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

[larryfulkerson]

China is a back-water kind of war in my book but not to Jim. He's attacking there and obviously means to grab China from me.

[moore4807]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 24, 42
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Early returns favor Larry's ASW skills. . .

ASW attack near Singkawang at 54,88
Japanese Ships
PB Fuji Maru #3
Allied Ships
SS KXVII, hits 1

ASW attack near Izu Oshima at 113,62
Japanese Ships
SC CHa-19
Allied Ships
SS Shark, hits 1

ASW attack near Aogashima at 110,65
Japanese Ships
PB Tokuho Maru #5
Allied Ships
SS Sailfish

This is annoying, I cancelled loading @ Port Hedland 3 turns ago, yet they didn't get underway. . . Look at what happens [:(]

Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Hedland at 57,129, Range 12,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
DD Yomogi

Allied Ships
xAK Charon, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Kwangtung
xAKL Lee Sang
xAKL Oriskany, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Belawan
xAKL Benkalis, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Benkoelen
xAKL Boelongan
xAKL Duijmar van Twist
xAKL Sigli, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Silindoeng
xAKL Sinabang, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
xAKL Bordvik, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
xAKL Proteus, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
AVP Valk, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
CM Prins van Oranje, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AVP Pollux, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
AG Albatros, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Night Time Surface Combat, near Port Hedland at 57,129, Range 12,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
DD Yomogi

Allied Ships
xAK Charon, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Kwangtung
xAKL Lee Sang
xAKL Oriskany, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Belawan
xAKL Benkalis, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Benkoelen
xAKL Boelongan
xAKL Duijmar van Twist
xAKL Sigli, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Silindoeng
xAKL Sinabang, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
xAKL Bordvik, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
xAKL Proteus, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
AVP Valk, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
CM Prins van Oranje, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AVP Pollux, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
AG Albatros, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Hedland at 57,128, Range 22,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
DD Yomogi

Allied Ships
xAKL Kwangtung, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Lee Sang, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
xAKL Belawan, Shell hits 1
xAKL Benkoelen, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
xAKL Boelongan, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
xAKL Duijmar van Twist, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
xAKL Silindoeng, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage

Day Time Surface Combat, near Port Hedland at 56,127, Range 15,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Shiokaze

Allied Ships
xAKL Belawan, Shell hits 22, heavy fires, heavy damage

Nearby outside of Broome, my coastal minesweepers "found" an intruder. . .

Day Time Surface Combat, near Derby at 64,125, Range 19,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CL Nagara

Allied Ships
AM Colac, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
AM Warrnambool, Shell hits 5, and is sunk


Best news of today- revenge is sweet and quick. One sub headed for repairs, one less pest around here. . .

ASW attack near Midway Island at 158,91
Japanese Ships
SS I-7

Allied Ships
PC Vigilant, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Sub attack near Midway Island at 158,91
Japanese Ships
SS I-7, hits 6

Allied Ships
DD Crosby

Larry's post isnt saying but with infantry losses like that - it looks like a sinking. . . [;)]

Pre-Invasion action off Cebu (80,86) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
88 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
xAKL Akita Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire
xAK Mito Maru
xAP Hakozaki Maru

Japanese ground losses:
137 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Amphibious Assault at Cebu (80,86)
TF 219 troops unloading over beach at Cebu, 80,86

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)

12 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 9th Infantry Rgt
7.7mm T99 AAMG damaged beyond repair during unload of 17th Medium FA Rgt
7.7mm T99 AAMG lost in surf during unload of 17th Medium FA Rgt
37mm Type 01 AT Gun lost in surf during unload of 9th Infantry Rgt /3
12 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 9th Infantry Rgt /5

Getting those Forts built have probably made this happen, as long as supply is good I should be too.

Ground combat at Manila (79,77)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 66288 troops, 837 guns, 399 vehicles, Assault Value = 2026
Defending force 40626 troops, 480 guns, 190 vehicles, Assault Value = 1203

Japanese adjusted assault: 520
Allied adjusted defense: 2923

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 5 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
8615 casualties reported
Squads: 43 destroyed, 719 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 62 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
Guns lost 27 (1 destroyed, 26 disabled)
Vehicles lost 26 (1 destroyed, 25 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
816 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 120 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 26 (2 destroyed, 24 disabled)

This is the part where I feel bad - I never would of attacked if Larry hadn't posted the info on here.
This is where I channel my Gen Patton. . . "I hold Sinkawing- would you like me to give it back?" [:D]

Ground combat at Singkawang (56,88)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 846 troops, 8 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 36
Defending force 192 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 9
Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Singkawang !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-15-II Babs: 8 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1


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


Assaulting units:
2/15 Punjab Battalion

Defending units:
10th JAAF AF Coy



Just another place for Orphan Anne to crow about!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Ruteng !!!

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the losses from yesterday: quite a sizeable totalation of ships I'd say. This may not happen again the entire game.

[larryfulkerson]

China:
This theater is not my strong suite. I'm sorta playing it by ear here. I don't have a plan and I'm not following a script and
I don't really know what I'm doing. Jim and I are trading air strikes and the occasional ground bombardment but other than that
it's sort of a back-water area for me.

North Pacific:
I don't have any plans for invasion(s) anywhere up here. I'm thinking it might be cool to do some kind of historical thing and
invade somewhere but I'm thinking that would have to happen after Manila and Singapore are done.

Singapore:
Speaking of Singapore, I'm just concentrating on air strikes while my troops march south. I'm aware that I don't have enough
troops to take Singers but I'm thinking I can transfer some of those guys in Java to the Singers campaign after they are through
with their Java tasks.

Phillipines:
This is the hard nut to crack that I'm working on now. It's a major shipping route obstacle that I need to take down ASAP and it's
not working out really well yet. I've gotten some planes into bases where the AF dudes are rare and more and more planes are down
for maintence as of yet. I'm arranging for more AF dudes but it'll be a week or so before I have everything ship shape and can get
Operation Beat-Down going again.

Port Moresby:
I'm shipping some troops ( the 144th INF Rgt ) to PM even as we speak and hope to have the port sometime within the next two weeks but I don't have any
recent recon to know what is there to hamper my operations and can't make any guess as to how the invasion will go yet. I'm guessing
he's got some kind of sizeable force at PM so it's going to take one of my larger INF forces to take the place and I've done some
area clearing operations so I don't anticipate any Allied ships to get in the way, unless and until Jim runs some forces into the area
that I don't know about.

Wake:
I'm shipping in some more fuel and supplies and have established a sort of make-shift sub base and it's working out well for now. I've
got my picket line of ships out to the east to warn me of any Allied incursion(s) not that I can do much about it. I guess I need to
run some of the KB carriers out to Wake to stabilize the area better.

Home Islands:
Um.....I see that Jim has evacuated the surface forces that were there as of late and I expect that they will be gone by the time my
back-up forces finally arrive. I might have to split off some of the KB carriers to loiter in this area in case Jim comes calling
again.

Hey you guys........I found a really cool animation of some paratroopers jumping out of a C-47:

[moore4807]

Ok I'll bite - how do you start the animation?

[larryfulkerson]

Oh........you mean it's a static picture and not animated? I'm not sure what causes that but I'm guessing your page needs to be
refreshed or something. Make sure that you have the correct image name as I accidently deleted the first version of it. D'oh.

EDIT: Um.....I'm using the FireFox browser and it's working for me. So if you're using IE4 or later I'm guessing it should work as well.
I've found FireFox to be the better browser of the two and it's free so what could possibly go wrong?

EDIT2: It's not supposed to be opened in MSPaint because it's a series of images and not a single image. You have to open it in
your browser.

[larryfulkerson]

Yeah, it just happened to me. I'm seeing a static image and not an animation and I tried to refresh the page and that didn't fix the
problem either. I'm guessing something went wrong on the Matrix Games site with the file or something. D'oh.

[Ingtar]

I, on the other hand, do see the animation. (Firefox as well)

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the latest Tracker economic chart. I've still got a lot of Oil Centers and Oil Refineries that aren't producing. I need to look into
that and diagnose what's wrong. And fix it.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the latest resource history of the home islands

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the list of Oil Refineries that need repairs:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the Oil Centers that need repairs:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the Heavy Industry cities that aren't full producers:

[moore4807]

[quote]ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

Singapore:
Speaking of Singapore, I'm just concentrating on air strikes while my troops march south. I'm aware that I don't have enough
troops to take Singers but I'm thinking I can transfer some of those guys in Java to the Singers campaign after they are through
with their Java tasks.

[:D][:D][:D] Is this intentional software engineer humor??? [:D][:D][:D]

[moore4807]

[quote]ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

China:
This theater is not my strong suite. I'm sorta playing it by ear here. I don't have a plan and I'm not following a script and
I don't really know what I'm doing. Jim and I are trading air strikes and the occasional ground bombardment but other than that
it's sort of a back-water area for me.

China intentions are to try to take back some of the cities, every time you capture them, they produce like 1/3rd of what they did before - as well as being damaged. Imagine if I took back Hong Kong - it would be useless as a base for a long time before Larry could use it again.

North Pacific:
I don't have any plans for invasion(s) anywhere up here. I'm thinking it might be cool to do some kind of historical thing and
invade somewhere but I'm thinking that would have to happen after Manila and Singapore are done.

That's fine by me, I'm still sending the units that were historically there - not that thats any big threat!

Singapore:
Speaking of Singapore, I'm just concentrating on air strikes while my troops march south. I'm aware that I don't have enough
troops to take Singers but I'm thinking I can transfer some of those guys in Java to the Singers campaign after they are through
with their Java tasks.

The longer Singer's holds out I'm taking it as a win. . . Build those Forts!

Phillipines:
This is the hard nut to crack that I'm working on now. It's a major shipping route obstacle that I need to take down ASAP and it's
not working out really well yet. I've gotten some planes into bases where the AF dudes are rare and more and more planes are down
for maintence as of yet. I'm arranging for more AF dudes but it'll be a week or so before I have everything ship shape and can get
Operation Beat-Down going again.

Same thought process as Singers, The Forts just helped me to give a whippin last turn, I know it wont last forever, but tied up LCU's are a win somewhere else. . .

Port Moresby:
I'm shipping some troops ( the 144th INF Rgt ) to PM even as we speak and hope to have the port sometime within the next two weeks but I don't have any
recent recon to know what is there to hamper my operations and can't make any guess as to how the invasion will go yet. I'm guessing
he's got some kind of sizeable force at PM so it's going to take one of my larger INF forces to take the place and I've done some
area clearing operations so I don't anticipate any Allied ships to get in the way, unless and until Jim runs some forces into the area
that I don't know about.

C'mon down!!! Your the current champion on "Take this Base!". . . LOL - I'm just doing what I can here, Port Moresby is just too close to Australia's bases and too hard to take back.

Wake:
I'm shipping in some more fuel and supplies and have established a sort of make-shift sub base and it's working out well for now. I've
got my picket line of ships out to the east to warn me of any Allied incursion(s) not that I can do much about it. I guess I need to
run some of the KB carriers out to Wake to stabilize the area better.

The scenario you just described above sounds like we will be tangling there in the near future, I have to keep Midway as a base to keep the camel's nose from under my tent. . .

Home Islands:
Um.....I see that Jim has evacuated the surface forces that were there as of late and I expect that they will be gone by the time my
back-up forces finally arrive. I might have to split off some of the KB carriers to loiter in this area in case Jim comes calling
again.

That's exactly what I was hoping for! I figured your SCTF will be at least 1 BB, 2CA and screening DD's from the Home Is., meanwhile your going to commit your CarDiv to the CentPac area. . . Excellent! I figure any time I'm causing you to react to my moves, then some measure of control is on my side. . . You have done an awesome job as the Japanese Empire and this feint is the first time I've gotten you to react defensively to my moves! Still a long way to go but I'll take it!

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: moore4807

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson
Singapore:
Speaking of Singapore, I'm just concentrating on air strikes while my troops march south. I'm aware that I don't have enough
troops to take Singers but I'm thinking I can transfer some of those guys in Java to the Singers campaign after they are through
with their Java tasks.

[:D][:D][:D] Is this intentional software engineer humor??? [:D][:D][:D]

Actually I didn't intend it to be programmer humor but I can see why you did. Also, the most dangerous thing you can do to a program
is change it.

On a side note, I'm seeing less and less oil and resources to pick up as time passes. I'm guessing I've past ( already ) the point of
diminishing returns in making trips to the sources of those things. Which is scary because the home islands don't have an abundance
of fuel to export anymore. The resource history above shows the story. I've got like 80 days of stored fuel left and after that the ships don't move anymore. D'oh. I'm thinking I'll have to put the fleet on a fuel budget and only make essential trips from now on etc. The
turn around point in this game might come extreamly early strategy-wise.

[witpqs]

The second most dangerous thing you can do to a program is change it. The most dangerous thing you can do to a program is write it.

Fixed your post for you! [:D]

[larryfulkerson]

you are absolutely correct. Thanks for fixing my post.

EDIT: On second thought, lemme explain why I wrote it that way originally. When a programmer is writing a program from scratch for
the first time he/she usually has an idea what it's supposed to do and can plan ahead for which variables do what and what functions
are going to be needed to do what etc. And he/she can usually make a reasonably good first draft. The bugs are typos, for loop
off by one, and usually simple things that go wrong and not usually logic errors.

And then comes the need to change a program, which is sometimes a different programmer than the original author and he/she usually
doesn't have a clue what the program was written for, what it's supposed to originally do, what the variables are, what functions there
are and has to "learn" the program by trial and error.

You can tell from what I've written above how long ago I used to write programs and how much has changed since. Object orientation
came along during my later years and I had to re-learn how to program using the object oriented method, which I'm grateful for
because I learned a lot about variable isolation, "method" evolution, and so on. It was a great trip.

[larryfulkerson]

It's Wed. 18:22 pm and I have received Jim's moves and so here's the latest combat results

I had four AK's tasked to deliver some badly needed supplies to my forces on Cebu and half of them got shot up.

[larryfulkerson]

One of my subs detected an Allied AS near Johnston Island so I'm guessing Jim is thinking of setting up a sub base there. Or maybe
points west.