The Accidental War Obvert vs Lowpe

[Aurorus]

ORIGINAL: Lord_Calidor

How did ya get the [R]estricted unit to Paramushiro? Or you changed it to 5th fleet, then to Gen.Defence once it was on the island?
I usually base the Air HQ at Ominato (built to AF 4 asap) with some Nells, Betties etc., while keeping search and ASW wings at Bihoro, Kushiro or somewhere around there. That way, those 1st line bases are not threatened by a surprise air/naval bombardment.

If you transport 11th Air Fleet JNAFs (which are not restricted) to these bases, you can switch then the base itself from the command of 5th fleet to the command of general defense (for a small pp cost). You can then air-transport some restricted units to the Kuriles, including at least 2 brigades from Honshu (the 62nd and 64th, if I remember correctly).

[Lord_Calidor]

My LCU spreadsheet tells me 27th JNAF AF Unit originally belongs to 12th Air Flotilla, which is temporary (R)estricted. So I guess he changed it to 11th Air Flotilla, or some other unrestriced (for 44 PPs, spreadsheet also tells me), then to General Defence?
Or DBB is different to Scen 1/2 in that regard?

[Aurorus]

ORIGINAL: Lord_Calidor

My LCU spreadsheet tells me 27th JNAF AF Unit originally belongs to 12th Air Flotilla, which is temporary (R)estricted. So I guess he changed it to 11th Air Flotilla, or some other unrestriced (for 44 PPs, spreadsheet also tells me), then to General Defence?
Or DBB is different to Scen 1/2 in that regard?

I believe the naval guns at Paramushiro allow that particular base to be changed without transporting any 11th Fleet units there, if I recall correctly. I change over all of the bases in that region to general defense eventually, and I remember Paramushiro being one of the easiest and first to change.

[Lowpe]

Lets see, I switched over Paramushiro to General, then switched the air base to General...to save PP.

I got to thinking the Allies might be aiming to take out the oil at Sakhalin...

Paramushiro won't get any troops flown in, instead I decided to bolster Sakhalin...I didn't want to fly transports into 3 carriers for instance.

Should be an interesting turn....I finally got it back to Obvert....daughter is graduating college so very busy last few days.

[Lowpe]

Jan 20, 1042

Not an invasion, but a carrier raid...the bombers hit Attu. I did a good job of clearing out the shipping.

Other news sweeps didn't fly over Singers, and I lost 30+ IJA bombers. Allied 4E beasties pound the oil at Djambi...his best day yet getting many oil hits. Allied bases where the beasts fly from are bombed by Japanese planes, but only runway hits scored.

I am going to steal a M-M tactic and build up Kuriles & Sakhalin now, especially since I have started.

[Lowpe]

Jan 21, 1942

Tanaka is frustrated. Hunting the ABDA forces with a potent heavy cruiser force he has yet to see battle....but tonight, we steam into Singapore...the den of the devil.

Tanaka gets the fight he was looking for! Straight at em!

[Lowpe]

The Marblehead founders and goes down, the other two light cruisers (Honolulu and Phoneix) are burning brightly.

Full Pursuit...

[Lowpe]

The furious fights continue around Singers...Lightnings are especially tough as is the never ending 4E bombers the Allies seem to have.

[Lowpe]

Naval Intelligence confirms all three light cruisers (Marblehead, Honolulu and Phoenix) sunk!

Tanaka didn't lose a ship.[8D] And only hit one mine!

The carnage continues!

[Lowpe]

Bloodbath!

[Lowpe]

Scratch two Brooklyn class cruisers! Tanaka!

[Lowpe]

More damaged ships...

[Lowpe]

I sent this amphibious task force north full speed to get away from Allied carriers..and they started to unload supply on the beach...activating Soviets.[:@]

[Lowpe]

This war just got really wild.[:-]

[SqzMyLemon]

How did you not get attacked by the CD guns at Singapore? I remember in my game against Francois I sent a small surface force of four DDs into Singapore and every one of them was sunk by CD fire. I wonder if the fact that there was an Allied surface force in the hex somehow prevents the CD guns coming into play. Pure speculation on my part. To be honest, I don't remember if the small force I sent into Singapore actually interdicted an Allied TF. All I know is I lost every ship.

[SqzMyLemon]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

This war just got really wild.[:-]

Are you sure you wouldn't want to redo the turn? That must upset your entire strategy...no?

[Capt. Harlock]

How did you not get attacked by the CD guns at Singapore? I remember in my game against Francois I sent a small surface force of four DDs into Singapore and every one of them was sunk by CD fire.

That is an excellent question. Tanaka's force would have been highly vulnerable to 15" shells.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

This war just got really wild.[:-]

They will be in Port Arthur in weeks. There must be thousands of T-34's, although you have to admit it is interesting.[:)]

[JeffroK]

At this point I dont think there are any T34 available, thousands of BT7's though which are probably better than any IJA AFV.

Should be fun, I doubt the Red Army can do more than move up to your defenses at this point, it will be different later though!!!!!

[Cap Mandrake]

Oh, Jan 42. [:D]

You are right. Somehow I thought this was much later. Even so the Soviet Rifle Divisions and artillery are not trivial. In May the Red Air Force gets Il-2