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

[FarAway Sooner]

So now the British pilots get to joke about American beer and American efforts to bomb Geekanese carriers?

[JasonPratt]

Imperial chatter suggests Tojo is personally rethinking the viability of bombing ground troops from the air, due to the terrible results of your bombers at Bundaberg.

So.... good news, of a sort, then?

[KyzBP]

Imperial chatter suggests Tojo is personally rethinking the viability of bombing ground troops from the air, due to the terrible results of your bombers at Bundaberg.

So.... good news, of a sort, then?

Meaning I'm getting poor results or his troops are being pummeled?  I'm taking out about 200 troops a turn.  If I wasn't dealing with such big stacks, 200 would be a lot of casualties.

[JasonPratt]

The vaguery of my statement becomes apparent!  >:D

[KyzBP]

April 28th, 1942

Bombardments a' plenty today.

North Male

Not much in the way of casualties but I have no idea what's there.  I don't even know what he's using it for but I'll keep
bombarding it as long as it's occupied.

Padang

I think the AK in port absorbed most of the damage.  I have something in store for this little band of merry travelers.

Kunashiri

I had no idea he had this much firepower in the area.  I'm going to have to try to take these guys out by air but it's
always a coin flip on whether my escorts will launch.  If these guys decide to bombard all along the chain, and I don't
take them out by air, then I'll lose most of my land based aircraft.  The Hornet is a couple days out and there are BB's
on their way.  Hopefully he's as afraid of me as I am of him.

Geek hits Bundaberg.


He's not doing much damage and I seem to be wearing down his fighters.  My bombers on the other hand...


That's just one raid.  There were 7 more totaling 262 casualties.  This was a good day.  I'm pretty happy with these
results.  I just hope it continues to buy me the time I need to bring reinforcements from New Zealand.

Bombing the Band of Merry Men.


I don't think anything sunk but they will be moving slower.  My Brit carriers should catch up to these guys next turn.
He may have CAP assigned to them by then though.  We'll know tomorrow.  Next stop...Fuso.


B339's attack a destroyer.

I don't think 50lb bombs are going to do much but it may be enough to send this DD into port for awhile.  Moral victory.

Bombing the China Super Stack.


Considering the size of this stack 10 guys will not be noticed.  This stack loses 10 guys in the chow line.  I need more and
better bombers. 

Now some fun.
Bombing Albany Harbor.



I think Geek needs to make a choice between protecting to 100 ships in port at Albany or protect his transports headed
for Adelaide(?).  Let's see what he's willing to sacrifice at Albany.  Oh, and if he leaves port I have 5 subs waiting to finish off
any damaged ships that may attempt to escape.

[JasonPratt]

Wow: the bomber cult was right! -- assuming you can get large enough ships to sit still long enough (as in the dry tests), B-17s can do naval work!  :D

[FarAway Sooner]

15 bomb hits from 6 Heavy Bombers?  It looks like everybody is getting into the "Hit Capitol Ship Week" celebrations but the lowly SBD pilots flying for the USN!!

I guess that's the difference between a moving target and a stationary target.  I'm sure it helps that you have about 2,000 Coast Watchers stationed in Albany...

[Sir Slash]

Welcome to Australia, IJN. Weather Forecast is: Sunny with a 75% chance of Bombs.

[jomni]

Boom! Wonder how he will get those repaired.  Albany port won't be a safe haven.

[KyzBP]

April 29th, 1942

Sorry about the delay but I won't be able to update during the week for awhile.  Weekends only.

The day started out horribly.

Geek finds my bombardment TF.



I was banking on him having his aircraft set for Ground Attack rather than Naval.  I was sending these guys to bombard
Port Moresby due to multiple coast watcher reports of 60+ ships in port.  I think it is from here that Geek is resupplying
and reinforcing his Eastern Australian Super Stack.  Unfortunately, he caught me.  I lost 2 cruisers and am not out of the woods yet.
I still have to try to make it back under CAP.

Attacking the transports near Port Augusta.



Port Augusta appears to be the target.  By bombing Albany I think I forced Geek's carriers to head back West to
protect the port there.  There was far less CAP covering the transports today so we were able to hit a few.  Hopefully
they were really important troops that we killed.  I have a couple of patrol boats and minesweepers that should greet
Geek's transports at Port Augusta.  There's a fair amount of troops there as well.  This WILL be an opposed landing!
The aircraft in the area are all set to sink as many of these Row Boats of Doom as we can.

Bombing of Albany's port continues.


Because of crappy weather, only the Mitchells launched.  They hit a good amount of transports but no warships.
Geek is probably torn on where to send the carriers to provide CAP.  What's kind of funny is I had one of those
"I know what I'd do" moments and it looks like Geek read my mind...or me, his.

It looks like he's sending as many warships as he can muster to bombard Perth in an attempt to shut down the airfield
there.  I've sortied out the last of the Lame and Limping TF to act as a roadblock and buy me one extra turn.  My ships
are as good as gone anyway so they might as well go down fighting.  Hopefully that will use up his bombardment TF's
Operations Points for this turn and he won't be able to bombard.  I've set all the aircraft to Naval Attack with the hope of
hitting some of these ships before they bombard next turn.  I'll then transfer all the aircraft to another nearby base and
resume attacking Albany when his ships limp away.

Bombing Bundaberg.


Today's Bunda Bombing Total was only 121 casualties.  I think I flew fewer sorties here though.  All his planes were
dealing with my bombardment TF so he launched next to nothing at Bunda.  I think my CAP and escorts may be keeping
him away as well.

Over at AM we found a few targets.



Just a bunch of transports but Geek seems to have something of value up there (Sakhalin Island).  There has been a good amount
of transport activity to and from the peninsula but I don't know if he's dropping stuff off there or picking stuff up.
I also wonder too if he's trying to get supplies to Paramushira.  We been able to sink or damage just about everything sent
there.

The Hornet will be at AM tomorrow and will rendezvous with the other carrier.  The Saratoga is on her way to Seattle for
minor repairs and an upgrade.  I have a bunch of ad hoc surface combat TFs on their way here and the B-17's are just waiting
for the green light to begin bombing Japan.  I think I'm close to regaining control here but I won't jinx myself and say it until
either his 100 fighters are gone or his BB TF is eliminated.

The Fuso was NOT spotted or active today.  I think the Brit carriers have her in hiding.

[FarAway Sooner]

The Fuso was NOT spotted or active today.  I think the Brit carriers carrier-based biplanes from WW I have her in hiding.

There.  I fixed it for you.   :)

[KyzBP]

The Fuso was NOT spotted or active today.  I think the Brit carriers carrier-based biplanes from WW I have her in hiding.

There.  I fixed it for you.   :)

;D O0

[Sir Slash]

I'd be hiding from the Brit carriers too.

[jomni]

Crickets

[KyzBP]

We both had very busy weeks.  Geek currently has the turn.  I'll try to update tomorrow if time permits. 

Please stay tuned. ;)