My war against Gen.Hoepner

[mc3744]

Way to go! [8D]

[hawker]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/09/42

Batavia fell today,troops marching to Badoeng.AF in Batavia ia under repair and soon will be full of Sallies.

Ground combat at Batavia

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 121965 troops, 1091 guns, 22 vehicles

Defending force 1476 troops, 11 guns, 2 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese assault odds: 3956 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Batavia base !!!



Allied ground losses:
378 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

SRATEGIC EVALUATION

So far battle for Jawa is going good,i lost some zeros but i have training program running smoothly.KB is in good shape and experience of their pilots is between 79-94.That is more than good.I must be cautious with KB so close to his bombers.He is smart and he will perhaps try to lure KB with some good targets.KB reaction status is set to 0 for whole duration of Jawa campaign,no chance i will risk my beautifull carriers.Every bomb hit to my carriers,even without damage is hit in my heart.
Next,i am spend PP to bring good guard division from Japan to Manila to end that fight quickly,also bde and SNLFs are approaching San Marcelino.When they comes i will have 3000+ APs there,more than enough to shock Manila defenders to the sea.
When Manila is secured i will have seven divisons to attack.3 divisions will be sent to Jawa and others will rested.My calculations are that Jawa,Sumatra,and Timor must be taken within 3 months,then i will go for Noumea.
However i have backup plan.If i going slowly in Jawa then i will assemble attack plan for India.If i manage to get Jawa in 2 months then i will go for India,its a matter of time.Crucial thing in Jawa campaign will be:
-i must make Batavia AF open and bombard to riuns his airports in south.
Badoeng will be backup airport.
In next few months war in the pacific will be decided.If i manage to score my goals no way he can beat me.If i dont,well then is all over slowly and painfully

[hawker]

BTW,do you like my new pictures?[;)]

[pauk]

nice sig, hawker...

here is some thoughts:

1. rather than spending PP for division assigned to Home Defence Force I would spend this points for either division assigned to Kwantung (if you will have more than 8000 AP after that) either for divison in the China (dont know what is going in the China but i guess one divison more or less wont change much) - you never know with our esteemed Italian[;)] - invasion on Japan?

2. Manila - i'm faced with similar situation there in my game against Andy Mac (yes you can read this[;)])

In your opinion, how many AP is needed for victory there?


And finally, this is my 1000th post (i will celebrate this in my AAR[;)])

[hawker]

Hi Pauk,
first of all,congratulations on your 1000th post[&o][&o][&o][&o].
I need Kwantung divisions for my next evil hunt for VPs[;)].
Kwantung army HQ is ordered to make plan for attack on SSSR!!!
According to my agreement with GH i must tell him if i am going for SSSR.We will see,last days i have headache of thinking where to find VPs.The best place is Russia.Plan is codenamed "Plan Barbarossa"[8D].
I need China divisions in full strenght becouse of big offensive on two fronts. All i have left is Japan divisions.
Manila?You need at least 3000APs for quick victory against any experinced allied player.Right now i have (becouse of disruption) 2000 VPs.

[Sneer]

you can hurt manila with 2000Ap just go fast enough to prevent enemy building up forts

[hawker]

One more thing,
Zeros are doing great job so far,nothing can stand when zero is engaged. They wipe out AVG at start of game with ease. They destroys wildcats,hurricanes,tomahavks like a bugs. I am surprised to see that zero is doing particulary well against B-17s.
They are like "Tochka opori" today[;)]
[:D]
I am developed huge training program for zero pilots which gives me good and surprising results.I manage to keep front daitais arround 80 exp.[;)].
Example:Zeros from Kaga,even engaged in noumerous fights have 21 aircraft with 90+ exp.They kill so far 140+ allied aircrafts including 4Es[8D].
Yeah,they are really "Tochka opori"

[hawker]

you can hurt manila with 2000Ap just go fast enough to prevent enemy building up forts

Sneer,
I break his forts to 0,and attack with 2300+ AP just to get 0-1 four times.
He has damned "city bonus" and i must bring more forces in.
Right now his troops starving but keep fighting like lions.

[Sneer]

bombers ?
enough of sallys should be a solution
in my game weather keeps them on airfields unfortunately

[hawker]

Sneer,

I need sallys for Jawa,right now i bombarding Manila with 100+ Lillys.Sally are resting and training in Singapore for upcoming bombardment of Soserbaya.400+ of them will be engaged to quickly shut down his airports.

[mc3744]

GH never uses G3/4M for bombing and I noticed many players do the same. They keep them for naval attack.
IMHO G3/4M's pilots can be re-trained just like Zero's pilots. So why not use them for bombing missions? I find them quite good, especially on ground attack missions and you should have quite a good number of them.
Also Float Planes (of which you have plenty) can score lots of kills on ground attack.

[hawker]

GH never uses G3/4M for bombing and I noticed many players do the same. They keep them for naval attack.
IMHO G3/4M's pilots can be re-trained just like Zero's pilots. So why not use them for bombing missions? I find them quite good, especially on ground attack missions and you should have quite a good number of them.
Also Float Planes (of which you have plenty) can score lots of kills on ground attack.

MC,

I used bettys-nells for ground attack but very rarely.I need them for naval attacks.They seem to have low morale when attacking ground targets,morale rapidly falling.
But,when you have base with two squadron of bettys and 10 emilies you can be sure that every non-CV task force within 20 hexex will become submarines[;)]
And morale is high[8D]
I prefer sallys for ground attack,these are tough bests.

[mc3744]

I know very well how good G3/4M can be vs. ships. [;)]
But so does any good Allied player. I think that GH managed to use his G3/4M against my ships once or twice in more than one year of war! They've been rusting on the airfields most of the time.
I don't remember, how many ships did you sink with them in this game?

Think about using float planes to ground attack enemy troops in PI. They increase the enemy's LCU disruption and they are pretty much useless anyway for anything else.

[hawker]

MC,
I sink many ships running from SRA with bettys-nells,i cripled POW and R. with them,sink DDs running from HK.
Point is,they seem to go on low morale when attacking ground targets.
Thanks for advice about float planes,my next move will be to fill attacking airports for Soserbaya with them[8D]

[pauk]

hi all,

MC: as long as Nells/Betty's are operational in full strengh/experience they are threat for allied player. If allied player ingore that threat he will be punished. You can't do the same with 30/40/50 exp pilots.

So yes, i'm keep them for naval attack in most cases.

Sneer:

I think that hawker is right. Recently i've attacked Manila with 2.900 AP (see pauk corner AAR, page 4) and got 0-1 odds (no fort level).So, 3000 AP is doesn't quarantee you a victory in Manila. Also, experienced same problems you mentioned. Sally's did not attack ground targets when i need it [:(].

and, yes, i'm Matrix Legion of Merit officialy now[:D]

[mc3744]

ORIGINAL: pauk

and, yes, i'm Matrix Legion of Merit officialy now[:D]

Congratulations for a well deserved achievement [:D]

[Sneer]

pauk - check my AAR

[pauk]

yeah, 1000 posts of stupid questions, whining, providing incorrect data - all in pidgin english[:D]

Sneer, i check it but did not get the point[&:].... anyway, i'm talking about strategy when allied player move ALL units to Manila from the first day (and set them to prepare for Manila). In that case, 3000 AP points may be not be enough...

PS, interesting AAR[:)]

[Sneer]

I cut off 2 divisions so its a bit easier
rest is in manila
i have 3.5 div there - 1700AP
when 200 sallys attack he is disrupted enough to go for even losses - often he loose also fort level as you always have plenty of engineers
if you have close to 3 times numerical advantage going for equal losses will quite fast cause exhaustion of defence. you don't need to starve him
just remember to have fresh troops - dispuption below 20

meanwhile 1.5 of my division fights at naga

i wanted you to read to show it works - not always - dice roll sometimes are bad or weather prevents you sallys support but works
I expect my Manila to fall before 10th jan

[hawker]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/11/42

I almost have a heart attack today when i watch screen where SS Tutog shot two torpedoes at Zuikaku.Luckily,she miss.SS Tautog promptly sink by escorts.I risking lot but,hey,this is a war and not football game[;)].

Sub attack at 21,60

Japanese Ships
CV Zuikaku[:-][&o][:-]
DD Oshio
DD Shiranuhi
DD Oyashio
DD Akigumo

Allied Ships
SS Tautog, hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

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Today KB lunch sweep attack against Soserbaya,zeros from other airfields dont follow[:@].I lost 20 planes and he lost 40

Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 39

Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 7
F4F-4 Wildcat x 6
Wirraway x 6
Hawk 75A x 5
CW-21B Demon x 3
Hurricane II x 34
P-40B Tomahawk x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 20 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar: 4 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
Wirraway: 3 destroyed
Hawk 75A: 1 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 3 destroyed
Hurricane II: 16 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-40B Tomahawk: 5 destroyed, 4 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged

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I already put 300 bombers(mostly sallys)and 400 fighters(mostly zeros)in Batavia and i am ready to close his airports south.First major strike will be Soserbaya.After i finish with these airports KB will close to ensure that nothing is leaving Jawa.
Hard days to come for allies.
In next post i will put screenshots of Jawa campaign.
Stay tuned.