The Accidental War Obvert vs Lowpe

[PaxMondo]

Well you are playing a VERY capable player in Erik, and you had the worst possible start. Given that, you are doing quite well....

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[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

Well you are playing a VERY capable player in Erik, and you had the worst possible start. Given that, you are doing quite well....

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Yes!

And the combination of 'suck it up and get down to business' plus adept play (both tactically and strategically) is making this great to watch.

[Lowpe]

April 3, 1942

3 Rufes made hopefully, but will let the Oscar carry some weight over the skies of Manchuko.[;)]

[Aurorus]

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

I've found that a very nice way of getting supply into a base is with Ansyu-C PB set on fast transport. Each one can carry 1000 supply and will unload in a day. Sometimes I'll set a string on 1 ship TFs to land at a base one day apart. I've been pretty successful doing that.

I like that. I have never thought of that. Another tool to add to the box.

[Lowpe]

Palembang bombed, Soviets quiet. Almost up to 300 AV at Palembang, while the Allies are holding steady at 1000.

[ny59giants]

The only thing missing from this game right now is Jeff invading California. [:D]

[Lowpe]

April 4th, 1942

Possible big clash as battleships, cruisers and light cruisers in 3 task forces hunt the enemies bombardment task forces....and two of the biggest task forces will end up in the mouth of Palembang, leaving the seriously exposed to enemy air strikes.[X(]

[Zecke]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

April 3, 1942

3 Rufes made hopefully, but will let the Oscar carry some weight over the skies of Manchuko.[;)]

Un osquitar matando a un mosquito; very good my fiend¡

But rufes are BEST.

[Lowpe]

Not to be, but the air attacks come in ....and Zeroes rise to the challenge.

[Lowpe]

I was hoping to catch more Allied bombers in the air over the task force...but this will have to do.

B17 attack Pontianak is and are outnumbered by Zeroes for the first time...

Palembang bombed, Singkep bombed....

[Lowpe]

Manchuko...

Ground combat at Sunwu (113,34)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 50830 troops, 897 guns, 3005 vehicles, Assault Value = 2382

Defending force 11097 troops, 79 guns, 359 vehicles, Assault Value = 299

Allied adjusted assault: 1508

Japanese adjusted defense: 1043

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 6)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 5

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
150 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 132 (30 destroyed, 102 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
928 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 149 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 31 (6 destroyed, 25 disabled)
Vehicles lost 105 (11 destroyed, 94 disabled)

Assaulting units:
3rd Motorized Rifle Regiment
36th Motor Rifle Division
74th Tank Brigade
77th Tank Brigade
9th Armored Car Brigade
72nd Tank Brigade
3rd Amurskaya Tank Brigade
73rd Tank Brigade
57th Motor Rifle Division
399th Rifle Division
75th Tank Brigade
7th Mongolian Motor Brigade
262nd/264th PVO AA Battalion
624th Cannon Regiment
390th Cannon Regiment
185th Cannon Regiment
629th Cannon Regiment
1141st Cannon Regiment
10th/132nd PVO AA Battalion
150th/387th PVO AA Battalion

Defending units:
9th Tank Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
4th Garrison Unit
5th Border Defense Fortress
11th Tank Regiment
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
20th Fld AA Machinecannon Company
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Army
11th Air Defense AA Battalion
207th JAAF AF Bn

[Lowpe]

Training fun n games.

[Lowpe]

Japan's AR program in fine form. This is for the Kyushu. Husemi start next month.

Each AR provides almost the equivalent system damage repair of a size 9 port eligible for all ship types.

[Lowpe]

So many darn things going on right now, I got the turn back to Obvert just now, and I am trying to protect this day...hope I didn't neglect anything.

Runway at Palembang operational...flying in a lot of troops I hope. We shall see.

[Lowpe]

April 5, 1942

No surface combats again, around Palembang...but Palembang is bombed again.

Kates fly again sinking a nice British cargo ship...

[Lowpe]

Manchuko

Sunwu falls to massive tank and motorized Army. I cut the major road heading north west from Tsitsihar, but really what is the point? Over 4000 AFVs to their east and another 20 units at Arshan....

[Lowpe]

Turn is away, should be exciting to horrible.[;)]

Allied force at Palembang is now over 1500.[X(]

[Lowpe]

April 6th, 1942

Many waves of night bombers at Palembang, and the severe storms more than the AA fend off the bombers.

[Lowpe]

Palembang puts up a bit of a defense...it is a little baffling why the Allies don't attack. There is close to 1500 assault value there, but then again the Allies are having fun bombing it back into the stone ages.

Even with the great terrain, that is a huge advantage in raw AV (and tanks and artillery) to the Allies. I can think of a few reasons why he hasn't attack, and I don't like them one bit.

Tomorrow the Lightnings will come. Will I still be here?

[Lowpe]

Time to remove this group. The few days of training really paid dividends, especially with the excellent LTC M. Baba in charge teaching.

So, I was going to pull them out on April 2nd turn, and instead I am pulling them out on the April 6th turn. They improved their average Air skill from 36 to 40, and the Defense skill from 35 to 37 in only three full days of training.