Ancient empires against colonies - a companion AAR to "Aussies vs Austrians" - Japs only please

[SoliInvictus202]

the Philippines:

[SoliInvictus202]

[font="Arial"]OPERATION TANIKAZE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN 4 DAYS![/font]

"the wind in the valley" - will strike fear into the hearts of the Allies!

SolInvictus

[stuman]

Good luck !

[SoliInvictus202]

ORIGINAL: stuman

Good luck !

thanks - I think with our upcoming somewhat "daring" missions and operations we need Fortuna on our side - as much as we can [8D]

SolInvictus

[SoliInvictus202]

22nd December '42

it was early in the morning when the captain of one of my longrange submarines - the I-19 - at first couldn't believe his fortune when he looked through his periscope: a full Carrier Task Force
this was his moment! - there was no time to hesitate - he plotted a course to intercept the Carrier to approach him at a 45 degree angle - but he was detected by an escort ship - the DCs were way off and caused no damage at all - so the Captain tried again - this time he came into a firing position - not a perfect one but well enough to fire 6 torpedoes of which 1 hit the Enterprise midships!

WHAT A DAY FOR THE JAPANESE NAVY - not only is the Enterprise hopefully damaged enough to spend some time in port - but we now also know that at least one CV is in Australia - and I am almost certain that the second one won't be far off - because if our opponent is the least experienced he knows that one lone carrier is target practise for our Kido Butai!

3 more LR-SS have been dispatched and sent on an immediate intercept course to maybe catch the Enterprise either on the way to Sydney (which I think - repairshipyard) or back to Melbourne - if the TF takes the 3rd route to Auckland - well - there are subs there waiting too [8D]


LONG LIVE THE JAPANESE SUBS!

[SoliInvictus202]

and they score yet again: - this time twice! - they same sub sank an AKL with its deck gun earlier this night!

[SoliInvictus202]

to soften up defences and prepare for the deliberate attack tomorrow with rested troops today almost 90 bombers in two waves have been ordered to attack the ground troops at Hong Kong - although I am not in any hurry to take this city as it's not going anywhere - I will make it fall soon - 5 days is the maximum I think he'll be able to hold out now!

[Fletcher]

Solinvictus202, your submarine skippers had more luck !! [;)] congrats!
Ramón

[SoliInvictus202]

ORIGINAL: Fletcher

Solinvictus202, your submarine skippers had more luck !! [;)] congrats!
Ramón

indeed: "fortes Fortuna adiuvat" [:D] - go on, Captains - SINK THE ENTERPRISE in the next turn [8D]

[SoliInvictus202]

just a short update - my opponent is away today and tomorrow - so me and my coplayer Stephen have decided use this turn to check and recheck everything

I will be posting screenshots of last turn most important actions as soon as I get the turn back!

[SoliInvictus202]

turn synopsis 24th December 1942:

DEI:
supplies and the last troops unloaded at Sinade (Manado) and Ternate to complete 1st wave!
Manado will fall within 3 days (2 days to get there via land and 1 turn to take it)

Philippines:
troops are closing in on Manila from the east and south - it seems that my opponent is concentrating his units on Clark Field - which should make defeating them much easier than if he had moved all his units into Bataan and stocked the supplies there!
recon over Manila only shows 2800 men there - which is basically one PA Division - so we should be able to take it without problems
last turn also 3 ships have been sighted in Manila port - and thus I ordered a Port attack today - which resulted in the 3 ships sunk in port - 1 AK, 1 AP and 1 precious [:D] SS [:D]
this brings the sunk-SS list up to 15 - which isn't bad I think - 1 or 2 may be FOW - but most of them were sunk in my first massive assault on Manila port on the first day!

Puerto Princesa has fallen - and Taytay will follow tomorrow - the units will support the detachment that landed at Cebu - as this one seems to be not powerful enough to take the 2 units there without avoidable losses!


Rabaul:
troops have landed at the port - but were disrupted in the landings (44 and 60 disruption) so I will not attack Rabaul next turn - paratroops have taken both close retreat points on the Island -
as Kavieng had no troops anylonger it seems that my opponent has retreated them and some units from Rabaul as well - I guess via airlift using the Catilinas in the area!

Malaya:
Taiping has been taken - troops are steadily closing in on Singapore - I think we're within the time table! - recon shows that he still has most of his fighters - over 50 - yesterday even 70 which I think was a little exaggerated) in Singapore - which means that I will have nice sweep-results when I finally decide to do so - aviation support units have been moved to Kohta Baru - but I think I will only start attacking Singapore when I'm closer!

SE Pac:
2 AMC caught a huge convoy heading from Australia to US WC - unfortunately there was one single DD with the convoy which kept the AMCs at bay - they are both retreating with 20-30 sys damage - this DD saved my opponent countless ships!!!!! [:@]

Operation Tanikaze - a daring move - will start in 2-3 days - depends on the weather - it should cause considerable damage - both in material and morale!

[SoliInvictus202]

25th December 1942:

[:(] - Operation Tanikaze (the port and naval attack on Suva) was a complete letdown - basically a hit into the blue - and we didn't find anything really worth attacking! - Operation will not be continued!

[SoliInvictus202]

the progress in Malaya:

troops are advancing steadily onto Singapore - we expect that with the troops concentrated here in Malaya we will ensure a much swifter victory than at HongKong which has still not fallen - but it should soon - hopefully [&:][;)]

we lost one precious SS during the attempt to break through the straits of Merak - it was supposed to patrol a far distant area and is thus a tragic loss!

[SoliInvictus202]

Rabaul has fallen!

today, decembre 25th 1942 has fallen - it appears that the ALlies have evacuated the harbour after we landed - the Japanese troops didn't attack the first day as they suffered severe disruption during offloading on the beaches - when they attacked they met almost no resistance and have taken Rabaul without losses!
the Japanese highcommand has also already prepared a few surprises in the area to thwart any attempts of an Allied counterattack!

[SoliInvictus202]

our progress in the Philippines is also remarkable (for a newbie like me [:D])

[SoliInvictus202]

and the clearing of the railwaylines in China will also begin very soon - after that we have the necessary supplies to begin major offensives of our own (a mistake in my planning that has been corrected by my fellow player - Ministre of War Hillamotto)

we have concentrated 2 full Divisions, 1 Tank Regiment and 1 Mixed Brigade with various Chinese Troops to defend Sinyang and counterattack as soon as the 20th Mixed Brigade (to the south) reaches the town!!!!

meanwhile we have amassed the entire artillery of China to take Chengchow up in the north - around 300 guns will bombard the town before it will be taken by 2 Mixed Brigades and 2 Divisions!

[SoliInvictus202]

26th December 1942 turn synopsis:

not much happened....

Philippines:
one CL was torpedoed by a S-Class SS off Mindanao - hit twice and was sunk - I can live with this loss - it was one of the old CLs I had - and the SS might have picked the juicier target in this TF - the CA Chokai - so losing the CL is acceptable.....it is the first major ship loss we had so far in the entire campaign!

Rabaul:
21st Air Flotilla was given the first 10 Torpedo ordonance today - thus giving a squadron of 9 Betties the ability to control the Coral sea with torpedoes!
another Squadron of 22 Betties, which attacked the Port of Port Moresby this turn, finding nothing, is supporting this effort! 3 Squadrons of Zeros make sure that Daniel doesn't use his B-17s - but seeing them still attack Sangkawang (which we have given up an airfield, as it is of no further use to us, I seriously doubt that he has more that he would be able to launch on Rabaul!

Milne Bay: it appears that our thinking was correct - Daniel evacuated all the troops out of Rabaul and moved them into Milne Bay - not sure why though - we first came to this conclusion when we torpedoes CL Achilles a few days ago, as reported, which wasn't on the proper course between Cairns/Townsville and PM....having bombed one AP off PM made supported this even further! - Milne Bay was reconned today and shows 3650 men and 22 guns - which I think is an exaggeration....

Ambon:
landing was successful - it was supported by 2 CLs and 4 DDs in the landing force - successfully suppressing the guns - only one CL took 3 hits totalling in around 23 Sys damage! - heavy cover is provided by the Battleships Mutsu and Yamashiro and 6 DDs!
knowing that he might send bombers against this invasion force, which consisted of 5 fast APs only, we LRCap the base out of Ternate with a total of 2 Squadrons of Zeroes! - and there he was - sending CVL Hermes with 12 Swordfish TBs into action - in the first attack we shot down only 1 and 11 came through, hitting one AP once, second time we downed at least 4 planes - maybe more.....

we have a little surprise for his CVL in the next turn! (not that we should even bother to try to sink this piece of junk of a CVL... - knowing that our CVEs are hardly any better [:D])

all in all I think we're well within time schedule in the DEI - attacking Ambon next turn! - Manado should fall as well!

HongKong:
it still hasn't fallen to yet another deliberate attack this turn - even though it was supported by over 150 planes altogether! - we have yet again reduced the fortifications to 0 and we both have decided that the end of the delibarete attacks has come - we shall shock attack from now on - this is becoming too great a nuissance!

China::
nothing to report here - troops are on the move to the positions reported in the maps already provided!

CenPac:
Wake was shock attacked this turn by 144th InfReg and fell with hardly any Japanese Casualties! - as the Squadron of F4Fs was not present there we must suspect that one carrier was there to pick it up- it's the only conclusion that comes to mind - do any of you have a better one?


screens again next turn!

[SoliInvictus202]

a question in context of this AAR, to anyone who'd know about this and is kind enough of reading my newbie AAR:

what has to happen to make the option of the 21st AirFlottilla concerning Torpedo Ordonance go up to more than 10? (I tried to increase the number but it won't let me to more than 10 - which is not even close to what I plan to get there!)
any help to figure this one out would be greatly appreciated -thanks!

Roland

PS: Supply shouldn't be a problem - there are over 4900 supplies there already.....with much more on the way!

[SoliInvictus202]

sorry for not having updated for a few days....I was simply too busy with too many things at the same time....I will do so when I get the turn back today!

what was going on?:
the Japanese are advancing according to time schedule......yet we don't seem to have "luck" on our side.....my coplayers is still very optimistic - I would be happy if we'd sink a few more enemy ships and destroy a few more enemy planes!

[Nomad]

ORIGINAL: SoliInvictus202

a question in context of this AAR, to anyone who'd know about this and is kind enough of reading my newbie AAR:

what has to happen to make the option of the 21st AirFlottilla concerning Torpedo Ordonance go up to more than 10? (I tried to increase the number but it won't let me to more than 10 - which is not even close to what I plan to get there!)
any help to figure this one out would be greatly appreciated -thanks!

Roland

PS: Supply shouldn't be a problem - there are over 4900 supplies there already.....with much more on the way!

You should be able to increase it 10 at a time. Just increase it by 10 for 10 or 12 times and you should have enough.