RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat)

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John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (4/24/2019 8:58:31 PM)
Scott and I have done three more turns and there is not much to report. Much like the humans fleeing the cylon attack the Japanese fleet and merchant vessels have fled singapore to Cam Ranh Bay. Scott has started bombing Guam and is still doing sweeps over Singapore. I imagine at some point soon he'll invade the Malay pennsinsula and cut that city off, but to the extent it delays his push north its all for the better. My fighter squadrons have decamped to Bangkok and a supply convoy will reach there this turn with 50K supply so I should be able to replace my air frame losses. And, in honor of the Kaga that sunk a few turns ago, I give you the modern Kaga. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JS_Kaga#/media/File:DDH-184_%E3%81%8B%E3%81%8C.jpg

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (4/25/2019 2:39:49 PM)
We're at May 13, 1944 and it was another slow turn. Shot down a B-25 or 2 over Guam but otherwise nothing. As you can see, I'm pulling most of the support troops out of Singapore since they will only consume supply and won't really help to hold the city. I think a lot of these naval HQ and construction troops will ride out the war deep in China where they won't die and give up VP. I am leaving a division and a couple of half strength units in Singapore. Might as well make Scott fight for it. But, they won't have much in the way of supplies. Any time they buy will be a bonus. As long as I have Medan and an AO up there it will ferry fuel to the neck of the Malay Peninsula where, hopefully, it will get redistributed up and down the line. As soon as the Germans beat back the allied invasion of western Europe and turn their full attention to the Soviet Union our troubles will be over. I'm sure of it. :) [image]local://upfiles/39741/8BC5CCB458B84917937FF88DF7557350.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/1/2019 12:23:14 AM)
Even when things are getting grimmer for the Empire of Japan you can always count on the Imperial Japanese Submarine Force to give you a shot in the arm. [&o] If Japan wins this war there are going to be any number of bad movies portraying my sub pixels as rag bag groups of misfits who just won't give up and win the big game. :) Scratch one flattop! [image]local://upfiles/39741/D32D8802896E46739CA9FE0CF0BE7547.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/1/2019 12:26:56 AM)
Meanwhile, in Burma, Scott is pressing and I'm falling back. Near the Chinese border he sent something into the mountains and, judging by the speed in which it got there it must be some kind of light force. I have a couple of battalions holding the road so it will be interesting to see how that terrain handles large airstrikes. Even if Scott takes that hex, my division in the plug is not surrounded and I think I can hold that position for awhile. Near Toangou (sp?) in the center. Scott only had a regiment heading down the road and I have a Thai division that is in pretty good shape. I think I can hold there for a little while while I evacuate the two divisions that have been hold the road near Prome. Scott will take Rangoon sooner or later, I'm just trying to delay him as long as possible and I think I can continue to do so for another month or so. [image]local://upfiles/39741/8D59FCD17E77458EA3025ED397EC699C.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/4/2019 1:04:55 PM)
Back from my trip and there is still not much to support. Scott swept over Manila and shot down some poor fellows in Zeros and continues his push in Burma. But, otherwise, pretty slow. the KB is rebasing to Hong Kong. Prevents any mad dash raid on them and leaves them in a good position to react to any move on Vietnam or the Philippines. [image]local://upfiles/39741/BF35D4A7E3A14C718D1E8EB2D3D8F41B.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/9/2019 4:59:09 PM)
We've made it to May 24th and things have started to heat up. Here are the air losses this turn. Scott lost 8-9 B-25s to flak doing a low level mission near Medan (which he captured two turns ago) so I don't think he'll make that mistake again. [image]local://upfiles/39741/B3E8D2E7EF404339A3F59E964008DB75.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/9/2019 5:03:27 PM)
Scott has started pushing his way up to Manila. So, this turn I flew in a bunch of stuff trying to catch his reinforcement fleet at Legaspi. He only had light cap but only my betties flew, the the Francis (which never seems to fly and I can't figute that out) and lost a number of planes to flak, had shots at sweet sweet APs but only hit and sank one LST. I've flown in more squadrons and based on teh fighters I saw last turn, he may not have much put put on CAP over Legaspi so maybe things will be better for a second day of strikes. If the Kamis can hit those transports that would be a real plus. I did notice that the airfleet commander in Manila was a paltry 36 in his air rating. Too much time in the brothels of Manila and not enough time leading his men. He has been summoned home for consultations and a man with a 76 air rating has replaced him. The KB sailed from Hong Kong so there may be a naval fight in a couple of days. [image]local://upfiles/39741/797935AA18374504B81E08FED165867E.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/9/2019 5:04:52 PM)
In Malaya Scott, as expected, cut off Singapore by landing at Kuala Lampur. I don't have a lot of supplies in the town so we'll see how long it lasts but I did leave about two divisions worth of troops. No sense letting him have it for free and I do want to slow him down as much as I can. [image]local://upfiles/39741/205EABEF1DEA433BA8536B3555B9D7CC.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/9/2019 5:06:52 PM)
Finally, in Burma the Thai troops north of Pegu were a bit of a disappointment. They retreated and thus opened up the possibility that 3 Japanese divisions will be cut off. I should be able to get out in time but this presages the fall of Rangoon sooner rather than later. Next stop line in Moulmein. The Thai king is NOT invited to the Emperor's b-day party. :) [image]local://upfiles/39741/C4272185242B4FD1BEC1E5BF7BA83FA1.jpg[/image]

BBfanboy -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/9/2019 9:14:51 PM)
I believe Kuala Lumpur is the city above the text. The one showing Allied control is Malacca.

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/9/2019 10:15:25 PM)
Good point.

GetAssista -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/10/2019 1:09:43 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: John B. Finally, in Burma the Thai troops north of Pegu were a bit of a disappointment. They retreated and thus opened up the possibility that 3 Japanese divisions will be cut off. I should be able to get out in time but this presages the fall of Rangoon sooner rather than later. Next stop line in Moulmein. The Thai king is NOT invited to the Emperor's b-day party. :) Well, they are soo looking forward to going home to their families in a couple of months. You really can't blame them

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/10/2019 3:51:48 PM)
:) It's almost as if they know that I'm using them as cannon fodder.

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/10/2019 4:48:48 PM)
I forgot to take a picture of the most recent turn but my plan did not work as planned. I lost about 100 aircraft to about 25 for Scott. The sweeps went in over Legaspi but each successive wave did not reduce his numbers all that much and, as a consequence, he was able to hit my betties and the kamikazes very hard. No ships were hit. I'm not sure that I'll be abel to stop his buildup and march north to Manila so we'll have to see what happens. I have noticed the the Betty squadrons are almost always willing to fly but the Francis squadrons almost never do. Has anyone else noticed the same thing?

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/13/2019 3:06:42 PM)
We just finished the May 30th turn and the theme for the day is Death to the East African Brigade (or at least one of them). Scott pushed into Pegu and I was able to have three IJA infantry and one armor division there waiting for him. He has been bombing Pegu for several days with his heavy bombers but I think that their effectiveness has been hampered by bad weather, altitude, fortifications (albeit only level three) and flak. In any event, he was not flying CAP over his forces so my airforce boys were able to get in blows of their own and his forces took some heavy losses and retreated. [image]local://upfiles/39741/BA94691D9E274F29AB879D0B93B594CD.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/13/2019 3:12:04 PM)
Here is the map of Burma. Scott does not have enough forces to push through directly into China which means it will be a long time until he can get into those VP rich cities. Down in the south, he has three divisions in Rangoon and I have two with level three forts. I don't have any flak there as it's all in Pegu where I'm in the clear terrain and need more protection. Right now he's stymied (IMHO) as I have more forces there that he does. I have my 4 divisions in Pegu, two in Rangoon, and two more in Moulmein. My main weakness here is, of course, supply. As in I don't have any. :) There is likely to be a big air battle over Pegu in our next turn as my fighters have recovered from the Singapore battles and they are set to see if I can catch his bombers. Speaking of Singapore, Scott landed in Mersign and put in a big force. My main problem there is, wait for it, supply. :) I took out all of the support troops except for an HQ and yet I still gulp down 400 supply per turn. I only have 4300 left so it's not going to last long. There is a trickle from the few factories that are left and Tabbies and Emilys are flying in supply but it is not enough. [image]local://upfiles/39741/5FDEFD95E7E04D6C97A742A73F78BCF7.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/13/2019 3:19:31 PM)
And, there is action in the Philippines. I put the KB in Manila for some reason that seemed like a good idea at the time and, rather than have my strike aircraft shredded I put them all on ASW patrol. As you can see, Scott has lots of subs out there waiting. But, every day I get reports pf 2-3 hit by bombs. Some of those reports are true and bomb can really damage a sub and, in some cases, sink them (that's happened to me as the allies). I also have Es out there on ASW. Both at Manila and elsewhere Scott has lost 4 subs in the past three days. But, the KB is vulnerable to either a massed air attack or, Scott could be really bold, emulate Admiral Dewey, and sail a surface TF in there to duke it out since I can't run away. The current plan is for the KB to leave as soon as a resupply convoy shows up which should be in 4 days. In the middle of Luzon Scott has been pushing up with armor. I have a little surprise for him. I've moved two divisions out of Manila along with two units of AT guns. They are unpacking from strat mode and I've moved bombers into Manila this turn All goes well and next turn I'll strike with with the naval and land based air and then shock attack him and hopefully kill a bunch of his tanks. Manila is at 199,000 supply with 34,000 on the way so it is set for a long battle. 5 divisions, level 9 forts, and about 550 in artillery. It's my key defensive position. Scott has to take it for the VP and the longer it holds out, the better off that I am. [image]local://upfiles/39741/55ED13026CA947BC9375A50D4E7EE703.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/16/2019 12:46:13 AM)
It was a pretty good turn for 1944 Japanese. The supply convoy made it into Manila and did not strike any of the airdropped mines Scott has put into the harbor. And, my counter attack at Altimoan went very well. Scott has suffered three small scale rebuffs in the past week or so where he has pushed out regiments and they've been met by superior Japanese forces when he moves into a new hex. I figure I"m in better shape the longer I can keep the thrusts of his advances separate. When they call combine I'm in big trouble. [image]local://upfiles/39741/1DBED5A03F27413FA509416953F0916C.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/16/2019 12:48:19 AM)
Here are the casualties from my Altimoan attack. Death to Marine Pixel tanks!! With his losses to my bombing it's about 25 VP worth of ground units. I just want to make sure that I get my two divisions out of there. Hopefully they can strat move out but, as I learned in Java, if he gets into the hex I have to march out, I can't take the choo choo. He may be reluctant to move more units in there until reinforcements arrive. [image]local://upfiles/39741/CCC010FEFF1A445F9F34C888510E0A85.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/16/2019 12:49:58 AM)
In the air I was clearly the beneficiary of an orders screw up. He sent B-24Js on anti ship missions over Manila and did not sweep away the fighters. And, some of them went after the KB which had moved just off shore and those bombers really got chewed up. I view this as 19 fewer bombers who will be droping bombs on the HI. (and a nice addition to the VP). [image]local://upfiles/39741/2A878FAF56E447FB81DD417E1377E5F4.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/16/2019 12:53:10 AM)
Not much really in Burma. We had an air battle yesterday over Rangoon where I lost about 90 planes and he lost about 70 (and that math works for me). I pulled my planes back to Moulmein and he swept over Pegu today but did not bomb me. Right now I don't think he can push me out of Rangoon but I don't have much supply so I can't hold forever. It really depends on when his bombers start to inflict serious damage on my troops. Also, I worry about a sea landing in Indochina cutting me off in Burma. I've garrisoned the coast but a solid move like that is my chief concern right now. [image]local://upfiles/39741/560E42D187134AF19B6899D02FAB6C34.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/24/2019 9:43:54 PM)
Sorry for the delay in posting. It was a combination of lack of anything significant and work. But, here we are on June 12th. As you can see, lots of dead Japanese aircraft but, that was because it was a Kamikaze turn! Bascially, I swept out of Manila over Legaspi and the Kamikazes followed. Of course, only one Kamikaze group flew in the morning when the way was claer, the rest flew in the afternoon when the Allied CAP was back up. [8\|] [image]local://upfiles/39741/F8B375C40D2146099CE20F2F0D318690.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/24/2019 9:46:39 PM)
But, there both the Irving group and the Nell group made it through. I think the allies also lost an APA (it took two 500kg bombs and three Nell Kamikazes so if it's afloat it needs a medal!) and two other DEs. If you add up the air losses and the ship losses my 130 points or so of dead planes was well under 2x what Scott lost and that's a win for Japan! [image]local://upfiles/39741/49A48FAFB49943639FD9459D757CF0B3.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/24/2019 9:48:55 PM)
On the land fronts Scott is fighting me in Malaya, Rangoon, and the Phillipines. Here in Singpore they're almost out of supplies. Scott has not attempted any land assaults but is pouding my forces from the air. I fly in 50 or so tons of supplies per day and Singapore is still making some. My only goal here is to hold out as long as possible. My AA is still shooting down 1-2 planes per turn so that makes some dent in the total number of VP he'll gain when he retakes Singapore. Not much, but I take what I can get. [image]local://upfiles/39741/1395FE32A8EB4F648AE7B4F1286D9A91.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/24/2019 9:50:16 PM)
Similar story in Rangoon. I have no supply up there. But, I'm holding onto the port as long as possible to keep Scott's supply situation more tenuous and to hold him up as long as possible. If he makes a credible threat to Pegu then I'll have to pull out to avoid encirclement. [image]local://upfiles/39741/0595EC96C0EC46AF9F082E320237C84D.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/24/2019 9:52:58 PM)
In contrast, in the Phillipines I'm currently swimming in rice. :) The 220k lasts me a long time I hope because I don't think any resupply convoys are getting in. Manila is a level 9 fort and I have 5 divisions there with lots of flak. Scott is pushing his way closer but I don't really care. I am have my transport subs ferry in supply from Miri and they refuel there as well. That (so on average 100 supply per week) plus the 110 supply produced per turn in Manila should help me hold out a little longer. [image]local://upfiles/39741/DEB0614C103F4E9E8752BAB3CBECDF04.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/24/2019 9:54:03 PM)
And, as we see Japan's economy is slowly winding down. Any advice on when I should start to shut off my heavy industry? I do 3.3 million heavy industry points. I just hate to lose all that supply production. [image]local://upfiles/39741/59506316343042B5A2A606CE8ABFAD1F.jpg[/image]

GetAssista -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/25/2019 8:41:04 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: John B. In contrast, in the Phillipines I'm currently swimming in rice. :) The 220k lasts me a long time I hope because I don't think any resupply convoys are getting in. Manila is a level 9 fort and I have 5 divisions there with lots of flak. Consider putting some supplies into nearby bases which Allies likely would not bomb via rr/sliders. When a bomb hits an airbase, supply lost is also determined by the total stocks. So bombing can seriously hamper the numbers in the huge pile. Moreover, maybe 200k+ as a total is excessive for the coming battles and much of it will be spent unproductively (lost in bombing raids)

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/25/2019 1:40:22 PM)
Good point! I'd hate to see all of the effort to gird Manila for a long siege wasted under the hail of his airforce!

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/27/2019 12:46:13 PM)
We're onto June 15th and, while I'm sure that the Germans will soon throw the allies into the sea at Normandy I still need to do my part to bring the pixel world under the iron boot. It's a turn of savage air battles over Manila. When you add everything up I think I only lost a few more planes than the allies which is a big win for Japan! And, VP wise, all those bombers count double so the air force eked out a narrow win (and I do like to shoot down his bombers). [image]local://upfiles/39741/BD497C6DBDB8456596E747F1A348DAF5.jpg[/image]

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