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BillBrown -> Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/20/2019 8:00:43 PM)
I see my opponent is doing an AAR, so I will try to keep one going to so people can see both sides of this mod This is Focus Pacific scenario 78 by btd64( Brian ). It will be a slow game, about 3 turns per week. There are no house rules, there were a couple of turn 1 rules that we both abided by. this game is being played with no withdrawals. We have concluded two turns and they are what I expected. I have lost some ships, but way less that I expected. He did a second attack on PH, but with little gain, no ships were sunk at PH on day 2, just more damaged. One thing about this mod is that the Allies get lots of aircraft, so aircraft lost on the ground are not that important, especially PBYs. I get 26 PBY-5, 45 PNY-5A, and 24 PBY-4( only for Dec 41) per month.

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/20/2019 8:56:53 PM)
Here is the entire sunk ship list for two days. [image]local://upfiles/6818/DCBA2A3466DC4C9CBB9A6A6BE48EDC76.jpg[/image]

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/20/2019 9:06:44 PM)
And the aircraft losses. I have lost a lot of aircraft, but again most of them on the ground. I bring this up since most of his have been air to air and flack losses. He probably lost many of those pilots. He starts with pilots, especially his KB ones, that ate at the least godlike in ability. Most are at 90 experience and 70+ in their proper categories. So a big part of my job is to try and attrition some of those pilots. [image]local://upfiles/6818/DBEE200C9E3047C8B04B1E99D682E513.jpg[/image]

Bif1961 -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/21/2019 12:47:40 AM)
Good luck and it looks like you lost more at Manila than PH. Does that mean it was just land based air attacks from the Japanese at Manila?

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/21/2019 12:49:33 AM)
Yes it was Netties and Sallys at Manila.

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/23/2019 8:00:49 PM)
I am falling a bit behind, this was supposed to be a very slow game, but he is returning turns faster than I expected, oh well. turn 3 and I lost more ships today that the last two days. 22 ships lost in one day. [image]local://upfiles/6818/996E0D1869A0409C8576E8897A960124.jpg[/image]

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/23/2019 8:11:27 PM)
Air losses for the day. I tried to hit his TFs at Kota Bharu but he had a lot of CAP available. CV Lexington is just East of the Marshall islands and his Nells tried an attack that failed. [image]local://upfiles/6818/5DDC0F75D77346E9A57CD1CBE05023AA.jpg[/image]

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/23/2019 8:13:57 PM)
He captured Miri today. Unlike stock scenarios, the oil and refineries at Miri start the game fully repaired. He got them with no damage.

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/23/2019 8:59:22 PM)
One good thing is that CA Louisville found the Tarawa TF. Day Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,128, Range 22,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Santos Maru xAKL Toyotsu Maru xAK Aratama Maru AKL Katsura Maru, Shell hits 12, and is sunk xAKL Kaito Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire AKL Tenposan Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage TB Ninaru, Shell hits 2, on fire TB Omakatu APD -106, Shell hits 2 Allied Ships CA Louisville, Shell hits 2 Japanese ground losses: 549 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 34 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 8 (3 destroyed, 5 disabled)

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/23/2019 9:02:51 PM)
Dec 10, 1941 The bad part is this the next day Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 136,127, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Santos Maru xAKL Kaito Maru, on fire Allied Ships CA Louisville Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 57% moonlight: 12,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards... Range increases to 12,000 yards... Both Task Forces evade combat CA Louisville is out of 8" ammo, but full of 5" which would be very effective against a PB and an xAKL Unfortunately Capt Sampson who is commanding CA Louisville has an aggression of 37, I think he will get changed as soon as he get to a port.

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/23/2019 9:05:33 PM)
The ship losses are not entirely one sided this turn CV Lexington found a couple of TFs in the Marshal Islands Morning Air attack on TF, near Jaluit at 135,122 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft F2A-3 Buffalo x 14 SBD-2 Dauntless x 17 SBD-3 Dauntless x 15 Allied aircraft losses SBD-2 Dauntless: 1 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Kamikaze Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAK Tenyo Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Okinoshima --------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Makin at 135,124 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft SBD-2 Dauntless x 16 Allied aircraft losses SBD-2 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAKL Kaito Maru, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk PB Santos Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: 150 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled ---------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tarawa at 136,128 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft F2A-3 Buffalo x 14 SBD-3 Dauntless x 15 Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Aratama Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires APD -106, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage TB Omakatu Aircraft Attacking: 15 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb [image]local://upfiles/6818/7C3EE157BB4E4B97B935E8AC5FB96061.jpg[/image]

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/23/2019 9:06:35 PM)
And there was this tidbit USMC land based from Davao. Expensive, but it helps morale. Morning Air attack on TF, near Talaud-eilanden at 80,97 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 17 A6M2 Zero x 22 Allied aircraft F2A-3 Buffalo x 12 SB2U-3 Vindicator x 15 Japanese aircraft losses A5M4 Claude: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F2A-3 Buffalo: 2 destroyed SB2U-3 Vindicator: 6 destroyed, 5 damaged SB2U-3 Vindicator: 2 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships CV Chiho, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires CVL Chiyoda ----------------------------------------------- Not to be outdone, the Beests based at Clark Field hit a CA Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Laoag at 81,72 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft Vildebeest III x 11 Allied aircraft losses Vildebeest III: 2 damaged Japanese Ships CA Chokai, Torpedo hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 11 x Vildebeest III launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/23/2019 9:09:17 PM)
I did lose Tarawa, he got enough landed to take it. Strangely enough, he still has not been able to take Kota Bharu. I have taken losses, but still hold it.

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/23/2019 9:19:35 PM)
KB's movement is a bit strange. He went NW on turn 3 and this turn he went 9 hexes SW. [image]local://upfiles/6818/49E9FAF2C3714A37BD1E51AABD86A55D.jpg[/image]

BBfanboy -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/23/2019 10:18:57 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BillBrown KB's movement is a bit strange. He went NW on turn 3 and this turn he went 9 hexes SW. [image]local://upfiles/6818/49E9FAF2C3714A37BD1E51AABD86A55D.jpg[/image] Likely refueled. The AO fleet is usually around the previous day position.

Bif1961 -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/23/2019 10:37:48 PM)
So with the Lex shooting down 11 Nells in the Marshalls does that mean Butch O'Hare became an ace?

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/23/2019 11:38:21 PM)
NO, no aces yet. Air losses for the day. [image]local://upfiles/6818/364D6E6F22884CEBACE6EEB74C45C324.jpg[/image]

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/23/2019 11:41:47 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy quote: ORIGINAL: BillBrown KB's movement is a bit strange. He went NW on turn 3 and this turn he went 9 hexes SW. [image]local://upfiles/6818/49E9FAF2C3714A37BD1E51AABD86A55D.jpg[/image] Likely refueled. The AO fleet is usually around the previous day position. Most likely you are right. The TF to his NE is the AO TF, and they were together last turn. I am a but unsure why he went SW and not West.

BBfanboy -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/24/2019 3:35:57 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BillBrown quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy quote: ORIGINAL: BillBrown KB's movement is a bit strange. He went NW on turn 3 and this turn he went 9 hexes SW. [image]local://upfiles/6818/49E9FAF2C3714A37BD1E51AABD86A55D.jpg[/image] Likely refueled. The AO fleet is usually around the previous day position. Most likely you are right. The TF to his NE is the AO TF, and they were together last turn. I am a but unsure why he went SW and not West. He likely decided to go hunting Lexington.

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/25/2019 12:01:56 AM)
Dec 11, 1941 KB went West that turn, so no problems there. I lose a few more ships, the inevitable. The merchants that start in Hong Kong, and Kwangchowan are pretty much toast. He has too many aircraft and surface ships to get many of them out. I think I may get 2 merchants out from those ports. I got a good number from Manila and other PI ports, but still it is hard to get all of them out. I hit Miri with both B-17Ds and Dutch 139WH-3s. He did have some A6M2s up for CAP. I lost 11 aircraft but destroyed 28 oil according to my rollover. I doubt that CL Tama sank after taking 2 MK-10 torpedoes, but you never know, it did show on fire and heavy damage. [image]local://upfiles/6818/247AABAC79FE4DBD910EBA2DCA885BB0.jpg[/image]

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/25/2019 12:14:08 AM)
Here are the two Miri rollovers [image]local://upfiles/6818/F31938B8DF274B38B5B02D78F8ABA6C7.jpg[/image] and the three combat report entries. Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 8 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 11 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses 139WH-3: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged Oil hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x 139WH-3 bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 2 x 300 kg GP Bomb --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 3 damaged Oil hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * --------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 2 damaged Oil hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb ----------------------------------------------------------------- I am going to stand down the bombers for a turn or two to get repairs done and I found a better airfield. This scenario is full of surprises.

Alfred -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/25/2019 7:46:21 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BillBrown ... CA Louisville is out of 8" ammo, but full of 5" which would be very effective against a PB and an xAKL Unfortunately Capt Sampson who is commanding CA Louisville has an aggression of 37, I think he will get changed as soon as he get to a port. The aggression rating did not result in the Louisville not attacking. The same thing would have happened even if Halsey had been the TF leader. The relevant factor was being out of 8" ammo. For a CA, the main weapon system is considered to be the 8" guns. Once they are down to 1/3 ammo, irrespective of how much other calibre ammo still carried, the TF automatically attempts to avoid combat and return to home port. The 1/3 ammo reserve threshold is there to prevent the TF from being a total sitting duck in those circumstances where it is difficult to execute a timely retreat. Alfred

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/26/2019 8:02:47 PM)
Dec 12, 1941 Nothing really to report. A small tanker that was damaged a turn or two ago sank and a xAKL was sunk by LBA. KB disappeared, not sure which way it went.

btd64 -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/29/2019 5:05:37 PM)
Looks like a good game. Good luck Bill....GP

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/29/2019 11:18:54 PM)
Another quiet turn. Lost 3 xAKL and an xAP. Two to subs and two to air craft. He captured Sorong.

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/30/2019 12:29:02 AM)
This is from my last scenario 78 AAR, but it is still true. In the meantime, some musings. I am going to try and establish a line of bases in the South Pacific, probably the ones most people use. Noumea, Nadi, Suva, Pago Pago, Christmas Island and then Hawaii. It probably depends on who get there first. I want to note that I will not talk about how I do my logistics. I really do not want to tell the world how I operate since I might play a game against someone reading this AAR. As always, I will defend India but not Burma. The troops in Burma are terrible, badly led, terrible morale, really bad experience, and their weapons are not good. At this point the India troops are not a lot better, but time will fix that. The Chinese are not the pushovers that they are in stock scenarios. I get 1050 squad replacements per month and I have 5000 Daily supply, most of which are in Chungking and Chentu. Heavy Weapons production is larger that stock also. I will pull back into +3 and some +2 terrain and set up defense. I will also move a few( 6-8) corps to India for refit. I plan on using some corps to try and move around some of his forces and cut them off from supply. I need to keep his troops busy in China as long as I can. The one thing about logistics that I will talk about, is that I will use every means I can to get as much supply and fuel to Australia, New Zealand and the SoPac Islands as fast as I can. In this scenario Tahiti is a major base. Here is a picture of it from tracker. Note the size 25 repair shipyard, the large SPS for port and airfield. The aircraft factories. It obviously is high on the list for reinforcements and building. [image]local://upfiles/6818/12423B1F1F8948E695722C5391C6C4BD.jpg[/image]

HansBolter -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/30/2019 1:22:09 AM)
If Wake hasn't been invaded yet, the westward movement of the KB following the SW move would put it on track to cover that invasion wouldn't it?

CaptBeefheart -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/30/2019 3:30:05 AM)
Tahiti is a must-keep location in this mod, sort of like a West Coast base. Noumea also has a shipyard if I remember correctly. I always thought this was an interesting mod. Good luck! Cheers, CB

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/31/2019 1:46:41 AM)
Another fairly quiet turn. I lost an AS and an xAKL to damage suffered in previous turns. I did lose Hong Kong today. As you can see, Japan has more in China to take Hong Kong than stock. Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 36954 troops, 481 guns, 284 vehicles, Assault Value = 1695 Defending force 13255 troops, 246 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 169 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 1130 Allied adjusted defense: 285 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Hong Kong !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 379 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 30 disabled Allied ground losses: 15340 casualties reported Squads: 317 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1280 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 73 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 317 (317 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 198 (198 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 7 Assaulting units: 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 245th Division 38th Division 66th Infantry Regiment 104th Division 300th Division 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th RF Gun Battalion 2nd RF Gun Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Defending units: Rifles of Canada Battalion Kowloon Brigade 2nd Royal Scots Battalion Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion 1st Middlesex Battalion 102nd RN Base Force Hong Kong Fortress

BillBrown -> RE: Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please) (8/31/2019 1:51:35 AM)
And in other earth shattering news, AM Penguin has made it to the Coral Sea and will be at Brisbane in 2 turns. [8D]

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