AE Historical Game Project. Cantona2 (allied) vs Fletcher (Jap)

[Fletcher]

VICTORY POINTS STATUS
JAN 6th, 1942

[Fletcher]

FIGHTERS LOST
COMPARATIVE JAPAN VS ALLIEDS
DEC 7th to JAN 6th

[Fletcher]

CONVOY SYSTEM STATUS
JAN 6th, 1942

(Red) Resources/oil/fuel Convoys to Metropoli
(Black) Supplies Convoys

[CarnageINC]

Whats going to be your primary Army fighters until you get the Tojo's?  Your Nates are getting hammered in A2A.

[Swenslim]

Nates are joke, build Oscar 1c factorys, 100 will be enough, for example one in Harbin can be expanded to 52 planes. Dont be affraid to spend to much supply and HI points on expansions.

I think I have found optimal numbers of planes wich Japan Industry can produce, if you have interest you can check my AAR. My HI pool is 330 000, supply is 2 500 000, 10 000 000 resources, 2 000 000 oil and fuel.

[Swenslim]

Long Live to the Emperor

[Fletcher]

ORIGINAL: CarnageINC

Whats going to be your primary Army fighters until you get the Tojo's?  Your Nates are getting hammered in A2A.

Hello CarnageINC, thanks for your question and visit [:)]
the primary Army fighter until Ki-44 will be Ki-43Ic. My rate is 59 Ki-43/monthly now, and this is growing by 1 daily. My target is 1.000 Ki-43Ic IJA Fighters built for 1942 exercise. I am increasing factories to harmonize with Ha-35 engine (needed for A6M2 too). My target is increase production of Ki-43I-c at Maebashi factory until 70 monthly. When ready, i will await for conversion of Harbin Ki-27b factory to Ki-43Ic about April 1942 to increase newly my Ki-43Ic production until 120 Ki-43Ic monthly.
About Ki-27b like warhorse of IJA, I lost 56 in A2A with another 32 by operational losses (36% losses by operational causes). They are fighting vs Buffaloes at Malaya, I-15s at China and P-40s at Phillipine Islands. Certainly they have a worst rate of A2A kills that my Ki-43s (all models) in any front.However my rate of reemplacement let my to upgrade 2 Daitais at Malaya (primary) and 1 chutai at China (2nd priority with H81A3 threat)already. At Phillipines, with 74 P-40s downed reported, the air supperiority is near to absolute and I will need only few fighters and Ki-27b can do the job.
For the other hands we are playing with PDU OFF to be nearby for historical accurate reasons, several Daitais/Sentais equiped with Ki-27b have not option to be upgrade to Ki-43Ia/b/c and I must to wait to Ki-43IIb to upgrade them.

Any suggest or comment will be wellcomed !
Best wishes
Ramón

[Fletcher]

ORIGINAL: Swenslim

Nates are joke, build Oscar 1b factorys, 100 will be enough, for example one in Harbin can be expanded to 52 planes. Dont be affraid to spend to much supply and HI points on expansions.

I think I have found optimal numbers of planes wich Japan Industry can produce, if you have interest you can check my AAR. My HI pool is 330 000, supply is 2 500 000, 10 000 000 resources, 2 000 000 oil and fuel.

Hello Swenslim, thanks for your comments, suggestions and visit ! [:)] I´m following your AAR, of course !.
Part of my answer is in the former post answering to CarnageINC, we are playing with PDU OFF, them several Daitais/Sentais can not be upgraded to Ki-43Ia/b/c, I must to wait to Ki-43IIb. For the other hands, I have planned all my aircraft/engine production for 1942 exercise thinking in the main target: FIGHTERS, FIGHTERS, FIGHTERS !!... I must to save H.I.points whenever I can.
At January 6th, 1942, I have 76.000 H.I points at pool. 3,380.000 supplies, 7.300.000 resources and 3,000.000 oil /4,100.000 fuel in my pools. I am very impressed with your 10,000.000 resources !!.

Like I comment in former post my main target is save enough H.I.points for my 1.942 production planning. I have in my pools 201 Kotobuki engines, if I produce enought Ki-27b for reemplacements in the Daitais with no upgrade possible until Ki-43IIb, for new units (63 will be needed) and for the Daitais at Manchukuo and Home Island for training duties, I can save many H.I.points in engines.

AT my 1942 planning Harbin will be upgraded to Ki-43Ic (my warhorse for IJA until Ki-44/Ki-61 will be at service), but I would like to spent all my Kotobukis at pool until began with this changes. Remember, I am playing with PDU OFF and I certainly need reemplacements for my Ki-27bs Daitais/Sentais.

Any suggestions or criticism will be wellcomed !
Best wishes (and long live to the Emperor !!)
ramón
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[FatR]

ORIGINAL: Swenslim

Nates are joke, build Oscar 1b factorys, 100 will be enough, for example one in Harbin can be expanded to 52 planes. Dont be affraid to spend to much supply and HI points on expansions.

I thought so too, but after I recently started a PBEM as Japan I found that leaving the main Nate plant unconverted was a wise move, because so far air combat was very intense and converted/expanded factories need time to repair, while squadrons demand new planes right now. Also, because Japan already has a stockpile of otherwise-useless engines for Nates, they are practically HI-free. And I suppose you meant Oscar Ic.

[Fletcher]

FROM: CPT. Shunsaku Nabeshima. HIJMS MAYA C.O. At High Sea, South China Sea.
TO: VADM. Nobutake Kondo, 2nd Fleet C-in-C. Samah. Hainan island.
SUBJECT: Mission Accomplished.
DATE: Jan 6th, 1942.

Following your former orders I have departure from Samah Naval yard escorted by 2 DD from 2nd Flotilla. I head south searching enemy damages cargo ships and I have met them at slow pace about 160 nm South of Hainan. xAK NANNING and xAK YAT SHING were sunk by torpedoes and gunfire.
We are returning to Hong Kong to join with AMBON STRIKING FORCE.

Mission accomplished !
Long Live to the Emperor !!
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[Fletcher]

FROM: LGEN Homma, XIV Army HQ. Near Manila, Luzon Island.
TO: GEN. Hisaichi Terauchi. Southern Area Army HQ. Taiping. Malaya
SUBJECT: Phillipines report.
DATE: Jan 6th, 1942.

Massive air close support to our ground forces at Iba by 5th Air Division assets: 40 Ki-27 escorting 78 IJA bombers have strike enemy defensive positions at Iba. Enemy CAP with 8 P-40s. 1 of them was downed by our fighter with the lost of 4 Ki-27b. 31st Division was the main target of our air strike.

A Second wave attack 31st Division too, with 13 Ki-51 escorted by 12 Ki-27. Only 1 P-40 at CAP with no air losses at any side.

23rd Air Flotilla have supported our operations at Iba, launching an strike against enemy positions with 20 G4M1 escorted by 19 A6M2. The target was the same: 31st P.A.Division

Our ground forces have not any problem to capture Iba. 31st P.A.Division was mauled with 838 casaulties at a low price for IJA with only 62 men lost in our assault.

Left Wing (from Lingayen) -9th & 47th Infantry Regts, 48th Engineer Regt, 48th & 20th Recce Regiments and 48th F.A. Regiment- is marching to Clark Field, when nearby, Right Wing with 7th and 4th Tank Regiments and 1st Formosa Infantry Regiment supported by 1st Medium F.A.Regiment will advance from iba to C.F.

2 enemy P-35s were intercepted by 12 Ki-27 at CAP over San Fernando skies with no losses.

At South, Kanoya Ku K-1 Det have launched an air strike against Ilo Ilo airfield. 25 G4M1s escorted by 4 A5M4 have smashed enemy airfield. 1 P-26 was downed in the aire with 15 runway hits reported.

1st Ku K-1 with 27 G3M2 have been transfered to Cagayan for the future operations in the Eastern D.E.I´s

Long Live to the Emperor !
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[Fletcher]

ORIGINAL: FatR

ORIGINAL: Swenslim

Nates are joke, build Oscar 1b factorys, 100 will be enough, for example one in Harbin can be expanded to 52 planes. Dont be affraid to spend to much supply and HI points on expansions.

I thought so too, but after I recently started a PBEM as Japan I found that leaving the main Nate plant unconverted was a wise move, because so far air combat was very intense and converted/expanded factories need time to repair, while squadrons demand new planes right now. Also, because Japan already has a stockpile of otherwise-useless engines for Nates, they are practically HI-free. And I suppose you meant Oscar Ic.

Hi FatR, thanks for post and comments, you are wellcomed.
I´m agree, and thinking PDU off, I need Ki-27b for my Daitais/Sentais with no upgrade path until Ki-43IIb. for the other hands Kotobuki are useless if not used in Ki-27b airframes, then I can save many HIs (near 3.600) producing Ki-27b from Dec 41 to March 42.
Best wishes
Ramón

[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM Hosogaya. 5th Fleet C-in-C. Ominato.
TO: ADM Isoroku Yamamoto, Combined Fleet HQ. Kure.
SUBJECT: ENEMY RAIDER
DATE: Jan 6th, 1942.

Light Tanker Convoy (078) from Shikuka to Niigata, awaited at Wakkanai after previous high surface threat at Okhost Sea have been surprise this morning by an enemy RAIDER, identified like HMCS PRINCE ROBERT, the enemy was in sight at short range and open fire against our light tankers. PB Hakkai Maru have reponds fires and reported 3 shell 8cms hits on enemy ship. Our ships can disengage after received a hard punishment. PB Hakkai Maru hit by 5 hits, TK Sanrak Maru hit by another 3 hits and TK Yuho Maru by 4 hits. All of them heavily damages.
At afternoon PB Hakkai Maru and TK Sanraku Maru have been sunk due damages.
High Alert at all shippings in the area: Toyohara convoy with only a PB have been ordered to port at once.
AMC Awata Maru patrolling northern approaches have been alerted to intercept enemy. The same for RO-34 submarine in the Kuriles straits.
Yokohama ku K-1 Sentai Det have been orderer to launch air attacks if enemy at sight is reported tomorrow. H6K4 from Bihoro will be ready for naval search missions.
HIJMS Hosho and her escorts will be detacched from Kushiro - Sendai escort convoy duties to intercept enemy before try to escape by Kuriles (EtorofuJima-ParamushiroJima) straits.

ORDER HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED TO ALL 5TH FLEET ATTACHED WARSHIPS: SINKS PRINCE ROBERT AND NO QUARTER. THEY ARE PIRATES AND MUST BE KILL LIKE PIRATES !

Request a light cruiser from 1st Fleet to support our patrolling duties in the Northern waters

LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !!
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[Fletcher]

LUZON SIT MAT REPORT
Jan 6th 1942

[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM Chuichi Nagumo, 1st Air Fleet C-in-C, Eastern Australian Coast.
TO: ADM Isoroku Yamamoto, Combined Fleet C-in-C, Kure.
SUBJECT: COMBAT REPORT
ACKNOWLEDGE:VADM Nobutake Kondo, 2nd Fleet, Ambon Striking Force.
DATE: Jan 6th, 1942

AO NIPPON MARU was torpedoed this early morning by an enemy P Class submarine near Cairns. Ship sunk after burning all fuel aboard. She was to bottom with all hands. Commander Officer take decision to sinks with his ship. A hard lost. We will pay homage to their lives tomorrow in the flag hostage at early morning.

At morning we launched an air attack over Charter Towers airfield with 44 D3A1 escorted by 8 A6M2 (all from CARDIV 1), 1 enemy dive bomber was destroyed at ground and 22 runway hits reported, the rest of 1st Air Fleet aircrafts were ready for any naval threat in the area, our submarines at South Seas reported dive bombers scouting near New Caledonian waters. That´s could be USMC Vindicators or could be carriers dive bombers.

I will head north tomorrow to support landings at Horn Island. If New Caledonian Blockade Sub Sqdrn reports carriers in the area I will return to south to engage and sinks them !! (all my carrier with 71% MS and 85% torpedoes aboard)

When available, CARDIV 2 will be detacched to join with 2nd Fleet Main Body to support Ambon landings.

Long Live to the Emperor !

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[Swenslim]

With PDU off it will be definitly harder for Japan side to play !

[Fletcher]

Hi Swenslim !
Sure !! but more accurate too
I am very impresived with your ship sunk report in your AAR !... you need to chase USS Wasp to complete your triumphs collection for 1942 exercise [:D]
Thanks for post and visit ! Your are wellcomed.
Ramón

[Fletcher]

FROM: CPT Unoike, M. AMC AIKOKU MARU, Near Pago Pago
TO: VADM. Shigeyoshi Inouye, 4th Fleet C-in-C. Truk. Caroline Island.
SUBJECT: ENENY ENGAGE
DATE: Jan 7th, 1941.

Early Morning we surprise an enemy convoy with 1 XAK escorted by 2 Destroyers. At short range engage enemy reporting 1 hit on XAK and another hit on one destroyer. At this first contact we have not struck by enemy shells.

One hour later after disesgage with cargo ship escorted by destroyers, we surprised a light ship, probably in ASW patrol. She was a minesweeper, identified like AM Kingfisher. I can report 3 hits on this warship, probably sunk.

One hour before sunrise, we engage for a second time with the little convoy with the damage XAK and 2 destroyers. We open fire a short range and enemy ships were severely damages. xAK identified like XAK FLORENCE D was hit by 2 shells, USS Henley hit by 8 hits and USS Ralph Talbot by 5 hits, Enemy flee. We receive 5 shell hits with light damage aboard (Damage report: 7 system damages). I decided to disengage to evaluate damages aboard.

At day time, we spotted a large range enemy minesweeper engages at early morning. She was not sunk and we can report another hit on this small ship.

Spotted enemy destroyers escorting listing cargo ship to Pago Pago a long range we can not engage them.

We are returning to Yokohama after low ammo reported.

Long Live to the Emperor !
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[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM. Shimizu, Mitsuo. 6th Fleet C-in-C. Kwjalaein.
TO: ADM. Isoroku Yamamoto, Combined Fleet HQ. Kure.
SUBJECT: Sub War Report.
DATE: Jan 7th, 1942.

I-2 at Samoa Blockade Force patrol area report 3 torpedo hits on a listing cargo ship, XAK FLORENCE D., former engaged by our AMC near Pago Pago. Enemy ship sunk. No enemy retaliation.

I-22 reported enemy destroyers in her area, She attack unsuccesfully a enemy destroyer near Mare. Was pinged but no depth charge attack reported.
I-16 in the same area (New Caledonian Blockade Force) report pinged by enemy destroyers near Mare. She reports 5 different sonar contacts of warships !.

The best news is from CDR.Kiyonoi Otani, I-18 C.O., He reports a salvo of 8 torpedoes against Carrier TF near Noumea. 2 torpedos hits on USS LEXINGTON (1 OF THEM NOT EXPLODES). The destroyer and the carrier are reported sunk by Otani. He must be dreaming a sweet dream !.

I-26 (western blockade force) reported sunk XAK Atlanta city in west coast.

Long Live to the Emperor !!!
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[Fletcher]

ENEMY SHIP SUNK REPORT
Jan 7th, 1942