RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies)

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Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/3/2019 1:21:30 PM)
Jan 8, 1942 VP: 3.869:1 So close... the Great Cold North: Got to watch for a flank speed attack from outside of my search arcs... [image]local://upfiles/44178/7674B3008BA04E798BE12E665BFD765D.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/3/2019 1:29:52 PM)
Still lots of VP to get here from both base building, conquering and ground losses. In 3 days Chungking will expand adding 200 VP... [image]local://upfiles/44178/1BF72FD4983B42228F05D92E70C56FBD.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/3/2019 1:32:38 PM)
Might not invade here...just bombard, pull back set up better search. Depends what I can determine the defenders are. No rush. [image]local://upfiles/44178/9165BC788FA94B9B9BAE3A45D1C96644.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/3/2019 1:35:04 PM)
Ceylon held pretty strongly with ground forces...night bombing is a pain. [image]local://upfiles/44178/535EC850C0434D639AF1B5311D42EFBB.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/3/2019 1:39:50 PM)
And a few Dutch points available [image]local://upfiles/44178/AF72DD79CB104A3A920EBFD1CA1B08AC.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/3/2019 1:40:29 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe Might not invade here...just bombard, pull back set up better search. Depends what I can determine the defenders are. No rush. ]I think Cocos has too much potential as a long range recon base that you'd be better off taking it. Just isolate it, guard against resupply, then crush it. [sm=00000055.gif]

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/3/2019 2:32:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: obvert quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe Might not invade here...just bombard, pull back set up better search. Depends what I can determine the defenders are. No rush. ]I think Cocos has too much potential as a long range recon base that you'd be better off taking it. Just isolate it, guard against resupply, then crush it. [sm=00000055.gif] My invasion force is currently not prepped well, so I am going to pull back let it develop some more prep, and start reducing the island. With the VP margin where it is at currently, I don't want to accidentally gift the Allies VP.

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/6/2019 2:23:18 PM)
Jan 10, 1942 Game is going very slowly recently due to real life on both sides... VP ratio is 3.892 to 1. Paoshan is taken, Allies seem to be evacuating Umnak, Dutch Harbor and points east in the north pacific. Invasion fleets are underway, some fast transport, some regular, and some paratroop landings scheduled to take place over the next few days. The end is very close unless the Allies pull off a surprise counter attack and I really blunder. Not sure if the Allies have written this one off or are setting the stage for a kitchen sink counter attack in the north. Allies pretty much just night bombing...

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/6/2019 5:30:14 PM)
Jan 11, 1943 3.899 to 1 Moving forward aggressively now in the north pacific Chinese cleanup either will put Japan over the magical 4-1 ratio. [image]local://upfiles/44178/DA24B8B2AE264282BC1FDD1674B2103B.jpg[/image]

Canoerebel -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/6/2019 6:26:53 PM)
It's pretty tough to achieve an auto vic against an experienced player (I think). Kudos to you for going for it and (nearly) achieving it. Will you guys continue to play thereafter? You've probably already covered that, but I can't recall.

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/6/2019 9:39:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Canoerebel Will you guys continue to play thereafter? You've probably already covered that, but I can't recall. It will be game over, I need to concentrate on Obvert![X(]

Elessar2 -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/6/2019 11:40:56 PM)
Shame, I'd like to see if he could come back.

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/6/2019 11:58:54 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Elessar2 Shame, I'd like to see if he could come back. Of course he could.[:)] It would just extend the end game.

DanSez -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/7/2019 8:44:19 PM)
(re: ending the game) As you said, Allies would come back eventually in the end game. You are probably passing up one of your best chances to get Jets in the air for the end game.

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/7/2019 11:29:51 PM)
Jan 12, 1942 3.965:1 VP Ratio Grab another base in the north pacific Chungking expands to lvl 7 runway [image]local://upfiles/44178/8F59BD0C949B4E5DAEC43EA35D9103B4.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/7/2019 11:49:53 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DanSez (re: ending the game) As you said, Allies would come back eventually in the end game. You are probably passing up one of your best chances to get Jets in the air for the end game. Yep, I would have had the Kikka in big numbers very early.... Also, I would have tested out the Randy FB in big numbers too...although that is certainly a lot less sexy.

BBfanboy -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/8/2019 12:18:56 AM)
How can anything called Randy not be sexy?

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/9/2019 1:05:11 PM)
Jan 15, 1942 Knock down forts on Adak to 2...over 30,000 Allies waiting to surrender. The 155mm CD gun unit present has been a royal pain... [image]local://upfiles/44178/DDDDAF6AB0C44E8298240F4A682B5E49.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/9/2019 1:08:17 PM)
VP ratio now 3.969 to 1.... Knock down forts here to 2...most of the IJA artillery is here. [image]local://upfiles/44178/938899918EC14AC38EC5A6C5EF5452F6.jpg[/image] Ground combat at Changteh (81,50) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 7368 troops, 509 guns, 564 vehicles, Assault Value = 726 Defending force 32129 troops, 117 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 930 Allied ground losses: 355 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 15th Division 22nd Division 1st Art.Mortar Regiment 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 1st Mortar Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 44th Chinese Corps 53rd Chinese Corps 94th Chinese Corps 20th Group Army 6th War Area 17th Construction Regiment

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/9/2019 1:10:30 PM)
Night bombing at Magwe ineffective Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 11000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 65th Sentai/A with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 3000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 11000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 65th Sentai/A with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 3000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 11000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 65th Sentai/A with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 3000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 11000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 65th Sentai/A with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 3000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Raid is overhead

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/10/2019 11:31:42 AM)
Jan 16, 1943 VP Ratio is now 3.993 to 1 as Umnak falls. [image]local://upfiles/44178/865582F083634932B7734E99297A8C20.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/10/2019 12:05:07 PM)
So, I am setting up to take Dora Harbor and another base by paratroop drop in the great North, and that might tip the scales over 4.0...or a large Chinese defeat, or simply bombing and bombardments on Allied troops will put Japan over the edge, perhaps, this next turn or the following barring Allied actions. I don't think I need take Adak at all.

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/10/2019 3:43:55 PM)
Jan 16, 1943 Another bombardment...the KB will bomb from 16K, a deliberate attack with all three divisions here, but they are fatigued and disrupted... but I wanted to get another attack in, since I think IJA troopers will route another Chinese stack... the games hangs on the balance with a VP ratio of 3.996 to 1...the Allies have pretty much conceded this unless there is a startling surprise attack somewhere. [image]local://upfiles/44178/12FFE41DD50A492AA18BE09CB1CC1C23.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/10/2019 3:46:04 PM)
VP chart [image]local://upfiles/44178/E19D567B28F047F6BC46F59F06707D9F.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/10/2019 3:53:34 PM)
Adak and Mines and 155mm CD guns... a deadly combination. I spent destroyers freely, took many battleship mine hits, and lost many ships. [image]local://upfiles/44178/2108D7FD1AAC4BFEACA209023A9972B2.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/10/2019 3:54:38 PM)
Lots and lots of losses... [image]local://upfiles/44178/1E85C4CF1098458BB08ED3857F1FAC95.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/10/2019 3:57:52 PM)
It was a horrible cost...but enabled the IJN to savage Allied air force on islands. For me, nailing those P38s & Beasts on the island was worth the cost. Bombardments let my inferior planes perform more than adequately. [image]local://upfiles/44178/56A1FEFB02CF4860BCDEB09F5579A82B.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/10/2019 4:09:40 PM)
It is ironic, to be on the cusp of a 4-1 AV, having set up and planned for a long game. My prep for Franks, Kikka and Sam super early, with Randy and Patsy coming too... I started the game with the mindset of less than historical expansion and strong counter attacks (no Port Moresby, but Ceylon raid, nothing south of Lunga (and that only lightly held). The Allies attempted two big offensives too early. The Allies however gave me Port Moresby on the cheap, so I took it, crushed the Allied offensives at Tabit and Attu decided to shoot for more in the North Pacific as it was such low hanging fruit. I had abandoned Ceylon and managed to reinforce it days prior to an invasion and shoot for auto victory by pushing forward to Adak and beyond. I took Singapore without a shock attack and managed to take Chungking in I think 5 attacks after a very long siege without shattering any Japanese divisions. The IJN performed admirably, getting night attacks, and a tip of the hat to multiple small task forces. The Yamato clash with Prince of Wales was pretty epic and her sister ship pulled her weight too. The IJN was a force of nature in this game, especially with hitting transports...gotta love all these 36cm kills and the list goes on and on with low VP cargo ships. [image]local://upfiles/44178/F7126B6AB19C4C478027DC6333B9DB19.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/10/2019 4:12:28 PM)
Allied major ship losses... [image]local://upfiles/44178/BCABD0A6DC9945668DB07C9D19FFFF55.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies) (5/10/2019 4:15:13 PM)
Japanese ship losses Allies got one good hit against some cruisers, but the decisive carrier battle always evaded us with weather or settings playing against Japan several times...anyhow, I am not a believer in the decisive battle.[;)] [image]local://upfiles/44178/D293087323234200A0A73A120E415826.jpg[/image]

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