Burma:
RAF Wellington Ics and some USAAF B-17s arrived over Magwe airfields during the night. My Oscars were waiting for them. Unfortunately most of the Oscars did nothing. I do not believe the fighters even damaged one bomber, but we lost ten between their crazy AA firepower, ops and the bombers hitting the airfield.
Then during the day, roughly 100 P-38Es & Fs swept the airfield finding no one in the air. I believe that oil attacks will be coming soon.
Xargun
More Variants - The End of Western Imperialism - No Nomad please (Feb 1944)
Moderators: wdolson, MOD_War-in-the-Pacific-Admirals-Edition
Sept 4th, 1942
Sub Warfare:
Holy cow - it happened !! One of my subs actually hit a DD with a torpedo.
ASW attack near Rennell Island at 110,139
Japanese Ships
SS I-26
Allied Ships
DD Bagley, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Helm
Not only that, but DD Bagley sunk after the combat, and I-26 escaped unharmed...
Burma:
RAF Wellingtons and B-17s attack Magwe Airfield during the night. My Oscars did a bit better this time and we damaged a couple of them. The attack was spoiled either way.
P-38s sweep Magwe again during the day finding nothing in the skies.
South Pacific:
YMS-95 clears most of the remaining mines at Shortlands
Enemy fighters sweep the skies over Shortlands finding nothing.
At dawn my Vals strike from Rabaul, catching and sinking YMS-95 while it thought it was safely clearing mines at Shortlands.
The allied DS is three hexes from Shortlands with what appears several other TFs. Subs are being vectored in for a chance to put a fish into an enemy CV. I am moving 6000 tons of supplies via Fast Transport PBs towards Shortlands. Hopefully they will arrive in 2-3 days -- they are playing it safe. These 1000ton PBs are super useful and I hate losing them.
Xargun
Holy cow - it happened !! One of my subs actually hit a DD with a torpedo.
ASW attack near Rennell Island at 110,139
Japanese Ships
SS I-26
Allied Ships
DD Bagley, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Helm
Not only that, but DD Bagley sunk after the combat, and I-26 escaped unharmed...
Burma:
RAF Wellingtons and B-17s attack Magwe Airfield during the night. My Oscars did a bit better this time and we damaged a couple of them. The attack was spoiled either way.
P-38s sweep Magwe again during the day finding nothing in the skies.
South Pacific:
YMS-95 clears most of the remaining mines at Shortlands
Enemy fighters sweep the skies over Shortlands finding nothing.
At dawn my Vals strike from Rabaul, catching and sinking YMS-95 while it thought it was safely clearing mines at Shortlands.
The allied DS is three hexes from Shortlands with what appears several other TFs. Subs are being vectored in for a chance to put a fish into an enemy CV. I am moving 6000 tons of supplies via Fast Transport PBs towards Shortlands. Hopefully they will arrive in 2-3 days -- they are playing it safe. These 1000ton PBs are super useful and I hate losing them.
Xargun
Sept 5th, 1942
Sub Warfare:
I-171 was sent to penetrate the allied DS but it moved and we ran into PF Honolulan, which lightly damaged us.
Burma:
A mass of B-17s attacked Magwe airfield during the day while I was moving air units around and caught a bunch on the ground and none in the air.
Then the normal 100+ P-38 sweep came in.
I am abandoning the air war over Magwe - couldn't win it last game without Franks so I'm not gonna waste airframes and pilots trying to. If I lose the 300 oil there oh well. I will try to setup shop next door and fly range 1 CAP and intercept what I can.
Xargun
I-171 was sent to penetrate the allied DS but it moved and we ran into PF Honolulan, which lightly damaged us.
Burma:
A mass of B-17s attacked Magwe airfield during the day while I was moving air units around and caught a bunch on the ground and none in the air.
Then the normal 100+ P-38 sweep came in.
I am abandoning the air war over Magwe - couldn't win it last game without Franks so I'm not gonna waste airframes and pilots trying to. If I lose the 300 oil there oh well. I will try to setup shop next door and fly range 1 CAP and intercept what I can.
Xargun
Sept 6th, 1942
Sub Warfare:
I-171 is attacked by a pair of allied DDs, but avoid all damage !!
The Dutch sub, O16, is located and slightly damaged in the Straights of Malacca.
Burma:
Allied bombers - Wellingtons and B-17s - attack the Magwe airfield during the day plastering the field closing it. Nearly a score of damaged Oscars are caught in the open and destroyed. They were still on night patrol and got caught while resting.
Xargun
I-171 is attacked by a pair of allied DDs, but avoid all damage !!
The Dutch sub, O16, is located and slightly damaged in the Straights of Malacca.
Burma:
Allied bombers - Wellingtons and B-17s - attack the Magwe airfield during the day plastering the field closing it. Nearly a score of damaged Oscars are caught in the open and destroyed. They were still on night patrol and got caught while resting.
Xargun
Sept 7th, 1942
Burma:
The destruction of Magwe continues. Wellingtons and B-25Bs hammer the airfield cratering it nearly beyond repair. Then the B-17s came in and flattened a third of the oil at Magwe - 102 damaged oil in one day. Despite severe storms, the B-17s inflict 40 oil hits. B-17s just never miss - and they are invulnerable to any fighter in 42. I'm not sure there is any defense against massed allied fighters and bombers.
Xargun
The destruction of Magwe continues. Wellingtons and B-25Bs hammer the airfield cratering it nearly beyond repair. Then the B-17s came in and flattened a third of the oil at Magwe - 102 damaged oil in one day. Despite severe storms, the B-17s inflict 40 oil hits. B-17s just never miss - and they are invulnerable to any fighter in 42. I'm not sure there is any defense against massed allied fighters and bombers.
Xargun
Sept 8th, 1942
Burma:
The onslaught at Magwe continues. P-38s sweeping and escorting Wellingtons and Mitchells against the airfield, while B-17s hammer the oil. Another 70 points of oil lost this past turn. Figure 2 maybe 3 more days until Magwe has no oil production. That will hurt as its 300 oil (3000 oil) per day.
Solomons:
The allied DS is sitting on the eastern side of the Solomons doing who knows what. I tried to slip a fast transport TF of 3 PBs carrying 3000 tons of supplies into Shortlands but they were attacked by P-39s from Munda. My LR CAP managed to put 3 zeros up for defense and they damaged 1 and shot down 1. The rest attacked the PBs, sinking one and heavily damaging a second.
Due to the high port damage, the PBs barely unloaded any supplies during the turn. I thought FTs were supposed to unload everything over the beach and didn't use the port facilities? The TF moved less than half its movement, so it should have unloaded some.
Xargun
The onslaught at Magwe continues. P-38s sweeping and escorting Wellingtons and Mitchells against the airfield, while B-17s hammer the oil. Another 70 points of oil lost this past turn. Figure 2 maybe 3 more days until Magwe has no oil production. That will hurt as its 300 oil (3000 oil) per day.
Solomons:
The allied DS is sitting on the eastern side of the Solomons doing who knows what. I tried to slip a fast transport TF of 3 PBs carrying 3000 tons of supplies into Shortlands but they were attacked by P-39s from Munda. My LR CAP managed to put 3 zeros up for defense and they damaged 1 and shot down 1. The rest attacked the PBs, sinking one and heavily damaging a second.
Due to the high port damage, the PBs barely unloaded any supplies during the turn. I thought FTs were supposed to unload everything over the beach and didn't use the port facilities? The TF moved less than half its movement, so it should have unloaded some.
Xargun
Sept 9th, 1942
A very quick turn - some Corsairs swept Shortlands finding nothing and some B-25s attacked some ground troops in China and ran into some Oscars on patrol. The Oscars shot down 1 bomber.
Nothing else happened.
Xargun
Nothing else happened.
Xargun
Sept 10th, 1942
Burma:
The allied air assault on Magwe continues. RAF Wellingtons and B-25s hit the airfield, while US B-17s hit the oil. All while P-38s run escort and sweeping missions. I have marked off Magwe - its a total loss.
South Pacific:
It has quieted down here. The allied DS has moved back to Tulagi - possibly for refueling. The damage at Shortlands is being repaired and I am airlifting supplies in - not much, but the total supplies is slowly increasing so I am airlifting more than the troops are consuming at least. Once the port and airfield is repaired, I may try to move fighters here again and convoy in some supplies.
It strikes me as funny. Allied players want their Japanese opponents to fight to the end, but they bomb flat the items they need to do so. I'm not sure how historical the bombing of oil production was in the Pacific War, but I wonder. The allies seemed to rather bomb factories than resources. Once Magwe is gone, I will have lost 3000 oil a day (or 3000 fuel a day). While not the biggest producer, it is not a small amount.
Xargun
The allied air assault on Magwe continues. RAF Wellingtons and B-25s hit the airfield, while US B-17s hit the oil. All while P-38s run escort and sweeping missions. I have marked off Magwe - its a total loss.
South Pacific:
It has quieted down here. The allied DS has moved back to Tulagi - possibly for refueling. The damage at Shortlands is being repaired and I am airlifting supplies in - not much, but the total supplies is slowly increasing so I am airlifting more than the troops are consuming at least. Once the port and airfield is repaired, I may try to move fighters here again and convoy in some supplies.
It strikes me as funny. Allied players want their Japanese opponents to fight to the end, but they bomb flat the items they need to do so. I'm not sure how historical the bombing of oil production was in the Pacific War, but I wonder. The allies seemed to rather bomb factories than resources. Once Magwe is gone, I will have lost 3000 oil a day (or 3000 fuel a day). While not the biggest producer, it is not a small amount.
Xargun
Sept 11th, 1942
Sub Warfare:
Dutch sub KXVIII is attacked again in the Straights of Malacca but the crappy type-2 DC just can't reach him.
I-26 attacks DD Kortenaer and misses - she should have went for the TK or one of the xAKs in the convoy instead
Burma:
The oil at Magwe is down to 81 out of 300 after another day's bombing. I moved three AA units there but they don't seem to be doing much. Those heavy bombers are just invulnerable at this point in the war. I would through my IIa Tojos at them - as I think they might bring a few down - but Tojos are not a match for P-38 Lightnings and I'm afraid a sweep will just wipe them out. My production of Tojos is only 2 a day, so I have to be careful with them for now.
Xargun
Dutch sub KXVIII is attacked again in the Straights of Malacca but the crappy type-2 DC just can't reach him.
I-26 attacks DD Kortenaer and misses - she should have went for the TK or one of the xAKs in the convoy instead
Burma:
The oil at Magwe is down to 81 out of 300 after another day's bombing. I moved three AA units there but they don't seem to be doing much. Those heavy bombers are just invulnerable at this point in the war. I would through my IIa Tojos at them - as I think they might bring a few down - but Tojos are not a match for P-38 Lightnings and I'm afraid a sweep will just wipe them out. My production of Tojos is only 2 a day, so I have to be careful with them for now.
Xargun
Sept 12th, 1942
Sub Warfare:
Another dutch sub is spotted in the Straights and attacked - but no damage was inflicted. No surprise considering the attacker was a simple SC escort.
But in surprising news, I-26 not only avoids an ASW TF with no damage, she finds another TF and sinks a DD with a well placed torpedo !! Would rather have this hits on enemy capital ships, but I'll take another sunk DD. I-26 is ordered home to take on more recon planes and reload torpedoes.
Burma:
Magwe is hit again today by enemy aircraft. This time they were more mixed on their targets - not only keeping the airfield suppressed and killing oil, they attacked several ground units. I am considering pulling everything out of Magwe, but that would just invite him to move to the next base and start over.
Xargun
Another dutch sub is spotted in the Straights and attacked - but no damage was inflicted. No surprise considering the attacker was a simple SC escort.
But in surprising news, I-26 not only avoids an ASW TF with no damage, she finds another TF and sinks a DD with a well placed torpedo !! Would rather have this hits on enemy capital ships, but I'll take another sunk DD. I-26 is ordered home to take on more recon planes and reload torpedoes.
Burma:
Magwe is hit again today by enemy aircraft. This time they were more mixed on their targets - not only keeping the airfield suppressed and killing oil, they attacked several ground units. I am considering pulling everything out of Magwe, but that would just invite him to move to the next base and start over.
Xargun
Sept 13th, 1942
Burma:
The Magwe destruction continues.
Nothing else occurred during the turn.
Xargun
The Magwe destruction continues.
Nothing else occurred during the turn.
Xargun
Sept 14th, 1942
Nothing happened this turn. no air attacks, not sub or ASW encounters. I have lost track of the allied DS - it was last seen at Tulagi last turn. I did spot 1 CV at Tulagi so maybe they are there but disbanded in port repairing some accumulated damage? The next wave of troops are moving out of Japan and the rest of the troops at Luzon are being mobilized for shipping elsewhere to rejoin their parent divisions.
Xargun
Xargun
Sept 15th, 1942
A little more action this turn...
Burma:
The devastation of Magwe continues. P-38s sweeping then the heavies coming in hammering everything. These past couple turns the Wellingtons seem to like one of my Base Forces and are flattening the unit. They come in at 4000 feet and the three AA units I moved into the base seem to do nothing to them.
Xargun
Burma:
The devastation of Magwe continues. P-38s sweeping then the heavies coming in hammering everything. These past couple turns the Wellingtons seem to like one of my Base Forces and are flattening the unit. They come in at 4000 feet and the three AA units I moved into the base seem to do nothing to them.
Xargun
Sept 16th, 1942
Sub Warfare:
S-23 decides not to fire on a PB cruising towards Shortlands. But in the next hex, S-36 fires two torps. The animation shows one hitting, but the report say both hit - the PB breaks apart and sinks - taking 1000 tons of supply with it.
Burma:
More of the same at Magwe - but this turn the bombers break up some (fragmented) but each little group hammers the oil hard. Magwe is down to 23 oil left.
One good thing - a bunch of Wellingtons were concentrating on one of my base forces - which moved to Toungoo this turn (via rail) so the Wellingtons followed without their sweeping fighters and ran into my Zeros at Toungoo. I shot down 9 in A2A and reports indicate one crashed on the way home. At least we got that !! I have evacuated all aircraft from Toungoo in anticipation of the allied retaliatory strikes on the airbase there.
South Pacific:
Shortlands is critical in supply. But I can't seem to get any there. Rabaul is now in yellow so its harder now. I am loading up 30,000 tons at Truk for rushed delivery to Rabaul. Orders have been sent back to Combined Fleet HQ for 150-250 thousand more tons of food, AV Gas and Ammo. HQ promises more supply as soon as possible.
CV Update:
All of my Fleet Carriers and Light Carriers are in Nagasaki currently finishing up their first upgrades. They will all be complete within a week. Then they will be sent to their next objective. I'm not sure they are very useful in the Solomons with the allied DS there - so maybe they can raid somewhere...
Xargun
S-23 decides not to fire on a PB cruising towards Shortlands. But in the next hex, S-36 fires two torps. The animation shows one hitting, but the report say both hit - the PB breaks apart and sinks - taking 1000 tons of supply with it.
Burma:
More of the same at Magwe - but this turn the bombers break up some (fragmented) but each little group hammers the oil hard. Magwe is down to 23 oil left.
One good thing - a bunch of Wellingtons were concentrating on one of my base forces - which moved to Toungoo this turn (via rail) so the Wellingtons followed without their sweeping fighters and ran into my Zeros at Toungoo. I shot down 9 in A2A and reports indicate one crashed on the way home. At least we got that !! I have evacuated all aircraft from Toungoo in anticipation of the allied retaliatory strikes on the airbase there.
South Pacific:
Shortlands is critical in supply. But I can't seem to get any there. Rabaul is now in yellow so its harder now. I am loading up 30,000 tons at Truk for rushed delivery to Rabaul. Orders have been sent back to Combined Fleet HQ for 150-250 thousand more tons of food, AV Gas and Ammo. HQ promises more supply as soon as possible.
CV Update:
All of my Fleet Carriers and Light Carriers are in Nagasaki currently finishing up their first upgrades. They will all be complete within a week. Then they will be sent to their next objective. I'm not sure they are very useful in the Solomons with the allied DS there - so maybe they can raid somewhere...
Xargun
Sept 17th, 1942
Burma:
More hammering of Magwe. Nomad ignored Toungoo this round, but I'm not moving aircraft back yet.
South Pacific:
A dual-BB allied TF bombarded Shortlands in the night inflicting 250 casualties. If I cannot get supplies here soon, I should start airlifting troops out.
Xargun
More hammering of Magwe. Nomad ignored Toungoo this round, but I'm not moving aircraft back yet.
South Pacific:
A dual-BB allied TF bombarded Shortlands in the night inflicting 250 casualties. If I cannot get supplies here soon, I should start airlifting troops out.
Xargun
Sept 18th, 1942
Sub Warfare:
SS Seal attacks my small convoy at Mussau island but misses - the escorting PBs fail to attack back. The convoy makes it to Kavieng unmolested, but has been spotted. Nomad now knows I am moving ACMs into the area.
South Pacific:
Night attacks by Betties against the dual BB bombardment TF hitting Shortlands comes up short, but does remind him whats possible. About half a dozen Betties were damaged by flak, but none were lost.
The allied TF bombards Shortlands and is destroying squads - the troops here are beat up and have been through a rough couple weeks. Resupply TF from Truk is underway, carrying 30,000 tons, but roughly 4-5 days away from Rabaul - going the roundabout way to avoid the field of subs lurking south of Truk.
Xargun
SS Seal attacks my small convoy at Mussau island but misses - the escorting PBs fail to attack back. The convoy makes it to Kavieng unmolested, but has been spotted. Nomad now knows I am moving ACMs into the area.
South Pacific:
Night attacks by Betties against the dual BB bombardment TF hitting Shortlands comes up short, but does remind him whats possible. About half a dozen Betties were damaged by flak, but none were lost.
The allied TF bombards Shortlands and is destroying squads - the troops here are beat up and have been through a rough couple weeks. Resupply TF from Truk is underway, carrying 30,000 tons, but roughly 4-5 days away from Rabaul - going the roundabout way to avoid the field of subs lurking south of Truk.
Xargun
Sept 19th, 1942
Burma:
Allied B-17s continue to attack the oil centers at Magwe.
South Pacific:
A CL heavy TF bombards Shortlands during the night.
Xargun
Allied B-17s continue to attack the oil centers at Magwe.
South Pacific:
A CL heavy TF bombards Shortlands during the night.
Xargun
Sept 20th, 1942
Burma:
Continued air assault on Magwe. The oil fields at Magwe are totally destroyed, only 2 oil remains out of the 300 original.
South Pacific:
My Kates and Betties launch at night to attack the enemy TF that is bombarding Shortlands. The planes that find the target all attack BBs, but no hits are reported
What do I need to do to get hits at night? Moonlight was 85%.
Xargun
Continued air assault on Magwe. The oil fields at Magwe are totally destroyed, only 2 oil remains out of the 300 original.
South Pacific:
My Kates and Betties launch at night to attack the enemy TF that is bombarding Shortlands. The planes that find the target all attack BBs, but no hits are reported
What do I need to do to get hits at night? Moonlight was 85%.Xargun
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Re: More Variants - The End of Western Imperialism - No Nomad please
Bombardment can only mean one thing...
Sept 21st, 1942
Sub Warfare:
For the first time one of my subs attacked an enemy sub !!! Unfortunately it missed.
Burma:
Enemy bombers are now targetting ground troops at Magwe and are hammering my AA units there.
South Pacific:
The invasion of Shortlands has begun. Intel reports at least part of the 1st Marine Division has landed at Shortlands. They were heavily disrupted during the landing. Unfortunately my troops there are critical on supplies and abused from the past two weeks of bombardments and bombings. Not sure how long they can hold out even behind level 6 forts.
Marine paratroopers land and capture Torokina - guessing its to prevent my troops at Shortlands from escaping.
Xargun
For the first time one of my subs attacked an enemy sub !!! Unfortunately it missed.
Burma:
Enemy bombers are now targetting ground troops at Magwe and are hammering my AA units there.
South Pacific:
The invasion of Shortlands has begun. Intel reports at least part of the 1st Marine Division has landed at Shortlands. They were heavily disrupted during the landing. Unfortunately my troops there are critical on supplies and abused from the past two weeks of bombardments and bombings. Not sure how long they can hold out even behind level 6 forts.
Marine paratroopers land and capture Torokina - guessing its to prevent my troops at Shortlands from escaping.
Xargun