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GreyJoy -> Miss Money Penny (2/2/2014 6:49:39 PM)
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zuluhour -> RE: Miss Money Penny (2/2/2014 6:52:36 PM)
? who [X(][:D][:D][:D] I was going say something like that woman looks like a brute......but I refrained, thinking it was some body's mom.[:D][:D][:D][X(]

witpqs -> RE: Miss Money Penny (2/2/2014 6:56:21 PM)
Good God! I need some real Bond Girls as eyewash! [:D]

obvert -> RE: Miss Money Penny (2/2/2014 8:26:44 PM)
Can you at least show us a pic of Valentina as Bond to cleanse our sight? [X(][:D][:D] You look pretty serious about that lipstick, Nic! [:-]

GreyJoy -> RE: Miss Money Penny (2/2/2014 8:36:45 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: obvert Can you at least show us a pic of Valentina as Bond to cleanse our sight? [X(][:D][:D] You look pretty serious about that lipstick, Nic! [:-] Lol:-) Here we are...however i was, obviously, the coolest girl of the party![:D] [image]local://upfiles/37890/06F8C76B95394101AD7A60A0CE6C3521.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Miss Money Penny (2/2/2014 9:32:33 PM)
Ha! Always so modest! [:D]

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/25/2014 10:19:55 AM)
Ok guys, think I owe you an update... The game reached December 2, 1944. So since august, 4 more months have passed. The situation: The allies landed in the Mollucces (Makassar and such) with an Australian Army (2 IDs and several tanks and infantry Bdes). The place was easily conquered...defended by the 42th IJA ID, destroyed in the process. Then we landed at Koggala (near Kendari) with an USMC Div... but the KB showed up and sunk several CVEs, along with an old battlewagon. The Marines were then stopped at Kendari, where a full division, behind forts, managed to hold well... Then it started a long defensive phase of the war. The Japs fielded several hundreds of KI-83s and KI-48r that started to sweep the skies over Makassar. I thought I could face them with F6F-5s, P47Ds and P-51Ds... WRONG! Those bastards always arrive en masse from Sosarbaja and Balikapan and I'm suffering 1-2 loss ratio at best... my pools are getting dry and I'm unable to defend my skies. At the same time my B29s can't touch their starting bases, defended by several hundreds fighters on CAP (N2K5s, KI-100IIs and KI-84rs) and heavy DBB flak... losses have been brutal and I had to stop the process without achieving much. In Malaya we managed to advance up until Kotha Baru after Singora. Long months of fightings and we finally dislodged the 2 IDs that were defending the wooden hex NW of Kotha Baru... just to find out that we couldn't do anything more. Once we reached the base with an army of 89,000 men, we've found 7 forts, several artillery regiments (both AA and Field ones), and 3 Divisions... 800 fighters on CAP prevented any attempt to bomb the base. The first Artillery bombardment costed me 7 (SEVEN) US Arty Units (the precious ones with 155mm long barrelled guns)....completely destroyed in a single run...[X(] The only good note on the Malayan campaign is that we managed to advance to Kualalumpur, conquering it and completely dividing Kotha Baru from Singapore... but both are kept supplies by sea by the Japs... my subs are not able to do much and he has the total dominion of the air space. My bases in Malaya can't really be defend by air... any CAP I put there, no matter which plane, which altitude set, is swept away by his sweeps. Only the allied flak prevents the Japs from turning my bases into dust. Bankoleng, Sebang etc are all constantly swept by his KI-83s... really the best plane around. In Sumatra we managed to conquer Djambi, now leaving only Palembang as the only base in Japanese hands... a base which is now completely isolated (I think not a single convoy has reached or left Palembang in the last 5 months)... but impossible to conquer. I've been bombing it with 100/150 4Es every day since July 1944...and flak remains powefull... those 7 forts are really a blessing in keeping supplies! we've now landed at Merak... last turn... December 1st 1944... I need to have a port on the other side of the strait in order to start penetrating towards Borneo and, at the same time, isolating Java once for good. However I'm late. Mr.Kane managed to really put a great defence, using at best stacking limits, 2nd altitude mnvr HR, DBB flak and forts. Once he decides to defend a base there's no way I can conquer it. Kotha Baru is a good example: despite being in a clear hex, forts, AA, heavy jap artillery and superior fighters prevent the allies any chance. The only way to get there is to use naval bombardments...but if you cannot reach the base by sea, you better forget it. Intel says Luzon is being built a lot. Not less than 8 divisions are reported there now... his second line of defence seems really great...and I'm still far away from there :-( KB remains formidable and intact. Japan has superior planes...think we'll soon see the KI-94....[X(] The oil embargo doesn't seem to hurt his ability to outproduce me...and supplies never seem a problem for him. In Burma we're stuck at Toungoo with no hope of any further advance. In China the front is stabilized, but I cannot do anything to advance. All in all, Japan is winning this match easily... Mr.Kane is really teaching me a good lesson[&o]

obvert -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/25/2014 11:22:34 AM)
What a tough game! You'll get there though. The oil is the key. Keep hammering. Also, he can't have 3-4 divisions everywhere, and supply everywhere. You'll find the weak spots up North I'm sure. Japan likely has 4-6 months reserve without oil flowing in once it's stopped. Stop it at any cost. [;)]

JocMeister -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/25/2014 12:25:21 PM)
Revert back to 1942 tactics in the air. Its the only option I think... Where are all your LCUs? 8 IDs on Luzon shouldn´t be that much of an obstacle and 3 Japanese divisions should only be a speed bump by now regardless of forts? Are you holding 20 IDs back for Hokkaido? [:D]

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/25/2014 1:23:34 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JocMeister Revert back to 1942 tactics in the air. Its the only option I think... Where are all your LCUs? 8 IDs on Luzon shouldn´t be that much of an obstacle and 3 Japanese divisions should only be a speed bump by now regardless of forts? Are you holding 20 IDs back for Hokkaido? [:D] Joc, with all due respect, I think you've played too much without SLs... in a SL game, if the japs are kept supplied and cannot be bombed by sea, it' impossible to dislodge them from a well defended base. Attacking in an overstacked condition, means incredible losses and very little effect. I've tried, mind you, but results were so horrible I had to move back my overstacking units and resume the understacking attacks... which means that, against heavy forts and flak, with CAP present, it's not a possible and credible task. Even the Marines fail to accomplish that job against a well entrenched jap division. Obvert is right: I have to look for other places... the problem is that Mr.Kane is very wise in chosing where to defend... and all the key bases are not conquerable at the moment. However I do see some lights... On Dec 03, 44, the landings at Merak went unopposed against the 43rd ID... sub laid mines (more than 150 in a single turn!) costed me 4 DDs... but naval bombings went fine... At the same time a Japanese BBTF moved from Northern Borneo... in order to attack my landings... A brave DD TF was dispatched to cover those advancing sealanes and slowed it down... During the afternoon my unseen CVs arrived west of Merak and attacke the basterds near Kalidati.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Ketapang at 55,92, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Nagato, Shell hits 3 BB Fuso, Shell hits 4 DD Kagero, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Hatsukaze DD Hayashio DD Maikaze DD Shiranui DD Urakaze DD Hamakaze DD Hagikaze DD Tachekaze Allied Ships DD Sterett, Shell hits 1 DD Paladin, Shell hits 1, and is sunk DD Petard, Shell hits 8, on fire DD Rapid, Shell hits 17, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sampit at 55,97 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 24 F6F-3 Hellcat x 48 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 29 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAP Kongo Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Syoan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK London Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Saipan Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Syohei Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Tango Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Kitano Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires xAP Teiritsu Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kalidjati at 52,99 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 34 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 53 F6F-5 Hellcat x 48 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 26 TBM-1C Avenger x 17 TBM-3 Avenger x 17 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 5 damaged SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak TBM-1C Avenger: 4 damaged Japanese Ships BB Nagato, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1 DD Hayashio BB Fuso, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Hagikaze Aircraft Attacking: 5 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 17 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp. 17 x TBM-3 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp. 9 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 12 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kalidjati at 52,99 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 29 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 115 SBD-5 Dauntless x 58 TBM-1C Avenger x 17 Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 16 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak TBM-1C Avenger: 1 damaged TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships DD Hagikaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage BB Nagato, Bomb hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires BB Fuso, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage DD Tachekaze DD Hayashio, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Kagero Then the Merak espeditionary force did a great job conquering easily the base. Now the strait is ours and our fleet can move towards Borneo... and Batavia is in sight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Merak (48,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 48374 troops, 841 guns, 1018 vehicles, Assault Value = 1626 Defending force 18121 troops, 366 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 506 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Allied adjusted assault: 2058 Japanese adjusted defense: 40 Allied assault odds: 51 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Merak !!! Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), op mode(-), disruption(-), preparation(-) fatigue(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 7174 casualties reported Squads: 129 destroyed, 173 disabled Non Combat: 79 destroyed, 33 disabled Engineers: 41 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 230 (204 destroyed, 26 disabled) Vehicles lost 29 (29 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 1389 casualties reported Squads: 13 destroyed, 81 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 42 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled Guns lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled) Vehicles lost 65 (4 destroyed, 61 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 767th Tank Battalion 11th NZ Brigade 193rd Tank Battalion 158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 2nd NZ Brigade Provisionl Tank Brigade 15th NZ Brigade 77th Infantry Division 3rd Australian Division 1st NZ Brigade 708th Amphib Tank Battalion 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 715th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 4th Pioneer Battalion 4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 3rd RNZAF Base Force 14th Marine Defense Battalion 1 Group RNZAF 1/542nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion 1st KNIL AA Battalion V Amphib Corps 8th Port Maint Engineer Battalion 97th Field Artillery Battalion XI US Corps 82nd Mortar Battalion 5th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 1st Pioneer Battalion 5th RNZAF Base Force 1st Medium Regiment 147th Field Artillery Battalion 602nd Field Artillery Battalion 601st Field Artillery Battalion 85th British AT Gun Regiment Defending units: 4th Engineer Co 43rd Division Det. 3rd Special Base Force

obvert -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/25/2014 1:56:45 PM)
Nice! Each one of these kinds of days will help immensely as you know. I had thought SL would be a lot tougher and a lot of recent examples are showing this. It's seemingly just not possible to land 5k AV of Allied stuff and walk all over the defenses like in my game without SL. Keep the head up Nic, and enjoy the challenge. You pick some great opponents and have a flair for finding the epic result, so I look forward to more posts! [:)]

ny59giants -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/25/2014 1:57:23 PM)
Air Power or lack of... If I remember right, you switched back to stock air data from DBB vs playing with the new data done by Symon. You also have the HR that limits aircraft to 2nd best maneuver band. These together with playing a quality opponent that gets the benefit of PDU - 'Off' and R&D - 'On' means you are behind the 8 ball, big time. [:(] I haven't done research, but I don't remember Japanese artillery being this good during the war. Am I wrong here??

obvert -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/25/2014 2:01:05 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ny59giants I haven't done research, but I don't remember Japanese artillery being this good during the war. Am I wrong here?? Those siege guns from Manchuria, that most likely stayed there during the war and couldn't move nearly as easily as they do in game, are real killers. If well fortified and supplied they match and even out duel the best Allied artillery (although I'm sure the Soviets deal with them quickly). Those 30cm and 24cm howitzers and the 27cm and 30cm mortars are BIG shells. They're also small units and relatively cheap to buy out. The best deal on the map for the Japanese.

ny59giants -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/25/2014 2:07:47 PM)
The American have a good amount of 105mm and some 155mm, but is there anything else bigger that was actually in theater?? I know there was some in Europe, but what about the Pacific?? quote: Those 30cm and 24cm howitzers and the 27cm and 30cm mortars are BIG shells. They're also small units and relatively cheap to buy out. The best deal on the map for the Japanese. There should be a way to increase the amount of supply these big guns use.

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/25/2014 3:52:46 PM)
Just another example of what I mean... this is from 4th Dec 1944...over Merak and Makassar... orning Air attack on Merak , at 48,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84r Frank x 44 Allied aircraft Corsair IV x 24 F4U-1D Corsair x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Corsair IV: 5 destroyed F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 25 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 38000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Merak , at 48,97 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 44,530 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-83 x 48 Allied aircraft Corsair IV x 2 F4U-1D Corsair x 2 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F4U-1D Corsair: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 48 x Ki-83 sweeping at 41530 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84r Frank x 44 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 15 Spitfire VIII x 23 P-39N1 Airacobra x 24 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 100 F6F-3 Hellcat x 63 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84r Frank: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-39N1 Airacobra: 5 destroyed P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 13 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 8 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84r Frank x 44 Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 15 Spitfire VIII x 20 P-39N1 Airacobra x 8 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 59 F6F-3 Hellcat x 43 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-39N1 Airacobra: 1 destroyed P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 10 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 13 destroyed ...today I lost 116 planes in A2A fights... 24 planes lost for Japan [X(] Sure the P-47s were put only at 20K feet... just because I cannot always keep them on CAP at 42K due to fatigue levels...also because on CAP they perform poorly because of their slow climb rate, so you need to have high % of CAP to be able to fight properly on defense...and 42 is simply too high

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/25/2014 3:58:19 PM)
Even when sweeping the P47s do not do that well... they are always outnumbered and the "dive" bonus is just not enough when facing 4/500 SAMs, KI-84r and KI-83s. Also, as you know, the P-47 production stops sometimes in august...so from then on you don't have any superiority fighter in production. The P-51D is my real concern... despite its abilities, it is outmatched in every engagement it gets involved, both on defensive and offensive... and when I say outmatched I mean that it gets a 1-5, 1-6 loss ratio against the japs...even with veteran pilots Sincerely I'm out of viable option for this match...

JocMeister -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/25/2014 4:12:20 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: GreyJoy Joc, with all due respect, I think you've played too much without SLs... in a SL game, if the japs are kept supplied and cannot be bombed by sea, it' impossible to dislodge them from a well defended base. Attacking in an overstacked condition, means incredible losses and very little effect. I've tried, mind you, but results were so horrible I had to move back my overstacking units and resume the understacking attacks... which means that, against heavy forts and flak, with CAP present, it's not a possible and credible task. Even the Marines fail to accomplish that job against a well entrenched jap division. You are right of course as I don´t have any experience with late war SL. But I had envisioned you could rotate divisions in and out wairing down the opposition? The allies have a tremendous firepower advantage at this point and I had thought that would negate the defensive bonus and to an extent the forts? But you still have some 40 unrestricted allied IDs plus minus a couple. Surely there must be a way to break through somewhere? Have you tried using massed armored attacks? And have you let your Arty dig forts before starting the bombardments? I have found that it makes a massive difference. Especially in clear hexes. As Micheal says I think you set yourself up for an incredibly hard challenge. Your main problem in the air is the 2nd MVR band HR. It makes the Frank "R" outclass everything besides the P47. This pretty much removes the workhorses of the USAAF (P38 and P51) from play making them completely useless for anything but cannonfodder. IMO this is one of the most disruptive and intrusive HRs you can have. Your opponent can produce limitless numbers and pilots will never be an issue. Not even the P51H will save you as its locked at 31k by your HR. So you will be sweeping under his CAP with that one too. Being almost 100 MPH faster won´t help much when being dived on. I guess you are not allowing yourself to night bomb in this game either? Are you allowed to night bomb the HI?

ny59giants -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/25/2014 4:12:38 PM)
When playing a novice or low experienced Japanese player, allowing PDU "ON" and R&D "OFF" may be a good option, but somebody of Mr Kane's abilties it isn't a good option anymore, IMO.

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/25/2014 8:55:19 PM)
results are getting worrisome... AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 05, 44 Nagato and Fuso are more than alive...not even damaged... another replay bug???? [:(] they are already at Balikapan without a scratch....[:o] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 64,98, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Nagato, Shell hits 1 BB Fuso, Shell hits 2 DD Kagero, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Hatsukaze DD Hayashio DD Maikaze DD Shiranui DD Urakaze, Shell hits 1 DD Hamakaze DD Hagikaze, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage DD Tachekaze Allied Ships DD Hutchins, Shell hits 1 DD Ingersoll DD Jenkins, Shell hits 1 DD Knapp DD McGowan DD Newcomb, Shell hits 1 DD Nicholas, Shell hits 1 DD Pringle DD Drayton DD Cushing, Shell hits 1, on fire And look at the results in the skies...i'm forced to keep down my CAP to avoid his sweeps...while my own sweeps get mauled..... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Merak , at 48,97 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84r Frank x 28 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 28 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 38000 feet Carrier support unable to supply air cover.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Merak , at 48,97 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 47,530 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-83 x 48 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 48 x Ki-83 sweeping at 41530 feet Carrier support unable to supply air cover.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 42,270 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84r Frank x 23 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 38270 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84r Frank x 38 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 38 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 38000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bandoeng , at 50,100 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 39,800 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 15 J2M5 Jack x 28 N1K5-J George x 29 Ki-83 x 21 Ki-84r Frank x 30 Ki-100-II Tony x 33 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 4 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 38800 feet CAP engaged: S-901 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 12 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 36910. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 352 Ku S-1 with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 7 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes S-701 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 13 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 39370. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 1st Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 8 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41530 , scrambling fighters between 39000 and 41000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 54th Sentai with Ki-100-II Tony (0 airborne, 22 on standby, 3 scrambling) 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 36090. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 105th Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 6 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41530 , scrambling fighters between 30000 and 41000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 200th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 19 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38000 , scrambling fighters between 32000 and 38270. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes S-324 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 9 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 35760. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bandoeng , at 50,100 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 41,800 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 14 J2M5 Jack x 28 N1K5-J George x 29 Ki-83 x 21 Ki-84r Frank x 28 Ki-100-II Tony x 29 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 21 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 5 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 3 x F6F-3 Hellcat sweeping at 38800 feet CAP engaged: S-901 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 9 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 40800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 352 Ku S-1 with N1K5-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 41800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes S-701 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (2 airborne, 2 on standby, 7 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 39370. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 1st Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 6 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41530 , scrambling fighters between 39000 and 41000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 105th Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41530 , scrambling fighters between 34000 and 41800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 200th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (3 airborne, 4 on standby, 13 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38000 , scrambling fighters between 35000 and 40800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes S-324 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 9 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 39800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 54th Sentai with Ki-100-II Tony (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling) 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34000 , scrambling fighters between 33000 and 42800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bandoeng , at 50,100 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 13 J2M5 Jack x 28 N1K5-J George x 27 Ki-83 x 21 Ki-84r Frank x 27 Ki-100-II Tony x 27 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 22 Japanese aircraft losses N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-83: 1 destroyed Ki-100-II Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 6 destroyed CAP engaged: S-901 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (1 airborne, 9 on standby, 6 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 41760. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes 352 Ku S-1 with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 39270. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes S-701 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 39800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 1st Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41530 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 41000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes 105th Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41530 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 40800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 200th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 11 scrambling) 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 41800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes S-324 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 38760. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 54th Sentai with Ki-100-II Tony (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 42800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bandoeng , at 50,100 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 44,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 11 J2M5 Jack x 25 N1K5-J George x 25 Ki-83 x 17 Ki-84r Frank x 24 Ki-100-II Tony x 18 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 16 Japanese aircraft losses N1K5-J George: 2 destroyed Ki-100-II Tony: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 4 destroyed CAP engaged: S-901 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 6 scrambling) 11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 42000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 352 Ku S-1 with N1K5-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 33090 and 39270. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes S-701 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 44000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 1st Sentai with Ki-83 (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41530 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 45000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 105th Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41530 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 200th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 8 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes S-324 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 38760. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 54th Sentai with Ki-100-II Tony (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 41800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bandoeng , at 50,100 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 10 J2M5 Jack x 20 N1K5-J George x 19 Ki-83 x 14 Ki-84r Frank x 22 Ki-100-II Tony x 11 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51D Mustang: 5 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 7 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: S-901 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 42270. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 352 Ku S-1 with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 33090 and 43270. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes S-701 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 37660 and 44000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes 1st Sentai with Ki-83 (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41530 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 41270. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes 105th Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41530 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 41530. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 200th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 9 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38000 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 38270. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes S-324 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 35660. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 54th Sentai with Ki-100-II Tony (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 42270. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Merak , at 48,97 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84r Frank x 9 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 38000 feet Carrier support unable to supply air cover.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 197 NM, estimated altitude 39,270 feet. Estimated time to target is 48 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84r Frank x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 38270 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 149 NM, estimated altitude 39,270 feet. Estimated time to target is 37 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84r Frank x 3 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 38270 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Makassar , at 65,106 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 199 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 49 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84r Frank x 4 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 38000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bandoeng , at 50,100 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 64 NM, estimated altitude 43,800 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 7 J2M5 Jack x 20 N1K5-J George x 18 Ki-83 x 13 Ki-84r Frank x 20 Ki-100-II Tony x 9 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: S-901 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 14 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 36910. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 352 Ku S-1 with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 30780 and 39370. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes 1st Sentai with Ki-83 (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41530 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 41270. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes 105th Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41530 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 40800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes 200th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38000 , scrambling fighters between 27780 and 38270. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes S-324 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 26780 and 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes S-701 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 27780 and 38660. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 54th Sentai with Ki-100-II Tony (2 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 35660. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bandoeng , at 50,100 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 60 NM, estimated altitude 42,800 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 7 J2M5 Jack x 19 N1K5-J George x 17 Ki-83 x 13 Ki-84r Frank x 18 Ki-100-II Tony x 9 Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed CAP engaged: S-901 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 14 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 36910. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 352 Ku S-1 with N1K5-J George (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 30780 and 39370. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 1st Sentai with Ki-83 (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41530 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 41530. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes 105th Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41530 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 38090. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes 200th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38000 , scrambling fighters between 32000 and 38270. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes S-324 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 32000 and 35760. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes S-701 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes 54th Sentai with Ki-100-II Tony (2 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34000 , scrambling fighters between 35660 and 36090. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bandoeng , at 50,100 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 7 J2M5 Jack x 18 N1K5-J George x 16 Ki-83 x 13 Ki-84r Frank x 16 Ki-100-II Tony x 8 Allied aircraft Thunderbolt I x 11 B-24D Liberator x 3 B-24J Liberator x 44 P-40N5 Warhawk x 18 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 6 damaged A7M2 Sam: 3 destroyed on ground N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-83: 7 damaged Ki-83: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-84r Frank: 14 damaged Ki-84r Frank: 3 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses Thunderbolt I: 2 destroyed B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 18 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak P-40N5 Warhawk: 2 destroyed PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: S-901 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 14 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers 352 Ku S-1 with N1K5-J George (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers 1st Sentai with Ki-83 (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41530 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 41270. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes 8 planes vectored on to bombers 105th Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 41530 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers 200th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 38000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 38270. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 14 planes vectored on to bombers S-324 Hikotai with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 35000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 7 planes vectored on to bombers S-701 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 33000 and 38800. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 6 planes vectored on to bombers 54th Sentai with Ki-100-II Tony (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 34000 , scrambling fighters between 33200 and 36000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes 5 planes vectored on to bombers AND THIS IS HAPPENING AGAINST A SMALL AIRFIELD...IMAGINE WHAT HAOPPENED WHEN I TRIED TO DO THAT AGAINST kOTHAN bARU OR Singapore DEFENDED BY 7/800 FIGHTERS

GreyJoy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/25/2014 9:03:54 PM)
Again i lost 130 planes against his 50...and 100 pilots... i really cannot sustain these losses...and i don't know what to do... all my planes seem inferior... And about the HRs... yes, no night bombing...except for night naval...only at home Island (whenever i'll get there)... The 2nd mnvr bad is the same rule i used against QBall... but i've never managed to achieve anything like that. Brad could easily sweep my bases... while he seem to be able to Always have enough planes in the air... oh well... And with the new DBB airplanes files it was even worse.., we tried them, but the N1K and the J2M were even faster than the KI-48s...so he could have had 2 more fighters great for sweep and not only for CAP... i asked him to get back to stock cause i couldn't really put anything in the air that could match the japs. depressing... but these rules were the ones i asked for...so i can't complain. The only HR i didn't ask for was forbiding LRCAP for escort purposes... but for the rest... are the rules i used against QBall...

witpqs -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/25/2014 9:13:11 PM)
I also would say 'dump the 2nd Mvr band HR'. In my view some planes were superior and those sort of HR are designed to negate the differences between some aircraft.

Mike McCreery -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/25/2014 11:45:40 PM)
In my game against NJP we switched from 2nd mvr band to a 29K limit for 42 and higher limits later in the game. It is easier to work with and I am doing well as the allies with P39 & P40 against Zero's and Oscars. I know you are further in the game with different aircraft.

ny59giants -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/26/2014 12:44:58 AM)
Nic, I pulled up the Excel spreadsheet on Symon's DDB air data changes for some of those planes in your Combat Report. Model........Altitude......Speed.......Climb Rate A7M2.........32,180.........392.........3220 J2M5.........34,010.........403.........3610 N1K5r........34,880.........401.........3251 Ki-83........36,600.........438.........3280 Ki-84r.......33,910.........411.........3140 Ki-100-II....36,300.........384.........2860 P-51D........37,212.........437.........3030 P-47D25......37,200.........435.........2533 P-38L........38,980.........414.........2850 F6F-5........33,050.........390.........2775 The Jack is great as CAP due to her climb rate, IMO. The Ki-83 'may' be slightly better than the P-51D, but in sweeps the P-51s should get that 600' bounce. The P-38L was not involved, but their altitude is best at this time. By playing with 2nd maneuver HR, what little advantage is being thrown away. You have yours at 31k while I saw some at over 40k in reports. You lose!!! [:(]

JocMeister -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/26/2014 4:47:56 AM)
You certainly set yourself up for a hard challenge to say the least! [X(]

kjnoel -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/27/2014 7:54:30 PM)
Whatever Allied players think, Japan cannot create unlimited aircraft, it is limited by effectively HI... which is limited by fuel. I know you know that, having played Japan, so how effective would you say your commerce war has been? As far as I can see with these HRs and scenario crippling the economy is your only route to victory. Not saying it's been possible, hence my question!

castor troy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/28/2014 10:33:08 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: kjnoel Whatever Allied players think, Japan cannot create unlimited aircraft, it is limited by effectively HI... which is limited by fuel. I know you know that, having played Japan, so how effective would you say your commerce war has been? As far as I can see with these HRs and scenario crippling the economy is your only route to victory. Not saying it's been possible, hence my question! it's not about the total number of aircraft, it's about the number of "usable" aircraft, so the fact that Japan can't produce unlimited aircraft doesn't mean much. Especially with DBB changes, the IJ player is able to produce even more fighters that are equal or better than 3/4 of the fighters available to the Allied player. I have yet to see a PBEM where the IJ player even reaches real life numbers of aircraft produced, so total numbers aren't a problem at all, numbers of aircraft that have nearly not been built at all or numbers in the thousands of fighters that have only been produced in the hundreds are the "problem". And no IJ player should ever run out of the possibility to produce aircraft as aircraft production is one of the smaller parts of the whole production so just turn stuff off and have a go at aircraft production. I don't think that is realistic but that's how it is and when I am playing the IJ I am of course also not producing Oscars when I could build and use Franks at exactly the same cost as Oscars. I think as with many other things in the game, this is getting worse the further you get into the game, especially from late 43 on when numbers really increase.

Mike McCreery -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/28/2014 10:58:41 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy quote: ORIGINAL: kjnoel Whatever Allied players think, Japan cannot create unlimited aircraft, it is limited by effectively HI... which is limited by fuel. I know you know that, having played Japan, so how effective would you say your commerce war has been? As far as I can see with these HRs and scenario crippling the economy is your only route to victory. Not saying it's been possible, hence my question! it's not about the total number of aircraft, it's about the number of "usable" aircraft, so the fact that Japan can't produce unlimited aircraft doesn't mean much. Especially with DBB changes, the IJ player is able to produce even more fighters that are equal or better than 3/4 of the fighters available to the Allied player. I have yet to see a PBEM where the IJ player even reaches real life numbers of aircraft produced, so total numbers aren't a problem at all, numbers of aircraft that have nearly not been built at all or numbers in the thousands of fighters that have only been produced in the hundreds are the "problem". And no IJ player should ever run out of the possibility to produce aircraft as aircraft production is one of the smaller parts of the whole production so just turn stuff off and have a go at aircraft production. I don't think that is realistic but that's how it is and when I am playing the IJ I am of course also not producing Oscars when I could build and use Franks at exactly the same cost as Oscars. I think as with many other things in the game, this is getting worse the further you get into the game, especially from late 43 on when numbers really increase. The number of planes is only one aspect. The Japanese also need an airfield and AV support. They have weaknesses to prey upon. Each side has strengths and weaknesses.

castor troy -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/28/2014 11:09:21 AM)
yeah, real life they didn't have the aircraft, they didn't have the airfields and they didn't have the support. Let me see... in the game, I get the aircraft, I get the airfields (not hard at all to build them if you choose the right place) and if I build large enough airfields I also get enough support. Ok, where's the trade off?

Mike McCreery -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/28/2014 12:13:57 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy yeah, real life they didn't have the aircraft, they didn't have the airfields and they didn't have the support. Let me see... in the game, I get the aircraft, I get the airfields (not hard at all to build them if you choose the right place) and if I build large enough airfields I also get enough support. Ok, where's the trade off? Do you want to win the game more quickly? The tradeoff is playability. If the Japanese have no ships, no planes and no armies in 44, what is the point of finishing the game?? You are a JFB apparently. Would you consider it fun just sitting around while all your airfields get bombarded due to lack of planes and a complete inability to move shipping due to air threat?? Until a well played game cannot be won by the allies consistently I dont really see what the balance issue is. It is a GAME, not a simulation. Nobody would want to play if the Allies dominated all theatres for 3 years of war.

obvert -> RE: India again??...why always me?!!? (2/28/2014 1:14:48 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Wargmr quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy yeah, real life they didn't have the aircraft, they didn't have the airfields and they didn't have the support. Let me see... in the game, I get the aircraft, I get the airfields (not hard at all to build them if you choose the right place) and if I build large enough airfields I also get enough support. Ok, where's the trade off? Do you want to win the game more quickly? The tradeoff is playability. If the Japanese have no ships, no planes and no armies in 44, what is the point of finishing the game?? You are a JFB apparently. Would you consider it fun just sitting around while all your airfields get bombarded due to lack of planes and a complete inability to move shipping due to air threat?? Until a well played game cannot be won by the allies consistently I dont really see what the balance issue is. It is a GAME, not a simulation. Nobody would want to play if the Allies dominated all theatres for 3 years of war. This has always been the argument against limiting Japan's force capabilities in some way. Who would want to play? It's though not just about the Japanese side, it's really also about pace of game. With less transport space, less support troops, tougher flak and other changes of DBB some of these have been addressed. Other methods of lessening the pace of operations, especially for high service rating planes the Japanese must use, could continue to make the game more plausible in a realistic sense and still playable from both sides. Castor Troy plays both sides, so he is not advocating for one or another, just for the game itself. I think in this game there are holes. It's just hard to find them. The keys for GJ have to be deception, concentration of force to take advantage once he fins holes, and any kind of surprise he can bring about. Make the Japanese move, which is not their strength, and make them use precious assets on less important targets. CAP traps, quick surprise thrusts behind lines, deceptive landings followed by moves in other areas, etc. Even use their poor recon against them. Most importantly, stop the oil. Once it stops flowing the rest will follow.

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