Always with them negative waves... Aaffins/Cheesesteak v. RADM Yamaguchi

[Cheesesteak]

If you can't tell, we are going from worst to best. This is the good stuff.

China

[Cheesesteak]

Good stuff, part duex.

[Cheesesteak]

points tally. I'm not sure what would qualify for "low" at this point in the war. Have a feeling we are towards the middle of the pack. I enjoy staring at the relative plane losses.

[Cheesesteak]

less fun reading:

[Cheesesteak]

Not likely to face further incursion, but we are well prepared for it across the Pacific. Example:

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cheesesteak

LHI and Norfolk still have active search planes. Daily bombing on ground troops at LHI produces consistent casualties without resistance. Example:

Morning Air attack on 8th JNAF AF Unit , at 100,169 (Lord Howe Island)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 5

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

That works out to 4.6 persons per disabled squad. 10 is full strength for a support squad. When the squad takes some more casualties and gets down to about 3 people or less, the squad ceases to be viable as an entity and it becomes destroyed. So my guess is that you are very close to getting lots of destroyed squads from your attacks.

[Cheesesteak]

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That works out to 4.6 persons per disabled squad. 10 is full strength for a support squad. When the squad takes some more casualties and gets down to about 3 people or less, the squad ceases to be viable as an entity and it becomes destroyed. So my guess is that you are very close to getting lots of destroyed squads from your attacks.
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fighting a cold at the moment, and read the first part of your post as though it was a LSAT question.

[Alfred]

A single, ready support device, represents 12 men.
 
Alfred

[CaptBeefheart]

Thanks. Have you considered keeping him interested in SoPac while going big in the Aleutians?

Cheers,
CB

[Cheesesteak]

ORIGINAL: CaptBeefheart

Thanks. Have you considered keeping him interested in SoPac while going big in the Aleutians?

Cheers,
CB

So/CenPac are two areas we can make hay. Keeping him interested with enough force to take advantage of the situation if he doesn't counter.

Controversial take - I don't consider the Aleutians to be overly relevant. If anything, I see it as a place to be leapfrogged (if you hold Midway).

[Cheesesteak]

Fins is currently out of town, so Gooch and I turned a few furious turns around.

We had 4-6 turns of the pleasantly quiet variety. Akyab is fully occupied by the Allies. Sloppy play on our part let him net more frames destroyed from bombardments than should've been the case. Still, we've returned the favor over the skies of Mandalay, consistently scoring 4-1 to 7-1 favorable trades on sweeps. The Oscars simply can't deal. I'll keep this up as long as he still puts CAP up. The second it goes down, a metal rain will fall on the airfield.

Most of our naval forces in the SoPac have returned from patrols for minor repairs. I've sent intercepting 2DD tfs to harass potential AP sightings at Norfolk Island. They haven't hit anything, but hopefully it will force him to either escort more fully or abandon.

[Cheesesteak]

If we still have any readers after our hiatus, wanted to give a shout out to CR and I think Obvert for flagging the advantage of low VP scores for Allied players. It makes sense on the tactical side of house (air frame and LCU pools, etc), but the strategic part is even better.

[Encircled]

Yeah

I won my last game in Sept 44 with the Allied army about to enter Manchuria after clearing out China, but my VP advantage was barely over 3 to 1 because of my high air, land and naval losses.

[CaptBeefheart]

Good to see you gents back in action.

Cheers,
CB

[Bif1961]

Your readers are still here and waiting with bated breath for another installment.

[Cheesesteak]

ORIGINAL: Bif1961

Your readers are still here and waiting with bated breath for another installment.

Can't wait to disappoint! When I get home from work I'll post some combat reports.

I don't mean to be critical of our opponent, because it's too early to say for sure, but I'm fairly confident he's overextended. We have been playing a fun (for me) cat and mouse game around Lord Howe and Norfolk islands. Essentially, Fins has set our reposte up such that he has been unable to make these bases functional for anything besides float planes.

So what, you may say? I can imagine a lot of IJ players would love to have eyes that deep in the SoPac. OZ still has plenty of fuel and supplies, and we've ejected all red boxes out of Eastern OZ. He doesn't now have the forces to advance (Raoul is heavily garrisoned, and odds of reinvading OZ are near zero). That leaves him with two outposts he appears intent on keeping, but can't defend without the KB. Harassing SCTFs, Bombardment TFs, and TFs feinting dives in but backing out have, for now, scared away resupply TFs.

Noumea and Luganville have been built up, with major HQ units having been flagged by SigInt at the latter. Can someone more strategically inclined explain to me why he has created a pocket that could be circumvented? He seems utterly confident in naval supremacy. At this point, he has reason to be. But the time is fast approaching where our Carriers would welcome a toe-to-toe battle close to friendly ports, with him being so very far from any repair shipyards.

[CaptBeefheart]

You probably have thought of this, but a CenPac offensive might do the trick. He'll either have to withdraw from those exposed positions or you'll cut him off. Do you still have Funafuti, Tabiteau (sp?), Nauru or Ocean? Are any of those vulnerable if he has them?

Cheers,
CB

[Cheesesteak]

ORIGINAL: CaptBeefheart

You probably have thought of this, but a CenPac offensive might do the trick. He'll either have to withdraw from those exposed positions or you'll cut him off. Do you still have Funafuti, Tabiteau (sp?), Nauru or Ocean? Are any of those vulnerable if he has them?

Cheers,
CB

He just caught us reinforcing Tabiteuauaueueuea (sp).

And you're spot on. To paraphrase Gandalf, things are now in motion which *can* be undone.

[Cheesesteak]

Good, bad, and meh

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jul 06, 42
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ASW attack near Koggala at 29,51

Japanese Ships
SS RO-63, hits 8, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
KV Hollyhock

SS RO-63 is sighted by escort
KV Hollyhock attacking submerged sub ....
Large oil slick appears over area of attack!
Escort abandons search for sub

[Cheesesteak]

good:

Afternoon Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 10
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 4
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 20000 feet

CAP engaged:
264th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 6000.
Raid is overhead
64th Sentai/A with Ki-43-Ia Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
64th Sentai/B with Ki-43-Ia Oscar (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
64th Sentai/C with Ki-43-Ia Oscar (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 20000 feet

CAP engaged:
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters to 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
64th Sentai/B with Ki-43-Ia Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes