Last Stop Tokyo: Terminus vs Durrant

[DuckofTindalos]

ZzzzzzZzzzzZzzzzzzZ...

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/16/22

There is a reason that the Allies have been so quiet of late - but I won't tell you just yet[;)]

[DuckofTindalos]

NO! Are you telling me that the nasty, sneaky, evil, devious Westerners are planning a counteroffensive? Oh, shock and horror![:D]

[Bill Durrant]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

NO! Are you telling me that the nasty, sneaky, evil, devious Westerners are planning a counteroffensive? Oh, shock and horror![:D]

No, not at all, I just don't want to tell you where I've messed up in case you take advantage!

[DuckofTindalos]

This AAR will be on hold for a little bit, due to Real Life (that b*tch) interfering...

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/17/22

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ASW attack near Tawi Tawi at 38,60

Japanese Ships
DD Sakura
DD Tade
DD Warabi
DD Tsuta
DD Hagi

Allied Ships
SS K-I

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ASW attack near Tawi Tawi at 38,60

Japanese Ships
DD Sakura
DD Tade
DD Warabi
DD Tsuta
DD Hagi

Allied Ships
SS K-I

[DuckofTindalos]

And we're back again... Aside from some desultory hunting of Dutch submarine interloper K-I off Tawi Tawi, nothing much happened.

Not that Bill can see, anyways...[:D]

[Bill Durrant]

ORIGINAL: Bill Durrant

ORIGINAL: Terminus

NO! Are you telling me that the nasty, sneaky, evil, devious Westerners are planning a counteroffensive? Oh, shock and horror![:D]

No, not at all, I just don't want to tell you where I've messed up in case you take advantage!

Well I can now reveal that I made a major mistake with logistics and I have been out of fuel at Pearl Harbor for about a month. Normal serviec is now thankfully resumed

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/18/22

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ASW attack near Tawi Tawi at 38,60

Japanese Ships
DD Sakura
DD Tade
DD Warabi
DD Tsuta
DD Hagi

Allied Ships
SS K-I

[DuckofTindalos]

ORIGINAL: Bill Durrant

Well I can now reveal that I made a major mistake with logistics and I have been out of fuel at Pearl Harbor for about a month. Normal service is now thankfully resumed

Hmm, I thought things had been too quiet, considering how little damage I've inflicted on the American battlefleet.

Hmm... Anyhoo, our ASW group hunting the Dutch sub K-I at Tawi Tawi reported three solid hits today. Of course, that probably means it's taken about 4 points of system damage![:D]

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/19/22

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Sub attack near Tawi Tawi at 38,60

Japanese Ships
DD Sakura
DD Tade

Allied Ships
SS K-I, hits 3, on fire

[DuckofTindalos]

The K-I showed itself to still have a bit of a sting in its tail today, firing a couple of torpedoes at one of our destroyers. Fortunately, they failed to detonate. Unfortunately, the ensuing depth charge attack was equally unsuccessful.

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/20/22

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ASW attack near Tawi Tawi at 38,60

Japanese Ships
DD Sakura
DD Tade
DD Warabi
DD Tsuta
DD Hagi

Allied Ships
SS K-I, hits 1

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Sub attack near Tawi Tawi at 38,60

Japanese Ships
DD Warabi
DD Sakura
DD Tade
DD Tsuta
DD Hagi

Allied Ships
SS K-I

[DuckofTindalos]

ZZZZZZZZZ...

This is the interesting paradox about WPO. Because the air recon is non-existent, it can appear for loooooooong periods of time as though absolutely nothing is happening, even though I know that things are happening on my side, and am quite confident that the same goes for Bill.

[Bill Durrant]

This is the interesting paradox about WPO. Because the air recon is non-existent, it can appear for loooooooong periods of time as though absolutely nothing is happening, even though I know that things are happening on my side, and am quite confident that the same goes for Bill.

True[;)]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/21/22

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ASW attack near Tawi Tawi at 38,60

Japanese Ships
DD Sakura
DD Tade
DD Warabi
DD Tsuta
DD Hagi

Allied Ships
SS K-I

[DuckofTindalos]

The night sky east of Batavia lit up with explosions at 2AM this morning, as the British steamer Empire Impala was struck by FOUR 45cm torpedoes fired by an Imperial submarine in a daring surface attack. Needless to say, there wasn't much left of the enemy ship afterwards.

Elsewhere, Imperial battleships bombarded the harbour of Hong Kong, scoring hits on a few Allied ships to cowardly too come out and meet their fate in battle, including the American monitor Monadnock and the British destroyer Rapid.

[Bill Durrant]

FTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/22/22

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Sub attack at 20,59

Japanese Ships
SS No. 27

Allied Ships
AK Empire Patrol

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Naval bombardment of Hong Kong, at 43,42 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

56 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CL Oi
CL Yahagi
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 3
BB Fuso, Shell hits 3
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 2
BB Ise, Shell hits 6
BB Tosa

Allied Ships
CL Chao Ho, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
DD Rapid, Shell hits 1
BB Monadnock, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
188 casualties reported
Guns lost 8

Runway hits 1
Port hits 1

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Sub attack at 20,59

Japanese Ships
SS No. 27

Allied Ships
AK Empire Impala, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

[DuckofTindalos]

Aside from some inconsequential submarine shenanigans at Singapore, nothing to report this turn. Things are moving, but oh, so very, very slowly...

[Bill Durrant]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/23/22

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Sub attack near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
SS No. 23

Allied Ships
DD Wolsey
DD Woolston
DD Wryneck
DD Wrestler
DD Wolfhound
DD Windsor
DD Winchester
DD Winchelsea
DD Whitley

[DuckofTindalos]

...

[Bill Durrant]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

...

[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/24/22

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ASW attack near Singapore at 23,50

Japanese Ships
SS No. 24

Allied Ships
DD Whirlwind
DD Westminster
DD Westcott
DD Wessex
DD Waterhen
DD Watchman
DD Warwick

As nothing is going on some musings. In WPO you really need to try and second guess your opponent as to where he is going next. If you don't the likelihood is that you won't get help there quick enough. Some targets are more obvious than others but not givens.

For my part I am sure the Japanes ehaven't finished their expansion yet and I have nailed my colours to the mast as to where he will show up next - we'll see.