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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 5/29/2015 12:06:15 PM

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Marcus keeps getting more expensive each day! Good work!

That's the hope!

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 5/29/2015 5:01:48 PM

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Obvert-

Did the KB escape?

Yes. The KB is happily many hexes away and getting some needed rest before the next phase of resistance. He's running out of sorties I think and so I was thinking I might want to be ready to hit a retreat if it happened, but I think it's more prudent to let the other forces bleed what they can and get the KB to optimum condition and upgraded as much as possible. I can add some D4Y3 and A6M5b plus hopefully get enough Jills to upgrade the last of the Kates from the KB.

Obvert-

Good for you.

And, I second the motion that you are making Marcus Island expensive turf.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 5/30/2015 6:35:19 AM

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An odd thing is happening with my IJA upgrades. As the screen here shows, apparently the 43 IJA squads are being built and going to troops somewhere, with over 5k distributed so far. The trouble is none of my divisions show this upgrade. They're all still showing a 'normal' IJA squad.

Has anyone seen this before? We;re using the last official patch for this one and I'm not interested in upgrading, so I might have to live with it, but maybe they're actually filling in to troops and there is just a display problem?

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 5/30/2015 6:50:41 AM

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Speaking of units, we're nearing that time when the Japanese start to get some serious reinforcements. While these are mostly regimental to brigade sized units, they're perfect for shoring up islands and smaller bases around the map.

Now I have to figure out where to put them all!

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 5/30/2015 11:59:35 PM

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21 October, 1943

SUBS: A midget got a shot today at Marcus but came up missing, and paid the ultimate price.

The I-153 gets a sighting of more cargo ships arriving near Marcus. Not sure if this is just supply, but reads as two xAK and three AM, so I'm guessing that's it.

BURMA: The Allies strike!!!

Out of the blue the Allies launch an attack at the big blockade where we sit across from 350k of their troops. It doesn't go well for the aggressors here. They lose 200+ squads plus almost 2k disabled, plus a bunch of vehicles, guns, engines and support. Feeling pretty good about the position here. I'm sure his bombers were supposed to fly, but it's just not the best option to strike without being sure you've worn out the defenders through the air and with bombardments.

The Allies also got a (-) for supply. I'm feeling good now about the campaign against Lashio and Ramree to hit the supply and LOC for these troops.

CENT PAC: A new surprise here. Wake was undefended by fighters, so after a few days of recon I sent in two groups of Netties and torched the place. A few subs likely sunk and support ships damaged. Nice!

Just another thing to think about.

SW PAC: Georges get a slightly better result from sweeping over Lae. No other movement.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR October 21, 42
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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 38

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 14
F4U-1 Corsair x 14
F4U-1A Corsair x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Lae , at 99,126

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 4

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 8
F4U-1 Corsair x 1
F4U-1A Corsair x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vc Trop: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Wake Island , at 136,98

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 16
G4M1 Betty x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
SS Scamp, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
SS Blackfish, Bomb hits 4, heavy damage
AR Prometheus, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AS Orion, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires
SS Muskallunge, Bomb hits 2
AVP Avocet, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
DD Perkins, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
ACM YP-131, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires

Port hits 16
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 9000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
22 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 9000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

Massive explosion on SS Muskallunge

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Marcus Island at 123,85

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 1,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 7 damaged
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
LCI-333, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
CL Detroit
CL Concord

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x E13A1 Jake bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
5 x E13A1 Jake bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Marcus Island (123,85)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3365 troops, 48 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 96

Defending force 9562 troops, 163 guns, 258 vehicles, Assault Value = 181

Allied ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
78th Naval Guard Unit
Sasebo 7th SNLF
62nd Naval Guard Unit
2nd South Seas Gsn
Kwajalein Base Force

Defending units:
1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division
1st USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
143rd USA Base Force
146th USA Base Force
25th Infantry Division

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Ground combat at 60,48 (near Taung Gyi)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 238745 troops, 3780 guns, 5530 vehicles, Assault Value = 9369

Defending force 107712 troops, 1210 guns, 1362 vehicles, Assault Value = 3614

Allied adjusted assault: 2210

Japanese adjusted defense: 13516

Allied assault odds: 1 to 6

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker: supply(-)

Japanese ground losses:
5581 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 289 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 124 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 73 disabled
Guns lost 188 (10 destroyed, 178 disabled)
Vehicles lost 105 (7 destroyed, 98 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
22304 casualties reported
Squads: 207 destroyed, 1869 disabled
Non Combat: 101 destroyed, 513 disabled
Engineers: 38 destroyed, 308 disabled
Guns lost 368 (22 destroyed, 346 disabled)
Vehicles lost 492 (39 destroyed, 453 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
2nd Gordons Battalion
40th Infantry Division
8th KGV Light Cav Regiment
254th Armoured Brigade
72nd British Brigade
41st Infantry Division
18th British Division
BFF Brigade
16th Chindit Brigade
50th Tank Brigade
26th Indian Brigade
32nd Infantry Division
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
7th Indian Division
7th Australian Division
150th RAC Regiment
255th Armoured Brigade
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
11th Indian Division
1st Garrison Brigade
1st Hyderabad Battalion
754th Tank Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
268th Motorised Brigade
39th Indian Division
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
45th Indian Brigade
25th Indian Division
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
14th Chindit Brigade
Americal Infantry Division
6th Australian Division
1st New Chinese Corps
22nd (East African) Brigade
46th Indian Brigade
17th Indian Division
1st Marine Division
2nd British Division
3rd Cavalry Regiment
9th Australian Division
5th Marine Defense Battalion
2/9th Field Regiment
8th Medium Regiment
249th Field Artillery Battalion
43rd Cavalry Engineer Regiment
42nd Cavalry Engineer Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
97th Field Artillery Battalion
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
XXXIII Indian Corps
2/13th Field Regiment
85th British AT Gun Regiment
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
181st Field Artillery Regiment
226th Field Artillery Battalion
168th Field Artillery Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
21st Division
48th Division
2nd Guards Division
1st Tank Division
5th Division
4th Division
16th Division
55th Division
11th Tank Regiment
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Area Army
15th Air Defense AA Regiment
45th Ind.AA Gun Co
25th Army
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Air Defense AA Battalion
7th Air Defense AA Regiment
3rd RF Gun Battalion
55th Field AA Battalion
4th RF Gun Battalion
32nd Ind.AA Gun Co
6th RF Gun Battalion
8th RF Gun Battalion

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No sign of the Allied CVs today. Not sure if they're heading back to replenish or just out of sight. Set some Nells to max range to find out.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 5/31/2015 12:37:02 AM

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It sure does seem everything is coming up Roses for Japan lately. Very well played.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 5/31/2015 11:44:30 AM

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It sure does seem everything is coming up Roses for Japan lately. Very well played.

Thanks. The only trouble is that every time we sink something or win a battle the delay before the next turns seems to be much longer than if the Allies have some success. I guess as the game goes on it could mean lots of quick turns later, at least!

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 5/31/2015 11:53:20 AM

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Everyone deals with loss a different way.

I think some players simply just click end turn and send it back and not really change anything. Others I am sure spend extra time to see what they have overlooked and then others don't vary from their normal turn routine.

Makes for varied games.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 5/31/2015 9:06:52 PM

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Everyone deals with loss a different way.

I think some players simply just click end turn and send it back and not really change anything. Others I am sure spend extra time to see what they have overlooked and then others don't vary from their normal turn routine.

Makes for varied games.

I've ended turn and sent back without changing anything on many an occasion. On both sides. Ever have a day with an empty combat report because nothing happened? Yeah...

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 5/31/2015 9:46:27 PM

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22 October, 1943

SUBS: Well, the Allies struck back this turn! Sensing the Allied Deatch Star might be about to pull back I sent a small TF led by CA Kako out to within 10 hexes of Marcus. The Bowfin happened to be in the area and sent two fish screaming into her side!

Damn!

She's at 69 float damage and can only move a few hexes a day. The question is will he move the CVs in to finish her off?

BURMA: The Allies show movement back toward Lashio with some troops from the big stack. I'll bet there are a few units in there that need significant rest. Or he's going to flank me, which would also be interesting.

CENT PAC: The Allies land more supply and our strikes get intercepted by a few Hellcats today, so a few Jakes go down, but nothing major. They also launch a big strike again on the troops here. Man, when will stories run out?

No troops landed though so no shock attack at Marcus.

SW PAC: Another George sweep again comes out positive. These are not expert pilots though, just 55/70 guys, so pretty happy with the past two days here.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR October 22, 42
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Sub attack near Marcus Island at 118,95

Japanese Ships
CA Kako, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
DD Sazanami

Allied Ships
SS Bowfin

SS Bowfin launches 4 torpedoes at CA Kako
Bowfin diving deep ....
DD Sazanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Sazanami attacking submerged sub ....

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Afternoon Air attack on Kwajalein Base Force, at 123,85 (Marcus Island)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 212
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 27
SBD-5 Dauntless x 125
TBF-1 Avenger x 185

Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 5 damaged
SBD-5 Dauntless: 3 damaged
TBF-1 Avenger: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
391 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 47 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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I'm thinking she's a goner.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 6/1/2015 12:03:08 AM

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That ship isn't gone. Sys damage is relatively low. Give her some escorts and cruise your way back. I have had worse that lived. Get off mission speed.

How much is major flooding?

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 6/1/2015 5:57:32 AM

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I think all 69 if I remember right.

The Bowfin is hanging around, and if she gets another shot then that ship is done. But as you can see, if he wants it, a quick ride over and there is no way to get out of range of CV air. We'll see!

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 6/1/2015 6:07:19 AM

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Looks like your opponent is getting impatient which leads to mistakes. Good news for you!

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 6/1/2015 4:53:49 PM

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I've seen that IJA Infantry Squad 43 thing before. I think it's a display issue. It just says "IJA Infantry Squad" in the unit info screen, but I know when upgrading it will have the = in the list to show that they're still the old squad.

I check by looking at the TOE info screen. It will show what the unit's current TOE is. Then I compare if there's a = in the info screen to determine which it's using... Simple! Maybe.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 6/1/2015 6:16:12 PM

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I've seen that IJA Infantry Squad 43 thing before. I think it's a display issue. It just says "IJA Infantry Squad" in the unit info screen, but I know when upgrading it will have the = in the list to show that they're still the old squad.

I check by looking at the TOE info screen. It will show what the unit's current TOE is. Then I compare if there's a = in the info screen to determine which it's using... Simple! Maybe.

I thought that naming thing had been changed in the scenario files. I know that in Babes they include the year with any devices that would otherwise be ambiguous.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 6/1/2015 7:23:12 PM

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I've seen that IJA Infantry Squad 43 thing before. I think it's a display issue. It just says "IJA Infantry Squad" in the unit info screen, but I know when upgrading it will have the = in the list to show that they're still the old squad.

I check by looking at the TOE info screen. It will show what the unit's current TOE is. Then I compare if there's a = in the info screen to determine which it's using... Simple! Maybe.

I thought that naming thing had been changed in the scenario files. I know that in Babes they include the year with any devices that would otherwise be ambiguous.

Not sure if it matters but we're playing the last official patch. If others have seen that they're actually going out to units in spite of not being named as IJA 43 then that is great.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 6/3/2015 7:14:21 AM

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No new turn?

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 6/3/2015 8:54:17 AM

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Just slammed at work. The end of the year here at school. Update soon!

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 6/3/2015 1:26:47 PM

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23 - 24 October, 1943

SUBS: The Kako is nailed again!

One more fish in her side and she's hurting. The float damage is up to 91 with 5 hexes to traverse to Saipan.

BURMA: A bombardment both in the large concentration hex near Taung Gyi and along the Arakan show the extent of the Allied commitments to Burma. Lots of Commonwealth stuff, but also Marines and Aussies. Both blockades are in good shape for the IJA.

CENT PAC: The Allies keep hanging around with CVs. I need to do a test on Allied CVs for this game and my other one to see how many missions they can fly and keep operating. They've been out here for a long time now. Almost a month of continuous flying for search and CAP, plus at least 5-7 full strikes against Marcus, one large and one small naval strike.

Supply is unloading to Allied troops on Marcus and something has been evacuated as the total troops here now is less than the 6k SL. I'll bombard when my guys are in better condition again. I would like to get some supply in myself and loaded up some xAKL, but they'll wait unit the Allies have indeed moved their CVs back.

SW PAC: No new developments here. The Aussies aren't doing anything on Northern New Guinea.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR October 24, 42
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Ground combat at 60,48 (near Taung Gyi)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 96830 troops, 1113 guns, 1016 vehicles, Assault Value = 3298

Defending force 223680 troops, 3754 guns, 5543 vehicles, Assault Value = 7166

Japanese ground losses:
62 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

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Ground combat at 55,48 (near Ramree Island)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 630 troops, 35 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 1667

Defending force 97686 troops, 816 guns, 767 vehicles, Assault Value = 4060

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Assaulting units:
3rd RTA Division
18th Division
2nd Tank Division
2nd RTA Division
6th RTA Division
11th Air Defense AA Battalion
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
53rd Field AA Battalion
44th Ind.AA Gun Co
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
5th Chinese Corps
26th Indian/A Division
84th Indian Brigade
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
Guides Cavalry Regiment
Gardner's Horse Regiment
1st USMC Corps Tank Battalion
102nd Combat Engineer Regiment
Provisionl Tank Brigade
3rd New Chinese Corps
7th New Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
26th Indian/B Division
6th Chinese Corps
26th Indian/C Division
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
44th Cavalry Engineer Regiment
X' Force
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment

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As the shots here show the Allies still have some recovery to do after recent battles.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 6/5/2015 9:29:24 AM

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25 October, 1943

SUBS: Still can't get any good sub hits at Marcus itself, and the 60 new mines I've dropped haven't done anything in spite of bringing the base totals to 200+ again. I'll keep trying everything, and maybe one hit on a CV will give me some payoff soon!

BURMA: A surprise this turn. I went for Ramree again as he's been LR CAPing it with Hellcats and P-47s. Why you might ask? Well, if they're flying LR CAP they aren't sweeping, they might be more fatigued and we might get a better ratio. Unfortunately our sweeps didn't fly and I thought it'd be a massacre. Instead he lost more than I would have expected and our losses were minimal, the groups still in the 90s for morale, and the base still gets a good thrashing. Escorts worked!

This might have something to do with a new plane involved, the Oscar IIIa, which is bumped up to 358mph and has the two CL 12.7mm guns with 58 accuracy. A good plane for late 43 for the Japanese. The first plane destroyed in this battle was a P-47, even though the Allies got 2:1 on the day, this is much better than they get sweeping. Tomorrow I'll change it up a little , but will keep trying to exploit LR and bleeding CAP.

CENT PAC: The Allied CV still hanging around, but it seems that some CVEs maybe have left to guard the bulk of transports back to the West. I count less than 800 planes now in the rollover, which is fewer by several hundred than a few weeks ago. The KB will be repaired and refreshed within a week. Hmmmmmmmmm.

SW PAC: A little bit of the same here trying to sweep the CAP over Saidor. Today it was P-38s flying for the Allies and our A6M5 sweepers did okay, downing 4-5 Lightnings for only 2 A to A and 5 ops losses. I'll take it. Chipping away at pools every day. I want him to be forced into guarding this airspace and occasionally to hit the base and work on supply there.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR October 25, 42
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Morning Air attack on Ramree Island , at 54,48

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 28
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 24
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 24
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 62

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 45
F6F-3 Hellcat x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 8000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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I've got to work hard to limit P-47s before his big reinforcement in early 43 of the new model.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 6/7/2015 12:25:29 PM

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26 - 27 October, 1943

SUBS: Things are going a bit slower here again. Down to a solid one turn a day, but not much happening either. I'm fine with that from my end though!

The Kako however gets another two fish in her belly from Trigger and goes under. Oh, well.

BURMA: The Allies go for the Taung Gyi fields on the day I decide to sweep with all Georges there. Probably for the best as their sweeps included 200+ P-47s and some Mustangs. Yikes. They close the fields but this is a decent time for that, and they'll have to keep it up regularly to really make a difference here, something they haven't shown so far. Plus the troops on the ground are in no shape to strike and look to be maneuvering back and potential around our blockade. It's all about time, and we still do have the inside lines.

About 12 Georges are lost on the day but virtually no pilots and they will redistribute to other bases.

CENT PAC: The CVs still are hanging around Marcus. Can't get a supply shipment in right now, but I can fly ir using Emilys which is almost as good.

SW PAC: Some sweeps and no real resistance here right now.

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Morning Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
P-40N Warhawk x 24
Beaufighter VIc x 35
Blenheim IV x 9
Liberator B.III x 12
Liberator GR.III x 12
Beaufort V x 3
Hudson I x 6
Bolingbroke IV x 6
Kittyhawk III x 10
Kittyhawk IV x 16
B-17E Fortress x 12
B-24D Liberator x 9
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
P-40K Warhawk x 25
P-40N5 Warhawk x 50
PV-1 Ventura x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 5 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 84

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x PV-1 Ventura bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Curious about something. What does 'float-equipped' mean in reference to the Stella? Not that I'l ever build this plane!

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 6/7/2015 12:49:39 PM

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Float equipped I took to mean you could fly from coastal bases, even dot hexes.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 6/8/2015 2:38:38 PM

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From Wikipedia:

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Ki-76s were also used as anti-submarine aircraft, operating from the Japanese Army's escort carrier, the Akitsu Maru, being fitted with an arrestor hook and carrying two 60 kg (132 lb) depth charges.

I guess the developers wanted to offer this option as well, for the sake of historical accuracy.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 6/21/2015 6:05:46 AM

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Well, since the last update there have been NO turns played. My opponent is busy but also I feel slightly frustrated with how the game is going. He says he has to slow down when the turns get complicated, and as life is also more complicated than when we started this necessitates sometimes a longer delay. Still, this is turning into something so sporadic I'm losing interest.

Traveling now in OZ so little time for playing myself, but could easily still get a turn in every day if there was one to play.

Yesterday had an interesting experience. I'll type it up in the main forum to share with all though.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 6/21/2015 2:21:30 PM

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Perhaps its time to set an ultimatum? x turns per week or you drop the game? Or try to find a replacement for Historiker?

You are only in 43. A slow turn should take no more then 30 minutes.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 6/21/2015 7:12:47 PM

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Balance to be had though.

I've got one PBEM mail game going at the moment, and though my opponent isn't fast at turning over turns, he is reliable.

Every other one I've played, the opponents have just dropped out, despite turning out turns at very fast intervals.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 6/28/2015 6:39:56 AM

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Any news?

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 6/29/2015 12:11:32 AM

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One turn. Then nothing for five days.

Luckily lots of distractions here. Still. I miss it.

I am playing through some late game situations though in head to head, so not actually wasting the time completely. I've got some tests going from about late 44 to see what I can expect for both sides.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 4/19/2016 10:43:37 PM

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UPDATE:

THIS GAME IS ABOUT TO RESUME!

I know that news is not as exciting to others as it is to me, but I'm pretty fired up and ready to go!

A short time ago I asked whether Torsten would like to and be able to continue the game to the finish. He at first decided to take it on again and begin playing. After some consideration he realized the future would include some breaks (and possibly long ones), so he offered to pass on the game to someone else. A gentleman through the whole process. I'm sad not to finish what we began together, but ready to see this one out.

Joseph (SqeezMyLemon) will take over the Allied side and lead it to victory against my battered Japanese forces. This is the game where the KB was halved on day 2, where I also lost a few good BBs in the IO for the Lexington, and where in late 43 the Allies are ready to roll forward both in the Pacific and in Burma.

We're chatting now about HRs and if we want to change anything, and Joseph is looking through the game to get oriented.

We'll also want to move forward to the latest patch, as this one was begun on the last official, ages ago.

I'll be looking through the game and beginning to offer thoughts over the next few days.

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RE: The Elephant Vanishes :: obvert (J) vs Historiker (A) - 4/19/2016 10:45:14 PM

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Aaaaah finally.

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