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BBfanboy -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/19/2016 10:22:20 PM)
Have you already bought out the Chinese units? How much did it cost ... and did you buy them before they became 829 AV super-Corps ?

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/19/2016 10:48:15 PM)
Yes, I bought out the smaller units at the very beginning of the war. Most walked out of China before Burma was cut off. The last unit was airlifted to Ledo. These pieces became the 5th Chinese Corp. It has been my strategic reserve in India, but I figure that if I don't ramp up the war in Burma, there isn't going to be a war there. It has been building for a long time in India. Chinese Inf Sqd 43 --- 819 (max 837) Chinese Engineer Sqd --- 36 MMG(LL) Section --- 81 37mm AT Gun --- 36 81mm Mortar --- 54 75mm Field Gun --- 36 40mm M1 Bofors --- 36 Engineers --- 36 Support --- 687 (max 872) Using this Corp so far from China is probably the most unrealistic thing I've done in the game. I'm justifying it to myself because I really do intend to amphibiously invade China with it, in the future.

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/19/2016 10:49:51 PM)
I don't recall the cost of the smaller components. It was in the hundreds, I think, total. A quick restart of the game to check would give us the answer. (DBB-B, of course)

BBfanboy -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/19/2016 11:16:07 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: apbarog I don't recall the cost of the smaller components. It was in the hundreds, I think, total. A quick restart of the game to check would give us the answer. (DBB-B, of course) Thanks - very impressed that you had the foresight to do that early. The sheer size of the filled-out corps makes them a real gorilla on the battlefield, even if their experience starts out somewhat low. I thought their artillery could upgrade to M1 105 Howitzers?

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/19/2016 11:31:01 PM)
There aren't many Chinese units that can be bought out. I did so with the intention to build it up in India. When I saw that all of the components of this corp could be bought out, I knew that I had to try to get this unit out. It was a challenge, another small game-within-the-game that came up.

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/20/2016 7:47:20 AM)
25 Jun 43 US troops continue to land at Dobo. No issues during the night. Near Davao, sub Blackfish spots a big tanker convoy. It's heading around the east side of Mindanao. Direction of travel is unknown. 2 torpedoes miss a patrol boat. Blackfish takes some damage and will return to Darwin. Near Balabac, east of Borneo (I think), sub Guardfish spots a destroyer and an APD. One torpedo hits APD Shimakaze, possibly sinking the ship. It doesn't have men on it. During the AM turn at Dobo, 16 Bettys arrive, escorted by 18 A6M2 Zeros and 8 A6M5 Zeros, attacking my invasion shipping. 11 P-39s are flying LR CAP from Timoeka. The escort is too strong, and all of the Bettys launch torpedoes. All miss except one, and it is a dud. 2 xAPs, one AKA, and one DD were missed. In the PM turn, the same squadrons return. This time there's 36 Zero escorts, and only 8 P-39s protecting. The escorts have an easy time of it, destroying most of the P-39s. 2 torpedoes hit xAP Jaladuta. It is badly damaged, but probably won't sink immediately. I detach it and leave it at Dobo to continue unloading. It will probably be finished off tomorrow. The rest of the task force is set to leave the area. About 75% of the troops were unloaded. I hope that I've unloaded enough to take the base. The ships will go to Gove and reload and come back with fewer ships. I knew it was risky to go to Dobo so unprotected. All in all, the loss of one xAP to take Dobo is acceptable. The Allied carrier task forces disband at Darwin to repair minor damage. Plane and pilot reinforcements are taken. I spent a lot of time noting units available for future operations. I got a bunch of shipping moving in the right directions to get these units, particularly the Indian ones. I had already started prepping combat units, but I know have a list of support units available. Tomorrow I will go through the list and start prepping them for future targets.

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/21/2016 12:59:31 AM)
26 Jun 43 Unloading the damaged xAP at Dobo continued uninterrupted. Roti is invaded by a small unit. Roti is an island adjacent to Koepang, Timor. It was unoccupied. In the Solomons, the enemy wakes up for a day. Tojos and Tonys sweep Vangunu. Must have gotten Walker's attention with my artillery bombardments at adjacent Munda. The P-40Ks on CAP do well against the Tojos, but then poorly against the Tonys. 9 P-40Ks lost, for 5 Tojos and 5 Tonys. A big chunk of the 37th Infantry Division attacks at Dobo. Defending is parts of the 8th Infantry Division, about 1/3 of it really. Odds are 1 to 2 with level 3 forts, but Japanese losses are 232 casualties, while the US unit loses only 9. We reattack today. An armor unit is approaching on ships, if needed. Looks like they probably won't be needed. The fleet rests at Darwin. Lots of planning has taken place in the past 24 hours. Support units have been assigned to all targets in the Celebes. Ships are moving these units around to get ready. Not seeing an enemy ship bigger than a patrol boat anywhere close to the front lines. Heavy bombers move to Port Moresby. I may start hitting Rabaul or Torokina or Buna. Fewer enemy fighters here than earlier. Fletcher class destroyers will upgrade on July 1. It's only an 8 day upgrade, doesn't require a shipyard, and the anti-air improvements are very nice. Also, cruiser Baltimore arrived on the East Coast today. Very nice AAA on this class.

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/22/2016 2:47:44 AM)
27 Jun 43 Sub Triton fired at xAKL Oridono Maru near Donggala, in the straits between the Celebes and Borneo. 2 torpedoes missed. But then Triton attacks again, and gets 2 torpedo hits. The small cargo ship is most certainly sunk. It was not loaded with men. At Vangunu, the Tojos and Tonys tried their luck again sweeping. But I switched out P-40K squadrons, bringing in a fresh set of planes and pilots. 10 Tonys and 2 Tojos are lost. I lose 4 P-40Ks. A squadron of A-24s flew from Babar to hit shipping at Boela. I had mistakenly set the range to include Boela. The bombers flew hoping to bomb some small insignificant ship, and found Zeros, Oscars, and Tojos. Only 2 bombers returned, losing 14. The US 37th Infantry Division attacked again at Dobo, and captured the base, getting 5 to 1 odds with level 3 forts. The enemy retreated into the jungle, and is now headed to an adjacent Taberfane. I want to make Taberfane a POW camp. Dobo is a size 1 airfield, so I flew in some fighters, and set them to range 1 CAP, hoping to catch any air transports going to Taberfane to pull out troops. Ships with support troops turn around and head back toward Dobo. It will take 2 days to get there. The armor unit that was on the way is not needed, and will go to Gove and be tasked with something else. Roti, adjacent to Koepang, is captured. I plan on doing the same kind of thing that I'm doing at Dobo and Taberfane. Build the airfield, keep CAP over Koepang, keep the airfield damaged, and make it a big POW camp. The infantry division that was 100% prepped for Taberfane is now assigned to Manado. I do still have 2 infantry divisions prepping for Koepang, but I'm keeping open the chance of invading there. Nice base to have, buildable to a size 9 airfield. We'll see. I have enough stuff planned already. Back at Rabaul, very good reconnaisance shows 32420 men, 240 guns, 222 vehicles. This is a sizable increase to other recent looks there. I've consistently gotten SigInt that an infantry division is prepping for an attack at Milne Bay. I still don't think it will happen, but I can't completely rule it out. Milne Bay is the place to go, if the Japanese are willing to risk a big attack. It may be that I'm seeing more troops at Rabaul as they are being pulled out of other nearby bases. Or Rabaul may have been reinforced. Either way, I'll wait and see what happens. Hansa Bay has 17 units, which I find interesting. I do notice that Walker does leave lots of unit fragments all over the place. This could be intentional deception, or just an accident of moving so much stuff around. Today, I do sweep Shortlands, hoping to catch the depleted Tojos and/or Tonys that had swept Vangunu. A squadron of heavies will bomb. I would have hit with a lot more from Port Moresby, but supply there is unexpectedly low after moving many heavies there, so I'll wait for a supply delivery.

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/22/2016 12:51:25 PM)
I forgot to mention that an enemy sub was scuttled when Roti was captured. My guess is that the sub was heavily damaged and hid there when Koepang became unsafe for shipping. A nice and unexpected bonus with the capture of this tiny base.

Macclan5 -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/22/2016 3:26:17 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: apbarog Back at Rabaul, very good reconnaisance shows 32420 men, 240 guns, 222 vehicles. This is a sizable increase to other recent looks there. I've consistently gotten SigInt that an infantry division is prepping for an attack at Milne Bay. I still don't think it will happen, but I can't completely rule it out. Milne Bay is the place to go, if the Japanese are willing to risk a big attack. Today, I do sweep Shortlands... Nice post A. I agree I do not see Milne Bay as a target. In fact I don't see Milne as the place to attack either if I were in Japan's shoes. Your opponent is up to something ~ but what? 1) Either Buna / Lae / Finch.... would assist in the recovery of the starving fragments in the interior of New Guinea. Milne Bay would not. Further ports and airfields in Buna / Lae / Finch... threaten any planned attacks on the axis of New Guinea and or Guadalcanal / Munda / Shortlands... your opponent has no certainty if you have troops on the way from stateside for such an attack. Finally good airfields from Buna / Lae could cause some disruption of supplies flowing north of Sydney / Brisbane to fuel your DEI / ABDA line axis of advance. 2) Munda / Guadalcanal also makes sense. Airfields and ports there help interdict supply from the stateside fueling the DEI ABDA advance earlier i.e. on the way to Sydney / Brisbane. Your opponent must know that supplies do not flow well to Darwin albeit you seem to have developed Normantown to compensate. Digging into Rabul would be a poor strategic move. Like the Allies in real life you can bypass Rabul and cut it off. Further building up defense posture cedes the initiative to you permanently.. something I would think a Imperial Japan player would not want to do in June 1943. Carriers or not any chance to make you back pedal should be seized. Your opponent is planning something... but you seem well prepared for it.

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/22/2016 6:44:30 PM)
Based on the movement of enemy units isolated in the interior of southern New Guinea, the breakout attempt is inland, to the northwest, between Wau and Terapo. There's been no movement indicated otherwise. All Walker has to do is bring a unit down from the north, with a long walk in the jungle, to open up a hexside where I have a regiment, and where he'll soon have more than a division coming from the south (without supply, I assume). It would take time, but be pretty much unstoppable. I'm not willing to move a division to this hex to stop this. Takes to long to move there, and move back to a port. I think that my divisions are best used pushing the front further away from Timor. I have about 1/3 of a division at Finschhafen, Lae, Salamaua, and Buna. A division plus support at Milne Bay. He could land in force and probably take any one of the bases other than Milne Bay, but that wouldn't accomplish much. And I would have loaded up the airpower and made it costly. Walker won't do it. I've got him on the defensive. I think he's more worried about forming a line between me and the Philippines and reinforcing Java.

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/24/2016 6:27:02 AM)
28 Jun 43 Some routine daily bombings. Retreating enemy troops west of Dili. Lots of B-24s hit Taberfane's port, doing minimal damage. Heavy bombing and sweeping of Shortlands doesn't occur, due to weather. I try again. In just one day, good recon at Rabaul shows a jump from 32420 men, 240 guns, and 222 vehicles to 39680 men, 260 guns, and 266 vehicles. Hard to say whether I should be concerned or not. Walker may just want to do something, anything, at this point. Or it just may be that he's reacting to what he thinks he is seeing in the area. I've had APs going up and down the coast of New Guinea, shuffling out 2 infantry divisions, taking bits to Milne Bay, where they are reloaded and shipped to Townsville. Maybe he is misreading my actions, thinking something big is coming to the Rabaul area. Recon of Batavia shows 20700 men, 233 guns, and 473 vehicles. I've had intel of a new infantry division headed there. Kendari has 15880 men, 106 guns, and 8 vehicles. Manado has 12140 men, 84 guns, and 16 vehicles. None of this intel has me rethinking my plans. My reinforcement convoy for Dobo should arrive tomorrow. I have smaller convoys going to Denpassar and Mataram, and so far, they haven't been interfered with. Mataram got an Indian para unit that is prepping for future action. The remnant of a unit that got kicked out of Broome dissolved when it tried to move back to Broome. It was just a few vehicles left. Walker probably wanted it gone so he can rebuild the unit fully.

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/24/2016 9:41:23 PM)
29 Jun 43 Just south of Cam Ranh Bay, sub Barb finds a big tanker convoy, fires two torpedoes at huge tanker TK Tonan Maru #2, gets one hit, but it's a dud. As I start to increase the sub patrols on the oil routes, it's just a matter of time until more tankers are sunk. Today's recon of Rabaul shows 40600 men, 257 guns, and 270 vehicles. A slight increase from yesterday, within daily variations. There's definitely more there than a week ago though. Lots of shipping too, something that wasn't the case for months. At Dobo, I was forced to scuttle the xAP that had been torpedoed there. The ship did successfully unload all of its men and material, and then disbanded into the size 1 port. The port wasn't big enough to bring the fires and flooding under control. Timoeka is no bigger, and it's too far to get to anywhere else. The big base support convoy starts to unload at Dobo. Ships going every which way, picking up units, mostly headed to Darwin for future operations. They are coming from every corner of the map. India to the Alaskan coast.

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/25/2016 10:50:25 PM)
30 Jun 43 Near Hong Kong, sub Guardfish spots a big tanker convoy, fires two torpedoes at TK Manju Maru, and gets one torpedo hit. It is not loaded with fuel, but is on fire and has heavy damage. Being just two hexes from Hong Kong, the tanker may survive. 2 P-40K squadrons from Vangunu sweep Shortlands. This had been planned for days, but bad weather kept the fighters on the ground. The results today are good. The Tonys and Tojos that were in the area are gone, replaced by Zeros and Rufes. Total losses are 14 Zeros and 2 Rufes for the loss of 4 P-40Ks. 12 heavy bombers do a great job on the airfield, causing over 40 damage the airfield. I believe that an enemy cruiser force came from Rabaul and went somewhere on the east coast of New Guinea. During the night phase, I got a message that one of my task forces was reacting to enemy ships in that area. No combat occurred, and I didn't actually see any ships. I had xAPs at Salamaua, Buna, and Milne Bay. I had a cruiser task force at Salamaua. The last of the Americal Division is to load at Salamaua today, and go to Milne Bay. All of the 3rd Marine Division has already been lifted out and is recovering at Townsville. I'm sending more combat ships from Darwin to Milne Bay. There's a lull in activity now in the Timor Sea. US carriers move out of Darwin and move to Wyndham, just to the southwest. I want the carriers to disappear for awhile. They aren't needed for a bit. CV Victorious and escorts head toward Milne Bay. Just to show the flag and show carriers "there" instead of "here".

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/26/2016 3:00:26 AM)
30 Jun 43 South China Sea I've been sending more subs from Darwin to the South China Sea. I've gotten a few tanker contacts, and an occasional torpedo hit that actually works. I'm trying to cover the entire sea with each sub covering a segment of the ocean. As the front gets closer, this will get easier. And in October, the torpedo dud rate finally goes to a minimum. [image]local://upfiles/6549/F562CFA9AED649499D07C4B195F2E6AD.gif[/image]

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/26/2016 3:05:29 AM)
30 Jun 43 New Guinea and the Solomons Enemy units are still trapped in inland New Guinea. The bigger units are further northwest, and are still showing movement to the northwest. A US infantry regiment is waiting for them. A small US armor unit has started to move to this hex from Terapo, but this movement has just begun, and will take awhile. I continue to fire artillery at Munda. A green US infantry regiment is prepping for Munda at Luganville. Too soon to send it in. I see an enemy cruiser TF just south of Rabaul. This is the one that I believe went somewhere on the New Guinea coast last night, but didn't encounter anything. Lots of heavy bombers at Port Moresby, waiting for a chance to pound Rabaul. Too many fighters there at the moment, and the base is just too far for me to send lots of reliable sweepers. 2 divisions are headed to Luganville, prepping for Torokina and Buin. [image]local://upfiles/6549/958A60716EED4FCBB86852FDC317015A.gif[/image]

BBfanboy -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/26/2016 3:45:15 AM)
Looks like Woodlark Island would be an easy capture, and it is a good position to help cover the central Solomons.

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/26/2016 4:30:23 AM)
It would be a good spot against enemy ships that stay in range. But so far, Walker has used just fast bombardments out of Rabaul, and they get back to Rabaul, or almost, by daylight. Woodlark was enemy occupied, but I believe it is empty now. It is 8 hexes from Rabaul. It would be much more useful if it were 7 hexes, to allow for navy bombers to base there. I have plenty of bases already that can base heavies to hit Rabaul. Assuming no enemy invasions, I plan on securing Munda, then invading Buin and Torokina, and isolating Shortlands. That would give me bases close to Rabaul, where I'd start to encircle it and isolate it also. This area is of low priority for me, but I do want to keep some pressure on. If Walker has offensive plans here, I'll flood my bases with bombers and make any landing costly.

Crackaces -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/26/2016 7:34:08 AM)
quote: It would be much more useful if it were 7 hexes, to allow for navy bombers to base there I think the 7 hex limit is only for carrier based aircraft. There are single engine platforms that can reach beyond 7 hexes. Does it have to by Navy? One thing I like to do is train up some pilots that started with low nav scores in P39's that have a single 500 pound bomb Devastating IMHO when used as a part of an overall strike (low nav and dive bombers)

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/26/2016 5:14:56 PM)
No, it doesn't have to be Navy planes. That's just what I have a bunch of nearby in Australia. I have my B-25s at Timor. I do have a P-39 squadron in the islands off of Milne Bay trained for low naval and strafing. If I go to Rabaul, I want to go with a large number of sweepers, naval bombers for shipping, and heavy bombers for the airfield.

BBfanboy -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/26/2016 8:28:14 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: apbarog No, it doesn't have to be Navy planes. That's just what I have a bunch of nearby in Australia. I have my B-25s at Timor. I do have a P-39 squadron in the islands off of Milne Bay trained for low naval and strafing. If I go to Rabaul, I want to go with a large number of sweepers, naval bombers for shipping, and heavy bombers for the airfield. One thing I have found in my game vs. the AI, if you want to keep pressure on a large enemy air base that you are trying to keep shut down, you really need to have several bases with bombers in range. The weather will keep 2/3 of your attackers grounded or badly fragmented so having one base with good weather is very helpful.

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/27/2016 3:03:14 AM)
1 Jul 43 Near Boela, sub S-37 surfaces and engages unescorted xAKL Yamashimo Maru, getting a couple of hits. The sub submerges after taking a very minor gun hit. Walker shows a little more activity in the Solomons, bombarding Allied troops at Munda. The damage is very minor, and the enemy does not attack there in any other way. Just a nuisance appearance. In the middle of the South China Sea, sub Halibut attacks a big tanker convoy, and gets two torpedo hits on tanker Kurogana Maru. The tanker was loaded with fuel, and is now almost surely sunk. At Dobo, a big Tojo squadron sweeps. They find P-38s and P-40Ks. The Tojos do well against the Warhawks, but the P-38s do well against the Tojos. 12 Tojos were downed, while the Allies lost 8 P-40Ks and 3 P-38Gs. US carriers rendezvous southwest of Darwin, unseen.

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/28/2016 1:10:35 AM)
No turn from Walker today. Hopefully tomorrow. We have decided to finally upgrade our game to the latest beta patch. We've been running on a beta patch that is about 2 years old, one that I believe became the latest official patch. So there will be some changes. I haven't gone through the list of what is new. I do know that plotting carrier strikes on strategic targets has changed, allowing targeting from outside the current range. I need to do some reading. It's a good time to once again thank Michael for his support of this game. Never before has so few owed so much to so few. Thanks!

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/29/2016 1:23:53 AM)
2 Jul 43 No combat worth mentioning. I did spot 2 task forces just west of Sunda Strait. I see a PB in one and a TK in the other. Odd composition for the location, probably not a good spotting. But something is there, something that warrants more than one task force. Interesting. I've considered that Walker may send some carriers out into the Indian Ocean to sweep east and maybe catch something coming or going to Denpassar. Or just sweep the northwestern coast of Australia. Or it's just a convoy to the islands west of Java. I have subs in the area. We did upgrade to the latest Beta patch. Walker thought that it went smoothly, but I noticed when I was doing my turn that there were no stacking limits in places. Since we installed the latest official patch before the Beta patch, I think that we lost files related to the Extended Map Mod. I've reinstalled the art files and the map files and I think everything is ok now. Walker should do the same tomorrow.

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (9/30/2016 4:40:23 AM)
No turn from Walker today. He did write that he has updated his game with reinstalled extended map mods, and it seems to be working ok. Hoping for a turn tomorrow.

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (10/1/2016 1:06:16 AM)
3 Jul 43 Sub Pargo spots a tanker convoy between Okinawa and Japan. 4 torpedoes are fired at tanker Tsuruha Maru, 1 hits, but it is a dud. At least we're seeing more and more tanker targets now. North of Japan, sub Mingo spots a big convoy of tiny xAKLs, fires 2 torpedoes at one, but both miss. Some usual bombing at Koepang and Taberfane, as well as enemy troops stuck inland in New Guinea. By the way, I'm no longer seeing movement from the enemy there. The trapped troops were showing movement to the northwest. No longer. Maybe Walker sees that I reacted and something of mine is moving from Terapo. Maybe that was his plan. I do have a small armor unit moving, hoping to help defend the cordon to the north. Lots of stuff just shipped into Darwin. Everything I need for my next set of invasions is now where it needs to be, except for one armor unit, which will arrive at Darwin in the next 2 days. Everything is switching to combat mode. When the armor arrives and switches, all will start loading. US carriers are still southwest of Darwin and still unseen. In the shallows by Phuket, Thailand, I've got double messages of heavy activity. Very unusual for this area of the map, which has been quiet for so long. May be just something big going to Rangoon. I often talk about the enjoyment of saving badly damaged ships. I can report that all ships used in my Bali and area invasions survived. And the two badly damaged xAPs from the New Guinea coast have made it to Australia and will survive. I do see a big upswing in detection levels on my subs to the north and south of Rabaul now. I'm moving more combat ships to Milne Bay. I'm just showing the flag here, not planning on anything offensive. CV Victorious will be in the area soon too, just to be seen. I ran 4 subchasers around the Tarawa area, and for a few days, they weren't even seen. I've suspected that Walker has withdrawn troops from this area. It may have been a massive evacuation. When I get some new reinforcements on the West Coast, something smaller than a division, I will start building up some troops to take some of the islands in the Tarawa area. A very low priority for me, but if they are there for the picking, might as well.

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (10/1/2016 10:57:29 PM)
4 Jul 43 CL Cleveland hit rocks while escorting CV Victorious, south of New Guinea. Cleveland will head to Brisbane for repairs. North of Japan, sub Mingo spots more small xAKLs, and gets a torpedo hit one one. Southeast of Palembang, in the straits that hug the coast of Sumatra to the south, destroyer Oyashio is reported to have hit a mine. A Brit sub dropped some mines there a few days ago. Very nice to see that work once in a while. Walker caught on to my minelaying strategies early in this game, and has spent some effort constantly sweeping. Now I just do it occasionally to keep him honest. I've dropped some mines just west of Nagasaki also. Those haven't been found yet. South of Cam Ranh Bay, sub Shad spots a big convoy of true AKs, but two torpedoes miss the escorting destroyer. Bombings of Koepang, Wewar, enemy troops north of Buna, enemy troops inland in New Guinea, Umboi Island, and Gasmata. Near Buna, I attacked with the two armor units that I still have there. The 3rd Marine Division pulled out and is now at Townsville. Turns out that the 9th Infantry Division and the 19th Army HQ are still there. My attack goes at only 1 to 17, but the enemy takes 155 casualties, while the armor take only 52. I'll rest. I may have given away the fact that the Marines have left, if Walker didn't know already. I don't know if the armor is vulnerable to a counterattack. The enemy was penalized for supply and fatigue. Tomorrow we start loading for the next phase.

BBfanboy -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (10/2/2016 3:59:39 AM)
If you own Townsville he will only have field forts, and not at a high level if he has not been there for a long time. IJA anti-armour values are not very good against anything but light tanks, and if he is short of supply he won't be upgrading either. Keep the pressure on - your recovery will be faster than his.

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (10/2/2016 4:12:19 AM)
I wasn't clear. The fighting is in the jungle, on the coast, just north of Buna. The 3rd Marine Division had been there, but had taken heavy losses trying to clear the enemey. The 3rd Marines pulled out, and are now recovering at Townsville. I left the 2 armor units, and Walker pulled out some troops to the interior. I will continue attacking with the armor as soon as they resupply.

apbarog -> RE: See you in Tokyo Bay - Apbarog(A) vs Walker(J) DBB-B Scen28 (10/3/2016 12:37:52 AM)
5 Jul 43 Yesterday, an enemy destroyer hit one of my sub mines south of Palembang. Today a small minesweeper arrived and started to clear up the mines. Near Boela, sub S-47 spots an xAKL task force, and gets a torpedo hit on xAKL Taiyo Maru. Probably sunk. Tojos arrived over Dobo again, this time two full squadrons. About half of a squadron of P-40Ks and P-38s are on CAP. 10 Tojos are downed, for the loss of 5 P-40Ks and 1 P-38. Allied planes are pulled out to Darwin to rebuild. I'll move fighters back in when I need them, when ships arrive. The big news of the day is that many ships are now loading at Darwin for the invasion of Makassar and the bases around it. A few units will be picked up at other locations. US carriers have remained to the southwest of Darwin, and have not been spotted. [image]local://upfiles/6549/CEC1924A663E4B4D9B479790B9E04688.gif[/image]

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