Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))

[Lowpe]

Dawn arrives as the IJN convoy desperately seeks safety, fleeing flank speed from Task Force Australia (which retired to replenish ammunition)...and right into the perfectly timed pincer attack of Desron #12 at Manus.

DD Patterson ran right in and launched a devastating torpedo attack...and took a large caliber hit...but there would be no escape during daylight, as the merciless Yank destroyers even used 50 caliber Brownings on the convoy.

[Lowpe]

Our Dutch light cruisers and destroyers stand off from the Japanese fleets in Western Australia, electing not to close and we can only hope they aren't bombed by naval air power.

But the Dutch pilots are made of sterner stuff...

[Lowpe]

Tiaotso...a little festung...these Chinese troopers should be able to hold for quite a while...

[Lowpe]

On the Sian road...

[Lowpe]

The IJA makes some good tactical decisions here and forces a retreat...before we could retreat out of the base.

[Lowpe]

Townsville also was being abandoned, but in both cases the IJA armored pursue...

[Lowpe]

Port Moresby is now doomed...

[Lowpe]

Elements of the battered Chinese 35th Corp (C unit) have nowhere to go...and elect to hold the rail line. They might last for a few more days.

[Lowpe]

Flying Tigers dance with Oscars over Pakhoi...and get the worst of it, but not that badly as several Oscars ditch on the return home.

[Lowpe]

Jan 1, 1942 Scoresheet, with a comparison to another game...

Japan absolutely destroyed the Dutch/Singapore shipping fleet.

[Lowpe]

DD Patterson took a big hit!

These Bagley class destroyers are slated to join the carrier fleet, but with four 5 inch guns they make for good ambushers here in the chaotic amphibious phase.

I am trying not to lose them.[;)]

[Lowpe]

Tracker has 36 IJN ships sunk for 581 VPs.

It is the fog of war![:'(]

[GetAssista]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe
Elements of the battered Chinese 35th Corp (C unit) have nowhere to go...and elect to hold the rail line. They might last for a few more days.

Elected to hold the rail line in favor of x4 terrain next door? You need to hammer some basic military sense into those Chinese [:D]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe
...but there would be no escape during daylight, as the merciless Yank destroyers even used 50 caliber Brownings on the convoy.

65th Bde goes glug-glug? Congratulations! Always a warm fuzzy feeling when enemy convoy is eliminated to the last ship.

[821Bobo]

Empire paying the price for overextending the IJN. Whole brigade in hostile waters without any escort, seems fair result. [8D]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

On the Sian road...

If the enemy has tanks there, fuggeddaboutit! [:-]
If attacking uses more supply than defending - ditto. [:-]
Otherwise, it's worth a try to keep him honest. [:)]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Tracker has 36 IJN ships sunk for 581 VPs.

It is the fog of war![:'(]

The Intel summary page indicates not many points lost for IJ ships - so those important ships likely did not go down. Probably mine hits that did damage - the sunk ships page seems to always include (initially) any ship that had a mine or torp hit without any consideration of ability to survive.

[ushakov]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Flying Tigers dance with Oscars over Pakhoi...and get the worst of it, but not that badly as several Oscars ditch on the return home.

Wow, the Japanese attack on Townsville was apparently so powerful that it caused the cancellation of a corvette on the slipway in Sydney dockyard [:'(]

[szmike]

ORIGINAL: mind_messing

ORIGINAL: Alfred

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Okay turn is away, and we have three separate solid naval intercepts and one potential naval air attack...but other than that it is all Japan right now![;)]

Do you mean by that, that you have created 3 separate transport TFs each comprised of only merchantmen and you are sending them directly to a Japanese port which displays an enemy TF icon present, or to the ocean hex which displays an enemy TF icon?[:)]

If you keep sending single xAK TFs to enemy ports, the enemy combat TFs may never have sufficient OPS/ammo to leave port after combat. That's one way to keep your valuable combat TFs safe from naval intercepts.[;)]

Alfred

Also a useful tactic offensively as chaff in major fleet engagements - IJN DD's seem to love expending Long Lances on freighters. Much more comforting fighting IJN ships knowing the big damage dealers have been expended.

I would consider it gamey at best.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: ushakov

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Flying Tigers dance with Oscars over Pakhoi...and get the worst of it, but not that badly as several Oscars ditch on the return home.

Wow, the Japanese attack on Townsville was apparently so powerful that it caused the cancellation of a corvette on the slipway in Sydney dockyard [:'(]

That was a minesweeper at Townsville - look to the right for the location.

[ushakov]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
That was a minesweeper at Townsville - look to the right for the location.

In game, yes - but the real-life Dubbo was a Bathhurst-class under construction in Sydney at this point in the war: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Dubbo_(J251). Not sure if it was a deliberate decision in DB to move her to Townsville?