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RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 4:01 am
by Spidery
ORIGINAL: Lowpe
ORIGINAL: Spidery
Night Fighters
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A6M5d-S 240 (start 12/43)
S1A1 80 (start 6/45)
P1Y2-S 490 (start 8/44)
Ki-45 KAId 388 (start 1/44)
Ki-46-III KAI 330 (start 3/44)
Ki-102c 250 (start 2/45)
No Irving? Why not?
I may change my mind on that because there seems to be an excess of Ha-35.
The "P1Y2-S" looks better than the "J1N1-Sa" (faster, armoured, durability, climb, range are all better). The choice between A6M5d-s and J1N1-S looks unclear. The A6M5d-S has better climb, weapons, speed, service rating and is cheaper, but loses on range and durability. I may build the J1N1-S for an initial bit, just because it arrives a few months earlier.
RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 4:54 am
by Spidery
July 25th 1942
Air Losses: 5 Japanese, 6 Allied, 0 Pilots
Japanese occupy: Mengtze(air drop)
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:
China
More strikes at Chungking airfield.
Burma
Quiet
Australia
Quiet
New Caledonia
Allies continue to reduce the Noumean forces.
My fast transport pick-ups didn't work. The one at Efate has loaded but not returned. The ones to Koumac have ended up in the hex with nothing loaded. Fortunately they weren't attacked.
B-17E strike at Luganville and are met by A6M2 from the KB in leaking CAP. Two B-17 are shot down for the loss of 1 A6M2.
More claimed hits on subs, I don't believe them.
Pacific
Quiet
Engineering
Quiet
R&D
The first D4Y factory is fully repaired and starts research on the D4Y4.
RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 9:21 am
by setloz
ORIGINAL: Spidery
ORIGINAL: Lowpe
No Irving? Why not?
I may change my mind on that because there seems to be an excess of Ha-35.
The "P1Y2-S" looks better than the "J1N1-Sa" (faster, armoured, durability, climb, range are all better). The choice between A6M5d-s and J1N1-S looks unclear. The A6M5d-S has better climb, weapons, speed, service rating and is cheaper, but loses on range and durability. I may build the J1N1-S for an initial bit, just because it arrives a few months earlier.
Obvert's AAR explains in detail how the Irvings are quite good once they get the radar. (J1N1-Sa version).
And it can be available quite early, to help protect Palembang/Balikpapan oilfields from night bombings.
Quoting from his review of NFs used in his game:
Here is the list of NF groups in the end. One or two actually withdraw in May, which sucks, as well.
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The J1S1-Sa is probably the best all around until the Randy Ic comes online. I didn't get to use the Randy though. Too late arriving.
The Frances was surprisingly effective and durable, with very few lost.
The A6M NF is very useful with it's low service rating and the ability to make a lot cheaply.
The Dinah II KAI in spite of it's good speed is very fragile and it was hard to keep groups full I lost so many.
The Nick Id is not so good, about like the early J1N1-S.
RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:21 am
by Spidery
ORIGINAL: setloz
ORIGINAL: Spidery
ORIGINAL: Lowpe
No Irving? Why not?
I may change my mind on that because there seems to be an excess of Ha-35.
The "P1Y2-S" looks better than the "J1N1-Sa" (faster, armoured, durability, climb, range are all better). The choice between A6M5d-s and J1N1-S looks unclear. The A6M5d-S has better climb, weapons, speed, service rating and is cheaper, but loses on range and durability. I may build the J1N1-S for an initial bit, just because it arrives a few months earlier.
Obvert's AAR explains in detail how the Irvings are quite good once they get the radar. (J1N1-Sa version).
And it can be available quite early, to help protect Palembang/Balikpapan oilfields from night bombings.
Quoting from his review of NFs used in his game:
Here is the list of NF groups in the end. One or two actually withdraw in May, which sucks, as well.
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The J1S1-Sa is probably the best all around until the Randy Ic comes online. I didn't get to use the Randy though. Too late arriving.
The Frances was surprisingly effective and durable, with very few lost.
The A6M NF is very useful with it's low service rating and the ability to make a lot cheaply.
The Dinah II KAI in spite of it's good speed is very fragile and it was hard to keep groups full I lost so many.
The Nick Id is not so good, about like the early J1N1-S.
The H-6 Radar isn't available until 6/44 so before that the J1N1-Sa doesn't seem significantly better than the J1N1-S or A6M5d-S. As you can see in obvert's comments, he liked the P1Y2-S. My aim is to get the P1Y2-S deployed as early as possible. In retrospect, it might have been better to have set R&D up to get the J1N1-Sa before 6/44 in order to start using the radar as soon as it is available. However, I neglected to plan for that.
RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:52 am
by Spidery
July 26th 1942
Air Losses: 23 Japanese, 9 Allied, 5 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy: Cox's Bazaar(auto)
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:
DISASTER!
China
Unexpectedly, at 79,46, the Chinese are driven back at the first attack[8D]. This is a step closer to Chungking.
Attacking force 32944 troops, 253 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 1028
Defending force 18288 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 500
Japanese adjusted assault: 880
Allied adjusted defense: 376
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1051 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 84 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Allied ground losses:
5093 casualties reported
Squads: 162 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 178 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
39th Division
13th Division
19th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
18th Chinese Corps
On the road from Patung a surprisingly good bombardment[:)]:
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2655 troops, 248 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 430
Defending force 53835 troops, 221 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1524
Allied ground losses:
405 casualties reported
Squads: 28 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Assaulting units:
116th Division
11th Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
NCPC Army
4th Mortar Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
28th Mountain Gun Regiment
7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
20th Chinese Corps
21st Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
30th Group Army
Not sure why I am getting so many destroyed results. There was a movement arrow so I may have caught something in move mode.
An air to ground attack near Kweiyang meets surprisingly heavy flak.
Chinese forces have pulled back into Kunming and abandoned the approaches.
Burma
I have been sending fuel do Georgetown from Rangoon. Suddenly, the fuel at Rangoon shot up - it looks like it has all flown back to Rangoon.
Australia
Allies sweep Katherine and meet some leaky LRCAP from over Fenton. Looks like an even swap.
New Caledonia
I messed up the orders for one of the failed task forces at Koumac and forgot to cancel the load order. It loaded an SNLF company and then hang around for the day trying to load some supplies that weren't there. This was a bad move and the Allied punished it. The Takao and Tone have been lost
. The 2 DD are damaged but will probably make it to safety unless sunk by subs.
The other task force I did cancel the load but, despite being set to mission speed, it moved at full speed for the entire day so is now short of fuel South of Rabaul, but has enough to make it.
Oh well it could be worse, it could be Midway[:D]!
Allies lose two more B-17 attacking Luganville.
Pacific
Miscellaneous failed ASW and sub attacks by both sides. More claimed sub hits.
Engineering
Amami Oshima expands to 2. Some Anns will base there to give ASW coverage over the deep water gap where Allied subs have been active.
R&D
Quiet
CHINA
RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 1:14 pm
by offenseman
ORIGINAL: Spidery
However, I neglected to plan for that.
Their is always something in my plans that fit that category! [:D]
RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:49 pm
by Spidery
July 27th 1942
Air Losses: 4 Japanese, 8 Allied, 1 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:
China
Chinese forces are now pulling back not just in the Chihkiang area but also near Kienko. The bombardment attacks on the Kienko road have stopped, but now I have started them.
Burma
Wellingtons hit Magwe for no effect. Expecting a night attack I had Nicks and A6m2s on night CAP and 8 Wellingtons are downed.
A 1250 size tanker is lost to a sub attack near Phuket.
Australia
Lightnings sweep Darwin but find no defenders. Recce reveals that troops have moved North from Daly Waters.
New Caledonia
Quiet
Pacific
Quiet
Engineering
Milne Bay Airfield expands to 4. Allies expand Daly Waters to 8.
R&D
Quiet
RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 6:35 pm
by Lowpe
ORIGINAL: Spidery
Burma
Wellingtons hit Magwe for no effect. Expecting a night attack I had Nicks and A6m2s on night CAP and 8 Wellingtons are downed.
Were they downed by flak or air to air or both? That is a great result, my night fighters this early can't knock anything down. Of course you probably have decent pilots. [:)]
RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 4:03 am
by Spidery
ORIGINAL: Lowpe
ORIGINAL: Spidery
Burma
Wellingtons hit Magwe for no effect. Expecting a night attack I had Nicks and A6m2s on night CAP and 8 Wellingtons are downed.
Were they downed by flak or air to air or both? That is a great result, my night fighters this early can't knock anything down. Of course you probably have decent pilots. [:)]
About half and half. Just noticed they came in at 1000 feet so may have been lost to balloons.
Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 5
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed by flak
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Wellington Ic bombing from 1000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
6th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 24 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
84th I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 35200.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 1,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 5
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed by flak
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wellington Ic bombing from 1000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
6th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (27 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
27 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
84th I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead
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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 9
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 7
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed by flak
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Wellington Ic bombing from 1000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
6th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (23 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
23 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
84th I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead
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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 7
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed by flak
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington Ic bombing from 1000 feet
City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
6th Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (22 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
22 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
84th I.F.Chutai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000
Raid is overhead
RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 4:18 am
by Spidery
July 28th 1942
Air Losses: 22 Japanese, 4 Allied, 0 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:
China
Harassing attacks on the retreating Chinese. Drove back the 6th Chinese Corps that was opening an escape route. I think there is an opportunity to trap some Chinese forces over the next couple of weeks. Just needs my bombers to slow down his retreat for a few days.
Burma
Quiet
Australia
Darwin is swept again but then B-17E hit the airfield and catch defenders on the ground. I had night CAP up but no day CAP. Many aircraft lost or damaged.
New Caledonia
Quiet
Pacific
Quiet
Engineering
Some Soviet bases expand.
R&D
Quiet
RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 6:48 am
by Spidery
July 29th 1942
Air Losses: 5 Japanese, 1 Allied, 0 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:
Sub Wars
Allies score hits on a tanker and a freighter but both are duds.
I-28 puts two torpedoes into the City of Hankow, near the Aden exit zone, and sinking sounds are heard.
Huge number of claimed hits on subs by the aircraft from the carriers that are moving back to safety. No idea if any of these are real.
China
More bombing to slow down and damage escaping forces.
Burma
Allied bombers hit the port at Akyab and sink the ACM there.
Australia
Allied bombers hit Katherine, light damage.
New Caledonia
The 53rd Division succumbs.
Pacific
I have evacuated Rabaul of all ships except for a few ACM, an AS and an AD. This because it is in 4E range from Cooktown.
Engineering
Truk forts reach 5, will continue to make them 6.
R&D
Quiet
RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 9:02 am
by Spidery
July 30th 1942
Air Losses: 0 Japanese, 0 Allied, 0 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:
[>:]
RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:35 am
by Spidery
July 31st 1942
Air Losses: 3 Japanese, 3 Allied, 0 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:
Sub Wars
All inconsequential.
First encounter with an Allied sub near Sakhalin.
China
More bombing to slow down and damage escaping forces.
Probe at Kunming shows:
Ground combat at Kunming (69,48)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1032 troops, 105 guns, 86 vehicles, Assault Value = 694
Defending force 33584 troops, 172 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 880
Allied ground losses:
201 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
12th Tank Regiment
27th Division
8th Tank Regiment
13th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
52nd Field AA Battalion
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
73rd Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
66th Chinese Corps
11th Group Army
China Air TaskForce
33rd Base Group
16th Chinese Base Force
I will overstack by moving a brigade in and then launch a deliberate attack. Will try some air attack first.
Burma
Quiet
Australia
Quiet. I have pulled most of the defense out of Katherine and back to Darwin.
Pacific
A present for the Allies:
TF 242 encounters mine field at Isle of Pines (115,161)
Allied Ships
DE King, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
No sinking sounds though.
Engineering
Rota airfield to 2.
R&D
Ki-44-IIc to 6/43
Mitsubishi Ha-43 to 1/45
The D3A2 Val is available, will ignore.
The Ki-43-IIa is available, will upgrade production to this even though will have the next model available next month.
RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:43 am
by Spidery
July in Review
A mixed month. Up until the loss of 2 CA I was content with it. New Caledonia had been lost but I made some good progress in China.
Changes over the month:
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+1002 Japanese overall
+1656 Allied overall
+243 Japanese base points
+973 Allied base points
+283 Allied aircraft points loss
+262 Japanese aircraft points loss
+321 Allied army loss
+277 Japanese army loss
+152 Points for sunk allied ships
+149 Points for sunk Japanese ships
VP ratio is now 2.499::1
RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:45 am
by Spidery
Japanese ships lost
With the exception of 1 ACM and 1 TK this is all related to the New Caledonia action.
RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:48 am
by Spidery
Allied ship losses
Add to this 3 AVD, 1 xAP and 1 xAK.
Apart from the City of Hankow, everything was lost around New Caledonia. Apart from that single attack my subs have failed miserably against convoys this month. I found and harassed one convoy from the East Coast but never managed to penetrate the screens. Otherwise, I am failing to find any convoys.
RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:49 am
by Spidery
Base Control
RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:58 am
by Spidery
Economy
Change on month
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+153,283 Fuel
-59,359 Oil
+48,577 Supply
+65,623 HI
+8,404 Armament
-1,429 Vehicle
I think the Vehicle drop was caused by upgrading tanks.
The 19 unfixed oil wells are at Urumchi; I am trying to fix them but supply flows slowly to there. Oil seems to flow easily from Urumchi but fuel does not.
RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:49 pm
by Spidery
August 1st 1942
Air Losses: 2 Japanese, 4 Allied, 0 Pilots
Japanese occupy: Groot Natoena (air drop)
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:
Sub Wars
All inconsequential.
China
Some bad weather grounds attacks but do bomb Kunming airfield and troops.
An attack at Chihkiang does poorly with many guns disabled.
Burma
Allies drop bombs in the jungle.
Australia
Quiet.
Pacific
Allies bombard Luganville, but it is completely abandoned.
Engineering
Fusan port to 8 - I wonder if this will help move resources etc.
R&D
A6M5c to 6/44.
RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 4:16 pm
by Lowpe
You better watch out now that MrKane isn't distracted by Greyjoy! Or hope he gets another game going soon. [:D]