The Accidental War Obvert vs Lowpe

[Lowpe]

Little mistakes always come back to bite you. I had a TB and DD in a fast transport, they delivered their troops to Toboali yesterday, and I set them to merge with the Takao, but didn't change their mission.

They ran into the Norman, and avoided combat, allowing the Norman to go on and savage the transport. Dominoes.

[Lowpe]

The battle for Palembang...

[Lowpe]

Get 1-1 attacks at both Lashio and Wenchow. Missed by only a little at Wenchow.

[Lowpe]

Houston has to slip by 40 type 88 mines at Toboali, and perhaps a night time engagement if I am feeling frisky...but the Allies might be too strong to risk it in this weather.



More ships for the yard.

[Lokasenna]

If he really is counter-invading and trying to maintain a foothold on Sumatra indefinitely (the only reason I can think he would risk it), you may be able to prolong the amphibious stalemate phase of the Pacific war by trapping and destroying the LCUs (and maybe some planes) that he sends there. It may take some time, so don't shoestring or rush such an effort.

[Lowpe]

March 12, 1942

Just one of those days where very little works out.

A serious under performance here, south of Toboali, and to the north the Takao is attacked by and I kid you not, 5 different subs, and dodges a total of 20 torpedoes.[X(] Where in the world do all these subs come from. Here, there, egads, there everywhere.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

If he really is counter-invading and trying to maintain a foothold on Sumatra indefinitely (the only reason I can think he would risk it), you may be able to prolong the amphibious stalemate phase of the Pacific war by trapping and destroying the LCUs (and maybe some planes) that he sends there. It may take some time, so don't shoestring or rush such an effort.

He is not trying to maintain a foothold, he is trying to retake it, and reinforce Singers.

[Lowpe]

Some Zeroes sweep the skies clear, and the Betty nails a few destroyers. Cursed Soviet ships.

[Lowpe]

Soviets attack again. Some 24cm artillery pieces arrive tomorrow, but in reserve no pursuit mode. The relieving infantry division to the south was bit by the no move bug into a combat hex last turn (my fault for not catching it), but I lost a day of movement.

I suspect those 3000 AFVS will come out into the plains now and cause all sorts of grief.



Note the invasion in the Aleutians...

[Lowpe]

The IJAAF tries to buy a little time by bombing troops in the open east of Kaimusze. Doesn't really work too well, and bad things will happen here.

[Lowpe]

Singers and Palembang. Not shown is the rampaging 255th Armored Brigade about to take the base southwest of Palembang. I can't stop them.

[Lowpe]

The Lower SRA. Can't move a hex without getting hit by subs. My float planes failed me, as I had to relocate land ASW. My bad.[8|]

[Lowpe]

Air losses for the day. No seagulls.[:(]

[jwolf]

Re: what is this? Maybe one of them is the Myoko with an escort?

Edit: Spoke too soon, I see. Presumably Myoko is the single escort group just a bit south of there.

[Lowpe]

Ship Losses.

[Lowpe]

LCDR Omi dodge something like 23 torps, goofy Yamazumi can barely manage to dodge one. Sigh.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: jwolf

Re: what is this? Maybe one of them is the Myoko with an escort?

Edit: Spoke too soon, I see. Presumably Myoko is the single escort group just a bit south of there.

Cross posting.[:D]

[Lowpe]

Something that went kind of right, in a wrong kind of way.[;)]

[Lowpe]

Japanese fighter strength. Shattered.[X(]

[Lowpe]

A grim fate for Zeroes.