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CaptBeefheart -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/5/2015 6:16:31 AM)
Do you have plenty of supply stockpiled in Calcutta? Cheers, CC

JocMeister -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/5/2015 6:19:17 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Commander Cody Do you have plenty of supply stockpiled in Calcutta? Cheers, CC Can not get it to draw more than 110k [:(]

JocMeister -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/5/2015 6:54:51 AM)
China ______________________________________________________________________________ In a stroke of luck the stack retreats towards Sian! Praise the gaming gods! [&o] This will hopefully buy me some time. Another month if I´m lucky! I´m desperately trying to throw up another defensive line. This one won´t be strong though as I have to rely on troops which are far from combat ready. My main problem besides supply is lack of troops. Jeff have grinded my troops down way faster then they recover and I´m now at the point when I´m out of troops. I have more then 20 Corps resting at Chungking. None which have more then 100 AV. I started pulling some of the better Corps from the Sian area about a month ago and they will help bolster the defense around Chungking for as long as possible. But the end is here now. I´ll defend the woods to the East for as long as I can. I´ll stay and fight at Chungking but I have to be careful to leave just enough to not inspire Jeff to use it as a VP generator but still enough to damage the industry. By our HR I can´t strat bomb China at any point in the war so I must make sure the industry is wrecked on its capture. In the South I´m still holding up but I´ve already siphoned off too much during the war and I´m thin in most places. The Sian area is extremely lightly held. Once he breaks through the roadblocks I have nothing left to defend with. [image]local://upfiles/32406/BACDF81FA3364F6995AAC6A1621E971F.jpg[/image]

JocMeister -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/5/2015 6:59:52 AM)
VP situation ______________________________________________________________________________ Not looking stellar right now but I´m not overly worried. Jeff can possibly harvest around 10-15k VPs which would put him in the 35k range. Not enough for AV in 43. I have a VP ace up my sleeve too that I will play once the timing is right. [image]local://upfiles/32406/B206274491EB4C1AA4E795994E9D2169.jpg[/image]

njp72 -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/5/2015 7:38:30 AM)
Yep I agree you should be fine. I was looking at my scores against Mike (wargmr) which were quite similar and I just couldn't get 4:1 despite over running China, strat bombing Oz and even capturing Tasmania. Just don't lose capital ships (especially CVs) and you won't have too much to worry about. You are also doing quite well in the air which has to help as well. quote: ORIGINAL: JocMeister VP situation ______________________________________________________________________________ Not looking stellar right now but I´m not overly worried. Jeff can possibly harvest around 10-15k VPs which would put him in the 35k range. Not enough for AV in 43. I have a VP ace up my sleeve too that I will play once the timing is right. [image]local://upfiles/32406/B206274491EB4C1AA4E795994E9D2169.jpg[/image]

JocMeister -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/5/2015 8:45:46 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: njp72 Yep I agree you should be fine. I was looking at my scores against Mike (wargmr) which were quite similar and I just couldn't get 4:1 despite over running China, strat bombing Oz and even capturing Tasmania. Just don't lose capital ships (especially CVs) and you won't have too much to worry about. You are also doing quite well in the air which has to help as well. Looked back at my game against Mr.Kane and on June 1st things looked very different from this game. He had a 4,3:1 ratio with 27k Japanese VPs vs allied 6500. Obviously the big difference is with the Allied VPs. I have 1500 more in this game which amounts to 6000 Japanese VPs The "extra" VPs come from ship and air losses mostly suffered at PH. I surrendered that game although many said I could still avoid AV. Not so sure I could have but either way Tom beat me so thoroughly I was mentally spent. My VPs will probably dip a little bit lower before it start rising though but this time I´m fairly sure I can avoid AV. At least barring a huge allied disaster! Worth to note here is also that a great deal of the Japanese VPs are from base points. These can´t be held on forever. Especially those in NORPAC will have to be abandoned eventually. Looking at my own games and most AARs an Allied VP count of around 10-12k VP seems pretty normal and that is what I´m aiming for. Even if Jeff really gets the Strat bombing going on the WC I think getting 15-20k more VPs is beyond reach. Will be interesting to see if he keeps shooting for AV all the way to end or if he starts pulling back to better positions if it becomes apparent AV will be impossible.

Lokasenna -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/5/2015 6:15:11 PM)
I could've told you that the stack would retreat towards Sian - it was the next nearest base to which they had a path [;)].

JocMeister -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/5/2015 6:27:33 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lokasenna I could've told you that the stack would retreat towards Sian - it was the next nearest base to which they had a path [;)]. I´ll stop sacrificing my pets and ask you instead! [:D]

JocMeister -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/5/2015 6:57:04 PM)
India ______________________________________________________________________________ Huge sigh of relief here!!! [&o] quote: Ground combat at Asansol (53,34) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 48158 troops, 604 guns, 256 vehicles, Assault Value = 1460 Defending force 177 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 778 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 778 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Asansol !!! Combat modifiers Defender: Attacker: Allied ground losses: 144 casualties reported Squads: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 38th Division 4th Guards Division 5th Division 17th Indpt Guards Regiment 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 16th AA Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 2nd Mortar Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Bn /5 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 51st Field AA Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 20th AA Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 1st RF Gun Bn /1 Only 3 IDs with his massive stack trying to flank Calcutta. I was sure it was more because he was moving so aggressively. I can easily hold it with what I already have there despite the lower quality troops. Forts and UH terrain will take care of that. This really gives me room to maneuver with my offensive stack. Now for the big question. How do I play this? Do I go all in and try to strangle him at Chittagong by striking south toward Dacca or do I just cut in behind him to the N/NE? I´ll probably go for the second option. If I can trap him between Calcutta and my offensive stack that would be best. PS. The 4th Guards ID was a relatively weak one with 50/50 wasn´t it? Map in post #1079.

Lokasenna -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/6/2015 4:17:49 AM)
It was... but it might have more XP now ;). And Morale recovers quickly enough when the unit first arrives.

JocMeister -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/6/2015 4:24:36 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lokasenna It was... but it might have more XP now ;). And Morale recovers quickly enough when the unit first arrives. As long as its not one of those 80 EXP ones I´m happy. [:D]

JocMeister -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/6/2015 7:31:36 AM)
May 31st ______________________________________________________________________________ Turns were flying on Wednesday and we reach the last day of May. ------------------------ NORPAC ------------------------ KB keeps on station outside LA/SD. Sadly for me Jeff finally figured out how to strat bomb. He is now hitting targets directly rather then hitting MAN. This has gained him a whooping 400 VPs in just 2 days. Not. Good. quote: Morning Air attack on Bakersfield , at 223,74 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 117 B5N1 Kate x 53 B5N2 Kate x 156 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged Oil hits 57 I have to try and put an end to this. There has been no sweeps proceeding the bombings so tomorrow 274 Allied fighter will be on LRCAP from LA. Its all I have. 3rd US ID arrives at SD from Vancouver. Doesn´t look like an invasion due to the KB setup but he could have his transports just out of search range. SD has 1300 AV and level 4.6 forts. LA 900 AV and 3.91 forts. Jeff also strikes out from Coal Harbor doing good damage in Seattle. But flak knocks down 11 Jap planes. Taking a bit of a gamble here tomorrow as recon sporadically show very few fighters. I think he moves them out to make room for bombers. 150 Allied bombers will come in low over CH tomorrow to hit the airfield there. Fingers crossed. Tomorrow could be glorious or a big setback. I give it 50/50. ------------------------ India ------------------------ Jeff makes the decision for me. His big stack moves even further West. My offensive stack moves NE towards Asansol which he just captured. My weaker stack will start moving towards Patna to cut off his armor. First naval action of the Indian coast is expected tomorrow as CL force will strike his ASW shipping outside Chittagong. The TF will then retire to Calcutta. It is LRCAPed by 150 Fighers. With some luck they will trigger a Nell/Betty strike which run into the CAP. I decided to move the 1st Marines to CT despite the possible threat of invasion on the WC shortly. I think if an invasion was coming Jeff wouldn´t have gone in so bomber heavy with the KB but rather fighter heavy. Its a bit of a gamble but I really want more boots on the ground in India. ------------------------ China ------------------------ Quiet for now but I see lots of movements in the south around Kweilin and Tuyun. And given crappy recon I probably only see a tenth of everything moving... I´ve set the few reinforcements I have left down here in motion. ------------------------ SOPAC ------------------------ A huge amount of engineers just arrived at Cristobal. They will go to OZ and SOPAC and start base expansion for a possible autumn offensive down here. Targets are still to be decided. Will use the weekend to decide targets, allocate forces and set a timetable. Looking into everything from a small expansion into the Solomons to a direct landing on Java and everything in between. ------------------------ Current situation ------------------------ Tomorrow will be very important. I need to put a dent in KBs striking power or this could cost me a huge amount of VPs. Failing that if I can close the airfield at Coal Harbor Jeff would have to move the KB back in to provide CAP until it can be reopened. 400 VPs in 3 days is not sustainable in the long run for me. I need some good fortune tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed. [image]local://upfiles/32406/83B5746EF22043E4AFD1D9A2C187DCEE.jpg[/image]

JocMeister -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/6/2015 11:54:25 AM)
WC raid! ______________________________________________________________________________ [image]local://upfiles/32406/9FDBD71A90D64425A422255F834C16E4.jpg[/image]

JocMeister -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/6/2015 1:40:57 PM)
June 1st -1942 ______________________________________________________________________________ Update coming in a couple of hours. In case you were so excited you were refreshing my AAR every couple of minutes I can reveal that we did mostly good. [;)] KB strike is untouched since it shifted target knocking out 104 (!!) repair yard points. But we shot down a lot of planes today over Calcutta. 3 Jap Destroyers humbled my CL force though but no losses. 3 PBs and SC also sunk. The B17s went almost straight through 60 Zeroes on CAP over Coal Harbor hitting a lot of planes on the ground. Not only damaged but many, many destroyed. Probably 30+ destroyed. Most have been heavily overstacked. I think my bombers should have gotten back at a reasonable state. But I don´t think the AF is closed. Only about 40 runway hits. Might go again tomorrow depending on the bombers.

ny59giants -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/6/2015 2:33:35 PM)
Depending on fatigue and morale, I would set your fighters on 40% CAP and maybe 30% LRCAP and hope AI makes the right choice. Double check the leadership qualities of the Air HQs around LA. This might help. [;)]

Lokasenna -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/6/2015 4:06:29 PM)
That's a lot of fighters. Simple numbers should cause unacceptable losses to him, if he strikes again without sweeps. They look to be decent pilots.

JocMeister -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/6/2015 4:50:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ny59giants Depending on fatigue and morale, I would set your fighters on 40% CAP and maybe 30% LRCAP and hope AI makes the right choice. Double check the leadership qualities of the Air HQs around LA. This might help. [;)] I prefer not to leave anything up to the AI if I can! [:D] Jeff is playing smart here switching targets...need luck to capture him. quote: ORIGINAL: Lokasenna That's a lot of fighters. Simple numbers should cause unacceptable losses to him, if he strikes again without sweeps. They look to be decent pilots. Yeah if I can catch him and he doesn´t sweep. If he hits my LRCAP with a sweep I´ll probably lose 50+ fighters.

JocMeister -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/6/2015 5:05:21 PM)
Airlosses ______________________________________________________________________________ This got to sting a bit. [image]local://upfiles/32406/B07952E7EB734CEF950401F08E1B3D30.jpg[/image]

BBfanboy -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/6/2015 5:44:23 PM)
Awesome! You took out a lot of Nells and Betties on the ground - when you first mentioned about 30 A/C on the ground at Coal Harbour I was thinking the more numerous/less capable Sallies and Lilys. Taking out so many long range aircraft will limit the targets he can reach. Any indication of the damage to Coal Harbour?

JocMeister -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/6/2015 5:52:18 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy Awesome! You took out a lot of Nells and Betties on the ground - when you first mentioned about 30 A/C on the ground at Coal Harbour I was thinking the more numerous/less capable Sallies and Lilys. Taking out so many long range aircraft will limit the targets he can reach. Any indication of the damage to Coal Harbour? Not sure. It might be open or closed. Taking a chance and flying again tomorrow. Hope I can hit some disabled AC stuck on the ground if its closed...if its open...ouch!

obvert -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/6/2015 10:42:09 PM)
Hey Jocke! Looks like you have a good one going here. I'll have to catch up a bit and see how you got to this whole West Coast thing. Chat soon.

JocMeister -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/7/2015 5:41:30 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: obvert Hey Jocke! Looks like you have a good one going here. I'll have to catch up a bit and see how you got to this whole West Coast thing. Chat soon. Hi Erik, Good to see you are still around! [&o]

JocMeister -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/7/2015 7:19:00 AM)
June 1st-2nd 1942 ______________________________________________________________________________ Almost...almost... ------------------------ NORPAC/WC ------------------------ Turns out the airfield at Coal Harbor is still open. But by some miracle only a single B17 is lost to flak! [&o] Have to stand them down now. Not going to push my luck and they are quite fatigued. Jeff has now gained no less then 1000(!) VPs in just 4 days solely by the KB strikes. On the 2nd he swept SW with two Zero squadrons. My CAP was down low (11k) and on range 3 setting so given the circumstances I´m very happy with how they did. quote: Morning Air attack on San Francisco , at 218,70 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 24 P-40B Warhawk x 13 P-40E Warhawk x 84 P-43 Lancer x 11 F2A-3 Buffalo x 26 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed P-43 Lancer: 2 destroyed F2A-3 Buffalo: 1 destroyed quote: Morning Air attack on San Francisco , at 218,70 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 21 P-40B Warhawk x 13 P-40E Warhawk x 72 P-43 Lancer x 8 F2A-3 Buffalo x 24 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed While these are "KB pilots" I don´t think they are real good ones. Still a decent results. At least I think I gave Jeff a real scare here when the Tina duds on Shokaku. KB strike wings hits Bakerfield again for some 200 more VPs. [:(] I´m trying not to let this get to my morale...but its frustrating with this huge numbers per strike. Its not much consolation to know the tables will be turned in 3 years. quote: Sub attack near San Luis Obispo at 217,75 Japanese Ships CV Shokaku BB Yamashiro CA Chokai CL Tatsuta CS Chiyoda CS Mizuho DD Makigumo DD Nenohi DD Yudachi Allied Ships SS Tuna, hits 1 More subs are racing down from the North. I can´t really cover everything so I´m down a bit to luck here. I´ve divided my Fighters into two "blobs" of about equal strength. ------------------------ India ------------------------ No luck with the subs here either. My favorite sub Trusty launches 4 TTs at CA Ashigara but misses. I think Jeff were striking out at my CL force. They safely disbanded in Calcutta and will now head out towards Madras. I have another CL force further south on the coast looking for targets. A 3rd CL force is waiting at Colombo but lack of DDs are keeping them in port for now. I have some Porters coming from the US in a couple of days. Jeff is really thin here with only a CA/CL TF guarding the whole cost. LBA can help with that but its not a substitute. Several sweeps hit empty air over Calcutta. My fighters will pull back to Madras. ------------------------ SOPAC ------------------------ I´ve decided on course of action here. I´ll try to get maps up later today. It won´t be anything too ambitious. My main focus when it comes to a 42 offensive is still the same as it was on T1. I´ll tell more about that when I know if we will go ahead with it or not. Right now I don´t have enough troops for it as much is tied down in India. [image]local://upfiles/32406/88E29460698D4145ACB9FD71E51196B8.jpg[/image]

JocMeister -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/7/2015 5:13:49 PM)
June 3rd 1942 ______________________________________________________________________________ Not much. ------------------------ NORPAC/WC ------------------------ A small KB strike tries to hit my minesweepers at SF. We down a couple of Vals and Zeroes for equal losses. KB is now almost due west of SF. My subs have started arriving but no luck today. ------------------------ India ------------------------ A big Zero sweep over Calcutta. I´ve moved my fighters back to Madras. Jeff continues his advance West. My offensive stack switched to the next hex. One more and he will see me. Will be interesting to see his reaction. Pull back or come fighting? My smaller stack is awaiting the 9th Indian IDs support which was left on board the ships. Doh! ------------------------ China ------------------------ A lone ID shocks across the river from Ankang. Almost no damage to either side. I might get a chance to bottle him up here again...we shall. This will be the last time though. No more troops. No screen. I´ll get one up of India next turn.

JocMeister -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/8/2015 7:03:44 AM)
June 4th 1942 ______________________________________________________________________________ Pretty quiet. ------------------------ NORPAC/WC ------------------------ Looks like KB is pulling back a bit. Worried about fighter losses and the sub threat? Another batch of 4 subs arrive from NORPAC. 7 more are on their way. No strikes today thankfully. I´ve upgraded a lot of DB squadrons and put some good pilots in them. No enough to really have a chance but hopefully enough to worry Jeff and make him put more fighters on CAP. ------------------------ India ------------------------ Got to love the Dutch navy... [:)] quote: ASW attack near Chittagong at 55,41 Japanese Ships CA Takao, Torpedo hits 1 CA Ashigara CL Tama DD Okikaze DD Hayate Allied Ships SS KXVIII, hits 1 Off to the yards...[:)] This will weaken the IJN presence here even further. Going to deal with the rest shortly. Another sweep over Calcutta. This will also end very shortly when a P38E squadron with an average EXP of 74 will jump into Calcutta. [sm=00000028.gif] [image]local://upfiles/32406/6235AFAE56DF4F1FB4C993D51F6130CE.jpg[/image]

JocMeister -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/8/2015 2:46:04 PM)
India ______________________________________________________________________________ Things are getting more interesting here by they day. A bit worried my smaller stack can´t move the Jap BDE. In that case we will be trapped by hex side control. I´ll give it a go though. Its still 800 AV with good TOE. In the North which you can´t see in the screen the Japanese armor will soon run into the first real obstacle at Cawnpore where 550 Indian AV just started de-training. Not sure why Jeff started pulling back from Ledo. Have a hunch the troops will move into India with the rest of his troops. [image]local://upfiles/32406/E101C6F134EB4A959B3160BA951DD3B7.jpg[/image]

zuluhour -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/9/2015 12:20:08 AM)
How hard is he pushing in China? The screen shot above looks pretty good. I wonder if he is watching his back door into India....of course you never have enough Chinese.

JocMeister -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/9/2015 3:49:07 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: zuluhour How hard is he pushing in China? The screen shot above looks pretty good. I wonder if he is watching his back door into India....of course you never have enough Chinese. He is pushing pretty hard. Its just about to collapse. He has a sizable force at Paoshan and will break into the Chungking plains in a couple of weeks.

JocMeister -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/9/2015 5:04:24 PM)
PS. No turn from Jeff tonight as he is busy. Early bed for me (which is pretty welcome!) [>:]

zuluhour -> RE: Canada Invaded! (11/9/2015 9:36:06 PM)
I will never allow the entire Chinese Army to evaporate again. I will move at least a full Army of at least four corp out at the outbreak of hostilities. Lars took China from me so fast I got blocked in before I knew the light went out. One division (rebuilt from 1 support squad [:D]) and one fighter squadron are all I have left......[:(] I know the pain. ps. Lars, don't read this.

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