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

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Alfred

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

... The Allied fleets move west, and Fletchers sure enough intercept my barges loaded with paratroops. The barges evade, but move back to the coast, their troops still on board...

You had the wrong home port for the barges.

Alfred

I don't think so, but I am not 100 percent sure. So you maybe right. Interestingly their home port is now Port Arthur as is their target & I surely didn't do that.

I neglected to put the Barges on absolute and that may have been the culprit.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Alfred

It is the same as a cargo ship.  The cargo capacity of the SST is 100 points and it has currently 40 points on board.

Alfred

Thanks, I guess that was a silly question.

[Lowpe]

Lots of AA and ART in the production cue, which I really need, but the Infantry/EGN/ARM is pretty much at an end till after 1945.

I am still using PP to buy out troops from Manchuko and send them across the Tsushima Straits to Honshu.





Kind of looking forward to the Glider units. They have 6 37mm rapidfire AT guns and some artillery.

[Lokasenna]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: Alfred

It is the same as a cargo ship.  The cargo capacity of the SST is 100 points and it has currently 40 points on board.

Alfred

Thanks, I guess that was a silly question.

Actually, it's that it has a capacity of 40 points and is 100% loaded. That second number is a percentage of maximum capacity.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: Alfred

It is the same as a cargo ship.  The cargo capacity of the SST is 100 points and it has currently 40 points on board.

Alfred

Thanks, I guess that was a silly question.

Actually, it's that it has a capacity of 40 points and is 100% loaded. That second number is a percentage of maximum capacity.

Hmm. Thanks, there I was thinking it was some kind of load factor. Device x Load.

Amazing how many things you learn playing this game day in day out.

[Lowpe]

The weather forecast at Oki Shoto is mixed. I thought it was frightful, but the forecast changed from yesterday.

There is a partly cloudy forecast over all of Honshu (big weather map). This changed.

The current weather is overcast.

The forecast is partly cloudy (3 hotkey).

The forecast on the base screen is partly cloudy.

The bad weather indicator is thunderstorms. I hope this means a lot.

I will try to send the barges in again, with a direct/absolute setting flank speed target and home port set to OkiShoto with the best barge commander I have.

I can scrounge one MTB up to go in and create a diversion.[X(] I will also drop a dozen type 88 sub mines.



EDIT: The weather forecast on the big map changed overnight.[X(]

PPS: I am not very hopeful, but it is only a paratroop unit and a few barges.

[Lowpe]

I managed to fly in 5 20mm AA machine cannons, and 2 40mm AA guns plus 24 80 mm mortars. The 6th South Seas has has one Type 95 tank. I hope it is dug in well.

I am not sure if they got there before the Allied transports showed up but I think not.

Here is what I damaged with some DP guns (heavily disrupted).

TBM-1C Avenger damaged by flak
R5C-1 Commando damaged by flak
R5C-1 Commando damaged by flak
R5C-1 Commando damaged by flak
R5C-1 Commando damaged by flak
C-47 Skytrain damaged by flak
C-47 Skytrain damaged by flak
C-47 Skytrain damaged by flak
C-46A Commando destroyed by flak
C-87 Liberator damaged by flak
C-87 Liberator damaged by flak
Allied forces CAPTURE Sadogashima !!!

Here is what I got the day before, the DP guns weren't disrupted then.
R4D-1 Skytrain damaged by flak
R4D-1 Skytrain damaged by flak
R4D-1 Skytrain destroyed by flak
R4D-1 Skytrain damaged by flak
R4D-1 Skytrain damaged by flak
R4D-1 Skytrain damaged by flak
R5C-1 Commando damaged by flak
R4D-1 Skytrain damaged by flak
R5C-1 Commando destroyed by flak
R5C-1 Commando damaged by flak
C-47 Skytrain damaged by flak
C-47 Skytrain damaged by flak
C-47 Skytrain damaged by flak
C-47 Skytrain damaged by flak
C-47 Skytrain damaged by flak
C-47 Skytrain damaged by flak
C-47 Skytrain damaged by flak
C-47 Skytrain damaged by flak
C-47 Skytrain damaged by flak
C-47 Skytrain damaged by flak
C-46A Commando damaged by flak
C-46A Commando destroyed by flak
C-46A Commando destroyed by flak
C-46A Commando damaged by flak
C-46A Commando damaged by flak
C-46A Commando damaged by flak
C-46A Commando damaged by flak
C-46A Commando damaged by flak
C-46A Commando damaged by flak
C-87 Liberator damaged by flak
C-87 Liberator destroyed by flak
C-87 Liberator damaged by flak
C-87 Liberator damaged by flak
C-87 Liberator damaged by fla

[Lokasenna]

Yep, I don't understand why he went for the piddly islands.

Unless he's just out of units to invade with. It is still 1944, after all.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

Yep, I don't understand why he went for the piddly islands.

Unless he's just out of units to invade with. It is still 1944, after all.

Let us hope so. I never played the Allies this far, so I have no clue as to what they have.

I suspect he can hit me anywhere with a 3 Marine Division invasion. They were in good shape when they retreated from Nagoya. Perhaps he is waiting on prep.

Finished the turn, and I sent the barges with a para unit off to their deaths at Oki.

A few traps, trying to repair some ships, moving land forces, etc., etc.

[Wuffer]

maybe rearming his Bombardement fleets and denying the use of a/c in shore hexes?

[Lokasenna]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

Yep, I don't understand why he went for the piddly islands.

Unless he's just out of units to invade with. It is still 1944, after all.

Let us hope so. I never played the Allies this far, so I have no clue as to what they have.

I suspect he can hit me anywhere with a 3 Marine Division invasion. They were in good shape when they retreated from Nagoya. Perhaps he is waiting on prep.

Finished the turn, and I sent the barges with a para unit off to their deaths at Oki.

A few traps, trying to repair some ships, moving land forces, etc., etc.

He would have to load them up first... and even if they were in good shape in terms of non-disabled devices, their morale may be suffering.

[Lowpe]

Aug 26,1944

The weather during the night is relatively clear over OkiShoto, but a rain front moves in masking the barges to the the south.

The barges are sent in to OkiShoto, perhaps some will make it. And there is hope some night naval attack will strike home today.

[Lowpe]

Oh my, this won't go well. Perhaps the paratroopers can swim to shore.[:D]

[Lowpe]

And what about our brave MTB diversion...they run into a CV force to the east of OkiShoto and get within 5000 yards before the Allies evade.

[Lowpe]

Ohara runs into the Langley group again, dodging waterspouts fore, aft and port by cleverly steering to the latest burst, but cannot fire torpedoes.

And, then, having decided to call it a night, with fuel running low, another encounter. Ohara causes this task force to disperse, but once again fails to launch any torpedoes.



Go get em, Tiger!

[Lowpe]

Taking advantage of the clear weather over OkiShoto, several waves of Myojo make dive bombing attacks on the baby carriers.

A squadron of Irving-sa night fighters attack very low.

A few Allied night fighters are on CAP, and that with the flak is enough to spoil our aim.

[Lowpe]

I still have some Dinah fighters floating around, and a training squadron decides they are going to intercept the heavy bombers.

They bravely fly at four or five waves of 4E, give a good scare to the Allied bombers spoiling their aim, but the Dinah's big honking cannon proves wildly inaccurate.

[Lowpe]

Light a candle and pray that the vehicle factories remain functional!

And I just moved the 40 mm AA out.[:(] Not that 2 guns would do a lot, but still.[:D]

[Lowpe]

The daily half hearted Allied strike on the Kongo. It is the gift that keeps on giving.[:)]

[Lowpe]

Allies shock attack at OkiShoto, after flying in another paratroop unit but fail to knock the forts down, and get a 1-2.

Our AA damages more transports.

Pakhoi in the west is heavily bombed, pointing to the next invasion, I guess.

Honshu's runways are bombed here, there and almost everywhere.

Keijo's vehicle factories keep on working, but for how much longer?