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RangerJoe wrote: Wed Aug 10, 2022 2:27 am Speaking of OPs losses, I do believe that they increase for any air operation above the range of "2" so that may be something to consider.

I used to read your AAR but I got away from it and I just saw this. So I really don't know what is going on in your game anymore. But fight a good fight and both of you have fun.

Hey, good to see you back from the Ukrainian Front, lols!

Lowpe wrote: Thu Aug 11, 2022 3:50 pm

RangerJoe wrote: Wed Aug 10, 2022 2:27 am Speaking of OPs losses, I do believe that they increase for any air operation above the range of "2" so that may be something to consider.

I used to read your AAR but I got away from it and I just saw this. So I really don't know what is going on in your game anymore. But fight a good fight and both of you have fun.

Hey, good to see you back from the Ukrainian Front, lols!

Thank you but, unfortunately I did not go to Ukraine. I really, really wanted to but . . .

BB Washington, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Crikey!

witpqs wrote: Fri Aug 12, 2022 3:52 am

BB Washington, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Crikey!

She took 5 torpedo hits for the day!

Feb 16th, 1943

IJA Tank divisions relentlessly attack...
Ground combat at Chihkiang (78,50)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14444 troops, 380 guns, 1230 vehicles, Assault Value = 647

Defending force 41419 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 604

Japanese adjusted assault: 463

Allied adjusted defense: 262

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
225 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
549 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 46 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Assaulting units:
34th Division
3rd Tank Division
2nd Tank Division
12th Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Army
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion

Defending units:
20th Chinese Corps
79th Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
41st Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
5th Chinese Cavalry Corps
49th Chinese Corps
6th War Area
3rd War Area
40th Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Base Force

Action in the Solomons...

Good experience for our submarine force...missed some juicy targets though.

Feb 17, 1943

A rare night hit!

Paratroopers make a surprise capture! Now to hold it....

Ouch on the Washington. Still floating after being hit by five fish is pretty good, though.

When does your first big ARD arrive? I like them a lot but their cruise speed is five knots. They take forever to get anywhere.

Cheers,
CB

Feb 18, 1943

Dutch sub en-route to join a damaged sub scores a nice Aden class merchant...

Nice little bombardment...Wake CD guns are here I recall.

Moving forward in New Guinea...

CaptBeefheart wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 2:44 am Ouch on the Washington. Still floating after being hit by five fish is pretty good, though.

When does your first big ARD arrive? I like them a lot but their cruise speed is five knots. They take forever to get anywhere.

Cheers,
CB

First 30K ton ARD arrives in 80 days at Seattle.

Lowpe wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 3:39 pm

CaptBeefheart wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 2:44 am Ouch on the Washington. Still floating after being hit by five fish is pretty good, though.

When does your first big ARD arrive? I like them a lot but their cruise speed is five knots. They take forever to get anywhere.

Cheers,
CB

First 30K ton ARD arrives in 80 days at Seattle.

Too bad Washington is 35K tons ... unless the torpedoes took off 5K at the bow!

Feb 19th, 1943

Pushing into New Guinea...first really aggressive use of a Fletcher squadron. Corsairs flying LRCAP over them...aim to keep the IJ runways closed to fighters here to aid in air transporting troops forward. Japan has not really built up interlocking bases and our goal now is moving forward, getting AKE,AD, AE forward and just flowing troops forward all the way up to Mindanao. Bypass and move forward. 12 IJ units at PM, Rabaul has 10, Kavieng has 4.

We will have two Corsair squadrons and 2 P38 squadrons along with the normal Allied fighter squadrons to take air control. Unlike Japan, we will have multiple interlocking runways...all the while we keep pushing forward by air and fast transport followed up by landing craft.

BBfanboy wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 6:59 pm

Lowpe wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 3:39 pm

CaptBeefheart wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 2:44 am Ouch on the Washington. Still floating after being hit by five fish is pretty good, though.

When does your first big ARD arrive? I like them a lot but their cruise speed is five knots. They take forever to get anywhere.

Cheers,
CB

First 30K ton ARD arrives in 80 days at Seattle.

Too bad Washington is 35K tons ... unless the torpedoes took off 5K at the bow!

Nonsense, 37.4 tones! 80 days to wait for the ARD to arrive, probably 80 more days to move the ship to Nauru....we will pump out the counter flooding and head for repairs...get a couple of ARs working on the sys damage down. Sydney is 30 ton shipyard...so eventually back to Pearl.

Lowpe wrote: Thu Aug 18, 2022 2:11 pm

BBfanboy wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 6:59 pm

Lowpe wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 3:39 pm

First 30K ton ARD arrives in 80 days at Seattle.

Too bad Washington is 35K tons ... unless the torpedoes took off 5K at the bow!

Nonsense, 37.4 tones! 80 days to wait for the ARD to arrive, probably 80 more days to move the ship to Nauru.... but only 79 days for an IJN sub to sink the ARD.

Fixed your post for you.

That sounds like experience talking!

Feb 22, 1943

A few days have gone by...no great clashes.

Our subs continue to score well and provide solid intel. A merchant and a coastal sweeper today.

Japan seemingly sends a SAG, with one BB forward to act as a cap trap...he had success doing this near Tabby months back.

Meanwhile we got reinforcements into Finnshafen, dropped a 105 mines there, and a fully loaded AE...a 7 ship Fletcher squadron is there too, along with PT boats.

In a somewhat risky move, put the Deathstar into PM to catch transports...no joy but no damage either.

First attack at Tulagi went well...don't need to land anymore troops there. First base invaded with lots of landing craft rather than APs.

Would be nice to run some Fletchers into Manus tonight, 7 hexes, easily doable...