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Dual AARs are often alot of fun; I've done a couple, and they get tons of hits and comments. Unfortunately, I don't feel I have the time to really devote to a really involved AAR; but I thought I would at least provide some overall summaries, and provide the view from the other side of Greyjoys. I'm not allowed in there, but everyone else is, before the shooting even started he was up to like 5 pages....pretty amazing!

Anyhow, I just sent the Dec 8th Allied turn, and here are my overall initial moves:

Strategic: No offensive plans yet obviously. I am preparing Day 1 for the two biggest Japanese moves: Australia and India. And of the two, I think India is much more doable, and more vulnerable for the Allies.

So, I'm planning to put alot of extra stuff into India as soon as possible. The 18th UK and the 2 Aussie Divisions, when I get them, will go there. I am already sending 3 fighter and 2 Bomber groups to Capetown; they should be in India by the end of January, and provide some buttressing of the RAF. I am also moving the US Marines to Australia as quick as possible, and I may continue them on to India as well.

But overall, I am most worried about India, and focusing deep defenses there

Pearl Harbor: PH raid wasn't bad from my perspective; ARIZONA sank, and CALIFORNIA is 80/20 to sink next turn (62 sys, 92 float, and still burning...I think she goes down). No other BBs are at risk. A single torp hit blew up PHEONIX, though; that one hurt, the cruisers are better than BBs early-on.

I don't think he'll hit it again; under DaBabes it's highly unadvisable, and he's probably getting that exact advice.

Initial Landings: The Japanese landed on Luzon, Malaya, and Miri, nothing out of the ordinary. A couple things though are interesting:

1. There is a CV TF south of Saigon, with other TFs. This is some sort of major move, IMO. It might be to cover Kuching, but why use the CVs for that? And why not hit Kuching on the 9th? I think it's a move on Kuantan or Mersing, probably Mersing.

Mersing would be really risky unless one of the KB CVs is there. I'll see if I can get a read on what's there, but Air Search reports 2 CVs, not one, and RYUJO would be the only other one that could get there.

2. The Legaspi Fast TF is nowhere near Palau; it must be rocketing somewhere else. Where? I guess I'll find out.

3. A minimum of Japanese warships are blockading Luzon; just a few south of Puerto Princesa.

CV Moves:

LEXINGTON group is loitering north of Wake; we are going to jump any attempt at landing, and we also flew the Vindicators to Wake (more on that later). If KB comes toward Wake, though, we are going to flee north; I want no part of that!

ENTERPRISE group is heading directly for Australia, and thence to the SRA

SARATOGA is heading to Pearl, and we'll find something for her to do once she gets there.

SRA:

OK, that huge group of ships south of Saigon is up to something. I can't do anything about a move on Kuching, so we're making preps for a move on Mersing. I can't really stop a determined move on Mersing, but I hope to at least make it expensive.

We are laying mines there, and moving the Dutch PTs up there (not sure I can make it in time). The Aussies are marching there. Everyone else in Malaya is boarding trains for Singapore, save for leave-behind Bns to prevent para drops.

We are pulling the RN cruisers and all the Dutch warshpis we can to Singapore, and Force Z is hanging out to the south. Of course, we are also pulling Torp Bombers together in Singers, and hope to make use of them.

Additionally, the Marine Vindicators on Wake will be staging ASAP to the SRA, via Guam or Rabaul, and should be on-scene in 5 days. Not sure if that's soon enough, but we should be able to surprise somebody at some point.

We bought out a P-40 Sqadron on Luzon, and are going to stage them to Sinagpore. 2 AVG units are also headed that way.

If I am wrong, I can still use all the airplanes I have gathered to defend Palembang. If I am right, a huge bloodbath will likely happen around Mersing. Most of the blook will be mine, unfortunately, but I can't let him land there without a fight!

Other Moves:

I beleive in moving units around to surprise the Japanese, and confound the beginning set-up intel. LARK BN is moving from Rabaul to Horn Island, which I hope to make a nasty Atoll. I am moving GULL and SPARROW, with an RN BASE FORCE, to the Cocos Islands. Hopefully that will be a nasty surprise in February. That's about all I can pull off at the moment, but more to follow.

BOISE and HOUSTON are moving east into the Phillipine Sea. I am sending a large AK to meet them, to top off fuel. The Phillipine Sea is an air-search gap for Japan, and I hope to interdict something like the 16th Division Convoy heading to Luzon. I hope to hide there, and spring a surprise somewhere.
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Great to see you doing an AAR! You did exellent AARs in WITE so I will follow this one closely! Since I will be reading GJs too I won´t comment too much though!

Good luck! [:)]
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Q-ball,

I'll be reading your AAR here. Thanks for doing it: even if you're only episodically able to update it, I'm sure it will be worthwhile for us readers. [&o]
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The title of your AAR is definately going to prompt some kind of harmonic dissonance! Desist from the "hairy", now!

Best of luck, Q-Ball. I'll be reading both AARs, because both players are fun to follow. GreyJoy has his hands full, but that usually results in the best kind of entertainment.
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This should be a real hair ball.


In what way is a 2nd day attack at PH inadvisable with DaBabes? Fuel?
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In what way is a 2nd day attack at PH inadvisable with DaBabes? Fuel?

Flak losses are adjusted in DaBabes. If CAP takes off too and is more or most likely less lucky the losses taken together tho primarily from upped Flak losses its questionble if its worth it in lost ubah KB pilot lifes. Each to his own opinion ofc.
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It would be very bloody for him to go for Mersing- his gains pale to his losses.

Oh, and before I forget, Godspeed fellow Chicagoan![:)]
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It would be very bloody for him to go for Mersing- his gains pale to his losses.

Oh, and before I forget, Godspeed fellow Chicagoan![:)]

Thanks, White Sox Fan!

I am a Cubs season ticket holder though, 4 seats 1st Base Side. Dark days on the North Side.....

Maybe one day we can do a WITP-AE Red Line Series![:D]
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It would be very bloody for him to go for Mersing- his gains pale to his losses.

Oh, and before I forget, Godspeed fellow Chicagoan![:)]

Thanks, White Sox Fan!

I am a Cubs season ticket holder though, 4 seats 1st Base Side. Dark days on the North Side.....

Maybe one day we can do a WITP-AE Red Line Series![:D]
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Dont forget to work on Greyjoys inexperience, only 1 game which he got thumped in until given a lot of assistance.

Work out what will throw him, or make him make a mistake. (Moving the opening units around, SBU to Rabaul etc type things)

Keep up the AAR, only needs to be comments rather than maps etc.
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Curious how Lexington and Enterprise fare with their deployments. Being new I would have assumed Kido Butai to retire to the home islands after the Pearl Harbor strike leaving the "Lex" at extreme risk. The early 1942 experience (mine) in the DEI was no air superiority except over several friendly fields of my choice. How can the "Big E" operate effectively there? Keep us abreast.
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12/9/41

Quick update: There is definitely a KB CV in the South China Sea, covering several TFs moving toward Kuching or Mersing. I'll know tomorrow which one, but I suspect Mersing.

Val DBs from Patani sank a couple ships off Georgetown; the only way that 20+ DBs could be down there on the 9th is if they were flown from a CV. He probably flew Zeros back on the CV to boost CAP to cover these landings, so they'll be alot of Zeros.

If it's Mersing, he can land on the 11th. I can't really stop that landing, but we can at least make it expensive.

We'll find out which CV, but KAGA would make the most sense, since KB would gain speed if she was detached.

A TF is approaching Kaveing, but I have a surprise for that TF tomorrow.......
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Have you got time to move some subs into the Gulf of Thailand??

The S boats, Dutch and Brit subs work well.
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Subscribed... Good luck Q-ball, but more luck to you Greyjoy, Both of you have a good campaign. [;)]
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12/9/41

Quick update: There is definitely a KB CV in the South China Sea, covering several TFs moving toward Kuching or Mersing. I'll know tomorrow which one, but I suspect Mersing.

Val DBs from Patani sank a couple ships off Georgetown; the only way that 20+ DBs could be down there on the 9th is if they were flown from a CV. He probably flew Zeros back on the CV to boost CAP to cover these landings, so they'll be alot of Zeros.

If it's Mersing, he can land on the 11th. I can't really stop that landing, but we can at least make it expensive.

We'll find out which CV, but KAGA would make the most sense, since KB would gain speed if she was detached.

A TF is approaching Kaveing, but I have a surprise for that TF tomorrow.......

Reasonable assumptions but there is another one you should not overlook. That KB CV could just as easily be shepherding an invasion fleet to Palembang. I don't read GreyJoy's AAR but based on comments elsewhere, I believe he would be very concerned to preempt an Allied attempt to reinforce Palembang.

One thing about GreyJoy's play style to bear in mind. He is particularly fond of his airforce assets. He will pay more attention to his airforce than to his navy or army.

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Subscribed... Good luck Q-ball, but more luck to you Greyjoy, Both of you have a good campaign. [;)]

really looking forward to the match as well...

and I just have to say it: AWESOME NEW SIG DivePac :D :D
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12/10 and 12/11/41

It's a good idea to load-up Sinagpore regardless of target, but I do it mostly to forestall an early move on Palembang. I planned to bring alot of fighters to Singers, and concentrate Torp Bombers. I always post the Australians at Mersing.

The Screenshot below is from DEC 10; at this point, I expected a move toward Mersing. You can see the concentration of Airpower, and pretty much all the ships I could pull together at this stage, and all the local Dutch subs.

DEC 11, though, found the TFs 1 hex off Singkawang. I think the target now is Palembang, but maybe he'll land something at Singkawang; it would make sense, and it takes very little to knock that base over.

Attacks from Singkawang bombed KAGA; they missed, but confirmed the presence of that CV. We also identified fighters from RYUJO, as well as the Yamada Zeros, so that looks like the TFs.

I don't think I want to take on the Kongos with Force Z at this point. He knows I have alot of torp bombers at Singers, as many sortied and toasted 2 IJN DDs that had tangled with some ships south of Singers (sinking 6 of my TKs, as well as 2 USN DDs). He knows I have P-40s at Singers, and extra Swordfish.

If he puts an air HQ at Singkawang, that's going to shut down alot of ocean for me, but I can't stop him from doing that

SRA Elsewhere:

Many of my ships are escaping Manila; I purposely ran useless AKLs out first, and the DDs posted outside the harbor emptied their magazines on these useless targets, allowing all the better ships (APs,AS,AOs,etc) to slip by.

BOISE and HOUSTON linger in the Phillipine Sea. CV Planes sank their AK "tender", so it looks like it's getting a little hot. BBs also sank a TK. So, he's on to me in the Phillipine Sea. Both ships are heading south toward a bunch of ships off Mindanao, hoping we can get a transport TF in the open.

Pacific Moves:

To my surprise, Japanese troops landed at Adak and Amchitka; that's pretty slick taking those right away. Can't do much about that....

LEXINGTON is moving north from Wake. KB is heading that way, and though I see an invasion TF coming, I can't stop if if KB is coming. Oh well....

However, at Rabaul, the Marine Vindicators toasted some transports unloading at Kaveing, and I think killed a land unit on 2 transports.

ENTERPRISE is going to transit the Torres Strait and head to the SRA. By then it may be not usable there, but we'll see.

2nd Marines are loading on Transports for Australia, and will move from there to India if I can.

SRA STRATEGY: Bringing KAGA down was an interesting move, and I hope indicative that Greyjoy is going to spring some surprises.

I think a move on Mersing or Palembang is risky even with the extra CV, unless Sinagpore is supressed. The Japanese really have two problems; the Torpedo Bombers, and Force Z. To get the Torp Bombers, you really need to bomb Sinagpore to remove that base, and maybe put a "bait" TF in range with CAP over it. Force Z, you need to use the KONGOS to escort whatever you are doing.

I have moved an RAF HQ from Singers to Palembang, so I have 2 Torp-Capable bases around there, but if he starts bombing Singers that will be a problem for us

Bombing Singapore also prevents fort construction. You really need to start bombing it right away, and not let-up.



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Too bad about the KB and Wake, I was looking forward to his invasion fleet getting a bloody nose from the LEX. I still think the Wake timetable can be upset, but obviously not if the KB is present.
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It would be very bloody for him to go for Mersing- his gains pale to his losses.

Oh, and before I forget, Godspeed fellow Chicagoan![:)]

Thanks, White Sox Fan!

I am a Cubs season ticket holder though, 4 seats 1st Base Side. Dark days on the North Side.....

Maybe one day we can do a WITP-AE Red Line Series![:D]

Please tell me why Brian Lehair got in.. while Mike Moustakas, Edwin Encarnacion, and AJ Pyrzenski didn't (Pyrzenski is a dick, and I am guessing you don't like the WS.. so thats ok there.. me too)... but seriously.. 13 hrs and 30 RBIs...
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btw.. I am following your game.. not just talking baseball..Royals are 5 starting pitchers away from a good team.
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