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PzB74 -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/18/2006 6:05:55 PM)
Guess we can follow Nakajima's career from now on Honda [;)] Welcome Veji, you've posted here before...havn't you? Too much praise can make even Gawd blush [:'(] I guess the most important thing is to belive in what you're doing - and that hasn't been too difficult in this game since the going has mostly been good. The hard part is yet to come! Really difficult to find good pictures of Matsu class destroyers..here's the Sumire! [image]local://upfiles/1466/9218396F41CA4CE9A8359F5E0C535E68.jpg[/image]

Panzer76 -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/18/2006 6:46:23 PM)
Been following this AAR long after I gave up WitP. I really like the amount of info we get, not too much, not too little. Lykke til videre!

Alikchi2 -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/18/2006 6:49:26 PM)
Yeah, well done! Been following this since day 1 [8D] I love your screenshots, defensive strategies, and of course the Fall of India! Keep it up [:D]

Honda -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/18/2006 6:54:21 PM)
Liberation of India!!!

PzB74 -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/18/2006 7:55:34 PM)
It's understandable that not everyone have time for a massive game as WitP! A bit afraid I'll be hard pressed to play more than 4-5 turns pr week myself soon. When I don't get my beauty sleep I just loose interest...for more than WitP [8\|] Yep, India is the big catch! New maps, patches and know-how has made this adventure more and more difficult - but I still think it's doable. Soo many cargo and transport ships on the production line: and I don't really need them! Afraid they will only provide points for Andy in a year or so. Can't halt their production, so maybe we can dig them into the ground as fortifications on atolls!? [:'(] Spies in Darwin reported that the USS Sargo sank just outside of the Australian port yesterday [:'(] Spotted some enemy ships between the Marshalls and Wake Island!? Not sure Andy is ready to launch another offensive, need some R&R first me thinks...but you never know! AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/03/44 Sub/ASW Attacks A few asw attacks - but no results! Still lots of subs in the China Sea... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 35,48 Japanese Ships PC Ch 19 PC Shonan Maru #2 PC Kyo Maru #7 PC KanjuPC Etoforu Allied Ships SS Bluefish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 35,48 Japanese Ships PC Ch 19 PC Shonan Maru #2 PC Kyo Maru #7 PC Kanju PC Etoforu Allied Ships SS Bluefish -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Combat Strikes against Eniwetok, Wotje, Maloelap and Emirau! Day Air attack on TF at 61,83 - tried to move a damaged transport from Emirau but it was caught despite of the bad weather. Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 34 Spitfire VIII x 7 Beaufighter Mk 21 x 19 P-38J Lightning x 28 P-47D Thunderbolt x 11 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Melbourne Maru, Bomb hits 12, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Map over Northern Japan As you can see I'm in the process of reinforcing the Northern Approaches to the Empire. Tomorrow I'm relasing an aviation regiment with 250 aviation support for Shikka! An enemy invasion will be bogged down, counter-attacked, attacked and destroyed [;)] [image]local://upfiles/1466/55F2BE0EE34344DAB5EA9DAC5E147DBA.gif[/image]

FeurerKrieg -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/18/2006 8:43:09 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PzB Guess we can follow Nakajima's career from now on Honda [;)] Welcome Veji, you've posted here before...havn't you? Too much praise can make even Gawd blush [:'(] I guess the most important thing is to belive in what you're doing - and that hasn't been too difficult in this game since the going has mostly been good. The hard part is yet to come! Really difficult to find good pictures of Matsu class destroyers..here's the Sumire! You are right, that is a very ugly duckling. Floating brick come to mind.

PzB74 -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/18/2006 9:33:55 PM)
Beauty has had to give in to efficiency and cost effective production Feurer! Upgraded yet another Dinah II recon group to the much more efficient Dinah III model today. Only one group with the old model left - in all 900 Dinah IIIs have been used and a production run of 72 ac pr month has barely been sufficient! The Shokaku and Zuikakau received a much heavier AA suite today: 70 25mm AA guns! The ships now got an AA rating of 1038 - that's even acceptable in the 'Allied camp'! Next upgrade: 07/44 (In mid 44 90% of ALL Jap warships are due for an upgrade). 8 more days until major air and ground reinforcements arrive! Moving 2 brigades and one regiment out from Soerabaja: they will defend the islands between Java and Timor. This is the last 'opening' in the Defensive Perimeter. Further efforts will be concentrated in around Northern New Guinea. Most of the January reinforcements will be used for this purpose. After that it's time to build a reserve and mann the seconady defensive lines. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/04/44 Air Strikes Wewak is hit and 6 transports are destroyed! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wewak , at 52,81 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 46 B-17E Fortress x 28 PB4Y Liberator x 12 B-24J Liberator x 66 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-57-II Topsy: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged PB4Y Liberator: 3 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 36 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 17 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 78 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Central Pacific Wake and Marcus Islands are the outmost bases in the Main Defensive Line. It's possible Andy will make a move against them! They're both atolls and without LBA support it will be difficult to 'soften them up'! [image]local://upfiles/1466/CD84A78301E845FEBBA617181A548A95.gif[/image]

bbbf -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/19/2006 12:34:24 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PzB Soo many cargo and transport ships on the production line: and I don't really need them! Afraid they will only provide points for Andy in a year or so. Can't halt their production, so maybe we can dig them into the ground as fortifications on atolls!? [:'(] Why can't you halt them? Stop them, halt our merchant shipyards and save the resources expended on targets!

PzB74 -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/19/2006 5:45:55 PM)
Moving more and more base force units to the Philippines and Borneo - the area will become an impregnible fortress! Told Andy about how many divisions and brigades that will arrive before the end of the year. Always nice to return a favor...not very kewl to listen to Allied fanboys ranting about how many carriers they're going to receive in 44-45! [:'(] Increased production of Nakajima and Mitsubishi engines again! Very difficult to keep up with demands. Halted production of 80 Sallys pr month: got 450 in the pools. The last big battles taught me that we need huge pools of Zekes, Oscars, Bettys, Sallys +++ ac! The butchers bill will be enormous and droves of planes will need to be replaced - especially when Andy triggers the Kamikazes. This will happen when he invades a base 15 hexes from the Home Islands as well as a few other bases including...Takao. Have to check the manual to be sure. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/05/44 Sub/ASW Attacks A battle took place between the USS Robalo and one of my big tanker convoys! The convoy got an escort group + a strong asw screen. The Robalo still managed to hit a tanker before being damaged itself. The tanker should make it back to Brunei! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 35,54 Japanese Ships TK Kyuei Maru TK Yamazuru Maru PC Ch 23 PC Ch 2 PC Tama Maru #8 PG Santos Maru PG Saiko Maru PG Kogyoku Maru PG Kiso Maru PG Kanko Maru MSW Toshi Maru #7 MSW Kyo Maru #3 MSW Hinode Maru #18 MSW Hinode Maru #17 DD Arashio Allied Ships SS Robalo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 35,54 Japanese Ships PC Shonan Maru #17 PC Fumi Maru #3 PG Shinko Maru #3 PG Nikkai Maru PG Kyo Maru #10 PG Keiko Maru PG Chosa Maru Allied Ships SS Robalo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack at 35,54 Japanese Ships TK San Ramon Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire PC Ch 23 PC Ch 2 PC Tama Maru #8 PG Santos Maru PG Saiko Maru PG Kogyoku Maru PG Kiso Maru PG Kanko Maru MSW Toshi Maru #7 MSW Kyo Maru #3 MSW Hinode Maru #18 MSW Hinode Maru #17 DD Arashio Allied Ships SS Robalo, hits 1, on fire ------------------------------------------------------------- Cargo Ship Construction I took another look at cargo ship production bbbf - the reason I said it wasn't possible to halt it was that I've tried to do it before but couldn't! After experimenting a bit I found that AK/APs that are more than 120 days from completion hasn't really been started and can't be halted (the game doesn't allow you to anyway). In a way this makes sense, larger ships (build rate >10) can be halted up to 200 days before completion. So now I've halted most of the cargo and troop transports - will finish those that are due within a month or so. The production of tankers and auxilliaries will continue, accelerating another two MLEs. Over the next few months I will build a large merchant marine production pool before closing down the yards. This is the best way to prepare for total war in 1945! [image]local://upfiles/1466/8342095CB98445D689041841C9F1A005.gif[/image]

pauk -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/19/2006 6:15:01 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Feurer Krieg You are right, that is a very ugly duckling. Floating brick come to mind. It's may be ugly, it's may be slow but i think this class is quite useful. Although their speed (28 knots) isn't enough for escorting KB, their high AA rating (400 and more?) and DC Type 2 makes them perfect for Baby KB and Escort carrier division(s) escort. They have a radar too, which could make them more efficient... PzB, perhaps you can use this DDs and escort carriers as decoy fleet in the future "Mother of all battles" instead historical decoy fleet - KB?! Of course it is suicide mission but if enemy carriers hit this decoy fleet first maybe they will lost some of their tactical bombers and you could inflict significant damage with real KB next turn?

pauk -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/19/2006 6:24:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PzB The production of tankers and auxilliaries will continue, accelerating another two MLEs. Over the next few months I will build a large merchant marine production pool before closing down the yards. This is the best way to prepare for total war in 1945! [image]local://upfiles/1466/8342095CB98445D689041841C9F1A005.gif[/image] What about your other CVs scheduled for 1945 (other than first three Unryu's?) - it seems to me that you should have enough shipyard points for accelerating them - if you did already, i'm interested about their new arrival date. If you don't have enough naval shipyard points, i suggest you to expand them little more - you have plenty of supply. Same is for armament - if you don't have large stockpile of armament points you may expand them. You still have enough resources, supply and oil for that. IMHO it is better to have big surplus in pool and halt them, then just producting to keep production alive - one day Andy will start to bomb your industry and if you manage to stock enough engines, armamaent and vechile points you can continue fight for 6 months longer - in 1946!

PzB74 -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/19/2006 7:23:02 PM)
The Matsu's are ugly but useful Pauk - the problem is that only 4-5 of them are yet in production - accelerated them today. Quite cheap, 6 points. So we won't see them in any number until mid-late 44. The idea is good but I'd rather sacrifice some of my smaller 3000 endurance destroyers. The small escort carriers that are due in a couple of months should be nice bait. Not sure whether Andy will go for the decoy, with 30 carriers he won't have much to fear anyway. What about 10 carrier TFs loaded with 1000 Zekes put on 90% CAP [8D] That should kill of quite a few US carrier strikes - especially uncoordinated ones. Then LBA could be used with great effect (this would of course have to take place during an invasion of the Palaus and Marianas). The last 3 fleet carriers will arrive in ca 2 months Pauk [:)] Should boost KB strength to 12 fleet carriers, 3-4 light carriers and 8 escort carriers by mid 44. Agree, big pools is a good thing! Right now I'm burning lots of supplies to expand ac engine production. Think naval yard output is hight enough, when we finish the last carriers there will be a big surplus! AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/06/44 Air Combat Andy sent some Liberators from Midway to hit Wake Island today and got 10 ac on the ground! 'Better move in some Zekes.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Wake Island , at 82,63 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft PB4Y Liberator x 24 Japanese aircraft losses G4M2 Betty: 1 destroyed Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-30 Ann: 1 destroyed H8K Emily: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses PB4Y Liberator: 2 damaged Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 22 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PzB74 -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/19/2006 10:04:57 PM)
Andy is coming for Eniwetok! Large groups of enemy ships is approaching. I've evacuated the aviation regiment from both Kwajalein and Eniwetok + a reduced artillery and AA unit. There are still 15k troops left including two large SNLF units, a crack engineer regiment, a base force units and some remnants. Assault value is 306 with 9 forts. I expect that Andy will bombard the place with heavy air strikes and surface units before invading. When Eniwetok falls the route to the Marianas will be open! The question is which base(s) he will invade. Personally I would have chosen Pagan as it's a bit isolated from the rest of the islands. So the garrison will be reinforced over the next few months with a few crack infantry units and artillery units. If Wake and Marcus Islands are invaded the Bonin Islands will also have to be reinforced even though I don't think it would be safe to invade them without capturing the Marianas first. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/07/44 Surface Combat Spotted an enemy convoy near Mussau Island and sent a destroyer squadron led by the light cruiser Yubari to intercept! It was a success and shows Andy that he can't get complacent! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Mussau Island at 60,83 Japanese Ships CL Yubari DD Uranami, Shell hits 1 DD Sagiri, Shell hits 1 DD Ushio DD Kisaragi Allied Ships PT PT-103, Shell hits 3, and is sunk PT PT-110, Shell hits 1, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Mussau Island at 60,83 Japanese Ships CL Yubari DD Uranami, Shell hits 1 DD Sagiri DD Ushio DD Kisaragi Allied Ships AK Charles Robinson AK Don Marquis AK Donald MacLeay AK Edward N. Westcott, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk AK George H. Himes AK Henry C. Payne AK Henry L. Hoyt, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AK Ina Coolbrith, Shell hits 16, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk AK Jefferson Davis AK John Evans, Shell hits 1 AK Luther S. Kelly AK M. H. De Young AK Marina Raskova AK Owen Summers, Shell hits 1 AK Richard Moczkowski AK Robert S. Bean AK Stephen H. Long AK Stephen V. Benet AK Thomas M. Cooley AK William Beaumont, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk AK William Prouse Air Combat Put some Tojos in Truk to cover my surface combat group - they intercepted an Allied bomber formation and savaged dozens of Liberators [:)] 20 were shot down and 51 damaged! for the loss of 6 Tojos (only 2 pilots). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Day Air attack on Truk , at 63,78 Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 35 Allied aircraft PB4Y Liberator x 12 B-24J Liberator x 91 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 5 destroyed, 14 damaged Ki-57-II Topsy: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses PB4Y Liberator: 12 damaged B-24J Liberator: 14 destroyed, 51 damaged Japanese ground losses: 47 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 20 Runway hits 158 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Libs also came back to Wake Island and met a CAP that caused further damage! Day Air attack on Wake Island , at 82,63 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 A6M5 Zeke x 22 Allied aircraft PB4Y Liberator x 19 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged A6M5 Zeke: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses PB4Y Liberator: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A huge Allied invasion force is heading towards Eniwetok and a small convoy was attacked. (Allied carriers rained in - lucky escape!) Day Air attack on TF, near Eniwetok at 76,74 Allied aircraft Beaufighter Mk 21 x 7 P-47D Thunderbolt x 16 No Allied losses Japanese Ships PG Hakkai Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enemy Sub Threat Look at all these subs - have to work hard to suppress them! The tanker that was hit yesterday reached port and only got 40 sys damage and will be ok. Will try to send out hunter killer groups supported by LBA asw ac. A sub was reported hit today. [image]local://upfiles/1466/8D5218EF59D44E328A80BB55A3D0F126.gif[/image]

PzB74 -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/19/2006 11:13:20 PM)
Pretty sure Andy will go into a rant on his thread today! My asw ac hit at least 6 subs [:'(] My subs ain't working so it's nice to return the favor.... OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR 01/08/44 Ki-36 Ida attacking Rasher at 50,47 Rasher is reported HIT Ki-36 Ida attacking Crevalle at 49,46 Crevalle is reported HIT Ki-49 Helen attacking Flying Fish at 49,46 Flying Fish is reported HIT Ki-48 Lily attacking Flying Fish at 49,46 Flying Fish is reported HIT Ki-48 Lily attacking Puffer at 49,46 Puffer is reported HIT Ki-49 Helen attacking Puffer at 49,46 Puffer is reported HIT Ki-49 Helen attacking Pogy at 50,48 Pogy is reported HIT AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/08/44 The first bombardment TF went in as expected today! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Eniwetok, at 76,74 Allied Ships DD Braine DD Bradford DD Boyd DD Bennett DD Beale DD Bache DD Charles Ausburne DD Anthony DD Ammen BB Alabama BB South Dakota BB North Carolina BB Idaho Japanese ground losses: 775 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Airbase hits 6 Runway hits 53 Port hits 3 Port supply hits 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub/ASW Attacks Sub attack at 36,55 Japanese Ships PG Shinko Maru #3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage scuttled PC Shonan Maru #17 PC Fumi Maru #3 PG Nikkai Maru PG Kyo Maru #10 PG Keiko Maru PG Chosa Maru Allied Ships - scored a dud hit on a tanker today! SS Balao -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Aru Island , at 39,80 - a LRCAP over Aru Island claimed 3 Dakotas today. Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 22 Ki-46-III Dinah x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged Allied ground losses: 54 casualties reported Vehicles lost 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Truk , at 63,78 - as expected the heavies came back with little friends..only to find the place deserted! Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 43 B-24J Liberator x 43 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-57-II Topsy: 3 destroyed Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 30 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Eniwetok , at 76,74 Allied aircraft P-47D Thunderbolt x 34 B-25J Mitchell x 43 PB4Y Liberator x 24 B-24D Liberator x 37 Allied aircraft losses PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Port hits 8 Port supply hits 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enemy invasion fleet of Eniwetok Another unopposed invasion - well, in the air and sea that is! Let's see how long we can delay the enemy! [image]local://upfiles/1466/8D3E67259FFB484C9A4A6D8BFDEAD614.gif[/image]

WhoCares -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/20/2006 1:07:55 AM)
Though a little late, concrats to the 100k from a regular reader since almost day 1 (more regular starting with the India endeveaour [:D]) and sometimes poster [&o] Regarding the sub-pest, you might post some of your float planes on the most likely abroaches, e.g. put the bigger Pete units on Batan Island, Jolo/Tawi-Tawi and Belitung (near Toboali). No need to waste some precious Air-Regs but you can support them with your AV ships. Sure, the Petes/Jakes/whatever won't sink the subs but they might score an occasional hit, forcing the sub to turn around or at least increase the detection level for your stronger forces.

PzB74 -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/20/2006 2:37:36 AM)
Thx WhoCares, good to hear from you again! Each time Andy moves out his subs they come in hoards - and we swat em like flies [;)] Me thinks he has to use them more cautiously, catch me of guard when I'm busy elsewhere..cause the buggers are becoming aggressive and carries quite a punch! So for now I don't worry too much about em, much the same as Andy doesn't have to worry about our boats [:(] This game is just as much about stamina as anything else, sticking in with all the peculiarities of the game as well as the cunning of your opponent for 4 or more years of real time can be quite a bit�h.... Semper Fi - be faithful and never give up on yourself! [sm=Evil-210.gif]

PzB74 -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/20/2006 3:01:45 AM)
This famous picture is actually of a Matsu class destroyer - the Nara - sinking after being torpedoed by a sub! Only 2 out of the 10 ships that were lost of this class were sunk by subs. Another 100 ships were ordered but subsequently cancelled in March 1945. It took about 6 months to finish one, half the time compared to the bigger types according to the Combined Fleet site. Wish it was possible to rescind that cancellation of that order..those extra destroyers will be sorely needed in the last 8 months of the war when no more reinforcements arrive [:'(] [image]local://upfiles/1466/AF1C4B97CFDF4F35986D810B47461B8F.jpg[/image]

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/20/2006 4:17:58 AM)
great tony ambush , shows the poewer of cannons in vanilla games [:D]. maybe you have the real bility to stop him using unescorted raids from now on. i'm kind of suprised his bombers came back the next day as morale must have been awful. and as ever ... good job !

Fishbed -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/20/2006 6:19:03 AM)
quote: great tony ambush , shows the poewer of cannons in vanilla games That's even better than that, looks like PzB did it with... Tojos! Kewl [:'(]

PzB74 -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/21/2006 2:12:46 AM)
A couple of strange events....didn't get a turn from Andy, guess the Internet Gremlins took it. Got a resend tonight and sent the following mail back: Andy, Even more weird! The last turn I sent you on Sunday evening was 01/08-44 and tonight I got 01/10-44 back from you. None of the changes I did in the last turn were there and suddenly I got a NZ Kittyhawk Sqd in Java! Resending 01/08/44

PzB74 -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/21/2006 2:14:07 AM)
Can't say the ambush was planned - I only provided CAP for my surface combat group when Andys bombers showed up. The Tojos had an avg exp of 67 and performed very well. Will stay away until the heavies start coming back without escort fighters [;)]

CapAndGown -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/21/2006 4:17:35 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PzB What about 10 carrier TFs loaded with 1000 Zekes put on 90% CAP [8D] That should kill of quite a few US carrier strikes - especially uncoordinated ones. Then LBA could be used with great effect (this would of course have to take place during an invasion of the Palaus and Marianas). This is the reverse of what I would do. LBA should be used to attrit his carrier CAP before sending in your own carriers. For one thing, your LBA fighters are better planes than the obsolete Zekes and so can actually damage his Hellcats. Plus, I imagine the your Judy's and Kates attached to the KB are higher quality than your LBA bombers and so should be saved until they have a real chance of getting through the CAP.

PzB74 -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/21/2006 4:09:29 PM)
The reason for this Cap & Gown is that I *DON'T* trust that my carriers can launch coordinated attacks. It's the one big receipt for disaster! So why risk it? The idea is to transfer my high exp Jills and Judys ashore and let them follow my LBA to their targets. Ideally the enemy should be allowed to 'hang around' for a week first, battling my LBA CAP!

Honda -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/22/2006 12:27:58 PM)
You can do what Ozawa did. He lauched the planes at near max range and had them land on Mariana airstrips. That way he could launch stirkes with strong escort since he was out of enemy range. It woun't work that way in the game but a similar effect can be achived by ferrying the planes to Marianas the day before. In the Marianas scenario I played vs. AI I found it possible to bleed his CAP by KB as a bait with 90% CAP and a full fighter complement. The losses were catastrophic at some 3:1 but high experiance Zekes did quite well so you could hope for better results. A few uncoordinated attacks by USNAF and you'll wreck his offensive capabilities. Also it may not be a bad idea to make the first TF of the KB you form a bit stronger in the AAA department. I have a feeling that's the one that draws the strongest attacks.

PzB74 -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/22/2006 10:28:24 PM)
That is much my plan Honda - the hope is to move my carrier strike ac from the Philippines to the Mariana/Palau islands that are the farthers away from the enemy assault. Then they can be moved only a short distance the next day and strike the enemy with only low fatigue. These issues have to be sorted out when the big thing comes down! A KB with 20 carriers poses such a big threat to any invasion that Andy will have to keep his own flat tops around his invasion fleet. So he will have to stay close to the invasion armada and loose his mobility - and this is what we have to take advantage of. Replaying the turn didn't help much..still something spooky going on and one of my turns got 'lost'. I've redone my orders and sent it back to Andy. Hopefully it was a glitch! AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/09/44 Some air strikes and a few Betties strayed into a heavy Hellcat CAP but otherwise no important events. Andy is still preparing to invade Eniwetok! Renegades I received a squadron of Kittyhawk renegades today [:'(] Anyone experienced anything similar? [image]local://upfiles/1466/7DF728B43D294047A1E683B9EF173C6C.gif[/image]

ChezDaJez -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/22/2006 10:53:43 PM)
quote: I received a squadron of Kittyhawk renegades today Wonder if this is related to the other turn problem? Chez

Monter_Trismegistos -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/23/2006 1:55:41 AM)
You could make him surprise and CAP lets say Woje with them :P

Freddy Fudpucker -> RE: Celebrating 100k hits and 755 days of war! (2/23/2006 7:33:53 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: PzB None of the changes I did in the last turn were there and suddenly I got a NZ Kittyhawk Sqd in Java! Hi PZB, Another lurker here. I have posted once or twice before but it was some time ago. I have been following since day one and this is the only aar I check regularly. Congrats on 100,000 views. I too have experienced a mystery 'enemy' squadron appearing. Playing as Allies vs AI, I received a squadron of IJN Nates in Burma. They are under allied SE Asia command. Slowly the AI has been adding Japanese pilots to the sqdn. I�ve placed them in a base with no air crews so they can�t do anything unexpected.

PzB74 -> Eniwetok invaded! (2/26/2006 2:46:34 PM)
Been a short break, but now we're back at it! Not going to use the Kittyhawk as it's a bug...but it is tempting [:'(] Thx Freddy! I added 4 pilots to the Kittyhawk squadron and they were all Allied. Game seems to be behaving again: Andy invaded Eniwetok today with little preparatory work by his LBA or carriers. A strong force landed and reduced forts to size 7. There are only 2 Naval Garrisons and parts of an engineer regiment in place. Don't want to waste too many troops. Place will probably fall within a week or so! In the meanwhile preparations for the big battle continues, ships are being repaired and reinforcements shifted to perfectionize the defenses. 2 more days and it's another 'reinforcement day' [8D] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/10/44 Bombardments Naval bombardment of Eniwetok, at 76,74 Allied Ships CA Portland CA Chester CA Minneapolis CA Canberra Japanese ground losses: 222 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 17 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasions TF 1063 encounters mine field at Eniwetok (76,74) Allied Ships AK Red Jacket, Mine hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1030 encounters mine field at Eniwetok (76,74) TF 1030 troops unloading over beach at Eniwetok, 76,74 Allied Ships MSW Lockeport MSW Bellechasse MSW Ungava MSW Quatsino DE Charles R. Greer DD Wadsworth DD Sigourney DD Ringgold DD Hudson DD Hazelwood DD Fullam AK Norse Carrier, Mine hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported Guns lost 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Eniwetok, 76,74, firing at TF 1030 60 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DD Aulick DD Fullam Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 1525 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Eniwetok, 76,74, firing at TF 1030 TF 1030 troops unloading over beach at Eniwetok, 76,74 Allied ground losses: 231 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Eniwetok, 76,74, firing at TF 1071 TF 1071 troops unloading over beach at Eniwetok, 76,74 22 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied ground losses: 316 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Eniwetok, 76,74, firing at TF 1074 TF 1074 troops unloading over beach at Eniwetok, 76,74 72 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DD Hutchins CL Adelaide, Shell hits 1 DD Franks, Shell hits 1 Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 444 casualties reported Vehicles lost 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Eniwetok, 76,74, firing at TF 1098 TF 1098 troops unloading over beach at Eniwetok, 76,74 Allied ground losses: 184 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Air Combat Day Air attack on Truk , at 63,78 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 29 PB4Y Liberator x 6 B-24J Liberator x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses PB4Y Liberator: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 35 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Aitape , at 51,80 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 43 B-25J Mitchell x 85 B-24J Liberator x 21 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground Combat Ground combat at Eniwetok Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 6797 troops, 30 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 37750 troops, 441 guns, 29 vehicles Allied ground losses: 49 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Eniwetok Allied Shock attack Attacking force 35178 troops, 439 guns, 26 vehicles Defending force 14880 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 9) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 7 Japanese ground losses: 1241 casualties reported Guns lost 10 Allied ground losses: 1154 casualties reported Guns lost 80 Vehicles lost 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Eniwetok invaded! [image]local://upfiles/1466/B5372F87EC384421B7C1B45E10C9419D.gif[/image]

PzB74 -> Eniwetok falls! (2/26/2006 11:05:17 PM)
A day early substantial land reinforcements arrived! 3 Air HQs - mostly sent to Northern Japan together with an aviation regiment. 2 NLF units and the 2nd Amphibious Brigade are being shipped to the Palaus. Planning to reinforce Woleai! A large inf division is being loaded at Inchon and will move to Menando or Morotai. Want to cement the 'junction' once and for all. Tomorrow 500 ac including 200 naval bombers and 200 Zekes arrive! [8D] The 72 transport ac will also come in handy...no idea what to do with the large amounts of Irving night fighters and recon units I got[&:] The night fighters can fly daylight CAP missions I guess. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/11/44 Ground Combat After a heavy sea bombardment the airfields at Eniwetok were captured in another costly shock attack by the US troops! Not unexpected... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Eniwetok Allied Shock attack Attacking force 32821 troops, 334 guns, 23 vehicles Defending force 12289 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles Allied assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 7) Allied forces CAPTURE Eniwetok base !!! Japanese ground losses: 950 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Allied ground losses: 2394 casualties reported Guns lost 70 Vehicles lost 7 ---------------------------------------------------------------

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