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

[Lowpe]

Rexs' eat alive the unescorted Allied bombers! A little trap over the sub chasers attacked during the night.

[Lowpe]

A rare deep water kill...our toll on Allied subs is fearsome, but not without cost to our merchant fleet.

[Lowpe]

Carriers, Battleships, Destroyers, AMs, PT boats galore....

The Yanks are everywhere!

[Lowpe]

I had an air festung at Oita, about the only base that didn't get attacked on Western Honshu area.

[Lowpe]

I am sure I missed a few too.


LST-245 collides with LST-270 at 111 , 63
LCI(G)-407 collides with LST-270 at 111 , 63
APA Starlight collides with LST-269 at 111 , 63
xAK Martin Johnson collides with LST-270 at 111 , 63
xAK Golden Light collides with LST-270 at 111 , 63
AK Propus collides with LST-269 at 111 , 63
LCI(G)-408 collides with LST-270 at 111 , 63
xAK Peter Lassen collides with LST-270 at 111 , 63
CVE Roi collides with LST-246 at 111 , 63
xAK Alexander Woolcott collides with LST-269 at 111 , 63
xAK Samlyth collides with LST-272 at 111 , 63
xAK Peter Lassen collides with LST-272 at 111 , 63
LST-272 collides with LST-241 at 111 , 63
xAK Peter Lassen collides with LST-272 at 111 , 63
CVE Roi collides with LST-241 at 111 , 63
LCI(G)-403 collides with LST-272 at 111 , 63
LCI(G)-372 collides with LST-272 at 111 , 63
APA Starlight collides with LST-241 at 111 , 63

[Lowpe]

The Tone had a great war. Her first Captain steamed her right into 3 torpedoes off Sabang, but we saved her.

Bunji took over and had several great deep raids off Perth, Karachi and the Pearl Harbor/West Coast convoy routes.

She was present at all major carrier battles, the early ones off Java, in the Kuriles during the early Allied invasions there and then the deadly fights off the Marianas and finally off Oz.

What a warrior! She will be remembered.



Hopefully, I remembered all that correctly. It may have been another CA that ate the three torpedoes, but it sounds good here. The important thing to remember is the Tone's original Captain is a downright lowly dog, fit to skipper a tug if that.

[Lowpe]

Top Aces for Japan...

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

I got confused on AARs and momentarily thought this was a different Tone in a different place.

[Lowpe]

A picture of my Stella squadron.

Unfortunately, when I got the unit as a reinforcement I left them in the same base one day too long and the Allies destroyed 5 on the ground.

But, they are up and working. I need to find a coastal base for them to work out of. Perhaps along the western coastline of Korea.

They would be great working ASW in the Japanese Isles if the Allies weren't already there.

[Lowpe]

The last of the Lorna's flying out of Nagasaki.

[Lowpe]

Major Allied plane losses so far.

[obvert]

Are you totally out of DDs or is the single ship TF of the Tone a choice you made for other reasons?

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: obvert

Are you totally out of DDs or is the single ship TF of the Tone a choice you made for other reasons?

Tone lost her destroyer escort the day before. I was trying to flank speed move her to Oita...probably should have sent her to Shanghai area. She might not have made it either, as I had several other ships caught by Fletchers doing that.

[Lowpe]

Not much left to strike back with at Honshu...my fighters are worn out and need down time. Most are sent to Korea to recover.

A few small traps set up, if I can avoid all the wandering Allied fleets. I think I can expect wandering Fletchers, Carrier sweeps aimed at destroying my rear area fighters so I had to take measures there too.

My two remaining battleships need time to get their system damage down, but the best I can get them into is a size 3 port.

Sending a lone MTB, all I have, out again hoping to penetrate a CVE task force.

It is bleak out there, and getting bleaker!

[DanSez]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

The last of the Lorna's flying out of Nagasaki.

I recall the discussion many many pages back about the Lorna. Did you notice any difference in it's ASW abilities vs using single engine Kates or some other platform?

[Lowpe]

Some recent Lorna action:

Q1W1 Lorna from Sasebo Ku T-4 has spotted YMS-291 at 103,57
YMS-291 is reported HIT
Q1W1 Lorna from Sasebo Ku T-4 has spotted YMS-481 at 104,56

The Lorna isn't anything special, it might become good around June 1945 when their radar becomes active.

The B5N2 is single engine, radar and MAD capable on 6/44, plus has only one engine.

[Lowpe]

September 6, 1944

And the Allies invade again![X(]

The Japanese naval response...a lone MTB.[:D]

[Lowpe]

Lots of really fast blurbs about the naval guns firing in the straits of Tsushima, but we nail only this destroyer. The others no combat.

[Lowpe]

Here they come, knocking on the door.[:D]

[Lowpe]

Oops, a few more CD gun hits.

But the Allies have landed. The B29s hit troops buildups at the other clear ground hexes in western Honshu.

I have forts four, and there are only 250 AFVs unloaded so far. Try to hold, or retreat back to better terrain...that is the 64 dollar question.

My oh my.[:D]