Sherman Sushi - Jess vs Bernie (USA/MC vs Japan 6/45)

RobW · Post by **RobW** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 2:53 pm

Bernie wrote:Turn 3 (Japan)

And I won't even get into the name's of some of the other SPA's (yes I will... Ho-Ne Type I and Ho-Ne Type II... sounds like an OSHA designation for occupational injuries suffered by "working girls")

surely thats "hi Ho-Ne I'm home" or "Ho-Ne I shrunk the Kids"??????

Bernie · Post by **Bernie** » Sat Sep 27, 2003 12:34 am

RobW wrote:surely thats "hi Ho-Ne I'm home" or "Ho-Ne I shrunk the Kids"??????

Actually, it's Ho-Ni... I spelled it wrong. (Now why didn't my spellchecker catch that?)

M4Jess · Post by **M4Jess** » Sat Sep 27, 2003 4:12 am

USA Turn 3

I am coming for you slank eyed!

Oh yes, I am coming

can you "feel" the heat?

Sissy~San

Bernie · Post by **Bernie** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 3:23 am

M4 Jess wrote:USA Turn 3

I am coming for you slank eyed!

Oh yes, I am coming

can you "feel" the heat?

Sissy~San

How nice! Allow me to prepare a little reception for you!

Nothing elaborate... a few guns, some artillery, 200 Suicide AT units...

Bernie · Post by **Bernie** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 3:30 am

Turn 4 (Japan)

Armored recon units report that a mixture of Shermans is heading down the center road and through the adjoining rice paddies. Artillery units are notified and, what a coincidence, already have that area zeroed in as a target!

A Sherman Flame is quickly...err..."snuffed" by a Type 5 crew, and several more scount cars and jeeps add their pieces to the growing junk piles around the map.

My units behind enemy lines continue to provide targeting information, and I'm now in position to sweep the enemy flanks and roll him up like a moldy old carpet.

M4Jess · Post by **M4Jess** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 2:35 am

Bernie wrote:Turn 4 (Japan)
A Sherman Flame is quickly...err..."snuffed" by a Type 5 crew, and several more scount cars and jeeps add their pieces to the growing junk piles around the map:)

Bernie~san fogot to tell about his 3 or 4 dead Yo-Yo's:rolleyes:

On turn 4 I start my push! I sopt more and more Jap "recon" tanks...I kill a couple and fire on some sort of SP-AAA tank thingy..I also spotted a

"made in America M3 (Jenny) tank..that really tic's me off Bernie!:mad:

I also cleaned up more of those in my rear Jap paras..

so far...I would guess we are about even...time will tell...

Jess

Bernie · Post by **Bernie** » Sat Oct 04, 2003 8:28 pm

Dead Yo-Yo's? Is that some kind of toy used to amuse your Sherman crews while they wait for the recovery vehicles?

Bernie · Post by **Bernie** » Sat Oct 04, 2003 8:32 pm

M4 Jess wrote:Bernie~san fogot to tell about his 3 or 4 dead Yo-Yo's:rolleyes:

On turn 4 I start my push! I sopt more and more Jap "recon" tanks...I kill a couple and fire on some sort of SP-AAA tank thingy..I also spotted a

"made in America M3 (Jenny) tank..that really tic's me off Bernie!:mad:

I also cleaned up more of those in my rear Jap paras..

so far...I would guess we are about even...time will tell...

Jess

Yes, spotted, but could not kill until you brought in that 4th Sherman. No wonder the ratio of Shermans to Tigers is 10 - 1...your guys can't shoot!

Bernie · Post by **Bernie** » Sat Oct 04, 2003 8:41 pm

Turn 5 (Japan)

My recon units report a curious fact...it takes the Americans 10 to 16 shots to actually hit anything with their tanks, even at close ranges. Their gunners must be very frightened!

So far the Americans have managed to kill a few of my recon units, while my artillery seems to be having an effect upon his movement.

More jeeps and scout cars die this turn.

M4Jess · Post by **M4Jess** » Sun Oct 05, 2003 5:57 pm

TURN FIVE (THE MIGHT)

Not much, except I Lost a M4 105 because I am stupid and ran him up on a Jad Suey Sq.

I took out a couple Yo-Yos and hit somthing on the top with a 81mm Mort :rolleyes:
I see many a Yo-Yos on the hill tops...seems Bernie~San is too scared to come down and play.....Or is that Sissy~San

GUN-HO!!!!

Bernie · Post by **Bernie** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:10 pm

M4 Jess wrote:TURN FIVE (THE MIGHT)

Not much, except I Lost a M4 105 because I am stupid and ran him up on a Jad Suey Sq.
I took out a couple Yo-Yos and hit somthing on the top with a 81mm Mort :rolleyes:
I see many a Yo-Yos on the hill tops...seems Bernie~San is too scared to come down and play.....Or is that Sissy~San

GUN-HO!!!!

Correction Jessie-san...

You took out no Yo-Yo's, except for a disabled tank took a mortar round in the open toolbox. My forces, on the other hand, took out two of your Shermans (including the 105) and three jeeps.

My forces stand proudly, unafraid, on top of the hills, waiting for your puny tanks to emerge from hiding in the shrubbery, like the weasels they are.

Bernie · Post by **Bernie** » Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:29 pm

Turn 6 (Japan)

Not much doing this turn, just hanging out, waiting for the American Airborne to drop in. Killed a few Shermans while I was waiting, otherwise they might start breeding in those woods.

End of turn and, sure enough, here come the C-47's...

I have no worries, I expected this... I have fourteen 25mm triple mounts, four 75mm AA guns, and twelve twin gun 20mm SPAA, all scattered in my sectors. Those Gooney Birds should start dropping like flies...right? RIGHT?

[font=Georgia]UnFLAKKINGbelieveible!![/font]

A dozen or so C-47's later and they're all safely off screen, their cargos delivered. My trusted AA units [font=Arial Black]MISSED EVERY STINKING SHOT! [/font]

Only one single plane even got nicked, and THAT came from an SNLF squad that darn near got scalped by them as they flew overhead (good thing we're short folks!)

Honor demands that my AA crews immediately commit seppeku, but reason demands that they stay at their positions, ready to Ginsu those American troops as they swim, like rats, from the swamps they dropped into.

My guns are all around them. There is no escape.

M4Jess · Post by **M4Jess** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 3:43 am

1936 somewhere in Japan...

"Master...???...yes Cricket~san?.....may I try again master?...yes Cricket~san, you may.....

"Now...snatch the 150mm arty from my hand Cricket~san!........"

"swoosh....(in slow motion).....Swo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-s-s-s-h............ :rolleyes:

"Ahhhh Cricket~san....very very good...this lesson will take you far....."

Fast forward to 1945...Cricket~san has moved to AMERICA! and has joined the might of the elite USMC Airborne!

USA turn 6

My USMCAB landed right on top of a 150mmMort park!

each Sq packs a M1, Flamer, Satchel charge, and a m9 zook! :p

:p

Needless to say......FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!.......

I do see some of Japans best running around! SNLF Sqs!

I am surrounded! An'it cool! just where AB should be!

Meanwhile.....the rest of the battle is moving along just as planed..I start my main push now that my AB has arrived...all along the front more and more Japs die as the MIGHT closes in~ :p

Arty is called in on known Jap Reinforcements (spotted by my AB) and anywhere I spot Jap Yo-Yo's.....

So far so good!

GUN-HO!!!

Bernie · Post by **Bernie** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:30 am

M4 Jess wrote:1936 somewhere in Japan...

"Master...???...yes Cricket~san?.....may I try again master?...yes Cricket~san, you may.....

"Now...snatch the 150mm arty from my hand Cricket~san!........"

"swoosh....(in slow motion).....Swo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-s-s-s-h............ :rolleyes:

"Ahhhh Cricket~san....very very good...this lesson will take you far....."

Fast forward to 1945...Cricket~san has moved to AMERICA! and has joined the might of the elite USMC Airborne!

USA turn 6

My USMCAB landed right on top of a 150mmMort park! each Sq packs a M1, Flamer, Satchel charge, and a m9 zook! :p :p

Needless to say......FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!....... I do see some of Japans best running around! SNLF Sqs! I am surrounded! An'it cool! just where AB should be!

Meanwhile.....the rest of the battle is moving along just as planed..I start my main push now that my AB has arrived...all along the front more and more Japs die as the MIGHT closes in~ :p

Arty is called in on known Jap Reinforcements (spotted by my AB) and anywhere I spot Jap Yo-Yo's.....

So far so good!

GUN-HO!!!

YadaYadaYada...

If you had looked before you leaped, you'd have seen that those two mortars you nailed were both broken.

Bernie · Post by **Bernie** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 1:40 am

Turn 7 (Japan) Otherwise known as the "Charge of the Lost Brigade"

Yes inded, Jess has me on the ropes now...NOT!

His much vaunted "Charge" simply took his Shermans under the guns of my waiting Type 5's...much to his dismay. Two Shermans are now recycled, and others damaged.

The USMC assault squads he dropped behind my lines are learning that 25mm triple AA's and 20mm twin SPAA's are really bad news, especially when backed up by a company of Japanese infantry with bayonets.

Better dust off the F9 key Jess...you might be needing it soon.

M4Jess · Post by **M4Jess** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 3:46 am

Bernie wrote:Turn 7 (Japan) Otherwise known as the "Charge of the Lost Brigade"

Yes inded, Jess has me on the ropes now...NOT!

His much vaunted "Charge" simply took his Shermans under the guns of my waiting Type 5's...much to his dismay. Two Shermans are now recycled, and others damaged.

The USMC assault squads he dropped behind my lines are learning that 25mm triple AA's and 20mm twin SPAA's are really bad news, especially when backed up by a company of Japanese infantry with bayonets.

Better dust off the F9 key Jess...you might be needing it soon.

oh....you decided to fight? :rolleyes: bout time! :rolleyes:

Bernie · Post by **Bernie** » Wed Oct 08, 2003 7:49 am

M4 Jess wrote:oh....you decided to fight? :rolleyes: bout time! :rolleyes:

Jess, I realize that Shermans are somewhat subject to spontanueous combustion, but I would have thought even a Sherman driver would have realized by turn 7 that someone was shooting at him. Or did you think those crews you can't contact anymore all went out for a beer?

M4Jess · Post by **M4Jess** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 5:50 pm

The Might Turn 7

3 more Yo-Yo,s go down this turn..1 by a U.S. recon unit!

if you dont stop using "Jennys" I am really gonna be PO'd!

my men cant even hit them...

All in all a re-group turn for me...my Marines in the Japs rear are starting to take some heat off my front line troops...(by becoming Arty targets)

On with the fight!

Bernie · Post by **Bernie** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 9:02 am

M4 Jess wrote:The Might Turn 7

3 more Yo-Yo,s go down this turn..1 by a U.S. recon unit!

if you dont stop using "Jennys" I am really gonna be PO'd!
my men cant even hit them...

All in all a re-group turn for me...my Marines in the Japs rear are starting to take some heat off my front line troops...(by becoming Arty targets)

On with the fight!

Hmmm... I think you need to count more carefully Jess.

Let's see, there was one Type 5 that was surrounded by 4 Shermans, one of which got off a shot that damaged the main gun. Didn't kill it, just broke the 75mm. (He gave one of the 4 Shermans a 37mm enema this turn, proving you should never turn your back on a PO'd tank commander)

Then there was the one that did get assaulted and destroyed by a recon squad, so that's 1 killed. Then you dropped a 4.2" mortar round through the hatch of one that was stuck on a hill with only his MG working, no real loss there. What was the third one Jess?

And if I don't stop using M3's you're gonna...? Just what is it you're gonna do Jess? Throw rocks at my tanks? You sure aren't hurting them much with Shermans.

(BTW, that M3 you were trying so hard to kill just took out a Sherman with a side shot from two hexes, after giving you three "free" shots at it while it manuvered into position.)

Bernie · Post by **Bernie** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 9:30 am

Turn 8 (Japan)

Jess is getting careless in his old age. He had a Type 5 surrounded by four Shermans, it's main gun destroyed, and allowed himself to be distracted by a captured M3 I had nearby. Firing at the M3 left one Sherman "mooning" the wounded Type 5, so the TC showed Jess how he felt about it by giving the Sherman a 37mm AP enema, right up the tailpipe! Jess, Type 5's have two guns (not counting MG's), in case you hadn't noticed.

To add insult to injury, the M3 then ran rings around another Sherman that couldn't hit it in three tries, then blew the doors off it with a 37mm side shot. There's still some troops and a couple more M4's up there, but they won't be there much longer the way my tankers are hitting.

Being in a game that has no real bridges must be a disappointment to the M4 drivers. Instead of diving off exploding bridges to destroy themselves they've taken to getting stuck in the swamps on the south edge of the map, making them sitting ducks for arty and side shots from my Type 5's. One is still sitting there, but his buddy has gone to that great scrap heap in the sky, along with the jeep and scout car that was leading their way.

Back in the rear areas, the troops I dropped behind Jess' lines are regrouped and busily spotting targets for me. they pinpointed a pair of M4 105's hiding in a valley, and my 150mm Ho-Ro's sent them a friendly "Hello"

In my own rear areas Jess is learning that USMC assault squads are no match for Japanese infantry. Several of his squads are no more, and three or four others are heading for the hills. Not that it will do them much good since the infantry are only beating the brush to force them into the sights of the 25mm triple AA crews.

All in all an excellent turn for my guys!

Ready to discuss surrender terms Jess?

Sherman Sushi - Jess vs Bernie (USA/MC vs Japan 6/45)

The Charge of the Lost Brigade