1926 Campaign goodboyladdie (A) vs Dixie (J)

goodboyladdie · Post by **goodboyladdie** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:43 pm

On the West Coast, a small AK was finally ready and is moving to Mare Island from San Diego. No 3 Sqn RAAF, with Sopwith Snipes, came under command of the provisional SWPAC command that ANZAC and the US are forming in case Japan attacks either of the two Commonwealth Nations. This alliance is a purely defensive arrangement, although the US is hoping to push the boundaries of the agreement...

Here are my current options for upgrading my torpedo bombers.

goodboyladdie · Post by **goodboyladdie** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:50 pm

The bombers flying out of Manila finally had some success this turn. I will soon be able to upgrade my DT-2s. I have dropped the attack heights as per one of my previous posts. 4 DDs are sailing from Manila (the only 4 fit for action!) to attempt to disrupt Martin's shipping off Zamboanga. I lost 2 PGs there last time - I am hoping the extra speed and torpedoes will make a difference to the result this time.

S-35 is out of torpedoes and will return to Manila for reloads and, if I remember, a replacement skipper. My S-boats off of Vigan have all been given new assignments.

3 Bns of infantry have arrived from Shanghai to beef up the Hong Kong Garrison. More units are on the way.

Heeward · Post by **Heeward** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:46 am

[font="times new roman"]Compared to the 1922 war we can already see the difference airpower makes.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Any chance we can see a screen shot of the dirigibleShenandoah?[/font]

goodboyladdie · Post by **goodboyladdie** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:24 am

ORIGINAL: Heeward

[font="times new roman"]Compared to the 1922 war we can already see the difference airpower makes.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Any chance we can see a screen shot of the dirigibleShenandoah?[/font]

I had no idea it was included. Next time I get the turn I'll try to remember to have a look for it.

Edit I can't find it I'm afraid...

goodboyladdie · Post by **goodboyladdie** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:52 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/14/26

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Day Air attack on TF, near Naga at 44,54

Allied aircraft
de Havilland DH-4 x 6

Allied aircraft losses
de Havilland DH-4: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Settsu
BB Fuso

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x de Havilland DH-4 bombing at 5000 feet
4 x de Havilland DH-4 bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Naga at 44,54

Allied aircraft
de Havilland DH-4 x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Kaisho Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x de Havilland DH-4 bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Naga at 44,54

Allied aircraft
Douglas DT-2 x 5
de Havilland DH-4 x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Kokuyo Maru
AK Kinkasan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire 100lb from a DH-4
AK Kyokko Maru, Bomb hits 1 230lb from a DT-2

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Douglas DT-2 bombing at 4000 feet
3 x de Havilland DH-4 bombing at 5000 feet
4 x Douglas DT-2 bombing at 4000 feet
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Sub attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
ML Aso

Allied Ships
SS S-31

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Ground combat at Clark Field

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 27121 troops, 161 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 575

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

Japanese assault odds: 312 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Clark Field base !!!

A 2 Div assault

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Ground combat at Davao

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5954 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 187

Defending force 10722 troops, 126 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 175

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

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OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR 06/14/26

Sighting report: 8 Japanese ships at 41,61 , Speed 10 , Moving Northwest
Sighting report: 4 Japanese ships at 39,59 , Speed 9 , Moving West
Sighting report: 1 Japanese ship at 103,36 , Speed 6 , Moving Northeast Off Dutch Harbor!!!
de Havilland DH-4 sighting report: 9 Japanese ships at 44,54 , Speed 5 , Moving Southwest
Heinkel HD25 reports suspected submarine at 44,54
de Havilland DH-4 sighting report: 9 Japanese ships at 44,54 , Speed 5 , Moving Southwest
Port Arthur expands airfield to size 3

goodboyladdie · Post by **goodboyladdie** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:03 am

Various ships are completing upgrades and heading to either PH or Mare Island. Heading to PH from different points are CL Salem and 3 DDs.

The Jap ship/s of Dutch Harbor are a pain. My BC force cannot be sent from Midway through lack of fuel. I have scrambled a reaction force in various states of disrepair from Seattle (see screenie). More S-boats arrived at PH and will move on to patrol Dutch Harbor, Saipan, Guam and Kwajalein.

At Manila, VT-20 upgraded to the SC-1. I am hoping that it will be worth the effort and that their slight range increase (still 2 hexes, but a little faster) and slightly improved load capability will mean that they can start to drop torpedoes. This will seriously menace Martin's Battlewagons, whereas the small bombs employed cannot.

Heeward · Post by **Heeward** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:21 pm

Ah reread through the forums no dirigibles. The game engine can not model them correctly.[:(]
 
 

goodboyladdie · Post by **goodboyladdie** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:29 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/15/26

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Naval bombardment of San Marcelino, at 43,50

Japanese Ships
DD Yanagi
DD Hinoki
DD Kashi
CA Adzuma
CA Nisshin
CA Kasuga

Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

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Sub attack near Naga at 44,54

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS S-34

Always nice to see his newest Battlewagons heading for the repair yards...[:D]
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Sub attack near Batan Island at 47,47

Japanese Ships
AK San Francisco Maru
AP Seattle Maru
DD Kagero
DD Tsuga
DD Kuri
DD Kaki
DD Take

Allied Ships
SS S-2

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Day Air attack on TF, near Naga at 44,54

Allied aircraft
de Havilland DH-4 x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Heizan Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x de Havilland DH-4 bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Naga at 44,54

Allied aircraft
de Havilland DH-4 x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Asahisan Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x de Havilland DH-4 bombing at 5000 feet

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Ground combat at Davao

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5924 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 187

Defending force 10752 troops, 128 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 176

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

goodboyladdie · Post by **goodboyladdie** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:28 pm

5 DDs are ready at San Diego and are cruising to PH. The Jap ship/s at Dutch Harbor seem to have gone, so the reaction force has slowed down and will now head for Anchorage to finish repairs in the Size 6 Port. Pac Flt and the Langley TF have now joined the BC force at Midway (see screenie).

S-30 has reloaded at Manila and is off back to Naga. The Chinese Army is taking up defensive postions along the Korean Border.

goodboyladdie · Post by **goodboyladdie** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:48 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/16/26

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Zamboanga at 39,59

Japanese Ships
DD No. 2, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD No. 4
AP Saiho Maru
AK Naruo Maru
AK Eiwa Maru
AP Seiwa Maru
AK Misaki Maru
AP Amakusa Maru
AK Sakae Maru
AK Fukuyo Maru
AK Risen Maru
AK Shinfuku Maru
AK Junpo Maru

Allied Ships
DD Waters
DD Pope, Shell hits 2
DD Pruitt
DD William B. Preston, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Yet again my ships are outfought. This really should have been an easy victory...[:(]
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Day Air attack on TF, near Naga at 44,54

Allied aircraft
de Havilland DH-4 x 4

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Fusemi Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x de Havilland DH-4 bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Naga at 44,54

Allied aircraft
Martin SC-1 x 3
de Havilland DH-4 x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Amakasu Maru #1
CL Jintsu

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin SC-1 launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x de Havilland DH-4 bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Naga at 44,54

Allied aircraft
Martin SC-1 x 3
de Havilland DH-4 x 5

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Natisan Maru
AP Miyako Maru
AK Kurogane Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin SC-1 launching torpedoes at 200 feet
1 x de Havilland DH-4 bombing at 5000 feet
4 x de Havilland DH-4 bombing at 5000 feet

It's nice to see torpedoes being dropped. Next turn they will hopefully hit something. His Battlewagons must have left, because they normally attract a lot of attention...
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Ground combat at Davao

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5904 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 187

Defending force 10780 troops, 132 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 175

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported

goodboyladdie · Post by **goodboyladdie** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:41 am

6 DDs are sailing fro PH from San Diego, with 2 more heading out from Los Angeles. I am redistributing the MSWs st San Diego - 2 will be based at every US West Coast port. Another TK is heading for Midway and an alomost repaired AK is taking some supplies to Dutch Harbor. I need to get that base built up, but am shying away from spending the PPs on a side-show.

My replenishment group finally arrived at Midway and got to work refueling the various elements of PacFlt there.

goodboyladdie · Post by **goodboyladdie** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:45 am

The CL New Orleans (53 sys damage) has sailed in attempt to reach Singapore by a route taking her through the PI chain, hopefully away from patrolling Jap subs. DD Peary (34 sys) has made it to Singapore and is moving onto Bombay. CA Huron, in dry dock at Singapore, has reduced system damage to 21.

Here is the main Dutch Fleet, at anchor in Tarakan.

goodboyladdie · Post by **goodboyladdie** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:47 am

Here is the situation on the currently quiet China/Korea border. It looks like Martin is not going to get his troops sucked into China this time...

goodboyladdie · Post by **goodboyladdie** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:36 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/17/26

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ASW attack near Pescadores at 47,43

Japanese Ships
AP Shinkoku Maru
DD Kagero
DD Tsuga
DD Kuri
DD Kaki
DD Take

Allied Ships
SS S-37, hits 1

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Sub attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
CA Kasuga, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Yanagi
DD Hinoki
DD Kashi

Allied Ships
SS S-31, hits 1

Nice hit! [:)]

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ASW attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Allied Ships
SS R-9

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Sub attack near Kwajalein at 79,79

Japanese Ships
AS Karasaki

Allied Ships
SS R-7

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Sub attack at 42,52

Japanese Ships
SS No. 27

Allied Ships
CL New Orleans, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

So much for sneaking past his subs

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Day Air attack on TF, near Naga at 44,54

Allied aircraft
Martin SC-1 x 5

Allied aircraft losses
Martin SC-1: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka

Bugger! New pilots take a lot of training up!

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Martin SC-1 launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x Martin SC-1 launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Naga at 44,54

Allied aircraft
Martin SC-1 x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Arimasan Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin SC-1 launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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ASW attack near Takao at 48,45

Allied Ships
SS S-31

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Ground combat at Davao

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5925 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 188

Defending force 10776 troops, 134 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 174

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

goodboyladdie · Post by **goodboyladdie** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:03 am

An AK, an AP and a TK have completed arming and are on their way to Mare Island from San Diego. Another AK is on the way from Seattle. 5 DDs headed out from San Diego for PH.

I still do not know what to push forward and where to push it to. I now have enough PPs for a regiment. I will probably just move some air units from Mare Island for now, but may have to invest in one of the base forces too. The last elements of 298th Infantry are unloading at Midway, covered by the combined PacFlt.

Off Manila, New Orleans is amazingly still afloat. She has damage 70/44/28 and is heading back to Manila. She is one tough little ship. It looks like Martin is planning to take Manila a lot earlier this time. My air units in Manila will need to be rescued at some point, but I do not know where they would move to as China is not currently involved in the war. Holding at Brisbane looks to be the only option bar sending them back to PH or one of the US Islands in SOPAC.

S-41 is moving from her patrol off Okinawa to the Pescadores as Martin seems to have a lot of shipping there...

2 APs were ready at Singapore and are heading to Karachi.

goodboyladdie · Post by **goodboyladdie** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:23 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/18/26

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Sub attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
AP Bokuyo Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Sunk

Allied Ships
SS S-40

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Sub attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
AP Yamakuni Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-40

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Sub attack near Takao at 48,45

Japanese Ships
AP Tientsin Maru, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
SS S-40

The best 1 day performance from a sub I have seen I think...[:)]
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Ground combat at San Marcelino

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 8729 troops, 67 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 178

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

Japanese assault odds: 59 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese forces CAPTURE San Marcelino base !!!

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Ground combat at Davao

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5900 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 187

Defending force 10775 troops, 133 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 173

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

goodboyladdie · Post by **goodboyladdie** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:05 am

More upgraded AKs moved from San Diego to Mare Island. 2 more DDs are sailing from Los Angeles to PH. The replenishment group with Pac Flt at Midway is nearly empty so they'll head for PH to restock.

The ANZAC force has arrived at Rabaul and disbanded.

CL New Orleans made it to Manila (85/74/20) and has disbanded. 4 chartered Dutch 12 knot AKs are speeding to Manila in ballast to be ready to evacuate the air units there. There is only one US 12 knot AK available and she is heading from Diamond Harbour, where she has just completed her upgrade.

S-2 is moving from Batan Island to Takao. S-40 still has torpedoes, so she will stay on station. Manila is about to be besieged...

goodboyladdie · Post by **goodboyladdie** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:33 pm

19/06/26

No Combat Replay or files this time, I'm afraid, so I do not know what happened in the turn...

2 APs and a TK left San Diego for Mare Island, with another AK moving from Seattle. 2 DDs are ready and sailed for PH from San Diego.

A Jap sub has appeared off Baker Island and BB Missouri has taken up guardship duties at Canton Island (she might have to run if that sub turns up...). A US AK is ready at Sydney and will drop off 5000 tons of supples at Pago Pago on her way to Mare Island.

24th Mountain Artillery Regiment arrived to assist in the defence of Brunei. L-2 reloaded at Singapore and sailed to lay a minefield at Hong Kong.

The screenie below is a bit frustrating - it's a shame I can't load some of the Manila aircraft on this AV. More AKs (in ballast and laden) will head for Manila.

goodboyladdie · Post by **goodboyladdie** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:17 am

I have been logged out twice trying to post a simple update...[:@]

Martin is back, so these games will start moving again. I just re-read this to refresh my memory. It strikes me that if Martin's strategy is to kick the US out of the Far East without getting into any beef with anybody else, it will be really effective. If he forces the US into a Pacific only strategy he will be able to concentrate his forces along my axis of advance...

Terminus · Post by **Terminus** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:38 am

ORIGINAL: goodboyladdie

ORIGINAL: Heeward

[font="times new roman"]Compared to the 1922 war we can already see the difference airpower makes.[/font]
[font="times new roman"] [/font]
[font="times new roman"]Any chance we can see a screen shot of the dirigibleShenandoah?[/font]

I had no idea it was included. Next time I get the turn I'll try to remember to have a look for it.

Edit I can't find it I'm afraid...

No airships. There are a few blimp squadrons.

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