The Elephant Vanishes : obvert (J) vs Historiker_SqzMyLemon_Canoerebel (A)

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[font="Times New Roman"]16-17 November, 1943[/font]

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[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SW PAC: [/font] Joseph sent in some sweeps down here for the first time since taking the game over. Looks like he's about to start taking some steps to get moving.

On the 17th he sent in a bunch of P-38H groups with a few Kittyhawk III to Madang. I had a low CAP set, although not in the three step layering at 9k, 7k, and 5k that I'd been testing. I'd flown out the low group to cover some incoming supply transports. The defense still did well though, getting about 1:1 and only losing 6 pilots on the day. Others got good experience. I'll move in a fresh Tojo group for the 7k CAP and drop the remaining A6M5b group to 5k for tomorrow. J2M2 are at 9k. Of note, all groups scrambled fighters even though set to 60-70% CAP. Only one radar here so warning was poor.

Some troops are moving down here to add on to Umboi Island, Cape Goucester, Long Island and back fill in some rear bases after I flew the major garrison force from Wewak to Finschafen. Looks like the Allies aren't moving forward there anymore though from Lae. They have also stopped the little supply drops around NW Oz and into the Solomons.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]BURMA: [/font] Lots of movement along the Arakan. More troops moving up to do something. Maybe just get Akyab and Ramree built up. With the update to the recent patch I've made the choice to only try to close bases when necessary since the cost is much hgher losing 3-5 Helens per strike to CAP when I wasn't losing any before the update. No complaints though. This should help my jungle troops in Burma hold and my HI defenses later.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]CENT PAC: [/font] Nothing moving out here. Still getting big hits on PH for SIGINT. Nothing helpful in the rollover yet.

I found my three remaining midget sub carriers and I'm sending one midget to Wake to see if I can't hit the AR in there. I'll then try to go pick up the very damaged midgets at Marcus to get them back to a shipyard, fixed and recycled. Noticed too that I've now lost around 8 Glen subs, which sucks. I need a few more for deep ocean recon. I might se some of he smaller Husimi class AV for this with Norms on board out in the IO since I need good tabs on surprises there, and if I lose them to CV air it would be worth it to know something is coming. As long as the ships don't get sighted and tracked on SIGINT the Norms might even find the enemy at 12-15 hexes before he knows where they are, and they could potentially still get out of dodge. A secondary benefit woud be to see if Joseph will be reckless with his supply lines to Oz from Cape town. If so, tankers make nice VP heavy targets that burn nicely even after only a few 50kg bomb hits. [:)]

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]ECON: [/font]My supply is going down for the first time in a while due to engine factory enlargements recently undertaken. I set a limit for myself for all fort building and base expansion of Jan 1, 1944. Everything will stop at that date. I don't care if I think I need it or not. All major strong points will have 5-7 forts by this time anyway, and most HI bases will have at least 3 forts and the airfields expanded to accommodate the late war confusion of groups all over the place. All potential major landing zones in the DEI, Burmese/Thai/Malay coasts, Kuriles/Hokkaido, and the PI that I plan to defend should be at forts 5-7 by then too.

At that point I want to save a whole bunch of supply. Palembang has been feeding the Burma troops, Medan feeding Sumatra building, with Miri/Balikpapan/Tarakan serving my Aussie plans and sending some out to Babeldaop, then to the Marianas. China is self-sufficient. The only supply coming from the HI is really to South/Cent Pac, usually in combo with units moving down.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR November 17, 42
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Morning Air attack on Madang , at 97,123

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 53
J2M2 Jack x 27

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 66

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 7 destroyed
J2M2 Jack: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 6 destroyed

CAP engaged:
263 Ku S-1 with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 11 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
381 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 11 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
Hiryu-1 with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 10 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Madang , at 97,123

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 34
J2M2 Jack x 18

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 12
P-38H Lightning x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 2 destroyed
J2M2 Jack: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk III: 2 destroyed

CAP engaged:
263 Ku S-1 with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 14 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
381 Ku S-1 with J2M2 Jack (0 airborne, 1 on standby, 9 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
Hiryu-1 with A6M5b Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 12 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 7000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes

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[font="Trebuchet MS"]He had several sweeping groups cooperate, and as shown here it took a while for the scramblers to arrive, but still Jacks and Zeros did well. [/font]

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[font="Times New Roman"]18-19 November, 1943[/font]

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[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]OZ: [/font] So now that we've settled into the game a bit I felt it was time to try a few things. Step one came off poorly, but could still have the desired result.

I've been sending recon all over Australia and so far I haven't seen a lot of response in terms of the Allies adjusting CAP. I got a good read on Perth and there were no fighters up, so I rushed in the G3M3 that I'd been resting and gave them a shot. I added a few Emilys on for good measure and set it all to fly on the 19th.

Well, unfortunately the Emilys flew and the Nells did not, blowing my cover for the much bigger strike by the 2Es. Got two hits on subs and sunk an AMc. Ok. no big deal. I would guess now he'll cover Perth with CAP. If not I'll go back.

First though I have 100+ Nells set to strike Kalgoorlie's resources and another 100+ Bettys aiming for Cloncurry's resources for the 20th. The Cloncurry strikes have 45 A6M3a as escorts, but nothing for the Western strike. Here's hoping there is no CAP there! [:D]

After all of that I plan to bury Corunna Downs resources in 250kg bombs and para-drop Port Hedland, likely taking it back. Just some fun and easy pickins to hopefully set the Allies behind a bit further and gain some VPs the easy way.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SW PAC: [/font] Sending in all kinds of small supply TFs down here and there is no DL on them so far. They're covered by CAP, but it's possible he's not flying a lot of search, too.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR November 19, 42
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Morning Air attack on Perth , at 49,147

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 92 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
H8K2 Emily x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
H8K2 Emily: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
SS Salmon, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
SS Triton, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AMc Djombang, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
5 x H8K2 Emily bombing from 10000 feet *
City Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x H8K2 Emily bombing from 10000 feet *
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
8 x H8K2 Emily bombing from 10000 feet *
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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[font="Trebuchet MS"]If no CAP arrives, we may come back. I could also do some night bombing of industry and shipyards here, up to 50 planes per night. [/font]

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[Lowpe]

Low cap goodness!

Interesting thought on fort building...but feel free to violate it as the need arises.

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Low cap goodness!

Interesting thought on fort building...but feel free to violate it as the need arises.

It is at least for the period from Jan 1 to July 1. After that I may resume some in the PI, along the Chinese coast, the inner islands and HI.

The other good thing I've been noticing about the low CAP is that my guys are staying fresh and full of good morale. Different than flying CAP at 31k, when they often dip into the 80s.

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I just got the turn back from Joseph. He called me Commander Stormwolf for that Emily raid! [:D]

Now lets see if the other stuff actually worked or if I lost a bunch of 2Es.

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[font="Times New Roman"]20 November, 1943[/font]

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[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]OZ: [/font] Ok. It worked. Lots of Netties over various parts of OZ report 318 strategic points of damage to resource centers. [:)]

Now for part two. I'll be sending the bombers after whatever 900 man unit is at Port Hedland, followed by the 1st para-regiment. After that I'll consider options based on what recon shows, but will certainly take out the 100+ resources at Corunna Downs. I like this strat bombing thing in Oz. That is a lot of points from one day. [X(]

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]BURMA: [/font] Nothing going on. Another division finally got the 43 squads. About 2-3 left, but a big supply TF on the way that should help.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]CENT PAC: [/font] Decided to boost Marcus back up to level 6 forts. Why not? If he does come again, those units are nice and experienced now! [:)]

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SW PAC: [/font] My supply TFs are still unwatched. I'll keep fingers crossed it all can get landed.

In an interesting development, Salamua flips to the Japanese unexpectedly! He has a Brigade and base forces at Lae and a Division at Nadzab, but they won't be getting much supply soon since that just got cut when Salamua turned Japanese. Crazy. I few in a small SNLF battalion with 16 AV and a piece of an engineer unit to build a fort or two with the nice 2,800 supply points the Allies left sitting here. He needs naval forces in there now. I have lots of DBs in the area, and four old Kamikaze class DDs are on route to Rabaul to serve as surface protection.

Once the Oz situation has died down a bit I'll pop some Emilys at Kirakira for a good look around, then I need to send a good supply dump to Rekata Bay and Munda to be able to hold them for a bit longer.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR November 20, 42
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Morning Air attack on Cloncurry , at 84,142

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 56 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 15

No Japanese losses

Resources hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 5000 feet
City Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on Kalgoorlie , at 56,147

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 20

No Japanese losses

Resources hits 36

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 5000 feet
City Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

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[font="Trebuchet MS"]I only had a 3 DL on Kalgoorlie, so it'll be interesting to see what happened there and if he can also cover Perth and Kalgoorlie with CAP. [/font]

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[font="Times New Roman"]21 November, 1943[/font]

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[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]OZ: [/font]The Australia plan continues. Netties bomb the unsuspecting base force at Port Hedland which is then overwhelmed by the IJ para troops of the 1st Raiding reg. Not much supply gained here but Allied troops surrender, which is always good, and this makes the obliteration of Corunna Downs the next step.

Recon shows 6 bombers, as previous, and two fighters at Perth. Odd. This makes me think a group was railed in and is repairing. I considered another strike here but I'll wait as I think there are bigger fish in the water.

I've decided that since Kalgoorlie is empty, I'll prepare an invasion of Geraldton and a para-drop on Kalgoorlie. This could go badly wrong if the Allied presence here is more than recon shows, but it's also a golden chance to hit some more resources, potentially wipe out some Allied troops, and to possibly acquire some fuel and supply resources that have been sent to West Oz. It's a gamble, but if the rail can be closed the Allies would have a long ride to get CVs in here from their presumed base at Pearl.

The drawback is I can't go until the mini-Kb transits to the DEI form it's previous station at Iwo Jima. It's now nearing Babeldaob. I have the amphibs and two divisions prepping for lightly held Geraldton, which shows two units and about 3k troops total. Probably an engineer and base force, or a small CD unit. There seem to be few if any AFVs in the whole area, and if Perth is showing 4 units for 12.5k troops with 80 guns and 9 AFVs, not much at all for opposition. My units would only get to 50-60% prep, but if the ground troops were light and got softened up, that could be enough. Then land a few more fresh units behind them.

If this takes more than a week to set up I'm worried the Allies will either see something on SIGINT or get the itch that things are not as they should be in West Oz, and send in reinforcements. I could preempt it all with a quick para-strike now, but that unit from Perth could then walk before I could get forces in the area, and lots of DBs and fighters could be flown in to Perth, not to mention some 4E or 2E to smash my troops and the fields so nothing else could be flown in.

It seems a D-Day would be two weeks out at the earliest, giving a chance to get in air cover, load two divisions plus follow on support and also troops to take Esperance and march on Kalgoorlie to reinforce. Let me know thoughts and if I'm being totally crazy here.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]CENT PAC: [/font] Sending in lots of recon subs to watch for movements of the Allied fleets from Pearl. I've got two Glen subs on station, one to the NW and one due W from Pearl. A hunter/killer group of one Glen sub and three fast I-boats are heading to the area SW of the Big Island.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SW PAC: [/font]I'll continue making some noise down here to try to keep a focus in the area. Joseph bombed the troops at Kirakira yesterday with B-25D1s. I sent in a group of Rufes to discourage this activity. We'll see if they get eaten up by the forward guns of the strafers or if they can actually get behind for a few kills.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]ECON: [/font]Two brand new shiny CVs arrived today. The last in the queue. (Not making Shinano or the last small Army CVEs). This means we had a major surplus of Naval points. I spent some time going through both Naval and Merchant lines and getting a better sense of what I still want.

I cancelled some later arriving fast tankers to prioritize medium and small short hoppers that arrive earlier. I'm finding with coastal routing it makes sense to send medium sized tankers on shorter hauls to places like Takao and Manilla from the DEI. Then I need more medium tankers to haul along the islands and coast to the main western ports of the HI.

For the Naval construction I was able to add a number of subs to the queue. I'll build a lot of them, as I know I'll lose a lot, and still think it's worth it in VPs if one or two large ships can be sunk. They are also incredibly useful for early warning. Looking forward to the Es coming soon. After a few RO boats come in early 44 I may accelerate some late arriving DDs, as I know from experience I'll be very short come the start of 45.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR November 21, 42
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Morning Air attack on Port Hedland RAN Base Force, at 57,129 (Port Hedland)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 60
G4M1 Betty x 14

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
142 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
24 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
9 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Ground combat at Port Hedland (57,129)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 555 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 23

Defending force 189 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 18

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Hedland !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), disruption(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Allied ground losses:
133 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
1st Raiding Rgt /1

Defending units:
Port Hedland RAN Base Force

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[font="Trebuchet MS"]Carrying the kids around the neighborhood. [/font]

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[Lowpe]

Love the picture!

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Love the picture!

It's the only one I've even found of an actual IJN sub carrier in action on the water. Lots of dry-docked midgets ready to tackle the Allied invasion of the HI pics, lots of washed up midget picks, but no others I can find like this. It was really small so had to doctor it up a bit.

[obvert]

Ok. So I learned something. Even on the sub carrier an injured midget will sink if it's got high system damage. I hadn't seen that before.

How in the world does it sink? It's strapped to the deck of a boat moving on the surface?? [:-][X(]

[Drakanel]

Easy. The ship's crew throw it in the sea while the captain is not looking. "Sorry captain, it sunk! Guess we won't have to toil for weeks to fix it. What a pity..." [:D]

[Canoerebel]

Was this the captain in command of your midget sub?

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ORIGINAL: Drakanel

Easy. The ship's crew throw it in the sea while the captain is not looking. "Sorry captain, it sunk! Guess we won't have to toil for weeks to fix it. What a pity..." [:D]

Yeah, Except everyone forgot the captured Allied bootleg whiskey ration from Marcus was stored in there! [:D]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Was this the captain in command of your midget sub?

I don't think he was there, but the broad might have been. The midget did happen to sink during the time a very ... um, small waisted, dress was found in the I-22 laundry area. [:-]

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[font="Times New Roman"]22-24 November, 1943[/font]

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[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]BURMA: [/font] A few boring turns and then the Allies showed they're coming out to play at last. On the 24th the change was first indicated by a P-47 sweep over Chang Mai. I'd been using this as a bomber base for ages, only protected by Oscar and A6M3a escort CAP. It was out of fighter range but I haven't been bombing Lashio and Akyab lately, so now it is definitely in range.

Joseph's first big strike as Allied commander comes off nearly perfectly. He targets the weak point and sends massive force to overwhelm the base defenses. To top it off there was no AA here, so 26 planes destroyed on the ground and another 38 in the air defending sweeps. Fortunately, only 12 pilots are KIA or MIA. All planes here will fly/rail out and we'll reset.

I'm hoping this means he'll soon begin to test other defenses. We'll see. The first Frank group is ready to go in Rangoon, and Georges and Jacks are mixed in with Tojo IIc at the other major airfields. The Allies have a few hundred P-47s and Corsairs, should have just gotten the Spit VIII and have at least 250-300 4E in the area.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]WEST OZ: [/font] Looks like something from Perth has moved to Kalgoorlie. No chance to Paradrop there now. Still preparing some more action in the area though. I'd like to get Exmouth and Carnarvon back just to stall things in this area and make search and recon harder for the Allies into the DEI.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]CHINA: [/font] In China there is a good group of forces at Sining, so I'll wait for reinforcements before attacking here, not knowing forts. These units should just be VPs at this point.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SW PAC: [/font] A P-38 sweep ruined our Rufe ambush at Kirakira. I left them there too long, so my bad, and good play on Joseph's part. Lost about 10 planes, but again not many pilots over our base.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR November 24, 42
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Morning Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 36
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 27

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 5 destroyed
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
252 Ku S-1 with A6M3a Zero (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 22 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
203rd Sentai with Ki-43-IIIa Oscar (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 16 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 27
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 14

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 32
B-24D1 Liberator x 33
B-24J Liberator x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 7 destroyed on ground
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 5 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 3 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 64

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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[font="Trebuchet MS"]Having some problems with CV air groups arriving on their ships. The Ryuho has been in Yokohama for a few weeks but the air groups have not arrived on ship even though it's empty and in port. I took it out and docked it thinking that might be the key, but no go. Any thoughts?[/font]

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[Lowpe]

I have not seen that before with the Ryuho...sounds like a good tech support question.

I am amazed at even how just one AA battery can reduce the damage to planes on the ground and ships in port.

AA, don't leave the home islands without it.[;)]

[obvert]

I have a lot of AA sitting in the HI and some of the unrestricted units will be moving forward. In a game where the KB is reduced I'm loathe to move a lot of it out, just to make sure any decisive move into range of he HI still has a decent counter from AA and air groups in the HI. It's a little bit like Japan in the war, keeping the Georges and other best planes, plus some very large and experienced divisions in the HI, Korea, China and elsewhere around the inner circle.

Although I'm threatening forward, I actually want to stall for time to be able to create a modified Capt Cruft inner circle defense. A few hard outer layers and a jaw breaking nut in the area round the HI.

[ny59giants]

Air groups for Japanese CVs - Don't forget that for some scenarios the air groups come in as if the CV was never accelerated. I know it shouldn't happen, but sometimes the mod was not set up well enough and this happens.

Pilot vs airframe losses - For Japan, they can afford airframes being destroyed, but not dead pilots. For Allies, I'm usually in great shape when it come to US Army fighter pilots, but cannot afford the airframe losses. Go figure!?! [:D]

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Air groups for Japanese CVs - Don't forget that for some scenarios the air groups come in as if the CV was never accelerated. I know it shouldn't happen, but sometimes the mod was not set up well enough and this happens.

Pilot vs airframe losses - For Japan, they can afford airframes being destroyed, but not dead pilots. For Allies, I'm usually in great shape when it come to US Army fighter pilots, but cannot afford the airframe losses. Go figure!?! [:D]

So, the Ryuho has been in game for a while, and it wasn't accelerated. The air group just arrives later. The air group has been sitting in the arrival queue for 1-2 weeks at 2 days. The Ryuho is empty, is sitting in Yokohama, and the air group won't arrive.

[Lokasenna]

ORIGINAL: obvert

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Air groups for Japanese CVs - Don't forget that for some scenarios the air groups come in as if the CV was never accelerated. I know it shouldn't happen, but sometimes the mod was not set up well enough and this happens.

Pilot vs airframe losses - For Japan, they can afford airframes being destroyed, but not dead pilots. For Allies, I'm usually in great shape when it come to US Army fighter pilots, but cannot afford the airframe losses. Go figure!?! [:D]

So, the Ryuho has been in game for a while, and it wasn't accelerated. The air group just arrives later. The air group has been sitting in the arrival queue for 1-2 weeks at 2 days. The Ryuho is empty, is sitting in Yokohama, and the air group won't arrive.

That's very odd. What happens if you move her to Tokyo? Probably nothing, I know.

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

ORIGINAL: obvert

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Air groups for Japanese CVs - Don't forget that for some scenarios the air groups come in as if the CV was never accelerated. I know it shouldn't happen, but sometimes the mod was not set up well enough and this happens.

Pilot vs airframe losses - For Japan, they can afford airframes being destroyed, but not dead pilots. For Allies, I'm usually in great shape when it come to US Army fighter pilots, but cannot afford the airframe losses. Go figure!?! [:D]

So, the Ryuho has been in game for a while, and it wasn't accelerated. The air group just arrives later. The air group has been sitting in the arrival queue for 1-2 weeks at 2 days. The Ryuho is empty, is sitting in Yokohama, and the air group won't arrive.

That's very odd. What happens if you move her to Tokyo? Probably nothing, I know.

I'll give it a try since she's right there.