The Good The Bad & The Indifferent

[Canoerebel]

4/29/45

Air Losses: This was an ugly day for the Allies. Bad weather over my main airfield (Gunzan) contributed to issues all over the place.

[Canoerebel]

4/29/45

CenPac: Inveterate raiders raid because that's what they do.

[Canoerebel]

4/29/45

Asia: Organized resistance ended in all but the extreme NE corner of China. The full Allied army is moving on Peiping now. I think there's time left to get into the city and attack before the game ends. It may be something like 10k AV vs. 50k troops, which should be one-sided. I'll need it if the air war continues to be a tough-nut.

Korea: Promising attack at Chinhai, right above Fusan. John has roughly 150k troops about to get trapped down here. But his CAP trap worked well against Death Star strike aircraft and escorts.

Home Islands: Weather knocked out the sweep vs. Osaka and the port raid vs. Ominato and reduced the escorts to Nagasaki by half but left most of the bombers targeting Nagasaki free to go. John loaded up the base with fighters, which knocked down a goodly number of bombers.

[Canoerebel]

4/29/45

Intel Screen: Allies somehow manage to net points on the day but lose meaningful ground in the VP chase - back to where I was two days ago. Shoot.

Singapore: Allied army made 22 miles today in Move mode. I can't take the risk that might jump to 24 tomorrow, so I've converted the army to Combat mode. Crossing should take place in two or three days.

Superforts: They stood down today. The "fleet" is rested with lots of maintenance complete. I'm going to rest them tomorrow, too. I want the dust to settle a bit - get a feel for what John's up to.

Air Losses: Today was tough but it wasn't as bad as it looked. Many of my losses were Helldivers and Avengers. The rest are spread across the board so that I didn't lose a critical number of anything. John's losses were mostly fighters, which are critical to him now. If I can get my sweeps in the air again (Osaka has been socked in for two days), I'll feel better. I'm confident that Allied fighters can take control of the air over the next two weeks or so if weather cooperates.

[AcePylut]

Not sure if you’ve done this before yet or how it worked out – but perhaps, as an option, instead of trying to “miss the cap trap”… go full on at a cap trap and either break it, or make him run away.

I.e. pick out a big industrial base that’s got lots of points, and sweep it for about 4-5-6 days in a row. You’re telegraphing exactly where your bombers are going to hit. So he’s going to bring his fighters there. But you keep sweeping with your fighters. Eventually, he’s going to have his fighter force broken (or you will, not sure of your pools at this point, or your pilot quality, or his pools, or his quality). Once you get the sense you have Air Superiority – send in the heavies. At least if something goes bad (like your main escort fighter base being grounded due to weather), you aren’t sending in the bombers into heavy CAP.

Just a thought, not sure if it would work. Your game - your decisions on what to do

[Canoerebel]

That's the plan, with Osaka the target. Weather knocked out my sweeps on consecutive days. I think there's enough points at Osaka to finish the game, in compliment with what's going on in Korea and China.

[Canoerebel]

4/30/45

Naval Battle of Fusan: On the last day of April, a sharp naval engagement takes place between two Allied TFs and two Japanese TFs. The opening engagement takes place between Halsey's TF, including CB Alaska and CA Baltimore. The Japenese TF has BB Kirishima and BB Kongo. The opening round includes the torpedoeing of Alaska (my work computer, for some reason, doesn't show smoke or fire damage, so the images don't convey the extent of the damage inflicted and suffered).

[Canoerebel]

4/30/45

Battle of Fusan, Round 2: Allied CL/DD TF then tangles with the enemy BBs and do some good work. I lose a CL, John loses five more DDs, and other ships take heavy damage. It's a tough battle at close range.

[Canoerebel]

4/30/45

Naval Battle of Fusan, Rounds 3-5: IJN CA/DD TF comes in and applies the coup-de-grace on CB Alaska and CL Phoenix.

On the day, the Allies lose a CB and two CL. The Japanese lose six DD. One BB takes "heavy fires/heavy damage" and is probably crippled and out of the war.

What's this battle all about? John may be seeking "final engagements" or he may be covering some kind of evacuation (or reinforcing?) at Fusan.

On my side, the aim is address enemy shipping around Fusan so that when the army takes Fusan, the navy can use the port as a forward base of operations. This was a tough and costly battle for the Allies. It affects Auto Victory negatively. But, if the war should drag into mid or late May, it advances the goal of addressing security at Fusan. Or, I should say, it's a step in the right direction.

[Canoerebel]

4/30/45

It was a good day for the ground forces, especially in Korea.

Battle of Chinhae: Allies take Chinhae, beating up large Japanese army that retires to Fusan. The road is now open to Fusan.

I don't know yet if John will Dunkirk at Fusan or if he might reinforce or allow it to simply stand on its own. My army should arrive at Fusan in two or three days. Today's sea battle was one step towards taking control of the sea lanes around Fusan, preventing John from bombardment my army.

[MakeeLearn]

Tonight's Dessert... Baked Alaska

[Canoerebel]

4/30/45

Sweeping Osaka: The weather cooperated today so that a series of six or eight large sweeps tangled with stout enemy CAP over Osaka. I think, but I'm not sure, this is John's A-Team. The Allied fighters performed well and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy.

Chinhae, Korea, had two large fighter battles, both of which ended in Allied victories.

John still has reserves of good fighters and good pilots but it looks like the Allies are able to dominate the air now. I think tomorrow I'll try for more large sweeps of Osaka and another target - Nagoya or Tokyo. Soon the B-29s will resume hitting targets. And the B-24s and B-25s should be available in large numbers too, as the ground campaign in Korea is about to wrap up.

[Canoerebel]

ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn
Tonight's Dessert... Baked Alaska

Dang, that's cold. You'd be better served posting that in John's AAR (no doubt you've done so!).

[Canoerebel]

4/30/45

KB Raid CenPac: Crickets in the Pacific.

[MakeeLearn]

Well I'am watching a documentary on Cold Harbor. Will do with "From Canoerebel.."

[Canoerebel]

Huh?

[HansBolter]

We are dying to know if Halsey survived the sinking of his flagship....

[MakeeLearn]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Huh?

I'am watching a documentary on Cold Harbor (Civil War Battle)



"Canoerebel sends this dessert to you... Baked Alaska"

[Canoerebel]

ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Huh?

I'am watching a documentary on Cold Harbor (Civil War Battle)



"Canoerebel sends this dessert to you... Baked Alaska"

Oh, I thought you meant Cold Harbor in the Aleutians. Context, man, context.

[Canoerebel]

ORIGINAL: HansBolter
We are dying to know if Halsey survived the sinking of his flagship....

Yes, Halsey survived. He's aboard CA Baltimore at Moppo. Should I continue to use him? He didn't run rings around the Japanese TF but he fought hard and did pretty well.