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

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John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (11/24/2019 1:58:01 PM)
October 24th. No big news in the air (btw, I just noticed that some of my screen shots did not past onto the messages above sorry about that, I have no idea why). But, some big ground action. [image]local://upfiles/39741/74C52CA201E74B91908B34CC91364E82.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (11/24/2019 1:59:45 PM)
In the Burma theater (ok, technically French Indochina (ok technically Cambodia)) you may recall that Scott landed at Kampong Trach and he sent in reinforcements. Well, I launched a tank regiment and an infantry regiment on a shock attack against his partial Australian division, para regiment, and base force. [image]local://upfiles/39741/67568E8E8B404FDEB4DF55207131D8DB.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (11/24/2019 2:00:36 PM)
And the Aussies surrendered! I was stunned at this result. But, more volunteers for my coal mines. :) [image]local://upfiles/39741/826BAC1E6A3D4B41A4DB9A131DDC366C.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (11/24/2019 2:03:28 PM)
wrong file, sorry. Here is the battle of Kampong Trach. [image]local://upfiles/39741/8EEA4E755BD642E795C9E2E580053A06.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (11/24/2019 2:08:46 PM)
And, October 25, 2014. Scott did a savage fire bombing attack on Kagoashima that burned out some shipyards and resources but not too much industry so I did not really care (I think he only gets VP for industry that is destroyed). But, this turn I guessed right on Nagasaki again and took more P-47s down. [image]local://upfiles/39741/1F39E6C9F39B45E7B515E29FFFC2228B.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (11/24/2019 2:10:28 PM)
The actual air losses chart. This is the second time in two weeks that he's taken heavy P-47 losses. I know he's not getting P-47 replacements right now so it's nice to knock these out of the sky at about a 1-1 ratio. I have been careful to not set my industry to repair but my plane and engine factories are a real weak spot. Once Scott can start to destroy the big ones it will not be too long before he can lay real waste to Japan. [image]local://upfiles/39741/8793A2E003C942AABAF2B53ADBCCA1B8.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (11/24/2019 2:11:52 PM)
And, melancholy news from Manila. My bombardments have not been that efficient these past few days. Only 69 squads and devices today and 66 the day before. I'm also not shooting down as many planes. Yet, I continue to burn 1,200 supply per day. Manila never seems to get socked in with clouds as there are air raids every day. [image]local://upfiles/39741/219282EC3CEE4B3BBEF08743D9EAB786.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (11/25/2019 9:04:47 PM)
October 26th and not much to report, other than the continued decline in the effectiveness of my troops at Manila. Another round of BB bombardment and I only killed about 46 squads devices. Switching more transports to fly out support troops. I don't really need construction battalions there any longer and they just eat supplies. [image]local://upfiles/39741/89E56F5B6794447CB49486F7617AEE26.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (11/25/2019 9:06:38 PM)
I do have one attack set here in China. Scott did not bomb there this turn so all of my divisions are at 0 disruption. I'm sure he'll bomb next turn but, unless the heavies come his dive bombers and torpedo planes really do very little damage to me there. Scott has 3 divisions, plus some artillery and 2-3 tank divisions. I have 11 divisions. Veterans and very well led. We'll have to see how this turns out. [image]local://upfiles/39741/286AF409D5A54C8AADFB7FA271137D70.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (11/25/2019 9:07:53 PM)
Here are the AVs fo the units slated to attack. I toyed with the idea of a shock attack, but, given american firepower and the bad terrain (plus the chance that the heavies might come a callin') I'm sticking with deliberate. The potential for a slaughter is too great. [image]local://upfiles/39741/C4B848DC5A4F4643881D33FFFAA8935E.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (11/25/2019 9:08:42 PM)
P.S. I saved the turn at the start of me entering my moves so I'm pretty sure I set the units to Deliberate later on. If not, well, it won't be the first orders lost.

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (12/1/2019 3:30:05 PM)
Not really much to report over the past two turns. My attack in China did not go well at all. Despite having 4x as many divisions with good leaders and no disruption I lost about 150 squades/devices and Scott lost about 25. Looks like the days of attacking allies is drawing to a close. In any event, here is the latest. Just a couple of planes shot down over Manila. I'm still airlifting out the engineer units. [image]local://upfiles/39741/F7FAC6080EF048F794DD34C42F2E3872.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (12/2/2019 10:55:57 PM)
Another turn of not much going on. Scott terror bombed Kagoashima which brings to mind an interesting question. What industry does he get points for destroying? Everything? Or just light & heavy industry plus arms, vehicles and aircraft/engine factories. In other words, does Scott get points for blowing up resources and shipyards? [image]local://upfiles/39741/78ABE6A17674423A94D3B14FC29703E0.jpg[/image]

BBfanboy -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (12/3/2019 1:35:09 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: John B. Another turn of not much going on. Scott terror bombed Kagoashima which brings to mind an interesting question. What industry does he get points for destroying? Everything? Or just light & heavy industry plus arms, vehicles and aircraft/engine factories. In other words, does Scott get points for blowing up resources and shipyards? [image]local://upfiles/39741/78ABE6A17674423A94D3B14FC29703E0.jpg[/image] Every industry, including resources and shipyards.

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (12/3/2019 1:07:06 PM)
Oh ok! Thanks.

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (12/9/2019 10:27:36 PM)
We are at the end of October and it was a bloody turn for the allies. Scott fell into a bit of a flak trap in China and there was a massive two day assault on Manila. More details to follow. [image]local://upfiles/39741/9A1E2E46FB6A48BA93A7B8F65C8E6485.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (12/9/2019 10:32:24 PM)
Scott did the multiple BB TF bombardment on Manila last turn and launched an assault. We each lost about 120 squads devices and he got a 1-1 plus reduced the fort to level 6. I guess his local commanders said give it a go and they went over the top again today and got punched in the mouth! Heavy losses plus dead engineers and that always is a good thing (I hope its combat engineers). And, no reduction in the fort value! I've stepped up flying troops out as I can guess that Scott divisions are in bad shape right now and it will be awhile until he can get back to assault readiness. I've flown out most of the air support squads and construction engineers. I've started to fly out one of the five divisions. It's the one that is most disrupted so I might as well get it to china where it will be more useful than winding up in a POW camp near Manila. I've also flown out parts of the two HQ that are there and the one remaining AT unit. [image]local://upfiles/39741/D7982A1AC3C747C88D58AEED7B5076BC.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (12/9/2019 10:38:24 PM)
The flak trap was over near Kenshein (the western circle). Scott has had an airborne division there for several weeks. I tried to move my tanks in and they got hammered from the air with the lack of cover and the fact that they had to sit a turn in the open before they could attack. So, this time I moved several AA units out of Kukong and the tanks are going to assault him across the river. Scott lost a large number of land based carrier planes and even a few of his heavies. My divisions took little in the way of actual losses, but they are badly disrupted. There are three tank divisions going after an airborne division and a tank unit so we'll see what happens. On the other flank, Scott invaded Wenchow this turn. It looks like its the forces from Okinowa that have done this which leads me to believe that Scott is not going to invade the HI. I have a mid-quality division and a brigade in Wenchow plus a collborationist brigade. Level 3 forts and I think it's wooded rough terrain so my hope is that I can hold him for at least a few turns. One good thing about the pending Kenshien attack is that it is diverting airpower from hitting Wenchow. The strategic airforce hit the armor divisions and he'll have to keep that up if he wants to save his airborne. That should buy time for Wehchow and reinforcements to move along. [image]local://upfiles/39741/7E16C4EB1F1440C589B2C6220C20C5DD.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (12/9/2019 10:40:52 PM)
In Burma in the south, Scott attacked with two Indian and an Australian division against a very weak Japanese division that managed to hold and inflict about 70 casualties for only 10 of its own. Every VP helps. I have a full strength division right behind them which is building its fort level so I'm not too worried about a break through. In the North Scott took Chang Mai in an airdrop and appears to have lifted his troops out of there. That is exactly what I plan to do. If I can recapture the base, I have transports ready to fly the lads into Hanoi. [image]local://upfiles/39741/8BAA81BAA3A1466E9F0244C0C8304D1B.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (12/9/2019 10:43:26 PM)
In my continuing quest to actually get Kamikazes to work, I planned another blow from Manila. But, I was not paying attention and the airfield was still badly damaged from the BB bombardments. Expect lots of cursing from me next turn! [:@] But, at least Manila still has 26K supply. Still enough for 18 turns or so before the supply level starts to eat into unit stockpiles. [image]local://upfiles/39741/BDCE4C9CB43C4F5F960B797366A3210A.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (12/10/2019 10:29:40 PM)
Well, I did not lose any Kamikazes this time, but only because they did not fly. [8\|] But, at least they were able to run away from Manila. Scott launched a shock attack at Wenchow and my boys held but at the cost of a dear departed collborationist errr freedom fighting Chinese division that was wiped out. Still fort level stayed at three and my troops like their holding their own for now which gives me more time to prepare a second line of defense. And, it's the start of a new month! [image]local://upfiles/39741/010C083ACE3542FB9E09534BF90405F0.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (12/10/2019 10:42:07 PM)
Looks like since October 1 I've picked up 3,083 VP and Scott's score is up 4,757. Not the 2-1 ratio he's going to need so a good month for the Empire of Japan. Digging a bit deeper, I inflicted 1,162 army loss points to the 994 Scott caused on me. In the air, I shot down 1,632 points and Scott downed 409. God Bless the flak boys. :) Finally, in bases, Scott added 2591 and I went down by 5. Clearly all those allied engineers are expanding the American web of global domination. Scott also added 472 strat bombing points. There were no significant naval losses so I was too lazy to add those up. :) A lot of Scott's losses have come from Manila. At some point soon that gift will stop giving and there will be a big surge in points for Scott but, it's held him up for four months now and more than paid for itself in terms of dead allies and shot down planes!

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (12/10/2019 10:45:26 PM)
Resource usage shows a whopping decline of almost 800K in supply. That is clearly not sustainable and reflects a massive building effort for the Japanese air force as well as map wide entrenching. Fuel is only down a bit more than 100K and HI and oil are hanging in there and not flashing red yet. It's the supply useage that is most worrying! [image]local://upfiles/39741/9B09FBA093E749C7A5CB122753673290.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (12/10/2019 10:47:19 PM)
Next up you can see the expansion of the Japanese aerial program. Cranking out the Ha-45s since I need those for Franks and Georges. [image]local://upfiles/39741/0EBAB92DB5304A739B3C02EFD07EE9E0.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (12/10/2019 10:49:00 PM)
What ship lays the type 3 mine. They are building up in the warehouses and might as well be plunked in the water. [image]local://upfiles/39741/013BFE41343D4A9EB7193E301A752A85.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (12/10/2019 10:50:57 PM)
Loss leaders in the airforce. Zero and Frank still hold pride of place but lots and lots of C-47s have been kicked to the curb. [image]local://upfiles/39741/9AF20E6ACE2E4063964AF192D20BC4E1.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (12/10/2019 10:52:47 PM)
Just because I was curious, the B-25D is the plane most shot down by flak. The high numbers for it and the PV-Venturas are almost all due to the flak over Manila. And, you can't shoot down a Betty you're just not trying. [image]local://upfiles/39741/5F8E22475CB54611A6CBDA46589E67E9.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (12/10/2019 10:54:14 PM)
Current production screen. I don't know what a lot of this means, but here you go. [image]local://upfiles/39741/C58651AB991F480E89B490A4A7C1D264.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (12/10/2019 10:55:54 PM)
The experience levels of my replacement pilot pools. The IJN is not doing too bad at all. This most likely reflects both a lack of fighting on the part of many of their squadrons and the fact that they have a whole lot of pilots in Tracom (more on that in a minute). [image]local://upfiles/39741/294BC95F5D9A4AA38122D521B0BD6D88.jpg[/image]

John B. -> RE: Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat) (12/10/2019 10:58:09 PM)
155 Navy and 64 army pilots are in TRACOM right now. My plan is the hoard these puppies until I get the really good planes and then hit Scott with a double whammy. I'm about to get the Jack 5, Frank B and George 2 so I may start forming some elite squadrons out of those as well as a Zero 5c (since it has armor my pilots may not die as fast). [image]local://upfiles/39741/EB16D81B5C7641348694A6D0C191675B.jpg[/image]

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