Summary of the war so far
We're about a month into the war now. (These initial screenshots are after the Jan 1st turn.)
While it was a non-historic first turn, I kept it relatively conservative - no deep strikes & in fact I cancelled/postponed several of the initial invasions. My basic strategy, like in my game against VSWG, is to come with overwhelming force whenever I attack so as to minimize risk and avoid failed invasions, long attrition battles, etc. I'm not going to try to conquer the map but do want to establish a defensible perimeter in as short a time as possible.
So far it's mostly going well, with a few setbacks.
4th Fleet
The war opened with my glorious samurai making a defensive strike against the enemy fleet at Pearl Harbor:
12/07/41
Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 114,72
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 57
D3A2 Val x 149
B5N2 Kate x 157
E8N Dave x 2
Allied aircraft
P-40B Tomahawk x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 24 damaged
D3A2 Val: 7 destroyed, 62 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 9 destroyed, 55 damaged
E8N Dave: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Tomahawk: 5 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 destroyed
PBY Catalina: 10 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 6 destroyed
B-18A Bolo: 6 destroyed
P-36A Mohawk: 3 destroyed
C-47 Dakota: 2 destroyed
A-20B Boston: 3 destroyed
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed
OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 2 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 6 destroyed
P-26A: 2 destroyed
Allied Ships
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 10, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hull, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB California, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 10, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
BB Maryland, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 10, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CL Phoenix, Bomb hits 1
AK Vega, Bomb hits 1, on fire
SS Dolphin, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Airbase hits 52
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 405
No BBs were sunk but I suppose that's fair as Pat never sunk any of my BBs on Dec 7th in our prior games. Plus at least 7 of them are out of action for quite a while.
KB then covered landings at Wake, Tarawa, Baker & Canton Islands. While I've taken them all I didn't prep the Canton invasion enough and the initial assault was unsuccessful. I took it four days later. KB was ordered back to Truk after Canton Island was liberated.
