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

[larryfulkerson]

Operation Beat-Down continues at Manila. At least two new divisions have arrived at Manila during the night so maybe the attacking
can begin in earnest now.

[larryfulkerson]

In addition to the ship-to-shore bombardments there was at least one air strike on Kuantan yesterday.

[larryfulkerson]

The air war near Davao continues. Maybe the ship-to-shore bombardments on Cagayan will stiffle the P-40's a bit.

[larryfulkerson]

I don't see anything on the map at 73,100 but there was an air strike on it during the day.

[larryfulkerson]

There was another Alliled air strike on Hanoi and the results were the same as the last three times.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's what happened on the ground at Kuantan. I don't know if I'm on schedule with what happened in real life or not.

[larryfulkerson]

I managed to gobble up another one of the smaller islands near Java.

[larryfulkerson]

I'm starting to spread out to the south and southwest on the island of Sumatra.

[larryfulkerson]

The 21st/C Div is a couple of days away from coming ashore at Kuantan. I'm hoping that the additional men will help in the ground
action there and that the advance south will be back on the road shortly. I guess there's no hurry though.

[moore4807]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 22, 42
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Hmmm, would @*#%&@*$%, pretty much sum up my feelings about this turn?
This was actually... Troops, Ships, Aircraft, all gift wrapped and presented to Larry! STUPID, STUPID, STUPID!!! [:@]


Night Time Surface Combat, near Nanumea at 132,144, Range 6,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
BB Hiei
CL Agano
DD Yugumo
DD Yukikaze
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Hatsuharu
DD Amagiri
DD Akebono

Allied Ships
AP President Polk, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAP President Fillmore
xAP President Tyler
xAP President Buchanan, Shell hits 4
xAP President Taylor, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Matsonia, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Etolin
xAK Knoxville City, Shell hits 6, on fire
xAK Katrina Luckenbach
xAK Crown City
xAK Barbara Olson, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Clevedon, Shell hits 1
xAK Cold Brook
xAK Don Isidro, Shell hits 2
xAK Dorothy Philips, Shell hits 2, on fire


Day Time Surface Combat, near Nanumea at 132,144, Range 19,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
BB Hiei
CL Agano
DD Yugumo
DD Yukikaze
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Hatsuharu
DD Amagiri
DD Akebono

Allied Ships
xAP Matsonia, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
xAK Knoxville City, Shell hits 18, and is sunk
xAK Dorothy Philips, Shell hits 29, and is sunk

Day Time Surface Combat, near Nanumea at 133,144, Range 20,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
BB Hiei, Shell hits 1
CL Agano
DD Yugumo
DD Yukikaze
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Hatsuharu
DD Amagiri
DD Akebono

Allied Ships
xAP President Fillmore, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP President Tyler, Shell hits 17, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP President Buchanan, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
xAP Etolin, Shell hits 26, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Katrina Luckenbach, Shell hits 21, and is sunk
xAK Crown City, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Clevedon, Shell hits 15, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Cold Brook, Shell hits 12, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Don Isidro, Shell hits 21, and is sunk

Little Orphan Anne is busy tonight crowing about the Imperial Japanese forces victories...

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pantar !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Praboemoelih !!!

[larryfulkerson]

So um........Hey you guys.......I just discovered that the column heads of the AAR section are clickable and they toggle between
descending and ascending. Cool. Something I didn't know before. Now back to the AAR.

[larryfulkerson]

I went snooping with a CS ship and found some more Allied ships on the northwest coast of Australia. I guess I'll have to dispatch some
surface ships to take care of them.

[larryfulkerson]

I've found about a dozen places where I need to send some AF dudes to in order to repair some planes. Those grounded planes aren't
doing me much good unless and until they are fixed.

[larryfulkerson]

Here I have a DD that has some major damage to it's engine. But it's also part of a TF that is much slower than the DD travels. So I'm
thinking that it might be nice if there was some way I could have the DD on cruise speed and the task force on mission speed all in one
TF. I guess the next best thing would be to put the DD in it's own TF and have it follow the other TF. Anybody else have any good
ideas for this situation?

[larryfulkerson]

All the fires at Palembang finally went out and now the rebuilding can take place. I'm shipping in some engineers to do the rebuilding
and there's a lot to do. The Oil centers and Refineries and the port and something called "service" are all damaged. I'm thinking that
all this rebuilding is going to take a while and I'm guessing it's going to take something like a month, maybe more.

[moore4807]

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

Here I have a DD that has some major damage to it's engine. But it's also part of a TF that is much slower than the DD travels. So I'm
thinking that it might be nice if there was some way I could have the DD on cruise speed and the task force on mission speed all in one
TF. I guess the next best thing would be to put the DD in it's own TF and have it follow the other TF. Anybody else have any good
ideas for this situation?

Your engine damage #'s are in green, so you don't have major damage... [;)] You get to yellow or red colors - pay attention then.
When your done your ops, stick him in a shipyard and he'll be right as rain in a couple days!

EDIT: grammar is not my strong suit - but I try!

[moore4807]

Ok this turn was bad for the Allies, but I just read the Combat Events log... There are some small victories off Kuantan & the Japanese coast.

Vildebeest III sighting report: Japanese DD at 54,84 near Terempa , Speed 10 , Moving Northwest
Vildebeest III has spotted DD Michishio at 53,82
:::::::: DD Michishio is reported HIT

SBD-3 Dauntless has spotted a Akasi Cargo class xAK at 120,60
SBD-3 Dauntless has spotted xAK Venice Maru at 120,60
:::::::: xAK Venice Maru is reported HIT
SBD-3 Dauntless sighting report: Japanese PB at 118,61 near Iwaki , Speed 15 , Moving Northwest
SBD-3 Dauntless has spotted a To'su xPB class PB at 118,61
:::::::: a To'su xPB class PB is reported HIT
SBD-3 Dauntless has spotted a Otori class TB at 122,56
:::::::: a Japanese TB is reported HIT
SBD-2 Dauntless has spotted xAK Venice Maru at 120,60
:::::::: xAK Venice Maru is reported HIT
TBD-1 Devastator has spotted a Japanese AM at 121,60
:::::::: a Japanese AM is reported HIT
SBD-3 Dauntless has spotted a To'su xPB class PB at 120,56
:::::::: a To'su xPB class PB is reported HIT
SBD-3 Dauntless has spotted a Japanese PB at 120,56
:::::::: a Japanese PB is reported HIT
SBD-3 Dauntless has spotted a Japanese PB at 120,56
:::::::: a Japanese PB is reported HIT
SBD-3 Dauntless has spotted xAK Venice Maru at 120,60
:::::::: xAK Venice Maru is reported HIT
SBD-2 Dauntless has spotted a Ansyu xPB class PB at 118,61
:::::::: a Ansyu xPB class PB is reported HIT
SBD-2 Dauntless has spotted a To'su xPB class PB at 120,56
:::::::: a To'su xPB class PB is reported HIT
SBD-2 Dauntless has spotted a Otori class TB at 122,56
:::::::: a Otori class TB is reported HIT
SBD-2 Dauntless has spotted a Japanese PC at 120,60
:::::::: a Japanese PC is reported HIT
SBD-2 Dauntless has spotted a Japanese PB at 120,56
:::::::: a Japanese PB is reported HIT
SBD-2 Dauntless has spotted xAK Venice Maru at 120,60
:::::::: xAK Venice Maru is reported HIT
SBD-2 Dauntless has spotted a Ansyu xPB class PB at 121,60
:::::::: a Ansyu xPB class PB is reported HIT
SBD-2 Dauntless has spotted a Japanese PB at 118,61
:::::::: a Japanese PB is reported HIT
SBD-3 Dauntless has spotted a Japanese PG at 121,60
:::::::: a Japanese PG is reported HIT
TBD-1 Devastator has spotted a Tomozuru class TB at 122,56
:::::::: a Tomozuru class TB is reported HIT
SBD-3 Dauntless has spotted TB Nadeshiko at 122,56
:::::::: TB Nadeshiko is reported HIT
SBD-3 Dauntless has spotted a Japanese PB at 120,56
:::::::: a Japanese PB is reported HIT
SBD-2 Dauntless has spotted TB Nadeshiko at 122,56
:::::::: TB Nadeshiko is reported HIT
SBD-2 Dauntless has spotted a To'su xPB class PB at 120,56
:::::::: a To'su xPB class PB is reported HIT

[larryfulkerson]

Hey Moo: I hate to have to be the one to tell you this but most of the ships reported hit show no damage at all. FOW I guess. I have no
doubt that your pilots are sighting a lot of stuff however, there's a lot of stuff out there to sight.

Also, I found a TK that has some damage and on the front it doesn't show any major kinds but on the flip side it lists the engine damage
as major. So..............???

[moore4807]

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

Hey Moo: I hate to have to be the one to tell you this but most of the ships reported hit show no damage at all. FOW I guess. I have no
doubt that your pilots are sighting a lot of stuff however, there's a lot of stuff out there to sight.

LOL!!! Oh well, at least I THUNK it wasnt all bad last turn [:'(] [:'(] [:'(]


Also, I found a TK that has some damage and on the front it doesn't show any major kinds but on the flip side it lists the engine damage
as major. So..............???

hmmm, I dont think I've ever seen only "one point" of engine damage being classified as major before... BTW wasnt it a DD that you were referring to in the previous post? Still I learn something new everyday...

[larryfulkerson]

It's now Thursday 23Aug2012 05:45 am and I'm in receipt of Jim's latest moves. I did the combat replay stuff and here's the latest
Tracker economy chart. I've got a lot of non-producing Oil centers, Refineries, and HI factories. I'm going to have to look into that.
Plus there's about 27K of armaments. I'm guessing I can shut down the armaments factories for a while to let that figure drift lower.