RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please

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Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (5/31/2014 6:54:03 PM)
November 19th 1942 Air Losses: 2 Japanese, 0 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Pacific Quiet Burma Quiet China Attack at Chungking is bloody. Critically though, forts are reduced another level but is a close run thing: quote: Ground combat at Chungking (76,45) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 195466 troops, 2181 guns, 832 vehicles, Assault Value = 5842 Defending force 186030 troops, 409 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2121 Japanese adjusted assault: 1183 Allied adjusted defense: 1121 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 17827 casualties reported Squads: 134 destroyed, 1203 disabled Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 84 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 92 disabled Guns lost 137 (8 destroyed, 129 disabled) Vehicles lost 19 (2 destroyed, 17 disabled) Allied ground losses: 22456 casualties reported Squads: 548 destroyed, 537 disabled Non Combat: 346 destroyed, 724 disabled Engineers: 21 destroyed, 29 disabled Guns lost 188 (131 destroyed, 57 disabled) Units destroyed 13 After the attack, the best division is at 76 fatigue, 79 disruption. Experience gains for the divisions are high (one went from 53 to 63) but the artillery don't gain experience. Australia Lightnings sweep Darwin but nothing meets them. Liberators finish off the oil at Boela and B-17s hit Saumlaki port where an unlucky APD has been trying to fight fires and is sunk. Engineering Quiet R&D Quiet At Toyohara Sometimes the Japanese can save a ship! The xAK Tonegawa Maru hit a mine at Toyohara and disbanded in port with 97 float damage and 11 fires and I assumed it was lost. Over the next two days fires slowly got worse but now they are out and only 84 days to fix the system and minor damage. [image]local://upfiles/43194/9002E4998701434F89D79FFD80ABBF84.jpg[/image]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (5/31/2014 6:56:25 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Feurer Krieg quote: Liberators destroy all the oil wells at Babo. Do you know where they are flying from? Daly Waters almost certainly but there is nothing much I can do about it. Have started dropping groups of Nicks at possible targets in the hope to give him a bloody nose. However, most of the fighters were at Darwin and are now recovering at Koepang.

FeurerKrieg -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/1/2014 5:08:18 AM)
Thanks, I mainly wanted to know so I could plan ahead in my own game. [:D]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/1/2014 10:05:50 AM)
November 20th 1942 Air Losses: 4 Japanese, 4 Allied, 3 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Pacific Near Canton Island, I-27 finds a task force with the South Dakota but is unable to penetrate screens and misses a shot at DD Phelps. Burma Try a night attack against Silchar airfield with about 130 planes. 20 Mohawk IV are on CAP and the planes do poorly scoring a total of a single runway hit and doing no damage to any aircraft present (recce reports 92 fighters and 70 bombers present). 2 Mohawks are lost to ops and 2 helens to flak and 1 to ops. Allied forces have withdrawn from one of the hexes they entered in the jungle. China At Chungking the damage to the Allies is visible, I now have a 3::1 raw AV Value. quote: Ground combat at Chungking (76,45) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8701 troops, 639 guns, 502 vehicles, Assault Value = 5443 Defending force 173446 troops, 308 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1776 Allied ground losses: 819 casualties reported Squads: 50 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Will I be able to attack again before zombie units replace the Allied losses? The progress at Chungking is quite good. 4 weeks ago he had 3120 AV and 703 guns behind level 6 forts now he has less than 60% of the AV, 50% of the guns and level 4 forts. Australia B-17s are back hitting Darwin. Attacking from 15000 feet, flak scores no kills. Engineering Cebu to 3. Neikiang to 5. Allies expand Tassafarongo to 5. R&D Ki-43-IIIa to 2/44 Allied Plans Sightings of Allied ships are few. I have no evidence where the carriers are and sub sightings are down. For the subs, he could be sending them back to base and then out with the intention of attacking my convoys when he gets better torpedoes. Or, he could be re-locating them to his next planned area of operations. For the carriers, the main worry I have is that he has sent them to the Indian Ocean and will either land on or raid Sumatra. He could also be heading for Moulmein or Ramiree Island to try and unhinge the Burma front. Or, he could be anywhere else.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/2/2014 7:05:05 AM)
November 21st 1942 Air Losses: 61 Japanese[:(], 17 Allied, 15 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Pacific Quiet Burma Night strike at Ledo breaks up but there is no CAP and manage to get 1 P-38G and 1 C-47 on the ground for 1 flak loss. Blenheims strike at Magwe at night and score 1 hit while losing 3 to air-air and 3 to flak. China Finish off a lone Chinese unit near Chengtu. This seals the fate of the Chinese in that area. Australia Liberators hit Koepang at night. The fields are at 99% expansion towards size 8 and are quite full. In air-air he downs many fighters and then destroys 4 aircraft on the ground, 2 B-24D are lost to flak and ops. During the day, lightnings sweep and heavy losses are taken and only 3 P-38F and 1 P-38G shot down. Darwin is hit again. Allies try a bombardment of Darwin, I guess this was just for recce purposes: quote: Ground combat at Darwin (76,124) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 768 troops, 79 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 1332 Defending force 37848 troops, 459 guns, 386 vehicles, Assault Value = 1027 Japanese ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: Guns lost 48 (31 destroyed, 17 disabled) Vehicles lost 28 (10 destroyed, 18 disabled) Assaulting units: 4th Aus Cav Brigade 5th Australian Division 2/10th Armoured Regiment 3rd Motor Brigade 2nd Australian Division 3rd Army Tank Brigade 641st Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion 24th Infantry Division 3rd Australian Brigade 2nd Australian Hvy AA Regiment II Australian 108th Anti Tank Regiment 95th Coast AA Regiment 198th Field Artillery Battalion 208th Coast AA Regiment 1st Medium Regiment 94th Coast AA Regiment 13th Australian Hvy AA Regiment Defending units: 16th Division 56th Engineer Regiment 14th Tank Regiment 48th Division 1st Ind Engineer Regiment 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Army 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 88th JAAF AF Coy 31st Ind.AA Gun Co 12th Ind.AA Gun Co 110th Ship Eng Coy 310th Ship Eng Coy 205th Ship Eng Coy 21st Fld AA Gun Co 5th Air Defense AA Regiment 11th Ind.AA Gun Co 13th Ind.AA Gun Co 31st Field AA Battalion 21st Ind.AA Gun Co 47th Const Co /1 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 28th JNAF AF Unit /1 Home Isles Minefields detected on the approach to Kagoshima and to Yokohama. No explosions. Engineering Quiet R&D Quiet

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/2/2014 7:24:27 AM)
This happened: quote: Night Air attack on Shwebo , at 59,45 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft Fulmar II x 9 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Fulmar II sweeping at 1000 feet * When I tried setting night sweeps they didn't fly. Any ideas what the criteria are for flying night sweeps?

JocMeister -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/2/2014 7:30:40 AM)
I don�t think you can fly sweeps at night?

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/2/2014 7:48:45 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JocMeister I don�t think you can fly sweeps at night? The manual lists it as an option and he does seem to have launched one. I wonder if it is only possible for fighter-bombers? Or, may be it was an error in his settings and he left it on commanders decision?

JocMeister -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/2/2014 7:50:57 AM)
No idea to be honest. I tried on a couple of occasions but never got them to fly. So I assumed it wasn�t possible! [:)]

obvert -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/2/2014 9:55:19 AM)
Can't NF can fly sweeps at night? I seem to remember the option, but I would have to check again.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/2/2014 11:35:54 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: obvert Can't NF can fly sweeps at night? I seem to remember the option, but I would have to check again. Possibly, but I don't have night fighters yet.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/2/2014 11:37:18 AM)
November 22nd 1942 Air Losses: 17 Japanese, 7 Allied, 6 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Pacific Quiet Burma Failed to cancel one group that went and attacked Ledo at night. Minor loss. P-38G sweep Magwe looks like 17 Tojo IIa and Oscar IIb lost for 3 P-38G shot down. China Liberators set fire to Kungming. At Chungking, a few planes attack and destroy some aircraft on the ground? quote: Afternoon Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-32 Mary x 6 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 23 Allied aircraft no flights No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses A-29A Hudson: 1 damaged A-29A Hudson: 1 destroyed on ground SB-III: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled The 2nd Tank has taken over the lead on the Paoshan road and looks good: quote: Ground combat at 67,45 (near Tsuyung) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 10242 troops, 310 guns, 792 vehicles, Assault Value = 445 Defending force 9591 troops, 51 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 198 Japanese adjusted assault: 361 Allied adjusted defense: 421 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 272 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 50 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd Tank Regiment 2nd Tank Division 23rd Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 23rd Field AA Machinecannon Company Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment 5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 29th Field AA Machinecannon Company 10th Mortar Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 54th Chinese Corps Australia An Australian artillery unit commits suicide at Darwin: quote: Ground combat at Darwin (76,124) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 624 troops, 63 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 1338 Defending force 37842 troops, 459 guns, 386 vehicles, Assault Value = 1024 Allied ground losses: Guns lost 22 (22 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 16 (16 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Home Isles A minefield found by an AMc near Nagasaki. AMc are clearing minefields but only slowly. Engineering Sapporo to 6 (building for the future). Koepang to 8 (will stop there). R&D Quiet

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/2/2014 3:15:46 PM)
November 23rd 1942 Air Losses: 3 Japanese, 5 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: It is quiet, too quiet, not a single Allied ship sighted anywhere. Pacific Quiet Burma Blenheims hit Magwe at night. One lost for no hits. I hit Comilla at night but there are no planes there. China Liberators add to the fires at Kungming, some damage to LI. Under fierce attack the Chinese collapse and are driven back another 70km on the road to Paoshan. The tanks will rush forward. Only 70km to the Mekong. Divisions are recovering and starting to look for when the next attack at Chungking can be launched. Australia Allied 4E hit Darwin hard. Home Isles All three AMc tasked to minesweep fail to sweep any mines despite the minefields being marked. I've had this problem before with AMc and how to get them to sweep. Engineering Chengtu to 6 (useful VP). R&D Quiet

FeurerKrieg -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/2/2014 5:36:02 PM)
quote: All three AMc tasked to minesweep fail to sweep any mines despite the minefields being marked. I've had this problem before with AMc and how to get them to sweep. Not that I have a ton of experience with sweeping, but I always set mine to Home port and destination of the place with mines, with 'do not retire'. Haven't had any problems yet.

Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/2/2014 6:44:19 PM)
I don't have any problem with AMc sweeping either. They clear the mines, either by traditionally sweeping, or by hitting them.[:D]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/2/2014 8:42:54 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Feurer Krieg quote: All three AMc tasked to minesweep fail to sweep any mines despite the minefields being marked. I've had this problem before with AMc and how to get them to sweep. Not that I have a ton of experience with sweeping, but I always set mine to Home port and destination of the place with mines, with 'do not retire'. Haven't had any problems yet. Okay, I had mine set to a 1 hex patrol zone. So in the interests of experimentation, I have one with home port of the place with mines, 1 with another home port and remain on station and 1 on patrol.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/3/2014 6:18:28 AM)
November 24th 1942 Air Losses: 18 Japanese, 11 Allied, 5 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Pacific Quiet Burma Quiet At 30,71, a PB on picket encounters a task force at night but no engagement happens and I don't know what it encountered. This is in a weak spot in my search so covered by Glen subs and pickets but I don't know what is out there. Could be something wicked coming. China Liberators add to the fires at Kungming, some damage to LI. Australia Lightnings sweep Koepang, 18 A6M5 lost for 6 P-38F and 3 P-38E shot down. Not the best of results but I can live with it. Home Isles The task forces all sweep mines but the one set to patrol only sweeps during one phase. Engineering Allies expand Silchar to 9. R&D Quiet

FeurerKrieg -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/3/2014 6:44:11 AM)
quote: The task forces all sweep mines but the one set to patrol only sweeps during one phase. So perhaps that mystery is solved?

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/3/2014 7:54:50 PM)
November 25th 1942 Air Losses: 0 Japanese, 11 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Pacific Quiet Burma A British unit has entered the Warazup hex. Fulmars straf Magwe at night at 100 feet. They are shot down by flak. China Liberators add to the fires at Kungming. Australia Darwin is hit hard again. Home Isles Mine fields have been cleared. Engineering Quiet R&D Quiet Reinforcements 2 Std-B xAK, for conversion to TK, and an AMC. Can start turning some merchant yards off.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/4/2014 11:53:17 AM)
November 26th 1942 Air Losses: 2 Japanese, 4 Allied, 1 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Pacific Quiet Burma area An AMC has been spotted due West from Palembang, 600 nautical miles away. Is he probing for a gap to slip carriers in to hit Palembang? If so, will I have deterred him? China At Chungking, bombardments are hitting home hard: quote: Ground combat at Chungking (76,45) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8407 troops, 627 guns, 458 vehicles, Assault Value = 3855 Defending force 191199 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2340 Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 1931 casualties reported Squads: 102 destroyed, 26 disabled Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 6 (4 destroyed, 2 disabled) Disruption recovery is nearly complete and divisions are ordered back into the hex, next attack in 3 (or 4 if it takes time to get the supply in to cover the over-stacking of about 25%) days. On the road to Burma the defense looks shattered and should collapse under assault from the tanks: quote: Ground combat at 67,44 (near Tsuyung) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 7940 troops, 114 guns, 653 vehicles, Assault Value = 556 Defending force 18719 troops, 168 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 182 Japanese adjusted assault: 353 Allied adjusted defense: 346 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 188 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Vehicles lost 39 (4 destroyed, 35 disabled) Allied ground losses: 541 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 45 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 35 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Tank Division 23rd Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 12th Tank Regiment 15th Tank Regiment 9th Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment Defending units: 1st Chinese Corps 14th Chinese Corps 54th Chinese Corps 33rd Base Group For some reason he keeps launching a bombardment attack, I don't see the point of this: quote: Ground combat at 70,45 (near Kunming) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 13861 troops, 113 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 971 Defending force 21338 troops, 297 guns, 432 vehicles, Assault Value = 713 Allied ground losses: 197 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 8th Chinese Corps 10th Chinese Corps 61st Chinese Corps 43rd Chinese Corps 5th War Area 4th Group Army 8th War Area 3rd War Area 10th Group Army Defending units: 1st Tank Division 24th Division 3rd Mortar Battalion Australia Darwin is hit hard again. He has moved to bombing from 15000 feet and flak is shooting down only 1 plane a day. Engineering Allies expand Rennell Island to 6. R&D D4Y4 to 4/44. Reinforcements A nice 11,600 capacity tanker arrives.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/4/2014 10:24:08 PM)
November 27th 1942 Air Losses: 2 Japanese, 4 Allied, 1 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Pacific I-1 takes a pot shot at a convoy off San Francisco and misses. Sweeps launched against Russell Islands but no defenders. Order naval search over the Allied forces at Guadalcanal. Nothing major shows up and lose a Mavis and an Emily. Burma area More Allied encroachment in the North. Weather grounds most flights. China Same old attacks. Allied AV at Chungking continues to increase. He is getting resurrected now the units that were destroyed in the first attack. Since the last attack he has reinforced with: 16th, 17th, 2nd Construction Regiment 1st Group Army 18th Chinese Base Force 53rd, 6th, 70th chinese Corps AV is up to over 2500 now. If I attack in 2 days I will be attacking with 5100 so it is close. Australia Darwin continues to be bombed by 4E. Engineering Quiet R&D Quiet SigInt 3 Heavy Volume of Radio Traffic messages from San Francisco and one at Suva.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/5/2014 12:27:23 PM)
November 28th 1942 Air Losses: 3 Japanese, 1 Allied, 1 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: It still remains quiet, no Allied activity reported. The longer it remains quiet the more I imagine some massive hammer blow falling (invasion Hokkaido, Java, etc.). Pacific Quiet Burma area The AMC lurking in the Indian Ocean turns out to be the AMC Pansy worth 4 VP and I over do it by sending a task force of 5 CL to engage her. She is sunk[:D]. More signs of Allied attacks in Burma. China Send some air strikes to help on the attack on the Burma road. This is just enough to get the odds up to 1::1 [:)]but the Allies continue to hold: quote: Ground combat at 67,44 (near Tsuyung) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 10863 troops, 310 guns, 935 vehicles, Assault Value = 537 Defending force 17839 troops, 168 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 114 Japanese adjusted assault: 370 Allied adjusted defense: 370 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 32 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 953 casualties reported Squads: 31 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 14 disabled Supply shortages mean attack will have to pause. A third of a division is moving to assist, this will keep within stacking limits as this hex has a larger limit than others on the road (30,000 instead of 20,000). At Chungking, order another attack as the odds look okay: quote: Ground combat at Chungking (76,45) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 8413 troops, 627 guns, 458 vehicles, Assault Value = 5135 Defending force 195307 troops, 249 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2422 Allied ground losses: 1804 casualties reported Squads: 99 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 9 (9 destroyed, 0 disabled) Australia What looks like an American unit is moving to Darwin. Engineering Allies expand Lunga airfield to 8 and Tulagi port to 3 and other places. Marcus Island forts reach 5. R&D Quiet

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/5/2014 5:14:06 PM)
November 29th 1942 Air Losses: 3 Japanese, 3 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Pacific RO-60 tries for a hat trick but only scores one sinking: quote: Submarine attack near Kirakira at 117,141 Japanese Ships SS RO-60 Allied Ships xAK Comliebank, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage xAK Comliebank is sighted by SS RO-60 SS RO-60 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Comliebank Submarine attack near Kirakira at 117,141 Japanese Ships SS RO-60 Allied Ships xAK Industria xAK Industria is sighted by SS RO-60 SS RO-60 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Industria Submarine attack near Kirakira at 117,141 Japanese Ships SS RO-60 Allied Ships xAK Fairfield City xAK Fairfield City is sighted by SS RO-60 SS RO-60 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Fairfield City Was he running without escorts? RO-60 needs to return to base to get more torpedoes. I-162 finds a large convoy near Garner Island but cannot get into a firing position. SigInt provides a useful detection near Canton Island. Burma area Quiet China At Chungking, get a 2::1 result and reduce forts to 3[8D]: quote: Ground combat at Chungking (76,45) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 173415 troops, 2010 guns, 760 vehicles, Assault Value = 5148 Defending force 193141 troops, 237 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2301 Japanese adjusted assault: 2615 Allied adjusted defense: 1221 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 8715 casualties reported Squads: 46 destroyed, 1102 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 83 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 53 disabled Guns lost 74 (5 destroyed, 69 disabled) Allied ground losses: 22412 casualties reported Squads: 524 destroyed, 473 disabled Non Combat: 598 destroyed, 755 disabled Engineers: 25 destroyed, 11 disabled Guns lost 72 (53 destroyed, 19 disabled) Units destroyed 12 Disruption on the attackers is high again but I have some fresh divisions to commit so will not wait for disablements to fix and can attack again as soon as disruption is under control. The alternative would be to fix everything and launch a shock attack next time that might finish off the forts. Any suggestions? Kunming is burnt again. Also, a small daylight raid hits the airfield and destroys a couple of transport and a recon plane on the ground. Correction: Kweiyang airfield was hit. Blenheims hit the 2nd tank on the road near Paoshan but damage is minor. The 2nd Tank has some 8cm AA and I have a couple of AA machinecannon companies present to deter him from bombing below 6000 feet. Also have the AA part of 21st Ind Mixed Brigade coming along (the lighter parts have been flown to Burma). Australia I had to look back at the combat report to remind me whether he bombed Darwin, he did. Engineering Ominato airfield goes to 8 providing some extra protection for Hakodate. Allies expand Russell Islands airfield to 4 and Ndeni port to 4. R&D Ki-43-IV to 5/44 State of infantry divisions after the attack at Chungking. Note the levels of disruption and fatigue but also the experience levels of these divisions. [image]local://upfiles/43194/D1E71AB8BF4E48228A4EDAC94E842BAB.jpg[/image]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/5/2014 6:48:55 PM)
Value of SigInt So at 150,144 a sub tried to attack a convoy. At 148,143 I get a sig int report. If I take those two as being the same convoy and extrapolate it comes out on Ocean Island in about 3 days time. Looks like he may be making a move there.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/6/2014 9:38:54 AM)
A topic in the tech support area reveals that an ACM uses an average of 20 fuel per day that it tends mines. I have about 50 ACM looking after minefields and wonder whether it is worth abandoning some of them. That is a 1000 fuel a day or about 1,000,000 supply for the rest of the game! Do you all maintain the minefields at home? Are the SST worth building? The "Type Yu" ones, that are available in 1943, seem to have short ranges, be very inefficient, but are still 22 VP each. Some of the later ones look a bit more useful.

Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/6/2014 12:01:44 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Spidery That is a 1000 fuel a day or about 1,000,000 supply for the rest of the game! Do you all maintain the minefields at home? Scary.[X(]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/6/2014 12:22:04 PM)
November 30th 1942 Air Losses: 2 Japanese, 2 Allied, 2 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Pacific Quiet Burma area Quiet China Attack again fails on Paoshan road. Allies bomb again and this is getting annoying so will look for some fighters to shift. Fires at Kunming are getting worse. Australia Darwin hit again Engineering Gasmata and Rota forts improved. R&D B6N2 advances to 12/42 and enters production. Two factories will roll into producing 60 a month. Not counting groups used for training, there are about 200 kates to replace so this should be enough. A6M3a, Ki-21-IIb, Ki-46 KAI and Ki-45 KAIb all become available but will not be produced. Nakajima Ha-44, with 1 factory of size 80, enters production. That should be enough to cover research and production of KI-94-II unless things go extremely well. The 47mm Type 01 AT Gun becomes available as an upgrade for the 37mm Type 01. It is a slight boost to anti-soft and significant boost to anti-armour and penetration. There are about 1150 of the old guns to replace which would take about 8000 arms and supply. I shall upgrade all the ones likely to be attacked by Allies soon but may skip those in the China. The Type 3 mine becomes available, but I think I will have to wait before I can start using air-dropped mines.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/6/2014 1:09:03 PM)
November in review Darwin was resupplied, marred by the loss of the Ryuho to a single 500lb bomb. In China, have taken Tsuyung and pushed a bit further along the road. At Chungking, 3 attacks have reduced forts from 6 to 3 with the latest achieving a 2::1 result. Excepting some 4 corps near Paoshan, all Chinese forces have been isolated and will not be able to move to India. Allies have started bombing industry and have knocked out some oil production at Lanchow and at Magwe. Otherwise, tended to be a quiet month. Japan Allies Overall VP: +1964 +779 Air VP: +392 +448 Land VP: +841 +58 Sea VP: +74 +178 Base VP: +667 +95 [image]local://upfiles/43194/5B0FE418F96B4068AEA7B46EAF046BE3.jpg[/image]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/6/2014 1:13:14 PM)
Industry Status Disappointing drop in supplies, probably caused by expanding engine production. Some fuel increase but not as much as would like. Carriers were active during the resupply of Darwin and wasted some fuel on ineffective bombardments at Darwin. Also, am burning loads of supply by ACM. HI increase is fine given the large Vehicle and Armaments growth. Vehicle stockpiles are being hit a bit as the 3rd Tank Division is outfitted. Oil: -84,405 Fuel: +20,604 Supply: -35,266 HI: +53,077 Vehicles: +1,636 Arms: +11,206 [image]local://upfiles/43194/12CA57E2C3DC405AB688FC29C7CBA620.jpg[/image]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (6/6/2014 1:16:38 PM)
Engine Production Stockpiles increasing to cover future builds and R&D. But Aichi Ha-60, Nakajima Ha-34 and Nakajima Ha-35 production probably exceeds future needs. However, can turn these off later rather than now. [image]local://upfiles/43194/9AE4BD6EC73B48F488649D9C5AA2B4E4.jpg[/image]

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