Damn the torpedoes, Full speed ahead! - dennishe vs njp72 - early 1944

[dennishe]

From my opponent:

Before you invaded Noumea I was just in the process of organising an evacuation to shorten my perimeter and focus on the central pacific. Now it may become a key battleground.

The plan to make life easier for transports to move from the US West Coast to OZ backfired greatly and another battle on attrition is going on.

[dennishe]

I did not realize that one cannot retreat directly from Manila to Bataan. Therefore I pulled back my units from Manila too late resulting that the USAFFE was cut in half. A costly mistake as the Japanese troops quickly sieged Manila. The I Philippinian Corps at Bataan has still 17000 supplies, 800 AV and level 6 fortresses. I want to keep Bataan into 1943...

[dennishe]

How to turn this thing around [&:]

[dennishe]

I first produced my pistol and then produced my rapier
I said, "Stand and deliver or the devel he may take ya"

[dennishe]

Always nice to see 50+ B17s striking an enemy base.
I just noticed that no B17s are being produced anymore until deep in 1945. Huge surpise to me...

[dennishe]

The march to the far northwest of OZ took a while, but finally the whole of Oz is mine again!

[dennishe]

For the Allies Fiji would be an awesome place to battle it out. Lots of troops and supplies there

[dennishe]

Time for our biweekly major naval battle

[DOCUP]

Love this AAR. Keep it up.

[dennishe]

ORIGINAL: DOCUP

Love this AAR. Keep it up.

Thanks. A small victory again today

[dennishe]

Japanese deliberate attack. Assault odds 1 - 6 [:D]

[Crackaces]

No small victory to take out an AO in my opinion .. the single ship type in the IJN inventory that controlls offensive operational pace IMHO ..

[dennishe]

ORIGINAL: Crackaces

No small victory to take out an AO in my opinion .. the single ship type in the IJN inventory that controlls offensive operational pace IMHO ..

You are right. Sinking Japanese AOs is significant. But calling it a large victory goes a bit far...

[dennishe]

the Helldivers score some more hits

[dennishe]

Advantage of the operation "Whiskey in the Jar" is that KB is fully committed to the Noumea area (i.e. it cannot go somewhere else to counter other offensives or support Japanese invasions). If it leaves the Japs at Noumea are in trouble

[dennishe]

And with KB being fully committed to Noumea and with the Japanese Air Force being weak in the Marshals (hopefully), it is time for operation paint it black

[dennishe]

Very very smoothly [:D]

[dennishe]

This continues from a Naval battle from a while back. Things have been quiet around Port Moresby

[dennishe]

Damn the carriers. This war is fought with battleships!!!!!!!

[dennishe]

The battle for the Coral Sea continues...