Turnaround? Lowpe (J) vs Tiemanj (A) Stock

[Lowpe]

Sept 11, 1944

Allies bombard three bases, and Kurume auto falls.

Will I be able to weather the storm of sweeps to hit the expected bombers?

[Lowpe]

Osaka gets hit hard during the morning; but in the afternoon a Spitfire sweep...perhaps the weather has cleared.

[Lowpe]

We fight off another Jugs sweep, and then some bombers wander by.

[Lowpe]

Unescorted bombers...[:D]

[Lowpe]

If they keep coming, we will keep shooting them down!

[Lowpe]

I hate when the 4E come last...oh my!

[Lowpe]

After two more Mitchell runs, a fourth wave of fighter sweeps shows up.

Only one fighter flies, and is put down pretty quickly.

[Lowpe]

My fighter losses are high.[:(]

But 17 4E beasties put down.[:)]

[Lowpe]

Kurume falls with a shot being fired. +900 VP for the Allies right there, but we are still below 2.1 to 1.

Take out that 900 point gain for the Allies, and I would have had another positive VP day. Sigh.

I am really going to cringe when Nagasaki falls.[:(]

[Mike McCreery]

When looked at strictly from your AAR the allies actions seem extremely hodgepodge with too many isolated groups of units.

It really goes to prove that the Allies just have to live through 1943 and after that it is pretty much cake.

[Lowpe]

I hate when the bombers do better than the fighters.[X(]

[Lowpe]

The Iki fort is receiving some attention from single engine, 2E and 4E bombers. Disruption is quite high now...

[Lowpe]

My one and only Radar equipped Iboat. In another 7 days a second will leave the docks at Port Arthur, should I avoid a low flying B29 strike.

In other sub news, in the next 7 days I will be getting my greedy hands on 5 new SSTs. They are the 40 capacity type Yu. Normally nobody ever builds these, but this will increase my build to 8.

I really like them, in the situation I find myself. I built 3 way back in 43 and thru trial and error lost 2 of the 3. But now I know how to run these bad boys, they have been hauling supplies non-stop.

You need to be careful in how you use them, since they are worth a lot of VP sunk. But they save a lot of victory points by running supplies and preventing lcu losses thru lack of supply. Not to mention they can keep AA firing, Atolls supplied, etc., etc.

Very useful boats, imho if you have the fuel as they are pigs.[:D]

[Lowpe]

Probably another invasion force...there is a division almost everywhere, but the supplies are really poor. The troops have enough to shoot, but nothing stockpiled.

I am running supplies in as fast as I can, but it is simply not enough.

Allies have 66 units at Hanoi and Haiphong...I don't have a prayer of stopping their shocking across the river, but so far he hasn't started moving -- I think. My aerial recon is very poor.

[Lowpe]

Enter the Marine Corp...[X(]

[mind_messing]

Have you seen any difference from the IJN radar on the subs?

[Lowpe]

The end is nigh.

[Lowpe]

My first, and so far my only attack with a radar equipped sub.

[JohnDillworth]

The end is nigh.

yikes! 5 well supported Marine Divisions with tons of tanks and artillery. What's plan B? [&:]

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: JohnDillworth

The end is nigh.

yikes! 5 well supported Marine Divisions with tons of tanks and artillery. What's plan B? [&:]

I have been toying with what to do, and doing some rough math in my head, and I think the prudent thing to do is to abandon western Honshu and start a new line from Kobe/Osaka to the north east. Nagoya to the south east,and prepare for an invasion in one of the open hexes in eastern Honshu where at least I have level 5 or 6 forts.

I think I can absorb the VP losses (towns & ships in cues) and still force the Allies to work on invading eastern Honshu.

First thoughts are I can most likely get almost everything back to Kobe/Osaka. Except for Matsumaya's 650 AV.

Hopefully the Allies will maintain the garrison levels.