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Good day - 7/12/2003 9:50:23 AM   
herbieh

 

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Status: offline 		a very quiet day as troops begin to load at Truck
No sign of action from wobbly
Big fighter sweep over Cairns might have given Wobbly a jolt, wirriways knocked down in droves:D

Also troops are about to launch a bombardment on Lea lea, lets see what his reaction is to that, and what his true material state is.

Nothing else to report.

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patience - 7/13/2003 7:54:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		One thing that is sowly dawning on myself is the need for patience, if you only play a turn a day , the temptation to luanch an offence NOW! is pretty strong.

This offensive I must have fuel, and supplies and ships available
So its sit tight, and do nothing

At Lea lea one regiment bombards, and confirms wobbly has run away, deliberate attack tomorrow, if it fails Ill move it on to PM, very soon a full division will be there.
Sank a sub at gassmatta (building nicely) and wobbly snuck a DD into PM and sank 2 barges
His night LBA on PM hit a crippled CL, very annoying, another ship nursed for weeks, now doomed.

In the Emails wobbly hints at an offensive of his own, with a division afloat at the moment, I would nt mind.

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quiet - 7/13/2003 6:33:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		Again little action today, the single regiment attack at Lea lea was repulsed, but a second regiment will definately do it, and its marching that way.
The evac, reinforce PM plan may just have gone off.

Sorry nothing to report of note, my plans are set, maybe wobbly is filling the forum with evil intent, but Im not to be rushed with this effort.

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Nuthin happening - 7/15/2003 3:42:45 AM   
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Status: offline 		All quiet still, troops and ships moving onto lunga.
Im 3 days away from transferring Combined fleet HQ to Lunga.
Need More fuel and supplies, and computer free time at home!

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still quiet - 7/16/2003 8:25:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		the date is now 10august 42

Lots of ships at lunga, spotted by wobbly, a flight of B17s dropped a few bombs at Mutsu, missed.
I think he might have guessed by now that a major effort is building
The game is at the boring stage, but this is really where the coming battle will be won or lost, I cant afford lack of resources this go..

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Bloody hudsons - 7/16/2003 6:39:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		Long ranged dead eyed dicks that hit APs at really long ranges, scratch 2 APs at Buna.

Wobbly sends a small party to un occupied wunpunko,and lunganville positevly groans under the weight of LBA.
The 2 edge sword, if I can close the field and keep it closed, what a catch!, but if I dont, what a nut to crack!

Only about 5 days and we launch this op, hope port vila delays him just one more week!

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Still quiet - 7/18/2003 4:02:14 AM   
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Status: offline 		Combined Fleet HQ unloads at Lunga, and nearly every combat aircraft in theatre arrives at the airfield. In the sound between Lunga and Tulgia a mighty fleet gathers, 4 aircraft carriers, 5 battleships, 6 or so CAs and multiple DDs.
A sense of urgency fills the air, and we await word that the invasion convoys are in theatre, they are so slow!
Wunpunko has been re occupied, we must strike very very soon, Port Vila garrison wont last long,faster transports, faster!

This will be the decisive battle.


To the west, evac of lea lea seems to continue, a 3CL, 5 dd ambush has been sent to the area, long lances glittering in their tubes.

The quiet will soon be shattered.




This Battle will be fought on a week end, cant afford real life to impinge on this one!

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Operation MO - 7/18/2003 11:19:54 AM   
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From Combined Fleet, Lunga

To
17th Army
2nd Division HQ
38th Division HQ

11th Air Fleet HQ
TF 2 (CL Nagara 4dd)
TF 5 (CV Akagi,Hiryu,soryu,Junyo, CA Tone, Chikuma,CS Nishin,Chitose,Chiyoda,CL Kumano,6dd)
TF 42 (BB Kirishima CA Myoko,9dd)
TF 49 ((BB Kongo Hiei, CL naka 4dd
TF 59 BB Mutsu CA Ashigara,CA Kumano,CL Kino 6 dd)
TF 8 CA Haguro,Aoba,CL Yura,4dd

Grownig Allied power in the south must be countered
Therefore Combined Fleet will sortie and seek decisive battle
Combined Fleet shall upon inclement weather bombard Lunganville, paving the way for 11th air fleet to maintain base nuetralisation
TF5 will not be involved with the invasion until such time that Allied CVs have be drawn into battle, and defeated

All forces are impressed with the need to display correct fighting spirit, and must accept heavy losses
17th Army is ordered to allow for total loss of forces involved, their sacrifice will allow combined fleet to draw the enemy into battle, where he will be defeated.

Commanders are reminded that this battle , although crucial, is not the ultimate aim, we must tie down sufficient forces, for long enough , to allow 8th Army to launch operation spoon, the invasion of Australia

Long live the empire

A warship is useless unless it is in range of the enemy.

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- 7/18/2003 12:31:40 PM   
Veer


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13/8/42 - 7/22/2003 4:21:31 AM   
herbieh

 

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Status: offline 		The fleet sails , and begins to rendevou north of santa cruz, what a sight!

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14/8/42 - 7/22/2003 4:23:15 AM   
herbieh

 

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Status: offline 		We continue to fient towards santa cruz. We have been spotted.
Near Lea lea our 3cl and dds lie in ambush.
Action tomorrow!

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War lost - 7/22/2003 4:28:29 AM   
herbieh

 

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Status: offline 		:( The war is lost.

today our carriers reacted to enemy carriers operationg near Wunpunko.
Again my big airstrike failed to find target.
Wobbly didnt
Soryu,Akagi,Hiryu,Junyo, Nagato,ashigara and a cl all are sunk or will be sunk tomorrow.
My pathetic airstrikes round 2 iether attacked unescorted or were simply shot to pieces, not a single hit was scored

We are fleeing to the north, my APs are now horribly exposed.

Little consilation at lea lea as we sink a few Aps and AVs

Its now a defend to the death game, I cant win, but we can still fight.

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It continues - 7/22/2003 4:34:35 AM   
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Status: offline 		wobbly hammers the remaining CVs to the bottom, Akagia may get away but wont fight again.
This leaves me with no carriers in the theatre at all.

Lots of orphaned aircraft

It gets worse today, the cream of my LBA launch against his CVs,
70 odd unescorted betties and nells, while the zeros decide to go to lunganville

And thats that for my LBA, 100 wildcats have a ball.

very very depressed
Oh well, bad luck happens, Im still going to fight it out, this will be good practice gor WITP I suppose.

My ships still flee north, Im trying to unload a regiment at irau, and another at rennel Is, the rest back to lunga.
There I am sure they will die, a trip wire for my BBs, which remain now as my last hope.

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- 7/22/2003 9:23:33 AM   
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It was an enjoyable read though. :)

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Re: War lost - 7/22/2003 10:52:29 AM   
Veer


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Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by herbieh
[B]:( The war is lost.

today our carriers reacted to enemy carriers operationg near Wunpunko.
[/B][/QUOTE]

Oh well.... what happened to your CAP?

Anyway, all is not lost... your still doing better than the Japs did historically (small comfort I know).

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- 7/22/2003 12:10:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		Herbieh,
I have had the air strikes not find me in my last game with Condor. I sank his CVs that game. Its all very much a crap shoot.

I can't say my game is going much better. I still have my carriers but my poor APs.:(

Beer is still good in thesse situations. Brings out the creativity :D .

Quark

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Cap - 7/22/2003 12:32:19 PM   
herbieh

 

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Status: offline 		The CAP was blown away, I only had 30% cap set so that my strike would get through, of course my strike failed to find anything, the rest of the fighters went to the bottom(I think)

Lesson

Never ever plot a major UV attack while
1 cooking ameal
2 disciplining the kid
3 talking to the wife
4 listening to the swans footy team winning on the radio
5 doing all of the above at once
6 assuming wobbly wouldnt come out and fight until I was ready (sounds familiar doesnt it!)

Anyway, no surrender yet, no never, its up to the battle wagons now, and the land troops.
I will do better historically, that is now the aim, dig in, dig in , and die.:D

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- 7/23/2003 5:39:43 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ouch...:eek:

Now that was a one sided carrier duel.

I have been pretty lucky so far with ventilating the american's carriers.

Never surrender:mad:

Kami my kaze:p

Banzai:cool:

Awesome AAR

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- 7/23/2003 10:47:09 AM   
Philwd

 

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Status: offline 		[QUOTE]2 disciplining the kid[/QUOTE]

Been there done that:) . Cost me a nice big skylight in Shok's deck after I forgot to rotate CAP.

Make him pay for Irau. That is the key for your defense.

Quark

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desperate risk - 7/23/2003 4:04:27 PM   
herbieh

 

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Status: offline 		Well akagi absorbed about 10000 bombs that turn, well done, it distracted the carrier strikes from all the other vessels i have in the area.
i agree. irau and rennel island are the keys to the defence of lunga.
So.....
I had 3 regiments at sea, in 3 convoys, they are not going to get away if wobbly agressively uses his CVs, and that is what he is doing, so one regiment is now unloading at irau, one at rennell island, and the final one at lunga.
I expect heavy ship casualties, but what the heck, only attacking sides need massive troop lift, wobbly will need at least a division to take each place, hopefully this takes time to unload, time to hit him!
Today another 30 LBA, vals suicided, what the!!!!
Then I checked, half of my fighters are on escort OK, but escort target lunganville, buggard if I know how that happened.
A torpedo into a yank carrier yesterday, but wobbly rules the waves.

Everyone says that now I should just roll over and die, I disagree, lets see how he goes organising an invasion, and I go at launching long lance attacks! -whooosh,whoooosh(just love that whooosh):D :D

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Re: desperate risk - 7/23/2003 4:38:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by herbieh
[B]
Everyone says that now I should just roll over and die, I disagree, lets see how he goes organising an invasion, and I go at launching long lance attacks! -whooosh,whoooosh(just love that whooosh):D :D [/B][/QUOTE]

Exactly! Why bother having this game go to the end of 1943 if players just "throw in the towel" at the earliest opportunity? I believe that the IJN player who succeeds at crushing the Allies in the early months be allowed to savour the benefits of this victory by attempting the defense of his peremiter. Also, I believe that the USN player should be allowed to enjoy the counter attack phase, not just endure the Japanese offensive, and if it fails, be forced to abandon the game because his opponents "don't wanna pway anymowa". I will always play to the bitter end if losing...hopefully my opponents will afford me the same consideration.;) I've already had players simply vanish or suddenly "run out of time" due to sudden discoveries such as house needs maintenance attention or wife feels neglected. While these situations do occur and may be true, how difficult or time consuming is sending a turn off every few days over a morning coffee or before bed? Jeez...:rolleyes:

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Re: desperate risk - 7/23/2003 6:14:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by herbieh
[B]

Everyone says that now I should just roll over and die, I disagree, lets see how he goes organising an invasion, and I go at launching long lance attacks! -whooosh,whoooosh(just love that whooosh):D :D [/B][/QUOTE]

Correct.....you can bleed an allied player badly when he is trying to take Irau or even PM. You just have to have balanced bombardment TFs setup and waiting.......and don't forget mines!
Luskan d@mned near ripped the the arse out of my fleet at Irau, with all the bloody mines that placed there ! I was so badly wounded in troop lift capacity that it would have been questionable if I could have gotten any further than Lugna.

You main problem is if wobbly uses his CVs to cut your SLOC between Truk and the rest of the south pacific....there is not much that you will be able to do if he does.

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- 7/23/2003 6:16:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		Oh..and congrats for staying on to fight to the end......that shows real class. :cool:

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More buggar!! - 7/24/2003 3:10:22 PM   
herbieh

 

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Status: offline 		Well, one regiment safely landed at irau.
At rennell island a total disaster, I took the shot, but was too low.
I didnt count how many transports that were hit, but at least a dozen will be lost I think.

NO PAIN, NO GAIN!!!
But, at best nearly 2 whole regiments will get ashore, plus some engineers to help them dig in
Currently trying to gather the remains of my surface fleet at Shortland, where fast battle groups will be formed.

Wobbly is retiring, Im sure the next move will be offensive.

PS. Despite everything this horrible week has brought to my fleet and troops, I will remain offensive minded, wobbly CVs cant be everywhere at once.

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More slaughter - 7/25/2003 3:17:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		OH YUK, look, if you want a good time exulting in another imperial defeat, read wobblies report.

The slaughter at rennel island nears its conclusion as a surface task force hits the cripples

But, 2 full regiments are ashore, plus engineers and about 2 grand of supplies.
At lunga things are good, and at irau things are not too shabby iether.
His Cvs lurk in the area, and a BB group is 2 days sail away.
I have 3 fast BB groups formed, now do I base them at munda( quite large now), or at shortland.


Over at new guinea things are OK troop wise, not many aircraft though.
Will wobbly spring straight into the attack, or build up 1st.
I hope he is thinking that I wont be prepared, because Ive been building up rear areas since day 1

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air power - 7/27/2003 3:16:24 PM   
herbieh

 

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Status: offline 		There is no history lesson as effective as repeating it.
having no carriers leaves you feeling very vunerable, seeing wobblies not lurking but now boldly sailing just out of range to the south of lunga makes a man feel very very impotent, how to deal with this.
At rennel island the carnage is complete, a sub got into the act as well.

The rest of my ships are finally clear, but if wobbly wants to head north, there is little to stop him.
reinforcements in the form of CAs and CLs have been released, maybe, just maybe Ill get some whooshing in soon.

Finally, hasnt his pilots heard the term fatigue!:mad:

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Real life - 7/28/2003 3:43:26 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hate it when real life forces you to rush a turn.....

Wobbly surface forces swept into rennel island and finished of the cripples.
His minesweepers are ducking in and out of irau, and lots of air recon of the place, Im still mulling over a response.

I have a mine layer 3 days out, I think I might send it in, and have several major units to the North set on react, and see what happens.
Wobbly CVs seem to be rotating, some resting, some waiting in ambush to the south of rennel island.

At the moment Im trying to dig in at rennell island, lunga and irau, supplies are around 5k for each place, (30000 at lunga)not enough, but still....


Munda is built nicely, and over the other side of the map the admiralties and gasmatta are well built up.

It will be interesting to see where he strikes 1st.

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back again - 7/31/2003 12:19:58 PM   
herbieh

 

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Status: offline 		real life and computer glitches prevent vital updates - wobbly has nothing left to sink at rennel island and all the targets are fleeing north as his airmen get ****** at the bar in noumea, a well deserved drink if i can say so.

He has asked me why I left so many targets there, I feel I had no choice, with a sea full of CVs only 2 or 3 hexes away, it was get the transports sunk at sea and lose all the troops, or get em ashore at rennel, who needs transports now?, its fast transport time at the front now.

Over at Lea lea had a 3 to 1 attack, should clean that up tomorrow

So, 2 regiments at irau
2 and a half at rennell island
a full regiment at lunga
troops at munda and shortland

3 shattered regiments at Truck
2 good ones at lea lea
1 good one at PM
1 good one at sea , destination GG
3 BBs, about 5 CAs, only a dozen destroyers
buggar all LBA
Shattered squadrons from the carriers.

Munda building
Admiralties building
gasmatta building

Steely detirmination to spill blood, bring the attack on wobbly, Im guessing GG 1st place of attack, well in range of Tanaka (He s dead but dont let wobbly know that!)

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Trap - 7/31/2003 3:47:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		Quick one tonight

Have ordered a BB to lurk north of GG on react, and have dispatched a cl, 6dd group towards those islands north of wunpunko, looks like wobbly is trying to establish abase there.

Hope this works!!!

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Once more... - 8/2/2003 4:03:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		Once more into the breach, a small task force is ordered to attack transports north of wunpunko, its probably a trap, but its been so long since Ive sunk a ship of note.....:( I need a victory

Darstedly ss-45 is confirmed sunk, I HATE THAT SUB!. That made my day.:D

Nothing much else,IM wondering, any one ever used BBs as fast transports, and got away with it?

( im thinking of a almost suicide end run Jan 1 1943 :cool: )

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