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Thanks Obvert, I think we have so damaged Andrew's confidence that he is now playing very carefully and cautiously... we can't really stop him but we have a good history of being at the right place at the right time to give him a bloody nose... and he knows too many of those in sequence will severely impact him even now.

I've included the curent score below.

Trying to get the last couple of really good aircraft into production. Combined with a pool of really good pilots which we are hoarding we should be quite competitive when the air campaign over Japan finally gets underway... Still digging in so bases in the home islands, have done very little until recently and we need some form of credible defence gainst an invasion....

Yeah, we're only a few months behind you now and you've sunk about 400 more Allied ships! [X(]

16 Oct 1944
Today was a good day, in particular for the IJAAF.

The last two days the IJAAF had bombed USMC Amphib Bn's on Hainan island, then we switche targets. Basing almost 300 Fighters out of Vinh we swept Tourane and the bombers (covered by Frank on LRCAP) followed in according to plan...

Morning Air attack on Tourane , at 66,65

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 74

Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38L Lightning: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
29 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 38000 feet

Morning Air attack on Tourane , at 66,65

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 53

Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 38000 feet

Morning Air attack on Tourane , at 66,65

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 52
Ki-84r Frank x 37

Allied aircraft
P-38L Lightning x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed on ground
B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 destroyed on ground
C-47 Skytrain: 11 destroyed on ground
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed on ground
Dakota III: 4 destroyed on ground
F-5A Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed on ground
TBF-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 9
Runway hits 38

Morning Air attack on Tourane , at 66,65

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21
Ki-84r Frank x 36

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
C-47 Skytrain: 28 damaged
C-47 Skytrain: 10 destroyed on ground
TBM-1C Avenger: 2 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 7 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground
B-25D1 Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground
Dakota III: 7 damaged
Dakota III: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 11

Morning Air attack on Tourane , at 66,65

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 26
Ki-84r Frank x 37

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Dakota III: 16 damaged
Dakota III: 1 destroyed on ground
B-25D1 Mitchell: 6 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground
C-47 Skytrain: 12 damaged
C-47 Skytrain: 3 destroyed on ground
TBM-1C Avenger: 4 damaged
TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed on ground
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed on ground
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 4 destroyed on ground
F-5A Lightning: 8 damaged
F-5A Lightning: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

Morning Air attack on Tourane , at 66,65

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 25
Ki-84r Frank x 26

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Dakota III: 13 damaged
Dakota III: 7 destroyed on ground
C-47 Skytrain: 14 damaged
C-47 Skytrain: 5 destroyed on ground
F-5A Lightning: 12 damaged
F-5A Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
B-25D1 Mitchell: 18 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 destroyed on ground
B-25C Mitchell: 4 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed on ground
TBM-1C Avenger: 1 damaged
TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed on ground
TBF-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed on ground
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 4 damaged

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 9

We claim 139 aircraft for 16 today, nice


Andrew is moping up some areas, like the SWPAC but also the Andamans. We have been bouncing in and out LB with torpedoes, did good today

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Trinkat at 44,64

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y1 Frances x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y1 Frances: 13 damaged
P1Y1 Frances: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Ulysses
DD Clark
AKA Aurelia, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
LSI(L) Empire Battleaxe, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Grenville

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x P1Y1 Frances launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo

Now to find some more targets

Cheers

Rob

Nice!

18 Oct 1944
Quiet day except for sweeps by Franks against Kiungshan on Hainan which was showing only about 80 fighters. All up we lostabout 2:1 against, but we managed to kill more P-47, and we have large pools of pilots and aircraft... we lost 60 planes and 40 pilots for the turn, he lost 30 planes. Made the mistake of not following up with bombers.

Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 44

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 25
F4U-1A Corsair x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 10 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 4 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 38000 feet

Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 44

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 21
F4U-1A Corsair x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 8 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed
F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 38000 feet

Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 45

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 15
F4U-1A Corsair x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 38000 feet

Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 11 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 39

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 9
F4U-1A Corsair x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 38000 feet

Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 103 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 6

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 118 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 8

Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed

In the Andamans Port Blair is slowly being turned into rubble in retailiation for sinking those ships. Some Frances are trapped there, have plenty so not a problem.

20 Oct 1944
Tried a sweep with followup bombing atacks on Kiungshan on Hainan, not as good as I hoped, overall losses are 2:1 against, lost a lot (40-50) of mostly junior pilots. I expected to get some planes on the ground, not one

Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 72

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 15
Thunderbolt I x 16
P-38L Lightning x 25
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 24
F4U-1A Corsair x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed
P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed
F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 38000 feet

Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 49
Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 45
Ki-84r Frank x 24

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 14
Thunderbolt I x 13
P-38L Lightning x 18
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 24
F4U-1A Corsair x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-84r Frank: 11 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt I: 1 destroyed
P-38L Lightning: 2 destroyed
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 3 destroyed
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled

Airbase hits 24
Airbase supply hits 13
Runway hits 50

Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 45

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 11
Thunderbolt I x 4
P-38L Lightning x 10
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 16
F4U-1A Corsair x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 38000 feet

Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 157 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 38 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 86

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 9
Thunderbolt I x 4
P-38L Lightning x 7
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 14
F4U-1A Corsair x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 2 destroyed
P-38L Lightning: 3 destroyed
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 58 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 27
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 25
Ki-84r Frank x 14

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 5
Thunderbolt I x 1
P-38L Lightning x 1
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 8
F4U-1A Corsair x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Ki-84r Frank: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38L Lightning: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 23

Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 53 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 26
Ki-84r Frank x 8

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 3
Thunderbolt I x 1
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 3
F4U-1A Corsair x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 14

Morning Air attack on Kiungshan , at 71,61

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 36

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 1
F4U-1A Corsair x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-84r Frank sweeping at 23000 feet

You've got to be getting to his pools with even 1:2 strikes. It's also got to keep him on his toes if not the back foot. You have to keep showing you're willing to take chances to make it hurt as he drives forward.

Thanks Obvert, yes that is the aim, 1:2 against is fine, it is the 1:5 against that isn't!

This turn sent some DD's low on fuel in to Miri with a bit of aircover... nice result

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Miri at 64,87

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 6
A6M5 Zero x 11
A6M5b Zero x 6
Ki-84r Frank x 30

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 17
P-51B Mustang x 21

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 5 destroyed, 7 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
P-51B Mustang: 7 destroyed

Japanese Ships
DD Hayate
DD Usugumo
DD Kazegumo
DD Akigumo
DD Asakaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Miri at 64,87

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 4
A6M5 Zero x 8
A6M5b Zero x 5
Ki-84r Frank x 22

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 destroyed

We claim 33 aircraft for 15 of ours

About it for the turn, resting our fighters to have another go at something soon....

Jrcar: Just caught up with this AAR, although I admit to not having read all the earlier stuff. You are doing an admirable job holding back the juggernaut and no doubt offer a lot of lessons to JFBs.

Could you perhaps give us an idea of naval losses on each side to date, at least the bigger stuff?

Thanks,
CC

G'Day CC, the exact losses aren't that important, what is important is that out opponant believes that the remaining Japanese forces are a credible threat (something we wish to encourage) and therefore he has to act cautiously...

Japan still has remaining:
7 CV
1 CVL
5 CVE (1 badly damaged)
5 BB
4 CA (1 badly damaged)
8 CL
85 DD

Tracker shows the following Allied v Japanese losses:
6 CV v 6 CV
3 CVL v 3 CVL
15 CVE v 0 CVE
12 BB v 6 BB
1 BC
14 CA v 14 CA
2 CLAA
29 CL v 16 CL
101 DD v 58 DD

Whereevr possible we tried to pick on smaller forces a nibble at a time, hence the significant loss of Allied DD's... He probably has several hundred now though!

24 Oct 1944
A "whole bunch" (TM) of allied CV forces have moved into the south China Sea and arrived off Hainan. A souple of small strikes by both sides sees the respective attacker handelled roughly with around 70 aircraft lost on both sides. 3 Japanese ACm are lost.

No invasion force is detected, he may just be trying to draw us into attacking this horrible mass.

Our airforce is bought to alert and moved in preparation of being able to launch... however it will hold off for the moment.

Japanese defences on the coast are being rapidly reinforced, still some holes but around 3000 AV is on the way.


Morning Air attack on TF, near Hong Kong at 78,65

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 39 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B6N2a Jill x 12
N1K2-J George x 37

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 32
Hellcat I x 24
Seafire IIC x 33
F4U-1A Corsair x 86
F4U-1D Corsair x 50
F6F-3 Hellcat x 483
F6F-5 Hellcat x 147

Japanese aircraft losses
B6N2a Jill: 9 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 11 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Seafire IIC: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed

Morning Air attack on TF, near Takao at 84,65

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 14
N1K2-J George x 16
N1K5-J George x 18
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 11

Allied aircraft
F6F-5 Hellcat x 21
TBM-1C Avenger x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-5 Hellcat: 2 destroyed
TBM-1C Avenger: 9 destroyed, 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Wa 12

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Takao at 84,65

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 14
N1K2-J George x 16
N1K5-J George x 16
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 7

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 34
Hellcat I x 21
FM-2 Wildcat x 36
F4U-1A Corsair x 36
F4U-1D Corsair x 23
F6F-5 Hellcat x 174
TBM-1C Avenger x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5b Zero: 4 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 4 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 4 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
FM-2 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F4U-1D Corsair: 2 destroyed
F6F-5 Hellcat: 5 destroyed
TBM-1C Avenger: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 11, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Wa 12

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Takao at 84,65

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5b Zero x 2
N1K5-J George x 4
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1

Allied aircraft
SB2C-3 Helldiver x 32

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
AMc Wa 12, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk

How is your sub fleet doing? Are you still able to use those to harass the Allied fleets, or has that turned into a futile gesture simply adding to his VP totals?

How is your sub fleet doing? Are you still able to use those to harass the Allied fleets, or has that turned into a futile gesture simply adding to his VP totals?

Ref subs mostly futile, although did get a torp into a BB a few weeks back. have sortied most of the rest of the boats now.

This turn we lost almost 600 aircraft trying to attack the fleet that has landed on Hainan at Takao. we lost about 200 Kamis and 120 TB for no effect as they largely went in piecmeal and hardly any of the escorts flew Only lost about 180 aircrew though, have already rebuilt most of teh airgroups, can do this at least once again.

This turn am trying a few things.

Our CV fleet has sortied, probably for the last time.

Also a few other strikes to try and keep him honest....

Another couple of weeks (Nov 1944) and his bombers will be able to attack the home islands. Moving the intercepter units into position now.

Cheers

Rob

ORIGINAL: jrcar

Ref subs mostly futile, although did get a torp into a BB a few weeks back. have sortied most of the rest of the boats now.

This turn we lost almost 600 aircraft trying to attack the fleet that has landed on Hainan at Takao. we lost about 200 Kamis and 120 TB for no effect as they largely went in piecmeal and hardly any of the escorts flew Only lost about 180 aircrew though, have already rebuilt most of teh airgroups, can do this at least once again.

This turn am trying a few things.

Our CV fleet has sortied, probably for the last time.

Also a few other strikes to try and keep him honest....

Another couple of weeks (Nov 1944) and his bombers will be able to attack the home islands. Moving the intercepter units into position now.

Cheers

Rob

Yeah. That is a lot of planes. Although I just lost 900+ in one turn, so I feel your pain! I think the A6M2 might be making another appearance.

After the CV battle we've just had (and I've lost) I am thinking again about settings. How do you set movement for yours? A follow? A patrol hex? Just a destination, no retire?

Ref CV movement usually in two TF following an ASW TF, this has proven to be the most effective, they all stay togather and almost never "react".

27 Oct 1944
This turn massive air attacks on Takao. 117,000 allied troops and 3,500 AFV easily take Takao.

Our CD guns did almost nothing. Being a clear hex the air attacks (400 odd 4E plus several hundred CV aircraft) trashed the troops. Most of our aircraft didn't fly due to weather, although LRCAP over Takao did work and we got over 100 allied aircraft for about 60 of ours.

Hainan is now lost. Have begun the evacuation from here, the southern Phillipines and the Marianas. Time to start building up the coastal defences of Japan. Air groups are starting to transition back to Home Island Defence.

Our CV's failed to get close enough to strike, and now he has detected them. The battlefleets will now retire on Japan as a fleet in being.... with almost no fuel

The only good news is our fighter groups are in good to great shape and have a good pool of 70+ exp and skill piots to draw on. Our strike groups are almost fully rebuilt as well.

Cheers

Rob

Are you glad you built out all the carriers? It seems to me Katsuragi won't ever be able to accomplish anything except being sunk in port. Are you glad to have her to bump up your fleet in being, or would you rather have the HI points to turn into fighters?

bump

Any news?

Is this still going?