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

[Lokasenna]

Needs more fighters.

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

Needs more fighters.

Don´t have more!

[Barb]

We are tuned for long, yet no update is coming... I loved your AAR, it is going to continue, or should I switch to follow the other side?

[CaptBeefheart]

Come back, Jock. We miss you, man.

Cheers,
CC

[dave sindel]

ORIGINAL: Commander Cody

Come back, Jock. We miss you, man.

Cheers,
CC

+1

[Canoerebel]

+2

[ny59giants]

+3

[Lecivius]

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[Lovejoy]

+4

[witpqs]

Jock, so far we are up to 10! [:D]

[JocMeister]

Thanks guys!

I would absolutely love to do an AAR like I used to. But the sad truth is that I simply don´t have time for it. Two kids, full time job, the house and the everyday slog takes too much time. Currently renovating the living room which takes up every spare second I have to get that livable again.

I´m really sorry guys but unless I win the lottery or something keeping a regular AAR isn´t going to happen. [:(]

That being said a short recap is coming! [:)]

[JocMeister]

[font="Verdana"]September 5th -43[/font]
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So what have I been doing lately? Things are going as planned with just minor hiccups. We are moving on a broad front with 2 more fronts to open shortly.

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CENTPAC
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Pearl Harbor is liberated and the shift in VPs drop the ratio under 2. PH is already fully operational and preparing the next push deeper into CENTPAC. The 2nd Armored BDE will be perfect for the coming offensive. 150 tanks (50 Stuarts, 50 Shermans and 50 Grants for only 3800 Stacking!!!). Talk about Atoll buster...[:)]

Christmas Island is also secured and is being set up as a fuel depot and forward base.

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NORPAC
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We are all the way up to Sitka. Next stop Kodiak and Anchorage. This is just a feint though. The real invasion will happen much further west in the Aleutians and will be in force. ETA 2-3 months.

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SOPAC
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Jeff have played superbly here and really caused me some grief. He has held me at bay with minimal forces. Things are about to change though. Darwin and Rabaul are the next targets here. Priority Darwin as it will put a tremendous amount of strain on the Japanese. I already have several divisions prepping for targets in the lower DEI.

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Burma
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Most of the action has been here. Battle is already won though. More on that in a separate post.

[JocMeister]

[font="Verdana"]Burma[/font]
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As mentioned most of the action has been here lately. I feel quite confident here though. Jeff made a fatal mistake here which gave us the upper hand.

A couple of months ago I sent in troops through Northern Burma. I messed up and got 2 divisions cut off (seen on the map). Jeff got really excited about that and have sent in a huge amount of troops trying to destroy them. I think he has 6-8 divisions in the 3 hexes around Katha.

In his excitement he missed a 2k AV stack moving out North of Akyab. They could simply walk straight into the open plains where they turned south towards Ramree. They have now opened the "back door" from Ramree. This not only opens a nice supply route into Burma for me but also allows me to move troops straight into central Burma.

Obviously this is something worthy of committing the reserves for. 7 divisions are already in place in the 3 hexes around Ramree with another 5 coming. Due to stacking limits I can´t drop them all at Ramree though. Its currently a train where I have to wait for troops to leave Ramree before dropping more. But now that I can move them into central Burma the flood gates are open. In about a month I will have something like 6k AV in Central/Southern Burma.

The irony of it all is that I don´t think Jeff will manage to destroy the 2 divisions. I purposely not opened the hex for them to keep Jeff encouraged to stay up north. But now that the route to Ramree is open I´m going to try and free them from the South. I think I have enough time. If they can survive 2 deliberate attacks (I think they can) they will be saved in about 10-12 turns.

Airwise I have the upper hand. Jeff is relying on Magwe (lvl 7) and Schwebo (lvl 5). Besides that he doesn´t have any built up airfields in Burma outside Rangoon (which I can bombard from the sea). I´m pretty confident I can close them if needed. But for now I´m not doing much besides covering my Amphibs at Ramree

I have also been careful to not show him all my cards here. I have a reserve force of 100 P38s and 200 Hellcats hiding at Madras. In total I have well over 1000 fighters in the area. But I´m just showing Jeff about half of that. I does know I have lots of Corsairs and some P47s though. We had one clash which ended in a draw. I had a low LRCAP up to try and hit his bombers. He did hit the LRCAP with sweeps which hurt my P40s pretty badly. My high LRCAP hurt him pretty badly though and he hasn´t been flying since then.

Overall I´m a bit behind time wise from where I wanted to be in Burma. But we are making progress and Jeff is pouring in troops to Burma. In fact all the troops movements I´m getting via SIGINT are going to Burma. Nothing for the DEI, NORPAC, CENTPAC or SOPAC. If that is true I hope the push into the DEI will be fairly easy.

[JocMeister]

[font="Verdana"]Fighter pools[/font]
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Never ever have had such overflowing pools.

100 spare P47s?
70 P38s?
200 Hellcats?
300 P40Ks?

This is one of the reasons I feel quite confident in the air war. I confident I can gain air superiority when I want it. And not just for a few days.

[JocMeister]

Let me know if there is anything particular you want to see or have more info on and I´ll try to provide.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

Let me know if there is anything particular you want to see or have more info on and I´ll try to provide.

You have priorities, I'm just glad to know you are able to squeeze in a little decompression time for yourself. [8D]

Of course, you have to remain competent so when the kids are old enough you can teach them how to plan an invasion! [:D]

[Lecivius]

Family first, job second, game third.







Subject to change without notice [;)]

[Macclan5]

ORIGINAL: Lecivius

Family first, job second, game third.

Subject to change without notice [;)]

+1 [8D] albeit my spouse sometimes accuses me of flipping 1 and 3 ...

No problem Joc and thanks for the updates.

As an avid Allied AAR reader I know we forumites are generally satisfied with the simple things [:D]

When you have a few moments would you mind updating the entire OOB in every theater with every "plan for target" ; and outline every CV Taskforce with Plane Squadrons and individual assignments.

...ohh perhaps your pilot / airframe pools as well and plans for them

LMAO...

In seriousness - the reconquest of Pearl is most interesting but behind us.. and the IJ Empire is on the defensive.

Please try to drop a line when you hit the Mariana's and or Phillipines.. or which ever major axis of advancement you choose.

[JocMeister]

[font="Verdana"]13th September -43[/font]
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Been some quiet days. Will be a few more before things get busy again as two invasion fleets have departed their bases. I expect KB intervention against one of them. Full CV fleet + CVEs will cover. 600 planes in total. Mostly Hellcats but due to PDU OFF there are some Kittens in the mix. The whole fleet is at sea.

-7 Fleet CVs
-6 CVLs
-12 CVEs
-4 Fast BBs
-18 CAs
-8 CLs
-100+ DDs
-42 subs

If Jeff comes out to defend we will not back down. Don´t think he will do that just yet though. He will probably wait for a better opportunity where he could get good LBA support and the stakes are higher. KB is pretty much the only thing defending the DEI and SOPAC and he can´t afford to lose it.

Then again he has been very aggressive from time to time so you never know.

[JocMeister]

[font="Verdana"]NORPAC[/font]
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The coming Allied offensive start off with the invasion of Kodiak. Its a pretty risky one as I am outside my own LBA and air cover is provided by only 5 CVEs. They are stacked with maximum of fighters and only 8 TBs for NavS/ASW though and it will hopefully be enough. I brought some slow BBs with me and I hope they can soak up some damage and draw away attention from the Amphibs.

Jeff did a probing attack yesterday. CAP held up well and shot down all Betties but tomorrow will be the real test.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Sitkinak Island at 185,47

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 30,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 42
A6M5b Zero x 36
G4M1 Betty x 5
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 40

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 72
FM-1 Wildcat x 16
F6F-3 Hellcat x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
FM-1 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

I need to not get crippled tomorrow. If I can avoid that I can close Anchorage and Kodiak air fields. After that we should be fine. I have enough naval power here to deal with almost anything and I don´t think Jeff has more than some cruisers up here and possibly BB Kongo (?) who was found by SIGINT a few months ago.

Luckily I have about 20 Fletchers with 6 BBs so I should be fine unless I completely lose aircover. I really don´t like this OP though. I usually don´t shy away from risk when the rewards are worth it. But I´m not convinced this is worth it. I really want another front opened up though. I´m still committed to advancing on as many fronts as possible.

Fingers crossed for tomorrow. A thunderstorm would be nice...