A slow day in the war. Slowest I think so far. Only 1 ship is reported sunk, and this an allied CA reported sunk - either from previous damage or scuttling. If it was heavily damaged (90+) Rob probably scuttled it to get a free replacement faster than he could fix it - especially with the rest of the damaged ships he has...
My forces on the ground captured 3 bases this turn, none of any real importance. I captured Talasea (Bismark Arch) as well as Baker Island. In the north my troops occupied Atka Island in the aluetians. Not sure what Rob will do in the north.. Last game I tried this he spanked me around with some DDs and eventually the BB out of Seattle... So we will see.
I spent some time in Borneo and Suluwesi and noticed I have a lot of oil and resources piling up in 3 main bases (Tarakan, Balikpapan and Kendari) and no merchies around to begin hauling it home... A mistake on my part it seems.. I just wasn't ready for 600 resources a day to pile up at these bases. Right now I have roughly 15,000 resources at both Balikpapan and Kendari and no merchies to haul it home... I have been worried about oil more than anything else and completely forgot about the resources. My closest major supply base (Palau) has no AKs either.... So I need to send some in from Saigon it looks, as it will take to long to bring them in from Japan... I have a lot of oil being loaded / hauled home and just forgot about the resources - which are not as important as the oil is at first, but I still need them...
I bombed Manilla heavily, targetting the airfield and port. I have spotted several allied subs in Manilla port and can't target them directly, so I'm beating up the port, to lower any repair abilities there.. Also hitting the airfield and such in preparation for my assault on clark field - don't want no planes at Manilla either... I think Rob pulled out his recon planes in the last turn or two (major reason for heavily airfield bombing) so I missed them, but damaged the airfield.. He'll waste supplies repairing the damage... supplies he can't easily replace.
The attack on Singapore is underway as I gave orders to my troops to begin the march. As soon as the troops arrive, I will coordinate several days worth of heavy bombing on the brits trapped in singapore. I will be only targetting the ground troops, as I don't want to waste time / supplies in repairing the port / airfield for my own use...
Not much else has happened so here's the results.. I will try to post a comprehensive list of sunk ships later - but it will not be 100% as it will only show allied ships that I know are sunk..
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/31/41
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Day Air attack on TF at 30,78
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 15
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Loa Koeloe
AK Parigi, Torpedo hits 1
AK Sigli, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Modjekerto, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
1 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Ground combat at Atka Island
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 417 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 15 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Atka Island base !!!
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Ground combat at Talasea
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 508 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Talasea base !!!
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Ground combat at Baker Island
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 30 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Baker Island base !!!
Cry havoc! And let slip the dogs of war - Newbie AAR Reborn
Moderators: wdolson, Don Bowen, mogami
The best of times, the worst of times
A month in the books and its a hard month to qualify. On the one hand, my surface raiders have been nothing short of brillant. Several times I have sliced in and shot up his troops ships. The greatest victory of course the Royal Navy's about 2 weeks ago. The Xargunite navy can plan on seeing plenty more of those raids, he can plan on it of course, because I have no mobile naval air power left. I still am scratching my head about the loss of my carriers south of Rabaul. They shouldnt of been there. What is even more head scratching is the fact that all my air groups got off to safe airfields prior to the loss of the carriers. One would think that if they can find an enemy airfield ....ah I am getting off topic [;)]. At any rate, my naval airpower is actually quite strong in the southwest pacific, 2 complete carrier air groups. I have simply lost my mobilty. The same can be said for poor Saratoga. Her air groups were saved, but again they lack mobilty. I will no doubt be feeding them into the line in my new south pacific defense perimeter. I think the lack of carrier mobility could ultimately be very beneficial to me. Its hard to sit on that much power and not think you have to use it, somewhere. Now, that's not an issue. We shall see.
In Burma, my British line of defense is coming along very nicely. Xargun is attempting to force his way north and I am using the Raverdave chinese defense there of trading space for time. I expect to have all my commonwealth troops fresh and ready for the defense of India at a place of my choosing.
In China, I flat out love my defense. I realized that there is no way i can stand up and fight angry Japanese divisions soldier to soldier. So I have vietnamized my forces. I have divided up an unknown number (to Xargun) of divisions and set them free in his rear areas. I have occupied rail lines, empty base areas and patches of dirt behind his lines. Instead of concentrating his divisions in the drive towards places like Lanchow. He is now forced to slow down and account for these roving band of peasants
. That has worked brillantly, so brillantly in fact that I am now considering using a similar strategy in both Burma and DEI. He better bring a lot of firepower to both those parties once he has finished of PI and Singapore.
PI and Singapore. Neither will hold past another month. Unlike last game when Xargun fouled the waters around these two allied fortresses without enough troops to take them, he has brought enough firepower to reduce them quickly and efficently. My only hope of holding either of these two hot spots is for him to get concerned about his losses and not shock attack me everyday. They will go soon and there isnt anything I can do about it.
As far as the defense of the west coast and Hawaii. They will be. I believe that he will visiting Midway, Noumea, and maybe even take a crack at NZ soon. I would if I was in his shoes. I have already begun defensive preparations at each place so he will be properly punished for his efforts. PM will likely fall, though I have already moved quite a few Aussie troops there to try and make it difficult for him. I do not believe he will attempt to force his way onto Aussie soil, but you never know. I do not believe Hawaii can be taken without heavy losses, but I do welcome his attempt should he decide that.
It was truly a bizarre month for me. Hopefully I wont have another one soon.
In Burma, my British line of defense is coming along very nicely. Xargun is attempting to force his way north and I am using the Raverdave chinese defense there of trading space for time. I expect to have all my commonwealth troops fresh and ready for the defense of India at a place of my choosing.
In China, I flat out love my defense. I realized that there is no way i can stand up and fight angry Japanese divisions soldier to soldier. So I have vietnamized my forces. I have divided up an unknown number (to Xargun) of divisions and set them free in his rear areas. I have occupied rail lines, empty base areas and patches of dirt behind his lines. Instead of concentrating his divisions in the drive towards places like Lanchow. He is now forced to slow down and account for these roving band of peasants
. That has worked brillantly, so brillantly in fact that I am now considering using a similar strategy in both Burma and DEI. He better bring a lot of firepower to both those parties once he has finished of PI and Singapore. PI and Singapore. Neither will hold past another month. Unlike last game when Xargun fouled the waters around these two allied fortresses without enough troops to take them, he has brought enough firepower to reduce them quickly and efficently. My only hope of holding either of these two hot spots is for him to get concerned about his losses and not shock attack me everyday. They will go soon and there isnt anything I can do about it.
As far as the defense of the west coast and Hawaii. They will be. I believe that he will visiting Midway, Noumea, and maybe even take a crack at NZ soon. I would if I was in his shoes. I have already begun defensive preparations at each place so he will be properly punished for his efforts. PM will likely fall, though I have already moved quite a few Aussie troops there to try and make it difficult for him. I do not believe he will attempt to force his way onto Aussie soil, but you never know. I do not believe Hawaii can be taken without heavy losses, but I do welcome his attempt should he decide that.
It was truly a bizarre month for me. Hopefully I wont have another one soon.
2 January
Well a couple days have passed and they have been slow. On the 1st both Rob and I lost a sub from ASW efforts and an allied AK sank beneath the waves from unknown causes (either previous damage or scuttling). I captured Sag Sag in the Bismark Arch and we both conducted some air raids amounting to not much.
On the 2nd another allied AK sank from unknown reasons (I believe Rob is scuttling a lot of these to save repair space and VPs). I also captured Hollandia in PNG. I have been using a couple SNLFs and a couple APs and am working my way down the coast of PNG capturing the bases as I go. They are all unmanned and are easy pickings. A few of them are actually worthwhile and may get some BFs down the road to build up some facitilities and defenses - in 12-18 months Rob will begin his counter offensives....
All of my damaged ships from Truk are successfully on their way to the Home Islands for repairs and they are spread out all over the Ocean in groups of 2-3 ships.. The important ones (only a couple) have some ASW escorts the rest do not... They are barely moving (1-2 hexes per day) and will take a month for them all to make port. Luckily most of them have large fuel tanks and can make the journey without stopping for fuel which makes it easier on me and harder on Rob to use subs against them...
Right now several of my larger repair ports already have ships in them.. I have a CL and 2 DDs being repaired, plus half a dozen or so merchies getting some repairs... Luckily half of my ports in Japan have repair yards and they have all been expanded to useful sizes, so these ships are spread out between them.. The only problem is I only have 1 AR. I have a dozen or more on the way, but even accelerated they are still 2 months out. They should arrive just in time to greet the next wave of warship repairs as I'm sure Rob and I will have some large surface scraps in the coming weeks..
Here is the latest report.. it is slow... I am using a BB lead TF to bombard airfields on Borneo in my preparation for occupying the entire island...
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/02/42
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Naval bombardment of Banjarmasin, at 27,64
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
DD Hibiki
DD Arashio
DD Asashio
CL Jintsu
CA Atago
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
Allied ground losses:
116 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 4
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Sub attack near Akyab at 30,29
Japanese Ships
SS I-162
Allied Ships
AK Empire Nightingale, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Ground combat at Hollandia
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 619 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Hollandia base !!!
On the 2nd another allied AK sank from unknown reasons (I believe Rob is scuttling a lot of these to save repair space and VPs). I also captured Hollandia in PNG. I have been using a couple SNLFs and a couple APs and am working my way down the coast of PNG capturing the bases as I go. They are all unmanned and are easy pickings. A few of them are actually worthwhile and may get some BFs down the road to build up some facitilities and defenses - in 12-18 months Rob will begin his counter offensives....
All of my damaged ships from Truk are successfully on their way to the Home Islands for repairs and they are spread out all over the Ocean in groups of 2-3 ships.. The important ones (only a couple) have some ASW escorts the rest do not... They are barely moving (1-2 hexes per day) and will take a month for them all to make port. Luckily most of them have large fuel tanks and can make the journey without stopping for fuel which makes it easier on me and harder on Rob to use subs against them...
Right now several of my larger repair ports already have ships in them.. I have a CL and 2 DDs being repaired, plus half a dozen or so merchies getting some repairs... Luckily half of my ports in Japan have repair yards and they have all been expanded to useful sizes, so these ships are spread out between them.. The only problem is I only have 1 AR. I have a dozen or more on the way, but even accelerated they are still 2 months out. They should arrive just in time to greet the next wave of warship repairs as I'm sure Rob and I will have some large surface scraps in the coming weeks..
Here is the latest report.. it is slow... I am using a BB lead TF to bombard airfields on Borneo in my preparation for occupying the entire island...
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/02/42
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Naval bombardment of Banjarmasin, at 27,64
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
DD Hibiki
DD Arashio
DD Asashio
CL Jintsu
CA Atago
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
Allied ground losses:
116 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 4
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Sub attack near Akyab at 30,29
Japanese Ships
SS I-162
Allied Ships
AK Empire Nightingale, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Ground combat at Hollandia
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 619 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Hollandia base !!!
Updated Sunken Ship List
I forget who asked, but here is a new sunken ship list, with names on actual capital ships...
Allied: 128 ships sunk / 2806 points
3 CV: Lexington, Enterprise, Saratoga
4 BB: Maryland, Nevada, California, Tennessee
1 CA: New Orleans
4 CL: Dragon, Durban, Mauritius, Boise
7 DD, 6 MSW, 3 ML (1 US, 2 Dutch), 5 Subs (4 Dutch, 1 US), 1 AO
11 AP (6 large, 5 small), 8 TK (2 small, 6 large), 57 AK (37 small, 20 large)
IJN: 52 ships sunk / 368 points
2 CA: Haguro, Myoko [sunk by RN TF near Balikpapan]
8 DD, 4 Subs, 1 ML
1 PG, 6 PC, 8 MSW [mostly sunk by allied subs - used as ASW forces]
2 TK (both small), 7 AP (all small), 13 AK (11 small, 2 large)
Most of the allied ships have been sunk by naval aircraft and torps. My subs have claimed a couple merchies and warships are well. So far I have not scuttled a single ship, whereas Rob has scuttled at least 4 AKs that I can tell... Now these numbers may not be 100% Accurate due to FOW - but my losses are accurate, maybe Rob will post an accurate list of his losses so we can see where we stand.
Xargun
Allied: 128 ships sunk / 2806 points
3 CV: Lexington, Enterprise, Saratoga
4 BB: Maryland, Nevada, California, Tennessee
1 CA: New Orleans
4 CL: Dragon, Durban, Mauritius, Boise
7 DD, 6 MSW, 3 ML (1 US, 2 Dutch), 5 Subs (4 Dutch, 1 US), 1 AO
11 AP (6 large, 5 small), 8 TK (2 small, 6 large), 57 AK (37 small, 20 large)
IJN: 52 ships sunk / 368 points
2 CA: Haguro, Myoko [sunk by RN TF near Balikpapan]
8 DD, 4 Subs, 1 ML
1 PG, 6 PC, 8 MSW [mostly sunk by allied subs - used as ASW forces]
2 TK (both small), 7 AP (all small), 13 AK (11 small, 2 large)
Most of the allied ships have been sunk by naval aircraft and torps. My subs have claimed a couple merchies and warships are well. So far I have not scuttled a single ship, whereas Rob has scuttled at least 4 AKs that I can tell... Now these numbers may not be 100% Accurate due to FOW - but my losses are accurate, maybe Rob will post an accurate list of his losses so we can see where we stand.
Xargun
RE: The best of times, the worst of times
Well the first month is over and I think I have sunk more capital ships so far than the IJN did the entire war - I count 12 capital ships sunk (CL and up), but most important are the 3 CVs. Their loss is good and bad for me... Good as in they are sunk and I got 1000+ points from them and he has no mobile air force to use now - he cannot raid very well without taking hits from my LBA which is slowly establishing itself on my perimeters. Their loss is bad as he will get them all replaced with better CVs down the road (not sure when - but should be sometime in 43 I think) AND he saved all of the air groups I think. They may not be very strong, but even 1 plane left keeps the air wing alive and he will be able to replace those losses over time.. So now he has roughly 12 extra air groups to use in his defense, which means any real invasion of mine will definately need CV support just to protect against those damn SBDs and their 1000 pound bombs... The best part is none of my CVs are seriously hurt. They all have some sys damage from being at sea now for almost a month straight and being used heavily, but no real damage. I think the most damage any of them have is in the midteens. I will be able to rotate one at a time back to Japan for repairs (and upgrades) while the rest pound on his perimeter.
The weak spot in my first month is in surface engagements. Although my DDs have performed outstanding - especially in running down escaping merchies, my cruisers have performed poorly - mostly when he raided Balikpapan with the POW and Repulse TF. I think I sunk or damaged 1 DD and lost 3-5 DDs and 2 CAs. It was a very one sided fight and his highpoint so far. All he has left now are his surface forces but he has 3 fully able BBs and a lot of DDs and cruisers as well.. I expect to see a lot of bombardments on my outer perimeter - mostly at night so he can sneak in and back out under cover of darkness.... Although this doesn't work as well for the allies as for japan, as my planes have a lot better range than his bombers do.. and I have Nells / Betties at all perimeter areas now, but that doesn't mean he can't sneak in and strike before I spot him... It just means he has to be careful or I'll sink his ships before he can bombard me.. It should be interesting.
In Burma / India I am doing great. I have just captured Moulmein and Rob's forces are nowhere in sight. I have reconned Rangoon for several days now and nothing seems to be there, so I will move in cautiously with my spearhead of several divisions and see what I can find... I have a feeling Rob has pulled back to Akyab and is fortifying it as fast as he can... My subs have caught several merchies along the coast there and my guess is he's unloading supplies, fuel and men as fast as he can... The lack of a real port there will hamper his sealift abilities, but he probably has 3-4 weeks more to build up before I can probe that far north with any strength.. Once Singpore falls though I will surge northward and a huge battle will erupt...
China... Hmmm.. China... Rob has learned alot from other's AARs (did I mention I hate Raverdave ? [:D]). Rob has pulled back a lot of his troops in Burma and China like Raverdave has in his battle vs Luskan. But Rob has done one better.. He has split most of his front line units into the 3 smaller units and has them everywhere along the front in china... He can't stand up to me in any normal battle, but like he said it is turning into a vietnam style fight.. I'll win all the battles, but he'll still have men everywhere harrassing my troops and cutting LOC and supply lines... I have cut off a couple units, but its taking me a week or more to kill a single partial unit and the whole time I cannot advance... I have taken several bases and plan on taking several more, but this strategy may cause me to abadon my hopes of capturing Lanchow and the oil rich fields there... I have Sian and am unable to move further inland - not enough troops at the front... And now Rob is trying to bomb my Oil there.... I will bring in a bunch of fighters to stop that, but the AVG has showed up in china again, escorting his oil bombers... Looks like china may turn into a huge mess as both of us bomb each other's resources and industries.... I give Rob another month before I push forward again.. I have all those cav units sitting in rear bases gaining their strength back and once I substitute them in my rear bases as garrison units, I will have at least 5 more divisions to move to the front... I will clear several bases with that added force - 5 fresh, clean divisions... I can't wait... I am also still in possession of 1000 points over my soviet garrison number, so I may pull more troops from Kwangtung as well.. I want to give it a few more days to stabalise the number so I don't risk a soviet activation.
PI & Malaya both are near their ends - I have just arrived in SIngapore with my forces and will give them a day or two in the malaria free zone to regain some strength then I will smash his pitiful defenses and lay waste to the brits there. I figure a week to take the island once I actually start attacking.. In the PI I am marching on CLark Field and that should be the hard fight.. Once it falls, I will let his troops sit and rot in Manilla for a while - I don't need the base for anything. I will probably smash Bataan though just to get rid of that damn CD unit.. Then I can bombard Manilla at my leisure...
Elswhere.. Hmm.. The Bismark Arch is almost all mine and after that there is no real allied presence until PM or Noumea... If he has foolishly landed any troops in the Solomons, I will cut them off and starve them out. As for where to strike next, I'm not sure.... Noumea is a nice target, but so is PM... They both have separate reasons for their capture, with PM being harder to take I think - at least harder to supply... Noumea will cut the US - OZ highway, forcing TFs to detour further south adding an addition 1-2 weeks on their travel time... and Noumea would give me a great base to sent raiders against these TFs - a couple baby CVs would be enough... It would also support an invasion of New Zealand if I was daring... PM on the other hand secures PNG for me and gives me a base within air range of NE OZ and allow me to bomb his ports.... An interesting idea... I haven't decided which way to go yet, although I have made some decisions as what to do with my free reign.. I think the Solomons should know the benefits of Japanese rule and should fall easily.. If Noumea presents a problem I will probably have to take it... But not sure...
Rob is worried about Midway and Hawaii... Hmm... Midway would be easy to take... Too far to be supported with planes from Hawaii, and I don't think its that important for Rob to risk his surface ships against the CVs I would have to bring to invade it... But then in 6 months it will be turned around and he'll be bringing CVs to invade it and take it back... Not sure on that one.. As for Hawaii... Its too far away... I would love to take it, just to kill the repair yards there... but realistically there is no way for me to hold it - I just can't ship supplies fast enough or in sufficient numbers to hold it... But, if I did, it would completely cut the US out of the war.. He would have to take it back before mounting any large invasions.... Unless he wants to add a month or more to his travel time to OZ by going along the bottom of the map... Lots of decisions to make and I have time to make them at least until PI or Malaya falls giving me the units I would need to use in any invasion....
The weak spot in my first month is in surface engagements. Although my DDs have performed outstanding - especially in running down escaping merchies, my cruisers have performed poorly - mostly when he raided Balikpapan with the POW and Repulse TF. I think I sunk or damaged 1 DD and lost 3-5 DDs and 2 CAs. It was a very one sided fight and his highpoint so far. All he has left now are his surface forces but he has 3 fully able BBs and a lot of DDs and cruisers as well.. I expect to see a lot of bombardments on my outer perimeter - mostly at night so he can sneak in and back out under cover of darkness.... Although this doesn't work as well for the allies as for japan, as my planes have a lot better range than his bombers do.. and I have Nells / Betties at all perimeter areas now, but that doesn't mean he can't sneak in and strike before I spot him... It just means he has to be careful or I'll sink his ships before he can bombard me.. It should be interesting.
In Burma / India I am doing great. I have just captured Moulmein and Rob's forces are nowhere in sight. I have reconned Rangoon for several days now and nothing seems to be there, so I will move in cautiously with my spearhead of several divisions and see what I can find... I have a feeling Rob has pulled back to Akyab and is fortifying it as fast as he can... My subs have caught several merchies along the coast there and my guess is he's unloading supplies, fuel and men as fast as he can... The lack of a real port there will hamper his sealift abilities, but he probably has 3-4 weeks more to build up before I can probe that far north with any strength.. Once Singpore falls though I will surge northward and a huge battle will erupt...
China... Hmmm.. China... Rob has learned alot from other's AARs (did I mention I hate Raverdave ? [:D]). Rob has pulled back a lot of his troops in Burma and China like Raverdave has in his battle vs Luskan. But Rob has done one better.. He has split most of his front line units into the 3 smaller units and has them everywhere along the front in china... He can't stand up to me in any normal battle, but like he said it is turning into a vietnam style fight.. I'll win all the battles, but he'll still have men everywhere harrassing my troops and cutting LOC and supply lines... I have cut off a couple units, but its taking me a week or more to kill a single partial unit and the whole time I cannot advance... I have taken several bases and plan on taking several more, but this strategy may cause me to abadon my hopes of capturing Lanchow and the oil rich fields there... I have Sian and am unable to move further inland - not enough troops at the front... And now Rob is trying to bomb my Oil there.... I will bring in a bunch of fighters to stop that, but the AVG has showed up in china again, escorting his oil bombers... Looks like china may turn into a huge mess as both of us bomb each other's resources and industries.... I give Rob another month before I push forward again.. I have all those cav units sitting in rear bases gaining their strength back and once I substitute them in my rear bases as garrison units, I will have at least 5 more divisions to move to the front... I will clear several bases with that added force - 5 fresh, clean divisions... I can't wait... I am also still in possession of 1000 points over my soviet garrison number, so I may pull more troops from Kwangtung as well.. I want to give it a few more days to stabalise the number so I don't risk a soviet activation.
PI & Malaya both are near their ends - I have just arrived in SIngapore with my forces and will give them a day or two in the malaria free zone to regain some strength then I will smash his pitiful defenses and lay waste to the brits there. I figure a week to take the island once I actually start attacking.. In the PI I am marching on CLark Field and that should be the hard fight.. Once it falls, I will let his troops sit and rot in Manilla for a while - I don't need the base for anything. I will probably smash Bataan though just to get rid of that damn CD unit.. Then I can bombard Manilla at my leisure...
Elswhere.. Hmm.. The Bismark Arch is almost all mine and after that there is no real allied presence until PM or Noumea... If he has foolishly landed any troops in the Solomons, I will cut them off and starve them out. As for where to strike next, I'm not sure.... Noumea is a nice target, but so is PM... They both have separate reasons for their capture, with PM being harder to take I think - at least harder to supply... Noumea will cut the US - OZ highway, forcing TFs to detour further south adding an addition 1-2 weeks on their travel time... and Noumea would give me a great base to sent raiders against these TFs - a couple baby CVs would be enough... It would also support an invasion of New Zealand if I was daring... PM on the other hand secures PNG for me and gives me a base within air range of NE OZ and allow me to bomb his ports.... An interesting idea... I haven't decided which way to go yet, although I have made some decisions as what to do with my free reign.. I think the Solomons should know the benefits of Japanese rule and should fall easily.. If Noumea presents a problem I will probably have to take it... But not sure...
Rob is worried about Midway and Hawaii... Hmm... Midway would be easy to take... Too far to be supported with planes from Hawaii, and I don't think its that important for Rob to risk his surface ships against the CVs I would have to bring to invade it... But then in 6 months it will be turned around and he'll be bringing CVs to invade it and take it back... Not sure on that one.. As for Hawaii... Its too far away... I would love to take it, just to kill the repair yards there... but realistically there is no way for me to hold it - I just can't ship supplies fast enough or in sufficient numbers to hold it... But, if I did, it would completely cut the US out of the war.. He would have to take it back before mounting any large invasions.... Unless he wants to add a month or more to his travel time to OZ by going along the bottom of the map... Lots of decisions to make and I have time to make them at least until PI or Malaya falls giving me the units I would need to use in any invasion....
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RE: The best of times, the worst of times
Well the first month is over and I think I have sunk more capital ships so far than the IJN did the entire war - I count 12 capital ships sunk (CL and up)
Nope -- The Allies lost 4 CV's, 2 CVL's, 3 BB's, 1 BC, at least 9 CA's that I can recall off the top of my head, and several CL's to boot. (Do you count CLAA's as CL's? The Atlanta class had a broadside weight about that of an 8-gun six-inch cruiser.)
Mind you, "capital ship" usually means a carrier or battlewagon.
Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?
--Victor Hugo
--Victor Hugo
RE: The best of times, the worst of times
ORIGINAL: Capt. Harlock
Nope -- The Allies lost 4 CV's, 2 CVL's, 3 BB's, 1 BC, at least 9 CA's that I can recall off the top of my head, and several CL's to boot. (Do you count CLAA's as CL's? The Atlanta class had a broadside weight about that of an 8-gun six-inch cruiser.)
Mind you, "capital ship" usually means a carrier or battlewagon.
I have always heard capital ships refer to cruisers and up.. As for CLAAs I would count them as CL for most purposes, but if listing sunk ships, would list them as themselves... Hmm.. looks like I need to sink some more ships.. Hey Rob, where are your ships at [;)]
Xargun
RE: The best of times, the worst of times
ORIGINAL: rroberson
wonders if the empire has surrendered
Never you western devil.... Just work is kicking me in the butt right now and I've been slow on the computer....
Xargun
RE: Updated Sunken Ship List
"Allied: 128 ships sunk / 2806 points
3 CV: Lexington, Enterprise, Saratoga
4 BB: Maryland, Nevada, California, Tennessee
1 CA: New Orleans
4 CL: Dragon, Durban, Mauritius, Boise
7 DD, 6 MSW, 3 ML (1 US, 2 Dutch), 5 Subs (4 Dutch, 1 US), 1 AO
11 AP (6 large, 5 small), 8 TK (2 small, 6 large), 57 AK (37 small, 20 large)
IJN: 52 ships sunk / 368 points
2 CA: Haguro, Myoko [sunk by RN TF near Balikpapan]
8 DD, 4 Subs, 1 ML
1 PG, 6 PC, 8 MSW [mostly sunk by allied subs - used as ASW forces]
2 TK (both small), 7 AP (all small), 13 AK (11 small, 2 large) "
That is what I asked for.
Thanks
3 CV: Lexington, Enterprise, Saratoga
4 BB: Maryland, Nevada, California, Tennessee
1 CA: New Orleans
4 CL: Dragon, Durban, Mauritius, Boise
7 DD, 6 MSW, 3 ML (1 US, 2 Dutch), 5 Subs (4 Dutch, 1 US), 1 AO
11 AP (6 large, 5 small), 8 TK (2 small, 6 large), 57 AK (37 small, 20 large)
IJN: 52 ships sunk / 368 points
2 CA: Haguro, Myoko [sunk by RN TF near Balikpapan]
8 DD, 4 Subs, 1 ML
1 PG, 6 PC, 8 MSW [mostly sunk by allied subs - used as ASW forces]
2 TK (both small), 7 AP (all small), 13 AK (11 small, 2 large) "
That is what I asked for.
Thanks
soeren01, formerly known as Soeren
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RE: Updated Sunken Ship List
JAPS VANISH DEMOCRATS SAY ALIENS ARE INVOLVED
(AP) Washington After 3 weeks of heavy fighting suddenly the Pacific Ocean has suddenly gone silent. Democratic senators are saying that perhaps invaders from Mars have interupted the enemy time table. Other possible explanations have gone as far to include the sudden lack of Geisha's in Xarguns palace that may have left the little dictator grouchy and unwilling to submit to his daily beatings from western forces. No word from the white house regarding this, but sources believe that the enemy has simply had a couple of tough days at work and by this weekend will resume to his evil ways of pillaging and taking what isnt his. [&o]
(AP) Washington After 3 weeks of heavy fighting suddenly the Pacific Ocean has suddenly gone silent. Democratic senators are saying that perhaps invaders from Mars have interupted the enemy time table. Other possible explanations have gone as far to include the sudden lack of Geisha's in Xarguns palace that may have left the little dictator grouchy and unwilling to submit to his daily beatings from western forces. No word from the white house regarding this, but sources believe that the enemy has simply had a couple of tough days at work and by this weekend will resume to his evil ways of pillaging and taking what isnt his. [&o]
RE: Updated Sunken Ship List
ORIGINAL: rroberson
JAPS VANISH DEMOCRATS SAY ALIENS ARE INVOLVED
(AP) Washington After 3 weeks of heavy fighting suddenly the Pacific Ocean has suddenly gone silent. Democratic senators are saying that perhaps invaders from Mars have interupted the enemy time table. Other possible explanations have gone as far to include the sudden lack of Geisha's in Xarguns palace that may have left the little dictator grouchy and unwilling to submit to his daily beatings from western forces. No word from the white house regarding this, but sources believe that the enemy has simply had a couple of tough days at work and by this weekend will resume to his evil ways of pillaging and taking what isnt his. [&o]
Taking what isn't his ? Never.. [;)] We are liberating these people from the evil westerners [:'(] And we have to keep some troops behind to keep western-paid rebels under control [:'(]
Xargun
3 January
Another relatively slow turn with my troops on the ground capturing two more undefended bases. I took Arawe (Bismark Arch I think) and Adak Island (Aluetians). I plan on sweeping the aluetians to the west of Adak Island as most of them are 15 pointers for me.. Rob doesn't seem to want to come out and play to defend them, so I'll take the free points and gain some experience for my units involved...
2 Allied ships reported sunk by unknown means - 1 AS and 1 AK in northern OZ ports are believed to have been scuttled by allied forces due to lack of repair facilities. 2 more allied AKs were attacked and sunk by IJN subs. That is the limit to sunken ships for the day. An IJN ASW TF hunting for an allied sub (for a couple days now) were surprised when the bold sub captain attacked, putting a torpedo into an IJN DD crippling her. She should make port easily, but will need a month in dry dock for repairs.
Many air attacks on both sides with little to no real results.... I have been resting my air units for my assaults on Singapore and Clark Field and they should begin soon... I have also been upgrading all of my CLaude units into Zeros due to low zero attrition in Burma (compared to last game) and low losses on my CV air wings.. Currently all of my CVs but 1 are at 100% strength and that one will fill up as soon as she docks.. I have also sent the first of my CVs back to the Home Islands for routine maintenance to fix the 15 sys damage she has accumulated in the month-long sea trip to Pearl and then the race to Truk. A large ASW TF is assigned to protect her on her trip home...
I spent a lot of time this turn looking at my forward bases and forming up convoys of supplies, fuel and base forces to send to them... By the end of Jan all of my bases will be fully supported (both troop and aviation) as the half dozen (or more) new BFs I have in Tokyo slowly fill out..
Well here is the AAR for ya... Kinda slow, but expect things to speed up in a week or so as my replacements/reinforcements and supplies reach the front lines..
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/03/42
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TF 124 encounters mine field at Tarawa (85,91)
Japanese Ships
DD Oite
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Sub attack near Akyab at 30,29
Japanese Ships
SS I-162
Allied Ships
AK Herstein, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage * Sunk
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ASW attack near Akyab at 30,29
Japanese Ships
SS I-162, hits 1
Allied Ships
MSW Agra
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Sub attack at 34,64 * The hunters become the hunted !
Japanese Ships
DD Sagiri, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage * Crippled
PG Kyo Maru #10
PG Kongosan Maru
PG Edo Maru
Allied Ships
SS KXI
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Sub attack at 136,49 * Off the West Coast
Japanese Ships
SS I-26
Allied Ships
AK Aroostook, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage * Sunk
AK Mauna Loa
AP U.S. Grant
AK Antares
DD Shaw
DD Bagley
DD Ward
DM Ramsay
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Ground combat at Changsha
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 86214 troops, 961 guns, 12 vehicles
Defending force 15445 troops, 82 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 52 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
273 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Allied ground losses:
647 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Ground combat at Yenen
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 105702 troops, 1363 guns, 22 vehicles
Defending force 1227 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied ground losses:
101 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Ground combat at Arawe
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 615 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Arawe base !!!
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Ground combat at Adak Island
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 238 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Adak Island base !!!
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Ground combat at Cotabato
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 314 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 764 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported
2 Allied ships reported sunk by unknown means - 1 AS and 1 AK in northern OZ ports are believed to have been scuttled by allied forces due to lack of repair facilities. 2 more allied AKs were attacked and sunk by IJN subs. That is the limit to sunken ships for the day. An IJN ASW TF hunting for an allied sub (for a couple days now) were surprised when the bold sub captain attacked, putting a torpedo into an IJN DD crippling her. She should make port easily, but will need a month in dry dock for repairs.
Many air attacks on both sides with little to no real results.... I have been resting my air units for my assaults on Singapore and Clark Field and they should begin soon... I have also been upgrading all of my CLaude units into Zeros due to low zero attrition in Burma (compared to last game) and low losses on my CV air wings.. Currently all of my CVs but 1 are at 100% strength and that one will fill up as soon as she docks.. I have also sent the first of my CVs back to the Home Islands for routine maintenance to fix the 15 sys damage she has accumulated in the month-long sea trip to Pearl and then the race to Truk. A large ASW TF is assigned to protect her on her trip home...
I spent a lot of time this turn looking at my forward bases and forming up convoys of supplies, fuel and base forces to send to them... By the end of Jan all of my bases will be fully supported (both troop and aviation) as the half dozen (or more) new BFs I have in Tokyo slowly fill out..
Well here is the AAR for ya... Kinda slow, but expect things to speed up in a week or so as my replacements/reinforcements and supplies reach the front lines..
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/03/42
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TF 124 encounters mine field at Tarawa (85,91)
Japanese Ships
DD Oite
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Sub attack near Akyab at 30,29
Japanese Ships
SS I-162
Allied Ships
AK Herstein, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage * Sunk
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ASW attack near Akyab at 30,29
Japanese Ships
SS I-162, hits 1
Allied Ships
MSW Agra
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Sub attack at 34,64 * The hunters become the hunted !
Japanese Ships
DD Sagiri, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage * Crippled
PG Kyo Maru #10
PG Kongosan Maru
PG Edo Maru
Allied Ships
SS KXI
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Sub attack at 136,49 * Off the West Coast
Japanese Ships
SS I-26
Allied Ships
AK Aroostook, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage * Sunk
AK Mauna Loa
AP U.S. Grant
AK Antares
DD Shaw
DD Bagley
DD Ward
DM Ramsay
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Ground combat at Changsha
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 86214 troops, 961 guns, 12 vehicles
Defending force 15445 troops, 82 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 52 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
273 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Allied ground losses:
647 casualties reported
Guns lost 14
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Ground combat at Yenen
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 105702 troops, 1363 guns, 22 vehicles
Defending force 1227 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles
Allied ground losses:
101 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Ground combat at Arawe
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 615 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Arawe base !!!
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Ground combat at Adak Island
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 238 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Adak Island base !!!
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Ground combat at Cotabato
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 314 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 764 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese ground losses:
65 casualties reported
4 January
Another turn and very little has happened... Not a single ship sunk this turn on either side.... Something must be wrong.... My ground troops have captured Pinrang (last enemy base in Suluwesi) and Bulla (via sub assault..South of Amboina).. I have also landed troops via sub at Muntok (E of Palembang) but they are disabled from the landing and I don't have enough troops left to make any attack to capture the unprotected base [:@] Thats the trouble with sub assaults - roughly 30% of the time enough troops get disable in the landing or the trip leaving you with only a token force which won't attack the base to capture it.. Oh well...
My men have reached Singapore and are resting in the nice, safe malaria free zone while waiting for my IJA pilots to quit whining about having low morale to begin the air raids that will lead to Singapore's fall. In the PI, my men are almost to Clark Field and the pilots in that operational region are almost all ready for a long drawn out bombing...
Rob attempted to bomb my oil in Sian (China) but failed luckily.. His AVG pilots engaged the crappy Nate CAP and shot down several, but the chinese bombers failed to land any hits... Looks like I may have to transfer some of my much needed zeros into china for CAP duties....
Some IJN CVs have reappeared on the map near Amboina and launched two attacks on the oil rich base. The first wave came in low and strafed the airfield, catching nothing on the ground... The second wave came in high and as the escorts downed allied fighters, the kates hammered the base. This is the opening moves of a grab for Amboina... I'm not worried about telling you this, as Rob won't bring anything into range with my CVs nearby - anything he brings, he'll probably lose.. Plus, Amboina isn't that important... Its 50 oil is in easy range of B-17s from OZ so its a double edged sword... Once I hold it, I probably won't spend any supplies on repairing it as he bombs it - not worth it..
Well thats about it for the turn... I didn't attached the AAR as there was nothing really in it to see...
Xargun
My men have reached Singapore and are resting in the nice, safe malaria free zone while waiting for my IJA pilots to quit whining about having low morale to begin the air raids that will lead to Singapore's fall. In the PI, my men are almost to Clark Field and the pilots in that operational region are almost all ready for a long drawn out bombing...
Rob attempted to bomb my oil in Sian (China) but failed luckily.. His AVG pilots engaged the crappy Nate CAP and shot down several, but the chinese bombers failed to land any hits... Looks like I may have to transfer some of my much needed zeros into china for CAP duties....
Some IJN CVs have reappeared on the map near Amboina and launched two attacks on the oil rich base. The first wave came in low and strafed the airfield, catching nothing on the ground... The second wave came in high and as the escorts downed allied fighters, the kates hammered the base. This is the opening moves of a grab for Amboina... I'm not worried about telling you this, as Rob won't bring anything into range with my CVs nearby - anything he brings, he'll probably lose.. Plus, Amboina isn't that important... Its 50 oil is in easy range of B-17s from OZ so its a double edged sword... Once I hold it, I probably won't spend any supplies on repairing it as he bombs it - not worth it..
Well thats about it for the turn... I didn't attached the AAR as there was nothing really in it to see...
Xargun
RE: 4 January
[b]PHONY WAR BREAKS OUT IN THE PACIFIC[/b]
(AP) Washington Officials report that the pacific war, about to enter its 2nd month, has begun to lag in terms of actual force on force combat. "It's our basic strategy to flee combat now," said one unnamed official, "If Uncle Xargun wants to fight he will have to risk his units on our terms." No doubt stung by recent events regarding America's carriers and President Roosevelt's retreat speech, American military officials have taken refused combat with the Xargunites even when they feel they can exploit weaknesses. Currently, the only American military units in the field of actual combat are those poor brave souls in the Philippines. There is rumor that the mercenary All-Vounteer Air Group continues to give Japanese forces fits in China, but beyond that, America has simply decided not to attend this party.
In other news Royal Navy Officials have begun to return both the crack 27th and 22nd Australian Brigades to Australia. At the request of the Australia PM, British Military officials began the evacuation of both units some days after the American retreat from the area. The Royal Navy is still reeling from the combined might of the Japanese air and naval forces as well as the ongoing battle of the Atlantic to be of much use for the defense of Australia.
Dutch submainers continue to fight the Japanese when and where they can catch them. Dutch Colonial officials report the recent loss of several smaller bases to the Xargunites was "The beginning of the end" of Dutch rule in DEI, but they would fight to the last man when the main Japanese invasion came and promised "Xargun can count on a few surprises".
(AP) Washington Officials report that the pacific war, about to enter its 2nd month, has begun to lag in terms of actual force on force combat. "It's our basic strategy to flee combat now," said one unnamed official, "If Uncle Xargun wants to fight he will have to risk his units on our terms." No doubt stung by recent events regarding America's carriers and President Roosevelt's retreat speech, American military officials have taken refused combat with the Xargunites even when they feel they can exploit weaknesses. Currently, the only American military units in the field of actual combat are those poor brave souls in the Philippines. There is rumor that the mercenary All-Vounteer Air Group continues to give Japanese forces fits in China, but beyond that, America has simply decided not to attend this party.
In other news Royal Navy Officials have begun to return both the crack 27th and 22nd Australian Brigades to Australia. At the request of the Australia PM, British Military officials began the evacuation of both units some days after the American retreat from the area. The Royal Navy is still reeling from the combined might of the Japanese air and naval forces as well as the ongoing battle of the Atlantic to be of much use for the defense of Australia.
Dutch submainers continue to fight the Japanese when and where they can catch them. Dutch Colonial officials report the recent loss of several smaller bases to the Xargunites was "The beginning of the end" of Dutch rule in DEI, but they would fight to the last man when the main Japanese invasion came and promised "Xargun can count on a few surprises".
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5 January
Another slow day in the war against western imperialism... The IJN reports now ships lost today, with intelligence citing that an allied AK was sunk (most likely scuttled). Other than air strikes and some bombardment most theaters seemed stalled.. Not really. The two most important theaters (Malaya and PI) are awaiting troops to move and pilots to rest and recoup lost moral before the push for Singapore and Clark Field - both are expected to take 7-10 days of heavy fighting and support from air units.... When I capture these two bases, they will most likely be piles of rubble...
In the South Pacific, my troops are securing Rabaul and the Bismark Arch. Engineers at Rabaul have repaired the airfield and aircraft are being ferried in as fast as I can.. With zeros and Betties at Rabaul, I can control the sea lanes to Port Moresby and Noumea, forcing Rob to detour further south to supply Oz.
Speaking of Oz, I have a feeling there is at least 1 large convoy somewhere between the west coast and Oz and I may have to send a couple CVs looking for it... There is nothing in the area to challenge even a small CV TF so there is no threat...
No AAR this turn either as its pretty boring... Think of the calm before the storm... The storm will be hitting Malaya and the PI soon - starting in Malaya I believe..
Xargun
In the South Pacific, my troops are securing Rabaul and the Bismark Arch. Engineers at Rabaul have repaired the airfield and aircraft are being ferried in as fast as I can.. With zeros and Betties at Rabaul, I can control the sea lanes to Port Moresby and Noumea, forcing Rob to detour further south to supply Oz.
Speaking of Oz, I have a feeling there is at least 1 large convoy somewhere between the west coast and Oz and I may have to send a couple CVs looking for it... There is nothing in the area to challenge even a small CV TF so there is no threat...
No AAR this turn either as its pretty boring... Think of the calm before the storm... The storm will be hitting Malaya and the PI soon - starting in Malaya I believe..
Xargun
6 January
Another day and some more slow action.. But things are moving along nicely for my renewed attacks along my two main avenues - Clark Field and Singapore... But first some naval news..
An allied sub (assuming Dutch since US subs can't hurt a fly yet) put a fish into an IJN tanker north east of Brunei. She was on her way in for a load of oil.. She is now hurt and will limp into port for some flt & fire repairs.. She will still make it home with a load of oil in a few days but will need a couple months in a repair yard to be new again.. In return an IJN sub found an US TK heading to PH and put 2 fish into her.. She continued to sail on a bit and then sunk. Also on the waves, both an IJN and Dutch sub were located and blown to hell by enemy depth charges - I believe both subs were reportedly hit by 4 charges each...
Also at sea I have located 2 allied mine fields - both recently laid... One at Kwajelein and one at Nagasaki. Both will be cleared shortly via MSW stationed at these bases just for this event...
On the ground, IJN forces landed and secured the oil fields at Amboina as well as capturing over 3000 allied troops. Unfortunately the oil fields are heavily damaged - I can't figure out how as I only use a light aerial bombardment (and no naval bombardment) but apparently the dutch troops there had time to plant a lot of explosives and deny me the oil.. Now I have to decide if I want to rebuild them and spend the supply needed (tens of thousands) or leave it alone and take whatever I get out of it... Tough decision...
Good news on the ground is that I have captured Rangoon without a fight... I have a couple divisions N of Rangoon coming around the rail / road to attack the base and ran into 2 of Rob's units in the hex.. I would guess they are light forces attempting to flee northward. Suddenly poof - Rangoon changes hands to me !!! Very unexpected... Also strange is that I now have a piece of the famous AVG.... It currently has 2 damaged P-40s in it and like 9 pilots - not sure how this happened, but maybe I'll be flying allied pilots / planes against allied planes and pilots soon [:D] Sounds kinda funny... Since I didn't destroy anything on the ground, I'm assuming Rob transfered all the able planes out and these guys were left behind - even if I just destroy the group it will be worth it as I get to wipe out 9 skilled allied pilots...
My troops in Singapore report the climate is nice and a lot better than the malaria fields further north.. They have begun to dig in and are currently lobbing some arty shells into the british base. They expect several days of this to happen before any kind of attack takes place..
More air raids in china... Rob continues to attack the Sian oil fields and Changsha as well. He has been mildly successful at Sian, but now that I have some zeros there, that should end... Other than this nothing much is happening.. My small NLFs are moving around the PNG grabbing undefended bases left and right - including Lae...
With Rangoon in my hands, I can now use that nice port to base merchies and warships out of to drive the attack against the british in the Bay of Bengal. I just need to sanitize the Malacca Straight first and already have some ASW troops heading there to clear out any allied subs...
No real reason to show the AAR again - nothing worth seeing...
Xargun
An allied sub (assuming Dutch since US subs can't hurt a fly yet) put a fish into an IJN tanker north east of Brunei. She was on her way in for a load of oil.. She is now hurt and will limp into port for some flt & fire repairs.. She will still make it home with a load of oil in a few days but will need a couple months in a repair yard to be new again.. In return an IJN sub found an US TK heading to PH and put 2 fish into her.. She continued to sail on a bit and then sunk. Also on the waves, both an IJN and Dutch sub were located and blown to hell by enemy depth charges - I believe both subs were reportedly hit by 4 charges each...
Also at sea I have located 2 allied mine fields - both recently laid... One at Kwajelein and one at Nagasaki. Both will be cleared shortly via MSW stationed at these bases just for this event...
On the ground, IJN forces landed and secured the oil fields at Amboina as well as capturing over 3000 allied troops. Unfortunately the oil fields are heavily damaged - I can't figure out how as I only use a light aerial bombardment (and no naval bombardment) but apparently the dutch troops there had time to plant a lot of explosives and deny me the oil.. Now I have to decide if I want to rebuild them and spend the supply needed (tens of thousands) or leave it alone and take whatever I get out of it... Tough decision...
Good news on the ground is that I have captured Rangoon without a fight... I have a couple divisions N of Rangoon coming around the rail / road to attack the base and ran into 2 of Rob's units in the hex.. I would guess they are light forces attempting to flee northward. Suddenly poof - Rangoon changes hands to me !!! Very unexpected... Also strange is that I now have a piece of the famous AVG.... It currently has 2 damaged P-40s in it and like 9 pilots - not sure how this happened, but maybe I'll be flying allied pilots / planes against allied planes and pilots soon [:D] Sounds kinda funny... Since I didn't destroy anything on the ground, I'm assuming Rob transfered all the able planes out and these guys were left behind - even if I just destroy the group it will be worth it as I get to wipe out 9 skilled allied pilots...
My troops in Singapore report the climate is nice and a lot better than the malaria fields further north.. They have begun to dig in and are currently lobbing some arty shells into the british base. They expect several days of this to happen before any kind of attack takes place..
More air raids in china... Rob continues to attack the Sian oil fields and Changsha as well. He has been mildly successful at Sian, but now that I have some zeros there, that should end... Other than this nothing much is happening.. My small NLFs are moving around the PNG grabbing undefended bases left and right - including Lae...
With Rangoon in my hands, I can now use that nice port to base merchies and warships out of to drive the attack against the british in the Bay of Bengal. I just need to sanitize the Malacca Straight first and already have some ASW troops heading there to clear out any allied subs...
No real reason to show the AAR again - nothing worth seeing...
Xargun
RE: 6 January
RANGOON DECLARED OPEN CITY!
The last British commonwealth troops left the city this morning as the first Xargunite columns entered from the other end of town. British forces in the area agreed to abandon the port city after neogotiating with officials who feared heavy loss of life if Commonwealth forces contested a Japanese move by force. Royal navy and airforce units had long ago retreated from the city and the last few support troops destroyed military facilities prior to their departure. Most military pundits were not surprised by the British move stating that since the Yanks had retreated to their side of the Pacific, British forces must hold the line not where they would like, but where they have a chance of winning. And they could not win in Rangoon.
MAC ESCAPES PHILIPPINES
Citing the collaspe of resistance in the island nation, US Officials announced that they sent a rescue party in for General Douglas MacArthur and his staff. The operation involved several submarines, at least 2 seaplanes and took place late last week. Officials say that America's hero will next be headed to Washington where they can put his military skills to use the best...selling war bonds.
The last British commonwealth troops left the city this morning as the first Xargunite columns entered from the other end of town. British forces in the area agreed to abandon the port city after neogotiating with officials who feared heavy loss of life if Commonwealth forces contested a Japanese move by force. Royal navy and airforce units had long ago retreated from the city and the last few support troops destroyed military facilities prior to their departure. Most military pundits were not surprised by the British move stating that since the Yanks had retreated to their side of the Pacific, British forces must hold the line not where they would like, but where they have a chance of winning. And they could not win in Rangoon.
MAC ESCAPES PHILIPPINES
Citing the collaspe of resistance in the island nation, US Officials announced that they sent a rescue party in for General Douglas MacArthur and his staff. The operation involved several submarines, at least 2 seaplanes and took place late last week. Officials say that America's hero will next be headed to Washington where they can put his military skills to use the best...selling war bonds.
7 January
AMERICANS TROOPS STRIKE BACK!!!
American paratroopers launched from the aircrafter carrier USS Lexington landed just north of the US territory of Guam on the Japanese island of Tinian in a midnite attack. Nearly 1000 airborne troops took place in the attack destroying facilities, weapons stocks and a large number of enemy support troops. American military sources refused to say where the Lexington was located and why she was reported sunk if she was in fact disgourging troops all over enemy islands. Washington says the raid on Tinian was an overwhelming success and there were only a few light injuries. All the troops are aparently back aboard the carrier which is now steaming to another location in the North Central Pacific.
American paratroopers launched from the aircrafter carrier USS Lexington landed just north of the US territory of Guam on the Japanese island of Tinian in a midnite attack. Nearly 1000 airborne troops took place in the attack destroying facilities, weapons stocks and a large number of enemy support troops. American military sources refused to say where the Lexington was located and why she was reported sunk if she was in fact disgourging troops all over enemy islands. Washington says the raid on Tinian was an overwhelming success and there were only a few light injuries. All the troops are aparently back aboard the carrier which is now steaming to another location in the North Central Pacific.
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RE: 7 January
Carrier launched paratroops[X(][X(][X(][X(][X(]
Who would have thought of that scary tactic[:@]
This is the scariest thing Ive seen on these boards full stop.
See RRobertson is still sticking his neck out
or are we having our leg pulled.[8|]
Who would have thought of that scary tactic[:@]
This is the scariest thing Ive seen on these boards full stop.
See RRobertson is still sticking his neck out
or are we having our leg pulled.[8|]
Big seas, Fast ships, life tastes better with salt