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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 12/16/2014 8:02:42 AM

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

RE: aircraft recognition training -

I have these from way back. --edit--

Two decks, sold singly - aircraft and ships. Really cool decks. Only played with them a few times as I don't want to bang them up too badly, but they're neat to pull out on occasion. Probably should've pulled them out while the GF's parents were in town, her dad would've really appreciated.

I knew which planes were which in the screenies ;).

EDIT: ah, here's the ones I have.
http://www.amazon.com/Naval-Airplane-Spotter-Playing-Bundle/dp/B0060BB110/ref=sr_1_1

I just ordered a deck! Love these. I had just last night stayed up too late looking at a playing cards design website. I'm thinking of doing a WW2 design and some other plane and ship card designs.

http://www.artofplay.com

There is one nautical deck here, but I think with my resources and design skills I could do better. We'll see if I get it together and whether they accept it as good enough though. There isn't much for airplanes, and a spotter deck that is playable, maybe with some color as well, would be fantastic.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 12/18/2014 10:46:33 PM

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March 1 - 4, 1943

SUBS: The Permit misses the I-156 and then another big transport TF on the 4th.

INDIA: Some pin-prik night air raids go in over India. I hit some ports and dropped some mines. Not too many, but at least he has to go in and sweep them, so it was enough to get him worried. I haven't seen a bombardment at Madras for a while.

Tried a sweep at Colombo and got a good ratio, with even the P-40K group doing well at about 3:1. Total losses on the day showed 44 for the Japanese to 8 for the Allies. Even on days without combat he loses about 8-10 planes right now. It's adding up fast.

SO PAC: I'm planning a move to Milne Bay soon. A regiment and a combat engineer unit will land to face what I think is a naval guard unit there. Not sure if there was ever anything to build forts. I'm hoping to get in and out using quick ships and nearby air cover, as the CV/CVEs are still moving from Esperance back to Sydney.

CHINA: The Guards Tank Division continues its push to Kunming. There isn't much I can do, as even the dug in troops begin to fold about a week after supply runs out. Changsha is attracting a lot of attention, as the IJA has about 3800AV present now.
The defense does okay in the first DA, but the forts are lowered to 3.

OZ: Nick answers mines in India with some air dropped items at Esperance. Luckily there are a lot of sweepers around and they'l get cleared very soon. Two big TFs land naval support, more AA and more troops. I'll try to get Albany on the cheap with a landing craft invasion using a small Aussie unit, then add some AA.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 1, 43
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Night Air attack on Madras , at 35,40

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator laying Mk 13 Mine from 9000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 8
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 15
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 33

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 6
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 12
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 29

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 4
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 7
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 22

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 1
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 6
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 17

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 4, 43
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 115656 troops, 1131 guns, 754 vehicles, Assault Value = 3849

Defending force 82181 troops, 267 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1825

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese adjusted assault: 3060

Allied adjusted defense: 1057

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
7963 casualties reported
Squads: 24 destroyed, 411 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 62 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 65 disabled
Guns lost 82 (1 destroyed, 81 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
3134 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 281 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 87 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled

Assaulting units:
116th Division
16th Division
13th Division
3rd Tank Division
8th Ind Engineer Regiment
59th Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
58th Division
60th Division
39th Division
68th Division
70th Division
3rd/A Division
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
5th Fleet
10th Mortar Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
11th Army
12th Army
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
59th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
79th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
3rd New Chinese Corps
29th Group Army
14th Construction Regiment
6th War Area
19th Group Army
5th Construction Regiment
30th Group Army
27th Group Army
9th War Area
17th Chinese Base Force

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 1/2/2015 12:12:38 PM

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Happy New Year!

I'm back from my honeymoon in Mauritius. A fantastic place rich in history and culture with some pretty nice beaches too! I recommend it for anyone needing a real getaway. The food is a mix of African, Indian, French and British with some Chinese thrown in for good measure. Very tasty.

There is also a bit of decent nautical history there, as the islands were used by several European powers from the 17th century onward to the Napoleonic Wars when the French won a rare naval victory over the British fleets here in 1810 before the RN put the hammer down and invaded with a fleet of 60 ships and 10k troops. The island was part of the British Empire until it's independence in 1968.

http://mauritiushandmadeshipmodels.com/constitution.htm

The islands now have several very good producers of nautical models and some are of very good quality. It was fun to visit the factory of one of these and see the models in several tourist shops around the island.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 1/2/2015 12:52:35 PM

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March 5 - 8, 1943

I arrived back to a turn from Nick. I think I still know what I was doing here, but I'm sure in my sleep-deprived state I forgot something major in my adjustments. I'm a few turns behind as I'd planned to catch up but found I was doing a lot of more important things there like laying by the pool, eating Madagascar prawns and sleeping 10 hours a night!

SUBS: My subs are fanning out from the SW corner of OZ up to the North and around into the DEI. it's the first time I've used any there since early in the game. Now that I'm beginning to secure the routes from Cape Town again, OZ will begin getting regular fuel shipments and subs will base from the closest possible port, currently Esperance.

Grenadier gets a shot at Kinugasa near Torokina with four fish but none find the mark.

INDIA: Night mining claimed it's first victim with DMS Taneko taking one for the team at Madras.

A strike on Trincomalee didn't go as planned as sweeps came in late (even though much closer to the destination) and the LR CAP and escorts got smashed by numbers. Still, the later sweeps evened the score a bit and it wasn't disastrous, but it's a crime I can't do better than this with the elements in place. I'll figure it out soon, as these are still the preliminary rounds.

A few bombardments get mostly losses for the Allies at Madras, but it's still good to throw them in occasionally. All troops are now prepping for the base as is the India Command, so soon the bonuses may kick in and things might get a bit dicey for Nick here.

CENT PAC: Probing the area for any remaining Japanese resistance. I'll start bombarding other islands including Mili and Nauru. Two USN battleships have moved into the area to add some weight to the fleet here.

SO PAC: The Milne Bay invasion lands. This is another shoestring op with only one AP and a bunch of APD and one fast xAKL. If this works I'll quickly expand the move to the islands North of Milne Bay and fast transports will load up to drop troops beginning tomorrow. Aussie cruisers are moving in to lend support and will bombard Milne Bay. Some LR CAP will come from nearby islands.

CHINA: Changsha falls. This is a decisive finale to the battle with 87k Chinese troops lost and a large Japanese Army now free to work on ether the Chungking of the Sian area. A small tank led army continues to apply pressure up into the mountains near Kunming, and it is likely it'll eventually break through as supply wanes.

OZ: Albany is empty and landing craft will deliver small forces to claim the base in the next few days. AA and a base force are being loaded to follow. Tanks are moving toward Kalgoorlie and will arrive within about 8-10 days depending on Japanese resistance. There haven't been any more bombing of the ground troops since Esperance was taken.

SIGINT: Looks ike he's loading up at Exmouth and maybe at Port Hedland. I'd guess though that those troops will move to the DEI perimeter.

38/Imperial Guards Division is loaded on a Std-D Cargo class xAK moving to Port Hedland-5th

19th Division is loaded on AK Yamaura Maru moving to Truk. -6th
5th Amphibious Brigade is located at Exmouth(50,129).-6th

4/17th Garrison Unit is loaded on xAK Unkai Maru #6 moving to Exmouth.-8th

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 5, 43
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TF 232 encounters mine field at Madras (35,40)

Japanese Ships
DMS Taneko

32 mines cleared

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TF 472 encounters mine field at Esperance (56,153)

Allied Ships
AM Doomba
AM Madras

31 mines cleared

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TF 477 encounters mine field at Esperance (56,153)

Allied Ships
AM Swallow

2 mines cleared

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Night Naval bombardment of Nauru Island at 127,128

Allied Ships
CL Montpelier
CL Denver
CL Trenton

Japanese ground losses:
236 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 12
Port hits 3

CL Montpelier firing at Kure 5th SNLF
CL Denver firing at Nauru Island
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Trenton
CL Trenton firing at Nauru Island

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TF 232 encounters mine field at Madras (35,40)

Japanese Ships
DMS Taneko, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

32 mines cleared

Morning Air attack on Trincomalee , at 31,47

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 30
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 108

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 10
P-400 Airacobra x 16
F4U-1 Corsair x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 6 destroyed
P-400 Airacobra: 3 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet
6 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 25000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Trincomalee , at 31,47

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 21
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 88

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 21
Kittyhawk I x 16
Kittyhawk III x 16
B-24D Liberator x 18
P-400 Airacobra x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged
Liberator II: 1 destroyed by flak
Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Trincomalee , at 31,47

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 16
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 74

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 15
B-24D Liberator x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 3
P-40K Warhawk x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 1 destroyed
B-24D Liberator: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Trincomalee , at 31,47

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5c Zero x 5
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 10

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16
P-39D Airacobra x 7
P-40K Warhawk x 96

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5c Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 5 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet
25 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet
4 x Hurricane IIc Trop sweeping at 10000 feet
19 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet
7 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 25000 feet

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 7, 43
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 138789 troops, 1378 guns, 762 vehicles, Assault Value = 3899

Defending force 78563 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1518

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 5217

Allied adjusted defense: 801

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Changsha !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
6751 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 406 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 61 disabled
Engineers: 31 destroyed, 34 disabled
Guns lost 34 (1 destroyed, 33 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (6 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
87990 casualties reported
Squads: 1751 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3889 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 119 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 357 (357 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 16

Assaulting units:
8th Ind Engineer Regiment
59th Division
116th Division
68th Division
58th Division
40th Division
13th Division
3rd Division
70th Division
60th Division
3rd Tank Division
39th Division
16th Division
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
5th Fleet
11th Army
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
10th Mortar Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
12th Army
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
59th Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
79th Chinese Corps
3rd New Chinese Corps
6th War Area
30th Group Army
29th Group Army
14th Construction Regiment
19th Group Army
9th War Area
27th Group Army
5th Construction Regiment
17th Chinese Base Force

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 8, 43
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Morning Air attack on Torokina , at 109,130

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 56

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 12 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 25000 feet

CAP engaged:
Yokosuka Ku S-2 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 36 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
281 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 29000.
Raid is overhead

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Ground combat at 71,48 (near Kunming)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13628 troops, 245 guns, 485 vehicles, Assault Value = 419

Defending force 17526 troops, 90 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 432

Japanese adjusted assault: 327

Allied adjusted defense: 148

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
383 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1031 casualties reported
Squads: 47 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 75 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Units retreated 4

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
19th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Guards Tank Division
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
34th Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
49th Chinese Corps
88th Chinese Division
9th Group Army
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When I get CAP up around Ceylon I inevitably pick off a lot of search planes. I've been turning the tip naval bases into search CAP traps for a while and now with PTs, Amc and subs around the ports the attracted planes get zapped regularly. This really adds up!

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I may be wrong here, but doesn't cruise speeds affect sweeps?? Maybe look at them for your various fighters and try to group those with similar speeds at the same base.

Why did you choose Mauritius for your honeymoon?? It doesn't seem like a common place to visit.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 1/2/2015 1:46:48 PM

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I may be wrong here, but doesn't cruise speeds affect sweeps?? Maybe look at them for your various fighters and try to group those with similar speeds at the same base.

The problem is that all of the P-40K from closer bases showed up later and the bombers and escort from more distant bases (3-4 hexes farther at the least) arrived earlier. Also, the sweeps coming together is actually a problem in that they don't then wear down the CAP as effectively as if they arrived all in different packages. I might try splitting the P-40K groups to a number of bases and go again.

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Why did you choose Mauritius for your honeymoon?? It doesn't seem like a common place to visit.

Mauritius is a pretty popular destination from Europe, Africa and South Asia. So there were a lot of people from South Africa, India, and France and Germany. It's a destination spot for the elite from all over the world who can afford the 5 star resorts as well.

We chose it for the blend of warmth at this time of year, the relatively low costs compared to getting to Hawaii, Mexico or somewhere like Fiji and the more diverse cultural experience compared to the Maldives or Sri Lanka. It's just a unique and interesting place.

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I was looking at it from an American perspective. Popular for us are Mexico, Caribbean, Hawaii, and Tahiti area.

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I was looking at it from an American perspective. Popular for us are Mexico, Caribbean, Hawaii, and Tahiti area.

We looked hard at some places South of Cancun, a little quieter, and some on the Southern Mexican coastline, which I really wanted to try. Love Mexico, but the flights were similar in price to Mauritius for us and it is closer and just as interesting.

So many places to go. I'd still like to do a Pacific Island tour one day! My wife has cousins living in Vanuatu so that is a definite in the next few years.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 1/2/2015 3:52:21 PM

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By the way, GO DUCKS!!!

What a game!

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Happy New Year!

I'm back from my honeymoon in Mauritius.

Well done! I am jealous. Below is the closest I have ever gotten: "The Mauritius Command"

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And a place nicely represented by one of the colony class CLs ....

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Happy New Year!

I'm back from my honeymoon in Mauritius.

Well done! I am jealous. Below is the closest I have ever gotten: "The Mauritius Command"

Ahh, I've not read it! I should pick it up.

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And a place nicely represented by one of the colony class CLs ....

And I like this ship. Always had a good feeling about her. Nice pic. Here's another from the side.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 1/2/2015 9:14:11 PM

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INDIA: As I found playing Japan, aerial mining is most dangerous to the minesweepers who try to clean them up! Two AMc hit trying to sweep Calcutta after another night drop. This is not so significant, but it means he'll have to use two other minesweepers here, and AMc can also be inverted to PB to use as escorts, and Japan never has enough of either AMc or escorts. Every bit helps.

CENT PAC: Forgot to turn off some Havocs over Mili and lost 8 of them. I had a feeling Nick would fly zeros in and yep, he did. I just didn't manage to remember to sit this group for a few days. Damn.

SO PAC: Moving up again, trying for Shortlands and taking an empty Vella Lavella on the 13th.

SW PAC: Milne Bay falls! The first attack was enough here, which is nice, but he only had one naval guard, so it's not too surprising. Now a bunch of fast transports will try to shoot in to grab other nearby bases. There is no response from the IJN yet.

CHINA: Wenchow, Sian and Kunming are now being targeted heavily by the Japanese air forces in China.

OZ: Port Augusta is taken with no resistance. I'll begin improving the field and shuttling new units in with LCT and other small craft. Most large fleet units have now pulled back from Esperance. Only some cruisers here now.

SIGINT: Very good to know the Wake guns are not at Wake, but instead at Umboi. Good choice! I'll not be moving that direction soon!

Looks like another division bought out and heading South.

Wake Coastal Gun Battalion is located at Umboi Island(100,125).-09th

4/52nd Division is loaded on xAK Misaki Maru at Tokyo (114,60).-10th

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 10, 43
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Morning Air attack on Mili , at 136,121

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 20

Allied aircraft
A-20A Havoc x 14
P-39D Airacobra x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 1 damaged
A6M3 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
A-20A Havoc: 5 destroyed, 3 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x A-20A Havoc bombing from 10000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
Yokosuka Ku S-1 with A6M3 Zero (5 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers

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Ground combat at 71,48 (near Kunming)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 13361 troops, 244 guns, 485 vehicles, Assault Value = 395

Defending force 14658 troops, 68 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 391

Japanese adjusted assault: 283

Allied adjusted defense: 40

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
121 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
2623 casualties reported
Squads: 57 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 61 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
19th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Guards Tank Division
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
32nd Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps

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Ground combat at Milne Bay (101,133)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3646 troops, 48 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 141

Defending force 1303 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Allied adjusted assault: 58

Japanese adjusted defense: 29

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Milne Bay !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
491 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
138th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
131st Cmbt Engr Rgt /4

Defending units:
61st Naval Guard Unit

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 11, 43
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Night Air attack on Calcutta , at 52,37

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 11
B-24D Liberator x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator II laying Mk 13 Mine from 5000 feet
5 x Liberator II laying Mk 13 Mine from 8000 feet
6 x B-24D Liberator laying Mk 13 Mine from 5000 feet

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TF 181 encounters mine field at Calcutta (52,37)

Japanese Ships
AMc Nanshin Maru
AMc Banshu Maru #51, Mine hits 1, heavy damage

27 mines cleared

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TF 181 encounters mine field at Calcutta (52,37)

Japanese Ships
AMc Nanshin Maru
AMc Banshu Maru #51, heavy damage

18 mines cleared

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TF 181 encounters mine field at Calcutta (52,37)

Japanese Ships
AMc Nanshin Maru, Mine hits 1, heavy damage

3 mines cleared

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 12, 43
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Ground combat at 70,48 (near Kunming)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7922 troops, 207 guns, 485 vehicles, Assault Value = 319

Defending force 22932 troops, 126 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 707

Japanese adjusted assault: 267

Allied adjusted defense: 1216

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 4

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
234 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
101 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
Guards Tank Division
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
56th Chinese Corps
32nd Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps

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Interesting look deep into Japanese territory. He can't hide as much now, can he?

The next day, predictably, 26 fighters were in base. Only two ships were left in port. Nick doesn't mis a beat.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 1/2/2015 9:23:31 PM

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And a place nicely represented by one of the colony class CLs ....

And I like this ship. Always had a good feeling about her. Nice pic. Here's another from the side.

Apparently the gunners of X and Y turrets do not want their picture taken ...

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 1/2/2015 9:39:11 PM

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I feel your pain at losing the 8 Havocs to an oversight. I know I have no hope of remembering all the things I have to do "next turn", so I make cryptic notes as the combat animations run to use as a checklist for the next turn. I use the pause key when fleeting things are on the screen.

A good example is the Naval movement phase "encounters" between friendly and enemy TFs that do not develop into anything warranting a contact report or combat report. Next turn the point of encounter is not listed anywhere, and there is no enemy TF icon on the map, so you cannot hunt the enemy TF. Jotting down the coordinates of the encounter as you go gives some good intel, even if you have no idea what the TF type or composition is. Usually TFs that detect each other but do not engage are supply/transport missions on both sides.

Of course I make lots of notes to stand down exhausted squadrons/troops etc., and to send 1942 US subs RTB to replenish torpedoes after they have shot off the entire outfit at one ship! (Oh, well - it's good experience!)

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 1/2/2015 11:14:10 PM

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Happy New Year!

I'm back from my honeymoon in Mauritius.

Well done! I am jealous. Below is the closest I have ever gotten: "The Mauritius Command"

Ahh, I've not read it! I should pick it up.

Oh, my! Wish I could say that.

Jane Austen meets Horatio Hornblower....not everyone's cup of tea but great times are ahead for you.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 1/3/2015 11:13:11 AM

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Welcome back Erik!

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Welcome back Erik!

Thanks Jocke. Good to see you around.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 1/3/2015 11:50:27 AM

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I�m trying to drop by here every second day or so.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 1/3/2015 12:12:54 PM

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I�m trying to drop by here every second day or so.

I'll try to make it worth your while.

In Mauritius I tried some of the best rum I've ever had! The place is known for sugar production, so the good quality and plentiful sugar is naturally also turned into a much more useful product in a number of places. Some of the touristy sugar factory museums have great stuff.

In this linked list I recommend the St Aubin or the Chamarel. The golden rums are excellent there and full of a caramel richness.

http://www.masterofmalt.com/country/mauritian-rum/

My favorite though was a local infused rum from a small restaurant called Di Sab (where I also had maybe the two best meals while I was on the island, one a 'Chinese Bowl,' a mix of creole, chinese and indian cuisines!). Here is a picture of some of the rhum arrang� ready to go. I want to try this at home soon!

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 1/3/2015 12:28:05 PM

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Haha, is that even legal to "try at home" in Britain?

Looks awesome though!

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Haha, is that even legal to "try at home" in Britain?

Looks awesome though!

Well, I won't be setting up a still, just adding the after-flavours and letting them infuse for a few months!

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 1/4/2015 3:37:45 PM

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March 13 - 15, 1943

SUBS: The I-4 gets in the LOC from San Fran and meets our very first DE, the Austin. Two direct and 9 damaging hits later and it'll have a long slog home.

The bombardment run to Nauru hits not one but two subs on the way in and damages both.

INDIA: I'm going to load up and try to sweep Madras for a few days. For two reasons. One, to see what he's flying there and try to break down a few of the groups. Two, to see if I do break them down where he brings reinforcements from to replace them. He's got to let something go a bit after a few days, and I now have enough numbers to maybe take advantage of that. I'll also hit the fields at night with about 4 groups of 4E to try to hit a few fighters and lower moral, put a few hits on the base.

CENT PAC: Normanby and Goodenough are in Allied hands again. I'm gambling and sending in a few small TFs with xAKL and some small xAP with supply and support troops. So far Nick seems reluctant to engage around here.

SO PAC: Invading Shortlands the APD Ward hits a mine and sinks later in the turn. The troops land though and barely take the base as somehow mostly support and guns loaded up on these. Judys from Buin sortie expensively. About 25-30 shot down for no losses. Is he not escorting these or are they not flying? Maybe the sweeps we've been running around the edges have been discouraging having CAP extended to allow escort. At any rate it looks like another group has moved in so maybe some dedicated escorts will be there now.

Vella Lavella is taken by paradrop, and now landing craft will ferry in engineers.

CHINA: Zombie troops are showing up now and moving out of Chungking to the areas to the South still in Chinese control. I'll let them go to the wilderness and starve and keep the better troops near the capitol.

OZ: Almost to Kalgoorlie. Another 3-4 days and tanks could roll in to take the base.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Shortlands at 110,132

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D4Y1 Judy x 30

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
D4Y1 Judy: 18 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
APD Crosby
APD Ward, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x D4Y1 Judy releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

CAP engaged:
347th FG/339th FS with P-39D Airacobra (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
12 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Raid is overhead

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Pretty good day in the air here!

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American ASW ships - You should be rolling in on DEs, PFs, and SCs soon. The crews need some experience, but you will have Nic running for safety soon enough.

Reinforcements - As a new Allied player, every 15th and end of month reinforcement list must be a shock for you.

Lots on new toys and the decision of where they should go. Logistics will take up more and more of your turn time. Some PBYs and those ASW ships should leave Eastern USA and Panama for Cape Town and/or Aden in the months ahead.

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American ASW ships - You should be rolling in on DEs, PFs, and SCs soon. The crews need some experience, but you will have Nic running for safety soon enough.

Reinforcements - As a new Allied player, every 15th and end of month reinforcement list must be a shock for you. Lots on new toys and the decision of where they should go. Logistics will take up more and more of your turn time. Some PBYs and those ASW ships should leave Eastern USA and Panama for Cape Town and/or Aden in the months ahead.

Yeah, in about a month I'll be getting LOTs of stuff. I'm still short now so the new DE and PF ships will be very welcome, as will the AP/APA and AKA ships arriving. Moves are slow right now as I wait for upgrades to APA and LSI and because there just aren't a lot of those ships to go around yet.

The Hellcat is close too. That will be very good to have as the George, Tojo IIc and Jack come online. I just met the first Tony Ib over Madras, so he's going to be using a bit of everything.

I like the logistical side of things, and I've done okay so far, but I have a bit of a logjam now and need to get more bases to put things in! With SL things get filled up quickly, especially in Cent Pac.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 1/4/2015 10:29:35 PM

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Yes, it is sort of the beauty of SL for slowing operations down. You really need to base and launch major operations from Australia or Pearl so it slows things down. Also make it much more attractive (almost a must) to capture the PI as that is the only really good staging area for an invasion of Japan.

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Biggest disappointment about the DEs and PFs was that the hedgehog was pretty useless in my last campaign. Too bad because it was a great weapon. By late war skilled skippers were relying on hedgehogs and foregoing using DC because the DC tended to kill their sonar fixes.

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RE: ::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjo... - 1/4/2015 11:33:04 PM

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Biggest disappointment about the DEs and PFs was that the hedgehog was pretty useless in my last campaign. Too bad because it was a great weapon. By late war skilled skippers were relying on hedgehogs and foregoing using DC because the DC tended to kill their sonar fixes.

At this point I'm not yet worried about killing the subs as making them less effective. It'd be great to throw a few hits on too, but I just want to avoid losing stuff on ships.

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Don�t overestimate the effectiveness of allied ASW. Its all about DL as you know. In our game I had 8-12 CVEs dedicated to nothing but ASW. Still you crippled a bunch of CVs with your subs. If I ever comes around to playing a PBEM again I will dedicate a lot more effort on LBA ASW as well as making sure I have plenty of ASW trained USN pilots.

Allied ships are good for sinking subs but truly sucks at preventing attacks.

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