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BBfanboy -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/23/2020 2:39:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe The annoyance factor would be high. The Marianas move inhibits movement to Truk so the move protects SoPac and Eastern Australia. It can also allow reinforcements and supplies to the Philippines. With a move to Iwo Jima, it makes it worse for the Japanese. Lowpe mentioned getting a lot of supply to the Philippines, which should make that area very dangerous for Japan. Lowpe can fly in B-17Ds and Cats for quick strikes and fly them out again. All they need is the Philippine bases and some supply. The bombers can go for oil in Borneo and even Formosa, the Cats on naval strike with torpedoes to hit IJ tankers. Few ground troops need to be sacrificed for this strategic bonus.

Lowpe -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/24/2020 2:26:14 PM)
Dec 18th, 1941 Despite the losses in ships this turn I am happy with the turn... I did get too aggressive with the British Navy, but will be ok I think. Boise had run out of fuel, and I am amazed I managed to draw out her demise for a few days. I almost saved her. IJN catches all the slow ships that were cut off at Java. [image]local://upfiles/44178/381C43A38F874CABB8AC832DADD68C58.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/24/2020 2:30:56 PM)
My British warship blunder...oh well. [image]local://upfiles/44178/7E5F8E7CF6C24317A512F27183D6B0B6.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/24/2020 2:34:53 PM)
KB moves south? [image]local://upfiles/44178/3E84C82B8F864314A96A805BCA0BF6F8.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/24/2020 2:39:17 PM)
Marianas Invasion is not detected, south of Marcus... Very happy here, but the subs are starting to proliferate. Houston is just off Midway, met up with a destroyer...will now head for Portland/Seattle. [image]local://upfiles/44178/6B82E5FD45D4491EA8B5501F317A0E6E.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/24/2020 2:46:32 PM)
Gonna defend Rabaul with ships...the Pearl destroyers have arrived and there are a lot of bases to use them from. Support ships for rearming and refueling are on the way. Louisville missed the small task force that invaded Vanimo...but her Seagulls got in one hit. [image]local://upfiles/44178/5F11C1C9BCF949A3BB3B3C44D864EBB3.jpg[/image]

mind_messing -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/24/2020 7:31:21 PM)
I'd consider some suicide runs into Truk and Babeldoab with DD's to mess with shipping. Not much IJ has this early to really punish the faster ships with high MVR - Betty/Nell have a hard time with torpedo/bomb attacks and there are too few Val groups to go around.

Encircled -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/24/2020 9:16:17 PM)
Bizarre move by the KB He's ashore on Java, so you wouldn't be reinforcing, and he's sank a lot of stuff around the DEI already He won't be landing in NW Oz this early and with such force, as it doesn't help him at all. Unless it reverses course next turn, it looks like he's wasting his biggest asset there.

BBfanboy -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/25/2020 2:06:10 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Encircled Bizarre move by the KB He's ashore on Java, so you wouldn't be reinforcing, and he's sank a lot of stuff around the DEI already He won't be landing in NW Oz this early and with such force, as it doesn't help him at all. Unless it reverses course next turn, it looks like he's wasting his biggest asset there. That CVL TF looks like mini-KB to me. I still think KB carried on to the NW toward Ceylon.

GetAssista -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/25/2020 11:36:39 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy That CVL TF looks like mini-KB to me. I still think KB carried on to the NW toward Ceylon. Significant part of the KB + CVLs/CVEs more likely. You can't have 350 planes in a mini KB at this point even with Kaga in tow. Then you also don't need full KB in the Indian ocean to smash any air that Brits have at this point

Encircled -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/25/2020 12:21:35 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: GetAssista quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy That CVL TF looks like mini-KB to me. I still think KB carried on to the NW toward Ceylon. Significant part of the KB + CVLs/CVEs more likely. You can't have 350 planes in a mini KB at this point even with Kaga in tow. Then you also don't need full KB in the Indian ocean to smash any air that Brits have at this point True The Hermes plus a few biplane torpedo bombers isn't going to bother 3 CVs But it would still mean less aircraft for operations though, and if he's going all out for India, then I'd be surprised if he's not taken the full KB

castor troy -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/25/2020 1:24:31 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe Pretty impressive speed...too bad their torpedoes have a high dud rate. Anyhow, need to use them well to merit sending them over here. [image]local://upfiles/44178/5B919FA3531C43C0ACABF07DEA300643.jpg[/image] You are seriously using full speed for off map movement? A decade after release? To each his own I guess.

BBfanboy -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/25/2020 8:49:25 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe Pretty impressive speed...too bad their torpedoes have a high dud rate. Anyhow, need to use them well to merit sending them over here. [image]local://upfiles/44178/5B919FA3531C43C0ACABF07DEA300643.jpg[/image] You are seriously using full speed for off map movement? A decade after release? To each his own I guess. This is a No HR game. Using game quirks is considered OK. The Japanese can put Jakes on the Glen subs too ...

castor troy -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/26/2020 10:33:18 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy quote: ORIGINAL: castor troy quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe Pretty impressive speed...too bad their torpedoes have a high dud rate. Anyhow, need to use them well to merit sending them over here. [image]local://upfiles/44178/5B919FA3531C43C0ACABF07DEA300643.jpg[/image] You are seriously using full speed for off map movement? A decade after release? To each his own I guess. This is a No HR game. Using game quirks is considered OK. The Japanese can put Jakes on the Glen subs too ... Ok, I see.

Lowpe -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/29/2020 2:49:49 PM)
Wonderful family wedding over the weekend! With family and friends coming from all over....absolutely great.[sm=00000436.gif] I was hoping to finish a turn off yesterday, but simply there wasn't enough gas in the tank to get it done, but just finished my turn and sent it back....knowing Japan, I suspect I will have a turn back this evening. British cruisers are making a full speed run to clear the area... Getting close to invading the Marianas...Odds are that he will spot the first invasion task force this turn...

RangerJoe -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/30/2020 2:25:42 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe Wonderful family wedding over the weekend! With family and friends coming from all over....absolutely great.[sm=00000436.gif] I was hoping to finish a turn off yesterday, but simply there wasn't enough gas in the tank to get it done, but just finished my turn and sent it back....knowing Japan, I suspect I will have a turn back this evening. British cruisers are making a full speed run to clear the area... Getting close to invading the Marianas...Odds are that he will spot the first invasion task force this turn... Congratulations! [sm=00000436.gif]

Lowpe -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/30/2020 11:57:43 AM)
Dec 18th, 1941 Sboats out of Luzon continue to do good work around Honshu... [image]local://upfiles/44178/3EC08347F9C742B5A9AB759CCE2415ED.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/30/2020 12:02:28 PM)
Iboats north of Ceylon return the favor and sink an already damaged British AMC... and we can see the movement north of Batavia continues... [image]local://upfiles/44178/41344217D58C4893BF94F3F83A029313.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/30/2020 12:21:34 PM)
Doing well here, Anathan invasion in two days. [image]local://upfiles/44178/384C11DEEF1247F3A80BB95A15EEC2EB.jpg[/image]

Sardaukar -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/30/2020 12:25:51 PM)
My old Witp-AE axiom is: "If it's worth hitting, it's worth hitting with a lot." [8D]

Lowpe -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/30/2020 12:50:29 PM)
The first real success in improving night fighting experience levels substantially. [image]local://upfiles/44178/23918F39C5534BD9A156C57917CDE5D3.jpg[/image]

RangerJoe -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/30/2020 12:51:14 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Sardaukar My old Witp-AE axiom is: "If it's worth hitting, it's worth hitting with a lot." [8D] Why use a little hammer if you can use a big one?

JohnDillworth -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (9/30/2020 3:13:59 PM)
This is absolutely diabolical. One wonders if your opponent thinks these fleeing rabble is worth his time.

Lowpe -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (10/1/2020 1:56:24 PM)
Turn is away, Lexington and Enterprise is making a flank speed move to Saipan...recon the three bases there, while the invasion fleet approaches to invasion day on the following turn...so it will most likely get spotted. I am hoping to be in a position to naval bombard Saipan and Tinian tomorrow, along with perhaps some air action.

Lowpe -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (10/1/2020 1:57:55 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JohnDillworth One wonders if your opponent thinks these fleeing rabble is worth his time. He has an overall early tactical goal, and is not going to be diverted from that...in all honesty there are very few good ships in the Thundering Herd and I have lost two of them already (Langley and a big AS).

Lowpe -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (10/2/2020 1:01:26 PM)
Dec 20th, 1941 The IJA spearhead, 17 units takes Nanyang at 9-1....inflicting heavy losses, but I feel it is a victory for China![sm=00000289.gif] Ground combat at Nanyang (85,45) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 67561 troops, 656 guns, 142 vehicles, Assault Value = 1951 Defending force 26556 troops, 156 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 554 Japanese adjusted assault: 2266 Allied adjusted defense: 244 Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Nanyang !!! Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 1278 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 46 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled Allied ground losses: 8404 casualties reported Squads: 230 destroyed, 58 disabled Non Combat: 395 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 54 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 52 (35 destroyed, 17 disabled) Units retreated 4 [image]local://upfiles/44178/EB6733C5A0764C8A946A8A8B64999220.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (10/2/2020 1:13:34 PM)
By putting the 13th Corp into Reserve they managed to extricate themselves from the IJA juggernaut in very good order, keeping their guns. They also gained 4 experience points and didn't suffer a catastrophic morale hit. I probably should have changed their leader prior, but good leaders are scarce now as they are already spoken for in more serious positions. Plus we grinded down the IJA 40th Division to 280 AV... [image]local://upfiles/44178/34E237F812504F35821FA2CAEA697DAA.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (10/2/2020 1:34:11 PM)
The Ankang and Sian roadblocks to the south will hold for quite a while, in good terrain, digging in, with AA on the Sian block. The IJA eastern spearhead towards Sian will take Sian, which I don't plan on defending too heavily. The roadblocks to the south will fight and die in place hopefully. I don't plan on establishing a defense in depth here in the roads south of Sian, simply because once the front line is forced to retreat, the next hex is then robbed of all supply by the disrupted retreating units weakening the defense greatly, causing a snowball of defeat and failure thru the depth of the defense. Chinese units have cut off the easy shipment of armor to the Nanyang axis, so you have to assume it will be coming on the eastern axis towards Sian...it is the super dangerous axis of advance and fighting it forward I think is a mistake as China simply can't get enough units there early on to stop the advance, or even really slow it for more than a day. Better in my mind to keep the two spearheads from meeting around Sian by blocking south of Sian with sacrificial (but good) units. [image]local://upfiles/44178/0809B201C3534D6C908E9EC3486487C2.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (10/2/2020 1:38:28 PM)
East of Kukong we have caught an IJA unit, and today another 350 AV joined the two Corp already there, so we should be able to force it to retreat... This move has caused the three IJA units to the north change directions and head south. The resource rich base of Pingsiang is strongly held now... [image]local://upfiles/44178/1EC9B87F5B7A4FF4BD9C7069E3B2CC62.jpg[/image]

Lowpe -> RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A)) (10/2/2020 1:47:00 PM)
Singers... [image]local://upfiles/44178/92CB6BB3B3E945DEB6C258E3B0266BF1.jpg[/image]

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