next try in sth like 10-15 days - ap this amount of time is needed to have readiness back
did I mention that almost all of my troops are elite 95+ exp ?
doesn't seem to have influence
what is weird - almost no losses to defenders
non existing artillery barrage or what else caused my casualties???
with 50+ units bombardment can disrupt only 3-5 units from the top only
did they use bamboo sticks to destroy / damage almost 1000 of my guns ????? 15% of all guns used are out of action
how the hell it is possible to loose 1000 guns in such battle - among them is field artillery that stay few miles behind lines
frustration is not the best word describing ground combat model in this game but it is a word heading in good direction
How is it possible? BECAUSE IT´S A CRAPPY, CRAPPY DESIGN!
it is a game
we are players
we are expected to have fun from playing
and in most cases we do
sometimes such " flower" can ruin your day
basicly all my frustration in this game is caused by land combat model
during last few days during carrier engagement in had pure excitation now i have to go dow a bit
the good news is that Kongo flood is gone and ship is underway to Home Islands - i still can't imagine it i saw her sunk after battle
so sunk list is only CVL Zuiho
another good news is that shipyards were able to repair 4 sys dmg of Hiyo during last 2 days
in this tempo carrier will be operational within 2-3 weeks
same with Taiyo which reduced sys dmg from 30 to 20
Sneer, do you have prepped HQs with your forces in Chungking?
Somewhere I read that prepped HQ are very usefull in assaults (might have been amphibic invasions though).
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no activity this month
only bombing raids
mine in china and allies in southern dei - bombing kai where <1000 troops hide against hundreds of bombers
and india like this one
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/27/43
Day Air attack on Dacca , at 31,24
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 20
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 8
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 46
Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 57
Liberator VI x 32
P-38G Lightning x 55
Raver's TF seen 120 miles SE of Makin
7 ships 5 AP and 2BB reported
looks like Raverdave decided to continue offensive operatins against gilberts
But most funny thing is that he doesn't know where my carriers are [;)]
i can assume that he thinks i'm R&R in Japan
the only info he has is that damaged carriers are in Japan shipyards
no one will ever finds Raverdave cautious
on the other hand bad weather was used to attampt sneaking close to PM
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/28/43
Day Air attack on TF at 47,90
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 30
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged
Allied Ships
PG Fritillary, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Voyager
DD Stuart, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Fortune, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Townsville, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PG Jasmine
fatigue in low lvl as only cap mission
range 1 in this example - very often i put range 2 so most bases can send few planes to other attacked bases too
I think as long as I can keep exp high I will have no problem with good fighter combat result - especially m3 will be exchanged to jacks in east india
it is ore interesting that Raverdave's turn execution is longer in lately - he has probably many TF underway - maybe even there will be some diversion attack as well
He gambled with invasion TF - I assume i guessed right - on gilberts and he decides 2 weeks later he certainly could find my carriers upgrading - i had no notice from him today's afternoon and he usually give me a sign when is last turn sent
so maybe he thinks intensivly about situation
convoy spotted 180 SE of last position [8|]
either TF was withdrawn or it is conwoy which go through my sphere of influence
possibility 1 - test of my reactions
possibility 2 - human error
possibility 3 - sth important what can't wait
allied range - from lucknow to dacca - fatigue - low - first strike at this range
they made 2-3 escort mission from lucknow to beares witrhin last 2 weeks - thats all
And once again KB action is successful
I thought at first it is an invasion - but it is even better
enemy convoy intercetped between santa cruz and nanomuea atoll
I counted 22 AKs ( 8 sunk this turn , at least 7 next are heavy damaged and only 2 unscratched )
there may be even more here and some of them are loaded with troops
one of my floatplanes picked survivor and 2nd USMC Para was recognized
there are 2 options :
1. Raverdave will go in strenght to defend this convoy - i think it is possible that CV are somewhere close - Nomua / fiji / NZ
3 Uk CV - i think Victorious should be already here + Yorktown + maybe 1 cvl / cve will be too slow for this action so sth like 200 planes available to allies - force strong in fighter but not in attack planes
and it will need to be fast so no "R" class BBs with fleet - anything like this and this battle will be with my advantage
2. I will harass freely for at least next 2 days so 20-30 transports will be sunk for sure
I like when enemy has such dilemas
personaly I would like 1st option - opportunity to finish allied carriers would be great
but on raver's place I would choose 2nd - even some troops are not worth the risk
Raverdave is quite risk taking last time so maybe I'm wrong and we will see some carrier battle soon As you may see I postponed my CV upgrades to wait and see what happen
I'm not in full strenght too and Raverdave knows this
zuiho sunk
akagi and hiyo out of action
CVEs were too slow to join
instead of them i joined Taiho
so i'm weaker than last time by ap 200 planes
Day Air attack on TF at 80,100
Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 27
A6M3a Zero x 18
B5N Kate x 37
Allied Ships
AK Mintaka, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AK Murzim, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Samuel Gompers, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Gideon Welles, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Arided, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK George Vancouver, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Masaya, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK James Schureman, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK William E. Channing, Torpedo hits 1
AK Crater
Allied ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 6
B5N Kate x 10 / i have few recruits in my naval wing looks like they were here
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK William M. Stewart
AK Edwin Markham
AK Eridanus
Day Air attack on TF at 80,100
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 9
D4Y Judy x 27
B6N Jill x 18
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Celeno
AK Masaya, on fire, heavy damage
AK William M. Stewart, Bomb hits 1
AK Eridanus
AK Peter H. Burnett, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK James Schureman, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Juan Cabrillo, Bomb hits 1
AK George Ross, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AK Carina, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Gideon Welles, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Day Air attack on TF at 80,100
Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zeke x 8
D3A Val x 26
D4Y Judy x 24
A6M3a Zero x 23
B5N Kate x 38
B6N Jill x 14
Allied Ships
AK Cassiopeia, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Starr King, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Edwin Markham, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Masaya, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Leland Stanford, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK William P. McArthur, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Arided, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Juan Cabrillo, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AK Crater, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Carina, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK George Ross, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Celeno
Allied ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
waow, Id like to now how fatigued they were and what was the range they were flying from... Because shooting that many P38 doesn't happen very often..
P-38s in WitP are kitty cats. In UV they were pure Death-In-The-Skies, but somewhere along the way things were changed...
Every WitP Allied player does the same thing with P-38s the first time. It comes from frustration from playing nearly 360 turns without being able to stand up to Japanese fighters... [;)]
Dave Baranyi
(The idiotic Forum S/W "starred out" p*u*s*s*y when I first wrote it instead of "kitty". [8|])
And once again KB action is successful
I thought at first it is an invasion - but it is even better
enemy convoy intercetped between santa cruz and nanomuea atoll
I counted 22 AKs ( 8 sunk this turn , at least 7 next are heavy damaged and only 2 unscratched )
I'm astounded that Raver sent unprotected transports in Harm's Way like that. The way things are going, you'll run out of naval targets in another game-month or so... [X(]
