Tale of the Sheep! - JocMeister (A) vs. Lowpe (J)

[witpqs]

That's the only thing I could figure. Long move - nice going! [:D]

[Lokasenna]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
Why do you think this is the KB?

Number of fighters/bomber + the fact the Jeff knows I have CVs down here. He ran into them just over a month ago. Thanks to a lucky sub he got out with his BB/CA TF before losing anything. [:@]

That doesn't look like a KB to me, at least not for sure. 45 fighters and 101 bombers? Could be anything.

[Canoerebel]

That was an astute move (the 72-gun AA unit from Seattle to Ceylon).

Look at the leader's stats, though. Others will know for sure, but I've always believed that a better commander improves performance. The cost to replace should be pretty cheap.

[JeffroK]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
Why do you think this is the KB?

Number of fighters/bomber + the fact the Jeff knows I have CVs down here. He ran into them just over a month ago. Thanks to a lucky sub he got out with his BB/CA TF before losing anything. [:@]

I also think it may be a mini KB, try and get a bit more consistant recon reports before committing too much.

[JeffroK]

Beast thing about the AA Brigade is it has RADAR!

[Rio Bravo]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

ORIGINAL: Rio Bravo

Joc-

I don't have much experience in the war, but I have thought from the outset that Steve made a huge mistake attacking the West Coast. He took his fight to far away from home and right into the U. S. power-base. Not much bang for the buck. A tactic I believe he will sorely regret implementing.

Best Regards,

-Terry

Jeff kind on inherited the idea from Nick (Olorin the original Japanese player). Not sure how far it was set in motion when Jeff took it over. It might have been irreversible by the time Jeff took over. Not sure! [:)]

Its also new ground to break which makes things 10x more interesting for both sides. So it might have been a lot of "fun factor" thrown in. [:)]

Joc-

Yes, it is definitely fun to watch!

-Terry

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: Lokasenna
That doesn't look like a KB to me, at least not for sure. 45 fighters and 101 bombers? Could be anything.

ORIGINAL: JeffK
I also think it may be a mini KB, try and get a bit more consistant recon reports before committing too much.

The only place he has seen any US CVs are between Noumea and Sydney and that was only about a month ago. Would you send anything less then the full KB knowing there might be as much as 5 US Fleet CVs down there? Its a least one CV spotted and that means all of them. Its the KB. I bet a case of beer on it. [:)]

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
That was an astute move (the 72-gun AA unit from Seattle to Ceylon).

Look at the leader's stats, though. Others will know for sure, but I've always believed that a better commander improves performance. The cost to replace should be pretty cheap.

It was (and still is) my firm conviction that AA would be the deciding factor regarding a strategic bombing campaign. So it seemed kind of prudent to send the biggest AA unit on map there. [:)] I have two more in Auckland but they arrived with only about 30% TOE and I don´t have any AA guns to let them fill out.

Thanks for the advice on the leader! I´ll look into it. [:)]

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: Rio Bravo
Joc-

Yes, it is definitely fun to watch!

-Terry

Its very interesting and fun to play too! [&o]

[Lokasenna]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

ORIGINAL: Lokasenna
That doesn't look like a KB to me, at least not for sure. 45 fighters and 101 bombers? Could be anything.

ORIGINAL: JeffK
I also think it may be a mini KB, try and get a bit more consistant recon reports before committing too much.

The only place he has seen any US CVs are between Noumea and Sydney and that was only about a month ago. Would you send anything less then the full KB knowing there might be as much as 5 US Fleet CVs down there? Its a least one CV spotted and that means all of them. Its the KB. I bet a case of beer on it. [:)]

It depends on what his goals are. If he knows or suspects your CVs are down there but his goals are something other than eliminating them...

I'd let my opponent sight MKB if I wanted him to think it was KB coming after his CVs. I'm just saying it's a possibility. If that's the full KB, you have a very poor DL on it. Hell, that could even be poor DL on MKB. You only "identify" 5 ships or so, and not even completely - 2 CS are listed. This could easily be something like Hiyo/Junyo plus a couple CVLs and the 2 slower CS hulls. But the number of planes listed is too little for that as well, so...


I think I actually know what it is, but I'm just commenting on what that particular image/sighting report tells me. Which is... a lot of possibilities, and not much in the way of certainty.

[Drakanel]

Hrm, come to think of it I didn't post here yet I have been following both threads of the game for a while. Not since the beginning, but for some weeks or such. Wanted to let you know that it's really entertaining.

So, good job and thanks [8D]. Pity I can't really say much or give suggestions since I'm reading both sides [8D]

Not that you'd probably need my noobish suggestions anyway [:D]

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: Lokasenna
That doesn't look like a KB to me, at least not for sure. 45 fighters and 101 bombers? Could be anything.

It might be the KB, or some of it, from the bombers, but the auxiliaries say the CSes might be there too.

[JocMeister]

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I guess this settles the discussion? [:)]

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: Drakanel

Hrm, come to think of it I didn't post here yet I have been following both threads of the game for a while. Not since the beginning, but for some weeks or such. Wanted to let you know that it's really entertaining.

So, good job and thanks [8D]. Pity I can't really say much or give suggestions since I'm reading both sides [8D]

Not that you'd probably need my noobish suggestions anyway [:D]

Thanks! Glad to here you like it! [:)]

[JocMeister]

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Still going SW towards mainland OZ. No sign of any SCTFs nor any transports. I´ve been getting lots of "heavy radio traffic" at Rabaul recently though.

I think he is going to try and hit the industry in OZ though. It worked very well for him on the WC. He was very lucky on two occasions not losing his strike planes but he doesn´t know that. If that is the case I´ll try to scare him off as quick as possible.

I moved up ALL available fighters including York and Saras. They are divided roughly evenly between Brisbane and Sydney. I´ll see if he repeats his mistake from his other game trying to hit something big straight away without recon/sweeps. He is really bomber heavy so if I can whittle away his fighters he will have to pull back. WASPs Fighters will also transfer to OZ once in range.

All shipping has left Sydney. One of the slow TFs ran into a sub losing an xAK.

He will be somewhat limited in his target selection by his relatively short range. This will either keep him close to the coast (good for me) or further out which will limit the available targets even more. I won´t let him cruise around in peace this time. Subs will hunt him and I have 180 DB/TBs/MBs ready to hit back. Normally this would be a waste of planes but his fighters will have a lot of roles to fulfill (CAP/Sweep/Escort). Most likely I´ll just be throwing away planes but at the minimum this will scare him and make him increase his CAP which will tie up even more fighters to CAP.

I also have some PTs ready if he decides to come too close. Rest of the Navy have already left OZ heading for colder waters...

[JocMeister]

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The critical point is approaching for Jeff. In 3-4 turns he will have to make the decision to fight or run away. Allied troops are now closing in on all fronts and Jeff seems to have pulled back the Armor from the North.

2nd British ID is 3 days from Karachi. 2nd Marines + a tank BTL just left CT. A TD battalion just unloaded at Bombay. Recon is still sketchy but I´m pretty certain I´m stronger then him on the ground. A lot stronger in fact. I also (somewhat) controls the sea while he can dominate the skies. This is to some extent nullified by heavy allied AA.

Terrain is also in my favor as he will have to pull back a long way to find some favorable defensive terrain.

[JocMeister]

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Looks like he brought the MKB with him too! First shot and its a....

MISS! [:(]

[JocMeister]

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Looks like I was wrong. This is starting to look like an invasion!

[Rio Bravo]

Ut, oh!

[JocMeister]

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