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Tophat< Liberators>vs>Admiral Spruance<Colonial oppressor>

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 5:04 pm
by Tophat1815
This is another scenario 15 for all the marbles campaign,I just want to finnish ONE!!!! We are playing under 1.795beta,jap sub doctrine on,allied damage control on.advanced weather,variable reinforcements,no Sears tower ASW stacks roaming the waters.No b24's operating out of CBI before 43'<hopefully he won't upgrade the damn things thatway,but he'll probably be using them outa java with my luck.LOL>Both of us are going to be reasonable about matters,invasions having aircover,no subs dropping squads to grab bases etc....


here we go:

Plans for dec 7th:

Production:
Aircraft Engines.I changed Nissan and issakawjimawhater to nakajima engine production. My motto when in doubt buy nakajima!
I halted all hitachi engine production turn 1. We are using player designated upgrades and i'm changing Ida to Dinah recon aircraft. The Ida's then go back to my force pool and can be used to fillout new units which i'll convert also. same with Hickory transports.I change them to Tabby's.

******Potential issue with 1.795beta,no art for my tabby aircraft! Nuts!!!!!!*******************

I did a number of production changes with more to come in the future. Taking it somewhat slowly for now.
1) I halted all R&D factories except...Tony,Tojo,Zero A6M3...other types will be turned back on closer to arrival dates. I'm going to monitor my supply levels and see what benefit I derive from this.
2) I bumped up Armament production in 3 centers,will do more in future. Again closely looking at my production.
3) Converted a small 2 mechant shipyard to naval shipyard. bumpedup 3 other naval shipyards slightly.
4) bumpedup a vehicle production center slightly.
5) Halted Shinano<180> and 5 I-boat<33>point units....Halted I-boat<26>point unit.
FORGOT TO CONVERT 10 AK's to AR SHIPS!!!!!!!!!!!

Longterm naval plan........Accelerate Tiaho and 3 Unryu's so they arrive late spring 43' for a new improved KB surprise! Also accelerate alot of my DD's so i get their use faster!

naval Air........Zero's,Betty's high experience lvl pilots. Ahh,the type of Zero,there is the rub.

Army aviation.........to be flying Tojo's and tony's till the later models arrive.


Dec 7th:

PH.........underwhelming.


Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 112,68

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 76
D3A Val x 126
B5N Kate x 125

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2
P-26A x 3
P-36A Mohawk x 5
P-40B Tomahawk x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
D3A Val: 10 destroyed, 39 damaged
B5N Kate: 7 destroyed, 22 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
P-26A: 8 destroyed
P-36A Mohawk: 12 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 29 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 5 destroyed
PBY Catalina: 12 destroyed
B-18A Bolo: 10 destroyed
A-20B Boston: 4 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 10, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 6, on fire
CL Phoenix, Bomb hits 1
BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Helena, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB Maryland, Bomb hits 7, on fire
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 5, on fire
AP U.S. Grant, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB California, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AV Curtiss, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AV Wright, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Honolulu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1
AV Tangier, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
SS Dolphin, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


Allied ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 39
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 175

hope i damaged alot of his planes on the ground,don't want him transfering his whole airforce to Singapore! hmmmmn,perhaps i do.....hmmmn.


Wake Island went well:

Ground combat at Wake Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1514 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 1897 troops, 39 guns, 2 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Wake Island base !!!



Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 6 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
1751 casualties reported
Guns lost 33

if Wake would have gone poorly,things would have started interesting.


batan island also fell;

Ground combat at Batan Island

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1687 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 602 troops, 4 guns, 1 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 142 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Batan Island base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Allied ground losses:
1040 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Vehicles lost 1


One of my invasion forces foundout that the much maligned US Torpedo can still work!

Sub attack at 45,56

Japanese Ships
AK Yasukawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Showa Maru #5
PC Showa Maru #3
PC Nichi Maru #1
PC Gamitsu Maru #1
PG Saiko Maru
PG Edo Maru
MSW Takasago Maru
MSW Ataka Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-39, hits 3

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

***Atleast i scared the heck outa the subdrivers!

Clarkfeild was pounded:

Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 61
G3M Nell x 36
G4M1 Betty x 39

Allied aircraft
P-26A x 3
P-35A x 3
P-40B Tomahawk x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-26A: 7 destroyed
P-35A: 8 destroyed
P-40B Tomahawk: 6 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed
B-17C Fortress: 2 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
78 casualties reported

Airbase hits 33
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 96


Followed by:
Day Air attack on Clark Field , at 43,51

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 23

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 37


Too bad my raid on Singapore wasn't as successful:

Day Air attack on Singapore , at 23,50

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22
G3M Nell x 91

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell: 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 5 destroyed
Vildebeest IV: 1 destroyed

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

Aha! there are fighters at cagayan!!!

Naval bombardment of Cagayan, at 42,59


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
B-17C Fortress: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed

Japanese Ships
DD Yuzuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Uzuki
DD Oboro
CA Kako
CA Furutaka
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba


Allied ground losses:
194 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Airbase hits 13
Runway hits 32

***Hope this messesup his feild abit and adds to Ops losses!


Several other bombardments but nothing to write home about.

***Coments? Advice? just want to post hello?[:'(]

Day the Zero's Died!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:43 am
by Tophat1815


Its been many moons now into this contest,hopefully I'll learn to host and post a screenshot before long. My interest in writing an AAR for this disaster has increased,if I can pull this out i'll actually be impressed with myself.

Ok,here is the situation on march 9th,42':


In a nutshell.........I'm stuck,stuck like a bug on flypaper.....

Malaya:
I have the peninsula cleared but for Singapore...I still don't have 1-1 odds here,i'll list the units in Singapore next turn. I have 2 or 3 Engineer rgts and i still can't reduce his damn fortifications!

Day Air attack on Saigon , at 31,46

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 6
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 12

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 106
LB-30 Liberator x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 5 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 17 destroyed
A6M2 Zero: 47 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 7 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 7 destroyed
Ki-57-II Topsy: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 17 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
260 casualties reported
Guns lost 7

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 174

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
5 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
33 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
12 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
6 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
5 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet
2 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 10000 feet
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 10000 feet

Losses at Siagon: 94 Zeros obliterated.........34 Oscars went the way of the gaucho as well. I considered falling on my sword,but decided it was a worse punishment to continue.
Oh,Siagon is a wreck as a base now..........

I had a plan to mount about 140 fighter aircraft in an Adolf galland massed bomber strike.........my planes didn't fly,his did.i died and he's incommand in the air.

PI.....
I have the Allies pinned into Manila with some 9 leftover units at Battan.

DEI.....
I have Kuching...........Ambonia and alot of worry about gaining bases and having 4E's blast my oil installations to bits!

currently I'm not sure what the hell to do now.......I need the oil..but have no way to defend it.


My plan..........get creative with what i have left.......use my BB's to bombard his level5 fields and try to catch him on the ground. War might be over by summer........