Fight to Death !. Walloc (Allied) vs Fletcher (Jap). No Walloc Please.

[Fletcher]

After Patch 1 release we agree to begin GC with the following options:

-Historical First Turn
-No USN Realiable Torpedoes
-PDU ON
-FOW
-Allied damage control ON
-Advanced weather effects ON
-Dec 7th Surprise ON
-Realistic R&D ON
-Reliable USN Torpedoes OFF
-No Unit withdrawal OFF
-Reinforcements FIXED

House Rules agreed :

1.- KB must return to metropolitan port (or Saipan/Kwajalein/Truk/Palaos) after PH attack.
Only one exception: If Wake Island hold on by the marines against the first IJN/IJA invasion
attempt then the IJ player can redeploy two carrier with their escorts to support a second
invasion attempt.

2.- Maximum aircraft per airfield level is 50 x level AF +10%. (i.e. an airfield with level 3 can operate with 165 planes). HQ counts to this maximum (9.4 AE Rulebook). AF with level 0 can operate with a maximum of 36 FPs.

3.- There is a limit on MAX "non" chinese 4E bombers Sqdns can be stationated in China. They must
be US Sqdrns and operate only out level 6+ AF.

4.- 4E Bombers can not fly naval attack mission under 10.000 feet.

5.- All PT in the same hex must be in one TF.

6.- No Sub Invasions. No airdropping 1 squad via airdrop or similar gamey tactics.

7.- Malacca strait must not be crossed by IJN surface ships until Singapore is in IJA hands.

8.- No ships or submarines can be send to a target hex out of range. (Exception: TFs meeting with
AO´s replenishment TF).

9.- Japanese player must to pay to move Kwangtung forces out of Machukuo.

10.- Thay forces can not move out of 3 hexes of their national frontier.

11.- We can only airdrop a unit on a target if it has at least 40 Prep Points on the target it´s
dropped.

12.- No strategic bombing over China.

[Fletcher]

Special Submarine Force Report

FROM: CO "I-20"
TO: Combined Fleet HQ, Kure
SUBJECT: Midgets Ops at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii Islands.

SSx Ha-22 founders and is lost attempting to penetrate harbour at Pearl Harbour.
SSx Ha-24 runs aground and is lost.
SSx Ha-18 hits an obstruction and is lost.
SSx Ha-19 unable to penetrate harbor and is abandoned by crew.
I-20 under my command unable to launch midget. Mission aborted.

All crews were rescued and they will be propose to be martial courted.

END //

Special Attack Force

FROM: VAdm Nagumo, CO Kido Butai, aboard HIJMS Akagi.
TO: Adm Yamamoto, Combined Fleet HQ, Kure.
SUBJECT: Air Attack over Pearl Harbour.

TORA ! TORA ! TORA !

Today, at morning first hour, 62 Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero, 144 Nakajima B5N2 and 126 Aichi D3A1 have take off from our carriers.

No Allied CAP detected over Pearl. Total surprise.

The aircrafts crew attacking over Hawaii AFs reports the following enemy losses on ground:

3 SBD-1 Dauntless, 6 B-18A Bolo, 14 PBY-5 Catalina, 3 A-20A Havoc, 3 P-36A Mohawk, 3 B-17E Fortress, 9 P-40B Warhawk, 2 O-47A, 4 B-17D Fortress, 1 R3D-2, 1 C-33.

52 hits over air base, 2 hits over air base supply dumps and 163 hits over runaway.

Aircrafts crew attacking ships over Pearl Harbour reports the following damage over enemy ships:

BB Maryland: Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage.
BB Arizona: sunk after 2 bomb hits and torpedo hits 4.
BB West Virginia: Bomb hits 9, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage.
BB Nevada: Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage.
BB Oklahoma: sunk after bomb hits 7, torpedo hits 5.
BB Tennessee: bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damages.
BB Pennsylvania: bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damages.

No hit reports on BB California. We can confirm 2 BB sunk but probably one more (USS Nevada), with 4 more BB heavy damages.

CA New Orleans: Torpedo hit 1
CA San Francisco: Bomb hits 2
CL Phoenix: Torpedo hits 3, Bombs hit 1 and is sunk
CL Helena: Torpedo hit 1.
CL St.Louis: bomb hits 2, heavy fires and heavy damages.
CL Detroit: Torpedo hit 1
CL Honolulu: Torpedo hit 1, bomb hits 3, on fire.

We can confirm 1 cruiser sank with another seriously damage.

DM Montgomery: bomb hit 1, on fire.
DD Shaw: Torpedo hit 1, on fire, heavy damage.
DD Mugdorf: bomb hit 1, heavy fires, heavy damage.
DD Blue: torpedo hit 1, and is sunk
DMS Breese: Bomb hit 1, on fire.
DD Phelps: Bomb hits 1, on fire.
DM Pruitt: Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage.
DD Conyngham: Torpedo hit 1, on fire, heavy damage. EDIT: REPORTED SUNK Dec 12th 1941.
DMS Perry: Torpedo hit 1, and is sunk.
DD Dewey: bom hit 1, heavy fire, heavy damage.
DD Selfridge: bomb hit 1, on fire.
DM Ramsay: Bomb hit 1, heavy fires, heavy damage.
DD MacDonough: Torpedo hit 1 and is sunk.
DD Dale: Bomb hit 1, heavy fires.

We can confirm 3 enemy destroyers sunk with another 11 damages DD.

AO Neosho: Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damages.
AK Castor: Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damages.
AV Curtiss: Bomb hit 1, Torpedo hit 1, on fire.
AD Doblin: Bomb hit 1, heavy fires, heavy damages.
AE Pyro: Bomb hit 1, on fire, heavy damages.

We can confirm 5 enemy non-combatant ships damages.

PT-30 and PT-42 were sunk by torpedoes.

Aircraft crews attacking enemy facilities over Oahu confirm 4 hits over repair shipyards.

KIDO BUTAI SPECIAL ATTACK FORCE LOSSES:

2 A6M2 damages
3 B5N2 destroyed by enemy Flaks, 17 B5N2 damages.
Damage B5N2 from Kaga crashes, pilot reported killed.
2 D3A1 destroyed by enemy Flaks, 10 D3A1 damages.
D3A1 from Soryu shot down on way home, pilot reported killed.

Long Live to Emperor!.
END //

[Fletcher]

FROM: RAdm Matsunaga, 22nd Air Flotilla HQ, Saigon, Indochina.
TO: VAdm Tsukahara, 11th Air Fleet HQ, Takao, Formosa.
SUBJECT: Air raids over british capital ships.

Today, Dec. 7th, a E13A1 flying searching mission over the east of Malaya coast have reported a sighting of enemy capital ships near Mersing moving NW.

Three waves of torpedo-bombers were launched from Saigon against enemy ships.

1st Wave: 13 G4M1 attacking BB Prince of Walles, 3 torpedo hits confirmed, enemy ship on fire. 11 Torpedoes launched. 1 Betty destroyed by enemy Flak.

2nd Wave: 22 G4M1 meet 9 enemy Buffalo fighters over enemy ships. Our aircrafts get 3 torpedo hits over BC Repulse, reported heavy damage on enemy ships. 15 torpedoes launches. 5 G4M1 destroyed.

3rd Wave: 18 G3M2 meet an enemy CAP with 5 buffalo. Our aircrafts get 2 torpedo hits over HMS Repulse and is sunk. 17 torpedoes launched. 1 G3M2 destroyed by enemy.

We can confirm the sunk of HMS Repulse and probably HMS Prince of Wales seriously damaged.

END //

[cantona2]

Despite being an AFB Fletcher, I'll be following this one. Good luck!

[Fletcher]

Thank you very much Cantona2. Muchas gracias amigo !.

[Streptokok]

Hi!

Im reading this too, have one small q.

6.- No Sub Invasions. No airdropping 1 squad via airdrop or similar gamey tactics.

I sometimes use para units ahead of my amph. landings to capture a port b4 my ships arrive.
Like for exmple Java, 1-2 turn b4 my convoy arrives i paradrop on Merak or some other weak spot to capture the port so i minimize amph. loses.

Is this considered gamey in PEBM?

[cantona2]

ORIGINAL: Streptokok

Hi!

Im reading this too, have one small q.

6.- No Sub Invasions. No airdropping 1 squad via airdrop or similar gamey tactics.

I sometimes use para units ahead of my amph. landings to capture a port b4 my ships arrive.
Like for exmple Java, 1-2 turn b4 my convoy arrives i paradrop on Merak or some other weak spot to capture the port so i minimize amph. loses.

Is this considered gamey in PEBM?

Probably not if the whole para unit is used as part of a coherent strategy. It is very unrealistic to drop one squad on an empty base with no possibility of relief just to disrupt the game's supply routes and so on. That is gamey IMO

[Streptokok]

I drop the whole unit and sometimes both SNLF paras if the port seems to be lightly defended so Im "shure" ill capture it and to minimize the risk of units being destroyed if enemy counter attacks..

[Fletcher]

I agree with Cantona2, in this game both of us (Walloc and me) comment this HR., and at last take a decision to avoid gamey tactics with paradropping. Streptokok like you tell to us, you are not playing a gamey, you paradrop with the complete unit, this is correct for us. The only question was the Prep Points that would be neccesary to launch a para assault (we at last take 40 Prep Points by common sense -logistic, terrain, planning-.
Thanks both for take an eye on this AAR
Regards
Fletcher

[Fletcher]

FROM: RADM Takagi, ComCARDIV4
TO: VADM Takahashi, HQ 3rd Fleet, Takao.
SUBJECT: Naval air operations at Mindanao.

Today, Dec 7th 1941, we launched an air strike over Davao port with 12 B5N2 from Torpedo Sqdrn under command Lt.Yamagami, all of them with 2 GP bombs of 250 Kgs. Air crewmen report two bomb hits over AVD William B. Preston, on fire and heavy damage, ship anchored at this port.

Tomorrow CarDiv4 will run to SW to search any enemy naval activity in the Mindanao area, if not sighting report, then the B5N2 Sqdrn will attack for a second time the Davao facilities.

END //


Ryujo B5N2 Sqdrn orders for Dec 8th, 1941.

[Fletcher]

FROM: VAdm Takahashi, 3rd Fleet HQ, Takao.
TO: ADM Yamamoto, Combined Fleet HQ, Kure.
SUBJECT: Mindanao Invasion Expeditionary Force.

From Babeldaob, Dec 7th 1941, CO HIJMS Nagara report Legaspi Invasion TF cruise ahead South Luzon to rendezvous with CARDIV4.

At Babeldaob, the Cagayan Invasion Force with 13 xAK/xAP/xAKL, 2 PB and 2 AMc will embark as soon as possible HQ XVI Army, 8th Tank Regiment, Sasebo 2nd SNLF with indirect protection of CARDIV 4 and escorted by DD division from NagaraRON.CO CM Ituksushima report embarking Kure 2nd SNLF for an fast transport operation against Dadjangas.

[Fletcher]

Logistic Assistance by WitpStuff, Dec 8th 1941

[Fletcher]

Armament Bureau:
IGHQ take several decisions to increase our production of war material:

Aircrafts: (+239)

Increase +56 A6M2 factories at Maebashi
Increase +24 Ki-43Ic Oscar factories at Maebashi
Increase +28 Ki-43Ic Oscar factories at Harbin (no more Ki-27)
Increase +15 G4M1 Betty factories at Maebashi (no more G3M2)
Increase +25 G4M1 Betty factories at Nagoya
Increase +32 B5N2 Kate at Sasebo
Increase +36 D3A1 Val at Nagoya
Increase +23 Ki-21 Sally at Nagoya

IGHQ have planned a new update to increase aircraft production at Jan 1st, Feb 1st, March 1st and April 1st.

Total cost planned: 927.100 supplies
Aircraft production increase planned: +732 aircraft factories, with 305 yet, we get 1.037 aircrafts/month by June 10th 1942.

Armament Assembly: (+85)

Increase +20 armament factories at Hiroshima/Kure
Increase +10 armament factories at Kanazawa
Increase +20 armament factories at Kobe
Increase +30 armament factories at Nagasaki
Increase +05 armament factories at Okayama

Planed increase: Another +330 armament assembly factories at Jan 1942.
Increase Target: june 30th 1942
Increase cost: 473.000 supplies.

Vehicles Assembly: (+35)

Increase +12 vehicles assembly factories at Hiroshima.
Increase +06 vehicles assembly factories at Kanazawa.
Increase +07 vehicles assembly factories at Kobe
Increase +10 vehicles assembly factories at Yokohama

I am planning to increase at Jan 1st, 1942 with another +98 vehicles factories assembly for a total increase of +133 Vehicles assembly factories (near 200% increase over initial production)

Total cost of the planning increase of Vehicles A.Factories: 134.600 supplies.

Heavy Industries: (+100)

Increase +40 H.I. factories at Sapporo
Increase +20 H.I. factories at Sendai
Increase +20 H.I. factories at Shimizu
Increase +20 H.I. factories at Takamatsu

I am planning to increase with +410 H.I.facilities at Jan/Feb 1942, for a total increase of 510 H.I.factories (about 7,3% increase over the initial H.I. factories).
Total cost of the planning: 573.000 supplies.

My planned proyect to increase national production in the 1st phase of the war will cost about 2,107.600 tonns of supplies.

[Fletcher]

Today, Dec 8th 1941, the Imperial Navy HQ have decide to send to shipyard to conversion two ships xAKL type:

xAKL Hakozake Maru       Pier Side Mode        15 days to conversion to PB           Saigon Shipyard
xAKL Tsukikawa Maru     Pier Side Mode        15 days to conversion to PB           Yokohama Shipyard

[Fletcher]

FROM: VADM Hosogaya, 5th Fleet HQ, Ominato.
TO: Combined Fleet HQ, Kure
IGHQ, Tokyo.
SUBJECT: Aleutians Naval-Army combined Operations
ACKNOWLEDGE
Dec 8th, 1941.

Today we receive the departure report from Kure Naval Yard of CVL Zuiho with ETA Etorofu at Dec 13rd, 1941.
The 5th Fleet HQ send the DESDIV27 (DESRON 1) from Ominato to Rendezvous HIJMS Zuiho for escort duty.
This HQ will be aboard in TransGroup anchored at Ominato with ETA Etorofu Dec 12th, 1941. The TransGroup will be escorted by 3 escort ships, 2 PB. AV Kimikawa Maru will sail with us to operate with FPs. At Etorofu will wait the arrival of CARDIV3.
From Keijo we receive the report of Machukuo garrison in this Korean city that 79th Infantry Regiment and 20th Recon Regiment will be aboard ships in this port with ETA Etorofu Dec 20th, 1941. Another units from 20th Division will be sending to 5th Fleet command in following days.
AS Rio de Janeiro with SubDiv 21 (RO-33, RO-34), and SubDiv 28 (I-59, I-60) will arrive to Ominato at Dec 12th, 1941.
Long Live to Emperor!
END //

[Fletcher]

LOGISTIC REPORT, Dec 7th 1941.
Supply status per War Area

China Command :     311.190 supplies
Southern Area :       377.066 supplies
Metropolitan Area: 1,714.183 supplies
4th Fleet:                 85.038 supplies
South East Fleet:     140.332 supplies
Kwangtung Army:     354.100 supplies

[Blind Sniper]

Hola Fletcher,

thanks for your exhaustive production report, it help me a lot! [:)]

[Fletcher]

Ciao Blind Sniper !

You are wellcomed, i am working hard to improve japanese production in the first stage of the war. Later I will report about my Grand Strategy with details over map and my logistic planning (aircraft and engine productions, naval and merchant ships, armament and factories). I will talk in future post about the grand ASW-convoy strategy (it´s early and I have in the first step).

[Fletcher]

Convoy System

[Streptokok]

At turn 15 aprox. i had a deficit of resources in Tokyo while there was 400k oil and resurces each in Shimonseki.
Ive read in one thread some1 complaining it was a bug since Shimon is piling resources while Tokyo is starving.
I had to send a convoy to extract cca 80k resources from Shimo and unload to tokyo to keep Tokyo operating [8|]

So you might want to check this and reroute all your resource convoys to Tokyo...

EDIT: this was after patching so I assume problem is still here.