RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies)

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Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (10/29/2005 9:07:45 AM)
6/18/42 Well things got abit interesting in the Solomons,a pesky sub finally ran afoul one of my more experienced ASW TF's ASW attack at 62,90 Japanese Ships DD Sawakaze DD Kamikaze DD Uzuki Allied Ships SS Perch, hits 3, on fire, heavy damage ***The sub sank after the attack......... I also took BUNA in NG today,again unopposed. I think he's simply taken this Fall back strategy to an exteme and pulled back to Australia. Ground combat at Buna Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 209 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Buna base !!! I had another run at that Brit CV force,what a disaster! Day Air attack on TF at 10,60 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 6 G4M1 Betty x 18 Allied aircraft Fulmar x 49 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 1 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 12 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Fulmar: 7 damaged DEI is going to be taken care of within the week. my forces should be strong enough to make their move before June ends. China: The weather really sucked again and my main Bomber force was once again grounded,but so was the RAf so it was a draw. My Zeros did make another sweep of Sian again: Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 27 Allied aircraft Mohawk IV x 20 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Mohawk IV: 9 destroyed, 1 damaged To bad i couldn't hit him again with my bombers escorts! I also plugged away again with Bombardment at Homan: Ground combat at Homan Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4788 troops, 153 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 114176 troops, 482 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 208 casualties reported Guns lost 5 On my Far Eastern perimeter i extended my outpost line by capturing Baker Island. I'm going to put Flyingboats there ASAP and get some fighters in there as well! Time to dig like hell and I have a Minelayer set to dump mines in 3 days. Ground combat at Baker Island Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1591 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 50 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Baker Island base !!! ****Just incase he's forward based his CV's at PH i'm going to be careful here till I can get search and a Zero group in here. I have also erected a sub picket line and we shall see what transpires.

Tophat -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (11/5/2005 12:42:09 AM)
7/2/42 China......China is where the action is. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/02/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Kaifeng , at 51,32 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 13 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 50 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 8 destroyed, 6 damaged Japanese ground losses: 27 casualties reported Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 27 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 6 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 5 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 2 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 2 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 1 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 2 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet ***He's throwing alot of brit bombers at me out of Chungking! he's bombing my airbases almost everyday! GOOD!!! More supply goes out his bombay doors with every bombrun. Day Air attack on Hengchow , at 45,37 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 27 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 27 Ki-21 Sally x 47 Ki-15 Babs x 1 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 31 I'm blasting him at hengchow since he's moved another 36 Mohawks into the Homan area. I'm bashing away at his supply and soon i'll launch more deliberate attacks to eatup more of his supply. And more allied bombruns in China: Day Air attack on Wuhan , at 48,35 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 12 Ki-27 Nate x 5 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 8 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged Ki-27 Nate: 1 destroyed Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 6 I keep shooting some down and burninup his supply! DEI: Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Ki-21 Sally x 15 Ki-49 Helen x 15 Ki-46-II Dinah x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 2 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 Again i'm blasting his supply so my ground forces have a better shot at takingout the jewel of Java! A less successful attack vs Dutch ground forces: Day Air attack on 4th Dutch Regiment, at 22,65 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 Ki-21 Sally x 14 Ki-46-II Dinah x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported Guns lost 2 *Think i'll switch these boys to making Port attack and go after that supply as well! My main ground bombardment attack on the same: Ground combat at Soerabaja Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 84984 troops, 986 guns, 7 vehicles Defending force 51233 troops, 326 guns, 44 vehicles Allied ground losses: 232 casualties reported Guns lost 6 *So 8 guns gone and close to 280 losses isn't bad. I have the 5th Inf div;23rd Eng rgt;4th eng rgt;23rd Brigade and another Inf brigade moving in on Soerabaja. Another 10 days should see some interesting developments. I also have a BB bombardment squadron on the way to shell Soerabaja. I have the escorts on do not bombard so the fleet,some 6 BB's,keeps their distance and dumps the BIG GUNS on them! Ground War in China: **I am attacking at 3 points Hengchow in the south,Homan in the north center on the road to Sian and Kungchouw in the north on the road from Yenen. Ground combat at Homan Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 5516 troops, 175 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 107368 troops, 342 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 471 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Not bad for a bombardment attack...... Ground combat at Hengchow Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2856 troops, 99 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 113423 troops, 612 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 144 casualties reported Guns lost 7 *Not as great a result,but i'll take it! Ground combat at Kungchang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 688 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 122825 troops, 811 guns, 0 vehicles his air-attacks on me disrupted my bombardment nodoubt. My Southeastern bastion of Empire.......... Baker Island........ Day Air attack on Baker Island , at 94,92 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 12 Allied aircraft PB2Y Coronado x 2 B-17E Fortress x 21 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses PB2Y Coronado: 2 damaged B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed, 13 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 19 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet he keeps attacking me here.....good! I want him to try and land troops here and take this back. This is a good place for some defensive offense. Comments and questions welcome...........

Tophat -> Baker Island Blast (11/5/2005 3:17:44 AM)
Ever since i landed on Baker Island Dave has reacted quite strongly against me. Its only been some 14-16 days ago but i'm still amazed at his turnaround. For the entire game up to now he's been very defensive minded and avoided virtually any major encounter. Staying holedup in his defensive bastions of manila,Singapore and now Soerabaja. Starting in May and moving through June dave has gotten abit more aggressive....good. I want him "feeling his oats" and sticking it too me. I need to drawout his carriers and fleet but not in his landbased-air playground. Baker Island might just be a place where i can pull a nice defensive/offense off. He wants me out of Baker or he'd be continuing his refusal to engage. Battle at Baker buys me time,time to finnishoff Soerabaja and the DEI. It also buys me time till August when my expanded Tojo and Tony production will come into play! Today at Baker: Naval bombardment of Baker Island, at 94,92 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied Ships DD Clark DD Balch DD Phelps DD Selfridge DD Porter CA Pensacola CA Chicago CA Louisville CA Chester BB North Carolina Japanese ground losses: 481 casualties reported Guns lost 14 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 8 Port supply hits 5 **He is getting brave here,can a landing be faroff? I have a subscreen that might,might get lucky next turn and get a shot at something big. My boys on Baker haven't had time to digin deep yet. If he wants it that badly,now is when he can buy it cheap! On the high seas one of my sealane clearance patrols ran into a nasty U.S sub lurking; Sub attack at 66,78 Japanese Ships DD Uzuki DD Sawakaze DD Kamikaze Allied Ships SS Sturgeon, hits 3, on fire, heavy damage I'll have to check and see if she sank last turn......i had probably missed any message. In the DEI we have: Ground combat at Soerabaja Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 85219 troops, 990 guns, 7 vehicles Defending force 51227 troops, 326 guns, 44 vehicles Allied ground losses: 163 casualties reported Guns lost 4 *NOT bad,no airattacks flew due to weather.......I need more airbase supply and Port supply hits! My reinforcements are making their way from kragen toward soerabaja now,some 3 -4 more days to be positioned and rested. ON to Timor: Naval bombardment of Dili, at 31,77 Japanese Ships DD Suzukaze DD Umikaze DD Yamakaze DD Samidare DD Murasame DD Yukikaze CA Furutaka CA Kinugasa CA Haguro Allied ground losses: 71 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 13 Port hits 1 This is nice to see however I really need to hit those dutchmen harder and dropin some fresh troops! In CHINA: Ground combat at Homan Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 5530 troops, 176 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 106628 troops, 329 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 368 casualties reported Guns lost 10 *Good,I need to bleed these boys somemore and i have another Infantry Brigade and Inf division on the way to bolster my attack. Ground combat at Hengchow Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2856 troops, 99 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 113310 troops, 607 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 135 casualties reported Guns lost 5 **I like this as well,seems i might actually be hurting him by going after his supply! I'll hit him somemore before launching another deliberate attack. And in the North of china........ Ground combat at Kungchang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 654 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 127781 troops, 811 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported I'm just holding him inplace here.......

BLurking -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (11/5/2005 3:18:15 AM)
Where are those bombers coming from? I think that should be your next target. Otherwise, it's only going to get worse and worse. In my PBEM game, every Japanese base in LBA range gets clobbered for months until I can't use it anymore. I took Canton before Baker just to prevent this type of harassment. You can put up with it for now, but it gets pretty unpleasant in a couple more months, trust me... Just a suggestion.

Tophat -> Canton's a pain (11/5/2005 3:30:43 AM)
I fully agree that Canton is a problem. And it was in my mission plan to aquire it,however taking baker to give me a fighter field in range of canton was also part of my plan. Remember up untill the past 3 weeks or so my learned opponent has been prettymuch AWOL except in his set defensive works. I'm abit surprised he's fighting so hard over Baker. Far from being a problem i'm looking at this as an opportunity to fight an action. Also Tojo's and tony's are getting close and they give me a better chance to dance with his hvys and have the IJA contribute to the airwar. Right now my zero's are prettymuch carrying all the water.

BLurking -> RE: Canton's a pain (11/5/2005 3:48:50 AM)
Tonys will take out heavies - that's for sure. But you'll then need the Tojos also to handle the P-38 escorts that are sure to follow. The escallation is one you cannot win. Once your planes start getting better, his will too (only more so). I still haven't found a solution to the Corsair. Those things are made out of Kryptonite!

Tophat -> RE: Canton's a pain (11/5/2005 4:00:53 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BLurking Tonys will take out heavies - that's for sure. But you'll then need the Tojos also to handle the P-38 escorts that are sure to follow. The escallation is one you cannot win. Once your planes start getting better, his will too (only more so). I still haven't found a solution to the Corsair. Those things are made out of Kryptonite! Agreed,however currently my Oscars are sharkbait and no real threat except to the pilots i have flying them. I need a positive contribution from my IJA pilots. Also China will be a longway down the pike on P38 deployments. Its only July 42' at the moment.....KB is untouched and has excellent pilots/flightcrew. Things are by no means out of control yet and people always make mistakes.

Tophat -> Soerabaja by Sea (11/5/2005 7:24:18 AM)
Hmmmn, AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 07/04/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Soerabaja, at 22,65 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 72 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CL Oi BB Hyuga, Shell hits 1 BB Ise BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 6 BB Fuso BB Nagato, Shell hits 7 Allied Ships SS KXIII, hits 1, heavy damage Allied ground losses: 406 casualties reported Guns lost 3 Port hits 1 **he's got virtually every dutch unit from Java and surrounding areas jammed tight into Soerabaja and I do a lousy 400 casualties? Well atleast I blasted the sub i'd depthcharged afew days ago,perhaps she'll sink at the dock. I followedup th naval bombardment with my daily airstrike: Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 Ki-21 Sally x 47 Ki-49 Helen x 19 Ki-46-II Dinah x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 23 Minimal losses but i did knockoff 2 more guns and an all important supply hit! Land attack at Soerabaja: Ground combat at Soerabaja Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 85352 troops, 992 guns, 7 vehicles Defending force 50595 troops, 317 guns, 43 vehicles Allied ground losses: 152 casualties reported Guns lost 1 So for the day some 570 losses......and ofcourse another supply hit. My troops are about 3-5 days away now<5th Inf Div;23rd INF Bde;4th Engineers;23rd Engineers;4th Inf Bde.......>so i have 5 days to hit that supply and break him. CHINA........... Airwar in China: Day Air attack on Hengchow , at 45,37 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 A6M3 Zero x 27 Ki-21 Sally x 61 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 20 *another supply hit,good as soon as my supplies refill I attack here again! Ground combat at Hengchow Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2856 troops, 99 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 113322 troops, 603 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 35 casualties reported i looked and all my units are undersupplied,hence i must await resupply. Ground combat at Homan Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 5524 troops, 177 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 106178 troops, 323 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 265 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Still hurting him at Homan and another Bde is arriving,time in afew days to attack again. Ground combat at Kungchang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 688 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 127970 troops, 811 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Again,supply is an issue for me here.....i'll need to wait afew days. DEI and Timor: The Dili debacle Day Air attack on Barisan Regiment, at 31,77 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 G4M1 Betty x 40 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 85 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 8000 feet 20 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 8000 feet I'll be sending my cruisers back here to bombard these boys again. I also have the 56th Bde on the way here to finnish the attack! I need timor and its bases secure so that i can begin my northern Australia Airwar.

Tophat -> China Airshow (11/7/2005 1:55:16 AM)
The AirWar in China heatedup again in a major way as i rested my Bombers. Day Air attack on Wuhan , at 48,35 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 16 Ki-27 Nate x 7 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 15 Allied aircraft Wellington III x 68 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-15 Babs: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Wellington III: 9 destroyed, 20 damaged Japanese ground losses: 22 casualties reported Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 27 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 7 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 6 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 1 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 2 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 2 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 2 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet 2 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet Not even all my avaliable fighters were in the air and we bled the unescorted bombers quite well. These losses and damagings have to be having an effect on his moral. Also these big raids are draining his supply. I did have LRCAP over my forces at Homan this turn....... Day Air attack on 15th Division, at 49,30 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft Mohawk IV x 18 Hurricane II x 9 SB-2c x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses Mohawk IV: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged Hurricane II: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged SB-2c: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 6 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet 3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet And again here............. Day Air attack on 35th Division, at 49,30 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft SB-2c x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses SB-2c: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet 2 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet -------------------------------------------------------- As well as hitting here,too bad I had so few interceptors up.... Day Air attack on 58th Division, at 49,30 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft SB-2c x 7 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Aircraft Attacking: 4 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet 3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet In the DEI my attacks on Soerabaja continue to target his supply while another 2 Eng rgts,Inf Div and 2 Inf bdes are close to arriving. Ground combat at Soerabaja Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 85893 troops, 1017 guns, 7 vehicles Defending force 50020 troops, 329 guns, 43 vehicles Allied ground losses: 178 casualties reported Guns lost 4 In the air over DEI Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 48 Ki-49 Helen x 13 Ki-46-II Dinah x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 5 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 I need to send in another bombgroup at Soerabaja again and keep hitting him and driving that supply down. Might be time for another Bombardment group visit!

Tophat -> Patiance......Is a virtue? (11/7/2005 5:14:36 AM)
Operations for the 9th of July 42' I've staked alot on the idea of starving him of supplies in combat areas. I've done it PI,Singapore with success! i'm working on Soerabaja and Chinese Hengchow&Homan now. Is my strategy really viable? The end of this month will tell...... China....... Day Air attack on Hengchow , at 45,37 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 18 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 27 Ki-21 Sally x 78 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 12 And......... Day Air attack on Hengchow , at 45,37 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24 Ki-49 Helen x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 11 Also in my ongoing Fighter-sweep campaign: Day Air attack on Kweilin , at 44,38 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 Allied aircraft Mohawk IV x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Mohawk IV: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged I need to kill his planes,damage his bases and hit his supply directly! Then get him to mount more bombing attacks on me......all "burn" supply! On the ground in china Ground combat at Homan Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 5473 troops, 173 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 105056 troops, 317 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 60 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Then.......... Ground combat at Kungchang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 688 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 128718 troops, 814 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Time to get even more active in china! In the DEI: No Air attacks on my part.........on the ground: Ground combat at Soerabaja Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 86170 troops, 1024 guns, 7 vehicles Defending force 50059 troops, 333 guns, 43 vehicles Allied ground losses: 141 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Reinforcements are almost at hand........

Tophat -> Fire in the sky over China! (11/8/2005 5:24:20 AM)
7/11/42' Operation Bleed the Allies of supply is in play.......... Day Air attack on Hengchow , at 45,37 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 27 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 26 Ki-21 Sally x 69 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 29 Hengchow and Homan are targets for my land forces as well as Airforce. Combined i'm trying to burn all the supply possible in china. Last turn saw a less than optimum 0 to 1 attack at homan,though i did lower the fortification level down to 7. As a prelude to my Bombers blasting his airbases and supplies my fighters need to defeat the RAF that replaced the decimated Chinese fighter squadrons. Day Air attack on Sian , at 47,29 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 26 Allied aircraft Mohawk IV x 14 Hurricane II x 10 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Mohawk IV: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged Hurricane II: 2 destroyed Also: Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 23 Allied aircraft Mohawk IV x 13 Hurricane II x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Mohawk IV: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged Hurricane II: 3 destroyed And also: Day Air attack on Homan , at 49,30 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 27 Allied aircraft Mohawk IV x 8 Hurricane II x 3 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Mohawk IV: 6 destroyed Hurricane II: 2 destroyed All in all a very reasonable day in the airwar for China. i'm hoping to force him to commit his AVG group here as well,but not just yet. On the ground in china its back to bombardment while my losses sort themselves out; Ground combat at Homan Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 5463 troops, 174 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 102290 troops, 247 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 391 casualties reported Guns lost 8 And my less than effective attack in the North: Ground combat at Kungchang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 688 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 128999 troops, 816 guns, 0 vehicles My forces at hengchow are building backup their supplies for another deliberate attack. In the DEI: No air attack on Soerabaja due to weather! On the ground: Ground combat at Soerabaja Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 86547 troops, 1037 guns, 6 vehicles Defending force 49704 troops, 337 guns, 43 vehicles Allied ground losses: 229 casualties reported Guns lost 3 I need to be doing Airbase or port supply hits! Damn!!

Tophat1815 -> RE: Tophat(GoodguyJap)vsADavidB(EvilAllies) (2/5/2006 9:44:24 AM)
Imperial HQ: Abit of a setback in burma today: Naval bombardment of Rangoon, at 29,34 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 6 destroyed Ki-30 Ann: 6 destroyed Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 9 destroyed Ki-46-II Dinah: 3 destroyed G3M Nell: 1 destroyed Allied Ships CLAA Caledon CL Glasgow CL Mauritius CA Cornwall CA Dorsetshire BC Repulse BB Prince of Wales Japanese ground losses: 1435 casualties reported Guns lost 13 Airbase hits 19 Airbase supply hits 9 Runway hits 115 Port fuel hits 1 [8\|] Granted my 4 naval bomber groups were rainedout yesterday or these ships should have been blownout of the water! He didn't use the DD's bombard also so he didn't get close enough for my minefield to hurt him. Atleast he didn't have 4E bombers hit the base as well,i'll count my blessings. Just to the west of Rangoon is a nice little brit CV taskforce....... Day Air attack on TF at 25,33 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 G3M Nell x 3 Allied aircraft Seafire x 24 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed G3M Nell: 2 damaged Allied Ships CV Illustrious Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 25,33 Japanese aircraft G3M Nell x 13 G4M1 Betty x 4 Allied aircraft Seafire x 24 Japanese aircraft losses G3M Nell: 8 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Seafire: 6 damaged Allied Ships CL Newcastle CV Illustrious CV Indomitable Aircraft Attacking: 1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet 1 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet 4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Will he close and attack rangoon,or disappear back toward Ceylon or Chandpur? Ground combat in China went this way: Ground combat at Sian Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 7946 troops, 241 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 104067 troops, 240 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 316 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wuchow Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 126221 troops, 1389 guns, 52 vehicles Defending force 15383 troops, 69 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 8 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 8) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 8 Japanese ground losses: 795 casualties reported Guns lost 13 Vehicles lost 2 Allied ground losses: 675 casualties reported Guns lost 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Hengchow Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 240754 troops, 2013 guns, 144 vehicles Defending force 95197 troops, 262 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Japanese ground losses: 4280 casualties reported Guns lost 56 Vehicles lost 7 Allied ground losses: 2295 casualties reported Guns lost 55 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kungchang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 688 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 156299 troops, 847 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Ok the current situation............he has fallen back and been defending. I have been fortifying and getting ready for his McArthur like comeback. I made some errors with the routing of 2 divs.they missed their ships,which sailed empty.end result NO Noumea invasion in August as i'd intended and allowed for! I'll do a better update after I run the next turn or so.......then use this to explain what and why i'm doing as i'm doing. Goal right now is to get an auto-victory in 43' and take this puppy to the bank! My chance of success i'd rate at 33%.........Like the Cylon's "I HAVE A PLAN".

Tophat1815 -> The Empire Strikes Back! (2/7/2006 4:28:57 AM)
October 31st 42'................. Our Imperial campaign continues to force the ruthless western dogs to the peace table. Today the Imperial navy has reappeared: Day Air attack on TF at 27,32 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 D3A Val x 38 B5N Kate x 36 Japanese aircraft losses D3A Val: 3 destroyed, 25 damaged B5N Kate: 3 destroyed, 26 damaged Allied Ships BB Prince of Wales, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire BC Repulse, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage CA Cornwall, Bomb hits 3, on fire CA Hawkins, Bomb hits 2, on fire CA Exeter, Bomb hits 3 CA Devonshire A carrier div. of the Imperial navy was sentout to support Rangoon and prevent an invasion by British scum or their lackys. Simply because the British are able to call upon massive bomber formations of American aggressors,they have been shown the IJN still has teeth! BANZI! BANZI! BANZI! Our landbased IJN airpower also spoke with some authority: Day Air attack on TF at 25,33 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 G4M1 Betty x 21 Allied aircraft Seafire x 34 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed, 13 damaged Allied aircraft losses Seafire: 7 destroyed, 7 damaged Allied Ships CV Indomitable, Torpedo hits 1 CV Illustrious, Torpedo hits 1 The british in their arrogance have put themselves within our reach. The opportunity must now be put to good use,this was a start. In China the IJA continues to advance,hold inplace and encircle the chinese forces. Hengchow will see the doom of some 14 chinese formations. Sian is still a meatgrinder,while Kungchow and the elite chinese forces are effectivly out of the battle for Chungking. Air operations in china are about to start a new phase. City attacks on resources will commence tomorrow. Objective is to stop/consume as much chinese supply as possible.

Tophat1815 -> RE: The Empire Strikes Back! (2/7/2006 4:55:19 AM)
A note on production: As japan i setout to increase my HI.........ending the first year of war i haven't done as much of this as i'd wanted. I wanted to standardize my IJA aircraft on two types of fighters : 1)Tojo's,for air-to-aircombat. 2) Tony's for anti-bomber defence. This I have been able to do with virtually all my Fighters outside of manchuria and 2 groups in japan currently refitted. I intend to produce the minimum numbers of OscarII's possible,then refit them soonest. Naval production i have increased and also converted a small merchant shipyard to naval. currently I have 1349 naval points a turn. I halted shinano on day one.....also halted a number of subs,even the 33pt Glen carrying subs! The 33 point subs i have been turning back on,while turning all RO-type subs off. I am also turning off ASAP all the CL type ships as soon as its possible. I have increased armament points and vehicles.

Tophat1815 -> Its over.atleast for now................ (2/7/2006 6:38:12 AM)
Not real happy tonight.........this is the third time i have poured months into a campaign and for whatever reason had it end early. first time was with moses and was my fault,was ill then had an extended family obligation in Georgia that took me there for 3 months. He was sick of waiting,I was frustrated with the world. number two........startedup with ADavidB,was going along well but issues at home caughgtup with me and i needed a break. the break was Witp or my marriage...I opted to stop Witp. number three....dave and i got this one going and aside from some holiday slowdown we have been rolling along. Several things he'd said indicated he wasn't happy with the game system. Seems the system just drovehim nuts and he's had it untill bugs are fixed. End result...........we made it through november 1st 1942 and here atleast for now is where it ends.

Tophat1815 -> RE: Its over.atleast for now................ (2/7/2006 7:58:40 PM)
first day with no Witp to look forward to and plan for.............i'm suffering withdrawl...

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