Defending the empire 1943, the allies attack - a Jap AAR

[Hortlund]

Yeah, another thing that has happened now is that he is swarming the area with his subs. Im moving the fleet to Manilla and ordering all my ASW forces to the Malacca strait and the seas off Java and Borneo. Im moving all my subs to Balikpapan, and Im considering to reinforce Timor with one division from my strategic reserve.
 
This is a priority area since it is my core he is going after if he hits Timor. New Guinea and the pacific islands outside Saipan are just fluff...

[Hortlund]

I know what he is up to. He will use his CAs to do bombardment runs on Timor on the same turn he is sending in his 200+ B-25s. The only way to defend against that is to have surface forces on patrol in the port hexes. To do that, I must have more fighters. I dont like this one bit.
 
I am moving in the 16th from Manilla, it should arrive within a week.

[Hortlund]

Today my Tojos came online. 33 factories researching since Dec 41, and I get them three days before I should have otherwise. As of today I am cancelling all rd-factories.

[Hortlund]

And the misscalculation of the day award goes to Castor and his idea to raid my convoy unloading at Thursday Island. Im not sure what kind of escort he was expecting, but surely he was not expecting this... All US ships sunk. No losses.

[Hortlund]

The most amazing part about this naval engagement is that my TF was surprised during the first round.
 
Considering that it was a night engagement and the allied ships were burning (from mine hits probably). You have to be pretty bad to be surprised by a burning ship during a night engagement.
 
Superior Japanese night lookouts pffft. They must have been dead drunk.
 
 

[jwilkerson]

ORIGINAL: Panzerjaeger Hortlund

Today my Tojos came online. 33 factories researching since Dec 41, and I get them three days before I should have otherwise. As of today I am cancelling all rd-factories.

I thought I'd mentioned before that all that counts on r&d is how many hundred(s) of factories you have. Anything less, like 99, does nothing.

[2ndACR]

And they always said that it was for each 100 a/c researched. Even the devs do not understand the code. Not against you J.
 
As in for each 100 a/c produced (33 per month X 3 months) would give you a so-called advance in the 4th month. No matter what the size of the R&D factories. And that the r&d a/c added up slowly.

[jwilkerson]

That's what it says - but that's not how it works - I got educated by PzB! Once I started building up r&d to multiples of 100 I could see the results.

[Hortlund]

So in other words, R/D is just a gigantic waste of production?

[Hortlund]

I just had a conversation with Castor. Apparently he will never take the bases in India and instead he will use them as pilot training.

[jwilkerson]

ORIGINAL: Panzerjaeger Hortlund

So in other words, R/D is just a gigantic waste of production?

Oh I wouldn't say that. I just used it for what I'd call the key fighters, Tony, Tojo, Jack, Frank and the second generation of carrier planes, A5, B6, D4. But I wouldn't build up more than 300 R&D because IIRC, we have never seen planes come in more than 3 months early.

But you have to build up the R&D factories to more than 100+ or 200+ or 300+ (tops) and then hope for 1-3 months early arrival. That is how the r&d game works.

[pauk]

ORIGINAL: Panzerjaeger Hortlund

I just had a conversation with Castor. Apparently he will never take the bases in India and instead he will use them as pilot training.

More fair than training fighers with attacks on EMPTY bases... hmmm, lets sai Kai island...

[modrow]

[X(]

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

That's what it says - but that's not how it works - I got educated by PzB! Once I started building up r&d to multiples of 100 I could see the results.

[X(]

Is there a thread where these bits of "education" are collected and published ???

Thanks

Hartwig

[Hortlund]

ORIGINAL: pauk

ORIGINAL: Panzerjaeger Hortlund

I just had a conversation with Castor. Apparently he will never take the bases in India and instead he will use them as pilot training.

More fair than training fighers with attacks on EMPTY bases... hmmm, lets sai Kai island...

You really think so? You see no difference between the RAF bombing an Indian city empty of any resemblance of Japanese forces and the Japs bombing an allied base that they will soon use to stage attacks into the NEI from?

You see nothing wrong with the RAF sending hundreds and hundreds of fighters to strafe an Indian city?

[Hortlund]

Castor said he would only stop his training in India if we end all pilot training alltogether. I told him I agree, because I prefer to meet his airforce with 35 exp-pilots than watch him train his pilots by bombing Indian cities.

[Hortlund]

The southern SRA is brewing. Recon tells me there are over 1000 aircraft on the northern coast of Australia.






AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/03/42

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Day Air attack on Hanoi , at 36,37


Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 3
LB-30 Liberator x 55


Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 3 damaged

Resources hits 14

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
26 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
2 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet

This is bad. He is starting his strategic campaign. I shall have to divert my meager fighter assets now.


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Day Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 63
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 41
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 5

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 62

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 24 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 7 destroyed, 48 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo, Bomb hits 1
BB Ise, Bomb hits 1
CA Nachi

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 16000 feet
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 16000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 16000 feet
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 16000 feet
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 16000 feet
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 16000 feet
9 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 16000 feet

Fortunately, the 1000 pounders just bounce off my BBs.

[Hortlund]

Here is the situation in Australia.

[Hortlund]

I am pleased to report that the 4th Division just finished debarking at Lauterm, that means I have roughly three divisions on Timor, together with one Army HQ and one Area Army HQ. Timor is starting to look safe.

Meanwhile, a mixed brigade has debarked at Soerebaja to strengthen the Java defences aswell.

Allied heavy bombers have attacked Hanoi twice. So I shall have to reinforce my fighter cover over my strategic resources now. The Tojo-line is up and running with a production of 130 Tojos a month right now. Most fatories are in the middle of upgrading though, and the goal is to have 200+ Tojos coming off the assembly lines per month.

[Hortlund]

I tried to set an ambush over Akyab today. And it worked. Instead of basing fighters at Akyab, I have them based at Rangoon and on LRCAP over Akyab. Old Castor walked right into that one.

B-26s wont be in fighting condition any time soon, they all turned back with moral in shambles no doubt. Wellingtons...well, you can see the results. Of the damaged aircraft ~10 were damaged by AAA, the rest by my fighters.

Also, the A6M3a fighter came online. I am right now in the process of resetting all of the Japanese aircraft industry. All other production is halted while the fighter factories change their production lines from Oscars and A6M3s to Tojos and A6M3a:s



AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 11/09/42

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 37

Allied aircraft
CW-22 Falcon x 1
B-26B Marauder x 49

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 18 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-26B Marauder: 6 destroyed, 29 damaged

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Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,29

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 18

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 78

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 18 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 56 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 28

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 19000 feet

[pauk]

hi Joe

nice job[8D][:'(]. I guess i can't get any answers... hmm, lets say i would like that you done that on time in my AAR...i've asked you to do that, if you recall... but i guess some are more equal than others[:D]. So called american egalite[:D]
Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi..

so no more questions about gamey training on empty bases, gamey movees? That isn't allowed here?

let me thank you for locking Corner, and quote one guy:[:D]

Yeah, thats horrible. Such a shame... In the future we should all strive only to post words of encouragement and admiration.