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Greyjoy knows the movie rights to this AAR won't be worth more than a bad Tom Clancy novel without an invasion of Honshu and ultimately a siege of Tokyo. No way he'd get Cameron to direct, Alec Baldwin to play Rader or Rick Moranis to play himself if he sat back and lobbed 4Es from Hokkaido. Let the games begin!

Cheers,
CC

A quick update before leaving for office.

June 8,9, 10, 11 1944

As said we have finished our job at Utsonimya, taking off what was left of Rader's KI84r production. A bloody run, with nearly 40 4Es lost and some 30 P-47s...but it feels good to have wiped out more than 200 Franks monthly[:)]

At the same time our 2Es keep on plastering Aikita.

Now in the 4 bases in northern Honshu there are more than 500k japs massed there...damn it's going to be bloody as hell!!

We're ready to invade Shashukotan. This should be the less defended base in the Kuriles...let's see how it gets.

For the rest nothing much more to be reported...




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Morning Air attack on Akita , at 117,55

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
Mosquito FB.VI x 6
Wellington GR.XIII x 14
B-25C Mitchell x 15
B-25D1 Mitchell x 11
B-25G Mitchell x 29
B-25H Mitchell x 21
B-29-1 Superfort x 48
P-40N5 Warhawk x 16
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 12
PBJ-1D Mitchell x 42


Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-C Irving: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-25G Mitchell: 1 damaged
PBJ-1D Mitchell: 2 damaged

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



Airbase hits 36
Airbase supply hits 14
Runway hits 103


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Morning Air attack on Utsonomiya , at 115,60

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 62
N1K1-J George x 147
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 73
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 20
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 16
Ki-84a Frank x 75
Ki-100-I Tony x 14



Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 44
B-24D1 Liberator x 56
B-24J Liberator x 247
F4U-1 Corsair x 56
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 44


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 damaged
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 2 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 6 destroyed



Ki-84r Frank factory hits 40
Ki-84r Frank factory hits 38

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Morning Air attack on Utsonomiya , at 115,60

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 56
N1K1-J George x 116
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 56
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 15
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 8
Ki-84a Frank x 60
Ki-100-I Tony x 9



Allied aircraft
P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 240 FINALLY!!!![:D]


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
N1K1-J George: 7 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 9 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 4 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Utsonomiya , at 115,60

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 32
J2M3 Jack x 11
N1K1-J George x 136
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 83
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 18
Ki-84a Frank x 56
Ki-100-I Tony x 8



Allied aircraft
Liberator B.VI x 28
B-24D1 Liberator x 49
B-24J Liberator x 206
F4U-1 Corsair x 31
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 45


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 2 damaged



Ki-84r Frank factory hits 3
Ki-84r Frank factory hits 7

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ORIGINAL: Cribtop

GJ, this is totally shooting from the hip rather than anything I've thought out, but would there be value to using Paramushiro Jima as a logistics hub? Dump supplies and fuel there for distribution in theater and thus minimize danger to your SLoC and convoys?

Yes mate. That's a good idea. Actually i'm already using Shimushiri Jiima for exactly the same reason, being the most distant base from enemy's big AFs.
As soon as we have Para or Onnekotan we'll be able to move eastwards our main supply/fuel HUB.

Now at Shikuka we have a lvl 9 port with 3 ARs and 1 ARD and a naval HQ...should be enough to grant a good repair yard close to the front line[;)]

ORIGINAL: BPRE

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

Anyway...i keep on having HEAVY synch problems...my replay is always waayyy out...[:(] can't find a way to solve this problem...

Hi GreyJoy,

Saw your comment about your synch problems. I'm involved in a PBEM in WitP and it after a turn with synch problems we synchronized our music/sound settings. After I changed one of mine and reran the Combat replay (I'm Allied too) we were in synch again.

Since AE might depend on the same mechanism as WitP it might be worth trying if you haven't already.

Regards
BPRE

Thanks BPRE! Need to try that! I'll talk with Rader asap and see how his preferences and options look like!

ORIGINAL: soticrandy

Regarding his actions in the SoPac

Could he be trying to marsikova, or whatever, you by drawing your attention away from the main show?

Rader has stated that he wanted to kill my Cruisers there and, at the same time, relieve his isolated garrisons...for sure for the reason NY59 has pointed out!
But i really do think that it was a waste of precious resources...3 CAs down and 4 DDs, along with another CA and 1 CL damaged is really too much for the potential gain of some 3/4 Allied old CLs....

ORIGINAL: HansBolter

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

It's a game after all and we all wanna have fun.

So we're gonna land at Honshu. i'm not saying we're landing tomorrow but not even in 1945. Somewhere in the next few months we'll be able to do so.

Just wanted to congratulate you on the decision to keep the game exciting.

I would like to recommend an alternate history novel I read many years ago as a primer to your invasion. Can't remember much detail or even if it was a good or bad book, but it IS appropriate to the subject matter at hand:

http://www.amazon.com/Burning-Mountain- ... 015114978X

Cool! I love the alternative history novels! I have loved so much when i was younger Harry Turtledove's books of alternative history/SC-FI (those about the Civil war are awesome...Guns of The South being my favourite!)

ORIGINAL: JeffK

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

Another tiring partyin night....sorry my friends but i cannot update tonight...just to let you know that We wiped out 2 more Franks factories and we've start to load the first Eastern Kuriles invasion fleet...

Sorry...can't write more tonight...but hell was a funny night!!!

See u on the morrow

Night[:)]

Never apologise for having a real life.

Most of the old farts here will have forgotten what is was like to be young, thats the effect of drugs and booze from the 70's

Have fun.

Too much fun.... i was a bit "high" having drunk too much wine mixed with GreyGoose Vodka...and i had the mobile in my hands....happened that i mismatched the number of my GF with another girl and i made a mess...

....and here comes the storm of the day after[:-]

Unfortunately Turtledove peaked with "Guns of the South" - IMHO the rest of his stuff has been great conceptually, but horrible in actual practice (overblown, too many characters, not enough action, etc, etc, etc).

GJ - great job with the KI84's - that's definitely going to hurt him both in the fighters he lost defending the place, plus the monthly production you just killed. Attrition is going to be high over the next few weeks, but keep it up - as long as you can set up a "Red Ball Express" of squadrons and replacements for your groups, you'll be doing well.

Great job once again.

Yes, with those two missions we destroyed 240 Frank production factories! Now we need to end the job about Franks and KI-83...then we'll start taking care of Georges and Shindens[:)]
 
 

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Too much fun.... i was a bit "high" having drunk too much wine mixed with GreyGoose Vodka...and i had the mobile in my hands....happened that i mismatched the number of my GF with another girl and i made a mess...
....and here comes the storm of the day after[:-]

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That is never any good...[:D]

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

ORIGINAL: soticrandy

Regarding his actions in the SoPac

Could he be trying to marsikova, or whatever, you by drawing your attention away from the main show?

Rader has stated that he wanted to kill my Cruisers there and, at the same time, relieve his isolated garrisons...for sure for the reason NY59 has pointed out!
But i really do think that it was a waste of precious resources...3 CAs down and 4 DDs, along with another CA and 1 CL damaged is really too much for the potential gain of some 3/4 Allied old CLs....

Rader seems to be a bit adrift since your invasion. It has thrown him off balance. His reaction has not been fast. He needs to beat you big and the olny way I can see it happen is with his navy. The longer he waits the worse off his situation becomes. It is an outside chance at best but his only chance. His adventure in the Solomons is a waste of resources. Even if he came out of it victorious, it would not alter his strategic delimma one bit.

In all fairness to him, I myself would be hard pressed to come up with a solution to his problems.

Or course, after his boo boo last night, GJ may be wishing that he was Rader this morning....[;)]

ORIGINAL: crsutton

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

ORIGINAL: soticrandy

Regarding his actions in the SoPac

Could he be trying to marsikova, or whatever, you by drawing your attention away from the main show?

Rader has stated that he wanted to kill my Cruisers there and, at the same time, relieve his isolated garrisons...for sure for the reason NY59 has pointed out!
But i really do think that it was a waste of precious resources...3 CAs down and 4 DDs, along with another CA and 1 CL damaged is really too much for the potential gain of some 3/4 Allied old CLs....

Rader seems to be a bit adrift since your invasion. It has thrown him off balance. His reaction has not been fast. He needs to beat you big and the olny way I can see it happen is with his navy. The longer he waits the worse off his situation becomes. It is an outside chance at best but his only chance. His adventure in the Solomons is a waste of resources. Even if he came out of it victorious, it would not alter his strategic delimma one bit.

In all fairness to him, I myself would be hard pressed to come up with a solution to his problems.

Indeed, CRS. Reminds me of the e-mail my first PBEM opponent sent me on Dec 7, '41. "Good luck. See in Tokyo Bay in 4 years. Bring a pen."

ORIGINAL: Cribtop

ORIGINAL: crsutton

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy





Rader has stated that he wanted to kill my Cruisers there and, at the same time, relieve his isolated garrisons...for sure for the reason NY59 has pointed out!
But i really do think that it was a waste of precious resources...3 CAs down and 4 DDs, along with another CA and 1 CL damaged is really too much for the potential gain of some 3/4 Allied old CLs....

Rader seems to be a bit adrift since your invasion. It has thrown him off balance. His reaction has not been fast. He needs to beat you big and the olny way I can see it happen is with his navy. The longer he waits the worse off his situation becomes. It is an outside chance at best but his only chance. His adventure in the Solomons is a waste of resources. Even if he came out of it victorious, it would not alter his strategic delimma one bit.

In all fairness to him, I myself would be hard pressed to come up with a solution to his problems.

Indeed, CRS. Reminds me of the e-mail my first PBEM opponent sent me on Dec 7, '41. "Good luck. See in Tokyo Bay in 4 years. Bring a pen."

[:D] Brilliant psych out. Great line. That should be your signature....even if you have to hijack it..

No update... [:-]

+1

[:)]

I wonder if his girlfirend is punishing him?

If she found out about the phone call then some form of punishment is expected. But I am sure Greyjoy will retaliate by penetrating deep through the "northern route".

ORIGINAL: Olorin

If she found out about the phone call then some form of punishment is expected. But I am sure Greyjoy will retaliate by penetrating deep through the "northern route".

I think I'll take Graefin Zeppelin from my list of potential PBEM candidates. She appears to be one mean lady... [8D][;)]