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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 9/14/2014 3:43:09 AM

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Well, change of plans RE: Tabiteuea.

Look what we have here:

Operation All Along the Watchtower shall commence as soon as the second string LCUs arrive from Pearl Harbor and whatnot, pending recon of Tassafaronga and Tulagi. However, Tulagi has been a second line base for him, not built up, so I expect resistance there to be light. I may be able to bring enough to do a historical landing at both Lunga and Tulagi on the same day. He'll see me coming 1-2 days out, but that's more attractive than Tabiteuea, where he will likewise see me 1-2 days out...but here, I have LBA coming out of my ears.

It looks like he's pulled some of the planes back to Shortlands, which he thinks is out of range of my bombers...it's not, if I base them at Ndeni. I may hit them there a couple of days before the landing, try to destroy a bunch on the ground as before.

Once I take the Lunga Complex from him, I should be able to approach Tabiteuea from the southwest with only 1-1.5 days of warning. I suspect his naval search is running from the Russell Islands, or perhaps Tulagi.

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 9/24/2014 12:22:58 AM

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Tell me...ever seen one of these?

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Mar 01, 43
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Sub attack near Saipan at 112,100

Japanese Ships
xAP Kobe Maru
APD Fuji

Allied Ships
SS Harder

SS Harder launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Kobe Maru
Harder diving deep ....
APD Fuji attacking submerged sub ....
SS Harder eludes ASW attack from APD Fuji
APD Fuji cannot establish contact with SS Harder
SS Harder eludes ASW attack from APD Fuji
APD Fuji fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Fuji fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Fuji fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Fuji fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

<-- END OF FILE -->

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 9/24/2014 5:57:53 AM

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Yeah. APDs often attack subs. The Allies have to use them as ASW vessels early on because they have so few.

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 9/24/2014 2:40:09 PM

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I mostly meant that was the entire combat replay for that day

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 9/24/2014 7:03:09 PM

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I may be mistaken but occasionally I start re-playing the wrong turn and instead of waiting patiently I control alt destruct...

I think that can cause the file to be incomplete...

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 9/24/2014 10:29:24 PM

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

I mostly meant that was the entire combat replay for that day .

I thought you meant that the game had added "End of File" and I'd never seen that. Had a flash-back to COBOL for a minute there.

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 9/24/2014 10:35:43 PM

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

I mostly meant that was the entire combat replay for that day .

I thought you meant that the game had added "End of File" and I'd never seen that. Had a flash-back to COBOL for a minute there.

In retrospect, I should've just uploaded the file.

No, this game has been having a lot of lull in the action lately. This is our shortest combat replay to date, but we had a couple of others that had less than 5 actions occur.

As an aside, I didn't realize I got my APA upgrades in March. I thought they were 9/43. I was pleasantly surprised when a couple of them started upgrading, and I've sent the others off to upgrade. What few I have...

However, knowing that I can land >1K "points" of Troop load per phase means I can step up my invasion schedule, and perhaps pull something off that I thought was going to have to wait until October...we'll see.

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 9/24/2014 11:08:17 PM

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Yep, March. And the first P-47s in about 45 days or so.

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 9/24/2014 11:45:02 PM

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Yep, March. And the first P-47s in about 45 days or so.

I'm having trouble making that first leap. Once I have some momentum on an advance, I think I can push through to the finish. I'm just feeling like I have ADD when trying to select where I'm going to push first. As I see it, there are no really obvious spots and so I end up second-guessing every decision.

Since it's still early, I suppose I'm just going to probe and see what comes of it.

Another thing I'm finding helpful is to prep Corps HQ units for targets that I know I'll need, and as I don't have as many of those as I do little combat-ready LCUs... well, I just discovered a few turns ago that I can use their prepped targets to help keep me organized and my eye on the prize.

As for the P-47s... I haven't even started using my Corsairs yet. I upgraded a couple of squadrons, after sorting USMC units by highest EXP and then air skills, but haven't actually put them into combat.

I have about 150 TBFs in the pools - how does anyone ever use them all?!? I wish more VMSB squadrons were able to upgrade to them, even with PDU On. Only about 45 days until I can upgrade a VF unit to Hellcats, too... can't wait.

Also have over 500 P-40s in the pools and no use for them. Maybe soon, when I have airbases closer to his... I do have enough pilots trained in Air/Strafe to use them in a handful of units. The P-40K is as good as any at this role, I guess.

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 9/25/2014 3:54:32 AM

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I like P-40s in the ground support and low nav attack roles. I once sank CA Maya with 500 lb bombs from P-40s. Got about 15 penetrating hits from two squadrons.

Have you considered doing a review of the SIGINT on his unit preps/moves to decide what places NOT to attack?

Re: the TBFs - don't some of the land-based Kingfisher squadrons have the option to upgrade to TBs? My Kingfishers are busy training naval pilots but if you don't need them for that they could go to the front after the upgrade.

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 9/25/2014 9:59:47 AM

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Many of the 18 plane FP groups upgrade to SBDs vs TBFs.

I tend to hoard my APs that upgrade to APAs (3/43) at Mare Island to avoid getting them sunk in '42. Both the convert Pacific L and Dominion M Class xAP are my Allied workhorse for moving troops through '42. They are small enough to get some of them to dock in all those small ports (size 1 or 2).

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 9/25/2014 2:30:07 PM

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I like P-40s in the ground support and low nav attack roles. I once sank CA Maya with 500 lb bombs from P-40s. Got about 15 penetrating hits from two squadrons.

Have you considered doing a review of the SIGINT on his unit preps/moves to decide what places NOT to attack?

Re: the TBFs - don't some of the land-based Kingfisher squadrons have the option to upgrade to TBs? My Kingfishers are busy training naval pilots but if you don't need them for that they could go to the front after the upgrade.

Unfortunately, a lot of my SIGINT has been garbage. I do have some hits on some units being in specific places, but it's mostly JNAF and JAAF units. Also lots in China. I don't care which hex a division is in on the Asian land mass. I want to know which unit is at Tarawa or Lunga or Tabiteuea, just to give examples.

I do know the specific units at Tabiteuea (or at least the main defender) and Port Moresby (until recently when he moved more in), but he's had 15 units at Lunga for 8+ months and I still don't know what any of them are. Big crapshoot.

I'm getting poor ship intel also, although it may be because he's not using his navy much in recent months. I did get intel that CA Suzuya was at Rabaul a few turns ago, and then I sighted a decent-sized SCTF there via PB4Y recon the next day after I tried to bomb the port, but nothing on CVs or radio transmissions in the middle of the ocean for a couple of months.

So far, I've only found 2 VMSB units that upgrade to TBFs. I'm sure there are others, I just haven't found them yet. I'll have to use Tracker - that's kind of what it's for.

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Many of the 18 plane FP groups upgrade to SBDs vs TBFs.

I tend to hoard my APs that upgrade to APAs (3/43) at Mare Island to avoid getting them sunk in '42. Both the convert Pacific L and Dominion M Class xAP are my Allied workhorse for moving troops through '42. They are small enough to get some of them to dock in all those small ports (size 1 or 2).

Unfortunately, I lost about 10 of them in the early days. First, in trying to reinforce Ndeni. KB appeared out of the blue and sank a few. Second time was in reinforcing Noumea against his invasion. I'm calling that one worth it, as I retook the base in short order and I landed enough men and supplies to hold for good. He barely caught the APs - 9-hex strike on the last day he sighted them, near New Zealand. The debacle near Ndeni, not so much.

In retrospect, I get so many AKs and LSTs that I should've been more willing to risk those, and less willing to risk the APs. Oh well. It is what it is.

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 9/25/2014 3:15:33 PM

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March 4-6, 1943

March 4
A real Rhino charge this time.

This unit wasn't really prepped, but the other was... Landed 12th Marine Defense Bn and a USA Base Force via 3 LST, 2 AP, and 1 LCI. Also got 6000 supplies ashore. Horn is currently Port/AF 1, but that will change soon...

March 5
Seabees are flown in from Portland Roads.

Expecting air raids, 16x Spitfire Vc Trop and 25x P-40K are on 80% CAP, and meet a stratosweep from A6M5. I was an idiot and didn't check group leaders - the Spitfire guy is 35 Air, the P-40K guy is 43 Air. Terrible. At least the pilots are decent quality, and fighting a roughly comparable aircraft in the A6M5. The P-40s do the dying, the Spitfires do the killing.

March 6
Only 18 planes are capable of flying on March 6, so 25 P-39Ds are flown in with good defense skills, a leader with 65 Air, and Exp 60+. Still only 16 Air Support present on the island, but more will be flown in during the day from Normanton (the 171 Wing of the RAF). The Seabee vehicles will be lifted in via LST with SC escorts, from Portland Roads, in the next couple of days.

Then I'll begin flying in some squads for more defense, as well as some AA. I mean to make Horn Island a secondary LRCAP base for further operations in the area.

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 9/29/2014 3:13:54 PM

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VPs

Had a lot of aerial action lately. In just the last 3 weeks, Japan has lost 350 planes versus only 160 for the Allied. The lion's share of this has occurred in the skies over Milne Bay, Horn Island, and Ndeni.

On March 7 and 8, no sweeps come in to Horn Island. I guess correctly in thinking that he will follow his previous pattern of one more set of sweeps, and as soon as he sees empty skies he'll send in a bombing raid. This happens on March 9 and 10 - his Zeroes/Oscars drive my CAP down to the ground finally, though actual losses are light (many damaged planes), and on March 11 the big strikes come in. LRCAP from Portland Roads, combined with fresh units flown in from Normanton, make it a bloody day for the Japanese.

Also on March 11, P-38s from Cooktown sweep Milne Bay, which could be running light on fighters due to all the sweeping/escorting he's doing. It doesn't go so great, with only about a 1.5:1 kill ratio, but my ace squadron in P-38Fs doesn't lose a single plane.

I sweep Milne again on March 12 with 2 of the 3 P-38 units - meeting only Tojos, and they get ripped up. Just 2 P-38Gs lost this day. Additionally... he suffers from uncoordinated strikes against Horn Island and a silly strike against the port at Ndeni - where his DL 9/10 shows 8 ships and 4 CVs in port! He even sent me a screenshot. In actuality, it was 8 YMS hulls. 1 was sunk by Bettys, but he lost 55 bombers for it

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On March 13, he loses more planes over Horn Island. The airfield and supply status is tenuous, but we should hold. Forces are congregating for another invasion soon...

VP ratio is down to 2.590:1. Getting closer every day.

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 9/29/2014 5:17:14 PM

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Nice work!

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 9/29/2014 5:28:59 PM

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Nice work!

Patience is work. Just checked up on a TF this turn - it's carrying the remnants of one of my divisions and won't be at my port of departure for another 21 days

. And then I need to load up and sail away...

On the plus side, all my APA upgrades will be done in just a few days, and 3 weeks gives me time to conduct a raid if I want to...

I have been able to confirm, via PB4Y, that KB is not based at Rabaul.

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 10/1/2014 4:52:43 AM

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11 more days, down to 2.575:1 VP ratio.

Had a bad day on March 27. 4 large sweeps came in on Horn Island: 38x A6M5, 36x A6M5, and 41x Oscars in the AM, and 22x A6M5 in the PM. By the time the PM sweep came in, no CAP was left in the air. 38 Allied planes lost on the day among Spitfires, P-40Ks, and Beaufighters. The Beaufighter unit won't recover and will have to upgrade (to the Beau-nightfighter, I suppose), and the rest are gutted: 4 planes operable. 19 A6M5s were shot down, for an even 1:2 ratio. So maybe we traded even on pilots. Maybe. All of the sweeps flew from Buna, which has 209 fighters on it. I'm looking for him to come visiting with an air raid soon to try to hit the troops on the ground. I've got LRCAP up now, which as far as I can tell isn't affected by sweeps.

Milne Bay and Merauke are out of action, and kept that way by 2Es. I think I'll work on another one of the bases in the complex next. I have about 100 4Es at my disposal in the area, and more available to transfer in. Also have 75 P-38s ready to sweep somewhere, but I'm not going to send them against Buna - that's asking to lose my aces.

Transferring in more recon - the lone Aussie P-43A unit just isn't cutting it anymore. I'll replace the squadron I'm transferring in with a new unit of PB4Y-1Ps that just arrived in the States.

MM has also been using paratroops to take dot bases between Normanton and Darwin. I've taken 2 back (Groote and Gove), but left the small island just off Normanton and Wessel Island adjacent to Gove in his hands. I think he's mostly probing for possible seaplane bases.

Other than all this, and some sub action, the map has been almost entirely quiet. I'm still building up. I took Arorae via SST a while back to destroy a paratroop fragment, and he took it back after I took most of the Marine raiders off. I've got another bun in the oven with the SSTs, perhaps a nasty surprise if I play it right.

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 10/3/2014 7:45:03 PM

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April 4, 1943

7 more days have passed. VP ratio is now 2.566:1.

MM is displeased with night bombing results at Lunga and Buna over the past week. After the bad days on March 27 and 29, with sweeps coming from Lunga and Buna, I decided to retaliate with 150 4Es on airfield attack. I've been keeping DL maxed - DL on Lunga was 9/15, and on Buna was 9/11. I can only assume that this is several steps better than the usual 9/10. I have been flying over these bases daily for many weeks to keep tabs on troop numbers, ports, airfields - the usual.

Lunga is once again pounded into the stone age, about 50 planes destroyed on the ground between there and Lunga. A followup raid against Tassafaronga meets what few night fighters MM has operational, and mostly the aim of the 4Es is spoiled. Very light damage here.

Results at Buna are more mixed, but I don't suffer any losses - just spoiled aim.

Also confirmed that aerial mines work, at least a little - 11x B-25s dropped 24 mines at Buna (now that's a funny number...) two days in a row. The mines used, which is not stated anywhere, not even in the aircraft data screen when on City Attack->Mine Port, are Mk 13 mines. Just FYI...

I think the psychological effect of these raids is outweighing the material cost to the Japanese empire. Yes, 60 destroyed fighters = 900 supply to replace, but shutting down airfield after airfield whenever I please may convince MM to withdraw, which would be fine with me.

If I could get to the point where I could bomb during the day, I'd be very happy

. However, even with the "borked" night bombing routines, I don't think I can shut down adjacent airfields to the extent that it would be safe for 4Es to fly in unescorted. I really need my long range bomber escorts... if I could build up a pool of P-38s, I'd use them. As it is, I only have 125 operational Fork Tailed Devils, and 50 are in India.

Screenshots later, I think.

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 10/16/2014 10:33:04 PM

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Walls of text/pictures incoming...

April 17 - 20, 1943: The Arafura Shuffle

Some skirmishes that go almost entirely my way in the Arafura Sea and surrounding area. Some background...

April 4-6
I orchestrated a small combined assault on Merauke on April 4-5. Australia paratroop brigade attacked on April 4 and got only 1:4 odds, however most of the unit made it there and 1 IJ unit was destroyed. On April 5, I land a USN Base Force to help with subsequent unloading trips and provide a modicum of air cover - Merauke is only in danger of being bombed from Hansa Bay (AF8), Buna (AF7), and Hollandia (AF5), the former 2 bases are within easy strike range from Portland Roads and therefore he risks losing bombers on the ground.

61 4Es sortie from Normanton and surprise the defenders. 71 Zeroes are on CAP, but there is no radar and the time to target is only 4 minutes, with 40 minutes for all planes on CAP to intercept. Clearly, this is an 81-plane unit that he moved in after my recon of the base at 9/10 DL for 2 days revealed bombers and auxiliary planes, but no fighters. The airfield gets trashed in that raid and followup raids, with at least 7 Zeroes destroyed on the ground in addition to air/ops losses. Minimal losses for the Allies. On April 6, 65 4Es sortie against Taberfane again, getting at least 12 planes on the ground this time.

April 6-7
Helens from Hansa Bay bomb Merauke, with fighters also strafing, but Allied troop losses are minimal.An enormous raid comes in, but still very light Allied troop losses. This is surprising, but good for us.

CL Tama and 4 DDs slip through from the west before my DDs can get around the NE Australian Rhino Horn and sink AP McCawley and a gaggle of LCIs/LSTs just outside Horn Island. At least they unloaded a giant NZ AA Brigade first. A big bombardment TF of mine is sighted east of Cooktown, but I decide to send them in to Moresby anyway.

April 8
Merauke is liberated. Moresby is bombarded, but the TF is hit by laser guided Betty torpedoes 6 hexes later, and I lose 2 old BBs when all is said and done, bringing the tally up to 4 for the war. Enough of that, 28-knots and over from here on out. Prince of Wales also has to head for repairs.

On the way in, the TF ran into DD Akikaze and crippled her, but given that she was sighted on April 9 or 10, she may have survived.

65 4Es bomb Taberfane's port, with a good DL (USN Recon Liberators rock). CL Kinu and DD Tsuta are sunk at their moorings. Zeroes and Oscars are on CAP, but we punched through with light losses. Lack of radar really hurt him here.

Warhawks from Horn Island cripple 2 DDs accompanying Tama, as well as damaging the cruiser. I believe DD Shirakumo sunk from fires.

April 9 - MegaFighterUnit escort note
79 Zeroes escort only about 25 Nells on a strike against some xAKLs at Portland Roads. I'm finding these 81-plane units to be a real hassle and they're delaying my advances because I simply can't rely on my escorts to shoot down air strikes. At all. I only lose an APD in this raid, and my relatively meagre 39-plane CAP (the Warhawks are at Horn Island...) shoots down a bunch of escorts, but no Nells until after they've dropped their torpedoes. This has led to some 99% civil back-and-forth between MM and I about night bombing, as I perceive large 4E raids at night to be my only available counter at this point and the Allies simply can't afford to be delayed until late 1943 on their initial counteroffensive. But I just don't have the Corsairs and Hellcats in enough numbers to provide CAP and LRCAP to cover invasions. On the plus side, large numbers of planes destroyed on the ground is really helping my VP ratio, day by day, drop by drop.

April 10-17
Portland Roads is now Port 4, so can rearm DDs. I begin using it periodically for DD bombardments and patrols against Moresby and Milne Bay.

On April 17, 19 Lily dive bombers are escorted by 57 Zeroes from Buna and damage DD Nicholas outside Cooktown, which is later sunk by 13 Nells with 25-ish Zeroes on escort. 3:1 escort to strike package ratio because of that 81-plane unit...

IJAAF Transports fly in the 1st Raiding Regiment, 2nd Raiding Regiment, and Yokosuka 4th SNLF to Merauke. They failed to take the base after I flew in most of a regular Australian brigade and are now trapped, with daily supply shipments being interdicted by flak. I don't have enough Corsairs to base at Merauke regularly, but did so while able to keep them in the air. Looking forward to killing these crack paratroops.

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 10/16/2014 10:44:49 PM

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April 18 - The Arafura Shuffle

I had sent 7 DDs, led by the Fletcher-class Radford, into the area west of Horn Island and near Merauke to patrol for possible more IJN CL/DD raiding forces. On the morning of April 18, we got a very nice SIGINT hit on hex 80,125 and 2 TFs are sighted in the area. I send in the trusty DDs...

Helens from Taberfane had been bombing the Aussies at Gove, so I anticpate that the TF is heading there to try to bag some LCU VPs.

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 10/16/2014 10:48:24 PM

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April 19 - Arafura Shuffle

The DDs, set to React 6 and patrol at Gove only, run into the treasure fleet rather than the covering surface force. They are trying to unload at Wessel Islands, for what purpose I don't know, except perhaps as an advance garrison for a later minor base. I have been doing "just enough" in this theater for some time, after initial efforts were met by "just enough" counterthrusts from MM (usually via paratrooper). As demonstrated at Merauke, I saw this as an opportunity to make him think he could keep doing it and trap his units.

I think this action here is an extension of that thinking on his part.

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 10/16/2014 10:53:19 PM

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The aftermath. DDs are basically out of fuel, and damage has actually decreased on a few...

IJN SCTFs sighted west of Merauke, but with no fuel I'm not going to risk it. Gun ammo is down to about 30-40%, and torpedoes are spent. I'll take my VPs and go.

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 10/16/2014 10:55:09 PM

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April 20 - Arafura Shuffle

Why hello there...

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 10/16/2014 10:56:02 PM

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And the revenge!

1 B-25D1 was lost to flak during these raids. I've been training them in strafe for a month or two now, and it paid off.

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 10/16/2014 11:12:08 PM

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Air losses

As you can see, Japanese air losses have been increasing. Mostly from night bombing of airfields, though some air to air combat as well. We are now over 2000 planes ahead of the Japanese. This is almost 1/3 of my VP total.

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 10/16/2014 11:19:47 PM

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I have used those attack bombers versus MM in our downfall game as night naval attack at 100 feet. The most effective night naval attack planes I have ever seen...if they fly.

Interesting ship composition on the IJN side....

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 10/16/2014 11:21:18 PM

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VPs

Just sent the April 22 turn back to MM, so this shot is one day out of date. We have crossed the 2.5:1 threshold. May it never return. Current ratio is 2.495:1. At some point I am going to calculate the exact "VP flip" I can obtain from bases, so that I have some targets for 1944. I hope to be around 2:1 when January 1, 1944 hits. That still leaves a lot of work to do in 1944 and 1945, but I should be able to gain steam at that point.

Gains since March 10 have been 1320 for the Japanese and 1496 for the Allies, or a 1.13:1 ratio over 43 days. If I hadn't been an idiot and lost 2 BBs worth 382, the ratio would be even more in my favor (1.595:1). Darwin is also mine if I wish it, but I can't supply it at present. When flipped, it provides a 219-point swing (-190 for him, +19 for me).

I've noticed, and you can see from the screenshots, that he appears to be having trouble keeping bases in good supply. His VPs will drop on some days for no real reason, and go back up again later. I am assuming this is a supply issue in Burma and the Philippines, where there are high multipliers and supply must be shipped in to some of the bases.

I have a surprise planned for his backfield in the next 2 months. I've found an opportunity...

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 10/16/2014 11:23:05 PM

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Marvellous work by your TFs. Love to see aggressive use of assets. You made your own luck on this series of battles.

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 10/16/2014 11:23:33 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

I have used those attack bombers versus MM in our downfall game as night naval attack at 100 feet. The most effective night naval attack planes I have ever seen...if they fly.

Interesting ship composition on the IJN side....

I forgot to mention - I have been encountering some "strange" ships lately. I haven't seen the Yamato or Musashi and judging by what I have seen, I assume he decided not to build either of them.

I have seen:
I-32, several months early
RO-100 class boats in March/April 1943
Oyodo/Agano about a month early

So I am assuming that he accelerated a bunch of subs, even what I consider to be the substandard RO-class boats, and CLs in lieu of the Yamatos. I understand the CLs (except Oyodo, which was with other CLs instead of KB/MKB), but not the RO-boats. I wouldn't accelerate I-boats, though I would build them.

I'd rather save the HI than build RO-boats.

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RE: Headhunter - Lokasenna (A) vs. mind_messing (J) - N... - 10/16/2014 11:25:10 PM

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Marvellous work by your TFs. Love to see aggressive use of assets. You made your own luck on this series of battles.

It lost me 2 BBs also, but I didn't put up pretty pictures of that

. As mentioned, no more use of 21-knot BBs for bombardment. Aerial torpedoes just don't miss them. I'll keep them in amphib TFs from here on out, or possibly CVEs as bomb magnets and Day 2 bombardiers for invasions.

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