Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))

[Lowpe]

Even 3rd string planes keep the bypassed bases totally damaged:

Morning Air attack on Babo , at 83,111

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Boomerang C-12 x 23

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Boomerang C-12 bombing from 7000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x Boomerang C-12 bombing from 7000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

[Lowpe]

Meanwhile our fighter bombers savage out of supply IJ troopers in close air attacks:

Morning Air attack on 4th Guards Division, at 56,48 , near Ramree Island

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 6
Hurricane FR.IIb x 11

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane FR.IIb bombing from 100 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

[BBfanboy]

Well you said you would bomb them back to the stone age - and Boomerangs are pretty stone-age!

[Lowpe]

I am fan of the Vengeance, I like the pool numbers, the trick is to keep them away from enemy fighters.

Morning Air attack on 4th Guards Division, at 56,48 , near Ramree Island

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Vengeance I x 37

Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Vengeance I releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb

[Lowpe]

Well you said you would bomb them back to the stone age - and Boomerangs are pretty stone-age!

Boomerangs are very useful. Every plane is, but I am shocked at how good they operate as a light bomber.

[Lowpe]

Even just a few planes can really hit hard against zero defenses....I find it better to attack everywhere, than concentrate and waste effort.

Morning Air attack on Ubon , at 62,63

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 7000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

[Lowpe]

Of course larger attacks do happen, generally I like the heavy beasts to attack City or Infrastructure, while the twin engine bombers do ground support....but sometimes I accidentally select the heavies for ground attacks.

Morning Air attack on 2nd RTA Division, at 58,65 (Battambang)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
B-25D1 Mitchell x 27

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
265 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bom

[Lowpe]

These gunships went in at 100 feet, and they carried a full payload of bombs plus strafing...but I fear their primary skill is low naval and strafing, not low ground.

Morning Air attack on 2nd RTA Division, at 58,65 (Battambang)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25G Mitchell x 26

Allied aircraft losses
B-25G Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x B-25G Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x B-25G Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

[Lowpe]

Just wanted to show everyone a sample of the air war...usually I gloss over it.

[BBfanboy]

It doesn't help that Battambang is Jungle terrain...

[Encircled]

I think your post about "Why is he doing that?" just highlights the one thing you can never let yourself forget in this game, that the clear picture of your units that you see is not what he sees, and you have to plan accordingly

[RangerJoe]

Scouts out!

Intelligence is the key.

Plan on what the enemy can do and not just what you think that he will do.

[Lowpe]

Looking to get more and more subs here...not sure where we can stage them to avoid high dls though.

The arrow is our worst case line of advance....split Canton and Hong Kong, bypass both bases for the Amoy coastline ports.

We are prepped for a Formosa invasion....but that would probably bring a response from the KB which I may or may not want right now.

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[RangerJoe]

Could you go or feint going to Kukong and Kweilin while having an invasion in the Amoy region? Possibly a combined SST and FT invasion? The next turn, air assaults assisting if the invasion(s) don't actually have to attack the turn of the invasion?

Also, are you trying to move extra/excess Chinese forces from the mountains to help with the push from SE Asia/Indochina? Offensively for some while others could take up blocking positions?

[Lowpe]

Ranger, that was the point of taking Wuchow...misdirection and also taking the industry there.

I only have two FT APDs....I have some British/Commonwealth Fast Transports (AMC) but one is in drydock and the other on the wrong side of Singers. But taking things by paras is totally doable if there is no garrison which is likely at some of the bases. Will get recon forward soon.

The Chinese Army is moving forward, aggressively, even recklessly depending upon the Corp.

[RangerJoe]

All is good then. So for the Japanese player, it is like that proverbial fecal waste going through that avian while it also hits that spinning object that moves the air around. It can and will go anywhere!

Especially any place that has any Industry and Resources!

[Encircled]

Ranger, that was the point of taking Wuchow...misdirection and also taking the industry there.

I only have two FT APDs....I have some British/Commonwealth Fast Transports (AMC) but one is in drydock and the other on the wrong side of Singers. But taking things by paras is totally doable if there is no garrison which is likely at some of the bases. Will get recon forward soon.

The Chinese Army is moving forward, aggressively, even recklessly depending upon the Corp.

To quote Interstellar "no time for caution"

[Lowpe]

Sept 23, 1943

Quiet day....Japanese ships abandon Singers...for points south.

I really like the assault bombers. Just got a squadron of Havocs up and running.

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23 IJ units at Udon Thanai...

[Lowpe]

It took the Allies 22 days to destroy 1,000 Japanese planes....and I want to increase that number. We are setting up for sweeps of Japanese strongpoints like Singers, Hong Kong, etc. Our plan of keeping runways damaged seems to work well too.

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[Lowpe]

Sept 24, 1943

Two Corsair squadrons sweep Singers....

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