drwho (IJN) vs. Ross Moorhouse (USN) #17

[Ron Saueracker]

I'm amazed you are letting all those F/Tainan expert pilots fly to their deaths prematurely in those crappy Claudes. Not that they won't die an honourable death in a Zero...

Is Tanaka getting paid overtime?

[mogami]

Hi, A lot of early action for a scenario 17. I'm too skittish as allies in May 42. I just want to train.

[derwho]

Ron: The Claudes ware supposed to perform a specific mission before being sent back to get something more modern.

Mogami: I mailed to you and said I'd give you your money's worth of action but you declined..

Nothing much happening right now. Ross is giving my pilots live practice at Lae:

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Air attack on Lae , at 9,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 11
A6M2 Zero x 37

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 9
P-39D Airacobra x 7
P-40E Kittyhawk x 3
B-17E Fortress x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway x 6 destroyed
Wirraway x 5 damaged
P-39D Airacobra x 2 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra x 1 damaged
P-40E Kittyhawk x 2 destroyed
B-17E Fortress x 2 damaged

PO1 J.Minobe of EI-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 3

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 6

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 8

Attacking Level Bombers:
3 x B-17E Fortress at 12000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 12000 feet
--[CLiP]--

[derwho]

Still nothing spectacular to report. I sank two MSW in PM harbour.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/29/42

Weather: Partly Cloudy

Sub attack near Port Moresby at 10,40

Japanese Ships
SS I-28

Allied Ships
MSW Cessnock, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


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Sub attack near Port Moresby at 10,40

Japanese Ships
SS I-24

Allied Ships
MSW Cessnock, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage


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Sub attack near Port Moresby at 10,40

Japanese Ships
SS I-24

Allied Ships
MSW Launceton, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
--[CLiP]--

[derwho]

How can I even describe this turn? Words are surely not enough!

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Sub attack at 11,47

Japanese Ships
SS I-17

Allied Ships
CV Yorktown, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CA Portland

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Sub attack at 11,47

Japanese Ships
SS I-17

Allied Ships
CV Lexington, Torpedo hits 1
CA Portland
CA Minneapolis
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Now before you start running around and shouting that drwho is a lucky bastard take this into account:

a) Cotrary to what Ross said earlier in this thread, he didn't send his CV-TF to Noumea, but quickly slipt it to Townsville to get fuel.
b) The above was keenly monitored by the IJN.
c) If you keep hanging your TF around a certain spot (approx 7 hex S-SE of PM) you are asking for trouble.
d) Ross did the above.
e) 8 IJN subs hunting are bound to find the trouble mentioned.

Naturally the commander of SS I-17 get's sent to Tokyo for some major celebrations + decorations + a meeting with the Emperor.

[Ross Moorhouse]

And when that commander gets to see those girls in the bath house one of those girls will slit his throat. My spys are everywhere.

[mariovalleemtl]

"...when he moved his CV-TF North West of Port Moresby. I'd never do that. Mario Vallée did that to me and I sunk both Yorktown and Lexington in an instant..." ; drwho

My main prob. , "that time", was my previous night attack on Lea airfield did not work at all. Was it the same mess with you Ross?
I did not have this trouble in owr next game because Lea is still a base but not a airfield thank to my B-17. :p

I must say; Anssi Sallinen & Marc Balasko are the best players I have play so far. And I have play a lot :rolleyes:

mario

[derwho]

Mario: thanks for the compliment, you aren't a bad player yourself.

Ross has started to bombard Lae at night with Hudsons and Beauforts. Practically no results, 12 guys killed last night with no hits on the airfield.

Also looks like we are going to see some ground combat. Ross has steadily been moving troops toward Lae. He also moved a unit of infantry to Buna last turn so something is brewing also there.

[derwho]

And action for a change. I've devised by my own a most evil tactic for using AV's - I use them as convoy raiders. This raid wasn't really good as I usually score 4 to 5 bomb hits on about four ships per raid when using 3 AV's. For some reason my F1M2 Pete's didn't participate even when they ware well in range of the TF.

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Air attack on TF at 23,49

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake x 6 damaged

Allied Ships
PG Moa, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Fuller


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Air attack on TF at 23,49

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake x 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Monaghan, Bomb hits 2, on fire

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Air attack on TF at 23,49

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake x 1 destroyed
E13A1 Jake x 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AP Henry T. Allen
--[CLiP]--

Also some ground combat, the USN squad had an assault value of 0 because of all the marching from PM to Buna and me bombing it.

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Ground combat at Buna

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2590 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 4306 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 80

Allied ground losses:
Men lost 6

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Ground combat at Buna

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4301 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 2521 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles
--[CLiP]--

[derwho]

Still no F1M2 Pete's attacking.. I'm really starting to wonder why because previously (in other games) they did good damage when they attacked. My other AV was one hex away from Ross'es TF.
Jake's have 60kg bombs but Pete's have only 30kg, but they scored more hit's so the cumulative damage was greater.

--[CLiP]--
Air attack on TF at 17,45

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake x 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AP American Legion
DD Russell

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Air attack on TF at 17,45

Japanese aircraft
E13A1 Jake x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake x 4 damaged

Allied Ships
AP Henry T. Allen, Bomb hits 3, on fire
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Oh well, something is better than nothing.

[Ross Moorhouse]

I hate float planes.... :p And they are well out of reach of my CAP too.

[derwho]

Float planes are nice little buggers..

Getting hectic again. Great flying weather as it's been clear for 3 to 4 days in a row now and looks like we are going to have good weather still for atleast a day or so. I'm looking forward for some more air combat above Lae.

--[CLiP]--
Air attack on Lae , at 9,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 10
A6M2 Zero x 45

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 7
Hudson x 6
Wirraway x 3
P-400 Airacobra x 9
P-39D Airacobra x 12
F-5A Lightning x 2
B-25D Mitchell x 6
B-17E Fortress x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe x 2 destroyed
A6M2-N Rufe x 1 damaged
A6M2 Zero x 6 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2 damaged
Hudson x 1 destroyed
Hudson x 1 damaged
Wirraway x 2 destroyed
Wirraway x 1 damaged
P-400 Airacobra x 4 destroyed
P-400 Airacobra x 1 damaged
P-39D Airacobra x 6 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra x 2 damaged
F-5A Lightning x 1 damaged
B-25D Mitchell x 1 destroyed
B-17E Fortress x 6 damaged

ENS L.Araki of FF1/Yokohama Chutai is credited with kill number 5

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 297
Guns lost 2

Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Attacking Level Bombers:
3 x B-17E Fortress at 17000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress at 17000 feet
3 x Hudson at 6000 feet
3 x B-25D Mitchell at 6000 feet
--[CLiP]--

[derwho]

Lot's of air combat above Lae as predicted:

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Air attack on Lae , at 9,33

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 8
A6M2 Zero x 54

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3
Hudson x 6
P-400 Airacobra x 9
P-39D Airacobra x 23
F-5A Lightning x 2
B-25D Mitchell x 6
B-17E Fortress x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 7 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat x 1 damaged
Hudson x 2 damaged
P-400 Airacobra x 3 destroyed
P-400 Airacobra x 2 damaged
P-39D Airacobra x 15 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra x 4 damaged
B-25D Mitchell x 1 destroyed
B-25D Mitchell x 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress x 1 destroyed
B-17E Fortress x 5 damaged

PO1 P.Endo of EII-1 Daitai is credited with kill number 6

PO2 Y. Oki of F1/Tainan Daitai is KILLED

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 98

Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 1

Attacking Level Bombers:
2 x B-17E Fortress at 17000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 17000 feet
--[CLiP]--

And a lucky-shot for me:

--[CLiP]--
Sub attack near Noumea at 52,67

Japanese Ships
SS I-27

Allied Ships
CA New Orleans, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
--[CLiP]--

[derwho]

Looks like Ross made a mistake (care to comment Ross?) and for some reason left New Orleans at Noumea harbour already badly damaged. 6 torps later it sunk. 40 points of score to me and I'm happy for that.

--[CLiP]--
Sub attack near Noumea at 52,67

Japanese Ships
SS I-27

Allied Ships
CA New Orleans, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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Sub attack near Noumea at 52,67

Japanese Ships
SS I-27

Allied Ships
CA New Orleans, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
--[CLiP]--

No air acitivity around Lae, seems Ross'es pilots started to complain about being shot down all the time and demanded some R&R which Ross gave them. Too bad, all my squadrons at Lae are now 80+ EXP and they would gladly have a few EXP points more. Captured USN/RAAF pilots are also great fun for my troops at Lae because they scream like girls when burned with hot iron.

[Admiral DadMan]

What is the date of the game turn?

[derwho]

Early June ´42, like maybe the 10th or so. I'll check it for you when I get home.

[derwho]

Ross formed a CV-TF from his two damaged carriers at Townsville and started to move it towards Brisbane just off the Great Barrier Reef. Again, my excellent scouting ability was able to monitor this move and I sent a few CSs & AVs to hunt him down. Yorktown caught four hits destroying AA mounts and causing widespread panic among the crew. Walke was leaving Brisbane harbour unescorted and caught two hits from my Daves. It's reported that the crew hoisted a white flag after the attack by my brave pilots.
The flag was machinegunned from my Daves.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/09/42

Weather: Partly Cloudy

Air attack on TF at 28,67

Japanese aircraft
E8N Dave x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
E8N Dave x 8 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Yorktown, Bomb hits 4

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Air attack on TF at 24,76

Japanese aircraft
E8N Dave x 5

no losses

Allied Ships
DD Walke, Bomb hits 2, on fire
--[CLiP]--

[Bax]

Drwho, aren't you worried about getting nailed by his LB's on the East coast of Australia? How close did your TF's get to them?

In my battle with Toro-san, that crafty little devil keeps hugging the barrier reef between Cairns and Cooktown, making me wary of getting close enough to attack him with my CV TF that is in the area. Part of me wants to rush right in and force a battle, yet the thought of his LB's getting a crack at my CV's makes me balk.

[derwho]

UV has this feature that I'm not quite sure is realistic. You can see which base has aircraft in it and which does not. Ross doesn't have any aircraft in bases south of Townsville so raiding him a few hexes away from Brisbane is quite safe. ;D

[wobbly]

A CS can fly it's planes while on the move but the AV's need a base and supplies - where the hell are you flying from?