Good choice avoiding Shortlands. The AI tends to cram it full of infantry very early on, making it a very tough nut to crack, especially if its supplied & Rabaul's Bettys and Nells still pose a threat.
I leave it alone until near the end, when I can spare a few divisions to mop it up - and make sure to bring minesweepers, as the AI mines the hell out of it.
Days of Decision
thantis: HiOriginally posted by thantis
Good choice avoiding Shortlands. The AI tends to cram it full of infantry very early on, making it a very tough nut to crack, especially if its supplied & Rabaul's Bettys and Nells still pose a threat.
I leave it alone until near the end, when I can spare a few divisions to mop it up - and make sure to bring minesweepers, as the AI mines the hell out of it.
You're right. I noticed how heavily fortified Shortlands was, as the AI was really sending in the CDs and troops expecting me to invade there first. Heh. . .Eric: Nice work! Onward to victory
It must be a rush to see such large battles, and wipe out the Japanese air defenses. . .Current Date: February 14, 1943
OPERATION MONSOON
The fighters, dive bombers and level bombers I have stationed on Gasmata, are all having a grand time attacking Rabaul and Japanese shipping.
Here are the results of just one day of these devastating air attacks (and these attacks have been on-going for two weeks):
Air attack on Rabaul:
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4
Allied aircraft
Hudson x 9
Beaufort x 16
P-40E Kittyhawk x 21
P-40E Warhawk x 19
P-38G Lightning x 45
A-20G Havoc x 14
B-25J Mitchell x 43
B-26B Marauder x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 6 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2 destroyed
Ki-46 Dinah x 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk x 1 damaged
P-38G Lightning x 1 damaged
A-20G Havoc x 1 destroyed
1LT V.Heath of 8th FS is credited with kill number 7
LCDR R.Asada of F1/3rd Daitai is KILLED
Japanese Ships (located in the port or at anchor)
APD 39, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
CA Tone, Bomb hits 1
APD 1, Bomb hits 1
APD 35, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Kuma, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
APD 2, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Umikaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 173
Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 31
Port hits 4
Attacking Level Bombers:
2 x A-20G Havoc at 18000 feet
7 x Beaufort at 18000 feet
6 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
4 x A-20G Havoc at 18000 feet
3 x Hudson at 18000 feet
3 x Beaufort at 18000 feet
4 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
3 x Hudson at 18000 feet
3 x Beaufort at 18000 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
3 x B-26B Marauder at 18000 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
3 x B-26B Marauder at 18000 feet
3 x Beaufort at 18000 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
4 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
3 x B-26B Marauder at 18000 feet
7 x A-20G Havoc at 18000 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
6 x B-26B Marauder at 18000 feet
3 x Hudson at 18000 feet
5 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
*************
While "Operation Monsoon" has been in progress, I have drawn up plans to Invade Shortlands. I am calling this up-coming invasion:
OPERATION AVENGING SWORD
The air attacks on Rabaul and Kavieng have forced the Japanese to ignore Shortlands, and to send all of its supplies and reinforcements to Rabaul.
Therfore, I plan to strike Shortlands before any more Japanese reinforcements (such as heavy carriers) make their appearance.
To achieve this, I have assembled the following forces:
Lunga: I have been bombing Shortlands for the past two weeks with 60 medium bombers stationed here.
Carrier Task Force: I just received an "Essex-Class" Carrier, and have placed it, along with two Escort Carriers, into a CV TF. I placed this CV TF just south of Shortlands, and it has started to bomb Shortlands, adding its 98 dive bombers and torpedo planes to the bombing effort (giving me 150 planes in total for this operation).
Bombardment TF: I have sent a Bombardment TF consisting of 2 Battleships, 3 Heavy Cruisers, 2 Light Cruisers, and 2 Destroyers, to attack Shortlands without let-up.
Troop Invasion Force: Currently, 14 ships filled with troops from the 2nd and 3rd Marine Divisions, in addition to other forces, are steaming towards Shortlands from Noumea. They should arrive at Shortlands within a few days.
The Great Invasion has begun. . .
OPERATION MONSOON
The fighters, dive bombers and level bombers I have stationed on Gasmata, are all having a grand time attacking Rabaul and Japanese shipping.
Here are the results of just one day of these devastating air attacks (and these attacks have been on-going for two weeks):
Air attack on Rabaul:
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4
Allied aircraft
Hudson x 9
Beaufort x 16
P-40E Kittyhawk x 21
P-40E Warhawk x 19
P-38G Lightning x 45
A-20G Havoc x 14
B-25J Mitchell x 43
B-26B Marauder x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 6 destroyed
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2 destroyed
Ki-46 Dinah x 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Kittyhawk x 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk x 1 damaged
P-38G Lightning x 1 damaged
A-20G Havoc x 1 destroyed
1LT V.Heath of 8th FS is credited with kill number 7
LCDR R.Asada of F1/3rd Daitai is KILLED
Japanese Ships (located in the port or at anchor)
APD 39, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
CA Tone, Bomb hits 1
APD 1, Bomb hits 1
APD 35, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Kuma, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
APD 2, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Umikaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 173
Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 31
Port hits 4
Attacking Level Bombers:
2 x A-20G Havoc at 18000 feet
7 x Beaufort at 18000 feet
6 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
4 x A-20G Havoc at 18000 feet
3 x Hudson at 18000 feet
3 x Beaufort at 18000 feet
4 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
3 x Hudson at 18000 feet
3 x Beaufort at 18000 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
3 x B-26B Marauder at 18000 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
3 x B-26B Marauder at 18000 feet
3 x Beaufort at 18000 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
4 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
3 x B-26B Marauder at 18000 feet
7 x A-20G Havoc at 18000 feet
3 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
6 x B-26B Marauder at 18000 feet
3 x Hudson at 18000 feet
5 x B-25J Mitchell at 18000 feet
*************
While "Operation Monsoon" has been in progress, I have drawn up plans to Invade Shortlands. I am calling this up-coming invasion:
OPERATION AVENGING SWORD
The air attacks on Rabaul and Kavieng have forced the Japanese to ignore Shortlands, and to send all of its supplies and reinforcements to Rabaul.
Therfore, I plan to strike Shortlands before any more Japanese reinforcements (such as heavy carriers) make their appearance.
To achieve this, I have assembled the following forces:
Lunga: I have been bombing Shortlands for the past two weeks with 60 medium bombers stationed here.
Carrier Task Force: I just received an "Essex-Class" Carrier, and have placed it, along with two Escort Carriers, into a CV TF. I placed this CV TF just south of Shortlands, and it has started to bomb Shortlands, adding its 98 dive bombers and torpedo planes to the bombing effort (giving me 150 planes in total for this operation).
Bombardment TF: I have sent a Bombardment TF consisting of 2 Battleships, 3 Heavy Cruisers, 2 Light Cruisers, and 2 Destroyers, to attack Shortlands without let-up.
Troop Invasion Force: Currently, 14 ships filled with troops from the 2nd and 3rd Marine Divisions, in addition to other forces, are steaming towards Shortlands from Noumea. They should arrive at Shortlands within a few days.
The Great Invasion has begun. . .
Current Date: March 12, 1943
Alrighty then. . .
It looks like my plans to invade Shortland will have to be put on hold for a while. Shortland Island contains 45,000 troops and 500 guns. It seems that three weeks of bombing hasn't made a dent in those forces. Plus Shortland is very heavily mined.
And to add to the mix, three Heavy Japanese carriers made their appearance north-east of Rabaul and attacked both my landing craft and Carrier Task Force. I took some damage on my landing craft, but took NO hits on my CV TF (whew). Soooo, it's get out of Dodge time: I'm high-tailing it back to Lunga, licking my wounds, building-up my supply, and continuing to bomb Shortland with my medium bombers.
Intelligence states that I will be receiving 4 carriers (1 heavy, 2 light, and 1 escort) in 11 days. So I'm going to sit tight for now.
In the meantime, the Allied planes stationed on Gasmata have been having a field day attacking Rabaul and Japanese shipping. Several more Japanese battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and supply ships have found their way to the briney deep (including the Superbattleship Musashi). Every enemy ship sunk means one less problem to deal with. . .
Just to give you an idea of the number of attacks my air squadrons have been making, here are the number of sorties flown by both sides on a SINGLE DAY:
Sorties Flown on March 6, 1943
Allied - 1,410
IJN - 174 (!)
Statistics To Date:
Ships Lost
Allied - 207
IJN - 291
Planes Lost
Allied - 1,994
IJN - 2,597
Bases Held
Allied - 25
IJN - 8
Score
Allied - 14,541
IJN - 10,857
Alrighty then. . .
It looks like my plans to invade Shortland will have to be put on hold for a while. Shortland Island contains 45,000 troops and 500 guns. It seems that three weeks of bombing hasn't made a dent in those forces. Plus Shortland is very heavily mined.
And to add to the mix, three Heavy Japanese carriers made their appearance north-east of Rabaul and attacked both my landing craft and Carrier Task Force. I took some damage on my landing craft, but took NO hits on my CV TF (whew). Soooo, it's get out of Dodge time: I'm high-tailing it back to Lunga, licking my wounds, building-up my supply, and continuing to bomb Shortland with my medium bombers.
Intelligence states that I will be receiving 4 carriers (1 heavy, 2 light, and 1 escort) in 11 days. So I'm going to sit tight for now.
In the meantime, the Allied planes stationed on Gasmata have been having a field day attacking Rabaul and Japanese shipping. Several more Japanese battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and supply ships have found their way to the briney deep (including the Superbattleship Musashi). Every enemy ship sunk means one less problem to deal with. . .
Just to give you an idea of the number of attacks my air squadrons have been making, here are the number of sorties flown by both sides on a SINGLE DAY:
Sorties Flown on March 6, 1943
Allied - 1,410
IJN - 174 (!)
Statistics To Date:
Ships Lost
Allied - 207
IJN - 291
Planes Lost
Allied - 1,994
IJN - 2,597
Bases Held
Allied - 25
IJN - 8
Score
Allied - 14,541
IJN - 10,857
Current Date: March 28, 1943
Currently, I am building up my bases and re-supplying them.
I have isolated Shortland Island: the Japanese based here are receiving NO supplies. I am bombing Shortland with medium bombers based on Lunga.
In addition to Gasmata, I have also been building up the airbase at Hoskins, which is just 30 miles away. I've been sending engineers, etc overland to Hoskins. At these two bases I have stationed 525 fighters, dive bombers, torpedo planes and medium bombers. They have been attacking Japanese shipping, air bases and port facilities non-stop for 6 weeks now. The results have been devastating. The results I have achieved gives an indication of the importance of holding the "Central Position" with the acquisition of Gasmata - it sits right in the heart of the major Japanese bases. If you are the Allied player, seize this base at all costs and build up the airfield. If you are the Japanese player, HOLD this base at all costs.
In a short period of time I have achieved a 96% air superiority, and have crippled Japanese air power and naval movements with a withering hail of air attacks.
Oh, and those three Japanese carriers I mentioned previously, made their appearance just east of Rabaul. The IJN was planning to strike at my convoys supplying Gasmata. Silly IJN. My land-based aircraft plastered those carriers, and they soon limped away. . .
I have put together an eight carrier Task Force (consisting of 2 heavy carriers, 2 light carriers, and 4 escort carriers) that contains 340 planes. I intend to send this carrier task force just north of Kavieng and have my way with Japanese ships that are steaming down from Truk. I also want to smoke out any other carriers the IJN may still have that are tooling around in the area. To give these carriers a little experience working together, I have positioned the task force just south of Shortland, and will be bombing the island using its carrier planes.
Here are the results of a SINGLE DAY of Allied air attacks. As you read through the list of air attacks, pay close attention to how many times the battleships Yamashiro and Ise are hit:
Air Sorties Flown on March 28, 1943
Allied - 2,254
Japan - 158 (!)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/28/43
Air attack on Rabaul from Gasmata:
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
A6M3 Zero x 7
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 24
Hudson x 6
Beaufort x 15
P-38G Lightning x 25
A-20G Havoc x 14
B-25J Mitchell x 15
B-26B Marauder x 27
A-20B Havoc x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed
J1N1-R Irving x 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell x 1 destroyed
B-25J Mitchell x 1 damaged
PO2 E.Matsuo of BII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 3
Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Harusame, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Oite, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 1
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 172
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 35
Port hits 1
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Air attack on Rabaul from Port Moresby:
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
A6M3 Zero x 3
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3
no losses
Japanese Ships
DD Oite, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 1
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Air attack on Rabaul from Lunga:
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
A6M3 Zero x 4
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15
PB4Y Liberator x 24
B-24D Liberator x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-R Irving x 1 destroyed
Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 2
CL Sendai, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CA Mogami, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 114
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 10
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 1
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Air attack on Kavieng from Gasmata:
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 3
Allied aircraft
Beaufort x 15
P-38G Lightning x 36
P-70A Havoc x 12
B-25J Mitchell x 16
no losses
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 87
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 33
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Air attack on Shortland Island from an Allied task force consisting of 8 carriers:
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 113
TBF Avenger x 63
no losses
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 56
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 37
Port hits 1
Attacking Level Bombers:
15 x TBF Avenger at 10000 feet
18 x TBF Avenger at 10000 feet
7 x TBF Avenger at 10000 feet
5 x TBF Avenger at 10000 feet
9 x TBF Avenger at 10000 feet
9 x TBF Avenger at 10000 feet
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Air attack on Shortland Island from Lunga:
Allied aircraft
P-70A Havoc x 11
B-25J Mitchell x 63
no losses
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 10
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 48
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Air attack on IJN TF from Hoskins:
Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 12
P-38G Lightning x 11
Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger x 3 destroyed
TBF Avenger x 8 damaged
LCDR W. Dye of VT-8 is KILLED
Japanese Ships
DD Harukaze
BB Ise
DD Inazuma
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Air attack on IJN TF from Gasmata:
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 89
TBF Avenger x 30
Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless x 2 destroyed
SBD Dauntless x 3 damaged
TBF Avenger x 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CA Suzuya, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
BB Ise, Bomb hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shikinami, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Asagiri, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on IJN TF from Hoskins:
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 22
P-400 Airacobra x 22
P-38G Lightning x 10
no losses
Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Harukaze
DD Asagiri, Shell hits 12, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shikinami, Shell hits 36, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BB Ise, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
DD Inazuma
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on IJN TF from Finschafen:
Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 17
P-400 Airacobra x 11
no losses
Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 12, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asagiri, on fire, heavy damage
DD Inazuma, Shell hits 8
CA Aoba, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on IJN TF from Finschafen:
Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 16
P-400 Airacobra x 10
no losses
Japanese Ships
DD Inazuma, Shell hits 8
DD Harukaze
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Air attack on IJN TF, near Rabaul from Gasmata:
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIC x 7
B-25J Mitchell x 9
Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIC x 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Wakazuki, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yugure, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Ayanami, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Shirayuki
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Statistics To Date:
Ships Lost
Allied - 213
IJN - 323
Planes Lost
Allied - 2,076
IJN - 2,657
Bases Held
Allied - 25
IJN - 8
Score
Allied - 15,172
IJN - 10,071
Currently, I am building up my bases and re-supplying them.
I have isolated Shortland Island: the Japanese based here are receiving NO supplies. I am bombing Shortland with medium bombers based on Lunga.
In addition to Gasmata, I have also been building up the airbase at Hoskins, which is just 30 miles away. I've been sending engineers, etc overland to Hoskins. At these two bases I have stationed 525 fighters, dive bombers, torpedo planes and medium bombers. They have been attacking Japanese shipping, air bases and port facilities non-stop for 6 weeks now. The results have been devastating. The results I have achieved gives an indication of the importance of holding the "Central Position" with the acquisition of Gasmata - it sits right in the heart of the major Japanese bases. If you are the Allied player, seize this base at all costs and build up the airfield. If you are the Japanese player, HOLD this base at all costs.
In a short period of time I have achieved a 96% air superiority, and have crippled Japanese air power and naval movements with a withering hail of air attacks.
Oh, and those three Japanese carriers I mentioned previously, made their appearance just east of Rabaul. The IJN was planning to strike at my convoys supplying Gasmata. Silly IJN. My land-based aircraft plastered those carriers, and they soon limped away. . .
I have put together an eight carrier Task Force (consisting of 2 heavy carriers, 2 light carriers, and 4 escort carriers) that contains 340 planes. I intend to send this carrier task force just north of Kavieng and have my way with Japanese ships that are steaming down from Truk. I also want to smoke out any other carriers the IJN may still have that are tooling around in the area. To give these carriers a little experience working together, I have positioned the task force just south of Shortland, and will be bombing the island using its carrier planes.
Here are the results of a SINGLE DAY of Allied air attacks. As you read through the list of air attacks, pay close attention to how many times the battleships Yamashiro and Ise are hit:
Air Sorties Flown on March 28, 1943
Allied - 2,254
Japan - 158 (!)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/28/43
Air attack on Rabaul from Gasmata:
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
A6M3 Zero x 7
Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 24
Hudson x 6
Beaufort x 15
P-38G Lightning x 25
A-20G Havoc x 14
B-25J Mitchell x 15
B-26B Marauder x 27
A-20B Havoc x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed
J1N1-R Irving x 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-25J Mitchell x 1 destroyed
B-25J Mitchell x 1 damaged
PO2 E.Matsuo of BII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 3
Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Harusame, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Oite, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 1
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 172
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 35
Port hits 1
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Air attack on Rabaul from Port Moresby:
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
A6M3 Zero x 3
Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3
no losses
Japanese Ships
DD Oite, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 1
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Air attack on Rabaul from Lunga:
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
A6M3 Zero x 4
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15
PB4Y Liberator x 24
B-24D Liberator x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-R Irving x 1 destroyed
Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro, Bomb hits 2
CL Sendai, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CA Mogami, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 114
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 10
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 1
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Air attack on Kavieng from Gasmata:
Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 3
Allied aircraft
Beaufort x 15
P-38G Lightning x 36
P-70A Havoc x 12
B-25J Mitchell x 16
no losses
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 87
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 33
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Air attack on Shortland Island from an Allied task force consisting of 8 carriers:
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 113
TBF Avenger x 63
no losses
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 56
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 37
Port hits 1
Attacking Level Bombers:
15 x TBF Avenger at 10000 feet
18 x TBF Avenger at 10000 feet
7 x TBF Avenger at 10000 feet
5 x TBF Avenger at 10000 feet
9 x TBF Avenger at 10000 feet
9 x TBF Avenger at 10000 feet
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Air attack on Shortland Island from Lunga:
Allied aircraft
P-70A Havoc x 11
B-25J Mitchell x 63
no losses
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 10
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 48
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Air attack on IJN TF from Hoskins:
Allied aircraft
TBF Avenger x 12
P-38G Lightning x 11
Allied aircraft losses
TBF Avenger x 3 destroyed
TBF Avenger x 8 damaged
LCDR W. Dye of VT-8 is KILLED
Japanese Ships
DD Harukaze
BB Ise
DD Inazuma
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Air attack on IJN TF from Gasmata:
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 89
TBF Avenger x 30
Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless x 2 destroyed
SBD Dauntless x 3 damaged
TBF Avenger x 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CA Suzuya, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
BB Ise, Bomb hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shikinami, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Asagiri, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on IJN TF from Hoskins:
Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 22
P-400 Airacobra x 22
P-38G Lightning x 10
no losses
Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Harukaze
DD Asagiri, Shell hits 12, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Shikinami, Shell hits 36, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BB Ise, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
DD Inazuma
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on IJN TF from Finschafen:
Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 17
P-400 Airacobra x 11
no losses
Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 12, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Asagiri, on fire, heavy damage
DD Inazuma, Shell hits 8
CA Aoba, on fire, heavy damage
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Air attack on IJN TF from Finschafen:
Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 16
P-400 Airacobra x 10
no losses
Japanese Ships
DD Inazuma, Shell hits 8
DD Harukaze
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Air attack on IJN TF, near Rabaul from Gasmata:
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIC x 7
B-25J Mitchell x 9
Allied aircraft losses
Beaufighter VIC x 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Wakazuki, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yugure, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Ayanami, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Shirayuki
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Statistics To Date:
Ships Lost
Allied - 213
IJN - 323
Planes Lost
Allied - 2,076
IJN - 2,657
Bases Held
Allied - 25
IJN - 8
Score
Allied - 15,172
IJN - 10,071
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Shortlands
[QUOTE]Originally posted by thantis
Good choice avoiding Shortlands. The AI tends to cram it full of infantry very early on, making it a very tough nut to crack, especially if its supplied & Rabaul's Bettys and Nells still pose a threat.
I leave it alone until near the end, when I can spare a few divisions to mop it up - and make sure to bring minesweepers, as the AI mines the hell out of it.
thantis,
The AI didn't put so much force into Shortlands in my game so I took it fairly easily as far as the ground fight went. But it did mine the heck out of the hex but I didn't really lose any ships as my minesweepers did a great job sweeping mines. However the big CD unit there sure raised heck with my ships, sinking several MSW's and shooting up a dozen transports. Now to see how Rabaul is defended.
Eric Larsen
Good choice avoiding Shortlands. The AI tends to cram it full of infantry very early on, making it a very tough nut to crack, especially if its supplied & Rabaul's Bettys and Nells still pose a threat.
I leave it alone until near the end, when I can spare a few divisions to mop it up - and make sure to bring minesweepers, as the AI mines the hell out of it.
thantis,
The AI didn't put so much force into Shortlands in my game so I took it fairly easily as far as the ground fight went. But it did mine the heck out of the hex but I didn't really lose any ships as my minesweepers did a great job sweeping mines. However the big CD unit there sure raised heck with my ships, sinking several MSW's and shooting up a dozen transports. Now to see how Rabaul is defended.
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Give me the carriers
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Von Rom
Having a level-4 airbase at Gasmata is like owning 6 unsinkable "Essex-Class" fleet carriers. I now have 400 fighters, dive bombers and medium level bombers stationed there. Every day, the dive bombers attack ALL shipping that either leaves, enters, or is stationed, at Rabaul, including warships and convoys.
Essentially, I have by-passed Shortland and its heavily fortified garrison, and I am instead, going for the throat of the enemy - Rabaul. I have a few surprises up my sleeve for this once protected enemy base. . .
Gasmata: This base has become my Task Force of "Fleet Carriers".
Von Rom,
I still would rather have 6 Essex carriers than the land base at Gasmata. It only builds up to 4 or 5 at the most, and you have to keep it supplied. Carriers seem to be supply-free airfields, just give them some naval fuel and they're good to go forever. Just imagine trying to supply a 540 plane base that is virtually free in this game when it comes to carriers. Besides, carriers can move about and carry the fight to the enemy.
It will be interesting to see how you fare at Rabaul. I'm 5 days away from landing there myself.
Eric Larsen
Having a level-4 airbase at Gasmata is like owning 6 unsinkable "Essex-Class" fleet carriers. I now have 400 fighters, dive bombers and medium level bombers stationed there. Every day, the dive bombers attack ALL shipping that either leaves, enters, or is stationed, at Rabaul, including warships and convoys.
Essentially, I have by-passed Shortland and its heavily fortified garrison, and I am instead, going for the throat of the enemy - Rabaul. I have a few surprises up my sleeve for this once protected enemy base. . .
Gasmata: This base has become my Task Force of "Fleet Carriers".
Von Rom,
I still would rather have 6 Essex carriers than the land base at Gasmata. It only builds up to 4 or 5 at the most, and you have to keep it supplied. Carriers seem to be supply-free airfields, just give them some naval fuel and they're good to go forever. Just imagine trying to supply a 540 plane base that is virtually free in this game when it comes to carriers. Besides, carriers can move about and carry the fight to the enemy.
It will be interesting to see how you fare at Rabaul. I'm 5 days away from landing there myself.
Eric Larsen
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Drive for Rabaul
October 5, 1943
In mid September a mighty invasion force of almost 100 ships carrying 2 divisions plus support troops took off from Brisbane. Target: Salamua. They arrive with no trouble from subs or planes and unload their troops. After a brief easy fight Salamua has been taken. After a brief respite 2 regiments went to take Nadzab and the location just south of it while Kanga Force makes a triumphal march back to retake Wau after being chased away from there about 8 months earlier. Now the transports are almost back to Brisbane to pick up another load bound for Finschafen. I've decided to try and take Lae from Salamua by the overland route. It will be interesting to see what all those troops are there and hope strong they still are after wilting in the jungle for many many months being bombed.
I finally had to send home about 500 wimpy fighters to Noumea and Brisbane as I just don't need them anymore and they're more of a supply liability than they're worth. I've retained all the Corsairs, Hellcats, and Lightnings and sent home the rest. While the AI can still put about 10 fighters up on CAP over Rabaul, I'm pounding it with long-range bombing from Lunga and Port Moresby with the heavy bombers hitting the airfield while a small group of medium bombers works the port from Shortlands. I use P-38's out of Shortlands to escort the raids.
On September 30th I started loading up the Rabaul invasion force. The 1st and 3rd Marine divisions along with a TD battalion, 2 more combat regiments and other supporting troops have set sail for Rabaul. Another tank battalion and combat engineer battalion will load up from Shortlands and roundevous with the main invasion fleet of about 95 ships. I've got 3 fleet carriers plus about 4 CVE and CVL's, and 4 BB's and lots of CA's and DD's for surface tf's to cover the invasion for SOPAC. SWPAC's ships are resting after the Salamua operation and are awaiting their next task to cover the Finschafen landing.
To date I've shot down over 5,000 planes and sunk over 285 ships to losing about 1,500 planes and a whopping 20 ships. I lost 8 ships just recently, 7 of them PT boats as they tangled with a pair of IJN BB's, the Hiei and the Haruna which tried to bombard Shortlands. I spotted the BB's and their escorts one day's turn out from Shortlands and decided to put out 10 PT boats rather than disturb my own BB's stationed there. The PT boats did a great job putting several torps into one BB plus lots of little shell hits while losing 7 to the big bad BB's. After two surface exchanges the BB's broke through to score a few hits on my runway that were immediately fixed. A sub managed to put a torp into one of the BB's on it's way to Rabaul and then another sub put 3 torps into the Hiei as it returned from Rabaul to Truk just days before my invasion fleet is to hit Rabaul.
Eric Larsen
In mid September a mighty invasion force of almost 100 ships carrying 2 divisions plus support troops took off from Brisbane. Target: Salamua. They arrive with no trouble from subs or planes and unload their troops. After a brief easy fight Salamua has been taken. After a brief respite 2 regiments went to take Nadzab and the location just south of it while Kanga Force makes a triumphal march back to retake Wau after being chased away from there about 8 months earlier. Now the transports are almost back to Brisbane to pick up another load bound for Finschafen. I've decided to try and take Lae from Salamua by the overland route. It will be interesting to see what all those troops are there and hope strong they still are after wilting in the jungle for many many months being bombed.
I finally had to send home about 500 wimpy fighters to Noumea and Brisbane as I just don't need them anymore and they're more of a supply liability than they're worth. I've retained all the Corsairs, Hellcats, and Lightnings and sent home the rest. While the AI can still put about 10 fighters up on CAP over Rabaul, I'm pounding it with long-range bombing from Lunga and Port Moresby with the heavy bombers hitting the airfield while a small group of medium bombers works the port from Shortlands. I use P-38's out of Shortlands to escort the raids.
On September 30th I started loading up the Rabaul invasion force. The 1st and 3rd Marine divisions along with a TD battalion, 2 more combat regiments and other supporting troops have set sail for Rabaul. Another tank battalion and combat engineer battalion will load up from Shortlands and roundevous with the main invasion fleet of about 95 ships. I've got 3 fleet carriers plus about 4 CVE and CVL's, and 4 BB's and lots of CA's and DD's for surface tf's to cover the invasion for SOPAC. SWPAC's ships are resting after the Salamua operation and are awaiting their next task to cover the Finschafen landing.
To date I've shot down over 5,000 planes and sunk over 285 ships to losing about 1,500 planes and a whopping 20 ships. I lost 8 ships just recently, 7 of them PT boats as they tangled with a pair of IJN BB's, the Hiei and the Haruna which tried to bombard Shortlands. I spotted the BB's and their escorts one day's turn out from Shortlands and decided to put out 10 PT boats rather than disturb my own BB's stationed there. The PT boats did a great job putting several torps into one BB plus lots of little shell hits while losing 7 to the big bad BB's. After two surface exchanges the BB's broke through to score a few hits on my runway that were immediately fixed. A sub managed to put a torp into one of the BB's on it's way to Rabaul and then another sub put 3 torps into the Hiei as it returned from Rabaul to Truk just days before my invasion fleet is to hit Rabaul.
Eric Larsen
In all of my games, the AI seems to have a hard-on for Shortlands, sending any and every ground unit it has there, even as I bomb the hell out of it from Lunga & Vila/Munda. I once landed there and found over 40,000 infantry & 40,000 support/non-combat personnel.
I have found it easier to let the AI keep piling troops at Shortlands, bypass it, and hit Rabaul with everything I've got. As soon as you take Rabaul, the game is basically over, since the AI can't resupply without your bombers & carriers making a mess of things as they come down from Truk.
I have found it easier to let the AI keep piling troops at Shortlands, bypass it, and hit Rabaul with everything I've got. As soon as you take Rabaul, the game is basically over, since the AI can't resupply without your bombers & carriers making a mess of things as they come down from Truk.
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Re: Give me the carriers
Eric: HiOriginally posted by EricLarsen
Von Rom,
I still would rather have 6 Essex carriers than the land base at Gasmata. It only builds up to 4 or 5 at the most, and you have to keep it supplied. Carriers seem to be supply-free airfields, just give them some naval fuel and they're good to go forever. Just imagine trying to supply a 540 plane base that is virtually free in this game when it comes to carriers. Besides, carriers can move about and carry the fight to the enemy.
It will be interesting to see how you fare at Rabaul. I'm 5 days away from landing there myself.
Eric Larsen
True enough. But carriers are vulnerable floating platforms and can be sunk. Gasamata can't be sunk. Try positioning 4 carriers next to Rabaul in early February, 1943 and see what happens. . .
Yes, Gasmata needs to be re-supplied, but since I have achieved virtual air superiority (by having Gasmata), I can sail convoy ships to it with no problem now.
Carriers on the other hand, still need to be re-fueled, they accumulate system damage rather quickly, and then they wind up sitting in port for quite sometime. And you always have to worry about enemy submarines and other enemy carriers. . .
Gasmata sits right in the middle of Japan's most important bases (Rabaul and Kavieng). I have held Gasmata since early February, 1943, and those 400-500 planes stationed there, and at Hoskins, have virtually shut-down Japanese air and naval power. The Superbattleship Musashi was bombed and sank while it was in port at Rabaul. Since Feb 5, 1943, my airpower at Gasamata alone has been responsible for not only isolating Shortland Island, but has sank almost 100 ships in 8 weeks.
In addition, the 100 medium bombers stationed at Gasmata carry far more firepower than do carrier planes.
Now I can sail my carriers virtually unmolested anywhere I want. And this is still March, 1943!
Cheers!
thantis: This is what I have found as well: In my game Shortland Island contains 45,000 troops and 500 artillery pieces. So, I'm just going to isolate it and bomb the heck out of it, and I'll wait until later to seize it. . .Originally posted by thantis
In all of my games, the AI seems to have a hard-on for Shortlands, sending any and every ground unit it has there, even as I bomb the hell out of it from Lunga & Vila/Munda. I once landed there and found over 40,000 infantry & 40,000 support/non-combat personnel.
I have found it easier to let the AI keep piling troops at Shortlands, bypass it, and hit Rabaul with everything I've got. As soon as you take Rabaul, the game is basically over, since the AI can't resupply without your bombers & carriers making a mess of things as they come down from Truk.
Right now I'm bombing Rabaul, Kavieng and all Japanese shipping into oblivion. . .
I saw this, and in addition, the IJN started landing piles of troops on Munda. I shook my head, bombed the ports and airfields at Munda and Shortlands to hell, and when they ran out of supplies, left them alone.Originally posted by Von Rom
thantis: This is what I have found as well: In my game Shortland Island contains 45,000 troops and 500 artillery pieces. So, I'm just going to isolate it and bomb the heck out of it, and I'll wait until later to seize it. . .
Right now I'm bombing Rabaul, Kavieng and all Japanese shipping into oblivion. . .
I love it when a plan comes together.
XPav: HowdyOriginally posted by XPav
I saw this, and in addition, the IJN started landing piles of troops on Munda. I shook my head, bombed the ports and airfields at Munda and Shortlands to hell, and when they ran out of supplies, left them alone.
Yeah, in this game as the Allies, it pays to duplicate the historical actions of by-passing strongpoints, especially Shortland (at 300 points).
An interesting thing I just discovered: you can switch between sides and play the opposing side in a game against the AI. I tried that today to see what would happen. Everything seems to be working OK. Will the game function over the long-term by doing this sort of thing?
If so, then that opens up all kinds of possibilities: such as playing the Allies until you are in a good position, then switch sides, and see if you can fight back as the Japanese. Maybe even post a few of these "situation scenarios" somewhere. In a way, this would be like making our scenarios.
In my current game I took a peek at the Japanese situation. It's not pretty. I'm not sure I would want to switch sides and play as the Japanese at this point in the game. . . But I might give it a whirl. . .
Current Date: April 14, 1943
Shortland, Rabaul and Kavieng are all isolated and cut-off from supply from Truk. The Japanese airforce and navy have been shut-down around these ports, and my bombers, based primarily at Gasmata and Hoskins, have virtual air superiority.
My 8-carrier Task Force is stationed between Truk and Kavieng, and it has plastered everything that has tried to get through. And I do mean everything: battleships, destroyers, convoy ships. . . all have been sent to the bottom. . .
My Bombardment task force has been slamming into Kavieng and Rabaul on a regular basis.
Statistics To Date:
Ships Lost
Allied - 213
IJN - 353
Planes Lost
Allied - 2,201
IJN - 2,740
Bases Held
Allied - 25
IJN - 8
Score
Allied - 15,664
IJN - 9,394
OK I went into the Japanese side of the game to see if they have any chance to make a comeback. It is worse than I had thought. Shortland, Rabaul, and Kavieng virtualy have NO supply. For example, although Rabaul has plenty of aircraft, it has only a fraction of the supply it needs, and its airbase and port facilities are shot. . .
The actual ship loss for the Japanese is 379 vs my loss of 213. The score is 15,664 for the Allies and 9,394 for the IJN.
My airforce stationed at Hoskins and Gasmata has completely shut down the Japanese air and naval forces. My 8-carrier task force stationed between Truk and Kavieng won't let any supply get through. The situation is so bad I wouldn't even want to take the Japanese position in an attempt to make a fight out of it. I just do not see any counter to the massive 500 plane airforce I have stationed on New Britain (plus the 100s of fighters I have stationed elsewhere).
The only thing I would have left to do would be to bomb and then invade Rabaul, which is no contest really; it's just waiting around to perform the inevitable.
Therefore, I have called it a Decisive Allied Victory as of April 14, 1943.
This was my first campaign playing UV. I started playing this campaign while I read the manual. I made a lot of mistakes, and about three months into the campaign, I was doing so badly I almost started over again. But I hung in there, finished the manual, learned the game mechanics, picked up a thing or two on the forums, and then was able to make a comeback. . .
I hope you have had as much fun in reading this series of AARs as I have had in playing the game and writing them. This campaign has provided me with some of the most interesting, exciting, and nail-biting moments I have had the pleasure to enjoy. It is a real tribute to a game such as UV, where the gameplay becomes something personal.
Thank you very much for your interest and comments. Eric, the very best to you in your quest to defeat the enemy
Now, I can't wait to start a new campaign. But this time I'll play the Japanese side. Banzai!
The actual ship loss for the Japanese is 379 vs my loss of 213. The score is 15,664 for the Allies and 9,394 for the IJN.
My airforce stationed at Hoskins and Gasmata has completely shut down the Japanese air and naval forces. My 8-carrier task force stationed between Truk and Kavieng won't let any supply get through. The situation is so bad I wouldn't even want to take the Japanese position in an attempt to make a fight out of it. I just do not see any counter to the massive 500 plane airforce I have stationed on New Britain (plus the 100s of fighters I have stationed elsewhere).
The only thing I would have left to do would be to bomb and then invade Rabaul, which is no contest really; it's just waiting around to perform the inevitable.
Therefore, I have called it a Decisive Allied Victory as of April 14, 1943.
This was my first campaign playing UV. I started playing this campaign while I read the manual. I made a lot of mistakes, and about three months into the campaign, I was doing so badly I almost started over again. But I hung in there, finished the manual, learned the game mechanics, picked up a thing or two on the forums, and then was able to make a comeback. . .
I hope you have had as much fun in reading this series of AARs as I have had in playing the game and writing them. This campaign has provided me with some of the most interesting, exciting, and nail-biting moments I have had the pleasure to enjoy. It is a real tribute to a game such as UV, where the gameplay becomes something personal.
Thank you very much for your interest and comments. Eric, the very best to you in your quest to defeat the enemy
Now, I can't wait to start a new campaign. But this time I'll play the Japanese side. Banzai!
forget that
go start a pbem for a real challenge!
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Rabaul & Shortlands
[QUOTE]Originally posted by thantis
In all of my games, the AI seems to have a hard-on for Shortlands, sending any and every ground unit it has there, even as I bomb the hell out of it from Lunga & Vila/Munda. I once landed there and found over 40,000 infantry & 40,000 support/non-combat personnel.
I have found it easier to let the AI keep piling troops at Shortlands, bypass it, and hit Rabaul with everything I've got. As soon as you take Rabaul, the game is basically over, since the AI can't resupply without your bombers & carriers making a mess of things as they come down from Truk.
thantis,
I lost a few MSW's at Shortlands, mainly due to the CD units there than to mines. The Cd's also damaged quite a few transports, but I had plenty and most have recovered by now. Rabaul was a tougher nut to crack since I didn't really do a lot of bombing and bombarding before invading the base. I've learned a lot about invasions by doing quite a few.
Eric Larsen
In all of my games, the AI seems to have a hard-on for Shortlands, sending any and every ground unit it has there, even as I bomb the hell out of it from Lunga & Vila/Munda. I once landed there and found over 40,000 infantry & 40,000 support/non-combat personnel.
I have found it easier to let the AI keep piling troops at Shortlands, bypass it, and hit Rabaul with everything I've got. As soon as you take Rabaul, the game is basically over, since the AI can't resupply without your bombers & carriers making a mess of things as they come down from Truk.
thantis,
I lost a few MSW's at Shortlands, mainly due to the CD units there than to mines. The Cd's also damaged quite a few transports, but I had plenty and most have recovered by now. Rabaul was a tougher nut to crack since I didn't really do a lot of bombing and bombarding before invading the base. I've learned a lot about invasions by doing quite a few.
Eric Larsen
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South to Rabaul
Well I landed my SOPAC invasion force at Rabaul and after a tough 5-day fight I managed to capture the base. Meanwhile the SWPAC land campaign around Salamua-Lae-Finschafen came to a successful conclusion. I had landed at Salamua around mid October '43 with close to 2 divisions. The AI reacted to this by marching a large force from Finschafen to Lae. This was great since I planned on invading Finschafen next and the AI made that task much easier by shifting forces to Lae. I marched my troops from Salamua to Lae and found that I was vastly outnumbered, the AI had something like 15 large strong regiments in the hex! So I just stayed on defense there while I took Finschafen and then marched that division to Hopei and then to Lae. By the time I got there with the Finschafen troops I had managed to whittle down his ground strngth. It still took several days of combat to take Lae and then a quick attack to mop up. In over a month of action I destroyed over 100,000 troops, 600 guns and 100 vehicles in the Salamua-Lae- Finschafen area. While covering the Finschafen landings I had my heart jump to my throat as a IJN sub attakced the Essex and put a torp in her. When I checked the next turn the Essex had 5 system damage, about 3 points higher than when it started out of port about a week earlier. Phew, I was worried I'd be short a carreir for the big Truk bombing run.
I was then able to launch an invasion of Kavieng barely a month after taking Rabaul. That was also a tough fight as I had not bombed it back to the stone ages either before invading. The second turn my invasion force was there the AI sent a fast transport tf of a CL and 4 DD's but they got hammered by one of three BB surface tf's with very little damage to my ships. Next up is Gasmata where there's a big tank unit. Then I'll start setting up Rabaul with all the heavy bombers and put all my navy ships into Kavieng so I can make a mid-December run up to Truk to bomb and bombard that base just before the game's end.
The score right now is over 25,000 points for me and about 5,000 points for the AI. I've sunk over 340 ships to losing about 25 ships, mostly small ones. I've destroyed 6,100 aircraft to losing about 1,700. I've destroyed over 3,600 army points while losing a mere 360. It's been a lot of fun. Now to start a new game with 2.0!
Eric Larsen
I was then able to launch an invasion of Kavieng barely a month after taking Rabaul. That was also a tough fight as I had not bombed it back to the stone ages either before invading. The second turn my invasion force was there the AI sent a fast transport tf of a CL and 4 DD's but they got hammered by one of three BB surface tf's with very little damage to my ships. Next up is Gasmata where there's a big tank unit. Then I'll start setting up Rabaul with all the heavy bombers and put all my navy ships into Kavieng so I can make a mid-December run up to Truk to bomb and bombard that base just before the game's end.
The score right now is over 25,000 points for me and about 5,000 points for the AI. I've sunk over 340 ships to losing about 25 ships, mostly small ones. I've destroyed 6,100 aircraft to losing about 1,700. I've destroyed over 3,600 army points while losing a mere 360. It's been a lot of fun. Now to start a new game with 2.0!
Eric Larsen
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Try scenario 19!
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Von Rom
Now, I can't wait to start a new campaign. But this time I'll play the Japanese side. Banzai!
Von Rom,
Good campaign. Try scenario 19 if you're the IJN. I tried scenario 17 as the IJN and took Rabaul around 1/43, but ended up with little to do and nothing to worry about in protecting what I had. I was almost going to invade Australia but then started the scenario 19 game as the Allies. You'll definitely be able to be busy early as the Japs in 19 and you'll enjoy more troops, land-based planes, and most importantly a few more base forces. Seeing 2.0 being available makes it tough to want to finish my current game but I may persevere anyway just to see the end result and be able to say I actually finished a monster scenario.
Eric Larsen
Now, I can't wait to start a new campaign. But this time I'll play the Japanese side. Banzai!
Von Rom,
Good campaign. Try scenario 19 if you're the IJN. I tried scenario 17 as the IJN and took Rabaul around 1/43, but ended up with little to do and nothing to worry about in protecting what I had. I was almost going to invade Australia but then started the scenario 19 game as the Allies. You'll definitely be able to be busy early as the Japs in 19 and you'll enjoy more troops, land-based planes, and most importantly a few more base forces. Seeing 2.0 being available makes it tough to want to finish my current game but I may persevere anyway just to see the end result and be able to say I actually finished a monster scenario.
Eric Larsen
Re: Try scenario 19!
Originally posted by EricLarsen
Eric: Great going on your campaign! Those are impressive numbers.Originally posted by Von Rom
Now, I can't wait to start a new campaign. But this time I'll play the Japanese side. Banzai!
Von Rom,
Good campaign. Try scenario 19 if you're the IJN. I tried scenario 17 as the IJN and took Rabaul around 1/43, but ended up with little to do and nothing to worry about in protecting what I had. I was almost going to invade Australia but then started the scenario 19 game as the Allies. You'll definitely be able to be busy early as the Japs in 19 and you'll enjoy more troops, land-based planes, and most importantly a few more base forces. Seeing 2.0 being available makes it tough to want to finish my current game but I may persevere anyway just to see the end result and be able to say I actually finished a monster scenario.
Eric Larsen
Thanks for the advice about scenario #19. I'm trying to find ways to make things as difficult as possible to win in a scenario. I'm thinking of playing #19 as the Allies, but playing on "hard" and giving Japan a 200% ship commitment. Now that would be fun
Cheers!