Kamikaze Contest: semi - Loulong vs Portuga

[LouLong]

Allies :

US : could not find the CV fleet we were chasing this turn. BAD point for us as if we don't sink you it usually means you sink us.
Anyway : Sunk 2 DD + 1 CA for the price of 1 DD (stupid move as it showed me your sub but I "lost" it after losing my DD).

CW : hunting SS Storm sunk transport convoy NE of Saigon (hopefully loaded).
LT kills NI + LT in Mandalay
Damage NI on airfield

China : good news !
Our spirit was retributed this turn by a leader ! LT + army soon finished off the MG + 4 NI guarding 3 artilleries !
Kill injured NI near airfield, lost LT vs NI on fortress.

Dutch : limited possibilities as Portuga stroke faster and better than me in Indonesia.
Sunk DD near Batavia, damaged DD near Banjoewangi and CA near Boela.

VPs : 24, 920 vs 6,795 (one turn late in this game).

 

[portuga]

ALLIES:

US:
sunk 2 CV and a 1 DD near california.
Bombed and sunk a DD further north.

CW:
destroyed a fighter in boela

China:
defeated a NI

Dutch:
rien de rien

VPS: J-30425 A-6605

 

[LouLong]

Your Dutch don't need to do much. They have killed so many Japanese marines by just defending...

Japan, June 1942

A fresh weather for the season allowed us to achieve some great actions this turn.

First China is no more. Lots of artilleries did not do too much damage and we had to send our crack infantry armies. Both won against MG at 1 HP left !!! I was quite nervous during the combat this turn. Lost 3 NI but kept an elte against the 1 HP left guerilla and... got another leader !
A marine army was soon formed with reinforcements and 1 MG + 2 Dutch inf were destroyed in Palembang.
Sunk DD near Cape York (lost bomber) and 1 near Darwin (not in the main stack I saw only later).
A sub heading back for repair was also sunk.

Off the US : 3 CA were sunk (we lost 1 zero) and some damages was done in California.

VPs : 33,475 vs 5,905

 

[portuga]

JAPAN

A very "clean" turn. Japan hasn't suffered any casualties

Conquered:
kunming
Myitikina
Banjoewangi
Tenate
Menado

Defeated 5 infantry in Palembang
1 near hankow
1 near kunming
bombed a road near darwin

Sunk many US ships near wake.
5 BB, 1 CV, 1 sub

 

[LouLong]

A clean turn for the Allies too.

Albeit we did not have near as much success as the Japanese who new control most of Indonesia. Impressive, and rich booty in airplanes I guess...

US : sunk SS + CA SE of Wake, that's all.
CW : Killed 1 3HP NI in Sarmi, the 5 HP one was injured but got protected by this second, unknown one...
China : cut RR north of Hanoi (road remains).
Dutch : Sunk DD near Banjoewangi

VPs : 29,555 vs 7,360

 

[portuga]

JAPAN:

sunk a CA and a CV near midway
sunk a sub near wake

defeated 4 singapore defenders, lost a marine and a bomber
conquered palembang
conquered foochow

sunk 2 CW CA and a DD near okaba, lost a bomber
tank destroyed near sarmi
bombed midway, but could not see the damage done. An interceptor was destroyed

 

[portuga]

Allies:
A sneaky turn by the allies

US:
bombed and sunk 2 CA near honolulu
Marine Conquered formosa

CW:
bombed boela and destroyed the barracks, and damaged 2 ships. Lost a fighter to AA

Dutch:
A marine captured dongala, Japan had at least one bomber there, hopefully more

 

[LouLong]

Allies

US : sunk CV and DD in stack but lost 1 bomber (it was easy to locate them).
CW : liberated Phuket and Sarmi (we celebrate now before we mourn the loss
of Singapore).
sunk CA near Boela. Landed at Boela.
China : lost 1 LT vs NI at Chungking but killed 2 NI and 1 LT liberating
Kunming. So many empty cities....
Dutch : we did all we could which was exactly ..... nothing.

Forgot to check VPs.

 

[portuga]

JAPAN:

Finally the chinese are out of my back...
I lost 2 LT in china.
Lost 3 bomber to AA in wake.
lost a DD to a transport near boela.

Recaptured phuket.
captured waingapoe
bombed roads near darwin
bombed troops near boela
and defeated 2 Anzak in kuala lumpur
sunk 2 CA near batavia

 

[LouLong]

Allies :

Indeed I behaved really stupidly last turn. Trying to catch some points but losing the strategic picture.... Real bad for me.

US : zero and bomber destroyed at Kwajalein
CW : Banjoewangi liberated (at least one anchored CA was destroyed). Airport captured ! SS sunk near Rabaul.
Dutch : bombed Boela but we are too poor to know what happened.

 

[portuga]

JAPAN
recovered Banjoewangi. The airfield is still in CW's hands.
sunk a CW sub triyng to sneak in
sunk a DD near Banjoewangi, but lost a CA...
defeated an anzak and a MG near boela.

 

[LouLong]

Allies :

US : lost a heavy bomber over Kwajalein but sunk 2 DDs and did some other damages.

CW : killed 2 marines in Banjoewangi. If that can delay you a tad...
Bombarded Boela. Lost bomber.

Dutch : bombarded Boela

 

[LouLong]

Japan :

Donggala recaptured, nearby DD sunk. Damn !
Formosa liberated (no airlift ?).
Tarawa captured
MG killed in Batavia, nearby SS (luck I spotted it) sunk by air
Sunk 2 CVs East of Hawai
CW DD + CA sunk E Koepang, transport and DD damaged near Okaba

 

[Misfit_travel]

And we are now down to three......

I eagerly await the victory in the final showdown. Hawklord has just conceded in the other semi.

Good luck gentlemen, it looks like a real seesaw battle going on.

Misfit

 

[portuga]

@Misfit: congrats!!!

Japan
Eliminated the dutch
Conquered darwin, and kuala lumpur.
defeated 3 anzaks in the airfield
sunk 1 CW sub near kwajaleim
sunk 1 DD near darwin

 

[LouLong]

Congrats Misfit ! (and soon Portuga !).

Anyway Allies :
(getting shorter and shorter).

US : did damages in Kwajalein
CW : captured Waingapoe (got at least 1 transport at anchor).

VPs : 42,265 vs 7,225

 

[portuga]

Allies:

US: sunk a DD near honolulu

CW: sunk a BB, a CA, a DD, and a Transport in the harbors of boela.
Tried to take down the army of marines but lost 3 marines trying.

dutch:
sunk a transport near ketapang

forgot to check the VPs, but I believe the Allies have around 8000pts

 

[LouLong]

Japan :

after the shame the Dutch brought on us, it was time for them to be punsihed.
Eventually !!! Medan, Ketapang, Palembang and Batavia captured. The logistics the last two turns proved efficient. If only a SS had not messed around. Anyway I spotted it and sunk it (I got very lucky as a transport used another route before I spotted it !).
A US transport SE Tarawa was spotted and sunk by a DD (no scratch).
2 US DDs were sunk E Hawai. The BB fleet was partly damaged (but they are used to it now).
CW : a transport and CA were sunk near Darwin. A CA was damaged and a fighter dogfighted near Cape York.
Many air bombardments miss, especially over oil at Okaba (again !) and over fleet near Boela (2 hits out of 8 IIRC).

VPs : 40,735 vs 8,190

I expect some tricks by the US for a next turn that could be interesting.

 

[portuga]

Japan
sunk a dd near Sarmi
took, waigapoe and broome
Defeated an anzak in cape york
Defeated the anzaks near Darwin

And finally I got a leader

 

[LouLong]

Allies (what's left anyway) :

US : sunk DD E Wake, lost heavy bomber doing it........... :-((((((((
Kwajalein in ashes

CW : damaged 1 DD and 1 MG. That's all. These small yellow men are everywhere, just like red ants. But soon we will send our secret weapon : rabbit hordes followed by sheep charges. They probably never encountered these devastating troops before...

VPs : 43,945 vs 7,515 probably a win in 2 turns.