 1, and is sunk AG 110, Shell hits 2, and is sunk AG 111, Shell hits 1, and is sunk AG 112, Shell hits 1, and is sunk AG 113, Shell hits 1, and is sunk AG 114, Shell hits 1, and is sunk AG 115, Shell hits 1, and is sunk AG 118, Shell hits 1, and is sunk AG 119, Shell hits 1, and is sunk AG 121, Shell hits 1, and is sunk AG 123, Shell hits 1, and is sunk AG 2050, Shell hits 6, and is sunk AG 2051, Shell hits 6, and is sunk AG 2052, Shell hits 6, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Swanson DD Gwin DD Ellet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Port Moresby Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 24083 troops, 261 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 13839 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Moresby base !!! Japanese ground losses: Men lost 254 Allied ground losses: Men lost 665 Guns lost 8 --[CLiP]--

derwho -> (2/1/2003 7:19:06 PM)
--[CLiP]-- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/30/42 Weather: Overcast Air attack on TF at 20,48 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 D3A Val x 18 B5N Kate x 14 no losses Allied Ships DD Meredith, heavy damage CA Pensacola, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Port Moresby Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 27220 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 2690 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 205 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese ground losses: Men lost 22 Allied ground losses: Men lost 576 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Luganville Allied Shock attack Attacking force 5331 troops, 56 guns, 81 vehicles Defending force 759 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles Allied assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Luganville base !!! Japanese ground losses: Men lost 850 Guns lost 6 Allied ground losses: Men lost 16 --[CLiP]--

derwho -> (2/2/2003 5:06:41 PM)
I'm not wasting any time in my cleanup operation. I also landed troops at Buna this turn to throw the US back into the jungle. --[CLiP]-- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/01/42 Weather: Rain Air attack on 30th Aus Brigade, at 12,38 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 11 D3A Val x 36 B5N Kate x 21 no losses Allied ground losses: Men lost 37 Attacking Level Bombers: 11 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet 10 x B5N Kate at 5000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wau Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 6843 troops, 82 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 2570 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 62 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese forces CAPTURE Wau base !!! Allied ground losses: Men lost 11 --[CLiP]--

derwho -> (2/2/2003 6:04:30 PM)
Still unloading troops at Buna. Nothing much else to report. --[CLiP]-- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/02/42 Weather: Partly Cloudy Air attack on Buna , at 12,38 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 17 Allied aircraft no losses Allied aircraft losses C-47 Dakota x 4 destroyed C-47 Dakota x 5 damaged Allied ground losses: Men lost 22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Buna , at 12,38 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 17 no losses Allied ground losses: Men lost 29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on 30th Aus Brigade, at 12,38 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 11 D3A Val x 36 B5N Kate x 30 no losses Allied ground losses: Men lost 108 Attacking Level Bombers: 11 x B5N Kate at 1000 feet 10 x B5N Kate at 1000 feet 9 x B5N Kate at 1000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Noumea at 52,67 Japanese Ships SS I-159, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships DD McCall, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Blue DD Patterson --[CLiP]--

derwho -> (2/2/2003 6:22:02 PM)
Ross is pulling some sort of minelaying operation one hex east of GG. I'm still unloading troops at Buna. --[CLiP]-- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/03/42 Weather: Clear Sub attack near Buna at 12,38 Japanese Ships AP Tatsuta Maru Allied Ships SS Flying Fish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Buna , at 12,38 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 17 no losses Allied ground losses: Men lost 29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 no losses Port hits 2 Attacking Level Bombers: 3 x B-17E Fortress at 20000 feet 3 x B-17E Fortress at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Buna , at 12,38 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 no losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on 30th Aus Brigade, at 12,38 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 11 D3A Val x 23 B5N Kate x 30 no losses Allied ground losses: Men lost 69 Attacking Level Bombers: 11 x B5N Kate at 1000 feet 9 x B5N Kate at 1000 feet 10 x B5N Kate at 1000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF, near Basilaki Island at 18,42 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 17 no losses Allied Ships DD Gwin, Shell hits 8 --[CLiP]--

Ross Moorhouse -> (2/3/2003 8:16:53 AM)
Something for the troops to cheer about.. :) ---------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Gili Gili at 17,42 Japanese Ships PC Takunan Maru #10 PC Ch 23 AP Atlantic Maru, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage AP Canberra Maru AP Chowa Maru AP Florida Maru AP Kano Maru AP Keisho Maru, Shell hits 29, on fire, heavy damage AP Kiyozumi Maru AP Koyo Maru AP Manju Maru AP Meiyo Maru Allied Ships DD Swanson DD Gwin, Shell hits 1 DD Ellet, Shell hits 4 Its has taken this sub capatin so many turns before he finaly got a hit. I think he left the lense cap on the periscope before this. ---------- Sub attack near Buna at 12,38 Japanese Ships AP Arizona Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS S-41

derwho -> (2/3/2003 11:55:32 PM)
One might say that sending 15k fresh IJN buddies to throw Ross out of Buna is overkill because you could do it with time and Captain Starvation but I'm not taking any chances. AP Arizona Maru was already badly damaged from Ross'es previous sub-attack against it so she was left behind as bait in Buna harbour. No loss as the IJN has stacks of AP's & AK's and I've lost something like 6 so far in the game. Has anyone else noticed that Vals and Kates gain EXP quite fast when they attack ground targets? Or am I just getting the feeling out of nowhare? --[CLiP]-- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/05/42 Weather: Partly Cloudy Sub attack near Buna at 12,38 Japanese Ships AP Arizona Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Flying Fish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cairns at 7,56 Japanese Ships SS I-121 Allied Ships DD Smith -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Buna at 12,38 Japanese Ships AP Arizona Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS S-38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cairns at 7,56 Japanese Ships SS I-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Buna , at 12,38 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 no losses Allied ground losses: Men lost 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Lea Lea , at 9,39 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 no losses Allied ground losses: Men lost 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Buna , at 12,38 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 no losses Allied ground losses: Men lost 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Lea Lea , at 9,39 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 19 no losses Allied ground losses: Men lost 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on 30th Aus Brigade, at 12,38 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 11 D3A Val x 22 B5N Kate x 30 no losses Allied ground losses: Men lost 49 Attacking Level Bombers: 9 x B5N Kate at 1000 feet 10 x B5N Kate at 1000 feet 11 x B5N Kate at 1000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Buna Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 15011 troops, 174 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 8553 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Buna base !!! Japanese ground losses: Men lost 70 Allied ground losses: Men lost 292 --[CLiP]--

derwho -> (2/4/2003 11:38:10 PM)
Nutin' special happening, I'm cleaning up New Guinea and plotting more operations against Ross. I spot USN DD's 10-12 Hexes away of GG or Lunga doing some sort of weird stuff and this turn Ross had the nerve to send a single DD to Lunga harbour. The situation so far: IJN has basically steamrolled the USN so far suffering no losses to speak about. IJN controls everything North of the line PM-GG-Lunga and can throw hell against any attempt to penetrate this line with LBA's and the full might of the Combined Fleet. USN shipping sunk for 1977 points: 4 x CV (Lexington, Yorktown, Enterprise and Hornet) 5 x CA (Pensacola, Salt Lake City, New Orleans, Astoria and Australia) 1 x CL (Hobart) 15 x DD 4 x PG 1 x DMS 4 x MSW 6 x SS 20 x SC 15 x AK IJN shipping sunk for 267 points: 1 x CS (Chyoda) 1 x CL (Tatsuta) 2 x ML 3 x TK 1 x AO 3 x SS 10 x AK Situation on points now USN 3479 vs 8547 IJN. --[CLiP]-- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/06/42 Weather: Overcast Air attack on Lae , at 9,33 Japanese aircraft Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 3 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress x 1 damaged Runway hits 2 Attacking Level Bombers: 3 x B-17E Fortress at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Lunga, at 38,40 MAJ U.Carlson of 26th BS is KILLED Runway hits 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Noumea at 52,67 Japanese Ships SS I-3 Allied Ships DD Dewey, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Lunga, at 38,40 Runway hits 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Buna Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 14912 troops, 174 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 3894 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied ground losses: Men lost 147 --[CLiP]-- The combat report below seems to be lying as I annihilated all troops at Lae Lae. --[CLiP]-- Ground combat at Lea Lea Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 6835 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 8480 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 29 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Lea Lea base !!! Japanese ground losses: Men lost 40 Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: Men lost 4331 Guns lost 6 --[CLiP]--

derwho -> (2/6/2003 3:13:57 AM)
--[CLiP]-- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/07/42 Weather: Thunderstorms Sub attack near Cairns at 7,56 Japanese Ships SS I-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Noumea at 52,67 Japanese Ships SS I-3 Allied Ships DD Hull -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 3 no losses Attacking Level Bombers: 3 x B-17E Fortress at 8000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 40,41 Japanese aircraft F1M2 Pete x 16 Japanese aircraft losses F1M2 Pete x 6 damaged Allied Ships DD Hutchins, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cairns at 7,56 Japanese Ships SS I-1 Allied Ships DD Smith, Torpedo hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Buna Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 14913 troops, 174 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 3749 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese ground losses: Men lost 191 Allied ground losses: Men lost 205 --[CLiP]--

derwho -> (2/6/2003 10:56:27 PM)
--[CLiP]-- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/08/42 Weather: Partly Cloudy Sub attack near Noumea at 52,67 Japanese Ships SS I-3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Marilinan , at 8,34 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 68 no losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Marilinan , at 8,34 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 68 no losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on 7th Aus Brigade, at 8,34 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 11 D3A Val x 36 B5N Kate x 30 no losses Allied ground losses: Men lost 26 Attacking Level Bombers: 10 x B5N Kate at 3000 feet 9 x B5N Kate at 3000 feet 11 x B5N Kate at 3000 feet --[CLiP]--

derwho -> (2/8/2003 3:43:57 AM)
Nothing much to report as I forgot to post this before I played my turn against dascateer. Still giving Ross hell on earth. Ross aproached me on how do I get my floatplanes to attack shipping with the pretext that people have been asking him how do I do it.. ;) Why has no-one asked from me?

derwho -> (2/8/2003 4:52:18 PM)
I was 100% positively sure I'd catch a nice 'n undefended transport TF at Cairns. My intelligence chief in charge of submitting me reports based on Naval Search aircraft was sacked accordingly. My aircrews at Lae are enjoying themselves flying Sweep against US troops. Experience is soaring. --[CLiP]-- Weather: Thunderstorms Night Time Surface Combat, near Cairns at 7,56 Japanese Ships DD Makigumo, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage DD Oyashio, Shell hits 1 DD Ariake, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Gridley DD Maury, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Smith -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Gili Gili at 17,42 Japanese Ships APD 31, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS S-40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 3 no losses Attacking Level Bombers: 3 x B-17E Fortress at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Marilinan , at 8,34 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 117 no losses Allied ground losses: Men lost 21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 8,55 Allied aircraft P-400 Airacobra x 4 P-39D Airacobra x 8 no losses Japanese Ships DD Ariake, on fire, heavy damage DD Makigumo, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 8,55 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 4 Allied aircraft losses SBD Dauntless x 1 destroyed SBD Dauntless x 1 damaged Japanese Ships DD Makigumo, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Marilinan , at 8,34 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 100 no losses Allied ground losses: Men lost 25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cairns at 7,56 Japanese Ships SS I-1 Allied Ships DD Smith, Torpedo hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cairns at 7,56 Japanese Ships SS I-1 Allied Ships DD Smith, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage --[CLiP]--

derwho -> (2/9/2003 11:06:32 PM)
--[CLiP]-- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/11/42 Weather: Partly Cloudy Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 7 no losses Attacking Level Bombers: 4 x B-17E Fortress at 20000 feet 3 x B-17E Fortress at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Marilinan , at 8,34 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 11 A6M2 Zero x 117 no losses Allied ground losses: Men lost 49 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 10,54 Allied aircraft P-400 Airacobra x 5 P-39D Airacobra x 8 no losses Japanese Ships DD Makigumo, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Marilinan , at 8,34 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 11 A6M2 Zero x 116 no losses Allied ground losses: Men lost 17 --[CLiP]--

Reiryc -> (2/10/2003 4:03:11 AM)
quote: Ross aproached me on how do I get my floatplanes to attack shipping with the pretext that people have been asking him how do I do it.. Why has no-one asked from me? This is true.... I am the one that asked ross. Why did I ask ross? I asked him because I have known him for quite a few years now and converse with him on other boards involving a different game. So, I thought I'd ask him what level you were flying your float planes at, because I've never seen someone get so many hits before with float planes. So if you want to answer what level you're flying your float planes at for the their bombing missions, I'd appreciate at it since ross didn't know. Reiryc

derwho -> (2/10/2003 2:13:03 PM)
[QUOTE]Why did I ask ross? I asked him because I have known him for quite a few years now and converse with him on other boards involving a different game. So, I thought I'd ask him what level you were flying your float planes at, because I've never seen someone get so many hits before with float planes.[/QUOTE] I guess that I've already reaped all the possible benefits out of my floatplane tactic so I propably can reveal the secret behind it. I fly my long-range floatplanes at 10kft and 100% Naval Search. I fly my shorter-range floatplanes (Petes or Daves) at 1kft, Naval Attack and 0% search. I try to use them in wolfpacks, ie 2-3 AV's scouting targets and all availabe CS's behind them ready to close for the kill. If I have the possibility I have AO's in my third line to fuel the AV's and CS's. If I feel _really_ evil and I know that my adversory is going to do something about the seaplane threat, this being usually one or two CV's sent against my CS's & AV's, I station a strong carrier strike force somewhare close enough to ambush and sink enemy carriers.

derwho -> (2/10/2003 11:21:10 PM)
Floatplanes... Remember a few turns ago when Ross managed to ambush one of my barge-convoys with a few DD's? Thease seem to be the out-of-fuel remnants of those DD's. Soon out of fuel and out of commission. --[CLiP]-- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/12/42 Weather: Partly Cloudy Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 19 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 no losses no losses Attacking Level Bombers: 3 x B-17E Fortress at 10000 feet 3 x B-17E Fortress at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Marilinan , at 8,34 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 11 A6M2 Zero x 64 no losses Allied ground losses: Men lost 17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 37,56 Japanese aircraft E8N Dave x 12 no losses Allied Ships DD Ellet, Bomb hits 1 DD Gwin, Bomb hits 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 37,56 Japanese aircraft F1M2 Pete x 14 no losses Allied Ships DD Gwin, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Ellet, Bomb hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Marilinan , at 8,34 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 11 A6M2 Zero x 64 no losses Allied ground losses: Men lost 6 --[CLiP]--

derwho -> (2/12/2003 2:05:26 PM)
I never thought I'd see this day! With great pride I can say that my floatplanes are far superior than those of my worthy opponent in a floatplane vs. floatplane encounter ;D --[CLiP]-- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/13/42 Weather: Clear Air attack on Gili Gili , at 17,42 Japanese aircraft A6M2-N Rufe x 8 A6M2 Zero x 10 A6M3 Zero x 14 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero x 1 damaged A6M3 Zero x 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress x 4 damaged Attacking Level Bombers: 4 x B-17E Fortress at 10000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Marilinan , at 8,34 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 11 A6M2 Zero x 77 no losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 38,55 Allied aircraft SOC-3 Seagull x 3 Allied aircraft losses SOC-3 Seagull x 2 damaged Japanese Ships CS Nisshin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 40,59 Japanese aircraft E8N Dave x 12 Japanese aircraft losses E8N Dave x 10 damaged Allied Ships DD McCall DD Warramunga, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 40,59 Japanese aircraft F1M2 Pete x 14 Japanese aircraft losses F1M2 Pete x 11 damaged Allied Ships DD McCall DD Warramunga, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on Marilinan , at 8,34 Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 11 A6M2 Zero x 76 no losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 38,56 Japanese aircraft E8N Dave x 5 Japanese aircraft losses E8N Dave x 5 damaged Allied Ships CA Chester CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air attack on TF at 38,57 Japanese aircraft F1M2 Pete x 7 no losses Allied Ships DD Gwin, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage --[CLiP]--

Deathifier -> (2/12/2003 7:30:16 PM)
Floatplane wars, now that'd be an interesting scenario to build! Now wait till Ross convinces his B-17's to go bomb those silly little floatplane carriers :) - Deathifier

Grotius -> (2/12/2003 11:53:06 PM)
I have a question about AVs. Do their float planes fly only if the AV is formed up in a TF at a base? Or do they fly even if the AV is anchored ("in port") at a base? I assume the latter -- right?

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