The Accidental War Obvert vs Lowpe

[Lowpe]

Turn is finished and with the Allies....the die is cast. The rubicon is crossed...

This could be a very painful day...probably will be for someone. Although, we all know Japanese bombardments really under perform.[:'(]

I am going in with TB and DD first to clear out the riff raff and improve detection on the minefields.

Then a two BB fleet will bombard, followed up by a 2 CA fleet.

In reserve is another battleship, cruisers and light cruisers...which will be able to go in on the morrow.

This is pretty scary, boys and girls...definitely don't do this in your games![:D]

[Lowpe]

Just a friendly reminder that loose keyboards will sink ships! So watch your posts in other AARs for a little bit!

[Canoerebel]

Was the Bismark sunk or scuttled?

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Was the Bismark sunk or scuttled?

That is a little off topic...or are you trying to convey some meaning?

[Lokasenna]

If all your bombardment TFs are originating from the same place... I'd have just combined them all into one bombardment.

[Aurorus]

It is a little late now since you already sent the turn, but I would just use the BBs to bombard Singers. The CAs are too vulnerable and not very effective from long range.

With good recon, you should achieve satisfactory results. I would not be too nervous (except maybe a little nervous about the CAs, but then I love my CAs).

[Canoerebel]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Was the Bismark sunk or scuttled?

That is a little off topic...or are you trying to convey some meaning?

I was being playful here. Your "loose lips sink ships" admonition reminded me of the running gag commentary in the forum, a number of years ago, about the sinking of the Bismarck. As best I recall, the debate became very heated ("She was sunk!" "No, she was scuttled!") and thus the issue became a running gag, kind of like TMTSNBM and anything posted by Geoff Lambert.

[Lowpe]

I get it now, and recall a sailors Father stationed in the Med ? that wanted to find out if his son was ok...and British Int cracked the code and figured roughly were the ship was...at least that is my memory of it.

I am sorry I didn't get it...as having to ask for an explanation always ruins the humor...but you can take solace and satisfaction by laughing at me instead of with me this time.[;)]

[Lowpe]

Breakout from Singers![X(]

[Lowpe]

ABDA fleeing Singers...chaos...what will happen?

[Canoerebel]

Tell us more! Tell us more!

Your bombardment hasn't taken place yet, has it? Is that coming this turn?

Tell us more!

[Lowpe]

Myoko takes an early hit and retires from combat, while the brave Hyuga rushes forward into torpedoes and heavy gunfire...she puts a 36cm shell into the Houston before retiring...to the south the bombardment of Singers steams ahead into mines and perhaps the Prince of Wales!

[Lowpe]

Torpedo boats and destroyers sally into Singapore first...clearing out the single ship task forces made of glorified motor launches....and then the big girl arrives...far off on the horizon she opens up with visions of burning ships and planes in her gunners' wildest dreams.

For Singers is packed with planes and ships...not to be as the rats have fled!

Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 3 damaged
SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Hiei

Allied ground losses:
238 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 13 (3 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (4 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 15
Port hits 1

F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Hiei
BB Hiei firing at Singapore


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Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 4 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara
CA Chikuma

Allied ground losses:
229 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11
Port hits 2

CA Ashigara firing at Singapore
CA Chikuma firing at Singapore

[Lowpe]

To Singers we go!

[Lowpe]

Attu falls...

[Lowpe]

Singers...where is the POW? Intel is baffled!

[Aurorus]

Those are not bad results on a bombardment from 3 ships. Hopefully you knocked out some of the flak guns that make life so miserable for the IJA over Singapore.

[Lowpe]

Burma

[Lowpe]

Oversight, not having some fighters patrolling here. It lists one oil hit, but according to tacker no damage was done. This is an aspect of the game I have never really verified...how accurate the combat report is to industry.

[Lowpe]

Startling levels of damage on the IJN![X(]