Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))

[Lowpe]

I think my best return is to stay in port and inflict as much frictional damage as I can to the IJ...I do have the two British CVs at Mombasa...not sure I want to commit them to save these R classes.

We have managed to inflict some decent damage, two cruisers torpedoed, minor damage from the CD guns, a couple of bomb hits, multiple hits on the mini KB...so we shall continue.

[BBfanboy]

My understanding of actual CD Guns in the Coastal Artillery regiments is that they only fire on ships because they don't have the traverse to aim at land targets. Can you confirm that the animation shows the Coastal Arty Regiments fire during your land bombardments? Especially the "Heavy Coastal Artillery Regiment" Batteries, which may have a CD gun device rather than a more mobile arty gun.

[Lowpe]

I am not sure how gung ho Japan is to get the R classes...is an invasion at Cochin possible in 2 months time for example? I think he would probably need the KB to do it, and if you sent the KB he has to be thinking those planes could sink them at less cost?

But a major pull back here in eastern India...Japan has yet to take Singers...but my guess is the troops from Luzon will eventually head there...these guys in India are for offensive operations I bet.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

I think my best return is to stay in port and inflict as much frictional damage as I can to the IJ...I do have the two British CVs at Mombasa...not sure I want to commit them to save these R classes.

We have managed to inflict some decent damage, two cruisers torpedoed, minor damage from the CD guns, a couple of bomb hits, multiple hits on the mini KB...so we shall continue.

I think the British carriers he spotted near Diego Garcia might be the reason he brought the mini-KB and muchos heavy ships to the area. I agree with your thinking to hold them in Mombasa for now. He will be thinking they might be up the west coast of India and try to suppress air bases enough to go up there with his bombardment ships. More chances for your torpedo bombers. Not sure when the Aussie Beaufighters with torp ability come. I think it is the Beaufighter VIII.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

My understanding of actual CD Guns in the Coastal Artillery regiments is that they only fire on ships because they don't have the traverse to aim at land targets. Can you confirm that the animation shows the Coastal Arty Regiments fire during your land bombardments? Especially the "Heavy Coastal Artillery Regiment" Batteries, which may have a CD gun device rather than a more mobile arty gun.

Will check into it...but NYGiants said a developer of dababes told him to use them in this manner. [;)] [:)]

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

I think my best return is to stay in port and inflict as much frictional damage as I can to the IJ...I do have the two British CVs at Mombasa...not sure I want to commit them to save these R classes.

We have managed to inflict some decent damage, two cruisers torpedoed, minor damage from the CD guns, a couple of bomb hits, multiple hits on the mini KB...so we shall continue.

I think the British carriers he spotted near Diego Garcia might be the reason he brought the mini-KB and muchos heavy ships to the area. I agree with your thinking to hold them in Mombasa for now. He will be thinking they might be up the west coast of India and try to suppress air bases enough to go up there with his bombardment ships. More chances for your torpedo bombers. Not sure when the Aussie Beaufighters with torp ability come. I think it is the Beaufighter VIII.

I have these guys, but no pool planes...so they will hang out and train.

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

I think my best return is to stay in port and inflict as much frictional damage as I can to the IJ...I do have the two British CVs at Mombasa...not sure I want to commit them to save these R classes.

We have managed to inflict some decent damage, two cruisers torpedoed, minor damage from the CD guns, a couple of bomb hits, multiple hits on the mini KB...so we shall continue.

I think the British carriers he spotted near Diego Garcia might be the reason he brought the mini-KB and muchos heavy ships to the area. I agree with your thinking to hold them in Mombasa for now. He will be thinking they might be up the west coast of India and try to suppress air bases enough to go up there with his bombardment ships. More chances for your torpedo bombers. Not sure when the Aussie Beaufighters with torp ability come. I think it is the Beaufighter VIII.

I have these guys, but no pool planes...so they will hang out and train.

If you train them at 1000 feet, that may improve their defensive skills faster.

[Lowpe]

Having to watch the replay again, I see that we did belt armor penetration, critical damage, damage to engines to the cruiser off Colombo.[:)]

Also had very good hits on the IJN on the first bombardment...20cm, 6" belt armor penetration on the CL...we inflicted some very decent damage across the board on all ships hit.[:)]

[Lowpe]

CD artillery bombarding:

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

CD artillery bombarding:

Great! Thank you for checking that out. I have used Marine Defence Bns for land bombardment because their guns are not designated CD guns, but I always thought the Aussie ones were limited on ground bombardment. Another tool in the chest ...[:)]

[JohnDillworth]

do these BB's have float planes? If so get rid of them. This way you opponent might think an actual sinking is FOW.

[Encircled]

Good damage on those ships

Take it lots of night bombing on Colombo coming up?

[Lowpe]

May 8th, 1942

Another deliberate attack on the Ankang road... 1-2 odds. Our Stuarts enter into combat, and do horribly again getting disrupted and will retreat back to recover.

Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 27482 troops, 281 guns, 527 vehicles, Assault Value = 689

Defending force 36023 troops, 195 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 786

Japanese adjusted assault: 149

Allied adjusted defense: 361

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
120 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 56 (7 destroyed, 49 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
359 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 45 (7 destroyed, 38 disabled)

Assaulting units:
10th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
15th Division
23rd Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
116th Division
12th Tank Regiment
13th Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
13th Army
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
43rd Cavalry Regiment
55th Chinese Corps
41st Chinese Corps
30th Chinese Corps
77th Chinese Corps

[Lowpe]

Another really bad roll on attack...our experience is still 50 or lower basically...so that might be playing a big role.

Japan is amphibiously withdrawing troops from Rockhampton...

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: JohnDillworth

do these BB's have float planes? If so get rid of them. This way you opponent might think an actual sinking is FOW.

Not sure what you are suggesting. The Floats plane squadrons are off and working.

I want Japan to expend effort to try and sink them.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Encircled

Good damage on those ships

Take it lots of night bombing on Colombo coming up?

Nope. Big daytime raid on Colombo. Japan has 100 fighters. We are sweeping with 200+ F and hitting the port with all the B26s and the Shipyard and Industry with the B17s. Fulmars sweeping at 1000. Flying from four airbases....could be a disaster.[:)]

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: JohnDillworth

do these BB's have float planes? If so get rid of them. This way you opponent might think an actual sinking is FOW.

Not sure what you are suggesting. The Floats plane squadrons are off and working.

I want Japan to expend effort to try and sink them.

I think he meant to do what you have already done: get them off. If they remained aboard your opponent could look at ground losses for them to confirm a sinking, whereas with none aboard in the event of a sinking there might remain doubt about whether the sinking was genuine or FOW.

[Lowpe]

May 9th, 1942

Miss. Although his goal is to fish out downed pilots during the day.

[Lowpe]

Japan starts off with 90 fighters on daytime CAP, the vast majority of them Zeroes. Sweeps during the morning totally eliminate them, but of course the bombers are going in during the afternoon, and 33 planes meet the first afternoon sweep, then the first coordinated bombing run goes in...

Afternoon Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 6
B-26 Marauder x 39
P-39D Airacobra x 24

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
SS I-121, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
SC Ch 5, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Amagi Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Hankow Maru, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Repair Shipyard hits 2
Port hits 24
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 11

[Lowpe]

B26s...they are all rested and ready...

Afternoon Air attack on Colombo , at 29,48

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Amagi Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Port hits 3