Rob vs. 2ndACR .. Divine intervention needed NIK mod 5.2

[Rob Brennan UK]

OK all , sorry for no recent updates. not much happening game wise.

Outside of game time im geing back into hospital this sunday ( hopefully they will do the damn operation).

and Scottys getting married ! congrats there .. so i expect a long gap before we carry on.

thank you for being patient

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK

OK all , sorry for no recent updates. not much happening game wise.

Outside of game time im geing back into hospital this sunday ( hopefully they will do the damn operation).

and Scottys getting married ! congrats there .. so i expect a long gap before we carry on.

thank you for being patient

good luck to both of you!!!

[Nikademus]

M-m-m-marriage?

sorry...Nikmod can only do so much. No protection there.

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

M-m-m-marriage?

sorry...Nikmod can only do so much. No protection there.

LOL , yup 2nd ACR will soon have a Mrs 2ndACR.. hehe .. i douby she'll stop him from playing as she bought him a new PC and installed WITP for him when he came back from reservist duty last christmas .. now thats a wife !

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

M-m-m-marriage?

sorry...Nikmod can only do so much. No protection there.

LOL , yup 2nd ACR will soon have a Mrs 2ndACR.. hehe .. i douby she'll stop him from playing as she bought him a new PC and installed WITP for him when he came back from reservist duty last christmas .. now thats a wife !

If a wife does such things you have to marry her!! [:D]  Next step would be your wife playing against you!

[Rob Brennan UK]

well i am back and well after the operation, got home 2 hours ago. 1st thing was to check for turns [;)] .... almost

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/17/42

august is a slow month. he started some naval bombarding at lautern for a change of pace

Naval bombardment of Lautem, at 33,78


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish: 3 destroyed
Catalina I: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
DD Maikaze
DD Hayashio
DD Natsushio
DD Hatsukaze
CA Maya
CA Chikuma
CA Tone


Allied ground losses:
585 casualties reported
Guns lost 16
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 18
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 8

looks a lot worse than it is .. only 1 pilot dead and only 2 swordfish damaged + 2 destroyed. runway will be fixed in 2 days.

I spotted a similar groups trying to sneak up on diamond harbour ( i assume).

the RAF and US and even chinese attacked

Day Air attack on TF at 25,28


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 18


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Bomb hits 1
CA Kako
CA Kumano

Day Air attack on TF at 25,28


Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 4
Wellington III x 43
P-40B Tomahawk x 3
B-17E Fortress x 31


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Bomb hits 2
CL Isuzu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Kako, Bomb hits 1
CA Kumano, Bomb hits 3, on fire
DD Nagatsuki, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Mikuma
DD Suzukaze

Day Air attack on TF at 25,28


Allied aircraft
IL-4c x 8


Allied aircraft losses
IL-4c: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Day Air attack on TF at 25,28


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 9


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma, Bomb hits 2
DD Yugiri
CL Isuzu, on fire

Day Air attack on TF at 25,28


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 26
B-17E Fortress x 13


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Wakaba
CA Aoba
CA Kako
CA Kumano, on fire
CL Isuzu, on fire

Nothing amazing but forced at least one split TF .. allies lost 2 IL4 and 2 wellingtons. with pilots, the chinese ones lost were very very bad anyway. the 'core' 70+exp ones are fine.

several ASW attackes of australia were inconclusive , no poiont posting the attacks but i 'may' have damaged the I10 enough to withdraw ( lots of near misses and ***** in the combat view)

still no clue as to japanese attentions for the near future, he has a lot of troops available and could invade india if he wants although it may well be costly and too late to make a decisive win for him. Timor will be a grind .. and so would PM with Lae being a complete wreck. noumea dn luganville look well as does the S Pac .. suva got a US cav brigade so the NZ brigade will garisson the next door hex so no free landings for him. He's very very light on troops in burma and if he commits heavily i may have a go at pagan and nearby tuang-gui. i can airlift in a LOT more infantry if needed here.

bye for now and happy to be back ! #

[Nikademus]

[ctangus]

Welcome back Rob. Hope everything went well. [:)]

IMO if you kept most the SEA reinforcements there, India should be safe now. Unless he wants to dangerously weaken his garrisons elsewhere. I had an opponent bring 4-5 divs/equivalents to India in July & I mauled them.

If I were in his shoes, I'd be worried about Timor - you can start island hopping from there, particularly with P-38s 2 months off.

My overly-inflated two cents.

[aztez]

Good to see you back!

It looks like that Timor is still hurting him [:D] ...Any news what the damage to those Japanese CA ships are? ...or does your opponent still have any naval vessels left if the continues to operate this way [:D]

[Rob Brennan UK]

Aztez

the Ca's were scratched a bit, no guns knocked off ,, i was hopeing for a turret hit occasionally and the 1000lb's from a few b17's were near misses ( hull hits). He is not able to use any ships slower than 6 anymore after the BB Line was hurt in timor. no idea where KB is though. and i will have to bring back the CV's from Derby shortly for the oct refits .. might do them in australia as i have some AR's in theatre now.

CTangus

Im just paranoid about india really .. all SEA units are in india and not in burma for now, I'm pulling out a chinese div from mandalay for rest and refit too. to LOTS of troops in the chabndpur/DH area. Madras has full div too. every base on the east india coast has at least some defenders so no freebie landings. Timor i think will remain in allied hands but as you said i need P38's however nik nerfed the replacement rates[;)] and i cant train them anywhere either so he still has a big numerical and experiance advantage.

thanks for the welcome back .. glad to be home

[saj42]

Great read so far [&o]

[Rob Brennan UK]

ORIGINAL: Tallyho!

Great read so far [&o]

Thank you

2ndACR seems even more busy post wedding and i havnt had a turn in a few days [:(].. Will update when i have another day .. im itching for more witp .. might even start a new game .. BUT if i do that then i'll put money on my existing ones will go ballistic ( no bad thing)

[Rob Brennan UK]

new turn new day .. and subs are todays main weapons

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/18/42

S boats patrolling NE from batavia have been succesful in the recent past.
no escorts or ASW groups to be seen

Sub attack at 22,58

Japanese Ships
AK Nikkyu Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-36, hits 2

Also my sub blockade of Madang NG .. has started to pay off

Sub attack at 55,84

Japanese Ships
AK Sensan Maru, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Perch

Meanwhile Japanese subs plagus the coast off NE australia

ASW attack at 49,102

Japanese Ships
SS I-10, hits 4 (none actually hit)

Allied Ships
PG Cyclamen
MSW Bunbury
MSW Benalla
MSW Kalgoorlie
PG Swan
DD Monaghan
DD MacDonough

Maybe i shoud bring round a few RN DD's for this .. humm

Just FYI .. here is the amount of japanese training happening right now

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
A6M3 Zero x 24

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 66
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 32
Ki-48 Lily x 25
Ki-49 Helen x 11
Ki-46-II Dinah x 6

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 96
Ki-21 Sally x 19
Ki-48 Lily x 38
Ki-49 Helen x 48

Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 66
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9
Ki-21 Sally x 3
Ki-48 Lily x 16
Ki-49 Helen x 14

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 33
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48 Lily x 6
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 110
Ki-51 Sonia x 27

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 92
Ki-51 Sonia x 43


Thats a LOT of a/c i will have to face once he upgrades them ! .. and nothing i can do
about it right now .. i lack fighter numbers and have poor exp myself ..

Good news is that LEA gets plastered from thursday is once more

Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 41
B-25C Mitchell x 14
B-26B Marauder x 51


Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Port hits 5
Port supply hits 9

The RAF also sent a parting shot to the jap CA's in the IO ( they are retiring to
rangoon).

Day Air attack on TF at 27,33


Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 11
B-17E Fortress x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Kako, Bomb hits 1
DD Inazuma, Bomb hits 1 ( DC racks KO'd)
CA Mikuma
CA Aoba, Bomb hits 1 ( knocked a gun off )
CA Kumano
CL Isuzu, on fire

no allied losses.

OK overview time .. as its been a while since my last post here ..

Strarting in burma :

Its very quiet .. japanese fighter cover over pagan and rangoon prevent any offensive
missions. one new development is the arrival of at least 2 jap subs off DH and chandpur.
experience 80+ wellingtons sent on ASW duty ( might be interesting )

Only othet thing is i have started to prep a few ground troops for N sumatra (sabang) which is
still allied for now . possible future airbase .

china

Dead quiet bar japanese a/c training programmes . RAF cannot interfere as previous
losses were unacceptable. and no real need as china land war is a complete stalemate.

DEI ( basically Timor and N aus now )

again been quiet .. sent in some dakotas to koepnag to fly out the rest of a dutch BF
to Mumba, as a response to his invasion of FLores .. Flores looks like a good allied
fighter training ground for later ,once i can contest the skies over timor with a modicum
of success.

NG and E australia.

CV hornet .. sailing to sydney under heavy DD escort ( with 4 AR's ) .. Sydney and melbourne
are the allied repair bases here ( need some more AR's for melbourne) .. 4 more AR's arrived
at the west coast today for transfer through the pacific.

See piccie.

PM seems little threatened and 90% of supplys arrive intact. Gili gili is under attack from
b17's and the marina paras are heading to australia to lead a counter invasion soon ( i.e 1-2 months)

SW Pac ..

Quiet again .. I am buinding up the entirity of new caledonia ( ie noumea is) to fort 9's in all 3 bases .. the noumea inf are out and about helping the engineers as i do no expect a direct
invasion of noumeo itself at all. Luganville and efate are well mined and luganville is well defended. Efate has 2 small raider units .

S Pac ..

again .. just juggling the seebees and EAB's , while bombing baker is to the stone age . 4 DM's are
helping to build up mine belts on all occipied bases.

C Pac .. nowt .. small (2DM) mine laying tops/up repairs mine fields at johnson/midway/palmyra.

NPAC

building up on plan .. 1st airfields , then ports and forts .. all bases have an RCT so no
japanese walkovers. supply is a bit low ( i.e no massive stockpiles) but perfectaly acceptable
and in the green everywhere.

W Coast

4 days i get a new Div .. hoorah .. now ,, where to send it ? no need defensively as far as i can see. maybe a long trip round to the DEI for future ops ( i think this will be my future main
axis of advance)

all in all .. quiet ..

lets hope the tempo picks up a bit so i dont have to bore you with minutae [;)]

[aztez]

Have you surrendered this one Rob? [;)][:D][:D]

[Nemo121]

I think Rob was going to be busy for a while. At least thats what he posted in my AAR about a week back. Fingers crossed.

[aztez]

Yeah. I think Rob will be back. He ain't going to throw away this game. (either he is winning or losing that makes no diffrence)

[Rob Brennan UK]

sorry for the LONG delay . went into hospital again and instead of 4 days it was 4 weeks ! .. eek ,..

anyhoo .. back on track .. mailed Scotty for a new turn .. so we can continue .. and boy do i have a lot of AAR's to catch up on ! ..

nemo you write too much [;)]

[aztez]

ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK

sorry for the LONG delay . went into hospital again and instead of 4 days it was 4 weeks ! .. eek ,..

anyhoo .. back on track .. mailed Scotty for a new turn .. so we can continue .. and boy do i have a lot of AAR's to catch up on ! ..

nemo you write too much [;)]

Good to see you back! [;)] Hopefully everything went Ok!

[Nikademus]

The rectal exam took that long???!! [:D]

[aztez]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

The rectal exam took that long???!! [:D]

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