Beware the Dorniers! Scen 17 Tier 3 (Lowpe vs AI (Spoilers))

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

My bait ASW trap...21 points of ASW right now. Sub couldn't even target the 2 vp tanker. Tactic is probably too strong for AI play.

nice trap [&o]
in addition to a good, aggressive commander, do you replace individual captains? or is it overshoot?

also, any specific reason for the ship composition? I normally avoid mixing slow and fast ships, and the 19knt SCs can be more useful escorting fast TFs

How about putting it in a mined base hex, possibly with some ASW TFs ready to move into interdiction hexes in case the sub is only damaged?

I have avoided using mines, as I found them to be too powerful against the AI.

[Lowpe]

SRA

KB and a Heavy SAG and lots of invasion capable ships at Balikpapen. The KB may go hunt the Texas around Luzon, or it might shepherd the invasions of Makassar, Denpassar, and Kendari. Not sure yet, awaiting recon results. Dinah are resting at Balikpapen and will start flying in a day.

First tanker convoy (2 dms, 1 tanker, 11600 capacity) is loading fuel at Balikpapen. Will run to Cam Ranh Bay for now. Miri oil is also going to Cam Ranh Bay in one tanker task force. Pretty much all tankers are in port awaiting the completion of the ASW patrols. One oil tanker feeding Hokkaido and another working out of Fusan. The Oiler fleet that supported the 5th Carrier Division strike on Pearl was re-routed day 1 to Saipan, and now has arrived at Kwaj in the Marshalls to feed the thirsty Iboats and fleets there.

All the bases I am interested in right now...lots of them.

[Lowpe]

1st Week of March...the War is on a knife's edge!!!!

Shock into Singapore:


Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 130276 troops, 1429 guns, 669 vehicles, Assault Value = 3549

Defending force 41005 troops, 455 guns, 291 vehicles, Assault Value = 905

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Japanese adjusted assault: 2476

Allied adjusted defense: 1103

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3

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

Japanese ground losses:
15680 casualties reported
Squads: 95 destroyed, 1083 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 113 disabled
Engineers: 30 destroyed, 160 disabled
Vehicles lost 45 (4 destroyed, 41 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2334 casualties reported
Squads: 99 destroyed, 215 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 142 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 35 disabled
Guns lost 60 (18 destroyed, 42 disabled)
Vehicles lost 33 (6 destroyed, 27 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
18th Division
38th Division
56th Division
4th Division
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
14th Division
5th Division
33rd Division
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Division
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st JAAF AF Bn
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
84th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
SSVF Brigade
1st Malay Brigade
28th Gurkha Brigade
3rd Cavalry Regiment
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
2nd Loyal Battalion
6th Indian Brigade
2/17 Dogra Battalion
2nd Malay Brigade
2nd Argylls Battalion
1st Manchester Battalion
1st ISF Brigade
22nd Australian Brigade
3rd Malay Brigade
3/16th Punjab Battalion
5th Medium Regiment
Singapore Fortress
Singapore Base Force
111th RAF Base Force
21st Light AA Regiment
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
Malaya Army
224 Group RAF
Malayan Air Wing
110th RAF Base Force
AHQ Far East
35th Light AA Regiment
109th RN Base Force

Made a slight mistake in sending over the aviation engineering units and 18th Division wasn't supposed to arrive...but still very positive. Armor crossing now.

[Lowpe]

Torpedo bombers fly from Laoag hunting the Texas and Swayback... 4 squadrons of Nells and Betties, 2 on Naval attack, 2 on very low percentage search. Kind of important here, as it means the KB won't have to deal with Texas.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Iba at 78,75

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 31 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
G3M2 Nell x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 13 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB Texas
CA Swayback

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Iba at 78,75

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 40
G3M2 Nell x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 8 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB Texas, Torpedo hits 1
CA Swayback
CL Boise

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo



So far you are taking a much different approach than I do; but you are also having some success that I rarely see. I usually lose far more ships to those d___ Dorniers, you've been relatively unscathed.

So, I am watching with great interest a good player and how you attack some of these "nuts". Andy created some real tough ones to crack …

[&o][&o][&o]

Always more than 1 way to skin a cat.[:)]

[Lowpe]

Formosa rapidly whittling down the subs...SC 4 is a 19 knot speedster in Pescadore ASW TF #4 (2 SC, CH1 and CH4)

ASW attack near Taichu at 86,62

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 4

Allied Ships
SS S-39, hits 5

SS S-39 is sighted by escort
S-39 bottoming out ....
SC Ch 4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 4 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 4 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

[Lowpe]

3" Rockets!

[RangerJoe]

I thought that the three inch rockets were two inch sticks of cordite for rocket fuel with a solid three inch spear point. They were used to punch holes in the subs hull so it could not dive. The five inch rockets had the explosive warhead.

Think of the firestorm if a Corsair dropped a load of napalm on a Japanese ship . . . [X(]

[Jorge_Stanbury]

3 inch rocket; is it a British or US rocket?

and the assault on Singers was great! a level 4 fort is tough

[Lowpe]

Beaufighters! We have destroyed 100, but they seem to be very plentiful.

[Lowpe]

Rabaul, a tough nut to crack.[:)]

[witpqs]

Readers will find additional info on this game in my AAR. [:'(] [:D]

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

Readers will find additional info on this game in my AAR. [:'(] [:D]

You should have posted about your AAR here.[:D]

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Jorge_Stanbury

3 inch rocket; is it a British or US rocket?

and the assault on Singers was great! a level 4 fort is tough

The three inch rocket was put on stringbags to be used against U-Boats. I presume that it was used on other aircraft. The nice thing, with the hole in the hull the U-boat became a poorly armed surface torpedo boat. [:D]

[Lowpe]

Aircraft using the RP-3 in the Second World War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RP-3


These are aircraft that used the RP-3 operationally, a number of aircraft types were fitted with RP-3s on an experimental basis.

RAF and Commonwealth Air Forces
Boeing Fortress Mk. II and IIA: (Coastal Command)
Bristol Beaufighter Mk. VI, VIC, X and 20: (Coastal Command, South East Asia Command and Royal Australian Air Force, Pacific Theatre.)
Consolidated Liberator B. Mk. III, VI: (Coastal Command.)
de Havilland Mosquito F.B. Mk. VI: (Coastal Command, SEAC and RAAF, Pacific Theatre.)
Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIE & IV: (DAF, 2 TAF, SEAC.)
Hawker Typhoon Mk. Ib: (2 TAF.)
Republic Thunderbolt (USAAF used their M8 for this role instead, 6/aircraft)
Vickers Wellington GR Mk. XIV: (Coastal Command)
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
Fairey Firefly Mk. I
Fairey Swordfish Mk. II, III
Grumman Tarpon/Avenger Mk. I, II, III

60 lb Shell, HE/SAP "Semi-armour-piercing" with 12-pound (5.4 kg) TNT filling
60 lb Shell, HE/GP, Hollow charge
18 lb Shell, HE – (8 kg)
25 lb Shot, AP – (11 kg)
25 lb Head, Solid, A/S – anti-submarine use (11 kg)
60 lb Shell, Practice – training only (27 kg)
12 lb Head, Practice – training only (5 kg)

[RangerJoe]

Thank you. I only knew about the three inch solid shot with the two inch rocket and the five inch warhead with the three inch rocket.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Thank you. I only knew about the three inch solid shot with the two inch rocket and the five inch warhead with the three inch rocket.

Of interest is the 2 TAF which used the rockets at the Falaise Pocket.

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Thank you. I only knew about the three inch solid shot with the two inch rocket and the five inch warhead with the three inch rocket.

Of interest is the 2 TAF which used the rockets at the Falaise Pocket.

They didn't hit that many vehicles but surely vehicles abandoned because of the attacks should count as a kill.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Thank you. I only knew about the three inch solid shot with the two inch rocket and the five inch warhead with the three inch rocket.

Of interest is the 2 TAF which used the rockets at the Falaise Pocket.

They didn't hit that many vehicles but surely vehicles abandoned because of the attacks should count as a kill.

I wonder if they ran out of our very low on fuel...or if was indeed felt to be a death trap?

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Lowpe



Of interest is the 2 TAF which used the rockets at the Falaise Pocket.

They didn't hit that many vehicles but surely vehicles abandoned because of the attacks should count as a kill.

I wonder if they ran out of our very low on fuel...or if was indeed felt to be a death trap?

From what I read, the people on the receiving end really, really, really did not like being on the receiving end of those. The vehicles just made them easier to spot and nice targets. So they probably decided to una$$ those vehicles and their vicinity. I also read where a German unit surrendered to some P-47s which called in a ground unit to collect their prisoners.