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The sound of a bomb impacting your deck is courtesy of the US Navy.

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Caught his transports of Anchorage as I hoped and sent my Avengers in to do some work and work they did.

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



Allied aircraft
P-36A Mohawk x 1
TBF-1 Avenger x 28


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Sumanoura Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Kanko Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Kano Maru
xAK Tateisi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Akagisan Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Lima Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAK Kasagi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Omi Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
254 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

And the afternoon attack:

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5



Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 10


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Tazima Maru
xAK Brisbane Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
195 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

and the final run

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 10


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Kokai Maru
xAK Tamashima Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Brisbane Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Matsue Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Day two of the attacks and my boys claimed to have put 3 bombs into the cruiser Mogami.

All in all a nice run. Moved what was left of both squadrons out of Kodiak as I expect a landing any day, but moved a Dauntless squadron in...their turn.

I'd pay real money for torpedos that detonated. 8 runs on his shipping off of alaska in two days...two whole hits. Very disappointing.

The brewing surface battle at Lunga did not as his surface force fled (well I like to think they fled) the area before mine arrived. His nells attempted to attack my departing warships on their leg home.

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
G3M2 Nell x 10



Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 11
P-40E Warhawk x 5
F4F-3 Wildcat x 5


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CL Trenton
CA Chicago

One of my P-38 drivers got the squads first confirmed kill.
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Australia

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remains a mess

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I have sent the US 32 Infantry division north to help with the fight, but they aren't exactly crack. Really the only good thing happening here is the B 17s are taking a toll on his troops. I have armored units moving along the flanks to protect him (he loves surrounding me) and soon Katherine will be the center of a bit of a battle.

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Most players seem to find that supply is too slow to support a fight at Katherine, so they pull back to Tennant Creek and let the Japanese come to them. By the time the IJA get there [bombed all the way] they are having the same supply movment problem and are much easier to kill. With your tank units, you might be the one doing the surrounding.[:)]
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The Royal Navy

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It's the 8th of August and the Fleet Air Arm is staying busy.

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I have a level 1 airbase with patrol craft at Carnarvon now and they spotted a transport at Port Hedland. With his carriers otherwise occupied I had no problems unleashing the Royal Navy again. I considered sending in the battleships but, with more then 10 transports sunk and the cost of 1000 troopers for him. The damage was done. My carriers are retiring south again out of harm's way.

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Most players seem to find that supply is too slow to support a fight at Katherine, so they pull back to Tennant Creek and let the Japanese come to them. By the time the IJA get there [bombed all the way] they are having the same supply movment problem and are much easier to kill. With your tank units, you might be the one doing the surrounding.[:)]


I had been doing this but he is content to just sit and wait for me. I have backed off again as I just don't have the combat power in the area yet...he still controls the skies and is pounding daly from the air, until I can get fighters with longer legs in the area I will have to be content to bomb him with my fortresses.
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Alaska

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Actually remain pleased here with everything BUT my submarines whose torpedoes continue to be laughable... I think he has spread himself thin and it is showing off Australia.


I landed Marine Paras at Valdez who promptly flipped Cordova. I just opened up two airbases, one at Yakutat and the other at Whitehorse bomber capable. I am airlifting the rest of the 1st Marine Para to Yakutat. If my recon shows zero troops at Whittier or Seward I am sending in the marines. I suspect that the troops he is hitting Kodiak with came from the same group of troops he marched on Anchorage. The two divisions he has there are beat up and while they will take Kodiak...they are struggling to do so due to their beat up nature. Another week and I will be able to hit Kodiak from the air with more then a pinkprick. I also believe he has withdrawn his carriers to the west, though I still see a small cap over Kodiak when my bombers move in. I remain just stunned that he didn't bring land base air to this party. Clearly this wasn't something he intended to have any staying power.

I do have carriers to the far south east but I will continue to keep them away from this fight until IM sure his have departed ...can't afford the losses.
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... Another week and I will be able to hit Kodiak from the air with more then a pinkprick. I also believe he has withdrawn his carriers to the west, though I still see a small cap over Kodiak when my bombers move in. I remain just stunned that he didn't bring land base air to this party. Clearly this wasn't something he intended to have any staying power.

I do have carriers to the far south east but I will continue to keep them away from this fight until IM sure his have departed ...can't afford the losses.
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... Another week and I will be able to hit Kodiak from the air with more then a pinkprick. I also believe he has withdrawn his carriers to the west, though I still see a small cap over Kodiak when my bombers move in. I remain just stunned that he didn't bring land base air to this party. Clearly this wasn't something he intended to have any staying power.

I do have carriers to the far south east but I will continue to keep them away from this fight until IM sure his have departed ...can't afford the losses.
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lol typo for the loss :P
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Down goes Mogami

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Caught her off Kodiak...where the garrison is not long for this world.

CA Mogami, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage

At last, a major Japanese warship sunk by the submarine Triton no less.

Kodiak should fall soon, but he is beginning to pay a price for it.
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My secret is out as he stuck Whitehorse with carrier bombers. He did some damage caught some bombers on the ground but nothing too terrible and I moved everyone south to Prince Rupert for the time being.

I do have a squad of fighters/dbs/and tbds at Yakutat ready to fly and at least one of his two carrier groups is well within range. Maybe tonite's turn.

Very happy to see one of my fleet subs do something...finally. Maybe a few more will pop his shipping in the Gulf of Alaska, make this little side operation somewhat costly.

Weather permitting, marine paras should drop on Anchorage. I have reconned it multiple times now and there appears to be no, none, zip, zilch, enemy troops there. I suspected as much. He simply has too many troops (3 divisions now) trying to take kodiak.
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Not much has changed in the south pacific or australia. He has a level 6 airbase at Lunga now which controls the area, but with the bulk of his naval air playing hopscotch off of Alaska I would say my line is very very safe. He isn't coming south anytime soon.

The air war has begun to heat up over Burma as he has introduced Tojos into the battle. Happy to see him finally cap some of his cities. Less happy to see Tojos. My hurricanes will pay a price for fighting them. I may back of the sweeps and go back to night bombing with my Blens. I want to attrit him here, but I am unwilling to do it if it cost me too heavy. Too early for that just now.

China remains a truck wreck. I have had some success running units around in his rear but overall the front lines haven't changed from 2 months ago.

He is using Helens to beat the hell out of my ground units. I only now have begun to test the skies over china with my meager Chinese air...
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Some numbers to chew on.

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This screen makes me a sad panda. I'm am in facted getting crushed.

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This one makes me happier, I have lost no major warships since that stupid battle off Lunga. Patience is the key, and I lack it.

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This would be all his warship losses to date. He has lost "just" 97 ships overall. Not good.

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Is it a bad thing that half of my aces are dutch?

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9 months till may huh...man that's a lifetime.
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Just started reading this and am now subscribed [;)] Nice AAR

I'm not the best Allied player but have played some handy JFBs and would comment thus far:

Alaska - what on earth are the Japanese doing? Makes no sense to me. This is a long war and it seems your opponent just wants to play with his toys whilst he can, he will regret this invasion.

China - if you're holding him around Changsha and Sian you're doing a good job

Oz - don't rush troops up North too quickly - I did once and then he landed south of me and cut everything off.

DEI - have these been totally taken yet?

Burma - ditto - if not then his war machine will come to a shuddering halt very soon

New Caledonia and area - think you are doing a good job here.

He can't be everywhere at once. You will start to see masses of good troops, aircraft, ships coming online next year. Don't panic. The Japs have overextended themselves and you will bring the war to an end well within the time limit.

One question I forgot to ask or haven't noticed - Scen 1 or Scen 2? Makes a big difference
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Hello and welcome aboard

I'm not the best Allied player but have played some handy JFBs and would comment thus far:

I'm a terrible player always have been. Yet for some reason I love this dumb game and keep trying. I have surrendered more often then I care to remember.

Alaska - what on earth are the Japanese doing? Makes no sense to me. This is a long war and it seems your opponent just wants to play with his toys whilst he can, he will regret this invasion.


I honestly didn't see this one coming. I have toyed with the area there as the Japanese but this has been a full on invasion supported by KB. I am throwing what I can at him but as most of my combat strength was or is heading towards the south pacific it's not much. I'm hopefully he will get tired of the area before winter...which is coming.

China - if you're holding him around Changsha and Sian you're doing a good job

So far, but only because he stopped pushing. I almost called it a game early as he just swept the Chinese aside like they weren't there. Then. He stopped.

Oz - don't rush troops up North too quickly - I did once and then he landed south of me and cut everything off.

I agree. And I haven't I have quite a few Aussie brigades and at least one US combat division in the area now...but not much happening other then me occasionally popping his troop ships at Port Hedland with the RN.

DEI - have these been totally taken yet?

Oh yes, long since his.

Burma - ditto - if not then his war machine will come to a shuddering halt very soon

Burma is all but his but he shows no sign of moving north from the country or east into china. Up until the last couple of days I had not seen a single fighter other then what he had based at Rangoon.

New Caledonia and area - think you are doing a good job here.

Thanks, it's pretty solid now. He stopped even trying fighter sweeps over Luginville. Was getting too costly for him. I need to decide what my next step in the area is, I was going to hit Lunga with B17s but they are busy over Australia now. I will probably stay pat for a long while here.

One question I forgot to ask or haven't noticed - Scen 1 or Scen 2? Makes a big difference

As I recall we are scen 2...but its been a few weeks since we started.
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Where did you lose so many ground troops? 12849 army loss points?
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Where did you lose so many ground troops? 12849 army loss points?


china.

Completely inexperienced on the allied side of things there...the few games I played there before...it was more realistic then this game in terms of the fighting.

It's the reason I almost surrendered a couple weeks ago, never seen a blitzkrieg campaign in china quite like the one he is running...
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So I am seriously thinking going to ground in this game. Completely. Drawing my troops as far back as I can while maintaining my rob superhighway in the pacific...not letting him overrun China completely and keeping as much of Australia as I can. Basically just avoid confrontation.

Australia is a mess...I have already begun the process there. My troops are falling back from Daly. He controls the air for now because my fighters don't have the legs to protect my ground troops. Until they do. It's his.

He controls Alaska for now. He obviously can't hang on to that. KB will leave eventually and when it does, while it won't be a cake walk it will fall. That is a matter of time and patience. I have both.

Nothing is happening in Burma. I mean nothing. I have stopped the sweeps and the night bombing campaign...such that it was. I don't need to attrit here sooner then later I will have massive amounts of air...and he won't. Frankly, the lines are fine where they are drawn till 43 (Ill get pics up tomorrow sometime). He obviously is satisfied with his gains there.

China...the ongoing disaster. This really is my fault. I have long had little interest in china. WHich was fine against most opponents. Taking China is central to his strategy and I have paid for my indifference. That being said he really isn't doing much more then bug killing there anymore. I run the occasional unit out behind his lines. Cause some mischief and he swats them. Yeah he is bombing the hell out of my Chinese troops here and there...but honestly that is just pilot training to him.

I have looked over my order of battle (spent a good 2 hours tonite just checking things out) and I am woefully under trained when it comes to pilots. It's scary how bad my squadrons are. I have some decent ones here and there but no where the amount I need. Further the quality of my aircraft is garbage. He has Tojos on the board in bulk already...in august 42. He is making runs over China with at least 100 or more helens. I simply cannot stand up to this level of crushing in the air and hope to do much more then offer my pilots as targets.

My naval forces have done okay for the last 4 months, but that's mostly me avoiding him every chance I get. He clipped about 10 ships tied to the pier in Alaska recently but beyond that he hasnt really done much navy wise except when Im trying to sneak something past him.

I really am starting to see the wisdom of just retreating and hiding until 43. Kind of sucks as a strategy though spending a year ducking, but with a player like CV2 I really don't see much else I can do. The guy is scary good. I guess being a beta tester will do that for you. He plays the game..like its a game.

The massive amount of divisions he has floating around in scenario two really tosses this mod out of balance, at least how he is using them. If we were playing for points this game would be over soon.

At any rate...Im mulling that now...going to ground..running and hiding everywhere...seems like really the only strategy left.
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Hiding is what you mainly do as the Allies early in the game, and when you have lost several CVs you have to do it a bit longer .... BUT ..... that does not mean hiding everywhere and at all times. You have significant surface assets and subs that can inflict damage if you use them at the right place and time. The keys are:
Search and recon extensively so you know where his major land/air/naval units are
Use pickets where search is weak
Use sub recon of particular small harbours where there are no mines
Be more aggressive when you know where Netties, KB and LKB are not
Move your 4E bombers around and hit weakly CAPped bases/ports
Move your fighters around to sometimes CAP a base being hit frequently by bombers. Even if escorted, the CAP usually does well against the escorts and in sufficient numbers will take down some bombers too.
Rotate units that have been worn down in battle to the rear for recuperation and bring in fresh units. This is necessary in China.
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A quick update as our game enters september.

Alaska.

I really don't get my opponent here. He curb stomped my forces here. Wasn't close. Then...he withdrawals. Now he beat up some ships, shot down a few planes and of course bayoneted all the prisoners he took in Alaska. But it did cost him. At least two Cruisers (turned out Mogami didn't sink as I discovered when my bombers put a couple 500 lbers into her moored at Kodiak) ate torpedoes and when I did take down his pilots...well they don't return. And three or more divisions got beat up, particularly at Kodiak. So he goes in takes Alaska, including Kodiak. Then evacuates. I simply don't get that. I assumed it wasn't much more then a raid, but it was a HUGE raid...

Dutch Harbor fell this turn, nome a few turns earlier.

I now have marines on the march as I landed them at Whittier Seward and they are moving to Anchorage, should be there soon. I expected to not retake Alaska until sometime next year due to winter. So I'm more then surprised he left nothing to defend the area given. Either way, there are no Japanese troops to be found here or at Kodiak which I will retake soon enough.

South Pacific.

He has taken to sending Nells to hit Luginville at night. I have a fragment of Wildcats who are chasing them around so they aren't having much effect.

Australia.

I moved my troops south, hoping he would keep bombing them. He did and my fighters chewed up a half a nell squadron. Yummy. He has been making fighter sweeps now and I intend to rotate my squadrons (3) in and out to keep them fresh and hopefully kill japanese pilots. So far he is cooperating though he is shooting more of my planes down then I am us his, but every dead enemy pilot is a good thing.

Burma.

Nadda. I have started moving my RAF bombers to China.

China.

I have begun the retreat to the core of china as I said. It surprised him I think. He continues to hit my troops with oogles of Helens, but since he doesn't appear to have much in the way of fighters in the area I have moved the RAF in and begun to bomb him outside Sian. Ill try to get some mappage of the area up tonite or tomorrow.

Indian Ocean. My remaining two British Carriers are now at Diego Garcia with the rest of the Royal Navy. I am considering a landing at the Cocos Islands. With most of his naval air a long long away. It would be nice to grab the place to use as an earlier warning area given my signint keeps telling me he plans to land at Diego Garcia.
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The only rationale I can think of for his actions in Alaska is that he was trying to provoke a carrier battle. You didn't bite so he left.
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