The Accidental War Obvert vs Lowpe

[Lowpe]

That explains a lot! Thanks.[&o]

[DanSez]

I would have to unpack a set of saves to find that successful hit, but here are some reports as requested:

** SUB ATTACK 2 BOAT TF RO-64 AND RO-68**
Submarine attack near Port Moresby at 96,133

Japanese Ships
SS RO-64, hits 5, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Houston
CL Perth
CL Leander
AM Cairns
AM Robin
APD Kilty
APD McKean
AP William Ward Burrows
xAP Johanne Justesen
xAP Nairana
xAP Taroona
xAK Steel Exporter
xAK Talune
xAKL Hamakua
xAKL Caledon
xAKL Buijskes
xAKL Sjobris
DD Dale
DD Monaghan
DD Aylwin
DD Farragut
CA Canberra

SS RO-64 is sighted by escort
RO-64 diving deep ....
DD Dale fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Monaghan fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Aylwin fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Farragut attacking submerged sub ....
DD Dale attacking submerged sub ....
DD Dale is out of ASW ammo
SS RO-64 forced to surface!
DD Dale firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Monaghan firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Aylwin firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Farragut firing on surfaced sub ....
CA Canberra firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves [:(]

Eventually, RO-68 made it back to home port safely.

** ASW ATTACKS AGAINST 2 BOAT TF I-7 AND I-15 **

ASW attack near Cooktown at 96,137

Japanese Ships
SS I-7

Allied Ships
DD Conyngham
DD Downes

SS I-7 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Conyngham
I-7 diving deep ....
DD Downes fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Downes fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Downes fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Downes fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Downes fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

*AND*
ASW attack near Cooktown at 93,137

Japanese Ships
SS I-7, hits 4

Allied Ships
xAP Johanne Justesen
xAP Gogra
APD Waters

SS I-7 is sighted by escort
APD Waters fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Waters fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Waters attacking submerged sub ....
APD Waters fails to find sub, continues to search...
APD Waters fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

In this case, both subs escape destruction and make it back to Truk for repairs.

[Lowpe]

June 10th, 1942

Lots of sub actions...nothing hit, but definitely another scary moment.[;)]

[Lowpe]

Hopefully this is the high water mark of the Allied SRA counterattack for awhile.[;)]

202 IJA AV at Temuloh with some AA and 15cm artillery pieces (two rapid fire 37mm AT guns will arrive shortly, type 1 medium tanks arrived safely at Kuantan to act as a fire brigade, along with most of the Wake CD gun battery and a Naval Guard unit.

Temuloh is CAP'd with 100 fighters, 75 A6M3 and 25 Tojo IIa in a layered low tactic.

The 36th Division is in reserve, on trains ready to rail wherever on Malaya while the 21st Division is on amphibious ships heading to theater.

The KB minus two CVE 21 knotters and torpedo damaged Zuikaku will assemble in two days with close to 500 planes.

[Lowpe]

Thanks Dan![&o]

[Lowpe]

With June here, I am enthused to see the substantial improvement of my r&d factories rate of repair. Jack is especially hopeful, I have the engine bonus easily, and just a rough guess might get the first plane off the assembly line in October of 1942 perhaps even September.

I will have a substantial production of the J2M2 right off the bat, and will still have a very strong r&d program into the J2M3 and then the J2M5.

I just need to keep Yank bombers ineffective against Honshu....and that is the rub.[:(] For the last 10 days the Allied 4E fleet has been quiet with only one active bombing raid of 8 LB30. Were they ferrying supplies to isolated ABDA forces on Borneo? Or are they in a mass migration to Manchuko?

[Lowpe]

June 11th, 1942

Miss.

[Lowpe]

2 250 pound hits in the morning, miss in the afternoon.

[Lowpe]

There was plenty of Airacobra's flying CAP, but they were way too high.

Very interesting that the timid commander launched two strikes given the CAP.

[Lowpe]

Only a dozen Oscars flying CAP here,but they do real well.

[Lowpe]

Losses in the air...Sallies sank another AMc in port strike.

[Lowpe]

Pretty screwy...I spent the PP to open up this chutai to Nick A, and everything worked fine, until they automatically upgraded this past turn and ended up Nates.

Now their future upgrade path is the fighter tree.

[Capt. Harlock]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

June 11th, 1942

Miss.

Oh, well, wrong Enterprise anyway . . .

[Lowpe]

The only Enterprise left...we wanted the pair![;)]

[Lowpe]

How well do Oscar Ic's match up against an ABDA fighter bomber...at range 9 the Beaufighter Ic is pretty long legged, and it even carries one bomb to range 11.

[Lowpe]

I have three tactics in place to target the Allied planes from Manchuko to Singers.

Bombers didn't fly on the first target in Russia, and the Soviets relocated their juicy targets. But three operations are in their final staging...and will be green lighted very shortly.

[Lowpe]

I have identified four main Allied bases to deliver the first blows against the Allied air effort. I am looking for more... especially around Java.

1. Vlad...Soviet: 200 Fighters, 100 bombers and aux craft plus 25 ships. I have managed to get three battleships out of drydocks and I am hoping a max distance bombardment will minimize the coastal guns. I have no clue on the amount of mines present. Recon and search is not reporting any. Battlehships, AKE's are moving into place plus blocking divebombers and ships to catch the ships fleeing the port.

Secondary Soviet targets: Yankee runway (presently no planes present), IL2 factory (100 fighters).

Does anyone know which is better at spotting minefields: recon or naval search?

2. Chungking: 17 fighters, 100 bombers, 100 aux. Massed aerial strike. Perhaps as soon as the next turn. The planes are almost 100% in place, undetected. After the runway is degraded (level 4) I plan on destroying the industry there with daytime bombing.

3. Singers and satellite air fields: 300 enemy fighters. Will start with sweeps from A6M3 on the satellite with Iboats present to pick up downed pilots.

So, of the first three major areas of attack, almost 100% of the bomber force (combined IJNAF and IJNAAF) are hitting Chungking. Ichang and Hankow are both level 8 fields. The Betties and Nells will have to relocate quickly back to the SRA.

SRA is getting almost 100% of the A6M3s and Tojo IIa.

[Alfred]

Recon.
 
Naval Search is an area activity focussed on locating TFs.  Recon is a point activity focussed on identifying what is located at that specific point.
 
Alfred

[adarbrauner]

Vladivostock has some very great caliber coastal guns, 400 mm if recall well

[adarbrauner]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

There was plenty of Airacobra's flying CAP, but they were way too high.

Very interesting that the timid commander launched two strikes given the CAP.

What altitude they were?

Did they try the intercept?