AWW AC,
It was just 6 CAs and 2 DDs. Wait till you see what my BBs will do to PM in the near future:D . BTW I was REALLY surprised at how many fighters flew CAP the next day. You took apart my bombing run pretty good.
Quark
Do Condors Eat Sushi? Grotius (IJN) vs. Attack Condor (USN), #17
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Attack Condor
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Yes - I was able to husband the fighter strength, but having a aerodrome of fighters becomes useless without a runway. My clean up crews managed to patch the last of the holes as the planes were taxing on the field. I doubt I can be that slick when a real bombardment force shows up.AWW AC,
It was just 6 CAs and 2 DDs. Wait till you see what my BBs will do to PM in the near future . BTW I was REALLY surprised at how many fighters flew CAP the next day. You took apart my bombing run pretty good.
As to the game, still very early in the match, but I am attempting to brew up a suprise for my opponent in New Guinea. We'll see if I have one more magic trick up my sleeve, or if the sleeve (and the rest of the shirt) get blown off from the concussion blasts
"Shouldn't we be leading the shark into shore...instead him leading us out to sea?"
<< As to the game, still very early in the match, but I am attempting to brew up a suprise for my opponent in New Guinea. >>
Hmm, I wonder what this is all about. Anyway, a bit more action:
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/09/42
Weather: Partly Cloudy
Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 9
Allied aircraft
P-40E Kittyhawk x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 1 destroyed
Runway hits 1
Attacking Level Bombers:
9 x G4M1 Betty at 4000 feet
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Sub attack near Shortland Island at 29,34
Japanese Ships
CL Tenryu
CL Yubari
Allied Ships
SS S-44
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Air attack on Lae , at 9,33
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 10
no losses
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Air attack on Lae , at 9,33
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 19
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress x 22 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 38
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8
Attacking Level Bombers:
7 x B-17E Fortress at 1000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 1000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 1000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 1000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 1000 feet
Looks like your B-17 repair crews will be busy for a bit, Condor.
Hmm, I wonder what this is all about. Anyway, a bit more action:
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/09/42
Weather: Partly Cloudy
Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 9
Allied aircraft
P-40E Kittyhawk x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 1 destroyed
Runway hits 1
Attacking Level Bombers:
9 x G4M1 Betty at 4000 feet
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Sub attack near Shortland Island at 29,34
Japanese Ships
CL Tenryu
CL Yubari
Allied Ships
SS S-44
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Air attack on Lae , at 9,33
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 10
no losses
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Air attack on Lae , at 9,33
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 19
Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress x 22 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 38
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 8
Attacking Level Bombers:
7 x B-17E Fortress at 1000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 1000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 1000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 1000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress at 1000 feet
Looks like your B-17 repair crews will be busy for a bit, Condor.
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Attack Condor
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subs at Lae......
okay, let's see what was delivered to the office.....
"Dear Sir, What the *%%@** is wrong with you, sir? Who in their right **!!*@*@ mind would bomb an ACTIVE *&**& *$^??! airfield at 1000 feet??!???
We would appreciate it, sir, if you not mix alcohol and tactical decision making.
Yours in deepest admiration,
"The Outcasts of the 435th bomb wing"
P.S. Since our bombers are shot to hell, can we have a town pass?
(at least they said "sir")
Moral: switching from sub hunting to bombing is not a bad thing. Not switching altitude is.
(not the suprise I had in mind)
"Dear Sir, What the *%%@** is wrong with you, sir? Who in their right **!!*@*@ mind would bomb an ACTIVE *&**& *$^??! airfield at 1000 feet??!???
We would appreciate it, sir, if you not mix alcohol and tactical decision making.
Yours in deepest admiration,
"The Outcasts of the 435th bomb wing"
P.S. Since our bombers are shot to hell, can we have a town pass?
(at least they said "sir")
Moral: switching from sub hunting to bombing is not a bad thing. Not switching altitude is.
(not the suprise I had in mind)
"Shouldn't we be leading the shark into shore...instead him leading us out to sea?"
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Attack Condor
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The water will wear away the stone....
Just sent turn 13 to my opponent, and a pause here for a bit of reflection...
The standard loss of Buna and Gili Gili was expected and my opponent did not disappoint.
Curious, the only thing in Guadacanal at this late date is a commando force outside Lunga. (I wonder if the fake soldiers, inflatable radar station, and balsa wood air force look convincing in the dark)
Combine this with a decided lack of naval combat to date and I have to wonder if he is going to try a run for the end zone and simply go for PM this early - or possibly Noumea itself?
If he is content to let my industry get into full production mode whilst my carriers return from Midway and rearm at Pearl before coming to the Coral Sea, who am I to complain?
But, for some reason, I don't think that is his plan.....
We shall see
The standard loss of Buna and Gili Gili was expected and my opponent did not disappoint.
Curious, the only thing in Guadacanal at this late date is a commando force outside Lunga. (I wonder if the fake soldiers, inflatable radar station, and balsa wood air force look convincing in the dark)
Combine this with a decided lack of naval combat to date and I have to wonder if he is going to try a run for the end zone and simply go for PM this early - or possibly Noumea itself?
If he is content to let my industry get into full production mode whilst my carriers return from Midway and rearm at Pearl before coming to the Coral Sea, who am I to complain?
But, for some reason, I don't think that is his plan.....
We shall see
"Shouldn't we be leading the shark into shore...instead him leading us out to sea?"
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Attack Condor
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Poetry Corner
A wonderful haiku. My men were so inspired when I read it to them. Inspired enough, to write one of their own. I hope you will be so kind to share it with your officers and men
Hey Tojo
We're coming to kick your a**
See you soon
I appreciate the opportunity for such interchanges of culture.
Hey Tojo
We're coming to kick your a**
See you soon
I appreciate the opportunity for such interchanges of culture.
"Shouldn't we be leading the shark into shore...instead him leading us out to sea?"
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Attack Condor
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The Empire spreads its fingers slowly but steadily, like a master sushi chef preparing an elegant meal. But I am disappointed to encounter so much foul weather in this part of the world. The Emperor had promised me sunshine and sandy beaches. Ah well, I am sure the weather will be better when we reach New Caledonia.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/10/42
Weather: Overcast
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/11/42
Weather: Partly Cloudy
Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 16
Allied aircraft
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 5
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
Attacking Level Bombers:
16 x G4M1 Betty at 3000 feet
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/12/42
Weather: Thunderstorms
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/13/42
Weather: Overcast
Sub attack at 16,25
Allied Ships
SS S-38
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Ground combat at Rossel Island
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 48 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Rossel Island base !!!
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Ground combat at Lunga
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 39 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Lunga base !!!
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/10/42
Weather: Overcast
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/11/42
Weather: Partly Cloudy
Air attack on Port Moresby , at 10,40
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 16
Allied aircraft
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty x 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
Men lost 5
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
Attacking Level Bombers:
16 x G4M1 Betty at 3000 feet
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/12/42
Weather: Thunderstorms
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/13/42
Weather: Overcast
Sub attack at 16,25
Allied Ships
SS S-38
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Ground combat at Rossel Island
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 48 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Rossel Island base !!!
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Ground combat at Lunga
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 39 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Lunga base !!!
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Attack Condor
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Ghost town......
I don't mind posting this because the IJN has been sending recon birds over PM and Wau so much I think they're satellites in low earth orbit....
***EXTRA! EXTRA! New Guinea abandoned! Allies balk at move initiated by rogue American admiral!!***
It's all yours. PM, Wau, Lea Lea... enjoy your vacation hideaway I'm sure the waiting list to get your troops to the fun and sun in Efate is long, so here is another freebie Take your time. Enjoy the sights and sounds of the SW Pacific as it laps gently along the sides of your transports on their way to a FREE base on the restful south shore of New Guinea 
. Heck, son...c'mon to Cooktown as well if you get the chance
You might as well. It's the last piece of real estate you will get.
Why the generosity? Cairns, Townsville, Rockhampton and Brissy now have a full division with HQ and full base support *each* in them. Each has a fort value of 9...Cooktown and PM have been stripped clean and lay like carcasses in the sun...troops, supplies, fuel - although there's probably some old cigarette butts lying around the beaches. (Would "scorched ocean" be appropiate here?)
Come now, my friend...everyone will want to see your AAR with the full fury of the IJN steamrolling into PM and claiming another glorius victory for Empire....(it's free!)
<gawd, I love propaganda>
Operation Blue Light Special proceeding as planned.......
***EXTRA! EXTRA! New Guinea abandoned! Allies balk at move initiated by rogue American admiral!!***
It's all yours. PM, Wau, Lea Lea... enjoy your vacation hideaway
I'm sure the waiting list to get your troops to the fun and sun in Efate is long, so here is another freebie Take your time. Enjoy the sights and sounds of the SW Pacific as it laps gently along the sides of your transports on their way to a FREE base on the restful south shore of New Guinea . Heck, son...c'mon to Cooktown as well if you get the chance You might as well. It's the last piece of real estate you will get.
Why the generosity? Cairns, Townsville, Rockhampton and Brissy now have a full division with HQ and full base support *each* in them. Each has a fort value of 9...Cooktown and PM have been stripped clean and lay like carcasses in the sun...troops, supplies, fuel - although there's probably some old cigarette butts lying around the beaches. (Would "scorched ocean" be appropiate here?)
Come now, my friend...everyone will want to see your AAR with the full fury of the IJN steamrolling into PM and claiming another glorius victory for Empire....(it's free!)
<gawd, I love propaganda>
Operation Blue Light Special proceeding as planned.......
"Shouldn't we be leading the shark into shore...instead him leading us out to sea?"
Condor-san,
You would have been amused to see my jaw drop about three or four days ago, as I finally realized what was happening. At first I thought my noble reconnaisance pilots were forgetting to wear their goggles. Then I attributed it to fog of war. But then my bombing raids encountered no flak or CAP, and I started to realize I was bombing an empty base. My own base. Or soon-to-be base. I finally woke up and stopped bombing just one day ago, around 24 May 1942.
Now I understand the "surprise" that awaited me in New Guinea. Very clever, Condor-san.
You would have been amused to see my jaw drop about three or four days ago, as I finally realized what was happening. At first I thought my noble reconnaisance pilots were forgetting to wear their goggles. Then I attributed it to fog of war. But then my bombing raids encountered no flak or CAP, and I started to realize I was bombing an empty base. My own base. Or soon-to-be base. I finally woke up and stopped bombing just one day ago, around 24 May 1942.
Now I understand the "surprise" that awaited me in New Guinea. Very clever, Condor-san.
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Esteemed opponent,
I thought you might have caught on since the raids stopped I wanted to post this long ago, but the operation's security was a very real necessity.
By the way, the idea came to me as a result of one of your own posts...about my first B17 raid from PM when ...
After that it was simply a matter of converting the 3000 capacity APs into FTs and sending everything that could float or fly men, materials and gas out of there. Seemed like it took forever to accomplish - esp the INF and base force units.....
A quick check of the ground unit reinforcement schedule showed another full infantry division (AUS 3rd INF) on the way. I was concerned whether or not the recon would spot my Australian infantry forces road marching from Brissy to T'ville and R'hampton - but apparently they didn't (or can't? someone with experience in the game can possibly answer?)
Plenty of LBA, full strength divisions and maximum fortifications, with a supply line shorter than the express checkout at a supermarket... I don't envy an attack force sailing south.
And as to the Solomons.....
well, I can't give everything away now, can I?
<This game is so cool. Is Matrix stock for sale??>
I thought you might have caught on since the raids stopped
I wanted to post this long ago, but the operation's security was a very real necessity. By the way, the idea came to me as a result of one of your own posts...about my first B17 raid from PM when ...
Fortunately, Condor hit only a cardboard cut-out disguised as a minelayer, but next time he might get lucky.
After that it was simply a matter of converting the 3000 capacity APs into FTs and sending everything that could float or fly men, materials and gas out of there. Seemed like it took forever to accomplish - esp the INF and base force units.....
A quick check of the ground unit reinforcement schedule showed another full infantry division (AUS 3rd INF) on the way. I was concerned whether or not the recon would spot my Australian infantry forces road marching from Brissy to T'ville and R'hampton - but apparently they didn't (or can't? someone with experience in the game can possibly answer?)
Plenty of LBA, full strength divisions and maximum fortifications, with a supply line shorter than the express checkout at a supermarket... I don't envy an attack force sailing south.
And as to the Solomons.....
well, I can't give everything away now, can I?
<This game is so cool. Is Matrix stock for sale??
>"Shouldn't we be leading the shark into shore...instead him leading us out to sea?"
Heh, so when I was trying to bomb all those transports in Port Moresby, I thought they were bringing troops and supply *in.* Apparently they were doing the opposite. Of course, my bombers decided not to fly anyway. It rained, and they all went to play Yugi-Oh or something in the Officers' Club.
This will be a very interesting war, Condor-san.
This will be a very interesting war, Condor-san.
Grotius-san,
This is your counterpart from an alternate universe. A USN admiral named Attack Condor there has also commenced a full scale retreat from PNG. However he has lost almost 10 transports doing so. Mutsu caught 4 this turn. I see only 3 AA units left. I realized he was pulling out a long time ago when the inf in Wau disappeared. I've been trying to catch his AP ever since. Darn IJN sub doctrine. I would've sunk 5-6 more AP if they would only fire.
So how do we make him pay for such an insult to Japanese arms?
Quark-san
This is your counterpart from an alternate universe. A USN admiral named Attack Condor there has also commenced a full scale retreat from PNG. However he has lost almost 10 transports doing so. Mutsu caught 4 this turn. I see only 3 AA units left. I realized he was pulling out a long time ago when the inf in Wau disappeared. I've been trying to catch his AP ever since. Darn IJN sub doctrine. I would've sunk 5-6 more AP if they would only fire.
So how do we make him pay for such an insult to Japanese arms?
Quark-san
Honorable Quark-san,
<< I realized he was pulling out a long time ago when the inf in Wau disappeared. I've been trying to catch his AP ever since. >>
Well, you caught on quicker than me. I was reconning PM every day, but I just refused to believe the intelligence! "Strange, no ground units showing up on recon," I kept saying to myself. "Must be REALLY bad FOW." I had thought his "surprise" would be a move north toward Salamau/Lae.
As for transports, they did appear at PM for a couple of days -- in thunderstorms. My bombers didn't fly, and they escaped. Also, I think he used some Fast Transport TFs. Early on, I pasted some of his supply transports with Betties from Rabaul, and that may have persuaded him to make greater use of FTs.
<< Darn IJN sub doctrine. I would've sunk 5-6 more AP if they would only fire. >>
LoL. I negotiated sub doctrine off. <big grin>
<< So how do we make him pay for such an insult to Japanese arms? >>
Let's meet at Watson's Bay in Sydney Harbour to discuss the matter, over sake and sushi. Or we could convene at my soon-to-be-purchased vacation house in Brisbane.
<< I realized he was pulling out a long time ago when the inf in Wau disappeared. I've been trying to catch his AP ever since. >>
Well, you caught on quicker than me. I was reconning PM every day, but I just refused to believe the intelligence! "Strange, no ground units showing up on recon," I kept saying to myself. "Must be REALLY bad FOW." I had thought his "surprise" would be a move north toward Salamau/Lae.
As for transports, they did appear at PM for a couple of days -- in thunderstorms. My bombers didn't fly, and they escaped. Also, I think he used some Fast Transport TFs. Early on, I pasted some of his supply transports with Betties from Rabaul, and that may have persuaded him to make greater use of FTs.
<< Darn IJN sub doctrine. I would've sunk 5-6 more AP if they would only fire. >>
LoL. I negotiated sub doctrine off. <big grin>
<< So how do we make him pay for such an insult to Japanese arms? >>
Let's meet at Watson's Bay in Sydney Harbour to discuss the matter, over sake and sushi. Or we could convene at my soon-to-be-purchased vacation house in Brisbane.
Grotius-san,
>>LoL. I negotiated sub doctrine off. <big grin><<
I did also. I also negotiated 120% IJN. In my sleep deprived haze called vacation what I actually clicked was sub doctrine on and 120% USN.
I didn't notice for ~20 turns when my subs wouldn't attack. AC offered to restart but since it was my mistake I'm plowing ahead. That 120% USN will probably kill me.
Quark-san
>>LoL. I negotiated sub doctrine off. <big grin><<
I did also. I also negotiated 120% IJN. In my sleep deprived haze called vacation what I actually clicked was sub doctrine on and 120% USN.
I didn't notice for ~20 turns when my subs wouldn't attack. AC offered to restart but since it was my mistake I'm plowing ahead. That 120% USN will probably kill me.
Quark-san