Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))

[Lowpe]

So much opportunity!

[Lowpe]

Ceylon...

[Lowpe]

April 21, 1942

Allies have so many interesting devices and toys. Here we try out some of the new ASW weapons, with kind of poor results to be honest, as the Iboat managed many attacks.

I will check and see what it did to the night crew experience...hopefully a tick up. Benham picked up 3 points, Ward 1 point.

[Lowpe]

Quiet here last night...PT boats swept Bundaberg Harbor, nobody home.

IJN building up ships at Rockhampton, but have they all rearmed...my guess is yes.

Continue pesky night naval bombing, but no hits....especially for 10K. Still it is very good intel as I await a better runway and HQa at Marysborough.

I have lots of CAs and CLs and DDs finishing their radar upgrades at Melbourne plus more DDs at Sydney. I could make a real naval fight of this...and with Brisbane to fall back upon, I won't have to send any fleet carriers.

Although, this is a half decent time to look for a CV clash, as long as the Allies have fully radar equipped ships their CVs can pack quite a punch, AA is weak on IJN.

[Lowpe]

China

[Lowpe]

Taking Ceduna back...with very little force.

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Quiet here last night...PT boats swept Bundaberg Harbor, nobody home.

IJN building up ships at Rockhampton, but have they all rearmed...my guess is yes.

Continue pesky night naval bombing, but no hits....especially for 10K. Still it is very good intel as I await a better runway and HQa at Marysborough.

I have lots of CAs and CLs and DDs finishing their radar upgrades at Melbourne plus more DDs at Sydney. I could make a real naval fight of this...and with Brisbane to fall back upon, I won't have to send any fleet carriers.

Although, this is a half decent time to look for a CV clash, as long as the Allies have fully radar equipped ships their CVs can pack quite a punch, AA is weak on IJN.

It looks like that CV TF is vulnerable without a lot of fighters compared to bombers. Maybe even 4Es on Naval can reduce the fighter numbers some more.

Do you have any Cats available for night torpedo attacks? Or even with bombs?

[ny59giants]

American TBs - Others may disagree with me, but I think you need to seriously consider taking off the TBs (Avengers) from the CVs and add extra fighters and SBD units. Their experience levels are often too low to get enough TT hits on the Jap CV/CVLs at this point in the game. While most player train them up in NavT and NavB, they typically need either a third skill like GndB and/or actually lots of missions to get their experience levels up. I would use the TBs on ground attacks to do so.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

American TBs - Others may disagree with me, but I think you need to seriously consider taking off the TBs (Avengers) from the CVs and add extra fighters and SBD units. Their experience levels are often too low to get enough TT hits on the Jap CV/CVLs at this point in the game. While most player train them up in NavT and NavB, they typically need either a third skill like GndB and/or actually lots of missions to get their experience levels up. I would use the TBs on ground attacks to do so.

I took them off and trained them in ASW already, plus there is one squadron performing night torpedo attacks against Bundaberg.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

It looks like that CV TF is vulnerable without a lot of fighters compared to bombers. Maybe even 4Es on Naval can reduce the fighter numbers some more.

Do you have any Cats availible for night torpedo attacks? Or even with bombs?

Don't have strong enough night naval search to get a decent night DL on KB.

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

It looks like that CV TF is vulnerable without a lot of fighters compared to bombers. Maybe even 4Es on Naval can reduce the fighter numbers some more.

Do you have any Cats available for night torpedo attacks? Or even with bombs?

Don't have strong enough night naval search to get a decent night DL on KB.

I understand but they might also be able to be used against SCTFs should they drop in for a visit. They could detach some ships to be swarmed by PTs and DDs.

[Lowpe]

Bombs won't do it, and it will be several days before an HQa arrives at Marysborough with torpedoes.

[Lowpe]

Line Islands building up...

[Lowpe]

Pretty sure our first offensive will be aimed at Canton and Baker.

[Lowpe]

I have 600 PP, I was thinking on buying out the last American fractional Division in Mombasa, but the priority isn't there yet, perhaps a NZ unit and some Americans. Can't decide, so for now we are simply accumulating points.

[Lowpe]

Bering Sea

[Lowpe]

Deathstar is a Pearl, most slow Battleships at Mare Island.

Saratoga, and the light cruiser forces is at Melbourne, along with several heavy cruisers.

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Bombs won't do it, and it will be several days before an HQa arrives at Marysborough with torpedoes.

Bombs can do it. 500 pound bombs can wreck the topside of BBs, they can but do not always penetrate the CAs but the CLs and smaller are vulnerable. Enough bombs on a BB can leave it a flaming wreck which is a good use for the Devastators early on but Avengers are the better aircraft. Slow the ships down and/or detach them from the main task force and they are vulnerable. I sank a Japanese BB using Devastators with 21 or 23 topside 500 pound bomb hits. [X(] The Devastators and the Avengers on Low Naval set for torpedoes with none available will carry four 500 bombs each.

[Lowpe]

My goodness, the Dutch are coming in at Aden. I have pilots and air frames....they should add a lot of utility.

[Lowpe]

The remains of Wenchow![:)]