The Judgement Day - Evoken(A) vs T3 rminator AI

[Evoken]

Hello everyone , hopefully i will keep a more consistent AAR this time [:D]

My Coop partner paradigmblue has some construction work going on at his house and my other opponent is at vacation so i found myself with lots of free time and decided to take on Andy Mac's T3 Ironman.

Andy Mac suggested allied player to add some toys to have a chance so i did some work on the allied side in the editor;
1)Pearl harbor is empty of important ships , whole fleet is at San Diego with a magic move task force at hex (standart BB's got a speed upgrade to 27 Knots)
2)Soviet Union is active from start (Took a peak at Manchurian army there were a lot of 1k AV units [X(] )
3)Most allied task forces have turn 1 magic move to run away and prevent couple very deep invasions (Denpasar and Nuku Hiva)
4)Fletcher class DD's arrive 1 year earlier.
5)Allied bombers got drop tanks and bombloads similar to GG's War in the West
6)A lot of allied aircraft (mostly British) arrive earlier (a few months to year) , increased production for some key allied aircraft
7)All emergency invasion response forces are on map
8)All units should be unrestricted (there could be few i missed)
9)Extra 5k supply daily at Chungking and 10k extra supply at Soviet Union , Chinese squads production rate trippled , mine production for allies trippled
Here is the link for the scenario with my changes: Scenario Files
and here is my save file if anyone wants to avoid a 20 hour grind [:D]: Save File

Game settings i am playing with

[Evoken]

Dec 7th starts with a bang!
As i said above we intercept couple very deep invasions at Denpassar and Nuku Hiva
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 41
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Denpasar at 58,108, Range 18,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
APD -118, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
APD -119, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
APD -120, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
APD -121, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
APD -122, Shell hits 13, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 1
DD Banckert
DD Witte de With
DD Kortenaer
DD Piet Hein

Japanese ground losses:
1803 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 154 disabled
Engineers: 26 destroyed, 25 disabled
Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Nuku Hiva at 191,167, Range 24,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
AMC Taiyo Maru, Shell hits 20, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CL Leander, Shell hits 3
CL Achilles, Shell hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

[&o]
Sub attack near Pearl Harbor at 180,104

Japanese Ships
CV Soryu, Torpedo hits 1
CA Chikuma
DD Kagero
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Tanikaze
DD Hamakaze

Allied Ships
SS Plunger, hits 1
Sadly no extra message like ammo explosion

Pearl Harbor strike :
Morning Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 98 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 46
B5N2 Kate x 156
D3A1 Val x 136
A6M2s Zero x 3

Allied aircraft
P-36A Mohawk x 20
P-40B Warhawk x 64

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed by flak
B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed, 6 damaged
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed, 31 damaged
D3A1 Val: 8 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged
P-40B Warhawk: 6 destroyed, 17 damaged
P-40B Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
ACM Planter, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AG Aries, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AMc Cockatoo, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AG Antares, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
ACM Buttress, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AG Argonne, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Laida, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Manini, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Florence D., Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Hirondelle, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
AMc Redbird, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Repair Shipyard hits 8
Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 67
Port hits 14
Port fuel hits 1

We get some revenge with 4E bombers

Morning Air attack on Babeldaob , at 90,97

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 3
A6M2 Zero x 4
A6M2-N Rufe x 1
A6M2s Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged

Japanese Ships
SS I-74, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AO Iro, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 5000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 2000 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 5000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 2000 lb GP Bomb

KB2 Shows up near West Coast and strikes Seattle


Morning Air attack on TF, near Seattle at 212,52

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 89
B5N1 Kate x 12
D3A1 Val x 25
A6M2s Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 43
P-43 Lancer x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
A6M2s Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 9 destroyed
P-43 Lancer: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
TK William H. Berg, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
AMC Prince Henry
DD Stoddard
AMC Prince Robert
DD Wiley
KV Quesnel
AO Brazos, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
DD Watts

[Evoken]

Japanese invade ; Kota Bharu , Kuantan , Batan Island (No landings at Luzon [&:] ) , Midway , Johnston Island , Hilo and Coal Harbour.

Ship losses for the day:


Air losses for the day:


Lots of air battles happened over Soviet Union but poor bi-planes cant catch anything , thinking about pulling the whole airforce back to Soviet Union untill i get better aircraft

Strategic map

[Evoken]

Situation at West Coast:


Submarines are rushing north to hopefully do some damage to 2nd KB and landing forces at Coal Harbour , Motorized Divisions and AA units on the way to fortify ; Portland , Seattle , Tacoma.
Canadian tank brigades moving to fortify Vancouver and Prince Rupert from possible invasion

[Bif1961]

Good luck and God speed on your new venture.

[Evoken]

December 8th
Mostly a quiet turn , KB didnt stick around for a second strike , Manchurian airforce continues to destroy Soviets and Sigint reveals some interesting invasions on the way

4 Fletchers from Seattle make contact with enemy carriers

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Victoria at 208,53, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CV Echigo
CV Surugu, Shell hits 1
CV Settsu
BB Kawachi, Shell hits 1
CVL Shikoku, Shell hits 8 (range was 2k most of these hits are from 40mm bofors and 20mm oerlikons)
TB K-31, Shell hits 1
TB K-32
TB K-33, Shell hits 1
TB K-35
TB K-36, Shell hits 1
TB K-37

Allied Ships
DD Stoddard
DD Watts, Shell hits 1
DD Wiley, Shell hits 1
DD Wren
Didnt do much damage but hopefully convinced them to go home

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Makin at 136,125, Range 17,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CM Tokiwa
CM Okinoshima, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
DD Asanagi, Shell hits 1
DD Yunagi, Shell hits 1
PB Nagata Maru, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
xAK Tenyo Maru, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
xAK Kamikaze Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires

Allied Ships
CA Pensacola, Shell hits 7

Air losses :


Ship losses :

[Evoken]

And the SIGINT:


I cant do anything about Christmas Island but i will try to stop Port Moresby and Suva invasions

[BBfanboy]

CA Pensacola did well. Every time I sent her against the Makin invasion she ate at least one torpedo, but did manage to hit most of the enemy ships hard.
What were the troop losses for the Japanese at Makin?

[Evoken]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

CA Pensacola did well. Every time I sent her against the Makin invasion she ate at least one torpedo, but did manage to hit most of the enemy ships hard.
What were the troop losses for the Japanese at Makin?

They had already unloaded at Makin a naval guard unit captured island later in the day

[Bif1961]

I wonder why the escort for the KB was so light?

[Evoken]

ORIGINAL: Bif1961

I wonder why the escort for the KB was so light?

Normally there isnt any fighting ships up north except a few old DD's and 2 damaged BB's , i guess it didnt need a lot of cover. Felt like its main purpose was to make sure Coal Harbour invasions goes through without issues

[Bif1961]

They got lucky that none of those American tin cans put a torp or two in those CVs.

[Evoken]

December 12th
After a few quiet turns i find the invasion Fiji invasion task force with USN CV's and we stumble upon new IJN tech: Float equipped Zero and Kates stationed on Landing Ship Docks.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Yasawa Islands at 127,151

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 58 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N1s Kate x 20
A6M2s Zero x 23

Allied aircraft
F2A-2 Buffalo x 20
F2A-3 Buffalo x 18
F4F-3A Wildcat x 7
F4F-3 Wildcat x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1s Kate: 7 destroyed, 2 damaged
B5N1s Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
A6M2s Zero: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F2A-2 Buffalo: 1 destroyed
F2A-3 Buffalo: 1 destroyed
F4F-3A Wildcat: 2 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 destroyed

Allied Ships
CV Saratoga 3 of them targeted Sara , gave me a good scare [:D]
BB West Virginia, Torpedo hits 1 15Sys , 10 Flood , 31 Engine

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B5N1s Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

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Counter strikes goes well but takes a heavy toll on fighters

Morning Air attack on TF, near Vanua Lava at 125,148

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2s Zero x 31

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 16
F4F-3 Wildcat x 19
SBD-2 Dauntless x 51
SBD-3 Dauntless x 51

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2s Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3A Wildcat: 5 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
SBD-2 Dauntless: 2 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 8 damaged

Japanese Ships
APD -114, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AK Glamis Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD -117, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
CL Rishiri
LSD - 13, Bomb hits 1, on fire
LSD - 12
CL Hiragatake, Bomb hits 1, on fire
APD -116
AK Cape Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
AKA Koala Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
LSD - 14, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
DD E - 223
APD -115, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
535 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 42 (24 destroyed, 18 disabled)

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Uncoordinated TBD's go in low and get through the fighter cover untouched

Morning Air attack on TF, near Vanua Lava at 125,148

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2s Zero x 29

Allied aircraft
TBD-1 Devastator x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBD-1 Devastator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
LSD - 13, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
LSD - 12, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
AK Glamis Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Japanese ground losses:
4969 casualties reported
Squads: 119 destroyed, 102 disabled
Non Combat: 93 destroyed, 196 disabled
Engineers: 15 destroyed, 18 disabled
Guns lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Vanua Lava at 125,148

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2s Zero x 29

Allied aircraft
TBD-1 Devastator x 15

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBD-1 Devastator: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CL Rishiri
AKA Koala Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD -115, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
LSD - 13, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

Japanese ground losses:
1647 casualties reported
Squads: 38 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 88 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 15 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vanua Lava at 125,148

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 4
F4F-3 Wildcat x 21
SBD-2 Dauntless x 17
SBD-3 Dauntless x 34

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Rishiri
LSD - 14, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
AK Cape Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD -116, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
DD E - 223
DD E - 222, Bomb hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
2769 casualties reported
Squads: 42 destroyed, 157 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 137 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 26 disabled
Guns lost 25 (20 destroyed, 5 disabled)

[Evoken]

Other news; Invasion response convoy from Soviet Union gave me 700 Mig-3's and 240 Yak-9U's [X(] bi-plane fighter problem is solved now we just need to train the pilots and they should be able to hold Manchurian airforce

Air losses:

Ship losses:


Base lost in last 5 days:

[BBfanboy]

Nice job on that invasion TF, but where did the Kates and Zeros come from? If land-based, can he fly in more opposition next turn?

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Nice job on that invasion TF, but where did the Kates and Zeros come from? If land-based, can he fly in more opposition next turn?

Some type of Q ship or AMC or CS with float plane capability. Don't want to say more.[;)]

[Evoken]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Nice job on that invasion TF, but where did the Kates and Zeros come from? If land-based, can he fly in more opposition next turn?

They were flying from LSD's [X(]Andy Mac is evil finding ways to torture us [:D]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Evoken

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Nice job on that invasion TF, but where did the Kates and Zeros come from? If land-based, can he fly in more opposition next turn?

They were flying from LSD's [X(]Andy Mac is evil finding ways to torture us [:D]

I had heard of float equipped Zeros, but Kates? That is nasty! Looks like you cleared out all the LSDs though.[:)]
Looking forward to your cleanup of the area.

[Evoken]

This what was remaining of Japanese fleet all got sunk by Maryland but her crew didnt get any experience sadly , rest either teleported or became submarines [:D]

Day Time Surface Combat, near Tanna at 125,156, Range 19,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Rishiri, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
CL Hiragatake, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
DD E - 222, Shell hits 7, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Maryland, Shell hits 5
DD Warrington, Shell hits 1
DD Blue

Japanese ground losses:
638 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 52 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Also float equipped Zeros are not Rufes , they are called A6M2s and i think they have the same stats as Zero
This is the culprit

[Evoken]

Harbin is very beefed up in this scenario [X(]



I dont plan to do strat bombing untill 43 unless i am about to lose the game to Auto Victory