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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/20/2020 7:53:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		I moved up 4 Rufe factories to the A6M5, and will move a fifth when it fully repairs. 1 Factory will remain making the excellent Rufe.

A6M3a will arrive normally.

I boosted my naval shipyards a bit, and now I am running a slight surplus. I shut down all merchant shipping, but will turn it back on to keep up with builds. No ships are accelerated, stopped, or cancelled. Building them all. Yamato due in 73 days.

35 sized Nate factory is closed.






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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/20/2020 10:27:23 PM   
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The old Texas Task Force continues to take a beating as they are stuck around Luzon and unwilling to retreat from the area just yet. This force could really have done some damage, but we avoided surface engagements, sought to no avail sub ambushes, and now with Manila conquered, it has no fighter cover...and Nells are whittling it down. Vals will arrive tomorrow if they stick around.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Iba at 78,75

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 15 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CL Boise
CA Swayback, Torpedo hits 1
DD Aaron Ward
DM J. William Ditter
DD Duncan

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
17 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Iba at 78,75

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 105 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Boise
CA Swayback, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Aaron Ward
DD King

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo






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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/20/2020 10:30:01 PM   
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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/20/2020 10:32:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		Afternoon sub attack...another handpicked ASW group. Shallow water only patrol...SC CHa-17 has an ASW rating of 8, Zosen Maru 3.
Submarine attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,74

Japanese Ships
SC CHa-17
PB Zosen Maru
PB Akitsui Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXX, hits 13, heavy damage

SS KXX is sighted by escort
KXX bottoming out ....
PB Zosen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Zosen Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Zosen Maru attacking submerged sub ....
SS KXX forced to surface!
PB Akitsui Maru firing on surfaced sub ....
PB Zosen Maru firing on surfaced sub ....
PB Akitsui Maru firing on surfaced sub ....
PB Akitsui Maru firing on surfaced sub ....
PB Akitsui Maru firing on surfaced sub ....
PB Zosen Maru firing on surfaced sub ....
PB Akitsui Maru firing on surfaced sub ....
PB Zosen Maru firing on surfaced sub ....
PB Akitsui Maru firing on surfaced sub ....
PB Zosen Maru firing on surfaced sub ....
PB Akitsui Maru firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves





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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/21/2020 11:41:29 PM   
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Continue to destroy subs off Formosa...this time a 2 ship ASW TF#4 sinks Seadragon.




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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/21/2020 11:49:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		KB catches some shipping, Makassar taken, Kendari has only 1 unit (2/3 DL) so we will move to take it next. Ambon probably will be tough.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Kendari at 70,106

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
B5N2 Kate x 21
D3A1 Val x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Niobe, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
ML No. 311
xAP Morinda, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAP Kedah, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
12 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
13 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
10 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Niobe




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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/21/2020 11:52:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		The CA Swayback takes two more torpedoes today, but is still around in the afternoon...

SS Finback sinks a 3 VP PB off Honshu...

Minesweepers arriving at Singapore...

BristolBrigands make an appearance.

Morning Air attack on Tavoy , at 54,60

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7

Allied aircraft
Bristol Brigand x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Bristol Brigand: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Airbase hits 23
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 33

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Bristol Brigand bombing and strafing from low level
Airfield Attack: 1 plane(s) with no ordnance
Airfield Attack: 12 x 3" Rockets, 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x Bristol Brigand bombing and strafing from low level
Airfield Attack: 12 x 3" Rockets, 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Bristol Brigand bombing and strafing from low level
Airfield Attack: 2 plane(s) with no ordnance
Airfield Attack: 12 x 3" Rockets, 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb






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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/21/2020 11:53:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		Looking at the Brigand, that is a nasty little plane.

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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/22/2020 12:36:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		lol I didn't even remember that one fortunately there aren't many of them....I doubt an A10 could get of the ground with all that ordnance....

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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/22/2020 12:48:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		Note its probably a bit to fast with a little too much ordnance even for an Ironman Scenario - may have went too far on that one....oh well my bad...

Wont help Lowpe but the .50 cals are doubled up for some reason....

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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/23/2020 4:56:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		forget the 50 cal, 4x20mm CL? that's the equivalent of 16x50 cal on the wing. Ouch.

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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/23/2020 12:58:25 PM   
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SAGs that were escorting troop ships to Singapore, break and sortie to the south...

Swayback has now been hit by 7 torpedoes and refuses to sink.

Sub attack near Iloilo at 78,82

Japanese Ships
SS I-165

Allied Ships
CA Swayback, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
DD King

SS I-165 launches 4 torpedoes at CA Swayback
I-165 diving deep ....




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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/23/2020 1:04:09 PM   
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In other ASW news ...

Sub attack near Tablas at 79,81

Japanese Ships
SS I-158

Allied Ships
AS Holland, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

AS Holland is sighted by SS I-158
SS I-158 launches 8 torpedoes

ASW attack near Hong Kong at 75,63

Japanese Ships
PB Chitose Maru

Allied Ships
SS Talent, hits 4

SS Talent is sighted by escort
Talent bottoming out ....
PB Chitose Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Chitose Maru attacking submerged sub ....




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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/23/2020 1:07:32 PM   
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My bad for not sending the HQ here initially.




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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/24/2020 12:52:30 PM   
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KB steams in to the wind...and finds more refugees from the Philippines.






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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/24/2020 12:54:26 PM   
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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/24/2020 12:56:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		Our sub screen east of the Marshalls continue to find Allied shipping...not sure where they are going.

Submarine attack near Maloelap at 145,117

Japanese Ships
SS RO-63

Allied Ships
TK British Unity, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires

TK British Unity is sighted by SS RO-63
SS RO-63 launches 4 torpedoes at TK British Unity


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Sub attack near Maloelap at 145,117

Japanese Ships
SS RO-63

Allied Ships
TK Connecticut, Torpedo hits 1

SS RO-63 launches 2 torpedoes

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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/25/2020 12:45:27 PM   
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Task Force Mikuma hits a well defended convoy and the Nenohi is sunk...

The stricken Boise is torpedoed by a Rboat...3 times. Last seen listing heavily near Gorong...

Rabaul achieves a 2-1 assault, but the plucky Australians refuse to retreat.

Kendari forts reduced to 1...

Palembang invasion force loading...






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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/25/2020 12:51:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		Japanese AMCs' with decent Captains, are now patrolling this gap, and run into some more Philippine refugees headed east. Going to have to put some more forces here...would have been nice to sink the support ships.

Kiyosumi Maru has 35% system damage...such fragile ships.




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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/25/2020 1:26:30 PM   
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I wonder what kind of opposition you will find there... swamp terrain

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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/25/2020 4:22:10 PM   
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Do you have recon over Palembang?

I wonder what kind of opposition you will find there... swamp terrain


6 units, 10.6K troops, 77 guns, 4 afvs...


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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/26/2020 1:17:39 PM   
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Rabaul falls. The waters around here are dangerous, thanks to Beaufighters and their 3" rockets. They are beasts strafing. Lost a nice xak-t to of all things a 40mm Bofors while it was landing troops at Rabaul.

Interesting to note how the battles really changed with the arrival of the HQc even though it was only prepped 33%.

I plan on building up Rabaul, but all other bases in the area will not exceed size 2 runway.




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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/26/2020 1:25:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		Lots of action here. Night bombings by Allies, Allied bombers make very unpredictable attacks on shipping...we need to pull off a Palembang landing (3 divisions) and also get established on Java in the next two weeks. Plus need to start clearing up the Philippines. Lots to do.








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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/26/2020 1:29:05 PM   
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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/26/2020 8:55:23 PM   
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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/26/2020 10:26:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well this is tier 3 and he hasn't taken Palembang yet. In your Nasty, Nasty version that you only had up for a few days and then pulled down, I know what a huge mistake that is …. That he can take it, there is little doubt. But at this point I doubt he can take it relatively undamaged. Palembang seriously damaged is a real problem for any IJ player. In this scenario, with the tempo required, it may not be recoverable. It will mean losing the KB effectively in '43.

Having said that, IF there is a player who could pull out a win as IJ without Palembang, Lowpe is the player to do it.

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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/26/2020 11:08:11 PM   
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Well this is tier 3 and he hasn't taken Palembang yet. In your Nasty, Nasty version that you only had up for a few days and then pulled down, I know what a huge mistake that is …. That he can take it, there is little doubt. But at this point I doubt he can take it relatively undamaged.

Time does not really matter for the potential damage. It's engineers and RNG, and disabled-at-start engineers will recuperate anyway by the time you get there be it a month or three months. Given the forces in PB as reconned by Lowpe, there is not that many troops for a huge battle (that one throws RNG around in my experience and can result in a complete destruction).

Thanks, Andy, that you did not build a Fortress Palembang. Now that would be Nasty x4

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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/27/2020 12:38:57 AM   
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Status: offline 		Nasty, Nasty has a big surprise in Palembang … I thought (think) it might also be there in this Nasty version. But, I haven't played this in years, so not sure...

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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/27/2020 10:06:11 AM   
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Nasty, Nasty has a big surprise in Palembang … I thought (think) it might also be there in this Nasty version. But, I haven't played this in years, so not sure...

I personally would dislike anything that makes the gamble for 1mil supply worse for Japan than it is already (like e.g. adding a horde of engineers in PB). It's kind of outcome that is inescapable, completely out of your control, happens very early and impacts the whole game. Not a good design choice in my book

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RE: Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (... - 5/27/2020 11:33:13 AM   
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Status: offline 		Well, Palembang is also a x3 defensive terrain. it doesn't take much to require multiple attacks to conquer, each attack has damage potential …

as I say, I play the Nasty, Nasty version. This version may or may not have the same Palembang script(s).

I've been watching for ideas and I have definitely gotten some. But one thing he has done is NOT go after Palembang early, and that gives him some real leverage in terms of choices. If you play safe and go for Palembang early, it definitely constrains your options. For example, going to Ambon early because your forces are out of position to support that thrust due south. Anyway, this is a great AAR and has been very interesting to date for me.



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