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Lowpe -> RE: Dec 31: Strategic outlook (3/31/2016 1:16:51 AM)
I will look at your numbers more closely later, but you want to expand vehicle production to 180 minimum and up to 230 or even higher depending upon how many vehicles you expect to lose. Now is the best time to expand to get the best return on your supply dollar. Increase all your factories by 1, rather 1 factory by 10 to get even better return. The vehicle number really jumps out to me at least.

Jorge_Stanbury -> RE: Dec 31: Strategic outlook (3/31/2016 3:04:33 AM)
Is 1944 that bad?? I was planning to increase vehicles, actually my plan was 150 ... but I was worried about the supply situation. I am still worried as 300K at Tokyo is really low, I need to feed operations and I still haven't captured Balikpapan and Tarakan... with my luck I bet they will come severely damaged What is the lowest you would go at Tokyo?

Jorge_Stanbury -> Jan 9 update (4/3/2016 10:01:43 PM)
The last 10 days or so had been relatively uneventful. but on January 9th there were simultaneous strikes across the SRA: - Singapore strait crossed, with a great result of 2-to-1 in favor, and fort reduced to 1: - 21st Ind. Mixed Brigade unloaded at Balikpapan, only 1 PB hit by mines, no damage to CD guns - Makassar and Kendari invaded, no incident. Singapore troops will wait for reinforcements and disrupt reduction before attacking again. Balikpapan, Makassar and Kendari will be assaulted tomorrow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 77211 troops, 753 guns, 213 vehicles, Assault Value = 2242 Defending force 40479 troops, 381 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 582 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 1941 Allied adjusted defense: 725 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 5077 casualties reported Squads: 29 destroyed, 568 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 47 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 57 disabled Guns lost 29 (1 destroyed, 28 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2944 casualties reported Squads: 51 destroyed, 288 disabled Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 128 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled Guns lost 66 (14 destroyed, 52 disabled) Vehicles lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled) Assaulting units: Imperial Guards Division 148th Infantry Regiment 4th Division 21st Division 113th Infantry Regiment 23rd Ind Engineer Regiment 18th Division 2nd Division 5th Mortar Battalion 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 56th Field Artillery Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 11th Indian Division SSVF Brigade 1st Malay Battalion 2nd Malay Battalion 2nd Gordons Battalion 2/17 Dogra Battalion 27th Australian Brigade 1st Manchester Battalion 22nd Australian Brigade 1st Mysore Battalion 2nd Loyal Battalion 12th Indian Brigade 110th RAF Adv Base Force Malayan Air Wing 2nd ISF Base Force 109th RAF Adv Base Force Singapore Base Force 2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment Singapore Fortress AHQ Far East 223 Group RAF Malaya Army 224 Group RAF 112th RAF Adv Base Force 1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 3rd Heavy AA Regiment 1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment 22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment III Indian Corps 24th NZ Pioneer Coy 111th RAF Adv Base Force 5th Field Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kendari (70,106) 16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships SC Ch 4 SC Ch 1 DMS W-8 APD Shimakaze Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled SC Ch 4 fired at enemy troops SC Ch 1 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 20 encounters mine field at Balikpapan (64,97) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 9 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DMS W-10, Shell hits 1, on fire DMS W-9, Shell hits 1 PB Kiso Maru, Mine hits 1, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled) DMS W-10 firing at Balikpapan Defenses Balikpapan Defenses firing at DMS W-10 DMS W-9 firing at Balikpapan Defenses Balikpapan Defenses firing at DMS W-9 4 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Makassar (65,106) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships TB Kamo TB Hato xAP Kowa Maru Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled TB Kamo fired at enemy troops TB Hato fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Makassar (65,106) TF 8 troops unloading over beach at Makassar, 65,106 15 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 15th Nav Gd -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Balikpapan (64,97) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 37 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships BB Yamashiro BB Mutsu PB Shosei Maru PB Nanpo Maru PB Kamitsu Maru PB Edo Maru xAK Meisho Maru Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 309 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled) BB Yamashiro firing at Balikpapan Defenses Balikpapan Defenses firing at BB Yamashiro BB Mutsu firing at Balikpapan MLD Base Force PB Shosei Maru fired at enemy troops PB Nanpo Maru fired at enemy troops PB Kamitsu Maru fired at enemy troops PB Edo Maru fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Balikpapan (64,97) TF 20 troops unloading over beach at Balikpapan, 64,97 Japanese ground losses: 31 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad accidentally lost during unload of 21st Ind.Mixed Bde /2 17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 21st Ind.Mixed Bde /3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Balikpapan (64,97) 13 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships BB Yamashiro BB Mutsu PB Shosei Maru PB Nanpo Maru PB Kamitsu Maru PB Edo Maru xAK Meisho Maru Allied ground losses: 104 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled BB Yamashiro firing at I Samarinda Cdo BB Mutsu firing at VI KNIL Battalion PB Shosei Maru fired at enemy troops PB Nanpo Maru fired at enemy troops PB Kamitsu Maru fired at enemy troops PB Edo Maru fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Makassar (65,106) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships TB Kamo TB Hato xAP Kowa Maru Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled TB Kamo fired at enemy troops TB Hato fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kendari (70,106) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships SC Ch 1 APD Shimakaze SC Ch 1 fired at enemy troops

Jorge_Stanbury -> Jan 10: Balikpapan oil damaged (4/4/2016 1:49:12 AM)
Either I am doing something very wrong with the invasions, or he is really good at moving engineers to oil centers. During this game, I have damaged the following oil centers while capturing them: Miri: 27 + standard 150 = 157 Palembang: 98 Tarakan: 31 Balikpapan: 84 For a grand total, so far, or : 370,000 supply I had to divert from HI and operations to repair oil wells [:(] [:(][:(][:(][:(] [image]local://upfiles/41287/D97422FCAC8D419B9E165BB868B7360B.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Dec 31: Strategic outlook (4/4/2016 3:19:16 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury Is 1944 that bad?? I was planning to increase vehicles, actually my plan was 150 ... but I was worried about the supply situation. I am still worried as 300K at Tokyo is really low, I need to feed operations and I still haven't captured Balikpapan and Tarakan... with my luck I bet they will come severely damaged What is the lowest you would go at Tokyo? I guess a lot depends upon how you plan on using your vehicles. I don't know of any JFB that runs with vehicles that low. 180 seems to be the lowest number, and I have seen some horrendous ground combat games where it has gone well over 250. I would be more concerned with supply on Honshu, sometimes it gets messed up. But the early game demands a lot...from rebuilding oil, r&d, and vehicle expansion. I would put vehicle production right behind setting up my Oscar/Zero/Frank A r&d program and oil rebuilding. At some point you will be banking 10K supply a day after the initial expenditures on Honshu alone unless you really over expand the economy. Vehicles are a lot like oil...the sooner you expand them the greater the supply to production ratio.

Jorge_Stanbury -> RE: Dec 31: Strategic outlook (4/4/2016 3:51:42 PM)
I followed your advice and put vehicles at 180; Tokyo is at 234K supply and with Singapore a day or two from capture, I will likely need some of this supply for future offensives. I also increased engines; they are at: Production Ha-31: 61(9) = 70 ---> target is 80 Ha-32: 94(16) + 37(13) = 160 ---> target is 180 Ha-33: 102(18) + 37(13) = 170 ---> target is over 300, but still not decided Ha-34: 30(0) ---> I want to build this to 60 at least, but I am worried about running out of supply Ha-35: 207(13) + 37(13) + 37(13) = 320 ---> target is 320 R&D Ha-42: 2(0) Ha-43: 11(19) Ha-44: 10(0) Ha-45: 41(19) + 11(19) = 90 Ha-60 Aichi: 40(0) + 80(0) + 5(0) = 125 Ha-60 Kawasaki: 21(9) NE turbo: 2(0) Toko: 2(0) focus will be on Ha-43 (Sam) and Ha-45 (Frank); I plan to keep increasing them as soon as they repair Aircraft Production [image]local://upfiles/41287/A10A78DA52314B2CA9A99C094F622477.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Dec 31: Strategic outlook (4/4/2016 4:09:31 PM)
Engine factories repair 1 point a day, and in realistic r&d max gain is 1 point per day...so building to size 60 costs 30 r&d points lost while the factory repairs or 1/3rd of a month acceleration versus faster initial production. A tradeoff you have to make. General speaking, early game I don't build any r&d factory for engines past 30 to conserve supply. I generally like to have 3 size 30 working on the Ha45 and two on the 43. 43 is also the final George I believe. No good reason to make the Ha42 that I know of. To tell the truth I am curious about the planes that fly that beast -- but perhaps worth experimenting versus the AI and not a pbem.

Jorge_Stanbury -> RE: Dec 31: Strategic outlook (4/4/2016 4:35:15 PM)
Good point on the larger than 30 factories, So it might be a good idea to simple kill Ha-42/ Ki-93 and make another 30 factory Ha-45? EDIT1: Done: killed Ha-42 and Ki-93, made them 30 factory Ha-45/ Ki-84 Frank Then I will need to choose which one is better: Ha-44, Toko or NE turbo aircrafts, then kill the other to increase Ha-43 EDIT2: Ha-44 is needed for B6N1. NE turbojet for Kikka or Ki-201 Karyu... all come in 1946. Toko Rocket is needed for Shusei, coming on December 45 So it really won't matter, by that time it will be game over, I think I will kill Toko By the way, this is R&D aircraft: Strong focus on A6M line; including your tip of acceleration Zen Baku for PDU off reasons. [image]local://upfiles/41287/89545EC699304BA99466E2D0739B7094.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Dec 31: Strategic outlook (4/4/2016 8:58:38 PM)
Tsurugi are kind of worthless in pdu off. Squadrons come 2 months prior to the aircraft build. All squadrons are sized 10. There is a strong possibility all squadrons are training squadrons and not eligible for kamikaze attacks.

Jorge_Stanbury -> RE: Dec 31: Strategic outlook (4/4/2016 10:33:14 PM)
It would be a a disappointment if they are not allowed to become kamikazes, after all that is what this plane was designed for: A cheap, heavy bomb capable "special unit" plane. What I saw is that I will get several, around 22, 10-plane squadrons of Ki-9 Spruce that upgrade to it. Looking at the stats, Tsurugi is less horrible than Spruce. I am not planning of course to accelerate it, but it might make sense to build some. But I haven't touched it, the quantities are set as of the start of the scenario. That said it might be a good idea to use this R&D line to somewhere else... The questions is, Am I missing anything? I am accelerating the following: 5x30 on A6M line + 60 building 2x30 on A7M2 1x30 on B6N1 1x30 on D4Y1 2x30 on Ki-43 (a and b) + 100 building 2x30 on Ki-44a 2x30 on Ki-45a 1x30 on Ki-49Ia 1x90 + 3x30 on Ki-84a I have the rest as of starting scenario settings: 1x9 J2M2 + 1x13 J3M5 1x5 + 1x10 N1K1 1x22 Ki-61a + 1x30 Ki-61c I also ended killing the Toka rocket. I was thinking about keeping one of the 3 Aichi HA-60s as R&D, the smallest one come as 5(0)... I am happy it is now accelerating HA-60, but maybe I can change it to something else after Oct 42? Maybe bring back the Toka? Excluding short term Ha-60s, I will have: 2x30 + 1x60 factories on Ha-45 2x30 factories on Ha-43 1x2 NE Turbo 1x10 Ha-44 1x5 ???

jwolf -> RE: Dec 31: Strategic outlook (4/4/2016 11:37:24 PM)
quote: Tsurugi is less horrible than Spruce Not much of an endorsement. [:D]

Lowpe -> RE: Dec 31: Strategic outlook (4/4/2016 11:51:36 PM)
On some of those late planes the squadrons available are dismal. Georges go to Karyu. Not many squadrons. And you need the final George first. Toka rockets come from final Jack. Very few squadrons. I think a few Tojo IIc go for the Army rocket fighter. ki202. Kikka is interesting, and squadrons exist for it immediately, but a 2 engine kamikaze? How much better is it than a Judy? Hard to go wrong with 5 size 30 Frank A...some squadrons upgrade to it from the Oscar IIa. Getting the Frank A in mid 43 is sweet. The Tony line should be looked, but spend carefully here. Screwy upgrade path for factories, and you really want the d and later versions.

Jorge_Stanbury -> Jan 14th: Singapore fell (4/5/2016 10:12:32 PM)
Singapore fell and this means the end of Phase#1 and start of Phase#2 - Invasion of Java is full force: Yokosuka 4th SNLFs took Merak. They boarded barges from Osthaven and surprised the Allies. 4th Ind Mixed Brigade is following, by barges (same ones) and air transport - At the same time, making use of the assets already committed to support Makassar and Balikpapan, I started the invasion of Tjepoe. The idea, overall, is to establish secure beach heads, then cut the island it two, then capture Soerabaja, then the entire South east, then move on to Batavia, and isolate Bandoeng's mountain and keep the siege until it runs out of supply. - In parallel, I will move on to Pt Moresby, and Timor, followed by a diversionary invasion of Northern Australia. Allied fleet nowhere to be seen [image]local://upfiles/41287/15BEF4BF916E46EBA64410D14E02F0A5.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 86796 troops, 940 guns, 354 vehicles, Assault Value = 2258 Defending force 32224 troops, 333 guns, 123 vehicles, Assault Value = 99 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 1157 Allied adjusted defense: 335 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Singapore !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 847 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 64 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 46181 casualties reported Squads: 701 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2534 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 106 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 446 (446 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 174 (174 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 26 Assaulting units: 21st Division 148th Infantry Regiment 23rd Ind Engineer Regiment 56th Recon Regiment 18th Division 4th Ind Engineer Regiment 41st Infantry Regiment 56th Engineer Regiment 4th Division 5th Division Imperial Guards Division 113th Infantry Regiment 2nd Division 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 25th Army 5th Mortar Battalion 1st RF Gun Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 56th Field Artillery Regiment 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: 27th Australian Brigade 2nd Loyal Battalion 22nd Australian Brigade 11th Indian Division SSVF Brigade 12th Indian Brigade III Indian Corps 223 Group RAF 109th RAF Adv Base Force 3rd Heavy AA Regiment 2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment Singapore Fortress 111th RAF Adv Base Force 1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment Singapore Base Force 24th NZ Pioneer Coy 1st Malay Battalion 224 Group RAF 1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment Malaya Army AHQ Far East 112th RAF Adv Base Force 110th RAF Adv Base Force 22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Malayan Air Wing 5th Field Regiment

Jorge_Stanbury -> RE: Jan 14th: Singapore fell (4/5/2016 10:16:42 PM)
This is Burma: Objectives here are just to grab Burma, I am not planning any India adventure; or maybe grab Chittagong to shield Magwe's oil [image]local://upfiles/41287/B23DA7CEBD0546DD8E0B5BDDB082DB16.jpg[/image]

Jorge_Stanbury -> RE: Jan 14th: Singapore fell (4/5/2016 10:18:12 PM)
South West Pacific: KB is pummeling Port Moresby in preparation for invasion [image]local://upfiles/41287/6088FDEEAC2241E0AA5CB9F4703B1E77.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Wirraway: 14 damaged S.23 Empire: 1 damaged Hudson I: 6 damaged Swordfish I: 1 damaged Japanese Ships BB Kirishima BB Hiei DD Hamakaze DD Urakaze DD Shiranui DD Kagero Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 38 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Kirishima BB Kirishima firing at Port Moresby BB Hiei firing at Port Moresby DD Hamakaze firing at Port Moresby DD Urakaze firing at Port Moresby DD Shiranui firing at Port Moresby DD Kagero firing at Port Moresby

Jorge_Stanbury -> Jan 18th: Temporary defeat at Pt Moresby (4/8/2016 4:52:03 PM)
Some news as of January 18th: - Rangoon fell - Beach heads at Tjpoe and Merak are consolidating with additional reinforcements unloading. Once I have ~2 divisions at Tjpoe, I will march and capture Soerabaja. - In what looks like a mistake, he abandoned Clark field, focusing all the efforts on Manila. This was God's gift for Japan, as I failed repeatedly to capture this important airfield. Now he has 3 isolated pockets, Manila with the main force, 80K plus troops, Bataan with only 3K to 4K troops, and Subic bay with only the CD guns. My plan is to grab Bataan and Subic quickly, then clean the mines, then start naval bombing to soften Manila. I can see it falling relatively soon after the bombing starts. We will see, I am not in a hurry here - Horn island captured; however, I forgot it had coastal guns, and paid accordingly, AMC Aikoku Maru is on heavy fires, it will sink tomorrow. A small xAP, Ukishima maru, is already lost - Main event: Port Moresby, I successfully unloaded 144 regiment + 2 SNLFs, however, he was waiting on ambush. He had significant number of cruisers waiting, and last turn he unleashed them. KB response was disappointing, and the entire (empty) TF was pretty much wipped out. [image]local://upfiles/41287/C523329FF33F49E79F2C6C74537DC9B9.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Jan 18th: Temporary defeat at Pt Moresby (4/8/2016 5:05:14 PM)
Get used to losing ships! [:D] You can breath a sigh of relief they aren't your AK-t! You don't really need the xAPs, so think of the fuel you will save although they look like the small xAPs which are kind of handy to have around. To me what really stings there is losing the training cruisers. I know that is how most JFBs use them early on, but they really come into their own in 44 as super escorts and before that they can take a torpedo and live instead of a Tonan Whaler taking one. They are also absolutely great with fuel consumption, less than a destroyer so it never feels bad when you use them as escorts. Not like the Oi! Don't like losing AMC either. What was the CM doing in there? I think the important thing is to learn from it, and also figure out how to do it to the Allies. I hate the Rabaul/PM/SRA areas because they are very prone to Allied slashing attacks like this.

Jorge_Stanbury -> RE: Jan 18th: Temporary defeat at Pt Moresby (4/8/2016 5:13:46 PM)
This is how things look for tomorrow. Exeter, New Orleans and Enterprise spent a lot of ammo, so they will likely be gone. Australia and New Orleans are intact, and full ammo, they will likely try to catch the KB Boise received three bombs, it might be out of action I think KB can handle them, but the biggest risk is what else is he going to send? where is Repulse? where is Pow? [image]local://upfiles/41287/804398F3AAE74B6492A538D31AE33E1D.jpg[/image] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cooktown at 97,138 Japanese Ships SS RO-61 Allied Ships CA Pensacola, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DD Phelps SS RO-61 launches 6 torpedoes at CA Pensacola RO-61 diving deep .... DD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 29 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 B5N2 Kate x 54 D3A1 Val x 44 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 5 damaged B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak D3A1 Val: 5 damaged D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships CL Enterprise CA New Orleans CL Boise, Bomb hits 1 CA Australia DD Electra DD Thanet CA Exeter CL Glasgow, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 7 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 15000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 2 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 9 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 2 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 97,132 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 D3A1 Val x 12 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 1 damaged Allied Ships DD Monaghan DD Farragut DD MacDonough Aircraft Attacking: 1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 96,133 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 B5N2 Kate x 13 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DD Pope DD Van Nes Aircraft Attacking: 13 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 95,132 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 B5N2 Kate x 8 D3A1 Val x 17 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 2 damaged Allied Ships DD Express DD Le Triomphant, Bomb hits 3, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Horn Island at 89,129 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 B5N2 Kate x 9 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged Allied Ships AS Platypus, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Cooktown at 95,134 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 D3A1 Val x 13 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AM Townsville, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 10000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AM Townsville -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 B5N2 Kate x 25 D3A1 Val x 34 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged D3A1 Val: 9 damaged D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 1 CL Boise, Bomb hits 2 DD Thanet, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires CA Exeter, Bomb hits 1 CL Glasgow DD Electra, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Enterprise CA Australia Aircraft Attacking: 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 25 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 15000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 13 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 12 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Massive explosion on DD Electra Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Electra -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 96,133 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 D3A1 Val x 25 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 1 damaged Allied Ships DD Pope, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires DD Barker, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Van Nes, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 10 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 11 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Pope Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a 'D' Class class DD Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Barker -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 23,000 Yards Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CL Katori, Shell hits 29, and is sunk CL Kashima, Shell hits 35, and is sunk CM Tsugaru, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Fukui Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Hakkaisan Maru PB Ikunta Maru, Shell hits 6, on fire PB Kaikei Maru, Shell hits 5, and is sunk PB Kaiun Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire PB Kinsyo Maru #4, Shell hits 10, and is sunk AMC Kinryu Maru, Shell hits 15, heavy fires, heavy damage AMC Kongo Maru, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Hokkai Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Kashima Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires xAP Horai Maru, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Shanghai Maru, Shell hits 4, and is sunk Allied Ships CA New Orleans, Shell hits 2 CA Exeter, Shell hits 3, on fire CL Enterprise, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching! Japanese TF suspends unloading operations and begins to get underway Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 22,000 yards Japanese TF attempts to evade combat Range increases to 23,000 yards... CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 23,000 yards CA Exeter engages xAP Horai Maru at 23,000 yards CA New Orleans engages CL Katori at 23,000 yards CA New Orleans engages PB Kinsyo Maru #4 at 23,000 yards CA Exeter engages PB Kaikei Maru at 23,000 yards CA New Orleans engages PB Fukui Maru at 23,000 yards Range closes to 20,000 yards CL Katori engages CA New Orleans at 20,000 yards CA Exeter engages PB Kinsyo Maru #4 at 20,000 yards Range closes to 17,000 yards CA Exeter engages CL Kashima at 17,000 yards CA New Orleans engages CL Katori at 17,000 yards CL Enterprise engages CL Katori at 17,000 yards CL Enterprise engages PB Fukui Maru at 17,000 yards CA Exeter engages xAP Shanghai Maru at 17,000 yards CL Enterprise engages xAP Kashima Maru at 17,000 yards Range closes to 13,000 yards CL Kashima engages CA Exeter at 13,000 yards CL Katori engages CA New Orleans at 13,000 yards CL Enterprise engages CL Katori at 13,000 yards CL Enterprise engages CM Tsugaru at 13,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards CA Exeter engages CL Kashima at 9,000 yards CA Exeter engages CL Katori at 9,000 yards CL Katori engages CL Enterprise at 9,000 yards CL Enterprise engages PB Kaiun Maru at 9,000 yards CA New Orleans engages AMC Kongo Maru at 9,000 yards CA New Orleans engages CM Tsugaru at 9,000 yards CA New Orleans engages xAP Horai Maru at 9,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards CL Katori engages CA Exeter at 8,000 yards CL Katori engages CA Exeter at 8,000 yards CA Exeter engages PB Kinsyo Maru #4 at 8,000 yards CL Enterprise engages AMC Kongo Maru at 8,000 yards CA New Orleans engages CM Tsugaru at 8,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards CL Enterprise engages CL Kashima at 5,000 yards CL Katori engages CA New Orleans at 5,000 yards CL Enterprise engages PB Kinsyo Maru #4 at 5,000 yards CA Exeter engages PB Ikunta Maru at 5,000 yards CA Exeter engages PB Fukui Maru at 5,000 yards CL Katori engages CA Exeter at 5,000 yards CL Katori engages CA Exeter at 5,000 yards CL Katori engages CL Enterprise at 5,000 yards CL Enterprise engages PB Fukui Maru at 5,000 yards CA New Orleans engages AMC Kongo Maru at 5,000 yards CL Enterprise engages AMC Kinryu Maru at 5,000 yards CA Exeter engages xAP Shanghai Maru at 5,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards CA New Orleans engages CL Kashima at 4,000 yards CL Katori engages CA Exeter at 4,000 yards PB Kinsyo Maru #4 sunk by CA Exeter at 4,000 yards CL Enterprise engages PB Ikunta Maru at 4,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards CL Katori engages CA Exeter at 3,000 yards CL Katori engages CA Exeter at 3,000 yards CL Enterprise engages CL Katori at 3,000 yards CA New Orleans engages AMC Kongo Maru at 3,000 yards CA New Orleans engages CM Tsugaru at 3,000 yards CL Enterprise engages xAP Horai Maru at 3,000 yards CL Enterprise engages xAP Kashima Maru at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards CA Exeter engages CL Kashima at 2,000 yards CL Katori engages CA New Orleans at 2,000 yards CL Enterprise engages CL Kashima at 2,000 yards CL Enterprise engages AMC Kinryu Maru at 2,000 yards CA Exeter engages CM Tsugaru at 2,000 yards xAP Shanghai Maru sunk by CA Exeter at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards CL Katori engages CA Exeter at 3,000 yards CL Katori sunk by CA New Orleans at 3,000 yards CA New Orleans engages PB Kaikei Maru at 3,000 yards xAP Horai Maru sunk by CA Exeter at 3,000 yards CA Exeter engages CL Kashima at 3,000 yards CA Exeter engages PB Kaikei Maru at 3,000 yards CA Exeter engages AMC Kongo Maru at 3,000 yards CA Exeter engages AMC Kinryu Maru at 3,000 yards CA New Orleans engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards CL Kashima sunk by CA New Orleans at 2,000 yards PB Kaikei Maru sunk by CA Exeter at 2,000 yards CA Exeter engages PB Fukui Maru at 2,000 yards AMC Kongo Maru engages CA Exeter at 2,000 yards Good, H. orders Allied TF to disengage CA New Orleans engages PB Kaiun Maru at 2,000 yards CA New Orleans engages PB Ikunta Maru at 2,000 yards CL Enterprise engages AMC Kinryu Maru at 2,000 yards CL Enterprise engages AMC Kinryu Maru at 2,000 yards CA New Orleans engages CM Tsugaru at 2,000 yards CL Enterprise engages xAK Hokkai Maru at 2,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards CM Tsugaru , xAP Kashima Maru screened from combat - escorted by PB Ikunta Maru CL Enterprise engages AMC Kinryu Maru at 6,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards CM Tsugaru screened from combat CA Exeter engages AMC Kinryu Maru at 10,000 yards CL Enterprise engages AMC Kinryu Maru at 10,000 yards CL Enterprise engages AMC Kongo Maru at 10,000 yards CL Enterprise engages AMC Kinryu Maru at 10,000 yards CA Exeter engages xAP Kashima Maru at 10,000 yards Range increases to 13,000 yards CM Tsugaru screened from combat CA New Orleans engages PB Ikunta Maru at 13,000 yards CA Exeter engages PB Hakkaisan Maru at 13,000 yards Range increases to 17,000 yards CL Enterprise engages PB Kaiun Maru at 17,000 yards CA New Orleans engages AMC Kongo Maru at 17,000 yards Range increases to 21,000 yards CM Tsugaru , xAP Kashima Maru , xAK Hokkai Maru screened from combat Range increases to 27,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Moresby at 98,130, Range 16,000 Yards Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CM Tsugaru, and is sunk PB Fukui Maru, and is sunk PB Hakkaisan Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire PB Ikunta Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Kaiun Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage AMC Kinryu Maru, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage AMC Kongo Maru, Shell hits 6, and is sunk xAK Hokkai Maru, and is sunk xAP Kashima Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Thanet, on fire DD Electra, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards Range closes to 20,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 18,000 yards Range closes to 16,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 16,000 yards May, C.W. crosses the 'T' CM Tsugaru , xAP Kashima Maru , xAK Hokkai Maru screened from combat - escorted by PB Kaiun Maru , PB Ikunta Maru DD Electra engages AMC Kinryu Maru at 16,000 yards Range closes to 14,000 yards CM Tsugaru , xAP Kashima Maru screened from combat - escorted by PB Kaiun Maru Range closes to 12,000 yards CM Tsugaru screened from combat - escorted by PB Hakkaisan Maru Range closes to 11,000 yards AMC Kinryu Maru engages DD Thanet at 11,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards DD Electra engages PB Hakkaisan Maru at 7,000 yards DD Electra engages AMC Kongo Maru at 7,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards xAP Kashima Maru screened from combat DD Electra engages PB Kaiun Maru at 8,000 yards DD Electra engages PB Ikunta Maru at 8,000 yards DD Electra engages AMC Kongo Maru at 8,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards xAP Kashima Maru screened from combat - escorted by PB Kaiun Maru DD Electra engages AMC Kongo Maru at 9,000 yards DD Electra engages AMC Kinryu Maru at 9,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards DD Electra engages PB Kaiun Maru at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards DD Thanet engages PB Ikunta Maru at 10,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards xAP Kashima Maru screened from combat - escorted by PB Kaiun Maru DD Thanet engages PB Ikunta Maru at 6,000 yards DD Thanet engages PB Hakkaisan Maru at 6,000 yards DD Thanet engages AMC Kongo Maru at 6,000 yards AMC Kinryu Maru engages DD Electra at 6,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards xAP Kashima Maru screened from combat DD Thanet engages PB Ikunta Maru at 8,000 yards AMC Kinryu Maru engages DD Thanet at 8,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards DD Thanet engages PB Kaiun Maru at 11,000 yards AMC Kongo Maru sunk by DD Thanet at 11,000 yards May, C.W. orders Allied TF to disengage Range increases to 13,000 yards xAP Kashima Maru screened from combat - escorted by PB Kaiun Maru Range increases to 16,000 yards Task forces break off...

Jorge_Stanbury -> RE: Jan 18th: Temporary defeat at Pt Moresby (4/8/2016 5:24:36 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe Get used to losing ships! [:D] You can breath a sigh of relief they aren't your AK-t! You don't really need the xAPs, so think of the fuel you will save although they look like the small xAPs which are kind of handy to have around. To me what really stings there is losing the training cruisers. I know that is how most JFBs use them early on, but they really come into their own in 44 as super escorts and before that they can take a torpedo and live instead of a Tonan Whaler taking one. They are also absolutely great with fuel consumption, less than a destroyer so it never feels bad when you use them as escorts. Not like the Oi! Don't like losing AMC either. What was the CM doing in there? I think the important thing is to learn from it, and also figure out how to do it to the Allies. I hate the Rabaul/PM/SRA areas because they are very prone to Allied slashing attacks like this. Yes, I am not too concerned about the losses, AMCs are good, but they died doing what they are supposed to do, unloading troops on risky places. I liked the fact that Horn island was captured, as it can become a refuge if KB gets into a fist fight. I used CM Tsuragu for the additional guns, plus its troop/ cargo capacity. It had already used its mines so not too concerned here. And yes, that was a smart move, I did something like that in my Allied game, near Pt Blair... the only chance the Allies have early war is to throw major assets and accept losses. That said, I think I can make use of this opportunity to keep inflicting damage to his cruisers; he won't get too many replacements until 1943.

Lowpe -> RE: Jan 18th: Temporary defeat at Pt Moresby (4/8/2016 5:24:37 PM)
It looks to me you kind of went into PM hastily. Taluga & Rossel make great float plane bases early on, so you can watch the Oz coast and should be taken prior to PM, in addition to Horn (which you have). Plus not enough I boats screening the invasion. That is dangerous water for the KB, and BBs. Don't like to play there at all. What is your land based air like?

Lowpe -> RE: Jan 18th: Temporary defeat at Pt Moresby (4/8/2016 5:29:19 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury That said, I think I can make use of this opportunity to keep inflicting damage to his cruisers; he won't get too many replacements until 1943. That's the attitude! Every setback an opportunity.[:)]

Jorge_Stanbury -> RE: Jan 18th: Temporary defeat at Pt Moresby (4/8/2016 5:31:44 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe It looks to me you kind of went into PM hastily. Taluga & Rossel make great float plane bases early on, so you can watch the Oz coast and should be taken prior to PM, in addition to Horn (which you have). That is dangerous water for the KB, and BBs. Don't like to play there. What is your land based air like? I planned under the (wrong) assumption that KB was enough support. Land base = it is really just Rabaul. I have Chitose KuK-1, one recon squadron and a few float planes. No Naval HQ, so only bombs, and no fighters, but they are really not needed at this point, as Pt Moresby is at 72% damage; I was bombing and naval bombarding it. so the few Hudsons and Wirraways there are not a problem.

Lowpe -> RE: Jan 18th: Temporary defeat at Pt Moresby (4/8/2016 6:27:17 PM)
A look at the training cruisers progression. [image]local://upfiles/44178/2D134F3C9D484595A9D2608F1F47B950.jpg[/image] You can make the argument that the training cruisers should be port bound until the 3/44 upgrade. Look at the qty of depth charges, incredible.

Lowpe -> RE: Jan 18th: Temporary defeat at Pt Moresby (4/8/2016 6:35:50 PM)
A look at two other CLs that might be better off in port for most of the game. These are screenshots from my onenote files on WITP AE. I find I can't remember everything.[:D] [image]local://upfiles/44178/552F7975FE1F48C7AF0B2C23FAEE88E3.jpg[/image]

Jorge_Stanbury -> RE: Jan 18th: Temporary defeat at Pt Moresby (4/8/2016 6:51:42 PM)
I have one training cruiser left, I guess it will remain in port for a long time The Kitakamis: I was planning to use them as raiders; lots of torpedoes can be a good thing when intercepting freighters. How good are they in AA role? questions comes from the fact 25mm AA guns are sub-optimal, while by 1945, the Allied air power is overwhelming

Lowpe -> RE: Jan 18th: Temporary defeat at Pt Moresby (4/8/2016 8:46:45 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury I have one training cruiser left, I guess it will remain in port for a long time The Kitakamis: I was planning to use them as raiders; lots of torpedoes can be a good thing when intercepting freighters. How good are they in AA role? questions comes from the fact 25mm AA guns are sub-optimal, while by 1945, the Allied air power is overwhelming Who cares what the Allied AA is relative to Japan, the 25mm is good enough versus most ship attacks, and maximizing it in your CV task forces is horrendously important! Learn to love it![:)] Come about 1943, you will really start loving the 47mm rapid fire AT gun. Playing Japan is about making do![;)] The Kitakami's don't have the endurance to be raiders. Nor do they have the AA now. They would have been well used escorting the PM invasion fleet however.[;)] They drink fuel at almost a BB level.

Jorge_Stanbury -> Jan 19th: Victorious second day of fighting (4/9/2016 4:46:52 AM)
The second day of battle belonged to the Raising Sun: First, a hastily formed heavy cruiser TF (Tone and Aoba + DDs) found enemy cruisers and followed them on intense night battles. Second, KB put several bombs on the cruiser TF trying to close unto gun range/ In total: Enemy cruisers CA New Orleans, CLs St Louis and Achilles sank. CL Boise heavy damaged CA Australia damaged and CL Glasgow lightly damaged. For Japan, CA Tone is damaged: Sys 31, Flood 11(0), Engine 27(0) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 98,135, Range 5,000 Yards Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Walrus II: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Tone, Shell hits 1 CA Aoba DD Isokaze DD Oboro DD Akebono DD Sazanami Allied Ships CL Leander CL Achilles, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Phelps, Shell hits 2, on fire Reduced sighting due to 7% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 7% moonlight: 6,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 5,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 5,000 yards CL Achilles engages CA Tone at 5,000 yards CA Tone engages DD Phelps at 5,000 yards DD Phelps engages DD Isokaze at 5,000 yards Jones, H W orders Allied TF to disengage Range closes to 4,000 yards CL Achilles sunk by CA Tone at 4,000 yards DD Phelps engages DD Sazanami at 4,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards DD Sazanami engages DD Phelps at 2,000 yards DD Phelps engages DD Oboro at 2,000 yards DD Phelps engages DD Isokaze at 2,000 yards Jones, H W orders Allied TF to disengage Range increases to 10,000 yards CA Tone engages CL Leander at 10,000 yards CL Leander engages CA Tone at 10,000 yards DD Sazanami engages DD Phelps at 10,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 98,136, Range 7,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Tone, Shell hits 3 CA Aoba DD Isokaze DD Oboro DD Akebono DD Sazanami Allied Ships CL Leander, Shell hits 3 DD Phelps, Shell hits 1, heavy fires Reduced sighting due to 7% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 7% moonlight: 7,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 7,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence CA Aoba launches Long Lance Torpedoes at CL Leander at 7,000 yards CA Tone launches Long Lance Torpedoes at DD Phelps at 7,000 yards DD Akebono launches Long Lance Torpedoes at DD Phelps at 7,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards CA Tone engages CL Leander at 5,000 yards CA Tone engages DD Phelps at 5,000 yards DD Oboro engages DD Phelps at 5,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards CA Tone engages CL Leander at 3,000 yards CL Leander engages CA Tone at 3,000 yards DD Phelps engages DD Akebono at 3,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards CA Tone engages CL Leander at 6,000 yards CA Tone engages CL Leander at 6,000 yards DD Oboro engages DD Phelps at 6,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards CL Leander engages CA Tone at 11,000 yards DD Phelps engages DD Akebono at 11,000 yards DD Phelps engages DD Akebono at 11,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 98,135, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Tone, Shell hits 1, on fire CA Aoba DD Isokaze DD Oboro DD Akebono DD Sazanami Allied Ships CA New Orleans, Shell hits 4, heavy fires CL Enterprise Reduced sighting due to 7% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 7% moonlight: 8,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 8,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence CA Tone fires at CA New Orleans at 8,000 yards DD Isokaze launches Long Lance Torpedoes at CA New Orleans at 8,000 yards CA New Orleans engages CA Aoba at 8,000 yards CA Tone engages CA New Orleans at 8,000 yards DD Sazanami engages CA New Orleans at 8,000 yards DD Oboro engages CA New Orleans at 8,000 yards CA New Orleans engages DD Isokaze at 8,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards CA Tone engages CA New Orleans at 6,000 yards CA New Orleans engages CA Tone at 6,000 yards CA Tone engages CA New Orleans at 6,000 yards CA Tone engages CL Enterprise at 6,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards CA New Orleans engages CA Aoba at 10,000 yards CA New Orleans engages CA Tone at 10,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards CA Tone engages CA New Orleans at 12,000 yards CA Tone engages CA New Orleans at 12,000 yards CA New Orleans engages DD Isokaze at 12,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 98,136, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Tone, Shell hits 2, on fire CA Aoba DD Isokaze DD Oboro DD Akebono DD Sazanami Allied Ships CA New Orleans, Shell hits 15, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Enterprise Reduced sighting due to 7% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 7% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 11,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence CA Aoba launches Long Lance Torpedoes at CA New Orleans at 11,000 yards CA Tone fires at CL Enterprise at 11,000 yards DD Oboro launches Long Lance Torpedoes at CL Enterprise at 11,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards CA New Orleans engages CA Tone at 9,000 yards CL Enterprise engages CA Tone at 9,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards CA New Orleans engages CA Tone at 7,000 yards CA New Orleans engages DD Oboro at 7,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards CA Tone engages CA New Orleans at 4,000 yards CA Tone engages CL Enterprise at 4,000 yards Range increases to 7,000 yards CA New Orleans engages CA Aoba at 7,000 yards CL Enterprise engages CA Tone at 7,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards CA New Orleans engages CA Aoba at 8,000 yards CA Tone engages CA New Orleans at 8,000 yards CA New Orleans engages DD Oboro at 8,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards CA Tone engages CA New Orleans at 9,000 yards CA New Orleans engages DD Isokaze at 9,000 yards CA Aoba engages CA New Orleans at 9,000 yards CL Enterprise engages CA Tone at 9,000 yards CA New Orleans engages DD Oboro at 9,000 yards CA Aoba engages CA New Orleans at 9,000 yards CL Enterprise engages CA Tone at 9,000 yards CA New Orleans engages DD Isokaze at 9,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards CA Aoba engages CA New Orleans at 8,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards CA Aoba engages CA New Orleans at 7,000 yards CA New Orleans engages DD Oboro at 7,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Enterprise at 10,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Milne Bay at 98,136, Range 9,000 Yards Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses SOC-1 Seagull: 3 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Tone, on fire CA Aoba DD Isokaze DD Oboro DD Akebono DD Sazanami Allied Ships CA New Orleans, Shell hits 1, and is sunk CL Enterprise Reduced sighting due to 7% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 7% moonlight: 9,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 9,000 yards Narita, Moichi crosses the 'T' CA New Orleans sunk by CA Aoba at 9,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Enterprise at 10,000 yards CL Enterprise engages CA Aoba at 10,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Enterprise at 9,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Enterprise at 11,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Cooktown at 97,137, Range 7,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Tone, heavy fires CA Aoba, Shell hits 1 DD Isokaze DD Oboro DD Akebono DD Sazanami Allied Ships CL Leander, Shell hits 1 DD Phelps, Shell hits 3, heavy fires Reduced sighting due to 7% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 7% moonlight: 7,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 7,000 yards Narita, Moichi crosses the 'T' CA Tone engages CL Leander at 7,000 yards CA Tone engages CL Leander at 7,000 yards CA Tone engages DD Phelps at 7,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards CA Tone engages CL Leander at 8,000 yards DD Phelps engages DD Sazanami at 8,000 yards DD Akebono engages DD Phelps at 8,000 yards DD Oboro engages DD Phelps at 8,000 yards CL Leander engages CA Aoba at 8,000 yards DD Oboro engages DD Phelps at 8,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards CA Aoba engages CL Leander at 11,000 yards CA Tone engages CL Leander at 11,000 yards DD Oboro engages DD Phelps at 11,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Cooktown at 92,135 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 B5N2 Kate x 12 D3A1 Val x 22 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged D3A1 Val: 1 damaged Allied Ships DD Monaghan, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Farragut, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Worden, Bomb hits 1 DD MacDonough, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 12 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 2000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 2 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Monaghan Massive explosion on DD MacDonough Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD MacDonough Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Farragut -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Cooktown at 92,135 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 B5N2 Kate x 13 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DD Monaghan, heavy fires DD Worden, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires DD Farragut, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 2000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Monaghan Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Farragut Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Worden -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Horn Island at 89,127 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 54 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 54 B5N2 Kate x 25 D3A1 Val x 17 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged D3A1 Val: 4 damaged D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships CL Boise, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage CA Australia, Bomb hits 4 CL Glasgow, Bomb hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 9 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 25 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 2000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Boise -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cooktown at 92,135 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 B5N2 Kate x 25 Japanese aircraft losses B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged Allied Ships DD Monaghan, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk DD Worden, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 25 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 2000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Monaghan Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Worden

Lowpe -> RE: Jan 19th: Victorious second day of fighting (4/9/2016 9:35:11 AM)
Excellent,[sm=happy0065.gif] I love the Tone, did you replace her Captain. .

Jorge_Stanbury -> RE: Jan 19th: Victorious second day of fighting (4/9/2016 11:36:51 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe Excellent,[sm=happy0065.gif] I love the Tone, did you replace her Captain. . I don't remember if I did, current skipper is CPT Narita: 74 naval, 58 aggression, 60 leadership, 53 inspiration [image]local://upfiles/41287/2A6F7D41D8D94A16B2ED79C58A4C03F2.jpg[/image]

Jorge_Stanbury -> Jan 20th: CA Australia (4/10/2016 12:16:24 AM)
3rd day of an ending battle; KB found a withdrawing CA Australia, it received 14 250kg bombs; I don't think it sank, but I doubt it will survive so many bombs. Also on the news; I can see one SOC Seagull lost to "ground"; does it means CL Boise is gone?? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cooktown at 93,136 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 36 D3A1 Val x 39 Japanese aircraft losses D3A1 Val: 3 damaged Allied Ships CA Australia, Bomb hits 14, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 6 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 10 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 11 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CA Australia

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