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moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/13/2014 8:44:11 PM)

03-03-42 Rurutu - Tubuai Air Transport mauling.

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moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/13/2014 8:45:20 PM)

03-03-42 Pago Pago Naval and aerial actions

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moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/17/2014 9:35:06 AM)

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 04, 42
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Air Transport TF's are caught in Southern Pacific, they're getting mauled daily.

Perth and Mandalay are besieged, not looking too good in either place for the Allies...


SIG INT REPORT FOR Mar 04, 42

144th JAAF AF Bn is located at Tokyo(114,60).
Radio transmissions detected at Changchun (106,41).
17th JAAF AF Bn is located at Rahaeng(58,56).
10th JAAF Base Force is located at Kanko(105,47).
Radio transmissions detected at Hankow (85,50).
7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment is located at Fushun(105,42).
41st Air Defense AA Regiment is located at Fusan(103,55).
8th Ind.Mixed Brigade is loaded on xAP Kobe Maru moving to Tokyo.
Heavy Volume of Radio transmissions detected at Tokyo (114,60).
24th NCPC Route Brigade is located at Chengchow(88,44).
Radio transmissions detected at Lunga (114,138).
Radio transmissions detected at Mutankiang (111,42).
Radio transmissions detected at Amoy (83,61).
Radio transmissions detected at Osaka/Kyoto (109,59).
15th AA Regiment is located at Peiping(95,39).
39th Road Const Co is located at Aparri(82,73).
Radio transmissions detected at Laoag (81,72).
Radio transmissions detected at Yamagata (116,57).
4th RGC Division is located at Weihsien(95,46).
2nd Manchukuo Distr Division is located at Kirin(108,42).
Kwajalein Base Force is located at Kwajalein Island(132,115).
17th JAAF AF Bn is located at Rahaeng(58,56).
Radio transmissions detected at Niigata (114,57).
Radio transmissions detected at 139,127.
Haranomachi JAAF Base Force is located at Iwaki(116,59).
28th Shipping Engineer Regiment is located at Paramushiro-jima(137,47).
Radio transmissions detected at Rabaul (106,125).



See attached Combat Report






moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/17/2014 11:40:33 PM)

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 05, 42
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J3's CVL's are run across in the night, and unfortunately nothing to attack with. J3 then proceeds to hammer my TF into the sea.

The plucky French KV is killed by Koumac, but is successfully avenged by his American allies.


SIG INT REPORT FOR Mar 05, 42

Heavy Volume of Radio transmissions detected at 113,120.
89th JAAF AF Coy is located at Peleliu(90,98).
14th JAAF AF Coy is located at Bandjermasin(60,99).
54th JAAF AF Bn is located at Changsha(82,52).
Heavy Volume of Radio transmissions detected at Truk (112,108).
14th Division is located at Jehol(97,39).
4473 men are based at Chichi-jima (111,74).
2nd Ind.AA Gun Co is located at Kanazawa(111,57).
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade is located at 82,34.
88th Infantry Regiment is located at 87,56.
25th Field AA Machinecannon Company is located at Changchun(106,41).
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment is located at Yenki(110,44).
24th Fld AA Machinecannon Company is located at Mishan(114,42).
4th Air Defense AA Regiment is located at Yokohama/Yokosuka(113,61).
85th JAAF AF Coy is loaded on xAK Ryotaku Maru moving to Rangoon.
13th JAAF AF Coy is located at Taichu(86,64).
Radio transmissions detected at Wake Island (136,98).
Radio transmissions detected at Matsue (107,57).
Radio transmissions detected at 143,134.
6th JNAF Coy is located at Miri(64,87).
Radio transmissions detected at Changsha (82,52).
6th/A Division is located at Shaoyang(80,52).
Cam Ranh Fortress is located at Cam Ranh Bay(64,72).
Kwantung Army is located at Changchun(106,41).


See attached Combat report



moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/17/2014 11:42:00 PM)

03-05-42 Air TF mauling in the South Pacific.

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moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/17/2014 11:43:47 PM)

03-05-42 Near Koumac "The Avenging DD USS Sands"

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moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/17/2014 11:45:45 PM)

03-05-42 finding a big Transport TF - and cannot do a thing about it!

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moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/17/2014 11:47:32 PM)

03-05-42 The last batch of subs heading out SW to sweep the Johnston Is. Area and possible southern route J3 might take.

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moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/17/2014 11:49:02 PM)

03-05-42 The "goat" starts to make his move... to be continued.

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moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/19/2014 3:27:00 AM)

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 06, 42
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Air Transport TF's - 3rd TF is found and attacked by naval forces.

Upgraded fighter groups battle at Soerabaja ending with light casualties.

Hudson's from Perth bomb an incoming IJA Div with minimal results.

Oh yeah one day closer to the revealing of my stupidity.



SIG INT REPORT FOR Mar 06, 42

2/4th JAAF AF Coy is loaded on xAK Madras Maru moving to Rangoon.
86th JAAF AF Coy is located at Kalgan(95,37).
Radio transmissions detected at 118,151.
Heavy Volume of Radio transmissions detected at Midway Island (158,91).
34th Road Const Co is located at Batavia(49,98).
7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment is located at Fushun(105,42).
10/Southern Army is loaded on xAK Bingo Maru moving to Iba.
4th JAAF AF Coy is loaded on a Japanese xAK moving to Rangoon.
24th JAAF AF Bn is located at Clark Field(79,76).
8th JAAF Base Force is located at Jehol(97,39).
Heavy Volume of Radio transmissions detected at Balikpapan (64,97).
Formosa Army is located at Takao(84,65).
Radio transmissions detected at Lunga (114,138).
12th Air Defense AA Battalion is located at Kobe(108,59).
6th Border Defense Fortress is located at Heiho(113,33).
41st Guard Battalion is located at Saigon(60,71).
II/81st Naval Guard Unit is located at Lolobato(79,102).
Hoyo Fortress is located at Oita(104,59).
Radio transmissions detected at Luganville (120,150).
39th/B Division is located at Siangtan(81,52).
Radio transmissions detected at 147,142.
26th Shipping Engineer Regiment is located at Nagasaki/Sasebo(102,58).
4th Army is located at Sunwu(113,34).
2nd Air Flotilla is located at Rabaul(106,125).
Radio transmissions detected at Amchitka Island (158,52).
17th RGC Temp. Division is located at Kweiteh(90,46).
11th Army is located at Sinyang(86,48).






Combat Report enclosed



moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/19/2014 3:54:32 AM)

03-06-42 Prepping for disaster at Pearl Harbor...

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moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/19/2014 3:56:09 AM)

03-06-42 Soerabaja attacks.

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moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/19/2014 3:57:01 AM)

03-06-42 Last of the Air Transports are sunk.

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moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/19/2014 3:58:19 AM)

03-06-42 good torp's take out two AK carrying troops.

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moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/19/2014 4:09:52 AM)

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 07, 42
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Getting tired of getting beat on everywhere, I notice a 2-1 troops and gun advantage at Soerabaja, so we roll the dice and it works!

Several air battles at Swebo and Manadalay. fighter escorts don't show and the bombers suffer.

Vindicators finally drop some bombs on Pago Pago...


SIG INT REPORT FOR Mar 07, 42

Radio transmissions detected at 83,96.
Radio transmissions detected at Hanoi (68,56).
209th JAAF AF Bn is located at Taonan(107,38).
6th Base Force is located at Canton Island(153,143).
Radio transmissions detected at Haiphong (68,57).
Maizuru Fortress is located at Maizuru(110,58).
4/1st Ind. Engineer Regiment is loaded on xAK Kizan Maru moving to Batangas.
Radio transmissions detected at Cotabato (78,90).
12th JAAF Base Force is located at Cocos Islands(33,101).
Kitachishima Fortress is located at Paramushiro-jima(137,47).
3rd Manchukuo Distr Division is located at Tsitsihar(109,36).
14th RGC Temp. Division is located at Hankow(85,50).
Radio transmissions detected at Keijo (103,50).
Radio transmissions detected at Paramushiro-jima (137,47).
China Expeditionary Army is located at Nanking(91,52).
7th RF Gun Battalion is located at Jehol(97,39).
11th Border Defense Fortress is located at 115,42.
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment is located at Mutankiang(111,42).
77th Infantry Regiment is located at Tangshan(96,41).
Radio transmissions detected at 152,150.
63rd Infantry Group is located at Wakayama(109,60).
79th Infantry Regiment is located at Keijo(103,50).
1st Army is located at Yenan(88,37).
52nd Division is located at Kanazawa(111,57).
51st Air Defense AA Regiment is located at Takao(84,65).
2nd RGC Route Brigade is located at Tsinkiang(84,61).
Southeast Area Fleet is located at Truk(112,108).
4633 men are based at Sapporo (120,51).


Combat Report enclosed



moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/19/2014 4:32:53 AM)

03-07-42 Victory at Soerabaja!!! (well at least a little one)

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moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/19/2014 4:33:55 AM)

03-07-42 Air battles/bombing over Swebo (Burma)

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moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/19/2014 4:34:41 AM)

03-07-42 Finally bombs falling on IJA at Pago Pago

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moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/19/2014 4:39:30 AM)

03-07-42 TF enroute to doom AND something I missed the first time.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/30/2014 5:41:24 AM)

Here's the Allied economy on 28Mar42:

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JocMeister -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/30/2014 5:44:30 AM)

Why are you sweeping and bombing troops in Burma?! [X(]



larryfulkerson -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/30/2014 5:48:23 AM)

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ORIGINAL: JocMeister
Why are you sweeping and bombing troops in Burma?! [X(]

I'm just the logistics chief and don't have the straight skinny but I've heard some ideas being tossed about during meetings and from
what I've been able to gather Burma is just about the only place where we can hit back and not get slaughtered by it. We will have to
ask Admiral Jim Moore what he's got going on but I'm guessing he's going to say something similar. Everything else is dominated by
the Japs.



JocMeister -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/30/2014 5:53:41 AM)

There is no point in trying to "hit back" in the air. You can never compete in the air as he will have near endless number of planes and pilots. You on the other hand donīt. Allied airframe pools are critical throughout the war. Especially in 42.

Save the planes for when it counts. Sweeping just for sweeping is a loosing proposition.

Good luck!



moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/30/2014 9:53:54 AM)

Joc,

It was a single Hurricane squadron that disbands April 10th, according to my loose figures I raised the experience level of the pilots from 52 to 59 on average by doing this. Come April 1st I'm going to send those pilots to reserves and disband the squadron 10 days early as I just got two new RAF squadrons delivered to Bombay.

I understand your point and EVERY other fighter group in Burma is stacked over the bases between 20-25K on 80% CAP...

The only change that will come early next month is when the 6th Australian whacks either Magwe or Mandalay with armor/AT in tow. J3 has been using almost all of his tanks to quick move in the deserts of OZ, so I'm thinking he sent most of his Burma troops to OZ, which means I should be able to roll him back a fair bit in Burma before he can react with force.

PS There is also the "other" Aussie Division (5th,7th?) I shipped to India and they are at Chittagong waiting to see if they are needed, and filling out in reserve(pursuit)they are at 93% TOE and experience levels are +60... Supply is 50K+ at Chittagong and over 100K at Calcutta...

J3 is also using his carriers to whack Hiva Oa in the French Polynesian Is. - the trouble for him is I've got 5 full squadrons of P-39/P-400's waiting there. The first day of battle ended around 1-1 slightly in his favor, but he lost 30 top line Zeroes and around 20 Kate's and Val's for 50 P-39's damaged/destroyed... I see that a small win.



Encircled -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/30/2014 10:13:58 AM)

Biggest problem that Allied players suffer from is the feeling that "I've got to do something, anything".

You can't afford to fight the Japanese in '42 unless you are in overwhelming force, or you are at your "line in the sand", where you have decided thats where I'm going to put my troops, thats where I'm going to stop him.

Hiva Ova is as good as place as any, but I do question what that CV TF of yours is going to do?



moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/30/2014 10:37:20 AM)

Yeah I've been accused of that lately![:D]

Today - It's not so much the feeling I have to "do" something (And I have said those very words on here), just my experiences playing this game are nothing like what I'm experiencing at the hands of J3.

As far as the CV's go, they are going to sit in PH training pilots for at least one or two more months. (CV Hornet gets her upgrade in April)

I have been reading several past AAR's as well as current ones to get an idea of what to do... I lean towards the idea to create the Hammer and Anvil approach using captured bases in the S.Pacific to leapfrog to the next one, not trying to capture each and every base in turn.

Another is a suggestion that I consider re-taking Wake Is, and force J3 to come at me in a setting of my own choosing, not his. I am not sold on Wake but understand the idea its a direct stepping stone to Japan's inner circle of islands and John is likely to come out to fight for it.


All suggestions are gratefully accepted. As I obviously have a density problem between my ears, feel free to use a big stick to make your points [8D]



Encircled -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/30/2014 11:01:13 AM)

[:)]

I think you are doing the right thing fighting him at Hivo Ova (spelling?)

Not sure an invasion of Burma in '42 is sensible though!



ny59giants -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/30/2014 1:28:09 PM)

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Another is a suggestion that I consider re-taking Wake Is, and force J3 to come at me in a setting of my own choosing, not his. I am not sold on Wake but understand the idea its a direct stepping stone to Japan's inner circle of islands and John is likely to come out to fight for it.


For me, its NOT the question of taking a particular base. The question to answer here and at other bases, is what will you do when your opponent (either side) has two to four weeks to react to this move?? The follow up forces, the ability to reinforce, and the ability to hold what I just took are the questions that come to mind.

Can you take Wake Island?? Probably

Can you keep it and reinforce it?? Probably not at this time in the game, IMO. You will need CVs to keep the SLOC to Wake open. You don't have enough of them to do so.



moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/30/2014 1:33:15 PM)

[:)][:D][:)] Well for starters your track record is much better than mine as to J3 abilities!

Hiva Oa (same thing, I don't know how to spell it either)French Polynesian Is. is how I know it from History classes.


Burma Pro's:

1)India has the shortest supply routes (from Cape Town, Abadan, and Aden)and probably the best rail system in the game to move everything. (debatable of course)
2) The Aussie 6th Div is pretty well experienced and has plenty of AT and armor with it on its journey.
3) It's well within supply range of Calcutta for aircraft. (I have three DC-2/C-46 Transport groups arriving in the next 30 days) If between the two Aussie ID's there, if I can reopen the Hump, then some Chinese base on the other side gets serious replacements. (Unfortunately I cant remember the base's name Michael told me about)

Burma Cons:
1) Horrible monsoons and movement restrictions.
2) Several AAR's note how easy it is to bottle up and delay large forces in Burma (rivers, jungle etc.)

I do not intend to blitzkrieg the area like John did. I intend of taking it and fortifying what's gained until later in the war when I have much more at my disposal. My past exploits against the A.I. see me do a Spring '44 march from Bangkok straight across Asia to relieve Hong Kong from the grubby Japs hands. Now I've never done this against a real player - so I'm selling this by weight, not by volume...[:D]


And listening to suggestions. I'm kind of afraid to send the Aussie ID's anywhere by sea right now as J3 pretty much controls it all... so I may be stuck with this idea.



moore4807 -> RE: Command Decisions: Yeomen vs. Samurai RA 6.4 (3/30/2014 1:43:14 PM)

Michael,

I absolutely agree with your assessment!

Right now I've got the ju ju beads rolling and incense burning that J3's CV's outside of Hiva Oa will run into ANY of the 4 S-boats I have right around there. 2 SS are low on fuel, so if Hiva Oa falls - I'm in real trouble saving them.


Actually to be fair - I don't think the person suggesting Wake was talking about right now, That's my fault for not making it clear!
The conversation was starting with getting some of John's carriers off the board first before doing any invasions. His suggestion of using the subs to screen my ports is good, because they are really dependent on staying close to fuel/supply depots! (at least the S-boats can shoot good torps!)



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