Empire of the Rising Lemon? SqzMyLemon (Japan) v Smeulders (Allies)

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Celebes Sea:

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Gilbert Islands:

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Air Production:

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Air Production 2

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Air Production 3

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Industry/Troop/Resource Pools

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Industry/Troop/Resources Pools 2

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Ship Production

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China, Malaya, and Philippine screens shots to follow later. Thanks for following along.

[bacchus]

My 2 cents worth (I am overcharging at that rate) is that Mushashi is a HI hog to build. If I remember correctly, accelerating the ship from the start of the game takes your total HI investment from 80000 HI to 120000 HI. Thats 40000 HI that could have been used for planes. The Mushashi is a powerful ship, but I think that plane production is a better cost benefit ratio than having the Mushashi 6 months early.

Of course it totally depends on your style of play. If you favor the surface engagements, then you can get no better class of ship period. 18inch guns are deadly. But give me Zeros and Betty's. I do accelerate the Taiyo though. i like having the extra carrier earlier as an augment to the KB or as a replacement if one is lost or damaged.

[bacchus]

Also, I love the AAR's you are putting up. The screens are well layed out and easy to follow. If smeulders is hiding his valuable shipping, combine the KB and find them[:D]

This of course does not apply to our game since I have nightmares about the KB on a regular basis.

[SqzMyLemon]

Update as of Jan. 10/42

Anti-submarine Operations:

The good news: 11 recorded hits on Allied submarine SS S-37, I can only hope she is heavily damaged and out of the fight for awhile.

The bad news: DMS W-8 was lost to torpedoes from Dutch submarine SS KXVI and xAKL Akita Maru was sunk by Allied submarine SS-020.

Northwest Borneo: Imperial forces are moving West from Kuching to attack Singkaweng (SP?)

The Philippines:

Luzon: A failed Japanese Shock Attack results in 2217 Imperial casualties to Allied losses of only 799 at Clark Field. The Allies appear to be withdrawing all forces to Bataan for a final stand there. I am not sure I have enough land forces available here, so reinforcements are on the way. I need Luzon taken quickly, these troops will sprearhead operations in the Celebes and the Solomons.

A major fleet reorganization is in order soon to best utilize the offensive capabilities of my surface force. As Smeulders is conserving his forces I am putting together strike forces to search out and destroy any allied shipping I find. Once more of the Gilberts are taken I will probe Allied interior defences.

Here's a few screenshots of the current situation in China.

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Southern China:

[Blackhorse]

Excellent AAR, especially for those of us who have never played Nippon.

[bklooste]

ORIGINAL: SqzMyLemon

Ship Production

Halting Shinano doesnt save you any naval points .. You only consume Naval points if she is due within 1 year ie after 14dec 43. Hence you may as well put her on normal until this date. Hence you have a big deficit and ships will not have naval points some days and stall.

[seille]

I´m on my way to start a own game as japan. Will be my first attempt.
That´s why i like your AAR a lot especially since you don´t post combat reports only.
Especially the production stuff and initial expansion is very interesting to me.
What i would also like to know are some details for air war. For example in PI and Malaya.
Planes and numbers used and losses.

Keep up the good work !

[SqzMyLemon]

Hi everyone, sorry for the long delay on updating the AAR. What with the holidays, life stuff and some virus trouble (I had to reformat my laptop) game time suffered. So barring some exam time for my patient opponent Smeulders, we should be back on track with regular updates after the weekend.

My next posts will focus more on the details of future operations and some major reorganizing of my forces. It does not take much time to start finding assets just not being used efficiently. I'll address some production problems as well and what I may do to rectify them. So while my forces continue their objectives on the Chinese mainland, Luzon, Mindanao and Malaya, I've started a massive transferring of supply/fuel to Truk in anticipation of large scale operations in the Southeast Pacific. Support units, reinforcements from the Home Islands, LBA units are all being organized and given their marching orders.

I've been setting the historical timeline as a barometer to track my progress, I'm falling behind rather quickly, and not being aggressive enough. I'm determined to address the matter. Other than the ongoing operations, the next while will be focused on logistics, production, strategy and most importantly, finding and sinking Allied fleet units.

Here are a few screenshots of the major areas of conflict as of Jan 14/42.

Southern Philippines:

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Central China as of Jan. 14/42:

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Malaya as of Jan. 14/42:

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Jan. 15/42 Update:

Here's a summary of what happened today. Japanese fleet movements are not exciting to say the least of late, but the shuttling of troops and support units to forward bases continues.

Sub Ops: A very busy day under the sea for Allied submarine forces, I was fortunate to not lose more than I did.

SS Cachalot was spotted S.E. of Toyohara and attacked by Japanese SC CHa-13, but no hits were recorded.
SS Saury N.E. of Pagan launched torps against a small supply convoy, but they were wide of the mark.
SS Grayling S.E. of Toyohara launched torps aganst a resource convoy scoring no hits.
SS Tambor hits and sinks a Japanese xAKL Misaki Maru around Woleai.
SS Seal is spotted by Japanese ASW forces S. of Kochi in the Home Islands, but no DC attack was launched.

Japanese submarines as usual spotted no Allied shipping. Japanese submarine forces are being redirected to scout and clear the seas around Ambon and Rabaul.

The Philippines:

Luzon: Japanese forces are recuperating at Clark Field in preparation for action against Bataan. The 38th Inf. Div. of the 16th army is being recalled from Hong Kong to Lingayen to reinforce the operation. Bomber units are assembling at Clark Field to start pounding the defences at Bataan. The strategy is to bombard and starve Bataan in preparation for the final assault. 200 AV worth of troops are heading to Manila to take the city and stop the flow of supplies to Bataan. Manila requires a garrison of 200 AV.

Mindanao: A small deliberate attack by Japanese 16th Army forces at Malaybalay cause 163 Allied casualties to none for Imperial forces.

China:

A poorly coordinated Shock Attack by Imperial forces at 91,37 results in Japanese losses of 241 to the Chinese 279.

North Borneo:

Japanese forces destoy the remaining 105 troops of a British unit at 68,87.

Malaya:

A Shock Attack at 49,78 just N.W. of Kuala Lumpur results in the surrender of the 8th Indian. Japan suffers 20 casualties while 2913 Allied troops enter captivity.