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

[KyzBP]

http://www.combinedfleet.com/Allied%20Defense%20of%20the%20Malay%20Barrier.htm

It's a little late, but this book on the Malay Barrier campaign of WWII might be fun.  In particular gives a very detailed review of the allied submarines.

I'm compiling a list of all the books people have recommended during this thread so I will add it.  Thanks!

[Airborne Rifles]

KyzBP, with all of Geek's transport losses, do you think he is still able to exploit the Dutch Est Indies' raw resources and bring the back to Japan, or is he starving his industry in the home islands for the prospect of a quick victory? Given what little I know about the game from reading this thread, it doesn't seem that he is racking up enough points for an auto win.

[KyzBP]

KyzBP, with all of Geek's transport losses, do you think he is still able to exploit the Dutch Est Indies' raw resources and bring the back to Japan, or is he starving his industry in the home islands for the prospect of a quick victory? Given what little I know about the game from reading this thread, it doesn't seem that he is racking up enough points for an auto win.

I think it's more of the latter.  I think he's hoping to grab Oz and end the war and not have to fight the traditional prolonged retreat.  I should be able to start unleashing the B-17's on his industry soon so if he fails in Australia he'll have reduced resources with which to fight to rest of the war. 

I hope that makes sense.

[KyzBP]

May 3rd, 1942

Surprisingly very little action today.

Geek sub hits an empty tanker.

I almost forgot Geek had subs anywhere other than AM and Canton Is.  I wonder if all of our ASW efforts actually paid
off or if he's using them to transport supplies to some of his outposts.  Either way there's still a few lurking about.

Geek's carrier planes make their presence know near Sydney.

Unfortunately for him my CAP was waiting for this.  He has 200ish bombers with his carriers so losing 8 isn't going to
to cause him to lose sleep but if I can start bombing his factories soon he'll have a hard time replacing them.  As the Allies,
attrition is your best friend.

His bombers did manage to find a target.

Just a random AKL.  Nothing serious.  I do have a few ships in the area so I will have to up the Long Range CAP until
they're out of range.  Given that his carriers are so close to the majority of my bombers and fighters I think I'll set everyone
to Naval Attack w/escort and see if I can't either drain his aircraft or hit a Geek carrier.  That would be a nice present.

Bombing the Port Augusta Stack.

The Mitchells continue to shine.  Unfortunately, I didn't have anything else to throw at him.  I sent the rest of the bombers
towards Melbourne and Sydney to try and bag an aircraft carrier.

P-39's strafing transports.

I keep telling myself that even little bit of damage taken will effect Geek later when he needs all of his transports.

4E's hit the Albany Stack.

I just need to slow these stacks down to give me more time to dig in at Perth.  I'm not situated to badly there but if I
can buy more time, I'll use it.

China.

Yawn.  Kidding.  I wonder if Geek is getting concerned about the sudden stiff resistance put up by the peasant army.
I made sure that all my stacks have proper support and command.  The only thing I'm having trouble with is supply.  I've seen
enough episodes of Bizarre Foods to know that feeding these guys shouldn't be an issue.  My guess is ammo and weapons are
what these guys lack.

That was it for the day.  Tomorrow we go carrier hunting again.

[jomni]

The Chinese don't need no bullets.


http://mandarinmansion.com/republican-da-dao

https://chinesemartialstudies.com/2012/11/26/693/

Japanese postcard:

Banner: "Glorious Deeds of Arms: Prisoners of War and Spoils of War"

Japanese Officer: "This is banned dum-dum ammunition."

Japanese Soldier: "Yeah, we also captured the enemy's tank(s)!"

Captured Chinese Soldier: "POWs certainly enjoy the Japanese Army's kindness."

Japanese Soldier: "I'd really like (or it would be nice) to take this Green Dragon Blade home as a souvenir, eh?"

[KyzBP]

Somehow that postcard doesn't seem to jive with the stories I've read.  Surely I'm being fed propaganda.

[KyzBP]

May 4th, 1942

Almost all of the action is centered around Australia right now.  That's not a big surprise.  What surprises me is there's almost nothing going on anywhere else.

Bombing the Albany Stack.

We only hit these guys once this turn.  Why? Well because they've disappeared.  I doubt we've bombed them into oblivion or
they've committed some type of mass, ritualistic suicide.  Most likely my recon flights lost them due to weather.  It's kind of important
to know where these guys are at.  We should reacquire them next turn.

Bombing Bunda.

Today's casualty total: 60.  Light losses for Geek today.  Most of my bombers were reassigned naval attack duties to try and hit
his carrier TF parked near Sydney.  What is interesting is there's indications that some of his troops are trying to leave Bundagrad.
I doubt he's pulling back so he may have some troops trying to break through my lines and possibly head towards Mary.  Mary is
no pushover.  She's well supplied and entrenched.

Bombing the Port August Stack.

Three B-25's can do a lot of damage.  I need more of these guys.  Frankly, I need more of everything.

P39's strafe Port Augusta Harbor.

The nose cannon on the P-39 allows for better strafing results when used against ships.  While not a lot of damage,
if Geek wants to reuse these guys they're going to require some yard time...and space. O0

Geek's CV aircraft hit Sydney...

...and Brisbane.

I lost a few ships but nothing too important.  Let's see if the trade off was worth it.

Allied bombers hit the Zuiho.


Only 1 bomb hit but there is fire and fire tends to cause lots of damage...and makes the ship easier to find.

Wait, there's more.

The Shokaku took a hit as well.  Probably very minor damage but if she stays with the Zuiho she'll be an easy to
find target as well.  We took some air losses trying to hit these guys.  Geek had almost 75 fighters present as CAP.
Next turn I plan to send as many escorts and bombers as I can scrape up.  We may not do much more damage but if
we can keep eliminating his carrier pilots I'll call it a victory.  That is if we hold Oz. 

I have the Enterprise and Yorktown in the area but I think even with some of his carriers damaged they're still too much of
a threat to try and take on.  I hope we're at least making Geek nervous.

And in the most bizarre and unexpected event of the day:

Ground combat at Etorofu.

Where in the hell did these guys come from????  The island was cleared/empty when we arrived.  I think this was the island
that surrendered before we arrived.  How did these guys get here?  I have 2 theories:
1. They were airdropped.  Earlier in the turn my CAP shot down a couple of planes over the area that I'd never seen before.
I didn't think much of it so I didn't note the type of plane and there was no animation to give me a hint.  Those planes could
have been part of a paradrop and that's why this isn't a complete unit.

2. Submarine Transport.  There were 4 subs in the area, maybe more, that didn't seem interested in hunting my ships.  I know
Japan possessed some pretty big subs and these guys could've been dropped off by the subs.  They may not be finished landing
and that's why he only has a partial unit here.

Either way, I outnumber him in infantry and have about 5 times more support troops.  My engineers have been working around the
clock to fortify the base so we should be pretty safe though I will keep an eye on this.

That was it for the day.  I haven't received a turn from Geek in about a week.  I imagine his restaurant is keeping him very busy and even
if he would've sent a turn I wouldn't have been able to get to it until today.  If a turn arrives I'll update this as quick as possible.   

[Airborne Rifles]

Do you think this is an opportunity to risk your carriers to take out his? I would guess he is distracted by your land based aircraft, just like at Midway, and might be surprised by a strike from the sea, especially if several of his carriers have already sustained damage. A better opportunity might not come along.

[KyzBP]

Do you think this is an opportunity to risk your carriers to take out his? I would guess he is distracted by your land based aircraft, just like at Midway, and might be surprised by a strike from the sea, especially if several of his carriers have already sustained damage. A better opportunity might not come along.

The problem is that currently my carriers only have a fighter squadron and bomber squadron aboard each.  I flew the rest off during the build up to Perth/Albany.  Most of those planes and pilots have sadly, been lost.  A safer move for me may be sending the rest of my carrier planes off to Sydney or Brisbane and attack from land without risking my carriers.  The downside to that is if something goes wrong and I lose all those planes then I'm s.o.l. until I get my empty carriers back to Pearl or San Diego. 

He still has 100+ fighters in that TF.  We'll wait and see what the land based boys can do.  If they are able to cripple a few more of his carriers then, like you said, I may not have a better opportunity.

[jomni]

OMG.  Sydney and Brisbane being bombed!  No more safe place in Oz aside from Uluru.

[KyzBP]

OMG.  Sydney and Brisbane being bombed!  No more safe place in Oz aside from Uluru.

They'll be a trade off coming soon.  We'll see how he likes the Home Island being bombed.

Uluru is the secret home of the Australian Resistance Fighters (ARF).  They've been working like dogs to prepare for
a possible Geekanese occupation of Oz.

[Staggerwing]

Uluru is the secret home of the Australian Resistance Fighters (ARF).  They've been working like dogs to prepare for
a possible Geekanese occupation of Oz.

All the while their teen kids'll be up in the hills waving their captured Type 38 Arasaka rifles and shouting "Thylacines!"

[Sir Slash]

I thought the secret, hidden base was on Kangaroo Island. Because, you know it's supposed to be a... secret. And who would look there?

[JasonPratt]

All the while their teen kids'll be up in the hills waving their captured Type 38 Arasaka rifles and shouting "Thylacines!"

I'm not gonna lie, I lol'd hard on that!

[KyzBP]

All the while their teen kids'll be up in the hills waving their captured Type 38 Arasaka rifles and shouting "Thylacines!"

I'm not gonna lie, I lol'd hard on that!

You weren't the only one!  ;D