Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: JocMeister

Was running the turn when I got an email from Nick saying he had forgotten something that could unhinge his entire plan. He then asked if we could redo the 1st turn. Obviously I´m not very happy with that as I spent over 8 hours with the turn including setting the alarm at 4 this morning so I could work on the turn before the kids woke up.

I asked him if there was anything else I could do but no reply yet. I really feel his pain but I´m not sure I could muster up the energy and motivation to redo the 1st turn again. There is absolutely nothing in the 1st turn for the allies that is fun to do. Its just a 6-10 hour chore.

Not sure what he missed but the only thing I can think of is that he forgot to load some troops.

Anyway. Not going to do an update until I know what will happen.

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

When playing Japan, I always run the turn against myself to make sure I did what I wanted. You can save in multiple slots to accomplish this.

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Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
B5N1 Kate x 11
B5N2 Kate x 7

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 22

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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34
G3M2 Nell x 36
G4M1 Betty x 81

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
YO-41, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
SS Seawolf, Bomb hits 1
ARD YFD-1 Dewey, Bomb hits 1

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

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Ground combat at Taytay (75,82)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 66 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 6

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Taytay !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1


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Ground combat at Busuanga (77,80)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 92 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

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

Japanese adjusted assault: 4

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Busuanga !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /2

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Interesting, you allow port strikes with land based air on turn 1. You gotta be very happy in Manila.

Give us the grimy details on how you saved Force Z. Or do you wan to keep it close to the vest for a few turns, until whatever it is they are doing happens? Or is it a closely guarded AFB secret figured out after a lifetimes study?

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

The combat report says those Bettys were detected at around 14K feet - a bit high for trying to hit small ships with level bombing.

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Aircraft Attacking:
13 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
13 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
13 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
27 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 10000 feet
City Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
14 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
14 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
14 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
5 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

The combat report says those Bettys were detected at around 14K feet - a bit high for trying to hit small ships with level bombing.

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Midget Sub attack inside harbor of Pearl Harbor!!!

Japanese Ships
SSX Ha-19, hits 3, heavy damage

Allied Ships
PC Taney
BB Tennessee, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PC Tiger

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Morning Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 37 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 86
B5N2 Kate x 117
D3A1 Val x 108

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed by flak
B5N2 Kate: 13 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 20 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground
SBD-1 Dauntless: 25 damaged
SBD-1 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground
B-18A Bolo: 40 damaged
B-18A Bolo: 2 destroyed on ground
PBY-5 Catalina: 86 damaged
PBY-5 Catalina: 2 destroyed on ground
P-40B Warhawk: 26 damaged
P-40B Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground
P-36A Mohawk: 14 damaged
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed on ground
B-17E Fortress: 22 damaged
C-33: 1 destroyed on ground
R3D-2: 3 damaged
O-47A: 13 damaged
O-47A: 1 destroyed on ground
A-20A Havoc: 13 damaged
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
F4F-3 Wildcat: 5 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
BB West Virginia, Torpedo hits 2
DD Allen, Bomb hits 2, on fire
BB Maryland, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AV Curtiss, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires
BB California, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CL Raleigh, Bomb hits 1
DD Tucker, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CA San Francisco, Torpedo hits 1
AK Castor, Bomb hits 1
CA New Orleans, Torpedo hits 1
CL Honolulu, Torpedo hits 1
DD Monaghan, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Patterson, Bomb hits 1
DD Henley, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB Tennessee, and is sunk

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ORIGINAL: obvert

I'll bet days 2-3 will provide some more interesting stuff. He looks very aggressive with the mini-KBs in the DEI.

If you can, think about getting Lysanders into China to see what's coming a few days in advance. Really helps.

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Tennessee only took the one torp hit from the SSX. Did she suffer a magazine explosion? Shouldn't have sunk from a single torp otherwise.

Hope he does not come back for seconds ...

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Interesting, you allow port strikes with land based air on turn 1. You gotta be very happy in Manila.

Give us the grimy details on how you saved Force Z. Or do you wan to keep it close to the vest for a few turns, until whatever it is they are doing happens? Or is it a closely guarded AFB secret figured out after a lifetimes study?

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ORIGINAL: zuluhour

Looking forward to China with SL. I can't hold it anymore without it. I have been brutally swept away through the Sian gap and am surrounded in half a dozen locations. Losing two quick
battles in succession on the Sian road unhinged the whole mess. I dread China now. I should have marched the reserves north right away to bolster the northern flank, but hey, I thought he
might try the southern "pincer" to cut the Ledo road. Best of luck.

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ORIGINAL: Rio Bravo

Joc-

I won't be able to comment much as I am reading Olorin's AAR too.

I am looking forward to following your battles, fears, and victories.

Wishing you and Olorin a long, fun war.

Regards,

-Terry

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Interesting, you allow port strikes with land based air on turn 1. You gotta be very happy in Manila.

Give us the grimy details on how you saved Force Z. Or do you wan to keep it close to the vest for a few turns, until whatever it is they are doing happens? Or is it a closely guarded AFB secret figured out after a lifetimes study?

Force Z is best used in the first week if there is an opening without strong air cover, otherwise best saved for late '42 IMO.