My war against Gen.Hoepner

[hawker]

As you see,allies have a big problem[:D].
One more thing,when his 4Es from Soserbaya seens zeros they running home[;)].

[hawker]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/12/42

Colossal air battle occur today.About 250 my brave bombers strike Soserbaya escorted by 169 zeros and 46 oscars.
Today he lost 260 planes agains 100 mine.

Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 169
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 46
Ki-21 Sally x 210
Ki-49 Helen x 21
Ki-46-II Dinah x 9

Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 9
F4F-4 Wildcat x 26
Wirraway x 3
Hawk 75A x 4
CW-21B Demon x 10
Brewster 339D x 28
Hurricane II x 35
P-40B Tomahawk x 18
P-40E Warhawk x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 53 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 25 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 4 destroyed, 37 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar: 10 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 33 destroyed
Wirraway: 4 destroyed
Hawk 75A: 4 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 12 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 17 destroyed
Hurricane II: 38 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 24 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 24 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 8 destroyed
TBD Devastator: 1 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 7 destroyed
Beaufort V-IX: 4 destroyed
LB-30 Liberator: 6 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 4 destroyed
Hudson I: 1 destroyed
B-26B Marauder: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
297 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 19
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 129
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Badoeng fell today,troops are entering Tijilidjap tommorow.Everything is going perfectly except supplies run low in Soserbaya,200 transport planes assigned to supply duty while transports approaching.

Ground combat at Bandoeng

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 12796 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 942 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bandoeng base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 1 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 1 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 1 destroyed
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He is now in real problems.

[hawker]

He tells me that i am lucky.
Answer is in my sig.,FORTESS FORTUNA IUVAT.
BANZAI!!

[invernomuto]

Great AAR, hawker!
What a massacre over Soerabaja! You give him a big slap!!! [&o][&o][&o]
BTW, aren't you loosing too much fighters? How much is your monthly Zero and Oscar production?

BANZAI!!!

PS
Awesome avatar

[hawker]

Hi I.,
In my pool there is 200+ zero,300+val,200+kate[;)].
I already stop producing vals and kates to save HI.Bettys also stopped becous i have 200+ these babies.
I have 300k+ oil in Osaka along with 250k+ resources.Not a single turn cant pass without ships unloading cargo in Sasebo,Osaka,Shangai,HK,Saigon,etc.
P.S. Thanks,I will try to keap this AAR interesting,and most interesting part will be defence later in game.I just love to defend[8D]

One more thing about aircraft production,i am running heavy research program on Judys and Jills.I think i have this planes little bit earlier.

[mc3744]

I'm posting this same evaluation on both AAR.

There's something odd with this match: you are both satisfied with the results! [&:]

[hawker]

MC,
Do you carefully read my report,260-100 losses in planes is good for me.Now he is gonna lost AF in Soserbaya[8D].
P.S.50 zeros,another 50 i even dont count.

[Arstavidios]

In the first months the allies are rather short of fighters. An other few days like that and the allied air force will be exhausted.

[hawker]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/13/42

Today is great day for empire of sun!
He strikes Batavia with 60 B-17s and 38 liberators,he manage to hit airstrip with 5 bombs[8D].The base is covered with few zeros,oscars and nates.Nate coming,4E running[:D].
Then i am strike Soserbaya with 200 bombers escorting by 120 zeros and some oscars with devastating result.Today he lost more than 200 planes[;)].
And now,the main thing,my emily see his surface combat TF steaming north to my invasion fleet in Batavia.TF included BB Arizona and BB Revenge with escorts.Nagumo,Yamaguchi and Teraoka lunch joint attack against this treat to my interest in Jawa.BB Arizona sunk,BB Revenge crippled.Soon,this campaing will be over.
I will earn some unexpected VPs here.

Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 23,66

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 120
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 29
Ki-21 Sally x 173
Ki-49 Helen x 12
Ki-46-II Dinah x 8

Allied aircraft
Fulmar x 3
F4F-4 Wildcat x 21
Wirraway x 3
Hawk 75A x 9
CW-21B Demon x 5
Brewster 339D x 12
Hurricane II x 34
P-40B Tomahawk x 21
P-40E Warhawk x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 26 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 6 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 3 destroyed, 26 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar: 4 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 36 destroyed
Wirraway: 4 destroyed
Hawk 75A: 10 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 6 destroyed
Brewster 339D: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged
Hurricane II: 35 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 22 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 20 destroyed
Hudson I: 2 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed
B-26B Marauder: 2 destroyed
Beaufort V-IX: 7 destroyed
LB-30 Liberator: 6 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 5 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 8 destroyed
TBD Devastator: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
194 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 154
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Day Air attack on TF at 22,63

Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 16
B5N Kate x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
B5N Kate: 12 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Revenge, Bomb hits 1
CLAA Caledon
BB Royal Sovereign, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, on fire[:D]
CA Exeter
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Japanese aircraft
D3A Val x 38
B5N Kate x 54
Ki-27 Nate x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A Val: 4 destroyed, 12 damaged
B5N Kate: 2 destroyed, 27 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 8, on fire, heavy damage
CA Canberra
CA Portland
DD Barker
CLAA Ceres
CA Australia
DD Balch
CA Northampton, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CL Concord, Bomb hits 1
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As you see,i sent him a message,RESISTANCE IS FUTILE

[mc3744]

Unless you loose too much time to conquer Java, I'd say you are going to achieve a major victory here.

[pauk]

Good job so far. You need to be determined here and finish your job - destroy his damaged ac on the ground (should have plenty of them siting damaged on the AF) and sink his capitol ships. But don't allow yourself to get sick of "Japanese victory sindrom"....[;)] - sometimes it is enough just one unlucky turn to ruin all your effort.

ORIGINAL: hawker
One more thing about aircraft production,i am running heavy research program on Judys and Jills.I think i have this planes little bit earlier.

[;)]

IMHO, this is a vaste of supply and time. By the time when these ac arrives, allied fighters will eat them anyway. It is a better to research fighters, IMO...

[invernomuto]

ORIGINAL: mc3744

Unless you loose too much time to conquer Java, I'd say you are going to achieve a major victory here.

Agree.
This second run over Soerabaja was devastating. His air forces should be in a very bad shape and you could easily finish his 2 BB (that do not return unlike his CVs )
Great job!

[hawker]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/14/42

Thanks guys on support[&o][&o][&o]
Pauk,
I am big fun of dive and torpedo bombers[;)],but i also developing fighters.I will only ignore Shinden.

Another great day in Jawa.
Today i resting my bombers,but plenty of action is on the sea.
He still sending his surface combat TFs to Batavia,and i still sink-criple them. Several big sea battles ocurr in Batavia area,my BB fleet under command of Raizo Tanaka sink allies ship without merrcy.
See for yourself,

Night Time Surface Combat, near Batavia at 20,60

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Shell hits 2
BB Haruna
BB Hiei, Shell hits 3
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 1
BB Nagato, Shell hits 2
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 1
BB Ise, Shell hits 3
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 4
CA Atago, Shell hits 1
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 1
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
CL Jintsu
CL Natori
CL Kuma
DD Nowaki, Shell hits 2
DD Hagikaze
DD Michishio
DD Samidare
DD Akatsuki
DD Hibiki
DD Shinonome
DD Asagiri

Allied Ships
CA Exeter, Shell hits 2
CL Achilles, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Enterprise, Shell hits 2
CL Dragon, Shell hits 1
CL Dauntless
CL Mauritius
CL Marblehead
CLAA Caledon
CLAA Columbo
DD Clark

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Batavia at 20,60

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Haruna
BB Hiei
BB Kirishima
BB Nagato
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 1
BB Ise
BB Hyuga
CA Atago
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
CL Jintsu
CL Natori
CL Kuma, Shell hits 2
DD Nowaki
DD Hagikaze
DD Michishio
DD Samidare, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Akatsuki
DD Hibiki
DD Shinonome
DD Asagiri

Allied Ships
CA Portland
CA Australia
CA Canberra
CLAA Ceres, Shell hits 1
CL Detroit
CL Concord
DD Balch, Shell hits 1
DD Alden
DD Barker
DD Bulmer

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Batavia at 20,60


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Walrus: 2 destroyed
SOC-3 Seagull: 3 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Shell hits 1
BB Haruna, Shell hits 1
BB Hiei, Shell hits 4
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3
BB Nagato, Shell hits 2
BB Fuso, Shell hits 2
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 1
BB Ise, Shell hits 3
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 3
CA Atago
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
CL Jintsu
CL Natori
CL Kuma
DD Nowaki
DD Hagikaze
DD Michishio
DD Samidare, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Akatsuki
DD Hibiki
DD Shinonome
DD Asagiri

Allied Ships
CA Exeter, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CL Achilles, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
CL Enterprise, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL Dragon, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CL Dauntless, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Mauritius, Shell hits 4
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
CLAA Caledon
CLAA Columbo, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DD Clark, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Batavia at 20,60


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Walrus: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Shell hits 4
BB Haruna, Shell hits 6
BB Hiei, Shell hits 2
BB Kirishima, Shell hits 6
BB Nagato, Shell hits 5
BB Fuso
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 2
BB Ise, Shell hits 1
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 1
CA Atago
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 3, on fire
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
CL Jintsu
CL Natori
CL Kuma
DD Nowaki
DD Hagikaze
DD Michishio
DD Samidare, on fire
DD Akatsuki
DD Hibiki
DD Shinonome
DD Asagiri

Allied Ships
CA Portland, Shell hits 22, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Australia, Shell hits 1
CA Canberra, Shell hits 20, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CLAA Ceres, Shell hits 2
CL Detroit, Shell hits 2
CL Concord
DD Balch, Shell hits 23, and is sunk
DD Alden, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
DD Barker, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Bulmer, Shell hits 11, and is sunk

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He doing one good thing,i spend supply on ammo for my BBs[:D]
KB sail again two hex east of Jawa and second day is covered with clouds,so no attack on cripled ships[:@]
He lunch 4E attack against my BBs[:D] in Batavia,again he lost about 30-40 planes while i lost few.
These days is good to be on Japanese side.

[hawker]

Just a few more thoughts,
When he see that defeat is near,he may try to save some of his units from Soserbaya.
Plan is,when i close airprts in the southern area i will move with KB and BBs,KB will bombard harbour(i see huge number of ships there)while BBs will cover the exit.
I can smell a lot of VPs here,and i will take it.
After Jawa i will be close to 4-1 ratio.
In order to have a more VPs,Russia will be invaded.Today i will announce my plan for Russia to GH giving him more time to prepare.[;)]

[mc3744]

I agree with pauk.
Late DB and TB are a waste. All you are going to need from '43 and on are fighters.
Save the HI for something else. You won't have many chances to use your DB in '43.

Good job so far. [;)]

[Tom Hunter]

The air battles he is fighting may rate, but he is giving you a gift when he sends the RN BBs into action against your airforce.

They have no AA to speak of, but their main battery is one of the great ship killing guns of all time. You are fortunate to be able to fight them with planes.

A very interesting battle, if you can take Java quickly it will be a major Japanese victory.

[hawker]

They have no AA to speak of, but their main battery is one of the great ship killing guns of all time. You are fortunate to be able to fight them with planes.

Yes,i now that.I simply cant understand why he sent surfase ships to engage my invasion forces.He now,when day is come those ships will be obliterated by kates,vals,bettys,nells. Looks like he found pirate trasure in soserbaya.[:D][:D][:D]
He must now that i must take Jawa asap,that means 90% of combined fleet is there. And he stand and fight,what a spirit.
In next few days he will lost all his aircraft in Jawa,then KB will came close and sink everything. He gambles too much,way to much.
Also,Tanaka is doing good job with BBs[8D]

A very interesting battle, if you can take Java quickly it will be a major Japanese victory.

You are right[&o].
So far,so good.

[Arstavidios]

I think he's overcommiting his forces in Java. With his air cover gone his navy will be obliterated. You may catch the bulk of his land forces unless he starts an emmergency evacuation soon.

[Tom Hunter]

My belief is that the land and airforce commitment may prove justified if the air units cause enough damage and the land units buy enough time. Both of these questions will be answered as the game proceeds it is too early to tell right now.

At any rate I don't believe the decision to commit them is foolish on the face of things.

But the naval commitment is getting Hoepner very little in exchange for very heavy losses. Japan in not losing ships and the land advance in not being delayed. Compare this with my Lunacy game with Mogami where the Prince of Wales hit the Japanese fleet twice and sunk the Suzuya and several DDs. The Japs sunk some of my DDs and cruisers too, it was not a clear cut Allied victory but I did get some benefits for my losses.

Hoepner is getting some payoff for his air campaign a large number of Japanese planes and pilots are gone. But the ships are not scoring, I don't think Hawker has lost a single vessel in surface combat.

[Arstavidios]

Well allied fighters will be scarce for several months so that the Japanese will have time to retrain their pilots. The problem with allies is that they have quantities of models each with only a driblet of reinforcements a month. PDU improve things but in a game of attrition the allies will run short of aircraft before the Japanese, the allied pilots will also get shot down before they have time to build experience.

So the Japanese meetgrinder will be halted for a while in Java but the cost in grinded units will be heavy.

The point is whether or not the extra time of resistance gained will compensate the extra losses suffered.[&:]

I think the key in allied defense is to know when to hold in order to delay the Japanese and when to withdraw to save forces tofight elsewhere in order to optimize the resistance power of your units and make the better use of them. Withdrawing without fighting is not a solution as is allows the Japanese to advance fast and without losses, fighting to the finish everywhere is not a solution either asit leads to increased allied losses and the time gained by the sacrifice of your units does not compensate for the time those units could have gained elsewhere if they had been evacuated before the end.