Rise of the Sheep! JocMeister(A) vs. Obvert(J)

[ny59giants]

Just for Greyjoy.

[BBfanboy]

Just one comment Jocke - I see that your roster includes 762nd Tank Bn which is still showing as restricted to the Hawaiian Dept. I presume you have PP to free it up?
And an afterthought - check the COs of your units on the rooster roster and weed out all the chickens! [:)]

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Just for Greyjoy.

I call your measly 41 million Supply and 32 million fuel and raise you 83 million Supply and 65 million fuel! [:D]

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Just one comment Jocke - I see that your roster includes 762nd Tank Bn which is still showing as restricted to the Hawaiian Dept. I presume you have PP to free it up?
And an afterthought - check the COs of your units on the rooster roster and weed out all the chickens! [:)]

Yepp! They are relatively cheap considering the punch they pack. Only 200 PP! [:)]

One small spelling mistake and I´ll be mocked forever? [:D]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Just for Greyjoy.

I call your measly 41 million Supply and 32 million fuel and raise you 83 million Supply and 65 million fuel! [:D]

No fair Jocke - you are a year further into your supply accumulation than Michael's game! You might have to wait a while for him to match your bet!

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

Ah, mythology. I had thought Swedish military history. I guess I could have googled, but it's easier to ask. [:)]

If you put 200 xAKs' worth of supplies on a 6000-stacking-limit base I think you could go well into the 1950s with a couple of divisions. Overstacking has to be watched, but I have some overstacks now in my game and it's not a big deal for a little while. I think people make too much of it. Whether it was in the patch stream or not (I know witps did some tests in the very early days and got extreme results), I think it can be managed. Especially ini 1944 when you have literal mountians of supplies.

Well, obviously not if you're playing the Evil side [:D] in a DBB mod. I consider myself happy when i have 3/4,000 supplies to spare...[X(]

Rounding error . . . [:'(]

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

And an afterthought - check the COs of your units on the rooster roster and weed out all the chickens! [:)]

A knee-slapper!!!!! [8D]

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

One small spelling mistake and I´ll be mocked forever? [:D]

Tell them it's a malapropism and send them to read up on Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

One small spelling mistake and I´ll be mocked forever? [:D]

Tell them it's a malapropism and send them to read up on Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

Uhm, what? [:D]

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

One small spelling mistake and I´ll be mocked forever? [:D]

Tell them it's a malapropism and send them to read up on Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

Uhm, what? [:D]

Aren't you in grad school or sumpin'?! [:)]

Google "Mrs. Malaprop."

[JocMeister]

4th May -44

Kind of a mixed bag. Mostly bad. Bah! [:(]

New Guinea

Very bad day in NG. The planned naval bombardment goes bonkers. By 3BB TF run into another very strange TF (6CLs 2DDs) expending all ammo and RTB. Not a single Jap ship is sunk or in danger of sinking. In the morning the previous safe water turns dangerous as Erik has jumped in some planes to Hollandia. They hit the Alabama with two torps. No danger of sinking but she will have to go the WC for 6-8 months. Crap.

The deliberate attack on Biak not only fails but does so miserably. [X(]

Ground combat at Biak (87,110)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13863 troops, 241 guns, 339 vehicles, Assault Value = 612

Defending force 14454 troops, 83 guns, 98 vehicles, Assault Value = 392

Allied adjusted assault: 460

Japanese adjusted defense: 599

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
668 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 66 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
1376 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 88 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 33 disabled
Guns lost 32 (7 destroyed, 25 disabled)
Vehicles lost 36 (1 destroyed, 35 disabled)

My engineer RGT and the RCT is COMPLETELY disabled. All squads in both units are 100% disabled. Never seen that before. The Tank BTL is completely untouched though. It will take months before they will be combat worthy again. Second half of the invasion will begin loading soon. I have a nice NZ armor unit with Sherman Vs coming in. Hopefully they will help.

I hope Noemfoor will be easier or I risk being bogged down.

Burma
Here is some good news. Erik decides to stay at Rangoon with his airforce. 200 planes are torched on the ground including almost 100 Franks. Not bad. That is a week worth of Franks in just two days! Halleluja! Oh wait...[8|]

Just as indicated Erik moves a small tank unit in behind my lines. I have no idea what he hopes to achieve with this? They will be obliterated next turn when 500 2Es will hit them. I have a division and some armor moving in that should arrive in 2-3 days. [&:]

Erik has started moving around in the North. My units are making good progress East. If I can defeat his two units blocking the road to Lashio I can merge my two stacks bringing the total AV up to 2500. That can threaten Lashio itself...I will bring down the aerial hammer on those two units after a day of rest.

Strategic Bombing
My first strategic bombing mission is flown! The LI at Rangoon are toast! I´ll rest down fatigue and then try a daylight raid somewhere. Erik has 30-50 Fighters protecting all important bases. Normally this would mean 30-50 lost bombers. I hope the B29s doesn´t suffer this fate...[:(]

Air war
I destroy 240 enemy planes for only 10 of my own today. Japanese losses are 400 for the last two days. While sounding much and looking like a good result that is actually only about 5 days worth of production. So essentially I set him back 3 days with that result! Splendid! [:D]

No screen today as there are only depressing things to show! [:D]

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

[Air war
I destroy 240 enemy planes for only 10 of my own today. Japanese losses are 400 for the last two days. While sounding much and looking like a good result that is actually only about 5 days worth of production. So essentially I set him back 3 days with that result! Splendid! [:D]

Don't think of it that way. Think of it as HI used. HI used is fuel used. Add up the HI for the planes, then add the engines, and subtract that from HI available to build arms and veh points or pay pilot taxes.

The more LI you burn down the more he has to depend on HI to throw off supply. The circle tightens.

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

Don't think of it that way. Think of it as HI used. HI used is fuel used. Add up the HI for the planes, then add the engines, and subtract that from HI available to build arms and veh points or pay pilot taxes.

The more LI you burn down the more he has to depend on HI to throw off supply. The circle tightens.

Well, that is one way to look at it. But its not as full of self pity as my way? [:D]

[JocMeister]

Another crucial turn away. I hate these. I have the potential of wrecking a complete invasion TF at Noemfoor (including APA/AKAs). I don´t like going in spotted with the nearest AF is 7 hexes away. Knowing Erik he will throw everything he has at the TF.

Erik is in Paris so I might not get this back until tomorrow. I hate PBEM! [:D]

[JocMeister]

Here is the situation that has me on edge right now. No lifesigns from Erik. Worst case I won´t recieve any news until tomorrow. [:(]

[ny59giants]

Almost looks like a naval scene from the book/movie, "A Bridge Too Far" as you try to force your way down just one highway with the Japanese on both sides of the road vs the Germans. Don't know how many and how well trained Erik has some of his bombers for LowN to come in fast at 1000' to hit your shipping. [:-]

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Almost looks like a naval scene from the book/movie, "A Bridge Too Far" as you try to force your way down just one highway with the Japanese on both sides of the road vs the Germans. Don't know how many and how well trained Erik has some of his bombers for LowN to come in fast at 1000' to hit your shipping. [:-]

I know, I know. [:(]

I normally doesn´t do risky stuff like this. But grabbing Biak and/or Noemfoor is absolutely crucial for the future advance. I can´t allow myself to get bottled up at this bottleneck. I´m willing to pay a heavy price as long as I get either one of the two.

At some point I have to start taking risks. This is worth the risk imo.

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

Don't think of it that way. Think of it as HI used. HI used is fuel used. Add up the HI for the planes, then add the engines, and subtract that from HI available to build arms and veh points or pay pilot taxes.

The more LI you burn down the more he has to depend on HI to throw off supply. The circle tightens.

Well, that is one way to look at it. But its not as full of self pity as my way? [:D]

True dat. [8D]

[JocMeister]

6th May -44

A very interesting day that involved a lot of pacing back and forth. Erik managed to get me the turn but I was too tired to do an update.

Lets start with the first major event!

New Guinea

Troops land on Noemfoor under heavy fire! During the day masses of bombers take off. While many make it through the meagre LRCAP I escape relatively unharmed. I will lose an AKA and probable a Fletcher. Now the big problem will be getting the hell out of Dodge. Erik sortied what I can only assume is the KB. See screenshot for details.

Instead of focusing everything on the landing Erik jumped a crapload of bombers to Aitape. No clue why. They jumped a convoy carrying some troops for Sarmi sinking an LST and damaging two others.

During the massive bombings Erik lost some 150 planes for 20 Allied. Giving away some interesting intel Erik wrote this in the email:

I am hemoraging planes and pilots lately. I got some hits but the costs are getting quite high for this kind of thing. Soon I'l be having the kind of pilot quality the Japanese had for real.

At least I hit some decent ships this time. I most likely won't do another today, but will have time tomorrow.

So pilots are finally becoming a problem for him. And he didn´t hit anything important..yet! But I won´t tell him that! [:D] Ship losses are in the screen.

Now I need to get the hell out. I switched all squadrons set on LRCAP for fresh ones. It won´t stop the KB if Erik decides to try but it can certainly bleed him again. Especially escorting fighters will suffer. The damaged AKA and DD are left behind so they don´t slow the main TF down. With no LRCAP set for the two ships they are certainly doomed. I´m still in big danger of losing the assault ships. But I will be a lot closer to my LRCAP this time. If I were Erik I would not risk more KB pilots to hit empty ships. But knowing Erik he probably will try anyway. So I´m hoping for a carnage on his strike planes if he tries.

Erik is flying in troops to both Biak and Noemfoor. I hate this aspect of the game as I can´t stop him as LRCAP has little to no effect on transports. I had hoped for a quick capture of Noemfoor but that probably won´t happen as he had more there then anticipated. Anyone knows if his engineer regiments are combat engineers or just regular ones?

Ground combat at Noemfoor (86,110)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2608 troops, 39 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 171

Defending force 8235 troops, 151 guns, 264 vehicles, Assault Value = 327

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
32nd Nav Gsn Unit
91st Infantry Regiment
47th Engineer Regiment
9th Tank Rgt /3
62nd Construction Battalion
28th JNAF AF Unit

Defending units:
627th TD Bn /3
102nd(Sep) Infantry Regiment
3rd Motor Brigade
158th(Sep) Infantry Rgt /3

So it looks like my worst fears are coming true. Erik is flying in about 1000 troops to Biak daily and I´m powerless to stop him. I have a tank unit and another division on its way but I don´t think its enough to tip the balance. At least not by judging the last attack I did at Biak. Anyone with ideas?

CENTPAC
CVs have arrived at PH. Should depart again in about 7-10 days. Eniwetok here we come!

OZ
Darwin AF reaches 8.42. Supply is now 55k and more unloading.

Burma
Very interesting things here as well. I´ll explain more in a separate post.

Here is a screen of the Biak situation:

[JocMeister]

Burma

Finally, finally! My push for Lashio is a success as Erik sees the danger too late. I´m able to move fast enough out of Mandalay that Erik doesn´t have time to react. The RTA division and a 1/3rd of the 39th ID are mauled.

Ground combat at 61,46 (near Lashio)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 34839 troops, 321 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1485

Defending force 5790 troops, 48 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 233

Allied adjusted assault: 772

Japanese adjusted defense: 316

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) <-- Starting to have supply problems eh? [:D]
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
3112 casualties reported
Squads: 74 destroyed, 103 disabled
Non Combat: 59 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 28 (12 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Units destroyed 1


Allied ground losses:
602 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 87 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
39th Indian Division
1st New Chinese Corps
77th Chindit Brigade
111th Chindit Brigade
8th New Chinese Corps
50th Indian Para Bde /1
NCAC
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Engineer Battalion

Defending units:
7th RTA/A Division
39th/B Division

The 39th Indian ID takes all the losses and will stay behind as a road guard. We will advance as soon as possible linking up with the stack SW. With the added AV we should be able to dislodge Eriks troops there. I can then isolate Lashio and approach Taung Gyi from two sides. This development has to make Erik very nervous.

Further south the feinting and stalemate continues. Eriks little adventure with a tank RGT only got them mauled for no reason. I don´t know yet if Erik is indeed abandoning Prome and Bessain or only feinting. I will continue to move for my target.

Perhaps Burma just got interesting again! [:)]