Aussie Affair, Beta's Twilight

[Raverdave]

Ohmygawd that was fun to watch! Luskan got slapped back to the darkages and the pilots of 17 Squadron are now being acclaimed as heros for single handedly fighting off three CVs ![&o]
It's going to be a long time before Luskan can again venture into the Bay of Bengal. And this a very good thing as I really need to get supplies to some of my bases in India and Burma which means that I can now hold the line. Luskan just lost the battle for Burma !

Pilot Officer Cheshire.A of 17 Squadron RAF is now the leading ace of the war with 5 confirmed kills to his name.[:D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/01/42

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Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 52
Ki-48 Lily x 13
Ki-15 Babs x 5

Allied aircraft

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 6 destroyed, 36 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 5 destroyed, 13 damaged

Allied aircraft losses


Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 65

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 7000 feet
6 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 7000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 7000 feet
5 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 7000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 7000 feet
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet
10 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 7000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 7000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 7000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 7000 feet
2 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet
4 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 7000 feet
3 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 7000 feet
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 7000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 17,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
Vildebeest IV x 11

no losses

Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest IV: 12 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVE Taiyo
CVE Hosho

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Vildebeest IV bombing at 5000 feet
1 x Vildebeest IV bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 17
E13A1 Jake x 11

Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 16 destroyed, 1 damaged
E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed


Allied Ships
CL Dauntless, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Vampire

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
1 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
9 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 46
E13A1 Jake x 9

Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 10 destroyed, 20 damaged
E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged


Allied Ships
CLAA Capetown
CL Mauritius
CL Danae, Torpedo hits 1
CA Cornwall, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
2 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 17,24

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
Vildebeest IV x 2

no losses

Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest IV: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVL Ryujo

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Vildebeest IV bombing at 5000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 16

Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged


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Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 5
F1M2 Pete x 22
E13A1 Jake x 20

Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
F1M2 Pete: 5 destroyed
E13A1 Jake: 2 destroyed


Allied Ships
CL Mauritius
CLAA Capetown
CL Danae

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
1 x F1M2 Pete bombing at 2000 feet
8 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
2 x F1M2 Pete bombing at 2000 feet
3 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
9 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
9 x F1M2 Pete bombing at 2000 feet
8 x F1M2 Pete bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 25
E13A1 Jake x 7

Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
E13A1 Jake: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane II: 11 destroyed

Allied Ships
CLAA Caledon

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x E13A1 Jake bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25

Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 9

Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N Kate: 5 damaged


Allied Ships
CA Cornwall, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Trimcomalee at 15,25

Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete x 9

Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
F1M2 Pete: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged


Allied Ships
BB Royal Sovereign

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x F1M2 Pete bombing at 2000 feet

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Ground combat at Singapore

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 46265 troops, 494 guns, 4 vehicles

Defending force 157943 troops, 1286 guns, 388 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

[Raverdave]

Oh another point that I forgot to mention..............have a close look at the Screen shot that Luskan posted, now look real close at his TF icons.......see where they are located? Well it is at THAT point that I first knew that they were there as well.[:(] I have been trying to boost my naval search but still do not have enough squadrons to meet the need.[:(] I have no idea how to over come this in the short term.[:@]

[Ron Saueracker]

I'm really keen on seeing a sunk ships list. Furious action.[:)]

[Luskan]

Well, my cvs halted to refuell before going into Rangoon and then they're on their way back to japan to refit and repair sys damage. All thse consistant ops (and loss of pilots that will need trained replacements) is worth pulling them in. My lines in Burma are secure for the moment, and hopefully the betties will start showing what they are made of.

I've sunk 77 of Raver's ships to his sinking of about 40 of mine. 30 of which are subs. At singapore I lost 2400 troops to Raver's 3000 (and 108 guns) and knocked the fort down to 7 once more. With 4 engineer regiments on the way in, this should start resolving a bit better for me.

This is just the really notable sinkings (except the PGs of course). Just big warships, auxilliaries and cvs. I'll update with a few more pics soon.

Enjpoy.

[ADavidB]

ORIGINAL: Raverdave

Oh another point that I forgot to mention..............have a close look at the Screen shot that Luskan posted, now look real close at his TF icons.......see where they are located? Well it is at THAT point that I first knew that they were there as well.[:(] I have been trying to boost my naval search but still do not have enough squadrons to meet the need.[:(] I have no idea how to over come this in the short term.[:@]

Why not yank some of your patrol ac out of the DEI? Also, some of your longer legged bombers and put them on naval search?

Dave Baranyi

[Raverdave]

I have already got some Dutch units up there, but longer legged bombers? That means using B-17s which are currently on the west coast and in Australia (being reformed from the PI).

I have some PBYs enroute but it is a slow boat to china.

[Luskan]

MWHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!![:D][:D]

Ok - so I'm a liar. It is the least of my sins. [8|]
yes I lost some kates, oh boo hoo hoo. I'm so depressed I'm sending my cvs back to japan, oh boo hoo hoo *sarcasm*. Yes I need to send them back for refit and more kates, but the bit I lied about was where my surface tfs were.

Anyone should have picked up on my little lie! Operation banana kiss involved landing troops at Madras. although it is now cancelled, do you really think I'd have sent transports into madras without surface combat units screening them? Or how about a bombardment before they land? Please, how stupid am i supposed to be here?????? [:-]

Well, I am sending my cvs back and so for a little while I needed to negate raver's surface fleet. So I sent the banana kiss transports home, and they Hosagaya, Tanaka, Kono and Shimizu took the heavies into Trincomalee with orders to bombard. I'd hoped that Raver would have disbanded his ships into port and made them easy easy targets (CD unit or not!) but he had them out waiting for me (so he probably knew I was coming).

It cost me 1 dd outright, and I'll loose another 2 dds and a CL, maybe 2 cls before it is all over, but it cost Raver a whole lot more. Not to mention the amount of damage I handed out. I should have thought to take a few screenies of 14 inch shells smacking into the Royal Sov.

Now Raver will think twice before he sends any transports east of Colombo!

Bit annoyed that raver sank 4 of my subs in 1 turn, but I made up for it. I SOOOO made up for it. Those kates are now officially avenged. Enjoy the combat report. Soon I hope to see yet another allied BB on the sunk ship list, while mine sail on serenely.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/04/42

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ASW attack at 105,67

Japanese Ships
SS RO-64, hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Monaghan
DD Worden
DD Farragut

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Sub attack near Trimcomalee at 15,25

Japanese Ships
CL Kitakami
DD Kuroshio
DD Arashi
DD Hatsukaze
DD Hagikaze

Allied Ships
SS Trusty

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ASW attack at 105,67

Japanese Ships
SS I-171, hits 7, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Monaghan
DD Worden
DD Farragut
DD Morris
DD Walke
DD Russell
DD Mustin

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Trimcomalee at 15,25
Tanaka leads his ships into the harbour first (the smaller, faster TF always enters first if their speed is higher). His mission is not to destroy the enemy, but to daamge them badly enough to set them on fire - allowing my heavies to come in and spot the allied ships flames from far away. That way, my bbs will get surprise because the allies get spotted so early on.) Tanaka, as you can see, did an excellent job, his flagship Kumano landed all 4 8 inch shell hits into the Royal Sovereign and then one of my dds put a nice fat torp into her to seal the battle. From this point on my ships would have the advantage of surprise. Pity the Naka got caught out by a defensive torp.

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
CL Naka, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [:@]
CL Isuzu, Shell hits 6, on fire
CL Kitakami, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Kuroshio, Shell hits 1
DD Hatsukaze, Shell hits 1
DD Arashi
DD Hagikaze, Shell hits 1
DD Kamo

Allied Ships
BB Royal Sovereign, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Love the long lances!
CA Dorsetshire, Shell hits 1
CA Exeter, Shell hits 1
CL Mauritius, Shell hits 1
CLAA Caledon
CLAA Capetown
DD Vampire, Shell hits 1
DD Vendetta
DD Stronghold, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [:D]
DD Tenedos, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [:D]
DD Electra
DD Encounter
DD Express, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Jupiter
DD Pakenham
DD Paladin
DD Panther

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Trimcomalee at 15,25

Hosagaya gets surprise.

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Shell hits 4
BB Haruna, Shell hits 1
CA Takao, Shell hits 1
CA Chokai, Shell hits 2
DD Namikaze, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
DD Otori
DD Kasasagi
DD Kiji

Allied Ships
BB Royal Sovereign, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage [;)]
CA Dorsetshire
CA Exeter, Shell hits 15, on fire, heavy damage [:D]
CL Mauritius, Shell hits 3, on fire
CLAA Caledon, Shell hits 2
CLAA Capetown
DD Vampire, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [:D]
DD Vendetta, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Stronghold, Shell hits 11, and is sunk [:D]
DD Tenedos, and is sunk
DD Electra
DD Encounter, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Express, Shell hits 6, and is sunk [:D]
DD Jupiter, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Pakenham
DD Paladin
DD Panther, Shell hits 1

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Trimcomalee at 15,25

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
CA Suzuya
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 1
CA Kako
DD Hayashio
DD Oshio, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Akatsuki
DD Hokaze

Allied Ships
BB Royal Sovereign, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Dorsetshire, Shell hits 1
CA Exeter, on fire, heavy damage
CL Mauritius, on fire
CLAA Caledon
CLAA Capetown
DD Vampire, on fire, heavy damage
DD Vendetta, on fire
DD Electra
DD Encounter, on fire
DD Jupiter, on fire
DD Pakenham
DD Paladin
DD Panther

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Trimcomalee at 15,25

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato, Shell hits 5
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 1
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4, on fire
CA Kako
DD Hayashio
DD Oshio, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Akatsuki
DD Hokaze

Allied Ships
BB Royal Sovereign, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage - she's got to sink now. Come on!
CA Dorsetshire
CA Exeter, Shell hits 4, and is sunk [:D]
CL Mauritius, Shell hits 1, on fire
CLAA Caledon, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage [:D]
CLAA Capetown, Shell hits 1
DD Vampire, on fire, heavy damage
DD Vendetta, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Electra
DD Encounter, on fire
DD Jupiter, Shell hits 11, on fire, heavy damage [:D]
DD Pakenham
DD Paladin
DD Panther

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ASW attack near Trimcomalee at 15,25

Japanese Ships
DD Hayashio
DD Oshio, on fire
DD Akatsuki
CA Suzuya

Allied Ships
SS Trusty

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Naval bombardment of Trimcomalee, at 15,25 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!


Allied aircraft


Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane II: 9 destroyed, 4 damaged

77 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CA Atago, Shell hits 1
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 2
BB Mutsu
DD Natsushio
DD Oboro, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage - drat.
DD Sagiri
DD Hibiki

Allied Ships
MSW Cromer, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Danae, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage - [:D]
CA Cornwall, Shell hits 12, on fire, heavy damage - [:D]
PG Nigella, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Patrol, Shell hits 2, on fire


Allied ground losses:
278 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 5

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 1

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Day Air attack on 31st USA Regimental Combat Team, at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
E7K2 Alf x 1
Ki-48 Lily x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 1 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 4 damaged


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet
11 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet
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Day Air attack on 4th USMC Regiment, at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
E7K2 Alf x 1
Ki-48 Lily x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48 Lily: 4 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet
3 x Ki-48 Lily bombing at 7000 feet
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ASW attack at 142,51

Japanese Ships
SS I-6, hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Lawrence


So the question is - should I have canx operation banana kiss???? Too late now, I've already decided where I'm going to attack in Burma. I'm not going to recon it so as not to telegraph, all I can do is hope Raver has left it empty.

[ADavidB]

ORIGINAL: Raverdave

I have already got some Dutch units up there, but longer legged bombers? That means using B-17s which are currently on the west coast and in Australia (being reformed from the PI).

I have some PBYs enroute but it is a slow boat to china.

The Hudsons and the Dutch PBYs can fly out to various bases along the coast. You can replace them with those little Dutch recons - the recons don't have much range, but you can't do much in the DEI anyway, so fly out the good stuff.

BTW - are you using your Chinese bombers? I find that they make good ground attack ac and I'm happily using them to slow down Japanese advances in China.

Take care -

Dave Baranyi

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: Ron Saueracker

Does anyone think that the game should be tweaked a bit for CD accuracy? I don't think the DDs should be getting wasted like this on a regular basis. The odd occasion but this is obviously excessive. Unless the CDs are permanent and director controlled, they should not be this accurate.

Not really. Right from the war's start it was proven pretty decisively at Wake Island that, given the current tech levels, a land based battery will generally outshoot a sea based one, and if the Fortification factor is large enoguh, the land based gun can be extremely difficult to knock out.

From a game perspective, the effectiveness of CD units is of increased importance because the game allows each and every port hex to be bombarded as if it's airfields were as easily accessible as Lunga airfield historically was. So without effective CD defence units, players would be continually forced to base major fleet assets there to prevent their airgroups from being continually hit by bombardment TF's.

I think Luskan's CD defence plans are a great balance factor in the game. Kid has been making my airforce's lives hell with frequent and aggressive bombardment runs, particularily at Rangoon, forcing me to station major fleet assets there.

[Ron Saueracker]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

ORIGINAL: Ron Saueracker

Does anyone think that the game should be tweaked a bit for CD accuracy? I don't think the DDs should be getting wasted like this on a regular basis. The odd occasion but this is obviously excessive. Unless the CDs are permanent and director controlled, they should not be this accurate.

Not really. Right from the war's start it was proven pretty decisively at Wake Island that, given the current tech levels, a land based battery will generally outshoot a sea based one, and if the Fortification factor is large enoguh, the land based gun can be extremely difficult to knock out.

From a game perspective, the effectiveness of CD units is of increased importance because the game allows each and every port hex to be bombarded as if it's airfields were as easily accessible as Lunga airfield historically was. So without effective CD defence units, players would be continually forced to base major fleet assets there to prevent their airgroups from being continually hit by bombardment TF's.

I think Luskan's CD defence plans are a great balance factor in the game. Kid has been making my airforce's lives hell with frequent and aggressive bombardment runs, particularily at Rangoon, forcing me to station major fleet assets there.

Your right Nik, can't forget the fact that TFs can bombard every coast hex. I made the mistake of just thinking of the one aspect again.[8D]

[Capt. Harlock]

I have already got some Dutch units up there, but longer legged bombers?

Using the Hudsons would be a good idea: no one can complain that it's "gamey" since they actually were used in that role. When your Wellingtons come on-line, I think you'll find they have excellent range as well.

[Raverdave]

It is not as bad as Luskan claims, yes HMS Royal Sovereign has taken a lot of damage but she will float, and will be repaired. My DogDogs took the brunt of the enemy fire as they raced forward to protect the larger ships. I am sure that Luskan has also taken some rather heavy hits as well, infact i would nearly call the whole thing even.

[Raverdave]

ORIGINAL: Capt. Harlock

I have already got some Dutch units up there, but longer legged bombers?

Using the Hudsons would be a good idea: no one can complain that it's "gamey" since they actually were used in that role. When your Wellingtons come on-line, I think you'll find they have excellent range as well.

Yeah but you guys are all forgetting two things. 1 I have to get the aircraft there, and 2 it costs PPs that I might not be able to spare.[:(]
The Brits don't get any upgrades to their aircraft till May'42, so I'll have to wait for the Wellingtons.

[Raverdave]

Well if anything the attack on Ceylon has helped Luskan make up for the fact that his CVs have had to retire back to Japan. There is now a big dent in the RN fleet, but I think that on the balance of things Luskan was also hurt, and I would expect to see at least 2 of his BBs heading back to the repair yards. So as where I was crowing a few turns ago that Luskan had lost the battle for Burma, I am now going to have to eat humble pie and state that he has redressed the balance. Things are going to be tight, but with out his CVs he now has to depend on his Bettys, which I don't think are up to the task. Besides which I have the AVG (Flying Tigers) now in play and located at a base that is not in shelling range of his ships.

The next thing that I really have to ponder is am I going to fight for PM or not? Lots of game play with UV has shown that it is best to allow it to fall to preserve aircraft of troops, and my gut feeling is to do exactly the same, as I really don't feel that comfortable posting a large number of Aussie troops there and then loose them. If anything Fiji and Noumea is more important than PM. I also have to keep my eye on Darwin, as this is a critical base for the Allies, and Luskan knows it. If I hold Darwin then I have an excellent jump off point in my drive to re-take the DEI in '43 (I don't hold to Mac's strategy of going up through PNG) starting with Timor.

Lots to think about.

[Onime No Kyo]

Luskan,

If it doesnt compromise too much of your strategy could you please answer this question. Is there any reason why you have not committed KB to the Bay of Bengal? Doesnt sound like Raver could do much about it if you did, and you would be able to rack up his merchies at will. Thanks for the answer.

[Raverdave]

I think that I can answer for Luskan..............the reason that he will not committ KBs CVs to the Bay of Bengal is that they are ear-marked for something else.
Besides which he really does not NEED to, as his BBs are doing a rather good job as it is.

[Luskan]

True - and the fact that if KB WAS in the bay of bengal, I'd find Raver's CVs sneaking into the edges of the SRA. Keeping KB split up but "close enough" is important to keep Raver's cvs away for the moment. When I want them, I'll let him send them closer.

Raver pulled off a daring bombardment last turn - copped a little bit of damage in return for wiping out 40 planes on the ground. Fortunately, the pilots are safe and I have hundreds of the zeros and jakes and kates in the pool so no worries there - also the airfield was undamaged come the next turn. Raver just illustrated a weakness in my defence and I'm moving to fix it.

I pulled off a nice mid ocean intercept. Raver is misguided. None of my bbs are damaged in the slightest. That is why they are using the last of their ammo to shell Raver's transports headed for Diamond harbour. I sank about 4 out of 20, but will do better next turn.

[Raverdave]

ORIGINAL: Luskan



Raver pulled off a daring bombardment last turn - copped a little bit of damage in return for wiping out 40 planes on the ground. Fortunately, the pilots are safe and I have hundreds of the zeros and jakes and kates in the pool so no worries there - also the airfield was undamaged come the next turn. Raver just illustrated a weakness in my defence and I'm moving to fix it.

Oooooo ! That sounds like Operation "The Nek" went off without a hitch ! Go on Luskan tell them all WHERE I bombarded !

Three operations down and one to go.

[Raverdave]

Seems like Luskan is too ashamed to tell[;)]

[Onime No Kyo]

Thanks for the answer guys. Just trying to guess if the AI will have the cajones to try that. [:D]