Turnaround? Lowpe (J) vs Tiemanj (A) Stock

[Lowpe]

A little more good news...

[Lowpe]

A small minefield laid on the river, while Honshu burns.

Nagasaki and Kobe get hit hard today by bombers.

[Lowpe]

Supply shortage in China curtails hitting the Allied destroyers with planes. The supplies just aren't moving well. 600,000 fuel at Hankow, and HI still shuts down every other day in China it seems.

Fuso is spotted, but dl is very low, as is her ammunition supplies.

I had wanted to launch a whole bunch of surface ships at the Deathstar now...from all points of the Yellow Sea.

[Lowpe]

Deathstar sweeps hurts this day...but still not a bad day overall.

[Lowpe]

Butcher bill on the high seas...or rivers.

I know one more Allied destroyer went down, and one allied sub.

[ny59giants]

Poor composition of his BB TF (bombardment), IMO. Two old, slow BBs (21 knots) with fast BB (28 knots), and then 4 CAs along with 18 DDs. I don't put more than 8 DDs per TF. Here I would have broken up this TF into two parts - the two old BBs with 8 DDs and the 4 CAs with 8 DDs in another. BB Alabama would be in some other TF going someplace else. My reasoning is if this TF came into contact with another SC TF, then the BBs or the CAs would tend to sit out the gunfire exchange. Probably the BBs, but they would be subject to multiple TT attacks if the range got low enough.

The results should have been better. I wonder what his DL was?

[Lowpe]

Both the 1st Tank Division and 1st Division will enter positions on the morrow, locking up the south and enabling me to pull out the 14th Division which is down to 15 morale from Cam Ranh Bay.

Up north looks pretty strongly held.

So looking pretty good here. Supply is present for the troops, but hard to get any stockpile with the incessant Allied bombing.

[Lowpe]

Another bombardment task force at Honshu

[Lowpe]

And yet another. Usually there are 5-6 bombardments per day.

I have the Haruna and destroyers attempting to catch these guys. Have always just missed them....[:(]

[Lowpe]

Nagoya gets 8 Allied units...shouldn't be a problem.

In general the Allies are moving about, but still leaving a very heavy force at Osaka. Almost all Allied forces bombard with 1-1 losses.

Moppo gets a full division of reinforcements, and Fusan gets another heavy infantry division that I want to move over to Honshu.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Poor composition of his BB TF (bombardment), IMO. Two old, slow BBs (21 knots) with fast BB (28 knots), and then 4 CAs along with 18 DDs. I don't put more than 8 DDs per TF. Here I would have broken up this TF into two parts - the two old BBs with 8 DDs and the 4 CAs with 8 DDs in another. BB Alabama would be in some other TF going someplace else. My reasoning is if this TF came into contact with another SC TF, then the BBs or the CAs would tend to sit out the gunfire exchange. Probably the BBs, but they would be subject to multiple TT attacks if the range got low enough.

The results should have been better. I wonder what his DL was?

Allied recon is in general very good. More than 5dl on almost every Japanese base every day.

[Lowpe]

Allies return to strategic bombing and pick up 3000 victory points in the last few days. I bet the Allies break some kind of record with the number of strategic victory points inflicted against me.

It will be nip and tuck if I can survive till 1945.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Allies return to strategic bombing and pick up 3000 victory points in the last few days. I bet the Allies break some kind of record with the number of strategic victory points inflicted against me.

It will be nip and tuck if I can survive till 1945.

About 9x what I have 5 months later! [X(]

[njp72]

You have put up a fantastic fight. The shipping losses you have inflicted on him have been very impressive.

Alas the strat bombing has shattered you on the score board and there is not much you can do about that. Unfortunately it is likely to be over in the next couple of months but regardless great effort.

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Allies return to strategic bombing and pick up 3000 victory points in the last few days. I bet the Allies break some kind of record with the number of strategic victory points inflicted against me.

It will be nip and tuck if I can survive till 1945.

[Lowpe]

Thanks NJP.

Learned alot playing this game...

Finally got my turn done, and sent back. If the files ever finish uploading.

I have set up another 1-2 hex strike and sweeps trying to attack where the Allies are a little weak.

Another DD task force will make a run at the Deathstar...and will try two more task forces tomorrow if he is still in the Yellow Sea.

Japanese industry cranked out 18 Type 3 tanks, now up to 140 total made very close to the historical 160 made.

[Crackaces]

VP level now is 1.9 (rounded) to 1. I see how you are thinking 2:1 will happen for 01/1945. There is a hope
that the Allies will continue to use captial ships to beat against your CD guns [8D]

Excellent game although .. It looks like without your intervention the IJ would have been done a long time ago ..

[Yaab]

Lowpe, how are you coping with so few political points this late in the campaign?

[Lokasenna]

ORIGINAL: Yaab

Lowpe, how are you coping with so few political points this late in the campaign?

What would he spend them on? [:D]

[Lowpe]

June 29, 1944

[Encircled]

Quite a bit of systems damage on his ships there.