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RE: China offensive starts. - 3/6/2005 1:17:22 AM   
Luskan

 

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Status: offline 		What is boring for the allied player is actually quite stressful for the jap player. I'm shuffling supplies, resources and oil every which way.

E.g., at a certain undisclosed base I've suddenly got Oscars upgrading to tonies - but halted halfway through the upgrade process due to supply restrictions.

I've got many many pilots on training cycles that need to be supplied and monitored (esp in bad weather). Suffice to say I think the quality of my pilots is better now than at any other stage of the war. I have been diligent about keeping a strategic air reserve of all types of planes, always training (and never fighting) so my "reserve" pilots are now amongst the very best - even thought they haven't seen much action.

Raver's ships continue on the north coast of PNG under heavy fighter support, and the b17 super raids have stopped for now in favour of large heavy bomber raids out of india. Personally I welcome the idea of 200 allied heavies eating up supplies before those supplies can feed chinese troops.

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RE: China offensive starts. - 3/6/2005 1:32:06 AM   
Raverdave


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Status: offline 		I have so many supplies banked up in India that I can well afford to have very large bomber raids operating without effecting resupply to China. The oil plant in Mandalay is now nothing but a slag heap.

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RE: China offensive starts. - 3/10/2005 10:36:28 AM   
Luskan

 

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Status: offline 		The war continues - Raver is bombing mandalay repeatedly from his bases in Dakka (sp) but there isn't a lot there to bomb.

The concern is the uncontested practise his level bombers are getting (Even if half of them regularly get lost on the way in).

In naval matters repairs to my some of my damaged capitol ships are all complete. They've been complete for a while sitting in dock as a "reserve" but now that I've got a couple of operations rolling forward once again, I've had to use this reserve (Is easy to forget you have them. I had 17 destroyers fully ready to go at hong kong for 2 weeks before I checked them.

Several older, damaged BBs have been repaired and upgraded, and even a few CV upgrades. I am trying to be careful and split my radar equipped dds and cls evenly throughout my surface combat net.

In other news, the new sub net I designed for my very small, withered sub force has failed pretty much entirely. Haven't heard from my subs in a long time and neither has raver.

Tempted to load them all into a tf, pack them with troops and send them off to invade NZ>

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RE: China offensive starts. - 3/13/2005 7:35:37 AM   
Luskan

 

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Status: offline 		A little action today as my betties hit a couple of Raver's transports at Lae - both badly damaged by bombs - but I doubt they'll sink (and they've already offloaded the engineers I was expecting).

Seems Raver is working his airbases slowly closer to Rabaul in order to bring his firepower to bear. Rabaul being my only foothold in the solomons worth anything.

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RE: China offensive starts. - 3/13/2005 10:27:07 AM   
Raverdave


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Status: offline 		Truth be told Rabal is only one of a number of "footholds".............you are living on borrowed time mate. We are now into October'42 and come '43 I am going to be pounding you from one side of the map to the next.

Two of my CVs have now completed their 10/42 upgrade and have already slipped their hawsers bound for support operations somewhere.

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RE: China offensive starts. - 3/17/2005 7:57:06 PM   
Guderon

 

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Status: offline 		Hmmm.... This is the quietest this AAR has been since it started. You guys got something big in the planning stages? If you're both planning large operations of some sort and they come off at the same time, this could get *very* interesting....

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RE: China offensive starts. - 3/18/2005 1:08:52 PM   
Raverdave


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Status: offline 		Yeah it has been quite, we have been swapping turns but little combat worth reporting. I'm rotating my CVs and CLAA's, CLs through their 10/42 upgrade cycle, and so have been only consolidating what I am still holding. Luskan is doing much of the same, and is pretty much simply waiting for me to make a move.

However, the last turn that I sent Luskan * WHICH I AM STILL WAITING FOR THE REPLY* I have tried a new tactic, not sure if it worked or not, and I don't want to say anything till I get the turn back.

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RE: China offensive starts. - 3/19/2005 5:55:30 AM   
Luskan

 

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Status: offline 		Raver's new tactic worked ok. He sent bombers in against Rangoon at night.

Now previously Raver has been after accuracy and firepower - and although the liberators and mitchells didn't do any permanent damage, and they didn't really hurt my squadrons too bad (lost a few planes on the ground - plenty damaged though) it would work if he could get 400 bombers overhead in the one raid.

Raver has been packing troops and supplies into Lae and Buna - my betties have had a few goes but no really brilliant results (torped a couple that is it). Of course, once Raver knew I knew they were there I could never go in after them. PM has been turned into a very powerful spot on the map - and Raver has invested considerable effort into the place.

Every turn I snatch another little base on the southern end of the DEI chain, just too keep my lines moving forward. Happy to say I've finally farrisoned Java to my satisfaction.

I ahve a couple of little ops in the offing - one would be considered a big op - but in order to pull it off I have decided I need to rearrange my sub picket lines into lines of float plane capable sub recon lines - a lot will depend on Raver's reaction time.

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RE: China offensive starts. - 3/19/2005 9:29:58 AM   
Raverdave


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quote:

ORIGINAL: Happy to say I've finally farrisoned Java to my satisfaction.




Farrisoned? What kind of ratbrained word is that?
Headsup bannanananana boy the bombers are coming again, but this time in force.

Yes PNG is now a huge war base full of lots and lots of nasties just waiting to have a crack at Luskan.

This is what I did to him last turn:-

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/08/42

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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 8 destroyed, 11 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 6000 feet

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Ground combat at Maumere

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 526 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 32 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Maumere base !!!




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RE: China offensive starts. - 3/19/2005 11:51:52 AM   
Luskan

 

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Status: offline 		he didn't go nearly as well at Rangoon as he wanted. His fighter copped it - as they were substandard pilots. His bombers didn't loose many planes, but didn't do enough damage to put the airfield out of commission - so the airfield has been repaired that same turn, and the replacement planes brought in for all those I lost on the ground. Raver missed his chance for a knock out blow there - he did have me worried with his naval attacks as well as airfield attacks. Hit a few pgs that I didn't want to loose.

Raver needs to make up his mind which target he wants to hit - otherwise his uber raid splits up into 5 medium raids (which my fighters can handle one at a time).



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RE: China offensive starts. - 3/19/2005 12:45:11 PM   
Raverdave


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Status: offline 		Damn ! Luskan is right, I should have just concentrated all of my aircraft on the one target, I was infact hopping that all of the aircraft would go in at once, but the didn't happen and so they got chewed. But it was one hell of a airbattle ! I would not believe all that you read in the combat report, as both sides have exaggerated their claims. (Luskan's pilots more than mine)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/09/42

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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 19

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 19

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 3 destroyed
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 53
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 29
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 15

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 5
Beaufort V-IX x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 72
B-25C Mitchell x 167

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 71 destroyed, 37 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 74 destroyed, 23 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 54 destroyed, 39 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
Beaufort V-IX: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 76 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 71 destroyed, 63 damaged

Japanese Ships
PG Shinko Maru #3, Bomb hits 1, on fire
PG Yoshida Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PG Kyo Maru #8, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
231 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 130
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
1 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet
19 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
19 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
7 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet
2 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
10 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
14 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
8 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
2 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 45
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 10

Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 20, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 45
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 7
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 10

Allied aircraft
Swordfish x 7
Beaufort V-IX x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 8 destroyed, 1 damaged
Beaufort V-IX: 10 destroyed, 16 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 2
CL Kiso
BB Fuso

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Swordfish bombing at 5000 feet
1 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
2 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 5
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 6

Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 17
P-40E Warhawk x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 6 destroyed, 7 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 18 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
2 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet
1 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 5000 feet


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This might clear things up. - 3/19/2005 1:00:38 PM   
Raverdave


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Status: offline 		OK, this might clear the picture a bit more.....notice that he whipped me in the air, but I smashed him on the ground.




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RE: This might clear things up. - 3/19/2005 8:23:27 PM   
Grotius


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Status: offline 		Wow.

How did Raver split his targets -- by attacking at both day and night? I see only attacks on Rangoon.

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RE: This might clear things up. - 3/20/2005 12:22:05 PM   
Luskan

 

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Status: offline 		A turn later - the same airbattle over Rangoon recommenced, with Raver sending all his planes in at the airfield. The allied cap was depleted from last turn - so he got another hundred of my planes on the ground (I don't care just yet - still got enough planes. I can't afford to loose pilots) and I didn't.

I lost 30 planes in the air, 24 of those cost me pilots. Mostly crap. In return I savaged Raver's inbound raid, taking lots (about 40) wellingtons down, plus half a dozen to a dozen of the other types (don't have the c.r - raver will post). lotsof pilots getting their 7th and 8th kills.

he did do more damage to the airfield, but it is almost all patched up and my squadrons have enough undamaged planes (and support squadrons at moulmein) to do it all over again.

One turn later - the allied air raids stop ;) One turn was probably for Raver to rest his pilots, cycle them through a little - for me it meant I pumped tens of thousands of new supply into Rangoon and got half of my damaged planes back online again.



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Luskan got slapped ! - 3/22/2005 1:23:18 PM   
Raverdave


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Status: offline 		Luskan tried to run a bombardment TF from Rabal to Lae and got slapped buy my airdales flying out of Lae. Silly sod had no aircover ! I thought that I was the only one in this game who did the silly moves.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/12/42

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Day Air attack on 88th Naval Guard Unit, at 92,34


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 11
P-40E Warhawk x 13


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 88th Naval Guard Unit, at 92,34


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 33


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 58,88


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 23
SBD Dauntless x 28
Kittyhawk I x 7
B-25C Mitchell x 9


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 2 destroyed, 15 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei, Bomb hits 5, on fire
CL Kashima, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
8 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
9 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet


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RE: Luskan got slapped ! - 3/25/2005 1:18:45 AM   
Raverdave


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Status: offline 		I bet that luskan is now wishing that he never sent the bombardment TF at all. They did very little damage and got hit again out bound. As Luskan has now found out PNG is one huge airbase that is also crawling with troops.

Luskan is off for the next week, something about drinking lots of wine in South Oz.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/13/42

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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 4

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


Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Runway hits 3

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lae at 54,87

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei
CA Tone
CA Chikuma
CA Maya
CA Ashigara
CA Mogami
CL Abukuma
CL Kuma
DD Makigumo
DD Naganami
DD Ikazuchi
DD Matsukaze
DD Asanagi
DD Yunagi
DD Asagao

Allied Ships
PT PT-118
PT PT-122
PT PT-126, Shell hits 12, and is sunk

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Lae at 54,87

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei
CA Tone
CA Chikuma
CA Maya, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CA Ashigara
CA Mogami
CL Abukuma
CL Kuma
DD Makigumo, Shell hits 2
DD Naganami
DD Ikazuchi
DD Matsukaze
DD Asanagi
DD Yunagi
DD Asagao

Allied Ships
PT PT-73
PT PT-80, Shell hits 7, and is sunk

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Naval bombardment of Lae, at 54,87

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma
CL Abukuma
CA Mogami
CA Ashigara
CA Maya, on fire
CA Chikuma
CA Tone
BB Hiei


Allied ground losses:
142 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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Day Air attack on 88th Naval Guard Unit, at 92,34


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 13
P-40E Warhawk x 13


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 88th Naval Guard Unit, at 92,34


Allied aircraft
B-26B Marauder x 42


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
42 x B-26B Marauder bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 55,85


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 21
SBD Dauntless x 14
Kittyhawk I x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 9


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei, Bomb hits 2
CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 1
CA Mogami, Bomb hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
5 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
7 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 55,85


Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 21
SBD Dauntless x 6
Kittyhawk I x 7
B-25C Mitchell x 5
I-153c x 13


Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 3 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei
CA Mogami, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
2 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet


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RE: Luskan got slapped ! - 4/2/2005 2:30:14 PM   
Raverdave


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Status: offline 		Well Luskan is back from his drunken sojourn of South Australia's wine area, but it has done little to improve his game play. I planned a few night raids against Rangoon, but the effort was not worth the result. Meanwhile Luskan is still bleeting about his cockup with the bombardment run some number of turns ago. It's a nice feeling to at last know that I have hurt the Japs after putting up with months and months for getting kicked across the map.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/15/42

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Night Air attack on Moulmein , at 29,35

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 4
Hudson I x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Beaufort V-IX x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Beaufort V-IX: 8 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet
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Sub attack at 51,48

Japanese Ships
AK Durban Maru, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Shad



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RE: Luskan got slapped ! - 4/9/2005 6:06:34 AM   
Luskan

 

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Status: offline 		Well, things have progressed, adn not in my favour.

I did blow a transport ship to hell with a sub in the last week's play or so. That is about all for my triumphs (stole a few more little bases, shipping oil, researching new aircraft, churning out guns and butter etc).

Raver then put 10 aps into Akyab - probably to support his fighter squadrons which are to escort his bombers back to rangoon once they find their feet again. I got ambitious and decided it was time for Akyab to fall. I put a few ships (about 100) into some TFs and let them loose - however ahead of them, I sent in a 12 ship MSW tf to clear out the mines at Akyab that burnt me over 3 months ago in the game.

The MSWs didn't get to akyab. They were hit by abour 400+ allied level bombers that came in at 6000 and wiped them off the face of the earth. Economically speaking the bombs Raver dropped in that air raid were worth more than the 12 MSWs he sank.

In the face of that sort of air power, I pulled my ships back and aborted the whole damned thing.

CA Mogami survived the trip home after the Lae incident, and after 2 consecutive screw ups on the Naval war front, I'm getting worried.



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RE: Luskan got slapped ! - 4/10/2005 9:36:09 AM   
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................. and after 2 consecutive screw ups on the Naval war front, I'm getting worried.





And so you should be, after all you are playing the grreatest allied commander that this game has ever produced..........(drum roll)..............ME !


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RE: Luskan got slapped ! - 4/10/2005 12:37:18 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Raverdave

And so you should be, after all you are playing the grreatest allied commander that this game has ever produced..........(drum roll)..............ME !


I can smell it....

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RE: Luskan got slapped ! - 4/10/2005 3:20:05 PM   
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RE: Luskan got slapped ! - 4/10/2005 5:09:48 PM   
Ron Saueracker


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Status: offline 		How about some map pics so we can see what's what?

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RE: Luskan got slapped ! - 4/11/2005 3:00:16 PM   
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RE: China offensive starts. - 4/16/2005 9:57:20 AM   
Luskan

 

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Status: offline 		Lightnings over Rabaul - not the natural kind. Not real happy as I don't feel like I gained enough ground the early game. Raver's got a 4 BB bombardment group taking regular runs at Attu in the north that I can do nothing about.

Irritating signs of decay aronud the edges . . .

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Luskan's downfall starts - 4/17/2005 11:15:09 AM   
Raverdave


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Status: offline 		Indeed the rot has set in. Attu is about to be taken, just the first of many. Lightnings over Rabal is simply the first real sign of your downfall.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/23/42

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Night Air attack on Tavoy , at 28,37


Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged

Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Night Air attack on Moulmein , at 29,35

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged


Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x B-24D Liberator bombing at 6000 feet
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 9
Beaufort V-IX x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 2 destroyed
Beaufort V-IX: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Beaufort V-IX bombing at 6000 feet
8 x Hudson I bombing at 6000 feet
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Naval bombardment of Attu Island, at 92,34

Allied Ships
DD Cummings
DD Russell
DD Mustin
DD Caldwell
DD Bancroft
DD Bailey
DD Farenholt
DD Duncan
DD Laffey
BB South Dakota
BB Washington
BB Tennessee
BB West Virginia

Japanese ground losses:
154 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Port hits 1

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Day Air attack on Lanchow , at 45,25

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
I-153c x 15
SB-2c x 26

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
I-153c: 2 destroyed
SB-2c: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
4 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
3 x SB-2c bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Rabaul , at 61,88


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 24 Oh so cool !
F-5A Lightning x 5
B-17E Fortress x 184


Allied aircraft losses
F-5A Lightning: 5 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 10 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
1032 casualties reported
Guns lost 12

Port hits 28
Port fuel hits 9
Port supply hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
10 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
13 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
13 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
11 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
12 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
7 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Attu Island , at 92,34


Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 16
P-40E Warhawk x 15


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Rabaul at 61,88


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 7


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
ML Sokuten
ML Katoku, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet





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RE: Luskan's downfall starts - 4/17/2005 11:39:49 PM   
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Day Air attack on Rabaul , at 61,88


Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 24 Oh so cool !
F-5A Lightning x 5
B-17E Fortress x 184


Lightnings showing up in late October? Yep, that's pretty much on schedule. But since there was no Japanese CAP, it didn't make much difference this time.

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RE: Luskan's downfall starts - 4/20/2005 1:40:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've been trying to figure out where his CVs are, and if I can, what size TFs they are in. but to date Intel has been somewhat lacking. I;m now at that point where I am ready to take on his CVs, solong as the situation is in my favour. But Luskan has been laying low. He acknowledges that he has to have a CV Vs CV now for the longer he waits the less chance he has of pulling off a victory.

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RE: Luskan's downfall starts - 4/21/2005 4:24:20 PM   
Luskan

 

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Status: offline 		Not exactly what I said. I said if I can use my Cvs to sink enough transports now - it doesn't matter if I loose them in a CV vs CV battle later - they will have served their purpose.

The longer that CV vs CV battle waits however, the harder I'm going to hurt. Unless I pull off something pretty special. Unlikely since Raver has subscribed to the death star method of CV raids (something he said he'd never do).

The woman is off to rainy smelly melbourne for the weekend (she plans to check out the melbourne my restaurant rules restaurant - we've been to sydney and adelaide so far - pretty sad for two people who don't watch the show and refuse to vote for anything/anyone on reality tv on principle) so I can do some serious turns.

Will check my email every 3 or 4 hours from friday night through to Sunday afternoon. With Raver's invasion underway it should be interesting.


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RE: Luskan's downfall starts - 4/22/2005 1:25:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		Let me ask a serious question. You've been doing this for a while now. How is the enjoyment level?

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RE: Luskan's downfall starts - 4/23/2005 3:48:23 AM   
Luskan

 

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Status: offline 		They enjoyment is always high for me - in some other games there just hasn't been the tension I always get when the file is loading and I'm fretting over what is about to happen - in this game even during the quiet spots I was engrossed in running my economy etc. etc.

Our rate of turns has fallen from a regular couple of turns a night to a turn a night or so (although two last night, and hopefully a dozen or so over the weekend) which is a pain - although even when life interferes with turns and I can't do them, I'm usually wondering what is going to happen next.

As for this turn, Raver invaded and took Attu from me. Cost him about 600 men all told (dead - thousands of "casualties") becuse he tried to land a division on a small island in the face of a small island defence. He took it, and I let him.

In other news a few betties skragged some transports in the Bay of Bengal retreating from Akyab. 3 transports were torpedoed and Raver learns that his devotion to night bombing . . . doesn't produce the results the combat report says it does ;)



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