Lambs to the slaughter (Lowpe (J) vs Jocke; BillBrown (A)) Finished

[ny59giants]

CV Kaga - just be thankful that it wasn't Hiryu or Soryu. Those 2 TT hits would have been enough to sink either one of them.

[paullus99]

I've found Kaga to definitely be one of the most, if not the most, resilient Jap carrier - I've seen her eat 4 Torps & still live to fight another day.

[Lowpe]

October 30, 1943

Moonlight 3%, but a nice sized night strike at very long distant. Important to note the aggression of the squadron commander is under 30 I believe.

[Lowpe]

Wharton hits a mine, and then a midget gets an attack in...this was the scenario I was hoping for...except with maybe a CVE...but no joy. Several more midgets sunk during the day.

[Lowpe]

Allies naval bombard Anchorage...I moved all the planes away.

Allies sweep with Jugs (a rare sighting) and bomb the troops that have surrounded the two Allied division SW of Katha in Burma.

A few sub attacks to no effect, mostly Japanese attacks. Well, other than losing 3 or so midgets.

[Lecivius]

Mini subs cost VP's. Is this a concern, or are you just playing for fun?

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Lecivius

Mini subs cost VP's. Is this a concern, or are you just playing for fun?

4 vp a sub if sunk, 3 if grounded. Multiply that by 20 and it is a whopping 80 vp. In a game that will need 100,000 vp for victory give or take.

They are fun, and what if one of them put down a CVE? Or damaged a BB?

[Lowpe]

A look at some of Japan's best Army fighter squadrons....but they performed magnificently this last week.[:)]

They are in sad shape now....SR3 is tough, so they will regroup, take new pilots on, and get ready for upcoming battles.

Allies have neglected Magwe...a few more days and the runways will be serviceable again.

The Tony A are on their way to Singers for local CAP and hopefully auto upgrade to the 61d model.

[Lowpe]

What, Japan, going to fight in the open again?

[Lowpe]

Jocke is off till Sunday celebrating a Pagan holiday[:D]

Jeez, you Europeans have had more vacation in six months than I did in 25 years. Seriously.

Anyhow, I will work on the mundane, crappy stuff. And dream of Frank R which is at 91% for a November production start. So sweet.

Realizing this is PDU off, I currently have about 7 squadrons flying the Frank A and most if not all go to Frank R. I have 200/month production of Frank A, with 200 in the pools. I need to figure out how much of the Frank R I will produce, and yes, the Frank A stays in production for the entire game.

Most of the Frank R squadrons I do believe upgrade to the Ki94II...a promising design except for the SR, and no cl cannons. Still, I am gunning for this plane!

[Lowpe]

October 31, 1943

End of the month...sees a rare surface fight.

Trusty calls off the attack and submerges because of damage sustained. A later spotting, and the Trusty decides not to launch torpedoes. That is restraint!

[Lowpe]

The Peggy and Betty squadrons follow up...but the target is destroyed.[:)]

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Jocke is off till Sunday celebrating a Pagan holiday[:D]

Jeez, you Europeans have had more vacation in six months than I did in 25 years. Seriously.

Jocke is back, and informs he has summer vacation in 4 days.[X(]

[Lowpe]

In other action, a sub hits an AK near Sakhalin...no worries though.

No other attacks or bombardments. Air forces pretty much rest on both sides although Allies lose 4 more transports.

[Lowpe]

My bad.

[jwolf]

Clearly what you need to do, to stop the Allied offensive, is to drop off some supplies in Kamchatka ... [:D][:D]

[Lowpe]

Not bloody likely.

[Lowpe]

Still shaking in Burma...

Magwe runway is at 38%...I suspect the Allies will heavily bomb the troops north of Shwebo. Currently it is 2 Allied Divisions versus 1,67 Divs, 1 Tank Div, and scads of AA with 4 more AA and 5 more tank units (2 Div & 3 Rgt) moving north from Shwebo plus artillery moving south.

Sorry, no w key enabled for this screenshot and I have a busy day and no chance to redo for quite a while.

[Lowpe]

Nov 1, 1943

Allied naval bombard Rabaul with 4 modern battleships plus a cruiser taskforce, and they also hit Seward in Alaska. Nasty.

Japan retaliates by knocking out 25 oil factories in Ledo which is not guarded. Maybe the Allies will divert something here.

[Lowpe]

Deep breath here, it is only now November 1, 1943 in a pdu off game, and the Allies hit my troops with very close to 80 B29s!

I thought I had till January, 1944. [&:]

OMG.[:(]

80 B29s.[X(]

I have 27 Irving -S, no Georges, 27 Jacks. Oh, boy.[:(]



At least the Allies are criminally misusing the beasts. The damage he could have done...