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

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setloz -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/15/2014 1:24:13 PM)
quote: Interesting that his divisions are attacking in thirds, has he messed up upgrades? Or maybe he just forgot to recombine them before attacking. It happened to me a few times.

Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/15/2014 2:26:44 PM)
On shooting down transports...my guess is that Mr. Kane has the delay for messages to minimal; and if you don't check the plane loss screen you won't catch the losses. I doubt you would be upgrading troops in combat; you break them apart to recover, an simply forget to recombine them for the attack. Oops: What Setloz says.[:)]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/16/2014 9:30:06 AM)
Tom does turn around turns very quickly so it is possible he misses things occasionally. However, it is surprising that he misses messages that appear in the message window. More likely, he simply doesn't care. He has lost 227 C-47 so far, only 12 of them air-air, it is hardly a massive cost.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/16/2014 11:50:05 AM)
February 14th 1943 Air Losses: 6 Japanese, 7 Allied, 3 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Subs Quiet Marshalls Quiet Solomons, etc. Quiet Burma area Magwe night annoyance continues. China A Chinese unit has vanished. Australia Sent an AMC to try and intercept convoys heading for Perth. Previously these have only had light escorts but it found one including CA Frobisher and was sunk. Tokyo Rose claims this as a major victory! Allies bombardment attack against Darwin but no air strike. Engineering Victoria Point forts to 4. R&D D4Y4 to 8/43 A TOE upgrade for some RGC Infantry Divisions giving them an extra 26 AV and some guns and engineers. However, most of the divisions that can benefit are split in thirds and need to reform first. A TOE upgrade for "IJN Yok ug SNLF" but I cannot find anything with that TOE.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/16/2014 4:23:20 PM)
February 15th 1943 Air Losses: 17 Japanese, 5 Allied, 12 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Subs Quiet Marshalls Quiet Solomons, etc. Quiet Burma area An expensive mistake, following the disappearance of a Chinese unit, I forgot to set some bombers and they were left on Commander's decision. They decide to bomb troops at Kalemyo and flak losses are bad. China Seems that the disappearing Chinese unit was a withdrawal! Australia Allies launch a bombardment attack at Darwin: quote: Ground combat at Darwin (76,124) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 4262 troops, 279 guns, 215 vehicles, Assault Value = 1705 Defending force 33790 troops, 436 guns, 362 vehicles, Assault Value = 804 Japanese ground losses: 85 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 13 (3 destroyed, 10 disabled) Allied ground losses: 69 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 25 (13 destroyed, 12 disabled) Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled) I am happy with that result. Engineering Quiet R&D Quiet

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/17/2014 4:17:42 PM)
February 16th 1943 Air Losses: 1 Japanese, 6 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Subs An Allied xAP hits a sub-layed minefield near Sydney. I-175 was damaged by air attack yesterday and is having difficulty controlling flooding. It is unlikely to reach safety. Marshalls Quiet Solomons, etc. Quiet Burma area Quiet China Quiet Australia Allies launch a bombardment attack at Darwin: quote: Ground combat at Darwin (76,124) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 4238 troops, 265 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 1749 Defending force 33972 troops, 437 guns, 359 vehicles, Assault Value = 811 Japanese ground losses: 152 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 218 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 26 (20 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) Not sure why he is keeping this up: the disablements I suffer are minor, supply is readily available, and he is having guns destroyed. Engineering Quiet R&D Quiet Reinforcements RO-101, AO Ashizuri

setloz -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/17/2014 6:21:14 PM)
quote: Not sure why he is keeping this up: the disablements I suffer are minor, supply is readily available, and he is having guns destroyed. Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake [:'(] On a more serious note, perhaps he is just trying to burn your supply. He can always bring more, while you have to risk a convoy getting there.

Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/17/2014 7:21:20 PM)
My guess is the same, burn your supply, and also the gun losses might not be that high with fog of war.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/17/2014 8:01:43 PM)
February 17th 1943 Air Losses: 11 Japanese, 3 Allied, 2 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: [>:] Subs I-175 sinks Marshalls Spot a task force reported as 4 BB, heading back to Pearl Harbour. Solomons, etc. Lightnings sweep Milne Bay, 7 A6M5 traded for 1 P-38G. Burma area Quiet China Quiet Australia Quiet Engineering Koepang forts reach 6. R&D Quiet

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/17/2014 8:09:01 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: setloz quote: Not sure why he is keeping this up: the disablements I suffer are minor, supply is readily available, and he is having guns destroyed. Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake [:'(] On a more serious note, perhaps he is just trying to burn your supply. He can always bring more, while you have to risk a convoy getting there. Ah well, he abandoned the bombardments this turn. Supply situation in Darwin is quite good. About 27,000 there. I burn about 100 a day, if he bombards that adds another 150, if he launches air attacks another 250 and a deliberate attack seems to burn the best part of a 1000 supply. So supply should last until end of March at least. Of course, he has no way of knowing just how much supply I have there. He may think I am running short and flying some supply in. I have been taking some ops losses amongst transports because I have been flying troops out to the Bonins and picking up some of the isolated troops in the Marshalls. He may think they are flying supplies into Darwin.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/18/2014 8:39:57 AM)
February 18th 1943 Air Losses: 0 Japanese, 0 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: [>:] Subs [>:] Marshalls [>:] Solomons, etc. [>:] Burma area [>:] China A Chinese hex is cleared, 100 ground VP gained for the day. Two Divisions will head to the coast and a brigade head to clear another hex. Australia [>:] Engineering [>:] R&D [>:]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/18/2014 4:40:48 PM)
February 19th 1943 Air Losses: 4 Japanese, 5 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Subs Quiet Marshalls Quiet Solomons, etc. B-24D hit Milne Bay port, 1 shot down by flak. P-38G sweep Namatamani, no combat. Burma area Quiet China A big Chinese Corps is eliminated giving 57 land VP for the turn. Australia Quiet Engineering Chengtu to 8 (worth it for the VP but 9 probably isn't) Sorong to 3. R&D A6M5b to 6/43.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/18/2014 4:45:48 PM)
To develop Chengtu airfield to 9 or not? It seems that as SPS + 2 it will take 8000 engineering points, hence supply, for this I get between 50 and 200 VP (if not lost). I think that is a yes.

setloz -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/18/2014 6:14:59 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Spidery To develop Chengtu airfield to 9 or not? It seems that as SPS + 2 it will take 8000 engineering points, hence supply, for this I get between 50 and 200 VP (if not lost). I think that is a yes. Considering the allies have few chances of ever taking it back...I'd go for it.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/18/2014 6:24:17 PM)
February 20th 1943 Air Losses: 3 Japanese, 4 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Subs I-3 takes a shot at AK Mercury near Sydney. Annoyed that that one hit did not sink her she returns for a second try and adds two more hits. 6000 ton AK is sunk carrying guns and vehicles[:)]. Marshalls Quiet Solomons, etc. B-24D hit Shortlands. Burma area Quiet China Another hex cleared with a big Corps destroyed. Australia Allies deliberate attack and the result is not good[:(]. Forts are reduced to 2 so the next attack will probably take the base. Doesn't look like will be able to hold until the end of February. A defending tank regiment is obliterated. quote: Ground combat at Darwin (76,124) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 71659 troops, 1194 guns, 974 vehicles, Assault Value = 1881 Defending force 34940 troops, 438 guns, 361 vehicles, Assault Value = 888 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Allied adjusted assault: 3835 Japanese adjusted defense: 1023 Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1822 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 135 disabled Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 138 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled Guns lost 71 (18 destroyed, 53 disabled) Vehicles lost 148 (88 destroyed, 60 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 3072 casualties reported Squads: 41 destroyed, 203 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 31 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Guns lost 55 (21 destroyed, 34 disabled) Vehicles lost 24 (5 destroyed, 19 disabled) Assaulting units: 25th Infantry Division 3rd Army Tank Brigade 641st Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion 3rd Australian Brigade 2/10th Armoured Regiment 4th Armoured Brigade 24th Infantry Division 32nd Infantry Division 5th Australian Division 2nd Australian Division 5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment 2nd Australian Hvy AA Regiment 2nd Medium Regiment III Australian Southwest Pacific 13th Field Regiment 108th Anti Tank Regiment 1st Medium Regiment 13th Australian Hvy AA Regiment 168th Field Artillery Battalion 30th Field Artillery Regiment II Australian 2/16th Field Regiment Northern Territory 21/22 Field Regiment 109th Anti Tank Regiment A/B Battery Heavy Coastal Artillery Regiment G/H Battery Heavy Coastal Artillery Regiment Defending units: 14th Tank Regiment 48th Division 16th Division 56th Engr Rgt /2 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 31st Ind.AA Gun Co 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 205th Ship Eng Coy 21st Ind.AA Gun Co 5th Air Defense AA Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 11th Ind.AA Gun Co 88th JAAF AF Coy 31st Field AA Battalion 310th Ship Eng Coy 110th Ship Eng Coy 13th Ind.AA Gun Co 12th Ind.AA Gun Co 21st Fld AA Gun Co 14th Army 28th JNAF AF Unit /1 Engineering Quiet R&D Ki-43-IV to 12/43. Marianas Defenses All forts 4 except 6 at Saipan. Pagan 399 AV with another 300 to be sent when PP allow. Saipan 509 AV Tinian 608 AV with another 160 en route Rota 599 AV Guam 500 AV Allied plans The convoy I-3 attacked contained 22 AP/AK. A few days ago another big convoy of xAP reached Sydney. It looks like he has sent a lot of troops to Australia. Add in the forces deployed at Darwin it looks very likely there will be an attack from Australia sometime soon. Where will it come?

Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/18/2014 10:16:59 PM)
Boy, that will be a lot of Allied troops pushing on the DEI! Eeek! You are going to be busy there and in the Marianas I think. I hope you are taking advantage of the snooze turns to prepare! Then, again, he has to use ships in the DEI and you should have some very strong interlocking airfields.[:)]

obvert -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/18/2014 10:21:05 PM)
I'd start getting divisions out of there as quickly as you can. Probably fly as many as possible.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/20/2014 5:47:37 AM)
February 21st 1943 Air Losses: 12 Japanese, 10 Allied, 2 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Subs I-33 is lost to a sub on sub attack near Eniwetok, taking with it 2 Glens. Marshalls Quiet Solomons, etc. B-24D hit Rossel Island with a small Wildcat escort, 12 Tojo are waiting. 8 B-24D downed for 7 Ki-44-IIc. Burma area Quiet China An error near Paoshan sees some weak Chinese forces retreat onto the road between Tsuyung and Paoshan. Fortunately, I will have troops there in 4 days to drive them back off the road. Australia Quiet Engineering Quiet R&D N1K2-J to 10/44.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/20/2014 5:59:33 AM)
DEI Defenses Numbers are the main air bases. Circled bases are the main places defensive forces will be deployed. Eventually, all of these could have a division defending them. Koepang is the only base currently strongly held with Saumlaki being fairly well held. A division is en route to Lautem. [image]local://upfiles/43194/2C2D73AD1E91435F9DA5E91558E85307.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/20/2014 11:23:51 AM)
9 Divisions. Gee, I wonder where all those troops could possibly come from?[:D] Seriously, land strength won't win this battle. It will be your air and navy. There are so many bases for the Allies to potentially grab, and develop, and they will simply isolate the divisions. Of course that will all take time...it will be very interesting to see how this all plays out.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/20/2014 11:41:19 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe 9 Divisions. Gee, I wonder where all those troops could possibly come from?[:D] Seriously, land strength won't win this battle. It will be your air and navy. There are so many bases for the Allies to potentially grab, and develop, and they will simply isolate the divisions. Of course that will all take time...it will be very interesting to see how this all plays out. Land strength won't win but it should (a) force the Allies to spend more time in areas where air and naval forces can attack them, (b) reduce the opportunities for cheap invasions, (c) give units available for counter-attacks.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/20/2014 11:43:59 AM)
February 22nd 1943 Air Losses: 3 Japanese, 1 Allied, 1 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Japanese land at: Allies land at: Subs A sub-layed minefield near Sydney sinks AM Robin and is cleared by the Allies. Elsewhere Quiet SigInt 3 Heavy volume of radio traffic messages reported from San Francisco.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/20/2014 11:48:11 AM)
I have 130 of the Type 3, air-dropped, mine available. Any suggestions on how to use them effectively? Dropping on established bases means likely to only damage ships. Dropping on newly captured bases and he probably has mine sweeping assets to clear instantly. Drop in small parcels or big bundles? Keep them for the confined waters of the DEI? One thought is to hold them back until the Ki-74-I is available and try some mining of distant ports.

setloz -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/20/2014 3:25:25 PM)
Doesn't it show in the combat report for both sides when the mines are deployed by air?

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/21/2014 11:34:08 AM)
February 23rd 1943 Air Losses: 16 Japanese, 11 Allied, 5 Pilots Japanese occupy: Allies occupy: Darwin [:(] Japanese land at: Allies land at: Subs RO-100 misses a sub on sub attack against S-33 in the Solomons[:(]. I-16 takes a shot at the Yorktown and scores 1 hit with an "AMMO STORAGE EXPLOSION". Not enough to sink her but should force her back to the yards. Search suggests a splinter task force of 2 ships 1 CV and 1 DD so could well have detached into an escort task force.[8D] Marshalls Allied forces are spotted East of Taongi. Could be heading for Eniwetok or Wake. Movement is reported as Eastwards so could be pulling back to Pearl or could be heading for the NORPAC at the end of winter. Solomons, etc. Lightnings sweep Milne Bay and have the first encounter with the N1K1-J. 5 P-38G for 6 N1K1-J, 5 A6M5, 3 Ki-44-IIc. Still not a good loss ratio but it is enough that it may attrit the Lightning force. Burma area Quiet China Quiet Australia Darwin falls[:(]. The base falls but most of the defenders are still in hex. What should I do with them? Engineering Ambon forts to 5. R&D P1Y1 to 4/43

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/21/2014 11:35:15 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: setloz Doesn't it show in the combat report for both sides when the mines are deployed by air? So I understand, so mines can't you be used as a lasting surprise. Only to get immediate results or to restrict options for a few days.

Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/21/2014 2:05:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Spidery Darwin falls[:(]. The base falls but most of the defenders are still in hex. What should I do with them? Well, for you historical gamers, you might fix bayonets and charge. Conquer or die trying! Shock attack.[X(] The mores sane among us would fly them out, saving the PP from those very expensive units you have there. Send the remnant to Java and they will rebuild quickly. Where did you nail the carrier? Watch out for Wake....he will want it prior to taking Marcus. Marcus for good search on the Marianas and the Bonins. Both Islands would be good potentials for counter attacks. Even prepping a division for each might delay his attack...

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/21/2014 4:40:06 PM)
Thought about an attack at Darwin as I have a command HQ still prepped and he would lose his command HQ bonus but disruption is 85+ in the 2 divisions. I assumed I wouldn't be able to evacuate as I don't control the base. Already extracted cadres for both divisions and most of the engineering assets. The AA don't but that just redeploys them back to the home isles. Picture of where the Allied CVs are spotted. As only some longish ranged search over area this may be an incomplete picture. [image]local://upfiles/43194/89C1306F624B4FC88B560438D591F183.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/21/2014 6:10:07 PM)
That doesn't look good.[X(] Maybe he will pull back with a fish in the belly of the Yorktown. Then again, Mr. Kane seems fairly aggressive in a focused kind of way. No reason for them to be there, but for Wake. Taongi is a good place to slap some Jakes for search...

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/21/2014 8:26:57 PM)
They are on the direct path from Roi-Namur to Pearl. I have already picked up an amph TF with 4 BB returning that way so they may just be forces returning to Pearl. Lost sight of some of his forces next turn but the CV's headed 9 hexes ESE. Lots of forces reported at Roi-Namur and Kwajalein Island.

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