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herbieh -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (4/11/2005 12:40:31 AM)
1/2/42 Nasty opponent drops mines in Kwalejein, claiming a APD DD Amairi (or whatever) sinks at singapore, victim of a mine MInes are the big killers of my fleet at the moment This hurts personally I work in a mine warfare school So I should know better. 107 zero sweep palembang, no CAP 26 B17 hit Kuching[8\|][8\|][8\|], no damage today lots of Hudsons attack tanaka, and KB, they die Mutsu shrugs a bomb from a hudson I sink an AK with a sub We Naval Bomb darwin At Lingayen gulf, we throw the phillipine unit out At aparrir his tanks hold on And south of nanning 4 chinese units route my division there. Paras take Saarinda, a new offensive opens Burma Little happening here, IM going for Akyab, 2 divisions move north Malaya - 2 fast BBs sent south to bombard. rest day for the zeros Borneo Zeros at Kuching - your turn, lets keep up the pressure at samarinda the airlift begins Davao - ships dispatched North Australia Tanaka is diverted to hit Derby, lots and lots of ships sighted there. Timor is filling up with a/c Darwin - KB is ordered to attack of the 4 BBs that attacked Yamarishio will have to go home, she has 21 system damage. Tonight Mutsu and nagato will hit, and the real landings continue It could be an expensive battle. In China I have ordered units to advance up north, more as an distraction. Little Hosho continues her lonely vigal east of brisbane 2/2/42 Darwin explodes Subs and mines are his main weapons The landings continue Timor air gets going, Helens and zeros attack derby, met by some air Mutsu hits darwin. But I just cannot close the field ( This whinging about naval bombardments ---- Ive had 6 BBs on station bombarding now, and I cant close down the field, it all seems pretty balanced and realistic to me_) 2APs hit mines Ta Aparri his tanks are destroyed darwin defences are revealed. 1 coastal gun, 4 base forces, 1 defence unit, 4 forts Derby has 7000! troops The sweep over palembang achieves little And KB refuses to hit darwin

herbieh -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (4/11/2005 5:33:49 AM)
The battle for darwin rages More guns, more mines, and tabpub has left his liberators at darwin, they too hit my APs Yet only 3 APs are hurt, but 2 DDs will sink The troops get ashore 100 sallies hit palembang BB haranua hits a mine, bombing palembang, 1340 casos reported She shrugs the damage MSW are at work, clearing, we control the air it seems At yenen my Sonias are hurt, but we advance The phillipines settle down, troops are recovering - it will take a month Ships enroute to derby And a snlf lands in the gulf of carpentaeria, and has only 1 hex to cover to cut the road south from darwin 12 days 4/2/42 More carnage darwin, KB still wont get into the fray, socked in today[:@] Deliberate attack Forts to 3 It wont take long We hit Derby from Timor, resistance is weak His B17s hit Kuching again - I like this, he loses planes to zeros darwin still has liberators The week end ends with darwin a death struggle, derby under threat. Phillipines are getting back on track Solomons are consolidating well Gilberts area I chase you, you avoid me sub fest China is a lot of movement, for little grand change And We have air superiority in the north DEI, with troops now enroute to Medan ATTACK!!! If I gain Northern Aust, Im out of the malaria zone.

herbieh -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (4/12/2005 12:26:51 AM)
Tabpub writes he is pleased with Darwin We will see Today I assigned heaps of units PP objectives for India I have no inttention of going there, but I hope intell might tell tabpub that I am A huge air battle day today The carnage at darwin continues, Ill never invade this place again AUSSIES ARE SUPERMEN!!!!![:'(][:'(][:'(][:'(] 22 Lillies attacked wunchow , and met the AVG. OUCH!, I lost 17[X(] 8 zeros swept mandalaby, but met nothing 15 B17 kuching - persistant aint he-met by 48 zeros, and no losses each side 110sally, 80 Nells hit Palembang, escorted by 78 zeros 13 nell hit tarakan 96 sally hit bataan finally 38Val, 136 KB zeros hit darwin, results were very poor[:(] 15 helen, 20 zero hit derby 29 liberators attacked at darwin, met 30 zeros, 15 confirmed liberators shot down In burma Im attacking west of taung gyi Sumatra I capture sadang malaya, the rebuilding continues Borneo, trying to get AV support into samarinda Celebes we rearm the BBs, and they are sent south again Timor, supplies arrive, troops told to prepare to move to aust. darwin, the attacks continue, these divisions will be badly hurt by the end of this dont ask the naval cost - its terrible, Im going to lose 10 APs here at least, with 3cl,damaged for months, and at least 4 dds lost all up In the gulf, the troops unload, and begin marching Phillipines. troops rest. at Naha recovery is at 5 points a day - this is very good Brisbane - hosho remains on patrol Noumea, a sea of red dots surround the place, but no contacts for the subs The ASW war goes well - he keeps deploying to shallow water - and keeps dying! Next day tabpub claims he knows my plan, as if it aint written in red! Its the 6/2/42 darwin continues, a deliberate attack kils more allied troops, but the odds are 0 to 1 I will rest several days, naval bomb again The APs are empty, headed to Timor for more troops KB moves west, into the Indian ocean we go Finally at Mandalaby the british airforce turns up lots and lots of planes from there attack my ground troops I sent 3 sq of zeros to rangoon today, along with 2 of oscars we will rest 1 day, then destroy the british air Im sure he is convinced that I am committed to Medan or darwin, the numbers of zeros I have is growing very very quickly, Im pumping out nearly 160 a month, while they dominate the sky I want my good pilots to have good planes Port Moresby grows to size 4, AV support still at sea. The landings near derby begin/continue, units to the hex NW, and units to the NE of the place The next target is medan, the invasion of sumatra is not far away

herbieh -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (4/12/2005 11:45:35 PM)
7/2/42 Subs still in darwin harbour Subs attack KB, but miss We Naval bombard Medan in Sumatra, and its a good one for a change More stragglers get into darwin 79 sallies, 66 nell hit medan today his B17s from soerabaya hit timor, no damage iether side - the difference between a base you recon 1st and those you do not is startling His Mandalaby AF attacks again Derby planes cant hit anything, and we see lots of ships now at bali Today I will attack Mandalaby, 3sq of zeros, 2 of oscars We land medan tomorrow, 3 full brigades are assigned In borneo, Samarinda will soon be occupied with support, and AV troops Im surrounding Derby, and with 5 BBs about to bombard darwin the attack is ordered resumed KB moves into the Indian ocean, trying to fade from the picture Little Hosho gets an attack of the nerves, and heads home In China I try a single brigade shock attack against 1 corp near yenen, and its a fiasco yenen "offensive" is cancelled.

herbieh -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (4/14/2005 12:14:20 AM)
today sees a sub off japan, laying mines? We Naval bombard Medan, moderate damage We naval Bombard darwin, 3 BBs, 1600 casos, 43 guns,13 vehciles, and 2 liberators Another AP joins the darwin artificial reef, man the fishing will be good in this harbour one day I try to hit mandalaby, the oscars go, but the zeros did not fly, I think rangoon is overloaded His hurricanes, and P40s a few lysanders strike at my troops, a few casos At derby a wirriway hits a AP B17s attack Massacar this time, no hits Another naval bombard of darwin, 350 casos, then again, another 587 casos The BBs are parked and deliberately shooting. We begin unloading at Medan At darwin the troops attack the vital objective of the Victoria Hotel, the troops tell me that this will allow an observation post for the artillery to be set up on the upper balcony. In a 2 to 1 attack the forts fall to 2. The target of the Tin Billy bar (forget the exact name, but its a beut pub) is tomorrows objective Although short of supplies the troops reliably inform me that capture of this pub will cut of the airfield. Its all about the beer in darwin[8\|] A unit is sighted south of darwin, I really, really hope that that is retreating troops west of Wyndam my little NLF has run into an un identified unit, this should be interesting Derby is being cut off, more troops enroute here, and to darwin Way down south in the gulf, troops are 15 miles inland, 45 to cutting off the road to darwin In the phillipines all is quiet, troops recovering about 5 points everyday China, I pull back from the north, I just want him focused to the North, as my troops slowly crawl to the south by the coast road Have begun to think about the next phases As I see it, Sumutra will need the 3 divisions The 5 in the phillipines will be needed for the south DEI, especially soerabaya, and balikapapn and tarakan have to be taken This is at least 2 months, cant release the phillipine ones for at least 2 months I cant see all the invasions finished now until may So, it will be KB as the only offensive weapon I have, for new conquests. I cant get around it, after the phillipine fiasco, capturing the DEI will be the end of my offensives No adventures this game. Long term plan for a victory Build a huge reserve at Truk. Then crush decisively the first tabpub offensive.

herbieh -> Darwin beer for all (4/15/2005 12:00:02 AM)
2/9/42 troops pour into medan ASW action of Kupang, and Samarinda Mutsu and Nagato pound darwin We sweep mandalaby, and nothing rises to defend, very frustrating! helens hit derby Wirriways at derby get into stride, hitting a PG and a AP I can attack north of kendari, the unit there will not resist long After bitter fighting for the last remaining pub in darwin, a last 16 inch shell destroys the Aussies last keg. Looking around a rumour starts of more beer in Alice springs Being only 500 miles away ( a quick duck down to the shops for an aussie) they retire Troops in Darwin spend day recovering. 38 division will need forever. 21 div will rest 1 day More Naval guard units are enroute The airfield is a mess But supplies are good[:'(] Over at Wydnam we chase remnants of sparrow force back into wyndam, with more troops about to be landed there, this will be 1 unit not coming back Derby ops continue Troops in the gulf have marched 20 miles towards the railway. KB sails further into the indian ocean Im watching very, very carefully the recovery of troops. I must delay the 1st invasion to march 1. I expect to resume the phillipine invasion at the same time Concentration of forces, and more supplies are to go forward!

herbieh -> RE: Darwin beer for all (4/15/2005 12:08:12 AM)
10/2/42 A very quiet day, sweeping mines in darwin, moving planes about I counted 19 liberators destroyed on darwin field, the pursuit is ordered. In Burma our advance on Akyab must now be apparent Will attack Medan tomorrow 160 Zeros will cover the Sumatra invasion (does not include KB)[:'(] Elsewhere, especially in japan, lots of base forces and SNLFs are nearly filled out. I have put no replacements for all china units, this seems to be helping the manpower fill out quicker After DEI I am seroiusly considering calling a halt to further invasions, ( other than Burma)its only Febuary, and already Im digging in. Australia will be very interesting. I will have 2, 3 airfields, he will have alice springs, maybe cooktown. The counter attack will be bombed a lot enroute. At worse, this gambit is going to give Port Moresby and the solomons a lot more time to build up (and Im a busy beaver there at the moment) I await his response with interest.

herbieh -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (4/16/2005 10:44:06 AM)
Showing my computer skills, finally worked out how to post from home computer[;)] 11/2/42 Unloading at medan An AK sinks of darwin Troops unload at broome, Wyndam Mines at Kaweljien again[:@] mandalaby air hits me again[:@][:@] My Betties from Kuching hit soerabaya - lightly escorted I expected a slaughter, they hit an AK, avoid the CAP, only lost 2[:'(] We will shock at medan tomorrow Building Kuching up again, betties, and zeros Building far too many zeros, nearly all claude sqs are changed now. darwin beer runs out, 21 div heads south.

herbieh -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (4/16/2005 10:49:00 AM)
12/2 Hit a sub in darwin harbour I send Fuso and yamarishio home for the 1st refit cycle, lots of ships enroute for singapore, via jolo Medan falls Wyndam falls derby is empty, he runs away broome falls Im resting, and moving troops.

herbieh -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (4/16/2005 10:51:50 AM)
OK 1st of march is the next invasion day, divisions are building strength up again nicely, plan to resume in Phillipines then, and land main strength in sumatra. derby fell A quiet day, 1 B17 raid, 1asw action, 1 ap hit by a sub Quiet day

herbieh -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (4/16/2005 11:05:34 AM)
14/2/42 valentines day, not much love about though[sm=00000106.gif] Sub action south of GG CL Kashima sinks in darwin harbour 16 oscars tried to intercept his mandalaby raid - he thinks Im coming north to manalaby, I aint, its Akyab Im after. An inconclusive clash Lillies at legaspi start training, the shattered group from the fiasco in china Im sending paras to banjarsmin, it appears empty A massive PP turn, as allocate all the units from the russian front that will be coming south future objectives Ive been saving PP for an extra division for the phillipines, but as this crises eases, and it becomes evident that I will not be able to go on any adventures [:@][:@] its dig in time base forces, engineers are growing in strength in Japan, very soon we will begin the real dig in phase Port moresby airfield is up and running, size 4, betties on the field. darwin is going to become a hard nut to crack 9 I hope) going to string a heap of units down the road, dig em in, back them with bombers, probably the helens. Should be an interesting experiment. At least the oil will be safe for a little while The grand plan is nearly ready. Tabpub has fortified Java, and all his ships are there. Now with kuping in Timor built with betties, and derby also with naval air, macassar, and kendari also with air, the southern gate is closed. KB refuels to the west, plenty left North , every nell on map awaits, under a massive zero cover. I intend to sink every ship left in java[sm=00000028.gif]

1275psi -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (4/18/2005 12:03:49 AM)
having totally stuffed up my Profile I am demoted to recruit[:(][:(][:(][:(][:(] trying just to get back onto the forums. ggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr so 1275psi is herbieh, just been demoted 15/2/42 MSWs at work near sorebaya- his that is. Very confusing A sub attack in mallacca straight. ASW task force needed here! B17s hit kuching again, cap too low again[8\|] Mandalaby air hits me again - tabpub has found the answer to the problem the british have in Burma NO CAP at all My LBA is too light at the moment to close fields, so why challenge my raids Very very annoying Helens begin operating in Darwin on ground attack The philipine air force continues to drop a lot of iron KB is sub attacked , no hits, although I think his sub was damaged The paras capture Banjasmin in borneo, now to fly in the AV support, and begin to really close the net on java Burma- march! malaya - rest, attack troops with LBA Sumutra - Medan oil is OK, 100% available, tankers enroute Kuching - zeros to 28000 feet Borneo - Troops about to pour into samarinda Celebes - Kendari, moved more air power in, and 35000 resources to be picked up Timor - Kupang repairs Australia - troops taking up positions, engineers enroute, derby has 13000 resources Gilberts - quiet Phillipines- on current rate of repair, 1st of March will see the resumption of the offensive China - we begin a new manouvre game near nanning Other things The convoys are begining to take shape, with the 1st oil convoy about to get home, and several resource convoys enroute each and everyone is being individually routed, which means a long turn, but is worth it.

1275psi -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (4/18/2005 12:10:47 AM)
16/2/42 High command orders the phase 3 ops to begin March 1, by then all units will be in place Several sub actions again, no losses iether way he insists on operating in shallow water - good 8 zero sweep mandalaby - no CAP - see what I mean!!!! 81 sally hit palembang troops 21 helens "the intersection" south of darwin And now for the "not cricket" bit[:D] Ive been lurking KB out of range of Java for 2 days, tabpub leaves his bombers on naval attack KB closes the coast, 90% CAP 52 martins attacked - 164 zeros defended 52 martins shot down[:'(] KB will fade away for 2 days, then try again Burma - enter pagan tomorrow, Akyab 30 miles to go Everywhere else is very, very quiet but turns still take an hour[:D]

1275psi -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (4/19/2005 12:08:57 AM)
17/2/42 Mines in the gilberts again- hes a busy little turd he is[:@][:@][:@] Mandalaby air continues to avoid a fight, grrrrrr A very quiet day, still regathering for the next effort Convoy routes are really starting to get going, 1st major oil delivery will arrive this week. KB will move again, subs are as thick as nats. 18/2/42 Sub attack on KB, misses both sides B17s hit samarinda - and miss totally I pound palembang Hoshos announces a CVL in bismark sea Phillipine airforce continues its job Troops enter Pagan, begin an artillery duel Junyo CV arrives, needs to fill out some air. Samarinda unloading troops, and AV support sails from Jolo for banjasmin KB closes thecoast opposite of Palembenang I have looked closely at troop disruption levels The invasion proper of Sumutra will begin in 3 days The return of 2 full divisions to the phillipines will begin in 5 KB has about 1 week of fuel reserves ect left, she will go to Truk , change out the extra zeros, and then go and park herself almost permanently between noumea and brisbane- and annoy the crap out of tabpub[:'(]

1275psi -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (4/19/2005 2:56:01 PM)
19/2/42 B17s miss stuff at samarinda Sallies hit clarke helens operate out of darwin Little hosho keeps attacking isolated aussies near rabual KB is not attacked, he is skulking FIne, he aint going anywhere, KB retires south, intend to park south of bali, fill banjarsmin with planes this week, and force him out into the open sea I do wonder how a port attack would go against palembang? In burma i will attack at pagan In china 5 div, 3 ind brigades are near canton, to blow the southern china front apart, Im hoping to surround at least 8 units on the road to nanning. 18th div, imp div and all support troops begin loading at singapore PH 3 will soon begin. Im going to sieze adaman island this week (I hope)

1275psi -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (4/21/2005 12:25:51 AM)
20/2/42 tabpub taunts me- look at the clock, time is short, what are you waiting for! its only mid febuary[8\|] air battles at pagan, i bomb, he bombs KB rests, as we recon the target i-123 sinks off soerabaya KB is ordered to attack Pagan falls Troops loading at singapore troops load for the phillipines All subs are recalled to the gilberts , to ready for the next long range ops And Im looking forward to china Hopefully by now it must look like I have not a clue re land combat china Soon to fix that! 21/2/42 A b17 recons PM 37 hurricane attack pagan batavia sprouts planes, they hit a msw KB is attacked 96 zero cap 43 p40e,21 demon,16 hawk,28 buffalo,20 buefort,12 tv1,11 vildabeasts,7 martin,27 b17 I lose 23 zeros just 1 demon survives, and some bomber remnants attack BB Heie wears 2 bombs from B17s, and 1 torp. she is 25/17/19 Further waves attack, and destroyed KB strikes soerabaya CLs Tromp, de-ryter,java and 5 Dds are sunk 2 ml sunk 1 msw sunk total losses for the day 29 zero (strangly nearly all from 1 sq) 15 kate 3 val total 37 a/c Enemy 146 a/c The back of his air defence has been brocken in one go KB will retire to TRuk, and prepare again The re- organising of the airgroups will take a week I will soon have banjarsmin operating, the convoy is 3 days out. I dont fear his planes now Tomorrow we land north java And TF 11 - 7CA will bombard batavia The DEI are doomed, and I spent half the turn looking at all the units building in japan. very soon they will head south to consolidate. loss of pilots is a worry, I did however have extra zeros on the CVs, and these seem to have suffered worse. I will disband them into the proper carrier groups. Its all going to plan again!!!

1275psi -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (4/21/2005 11:55:01 PM)
A dissapointing day 22/2/42 I clear mines off palembang 104 nells hit batavia, and score just 5 hits 43 betties hit batavia, and score 2 hurricanes from mandalaby continue to harass helens are training by bombing isolated troops in australia 97 sallies hit bankha Some swordfish hit 1 msw, and sunk her off palembang I recon soerabaya, no cap left - a telling sign[:D] In Burma only 9 miles to Akyab In sumatra we are about to land at Jambi, 4 BBs covering In borneo, 2 days and we will land all the aviation we need at banjamasin In Celebes I will build up Kendari as the central base for this area In North Australia all facilities are repaired, an amazing amout of resources are available at derby. Planning to build the main defences about 5 hexes south of darwin Solomons are building now. 4 bettie Sqs and 2 zero in theatre Gilberts are very quiet In China troops are trickling into canton, to the North the numbers of troops in Wunchow , and on the road to nanning fluctuate daily. This will be interesting. KB retires, I want it settled into TRUK, or Rabual. AKagi and Kaga are due for refit Examining the airgroups, 4 zero ones on Akagi and Kaga were half strength. So the Vals left behind in Japan are coming south to rejoin Kaga and Akagi, and thezeros flew off to kendari. here the guest groups were disbanded into the "proper" airgroups. Overall KB fliers remain at full strength, and experience levels on the reformed groups are extrodinary. BB Hiei struggles along, she will need a lot of yard time. troops are recovering nicely everywhere. I ahve high confidence this next offensive phase will go well.

1275psi -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (4/23/2005 1:32:18 AM)
23/2/42 Landings at tambi in northern sumutra Chinese air over yenen is very annoying Batavia swordfishtorpedoe a msw little action overall today, several fast transport missions ordered to invade empty hexes The big decision is the setting up of a permanant patrol line east of japan, a string of pgs, backed by a single AO. Will be interesting to see if this is viable 24/2/42 Unloading at jambi Landed troops at muntok- the island east of Sumaqtra decided to do something about his annoying Burma air raids By now his pilots will be getting quite experienced, noticed the last few raids were at 200feet, or 1000 -low anyway So lots of LRCAP set at 3000 knocked down 8 beufort,3 brewsters,7 P39, 5 lysanders and 16 hurricanes Began loading troops for Banda. Elsewhere the bombers just continue th milk runs, blowing stuff up 25/2/42 sallies continue to pound palembang tarakan comes under attack And banjarsmin, opposite to the DEI now has full support, and zeros, they will sweep soerabaya tomorrow Landed troops at lamon bay, aSNLF, opposed by 1 phillipine division Troops pouring into North sumutra, and the phillipine armies are almost back, or on the move Manilla is again a battle ground Akyab will be taken tomorrow And the CHina offensive begins

1275psi -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (4/25/2005 12:36:37 PM)
26/2/42 Unloading troops at bankha sweep over mandalaby with zeros, no bites His mandalaby air hits tavoy[:@] I try to close the place with lillies - pathetic idea is it not! In the phillipines I assualt at lamon bay, ooops, he is quite strong there sampit in borneo is taken by the 2nd paras In burma, im pulling the divisions out of Akyab, back to rangoon, while I fly in base forces. Sumutra, the big unload slowly continues, no opposition at all BB heie heads home, Fuso and sister are now in japan, awaiting repairs and refit. 56 div arrives back into the phillipines 27/2/42 various air raids about the place, i intercept DC3s over mandalaby Bankhla falls Ouch, driven out of lamon bay. bankhla is heavily damaged, 4000 oil. the actual oil facilities are in very good shape 35 brigade is given to the burma command. In north aust, digging in south of the bases, and trying to move units about to recover All Divisions are now battle ready again, the recommitt to battle is given, ships are loading again. Today moved all the phillipine air to china, try to catch him out. The china offensive enters the hex south of wunchow 28/2/42 he says the offensive in china has caught him off guard, good A typical day, air missions over Kweilin,soerabaya,manilla,and north aust. the china air missions wasa fizzer, the air goes back to the phillipines basically the war is this About to assualt wunchow and kweilien Getting the malaya campain troops into sumutra Moving convoys about, the oil is flowing ata trickle, resources as well i must spend 20 minutes just directing each convoy, most are unescorted, 2 or 3 ship at most. Lots of troops in japan that have now reached full toe, the convoys are loading up for the south Subs are inactive, gathering in the gilberts for the next op KB is moving through the Celebes, enroute to Truk I have 2804 political points, 10 more days and I will be able to tranfer a home division to the front, then its a flood of engineering and base forces 1/3/42 Burma - rangoon, pagan mine malaya - mine Sumutra - north is mine, troops gathering in jambi java - is his- but i have control of the air it appears Celebes - are mine Borneo - he still holds balikapapan, tarakan, they are under siege, I do not want them bombed, so they can wait North Australia - is mine Papua new guinea is mine - including Gilli, gilli, and PM The Solomons are mine Gilberts are mine China, nothing taken - due to our house rule Phillipines - he holds on well, but that will change this month Losses, have been OK in the air, not inflicting enough though Naval lossses - 2cl, and about 9 DDs Today betties sink CL sumutra and a dd with an un opposed port attack soerabaya The war goes to plan, sort off.

1275psi -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (4/27/2005 12:31:58 AM)
2/3/42 troops enter wunchow - and from intelligence tabpub is worried Mines in tarwana this time!!!, and they sink a PC A sub attack of the coast of north japan hurts a AK badly - she has 7000 resources on her, ouch Over Kweilin 27 Zero, 34 oscar vs the AVG, I lose 2 zero, 3 oscar for 9 kills Continue bombing manilla Zeros attack and sink 3 PT boats at bali, pesky cockroaches Burma - moved oscars into akyab Malaya- moving troops out to sumutra Sumutra-jambi soon an operational field, the army gathers. grabbing oil at medan and bankhla Borneo- marching on tarakan, balikapapan Phillipines- the troops gather at lingayen gulf, last divisions 3 days out, 4 divs to attack from the north Celebes - oil convoys and resource convoys Solomons- more base forces enroute Gilberts- more base forces enroute Australia - digging in, moving troops china - attack at wunchow with 5 divisions all subs are at Kwalejien (a few are off java) KB is near ambonia BB yammato joins tomorrow soerabaya - lots and lots of ships sighted, will he make a run for it?

1275psi -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (4/28/2005 12:41:22 AM)
3/3/42 tabpub mentions an offensive due - spring rain. Must be in China, can not be any where else. Im attacking in the south, so it might come in the north I order 3 divisions north he hits resources - 1 hit with a night bomb in burma I sink a sub with a dedicated asw in the malacca straight He hits an AP of jambi, it will make it, but the sub is damaged in the counter attack Bomb balikapapan, 5 port supply hits Continue bombing palembang The attack at wunpunko goes in, 0 to 1, forts 6, I lost 2600 casos to 281 OUCH very disapointing 4/3/42 I am becoming very aware the clock is ticking, and so much yet to be done In 6 days I can purchase a new division, and then finally start buying eng,av units for the south More bombers over palembang, they sink a tanker today 21 betty say hello to cairns, just to let him know i can shock at wunchow- i mess up the orders can not work it out, this time only 300 casos, less than him need engineers i think Im trying a new tactic here, 4 divisions are trying to swing around the back. jambi is size 2 Its all hang fire as i wait for final delivery of troops at two places, jambi and lingayen gulf Should resume the attacks in about 3 days Not soon enough KB is of the north coast of NG BB yamato joins tomorrow. little hosho is sent to scout south of lunga

1275psi -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (4/29/2005 12:36:03 AM)
Not such a good day for me. Burma This whole front worries me very badly, 2 divisions are retiring from Akyab, the enemy has a unit due east of it South of mandalaby I have 2 brigades and a tank unit Mandalaby has a lot of units Its in the air that things are going wrong 40 B17s attacked rangoon, only 3 hits, but I have nothing to stop him with yet, the Nates are of course useless 41 oscars and 22 lillies attacked mandalaby, and met 36 hurricanes Disaster as 27 oscars were shot down Only 5 hurricanes lost I have to withdraw my air in burma until DEI taken, then come back in strength His attacks cause little damage so far, lets see how we go Malaya Almost empty of combat troops, lots of aviation support left 4 sally sqs, 4 Nell sqs and 5 zero sqs are in singapore The nells will hit batavia airfield tomorrow Sumutra North is secure, lots of units will have to remain on guard At jambi still 2 or 3 days to get all the invasion ashore, it has been so slow MSWs are sent to clear the harbour at palembang Some enemy air operates out of batavia Java 27 zero swept soerabaya from borneo lost 2 , shotdown 29 various planes, no compensation though for burma Borneo troops entered balikapapan, not coordinated enough though, so this is a worry Phillipines Again still trying to unload troops at lingayen gulf, about 3 days before we march to clarke field only 300 political points to get for another division - this too will go to The phillipines resting 4 sallie sqs here, , 1 zero one in action Celebes secured, and kendari is repaired North Aust 2 divisions slowly repairing at darwin, and 65 reg about to arrive as well trip wire units are well south of the ports 10000 resources already heading home Solomons here too the phillipine disaster is reverbrating, as I lack shipping. The dispatching of multiple small units to this area has begun 3 bettie sqs are at rabual 1 at port moresby only 1 zero is available so far KB again will be shield as i begin to build up the area KB is 3 days out of truk Gilberts Are in my eyes very vulnerable, building up forces in japan Japan BB yammato sails to Tokyo, a small TF of her, CV Junyo, Shoho and a CVE will be formed, possibly for action up north Attu island - going to withdraw the unit there shortly, nothing to be gained here at the moment China deliberate at wunchow, 1800 casos, no fort reduction No engineers - they went to the wrong place So this attack is a disaster as well China is a mess Other things the 1st sub I have seen on my dedicated convoy routes is spotted, 3 asw groups are dispatched personally very frustrated that all the offensives have stalled. 2 sub attacks today, hitting 1 AP April 1 target is slipping right rapidly[:(][:(][:(][:(]

1275psi -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (5/2/2005 2:32:19 PM)
6/3/42 An A is hit of jambi by a sub, and gets away An AK goes down to a sub in the mallacca straight OOOPs, 3 zero and 13 lilly attack a bucket load of hurricanes at mandalaby, too embarressing 107 nell hit batavia, and kill a few planes on the deck The big decision, all the oscars to sumutra battle, all the zeros to burma. Wunchow is stalled.

1275psi -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (5/2/2005 11:57:02 PM)
7/3/42 Clearing mines of palembang, an APD hits one, and a sub gets her Its a steady trickle of losses Some blenhiems are still operating against me , they hit Pagan Ships sighted near adaman island I hit Clarke, impossible to tell if the bombing is doing any good So4erabaya planes attack banjjarsmin in borneo, the raid is brocken up nicely I keep pounding manilla troops advance south out of Jambi, as the oscars move in to provide local CAP 100 plus zeros will attack in burma tomorrow, plus 2 betty sqs 8/3/42 Upgrading to 1.5 1st tanker attacked by a sub on the convoy route, now I have to move it he Naval bombarded Adaman island, he will be back 100 zeros escorted 29 lilly to mandalaby 11 zeros lost, shot down 22 hurricane the B17s show up again, now operating from India, they hit pagan, well, they hit near the place[;)] 9/3/42 Sank a sub near palembang Attacked the sub operating on the convoy route neat Hong kong, missed it I naval bomb tarakan, a single CL is going to stay and keep the troops awake all night and day[:)] A big naval bombardmant hit batavia, 940 casos, lots of planes destroyed (well 4 then) No enemy air over mandalaby today[:'(] Its in China that I suffer a major defeat, a deliberate attack in Wunchow suffers 4370 casos[X(][X(][X(][X(][X(] I order a retreat China is now how it was in reality - stalemate, so our house rule definately works tabpub said that signit gave him enough warning as my troops saved the 50 PP they needed, and he was waiting for me. In manilla 4 rested divisions and 2 brigades march towards clarke 10/3/42 operation Jugular launched, the cutting of the south pacific convoy route 20 plus subs sail from kwelejien (spelling!) to lead KB and to recon it He puts mines into the gilberts by sub again I clear em, again[:'(] Another naval bombardment of palembang, the tokyo express is in full swing BB revenge sighted in India I have a shattered oscar sq, it moves to singapore, and will begin training bombing singwep island to the south. Pilots are at 20 to 35 on average LOVE THE NEW PILOT STUFF, now I can manage losses far better It was a quiet day, as we both re asses things under 1.5 I establish a trip wire ofAKs to the east of tokyo, no doolittle raid on me 11/3/42 A unit pushed out of rangoon emerged from the jungle, and is cutting the road north, Im chasing it with 35 brigade. In Burma my planes attack targets of opportunity, 2 sqs need a bit of training. The oscars begin ground attacks against sinkep island He recons baker KB finishes fuelling, soon to sail 12/3/42 I have been taking the ports on the west coast of sumutra, last night 1 ap dropping off a construction unit was attacked by 2 dutch DDs The AP wins[:D][:D][:D], chasing the DDs away!!! the war grinds on A new division sails from Japan, target balikapapan, tarakan Troops are just 8 miles from clarke Troops are just 1 hex from palembang Fighting continues Wunchow, nanning area Burma , we chase Indians Solomons, extra troops are now flowing in Gilberts, extra troops are preparing in japan KB sails for the enemy down south Batavia will be destroyed tonight as 6 BBs and 12 CAs will bombard the place Spent all my political points available (just 80) just in Burma fixing up squadron leaders Only palembang and the port to the south remain in Sumutra. The wheels stuck in the mud for a while, they are starting to roll again BB yammato is at sea, to join Mutsu and Nagato.

1275psi -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (5/5/2005 12:03:05 AM)
The Dutch navy will never get over the shame For the second night running DD kortenar, DD van ghent attack a lone AP - Ayatosan maru For the second time she fights them off, and is lightly damaged demorilised the DDs go home. troops land at tarakan, no enemy CAP at soerabaya Akyab is viosited by B17s operating from dacca BOOO HISSSS, a sub sinks my heroic AP[:@][:'(] Im landing at Noemfor, the north coast of New g is almost all red now Allied deliberate attack at Wunchow - 0 to 1, 862 enemy casos Allied Naval bombardment agaian Adaman island, and Akyab gets a 2 BB visit Tabpub will be very dissapointed with the results, very few casos, and literally no damage[8\|] Overall: Enemy pressure is rising in Burma, Im going to set a trap at Akyab, the army is pulling out here, I hope he tries to re occupy it this early on Malaya is quiet Sumutra - very frustrated with troops marching faster than others, I can understand why, just trying to make sure a single division does not get thrown out again is the tricky bit About half way to Palembang now Java Im going to pound batavia tonight At tarakan he shocks attack, so I know how weak he is - very North Aust - Sparrow force continues to be good target practice, the divisions in darwin are well on the way to being fully fit again Spending far too many points fixing pilot leaders, but it is a worthwhile exercise, about 30% of squadrons are now OK 14/3/42 Its only Mid march, and some one is getting itchy fingers, the Indian ocean is getting busy At batavia those two hopeless dutch DDs try to attack Tanaka and his 7 CA Glub glub, good 8 inch gun practice naval bomb batavia, palembang, batavia, good results reported In Burma my air hits Indian troops At rabual a unit comes out of the jungle, I pound it We bomb tarakan with sonias And oscars are training bombing sinkawep rabual shock attack chases the enemy away Tarakan falls, 40000 oil, 52000 resources TERRIBLE NEWS, tarakan is (81) 19 for oil (342) 258 for resources Ill fix the oil, resources will remain damaged, supply convoys enroute to begin the process - i guess at least december 42 before full production again[:(][:(] troops marching 8 miles a day on palembang troops enter clarke the phillipine campaign is coming to its long delayed finish Tokyo is a hive of activity as troops depart for all points south China - we are bombarding in the nanning, wunchow triangle Im going to commence a strategic bombing campaign here after the phillipines fall 15/3/42 tabpub too reports lots of traitors, jap spies shot in his airforce[:'(] sparrow force is destroyed totally We chase troops near rabual Unloading the 1st new troops at kavieg and biak, the digging in is underway rangoon recieves a big raid, he is trying to close the field as I see 2 BB enroute to akyab again. It Looks like he is getting impatient in burma, or feels Im weak. No Im just not committing here until I have a big enough force Clarke begins - the sallies hit the place he deliberate attacks at manilla, 1500 casos Again I think he thinks Im not strong here, Im in great shape, troops here are enough to pin down 4 divisions , Clarke is the Key KB sails from rabual - operation jugular A massive screen of subs will sweep eastwards from east of noumea, then to suva, then north east towards canton island Hosho will lead KB, and we will cruise the convoy route, and see what we sink CVL zuiho, ryhujo detach for the indian ocean CV Hiyo sails from japan, Hiyo is 17 days away, shoho is 21 system , and little taiyo also sails Time to put a prescence into the bay of bengal[:)]

1275psi -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (5/6/2005 12:41:22 AM)
Burma he cancelled the naval bombardment, this front is quiet today, just the usual pin **** raids Malaya the training flights against sinkwep? just roll on Sumutra Troops still marching south, its slow going though, grrrrrr All the air rests, and the BBs rest I have a horrible feeling the oil wont be worth capturing, just a wreck Java still a few ships hiding at soerabaya, I really am starting to think tabpub has abandodned the dutch, and is going to let em die where they are. Borneo only tarakan left, and a full division is enroute . North australia troop recovery continues, building holes to hide in continues CELEBes still have a lot of ships at timor, and betties as well some ASW action here, especially the macassar strait Solomons Spent all the turn planning the defence, allocating units to where ever, a lot still have to be released from the russian front, or finish filling out in japan but the process has begun, and Im still happy with the presence here, as long as KB is about, it is secure Gilberts Same as above China GGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I give up, I really do. This front will now be static, just like the real thing Its what we wanted, so fair enough[8\|] Sick of unrealistic jap offensives in China - insist on 50 pp before a unit can attack a city Other things we really have begun the convoy wars- I am now dodging and ducking every single convoy, most have only 1 or even no escorts, Im depending on spotting him, and dodging Did lose a ship today, empty though Operation jugular Ships are south of rabual. hosho leads the way Subs are forming up a great line,and Im attaching a CA task force to give gunfire support Of great interest is the report of 2 CAs in noumea, and Douglas dive bombers operating there - they miss the leading edge of my sub line So noumea has targets. Iether this will be successful, or Im headed to my Midway, 3 months ahead of schedule[8\|][8\|][8\|][:)]

1275psi -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (5/7/2005 6:58:09 AM)
17/3/42 Liberators attack troops south of darwin, absolutely pointless[;)] The betties at rangoon, crack pilots, escorted by a cloud of zeros attack diamond harbour BB royal soverign and revenge recieve a single torp each And the buffalos flying CAP are removed as well. First deliberate attack at clarke, the bombers at Aparrii are socked in buggar 3732casos to 1494, and forts are at 8[X(][X(][:(][:@] This could take a while dedicated ASW mission gets an SUB, he gets an AK south of siapan 19/3/42 the adventure continues manilla murder, clarke calamity[X(][X(][X(][:(][:(] I absolutely suck at land combat[:)][:)][8\|] Another sneaky Im just dropping off some eggs at kwelijien sub also on the way out sinks an AP Grrrrr better news elswhere, 47 B17, 47 Blenhiems attack rangoon, met by 54 zeros on CAP I like the toned down FOG of War 5 b17s shot down, 31 blenhiems destroyed. 5 zeros lost Elswhere lots and lots of ships reported at noumea (including CVs)by the glenns as they begin to sail past forming the great line I want I deliberate at manilla again, crud, 1400 casos, forts to 0, but still 0 to 1 this could get interesting 20/3/42 the way the timetable is slipping i will never get to the last offensives Im planning, I need oil you know guys, that is why we are doing this!!!! I send 1cl and a heap of DDs into soerabaya to attack all the shipping there, its a fiasco, 3 DDs are sunk by mines OK, at least the BBs did not find out the hard way. idiot move though[8D] Appari air again sits on its bum, and I pay the price, 4282 casos[8\|][8\|][8\|] And manilla has 1100[8\|] gawd, Ive got 5, 5 divisions in this attack, and Im going no where I lost a sub today, tried to sneak past noumea, spotted twice by dive bombers (yummy, CVs in the area), and a dedicated ASW group came out I think. Did not sink, but wont get home i feel. 21/3/42 troops enter palembang, 150 bombers from singapore pave the way tabpub says i was getting there in the phillipines, but i jumped the gun We revert to bombardments, and Aparri spends the day boozed apparently again, as the rain falls down. down at Noumea the great "Im out of here jack" appears to be happening, such a stream of ships headed due to south. Little hosho heads in "pursuit", playing KB KB turns due east, will go across the top of noumea, and see what we can see In china, I finally clear the road to nanning, now to try to surround wunchow, and try again. Sometimes this game is more frustrating than watching my footy team.[8\|]

1275psi -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (5/9/2005 12:33:35 PM)
21/3/42 Blenhiems making nightly raid on Akyab 24 P 39s also try. Aparri rained in again! legaspi planes fly, good All the real action is way down south, as a sub sinks a allied AO, part of the herd fleeing to aukland a dozen subs are in hot pursuit I bombard at clarke, and tomorrow we attack at palembang The big news is his CVs are at auckland, new zealand 22/3/42 I naval bombard palembang as the last division moves up ss i-8 has a shot at his CVs outside auckland, but miss, and she gets away no problem, the water is deep here. Noumea has P 39s as CAP I bomb palembang Aparri flies at last, was getting worried about this Wunchow is a swamp, troops every where, he attacks me, i him, we are both trying to surround each other. Fun! South of Adaman island 3 BBs lurk - he will be back! troops for singkawang are loading, as are troops for balaikapapan 3 ASW groups will operate in the maccassar straight KB refuels, and moves south, not spotted yet, hosho as the bait Subs are forming a net about the north island of new zealand, the Glenns should give a heads up where the CVs go. If they do not, I will ferret him out. 23/3/42 worse news ever. I capture palembang oil 1, 699 damaged[:(] resources 1 899 damaged[:(] Im too depressed to go on tonight[:(][:(][:(][:(][:(][:(][:(]

AmiralLaurent -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (5/9/2005 1:57:25 PM)
Ooops.... Seems to me you lose the war today with such a wrecked Palembang. Every attack I launch there is with troops having at least 50 prep for this place and 2-3 ENG Rgt. Having engineers in the hex when you take a base with ressources/oil seems to really reduce the damage to oil/ressources.

1275psi -> RE: Herb VS Tabpub (5/11/2005 7:38:14 AM)
I was very well prepared, and lots and lots of engineers Im really struggling with the short stick, ive siezed a lousy 250 oil points undamaged out of a possible to sieze of 1200 so far yes, the war was lost yesterday, but I cant quit. At least some one reads this now and then[:'(] Im posting at work from memeory, Burma, the usual Blenhiem raids, plus a few extras Malaya, refuelling ships java we move 8 miles down the road from palembang garbage dump. Sumutra I order paras to sieze an airfield if they can Borneo We are getting ready to attack balikapapan soon, bet that is a smoking hole too Australia 2 divisions and a brigade in darwin are at full strength aagain[:'(] Phillipines A second division is entering manilla tomorrow This is crazy, i got 6 divisions in the phillipines, and he's winning! Solomons about to occupy the last empty bases KB today little hosho using zeros struk an AP full of troops at norfolk island 5 other ships are there his CVs are in NZ And a big convoy is moving north east from aukland towards noumea, about 5 hexes out KB goes to full speed, time to charge south 4 CAs are ordered to strike norfolk and a single CA will hit noumea If I miss the convoy, I will attack Aukland. As I am getting no oil it looks like in this war, soon I will not be able to manouvre, and KB wwill have to play fleet in being. This is my only chance to get enemy CVs So attack China too is a mess, read his glorious AAR for details. Anyone got a spare 1.5 million supply points I can borrow[8\|][8\|][8\|][8\|]

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