Mogami v DadMan: The Wonder Years...

[Admiral DadMan]

[font="Courier New"]1 SEP 42

Japanese aircraft Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade
31 Allied casualties reported
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Now he’s going after troops at Port Moresby. The invasion fleet must be on its way.

[Admiral DadMan]

[font="Courier New"]2 SEP 42

Japanese aircraft Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade
46 Allied casualties reported[/font]

Transports spotted rounding Gili Gili headed for Port Moresby. Aussie CA/CL force moving to intercept.

[Admiral DadMan]

[font="Courier New"]3 SEP 42

BB Maryland BB Idaho and 8 DD pummel Baker Island

700 Japanese casualties reported Guns lost 9

Airbase hits 11 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 87
Port hits 1 Port supply hits 2


CA Portland CA Chester CA Chicago CL Concord with 6 DD take their turn pummeling Baker:

180 Japanese casualties reported Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 10 Runway hits 74
Port hits 2

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Japanese TF unloading troops over beach at Port Moresby
1202 Japanese casualties reported
880 Japanese casualties reported

Japanese aircraft Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade
33 Allied casualties reported[/font]

My Aussie CA/CL force won't get to Port Moresby in time to break up the landings, but maybe they can do some serious harm. We'll see. Lexington and Yorktown are still a day east of Noumea and too far away to help.

[Tom Hunter]

Nice graphics, makes it easier to understand what is going on and more interesting to read.

[Admiral DadMan]

ORIGINAL: Tom Hunter

Nice graphics, makes it easier to understand what is going on and more interesting to read.

Thanks. I've got some time, and it's not all that hard.

[Admiral DadMan]

[font="Courier New"]4 SEP 42

Japanese TF unloading troops over beach at Port Moresby
8 Japanese casualties reported

Japanese aircraft Day Air attack on Port Moresby Defense Brigade
32 Allied casualties reported

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Naval bombardment of Baker Island
BB West Virginia CA Pensacola 6 DD from Pearl Harbor

64 Japanese casualties reported Guns lost 2
Runway hits 3
Port hits 1 Port supply hits 4[/font]

4 DDs low on fuel will head for Canton. The remainder will double back to hit the transports spotted unloading
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Japanese TF unloading troops over beach at Babo
28 Japanese casualties reported[/font]

An IJN Invasion TF is headed for Lautem, Timor

[Admiral DadMan]

[font="Courier New"]5 SEP 42
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In 2 separate engagements IJN reinforcement and supply TFs get pummeled:[font="Courier New"]

Night Time Surface Combat, near Baker Island

PC Toshi Maru #3, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
AP Ayato Maru, Shell hits 1
AP Kashiwara Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kinryu Maru, Shell hits 3
AK Tekkai Maru, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
AK Mayachi Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

BB West Virginia CA Pensacola DD Cushing DD Hull

213 Japanese casualties reported Guns lost 1

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Japanese TF unloading troops over beach at Lautem
629 Japanese casualties reported
830 Japanese casualties reported

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Japanese aircraft Day Air attack twice on Aussie/Kiwi cruiser TF W of Port Moresby
No hits recorded.

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Japanese Banzai charge at Port Moresby

Attacking force 20578 troops, 246 guns, 6 vehicles
Defending force 2449 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 300 to 1 (fort level 4)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Moresby!!!

66 Japanese casualties reported Guns lost 1
4413 Allied casualties reported[/font]


The Aussie/Kiwi CruDiv did not attack the IJN ships at Port Moresby for some reason. It would not have made a difference to save the base, but I could have inflicted some serious damage…

[Admiral DadMan]

[font="Courier New"]6 SEP 42

Japanese TF unloading troops over beach at Lautem, Timor
238 Japanese casualties reported

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Massacre at Port Moresby [/font]

Not much to say about this, except that I had no idea that I was walking into THIS kind of trap…

Fast IJN BBs waiting to pounce on the nice little morsel of DadMan cruisers.

[font="Courier New"]Night Time Surface Combat
BB Kongo, BB Hiei, BB Kirishima, BB Haruna
CA Takao, CA Atago CA Chokai, CA Myoko, CL Oi (the Torp Whore)
6 DD

CA Australia, CL Leander CLAA Columbo,
CL Achilles, CL Perth, CL Hobart,
4 DD[/font]

Only CL Achilles managed to survive…

Lexington and Yorktown called at Noumea yesterday for fuel and supplies, now on the way to Port Moresby to deal with these bastards.
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B-17E Fortress Day Air attack on, Tavoy
33rd Division 32 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

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B-17E Fortress Day Air attack on TF, near Baker Island

AK Tsukubasan Maru, Bomb hits 12, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kennichi Maru, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage[/font]

My B-17’s seem to get a woody when AK/AP are spotted at Baker…

BB and CA TF on the way to shell the place tormorrow.

[Admiral DadMan]

[font="Courier New"]7 SEP 42

BB Maryland and Idaho tear up some transports at Baker Island

Night Time Surface Combat

PC Sonan Maru #5, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Hakone Maru, Shell hits 30, and is sunk
AP Kashiwara Maru, on fire, heavy damage
AP Kumakawa Maru, Shell hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

They are then joined by BB West Virginia TF as well as another CA TF for a casual Naval bombardment

79 Japanese casualties reported Guns lost 1
Runway hits 1
Port supply hits 2

66 Japanese casualties reported
Runway hits 2
Port supply hits 1

200 Japanese casualties reported Guns lost 5
Runway hits 2
Port supply hits 2[/font]

Lexington and Yorktown TFs are speeding their way up to the battle area near Port Moresby. I fear they're too late...

[Admiral DadMan]

[font="Courier New"]8 SEP 42

Japanese Ships ASW attack Nautilus near Truk ,1 hits , on fire

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Japanese Banzai charge CAPTURES Lautem

97 Japanese casualties reported Guns lost 3
21 Allied casualties reported Guns lost 3

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

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Japanese CAPTURE Babo [/font]


TBFs from Yorktown were reported while overflying an IJN TF at Gili Gili during a search leg. Mogami now knows I have at least 1 carrier in SoPac.

I have split the Lexington TF off to stand off in support of Yorktown should Mogami surprise me.

[Admiral DadMan]

[font="Courier New"]9 SEP 42

Allied Sub Saury attacks TF at Kendari. Torps go thud against an AP in both attacks...[:@] [/font]



Sighted some kind of surface force 180nm SSW of Baker, reported amongst it are 2 CA and 1 CV (Hiryu?)



In the Coral Sea, both of my CV TFs have now been spotted near Gili Gili. Perhaps it was an error to split them.

[Admiral DadMan]

I normally don't post AAR from the file, but I thought this might be interesting in view of the LBA debate.

[font="Courier New"]10 AUG 42

Day Air attack on TF

Japanese aircraft (CAP)
A6M2 Zero x 29

Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 5
B-17E Fortress x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 3 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 27 damaged HOLY CRAP

CV Hiryu, Bomb hits 1
CV Junyo
CV Hiyo, Bomb hits 2, on fire[/font]

STUPID ME! If I had just stayed put for another 2 weeks, I could have nailed the rest of his carriers! DAMN! Now he's going to pull back and I won't get another crack at them for a long time. I'll also have to consider where they are - and are not.

I have been too lazy to plan any offensive ops, so I guess now I have to close the doors to the darkroom, and begin formulating a plan. I need to rid Baker and Nanoumea of the carbon unit infestation. It impinges upon my supply route to Oz (not to mention that the Auto Convoy system can't seem to deal with routing AROUND SOUTH of the Gilbert Islands instead of directly THROUGH. I may have to bother with Port Moresby if it too interferes with my ability to shift forces and move supplies

[Admiral DadMan]

[font="Courier New"]11 SEP 42

Japanese TF unloading troops over beach at Dili
239 Japanese casualties reported

Allied Bombers Day Air attack on TF, near Dili

MSW W.14, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AP Katsura Maru, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
93 Japanese casualties reported Guns lost 1

AP Kashima Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
43 Japanese casualties reported Guns lost 1

AP Katsura Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
76 Japanese casualties reported Guns lost 2

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G4M1 Betty and G3M Nell Day Air attack on TF in the Coral Sea…

Allied F4F-4 Wildcat fly CAP

CV Yorktown, Torpedo hits 1 owie owie owie.
CL Honolulu, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Strayed too close to Lae…[/font]



MOGAMI comments:

How many times from UV till now have we done this?

One day one player has his CV (or other major force) hit by LBA giving an advantage to the other player only to have his LBA even the score soon after.

You were closer then 11 hexes to Lae. Your rabbits foot really saved you since of the 200 bombers and fighters there only 33 bombers escorted by 15 fighters took off. Yorktown took one torpedo a CL took 2.

LBA breaks my heart all the time. After great effort of building a base and transporting HQ and AV support and placing experiance groups on missions with escorts either
1. They don't fly (all my opponents seem to be able to control the weather)
2. They fly but escorts don't so my bombers are destroyed.
3. They fly with escorts but only a small postion of ready aircraft take part diluting the effect.

I take great pains not to overload fields etc but the enemy in most games can steam around in range inflicting great harm to me and the results are always meager. I do hit a CV or a BB from time to time but never a smashing blow.

Brady landed on Eniwetok while 200 bombers and escorts on Kwajalean observed for several days and then launched against tiny TF well to the south. (All those transports and escorts right there and 200 Japanese aircraft attacked
a single AVD transiting between Johnson and Wake so that after 4 attacks it was "fail to locate target"

On the other hand I know the system works because heaven forbid I get into range. (both as Japan and Allies my TF get clobbered by LBA)

[Speedysteve]

Hi Dadman,

How much CAP did you have up above your CV's?

[Admiral DadMan]

ORIGINAL: Speedy

Hi Dadman,

How much CAP did you have up above your CV's?

[font="Courier New"]Strike Package
A6M2 Zero x 16
G3M Nell x 18
G4M1 Betty x 15

CAP
F4F-4 Wildcat x 48[/font]
(Yorktown with help from Lexington in the same hex)

[font="Courier New"]Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 10 destroyed
G3M Nell: 9 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 6 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 5 destroyed, 12 damaged[/font]



You're just asking so you can figure out how I play, aren't you?

[Speedysteve]

Of course not bud. I'm asking since i'm genuinely intrigued. Whatever you do you will lose in our game. The writings on the wall..........

[Admiral DadMan]

ORIGINAL: Speedy

Of course not bud. I'm asking since i'm genuinely intrigued. Whatever you do you will lose in our game. The writings on the wall..........

LMAO! Usually it takes me more than 250 turns for that to happen. We're at, what, 75?

[Tom Hunter]

This (and paranoid insanity running in the family) are why my CVs move around in clusters of 6 with 90% CAP.

[Admiral DadMan]

ORIGINAL: Tom Hunter

This (and paranoid insanity running in the family) are why my CVs move around in clusters of 6 with 90% CAP.

That is so not fun to play against...

[Tom Hunter]

Mogami is doing it to me, so what choice (other than getting murdered) do I have?