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

[poodlebrain]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

If I want to close CH I will need to wear down his CAP.

Looking at the combat reports from your sweeps of Coal Harbor, it appears he doesn't have radar detection. The time to target is pretty short so scrambling additional fighters should be a no go. So it may not be necessary for you to wear them out if you can overwhelm them for a single phase. You might achieve better results sweeping with the P-38s at high altitude and attacking the AF with an escorted ground strike at lower altitude. The sequencing of the missions will have a huge impact on the success, but it might be worth the risks involved.

[Lokasenna]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

In my experience... that CAP still being up, even though it was relatively light (still 35 planes!), is what caused your bombers to miss. More so than heavy rain (which doesn't seem to have THAT much of an effect, unlike Thunderstorms) or the AA. The AA doesn't seem to mess with aim so much as cause damage. I'm sure it does affect hit rate, but I've noticed a far larger effect from 1) CAP, and 2) Thunderstorms. In that order.

Might be right. I think my numbers are bit on the small side too. Only 90 4Es in total. Probably expecting a little bit too much from them.

I've completely shut down airfields with "only" 40-50 4Es on several occasions [;)].

[JocMeister]

[font="Verdana"]6th August -42[/font]
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Very little to report.

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NORPAC
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Looks like Jeff is pulling out his navy from NORPAC. That is a bit surprising. [&:] I would have assumed he would reinforce rather then back down.

I know he has some BBs up here as they have been bombarding Prince Rupert from time to time. Perhaps he needs the DDs to escort them. I´ll try to do something here next turn.

Sinking sound were heard this turn. Perhaps on of the DDs put on fire burned down?


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India
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Arrrgh! [:@] The AI decides to send everything (including the 1st Marines) via a route that gets them stuck on some Paras Jeff dropped a while back. So now I have to pull them from strat mode and move them back or attack and let Jeff know the 1st Marines are in India. Stupid AI...grrrr!

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SOPAC
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Have to rearrange my forces on Noumea a bit as we are overstacked. Don´t want to burn supply for nothing. Some armor and engineers move to LaFoa. No sight of the enemy.

B26s hit Belep Island disabling some squads.

[ny59giants]

Ground Movement - You should know by now that the AI will move troops when given a choice along the easiest/quickest route possible. [:-]

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Ground Movement - You should know by now that the AI will move troops when given a choice along the easiest/quickest route possible. [:-]

Yeah, but I sent some BFs a while back and they arrived going around the paras. [&:]

[JocMeister]

[font="Verdana"]7th August -42[/font]
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Plodding along...

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NORPAC
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Jeff was a little careless with some of his retiring DDs... [:)]

Morning Air attack on TF, near Alliford Bay at 195,49

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Allied aircraft
SB2U-3 Vindicator x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Umikaze, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Suzukaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Asagumo, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Alliford Bay at 195,49

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Suzukaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
DD Umikaze, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Alliford Bay at 195,49

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 15

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Suzukaze, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Umikaze, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk

Pretty sure the 3rd one sunk too. Good haul. In preparation of this I swept Allford bay to clear possible LRCAP. I was expecting a smallish leaking CAP from CH. I was wrong... [X(]

Morning Air attack on Alliford Bay , at 199,46

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 10
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 13

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 4 destroyed

A second Kittyhawk sweep does a little better. This is followed up by a good P40E sweep. The day ends with a 1-1. I like the VPs but the losses are bit on the steep side.

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India
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Looks like he is finally coming for Ledo! 8 units looking to cross. I have 580 AV behind level 3 forts in x3 terrain all 100% prepped. Could turn costly for him. Fingers crossed... [:)]

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SOPAC
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Quiet.

[JeffroK]

Are we fixated on Coal Harbour, any recon on the bases further up the coast?

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Ground Movement - You should know by now that the AI will move troops when given a choice along the easiest/quickest route possible. [:-]

Yeah, but I sent some BFs a while back and they arrived going around the paras. [&:]

I know they go around the enemy in MOVE mode, but can't divert in STRAT mode.

[ny59giants]

I've developed somewhat of a soft spot for those old Vindicators. It's nice to see them get hits at 8 to 10 hexes away.

[CaptBeefheart]

It's too bad the Allies don't get more "Vibrators." Although it may not have been well liked in real life, with its long ferry and attack ranges, it's great in this game.

Cheers,
CC

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: JeffK

Are we fixated on Coal Harbour, any recon on the bases further up the coast?

Trying to. But due to range I have to rely on B18s. Lack of a camera and weather means recon is pretty much non existant. [:(]

[JocMeister]

PS. Day 3 off the nicotine. Devastating headache. Got the replay from Jeff but I can´t really bring myself to sit by the computer so the update will have to wait. Not much to report anyway. Read the CR and one of the R BBs ate a TT. Thats about it.

[BBfanboy]

Hang in there! Other people I know who have quit smoking said day 3 was the worst, and after a couple of weeks things got much easier.

[ny59giants]

Addiction - Psychological and Physical
Believe it or not, the physical withdrawls are the short term struggle you will have to face. They should be mostly gone by the weekend. However, the psychological part will drag on for years. [:(] The habit of having one after a meal, with an adult beverage, and the temptation when your life gets more stressful. Deal with stress is the one that I know clients of mine have the most difficulty in dealing with.

Signed,
your American mental health professional [;)]

[BillBrown]

Hang in there Joc. I smoked 2 packs a day for 45 years. I quit a little over 11 years ago. It can be done and
the benefits are great. You will have some bad periods, but they get fewer and farther apart as you go along.
drink a lot of water for the headaches.

[JocMeister]

Thanks for the support guys! Trying to keep things together but only 3 hours of sleep last night makes it harder. Hopefully I´m so exhausted tonight I will just pass out. [:)]

[Canoerebel]

We're all pulling for you Joc.

Have you ever read the novel To Kill a Mockingbird? IMHO it's the best work of fiction ever written by an American. One small vignette in the book is about an old lady trying to kick an addiction (I think it's morphine, in her case) as a resolution before she dies. It's a very tough battle but she wins out in the end. After she dies, I think the character Atticus Finch concludes something like this: "She was one of the bravest ladies I've ever known."

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

We're all pulling for you Joc.

Have you ever read the novel To Kill a Mockingbird? IMHO it's the best work of fiction ever written by an American. One small vignette in the book is about an old lady trying to kick an addiction (I think it's morphine, in her case) as a resolution before she dies. It's a very tough battle but she wins out in the end. After she dies, I think the character Atticus Finch concludes something like this: "She was one of the bravest ladies I've ever known."

Not read the book I´m afraid. But thank you. [:)]

Pretty amazed at my own stupidity. This is the 3rd and final time I quit with a nicotine addiction. I started out with cigarettes when I was only 13-14. Then went over to "snus" which is a very, very strong oral tobacco and then back to cigarettes again. Stopped that about 6 years ago but got addicted to the "stop smoking aid" which was a chewing gum. Doesn´t sound so bad until you realize you are eating about 10 per day and each has as much nicotine as 8(!) cigarettes. So I was basically getting 80 cigarettes worth of nicotine each day. [8|]

Feel better today though and managed to sleep for a few hours. [:)]

[JocMeister]

PS. Sorry for the lack of updates. I´m lagging behind on two turns in the AAR but they have been so uneventful I can´t bring myself to do an update.

Just a really boring time in the game when I don´t really have anything to do. Just waiting for loading/unloading, upgrades and stuff to arrive. I basically just press "end turn", wait for 24 hours and then do it again. In about 2-3 weeks I can start putting things into motion which will make it more fun.

Playing WoT in the meantime. Pretty fun. Hard as hell as I´m completely green and most players have played thousand of games.

[JocMeister]

No turn from Jeff yesterday. So no update.