Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))

[CaptBeefheart]

Looking good overall.

Who's in charge of that Trenton TF, Melvin Milquetoast with 25 Aggression?

Cheers,
CB

[RangerJoe]

Looking good overall.

Who's in charge of that Trenton TF, Melvin Milquetoast with 25 Aggression?

Cheers,
CB

Captain Wallace B. (Wally) Binghamton!

[Lowpe]

Dec 22, 1943

The war continues, some bloody naval engagements east of Formosa led to the loss of 1 fast BB, 3 CAs, and several destroyers to disappointing losses for the IJN. One hvy damaged BB, damaged CA and a heavily damaged CL plus destroyers over several days. I don't think the USN landed one torpedo hit...and of course it was all at knife fighting ranges due to bad weather.

Japanese continue to lose planes at an alarming rate...400 to my 50 on one day in particular.

Miss a 2-1 on Singers, but forts now 0.

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[Lowpe]

Meanwhile....

We have surrounded some IJN tanks in China....not sure for how long. Another Yank division is moving in, but Japan is moving to break the isolation.


Ground combat at 74,57 (near Liuchow)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 609 troops, 50 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 1236

Defending force 9113 troops, 121 guns, 712 vehicles, Assault Value = 531

Assaulting units:
11th Indian Division
5th Chinese Corps
13th Field Regiment
2nd RAA Jungle Regiment
4th Australian Lt AA Regiment

Defending units:
11th Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
Guards Tank Division
9th Armored Car Co

[Lowpe]

Paratroopers take the base one hex northeast of Swatow on the Chinese Coastline. A Marine division is steaming to invade Swatow, while another is moving to land at Chaochow.


Ground combat at Chaochow (81,61)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 344 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 30

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 25

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 25 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Chaochow !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
111th LRP Bde /1

[Lowpe]

Also, not pictured is we grabbed Vigan on Luzon, and currently have about 20 units there now...

My turns pretty much are loading troops into ships and selecting destinations....another huge sea lift down along the Chinese coast now. Carefully, since Japan has strong air bases in the region, which is an opportunity I have managed to exploit so far in extreme IJ losses.

Jan 44 and the B29 starts to show up. Some prelim recon on western Honshu show many promising targets.

Sorry for the lack of pictures, only have the replay.

[Lowpe]

Looking good overall.

Who's in charge of that Trenton TF, Melvin Milquetoast with 25 Aggression?

Cheers,
CB

Another large IJN task force managed to evade three USN SAGs....AMCs, xaps, etc, etc near Swatow along the Chinese coast. Pretty disappointing....but we just slug away.

[Lowpe]

Dec 23, 1943

Slowly figuring out how to use the USN....here a patrolling SAG with 5 reaction moves out and engages an IJN Desron 4 times during the day to sink all three enemy ships. Well done! SBDs and Avengers team up to sink another enemy destroyer west of Sorong.

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[Lowpe]

Another good day in the air....plus more aircraft shot down while failing to attack our carrier groups.

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IJN had two SAGs NE of Iriomote that turned around....

[Lowpe]

Was in Boston for the week....so I had to go see this beauty.

Built in 1943 in San Pedro, California, USS Cassin Young is one of 175 Fletcher-class destroyers built during World War II. USS Cassin Young engaged in seven Pacific battles in World War II, survived two Kamikaze hits, and served another full decade beyond the ship's expected lifetime.

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[Lowpe]

So, a personal story about the Cassin Young. My wife's Uncle as an 18 year old boiler operator on the Princeton, was dumped in the ocean ..... I don't know what ship rescued him, but he was in the water a fair bit. Cassin Young fished quite a few from the drink. He had uncontrollable shaking of the hands and arms ever after. Nice man, rip Uncle Jack.

[Lowpe]

Dec 24, 1943

Merry Christmas....Singapore retaken!

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[Lowpe]

I thought Singers would be destroyed....

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[Lowpe]

Moving Forward....along the Chinese Coastline

Swatow is nice, sps size 5 port, 6 af. Marines will hit it tomorrow.

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[Lowpe]

Dec 25, 1943

Lots of grunt work on each turn...loading troops, check ship status, etc. Pretty much just ignoring Japan's forces and moving forward.

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[Lowpe]

Warms the cockles of my heart seeing such a great IJN no moonlight raid....pity they didn't connect.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Hengchun at 83,67, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
MTB G-151
MTB G-156
MTB G-157
MTB G-160
MTB G-10

Allied Ships
CVL Cowpens
CVE Chenango, Shell hits 3
CVE Nassau
CVE Breton
CVE Prince William, Shell hits 3
CVE Barnes
CVE Corregidor, Shell hits 2
CVE Anzio, Shell hits 1
CA Houston
CLAA Oakland
DD Conner
DD Kidd
DD Kimberly
DD Bancroft
DD Dewey
DD Voyager

Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 0% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards

[Lowpe]

Japanese ground forces don't even auto bombard at Swatow....good sign I think.

[Yaab]

Singapore starts the war with 70 HI though. The place is on its last legs HI-wise.

[Lowpe]

Singapore starts the war with 70 HI though. The place is on its last legs HI-wise.

Good point....I guess those engineers did sabotage something.

As the Allies, what care I for HI though? Shipyards and to a lesser extent oil and refineries.

Manpower? Does that help with Chinese rebuilding? I am repairing Chinese Manpower on the assumption it does. Feels right.

[RangerJoe]

Singapore starts the war with 70 HI though. The place is on its last legs HI-wise.

Good point....I guess those engineers did sabotage something.

As the Allies, what care I for HI though? Shipyards and to a lesser extent oil and refineries.

Manpower? Does that help with Chinese rebuilding? I am repairing Chinese Manpower on the assumption it does. Feels right.

I think that the HI gets cut in half every time that the base changes from one side to the other, even if there is no combat there. HI produces supplies while consuming fuel and resources. I don't think that the manpower is used by the Allies but the Japanese use it to expand their industries and to provide squad type devices. I am not an expert on the manpower usage, however.