Scenario 17
No house rules
100% both sides
This is an AAR between me and Nomad. We are up to 7-23-42. So almost 3 months in. So far the Japanese have taken everything from Gili-Gili North. He does still have a small force opposite Port Moresby that was pushed out when I took PM but it´s just kinda there. A left over.
Before I made my move to take PM a fleet was either attempting to evacuate PM or reinforce it, I´m not sure what one but 5 Allied transports were sunk in a single day with no Japanese losses. I was not making the same mistake as I did against Sneaky Jap and studied this over. After this no more transports attempted to cross over into New Guinea. So I locked it down pretty tight until I was ready to take it.
So I have everything from Gili-Gili up. Now I have switched into fortress mode. I have not lost a single mine layer or sub and they are running as fast as they can planting minefields. I have literally laid thousands upon thousands of mines and are laying hundreds more every week. I´ve laid so many mines I even ran into some of my own much to Nomads amusement but one can imagine what will happen when Allied ships come north into these minefields. Then of course there is the entrenching of the ground forces that have proved quite deadly to an invader in the past.
Japanese naval, land and air disposition reflect my overall strategy. That being guerrilla warfare. Deception and ambush, as opposed to mass confrontation. The Allied force is or will become the much superior force shortly so that´s my strategy as it always is. Air, Naval, Ground and Positions are widely dispersed to deny him the decisive battle he wants and needs. Attrit him, frustrate him, perplex him, suprise him and so on. The typical guerrilla warfare stuff.
Nomad says I should be doing something. I am doing something. It´s just not very loud. The points reflect this....
Scenario 17 starting points...
Japanese- 3,410
Allies- 2,780
Our points as of 22-7-42
Japanese- 5,993
Allied- 2,680
Japanese points have skyrocketed up with a gain of 2,583 points in just 80 days while Allied points have actually went down. Unless he does something soon this points spread is going to grow much, much larger and as these points are spread over many bases it´s not something that can be reversed quickly. In fact it will take many, many months with an uncertain outcome.
Ships-
Allies have lost 5 ships, all transports. My primary targets. They are not glamorous but that´s where it is.
Japanese have lost 8 transports, 1 destroyer and 1 mine sweeper.
Japanese have lost 7 Nell bombers and 7 zeros as combat aircraft losses. A total of 35 aircraft of all types have been lost with the others being float planes and recons scouting and sub hunting.
So that´s where we are now. I don´t expect anything to happen anytime soon as Nomad seems pretty confident he can make a rapid conquest of Japanese positions at a later date.
We´ll see.
