Lowpe (Japan) vs Wargamr (Allies)

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Will you guys continue to play thereafter? You've probably already covered that, but I can't recall.

It will be game over, I need to concentrate on Obvert![X(]

[Elessar2]

Shame, I'd like to see if he could come back.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Elessar2

Shame, I'd like to see if he could come back.

Of course he could.[:)] It would just extend the end game.

[DanSez]

(re: ending the game)

As you said, Allies would come back eventually in the end game.
You are probably passing up one of your best chances to get Jets in the air for the end game.

[Lowpe]

Jan 12, 1942

3.965:1 VP Ratio

Grab another base in the north pacific

Chungking expands to lvl 7 runway

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: DanSez

(re: ending the game)

As you said, Allies would come back eventually in the end game.
You are probably passing up one of your best chances to get Jets in the air for the end game.

Yep, I would have had the Kikka in big numbers very early....

Also, I would have tested out the Randy FB in big numbers too...although that is certainly a lot less sexy.

[BBfanboy]

How can anything called Randy not be sexy?

[Lowpe]

Jan 15, 1942

Knock down forts on Adak to 2...over 30,000 Allies waiting to surrender.

The 155mm CD gun unit present has been a royal pain...

[Lowpe]

VP ratio now 3.969 to 1....

Knock down forts here to 2...most of the IJA artillery is here.




Ground combat at Changteh (81,50)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7368 troops, 509 guns, 564 vehicles, Assault Value = 726

Defending force 32129 troops, 117 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 930

Allied ground losses:
355 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
15th Division
22nd Division
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
1st Mortar Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
44th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
20th Group Army
6th War Area
17th Construction Regiment

[Lowpe]

Night bombing at Magwe ineffective

Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 11000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
65th Sentai/A with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 3000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes



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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 11000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
65th Sentai/A with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 3000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes



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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 11000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
65th Sentai/A with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 3000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Raid is overhead



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Night Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 11000 feet
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
65th Sentai/A with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 3000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Raid is overhead

[Lowpe]

Jan 16, 1943

VP Ratio is now 3.993 to 1 as Umnak falls.

[Lowpe]

So, I am setting up to take Dora Harbor and another base by paratroop drop in the great North, and that might tip the scales over 4.0...or a large Chinese defeat, or simply bombing and bombardments on Allied troops will put Japan over the edge, perhaps, this next turn or the following barring Allied actions.

I don't think I need take Adak at all.

[Lowpe]

Jan 16, 1943

Another bombardment...the KB will bomb from 16K, a deliberate attack with all three divisions here, but they are fatigued and disrupted...

but I wanted to get another attack in, since I think IJA troopers will route another Chinese stack...

the games hangs on the balance with a VP ratio of 3.996 to 1...the Allies have pretty much conceded this unless there is a startling surprise attack somewhere.

[Lowpe]

VP chart

[Lowpe]

Adak and Mines and 155mm CD guns...

a deadly combination. I spent destroyers freely, took many battleship mine hits, and lost many ships.

[Lowpe]

Lots and lots of losses...

[Lowpe]

It was a horrible cost...but enabled the IJN to savage Allied air force on islands. For me, nailing those P38s & Beasts on the island was worth the cost.

Bombardments let my inferior planes perform more than adequately.

[Lowpe]

It is ironic, to be on the cusp of a 4-1 AV, having set up and planned for a long game. My prep for Franks, Kikka and Sam super early, with Randy and Patsy coming too...

I started the game with the mindset of less than historical expansion and strong counter attacks (no Port Moresby, but Ceylon raid, nothing south of Lunga (and that only lightly held). The Allies attempted two big offensives too early.

The Allies however gave me Port Moresby on the cheap, so I took it, crushed the Allied offensives at Tabit and Attu decided to shoot for more in the North Pacific as it was such low hanging fruit. I had abandoned Ceylon and managed to reinforce it days prior to an invasion and shoot for auto victory by pushing forward to Adak and beyond.

I took Singapore without a shock attack and managed to take Chungking in I think 5 attacks after a very long siege without shattering any Japanese divisions.

The IJN performed admirably, getting night attacks, and a tip of the hat to multiple small task forces. The Yamato clash with Prince of Wales was pretty epic and her sister ship pulled her weight too. The IJN was a force of nature in this game, especially with hitting transports...gotta love all these 36cm kills and the list goes on and on with low VP cargo ships.

[Lowpe]

Allied major ship losses...

[Lowpe]

Japanese ship losses

Allies got one good hit against some cruisers, but the decisive carrier battle always evaded us with weather or settings playing against Japan several times...anyhow, I am not a believer in the decisive battle.[;)]