C3C PBEM : "Leyte" - WWII pacific scenario PBEM (level : newbees)

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Hi, this is the thread for the new WWII Pacific conquest PBEM aimed at newbies.

One experienced player would be a nice addition to help around.

The Gulf of Leyte (East of the Philippines) saw a major naval battle of the war.


It is for Conquests, using the MP version of the WWII Pacific scenario and the patch 1.22.
So you need to have both Conquests and the patch 1.22 installed on your computer.


5 civs :

Japan : Provolution
USA : Goonie
Commonwealth : GrendelS
China : Sadu
Dutch : Punkbass2000


Players : 5

1. Sadu
2. GrendelS (Commonwealth)
3. Punkbass2000 (China/Dutch ?)
4. Goonie (USA )
5. Provolution (Japan)

Replacement player : fourth_wise_man



You want to be in ? You have further questions ? Post in this thread or send me a PM. If ready to join, send me a PM with your e-mail.
You can also check the sticky thread "newbee guide" where you can find tons of informations on how PBEM works, what you can do and what you should not do, etc... but if it is not clear enough, you can ask here and we will answer you (we are a community of friendly and helpful people).
When the rooster is full, I will send to all of you a planning e-mail with play order, e-mails, etc...

Organization : the game will be called Leyte to be recognizable and when you get the game, send a mail to inform the sender you got it (GPS = Got it, Played it, Sent it).

Special rules : no city razing or abndonning !

Sadu and GrendelS, please state if you have any civ preferences !

I wouldn't mind being if you don't feel I'm hogging too many of the games you've started recently I'd take Dutch or China I think.

No pb at all, punkbass, it is good to have at least one person with experience in such a PBEM.

Oh me me!

I will take USA. .

I take Japan, and I face you gentleman

I also speak Japanese by the way.

email is protovision@yahoo.no

I'll play as the dutch
The little civ that could
email: the_wise_man_nz@msn.com
timezone: GMT+12 New Zealand

Please add on more people. It seems this is not yet full.

Provolution, have you noticed it is a scenario, not an epic ?

There are 5 civs to play and there are 5 players. Seems definitely full to me !

Let us start then I cannot wait to win WW2

I have got all e-mails (BTW Provolution, yours really end with a .no ????).

Waiting to get some civ preferences then I send the planning phase e-mail then I send you the file to start the game.

Have you ever started PBEs or should I include the "mini-guide" on how to start one ?

Loulong, I am sorry, this was protocogni@yahoo.no

Just in case there's confusion, I'll take China as wiseman has the Dutch.

EDIT: OH wait, I see. I'll take what ever no one else wants, then. If it comes down to it, I'll pick the Dutch, but if someone has their heart set on them by all means give me China.

China is also a personal favourite of mine, but I'm happy with Dutch or whatever is left over.

Game On...

Wiseman signed a bit too late so he stands as replacement player in case but at the moment he has no civ.

Planning phase mail sent !

Provolution has started the game.

Provolution, please post here for each new turn (each time you play).

Imperial Japan
Ministry of State Authorized Violence (MSAV)

Chief of Staff, Grand Admiral Provolution
Admiral Amiraru Eriku sama
Admiral Kouchino sama



VICTORY POINTS

Japan
8315

Allies
95

United States of America

6 December 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy struck Pearl Harbor, and sunk one ship, as well as crippling several others and destroyed some 3 air squadrons. Honolulus population fell from 378 000 inhabitants to 150 000 inhabitants overnight due to extreme severe civilian casualties to Japanese air bombardment. However, valiant fighter pilots of Pearl Harbor shot down some 40-50 bombers in Japanese bomber squadron.

One week later, Apari fell to a sudden Japanese beach-landing, and the city was quickly overrun, where infantry and artillery continued southwards to shell Manila. A major landing was conducted on Manilas Western port, where the city soon feel to a well organized urban assault, supported by naval bombardment. When the dust settled, the only remaining US Land Force in the Philippines was a crippled Armor Division, down to 1/3 of the original strength after an artillery bombardment from Manila. Four destroyers were sunk in the port of Manila as the city fell.

Farther South, a landing force from Palau landed in Davao, taking out the city very quickly, and sending coastal artillery to shell the Cruiser “Houston”, and weakened “Houston” and Destroyer “Edsall” with further aerial bombing.

Guam was stormed by a task force of Japanese marines.

American presence in Asia has been all but utterly crushed.


Manila

MG, GI Infantry, Flak, 4 Destroyers, Redlined Tanks next to Manila

Apari[/FONT]

GI Infantry

Princesa

Open City

Davao

GI Infantry, Flak

Guam

GI Infantry

Pearl Harbor

Sunk one ship
Redlined some 4-5 ships
Destroyed 3 airplanes
Lost one Japanese Bomber
Reduced 3 population

Marginal American Losses
Armor East of Manila, 1/3
Cruiser “Houston” 1/3
Destroyer “Edsall” 2/3
Several ships in Pearl Harbor

American Losses
3 Airplanes, 1 Battleship, 4 Destroyers, 4 GI Infantry, 2 Flak, MG Batallion , 5 Cities
Japanese Losses
Bomber

Commonwealth

December 1941, Japanese Armor overran Hong Kong in less than 2 days, and an extensive operation took place at the same time in the Malaccan Peninsula.

Bhuket was shelled by Japanese Artillery, and then stormed by a combined group of tanks and infantry. Further south, Japanese paratroopers landed all the way between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, and Japanese infantry overcame the Indian Border Infantry, north of KL.

Hong Kong

ANZAC

Bhuket

Anzac

Japanese bombers and a submarine sunk the battleships Repulse and Prince of Wales

Commonwealth lost 3 ANZAC as well as the Battleships Prince of Wales and Repulse.

The Japanese Submarine was damaged, 2/4.

Kuomintang

December 1941, Imperial Japan opened with a fierce offensive, sending out their notoriously powerful China Army backed by several infantry division and Light Armor (Chu Ha) and conquered Sian, which fell to an overwhelming attack force. The battle was so short, that defenses could hardly be considered fierce.

At the same time Foochow fell to a triangular envelopment maneuver, with artillery fire from the North, the Japanese Indochina Panzer Army from the West and a landing of a Marine Division from Formosa from the Southeast, Foochow fell swift to a well orchestrated military assault.

At the same time, Chinese border defenses was shelled down in the North by artillery and in the South by air bombardment, and followed up by fierce infantry Banzai assaults, opening the Chinese borders to future Japanese advances along the entire front, as fully seven divisions fell. In total, Japan lost two infantry divisions of men in the first month of the war.


Sian

2 Infantry and Flak

Foochow

Infantry and Flak

Kuomintang Defense Line

7 Border Guards Infantry Conquered
Lost two Japanese Infantry

Japanese Casualties, Marginal

Kunming, 2/3 Infantry
Hangchow South, 2/4 Infantry
Sian-Kaifeng Fortress, 3/5 Infantry
Sian-Kaifeng Road, ¾ Infantry, 5/12 Army
Sian, ¾ Light Tank

Kuomintang Losses
10 Infantry, 2 Flak and 2 Cities
Japanese Losses
2 Infantry


Dutch East Indies

December 1941, a lone Japanese destroyer struck at Manokwari, almost sunk the submarine there, and landed Marines that were slaughtered by the stout and dug in defenders, Destroyer retreated, but called in zero airstrike to take out the crippled Submarine, which was then sunk.

Dutch Losses
Submarine (Destroyer bombardment crippled submarine, called in Zero strike to sink incapacitated sub)

Japanese Losses
Marine

Man that's the h**l of a post !

I am new with the reporting format, but I think one needs to report losses in this thread to keep it open and fair.

Turn Played.

SS l-19(JAP) Sunk by SS Pompano(1/4) - Pearl Harbour.
BB Kirishma(JAP) Succesfully bombarded - Pearl Harbour.
CA Abukama(JAP) Succesfully bombarded - Pearl Harbour.
CA Chikuma(JAP) Succesfully bombarded - Pearl Harbour.
DD Mutsuki(JAP) Succesfully bombarded - Midway?
Nipponese Infantry(JAP) Succesfully bombarded - Former U.S Asian Territories.