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Erkki

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Re: War in the Pacific PBEM AAR #2
« Reply #330 on: December 28, 2011, 08:22:47 am »
April 10th


Kido Butai: sights nothing as does CS Chitose some 120nm ahead... Zeros fail to down any of the today's Catalinas. KB keeps sailing East...

Burma: 84th Independent Fighter Chutai is the first unit to receive the brand new fighter Ki-44-IIa. Some of the rookie pilots are kicked out of this 12-plane squad and more experienced pilots get assigned in.

Home Islands: BB Yamato arrives! However I have nothing for her to do so she'll just sit at anchor near Hiroshima's Kure Yards.

Submarines: Second submarine in 2 days, its now I-26's turn to get hammered in a depth charge attack by a duo of mine layers near Los Angeles(deep water hex though) - damage is only moderate but its heading back to Yokohama. Being a Japanese vessel, it might not make it.

Other than that, still very quiet.
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Re: War in the Pacific PBEM AAR #2
« Reply #331 on: December 28, 2011, 10:40:33 am »
Oh boy oh boy! How many ships are in KB?
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Re: War in the Pacific PBEM AAR #2
« Reply #332 on: December 28, 2011, 10:41:57 am »
Quote from: Anvilfolk on December 28, 2011, 10:40:33 am
Oh boy oh boy! How many ships are in KB?

About 50 now. And the replenishment force is following a few days behind...
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Re: War in the Pacific PBEM AAR #2
« Reply #333 on: December 28, 2011, 10:47:32 am »
Hahah, alright, so they'll know it's a big force... dang. So now they are somewhat free to use their carriers in the West Pacific? Do they have anything that can seriously damage KB near it? BB's at Pearl maybe?
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Re: War in the Pacific PBEM AAR #2
« Reply #334 on: December 28, 2011, 10:54:44 am »
Quote from: Anvilfolk on December 28, 2011, 10:47:32 am
Hahah, alright, so they'll know it's a big force... dang. So now they are somewhat free to use their carriers in the West Pacific? Do they have anything that can seriously damage KB near it? BB's at Pearl maybe?

Those BBs dont have a chance in hell... But I suspect the USN Carriers are also at Pearl. Actually a month ago there were no BBs at Pearl, just the CVs.

I suspect Smeulders doesnt want to risk his CVs so he'll sortie them but not towards KB - he might stay in the area but will stay away. So other than really, really bad luck in a risky gamble by Smeulders only submarines and collisions are a risk.

KB has, IIRC, 5 CVs, 2 CVLs, 2 CVEs, 3 BBs, 2 CSs, 2 CAs, 7 AOs(fleet oilers) and 28 or 29 DDs, so 51 or 52 ships(I dont have game or Tracker open now).  ;)

Quite a lot of fuel burning each day for no gain, unfortunately. Unlike the Allies, Japan has very limited resources...


EDIT: also 450 CV aircraft immediately ready, 88 in half-assembled reserve + about 50 float planes. Not that many when compared to the Death Star the Allies can assemble from late 1943 onwards...
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Re: War in the Pacific PBEM AAR #2
« Reply #335 on: December 28, 2011, 10:59:48 am »
Damn... well, that still gives you air superiority, right? A limited strike against Pearl might draw the enemy carriers and keep enough planes for a counter-attack?
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Re: War in the Pacific PBEM AAR #2
« Reply #336 on: December 28, 2011, 11:03:40 am »
Quote from: Anvilfolk on December 28, 2011, 10:59:48 am
Damn... well, that still gives you air superiority, right? A limited strike against Pearl might draw the enemy carriers and keep enough planes for a counter-attack?

Also the best of the best of my fighter and strike aircraft pilots wasted to AAA and enemy fighters. Every loss would be KIA or MIA. Plus I have no intel of PH from the last month - it could have just merchants... With 2 days warning the Allies dont need to leave anything there and every warship that isnt already damaged can escape - KB too will have to refuel and only has limited endurance, even if I knew where they went.

KB continues East in hopes of catching a slow convoy or two...

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Re: War in the Pacific PBEM AAR #2
« Reply #337 on: December 28, 2011, 11:07:02 am »
Note to self: next time we'll refuel at Yokohama and use the Pearl Harbor Strike route from the North to hit the West Coast - Hawaii route.
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Re: War in the Pacific PBEM AAR #2
« Reply #338 on: December 29, 2011, 11:06:39 am »
April 11th


Kido Butai: I expected Bart to move everything away from Kido Butai's path.... But KB finds 3 flush-decker Clemson or Wickes AVDs and the 6 D3As assigned to the job hit 2 of them, one bomb each. Neither probably went down but they're heavily damaged, on fire, and far from land. Some shipping is fleeing Pearl to NE but submarines failed to make contact, only I-6 got close enough to be attacked by a destroyer... KB will now turn to SE to sweep behind Line Islands - its very possible we'll catch something bigger tomorrow.

DEI: Japanese troops advance and will reach Soerebaja tomorrow.
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Re: War in the Pacific PBEM AAR #2
« Reply #339 on: December 29, 2011, 02:45:10 pm »
Actually... Its May already. Lol.
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Re: War in the Pacific PBEM AAR #2
« Reply #340 on: January 02, 2012, 03:51:48 am »
May 12th

A... Weird day.


Kido Butai: Sights nothing but the allied air patrols miss it completely. There are some Allied submarines in the area, but if they keep their courses they will miss the KB, which keeps heading SE. No sign of the yesterday's AVDs, some might have sunk.

Almost everywhere else: Nothing!

Submarines: I-165 attacks an Allied surface combat squadron near Perth twice. It sights 3 different destroyers and scores a hit on a ship that is identified as Clemson class DD Barker. Barker seems to have been repaired since CAs Chokai and Ashigara put some holes on it 2 months back, but she surely sunk now! Somehow in this game the IJN subs have been able to do some real damage to Allied combat ships while at the same time I can only keep guessing where their merchantmen sail...

SigInt: Allies admit to have lost... The CL Durban! The same ship that was confirmed to be still operational just less than a week ago. Even more surprisingly, the sinking hex is MELBOURNE and date today! Repair accident? Succumbed to bomb hit damage after all(hit by G3M2s at Soerebaja, Java, during the operation to sink BB Royal Sovereign) before it was put to dry dock? Why wasnt Perth's naval yard used - not safe enough? Now I'm suddenly not sure at all that there isnt FOW in the loss admittance/confirming system... I'll consider the Durban to be afloat until I either see her in action again or my opponent confirms her to be down.
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Re: War in the Pacific PBEM AAR #2
« Reply #341 on: January 03, 2012, 07:26:22 am »
May 13th


Another silent day...

Kido Butai: Remains hidden, but Catalinas finally find the replenishment task force. Its now between Baker and Palmyra, while KB is East of Canton(SEE of Palmyra).

SigInt: Japanese agents from San Francisco report... the harbor to be empty! Not one PT boat or ferry left. Looks like Bart is using San Jose and Los Angeles as his only West Coast convoy hubs.
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Re: War in the Pacific PBEM AAR #2
« Reply #342 on: January 04, 2012, 11:23:13 am »
May 14th


DEI: Soerebaja falls! Most of the defenders(4 battalion size units of 2 support) surrender. The Allies now only have 4 operational airfields left in the entire East Indies.

Kido Butai: Stays hidden and will be nearing Tahiti tomorrow. Link up with replenishment TF in 3 days somewhere in the middle of nowhere.

Los Angeles Harbor is reported to have 207 ships, with 5 small warships(reportedly destroyers).

Home Islands: R&D advanced the next Zero, A6M3a, by a month!
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Re: War in the Pacific PBEM AAR #2
« Reply #343 on: January 04, 2012, 11:28:12 am »
I assume there's enough AA at LA to take out a lot of your attack force? Would there be any significant gains in attacking it? Are all those ships superfluous, or necessary to ferry troops/supplies?
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Re: War in the Pacific PBEM AAR #2
« Reply #344 on: January 04, 2012, 12:31:10 pm »
That's 4 airfields to many!
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