Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

So too said the guy with a sure-fire plan to trap Godzilla!

Well, there is your mistake...trying to trap Godzilla. Everyone knows Godzilla in an unlikely ally. [;)]

[Lowpe]

Diego Garcia up next on the IJN conquest schedule......hmm.

Seems like Japan is in no hurry to get their CVs back to the Pacific. Fine by me. Dispatching a full division to Socotra, plus the CD guns meant for Diego.

[Lowpe]

Huge map, you can always use the zoom out function of your browser.[;)] On my browser it is control (plus) mousewheel. Doesn't show all the task forces coming up from Bora Bora, Tahiti, Malden, etc.

Too much stuff to put on...will have solid Naval control of the Gilberts, 8th Port Maint unit landing at Arorae, PT boats almost present, 3rd Port Maint unit should land at Nikunau, Beru invasion tomorrow, 3 days probably for the Baker Island invasion...

3rd Marine getting out of transport mode at Pearl, will load for Marcus Island with the rest of the troops when they are done. Slow battleships making for Midway area, more than halfway there. Fast Battleships at Canton, I think they might bombard Baker...maybe not. Those big guns really eat the supply...probably they should go to join the fleet carriers.

Will bombard Tabby again, I have 2 regiments enroute for the invasion there plus support troops, will most likely land somewhere closer and rest for a couple of days before invading there so I can really bombard it.

[Lowpe]

September 3rd, 1942

[Lowpe]

I know where the Japanese Navy is![:-]

[Lowpe]

I think this is a messed up game...as I don't understand it. It is fun, entertaining, but it seems to me Japan is fundamentally being played to goals that I cannot fathom. Normally I never, ever read an enemy's AAR after the game is over, but here I am darn curious as to what is going thru Japanese High Command decision making process.

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Forum is acting up on me, have to post pictures twice as the first time it default to an attachment for some odd reason and the only fix is to edit, delete the image and the upload it a 2nd time.

Tried two different browsers. Frustrating.

[Lowpe]

China

Stood up okay to this attack by the IJA Tank Concentration of the Apocalypse.

Ground combat at 80,50 (near Changteh)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 28629 troops, 605 guns, 1243 vehicles, Assault Value = 997

Defending force 38997 troops, 139 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 690

Japanese adjusted assault: 311

Allied adjusted defense: 1177

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1064 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 105 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
Vehicles lost 33 (2 destroyed, 31 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
646 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 47 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
104th Division
2nd Tank Division
17th Tank Regiment
1st Tank Division
Guards Tank Division
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
11th Army
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
13th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion

[Evoken]

I do not believe there is a decision making process at Japanese high command [:D] They proved it long ago with constant shock attacks even when taking colossal losses and committing to invade 2 large continents without enough troops to accomplish either goal. Really feels Japanese high command is just winging it and see where the winds take them.

I honestly expect this game to end at 44 latest , Hokkaido is open to invasion with KB constantly lurking on the western portion of the map

[Lowpe]

Japan is reinforcing here....was 9 units scant days ago.

My supply situation is super tenuous...so will pull back a bit and let it improve. Nice to see a build up of troops here.

Isn't the Pacific far more important than Darwin? I might eventually be able to hit some small oil fields from Darwin...but it poses no threat for a long time. Losing the Gilberts, the Marshalls does however.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Evoken

I honestly expect this game to end at 44 latest , Hokkaido is open to invasion with KB constantly lurking on the western portion of the map

Lets take a look at Hokkaido and Kuriles...now forts could be built up, but the bases really aren't except for oil island.

The western tip of the Aleutians can hold quite a lot of troops...

Marcus should be mine...

In my first pbem, the Allies landed in the Kurile islands in late 1942? early 43? I kicked them off (think they only landed on two islands) inflicting good losses but the Americans still came back and landed on Hokkaido in very early 44...like early January...and could never really contest the invasion as America had naval control by then.

My general rule this early: Allies need to go into many islands at once and build them, so you have a mutually supporting multiple base defense and maintain naval supremacy until they are built up. Of course there are exceptions on stand alone islands etc.

Most of the Marines and Army are prepped for the Marianas and nothing is prepped for Hokkaido/Kuriles. And you can see the tip of the Aluets aren't built up yet.

[Lowpe]

I have a lot of Americans prepped for these islands...

Of course the problem is defending them once taken. That I don't think I could do at present. I could hold them for a few months, but eventually Japan would kick me off.

I believe I can take Marcus and hold it due to its isolated position.

[Lowpe]

Quick notes:

Transports flying in another Indian Bde to Lashio to bulk up its defenses.

In a unpleasant development, most of Canada's excellent Flower class KVs are to be withdrawn in a scant 10 days.

My CVE is leaving Portland to form a replenishment force that will meet up with elements of the Death Star around Marcus Island.

PT boats are starting to patrol the Gilberts, the rest on duty tomorrow. AKE, AGP should make the base in the Gilberts tomorrow and rearm our bombardment ships.

Fast Battleships (2) will join and provide covering fire for the Baker invasion, scheduled for two days from now.

Marcus Island invasion starts loading in 2 days.

[Q-Ball]

What do you think is at Marcus, any intel? You have to figure a Nav Guard and Base Force at a minimum. IIRC, 6000 is the stacking limit, so 2 Nav Guards kind of the max. Should have 3-5 forts by now too unless your opponent is negligent.

What are you bringing?

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

What do you think is at Marcus, any intel? You have to figure a Nav Guard and Base Force at a minimum. IIRC, 6000 is the stacking limit, so 2 Nav Guards kind of the max. Should have 3-5 forts by now too unless your opponent is negligent.

What are you bringing?

Two pages back:




Tank Battalion and 3rd Marines will do the heavy lifting!

Shore bombardments and air bombardments confirm the 21st Mixed Bde and 53rd Naval Guard unit at Tabby in the last few days...but there are 11 units there.

[Lowpe]

Sept 3, 1942

Egads, a full division. Maybe I can get him to send even more troops and ships the extreme map edge![:)]

[Lowpe]

In one of the invasion task forces with fast transports (AMC) I see a 1/3rd of a Division too....come daylight and I think we are holding tough....

It is ironic, if there are tanks in this invasion, that the US Army troops upgraded to 1942 squads literally yesterday.

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Back in the Pacific, the sneaky Japanese move fighters into Tabby, where they are promptly bombarded by a light cruiser task force, two planes remain to challenge a small SBD bombing force (9k) but the equally small Wildcat escort fights them off easily...

Meanwhile, given no ships to pursue, the SBDs in conjunction with 4 ASW task forces start hunting the Iboats...lots of hits, but we know that game, right?

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China and Apocalypse Tank Spearhead...

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Lashio...