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 (12/13/2013 5:52:27 PM)
February 19th 1942 Air Losses: 2 Japanese, 2 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Nadzab(auto), Hami Japanese land at: On the coast between Wyndham and Darwin China Hami is captured and the defenders retreat away from Urumchi. Supply is short again. Chinese have pulled back from their point on the Ankang road making it easier to move troops through and freeing up some more for deployment. However, this prevents a slow motion encirclement in the woods. Australia Landed a division on the coast with the hope that it can surprise MrKane and cut the retreat South from Darwin. However, the task forces have a 3 DL so he may have some idea of that. Darwin is bombarded by 2 BB. Engineering Saigon airfield expands to 7.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/13/2013 8:19:29 PM)
February 20th 1942 Air Losses: 0 Japanese, 2 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Little Andaman(auto), Mataram, Koumac Japanese land at: Bad weather grounds most flights. India TK British Trader is probably sunk by I-124 off the Southern top of India. Philippines Bombardments are doing very well. Pacific I-173 takes two shots at DD Le Triomphant and misses. Counter attack does minor damage (3 float) and empties the DC ranks of the DD. This is near Suva and additional TF, possibly ASW, are seen in the area. Engineering Lao Cao airfield expands to 1. Changteh airfield expands to 4, gives a base for Sallies within range of Chungking. Allies expand Kalemyo airfield to 1. R&D Nakajima Ha-45 accelerated to 7/43. Another Helen factory is fully repaired. Economy Three days in a row, tracker has reported total supplies as increasing.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/14/2013 12:39:22 PM)
Strategic Planning Situation Actions are in progress to secure all planned targets except for the Aleutian Islands. For these I am waiting for April and the ability to buy out two divisions from the Home Isles. Chinese are moving back in the Sian area and may be trying a break out to the plains. Steps are in progress that should secure Urumchi and Lanchow and there is an attack that may be able to secure the road to Burma. With the existing forces should be able to keep up the pressure and secure everywhere except Chungking by June. Once that is achieved will have to decide whether to try and take it or just isolate. If the Chinese are left in Chungking with inadequate supply generation to feed them will they be subject to attrition giving a constant supply of VP? KB needs a couple of weeks R&R to fix plane fatigue. There are minimal LCU in Burma and key defensive positions have not been secured. Plans Do I plan on doing another offensive during March or should I just start digging in? Possible targets are: - Chittagong and try and bag his army at Kalemyo - Diamond Harbour and Calcutta - Ceylon - Western Australia - N East Australia I have 3 divisions recovering at Batavia and have two currently heading in to Burma which could be used for operations. If in China I manage to secure the road to Burma then I can easily transfer divisions, artillery and AA overland to Burma and to protect Malaya. Or I can transfer via Indo-China. My feeling is to start digging in and building defenses. I think that will make for the most interesting game long time. Any suggestions?

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/14/2013 5:14:02 PM)
(Noticed date was adrift and edited the last week's worth of entries to fix them.) February 21st 1942 Air Losses: 1 Japanese, 2 Allied, 1 Pilots Japanese occupy: Saidor(auto) Japanese land at: India I-165 sinks DD Napier South-West from Karachi. I-6 is damaged (15/38/1) near Karachi by DC attack and will retire for repairs. Australia Paras land at Fenton to cut retreat from Darwin and encounter forces in strategic mode. This does not look good for the paras as assistance is 13 days away. quote: Ground combat at Fenton (76,126) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 248 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19 Defending force 3106 troops, 23 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 59 Japanese adjusted assault: 7 Allied adjusted defense: 19 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 71 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 54 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1 Defending units: 2/2nd Ind Coy Sparrow Battalion 7th Mil. District Darwin RAAF Base Force An allied task force is spotted heading for Melbourne from the West. Engineering Rossel Island airfield to 1. Tuyun airfield to 2. Muroran airfield to 3. Davao airfield to 3. Truk port to 7.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/14/2013 9:17:08 PM)
February 22nd 1942 Air Losses: 23 Japanese, 1 Allied, 23 Pilots Japanese occupy: Isle of Pines(auto), Nookanbah Japanese land at: Philippines DD Fubuki hits a mine at Manila, it takes (8/59/32) damage. Australia Only one Allied unit is left at Darwin now. The rest of the Allied defenders are at Fenton, they did not attack the paras. Mini-KB strikes at the Allied forces but it won't be enough to save the paras. BB Bombardment of Darwin manages to score 40 strategic VP[:)]. I-162 sinks the xAK Clan MacTavish and damages and may have sunk the xAK Baron Cawdor near Perth[8D]. I-17 sinks the xAK Missourain near Adelaide[:)]. Burma A group of Sonias get forgotten about and launch a ground attack at commander's decision where they meet fighters and are slaughtered[:@]. The pilots were mostly trainees but all are MIA or KIA. China Recon shows a number of disappointing moves by the Chinese. Lanchow has been reinforced to 4 units and 10000 men (but only 12 guns). I can have about 380 AV (a quarter of that in tanks), to attack across the river from the North in about 7 days (provided I can get supply). Two infantry divisions are about a month away. Kweiyang shows a movement arrow West suggesting forces moving to bolster the defense of Kunming. The hex on the road between Kweiyang and Loyang now shows 12 units, 98000 men, 300 guns. The hex has a 45000 stacking limit so this suggests over-stacking but it does look too much to risk the river crossing in the face of. To make the crossing I have 3 divisions plus about 200 heavy guns in artillery units. Engineering Liuchow airfield expands to 4. Allies expand Vava'u port to 2. R&D The last of three Helen factories is repaired. The engine bonus won't be available for another 3 weeks but still should have the Ki-49-IIa available in May 1942.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/14/2013 9:31:59 PM)
Also, have spotted a lone Allied AMC near the Kuriles. May be trying a raid?

offenseman -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/15/2013 3:21:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Spidery Also, have spotted a lone Allied AMC near the Kuriles. May be trying a raid? Definitely. Shikuka to Hokkaido (or Honshu) convoys are often lightly defended and easy prey and a lone AMC can wreak havoc on them. It is a good tactic for the Allies to use.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/15/2013 9:56:51 PM)
February 23rd 1942 Air Losses: 4 Japanese, 1 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Panggoe(auto), Benkoelen Japanese land at: Australia xAK Baron Cawdor near Perth was not sunk yesterday but is now[:)]. I-17 hits the CM Bungaree with a TT near Melbourne but does not sink it[:(]. This is part of a large convoy (34 ships including 8 escorts). Three other task forces are spotted in the Melbourne area. May be part of a mass exodus from Melbourne. China Sian is hit hard with more damage to the Airfield and HI and about 10 Airbase supply hits. Home Isles Allied task force seen near Kuriles has disappeared. Engineering Soerabaja airfield expands to 6. R&D The last of five factories is converted to work on the A6M5. Should have this researched late May 1942.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/16/2013 4:20:18 PM)
February 24th 1942 Air Losses: 4 Japanese, 2 Allied, 2 Pilots Japanese occupy: Cox's Bazaar(auto), Butuan Japanese land at: Horn Island, Tulagi Philippines The last defenders on Mindanao surrender as Butuan is taken. Australia TK Benakat is sunk by I-26[8D]. Horn Island landing fails to take the Island as it turns out to be defended by two Australian Brigades but it looks good for tomorrow: quote: Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 11870 troops, 120 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 421 Defending force 7177 troops, 88 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 207 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 310 Allied adjusted defense: 111 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 487 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 46 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Allied ground losses: 339 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 29 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 18th Div /6 28th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: Torres Strait Battalion 1st Australian Brigade 9th Australian Brigade Horn Isl Base Force Allies easily eliminate the paras at Fenton. China Mass sweeps of Paoshan find noone at home. Engineering Ankang airfield expands to 3. Allies expand Bombay airfield to 7.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/16/2013 7:51:04 PM)
February 25th 1942 Air Losses: 0 Japanese, 1 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Tulagi(auto), Saumlaki(air drop) Japanese land at: Australia A sub attack on a tanker near Melbourne misses. The attack at Horn Island doesn't happen - I keep falling foul of the fact that changing the objective resets a unit to not attack. Mini-KB fails to attack Australians in Fenton for no obvious reason. The Allied base forces from Derby and Broome shock attack across the river into a Nav Guard unit in Nookanbah and are wiped out to a man. China Recce confirms that Chinese are moving from the Sian area through the mountains to the central plains. Also they are retreating towards Sian en mass. Sallys hit Chungking at night targeting manpower and get some hits that have started fires that seem to have destroyed resources. Engineering Tuyun airfield expands to 3. Koepang airfield expands to 5. Ominato airfield expands to 3.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/17/2013 7:30:16 AM)
February 26th 1942 Air Losses: 3 Japanese, 3 Allied, 2 Pilots Japanese occupy: Horn Island, Memboro(air drop), Belep Islands Japanese land at: Luganville Australia A unit of G4M1 is due to withdraw 10th March so I swapped out the pilots for new trainees and attacked Katherine airfield from Koepang. Mini-KB was also supposed to attack but couldn't because of weather. Destroyed a Hudson and a Banshee on the ground and damaged others - no allied fighters present. Horn Island attack is good and destroys two Australian Brigades[:)]. quote: Japanese ground losses: 225 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Allied ground losses: 8028 casualties reported Squads: 304 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 323 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 31 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 116 (116 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 84 (84 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 3 Assaulting units: 18th Division 28th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 1st Australian Brigade 9th Australian Brigade Horn Isl Base Force China Chinese have pulled back from the woods outside of Sian allowing Japanese forces to move into the base. It looks like he is abandoning the base completely. Two retreating Chinese corps fail to move fast enough and are mauled: quote: Japanese ground losses: 271 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 6154 casualties reported Squads: 180 destroyed, 22 disabled Non Combat: 161 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 10 destroyed, 15 disabled Guns lost 20 (5 destroyed, 15 disabled) Units retreated 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 37th Division 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Army 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion Defending units: 61st Chinese Corps 90th Chinese Corps Philippines BB bombard Manila instead of the troops and little damage is inflicted. Running out of supply at Batangas to rearm the BB. Engineering Kweilin airfield expands to 4. Miri has run out of supply with the oil wells still needing 83000 to finish fixing. Found 20000 supply on Formosa to send but having difficulty finding any more to spare.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/17/2013 12:12:33 PM)
February 27th 1942 Air Losses: 26 Japanese, 1 Allied, 17 Pilots Japanese occupy: Luganville, Russell Islands(auto) Japanese land at: Australia Sweeps fail to fly against Katherine and some warhawks have been sent there that massacre the betties bombing it. China Movements and minor bombing. Philippines BB bombardments have stopped but the land bombardment does well concentrating on one of the tank units. NORPAC I-19 finds a support task force at Dutch Harbour, seemingly with no escorts. It puts 2 torpedoes into AV Tangier, 1 into AS Otus and misses AR Medusa. However, no sinking sounds are heard. Two task forces are spotted South of the Kuriles and just outside of torpedo range from Honshu. Looks like he is poking around for gaps in my search coverage. With luck there are none! I'm nervous that he could try an extreme action. He has all those old BB from Pearl - could he try a bombardment attack against the home isles? Engineering Batavia airfield expanded to 5. Allies expand Hyderabad to 5.

obvert -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/17/2013 2:31:16 PM)
quote: Two task forces are spotted South of the Kuriles and just outside of torpedo range from Honshu. Looks like he is poking around for gaps in my search coverage. With luck there are none! I'm nervous that he could try an extreme action. He has all those old BB from Pearl - could he try a bombardment attack against the home isles? Now that you know he's there, move everything critical out, turn off the search for a day or two, turn ON the Netties at a closer strike range and see what happens. Sometimes if you're not paying attention the search might be missed in the replay and the DL might now show a rise on the detected ships. Lure him in and hit him hard!!! The BBs would be fantastic! He'll likely have a few DD or a maybe a CL there.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/17/2013 3:35:29 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: obvert quote: Two task forces are spotted South of the Kuriles and just outside of torpedo range from Honshu. Looks like he is poking around for gaps in my search coverage. With luck there are none! I'm nervous that he could try an extreme action. He has all those old BB from Pearl - could he try a bombardment attack against the home isles? Now that you know he's there, move everything critical out, turn off the search for a day or two, turn ON the Netties at a closer strike range and see what happens. Sometimes if you're not paying attention the search might be missed in the replay and the DL might now show a rise on the detected ships. Lure him in and hit him hard!!! The BBs would be fantastic! He'll likely have a few DD or a maybe a CL there. Excellent advice, but now just a little too late. He came in fast and struck at the cargo forces at Hakodate with carrier planes! Nothing disastrous - 9 xAK lost and the damaged ones have all disbanded in port with only a few fires to put out. The Netties didn't launch - which is probably good as they wouldn't get through CAP. Some Jakes attacked an AO but missed but it gives me a location on his refuelling task force. I have a surface combat task force of 2 CL and 2 DD that might be able to engage it but would probably then be sunk by carrier planes. He has 2/2 detection on the SCTF task force. If I run it East at full speed and switch the Jakes to night search it should be close enough to react into the oilers. I could also put the netties on night attack and hope to get a night strike before the CV are out of range - moonlight is 100%. [image]local://upfiles/43194/CBA364FF3D384EB9929316D0032CA0C4.jpg[/image]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/17/2013 4:48:00 PM)
February 28th 1942 Air Losses: 0 Japanese, 2 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Thousand Ships Bay(auto) Japanese land at: NORPAC I do like the way surprises, good and bad, unfold as the replay runs. In the night air phase there are reports of task forces at Ominato and Hakodate being spotted by float planes and torpedo bombers. During the Day phase Nells spot task forces near Hakodate and then there are a flood of spottings by Allied forces and SBD-3 all around the area. Then the air strikes: In the morning: 18 F2A-3, 7 F4F-3, 42 SBD-3, 30 TBD-1 strike and sink one xAK. In the afternoon: 2 more attacks totalling 18 F2A-3, 7 F4F-3, 42 SBD-3, 29 TBD-1 sink another xAK This doesn't sound too bad but then then in the damage control phase the ship sinkings keep coming. End result: 1 Yusen-N, 7 Aden, 1 Gozan lost with another Aden needing scuttling as it has 98 fires. Another dozen ships are damaged but all should control their fires and repair without difficulty as most are disbanded in Hakodate and can use the shipyard there. Jakes from Shimushiri-Jima spot supporting task forces and 3 have a go at an AO (and 2 at a DD). Unfortunately, they miss. Even a 60kg bomb could have been nasty on an oiler laden with fuel. Elements of VT-2, VB-2, VB-5, VT-6, VS-2, VS-6 are seen in the attack but there may have been others allocated to night search. This suggests the Lexington, Enterprise and Yorktown may all have been present but as he has taken the groups off the carriers once there is no reason they will have gone back onto the same carriers. (Saratoga is showing as sunk on the 12th December but that is unconfirmed.) Australia Bad weather grounds planes. China Forces enter Sian but not in enough strength to attack it yet. Forces are one day from attacking Lanchow. Philippines BB bombardment restarts. Engineering Kukong airfield expanded to 2. Planning With most, if not all, USN carriers in the North Pacific this gives me a green light to run ops in the Indian Ocean. Indomitable was seen a week back near Karachi. KB is at Truk so it can head North to threaten an intercept which probably won't come off but would then cover the Aleutian invasions which is where I want it anyway. If the tankers can be attacked, before they refuel the carriers, that would cause serious problems for MrKane.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/17/2013 7:34:17 PM)
March Round-up. Overall intel, note that Allied sorties now exceeds Japanese. I have been grounding planes in China when the forecast is poor and also on a few times when plane fatigue is growing. [image]local://upfiles/43194/4FFDFF70968D45FDB6F3B4CC3384408D.jpg[/image]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/17/2013 7:36:29 PM)
Japanese losses for the month. Was doing very well until the 28th. Kitakami was lost by a silly error that had it been slightly different error would have slaughtered Allied aircraft. Syohei Maru was lost to the RNG. [image]local://upfiles/43194/6BE85C2E791C43FDAB52B189973E99F4.jpg[/image]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/17/2013 7:39:25 PM)
Allied losses, also a bunch of PT boats sunk at Darwin. Some good work by subs near Australia and a lucky break that had the KB sink an xAP convoy. I think everything on the list is confirmed. Additionally, may have sunk the Queen Elizabeth. [image]local://upfiles/43194/6257F99918BB4E21B5D5DA91E6B140CC.jpg[/image]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/17/2013 7:43:38 PM)
Overall economy. Everything is rosy here apart from supply. However, supply has started to increase (at least as shown on the global summary tab which differs from this). Initial engine factory expansions are complete. The early R&D factories have expanded and now there is just fluctuating expansion for later. Supply in the home isles is increasing regularly now. The big supply drain is the bombardment of Manila. [image]local://upfiles/43194/32A411A7B46A459B8613655186F6B703.jpg[/image]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/17/2013 7:51:38 PM)
Situation in China. In the South got stopped after Tuyun on the road to Kweiyang. In the North, the Chinese are falling back and trying to withdraw to the central plains. In the West, Lanchow and Urumchi are both under threat and should fall soon. A. Two armoured units have crossed the mountains and I hope to get them into the rough terrain where they can use movement to create some trouble. Originally, the plan was to cross the river at Tuyun and then use them to open a hexside from Kweiyang towards Kunming. B. Plan in about a week to cross the river on both roads simultaneously to try and force this back. C. There is a race to reach the mountain hex above this. The Chinese have a head start but bombing is trying to keep them in combat mode. The aims is to try and block the Chinese forces from Sian. D. Chinese are pulling back from Sian and I have two more divisions heading to take it. E. Forces will attack across the river into Lanchow tomorrow and I think they will have a good chance as it looks like the defense is mostly base forces and headquarters. F. Two divisions heading to help at Lanchow but will probably arrive too late to do any good. [image]local://upfiles/43194/762354F36EDE49BBB6F54BB14C722B95.jpg[/image]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/17/2013 7:56:34 PM)
Base control. Still a lot of, mostly undefended, bases to take behind the lines. Also need to secure bases in the Indian Ocean and the Aleutians. Major bases, outside China, include Darwin (abandoned except for the fort unit), Manila, and the Aleutians. [image]local://upfiles/43194/A10B7C6C57944B938494475DEB780394.jpg[/image]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/17/2013 8:03:42 PM)
Approximate economy changes over month: -104,000 oil +185,000 fuel -110,000 supply +79,000 HI +3980 vehicles +11360 armament

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/17/2013 8:48:15 PM)
March 1st 1942 Air Losses: 25 Japanese, 6 Allied, 13 Pilots Japanese occupy: Auki(auto), Lanchow, Namlea (air drop) Japanese land at: NORPAC Well that was another fine mess[sm=mad-1003.gif]. Rather than pulling back, the USN carriers swing North to near Toyohara. The first part of the plan goes well as they are spotted at night and 11 Nell attack them. One is destroyed by flak and 10 of them launch at the CV Enterprise - and all of them miss[sm=00000003.gif]! These are crack pre-war pilots, average experience of 75 and with NavT skill in the 70 or 80. Moonlight is 100%. The carriers find good hunting but meet some CAP from a group of Nates at Wakkanai. The Nates do poorly with 10 of them shot down for 2 Buffalo. However, only 4 pilots are lost. Only one Allied raid comes in without escort and the Nates fail to reach it in time. 10 valuable Yusen-N xAK are lost [:(] along with 1 E, a PB and a couple of worthless Ku'Dai xAKL. Australia [>:] China The attack into Lanchow works as expected and Lanchow falls with 6 points of damage to the oil wells[8D]. I sweep Chungking where they encounter no opposition because the Allied fighters have relocated to Kienko where they slaughter some Lilys [:@]. Philippines Nothing to report Engineering Nanyang airfield expanded to 4. Reinforcement SS I-30 R&D A6M5 accelerated to 3/43.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/18/2013 3:41:34 PM)
March 2nd 1942 Air Losses: 0 Japanese, 3 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Kai-Eilanden(auto), Lomblen Japanese land at: NORPAC The USN Carriers move further North and strike at the oil at Shikuka. Only 7 hits are shown but that is enough to destroy the oilfields (30,000 supply needed to repair them is worse than the loss of some production). An E succumbs to its damage. Australia Quiet China Air raid on Chungking airfield. Sweeps encounter no CAP. Only one Sally group flies and it does some damage and destroys a single aircraft on the ground. Philippines Bombarding Manila. Engineering Lots of air field expansions: Milne Bay to 1, Siangtan to 3, Wakkanai to 4, Broome to 4, Tuyun to 4, Changteh to 5. Allies expand Katherine to 3 and Kalemyo to 2. Reinforcements SS I-29 R&D The Ki-57-II is available but I will leave the factory producing the Ki-57-I until all Ha-5 engines have been used.

Simonsez -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/18/2013 4:14:37 PM)
Just an observation. It seems that you have an awful lot of mechant shipping points in the bank - curious as to why?. Might be a good idea to turn off most of your merchant ship production (unless you have already) and simply bank the HI points. Having merchant points in the bank isn't going to be that useful to you, but more HI will as it can be used to build many things - including merchant shipping in the future if you find you need it. My game is about a month behind yours (Feb 1/1942) and I have 177,000+ HI in the bank after paying the Feb 1 pilot tax. I have most merchant ship production stopped - only bulding the std cargo hulls (C's?) that can (and will)convert to tankers, tnakers and AO's and any xAKs that will arrive before Jun 43. I have stopped all AKL's and all xAK's due to arrive after June 43 while accelerating all CVE's that carry more than 12 planes (Taiyo, Shinyo and Kaiyo classes) and stopping the others as they seem prety pitiful. My current Merchant point pool is hovering around 800 points in the bank.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/18/2013 4:49:41 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Simonsez Just an observation. It seems that you have an awful lot of mechant shipping points in the bank - curious as to why?. Might be a good idea to turn off most of your merchant ship production (unless you have already) and simply bank the HI points. Having merchant points in the bank isn't going to be that useful to you, but more HI will as it can be used to build many things - including merchant shipping in the future if you find you need it. My game is about a month behind yours (Feb 1/1942) and I have 177,000+ HI in the bank after paying the Feb 1 pilot tax. I have most merchant ship production stopped - only bulding the std cargo hulls (C's?) that can (and will)convert to tankers, tnakers and AO's and any xAKs that will arrive before Jun 43. I have stopped all AKL's and all xAK's due to arrive after June 43 while accelerating all CVE's that carry more than 12 planes (Taiyo, Shinyo and Kaiyo classes) and stopping the others as they seem prety pitiful. My current Merchant point pool is hovering around 800 points in the bank. I have turned off 200 points so the pool isn't growing much. I have built up a pool to cover things when CVEs go to x3 cost. The pool will be exhausted when I complete the builds, it doesn't seem to make much difference if I turn it off now or later - it is less than a months worth of production. I have turned off xAP and xAK apart from completing those at bases which I expect to lose (since the Allies get those VP anyway). TK, AO, CVE are the main things produced.

offenseman -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/18/2013 5:14:26 PM)
DBB-C is a completely different game and there are definitely different ways to effectively use the economy to manage it. I look forward to seeing how several different viewpoints work. :)

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/20/2013 9:13:42 AM)
March 3rd 1942 Air Losses: 3 Japanese, 2 Allied, 0 Pilots Japanese occupy: Kiriwina Island(auto), Waingapoe Japanese land at: NORPAC The USN Carriers are retreating. Night naval attacks fail to launch so they will get away undamaged. Australia Quiet China Forgot to give orders so another air raid on Chungking airfield. No opposition and score some hits. Philippines Bombarding Manila. Engineering Allies expand Bangalore to 4. Economy Big drop in Armaments and in supply as sound detectors are upgraded to early radar. Reinforcements CS Nisshin R&D Ha-43 accelerates to 7/45. [image]local://upfiles/43194/D174E31EC92E408CB0CBD4DC6FF2DE0A.jpg[/image]

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/20/2013 4:01:14 PM)
March 4th 1942 Air Losses: 4 Japanese, 17 Allied, 2 Pilots Japanese occupy: Kumodo(auto), Urumchi Japanese land at: NORPAC The USN Carriers are continue to pull back. Now need to restore the resource convoys and put air groups back on training. Australia Hudsons out of Katherine strike at the division heading for Katherine. An AA unit is accompanying this and 2 are shot down by flak and others damaged. Katherine appears to have been heavily reinforced. China Urumchi is taken with 20% damage to factories. Probably not worth repairing oil or refineries here given the difficulty shipping supply in and fuel/oil out. Sian has been abandoned by the Allies and will fall next turn. Air attacks are finding Allied forces in the open and getting some good disabling hits. Philippines Manila defense has fallen to 1400 AV. The absence of any counter battery fire for days suggest no supply is left. Engineering Allies expand VaVa'u port to 3 and Aden port to 8. Edited : Note that the Allied loss of planes was caused by Chinese fighters lost on the ground at Urumchi.

Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (12/20/2013 8:28:47 PM)
March 5th 1942 Air Losses: 1 Japanese, 4 Allied, 1 Pilots Japanese occupy: Lunga(auto), Sian Japanese land at: San Jose NORPAC 1 USN task force runs over a sub but is not attacked and is seen heading East. Other task forces have vanished. Will take precautions in case he tries doubling back. Australia Hudsons out of Katherine strike at the division heading for Katherine and Warhawks straff it. Damage is minor but it puts the division out of full supply. The Allies lose 4 warhawks shot down. Small task force seen near Melbourne and an unconfirmed report near Perth. China Sian is taken with no damage, except that only 1 point of HI is left because I had bombed that. Chinese driven back a hex towards Kienko. If can get armour into the next hex before Chinese forces can move forward that will be good. An attack out of Burma inflicts many disablements on my troops and fewer on the enemy but does destroy squads. Blocking the road to Paoshan are two Burmese Battalions and two Chinese corps. This is the first attack there and the Chinese suffer a supply(-). Philippines Bombardments continue. An extra ID arrives in a few days and will then try another attack. Engineering Paramushiro-jima airfield to 1. Port Blair airfield to 2. Ominato airfield to 4. Lashio airfield to 4. Ankang airfield to 4. Generally, my aim is to expand captured Chinese bases to size 4 as that seems a good spot between the supply cost and the VP bonus plus it is useful for attacks. Port Moresby port to 2.

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