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John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/27/2019 12:48:22 PM)

The next big question is can Scott keep it up or will I get some rest. I flew in fresh squadrons from Cam Ranh Bay but as you can see there are a lot of damaged planes. The morale of my units went into the 80s but there was only minor damage to the airfield and none to the runways. And, my pilot losses were much lower than my plane losses. Let's hope that's not true for Scott.

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John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/27/2019 12:52:13 PM)

In other interesting news, a very large number of allied TFs is spotted east of Singapore. I suspect they are going to invade the southern tip of Indochina in an attempt to cut off Burma. I have 5 Japanese divisions available to attempt to counter this and they're in strat mode at various places so that they can move quickly. It's just too bad that there is no railroad between Saigon and Phnom Phenh (sp?).

I've also shut off My HI in Tokyo and Osaka. I want to see what effect this has on overall Japanese production and to save some fuel points.

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John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/27/2019 11:33:22 PM)

Another day of heavy air battles over Manila. Again, I lost more planes but not as many Corsairs as there was. And, I do figure that Scott's pilot losses must be higher since the air combat all takes place over an enemy base where he has not units. I'm going up again this turn as I have a supply convoy coming in that has two more AA units on board. Once it gets unloaded I may give my fly boys a rest. And, I've been resting squadrons with morale of 80 or lower. Let's hope Scott is feeling the strain as well.



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John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/27/2019 11:38:00 PM)

My plane losses were fattened up by another turn of Kamikaze attacks. These went in (somewhat surprisingly) at Victoria point were I did not know he had ships. But, fortunately, the Irvings had escorts and, as you can see, did pretty well for themselves. I figure my total losses were about 22 VP (a follow on wave of Kamikaze Nells did not have escorts and did not do so well with only one hit). Scott lost about 18 VP. These are not huge numbers in the grand scheme of things but it doesn't hurt and the Kamikazes at least give me something to do other than click through the endless allied bombing raids. :)

Speaking of which. More bombing of Singapore and Pegu.

And, all hail the mighty Irving Kamikaze squadron. It flew three missions sank about 6 ships which is pretty good for a plane with no bombs. Now it's been withdrawn as it was one of the squadrons that go away on July 10th and it currently had no pilots and no planes. But, as a parting gift it gave us 10 political points.


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Bif1961 -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/28/2019 2:12:10 PM)

Now we know why the Japanese resorted to suicide attacks as their ability to damage and sink Allied shipping with conventional means did not get these favorable results.



John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/31/2019 11:43:08 PM)

Bif,

It's pretty much impossible for me to now get through to Scott's ships with conventional means. The Kamikazes can sneak through if Scott is not careful with his CAP coverage. We'll see if I can get more strikes in, but they are expensive to me in terms of VP.




John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/31/2019 11:45:42 PM)

June 20th has come and gone with more air battles over Manila. Yesterday I took more than 2-1 losses and this time the results were more favorable. But, there have been heavy losses in my Franks! In other news, Singapore has now used up its supply stockpile and the AA guns are out of ammo. I wonder how much longer they'll be able to shoot. I've added two more squadrons of Tabbys to the airlift so there is still a trickle of supplies coming in but not enough. But, every turn that he does not take singapore is one turn closer to victory. :)



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mind_messing -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (5/31/2019 11:47:26 PM)

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I've also shut off My HI in Tokyo and Osaka. I want to see what effect this has on overall Japanese production and to save some fuel points.


That's a bad idea - supply becomes absolutely critical in 1945. Consumption increases massively and you'll need every unit of supply you can get.



John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/1/2019 1:10:12 PM)

MindMessing, I see what you're saying I'm trying it as an experiment and to leave myself at least a little bit of flexibility when it comes to fuel so I can use naval moves later on if an opportunity presents itself. On current consumption I run out of oil, and fuel, in early '45. Because my fuel runs out before 8/45 with HI on I should not lose out on actual supply production this way as I can always turn the HI back on and restart the production. It merely delays the production of those supply points.



John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/1/2019 1:13:30 PM)

In more current news. It was a bad day to be driving a tank for the USMC in the Philippines. [:D] Last turn I just had a tank regiment and some AT guns in Batangas and Scott did a regular attack. By a big stroke of luck my infantry divisions showed up this turn in combat mode and Scott tried a shock attack.

Sadly, it's June 1944 and my units are now exposed in a clear terrain hex to his air bombardment so I believe I"m going to have to pull back into the safety of Manila. There I have flak, level 9 forts, and a city that should give me some protection. I think that the assault on Manila is nigh!

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John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/1/2019 1:15:08 PM)

I also think Scott is gearing up to assault Singapore. As you can see, supply is down to critical levels. The city still produces a little bit, the air bridge flies in some but not nearly enough. I just hope I have some supply in the combat units when he comes across the river and has to shock attack me.

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mind_messing -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/3/2019 12:50:37 PM)


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ORIGINAL: John B.

MindMessing, I see what you're saying I'm trying it as an experiment and to leave myself at least a little bit of flexibility when it comes to fuel so I can use naval moves later on if an opportunity presents itself. On current consumption I run out of oil, and fuel, in early '45. Because my fuel runs out before 8/45 with HI on I should not lose out on actual supply production this way as I can always turn the HI back on and restart the production. It merely delays the production of those supply points.



I've found it productive to use the fuel sitting in merchant ships to siphon off for the IJN.

I'd strongly suggest turning that fuel in to supplies, as there's no assurances there will be HI factories to do it fuel tomorrow :)



John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/6/2019 9:29:30 PM)

Mindmessing. That is a very good point. :)

I've bee using the vast merchant ship surplus to get resources without refueling and then disbanding them once they are out of fuel. And, using the TKs and AOs that are not useless to refuel the AKs.



John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/6/2019 9:32:23 PM)

June 25th saw a series of savage air battles over Manila and some heavy 4 engine losses over Saigon. Heck, I even shot down 3 B-29s. I do like shooting down the big bomber boys because (a) they're worth 2 VP each and (b) that's one less heavy bomber to hit the HI. I suspect that Scott switched to his Hellcats over Manila because he has a whole lot of them in his pool and to soften me up for a bit P-47 Corsair smash. But, in the end, he lost more planes (and more VP) than I did this turn so it's a win.



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John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/6/2019 9:35:42 PM)

Speaking of Saigon, it has been the airbridge to Singapore and he did knock out a number of my transports. There are still a few left flying and I don't think my supply situation there is too awful given that it has been cut off for a long time. I've been running in supply via sub as well but this will go downhill quickly once he gets a large number of ground troops in there.

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John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/6/2019 9:37:30 PM)

Still holdling on at Rangoon. The poor divisions at Pegu are pounded every turn but still holding on. I'm losing about 6 squads per day but each day I keep Scott out of Rangoon is precious so I think that it's worth it. The two divisions in Rangoon are in good shape and fully supplied. They will pull back at the first sign of an invasion of Indochina or a move on Pegu.

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John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/6/2019 9:39:08 PM)

And the big fight that is brewing at Manila. Scott has 13 units next to the city plus the ones moving up. It will be interesting to see how the artillery battle there takes place. I've got level 9 forts and a LOT of my super heavy guns. I also have over 200K supply so it should take Scott a long long time to lever me out of there. At least I hope it does.

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John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/6/2019 9:40:07 PM)

Oh, if you see that TF in the upper right hand corner of the Philippines picture, if they keep going on their course they're going to get a nice Kamikaze surprise. [:D]



John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/9/2019 6:56:55 PM)

Another day, another day of savage air battles over Manila! This time it appear that I actually shot down more planes that I lost which is a clear win for the Japanase. Scott continues to use his F-6Fs mainly because (I'm sure) he has a whole lot of them but from my point of view a VP is a VP.

A shore bombardment of Singapore and bombing Pegu rounds out the action this turn.

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John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/10/2019 12:04:32 AM)

No air battles this time, but Scott did drop on two northern cities on Luzon. I"m not too concerned about these attacks and I'll see if I can bomb these units out of existence. Scott does appear to have some ships heading that way and I"m not sure if they'll try to land or not. I do have a lot of Kamikazes over there so we'll see if he had CAP.

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John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/10/2019 12:06:18 AM)

And, Scott finally crossed the straits and attacks Singapore. He did not take too many casualties, just a lot of disrupted. My airfield is a 100% service damage and 74% runway damage so the air transports are not getting through. It's just sub supply for now plus 17 per turn from the Light Industry that is still intact in the city.

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John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/10/2019 11:47:35 PM)

Well, this time my lazy drunken airforce commanders get a big medal for not showing any initiative and not launching Kamikaze strikes. The TFs you see off of Northern Luzon turn out to be two large CV TFs. Last turn, the naval search did not show any CVs at all so the Kamikazes I had primed would have gone in without any escorts and hilarity would have ensued. [:-] But, the Kamikaze's did not launch so they live to die for the emperor another day.

In other news, the Japanese TF next to the carriers is a CL TF with the Razor in charge. For some reason Scott did not bomb them this time so there might (just might) be a surface action tonight and we'll see if the Razor can work any torpedo magic. No other real news. My supply convoy is unloading at Hanoi and Scott is marching into Manila.

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mind_messing -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/10/2019 11:49:43 PM)

Out of curiosity, from what range did those kami Irvings fly?



John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/11/2019 12:22:49 PM)

Mind_messing,

I don't remember. I think that they flew from either Saigon or Phnom Pneh (sp?) because I remember being surprised that there was an allied TF at Victoria Point where I hit them. An earlier attack by Irvings went from Manila to Legaspi which is only 5-6 hexes.



John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/13/2019 12:55:21 AM)

Well the battle of Manila is fully joined and it's going to be hard fought. A massive fighter sweep took place and the losses were almost exactly even. Assuming these numbers are correct, it was not a good day to fly a Frank or a P-47. I think in total Scott lost about 117 planes and I lost about 130. Good ratio for the Japanese. I do burn supply out of Manila rebuilding my fighters, but, if I was not doing that and Scott could bomb at will the supplies would likely be blown up faster. In any event, a large battle of attrition. I can't keep up these losses of Franks so Georges and Tojo IIcs will have to step in. I've also been flying in squadrons of Zero5bs from my carriers since those planes really aren't doing anything else.

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John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/13/2019 12:58:50 AM)

On the ground I unleashed my first bombardment and I was a bit underwhelmed. I'm not sure it's worth the supply to do this and pick up 3 VP per turn. My artillery level is about 520 or so with many 24 cm, 28 cm, and 32 cm guns but I really thought I'd do more damage than this. I keep it up for a few turns to see if things get better.

In other news, the Tabby's are just in normal range of Manila from Taiwan. Each Tabby carries 5 supply points so I've got an airbridge set up to fly supplies in. I should be able to get 100 or more supply per turn in that way and Manila itself supplies 110 from its light industry. Anything to postpone the day when I"m oos.

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John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/13/2019 1:00:55 AM)

In the meantime, Scott landed airborne in the north. I've shut down the airfield at Aparri and my own airborne assault will go in this turn. THen, I can pull my boys out by transport and airborne assault again in a couple of turn on his other units up there. It's evil, and I like it![:D]

I'm also shifting Kamikazes down to Saigon to see if I can attack his shipping on the side of the Malay peninsula with a nice strike.

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John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/14/2019 8:20:06 PM)

It's not July 1st so 13 more months to hang on! As you can see, I still have a hefty lead in VP but that will change quickly and I lose Singapore/Rangoon and all the troops in Singapore. I do have a hefty stockpile of political points to rebuild units and release more units from China.

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John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/14/2019 8:21:10 PM)

In the resource category, just more bleeding away of stockpiles. Still a lot of HI though so aircraft production should stay high for a long time.

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John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (6/14/2019 8:22:57 PM)

Scott did his first assault on Singapore. Given that I'm very low on supply and he has been hitting it with shore bombardment and wave upon wave of B-24s and lighter bombers, I'm actually proud of my boys for putting some dents into his forces. But, the fort level went down so it's just going to get worse. I suspect in a week Singapore will be lost.

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