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DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (11/28/2020 12:47:07 PM)
April 14, 1942 India 71 Oscars swept over Rajpur in two waves and shot down 5 Hurricane and 2 P-40E fighters for the loss of two Oscars. Indian Ocean On the way towards the Arabian Sea, Kates from the MKB sight a small xAK near Cochin and sink it.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (11/28/2020 12:58:08 PM)
The Empire's Industry So given this is my first rodeo, I don't really know how I am doing when it comes to the state of the Empire's Industry. As a reminder, this is stock Scenario 1. I have 2.6 million supply and 4.3 million fuel. Fuel and supply are both climbing, but oil is declining. Below is the industry screen - am I all right or in trouble? [image]local://upfiles/55490/AC8E6F4625504C7AB4EB6C565B5AFD46.jpg[/image]

jdsrae -> RE: Empire of the Sun (11/28/2020 9:26:58 PM)
The main things jump out at me are that you have lots of shut off engine, air and RD Air production. Are your 210 RD Air that are shut off helping with research or are they just sitting idle? You might still have a few hundred more Oil points you could capture, but Japan has an excess of Refineries in the Home Islands so as long as you are shipping it home you should see the global Oil stockpile drop each month. You could shut off production from some of your Armament factories and spend those HI points on something else. I've had 440 Armament factories producing since Dec 41 and have 165k Armament points in the pool in May 1943. You might not be able to build enough TK and xAK that can convert to TK without switching some of your Merchant Shipyard production back on.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (11/28/2020 10:05:04 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jdsrae The main things jump out at me are that you have lots of shut off engine, air and RD Air production. Are your 210 RD Air that are shut off helping with research or are they just sitting idle? You might still have a few hundred more Oil points you could capture, but Japan has an excess of Refineries in the Home Islands so as long as you are shipping it home you should see the global Oil stockpile drop each month. You could shut off production from some of your Armament factories and spend those HI points on something else. I've had 440 Armament factories producing since Dec 41 and have 165k Armament points in the pool in May 1943. You might not be able to build enough TK and xAK that can convert to TK without switching some of your Merchant Shipyard production back on. The shut off RD Air and Engines production are the ones that have reached level 30 and are now pushing the airframe and engine research forward. I toggle the production key off for those but they still give me research points. I think you are right about the excess refineries in the Home Islands being the driving force behind my small but steady decline in oil. Counting the oil wells vs refining capacity I seem to have an excess of refining capacity even as I have captured and repaired almost all the oil wells in the SRA, Burma, and China. I think I will need as much armament and vehicle points as possible given my anticipated adventure against the USSR so I don't think I can afford to shut them off. I seem to have an excess of merchant ship capacity however (I didn't lose many xAKs thus far) and I think what I might do is halt construction on all cargo ships except for tankers and some other classes the like Std-A and Std-B that can convert to tankers.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (11/29/2020 3:43:50 AM)
April 15, 1942 Indian Ocean I decided to circle back with the MKB and sweep the skies over Colombo to test the Allied fighter strength there. If it is weak I could then attempt a port strike the next turn and hit the ships that seem to be harbored there. Turns out however that Colombo was pretty well defended. 25 Zeros sweep in two waves encountering 16 Hurricanes. The Zeros shoot down 8 of the Hurricanes but lose 9 of their number. I decide against further attacks on Colombo for now. India The 70th British Division, the 63rd Indian Brigade, the 45th Recce Regiment, the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, and a few more auxiliary forces are trapped by Imperial forces south of Ranchi. Japanese troops in India will concentrate on eliminating this pocket before continuing the advance. China The veteran Japanese army, victors of Chungking, arrive at Chengtu and immediately attack. Success! The Imperial flag is raised over the city as the defeated Chinese garrison is thrown out. Mobile units of the Japanese army meanwhile encircle the former Chinese Chungking garrison army at Neikiang. [image]local://upfiles/55490/14F835C1A4064B5BAB9BAAB66F2A84A7.jpg[/image]

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (11/29/2020 4:01:15 AM)
April 16, 1942 China With both Chungking and Chengtu under Imperial control, the task of clearing out remaining Chinese strongholds begins. Immediately, the first assault goes in against Changsha. With a significant Chinese army of 20 units behind high forts there, this attack was always going to be painful, but I was pleased that only 13 Japanese combat squads were destroyed (399 disabled) and the forts were reduced from four to three. I begin considering various ploys to speed up the conquest here. More on that later. India I failed to adequately recon Tezpur before dropping elements of the Yokosuka 3rd SNLF Parachute unit there. They end up falling right on top of the 16th Indian Brigade. It’s not going to be pretty for the SNLF boys. Indian Ocean The MKB heads towards the northwest farther from India. The plan here is to circle all the way up and show up around Karachi. Hopefully my opponent will assume I had gone back to port and I will catch some shipping there. Thus far he has done a good job of getting his ships out of harms way and under the cover of fighter CAP.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (11/30/2020 12:39:41 AM)
April 17, 1942 Submarines Dutch sub KXIII slips by the convoy escorts and sinks xAK Toyo Maru with two torpedoes near Medan. India The 16th Indian Brigade wipes out the advanced detachment of SNLP paratroopers that landed on Tezpur.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (11/30/2020 12:40:31 AM)
April 18, 1942 India Dacca, Sambalpur and Darjeeling fall to the Empire. China Japanese forces take Kungchang on the march forward towards Lanchow.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (11/30/2020 12:50:17 AM)
April 19, 1942 Submarines I-16 sinks an xAKL near Tahiti with its deck gun. India With the Allies refusing to challenge my fighter sweeps, I send in Nell bombers to plaster Rajpur airfield. 4 H81-A3 fighters and two Audax I light bombers are destroyed on the ground.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (11/30/2020 1:21:23 AM)
April 20, 1942 Submarines I-160 sinks an xAKL near Carnarvon with a torpedo. Australia The 146th Infantry Regiment storms and captures Darwin. India The damaged light cruiser Dragon (going back to the naval battles during the invasion of India) is detected in port at Cocanda. Nell bombers are sent to harass it but the 60kg bombs that hit do not penetrate its armor. China The effort to destroy the besieged Chinese army at Neikiang begins in earnest. The first attack destroys a few Chinese Infantry Corps but plenty are still left to deal with.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (11/30/2020 1:22:15 AM)
April 21, 1942 Arabian Sea The MKB arrived within range of Karachi and prepared to send up an escorted strike of Kate bombers. Before the Kates could take off however, a scouting float plane sent back word that a British carrier and its escorting ships were sighted to the northwest. The Kates, loaded with bombs and not torpedoes, took off to attack the carrier instead. 16 Zeros and 39 Kates were met by 14 Martlet II fighters from CV Formidable. The Zeros dealt with the Martlets and allowed the Kates to go on their attack runs unscathed. To the Empire’s consternation however, the Formidable armored flight deck proved, well, formidable, and the two bomb hits that were achieved did not penetrate. 10 Albacore I torpedo bombers then approached the MKB at very low altitude but I learned my lesson from the earlier MKB disaster and enough Zeros were flying low to wipe them out. India The 7th Tank Regiment occupies Benares in the morning and is hit hard later in the day by 16 Wellington Ic bombers. In Nagaland meanwhile Japanese forces seize Kohima.

RangerJoe -> RE: Empire of the Sun (11/30/2020 2:51:47 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DesertWolf101 April 21, 1942 Arabian Sea The MKB arrived within range of Karachi and prepared to send up an escorted strike of Kate bombers. Before the Kates could take off however, a scouting float plane sent back word that a British carrier and its escorting ships were sighted to the northwest. The Kates, loaded with bombs and not torpedoes, took off to attack the carrier instead. 16 Zeros and 39 Kates were met by 14 Martlet II fighters from CV Formidable. The Zeros dealt with the Martlets and allowed the Kates to go on their attack runs unscathed. To the Empire’s consternation however, the Formidable armored flight deck proved, well, formidable, and the two bomb hits that were achieved did not penetrate. 10 Albacore I torpedo bombers then approached the MKB at very low altitude but I learned my lesson from the earlier MKB disaster and enough Zeros were flying low to wipe them out. India The 7th Tank Regiment occupies Benares in the morning and is hit hard later in the day by 16 Wellington Ic bombers. In Nagaland meanwhile Japanese forces seize Kohima. When some of my baby carriers would still be using Claudes, I would have them lower to counter the torpedo planes.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (12/1/2020 12:21:19 AM)
April 22, 1942 North Pacific 18 LB-30 bombers hit Adak Island to no discernible effect. 8 Oscar fighters were on patrol which helped disrupt their aim. India My opponent has started to actively use his heavy and medium bombers in the Indian theater. Two B-17Ds are shot down when they try to raid one of my tank regiments, but 16 Wellington Ic bombers strike one of my infantry divisions without any trouble near Patna. Arabian Sea I pull back the MKB towards the south. I did not want to risk a fight against more Allied aircraft carriers that could be in the area and the light carrier task force was starting to run low on fuel.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (12/1/2020 12:23:49 AM)
April 23, 1942 Submarines Dragon pulls out of Cocanada to escape the continued attention of Japanese bombers only two fall into the periscope sights of the lurking I-7. The Japanese submarine promptly sinks the already damaged light cruiser with two torpedo hits. After the first heady months of the war, this is an example of increasingly rare submarine success. My opponent has largely pulled back his shipping and is becoming increasingly hard to find and target. I have to go all the way to areas like the Arabian Sea to regularly find shipping and these waters are full of dangerous escorts. Arabian Sea As the MKB pulls back to the south, its float planes spot two British AMs which are promptly sunk by Kate torpedo bombers. India The Wellingtons lose half a dozen of their number as they encounter Zero fighters when they try once again to hit the 5th Infantry Division. The British/Indian pocket at Ranchi is finally eliminated with the destruction of the 70th British Infantry Division. Meanwhile, Rajpur is captured by the 2nd Tank Regiment. Northern Australia The 6th Tank Regiment shatters a couple of Australian engineer/base force units and captures Tennant Creek.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (12/1/2020 12:52:32 AM)
April 24, 1942 Arabian Sea As the Japanese light carriers continue retreating southwards, their recon flights pick up some Allied shipping racing away towards the safety of Mangalore. These ships however are still within range this turn as the Japanese light carriers launch both a morning and afternoon strike against them. The results are quite good - 2 large and 1 small AS vessels, 2 AGP, 1 AG, 1 large xAK, and two KV escorts are sunk as a result. Not too shabby. Northern Australia A mix of a dozen Blenheim IV, 139WH-3, and Hudson I bombers from Derby attack the Japanese logistical base at Wyndham but are largely torn apart by heavy flak. India The 7th Tank Regiment captures Allahabad and destroys the 9/10 Baluch Battalion in the process. Imperial forces are trying to cut off the British 7th Armored Brigade that is retreating through the area. China The Japanese forces that recently arrived at Lanchow launch their assault and take the base. Thankfully, the oil wells and refineries at Lanchow are entirely intact. They will come in handy in delivering the fuel needed by the heavy industry at Chungking and Chengtu.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (12/1/2020 1:48:08 AM)
April 25, 1942 Arabian Sea The detection level on Mangalore port spiked a bit with last turn’s Kate raids on the shipping heading there. It appears that there are quite a number of ships hiding out there so I sent in a raid of Kates to do some damage. Unfortunately, the Allies moved in a squadron of Hurricanes and a squadron of H81-A3 fighters. 13 Kates and 3 Zeros are destroyed for only 3 Allied fighters lost in return. Ugh. India 36 Nell bombers slip underneath a high flying LRCAP of Hurricane fighters and damage the 7th Armored Brigade near Patna. I am attempting to slow down the brigade to allow imperial forces to catch up with it. China After trying to come up with different plans to speed up the conquest of Changsha, I decided to entice an Allied attack by faking a swap of forces. He knew that a number of my units were battered from the last assault, and I hoped that fact combined with his units starting to run low on supplies in the city would push him to grab at a fleeting opportunity before more Japanese troops arrived to seal the deal. To that end, some local Japanese reinforcements were brought up and started heading into Changsha and at the same time I ordered the bulk of my units within to leave the city. Crucially however, these units either moved out in combat mode or stayed in reserve status. It worked! The Chinese shock attack and suffer grievously. If my troops had been in move order his attack would have likely succeeded given his significantly superior AV in the city, but he gambled and lost, likely paving the way for a much quicker conquest of Changsha. The Japanese Army seizes Kienko. All the bases in the Chungking plane are now under Imperial control. [image]local://upfiles/55490/0840E02BD8E348C997A58D7A873323F3.jpg[/image]

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (12/1/2020 7:28:36 PM)
April 26, 1942 China I figure the Chinese garrison at Changsha must be highly disrupted so I immediately launch a counterattack with the forces available. 1 to 1 odds with another 150 Chinese combat squads destroyed are the result with forts being knocked down to 2. I am sensing that victory here is just around the corner.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (12/1/2020 7:37:10 PM)
April 27, 1942 Indian Ocean The MKB has arrived back in the Indian Ocean on its way back to port. The Japanese task force is attempting to circle wide around Ceylon in an attempt to find any more shipping it could target. India Zero fighters inconclusively tangle with a couple of B-17E raids on my advancing troops while Japanese bombers maintain the pressure on the 7th Armored Brigade. Zero and Oscar sweeps over the brigade successfully deal with the LRCAP Hurricanes that my opponent is attempting to shield the unit with.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (12/1/2020 7:52:52 PM)
April 28, 1942 Indian Ocean As the MKB shifts heading from south to east near Diego Garcia, it’s scouts pick up a couple of large enemy ships in the vicinity. A Kate strike package is sent up which encounters two large xAP ships, the Empress’ Australia and Empress’ Scotland. A storm of 250kg bombs rains on the two large vessels utterly gutting them. Unfortunately, they were completely empty. My opponent was trying to get them out of the area but failed to spot the circuitous route of the MKB. China Imperial forces charge forward against the demoralized Chinese defenders and secure Changsha for the Empire. Banzai! [image]local://upfiles/55490/45E00DA1912E43FE9BA229C6CAA53336.jpg[/image]

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (12/2/2020 4:04:09 PM)
April 29, 1942 China The Japanese 15th Tank Regiment arrives and takes control of Urumchi in the far north. The victorious Japanese army at Changsha meanwhile will rest for a few days before moving out once more.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (12/2/2020 4:04:55 PM)
April 30, 1942 India The Japanese 5th Infantry Division finally catches up with the harassed 7th Armored Brigade and sends it reeling back with a deliberate attack. The pursuit continues. China A Chinese army marched back into Chengtu in an attempt to recapture it (the Japanese Army had moved on to capture Kienko). I did leave a division as a garrison however and this proves too much for the Chinese so they don’t attack. Nevertheless, part of the Japanese army circles back from Kienko with the intention of encircling and destroying this Chinese army.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (12/2/2020 4:08:15 PM)
State of the Empire A new month has arrived and here are where things stand: [image]local://upfiles/55490/C46C50347DEF4C7184E22C52A232D6E7.jpg[/image]

RangerJoe -> RE: Empire of the Sun (12/2/2020 7:48:17 PM)
WOW! Them points! [&o][&o][&o]

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (12/2/2020 10:59:41 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe WOW! Them points! [&o][&o][&o] Thanks! Even though we recently decided to not play for autovictory, I still do care about the points. I know it's very difficult, but I want to see if I can make it to 1946. To do so, I need permanent points and a lot of them at that. To get there though I first have to survive poking the bear.

Bif1961 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (12/4/2020 5:41:04 PM)
If locating his merchants is far and few between for your subs you might want to load them with mines to be dropped at strategic choke points and then send them on their merry way to their patrol sectors and see if the mines find a few successes.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (12/5/2020 1:55:19 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Bif1961 If locating his merchants is far and few between for your subs you might want to load them with mines to be dropped at strategic choke points and then send them on their merry way to their patrol sectors and see if the mines find a few successes. I am trying to stock up on naval mines for the Russian adventure but this is certainly a good suggestion to consider, thank you.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (12/5/2020 1:58:55 AM)
May 1, 1942 India The Japanese 143rd Infantry Regiment shock attacks across the river and takes Ledo. My opponent left an engineer unit at the base in the hopes of demolishing some of the oil wells during my attack but luckily only 2 oil wells and 2 refineries are damaged. On a wider but related note, very few oil wells under the Empire's control have yet to be repaired at this point. Aside from the two at Ledo, only nine oil wells at Miri are still damaged and those are repairing very quickly.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (12/5/2020 2:15:26 AM)
Engine and Airframe Status Engine productions is going nicely right now with engine bonus currently achieved for the Ha-35 and hopefully in just over a month or so that will also be the case for the Ha-33 and Ha-34. I am also working on getting the bonus for the Ha-32 but that will take longer. The effort to reach the bonus has been done partly by increasing the number of engine factories (currently I have 250 Ha-33, 200 Ha-32, 100 Ha-34, and 300 Ha-35 factories) but also by being very careful not to overproduce any airframes at this stage. Speaking of airframes, some key highlights are that the Nick A is now in production with 60 factories (It's about time I bring in another fighter to the Oscar Ic and A6M2 mix), and the first Tojo IIa factory cluster is about to start giving me research points. I am also simultaneously researching the A6M3a and the A6M5 with three 30 factory clusters each. For the Russian adventure, I expect to have the Tojo IIa in service to supplement the Oscar Ic with a decent number of Nick As in support as well. For the Navy, I expect to have all participating squadrons flying either the A6M3 (which I will produce in limited numbers) or the A6M3a. In terms of other types, I will have the Helen IIa (armored variant) in frontline duty but I expect the bulk of the rest of my bombers will still be Sally types, at least initially. I don't expect I will risk light bombers in the Russian operation due to their fragility and short legs, but this may change if the opposition weakens.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (12/9/2020 4:29:26 AM)
May 2 to 9, 1942 This is a quick overview of the past eight game days to bring the AAR up to speed to the big shift in the campaign North Pacific I want to largely secure the Aleutians to further push back any Allied effort to assist the Russians so I am preparing some offensive action in this area. Over the last week the KB has been getting into position, and if the weather cooperates, we should have some fireworks here over the next few turns. South Pacific The effort to reduce Pago Pago continues apace and the Marine garrison there is showing signs of weakening. I will probably launch a major assault to take the island soon. India In India, Imperial forces continue marching forward and secure a few more bases further west and north. The 7th Armored Brigade is caught a couple of times and badly mauled but it eludes attempts to completely encircle it. A number of skirmishes occur in the sky, and the Allies bring their P-38Es once more into action. For the most part, I successfully avoid them for now. In once instance 10 B-25C medium bombers are shot down by a Zero and Oscar CAP that disperses (except for one unlucky Zero) before the P-38E sweep arrives. China The Chinese army encircled at Neikiang finally succumbs, and Chiang Kai-Shek himself surrenders and is marched off into captivity. The IJAAF remains very active in the air, carrying out multiple raids against Chinese troop concentrations across the country.

DesertWolf101 -> RE: Empire of the Sun (12/9/2020 5:17:02 AM)
New Opponent! The AAR is up to date, just in time to announce a significant change with this campaign. My opponent up till now has been very busy with real life (he works in the medical sector so completely understandable) and turns have been a bit slow. We discussed this and he graciously agreed to send his password to a new player with more time to continue the game at a sustained pace. To that end, Evoken has kindly agreed to step in and take on the Allies. I reached out to Evoken for two reasons. I had previously built a rapport with him when we were considering starting a game together that didn't pan out, and because he has experience with the Russians against the AI and I thought that would be ideal for the rest of this particular campaign. I fully realize that Evoken is starting off in the backfoot given the disadvantaged Allied position. To that end, I assured him that I am not playing for autovictory and that I will keep my promise to trigger the Russians. I also informed him about my imminent operations in the North Pacific to give him a bit of advanced warning there. We also agreed to a two week armistice in India. This one is rough as it will give him the time needed to prepare his forces and defenses and may remove my chance to take Bombay but I think he deserves the reprieve. I also agreed to spare the 7th Armored Brigade and allow it to escape. We also made a few adjustments to the House Rules. Strategic bombing is no longer off limits until June 1943 and can be engaged in immediately. We gave Allied warships the ability to carry forces in the same way as Japanese warships, and we can now allow paratroopers to land fragments to capture dot bases.

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