Parry and Spar, or is it... Reluctant Admiral 4.2 Fulkerson(J) vs Moore (A)

[larryfulkerson]

The mouseover says that Jim still has 4 bombers at Johore Bahru and that this raid may have done some minor damage there.

[larryfulkerson]

Most of my heavier bombers are in the DEI area and so Operation Beat-Down is proceeding extreamly slowly. More troops are slated
to move to Manila in a few days so maybe I can still turn this around and make more progress faster.

[larryfulkerson]

The air war is still going on in the skies above Buna. Who is winning is still the question.

[larryfulkerson]

Not very many Nate's got airborne ( lack of AF dudes at Hanoi ) but those that did put in a good show.

[larryfulkerson]

I may have to fly in some float planes to Toyohara to help out the ASW assets there. Another Allied sub has surfaced near my major
shipping lanes.

[larryfulkerson]

I'm not sure I fully understand why the AV of my dudes was only 1/3 of what it might have been in this Clark Field attack. The fatigue
level is only about 28 for my divisions......is that the problem?

[larryfulkerson]

I obviously need to soften up the Allied dudes at Canton via air before I try another Bombardment on the ground.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's another AV reduction by 2/3 in this attack at Koepang. The fort level is 0 now however so I'm thinking of doing it again
tomorrow.

[larryfulkerson]

Kuantan needs some ship-to-shore bombardment a couple of times before I attack there again.

[larryfulkerson]

Bandy finally fell. Now to move some planes there. No, first move some AF dudes there, THEN the planes. I'm learning.

[larryfulkerson]

Jim shoots back at Cebu. This doesn't bode well for the Japs.

[moore4807]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 17, 42
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Larry caught me reinforcing Luganville, its pretty much drawing my line in the sand where I'll make my stand...

Submarine attack near Luganville at 120,150
Japanese Ships
SS RO-60

Allied Ships
xAP Matsonia

Submarine attack near Luganville at 120,150
Japanese Ships
SS RO-60

Allied Ships
xAP Santa Barbara, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Submarine attack near Luganville at 120,150
Japanese Ships
SS RO-60

Allied Ships
xAP Santa Inez, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

My goal of flooding his coast with subs like he has done to me is starting to take shape...


Submarine attack near Hamamatsu at 110,63
Japanese Ships
xAP Miike Maru

Allied Ships
SS Thresher

Sub attack near Etorofu at 128,48
Japanese Ships
PB Sureboko Maru

Allied Ships
SS Pickerel


Sub attack near Utsonomiya at 116,63
Japanese Ships
PB Shintohoku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Shark


Ok, I'll admit putting the KIX in port is a little overambitious... [:'(]

ASW attack near Makassar at 65,106
Japanese Ships
DD Asagiri

Allied Ships
SS KIX, hits 4

So far, today's ground action is slightly in my favor, P.I. is holding nicely...

Orphan Annie is saluting her forces on Jap radio tonight...
Japanese forces CAPTURE Bandjermasin !!!

[geofflambert]

Larry, wouldn't it be simpler to paint out the real TFs than to add a bunch of fake ones? It's a bigger suprise if you suddenly uncloak than if one of your fake TFs turns out to be real.

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert
Larry, wouldn't it be simpler to paint out the real TFs than to add a bunch of fake ones? It's a bigger suprise if you suddenly uncloak than if one of your fake TFs turns out to be real.

I've decided that there's no real need for disinformation yet and so I don't, anymore, doctor my pictures to hide anything. This early-stage of the war is really hard on the Allies and my need for OPSEC is mostly optional right now. Later on, when Jim gets a bunch
of ships to throw around I might decide to change my miind but right now I'm concentrating on helping Jim with his game against TommyG ( where Jim is the Japs ). I'm hoping to be able to display such a masterful show of skill that Jim learns a thing or two in playing the Jap side of things and his game against TommyG will be all the more skillful yet. Or maybe Jim will learn what not to do. What you see in the pictures is what really happened. So far at least. But thanks for the suggestion.

[larryfulkerson]

One of my Assault Divisions got split into parts somehow and I've got some rearranging to do to put it back together. I've got some people headed to Tulagi to replace the one part that is parked there and I hope to have this Division back together within a couple of
weeks game time.

[larryfulkerson]

As you can see most of the non-home-islands Oil is parked at Balikpapan, Miri, ( and it goes without saying...Palembang, which isn't in
my hands yet ) and I've got to organize some convoys to get it moved to the home islands stat. Oil and resources are the name of the
Japanese game and I can't win without some convoys moving the stuff around.

[Ingtar]

OK - I give up. How do I see the screen shown in post 855?

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: Ingtar
OK - I give up. How do I see the screen shown in post 855?

[moore4807]

ORIGINAL: Ingtar

OK - I give up. How do I see the screen shown in post 855?

Ingtar,
If your referring to not seeing the screen on this AAR, click below it on the paperclip "attachment" and it will display the JIF image that will open up in a new box on your computer... If its a red X where the screen would be, then it may be a flashplayer update you need...hope this helps.

[larryfulkerson]

I really lucked out when I landed some troops at Bandy.......there was an Allied minefield there and only 1 ship, a DD, hit a mine. I've got
some DMS's headed to Bandy to clear out the mines now that I own it. I need to remember to check for mines before I land somewhere.