An Idiots Guide To Losing Your CV's Before 1942: WiTP:AE KyzBP vs UCG

[Airborne Rifles]

Warspite? She's far from home.

[OJsDad]

I hope Arctic Monkey works.  I cannot wait until B-17's are flying from those islands hitting the homeland :) 

Seriously though, are you planning on leaving your fighters and dive bombers on the islands or are you plans to leave the islands with just ground forces.

[KyzBP]

The Warspite started in the shipyards of Seattle, I believe.  Somewhere on the West Coast for sure.

The whole intention of Arctic Monkey is to draw the Japanese carriers away from the South Pacific so I can get my aircraft and LCU's to the South Pacific and Australia unmolested.  A great secondary consequence would be to hold a couple of those small islands and fly bombers over the main island.  For either to take place I have to be able to hold those islands long enough to draw his attention there.  If I fail during the invasion or am defeated within a week then it'll probably be for naught.

[Sir Slash]

Here's hoping Artic Monkey becomes a Northern King Kong. I think Geek will expect you much further south and either be totally rattled by the move or maybe suspect a diversion and ignore it allowing you to make a clean get-away. Either way it should be a show worth watching.

[KyzBP]

Here's hoping Artic Monkey becomes a Northern King Kong. I think Geek will expect you much further south and either be totally rattled by the move or maybe suspect a diversion and ignore it allowing you to make a clean get-away. Either way it should be a show worth watching.

I hope so Sir Slash. O0

Right now our turn progress is crawling.  Usually one of us has something going on that delays the turn.  I'll update as soon as I receive the file.

[JasonPratt]

Without getting into what I do or don't know from reading UGeek's side, I am super-interested in Arctic Monkey and how it goes. 

[KyzBP]

Without getting into what I do or don't know from reading UGeek's side, I am super-interested in Arctic Monkey and how it goes. 

The wheels are in motion.  It'll take a little bit to get everything staged but as of right now everything is still a go. 

I should be posting an update within the next 24hrs.  Our turn exchange has slowed down a bit.

[jomni]

Monkey got frozen?

[Sir Slash]

One simply cannot rush a Monkey. Artic or otherwise.

[besilarius]

There are many different kinds of monkeys.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe_zbyn1hQE
From the team that gave us NCIS, and yes that is Commander Decker.
Oh, and John Hillerman does a great Heinrich Himmler.

[KyzBP]

There are many different kinds of monkeys.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe_zbyn1hQE
From the team that gave us NCIS, and yes that is Commander Decker.
Oh, and John Hillerman does a great Heinrich Himmler.

The pilot is currently stationed at a Top Secret base north of Midway...waaay North.

[KyzBP]

January 6th-7th, 1942

I know you guys have been patiently awaiting an update and here it is.  The only downside is not a lot is happening right now.

Things at Sabang have been heating up.

Day 1 of the battle has the Dutch ground forces putting up a stiff resistance.

He brought about 14k worth of troops to the party while we have about 5k of our own.  We need to keep up these kind of kill ratios
to give us a shot of holding Sabang.

Day 2 shows a slightly better kill ratio.

Unfortunately we have no bombers in range that can provide support.  The fighters based at Sabang don't seem to want to go into Ground Attack mode.
Our Bombardment task force is still about 4 days away.  The good news is Geek didn't attack on Day 3 so our TF is that much closer.

The rest of the area has India sending supplies and fuel wherever it can.  Rangoon continues to build up.  I'm feeling pretty confident should he decide to try and take it.

Except for the 2 main ports, Java is almost completely under Japanese rule.  He will have a hard time taking both of those cities due to the fortification levels and the amount of troops that have retreated there.  He will take them, don't get me wrong, it may just take him a bit.  The P.T. Boats at Salajar are fueled and will hopefully make a run at an unsuspecting AK convoy passing nearby (screenshots upcoming if they attack.)

Our old friends the Dutch subs made an appearance

That was the second attack on that convoy.  The first one also resulted in a damaged AK.

Speaking of subs, the subs around Pearl have returned...yea

The next day shows even more.  I had really hoped they'd left. :(

The Battle for Baker Island continues:

This time he got the better end of the bargain.  That also clears the way for him to land.  I don't have anything close enough that can handle that little Surface Combat Group of his.  I may try to get some PBY's into the area to disrupt the landings but there aren't many of them.

Other than Geek waltzing his way through China, nothing else noteworthy has been happening.  Arctic Monkey is progressing as planned.  The submarine screen is headed North and the troops, equipment and naval assets are headed to their rendezvous sites.  I'll keep you posted as soon as I get the next turn back.

[KyzBP]

January 8th, 1942


Let's go straight to Ambon.

Geek finally started his Ambon invasion.  As luck would have it, I finally figured out how to get my ships out of repair status...3 days too late.

He's landed about 6000 troops so far.  I have a whopping 2000 there to defend.

The Garrison is going to try to take the fight to the enemy.  These guys seem committed.  Maybe there's a chance we can repel the invasion and drive the evil Geekanese back to the ocean.


The blockade breaking TF will arrive tomorrow.  I don't think they'll be strong enough.

If I can get lucky maybe I can catch the transports first.  I doubt I'll have that kind of luck.  If we can damage some of his ships though, it might make them just slow enough for our bombers to score some hits and finish them off.  What I should have done was set the bombers to Ground Attack and let them disrupt any assaults.  If they survive today then I'll switch it tomorrow.

I also sortied a (very) few more ships in that direction in case we manage to stay combat effective.

The P.T. Boats at Salajar did manage to make contact with the passing convoy.

We did some damage, even took a little, but some of the AKs managed to steam away.

The PT's are back at Saladjar repairing and rearming.  What I should've done is sent them North to interrupt an invasion taking place there.  Hopefully I can do that next turn but I have a feeling Geek will be sending something towards the PTs to get rid of them.

[KyzBP]

The Bombardment TF headed for Sabang arrived earlier than I expected.

I was hoping for more death and destruction.  Hopefully it'll disrupt him for a bit.  Sadly, I have no reinforcements to send.  They're well supplied though.
Other than the Dutch pilots, those crazy Low-Landers have accounted well for themselves.

Did someone sully the proud name of the Dutch Air Force?

See, we can hit stuff.

Java continues to hold out but the end is inevitable.

The Philippines continue to be bombed.  Geek is sending the bombers in without escort so the P-35 squadron is has been switched to CAP for the next 24 hours.  Let's see if we can surprise him a bit and maybe thin the bombing herd.

Over near Port Moresby the Banshee squadron continues to peck away at the Geekanese shipping.

Soon he'll have Rabaul up and running and the easy pickings will be gone.

Baker Island finally fell.


Canton should be fine.  It's maxed out on troops and the Squadrons present are all very experienced. 

His carriers are leaving the area and headed toward the Coral Sea.  I have some bases up and running but I'm low on aircraft.  We'll just turtle for now.

[jomni]

Too bad Geek's AAR sea to have stopped.