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rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (9/8/2021 6:40:39 AM)
Here's the tally. I'm happy with the results considering it was over friendly territory (and some on the ground) so we saved many of the pilots. Out of 150 aircraft lost, only 35 KIA, 33 WIA, and 2 MIA. [image]local://upfiles/14041/02C5B0C14E434E1D8A648213466C8C14.jpg[/image]

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (9/9/2021 6:19:10 AM)
December 6, 1943. Another series of three naval battles around Taberfane as 18 Us DDs in groups of 3 come in for night attacks. The Japanese fleet under Raizo Tanaka does well at first but gradually gets worn down. Eventually, at the end of the day it's about 4 DDs lost on either side which is probably an Allied victory. Japan has lost a lot of destroyers! [image]local://upfiles/14041/55A84FCF1C7F43CEB8DAE2892CA0B690.jpg[/image]

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (9/9/2021 6:22:29 AM)
In the air, there are heavy battles over Taberfane/Dobo but also over Dili as waves of 4E bombers come in to plaster the airfield and squadrons of Helldivers come in to attack the Japanese ships. We got pretty lucky though and most of the Allied heavy sweepers (P-47s) came in after the bombers, so the defending CAP took quite a bite out of both the Helldivers (along with escorting Hellcats) and the 4Es. Definitely a Japanese victory here, though a fairly bloody one. Here's the daily air tally: [image]local://upfiles/14041/857FF910D19A48AEA44C9D3359CD92E9.jpg[/image]

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (9/13/2021 7:22:32 PM)
December 11, 1943. Four months in to the battle of Taberfane, the Allied garrison has been stranded and blockaded without much supply coming in for over a month. With daily bombardments and bombings, their numbers have dwindled from over 50K to now only 36K, and most of those can't be in great shape. [image]local://upfiles/14041/DA6097DEBBCF445B85E28B4FB36BB495.jpg[/image]

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (9/13/2021 7:35:10 PM)
Here's the perimeter of the Japanese Empire in December 1943. The Allies hold upper Burma, but Japan Central and Southern Burma. Japan still holds one insignificant outpost on the continent of Australia but the Allies have taken two bases in the Arafura sea, which so far has been their main axis of attack. The Allies have taken everything of value in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, though Japan still holds a few nearly empty bases. The Allies hold Rabaul and have been half-heartedly working their way up the Northern New Guinea coast (so far as far as Hansa Bay). Japan holds all of China. The fact that the Allied push into the Arafura sea is largely contained, and the fact that the entire Japanese fleet is or has recently been committed there makes me wonder what new avenues of attack the Allies may open up late this year or early in 1944. It's hard to cover everything. He's now receiving major reinforcements in ships, planes, and land units, and (despite the loss of a number of his carriers), he soon should be able to build up a sizable carrier force. Will the Allies stick to overland routes or routes supported by land-based air in Burma or Northern New Guinea, or will they try a leap across the ocean to mount a major invasion of somewhere else? The threat belt runs along the entire perimeter from the Kuriles, to Japan itself to the Marianas, to New Guinea, to the Dutch East Indies, and onto the Andaman Islands and Burma. I know he has some carriers in the Indian Ocean, but these seemed to be mostly British, which are perhaps not enough to support a major invasion on their own. Where will they come? Time will tell. [image]local://upfiles/14041/DCE1422EA3C743C88F25834EA8C346AF.jpg[/image]

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (9/13/2021 7:38:59 PM)
Major ships sunk so far, according to Japanese intelligence. Note how many were lost around Taberfane. [image]local://upfiles/14041/DD601FDA01E7429ABD9B35A3754B133E.jpg[/image]

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (9/13/2021 7:42:53 PM)
In Burma, it's a face-off with most of the Japanese land army sitting peacefully across the Irrawaddy river from a huge stack of Allied units. Neither side has made any attempt to cross the river, and if/when they do, things are going to get bloody. [image]local://upfiles/14041/EC36101BDEE645D392A856CD38FA7C94.jpg[/image]

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (9/18/2021 12:30:07 AM)
Hmm, I'm upgrading one of my repair shipyards to try to help fix Ise faster, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on the repair time estimate. Or maybe there's no point of upgrading a repair shipyard? (That doesn't seem to make sense...) [image]local://upfiles/14041/7C71ED7BE96A472384D9B0617076901E.jpg[/image]

BBfanboy -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (9/18/2021 1:45:42 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: rader Hmm, I'm upgrading one of my repair shipyards to try to help fix Ise faster, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on the repair time estimate. Or maybe there's no point of upgrading a repair shipyard? (That doesn't seem to make sense...) [image]local://upfiles/14041/7C71ED7BE96A472384D9B0617076901E.jpg[/image] If that damage is part of the conversion to hybrid carrier-battleship, I think the only way to accelerate the repair is to increase the priority - which you already have done.

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (9/18/2021 2:44:04 AM)
Well, part of it might but certainly not all and the conversion was an accident. I never told it to convert so not sure why it chose to automatically... didn't think the conversions were worth it.

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (9/19/2021 10:20:28 PM)
December 19, 1943. The XXth naval battle of Taberfane (I'm losing count). A fleet of Japanese battlewagons under Vice Admiral Shinichi moves in to bombard the Allied garrison but is intercepted by waves of Allied battleship, cruiser, and destroyer forces: Night Time Surface Combat, near Taberfane at 82,117, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Kongo BB Hiei, Shell hits 2 BB Nagato BB Fuso, Shell hits 5 BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 2 DD Isokaze DD Shiranui DD Urakaze DD Hamakaze, Shell hits 1 DD Natsugumo DD Ayanami DD Tatsuyuke, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships BB North Carolina, Shell hits 5, on fire BB Washington, Shell hits 3 BB Massachusetts DD Monssen, Shell hits 1 DD Lardner DD Kalk DD Thompson, Shell hits 1 DD Lang, Shell hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Taberfane at 82,117, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Kongo BB Hiei BB Nagato BB Fuso BB Yamashiro DD Isokaze DD Shiranui DD Urakaze DD Hamakaze DD Natsugumo DD Ayanami, Shell hits 1 DD Tatsuyuke, Shell hits 2, on fire Allied Ships DD Bennett, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Hoel DD McKee DD Schroeder DD Sigsbee DD Spence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Taberfane at 82,117, Range 7,000 Yards Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses SOC-1 Seagull: 3 destroyed Japanese Ships BB Kongo BB Hiei, Shell hits 3 BB Nagato, Shell hits 5 BB Fuso, Shell hits 10, heavy fires BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 11 DD Isokaze DD Shiranui DD Urakaze DD Hamakaze, on fire DD Natsugumo DD Ayanami, Shell hits 1 DD Tatsuyuke, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Baltimore, Shell hits 2 CL Columbia, Shell hits 10, and is sunk CL Denver DD Wadsworth, Shell hits 1 DD Grayson DD Aaron Ward DD Farenholt, Shell hits 1 DD McCook, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Ralph Talbot -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Taberfane at 82,117, Range 7,000 Yards Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Seagull V: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships BB Kongo, Shell hits 2 BB Hiei, Shell hits 3 BB Nagato, Shell hits 5 BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 1 DD Isokaze, Shell hits 1 DD Shiranui, Shell hits 3 DD Urakaze DD Ayanami, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships CA Salt Lake City, Shell hits 1 CL Perth, Shell hits 5, and is sunk CL Hobart, Shell hits 8, and is sunk DD Frazier DD Russell DD Morris, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Dunlap, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Fanning ======================================= Admiral Shinichi did a fantastic job maintaining formation integrity through the series of attacks. Japan lost two destroyers and all battleships were peppered with some degree of damage, but luckily no torpedo hits or major penetrating shell damage. In exchange, we damaged several Allied ships and sent three light cruisers (Perth, Hobart, Columbia) and a possibly a few destroyers to settle in Ironbottom sound. Vice Admiral Shinichi earned the jūgun kishō medal of honor and is now a full admiral (I don't think there is anyway to actually promote in the game?).

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (9/19/2021 10:23:05 PM)
Surface warships listed as recently sunk. [image]local://upfiles/14041/554646496D6247A799028BE6DD628C44.jpg[/image]

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (9/22/2021 5:02:13 PM)
December 23, 1943 Taberfane is taken at last: Ground combat at Taberfane (82,117) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 19737 troops, 269 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 912 Defending force 2653 troops, 84 guns, 96 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 1291 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 1291 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Taberfane !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat: 2 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Allied ground losses: 1014 casualties reported Squads: 221 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 333 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 88 (88 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 138 (138 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Assaulting units: 9th Ind.Mixed Brigade 51st Division 71st Infantry Brigade 22nd Div /1 Defending units: 37th Infantry Division 40th Infantry Division

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (9/23/2021 4:23:33 AM)
December 24, 1943. Current scoring. [image]local://upfiles/14041/2DC0412EFCD24393831AB78ED5307FE3.jpg[/image]

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (9/28/2021 7:08:05 AM)
We entered 1944. What will the new year hold? Where will the Allies strike next? [image]local://upfiles/14041/87AE75AF3BF6441599AAA3F7BCA7BCC9.jpg[/image]

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (9/28/2021 7:15:59 AM)
He's making his way up New Guinea, and using a couple of divisions to crush the last major garrison in Papua at Lae. Lae has been isolated for a long time, but had a large stockpile of supplies. [image]local://upfiles/14041/A0A6F75B88284AED9ADBDB9E2C66736F.jpg[/image]

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (10/5/2021 5:26:18 PM)
January 10, 1944. Fairly quiet days to start 1944 but there is usually an air battle that is about even for both sides. Yesterday, we sent a big night air raid on Darwin that destroyed about 10 4E bombers but also cost around 50 Helens to heavy Flak. Probably about an even trade, or maybe slightly better for the allies, especially considering the loss in experienced IJA bomber pilots. Today was a skirmish with some Corsairs over Timoeka after a skirmish yesterday with some Thunderbolts over the same base. Seems like both sides are able to replace their losses and this is straight up attrition. In Eastern New Guinea, he's getting close to taking the last Japanese strongholds of Lae and Finshavn. [image]local://upfiles/14041/A98AF01BE21940A4B5EE3C95342CEEBA.jpg[/image]

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (10/9/2021 1:39:45 AM)
We're now up to January 16 and not much has happened. It's a little too quiet. I'm wondering where he's going next... hard to plan for everything.

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (10/12/2021 5:30:45 AM)
January 21, 1944. Very one-sided air losses today as Allied fighters sweep Bassein. This is something Richard does a lot and it seems highly exploitative to me. A few days ago he bombed Pegu, killing ground troops which are super vulnerable in the clear terrain (another thing the game engine gets wrong - it's way too easy to destroy entire LCUs by air alone). So I responded by sending in fighters to Pegu and also to Rangoon to fly CAP at 1 hex. However, if I set range 1 CAP from Rangoon, even if I set their target as Pegu, some of my Rangoon CAP inevitably leaks over Bassein, an empty base on the other side of Rangoon. So Richard sweeps Bassein (an empty base) with tons of Spitfires (which wouldn't even have the range to reach Pegu) just to gobble up some of the CAP that I would rather not have flying over Bassein if I had any choice. Seems like he's kind of taking advantage of the fact that I can't tell my air units not to defend a silly empty base next to Rangoon. I definitely think it's a major exploit and it's come up a lot as it's one of his favorite tactics. On the other hand, I probably do some things that annoy him so I've decided to live with it. Opinions? [image]local://upfiles/14041/4D54B76A85C14092AED50544FAA392E1.jpg[/image]

CaptBeefheart -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (10/12/2021 6:27:48 AM)
Does LRCAPping of Pegu from Rangoon not work in that situation? Cheers, CB

RangerJoe -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (10/12/2021 1:01:06 PM)
Set you CAP range to 0, try that and see how it works.

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (10/12/2021 4:08:14 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe Set you CAP range to 0, try that and see how it works. I can't set range 0 or else I couldn't defend Pegu...

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (10/12/2021 4:08:51 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: CaptBeefheart Does LRCAPping of Pegu from Rangoon not work in that situation? Cheers, CB Would be the same thing I think?

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (10/12/2021 4:14:47 PM)
If you intend to just defend Pegu without needing those tasked fighters over Rangoon, LRCAP Pegu with range zero. They will fly over and only CAP Pegu, even if they are based in Rangoon. If you are trying to cover multiple bases with the same squadron though then that's another issue.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (10/12/2021 4:16:26 PM)
Sorry, double post.

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (10/12/2021 4:26:30 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DesertWolf101 If you intend to just defend Pegu without needing those tasked fighters over Rangoon, LRCAP Pegu with range zero. They will fly over and only CAP Pegu, even if they are based in Rangoon. If you are trying to cover multiple bases with the same squadron though then that's another issue. Oh that's interesting... I had assumed LRCAP would only fly as far as its range is set, so if not range 1 they would not actually cover Pegu. Sounds like this may not e the case. I will try it.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (10/12/2021 4:30:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: rader quote: ORIGINAL: DesertWolf101 If you intend to just defend Pegu without needing those tasked fighters over Rangoon, LRCAP Pegu with range zero. They will fly over and only CAP Pegu, even if they are based in Rangoon. If you are trying to cover multiple bases with the same squadron though then that's another issue. Oh that's interesting... I had assumed LRCAP would only fly as far as its range is set, so if not range 1 they would not actually cover Pegu. Sounds like this may not e the case. I will try it. I never LRCAP with anything but range zero. Besides avoiding the situation you have here, you also want to maximize your coverage of the targeted hex instead of diluting it over many hexes. In fact I rarely CAP more than range zero with the exception of night defense and some other cases.

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (10/12/2021 4:40:55 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DesertWolf101 quote: ORIGINAL: rader quote: ORIGINAL: DesertWolf101 If you intend to just defend Pegu without needing those tasked fighters over Rangoon, LRCAP Pegu with range zero. They will fly over and only CAP Pegu, even if they are based in Rangoon. If you are trying to cover multiple bases with the same squadron though then that's another issue. Oh that's interesting... I had assumed LRCAP would only fly as far as its range is set, so if not range 1 they would not actually cover Pegu. Sounds like this may not e the case. I will try it. I never LRCAP with anything but range zero. Besides avoiding the situation you have here, you also want to maximize your coverage of the targeted hex instead of diluting it over many hexes. In fact I rarely CAP more than range zero with the exception of night defense and some other cases. Fascinating, thanks!

rader -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (10/14/2021 5:57:24 PM)
Jan 24, 1944. Allies capture Wake easily (was definitely under-defended since it was too far out for fleet support). Not sure how a Japanese player could stop those tanks on Atolls... seems like he's going to mainly use tanks in all amphibious landings. Is that realistic? [image]local://upfiles/14041/001C338092524E61A766F3A6D54BDB5C.jpg[/image]

RangerJoe -> RE: Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!) (10/14/2021 8:06:23 PM)
No, tanks are actually fragile without infantry support.

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