Hairy Asian Experiences - GreyJoy (J) vs. Q-Ball (A)

[GreyJoy]

Tomorrow we'll also start sweeping Singapore, with 30 Zeros and 36 Oscars...let's see if i can start to reduce the fortress..
 
Force Z is still reported near Palembang... at the moment we're delivering at air HQ and an additional Base force at Singkawang...probably in one week the base could start to operate with nells and betties.
 
 

[GreyJoy]

ORIGINAL: n01487477

Didn't understand that playing Japan was so difficult....

And that's what will make you a stronger player for either side. Some solely Allied and Japanese players should take note [8D]

[:)]...well, i had taken so much beating from Rader that i think that, at least psycologically, i'm up to the task[:D]

[seille]

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

Tomorrow we'll also start sweeping Singapore, with 30 Zeros and 36 Oscars...let's see if i can start to reduce the fortress..

Force Z is still reported near Palembang... at the moment we're delivering at air HQ and an additional Base force at Singkawang...probably in one week the base could start to operate with nells and betties.

One week is a loooong time. You should have planned with a air HQ for Singkawang direct at start. Wouldn´t it be great to have it available right now ? [:D]
Where did you send the 3 air HQs from Saigon area at start ?

edit: after re reading it i think you mean level 4 airfield will be completed in a week, right ?

[ny59giants]

AF size 2 allows your Nell/Betty to carry torpedoes with the Air HQ at Singakawang. Make sure the HQ has 2x the needed amount available in torpedoes after it is fully unloaded (I would set it for 120 and load that many into the HQ). Restrict their range to 14 hexes and set your Zero to max range with drop tanks (14 hexes). Set your Nell/Betty to 20% Naval Search and actually set up search arcs to cover the strait between Sumatra and Java and down the Java Sea.

AF size 4 allows your Nell/Betty to carry a full bomb load.

An updated bill will be sent to you work address via FedEx tomorrow morning.

[ny59giants]

Edit....double posting

[JohnDillworth]

quote:

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

Camra Bay

Thanks for the pick up!

[GreyJoy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 15, 41

His subs are really driving me mad, while mine have already missed 3 times against his major AP Liners around SF....[:@]


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Submarine attack near Laoag at 81,71

Japanese Ships
xAK Hiyama Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel



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Sub attack near Takao at 84,66

Japanese Ships
xAKL Gyokurei Maru, Shell hits 12, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Porpoise

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)




We finally started to sweep Singapore... only few buffaloes were on CAP...strange!
We lost 2 pilots...2 good ones i mean...but Oscars and Zeros didn't arrive togheder and i cannot complain on the result

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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 36



Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 32


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 6 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36



No Japanese losses





Finally HK fell today. My armies were really helped by the efforts produced by IJAAF and IJNAF, who made nearly 800 sorties today against the british bastion.
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Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 31765 troops, 431 guns, 199 vehicles, Assault Value = 857

Defending force 6886 troops, 120 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 118

Japanese adjusted assault: 736

Allied adjusted defense: 265

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hong Kong !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
317 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled


Allied ground losses:
7273 casualties reported
Squads: 238 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 562 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 28 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 154 (154 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 91 (91 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 6


Assaulting units:
104th Division
66th Infantry Regiment
38th Division
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
5th RF Gun Battalion
21st Mortar Battalion
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
Rifles of Canada Battalion
Kowloon Brigade
1st Middlesex Battalion
102nd RN Base Force
Hong Kong Fortress



Now a couple of days for recovery and then we'll move north to help Canton


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In Malaya we finally broke the roadblock south of Kota Bharu... but we're proceeding slow...really really slow....[:(]

Ground combat at 51,76 (near Kota Bharu)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 2132 troops, 11 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 79

Defending force 1886 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

Japanese adjusted assault: 37

Allied adjusted defense: 10

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
837 casualties reported
Squads: 32 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 54 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 3


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
22nd Recon Regiment
II./143rd Infantry Battalion

Defending units:
FMSV Brigade
8th Indian Brigade
3rd ISF Base Force




In CENTPAC, we conquered Makin and tomorrow we'll land at Tarawa. Wewak is also invaded and soon will be Rabaul's turn


Force Z is confirmed near Palembang, while more cruisers are spotted at Singapore

[Canoerebel]

Geez! Now we have people double posting in here? Thanks, gents. My earnest efforts to stay ahead of GJ must go unrequitted in the face of such partisan postings!

[GreyJoy]

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[GreyJoy]

ORIGINAL: seille

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

Tomorrow we'll also start sweeping Singapore, with 30 Zeros and 36 Oscars...let's see if i can start to reduce the fortress..

Force Z is still reported near Palembang... at the moment we're delivering at air HQ and an additional Base force at Singkawang...probably in one week the base could start to operate with nells and betties.

One week is a loooong time. You should have planned with a air HQ for Singkawang direct at start. Wouldn´t it be great to have it available right now ? [:D]
Where did you send the 3 air HQs from Saigon area at start ?

edit: after re reading it i think you mean level 4 airfield will be completed in a week, right ?

I know 1 week is a loong time... and i know i'm way behind a correct timetable.... what can i say in my defence? Nothing, a part from the fact that, as we said earlier, better to go safe than to make tremendous mistakes!

[:D]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 15, 41

Although it doesn't look like it, Davao has a port and would put you one hex closer to your Mindanao targets. It also has resources you can start extracting.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

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Any foot march up the middle of the Malay peninsula is going to be very slow and malaria-ridden. If there is any possiblilty of leap-frogging by sea to Kuantan I would do that and let the enemy have the malaria and supply shortages.

[seille]

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy
I know 1 week is a loong time... and i know i'm way behind a correct timetable.... what can i say in my defence? Nothing, a part from the fact that, as we said earlier, better to go safe than to make tremendous mistakes!

I just wanted to point out how great it would have been to be able to use TORPEDO armed Nells or Betties from Singkawang direct after the capture instead of waiting
for the torps. Especially since you confirmed the Force Z is at Palembang. I wouldn´t worry too much about your speed. Too much risk because of high speed is never good for a first time jap player.
Playing safe is better, but not without doing as much damage as possible [:D]

[Lcp Purcell]

Chinese mess...

Remember China is more about supply issues than anything else, and he dose not have the supply to maintain this aggressions,

Air attacks on troops in the open & the air base at Chungking will reduce his supplies. Did you reposition the Manchukuo air assets to Port Arthur and Jehol so they can hit the China? And I find I need extra air bases and construction crews in Hankow because it's the end of the big river and I can hit Chungking from there (also it's good to expand that port and dump supplies into Hankow & Wuchang every turn) Probe the towns along the Burma road with recon flights maybe you can make a para drop.

[GreyJoy]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

.Any foot march up the middle of the Malay peninsula is going to be very slow and malaria-ridden. If there is any possiblilty of leap-frogging by sea to Kuantan I would do that and let the enemy have the malaria and supply shortages.

Well, i skipped that chance because i didn't want to give to the british cruisers at Singa the chance of hitting my convoys so easy...
However now i'm blaming myself for that choice...[:o]

[GreyJoy]

ORIGINAL: Lcp Purcell

Chinese mess...

Remember China is more about supply issues than anything else, and he dose not have the supply to maintain this aggressions,

Air attacks on troops in the open & the air base at Chungking will reduce his supplies. Did you reposition the Manchukuo air assets to Port Arthur and Jehol so they can hit the China? And I find I need extra air bases and construction crews in Hankow because it's the end of the big river and I can hit Chungking from there (also it's good to expand that port and dump supplies into Hankow & Wuchang every turn) Probe the towns along the Burma road with recon flights maybe you can make a para drop.

mmm...great ideas! but i find the use of restricted units out of Machukoku a bit gamey.... but yes, i need to send more supplies to China... and Probe...well, we're checking...[;)]

[GreyJoy]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

AF size 2 allows your Nell/Betty to carry torpedoes with the Air HQ at Singakawang. Make sure the HQ has 2x the needed amount available in torpedoes after it is fully unloaded (I would set it for 120 and load that many into the HQ). Restrict their range to 14 hexes and set your Zero to max range with drop tanks (14 hexes). Set your Nell/Betty to 20% Naval Search and actually set up search arcs to cover the strait between Sumatra and Java and down the Java Sea.

AF size 4 allows your Nell/Betty to carry a full bomb load.

An updated bill will be sent to you work address via FedEx tomorrow morning.

Yes, 3 should be working allright...i could also re-base there Kaga's Kates once the Air HQ is there...

Palembang will be invaded within 10 days i think....5 SNLF/Naval Garrison units will be committed, plus a tank regiment....hope it's enough....[8|] Tomorrow we'll start reconning Palembang and see what he has placed there

[nashvillen]

ORIGINAL: Lcp Purcell

Chinese mess...

Remember China is more about supply issues than anything else, and he dose not have the supply to maintain this aggressions,

Air attacks on troops in the open & the air base at Chungking will reduce his supplies. Did you reposition the Manchukuo air assets to Port Arthur and Jehol so they can hit the China? And I find I need extra air bases and construction crews in Hankow because it's the end of the big river and I can hit Chungking from there (also it's good to expand that port and dump supplies into Hankow & Wuchang every turn) Probe the towns along the Burma road with recon flights maybe you can make a para drop.

Bombing missions against airfields destorys his supplies. Run the Chinese out of supply and they will be like a big soft hairball (like a big furry dog that is shedding hairball, not a feline one) in your hand for you to throw in the trash. [:D]

[GreyJoy]

Sorry guys...do you know the command of how to slow down, while in game-reply showing mode, the messages pop-up? For unknown reasons they seem to be back to 0.1 sec
 
Thanks in advance

[Lcp Purcell]

i find the use of restricted units out of Machukoku a bit gamey....

When the Soviets attack in 45 will you find it gamey to use the air assets of the home island to attack Vladivostok, or for the Dutch air to support Singapore, or for the Australian air to attack the Japaneses in the DEI. Gamey ( but legal) is paying the political points for the 2nd air division HQ and getting the whole air army for a song.