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jwilkerson -> RE: Jap ships sunk in I.O. (10/20/2005 1:57:15 AM)
When I approach a battle like this - I leave my main force air completely off ... kind of the equivalent of modern force turning off all active sensors ... of course this is only good idea if you have OTHER MEANS of adequately searching the areas that need to be searched .. but if you have this .. then "off" is the way to go ... even the sea planes ... they show a "shadow" ... and you wanna be totally dark if you can. Of course the turn you attack ... everything is on and you move as fast as you can ... but therein is the "art" .. judging the right time .. but ideally you will develop the intel picture much further over the next 1-2 turns ...

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: Jap ships sunk in I.O. (10/20/2005 8:21:37 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jwilkerson When I approach a battle like this - I leave my main force air completely off ... kind of the equivalent of modern force turning off all active sensors ... of course this is only good idea if you have OTHER MEANS of adequately searching the areas that need to be searched .. but if you have this .. then "off" is the way to go ... even the sea planes ... they show a "shadow" ... and you wanna be totally dark if you can. Of course the turn you attack ... everything is on and you move as fast as you can ... but therein is the "art" .. judging the right time .. but ideally you will develop the intel picture much further over the next 1-2 turns ... I really put some big hopes in the abilities of my Emilies chutais based at Christmas IO. They should be already in range to spot the enemy's ships by now. Tomorrow, if nothing changes and he keeps advancing like this, i'll activate all my air groups, refuel one more time manually, and move westwards. But first i need to know how many capital ships he has there....cannot go blinded! If he really has his CVs, he's probably already having his air groups activated...so maybe the fatigue will be on his side this time. This can be a turning point in the war. If i lose my CVs i'll be forced to play in defence and won't be able to counterattack "en masse". If i succeed i'll keep the dominion of the seas for some 6 more months.... The question is: why is he doing such a thing? Why in the world sweeping the sea with his DDs?! What's the goal? If he wanted to transfer his war fleet in the Bengal Bay he could have made a fast run from Perth to Colombo, at Max speed...and probably i would not have been able to intercept him, while he's advancing with APs and slow ships at a speed somewhere between 7 and 12....this is weird. However surprise will be everything. Gotta risk something, i know....the big gamble time has finally come! BANZAI

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: Jap ships sunk in I.O. (10/20/2005 1:48:41 PM)
It's obvious that with the forces i have at my disposal i won't be able to face the whole american carrier fleet(6 CVs). I need to know if he has carriers( I THINK SO) but above all how many of them he has with him for this adventure. Considering that he has 90 planes for each carrier, i will be able to face nothing more than 3, maximum 4 carriers at once with a slight margin of chances of success, assuming that my zeros are still superior to his wilcats. I need to know. Tomorrow i really hope my Emilies and alfs will do a fair job, spotting with a certain degree of certitude his real forces. What makes me hope is that two months ago( in June) some 5 major ships ( 2 of them surely BBs) have been spotted and followed by my glen-equipped subs going from PH to New Caledonia and that during operation Sideshow-Red Castle, 2 weeks ago, what could have been at least a BB ( because was using kingfishers) have been localized going from Christmas Island to Bora Bora. so: he has moved ( 2 months ago or in the last weeks) his BBs without any carrier coverage or he has divided his naval assets. Tertium non datur. But it's useless to speculate now....we just need to wait and hope for a better recon..... "TSUNAMI" Operation Japanese OOBs 1st Carrier Division: Leader: CPT. T.Abe combat planes : 193 float planes : 40 CVs:Zuikaku(72) Hiryu(63) Hiyo(53) BBs:Hiei Kirishima CAs:Maya Chokai Myoko Haguro Nachi CLs:Abukuma Kikitami CSs:Chitose DDs:4 Kagero class 3 Kamikaze class 2 Fubuchi class 3 Hatsugaru class ---------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Carrier Division: Leader: RADM. S.Yamada combat planes : 202 float planes : 49 CVs:Shokaku(72) Soryu(63) CVL:Soho(30) CVE:Chuyo(27) BBs:Yamato Haruna CAs:Tone Chikuma Takao Atago Ashigara Kumano CLs:Sendai Jintsu CSs:Nisshin DDs:3 Yagumo class 2 Kagero class 4 Fubuki class 1 Mutsuki class ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Light Carrier Division:Leader: CPT. N.Furuichi combat planes : 67 float planes : 5 CVEs:Hosho(9) Unyo(27) CVL: Ryuho(30) CLs: Yura Kino Kuma Kiso DDs: 1 Yagumo class 3 Asashio class 4 Shiratsuyu class 1 Fubuki class 3 Tomotsuru class 4 Othori class -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So a gran total of 5 CVs,2 CVLs, 3 CVEs, 4 BBs, 11 CAs, 8 CLs, 38 DDs, 2 CSs; 462 combat planes and 94 float planes the air strenght is so divided as following: fighters(zeros): 214 dive bombers(vals): 119 torpedo bombers(kates): 108

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: Jap ships sunk in I.O. (10/20/2005 3:48:26 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/07/42 ALLIED CARRIERS SPOTTED! They are far southwards from the leading cargo...and at this point i assume the gargo and the sweepers are just a bait...well...i'll eat it[;)] 20 kates are ordered to naval attack at 5 hexes of range. Only few zeros( 15) are on escorts, the rest will stay at 40% CAP at 0 range...just in case. The carriers attached one of my milk cows...only with one SDB group....we're playing the same game[:D] Really late...gotta go to work... later i'll try to better describe my movements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 4,79 Allied aircraft SBD Dauntless x 17 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Kinrei Maru, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet 4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet 4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet 4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet 4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet [image]local://upfiles/4162/DCF9355EFD74421492AC2AF505B80DC0.jpg[/image]

jwilkerson -> RE: Jap ships sunk in I.O. (10/20/2005 5:30:20 PM)
Of course, showing your carriers at this point - lets him know they are there - and let's him decide whether or not to continue and engage or to turn and run. But you've been far too successful up to this point to get second guessed ...you "know your man" better than us kibitzers !

Gen.Hoepner -> The wind falls down (10/21/2005 12:59:26 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/08/42 Tsunami operation is aborted. The Yanks are retreating[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D] That means that it was nothing more than a trap...but the bait did not work as expected by the white subhumans[8D]. Indian Ocean is now free again. More time has been gained. Time that i need to fortify my positions and move my troops ( men and ships comming back from Red Castle operation, men flowing towards Singapore and Sebang, ships upgrading...and so on). I managed to lose a RO class sub, an AV and an AK in this operation...but who cares? My main ships are safe and the yanks did not move a step forward! Now, the cvs in the IO will move to Sosarbaja, while some more troops arrive at Singapore. Next operation scheldued is CounterStrike ( see yesterday updates) to repulse any british attempt of taking Port Blair. I need also to reinforce the southern perimeter around Tarawa. Nanoumea is chosen as active defence fortress. Base forces,garrisons and guns are comming from Japan. In China it's taking forever to move out from Tsuyung... Kurulies ( sp?) isles need to be garrisoned . Zero daitais need to be trained... many things to do... [image]local://upfiles/4162/B6D0324D403344A19BCCA7146AC3A59B.jpg[/image]

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: The wind falls down (10/21/2005 1:08:53 AM)
just thinking.... I've been too scared this time. I hate to feel the fear in my vains. Next move will be to recombine the KB. And i mean...the WHOLE KB! I really hope he's comming for Port Blair now. There i can give him a very nice surprise..[;)] However, Kaga and Akagi need some R&R and some AA upgrades. Next months most of my BBs will need to be upgraded too...gotta plan very well the timing not to be caught with my underwear down[:'(]

jwilkerson -> RE: The wind falls down (10/21/2005 1:23:59 AM)
Steady state going forward, KB will almost always have a ship or 2 needing repairs or upgrade ... so unless the Allies are stagnant ... the "whole KB" ... will usually be a bit short ... though for a while ... that is still a good bit larger than the US can muster ... good job "staring him down" !

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: The wind falls down (10/21/2005 8:47:00 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jwilkerson Steady state going forward, KB will almost always have a ship or 2 needing repairs or upgrade ... so unless the Allies are stagnant ... the "whole KB" ... will usually be a bit short ... though for a while ... that is still a good bit larger than the US can muster ... good job "staring him down" ! Yes, i know, but i would like to keep my KB as united as possible. Now that he has all his CVs equipped wth the avengers i will be a problem to face them. I'd need the whole death star. The problem is that at the moment i cannot be everywhere! I have to chose which sector of my perimeter worth an active defence and which is not. The main threat i see is at port Blair. If he managed to get there he will be able to threaten my oil sources and flank my Burma/Indochina defensive line. So, probably i'll keep my KB somewhere between Sosarbaja,Balikapan and Manila, in order to get there asap if needed but also to be not too far away if a problem in the south pacific arises. Need to mantain a certain degree of flexibility....cannot just hope in the static defence

Gen.Hoepner -> IJAAF status (10/21/2005 3:07:48 PM)
IJAAF Status: Since July, when the first Tonies went into production, the IJAAF strenght has enormously augmented. Now( mid-semptember) we can easily say tha IJA has filled the gap that divided its performances from the ones of IJN. Probably at the moment the fighting abilities of IJAAF pass the ones of IJN. At the moment, there are 12 Sentais ( 36 planes each) and 5 Chutais ( 12 planes each ) equipped with KI-61c Tony. These new-high-performance fighters are distributed as follows: -China(kungchang and Kweyang):6 sentais and 2 chutais for a total of 240 Tonies -IndoChina(Hanoi and Bankok):4 sentais and 3 chutais for a total of 180 Tonies -Australia(Daily Waters):1 chutai for 12 Tonies -Paramushiro Jima:1 sentai for 36 Tonies The overall experience of these airgroups is quite high, if we do not consider the sentai based at Paramushiro: between 77 and 83! Then we have the other new fighter model, especially stdied to intercept the 4E bombers that fly over 36k ft.: the Tojo KI-44 In one month of production we've been able to equipp with this good fighter 5 sentais and 2 chutais so distributed: -China:2 sentais and 2 chutais -Indochina:1 sentai -PI:1 sentai ( training) -Rabaul:1 sentai the experience is very high here also. execept for those 36 tojos training at Manila, the other have their ratings far above 75 exp. We still have to upgrade 4 sentais and 2 more chutais in the next weeks. Then the whole IJA will be fully upgraded and ready to face the allies! The idea is to leave the whole defence of the skies of China and Daily Waters to the IJAAF, freeing up the Navy for training and escort duties.

Gen.Hoepner -> Calypsos (10/21/2005 3:14:48 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/09/42 A very boring turn. Nothing happened. It's confirmed that the americans are going back to Oz. Probably because it was so boring i decided to write a brand new plan: Code-Name: Calypsus This won't be a very deep and involving strategic operation, but something similar to the Doolittle's raid. The target is MC's morale and confidence[:D] Simple, easy and low risking. 4 CVs will move from Java to a place 6 hexes north of Exmouth, somewhere in the I.O. They've been equipped only with zeros. No kates or Vals aboard. Here they will meet with a 4 AOs replenishment group to refuel. The next day of good weather forecasted, they'll move at max speed till 2 hexes north of Exmouth, performing a LRCAP with 100 zeros over the named base. Here they should meet this bad guys: Allied aircraft Brewster 339D x 91 Hudson I x 7 B-25C Mitchell x 36 who are happily training here from Geroldtown[:D]. Funny hu??[;)] Let's see if i can ruin his day a bit[:D] Tomorrow a HUGE LRCAP will be performed over Chungking. 27 zeros,80 Tonies and 40 Tojos will try to intercept his b-17s flying supplies into the besieged city. Everywhere else is moving troops,fortifying,moving oil,supplies and resources...and training air crews,obviously[;)]

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: Calypsos (10/22/2005 11:33:54 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/10/42 Nothing happened. To report only that my LRCAP at Chungking was a failure[:(] Seems that only the zeros are able to intercept the b-17s...very strange! 30 Tonies and 20 Tojos did not engage, while 9 zeros did[&:]...results were poor. 2 fortress shot down in exchange of 3 zeros...[:@] Everywhere else is quiet. Calypsos still on the run.

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: Calypsos (10/23/2005 12:00:28 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/11/42 Calypsos goes on.4 days and we'll launch this operation. What appears to be a consistent TF is moving from Akyab to Port Blair. I do not think it's the invasion, cause he will surely use the RN to cover it, while at the moment his Fulmar squadrons are training in Burma. However 130 Nells/bettis are ready at Sebang and the operation CS can be launched in every moment. in china everything is so sloooooww...and i'm ging out of supplies again:-( He sent another Sub Commando...this time at Sebang to see what i had there...the sub hit a mine and the commando vaporized[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1018 encounters mine field at Sabang (19,41) TF 1018 troops unloading over beach at Sabang, 19,41[:-][:-][:o] Allied Ships SS O20, Mine hits 1, on fire Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported[:D][:D][:D][:D]

Gen.Hoepner -> OP Calypsos: a success! (10/24/2005 2:23:40 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/14/42 Ok, i had the morale boost i was waiting for. Operation Calypsos was a complete success, even if losses on his side could have been higher if only the majority of those coward duches did not go back when they saw my zeros. However, the CVs went unseen going at full speed during a night race. 179 zeros were on CAP when the sun set. 35 vs 2 is the A2A ratio for today. Not bad. I have some new aces now[;)] WO Kubota K. of F2/Tainan Daitai is credited with kill number 10[:)] Now my CVs are moving back to Sosarbaja and the CVs based at Truk are moving towards Palau. The reunification of the KB will be at Borneo ( Balikapan ) in 1 week i hope. We keep on bombing Chungking and Sining but my army at Tsuyung refuses to move more than 2 miles per day[:(] A intense sub activity around Sebang can mean that he's tasting my defences in the area for his forseen push towards Port Blair. I'm almost ready to welcome him[:'(] In 2 weeks i can have the whole KB in those waters and 2 complete armies are almost ready to counterattac[;)] BANZAIIIIII -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Exmouth , at 11,86 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 179 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D x 75 B-25C Mitchell x 28 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses Brewster 339D: 23 destroyed, 13 damaged[:D] B-25C Mitchell: 9 destroyed, 7 damaged[:'(] [image]local://upfiles/4162/CABAAE871337446AA589B1ADF8E77546.jpg[/image]

Gen.Hoepner -> New problems arise (10/24/2005 11:57:14 PM)
Another day in Semptember passes by and nothing seems to happen at port Blair. He keeps sending subs, but nothing more...not a single bomber south of Rangoon[&:] What trills me now is Cooktown. My Emilies at PM spotted several ships comin' and going from there. The base is growing...and i know what that means: b-17s flying from there and pounding the whole NG...then fast transports at Gili gili...as usual...like the last match we played. Gotta study a plan for this....but the point is: how can i keep the KB united and defend the whole perimeter at the same time? [image]local://upfiles/4162/14FC23F02B824A0AB5F70CEA0DC95C83.jpg[/image]

Mike Solli -> RE: New problems arise (10/25/2005 12:07:40 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Gen.Hoepner Gotta study a plan for this....but the point is: how can i keep the KB united and defend the whole perimeter at the same time? Ahh, that's the problem. If you figure it out, please let me know. I'd recommend that you concentrate your LBA in certain strategic locations to counter his naval units, if possible. How strong is his carrier fleet? If your LBA is strong enough to do that, then maybe they can hold off the Allies long enough for KB to arrive and save the day.

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: New problems arise (10/25/2005 12:16:53 AM)
My LBA is almost intact. All my Betty/Nells daitais are between 78 and 85 exp. The problem is that at the moment there are at least 3 spots where he can easily threaten my defensive perimeter: NG, Fiji and Pago Pago( going then north towards Tarawa) and Port Blair ( so, southern Burma). Port Blair is probably the best protected but if i want to counterland i need the aircover of my CVs..... and if my CVs are there they won't arrive at any time soon enough to save the day at Gili Gili or at Suva...[:o]

1275psi -> RE: New problems arise (10/25/2005 12:26:46 AM)
Nice move the LRCAP ambush very nice move.[:D][:D][:D]

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: New problems arise (10/25/2005 12:52:12 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/17/42 I know this guy[:D] Look at this: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 108 encounters mine field at Milne Bay (57,96) Japanese Ships MSW Togo Maru When he starts mining something means he's interested ( see Port Blair )[;)] 4 Nells Daitais are en route for Rabaul, Green Island and Buin. 6 Land based zero daitais ( training at the moment in different places ) will be moved withing 10 days to Rabaul and Buin. I finally made up my mind with KB. The meeting base will be Palau. From there it will be moving where its help is needed first( North Sumatra or New Guinea). I went few pages back and took a look at what was my plan for the solomons area. It's completed[8D] We have at the moment 2 AF with level 4 at Bouganville ( Buin and Torokina); Green Island at level 4; Rabaul and Gasmata at level 6 and 3; Savo which is building; shortland at Level 4. CD guns everywhere. 2 Air HQ ( Rabaul and Buin) the 17th Army is ready at Truk ( 2 Divisions, 2 artillery units, 3 engeneers, the 56th Bde and the South Sea Det.) The 18th Division with 2 more arty units can be replaced from Java if needed. 4 Emilies chutais in the area. 36 Tonies and 36 Tojos. Soon 4 IJAAF experienced sentais will be on patrol. He won't caught me with the slips down[;)] BANZAI

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: New problems arise (10/25/2005 12:52:43 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: 1275psi Nice move the LRCAP ambush very nice move.[:D][:D][:D] Thanks[&o]

Mike Solli -> RE: New problems arise (10/25/2005 1:05:20 AM)
This should prove to be very interesting.

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: New problems arise (10/25/2005 8:29:34 AM)
AAA 09/19/1942 Cooktown reached AF 2!! Supplies and fuel are flowing from everywhere to Truk,Rabaul and Shortland All the units in the area have been checked. As soon as he starts bombing NG i'll deploy 250 AV in each level 4 AF. The 18th Division has been reassigned to 17th Army's command ( means that is moving towards Truk.) CVs are reorganizing at Java. CVEs will stay in the area of Balikapan. CVs and CVLs at Palau. Probably 2 Sally Sentai ( 85 exp each ) will be trasnfered to South Pacific soon. 2 BBs, 4 CLs and 25 DDs will form the new Singapore War fleet. I'm a bit worried about timing. I know how fast the american engs can build up a base....i need at least 2/3 weeks to be 100% ready in this area....let's hope. MLs and MSWs, based at Rabaul, are doing a great job, cleaning up every base and laying down tons of mines. PS: the CVEs in my mind should substitute the CVs in the possible role of "zero umbrella" if the CS operation will be needed to put into action ( the counterlanding at Port Blair). They should be able to provide something like 100 zero CAP cover...with the help of the LBbombers from Sebang,Georgetown and Bankok should be enough to face the RN....well...at least i hope. His CVs are out of sight however....but they should be somewhere in souther Oz

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: New problems arise (10/25/2005 3:14:28 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/19/42 Heavy allied sub mining operation at Gili Gili and counter mining/minesweeping jap actions. The CVs are moving from Java to Palau. CVEs are assembling at Batavia/Balikapan. 7 Zero Daitais are daily training. Need them at 75 exp at least...hope to be in time. 36 Sallies are on route for Truk from Shangai. The whole pacific submarine fleet has been re-assigned to Rabaul Fleet. Heavy ship traffic at Cooktown. The 17th Army is restin at Truk. APs and AKs are coming from everywhere with Fuel and Supplies. Every Base in the Solomons/NG area, considered vital ( so everything which is east of Lae and north of Lunga) is being built up, reinforced and mined. I'm also considering sending a CL with 10 DDs to Darwin, to be ready to react and bother him when he will try to recapture Thursday...but it's still to be decided. ---------------- In the Port Blair are his subs, chased down by my ASW air fleet, are vanished[:D] ----------------- In China my Army is moving from Tsuyung...finally the first unit managed to get to Kumming....simply annihilated by the lack of supplies and by fatigue[:(] We're daily bombing Chungking with 400 bombers. The LRCAP ops have been stopped: i cannot do anything against his B.17s... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 11 encounters mine field at Milne Bay (57,96) [;)] Japanese Ships MSW Yoshino Maru MSW Toshi Maru #8 MSW Tokuho Maru #5 MSW Rokko Maru MSW Ranzan Maru MSW Musashi Maru MSW Misago Maru #11 [image]local://upfiles/4162/2C44B8153B3144CF9BBC0F2057394035.jpg[/image]

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: New problems arise (10/25/2005 11:44:06 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/20/42 The Calypsos operation had its fruits: he started to train the ducth pilots at night over Exmouth[8D] For the rest is boredom. Moving ships,troops,supplies,fuel,oil,resources....building up bases and training pilots...he's THE SIR ROBIN for "antonomasia"[:D] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Exmouth , at 11,86 Allied aircraft Brewster 339D x 69 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Brewster 339D bombing at 2000 feet 7 x Brewster 339D bombing at 2000 feet 5 x Brewster 339D bombing at 2000 feet 5 x Brewster 339D bombing at 2000 feet 7 x Brewster 339D bombing at 2000 feet 7 x Brewster 339D bombing at 2000 feet 14 x Brewster 339D bombing at 2000 feet 14 x Brewster 339D bombing at 2000 feet

Gen.Hoepner -> Operation "poison in the cradle" (10/26/2005 1:03:59 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/21/42 Ok guys. It's official. He started to recon PM from a Level 2 AF at Cooktown using his Catalinas. Soon we'll face the dreaded B-17s and B.24s. I do not want to lose all those precious units at PM so i'm organizing a big Air brigde to bring them back as soon as things start to burn too much. As said before, i won't defend PM by air nor by sea. I do not think he'll go directly for PM. He will surely use its raiders or paras to drop on Gili and then fortify it with a couple of divisions brought in by Fast Transport TFs. We need at least 2 more weeks before being ready. I think we'll have them. The counterstrike operation in NG or Solomons will be called "Poison in the cradle" ( from now on PITC) Kates and Nells are comming from SRA to Truk. Some 6 zero daitais are already in their 70s...not enough but if needed they will be ready anyway. CVs,BBs,CAs and 50 DDs are on their route for Palau. ----------- In Burma he keeps scoring hundreds of casualities among my guys...that without any air support are damned to see every single day thousands of bombs falling from the skies. In China we'll pobably be ready to move to Chungking in 50 Days. I'm already rotating my fronline units in order to get some morale ( everywhere below 50[:@])

BLurking -> RE: Operation "poison in the cradle" (10/26/2005 3:08:44 AM)
Is the prohibition of night airfield bombing still in effect? If so, I think you'll find that the Tony is suprisingly effective against heavy bombers (more so than the Tojo, as far as I've experienced it). Use LRCAP when he's striking the airfield to avoid heavy ground losses. As long as the bombers are unescorted, a few days of being intercepted will cause their morale to drop, and bombers will abort the mission very frequently. I've taken out over 600+ B-24's in my PBEM using this wonderful plane (I believe the higher gun values are what make it so effective). As an added benefit, the long range strikes will cause some of the bombers that you only damage to drop out of the sky on the return flight [;)]...

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: Operation "poison in the cradle" (10/26/2005 8:23:38 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BLurking Is the prohibition of night airfield bombing still in effect? If so, I think you'll find that the Tony is suprisingly effective against heavy bombers (more so than the Tojo, as far as I've experienced it). Use LRCAP when he's striking the airfield to avoid heavy ground losses. As long as the bombers are unescorted, a few days of being intercepted will cause their morale to drop, and bombers will abort the mission very frequently. I've taken out over 600+ B-24's in my PBEM using this wonderful plane (I believe the higher gun values are what make it so effective). As an added benefit, the long range strikes will cause some of the bombers that you only damage to drop out of the sky on the return flight [;)]... Yes, the night bombing prohibition is still in effect. You're right Blurking: the tonies are fantastic against unescorted bombers. The problem is that in 20 days he's gonna have the first p-38s...however i'm gonna try something. It's just stupid to sit here and see my men mauled by those bastards in Burma. Operation "coming back" has been approoved. Kunming is almost ready, with 60 AV support. I'm transfering 1 Air HQ and 180 AV support points at Reaghen and Mouleim. We'll start from these 3 bases. 180 Tonies will be called back from their actual duties in China. In few days we should be ready. As soon as i move one any plane northern than Bankok he attacks with hundreds of bombers the airfield. Today i moved some dinas to Mouleim cause i wanted to check his troop disposition. AF closed at first strike. Ok...now eng,base forces and air HQ are coming. Let's see if i can give him some headhaches[;)] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/22/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Moulmein , at 30,34 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft PBY Catalina x 3 B-24D Liberator x 15 Japanese aircraft losses No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses PBY Catalina: 1 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 6000 feet 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 6000 feet 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 6000 feet 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 6000 feet 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Moulmein , at 30,34 Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft Wellington III x 98 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 3 damaged Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Airbase hits 14 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 46 Aircraft Attacking: you see?

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: Operation "poison in the cradle" (10/26/2005 2:21:26 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/22/42 Nothing really new. Seems that he stopped using his B-17s to supply Chungking...3 zeros intercepted only Dakotas today....mmm... The operation "Coming Back" is on its way. Need some days to reorganize my defensive Sentais in China and IndoChina. He keeps reconning PM. Let's see....it's gonna be a tough autumn

Gen.Hoepner -> RE: Operation "poison in the cradle" (10/26/2005 8:18:12 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/24/42 Cooktown reached AF 3...it's growing FAST!!!!!!! Operation Comin Back started officially. 72 Tonies ( 2 sentais) brought to Kumming. 100 LRCAP, range 0. 9 Dinahs will attempt a recon mission at ledo.... If i know him he should come with Hordes of 4Es...lets' see how can these Tonies perform! To consider a victory i need a 4-1 ratio...so let's see if each of these guys can kill 4 yankees![:D] Nothing else happened

Gen.Hoepner -> Operation "comin' back" (10/26/2005 11:47:44 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/25/42 Ok guys...there's something under the cover....as i moved to Kunming 2 of my crack Tony Sentais ( 36*2 80> exp) and some Recon Dinahs he moved back his heaviests from Ledo ( only 100 fighters and 100 aux spotted)....so it can mean two things: 1- He's too scared of a possible Jap carpet bombing at Ledo 2- or...he's massing his 4Es somehwere else to smash Kunming in one single HUGE strike. The good thing is that the B-17s aren't supplying Chungking Anymore...probably only the dakotas...my zeros will perform a LRCAP mission tomorrow[8D] However, i won't put down my guard. Every important AF is averaged defended and it will cost him a lot of blood if he wants to strike me there[;)] Next Step: Mouleim!

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