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

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Sir Slash

"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.

jomni

Your opponent seems to know how to trigger the Australian reserves.

Found the answer.  You picked the right bases for AM.
http://witp-ae.wikia.com/wiki/Emergency_Reinforcements

KyzBP

Quote from: jomni on February 02, 2016, 08:12:24 PM
Your opponent seems to know how to trigger the Australian reserves.

Found the answer.  You picked the right bases for AM.
http://witp-ae.wikia.com/wiki/Emergency_Reinforcements

Wow, Jomni, this is fantastic info!  Thank you.  I thought Geek had already triggered it.  It's good to know there are more troops coming if he keeps pressing.  I got lucky on the islands I choose for AM.

Sir Slash

Does this mean your troops can sit one hex south of Brisbane and be un-touchable by Geekamoto? Because if he crosses that line you get the reaction forces?
"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.

KyzBP

I would say that's exactly what that means, Slash.  It also means I'm not setting foot on Hokkaido any time soon.  :-\

KyzBP

March 4th, 1942

Hang on to your hats fellas, the next 2 days are not only long but very eventful.  I may have to break each day into multiple parts.  I noticed Geek updated his AAR so you may already know what's coming.  If he didn't say anything then bare with me.   ;)

The Skipjack heads into Bihoro Harbor to do some hunting.

And she not only hits her target but the torpedo actually exploded!  And there was great rejoicing...yea.  What I have noticed is that his harbor may not be
mined.  That is good information...if I was thinking of landing troops here. :uglystupid2:

The Dutch sub KXII refuses to be outdone.

It's always nice to hit these guys when they're full of troops.  26 casualties isn't much but maybe this was the officer's ship or some great general's.
I can always hope.

Geek brings his small CV TF in range of Ceylon.  The RN responds by sending in the Swordfish.

These guys had to try.  They're the only offense the Brits have here today.  The Canes did their best to buy time for the fish but what ones did get
through were cut down before the could drop ordnance.  32 Zeroes is a lot to get past for the old biplanes.

Geeks small CV's then went after Colombo.

The Canes flying CAP were able to whittle down the number of Zeroes we'll have to deal with later.  We were very fortunate that the Revenge was unhit.
At this point we can't lose anymore warships in this theater.

Geek then tried his luck at Tricomalee.

Given how few planes I had flying CAP, we were really lucky he sent these guys unescorted.  The best part about these raids is that Geek is losing
valuable pilots and hard to replace planes and so far he has nothing to show for it.  Let's hope our luck keeps up.

Geek's main CV group continues to reek havoc in the South Pacific.

I moved the Airacobras from Canton to Pago in hopes of stemming the flow of blood Geek keep releasing here.  They managed a nice kill ratio but
Geek still sunk a ship. 

Geek came back again.

We didn't fare as well this time.  We still knocked out a couple of Zeroes but we're starting to lose too many AK's.  I have a lot more AK's but I was planning
on using Pago and Suva as depots and leaving these AK's here to shuttle supplies.  Technically, I guess they are still here. :(

Then he hit my troop transport and friends at Upolu.

This one hurt a lot.  I lost some engineers that were supposed to build up Upolu plus I lost a bunch of fuel and supplies that were destined for Suva.  When
my Airacobra squadron takes these guys on they do a pretty darn good job.  Unfortunately, they were already tied up at Pago.  I have more squadrons inbound
but I have to wait until his CVs move before I can off load them anywhere.

On to AM:
I couldn't let Geek have all the carrier fun.

I actually forgot I had these guys set to Naval Attack.  I was pretty surprised when they went after these Geekanese AK's.

Then things got serious.

This was the first of 3 raids against my carriers.  None of his bomber scored a hit.  I honestly don't know if there's anything more tense than watching
planes dive bomb your carriers.  I'm not sure I have the stomach for this.  I'm dying to pull the carriers out but then they do things like this:

There's very little opposition to my CV's right now and when Geek's second line pilots do try to take on my pilots, their experience shines through and
Geek's guys get cut down pretty quickly.  It's so hard to leave when I'm having a good amount of success but all it will take is one of his planes to
get lucky and this could head down hill fast.

Geek flew a bunch of raids over Padang.

The few aircraft I have here did fairly well but eventually gave up the airspace to Geek's superior numbers.  Geek then bombed the crap out of the
troops there.  He never went after the airfield so I should be able to get a few birds in the air tomorrow.  I need to get more aircraft here but he bombs
the bejesus out of any ship that floats by.  Flying them in is out of the question.  I'll have to come up with something.

Geek hit Manila again.

The next attack will probably do it.  I'm trying to get some subs here to hit his transports.  I'd like to trap these guys on the island.  I have big dreams.

Here's the day's loses.

Notice these 4-1 kill ratio in Air to Air combat.  I think that's a big deal this early.  When the time comes for our carriers to battle each other I'll have a
much better chance if his best pilots have been eliminated.

I guess that wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.   O0

jomni


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KyzBP

That's good news.  I was a little surprised he let it go this long.  I'm not sure what you guys know but my AAR is 2 days behind.  If Geek's is up to date then you know why he's mad, if his isn't up to date then stay tuned. :knuppel2:

besilarius

Don't be taken aback at the tension of dive bombing your carriers.
During the raids on the Marshall Islands, one airfield was spotted with Betty bombers.  Rather than loiter and launch another attack to catch them on the ground, Baldy Pownall tried to run away.
As Jocko Clark noted, a ship can't run away from a plane.

http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/P/o/Pownall_Charles_A.htm
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JasonPratt

Yeah, Geek is two days ahead of your report, although he isn't necessarily telling all the details.

Everyone should be extra careful about what we talk about in whichever threads, at this tense juncture. Meaningful radio silence has been good so far, but a slip of the lip etc.
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KyzBP

Quote from: besilarius on February 03, 2016, 08:44:02 PM
Don't be taken aback at the tension of dive bombing your carriers.
During the raids on the Marshall Islands, one airfield was spotted with Betty bombers.  Rather than loiter and launch another attack to catch them on the ground, Baldy Pownall tried to run away.
As Jocko Clark noted, a ship can't run away from a plane.

http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/P/o/Pownall_Charles_A.htm
Thanks Besilarius.  The best thing about this thread for me is all the stuff you guys post.  I was an Eastern Front guy with only a working knowledge of the Pacific Theater but between snippets like this and the book recommendations, I'm gaining a far greater understanding of the theater.  Keep it up.

KyzBP

Quote from: JasonPratt on February 03, 2016, 10:41:54 PM
Yeah, Geek is two days ahead of your report, although he isn't necessarily telling all the details.

Everyone should be extra careful about what we talk about in whichever threads, at this tense juncture. Meaningful radio silence has been good so far, but a slip of the lip etc.

No harm, no foul this time.  Given what's transpired over the last couple of days it would be impossible for him not to be pissed, or at least annoyed.  At this point I think the only thing that can scare me out of AM is his large carrier force and I have eyes all over them.  My fighter squadrons on the carriers are averaging 73 in experience, which should be 20 better than anything he can throw at me right now.  I'm back to watching his carriers and am prepared to start the bailout countdown the day I lose sight of them.