Into the Breach

[bigred]

1st Marine Div minus 1st regiment has taken the base at Russell Island w/ a paradrop from the 1st para battalion.  IJA refused to be pushed into the sea.

[bigred]

Rabaul is at a 65% airfield damage rating.  Allied LBA is prepping the site for future operations.

[Ike99]

Russel have been lost but after a long fighting. Impressive.

[Ike99]

Rabaul is at a 65% airfield damage rating. Allied LBA is prepping the site for future operations.

That picture looks good but most time you can´t get 40 bombers in the air. [;)]

[bigred]

A True statement as the Allied LBA is conducting a 2 front war. In thunderstorms the attack on Rabaul continues. Every day we bomb Rabaul and the IJA loses 500 men. Note this combat report. 533/6 men =88 VPs per day. The rules state 6 IJA squads =1 VP. So is the formula 533/6=88 or 533/11/6=8vps w/ 11men in a traditional squad.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 09/04/43

Weather: Thunderstorms

Air attack on Rabaul , at 21,28

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 1
A6M2 Zero x 36
A6M3 Zero x 15

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 22
P-38G Lightning x 11
PB4Y Liberator x 20
B-24D Liberator x 65

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2-N Rufe x 1 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 11 destroyed
A6M2 Zero x 8 damaged
A6M3 Zero x 3 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 1 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty x 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty x 1 damaged
G3M Nell x 2 destroyed
G3M Nell x 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair x 1 destroyed
P-38G Lightning x 2 destroyed
P-38G Lightning x 1 damaged
PB4Y Liberator x 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator x 3 damaged

2LT E. Trowbridge of VMF-223 is credited with kill number 21

LCDR U.Kanzaki of EI-1 Daitai is KILLED

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 533

Airbase hits 13
Runway hits 121

[bigred]

Date: 9-17-43
With NO cap over Rabaul the allies are killing 1000 IJA troops per day.  What will Ikesan99 do in response to this sucking chestwound of a VP Bleed???  The allies may not need to make another invasion. Just sit back and respond.
 
 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Air attack on Rabaul , at 21,28

Japanese aircraft

Allied aircraft
Hudson x 34
B-25J Mitchell x 23
B-26B Marauder x 10
B-17E Fortress x 102
PB4Y Liberator x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed
A6M3 Zero x 1 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 1 destroyed


Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 441

Airbase hits 28
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 146 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Air attack on Rabaul , at 21,28

Japanese aircraft

Allied aircraft
PB4Y Liberator x 14
B-24D Liberator x 66

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero x 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y Liberator x 1 damaged
B-24D Liberator x 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 353

Airbase hits 8
Runway hits 87 

[Kingfisher]

How do you accumulate 100+ B17s so late in the campaign? In every game I've played I struggled to keep 20 or so operational.

Perhaps I'm too aggressive.

[tocaff]

Wow at this rate in another 2 1/2 months Ike will suffer a defeat on the scale that he's not used to.  [X(]  I wonder if he'll risk an op to try and recoup some VPs?  [&:]  If he doesn't the slow bleed will only become a steady flow.  [:(]  If he does he'll have to risk a superior Allied force once it concentrates.  [:(]  This will be interesting.

[bigred]

ORIGINAL: Kingfisher

How do you accumulate 100+ B17s so late in the campaign? In every game I've played I struggled to keep 20 or so operational.

Perhaps I'm too aggressive.

The answer is alot of shipping and alot of supply.

[bigred]

ORIGINAL: tocaff

Wow at this rate in another 2 1/2 months Ike will suffer a defeat on the scale that he's not used to.  [X(]  I wonder if he'll risk an op to try and recoup some VPs?  [&:]  If he doesn't the slow bleed will only become a steady flow.  [:(]  If he does he'll have to risk a superior Allied force once it concentrates.  [:(]  This will be interesting.

Ikesan99 has sat back and chilled his heels and I have taken everything he gave me plus alittle extra. He still has sunk the ESSEX and crippled the Yorktown. In return I have one major IJN ship sunk(Chikuma).

Is it good to be humbled???

[Ike99]

With NO cap over Rabaul the allies are killing 1000 IJA troops per day...The allies may not need to make another invasion.

With almost 30,000 points in the game the loss of a little of this or a little of that is not enough to move the percentage of the whole. You can see that in the scoring. The only time the % moves is after you take a base and develope it.

If you really believe you can sit and bomb me to move the % then I have no worries now!! [:D]

A True statement as the Allied LBA is conducting a 2 front war. In thunderstorms the attack on Rabaul continues. Every day we bomb Rabaul and the IJA loses 500 men. Note this combat report. 533/6 men =88 VPs per day. The rules state 6 IJA squads =1 VP. So is the formula 533/6=88 or 533/11/6=8vps w/ 11men in a traditional squad.

The combat report shows ¨suppressed¨ squads as ¨dead¨, but they are not dead.

You´re not killing 1,000 a day and I think you will need more invasions, and I think they will need to be multi division operations to be successful. That will need a massive amount of shipping.

[bigred]

Yes, we also have mines.  Guess the IJN DD was a scout. The Asakazi did not return from this mission.

[bigred]

Woops, I ment another day, another DD.

[Ike99]

What will Ikesan99 do in response to this sucking chestwound of a VP Bleed??? The allies may not need to make another invasion. Just sit back and respond.

And you say the scoring in this game is not skewd? Just build bases where the Japanese are not and bomb, come out ahead at the end.

Wow, great game design...not. [8|]

[bigred]

ORIGINAL: Ike99

What will Ikesan99 do in response to this sucking chestwound of a VP Bleed??? The allies may not need to make another invasion. Just sit back and respond.

And you say the scoring in this game is not skewd? Just build bases where the Japanese are not and bomb, come out ahead at the end.

Wow, great game design...not. [8|]

The real question is A) is the game design flawed or
B) is IKEsan99's defensive plan flawed?

Is Island hopping an effective strategy?

Tocaff has first hand experience w/ my strategy. He might give u some tips.

[bigred]

Another day, another dead Jap.

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 544
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 13
Runway hits 117
Port hits 2

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 127

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 35

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 338
Guns lost 1

Port hits 11
Port supply hits 2

Japanese Ships
AP Kinryu Maru, Bomb hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 414

Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
Men lost 111
Guns lost 2

Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Lambeti

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 392 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Lambeti base !!!

[Ike99]

The real question is A) is the game design flawed or
B) is IKEsan99's defensive plan flawed?

Is Island hopping an effective strategy?

The allies may not need to make another invasion.

The answer is ¨A¨

Unless one enjoys playing a Pacific War game where The Allies and Japanese never have to fight each other.

What kind of scoring system would allow the allies to win while never having to actually invade anything?...a flawed one.

It´s a bad scoring design.

[Kingfisher]

ORIGINAL: Ike99
And you say the scoring in this game is not skewd? Just build bases where the Japanese are not and bomb, come out ahead at the end.

How is that skewed if it was in fact the strategy the allies employed during the campaign in the Solomons and New Guinea, successfully I might add.

[bigred]

From 8-9 to 9-14 My VP spread has moved from +500 to +1500 VPs.  I have attacked Finchaven and Russell Island with additional IJA troop losses.  Ikesan may be correct that my Bombing runs are not producing VPs, only suppressing the IJA.  As I respect Ike and his forum leadership I have deferred to him when posting any Intell charts, which his custom is to publish once a month.  Because this bombing for VPs may be an issue I could start pubilshing the intel list daily along w/ the combat report so as to establish a history for research as to the real effect of the bombing.

[Ike99]

How is that skewed if it was in fact the strategy the allies employed during the campaign in the Solomons and New Guinea, successfully I might add.

The Allies couldn´t sit back and bomb an area to destroy all the Japanese. If they could have, they would have, but they had to go in and clear these people on the ground.