Kamikaze Contest: semi - Loulong vs Portuga

[portuga]

Portuga as JAPAN.

Conquered 9 cities:

Syan
Hankow
nanning
Rangoon
Sibu
Manila
Aparri
Davao
Guam

lost a destroyer vs a US sub south of midway
lost 5 NI on the attacks vs China

 

[LouLong]

Loulong as Japan
Turn 1

Phuket, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Rangoon (lost 3 NI, 2 stupidly), Aparri, Manilla (LT nearby destroyed), Hong Kong, Nanning (nearby guerilla destroyed), SiAn (lost 1 Light Tank + 4 NI, killed 2 Chin Inf and 1 guerilla nearby), Lanchow, Guam (sunk SS nearby), Manokwari, Wake, Sibu captured.

Also, Sunk SS south of Midway, sunk 2 SS south of Honolulu, lost 1 bomber but killed 1 F4 and 1 bomber at Hilo. Lost marine at Davao but sunk SS nearby, lost 1 NI but killed 2 Chin Inf and cut road near Hankow, killed guerilla near Kunming, lost SS against BB Repulse, kill 1 Chin Inf in Foochow).

Pearl was a fialure. Damaged lots of ships but sunk none.

Altogether not bad except I behaved stupidely at Rangoon and was real unlucky at Davao and especially SiAn.
VPs : 12,645 vs 420

 

[LouLong]

Loulong as Allies
Turn 1

Not much we could do. And the little we attempted failed miserably.

US : sunk SS underneath a DD south of Midway. The DD then shot a F4 and evaded a bomber...

CW : cut rubber in Indochina

China : lost bomber trying to cut the other rubber...

Dutch : some coastal bombardments mostly.

Portuga's VPs are lower than mine in the other game but my VPs are less than half Portuga's in the other game...

 

[portuga]

Didn't do much eitheir. focused on destroying some railroads, to slow the japanese advance.

US:
on of our bombers sunk a sub south of honolulu

china:
our gerrilla destroyed a tank in nanning
we lost an infantry vs a NI near nanning
we defeated a NI in near the northhern city
bombed the railway
destroyed railroad near hankow

dutch:
destroyed the railway and road near singapore


We seam to have very diferent strategies. I wonder how they will work out in the long run. Very nice game

VPs: Japan-12680 Allies-570

 

[portuga]

tarawa conquered
us sub sunk by a destroyer at south of wake
medan conquered
Puerto princess conquered
tayuan conquered
us dd sunk south of menado
wake bombed, and one fighter was destroyed
dutch dd bombed and sunk north of doggala
kudat conquered
dongala captured
sakoelirang captured

bhuket conquered
one chinese inf and guerrila defeated near kunming
lost one NI vs dutch Inf north of ketapang
defeated dutch Inf north of ketapang
defeated chinese inf E of chunking
sunk ss north of manokwary
lost a marine at manokwary

VP: Japan 14085 - Allies 735

 

[LouLong]

Loulong - Allies : turn 2

An interesting turn. By luck I found out Portuga does not put many garissons in recently conquered cities so some cities were promptly liberated this turn.

US : standard
Sunk DD SE Wake
Damage 3 ships of the fleet but lost 1 F4 (fighter) and 1 bomber (ship AA) doing so.... :-(

CW : things start to be more interesting.
Killed MG near Mandalay, sent a troop to block access from Rangoon and found out the city is empty. A light tank regiment charged victoriously into the city and liberate it !!!

China : not bad either
First 3 NI and 1 engineer (3 of them pretty damaged and "trying" to head for safety) destroyed SE Kunming
Chinese got their first supply of light tanks and eagerly liberated the city of SiAn with most of its infrastructure. 2 PoWs N Hankow were liberated.

Dutch : defending
After the success of our CW and Chinese Allies, the Dutch decided to do something. They made some mistakes (long-term) and could not liberate any city but they caused some damages.
1 NI and 1 LT guarding the oil near Ketapang destroyed.
Transport sunk near Donggala (albeit marines did their dirty job last turn)
Kill NI near Bandjermasin
Our bombers badly understood an order and bombed civilians in Davao instead of some juicy DD.

Turn started real bad but moved to something pleasant. But I expect the counter-attack to be swift and thorough now that Portuga knows what hes has to face. The sieges of Chungking and Ketapang are a real concern.

 

[LouLong]

Loulong as Japan, turn 2 :

We captured many a city this month but that should not fool you. Many were left empty (of troops and improvements) by Portuga who obviously prepares a defense behind the front.

Hankow, Kudat, Puerto Princess, Foochow captured.
Kill ANZAC in Malaysia, lost 2 NI doing it..., 1 guerilla near Nankin, 1 guerilla near Hankow, 1 near TaiYuan, 2 inf near Hankow, 1 near Chungking (cost us 2 NI... yet again).
Lost LT at TaiYuan, kill 3 inf, city holds !
Kill ANZAC near Sibu (softened).
Sarmi captured, Boela captured.
Ketapang : lose 1 marine, kill 2 inf (conscript unscratched !!! and promoted).
Enterprise group sunk (CA + CV + DD). Cost us 2 bombers. Another bomber separately dogfighted a F4 !!!
Honlulu bombarded.
Lost para to damaged Flak in Tenate :-((((
Occupied some VPs in future ex-Dutch territory

We are consolidating alright but some events did not turn the way the should have...
Kill inf near Kunming, capture artillery, destroy walls

 

[portuga]

Here's my turn as allies, not really as good as yours...

US
sunk a sub with two bombers NE of Hilo
BB N of honolulu bombed and damaged
DD W of honolulu bombed and damaged
Naval bombardment of boela damaged a transport and a bomber

CW
bombed boela and damaged some airplanes
injured a prachuter near batavia with sea bombardment

china
defeated 1 NI near kunming
defeated 1 NI near chunking, lost one inf.

dutch
sunk 2DD (with subs) and a transport near ketapang (lost a dd)
near snkroeleriang lost a inf vs a NI

 

[Misfit_travel]

Loulong, your loss ratio as the Japanese could really come back to haunt you. He's bleeding you of too many troops.

Interesting strategies gentlemen.

Best regards
Misfit

 

[LouLong]

Yes I am afriad of that. I often forgot the VPs count by defeating another troop when attacking with conscripts NI. And basically Ketapang was a HUGE mistake.

Loulong as Japanese : turn 3

Lost 2 zeros at Hilo, cut spices......
Sunk DD E of Hawai
Donggala captured. Lost DD to transport (unscratched) near Donggala (happened nearly the same way in the former game... ????)
Killed Chin Inf near Kunming, Kunming captured, worker captured and flak destroyed NE of the city
TaiYuan captured albeit BARELY ! Lost 1 LT (again) and 1 NI
Myitkynia captured (empty as often when I capture cities).
Dutch CA sunk near Sibu (albeit too late), Inf killed near Sangkoelirang, MG in the city also killed.
Lost zero over Chungking
Kill ANZAC near Boela, sunk CW transport SE of Boela
That gave me the will to see and check : result : bomber destroyed in Darwin in 1 shot !

VPs : 19,890 vs 2,180

 

[portuga]

ketapang captured by 4 marines, no losses.
rangoon recaptured
defeate guerr. and inf near syan
recaptured syan (lost one NI)
3 inf defeated near chunking
2 LT and 1 guerr. defeated near syan
lanchow captured
lost a Eng to a inf near kunming
sunk british DD near bandjermasin with bombers
sunk much of the dutch navy. two subs, two CA and a transport near ketapang. and a DD near menado
marine conquered bandjermasin
batavia conquered
british MG defeated near bandjermasin
sarmi captured
sunk US ship group near wake(1 CW, 2DD, 1 CA) lossing 3 bombers to ship AA!!! a US sub was sunk nearby
sunk CW sub south of truk

I spoted the american fleet, just in the end of the turn... couldn't strike it...

forgot to check the VP again...

 

[portuga]

Not much happened this turn...

US
naval bombardment of boela damaged 3 airplanes

CW
damaged a airplane in boela
sunk a dd near guadalcanal

china
lost a guerr. near ningsia
defeated two NI near chunking

Dutch
a DD damaged an fighter in boela

 

[LouLong]

Japan :

Kill inf near Chungking
Kill 2 ANZAC in Mandalay, lost 1 LT
Sunk 3 SS and 2 CA W US, did some damages in California
Capture Davao, lost 1 marine vs MG in airport !!!
Okaba captured
Kill MG + ANZAC near Boela
Sunk 2 CW BB but it cost us 1 bomber and 1 sero
Guadalcanal captured
Sunk CW DD + transport SE of Borneo
Sunk SS W Wake
Sangkoelirang captured, 1 Dutch inf destroyed
Lost 1 NI vs northern Chinese city

VPs : 23,575 vs 2,800

The Ketpang disaster is still a heavy burden.

 

[LouLong]

Allies

US :
Main battle against Japanese fleet. We spotted the CV fleet a bit late but still half of our troops could target it :
2 CA = 2 BB = 1 SS + 2 CV (hopefully loaded) sunk vs 1 CA
2 DDs were also spotted but too late.

CW :
CA + DD sunk between Borneo and Java
Kill NI army in Rangoon. But we lost 2 LT doing it.
NI killed in Phuket
Maine killed in Sarmi

China : splendid job by Portuga who had kept his army to put LT. I was overrun.
Killed 2 NI near Chungking

Dutch : going down...
Sunk DD in Bandjermasin, hopefully delaying Japanese advance in the area.

VPs (before Portuga's turn described above) ; 21,420 vs 5,300

 

[portuga]

Allies:

US
davau freed
sunk a sub near rabaul
damaged a dd and some planes in boleo
2 bombers bombed the ships aproaching california.

cw
sunk a dd near rabaul
damaged some planes in boela

china
defeated a NI

dutch
sunk a CA near bandjermasin
damaged a couple of planes in boela

VP J-23575 A-3695

 

[portuga]

mistake... ignore

 

[LouLong]

Japan :

Nice turn. Our fleet off the US coast did not prove very effective while being a sitting duck... but it did some damages (resources, 1 improvement).

We captured Mandaly (empty) and Ningxia (without a scratch) while 2 more Dutch bases join us (Banjoewangi and especially Tenate).
CA sunk W Bandjermasin
ANZAC killed N of the same city.
1 guerilla killed near Chengdu (cost us 1 NI) and 1 near Chungking.

The very good news was the apparition of 2 leaders !

The bad news is we are quite open to counter-attacks in many areas (such us Okaba, ...).

VPs : 26,865 (slowing down a lot now) vs 4,060 (nice job by Portuga against my ships and planes last turn).

 

[portuga]

JAPAN

The battle against the american fleet does not go well. I should never allowed you to have the initiative...
Destroyed many airplanes in singapore

sunk a sub, a dd, a ca and a bb near wake, lost one dd
heavy naval bombardment in singa pore damages a dd and some airplanes
dogfighted a fighter in singapore, and lost one
2 fighter, 3 bomber, airport, 1 dd destroyed in singapore by air bombardment
mandalay captured (lost on LT)
sunk a CW sub nera bandjermasin
light tank defeated near sarmi
took the airport near kunming (destroyed fighter)
ningsia captured
lost a Eng. and a Marine to two redlined inf near kunming(grrr...) Defeated the two infantry
boela captured
defeated a AA int tenate
lost a LT vs an anzak near bhuket

 

[portuga]

ALLIES

Is this game I'm also in trouble with your fleet. I really have to improve my navy stategies
But I'm so happy to still have davao
Oh, and the oil that showed up in otaba (now a CW city) will be very handy
It's just too bad you got 2 new leaders...


US
bombed guadalcanal
sunk 2BB and 1 dd, and damaged others in the US coast, lost one dd, 2 fighters, and one bomber


CW
conquered otaba, guadalcanal
4 fighter, 2 bomber destroyed in boela
dd damaged by sea bombardment in banjoewangi

China
bombed the advancing armies

Dutch
bombed boela, and injured the parachuter

 

[LouLong]

Japan :

Chendu captured (empty)
MG + ANZAC killed by new engineer army near Bandjermasin (that leader was out in the open last turn !)
Menado captured (after heavy damage by the new marine army !)
I thought luck was with me so I attacked Palembang with 4 marines after bombardment (air and land) ---> 3 marines dead, 1 Dutch MG killed :-(((
Near Waingapoe, sunk 1 CW CA, lost 1, balanced !
After Palembang and Ketapang, I did not want Midway to turn into another marine disaster. Well it did not. Guam fell for the price of 1 marine regiment.

Off the US : sunk 3 CA + 1 SS
Killed F4 in Los Angeles, bombarded the land a bit (most planes were used to sink your ships).

VPs : 30,385 vs 5,770