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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/26/2015 8:05:31 AM)

Here's the results of that one attack that I set up. Not good. I lost about 1 out of 6. The Japs lost a couple.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/26/2015 3:23:01 PM)

This is the face of Java now. The Japs have captured Batavia and it looks like there's not much to stop them from expanding from
there. And the Jap airpower will probably stop me from reinforcing them to any significant extent with land units. I had 3 P-40
squadrons there yesterday and now there's only 2 so the air war is fierce. And I need to replace all the spotter planes again.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/26/2015 4:07:56 PM)

I've been eyeballing Tarawa as a possible objective to take back from the Japs and I was curious as to how much Jap
resistance I could expect by a possible approach by invading forces from Samoa where the carriers are and what do
you know, the Jap defense sank three of my four DD's. D'oh. So I need to get some TF's together to bombard the
airbase there at Tarawa to take out the airfield as a first priority. So I guess I need to sail the carriers to within fighter
range to provide some top cover for the bombarding ships and then try to sail the bombarding ships in there to shot. An
orchestrated approach you see.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/26/2015 4:22:44 PM)

I noticed that there were no Jap fighters in the aircraft mix so I thought maybe an airstrike or two may be in order in addition to a
naval bombardment and so I flew the Lexington Bomb Group to Phoenix island and then transfered the Enterprise Figher Group
to the Lexington and then sailed the Lexington within aircraft range of Tarawa and sure enough the Japs attacked and were
slaughtered. Now the bombarding ships can approach Tarawa.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/26/2015 4:32:20 PM)

So I was sailing the bombarding TF in toward Tarawa and the spotter Emily's had a go at me. And got shot down enmass.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/26/2015 4:41:29 PM)

So I thought I'd drive the Yorktown within fighter range of Tarawa and the ships had barely left Phoenix island when some
Betty's and Nell's attacked and I lost a carrier with all the fighters aboard. D'oh. I don't know why this didn't occur when
the first CV group left Phoenix but it happened this time. Now I need to find another fighter group.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/26/2015 4:49:01 PM)

I was looking around for the group that got the Yorktown and found it at Guadacanal. It flew all the way over to Phoenix island to
sink the Yorktown. It's a dangerous weapons system and I need to neutralize it somehow.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/26/2015 5:16:57 PM)

Here's the result of an Allied air strike on Lae. The Allies definately lost this round.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/26/2015 5:22:04 PM)

Here's the results of the bombardment of Tarawa:

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Chattez -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/26/2015 8:27:53 PM)

This is still only Feb. of 42. If you wait, the allies will have so many carriers and so many defending planes that no Japanese attack can get through to them.



larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/27/2015 2:18:28 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Chattez
This is still only Feb. of 42. If you wait, the allies will have so many carriers and so many defending planes that no Japanese attack can get through to them.

Yeah Chattez dude, it turns out that I SHOULD have waited. I shot down a squadron of Nell's and Betty's but I lost the Yorktown
and 50 Wildcats.

Here's the condition of Java right now. I've flown in all kinds of spotter planes and some fighters and light bombers. There's still no
land combat units to speak of between them and the capitol and so there's not much to stop the Japs from making hay while the
sun shines.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/27/2015 7:51:28 AM)

New turn new moves. This is the front lines as of T13. The Japs are on the march in Java and Burma and the troops that were
in Malaya are being moved toward Burma.

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Cfant -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/27/2015 1:21:46 PM)

Is the scenario available for download?



larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/27/2015 1:28:22 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Cfant2
Is the scenario available for download?

Here you go Cfant2 dude. Just truncate the dot txt off the end of the filename to make it a zip file and
unzip it. Equipment file is included in the zip file. Enjoy.



Cfant -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/27/2015 2:03:03 PM)

Thanks, general ;)



larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/27/2015 3:05:59 PM)

New moves, new turn. Now that Java is almost conquered I guess Thomas will be looking for another target and I'm wondering
if he's eyeballing Australia. I've imported some troops and planes and I've got the carriers nearby and I think maybe we're
about as ready as we can make it. These are the search arcs from everybody. The bigger arcs are from the PBY's and B-17's
and the slightly smaller ones are from the spotter planes and fighters etc.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/27/2015 3:34:30 PM)

Okie dokie.......I've moved everybody who's moving and I hit the "do the combats" button and here's the result of an airfield
strike on Lae. I'm not sure the Allies won this match.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/27/2015 5:11:06 PM)

Okay, it's T15 and Burma is still a problem. Tom has been pushing and shoving and I think maybe he's aiming for India
according to his comments in an email. India has the replacement center and the respawn point and if he can grab that
the Allies will be in trouble. So maybe he's aiming for India. We'll see.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/27/2015 5:24:11 PM)

The Allies are down to just one more city in Java. The main defenders are that 1/3 of a division that sailed from Australia about
three turns ago. I'm expecting it to hold out for about two turns.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/27/2015 5:30:20 PM)

Every unit I try to move in Burma is met with several rounds of interception. Here's how the air war is going right now. I
move a unit, it gets intercepted and my fighters get after the intercepters. I have no idea how many Jap fighters are being
shot down but I suspect a few.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/27/2015 7:03:26 PM)

New moves, new turn. This is the situation right now. My carriers are just off the right edge lower down. I'm casting about looking
for something to DO. I hesitate to sail into the face of Nells and Bettys and the idea of losing ANOTHER CV is painting my thought
process. I could sail around the south of Australia to head over to India and those environs but that would leave the Pacific naked
to Jap aggression. And I hate to split up the carriers right now because I'm so outnumbered in CV's. What to do. What to do.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/27/2015 7:11:59 PM)

I've got two damaged BB's parked at Pearl that are being healed from the Pearl Strike. They aren't even close to being ready anytime
soon so ........ If this were WITP-AE I would move them to the west coast to heal. Somewhere like Seattle. In this game I just need
them at a well supplied port with lots of air cover. I wouldn't put it past Thomas to try to take Midway just so he could bomb Pearl
with his Nell's.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/27/2015 7:34:03 PM)

I moved a partisan next to Cam Rahn Bay and found a bunch of Jap ships in the port. Too bad I don't have any anti-ship planes
handy. The fighter cover is too heavy for any strikes anyway. There's nothing to do about it except keep my eye on them.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/27/2015 10:34:05 PM)

New moves from Tom, new turn. Burma in T17. The Japs are getting awfully close to the Burma Road. Cutting that road
and the Ledo road will render most of China without supply. D'oh. I may have to consider moving some American units to
India, if I can get them there somehow.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/28/2015 2:35:32 AM)

One more attack by the Japs will finish off Java I think. This Allied unit deserves a medal for lasting this long.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/28/2015 2:41:11 AM)

Here's the face of Burma now. The entire river line is occupied and contested. Thomas tells me his Burma advance has
slowed to a snails pace. I'm hoping to be able to stop it entirely.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/28/2015 3:03:36 AM)

Here's the expected reinforcements for the next little while. I see the AVG is scheduled to withdraw. D'oh.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/28/2015 3:19:11 AM)

I just got some moves from Tom and I watched the replay and so on.....now I'm moving my units and I've come upon a NZ fighter
unit ( at the Allied aircraft rest camp I established in India ) that is severely low in the number of planes it has left. I looked at the
inventory display and saw where we aren't making any F2A planes any more and so it's unlikely that that squadron is ever going
to see any new planes so I need to assign that fighter squadron to other duties or to a quiet area for the duration. If this was
WITP-AE I would withdraw the squadron or disband it so the goodies could go back to the pools. Can't do that here so I'll just
park it somewhere or make it do sea interception somewhere.


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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/28/2015 3:33:54 AM)

I'm doing some graphical aids to help me decide whether or not to use this proposed route to get units from OZ to India. I'm guessing
it's about 100 MP's from Broome to Colombo and even if it takes two turns it's still doable I think. The main problem would be the Jap
aircraft on Java being able to pick off my floaters. I'll have to escort the floaters with DD's at the very least. Or at least a ship that
has some AAA equipment. I'm thinking it's time to try to get some American units into India. And somebody has to try it.

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larryfulkerson -> RE: Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14 (1/28/2015 3:42:33 AM)

As it happens the very next American Inf unit ready to sail volunteered to go to Madras. So they loaded up in the transports and
set sail. They are west of Perth and I expect them to land okie dokie next turn. We'll see. Note to Thomas: lemme know if you can
see these guys will you? Enquiring minds want to know.

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