Islands of Destiny: RA 5.0 Japanese Side

John 3rd · Post by **John 3rd** » Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:48 am

Don't know.

John 3rd · Post by **John 3rd** » Tue Sep 26, 2017 1:55 pm

December 8, 1944

Strikes range out up to a range of nine hexes from Kido Butai. Though stiff resistance is found on convoys hit near Boela, losses are not bad--15 Sam, 15 Judy, and 9 Jill. In exchange, the Sea Eagles sink 7 AK (troops or fuel on board) and a PF. About an equal number of ships are hit and damaged. Not too bad.

KB moves due east close to the shore of Australia. BB Musashi and a Battlecruiser detach with 5 DD to hit Darwin. They are CAP'd by 4 Daitai of Sams. After this smack, the KB will head for Koepang and fuel that is waiting.

After Koepang they will move to Soerabaja and join seven more CVs who come out of Upgrades in 4 Days.

We'll tally the totals of the raid after tomorrow's turn.

John 3rd · Post by **John 3rd** » Tue Sep 26, 2017 1:58 pm

Up north, the forgotten base of Batan roars back into life as 31 Sam escort 30 Kamikaze Judy hitting ships at nearby Camaguin. This strike brushes aside 7 Beaufighters and smacks an LST with 2 Hits, a LSI(L) with two hits and another LCI (L) with a single smack. Five hits from 30 planes. Not bad there either.

Chickenboy · Post by **Chickenboy** » Tue Sep 26, 2017 5:07 pm

ORIGINAL: John 3rd
30 Kamikaze Judy hitting ships at nearby Camaguin.

Glad to see the backwater knife-in-the-back strike from kamikaze Judys. There's lots of opportunities to do this where the 1.0x10^6 ain't. You working off your surplus of outdated D4Y1s?

John 3rd · Post by **John 3rd** » Tue Sep 26, 2017 7:37 pm

I'm using anything I can get that isn't 'front line' presently!

Here we go again. Have a 25 ship Tanker TF that just moved past Dadjangas covered by CV Hiryu and a CVL carrying only fighters. NO issues and the CVs will retire west to pick-up another full fuel TF heading east. As that one transitions, we pick-up a TF of 25 empty Tankers/AOs and bring them back to the DEI. That I continue to be allowed this amazes me but I'll take it.

The big Tanker TF carries 135,000 Fuel and 90,000 Oil. The next one carries 55,500 Fuel and 90,000 Oil.

adarbrauner · Post by **adarbrauner** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 5:52 am

ORIGINAL: Jhon the III

Up north, the forgotten base of Batan roars back into life as 31 Sam escort 30 Kamikaze Judy hitting ships at nearby Camaguin. This strike brushes aside 7 Beaufighters and smacks an LST with 2 Hits, a LSI(L) with two hits and another LCI (L) with a single smack. Five hits from 30 planes. Not bad there either.

As to me, you've already won this war.

Where is USN Main Carrier Fleet right now?
Are you prepared to confront a fraction, a third or half of it, in pursue and hunting mode against you (remember he's afraid of cap traps when setting his attack ranges..)?

Now that you are assembling in Indonesia, would you consider raiding his resupply trains in Bengal Gulf to Rangoon?

Would you consider keeping a considerable fraction of the Fleet eastward/northern of the Phillippines? You know, just not to place all the eggs in one crack only...and as additional confusion regarding your plans and forces, and as a deterrence for you opponent?

Are you ready to squeeze out the fleet from Indonesia as soon as your operations shall be completed?

What your time schedule? are you planning/ready for a quick op there?

The results of your raid are not that much, considered the expectations and fuel and assets involved. But the real victory is that you sailed those waters, attacked and passed through unscathed after having disrupted his plans and resupply routes!

That's worth, for me, a mountain of gold, especially for the morale!

ORIGINAL: John the III
His SS have been a non-factor in this match. That should be declared victory unto itself.

I would be truly curious as to how many he has lost.

Are you sinking subs around Shanghai?

John 3rd · Post by **John 3rd** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 11:53 am

I asked Dan if he would let me know how many have actually been sunk but he didn't comment/address the question. Don't want specific SS just would like to know how many have been sunk.

Semi-hidden in the CV Sweep are 14 Japanese SS that move into the same waters north of Australia.

John 3rd · Post by **John 3rd** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 3:59 pm

December 10, 1944

My noble opponent finally realizes that when you have a gadzillion ships with near infinite airpower aboard them you can probably use it OFFENSIVELY. The 1.0^10x6 flies a series of sweeps over Nagasaki. Luckily the sweeps come in disjointedly and the 111 Japanese Fighters are able to seriously chew up some Hellkittens.

Sweeps:
111 F vs 23 F6F
101 F vs 23 F6F
90 F vs 23 F6F
73 F vs (HOLY CRAP!) 265 F6F/F4U

35 B-24 then fly in and attack RESOURCES doing little damage and losing some of their own to AA and Barrage Balloons.

John 3rd · Post by **John 3rd** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 4:00 pm

Here are the losses for the day:

John 3rd · Post by **John 3rd** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 4:01 pm

WE rotate Daitai/Sentai and reset for tomorrow...

Lowpe · Post by **Lowpe** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 4:37 pm

A few notes...

Your move thru the Horn...is simply amazing. You constantly do things that I think will get you destroyed, and come out ok.

The Allies sweeping with Hellcats on day 1...I just can't understand. That he didn't set up sweeps at smaller bases 1 hex away to draw in leaking CAP hard to understand. That he sent in bombers on the very first day of the sweeps is also confusing, and that they were set to hit strategic targets down low and not the runways.

Allied miscues continue.[:)]

Xargun · Post by **Xargun** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 5:06 pm

RESOURCES ?? Why would he attack resources? Personally as a Japanese player I would love that. Everything is more valuable than resources.

John 3rd · Post by **John 3rd** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 6:05 pm

Damned straight BABY!

John 3rd · Post by **John 3rd** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 6:47 pm

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

A few notes...

Your move thru the Horn...is simply amazing. You constantly do things that I think will get you destroyed, and come out ok.

The Allies sweeping with Hellcats on day 1...I just can't understand. That he didn't set up sweeps at smaller bases 1 hex away to draw in leaking CAP hard to understand. That he sent in bombers on the very first day of the sweeps is also confusing, and that they were set to hit strategic targets down low and not the runways.

Allied miscues continue.[:)]

Should note on how much I knew this was a gamble. I accidentally left my Auto-Upgrade active when the Kido Butai disbanded in Port 6-7 weeks ago and I had EIGHT of nineteen CVs begin their upgrade. When I saw this...well...I didn't want to tell anyone. STUPID!

Couldn't just sit for that amount of time so we created two 4CV--1 CVL TFs and kept Hiryu and Ryujo on Tanker Escort duty shuttling tankers back-and-forth thru the Mindanao--Ternate Gap. Brought out the 2 TFs and needed to do something to stay viable so this raid was it. Now we'll dock at Soerabaja in three days and all seven of the upgraded CVs will be available within 4-5.

As to the burning fuel comment. It isn't any big deal. I have moved SOOOOOOO much oil and fuel out that the Fleet can be active for quite some time without issue. Have 50,000 aboard AOs and another 60,000 at Saipan presently. Will add 50,000 more with the pair of Tanker Convoys shuttling thru right now.

Dan has done recon every turn over Soerabaja for ages and never once took a swipe at the CV in Port. Yes--I had 250+ Fighters on CAP but--as we all know--the 4EB pretty much always gets thru. Was very nervous about that.

Lowpe · Post by **Lowpe** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 6:50 pm

Almost everybody fails to turn off upgrades, but to have 19 carriers left...man your Japan is juiced![X(]

How in the world did CR even agree to the game?

Mike McCreery · Post by **Mike McCreery** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 7:04 pm

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Almost everybody fails to turn off upgrades, but to have 19 carriers left...man your Japan is juiced![X(]

How in the world did CR even agree to the game?

He was lied to? *cough* aircraft replacement *cough*

John 3rd · Post by **John 3rd** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 7:05 pm

NEITHER of us had a clue as to how out-of-whack this ancient version of RA is!

The current version is soooooooooooo far toned down compared to this one. This is why I didn't want to re-start the match when Dan asked. We had advanced the Mods so much in the intervening time that I didn't want people to think, as by your comment, that this is what the Mods are.

John 3rd · Post by **John 3rd** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 7:06 pm

Aircraft replacement is now fixed and HAS BEEN fixed for a long time. It is because of this match that we did that.

adarbrauner · Post by **adarbrauner** » Thu Sep 28, 2017 4:24 am

ORIGINAL: John 3rd

Here are the losses for the day:

Wow, this is good.

Where and how the P 51s were involved? Against what?

ny59giants · Post by **ny59giants** » Thu Sep 28, 2017 8:22 am

Add in that John and I learned how to adjust yearly pilot replacement rates just before the current version I'm using. [X(]. I was playing around in the Editor and found the right tab. I clicked on the four small boxes on the left side and saw the one that controls pilot numbers and skill levels for each year.

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