Finally something to really write about. For the last week of game time Nemo and I have been playing cat and mouse all across the board, finally today the cat struck...
Last 6 days:
[*]Bangkok has been under seige, but Nemo is preferring to just bombard hoping that I might withdraw my troops in fear of them being cut off. He has about 3800AV Verse my 2300 AV, which is behind Lvl 7 forts.
[*]I've bottled up some forces in Saigon, hoping that they can hold out until my forces at Manila are free.
[*]After Petropavlosk was taken, Nemo continues to bring in supplies and further the base ready for the final assault.
[*]I landed on Uruppu Jima, hoping to take it back and destroy another American Div ... time will tell.
[*]Yesterday, TF's converged on Victoria Point, very few troops offloaded and my SS I-4 based there got a nice pasting. The 1000 mines I had there were also useless. Air combat was piecemeal (something I really would like to understand more about - how do you try to eliminate multiple attacks and rather have one large group hit a target ? )
-in one encounter I lost 30 Zero's to the Spits flying LRCAP, but then in another raid destroyed 22 Spits ... Nemo seems to think it was experience, but I've looked and the difference was very minimal.
Today's action:
Victoria Point
[*]23 MSW's led the charge into VP, my mine field was toast and jam before breakfast.
[*]Surface Combat - once again the luck really wasn't with me [:@]
Night Time Surface Combat, near Victoria Point [BMA] at 25,39
Japanese Ships
CL Nagara
DD Natsushio
DD Nowaki, Shell hits 3
DD Minegumo, Shell hits 1
DD Inazuma, Shell hits 1
DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Kikuzuki
DD Hayate, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Minekaze, Shell hits 1
DD Sawakaze
CL Ayatosan Maru, Shell hits 1
DD Hitachi, Shell hits 1
Allied Ships
DD Vampire
DD Stuart, Shell hits 2
DD Arunta, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Nestor, Shell hits 1
DD Banckert
DD Van Nes, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Kortenaer
DD Alden
DD Barker
DD Parrott
DD Pope, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Whipple
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Victoria Point [BMA] at 25,39
Japanese Ships
CL Nagara, Shell hits 2
DD Natsushio
DD Nowaki, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
DD Minegumo
DD Inazuma, Shell hits 1
DD Shinonome, Shell hits 13, on fire, heavy damage
DD Kikuzuki
DD Hayate, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Minekaze
DD Sawakaze, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Ayatosan Maru, Shell hits 1
DD Hitachi
Allied Ships
DD Thanet
DD Voyager, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage
DD Inconstant, Shell hits 6, on fire
DD Jupiter, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Panther, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DD Tjerk Hiddes, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Witte de With
DD Evertsen
DD Piet Hein
DD Van Ghent
DD Pillsbury
DD Stewart, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Victoria Point [BMA] at 25,39
Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Shell hits 7, on fire
BB Nagato
BB Hyuga
CA Atago, Shell hits 8, on fire
CA Haguro, Shell hits 4, on fire
CA Nachi, Shell hits 2
CA Ashigara, Shell hits 5
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
CA Kako, Shell hits 2
DD Umikaze
DD Shirakumo
DD Hokaze, Shell hits 3
Allied Ships
BB Royal Sovereign, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
BB Ramilles, Shell hits 1
CL Capetown
CL Fiji, Shell hits 1
CL Bermuda, Shell hits 1
DD Sioux
DD Martabele, Shell hits 1
DD Mashona
DD Huron
DD Somali
DD Zulu
DD Iroquois
DD Cheyenne, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD McCloud
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Victoria Point [BMA] at 25,39
Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, on fire
BB Nagato, Shell hits 3, on fire
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 1
CA Atago, on fire
CA Haguro, on fire
CA Nachi
CA Ashigara
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
CA Kako
DD Umikaze
DD Shirakumo
DD Hokaze, Shell hits 1
Allied Ships
BB Royal Sovereign, on fire
BB Ramilles
CL Capetown
CL Fiji
CL Bermuda
DD Sioux
DD Martabele
DD Mashona, Shell hits 1
DD Huron
DD Somali
DD Zulu
DD Iroquois
DD Cheyenne, on fire
DD McCloud, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
[*]Then I said " give them some air "...
[*] Then the thing that had me believing in Santa ...Day Air attack on TF at 27,38
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 21
G4M1 Betty x 16
Ki-48-I Lily x 23
Ki-48-II Lily x 7
Ki-49 -I Helen x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied Ships
BB Royal Sovereign, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD McCloud, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF, near Victoria Point [BMA] at 25,39
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zeke x 50
D3A2 Val x 44
B5N2 Kate x 58
Allied aircraft
Lancer x 2
Spitfire VB x 17
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zeke: 16 destroyed
D3A2 Val: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Lancer: 1 destroyed
Spitfire VB: 5 destroyed
Allied Ships
MSW Jan van Amstel
MSW Eland Dubois
MSW Pieter de Bitter, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Spica
AK Liran
AK Sarangami, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Warnambool
MSW Scarba, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
SC Jasmine, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Doomba, Bomb hits 1, on fire
PC Valk, Bomb hits 1, on fire
MSW Bendigo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Killegray
MSW Lithgow, Bomb hits 1, on fire
PC Wega, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Pasir, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
SC Freesia, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Alor
AK Dukat, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Sibolga
Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 120739 troops, 1374 guns, 1042 vehicles, Assault Value = 3270
Defending force 47027 troops, 872 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1887
Japanese max assault: 6182 - adjusted assault: 5487
Allied max defense: 1454 - adjusted defense: 1917
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Manila/Cavite [PH] base !!!
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. Would have been much more funny if I had sunk all 4.
