Islands of Destiny: RA 5.0 Japanese Side

[Lowpe]

Absolutely a seriously good day in the air there.[&o]

[DOCUP]

I wonder if the Japanese had cruiser submarine designs with big guns? To add another idea for the allied subs. What about bringing forward some British subs.

[MakeeLearn]

Add some Dragons and Hobbits?

NO?? We will settle for ASMs and SAMs.

(Pun Alert)
Igo say, it would be Funryu.

(Funryu = Raging Dragon)

Interestingly, the Imperial Japanese Army ( IJA ) focused their work solely on perfecting air-to-surface ( ASM ) missiles while the Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ) strove to develop and deploy surface-to-air ( SAM ) as well as ASM missiles. The IJA's plan was spurred from directives issued by the Hoku Hombu beginning in 1943 and the IJA's program centered on the Igo ASM series. For the IJN, it was the Dai-Ichi Kaigun Koku Gijitsusho which provided the direction for the Funryu ( Raging Dragon ) series of SAMs and ASMs.

The Mitsubishi designed Igo-1-A slung beneath a Mitsubishi Ki-67 during testing conducted in the fall of 1944.

http://www.j-aircraft.org/xplanes/hikok ... ketry.html

[John 3rd]

February 19, 1945

The goal in south and central China has been to occupy the enemy for as long as possible and make a disproportionate number of troops stay in the middle of nowhere stamping out the Japanese resistance. In that we have been somewhat successful. A big part of the the hold-at-all-costs strategy has been Canton. After a lengthy siege with a number of Allied attacks bloodily repulsed, this base finally falls. The assaulting units had an AV of over 5,500!

Now the troops will serve to distract and occupy the enemies attention for as long as they can hold on...

[John 3rd]

For the February 20th turn, I have two STF (3 CA and 5 DD/1 BC, 3 CA and 5DD) aking a thrust from Nago, Okinawa towards the Chinese Coast. They are each covered by three Daitai/Sentai of Fighters from Okinawa and the Chinese coast.

Dan has been running TFs from Ningpo and Shanghai to Formosa. My goal is to intercept them.

They have filled out FP Units and set to re-act if anything is spotted. We'll see if we can get lucky...

[Lecivius]

ORIGINAL: John 3rd

We'll see if we can get lucky...

[John 3rd]

NICE!

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: John 3rd

February 19, 1945

The goal in south and central China has been to occupy the enemy for as long as possible and make a disproportionate number of troops stay in the middle of nowhere stamping out the Japanese resistance. In that we have been somewhat successful. A big part of the the hold-at-all-costs strategy has been Canton. After a lengthy siege with a number of Allied attacks bloodily repulsed, this base finally falls. The assaulting units had an AV of over 5,500!

Now the troops will serve to distract and occupy the enemies attention for as long as they can hold on...

Ouch. Some good units in the bag. What were the casualty numbers?

[MakeeLearn]

The war with Japan had been enacted in the game rooms at the War College by so many people and in so many different ways that nothing that happened during the war was a surprise absolutely nothing except the kamikaze tactics toward the end of the war. We had not visualized these.

Chester W. Nimitz

[MakeeLearn]

A mini-atomic explosion, USS John Burke munition ship destroyed in seconds by Japanese Kamikaze

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMs4IJQ ... e=youtu.be

[John 3rd]

These were the troops forced east from Indochina and west from the Allied lodgement near Foochow. Casualties were 4,907, 350 Guns, and 229 Vehicles for 10,442 Allied Cas, 95 Guns, and 39 Vehicles.

He attacked again on the 19th scored a 1-7 result.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn
A mini-atomic explosion, USS John Burke munition ship destroyed in seconds by Japanese Kamikaze

Seen that before. Poor bastards never knew what hit them. [:(]

[John 3rd]

February 20, 1945
Fusan, Korea

Well..if those results from a few days ago over Chinhae were not good enough for you take a look at this day.

Fusan is a BUSY port. Numerous TFs load resources, drop supply, and drop off troops. There is some of all of that going on this day. As always there is a frightfully strong CAP overhead. A total of 188 Fighters are covering this vital base when the air raid sirens go off. INCOMING RAID! Spotters pick-up 89 American Fighters escorting 32 Avengers. They are launch from the hovering American Carriers.

The scramble is on as a massive furball erupts over the base and port. Amazingly not a single bomb or torpedo is dropped. ALL the Avengers are shot down as well as dozens of American Fighters.

BANZAI!

[John 3rd]

Here we are:

[Chickenboy]

Delicious! [In dry raspy zombie voice] "Send more cops." [8D]

[John 3rd]

Bet Dan was PISSED! Nice to see an ALLIED Raid go straight into the shredder. Usually that is what MY raids do!

[John 3rd]

February 21, 1945

A STF of 3 CA and 5 DD meet up with the TF of 6 American DDs. Despite having an excellent Japanese Admiral, the Americans gain surprise where--thankfully--they miss with their TTs but plaster five ships with 1-2 hits each before the fighting really starts. A very long (13 Round) fight then ensues with the Japanese losing one DD in exchange for DD McCord and, perhaps, 1-2 others. In an example of things work in 1945, DD McCord was hit with 3 8" shells and a Long Lance in the same round and did not sink. It took another 8-10 hits to send her to Davy Jones.

That is a tough ship...

The TF gets away without any further action or damage sustained.

[John 3rd]

Haven't done a ground picture in quite a while. Here are the Korea and China Theatres with IDs and AVs shown on the map.

Dan has pulled all but one unit from the base north of Chinhae. I am sure that he wants me to move into the so he can bring in the ALMIGHTY $EB to bomb my troops into the stone age. Imperial High Command has decided to meet this challenge. A total of 2,400 AV and 8 AA units are going to enter the hex. ALL 750 SAMS from the Carriers are going to move into nearby bases and CAP the hex...

This will take about 4-5 days to ready. At any point we can pull the plug but it is worth tripping the trap--possibly...

[John 3rd]

I'll note that months ago it would take at least until March 1945 to reach my line on the China--Manchurian Border. That educated guess is accurate.

[adarbrauner]

ORIGINAL: John 3rd

I am sure that he wants me to move into the so he can bring in the ALMIGHTY $EB to bomb my troops into the stone age. Imperial High Command has decided to meet this challenge. A total of 2,400 AV and 8 AA units are going to enter the hex. ALL 750 SAMS from the Carriers are going to move into nearby bases and CAP the hex...

Ok, this is all what we wanted to hear for months.

Now let's see how does this work out.

P.S:, take in consideration an upgrade / requipment in your mod of Jap AA with the 40 mm? Plausible historically?

I'm wandering why didn't the Japanese develop a 37-40 mm, with all the Bofors and the also the German 37 mm Flak in their hands.