Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))

[Lowpe]

Not sure if this is cheesy or not....but I put the squadron of Canadian pilots flying British Sea Hurricanes on one of the fleet carriers for low CAP....I got to really like low CAP for CV fleets using the Rufe in that role as Japan.

Think they did well, and they are a better choice for low CAP than the F4F...course we get the Hellcat in a few weeks and they are a substantial upgrade. In the last fight some Judy's sped away from the intercepting Wildcats.

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[RangerJoe]

Early in the game as a Japanese player, I will put Claudes on low CAP at 6k to deal with torpedo bombers, especially the British/Commonwealth biplanes.

I don't think that it is cheesy, but the Canadians would be complaining of a dry ship. The USS Robin did cross deck with the USS Saratoga, sending the TBMs to the Saratoga while VF-5 flew from the USS Robin.

https://militaryhistorynow.com/2021/05/ ... -u-s-navy/

[BBfanboy]

Lowpe:
TBF-1 Avenger from VT-8 attacking a Type J2 class SS at 101,126
a Type KD4 class SS is reported HIT

How do you interpret these reports where an aircraft is attacking one type of sub but reporting a hit on another type?
My guess would be that neither sub type ID is reliable and the hit is very unlikely to have happened. If sub type reported and sub type hit were the same I would guess the hit was likely bona fide.

[Lowpe]

Lowpe:
TBF-1 Avenger from VT-8 attacking a Type J2 class SS at 101,126
a Type KD4 class SS is reported HIT

How do you interpret these reports where an aircraft is attacking one type of sub but reporting a hit on another type?
My guess would be that neither sub type ID is reliable and the hit is very unlikely to have happened. If sub type reported and sub type hit were the same I would guess the hit was likely bona fide.

Notoriously bad reporting for sure....but it is always worthwhile to send a ship ASW to within 2 hexes to catch a potential cripple and to increase patrols in that vector....if you have the clicks in you.

[Lowpe]

Early in the game as a Japanese player, I will put Claudes on low CAP at 6k to deal with torpedo bombers, especially the British/Commonwealth biplanes.

I don't think that it is cheesy, but the Canadians would be complaining of a dry ship. The USS Robin did cross deck with the USS Saratoga, sending the TBMs to the Saratoga while VF-5 flew from the USS Robin.

https://militaryhistorynow.com/2021/05/ ... -u-s-navy/

Claudes are surprisingly effective very low.

Thanks for the link!

[RangerJoe]

Early in the game as a Japanese player, I will put Claudes on low CAP at 6k to deal with torpedo bombers, especially the British/Commonwealth biplanes.

I don't think that it is cheesy, but the Canadians would be complaining of a dry ship. The USS Robin did cross deck with the USS Saratoga, sending the TBMs to the Saratoga while VF-5 flew from the USS Robin.

https://militaryhistorynow.com/2021/05/ ... -u-s-navy/

Claudes are surprisingly effective very low.

Thanks for the link!

You are most welcome!

[Lowpe]

Just waiting on the turn....

[T Rav]

Rufous Fantail. Cool picture!

[RangerJoe]

Rufous Fantail. Cool picture!

Thank you.

I decided to liven up my posts with pictures that may but usually don't have anything to do with what I write. Some people may like the pictures. Who knows, maybe it will start 6 pages of discussion between turns that will drive someone's opponents nuts thinking that a major operation is in the works and people are discussing it. That really did happen in an AAR when a player posted a picture of a tree . . .

[Lowpe]

Interesting developments...here. I need to better organize my Navy to have multiple amphibious invasion taskforces across Japan's perimeter to take advantage of KB sightings.

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[Lowpe]

Rufous Fantail. Cool picture!

That bird looks pretty intense...but probably just pretty horny.

[CaptBeefheart]

I always thought that even if you get a sync bug, you could rely on the combat report to be fairly accurate. Maybe not.

Not cheesy at all to use carrier assets in the best way possible. I always like putting something at 3,000 to 5,000 for carrier CAP. In the kamikaze era, that's even more important. I learned the hard way that if you put everything at 10-15K a squadron of Betty kamis could sneak under and ruin your day.

Cheers,
CB

[Lowpe]

March 14, 1943

The first real test of the Spitfire...piloted by Aussies.

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[Lowpe]

Attack against dug in LRPs...

Ground combat at 73,49 (near Kweiyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 32316 troops, 328 guns, 738 vehicles, Assault Value = 1117

Defending force 37484 troops, 102 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 915

Japanese adjusted assault: 685

Allied adjusted defense: 1643

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2854 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 307 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 42 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 63 (8 destroyed, 55 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1357 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 168 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

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[Lowpe]

We held! Even eliminated a fragment...

Ground combat at Wewak (96,119)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1005 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 42

Defending force 652 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

Japanese adjusted assault: 18

Allied adjusted defense: 19

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
154 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
I/124th Infantry Battalion
43rd Nav Gd /4

Defending units:
2/8th Ind Coy /1
14th US Naval Construction Battalion
45th US Naval Const Bn /1

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[Lowpe]

Victory...IJA troopers moved to the south...no supply for them. They will be bomber practice.

Ground combat at Exmouth (50,129)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 894 troops, 3 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 80

Defending force 2015 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

Allied adjusted assault: 63

Japanese adjusted defense: 7

Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Exmouth !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
836 casualties reported
Squads: 28 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 3

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[Lowpe]

More good fighter trades. Need to discover why I lost so many transports...some are carrying troops today and that might be it. Flying in the Punjabs to Kunming!

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[Lowpe]

I can get an AR here to further improve pumping out the counter flooding...and that will get her able to conduct flight operations....but still iffy for service.

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[RangerJoe]

I can get an AR here to further improve pumping out the counter flooding...and that will get her able to conduct flight operations....but still iffy for service.

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As long as she can do flight operations, she can perform CAP and ASW missions to protect herself on the way to a shipyard.

[Lowpe]

Something to think about...force composition and devices & how they interact.

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