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RangerJoe -> RE: 1-6-42 (2/11/2021 2:14:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Xargun Quick post here. Turns are slow and its hard for me to keep up the rhythm needed to get a good early start. I am finding myself when I get a turn to hurry through it - touching on the current high points, but failing to plan ahead like I need to be doing. Never had this with any other games - turns were steady. Any suggestions? Xargun Make a cup of tea, then start doing your turn. Take sips of tea and relax. You are trying to get a quick turn around in the hope of getting a turn back. Find out when he needs it back and take your time. Start planning ahead and making those moves of getting everything ready.

witpqs -> RE: 1-6-42 (2/11/2021 2:22:15 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe quote: ORIGINAL: Xargun Quick post here. Turns are slow and its hard for me to keep up the rhythm needed to get a good early start. I am finding myself when I get a turn to hurry through it - touching on the current high points, but failing to plan ahead like I need to be doing. Never had this with any other games - turns were steady. Any suggestions? Xargun Make a cup of tea, then start doing your turn. Take sips of tea and relax. You are trying to get a quick turn around in the hope of getting a turn back. Find out when he needs it back and take your time. Start planning ahead and making those moves of getting everything ready. +1 And if you are finding problems with when you have time available because you want to keep the game moving, then you can open up a pre-end turn save to look around and make notes of orders you can give later when you get the real turn. This can help with tactical stuff (but that's limit of course) but where it can really help is the strategic stuff like finding the units you should assign to various targets for preparation, where are the transport ships you need and how you should group them. You can often get a bunch of decision making/planning done without the same time pressure. When you get the turn, do all the usual stuff and when you get to the strategic stuff just pull out your notes and execute.

Xargun -> 2-1-42 (2/17/2021 4:04:49 PM)
It has been 2 months real time but only a bit over 3 weeks in game time. The turns have been pretty slow and dry, with my troops slowly moving down Malaya towards Singapore, pushing up towards Pegu and grinding away at Clark Field - which finally fell a couple days ago. Here are some updates. First off Burma [img]https://i.imgur.com/r33BGpo.jpg[/img] I have been sitting at Pegu for a week, waiting for supplies to catch up. I forgot how slow supplies move overland from Bangkok. I need Singapore to fall so I can ship in 30k supplies to support the Burma campaign. But finally I have 4k supplies in Pegu - enough to move out. I have 1 Inf Div moving directly into Rangoon, with some artillery, while the smaller combat troops move northward around Rangoon to cut it off from retreating. I have a regiment moving around Rangoon to take Bassein and then move into Rangoon from that hex. While a smaller unit will move in from the hex above Rangoon, effectively cutting them off from escaping northward. Some Oscars at Pegu have been flying cap and killing Blenheims as they attempt to bomb my troops. A few small Ann air groups have been bombing Prome and Bassein - mostly to gauge what enemy units are there. I am moving paratroopers up to Rahaeng with the intention of dropping them on Prome to leap frog up the coast some.

Xargun -> 2-1-42 (2/17/2021 4:08:32 PM)
The Malaya Theatre [img]https://i.imgur.com/kWVInUQ.jpg[/img] I am finally about to move into Singapore itself after nearly 2 months of mostly marching and some fighting. Supplies are low, but I should be taking Johore in a day or two and then I'll move the 2000 AV into Singapore in one big jump - hopefully it will be large enough to avoid the auto shock attack for crossing the river. I am already bringing more supplies from Saigon over and will pound on Singapore until she falls - moving all the combat engineers I can find in the area over to help with forts. I am guessing he probably has level 5 forts by now.

RangerJoe -> RE: 2-1-42 (2/17/2021 4:16:05 PM)
You will still have the auto shock unless the units are in Reserve (Pursuit) mode and make it across with the retreating units.

Xargun -> RE: 2-1-42 (2/17/2021 4:17:16 PM)
Lastly the Philippines [img]https://i.imgur.com/4KMHPdm.jpg[/img] Mindanao Small units are taking empty bases on the western half of the island, while the bulk of the troops (250 AV) just arrived in Malaybalay - it took forever to march there from Davao. I hope the base will fall within a few days so I can push all the enemy troops north and begin the final onslaught. I probably do not have enough AV here to take the last couple bases, but I am hoping the fighting on Luzon will be mostly over and I can transfer some regiments south to help. Luzon I just dropped off a 2nd reinforcing division that I bought out of Japan at Iba. They are marching directly to Manila. The bulk of my forces at Clark are moving east into Cabanatuan and will smash the resistance there, then with the troops there, they will move into Manila. I hope the city falls within a few days once I arrive. The will free up several hundred AV to take the smaller islands and reinforce Mindanao, while the bulk moves to Bataan to begin the historical siege. I just got my first big group of land reinforcements - all in china, but that will allow me to pull the 21st Division out of Shanghai and send it to Malaya to help taking Singapore. The first group of air groups were all naval bombers - Vals and Kates - I could really use some more fighter groups, especially zeros if possible. Xargun

Xargun -> RE: 2-1-42 (2/17/2021 4:18:27 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe You will still have the auto shock unless the units are in Reserve (Pursuit) mode and make it across with the retreating units. I thought I have seen other places where if the initial landing was large enough it wasn't a shock attack. But maybe I am just remembering wrong. Either way a 2000+ AV assault should handle it pretty well I hope. Xargun

Xargun -> RE: 2-1-42 (2/17/2021 4:19:38 PM)
I apologize for the small font - didn't realize how hard it was to read until I posted. Next time I will use larger font. Xargun

RangerJoe -> RE: 2-1-42 (2/17/2021 4:48:07 PM)
If the initial shock attack is large enough, the following forces won't have to shock attack. This prevents the REMF in an HQ to make a bridgehead which then could be exploited by other units without suffering a shock attack.

BBfanboy -> RE: 2-1-42 (2/17/2021 5:53:36 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Xargun I apologize for the small font - didn't realize how hard it was to read until I posted. Next time I will use larger font. Xargun It's the red on blue that is hard to read - both are "dark" colours so it is hard to see the edges - and the black slanted lines on the water hexes don't help either. Yellow text shows up well on blue background. Ask any Swede. [:)]

PaxMondo -> RE: 2-1-42 (2/28/2021 2:24:41 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy quote: ORIGINAL: Xargun I apologize for the small font - didn't realize how hard it was to read until I posted. Next time I will use larger font. Xargun It's the red on blue that is hard to read - both are "dark" colours so it is hard to see the edges - and the black slanted lines on the water hexes don't help either. Yellow text shows up well on blue background. Ask any Swede. [:)] +1 size not the issue, red on blue ... not so good.

Xargun -> 2-7-42 (3/3/2021 4:31:45 PM)
Turns are returning to nearly one a day and my opponent says he should be good for 1/day and sometimes 2/day on weekends moving forward !! So glad, its keeps the pace nicely for me. Not much has happened, although my troops on Luzon are now in Manila attempting to take the city. I knocked the forts down to level 2 last turn and am attacking again. I have about a 3 to 1 advantage and am calling in all air support within range to help. Last turn was bloody with 1 allied unit being destroyed and over 2000 casualties on each side - mostly disabled units though. I am attacking again and will see how the attack goes to determine if my men need a day or two of rest before continuing. Last turn I swept the skies about Singapore - haven't run into any fighters there for a while - despite recon showing fighters there. Then I hit the port. Didn't do much damage to the port itself but caught a lot of civilian ships docked up. === Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 31 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged Allied Ships AMc Gemas, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAP Matang, Bomb hits 1, on fire CM Kung Wo, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires Repair Shipyard hits 5 Port hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 44 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Allied Ships CM Kung Wo, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage AG Pangkor, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage HDML 1097, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAPc MMS-51, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk HDML P 10, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAP Sin Kheng Seng, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Klang, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAKL Larut, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Kinta, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage AG Vyner Brooke, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Matang, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage MMS-93, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk ML No. 423, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Tatung, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAP Hong Kheng, Bomb hits 1 ML No. 310, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk HDML 1096, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Port hits 4 === Not many VPs here, but I will take any ship kills / VPs he leaves laying around for me. I am quite surprised he still has ships here 2 months into the war - especially support and misc type ships. APs / AKs could be moving men/supplies in and out if he wanted, but the rest are surprising. My mass of troops at Johore are waiting for a couple engineering units to unpack from the rails before we cross the river into Singapore and begin the bloody assault.

Xargun -> RE: 2-7-42 (3/3/2021 4:35:10 PM)
[img]https://i.imgur.com/BQYu15t.jpg[/img] Spotted these last turn about 6 hexes to the east of where they are now and ordered an evac of all my ships in the area - other than subs. Not sure what his plan is, but as you can see there are at least 2 CVs there along with a bunch of support ships. Really not sure why he has the CS ships there with the Oilers, nor why they are with the rest and not siting a ways behind. My only guess is he is sending them to OZ and they are cutting through the Marshall Islands and he is not afraid of my CVs? Not really sure what's going on. Haven't spotted any troops ships other than those APDs, and they can't carry enough to handle an opposed landing. Any ideas? Xargun

Xargun -> 2-8-42 (3/4/2021 1:13:59 AM)
[img]https://i.imgur.com/bgUtGxp.jpg[/img] So another turn and the allied ships move a bit south and are now showing that they are moving NorthEast. They spotted a slow moving merchie TF but did not attack. I am very perplexed as to what he is doing. Makes no sense to me. In better news, Manila fell on day 2 of the attack... Ground combat at Manila (79,77) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 67860 troops, 743 guns, 560 vehicles, Assault Value = 2010 Defending force 26341 troops, 152 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 406 Japanese adjusted assault: 1413 Allied adjusted defense: 281 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Manila !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses PBY-4 Catalina: 3 destroyed O-47A: 4 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 13 destroyed P-35A: 10 destroyed P-26A: 1 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 606 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 99 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled Allied ground losses: 31574 casualties reported Squads: 1045 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1759 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 77 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 190 (190 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 33 (33 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 11 Was surprised at the number of aircraft caught on the ground and wiped out. Makes no sense, but I have never really played the allies so I don't know all their tips and tricks. Xargun

Bif1961 -> RE: 2-8-42 (3/4/2021 8:01:57 PM)
Either you caught him off guard, not thinking your would capture it with your next attack, or those were previously damaged aircraft and couldn't be moved before your captured the base or a combination of those.

PaxMondo -> RE: 2-8-42 (3/7/2021 5:15:09 PM)
if no RR available, then if damaged sometimes there are few options.

Xargun -> 2-10-42 (3/9/2021 5:20:06 PM)
[img]https://i.imgur.com/q8HII59.jpg[/img] The war continues. With the fall on Manila, I posted a Surface Combat TF outside the harbor at Lubang to attempt to catch the fleeing allied ships - the plan worked. In all, my TF encountered 4 allied TFs and engaged them all. The first was a TF of 7 allied PTs - the battle was quick, with the IJN taking no damage and sinking 1 allied PT. Next up was a bunch of merchant ships (combat above in picture). Once more the IJN escape all damage and all 8 enemy ships were sunk. Next engagement was with 4 xAKLs and all 4 were sunk. Finally I encountered 3 more xAKLs and an xAP - all were sunk. In all that one IJN TF sunk 17 enemy ships while taking no damage at all. Other than the slaughter of merchant ships at Lubang, not much else happened. I combined 2 more divisions at Johore and gave them one day to rest and now the stack is heading to Singapore. I am starting to bomb the port (showing 15+ ships in port) as well as the airfields. Xargun

Xargun -> 2-20-42 (3/22/2021 7:03:44 PM)
The war continues, albeit a bit slower than I would like. We are passing almost 1 game day for each real day right now. Not a lot is happening, just the juggernaut slowing moving along the normal lines. Bataan fell on 2/17/42 dumping 20k prisoners into my hands and the sole possession of Luzon. My DMSs have swept Bataan of mines (took 2 days) and are now working on Manila. Then the island will be fully usable. Troops are marching to Manila for rest and reassignments. The IJA is sitting on Singapore island finishing up a couple days rest after the river crossing. I got 2:1 on the river crossing, but fatigue and disruption all went into the 60s+ so I gave the troops a couple days. They will be attacking again with air support and with a bit of luck I should take the fort. This will open the floodgates to Sumatra and Java, as well as easy supply and reinforcement of Burma. Xargun

Xargun -> 2-28-42 (4/14/2021 1:05:31 PM)
Singapore Falls !! It fell 2 weeks later than historical but over 42,000 allied troops were lost there. Unfortunately everything is destroyed - only a few Manpower are not damaged. I am not sure I want to rebuild any of it. I would have liked the HI/LI/RY but not sure I want to expend precious supply to repair them. It will be a week or more before the base is usable due to facility damage and I have my mine sweepers on their way from CRB and Manila to clear all the mines. The sea route to Burma is now open. A week or so ago, one of my subs found the BB Arizona sailing to the west coast and put two torpedoes into her - followed shortly by sinking noises. This is my first confirmed BB sunk from the pearl harbor attack. Reports show a total of 4 sunk, but the ship lost points do not agree. According to the points, I have 2 BB sunk only. But FOW is up to 90 days I believe so I still got another few weeks. Nothing else major has happened since I last reported. But with both Luzon and Singapore fallen my troops can now spread out more. Troops in Manila are already reassigned and are awaiting transport and escort. Xargun

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