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John 3rd -> RE: May 1942 (1/19/2006 6:42:58 PM)
May 20, 1942 SS DD Hokaze hits a SS laid mine at Kodiak. Need to note that Wolfpack is laying little minefields from his SS EVERYWHERE! They are rather annoying... S-23 hit by LBA near Kdiak Air I don't think that Wolfpack wants to tangle with my fighters at Akyab. He has started night raids with a small group of Blenheims. Changsha 59F 38B AF and 25 Cas Mandalay, Burma Allied Strike: 28F 163 B (British & American--YIKES!) hit AF, destroy 4 Recon planes, 220 Cas Manila 22Z 54B 72DB AF/Pt 51 Cas 69F 36DB 25 cas Anchorage 19Z 7B Destroy 1B/1R, hit AF, and lose 1 plane. Australia (36,89) 35F 61B 106 Cas Land Bombardment: Manila 256 Cas Anchorage Invasion Plans: 1. TF is approaching Dutch Harbor, 2-3 days away, with 2 Inf Div, 1 Eng Reg, 2 Art Units, and 1 Base Force 2. Form TF to load 2 Inf Div, 1 Brig, 1 Eng Reg, and 2 Art Units from Dutch Harbor. They will be joined together for the landing. I will load 100 AP for this attack. 3. Form Fast Transport TF to drop 2 SNLF Units off midway between Anchorage and Sitka. Once landed, it will advance towards Anchorage to cut off Wolfpack's retreat. I want ALL of his troops! 4. Will recall all Surface Warships to prepare escort and bombardment missions. 5. KB1 and KB3 (Hiryu, Soryu, Hiyo, Junyo--Akagi, Kaga, Ryujo, and Hosho) will prevent ANY reinforcement from approaching by sea. Both Dutch Harbor and Kodiak are about ti increase their AF and Port size. That will help a lot. Navy KB3 (now headed for Dutch Harbor) launches two strikes at the remains of that convoy. 4AK are hit with the CVs flying 50 sorties. NO plane losses. An American AK sinks and 2 TK sink from my New Zealand raids. May 21, 1942 SS Move my SS Line East of Pearl Harbor to take up a blocking position due north of PH. I want to know if he sorties from there! AK hits mine at Kodiak. Will send some MSW to fix this! I-166 hits British DD Fortune with 1TT in IO and takes 2DC for its victory. Air Changsha, CH 68F 230B AF 154 Cas Myitkyina, Burma Allied Raid: 28 Oscar vs. 122 Brit and 40 American Bombers! I lose 3 Oscars and have 7 Recon planes destroyed on the ground in exchange for 9 Bombers and 39 Damaged! Considering that these were Oscars, it was nice work! Lose 59 Cas on the ground. Aust (36,89) 32F 65B 26 Cas Begin the end game for Manila--3 Daitai of Helen/Sally move from Australia to Balikpapan. They will move to Clark tomorrow. Ground Bombardment: 15,91 14 Cas Deliberate Attack: Manila! 1-1---YES! Forts drop 6 to 5 Statistics: JPN 134,024 1167G 604T Losses 2,566 114G 23T US 68,240 353G 92T 1,929 28G 1T Navy KB3 Flies 26 Sorties and hits 2AK. Both AK Sink. Mid-Ocean Intercept off New Zealand! 5DD vs. 5TK There are 4 gunnery rounds and when the TF break off, 4 of 5 TK are heavily damaged. I expect to see sinkings over the next day few days. Engineering: Dutch Harbor AF 3 Now I can move some Bettys there to bomb Anchorage... May 22, 1942 SS Nothing Air Changsha 27F 202B AF 263 Cas Mandalay, Burma Wolfpack continues to retate his bomber force raids. 106 Brit B and 27 B-17 hit the Oil Field for 9 Resources hits. These Raids are a pain! I move a Daitai of A3s to help my Oscars at Myitkyina. There are 3 Daitai of Z at Akyab. 1 Daitai of Z and Oscar are at Rangoon. Manila 59F 47B 96DB 159 Cas and 9 Guns destroyed. Anchorage 46Z 35B Destroy 2 planes, hit AF, and cause 5 Cas. Wolfpack has got to be nervous as I slowly begin to apply REAL pressure here. Where are his Fighters??? Aust (36,89) 35F 15B 6 Cas Plane Transfers: 1. 2 Sally Daitai move into Clark to raise pressure on Manila 2. Shift 4 Bomber Daitai from Attacking Changsha to the next hex to the west (46,36) Ground Shock Attack: Changsha!!! I GET 2-1---YESSSSSSSSSS! Moses--Where are you??!! Forts 6 to 4 Japan 455,480 2895G 293T Losses 21,359 208G 16T China 151,048 44G 9,778 9G After six months, I am FINALLY going to take this town! Nothing like stubborness...I want to capture the whole Chinese Army here. I have my troops in the hex, an Inf Div due north, an Inf Brig on the road to the west, and an Inf Brig on the road south of town. There is only one hex not covered by me at this point. Working to close that. Deliberate Attack at 15,91--Aust Take Hex Navy BB Bombardment at Anchorage Destroy 1 B-17, 16G, 645 Cas TF hit by 12 SBD afterwards--No hits and the SBDs lose 2 planes with all other damaged. Wolfpack loses 1AK and 1TK to earlier damage. Engineering: Singapore Port 9

moses -> RE: May 1942 (1/19/2006 7:07:13 PM)
YES!!!!!!!!! About time. Those Chinese troops must be worthless by now. Its nice to see them sitting with 44 guns!! You might even attack the next day but I guess the safe thing is to bombard a couple days and then attack. Whats a few more days. Watch closely though because he will probably try to bail out here real soon. It would be nice to retreat the stack before he retreats out on his own. Think carfully about fully surrounding the force. They can take a long time and it will cost you losses to reduce them. Look at the battle we have going in Chenting. Better to leave open a route so that he retreats off road. I guess you only have one hex still for him to go to but you might just let him retreat. Follow him and retreast him again. That way he dies much more quickly. This force is worthless anyway by this point. No need to delay your offensive by another two months while you kill every last man.

John 3rd -> May 1942--Where to Next for Japan? (1/19/2006 7:54:46 PM)
This is why, once again, you serve as my China advisor. I will leave that door open for his troops to retire through. The question now comes down to...what next? Should I continue down the rail line and 'liberate' Hengchow (Sp??)? My troops definately need time to rest and re-equip. I could spread 25% of the weakest from Changsha up through Wuhan and Hsinyang. This will prevent any foolishness from my opponent. The remainder would then be used to continue the offensive. I am pondering the current scenario. Right now I am at about 3.8-1 in Victory Points. Within the next 10-14 days, Changsha will fall and I will capture Manila (with 70,000 troops). That will be a HUGE addition in victory points. The fall of these two cities will also free-up a considerable amount of airpower. I won't pull my Chinese Air Force out, but do plan to move several Daitai into other theatres. I have 300 planes in the Philippines available for new orders. There is no doubt in my mind that I will capture Anchorage. It will be a tough fight but I have enough force coming, that the city will fall. I want to destroy the 2 1/2 US Army Divisions that are there. That will conclude northern Operations. I will hold the north with 1 Inf Div and 3 Brigades. Strategic Options: 1. I am thinking of moving the vast majority of troops from the Philippines (3 Inf Div and 3 Inf Brig) to Australia to capture Perth and move southwards. 2. The troops being used for Anchorage will be moved back southwards and will either threaten Hawaii (Operation Eastern Wind) or move against New Zealand (Operation Typhoon). 3. I could use the Philippine Troops AND Anchorage troops to grab New Zealand. Anyone have thoughts here? I am wide open for proposals. He has lost 3CV and had 1 Crippled. Max available for Wolfpack is 2CV--Yorktown/Wasp. I have only lost 1CVL. I have my KB divided into 3 TF: KB1 Hiryu/Soryu/Hiyo/Junyo 228 Planes: 76Z, 76V, 76K Excellent Experience for all Daitai. KB3 Akagi/Kaga/Ryujo/Hosho 202 Planes: 82Z, 48V, 72K Excellent Experience for all Daitai. KB2 Shokaku/Zuikaku/Ryuho 172 Planes: 64Z, 48V, 60K Though damaged, this TF will be operational pretty soon. Shokaku is down to 11 Sys Dam, Zuikaku is down to 25 Sys Dam, and Ryuho will soon be commissioned. The Daitai will have to be trained up. This TF is responsible for sinking all of the American CVs and has paid for it with high plane casualties. CVL Zuiho, after a mammoth effort to save her, will be out of the war for 4-6 months of repairs. Thoughts from anyone reading this??

kellyc -> RE: May 1942--Where to Next for Japan? (1/20/2006 12:03:39 AM)
John, Looks like you've done a great job. I'm not sure taking HI is good idea, the losses there can work against you since you're so close to reaching victory. Just remember to watch yourself and don't get that dreaded VD (victory diese sp?) Sincerely Kellyc

John 3rd -> RE: May 1942--Where to Next for Japan? (1/20/2006 12:36:21 AM)
Thanks Kelly! I am making doubly certain not to get a case of the dreaded Victory Disease!

John 3rd -> May 1942 (1/20/2006 6:37:22 PM)
May 23, 1942 SS ML Tsugaru hits SS-laid mine at Midway---grrrr.... TIRED of these SS-laid mines! Air Manila 92F 78B 104DB AF and 239 Cas Getting those new Daitais into the fight helps a lot! Anchorage 22Z 7B Hit AF but lose 2 planes. Notice that there are a lot less planes located there. I think he might see the writing on the wall and has pulled his Bomber Squadrons out. We'll see... China Changsha--Bad Weather Hex West of Changsha (46,36) 64B 109 Cas Aust (36,89) 35F 18B 30 Cas Ground Nothing! I think this is a first no bombardments--attacks--anything. The Reinforcement Convoy from Kwajalein will dock tomorrow. I plan to unload the 60,000 troops and then form a MASSIVE Invasion Convoy of 90AP with 10 MSW/PG. Hopefully, they should be enough to carry 4 Inf Div, Engineers, and Artillery...They will be covered by a Support Force--just in case-- My Fast Transport TF will drop off the 2 SNLF units on the beach midway between Sitka and Anchorage. Since he has pulled most of his airpower, I will probably load a small AK with supplies to help them out some. Navy Quiet round also. KB3 is about to return to Dutch Harbor for fuel and provisions. KB1 is moving a little farther from the US West Coast and is on the lookout for reinforcements... KB2 I think, once Shokaku/Zuikaku repaired, that I will send them--and Yamato--to Noumea for Southern Operations. Perhaps they can get some fairly safe training for their Daitai. All the little TF that were prowling around searching for his TK TF near New Zealand are headed home for a little well-deserved R&R.

moses -> RE: May 1942 (1/20/2006 8:37:16 PM)
quote: Ground Nothing! I think this is a first no bombardments--attacks--anything Did he pull out of Changsa!!!

atomu -> RE: May 1942--Where to Next for Japan? (1/20/2006 10:18:28 PM)
Great news on the "Lucky Dragon" (Zuiho). She will soon return to guard the Pacific and Aviators, Sailors and Soldiers will greet her, saluting with tears in their eyes! I am still concerned about the splitting up of carriers, though. It may be okay to do so in May 42. But the Americans are strong and will get stronger. It is not only Victory Desease you should guard against. The biggest mistake of a warrior is disregard for the opponent... How about combining the carrier divisions for a raid on whereever your opponent has his BBs...? Can submarines be used to approach naval bases on the West Coast on the West Coast? Or Southern Australia? He still has at least half a dozen BBs or not? Regards, A

John 3rd -> RE: May 1942--Where to Next for Japan? (1/20/2006 10:51:19 PM)
That is a fine idea Sir! I am using two KB TF to cover the Anchorage assault and then they will be freed up. My immediate idea is to transfer one of them, plus the other (freshly repaired) KB TF and have some fun hitting New Zealand and Australia. Saving the Zuiho was VERY nice. That brought to final total for the Battle off Western Hawaii to 1 American CV sunk and 1 crippled. The Japanese only lost a CVL and had another CVL crippled. Not a bad exchange whatsoever. Still would like to force him into another major battle while I have the initiative...

atomu -> RE: May 1942--Where to Next for Japan? (1/21/2006 11:55:59 AM)
...which means: he still has three fleet carriers, maybe two of them more or less fully operational... and there are two sturdy brit carriers around as well... ...if US fleet carriers are beeing repaired, they are likely to be in San Fran or San Diego, no? Can you hit them there? Can recon planes (Mavisses or Emilys) peek at San Fran or San Diego from your new alaskan bases? Regards, A

John 3rd -> RE: May 1942--Where to Next for Japan? (1/23/2006 8:04:54 PM)
As soon as I have Anchorage, that is a REAL good thought. I want Anchorage to serve as a shield so I can operate out of Dutch Harbor. The odds are that he will attack Anchorage (once captured) by 4E Bombers. I will plan on that. While he uselessly attacks there, Kodiak and Dutch Harbor will expand. Will use all for recon and potential striking bases. If possible, I might take a swing at San Fransisco. It will depend on surprise and how much LBA he has there. I will only get one chance so we shall see!

John 3rd -> May 1942 (1/23/2006 8:42:47 PM)
May 24, 1942 SS An AK hits a SS laid mine at Toboali. I-7 (with the FANTASTIC ASW Model we have) is unerringly located by an ASW TF and sunk for 4DC near PH. Air Manila 119F 133B 111DB nail city, AF, and cause 274 Casualties Anchorage 34Z 32B Lose 4B, destroy 1 B-17--2 P-36, hit AF Changsha 27F 109B 78 Casualties SW Changsha (46,36) 69B 284 Casualties Ground Deliberate Attack: Manila 1-1 Forts 5 down to 4 Stats 129,651 1044G 591T Losses 4,139 77G 17T 64,355 270G 88T Losses 1,876 27G 4T Land two SNLF at 119,29 1SNLF to head for Anchorage to close the backdoor and another to stay there and occupy and reinforcements arriving from the south. Sea Bombard Anchorage: BC, 2CA, 2DD 91 Cas, 2G, AF 4SBD attack TF--destroy 1/2 damaged May 25, 1942 SS Nothing Air Do a Zero Sweep in Burma: Imphal--Nothing Dacca--47Z vs. 8 Mohawk Shot down 3 Mohawk. Anchorage 16Z 16B Lose 1 plane, destroy 3 B-17/4 P-36, 14 Cas, and AF China: Changsha 58F 123B 406 Cas 46,36 76B 102 Cas Ground Bombardment: 46,36 108 Cas Order Shock Attack for Changsha tomorrow... Get ready to load Invasion Force tomorrow for Anchorage Sea Nothing May 26, 1942 SS I-18 attacked by ASW TF near San Fransisco and (with UNERRING accuracy) is sunk w/4DC I get the S-34 w/4DC South of Kodiak Air Bad Weather Day across the map. Manila 24Z 13 Cas China Changsha 27F 82B 65 Cas 46,36 7 Chinese SB2C hit for 13 Jap Cas and 84B cause 152 Chin Cas 36,89 33F 12B 32 Cas Ground Shock Attack: Changsha 2-1---YES!!!! Forts 4--down to 2 Stats---It will be mine within 10 days! 436,953 2,703G 284T Losses 21,589 119G 19T 144,072 27G Losses 9,323 13G Bombardment: Manila--247 Cas Start Loading Anchorage Invasion Force: 86AP, 4AK (Supplies), 6MSW, and 4 PG---Close Escort Force of 1CL and 6DD They are loading 4 Inf Divisions, 1 Inf Brigade, 2 Eng Regiments, 3 Hv Art Reg, 2 Mortar Battalions, and 1 Army HQ....here we go! Sea Recall KB1 from West Coast/Hawaii patrol to cover landings. KB3 is nearly to Dutch Harbor for refueling... Americans lose a TK from my New Zealand raiding earlier. Engineering: Kodiak--AF 4---YES! Bettys now carry a Torpedo--Immediately fly two Daitai of Betty to join one already there.

John 3rd -> May 1942 (1/23/2006 9:16:48 PM)
May 27, 1942 SS DD Hits SS-Laid mine at Kodiak Air Manila 75F 113B 108DB 239 Cas Alaska Anchorage: 21Z 25B Lose 5B--his AA is nasty here!, destroy 1SBD/1P-36, 14 Cas, and AF 119,29 28 P-40 attack 21 Jap Cas China (46,36) 27F 76B 109 Cas Aust (36,89) 33F 12B 28 Cas Ground Bombardment: Manila 267 Cas and Order Manila Attack China: 46,36 6 Chinese Cas Changsha (weird un-ordered attack) 203 Jap for 218 Chinese BIG NEWS: For some CRAZY reason, Wolfpack advances into Vietnam and activates my 4 Vietnamese Divisions! He is headed for Hanoi with 3 units. I have one full Inf Div there, plus the Vietnamese Division, and Forts at 3--should be enough top hold. Order the other 3 Vietnamese units to Hanoi/Haiphong. Hmmm....why would he do that???!!! Sea Bombardment: Anchorage--destroy 1 P-36, 65 Cas, 3G, AF American Bombardment of French Frigate Shoal--6 US DD--they do 21 Cas and 31 Cas for full day. 14 Betty Attack with TT but miss! Damn... May 28, 1942 SS Nothing Air Night Raid at Akyab costs 1 Blenheim Manila 95F 127B 108DB 213 Cas Alaska Anchorage 38Z 18B Lose 1P, AF 119,29 25 P-40 74 Jap Cas China Changsha 26B 53 Cas 36,46 11 Oscars vs. 9 SB2C Chinese lose 1B Australia 36,89 33F 10B 97 Cas 14,91 31B 44 cas Ground Shock Attack: Manila! 1-1 Forts 4 down to 3 Stats Making REAL progress here as well! Jpn 127,838 978G 579T Losses 7,077 79G 24T US 59,696 211G 79T Losses 1,305 26G 2T Bombardment: 46,36 17 Cas Deliberate Attack: 14,91 17-1 13 Jap Cas for 17 Aus Cas TAKE HEX! Chinese Shock Attack: Hanoi 0-1 Fort 3 59Jap for 1260 Chin Cas Should be able to hold! Sea Naval Bombardments: Anchorage #1 4BB Destroy 2B/3F/2R, 2,483 Cas, 46 Guns, 14 Vehicles, and AF---NICE! #2 1BC/3CA Destroy 1B/2R, 435 Cas, 12G, AF BB Fuso attacked by 3 SBD--No Damage and destroy 1 SBD Anchorage Invasion Force departs for Target Site... May 29, 1942 SS Nothing Air Manila 95F 115B 108DB all focus on Marines 330 Cas and 5 G China: Changsha 41F 91B 213 Cas 46,36 8 Oscar vs. 8 SB2C Damage 4 Bombers 35 Jap Cas and 29F 79B 61 Chin Cas Australia 14,92 25B 41 Cas 36,89 33F 2 Cas Ground Nothing Just noticed that there are 109,000+ Troops in the Anchorage Invasion Force... Start Loading second Wave--1 more Eng Reg and 2 Inf Brigades Sea Nothing Engineering: Lashio AF 3

John 3rd -> RE: May 1942 (1/23/2006 9:30:54 PM)
May 30, 1942 SS Nothing Air Akyab 33Z vs. 58 Brit Bombers and 27 B-17---DAMN! I had 2 Daitai Sweeping Dacca this round--Lose 14Z (most on the ground), 148 Cas, AF but do reasonably well--Shot down 15B and damage 19 more. (I complain about the pain to Wolfpack through email--HOPE he will hit there again) Set all 4 Daitai to 90% CAP! Come back... Manila 32F 56B 72 Cas Alaska Anchorage 59Z 84B Destroy 6 B-17/2R/1 P-36, AF, 29 Cas 119,29 26F 16B 49 Jap Cas 46,36 (China) 11 Oscar vs. 9SB2C Shot down 1B and take 17 Jap Cas Aust (14,92) 29B 35 Cas Ground Shock Attack: Changsha! 2-1---YAAAAAAAA! Forts 2 down to 0--HOT DAMN! Jpn 422,425 2568G 247T Losses 19,041 50G 21T Chi 137,915 15G Losses 7,548 8G Chinese Shock Attack at 46,36--He is trying to dislodge me from blocking the road to Changsha there! Gets a 1-1 191 Jap for 182 Chinese--I have an Inf Div that should get there tomorrow. Navy 3 SBD attack BB Fuso--it takes 1Bomb for no damage--shot down 2 SBD I will post a stragegic update tomorrow with all statistics. WHAT A MONTH! Manila and Changsha will fall within days and the Anchorage Invasion is about to commence... BANZAI! BANZAI!! BANZAI!!!

castor troy -> RE: May 1942 (1/23/2006 9:39:53 PM)
yes, the ASW model is broken. The experience I�ve made with the beta patch and Niks mod so far makes me thinking about upgrading an ongoing game (what I�ve never done before because of the fear of bugs showing up). The new ASW model makes subs usable now! [&o][&o][&o]

John 3rd -> RE: May 1942 (1/23/2006 10:37:44 PM)
Hey Castor! Is this improvement going to be put into 1.8? I am glad that it is working for the modifications you described. How is your game going against Wolfpack? Is your India Offensive still rolling?

John 3rd -> May 1942 (1/24/2006 6:50:24 PM)
June 1, 1942 SS AP hits a SS-laid mine @ Kodiak---Grrrrr...I am forming several MSW TF to clean-up Wolfpack's work. Air Manila 97F 93B 108DB 212 Cas Anchorage Hit by two raids from Dutch Harbor and Kodiak. I'll combine the results: 57Z 73B Hit, lose 2 planes, destroy 4 B-17--2 Recon--3 P-36--1 SBD, 103 Cas, and hit AF China Changsha 107B 228 Cas 46,36 19 Oscar vs. 6 SB2C--shot down 1B and take 13 Jap Cas My strikes hit--51F 30B 30 Cas Australia 13,93 18B 10 Cas and 1 Tank 36,89 29F 12B 37 Cas Ground I have a single unit attack (without authorization) at Changsha 232 Jap for 292 Chinese 46,36 Bombard Chinese Units for 16 Cas and then get Shock Attacked by them! Ooopps...5 Chinese Corps vs. my Independant Brigade 9-1 276 Jap for 272 Chin Casualties I am forced to retreat out of the road hex. While bad, this is not terrible, I have an Inf Division that is about to move into the hex and re-block it. Order an attack at Manila for tomorrow. Sea A TK sinks from my New Zealand raids. A Japanese ML sinks at Midway from a TT attack a few days ago. Bombardment: Anchorage---two attacks: 4BB 253 Cas and 13 Guns 1BC and 3CA 121 Cas and 4 Guns The Invasion Force is only 1 Day away! I refuel both of my Bombardment TFs. They will arrive, bombard, and STAY this time. Here we go... I am about to reform KB2--Within a couple days, Ryuho will be commissioned into the IJN, Zuikaku is down to Sys 7 in damage, and Shokaku is dropping a Sys point a day--now at 22.

John 3rd -> Six Months of War Summary (1/24/2006 8:07:48 PM)
A busy May 1942 closes with major progress having been made for the Imperial Navy and Army. HUGE operations are about commence and planning has begun on future possiblities. I had REALLY hoped to have the capture of Manila and all those troops done this month but it will occur within June. The Forts are coming down quickly and will be ready for the taking soon. My doggedness with Changsha is FINALLY going to pay off (thank you Moses) and I will have it within a few days. My Anchorage Invasion will start tomorrow or the day after. I intend to destroy whatever troops are there. The back door is closed by my landing east of Anchorage. My hope is to grab the city, port, AF and 35-50,000+ American troops! If I can do that, then this whole northern adventure will payoff handsomely... With the fall of the Philippines and then Anchorage, I will be looking at new possiblities. Right now, Operation Eastern Wind is on hold while at Phase 2: Johnson, French Frigate Shoal, Midway, and Palmyra taken. I am strongly considering an Invasion of New Zealand. Everything, from here on out, has the goal of destroying Fleet units or large numbers of troops. Australia might still be on the burner as well... Let me go through the Industrial Statistics: Score 3.67 to 1---last month, the ratio was 3.8 to 1 Japan 19,771 +1,572 for the month of May US/Allies 5,382 +596 Ships Sunk Japan 113 1,164 VP Losses--1CVL (Shoho), 2BC (Haruna/Hiei), 1CA, 3CL, 9DD, 15SS Allies 225 3,127 VP Losses--3CV (Lexington, Yorktown, Enterprise), 1BB (Arizona), 5CA, 7CL, 29DD, 10SS For the month, I only lost 7 ships--2CL, 2SS for major combtants. On the bright side, I managed to save CVL Zuiho! That was nice. For the month, Wolfpack lost 39--NICE! [:D]--1CA, 3DD, 1SS, and 35 TK/AK. The bulk of those came from my CV Raids east of Hawaii and my continued mid-ocean Surface Intercepts east of New Zealand. Industrial Statistics: Supply 2,001,934 Fuel 3,232,923 Manpower 817 (319,639) Heavy Industry 13,946 (57,608) Resources 19,242 (1,584,274) Oil 2458 (1,349,363) Have some ups and downs here but everything seems good. All resource areas are repaired or getting repaired. I have expanded my HI some... Naval Shipyards 1,322 (0)---up 27 Merchant Shipyards 969 Shipyard Repair 1135---up 76 Armament 661 (55,032)---up 33 Vehicles 155 (5,757)---up 18 Aircraft Engines 1411---up 24 Aircraft Assembly 898+(182-rd)---up 53 and 57 respectively My economy continues to expand at a slow, but steady pace. I have been crippled in my campaign against Moses due to excess expansion. It has hurt me for nearly six months of game time. I will not repeat that mistake here... Monthly Plane Production: Fighters: A6M2 124 A6M3 172 Oscar 182 Bombers: Sally 101 Helen 74 Betty 101 Val 50 Kate 40 Transports: Tina 14 H6K2-L (Mavis) 4 Topsy 5 Float/Recon: Alf 4 Glen 3 Dinah 8 Emily 16 I have decent pools of nearly everything except Army Bombers. I forgot about several Daitai that come in with Sallys and so I had to bump up production there. Looking good nearly everywhere else.

castor troy -> RE: Six Months of War Summary (1/25/2006 12:47:52 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: John 3rd Monthly Plane Production: Fighters: A6M2 124 A6M3 172 Oscar 182 Bombers: Sally 101 Helen 74 Betty 101 Val 50 Kate 40 Transports: Tina 14 H6K2-L (Mavis) 4 Topsy 5 Float/Recon: Alf 4 Glen 3 Dinah 8 Emily 16 I have decent pools of nearly everything except Army Bombers. I forgot about several Daitai that come in with Sallys and so I had to bump up production there. Looking good nearly everywhere else. John, wow, you�re producing a lot of A6M3. Are you playing with PDU on or off? Also quite many Oscars (which are quite useless in my oppinion) I use them for training and when the daitais reach average exp of 80 I switch them back to Tony or Tojo. The Oscar I is my first IJA trainer and I don�t build any of them anymore as my pool is filled with them. If you�re playing with PDU on you should switch those to Tonies. Wolfpack isn�t very happy about all my elite daitais of Tonies in our game! They�re achieving kill rates in their favour against P38 (I think because of experience of my pilots, but the plane is good enough to keep up with the P38 and everything below when flown by a good pilot). What makes me wonder is why you�re producing so few recons. I�m producing 20 Alfs and Jakes, and 50 Dinahs a month and especially the Dinah III are needed to upgrade all those Babs and Dinah II. I also upgraded my Pete and Dave float recons to Jakes and Alfs. But that of course with PDU on.

John 3rd -> RE: Six Months of War Summary (1/25/2006 5:55:39 PM)
Hey Castor! Thank you VERY much for the commentary and insight. Really apppreciate your time and thought. I have a good-sized stockpile of A2s right now and am building up my A3s. I like a mix of about 50-50 with my Daitai. Once I have a large supply of each, I will start shifting to research of the Jack/A5 for my next plane... Doing the same with my Oscars. Next month, I should have enough to shift over to Tony/Tojo Research and will then produce a 50-50 combination of Tony and Tojo. My recon production is actually coming up. I have held back on them to start with becuase I have taken few casualties with them and I wanted as many fighters as possible. I like those Dinahs as well! The Alfs were heavily stockpiled at the start of the game. Just started producing more to get ahead again. Have shifted most of my Float planes on my fleet to Alf. Am expanding Emily production too... My pilot situation is amazingly good right now. I have taken so FEW losses! Probably 80% of my Oscar Daitai are in the 70s/80s. Only in Burma are we trading punches and there it is bombers against a mix of Zeros and Oscars. I was expecting a massive aerial battle with Anchorage but it looks like he has pulled out most of them...don't understand his fall and wait strategy. Makes no sense and just keeps me on the attack! Thoughts? John

John 3rd -> Landing at Anchorage!--June 1, 1942 (1/25/2006 6:18:37 PM)
June 1, 1942 SS DD Isokaze hits YET ANOTHER mine at Kodiak. My sweeping isn't keeping up with his mining... SS Argonaut hit by LBA @ Kodiak SS Porpoise hit by LBA @ Singapore Air Terrible Weather throughout the entire board! Missions cancelled at Alaska, China, and Burma... Australia 12,93 22B 14 Cas and 1 Tank 36,89 16F 15F 36 Cas Land LANDING AT ANCHORAGE!!!! [&o] BANZAI! OK--Here are the stats and I now KNOW what I am up against! My 100 Ship Invasion Force takes 2,915 Coastal Shots ([X(][X(]--WOW!)--5PG and 5AP are Heavily Damaged with 3AP hit as well. Initial landing costs 8,584 Cas and I lose 53G. Wolfpack bombards my troops and I get a good idea of the opposition. My initial thoughts were that I would be fighting 2 1/2 Inf Div with a total of about 50,000 troops. The guesswork--recon--is pretty accurate. This is what he has there: 41st Inf Div, 4 RCTs, 1 Canadian Brigade, 2 Art Reg, 2 AA units, 1CD unit, and 6 BF--51,974 total troops. My initial landing force is: 4 Inf Div, 1 Inf Brig, 2 Eng Reg, 3 Heavy Artillery Reg, and 2 Mortar Bat. My 2nd wave, which is loading right now in Dutch Harbor, consists of 2 Inf Brig, 1 Eng Reg, and 2 Mortar Bat. Total should end up around 150-160,000 troops. I WILL HAVE ANCHORAGE AND THE TROOPS THERE! BANZAI!!! [8D][8D] Deliberate Attack: Manila 1-1 Forts 3 to 2 123,169 902G 576T Losses 2,944 50G 17T 57,313 160G 78T Losses 1,600 22G 2T 46,36 (China) The 68th Inf Div closes the road from Changsha again. They have to Shock Attack across the river--2,269 Jap for 159 Chin. They do cross so the raod is closed for the moment. He has five Chinese Corps there so it probably won't remain closed for long. My Changsha troops are tired and I cannot order an attack tomorrow. I will let them rest one more day and then try to take the city. Sea I now have 8 CV in Dutch Harbor. KB 1 & 3 are now together. Will let them rest and then will go on a MASSIVE raiding mission! There is a small reinforcement convoy about to start off-loading troops and supply between Sitka and Anchorage. I will drop off a second SNLF and enough supplies to take care of both of them. The original is now six hexes from Anchorage and marching steadily towards there on the road. Engineering: Rabaul AF 5

John 3rd -> RE: Landing at Anchorage!--June 1, 1942 (1/25/2006 6:22:20 PM)
I forgot to mention that I will have my two Bombardment Forces hitting Anchorage tonight and tomorrow. They will stay and bombard until out of AMMO!

invernomuto -> RE: Landing at Anchorage!--June 1, 1942 (1/25/2006 8:02:59 PM)
Hi John, BANZAI!!! I really like your strategy. Alaska should be yours soon and you're going to take a good amount of VPs. What are your next plans? A West coast raid?

John 3rd -> RE: Landing at Anchorage!--June 1, 1942 (1/25/2006 8:14:29 PM)
Thank You Kind Sir! I have the feeling that there will be a fairly lengthy seige (say 4-6 weeks) at Anchorage. Pretty certain has has plenty of supply. I can continue to wear him down with Naval Bombardments, Ground Bombardments, and Aerial attack. Will let that work for a few days before trying my first attack. I have worn out some of my older BB with these continuous attacks so I want to send them home for R&R. I am pretty certain that my next major step will be a surprise attack upon San Fransisco by 8 CV! Would like to try another P.H.-type raid. Will try reconning the Harbor with a few Glens and then make the decision. After the raid, I think we head back for the SE Pacific and look towards New Zealand. Wolfpack thinks I will focus entirely on continuing my Australia operations. I shall endeavor to make him KEEP thinking that and take a swing at Wellington and Auckland...hmmmm...kiwis! All this thinking is grand and glorious but FIRST I have to take: 1. Changsha I will rotate about 100 bombers out for the aid in the Anchorage seige and so I can preserve my Betty Daitai. 2. Manila Make available 150,000 troops and 300 plus aircraft. The troops will need a few weeks in Manila for R&R (or perhaps Noumea) and planning. The planes will reinforce whichever Southern Venture I choose. 3. Anchorage WANT those American-Canadian Troops! Hell--Didn't know the Canadian's had USEFUL troops! [:D][:D]

invernomuto -> RE: Landing at Anchorage!--June 1, 1942 (1/25/2006 8:44:46 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: John 3rd Thank You Kind Sir! I have the feeling that there will be a fairly lengthy seige (say 4-6 weeks) at Anchorage. Pretty certain has has plenty of supply. I can continue to wear him down with Naval Bombardments, Ground Bombardments, and Aerial attack. Will let that work for a few days before trying my first attack. Agree. quote: I have worn out some of my older BB with these continuous attacks so I want to send them home for R&R. I am pretty certain that my next major step will be a surprise attack upon San Fransisco by 8 CV! Would like to try another P.H.-type raid. Will try reconning the Harbor with a few Glens and then make the decision. You should definitely do that. If he thinks that you are going to raid the West coast he'll be forced to defend Seattle and San Francisco. More units he has in the West coast, less units you will have to face in South Pacific or Australia. quote: After the raid, I think we head back for the SE Pacific and look towards New Zealand. Wolfpack thinks I will focus entirely on continuing my Australia operations. I shall endeavor to make him KEEP thinking that and take a swing at Wellington and Auckland...hmmmm...kiwis! He must react to your moves. quote: All this thinking is grand and glorious but FIRST I have to take: 1. Changsha I will rotate about 100 bombers out for the aid in the Anchorage seige and so I can preserve my Betty Daitai. 2. Manila Make available 150,000 troops and 300 plus aircraft. The troops will need a few weeks in Manila for R&R (or perhaps Noumea) and planning. The planes will reinforce whichever Southern Venture I choose. 3. Anchorage WANT those American-Canadian Troops! Hell--Didn't know the Canadian's had USEFUL troops! [:D][:D] I agrre, these are necessary obiectives IMHO.

John 3rd -> RE: Landing at Anchorage!--June 1, 1942 (1/25/2006 8:48:23 PM)
Thank you again Sir! Do you have any other suggestions??? I am always open for new thoughts...

invernomuto -> RE: Six Months of War Summary (1/25/2006 11:47:52 PM)
quote: Doing the same with my Oscars. Next month, I should have enough to shift over to Tony/Tojo Research and will then produce a 50-50 combination of Tony and Tojo. It's june '42 in your game, right? Remember that Oscar factories will automatically upgrade to Tony in Aug. '42 (with no damage, so you will not have to consume supplies to repair them). If you have a large number of Oscar in pool, I would stop Oscar production right now and wait for the automatic conversion. Every Oscar in pool after Aug.'42 is a waste of HI IMHO. Bye

castor troy -> RE: Six Months of War Summary (1/26/2006 1:39:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: invernomuto quote: Doing the same with my Oscars. Next month, I should have enough to shift over to Tony/Tojo Research and will then produce a 50-50 combination of Tony and Tojo. It's june '42 in your game, right? Remember that Oscar factories will automatically upgrade to Tony in Aug. '42 (with no damage, so you will not have to consume supplies to repair them). If you have a large number of Oscar in pool, I would stop Oscar production right now and wait for the automatic conversion. Every Oscar in pool after Aug.'42 is a waste of HI IMHO. Bye Oscar I upgrade to Tonies? Can this be confirmed? I never had this happen and my Oscar I upgraded to Oscar II.

castor troy -> RE: Six Months of War Summary (1/26/2006 2:14:25 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: John 3rd Hey Castor! Thank you VERY much for the commentary and insight. Really apppreciate your time and thought. I have a good-sized stockpile of A2s right now and am building up my A3s. I like a mix of about 50-50 with my Daitai. Once I have a large supply of each, I will start shifting to research of the Jack/A5 for my next plane... Doing the same with my Oscars. Next month, I should have enough to shift over to Tony/Tojo Research and will then produce a 50-50 combination of Tony and Tojo. My recon production is actually coming up. I have held back on them to start with becuase I have taken few casualties with them and I wanted as many fighters as possible. I like those Dinahs as well! The Alfs were heavily stockpiled at the start of the game. Just started producing more to get ahead again. Have shifted most of my Float planes on my fleet to Alf. Am expanding Emily production too... My pilot situation is amazingly good right now. I have taken so FEW losses! Probably 80% of my Oscar Daitai are in the 70s/80s. Only in Burma are we trading punches and there it is bombers against a mix of Zeros and Oscars. I was expecting a massive aerial battle with Anchorage but it looks like he has pulled out most of them...don't understand his fall and wait strategy. Makes no sense and just keeps me on the attack! Thoughts? John John, that�s how Wolpack plays as I�ve mentioned before. Overall I don�t find his tactic to be bad, but as I�ve encountered in my game against him he retreats too often and TOO FAR. He did let me take bases in India without heavy opposition (could say any opposition) and now, months later, he tries to get me out. But now I�m more than prepared and he loses his RN BBs against my long range torpedoe bombers (100 Nells are enough for all the RN) in just a few turns, my ground troops have dug in in Jamshedpur (fort 6), Diamond Harbour (fort 7) and Chandpur (fort 9) and the last two turns he tried an attack against Jamshedpur and Diamond Harbour taking huge losses. He didn�t even concentrate on one target but attacked both with not even 90000 men. RAF (which has suffered heavy losses at the airbattles over Burma and the forward Indian bases, are out of trained pilots and has not many fighters left) and USAF in India stand no chance against IJAF Tonies, Tojos and Helens and as it stands now he�s a bit disappointed as some div and many tank brigades are advancing west. When my daitais take losses (try to keep at least 50% of the trained core pilots), they go to China (also not a single plane who tries to intervene my training) and is back shortly to beat up the enemy in India. If he had tried to sabotage my training in China I wouldn�t have beaten his airforces in India that easy. But knowing he would take more losses than me, if he would defend China with fighters, he didn�t do it and evacuated everything to India. Luckily we have a stacking limit at airbases so he can�t put all of his planes into Karachi. I think he won�t come out to defend Alaska and you�ll have time to prepare or further advance. And he stops all attacks that take heavy losses even if he must attack, so far in my games. I would bet the first base he would really defend is Seattle. The only problem I see so far is that you will be spread out so far in 43 that he just can bypass so many troops you will need to defend your inner perimeter of defense. If you don�t consider upgrading to the next patch with the new ASW model - which is great [&o] - his subs won�t be hurting you really bad but if you ugrade, his subs will really be a problem for your supply and troops going to your bases. In my 1.6 game Wolfpack and I have completely cancelled submarine warfare because subs are just victims (IJN more than USN of course). But in my beta patch Nik mod game, we�re only in late 6/42 (started in 5/42) and my IJN subs are doing great. The ASW I�m doing against Zetas subs already sunk 3 subs but with 1.6 I would have sunk 10+ subs with the same effort. Some thoughts to your coming plane production. It�s a good idea to 50/50 Tony and Tojo production in general. Against Wolfpack I would suppose you go 70/30 for the Tony as the range 6 against 5 of the Tojo really helps if you�re fighting over Burma and over the forward bases of India. And it�s far better in destroying 4E bombers which he sent against me occasionally. And my Tonies perform just as good against P38s as the Tojo does in my game. I would send every daitai available to China for training. Don�t know if he really defends China with US planes, if not, his Chinese airforce is wiped out quickly, or, what I expect, will be evacuated to India pretty fast. I�m training as many Army daitais in China as possible, my Navy daitais are already trained to a max (as they haven�t seen much action for months [8\|]) and mostly the IJAF is fighting over India (which is the only major air theatre in my game). The only thing I really fear is the F4U showing up in less than a month. Wonder how my elite pilots are performing then. It has to be much better than the P38, if not I think I can hold my own against them - what probably won�t be the case though. [:(] I hope I expressed myself good enough that you�re able to understand my thoughts. Keep up your good work and your AAR!

invernomuto -> RE: Six Months of War Summary (1/26/2006 11:33:20 PM)
quote: Oscar I upgrade to Tonies? Can this be confirmed? I never had this happen and my Oscar I upgraded to Oscar II. From what I read: Nate--> Oscar IIa Oscar Ib --> Tony Is that correct?

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