Parry and Spar, or is it... Reluctant Admiral 4.2 Fulkerson(J) vs Moore (A)

[larryfulkerson]

I got curious about where all my high-fuel cities are and used the "show all bases" button to do that. While I was there I discovered,
quite by accident that you could sort on aviation support and find where all your aviation support dudes are and which cities don't have
enough etc. Lots to discover about this game I see.

[moore4807]

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

After I captured Singkawang I moved some AF dudes in there and moved the INF dudes to capture something else and Jim has moved
his ground troops BACK into Singkawang threatening my AF dudes. So now I gotta find some ground troops to force them out AGAIN.
Sneaky dude that Jim.

Larry,
I would LOVE to be able to take credit for that move, alas it was the CPU. Because I did'nt do anything with the unit when it got ejected from Sinkawing. I'm guessing the LCU target was still set to Sinkawing, so it moved back there on its own?

I'll try for a win just to mess with you - but the unit there isnt any better than your AF pukes!

[Encircled]

Hey Larry, nice to see the AAR is still going strong

Is that an lone, unescorted tanker?

Thats a really bad idea btw!

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: Encircled
Hey Larry, nice to see the AAR is still going strong

Thanks. I'm making an effort to keep it going. I can't get Moo to post very much so it looks like it's mine I guess. Hint, hint.

ORIGINAL: Encircled
Is that an lone, unescorted tanker?
Thats a really bad idea btw!

Yeah, I know. I'm running low on unoccupied PB's and DD's so I'm afraid I have quite a few unescorted TF's running around. They
are just begging for some sub attention.

Edit: I just now ( Sunday early am ) received Jim's moves and did the combat replay but I'm going to have to do Rob's moves first since
he sent me his moves a few minutes before Jim did. First come first served. But here's the combat report for those of you who can't
wait for the AAR to be updated:

[moore4807]

[:)] Larry,

It's not that I'm not posting, you are doing a fine job of covering the war. . . I am getting my buttkus kicked at every turn.

I do not do well with the visuals, so you are filling in admirably there.

We are a little over two months into the war, Here's my views

Phillipines Plans have gone well - so far. Manila should hold out until Feb42, I cannot expect any more than that.

Australia Larry has taken a few bites here, just starting to attack the Continent itself. NZ is mostly under Jap control, Port Moresby is holding out for now - losing it will be bad.

C-B-I China is not suffering too badly, my rookieness hasnt hurt me too much as Larry hasnt drove for the plains... yet. India isn't doing anything productive and I'm building up as fast as I can.
Burma is slowly being overrun, looks like its not high on Larry's list - but that will probably change once the Phillipines fall.

No. Pacific Larry has had a few exploratory ships/subs up here, no attacks so far. I dont see this as Larry's route - but I'm still sending the historical units here anyway.

West Coast Enemy Subs - and more Subs, and MORE Subs, are taking a toll on me here. . . I mistakenly let too many ASW capable ships go in for refit (Hobson's choice) and the Allies suffered from lack of escorts for the past month. February will be another challenge month as several more DD's are slated for refit.

Midway Larry has put 3-4 subs at the doorstep here, he has sunk most of the resupply ships I've sent -forcing me to resupply by Air- I need to get some fuel there for ANY kind of forward base ops.

I'm not expecting any wins until at least mid- late 42. The key is not losing any more capital ships before I get reinforcements - easier said than done! I sent my CV's and a SCTF to the Home Islands to test Larry's reaction, AND to disrupt his unchecked advance (he will pull back some units to the Home Is. after this).

This is my first AAR (and it shows), I am pretty happy overall with the game, Larry is a great opponent and the advice I've gotten here is invaluable... I'm just amazed over 6,000 hits reading our adventure, and I know its mostly because of Larry's literary & visual pix skills doing it. So why mess with the success? [:'(]

[larryfulkerson]

There was a chance encounter during the night and both TF's avoided conflict. It's a signal that Jim is afoot in the area however. I'll
have to check out what else is there and where they are going.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's another chance encounter and some shots were fired but nobody got hurt in the incident.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the first of three separate surface combats near Port Hedland. Lots of Allied ships bit the dust and more yet will sink in two other
encounters there.

[larryfulkerson]

SS I-7 may have won this particular contest but a second incident saw I-7 taking several hits and heavy damage and it's now being
recalled to Wake for repairs

[larryfulkerson]

This is the second and third encounters at Port Hedland. This finishes off the Allied ships there. All of them went to Davy Jone's
locker.

[larryfulkerson]

Perhaps Jim didn't know that CL Nagara was off the coast of Derby or maybe this was just a suicide attack. Either way two more
Allied ships were sunk.

[larryfulkerson]

I've looked into the reason so few Betty's are flying these raids and found out that the AF dudes where the Betty's are stationed are
only V7 and most of the Betty's are damaged and can't fly. I need to move some more air support onto the air base to fix those grounded
and get some real air power going.

[larryfulkerson]

The story is the same just north of Davao: lack of AF support at Davao has grounded most of the Zero's there. I have an emergency
shipment of AF dudes planned for the immediate near future.

[larryfulkerson]

Bataan must have some serious AA units there because of all the damage to my raiders. I may have to concentrate on Manila and just
ignore Bataan for now. This campaign is looking like it's going to last until April at least.

[larryfulkerson]

My Lilly's insist on softening up the Kendari garrison even though they are effectively out of the fight now. I may have to move the
Lilly's to keep this from happening again.

[larryfulkerson]

I've suffered another raid on Hanoi and half my Nates were shot down. I'm standing them down for now. Part of the problem is the AF
dudes there are only V7 and another AF unit is obviously needed.

[larryfulkerson]

I made the mistake, yet again, of invading without any capital ships involved and at least one of my ships paid the price.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's an attack that hurt. I'm thinking a LOT more softening up is needed. That, and some rest for my troops. Manila is a hard nut
to crack.

[larryfulkerson]

I didn't do a bombardment attack myself because of lack of supplies but the Allied bombardment attack had results I would have looked
for. I'm glad Jim is doing these bombardment attacks because I'm thinking it uses up the supplies at Cebu faster.

[larryfulkerson]

Jim captured Singkawang from me and destroyed all my Bab's there. That Jim is sneaky. I've got some troops slated to take it back
but they are still several days away.