Most of the stuff that you get is junk, but there are some items that can give you clues as to what might be coming. It depends on how much of the info that you want to plot. I tend to keep an eye on it looking for major fleet units, which the intel report sometimes does show up.
I would suspect that there is, but unless I have full access to the the enemies (Luskan damn his blackheart!) screen then it is hard for me to confirm. Best we past this question onto banananana boy and ask him if there are in fact the troops at those hexes as reported by inte.l
Never argue with an idiot, he will only drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
There are a few errors there - but the most important thing to remember with sigint is that it isn't a 1 turn deal. You ahve to study it for a week.
E.g. After a WEEK in our last game, Raver should have noticed that there were no emissions from Suva at all - when I'd just invaded the place with 2 unf units etc. If I'd moved HQs and CDs in there like I'd boasted - then it definitely would have shown up.
More useful for when you're the japs and you've got a few little inf units you want to go out and capture empty bases with - but aren't sure which ones are empty, and don't want to telegraoph by recon.
In another game I saw a major offensive coming, which was nice.
With dancing Bananas and Storm Troopers who needs BBs?
This turn was so good my banana leapt for joy (spot free joy). Disappointing at Sian - Raver was just too fast and left my hammerblow singing pointlessly at mid air. He's down making trouble near Nanning (and I'm way out of position to stop him atm). He's not stupid (any more) he's learnt his lesson in China and so in two months, although I'll have a few more bases, I'll have to keep more and more divisions in china to bottle up the shorter, more dangerous chinese line (rather than sending them off to the DEI as I'd like).
Ron is going to be unhappy. 3rd sub in deep water in 3 turns that raver's hunter killer group has killed.
But the best part of this turn wasn't the bombers sinking allied transports, or the troops taking Balikpapan, or even the troops getting into better position (finally) in the PI. No - the best part was my surface combat group, all dds, lead by Admiral Goto, that slipped through the Malacca straight three nights ago - they originally tried to slip through with the CL Sendai as their flagship, but she got blown up by allied torps, so they pressed on without her. They refuelled at Tavoy, and Raver, poor Raver never saw them coming.
They swept into Chandpur harbour at night, and caught a bunch of transports full of supplies and surprised them. The long lances really came in handy, and the allies didn't even fire a shot in return, and then they happened across one of Raver's bigger indian inf stuffed onto three large transports - and sank them as well. Ammo expended, in need of some more torpedoes, but very, very very satisfying to cull so many ships and so many troops in two quick and easy fights at 4000 yards, without taking the slightest bit of damage.
As for the fuso - certainly not heavy damage. She is under 20 sys damage - it was just allied pilots trying to lie to their commander to cover up their botched bombing runs.
Enjoy. I know my banana did!
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/21/41
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Coastal Guns at Balikpapan, 31,64, firing at TF 94
TF 94 troops unloading over beach at Balikpapan, 31,64
28 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
AP Hiyoshi Maru
Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported
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ASW attack at 109,71
Japanese Ships
SS I-169, hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Monaghan
DD Alwin
DD Allen
DD Litchfield
DD Chew
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Chandpur at 30,25
Allied Ships
AK Empire Spray, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Empire Raven, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AK Empire Patrol, Shell hits 1, on fire
AP Dardanus
AK Chilka, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AK Jalatarang
AP Neptuna, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AK Bordvik, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AK Eidsvold, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Chandpur at 30,25
Allied Ships
AP Empire Attendant, Shell hits 19, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Empire Chivalry, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AP Empress of Asia, Shell hits 56, and is sunk
PG Freesia
PG Auricula
Allied ground losses:
962 casualties reported
Guns lost 16
Gotta love that - 10 transports, a thousand troops, all gone bye bye! [:D]
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Coastal Guns at Balikpapan, 31,64, firing at TF 94
TF 94 troops unloading over beach at Balikpapan, 31,64
6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Day Air attack on Tavoy , at 28,37
Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 9
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 1 damaged
Runway hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Blenheim I bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 31,64
Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 3
Martin 139 x 3
no losses
Japanese Ships
CL Nagara
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Balikpapan at 31,64
Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 3
Martin 139 x 2
Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Kyuma Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 42,51
Japanese aircraft
B5N Kate x 8
G4M1 Betty x 3
Allied aircraft
P-35A x 3
P-40B Tomahawk x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 4
Allied Ships
AP President Madison, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x B5N Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 42,51
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 3
Allied aircraft
P-35A x 3
P-40B Tomahawk x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Anakan, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on Darwin , at 36,84
Japanese aircraft
G3M Nell x 9
Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Bulmer, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x G3M Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Ground combat at Balikpapan
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 11435 troops, 91 guns, 15 vehicles
Defending force 1648 troops, 24 guns, 4 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 90 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Balikpapan base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
178 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1
Allied ground losses:
231 casualties reported
Guns lost 8
Vehicles lost 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Ground combat at Sian
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 87178 troops, 993 guns, 12 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Japanese assault odds: 2934 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Sian base !!!
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Ground combat at Yenen
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 30797 troops, 405 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 8026 troops, 66 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
547 casualties reported
Guns lost 17
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Ground combat at 27,39
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 1562 troops, 0 guns, 103 vehicles
Defending force 260 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 234 to 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Ground combat at 23,47
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 1385 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 661 troops, 3 guns, 1 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 64 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
With dancing Bananas and Storm Troopers who needs BBs?
Ron is going to be unhappy. 3rd sub in deep water in 3 turns that raver's hunter killer group has killed.
ASW attack at 109,71
Japanese Ships
SS I-169, hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Monaghan
DD Alwin
DD Allen
Got that right. I'm loosin' it! [:D]Time will show that the Allied ASW is much too effective. What speed are these ASW TFs travelling at? Bet you they are at mission speed meaning they are travelling too fast to effectively use their sonar. But allied sonar almost always picks up subs first. I've had three instances where the jap sub actually fired and it is now mid April 42.
Oh, yeah. Like everyone is fond of saying..."it's a sixty mile hex."[8D]
Yammas from The Apo-Tiki Lounge. Future site of WITP AE benders! And then the s--t hit the fan
That bloody banana boy! The sod snuck into Chandpur and went on a rampage that would have put any teen flick slasher movie to shame, and he drowned half of an Indian brigade[:(] I never had a clue that they were there[&:]
I tell you this guys is a sneaky little shite and I can't wait till '44 when I bomb him back to the stone age ![:@]
Never argue with an idiot, he will only drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
By any chance, do you still have the turn saved in which your destroyers caught those transports? If you do, can you run that turn against the AI? I'd love to see if the AI would get smacked as badly as Raver was.
I lost my last post, so I'll do a summarazed version:
Quiet turn. I took Naga and Lingayen. Raver's troops in PI going to starve. I want to sink POW and Repulse - was hoping to find them at Chandpur and long lance them. Banana out.
With dancing Bananas and Storm Troopers who needs BBs?
Quiet turn my arse! My turns are NEVER quite.....I am always busy shipping hundreds of thousands of supply and fuel points (Yup, I have one convoy at sea that has got 157,000 supply points loaded[:D]). POW and Repulse are going to be sent to XXXXXX, lucky for the RN I was able to intercept that stupid order that Winston sent to them and thus I saved the day!
All hail the Raver as the Wise and All Knowing Commander![&o][&o][&o][&o]
[:D]
Never argue with an idiot, he will only drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
After the big flap about air losses in the recent AI AAR, I'd be interested in seeing the victory points screens of this game to get an idea of op losses under two human opponents control. Any chance one of you two could post a screen to enlighten us?
Ron is going to be unhappy. 3rd sub in deep water in 3 turns that raver's hunter killer group has killed.
ASW attack at 109,71
Japanese Ships
SS I-169, hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Monaghan
DD Alwin
DD Allen
Got that right. I'm loosin' it! [:D]Time will show that the Allied ASW is much too effective. What speed are these ASW TFs travelling at? Bet you they are at mission speed meaning they are travelling too fast to effectively use their sonar. But allied sonar almost always picks up subs first. I've had three instances where the jap sub actually fired and it is now mid April 42.
Oh, yeah. Like everyone is fond of saying..."it's a sixty mile hex."[8D]
Just experienced my sixth IJN sub attack. A TK took one torp and the I-1 got schmucked by the escorts, DDs Pope and Peary and MSW Lark. Gawd help the IJN when Allied experience goes up and ASW refits come online.
Turn it down, please. And I'm an Allied fanboy, sort of.[;)]
Yammas from The Apo-Tiki Lounge. Future site of WITP AE benders! And then the s--t hit the fan
And more importantly, where is the turn????????????????
I waited till 12 last night and checked again this morning before I went to work and still had not received the Email........do you want to send it again?
Never argue with an idiot, he will only drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
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Sub attack at 47,103
Japanese Ships
SS I-173
Allied Ships
CA Houston, Torpedo hits 1
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ASW attack at 108,69
Japanese Ships
SS I-170, hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Monaghan
DD Alwin
DD Allen
DD Litchfield
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ASW attack at 143,50
Japanese Ships
SS I-6, hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Lawrence
DD King
DD Preston
DD Smith
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Day Air attack on TF, near Soc Trang at 29,46
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3
no losses
Japanese Ships
AP Kyokusei Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45
Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 5
Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Akatsuki
CA Mogami
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Wirraway bombing at 2000 feet
4 x Wirraway bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 33,64
Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 3
Martin 139 x 3
Allied aircraft losses
Martin 139: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Nagara, Bomb hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 24,49
Allied aircraft
Vildebeest IV x 12
Allied aircraft losses
Vildebeest IV: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
AP Kasui Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AP Daifuku Maru, heavy damage
AP Ayaha Maru
AK Akita Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Vildebeest IV launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x Vildebeest IV launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x Vildebeest IV launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x Vildebeest IV launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 33,64
Allied aircraft
Martin 139 x 1
no losses
Japanese Ships
AP Kashiwa Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 33,64
Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D x 3
Martin 139 x 1
no losses
Japanese Ships
AP Hie Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Martin 139 bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF, near Khota Bharu at 24,45
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 8
Blenheim IV x 3
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing at 6000 feet
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Day Air attack on Ichang , at 47,33
Japanese aircraft
Ki-51 Sonia x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-51 Sonia: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 24,49
Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 3
no losses
Japanese Ships
AP Kasui Maru, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Wirraway bombing at 2000 feet
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TF 49 troops unloading over beach at Ormoc, 43,57
Japanese ground losses:
131 casualties reported
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Ground combat at Naga
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 2577 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 138 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Naga base !!!
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Ground combat at Lingayen
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 1986 troops, 6 guns, 133 vehicles
Defending force 912 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 136 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Lingayen base !!!
Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
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Ground combat at 28,39
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 1562 troops, 0 guns, 103 vehicles
Defending force 210 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 230 to 1
SIG INT REPORT FOR 12/22/41
251404 men are based at Nagasaki.
Maizuru Fortress is located at Kyoto.
Radio transmissions detected at Taipei.
Radio transmissions detected at Vancouver.
Radio transmissions detected at Vancouver.
4th Army is located at Harbin.
11th Heavy AA Battalion is located at Osaka/Kobe.
33rd Division is located at Bangkok.
Radio transmissions detected at Sendai.
Radio transmissions detected at Tokyo.
107th IJA Base Force is located at Taejon.
Radio transmissions detected at 50,39.
China Expeditionary Army is located at Canton.
Radio transmissions detected at Naga.
20th Engineer Regiment is located at Canton.
9754 men are based at Kompong Trach.
25th Army is located at 25,46.
5th AA Regiment is located at Niigata.
Radio transmissions detected at 51,42.
51st AA Regiment is located at Takao.
Never argue with an idiot, he will only drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
[:D]Time will show that the Allied ASW is much too effective. What speed are these ASW TFs travelling at? Bet you they are at mission speed meaning they are travelling too fast to effectively use their sonar. But allied sonar almost always picks up subs first. I've had three instances where the jap sub actually fired and it is now mid April 42.
