Noob vs dastardly Jap AI

[OldCoot]

Just a few notes as I go along on the restart sans Chinese:

7 December

In my first start the Japanese attack on 7 Dec was pretty anemic, but attacks on following days did a lot of damage. This time the attack on the 7th was murderous!

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Japanese aircraft
      A6M2 Zero x 28
      B5N2 Kate x 144
      D3A1 Val x 126
 
 
 
Allied aircraft
      no flights
 
Japanese aircraft losses
      B5N2 Kate: 5 destroyed, 28 damaged
      D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
 
Allied aircraft losses
      PBY-5 Catalina: 18 destroyed on ground
      A-20A Havoc: 3 destroyed on ground
      O-47A: 1 destroyed on ground
      B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground
      B-17D Fortress: 3 destroyed on ground
      SBD-1 Dauntless: 6 destroyed on ground
      B-18A Bolo: 6 destroyed on ground
      P-40B Warhawk: 11 destroyed on ground
      R3D-2: 1 destroyed on ground
      C-33: 1 destroyed on ground
      F4F-3 Wildcat: 3 destroyed on ground
      P-36A Mohawk: 5 destroyed on ground
 
Allied Ships
      BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 5,  on fire,  heavy damage
      BB Nevada, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 5,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
      BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 6,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
      BB Maryland, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 3,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
      AV Wright, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
      BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 10, Torpedo hits 5,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
      BB California, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk
      CL Detroit, Bomb hits 2,  on fire
      CL Raleigh, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
      BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
      BB Arizona, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
      CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2,  on fire,  heavy damage
      AE Pyro, Torpedo hits 1
      AK Alchiba, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
      AD Rigel, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
      CL Phoenix, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
      DD Schley, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires
      CL St. Louis, Bomb hits 1
      CL Helena, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire
      DD Bagley, Torpedo hits 1
      DM Ramsay, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
      DD Ralph Talbot, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage
      CL Honolulu, Torpedo hits 1
      DM Breese, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
      DM Pruitt, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
      PC Tiger, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
      DMS Wasmuth, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
      AVD Hulbert, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires
      DD Dale, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
      DD Allen, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
      DD Worden, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
      DD Case, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires
      AS Pelias, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
      DD Tucker, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
      PC Reliance, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
      CA San Francisco, Torpedo hits 1

 No BB has sys damage less rhan 50% and some have floatation damage abve 80%

No Japanese attack on the 8th, so on the 9th I sent a rustbucket AK over from Lahaina to see if it would draw any fire. In a way it did!!

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Afternoon Air attack on Lihue??? , at 178,106
 
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
 
Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      A6M2 Zero x 34
      B5N2 Kate x 110
 
 
 
Japanese aircraft losses
      B5N2 Kate: 3 damaged
 
 
 
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 72
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 3

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I guess they know what they're doing!

see ya.

[OldCoot]

so, on the 10th they tried again

Afternoon Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 68 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34
B5N2 Kate x 136
D3A1 Val x 107



Allied aircraft
SNJ-3 Texan x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 4 destroyed, 25 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
B-18A Bolo: 1 destroyed on ground
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed on ground
PBY-5 Catalina: 2 destroyed on ground
P-26A: 1 destroyed on ground
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
C-33: 1 destroyed on ground
SBD-1 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Farragut, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Maryland, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
BB Pennsylvania, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Reid, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 4, on fire
CA San Francisco, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DM Sicard, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
CL St. Louis, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CL Helena, Torpedo hits 1
DD Blue, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL Raleigh, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AV Tangier, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
AK Castor, Torpedo hits 1

and on the 11th they came back:

Afternoon Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 24
B5N2 Kate x 98
D3A1 Val x 95



Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed, 22 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed, 15 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
DMS Trevor, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AR Medusa, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DM Sicard, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CA New Orleans, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
BB Tennessee, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
CA Minneapolis, Torpedo hits 1
AE Pyro, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Helm, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hull, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL Helena, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL St. Louis, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB Maryland, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
TK Gulfhawk, Torpedo hits 1
DD Aylwin, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AD Dobbin, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CM Oglala, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DM Ramsay, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL Honolulu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AV Curtiss, Torpedo hits 1
DD Dewey, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB West Virginia, and is sunk

Did I mention that POW and Repulse were sunk on the 7th?

Only surviving BB at Pearl is Oklahoma and she has 98% system and 85% floatation damage.

Hey! There's always a bright spot - Look at all the free space in the repair yards!!

[Andy Mac]

At least the AI is giving you a game......

[OldCoot]

ORIGINAL: Andy Mac

At least the AI is giving you a game......

Can't complain 'bout that.

[OldCoot]

12 December 1941

Afternoon Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107
 
Weather in hex: Overcast
 
Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 60 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      A6M2 Zero x 38
      B5N2 Kate x 109
      D3A1 Val x 113
 
 
 
Allied aircraft
      no flights
 
Japanese aircraft losses
      A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
      B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed, 19 damaged
      D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed, 22 damaged
 
Allied aircraft losses
      P-40B Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground
      B-18A Bolo: 1 destroyed on ground
      PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed on ground
      P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed on ground
      SBD-1 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground
 
Allied Ships
      CA San Francisco, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
      CL Raleigh, Bomb hits 6,  on fire,  heavy damage
      AS Pelias, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
      DD Mugford, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage
      BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage
      AV Curtiss, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
      AV Tangier, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
      DM Preble, Bomb hits 1
      CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
      AD Rigel, Bomb hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
      DM Tracy, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
      DD Schley, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
      DD Jarvis, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
      CL Detroit, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
      DM Breese, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
      AE Pyro, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
      DMS Boggs, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
      AD Whitney, Bomb hits 1,  heavy fires
      DMS Lamberton, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
      DD MacDonough, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
      DD Henley, Bomb hits 2,  on fire
      DMS Perry, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
      DMS Hovey, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
      DM Montgomery, Bomb hits 3,  heavy fires
      AM Grebe, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
      DD Ward, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
      CL Honolulu, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy damage
      PT-25, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
      DD Patterson, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
      TK Gulfhawk, Torpedo hits 1,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
      AD Dobbin, Bomb hits 1
      AVP Avocet, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
      DM Pruitt, Bomb hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage
      CL St. Louis, Bomb hits 1
      ACM Buttress, Bomb hits 1
      DD Helm, and is sunk
 

[SteveD64]

12 December 1941
 
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[AttuWatcher]

Did you select ironman mode on accident? 

[OldCoot]

ORIGINAL: FAsea

Did you select ironman mode on accident? 

Nope, scenario 7.

[88l71]

Could be worse. In mine they didn't hit PH again but hit Midway and are going after Enterprise (situation in more detail on my AAR)

[OldCoot]

ORIGINAL: 88l71

Could be worse.

Yeah! They could have gone on to Seattle and whacked out Colorado and Warspite while they were at it.

[OldCoot]

I'm up to 28 December 1941, and am knocking out about five turns per day, so sometime next week this AAR should be up and stumbling again.

In some ways things are worse this time: Except for Colorado being repaired, the BBs are gone, and at the moment, I have only one crusier available in the central pacific. Bright spot is that my repair yards aren't cluttered up with broken, obsolete BBs. Also, somehow or another, I've managed to hang on to Canton so far.

Some things I've learned

If I'm going to make a "Fight to the last bullet" defense of Singapore and Manila, it might be a good idea to start building fortifications sometime before 24 December 1941.

Little ships definitely work better in little ports than do big ships.

At the beginning of the game, Hawaii needs lots of little ships (<6000 ton transports and cargo.) to build up, and supply Palmyra, Baker, Christmas, Johnston, and Canton. Therefore, little ships showing up at Panama should go directly to PH rather than wandering up to SF and then over to Pearl.

see ya sometime next week

[Andy Mac]

Oooh hadnt thought of that one....

ORIGINAL: OldCoot

ORIGINAL: 88l71

Could be worse.

Yeah! They could have gone on to Seattle and whacked out Colorado and Warspite while they were at it.