No Wind Sunshine - forecast: need more beer - Strawb vs. LST AAR

[deVada]

Poor Emperor ...
With useless fighters and wooden ships the war perspectives don't look very bright.
I am hoping for stiff Japanese resistance now !
Good luck guys !



PS
We have started another game with Graham, this time I am the bad yellow skeweyed Emperor... It is april 42, so far I got Calcutta almost taken, heavy land battles in Townswille and Rockhampton and the rest of world ex. Aleutians, Hawaii, Fiji mine. Unfortunately british fleet rules the Indian Ocean together with Halsey's carriers and allied land based aircrafts are making mess of my tiny fighters and ships ...
So far only Hiryu is lost (a single hit south of Hawaii !$#()&@!!) and most of battleships are in docks after lba attacks ...

[LargeSlowTarget]

deVada, in view of your expansion in the PTO I feel rather inept...

*****
07/12/42
In the CBI area heavy air attacks continue, Calcutta depots were hit heavily by naval bombers operating from Rangoon, Myitkyina and targets in CHina were also attacked. In addition, our naval airforce sank 5 freighters off Calcutta. The enemy responded with a futile night bombing attack against Rangoon.

In the South ground combat at PM continues, supported by air attacks from PM itself and Lae. One enemy submarine has been sunk by air off Lae, one of our submarines sank an enemy AP near PM. Apparently a major effort either to reinforce or evacuate the Aussie troops at PM is under way - at least three enemy carriers have been sighted in the vicinity. Enemy carrier planes struck at Lae airbase but were met by strong CAP (1. strike: fighters/bombers vs. CAP = 30/38 vs. 122, losses 30/35 vs.14 - 2. strike: 50/84 vs. 98, losses 42/78 vs. 20+6 on the ground).
All our planes in the region scrambled to hit back at the enemy CVs. From Lae, 91 Reisen fighters and 30 Hamaki bombers took of, brushed aside a weak CAP of 12 Grumman fighters (eleven shot down for five Reisen lost) and attacked the carriers - three Hamaki were shot down by flak, the rest obtained one lonely torpedo hit on a Saratoga class CV, which left the CV burning but afloat. A second strike by the Lae group repeated the performance on a different carrier, which also started burning, but likewise was able to retreat. Our equally strong Rabaul force of Reisen and Hamaki bombers obtained several bomb hits with no observable effect. The Army dive-bomber group at PM failed to score against the carriers, but on the way back to base discovered enemy troops ships approaching PM. Rearming and refueling in a hurry, the PM force managed to sink four enemy APs. The lone Army dive-bomber unit at Milne Bay finally added a bomb hit on a carrier.
All in all, 2/3 of our Navy Airforce engaged in this battle - with rather poor results. Two enemy carriers have been moderately damaged, but at present are still afloat and retiring towards Australia.

Compared with this rather lackluster performance of our Airforces, the enemy bombers in Australia hit back hard against our bombardment force (see 07/05/42) retiring towards Rabaul. About 90 medium bombers in the first and 40 in the second wave sank two of our DDs outright and damaged a dozen different CAs, CLs and DDs, leaving many burning and listing.

Air losses this week total 116:213. Enemy submarines made no hits on our routine convoys.

Emperor LST and the war council are still pondering over the options.

*****
07/19/42
The usual air attacks against Calcutta, Dacca, Myitkyina and Hengyang continue. The enemy again hit back at Rangoon at night. Off Calcutta, three more enemy freighters were sunk.
Enemy heavy bombers based in Australia bombed PM at night. A long-range attack by Hamaki bobmers from Lae without fighter-cover against an undamaged enemy CV off Cairns has cost us 17 bombers for nothing in return. Our troops at PM report that the enemy has evacuated the area. Air losses this week are quite balanced - 81:89. Enemy submarines sunk but one freighter south of the home islands.

Emperor LST wishes his bomber pilots would start to use their brains.

*****
07/26/42
A rather quite week. Our Navy Airforce at Rangoon bombed Calcutta and scored heavily against enemy CAP (1 attack: 50 Reisen/60 Hamaki vs. 41 fighters, losses 10/4 vs. 36 - 2. attack 30/48 vs. 14, losses 5/0 vs. 14). Dacca, Myitkyina and Hengyang were also hit again. One enemy freighter was sunk by air attack near Calcutta. A small TF of three CL and 2 DDs delivered an H&I bombardment against Calcutta and destroyed a few planes. The enemy retaliated with another night raid against Rangoon.
In the South, 30 B-17s have bombed PM at night and caused heavy damage to supply depots. Only one of our dozens of submarines patrolling off Australia has made contact with an already damaged enemy carrier with unknown results. The score for air losses shows 28:63. Enemy submarines sank one Maru south of Japan.

Emperor LST faces a bleak future - his CVs and BBs sunk or useless, his Airforce inept and now the submarines lack punch, too. That leaves the ground pounders as the first and only line of defence...

[deVada]

But please do not feel bad LST !
My offensive has stuck.
After severe setback at Hawaii (48th division still didn't swimmed back to Tokyo ) and with 5 MCS per week sunk on Akyab resupplying route, american battleships blocking Rockhampton, Halsey raging on the Indian Ocean, shitty 250kg bombs, and total lack of divisions conquering the world isn't too easy in 3.2 ..

Allied airforce is doing its best as well. Even with 5 carriers in one TF I am afraid of attacking any airbase of level 4 ... Indian RAF units are also pounding my transports perfectly ... I'll get those m###########s sooner or later !

The worse is that my oil reserve is still below 5000, so I must slow down for a while ... My HQs have an average of 30 prep. points ... Even the air squadrons in non-isolated bases don't want to replenish with fresh planes ...

But I'll never give up !
After fall of Calcutta (I am at the gates) the things will be cleared.
I hope ...

Good luck Emperor !


PS
why they can't research okhas 4 years sooner ...

[deVada]

I have checked the Capt. Harlock thread about it at:

http://www.matrixgames.com/default.asp? ... rumid%3D17

but I am still stupid in that matter.

Any suggestions ? :rolleyes:

[LargeSlowTarget]

The war is back...

*****
08/02/42
Apart from the usual air attacks in the Burma and China areas, the night attacks from Ranchi against Rangoon and Cloncurry against PM, the sinking of two enemy APs south of the Santa Cruz. Is. by planes from Guadalcanal and the sinking of one DE, two MCS and one TK by enemy submarines south of Japan, the only action worth noting this week has been the smooth and uneventful capture of Tagula Is. by the 2nd, 4th, 5th and 21st Divisions against the futile resistance of the Autralian 13th Brigade. Mopping-up of stragglers continues.

Emperor LST and his war council have decided to continue a limited offensive to add defensive depth to the key bases.

*****
08/09/42
Ground combat at Tagula Is. ended and organized resistance has ceased. Tagula Is. will be tranformed into another island bastion guarding Rabaul. Air attacks against Calcutta, Myitkyina, Dacca and targets in China continue. While no enemy CAP was encountered, losses due to AA are rising wth 15 planes lost this week. The enemy retaliated with ineffective night attacks against Rangoon and PM. Enemy submarines sunk one tanker near Osaka.

Emperor LST leaves the war for a week of R&R in German-occupied Paris.

*****
08/16/42
With Tagula Is. captured, the focus of air attacks shifts to the last remant of the DEI - Tenimbar Is. Army aircraft at Ambon begin recon-in-force missions against that island. The usual air operations in the CBI theater continue.
In a giant blunder, the local commander at Lae has ordered 72 newly arrived Hamaki bombers to attack Cairns airbase without fighter escort. The bombers were met by 80 savagely aggressive enemy fighters and lost 50 (!) of their number for no air-to-air victories in return, the survivors nevertheless managed to destroy 19 enemy planes on the ground. The local commander responsible for this operation has been ordered to fly a single-plane bombing mission against the same target.

Emperor LST threatens his commanders to cut off their beer supply if a similar blunder does ever happen again.

*****
08/23/42
Apart from the standard air ops in the CBI, the bombing of Tenimbar Is. and the sinking of one freighter south of Calcutta by air attack, only submarine actions have been fought this week. Several picket lines of our submarines had been established in the waters around Canton Is. in the past week, responding to repeated sightings of damaged enemy carriers and other cripples moving towards the repair yards at PH and the West Coast. One of our I-class submarines did ambush a slow-moving enemy fleet carrier of unknown type and scored two torpedo hits which caused violent explosions. Although the sinking of this carrier has not been visually confirmed due to enemy ASW efforts, there can be no doubt that this carrier has been sunk. An enemy submarine retaliated weakly and sank one Maru south of Japan.

Emperor LST has ordered a special air-drop of several cases of beer to the successful submarine crew. The air-drop will be delivered by one of the seaplane-equipped submarines built for this purpose.

*****
08/30/42
A rather quite week, with the ussual air attacks in the CBI augmented by bombing runs against targets on Tenimbar Is. and Entrecasteaux Is.. The enemy hit back at night against Rangoon and PM. Air losses are one-sided 21:1, all due to heavy AA opposition. Enemy submarines sank one tanker and two Marus south of Japan.

Emperor LST is worried about the mounting aircraft losses to ground defenses and also about the inability of all those patrol aircraft and bombers at the Home Islands to deter submarine attacks on the supply lines.

[Capt. Harlock]

Not that I want to tell you how to play the game, but... You might want to know that AA fire is greatly reduced when attacking LCU's or ships in port.

How's the oil situation? Given how quiet it's been for some time, the National Oil Reserve should be building nicely.

[LargeSlowTarget]

No, the Oil Reserve and fuel situation is worrying me. All ports in the Home Islands are at or below 10.000 fuel points. Convoy phase starts with approx. 2000 oil points and shipments during the phase bring the level slightly above 5000 points. My oil centers are undamaged, with the exception of Palembang which had been repeatedly hit by bombing raids and now yields 36 oil points per turn. I have all tankers in Nagoya and each turn transfer ships from the pool to bring the tanker groups up to 3-4 ships each, however, after the resolution phase all tanker groups are again composed of single ships and the 20+ TKs are in the pool again. Only 12-14 TKs are used during convoy phase. In my desperation I'm using AOs to ship oil from permanently isolated Rangoon (Rangoon has been isolated all the time in all PW versions - is this a bug or a feature?) to Japan.
I think I'm using my fleet too much. TFs waiting in port on reaction orders consume fuel, too, and I cannot disband them since Strawb has CVs and BBs active at the fringes of the Empire, and since he has a reputation for early counterattacks (although I hope his Guadalcanal desaster has cautioned him a bit, LOL!), I'd better be prepared.

[Capt. Harlock]

I think a big part of the problem is those Home Islands bases. According to the manual, whenever a major Japanese city drops below 10,000 fuel points, it gets an infusion of 4,000 fuel points at a cost of 1,000 to the National Oil Reserve. If you have any bases with large amounts of captured fuel it *might* help to ship the fuel back to the Home Islands using AO's or spare TK's.

[LargeSlowTarget]

Thanks for the hints, I'll try them as soon as Strawb sends me the next turn - haven't heard from him for a couple of days...

[strawb]

yeah me - sorry all for slow posting but reallife....

Well I THINK I might have stalled the rush,l it is after all September 1942... sunk ratios are (IJN to Allied) ;
CVs 3:4 (but the 4 includes some RN)
CVL 0:1 (dear old Hermes)
CVE 1:0 (which is worth a CVL to my mind!)
BB/BC: 4:10
CA/CL/CLAA 9:27
DD: 22:32

Scores: Japan 73800 Allies 68800 BUT on kills Japan 22000, Allies 7000; I reckon we might be even-ish if not for stupid Canal operation when I lost best part of 3/4 divs.

Counter attack has begun; Marcus Island is Allied once more, partly due to my itchy feet, partly as it looked vulnerable (size 4 itself but several possible supporting Islands eg Bonins still only size 2 so fewer Betties to face), mainly wanted distraction from apparent big push on Aussie.

I am running with only handful of CVs, rarely all at sea as they rotate in dock (who seem to be VERY VERY SLOW); luck favours the bold but equally unlucky LST had poor performance by G4M, some I assume had to be rush transfered to Islands so suffered in PP/readiness (??). His subs almost got one CV beforre operation started - very real. Also in first of two CV strikes and CAP cover (two goes as it took my transports two goes to get to marcus from PH - they could not load from Midway - house rule, no more than a div on an atoll even for launching attacks) on CV still had all sqns on training) Whoops...and I got away with it, partly due to Flak fire from having a Washington BB tied as a watch dog to a very short chain outboard of Wasp!

I will attempt to attach last VCR and screen shots...

[LargeSlowTarget]

*****
09/06/42
This week opened with a strong attack by four divisions and one brigade against our positions near Kohima. The attack was repulsed by our brave 55th division, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy. POWs have complained to our Kempeitai interrogators that the British CG - a guy called Slim - is a ruthless commander with no regard for the lives of his subordinates.

Air attacks continue in the CBI and PNG areas. The enemy has hit Rangoon and Port Moresby again with inconclusive night bombing attacks. Long-range recon continues to shadow numerous enemy capital ships gathering at Midway.

The only major operation this week has been the capture of Tenimbar Is. off the northern coast of Australia. Supported by our carriers who brushed aside weak enemy air attacks by P-40s and B-26s from Darwin, our landing forces encountered the Australian 30th brigade in the process of evacuating the island. Our carrier aircraft sank one convoy of four APs near the island and it is believed that the entire 30th Brigade has been annihilated. Left behind on Tenimbar Is. our forces found an ad hoc-unit known as Blackforce that apparently has orders to resort to Guerilla warfare to keep our troops tied down.
Air losses this week are 27:66, enemy submarines made no hits.

Emperor LST is happy that the last remnant of the former Dutch East Indies is now part of the Co-Prosperity Sphere.

*****
09/13/42
Ground operations continue on Tenimbar Is. to hunt down the Blackforce, supported by army aircraft operating from nearby Ambon Is. Our naval task forces off Tenimbar have been attacked repeatedly by aircraft from Darwin. CAP from our carriers shot down most of the attackers, but the enemy nevertheless managed to obtain several bomb hits on old and slow light cruisers of the bombardment force. A direct attack against our carriers by 21 bombers covered by a mere four fighters was meet by a 55-plane CAP - no enemy planes escaped.

An Allied ground attack at Hengyang in China has been repulsed with ease. Air attacks from both sides continue to support the respective ground forces by attacking installations and troops throughout the theater. Our forces near Myitkyina have been ordered to fall back to the supply center at Lashio in order to receive replacements and new equipment.

In the Central Pacific, the enemy TFs gathering near Midway have finally moved into attack range. Apparently the enemy is aiming at Minami Tori Shima (Marcus Is. in the language of the enemy), right at the doorstep to the home islands. Tori Shima was subjected to a severe bombardment by an enemy TF composed of five BBs, one BC, 5 CA, 4 DD. Two enemy carriers added to the carnage. The few surviving navy planes defiantly counterattacked the enemy carriers but were too weak to break through the enemy CAP. Our Zero-sen and Hamaki bombers stationed at Wake Is. - two full groups each - attacked the carrier force but suffered heavy losses from CAP and heavy AA fire and were driven off without hitting the enemy. The remnants of this force then attacked an enemy convoy in the vicinity of Midway Is. and managed to sink one freighter and to damage a few more freighters and transports. Our naval and air forces have received orders for instant redeployment to counter this new Allied threat.
Due to heavy CAP and AA losses the air score this week is 117:137. No enemy submarine activity was reported.

Emperor LST cannot believe that the enemy dares to venture that close to the home islands.

*****
09/20/42
Ground combat on Tenimbar Is. continues with air support from Ambon Is. Air attacks from Darwin - the enemy apparently has transfered his elite Hudson bombers to Nothern Australia - managed to sink three old CLs (two of them already damaged by submarine attack) and two DDs of the bombardment force supporting this operation. The absence of our carriers gone chasing Allied CVs off Marcus Is. is now keenly felt. In another submarine attack, a freighter bringing supplies to Tenimbar has been sunk. In the CBI, the enemy has followed our retreating troops to Lashio. The usual air attacks continue.

At Minami Tori Shima, the enemy apparently has elected to fight it out. Unfortunately bad communications have delayed the concentration of our surface and carrier forces for a counterattack (see below). Our submarines - hastily redeployed - attacked an enemy BB in vain, but managed to sink an AV and an APD. The attacks launched by the enemy CVs against the island were met by substantial CAP and suffered heavy losses, which facilitated our counterattacks later that day. Unfortunately, most of our planes at Tori Shima have been destroyed by another heavy bombardment delivered by the enemy battleship TF, hence attacks on enemy carriers and transports lacked numbers to score. Fortunately, our air groups at Wake Is. were able to launch two strikes against the enemy carriers. The first strike of 48 Zero-sen and 45 Hamaki was met by 16 Grumman fighters. Our gallant pilots shot down 12 enemies and scored two bomb hits on a Yorktown class carrier for two Zero-sen and nine Hamaki lost to CAP and AA. The second wave repeated the performance and scored hits on a Saratoga class carrier. Both enemy flat-tops were last seen burning brightly and retiring slowly to the east. Our submarines have received orders to intercept. Despite being deprived of air cover, the enemy proceeded to land an invasion force on Tori Shima. As expected, the attack force consisted of the elite First Marine Division. Undaunted, our garrison of one SNLF Rgt and one SBF Rgt, together with crews and pilots of the damaged or destroyed planes, fought back hard and repulsed three landing waves of Marines with heavy casualties to both sides. Only after the enemy reinforced what was left of the Marines with an Army division our troops were finally overwhelmed. Air attacks from Saipan found the enemy already using the runways for CAP.
Air attacks have been costly this turn, with a score of 289:168. An enemy submarine sank a tanker near Tokyo.

Emperor LST is furious because of the inability of the Navy to launch an coordinated counterattack. He fears that the enemy might launch bombing raids against the home islands fromTori Shima and thus may endanger the imperial beer supplies.

(This is what happened in the Navy: The last turn I had ordered all operational fleet units to gather at Saipan. This turn I formed proper carrier and surface TFs and set their destination and home port to Marcus with reaction range 10. Apparently Marcus was captured before my TFs could reach it (low PPs) and consequently found themselves without a valid home port, so they retired without engaging to the location of Combined Fleet HQ...)

*****
09/27/42
Off Australia, mopping up on Tenimbar continues. Enemy planes sank three freighters bringing supplies. In the CBI, air assets have been redeployed and now concentrate on ground support around Kohima. Enemy planes from Dacca launched attacks against Akyab for the first time in weeks.

Around Minami Tori Shima, operations to retake the island are underway. The worst fears have already come true with a night bombing raid by B-17 bombers on Tokyo. 21 Toryu fighters intercepted and shot down two B-17s. No factories or beer storage facilities have been hit, but 1000 civilians have been killed in this terror bombing. Preparation for the recapture of Tori Shima started with a heavy bombardment by our surface ships. 18 enemy planes have been destroyed on the ground. Observers and recon have identified three enemy Army regiments occupying the island. A weak attack from Marcus against our carriers covering the bombardment was brushed aside. Our carrier planes discovered the enemy battleship force retiring east and managed to obtain several hits, but failed to do serious damage. Our planes at Wake attacked an retiring convoy and managed to sink a destroyer and damaged an AP.
Air losses this turn have been 64:98, enemy submarines scored no hits.

Emperor LST has ordered an all-out counterattack against Minami Tori Shima in order to protect the vital beer supplies from potential harm.

[Capt. Harlock]

Getting to be a very interesting game! Both sides now have captured forward bases exposed to enemy air attack: the potential for losses in attempting to re-supply is great indeed. And there's no chance of supply by air, since Marcus is out of C-47 range from Midway. A gutsy move by Strawb, but maybe a tad premature, especially considering how many carriers he has off-line.

Side note: capturing Midway is a good move for the Japanese player in a PBEM game. It "closes the door" to an Allied counter-attack along the Central-Northern route.

[henhute6]

Apparently house rules are not used. Otherwise Allied house rule #2 would have prevented the capture of Tori Shima. In year 1942 Allies can make only one division landings.

[LargeSlowTarget]

Strawb and I have agreed on a few house rules, see very first post of this thread. The rule limiting Allies to one div in 42, two in 43, four in 44 and unlimited number of divisions in 45 for amphib assault wasn't among them.

[LargeSlowTarget]

Well, real-life commitments have slowed the war...

*****
10/04/42

In the CBI the usual air attacks continue to pound enemy troops and installations around Imphal and Kohima as well as Nanning and Hengyang with the enemy responding with attacks against Akyab (70+ fighter-bombers) and Rangoon (weak night bombing attack).
In the South, mopping up continues on Tenimbar Is. with the help of Army planes operating from Ambon. The tough Aussies contucting a guerilla war in the jungle of Tenimbar have inflicted heavy casualties on our attack force. Nevertheless, the enemy troops are cut off and will run out of steam sooner or later.

Action concentrated on the contest for Minami Tori Shima. From Wake, 60 Zero-sen and 60 Hamaki bombers attacked the enemy airbase on Tori Shima. They were met by 22 Grummans - only one enemy escaped to tell the tale. Five more enemy planes were destroyed on the ground. We lost six fighters and five bombers in this attack. A follow-on fighter sweep netted ten more Grummans for one Zero-sen lost. The enemy responded with a night bombing raid against Wake (presumably launched from Midway) with 50 heavy bombers causing light damage to supply depots. Three enemy planes were shot down by AAA and wreckage found indicates that the enemy has a new type of four-engined bombers in service.
From Saipan, a full hundred Zero-sen fighters conducted a sweep over Marcus and - lacking air opposition - made attacks on enemy supply depots causing moderate damage. Two Zero-sen were shot down by AAA.
The enemy naval forces made no effort to defend Tori Shima, instead they were found by patrol planes fleeing towards Pearl Harbor and the West Coast. Our submarines intercepted a convoy near Midway and sank one freighter, but one sub was lost to escorts.
Lacking naval opposition, our Navy conducted a prep bombardment of Tori Shima which killed only 140 men and destroyed 40 planes on the ground - our bombardment fell short of expectations as the main bombardment force appeared to be low on ammo - some staff officers will be shot in the morning. Nevertheless C-in-C Combined Fleet decided to go ahead with the troop landings in order to profit from the tactical surprise of a quick counter-attack. The crack IJA 5th Division was selected to spearhead the attack. Despite brave efforts, the men of this unit were unable to dislodge the defenders. After four abortive attempts and heavy losses reinforements from the IJA 21st Division landed and finally broke the resistance. The remnants of the US Army 147th, 158th and 182nd Independent Regiments have been captured and their Commanding General H.M. Smith has surrendered. BANZAI!!!

Emperor LST is happy that his beer supplies are safe again.

*****
10/11/42

Ground attacks continue on Tenimbar Is. An Allied attack at Kohima has been stopped, but our defending division is outnumbered 5:1 and suffers accordingly. Air attacks continue, we support our troops at Kohima and Tenimbar, the enemy bombs Wake, Rangoon and Akyab. Air losses are even - 1:1 (sic!). Our submarines repeatedly attacked USN capital ships near Pearl Harbor and obtained several hits on BBs and a CV, but failed to do any significant damage . Enemy submarines sank three freighters.

Emperor LST cursed the bad luck of his submarine force.

[deVada]

Dear Mighty Emperor LST !

As current Japanese Emperor Devada I am offering You a no 2 identity card in newly formed "Emperors Trade Union" and a position of Main Secretary [responsible for beer supply into frontlines].

A short summary of statutory charter:
1. "We Emperors demand more fighters to be produced !" [japanese of course]
2. "We demand more liquids !" [oil & beer are accepted]
3. "We demand more divisions !" [allied ones, just to be slaughtered in training purposes]
4. "We demand flattops made of iron, instead of currently owned wooden ones !"

If You have any more ideas, let me know.
BANZAI !


[Due to high fighter looses in India I have took myself to action personally. You can see a Hurricane in the middle]

[LargeSlowTarget]

Dear Mighty Emperor LST !

As current Japanese Emperor Devada I am offering You a no 2 identity card in newly formed "Emperors Trade Union" and a position of Main Secretary [responsible for beer supply into frontlines].

A short summary of statutory charter:
1. "We Emperors demand more fighters to be produced !" [japanese of course]
2. "We demand more liquids !" [oil & beer are accepted]
3. "We demand more divisions !" [allied ones, just to be slaughtered in training purposes]
4. "We demand flattops made of iron, instead of currently owned wooden ones !"

If You have any more ideas, let me know.
BANZAI !


[Due to high fighter looses in India I have took myself to action personally. You can see a Hurricane in the middle]

Dear Colleague Devada,

although it pains me to share power with another Emperor, I will consent for the sake of the common cause - provided that I retain first pick on the Geishas.

I must also insist on the following additions to the statutory charter:
5. "We Emperors demand more effective ASW ships and patrol aircraft to be produced !"
6. "We Emperors demand more tankers for oil/fuel and more refrigerator ships for beer !"
7. "We Emperors demand harder work at the shipyards and repair facilities !"
8. "We Emperors demand more *****-hits on enemy capital ships but none on our own !"
9. "We Emperors demand Warp engines and photon torpedos to be developed ASAP !"

BANZAI for you, too!

P.S.: As for your personal action over India, my divine talents allow me to construct a phantom picture showing your air victory (congrats!) from a different angle - from the point of view of the unfortunate Hurricane pilot, it must have looked like this:

[deVada]

Geishas are OK too.

Thanx for the photo, but actually I flew Me-110C-4 with some 8 additional 20mm cannons.


btw
/what game it is? I must have it!/ :p

[LargeSlowTarget]

Just replaced the pic with a new version. Sure you fought in a Me 110?
Actually that's a George over Guadalcanal in the MS Combat Flight Simulator II.

[deVada]

btw
how are Your fighter pools now ?

we are in the middle of november 1942, and 90% of my fighter squadrons count no more than 10 operational pieces ... got no time to withdraw them due to intense battles in the Solomons and India ... Could You attach some photos ?

/the picture shows another Allied victim/
this time over London

Has MFSII a career or campaign mode ? I love them.
Where the action takes place ? Only on Pacific ?