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RE: Illinois Yankee in Showa Court (Q-Ball v Canoe) - 5/24/2011 5:02:00 AM

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Q-ball,

Welcome back. Hope you will be with us for a while.

Now that the pleasantries are out of the way, will you please gut him for us? It's been so long since we've had a good ole' fashioned naval *** whuppin' administered by the sons of heaven that we're anxious for you to deliver ASAP.

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RE: Illinois Yankee in Showa Court (Q-Ball v Canoe) - 5/24/2011 6:03:32 PM

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Good to see you back in the saddle Brad.

Keep the faith!!

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RE: Illinois Yankee in Showa Court (Q-Ball v Canoe) - 5/24/2011 8:50:00 PM

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quote:

It's been so long since we've had a good ole' fashioned naval *** whuppin' administered by the sons of heaven that we're anxious for you to deliver ASAP.

Maybe, and maybe not. The USN gets the Essex right around this time, IIRC, and Lightnings are available for LRCAP. Watch those land bases.

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RE: Illinois Yankee in Showa Court (Q-Ball v Canoe) - 5/25/2011 5:24:14 PM

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Thanks!

You guys have honored this, but I should mention: Do not comment on my suspicions or plans if you are reading Dan's AAR, which most of you are. Even inadvertently, you might reveal something. Like:

"Hey, can you give us a very very detailed rundown of your current garrison on Paramushiro Jima? Just asking."

I do provide my overall dispositions, because I know that adds to the enjoyment of reading both AARs, and seeing collisions happen.

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RE: Illinois Yankee in Showa Court (Q-Ball v Canoe) - 5/25/2011 6:01:16 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

Thanks!

You guys have honored this, but I should mention: Do not comment on my suspicions or plans if you are reading Dan's AAR, which most of you are. Even inadvertently, you might reveal something. Like:

"Hey, can you give us a very very detailed rundown of your current garrison on Paramushiro Jima? Just asking."

I do provide my overall dispositions, because I know that adds to the enjoyment of reading both AARs, and seeing collisions happen.

Warning understood and acknowledged.

I must say this though. I believe that Canoerebel plans to cause damage to the Home Islands via either strategic bombardment, nuclear attack, naval bombardment or by sowing confusion, innuendo and...sarcasm.

You heard it here first.

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RE: Illinois Yankee in Showa Court (Q-Ball v Canoe) - 5/26/2011 9:46:02 AM

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Welcome back. As you said, IJN is nearly intact. As a matter of fact, there was nothing. It was a Landwargame - and of course I understand if someone says "boring" .

But hey, bring the show up and bring it to an end. It was a pleasure to read the AAR and I am happy that it is going on again. let it roll babe.....

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RE: Illinois Yankee in Showa Court (Q-Ball v Canoe) - 5/27/2011 6:34:56 PM

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12/22/42 Updates:

My updates are mostly strategic; not a ton is happening tactically. A few highlights:

China: In the Hills near Loyang, 225K Chinese overwhelmed 3 Brigades I had manning my "front line". They appear to be marching SE toward open terrain. This could be an opportunity.

I am pulling together 10 Divisions from various parts in China. I had an offensive planned around Changsha, but thought better of it. I bought 2 more divisions from Manchukuo (using 4500 PPs i had), and they are railing to China. I also have a new Armored Division in play. I hope those guys hit open terrain, and I hope to roll them badly. Chinese troops do very very poorly in open terrain, so I hope we can make Dan pay. Of course, I control the air.

Ceylon: I have a few base troops on Ceylon, I evacuated everyone else. Dan appears ready to land; I did a hit and run with some Helens, but all they hit was BB RESOLUTION, only scratching paint.

Another group of Helens did toast a supply TF off Exmouth. I am training every IJA Bomber Pilot on "LOW-NAV", and equipping every unit with the armored Helen IIa. I set to 1000 feet on Nav Attack. So far, they are getting quite a few hits that way. Can't wait to try it on carriers.......

IJA Repositioning: Otherwise, there is a flurry of activity at Imperial Headquarters, re-positioning all my land forces.

The greatest need right now is the Southern DEI, because I hadn't invested much previously. I am sending a division from TRUK, and forming a reserve army on Java, along with plenty of lift capacity to quickly move them to trouble.

Waingapu is building. Timor has 1 division already, and will get another brigade. Flores will be 1/2 a division, the other half at Maumere and Den Passar.

On Sumatra, I want to have about a division each on the 4 main landing spots (Sabang, Benkoelen, Padang, that other base on the West coast), and I'm even putting a small force on Siboret Is with level-4 trenches, because it can be developed into an airbase.

In the PACIFIC, I am pulling alot of land forces off the perimeter; ATOLLS don't hold that much anyway, and in the SOLOMONS, I don't think it's a good target for Dan. Still, I have 3 Divisions total in Solomons, so I'm not ignoring completely.

I have 3 divisions that are actually FRAGEMENTS from India. Those are going to the Mariannas; they will get time to build there, and by the time they are full strength will be useful.

I have not done a count of total divisions outside of China that I have, but it's alot. I'll get a list, but I know it includes all at-start divisions, plus 4 bonus divisions in Scen 2, plus 3 from Japan, plus 3-4 more from Manchuria, I probably have 20 divisions in the DEI and Pacific, not to mention scads of Nav Gds and Bdes and whatnot. Pretty formidable.

IJN:
The IJN has been based at Truk for awhile; I have decided, though, that TRUK is too far East, and is really more of a Pacific base. If Dan is attacking the DEI, and I based on the Exmouth move and India I think that is greater than 50% probability, I need the fleet a little closer to my valuable fuel supplies.

I have landed a FLEET HQ at Davao; this will be the secret HQ of Combined Fleet. For now. As a bonus, it's plenty close to my fuel.

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RE: Illinois Yankee in Showa Court (Q-Ball v Canoe) - 5/27/2011 9:53:27 PM

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12/25/42

Intel: Check out the screenshot; while I know Air sightings are not super reliable, in my experience BB,BB,BB,BB, etc. is at least a bunch of cruisers. That TF that is AV,CA, etc is also suspicious. Given the appearance of Carriers about a month ago off Exmouth, I think the bulk of the USN is at Perth. That is my hunch.

If Exmouth was a hit and run, those CVs would be steaming back toward the Pacific. Instead, they are staying in the Indian Ocean.

I am stepping-up preparations in the DEI, and instead of waiting, I am moving the fleet NOW to Davao.

Allied Intel: A USN Sub put a fish into MUSASHI off TRUK. The torpedo detonated, but only did 1 point of serious damage. MUSASHI was joining the fleet after recently being built in Japan.

Dan probably knows much of the IJN fleet is at TRUK, based on that sighting, and the action off Wake. Yet another good reason to immediately move Combined Fleet

Orders have been issued, and the fleet has put to sea....

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RE: Illinois Yankee in Showa Court (Q-Ball v Canoe) - 6/7/2011 1:19:53 PM

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So now what's happening?

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RE: Illinois Yankee in Showa Court (Q-Ball v Canoe) - 6/7/2011 4:20:27 PM

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Q-ball:

Your readers have but three requests:

1. Kill
2. Kill
3. KILL!!!!!

Thank you for helping us realize our JFB dreams vicariously.

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RE: Illinois Yankee in Showa Court (Q-Ball v Canoe) - 6/8/2011 4:16:38 AM

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Update:

We are up to January 2, and not much to report.

Combined Fleet has reached Davao, and is anchored there. I left 4 CAs behind in the SW Pacific, but everything else is at Davao. This is because of my anticipation of a move somewhere in the DEI.

One thing is curious, though; he is allowing me to bomb Exmouth every day from Port Hedland. He could stop me anytime simply by sending some B-17s from Carnarvon, but I'm just unloading everyday on a milk run from Port Hedland. You would think that, if he intended a move up the Australian coast, he would be contesting me. No idea why not.

Oh, and the USN ships were gone from Perth the next time I flew over the base, so Dan must have seen the Rising Sun on my recon plane and moved the ships.

Pretty quiet otherwise. I am furiously, though, moving land units around behind the scenes, and of course, digging.

Not much killing, though.

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RE: Illinois Yankee in Showa Court (Q-Ball v Canoe) - 6/9/2011 5:16:28 PM

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Jan 4,5 1943:

Battle Preparedness: I am spending alot of time and energy repositioning the IJA toward likely targets. Here is a quick update:

1. SOUTHERN DEI now has 3 divisions plus various Nav Gd etc troops, and more base forces. Dili is now an active base, and I am building a number around Timor/Flores, plus Samalauki, which is a size-5 airbase. Further back, shovels are digging at Kendari/Ambon/Namlea, etc.

2. WESTERN DEI: Sumatra now has 3 divisions, plus smaller units guarding a couple outlying islands.
3. SINGAPORE: I pulled fragments from India of several destroyed divisions. Here is the update on those:
6th GDS: On Tinian; seems like a good place to recover
38th DIV: Bangkok; eventually, will guard Thailand, either up by Raheng, or along the coast, depending on what Allies do
5th and 12th DIV: Singapore
2nd TANK: Soerbaya

The 48th Divisions and 1st Divisions are still stuck in India and won't die. That's unfortunate; I have fragments ready to rebuild!

Sub Wars:
A US Sub sank DD YAYOI off Nagasaki; she was escorting a large Tanker Convoy. I haven't lost a Tanker in a long time, so I guess I was due for a loss.

I-5 found a large AO convoy off Sydney; she put a torp into AO CIMMARRON, which was loaded with fuel; she likely sank. A very large DD escort though pounded I-5, sinking her in turn. This is interesting; AOs escorted by DDs sounds like a FLEET REPLENISHMENT TF to me, not a fuel transport one. I will find out soon if the USN is here. I just completed moving Combined Fleet to Davao, so not much I can do if the USN shows-up.

I am transferring some air to Rabaul in case there are warships, AND he is going deep somewhere. If he is landing on the periphery, like Noumea or Efate, I won't contest. I've pretty much evacuated those points anyway.

BURMA: I am of the opinion that Burma is almost impossible to Defend for Japan, once the Allies have the possibility of sea mobility in the Bay of Bengal. A landing at Moulmein or Tavoy or a march along the coast from Akyab, and you are at risk of everyone getting cut-off in Upper Burma. It's a death trap.

It's worth taking for the OIL at Magwe, but we are in good shape fuel-wise, with over a year's worth of OIL in the HOME Islands, and about 6 months of fuel. I would rather lose Magwe than another Division.

For this reason, I am pulling from Burma; I am not defending it. I am pulling troops from the mountains along the Chinese border, and the troops at Akyab are pulling out. Once I have everyone on a rail-line, we will rail to Moulmein, which I WILL defend. Some units will march further south, and along the Isthmus of Kra/Malaya.

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RE: Illinois Yankee in Showa Court (Q-Ball v Canoe) - 6/9/2011 5:48:00 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

Jan 4,5 1943:

Battle Preparedness: I am spending alot of time and energy repositioning the IJA toward likely targets. Here is a quick update:

1. SOUTHERN DEI now has 3 divisions plus various Nav Gd etc troops, and more base forces. Dili is now an active base, and I am building a number around Timor/Flores, plus Samalauki, which is a size-5 airbase. Further back, shovels are digging at Kendari/Ambon/Namlea, etc.

2. WESTERN DEI: Sumatra now has 3 divisions, plus smaller units guarding a couple outlying islands.
3. SINGAPORE: I pulled fragments from India of several destroyed divisions. Here is the update on those:
6th GDS: On Tinian; seems like a good place to recover
38th DIV: Bangkok; eventually, will guard Thailand, either up by Raheng, or along the coast, depending on what Allies do
5th and 12th DIV: Singapore
2nd TANK: Soerbaya

The 48th Divisions and 1st Divisions are still stuck in India and won't die. That's unfortunate; I have fragments ready to rebuild!

Sub Wars:
A US Sub sank DD YAYOI off Nagasaki; she was escorting a large Tanker Convoy. I haven't lost a Tanker in a long time, so I guess I was due for a loss.

I-5 found a large AO convoy off Sydney; she put a torp into AO CIMMARRON, which was loaded with fuel; she likely sank. A very large DD escort though pounded I-5, sinking her in turn. This is interesting; AOs escorted by DDs sounds like a FLEET REPLENISHMENT TF to me, not a fuel transport one. I will find out soon if the USN is here. I just completed moving Combined Fleet to Davao, so not much I can do if the USN shows-up.

I am transferring some air to Rabaul in case there are warships, AND he is going deep somewhere. If he is landing on the periphery, like Noumea or Efate, I won't contest. I've pretty much evacuated those points anyway.

BURMA: I am of the opinion that Burma is almost impossible to Defend for Japan, once the Allies have the possibility of sea mobility in the Bay of Bengal. A landing at Moulmein or Tavoy or a march along the coast from Akyab, and you are at risk of everyone getting cut-off in Upper Burma. It's a death trap.

It's worth taking for the OIL at Magwe, but we are in good shape fuel-wise, with over a year's worth of OIL in the HOME Islands, and about 6 months of fuel. I would rather lose Magwe than another Division.

For this reason, I am pulling from Burma; I am not defending it. I am pulling troops from the mountains along the Chinese border, and the troops at Akyab are pulling out. Once I have everyone on a rail-line, we will rail to Moulmein, which I WILL defend. Some units will march further south, and along the Isthmus of Kra/Malaya.

Hi Q-ball,

Grateful for the update. Kill, kill, kill soon?

On the repositioning end: There are some forested hexes inside Burma on the rail lines that could make interesting defensive bullwarks should the Allied dogs attempt an invasion of Burma from the North. Will you be relinquishing control of these as well?

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RE: Illinois Yankee in Showa Court (Q-Ball v Canoe) - 6/9/2011 6:58:48 PM

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Chickenboy: There are some good ones, Tauyng Gyi or whatever it is, plus another one up the tracks from Rangoon. They are OK, but Moulmein/Chaing Mai/Raheng is better.

The terrain is better, and the supply lines from Burma are not good; it would take the Allies a large commitment to cross over to Thailand, since it's not easy to reinforce. Supplies aren't a problem of course, never are over rough terrain.

The other factor is that in Thailand, I have the Royal Thai Army; not much, but every little bit helps.

Jan 6 Update:

There are more Sub Wars happening, I lost 3 more AKs, the Allies 2 more, off Australia and Oregon.

I sighted a DD-escorted TF off the coast of New Zealand, outside of Auckland. That, coupled with the AO sighting yesterday off Sydney, is interesting. I wonder if something is afoot.

It's too late to move the IJN, so not much I can really do about it, other than move some airplanes down to Luganville.

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