TOS V3.05 PBEM "Cartwheel"

[eric_A]

Week 34, 1942

USA:
Sank 1 DD near Komi

China:
Killed 1 inf N of Hanoi
Killed 1 guerilla NW of Kaifeng

Dutch:
Sank 1 PT boat N of Singapore
Killed L tank and 1 inf in Ketapang

CW
Killed 1 MGB on Borneo
Killed 1 inf E of Hanoi
Bombarded units on Borneo and in Burma
Damaged 2 DDs near Davao

Unknown:
Sank sub NE of Sangkoelirang

 

[Misfit_travel]

Tokyo in flames.

A massive aeral bombardment of Tokyo resulted in the redlining of the 2 defenders, 3 population points lost (city now pop 4), plus the loss of the barracks, bank, harbour, university and civil defense.

Other bombardments resulted in the destruction of a Jap Dive bomber in Okinawa.

The Japanese navy has disappeared so we had to satisfy ourselves with ground targets.

1 lone Jap transport damaged NE of Borneo. The brand new oil road near Sangkroelang was bombed (and cut).

Turn to El_Tigre.

 

[El_Tigre]

- bombed and liberated Davao
- Transport north of Sangkoelirang sunk
- sunk DD in the Indian Ocean, lost a DD
- redlined BB Nagato west of Aparri, Sub lost
- the RAAF pounded the Marine Army on Borneo down to 2 hp, 1 Dive Bomber lost the dogfight against a Zero

 

[aksully]

China
-MGB E of Taiyuan KIA
-NI SE of Nanking KIA
-Nanning
--4 NI KIA
--1 Arty Captured

-NI SW of Foochow KIA
Chinese lose CI and Guerilla

NL
-Transport S of Ketapang Sunk

Turn sent to Eric

Sully

 

[eric_A]

Week 36, 1942

Dutch
sank 1 sub N of Batavia
Killed 3 inf and 1 MGB in Ketapang, lost 1 inf

China
Killed 1 guerilla W of Canton
Killed 1 inf and 1 MGB near Nanning, captured artillery
Killed 1 guerilla near Foochow
Killed 2 inf near Taiyaun
Lost 1 fighter shot down by cap near Nanning

CW
Borneo
Lost 1 para and 1 inf attaching redlined Anzac infs.
Bombarded units.

 

[Misfit_travel]

Okinawa falls.

DE NE of Pusan sunk, Japs lost a Zero against a US Dive bomber (and my bomber got promoted). That's the best thing that happened because my strategic bombers couldn't hit a damm thing. 4 strikes against a #$%^ing rice patty N of Nagasaki all missed!

Osaka bombed, city lost a granary. Tokyo bombed, city lost a pop. point. Some terrain improvements destroyed near Tokyo and Saporo.

Jap army in Sumatra bombed down to 1hp. Sully make him pay for it.....

Attack upon a Jap CA NE of Sumatra resulted in a Jap Zero being shot down (again by a US Dive bomber). Everybody else missed.....

Turn to El_Tigre

 

[El_Tigre]

Sangkoelirang liberated, Paratrooper and Flak killed, no losses. The surviving
elements of the Borneo Expedition Force are pouring into the city. After several
months of bitter fighting in the jungles and mountains of Borneo, without
supplies and against a superiour foe, they are greeted as heroes!

elite CA east of Kudat sunk.

Transport near Singapore sunk, CA redlined (tough little ship).

 

[aksully]

China
-2 NI near Taiyuan KIA
-2 NI near Nanning KIA
-Troops and RR bombed
-lost 1 CI

NL
-Lost 1 DI

Turn sent to Eric
Sully

 

[eric_A]

Week 38, 1942

USA
Damaged 2 BBs and 1 CA south of Bandjermasin

CW
Near Sangkoelirang:
Killed 1 MGB
Sank 1 transport
Sank 1 DD
Lost one bomber to CAP

China
Killed 2 inf near Taiyuan
Killed 1 inf N of Hanoi
Lost 1 CE

Dutch
Bombard Ketapang,
Lost 1 inf attacking Ketapang

 

[Misfit_travel]

Ugly turn for Japan.

Tokyo bombed and captured in lightening assault by 3 marines. Imperial family under house arrest.

Nagasaki bombed. Barracks and 3 pop. killed.

Formosa bombed and captured by US Marines (not the one's that were in Okinawa).

Okinawa marines clear out the remaining Jap Inf on the island.

Jap Transport sunk N of Java. sBB Yamato sunk by US dive bomber. DD and Assault Transport damaged. 1 USA TB shot down by CAP. Now that we know where the remaining Jap artillery in Borneo is, we'll be sure not to go there again. If you had any dive or torpedo bombers left I'd be in big trouble. (Game note: the Yamato needs to be a 4HP sBB. Its way too easy to kill. I nailed it on the first shot. In real life it took something like 80 aircraft to sink that ship).

Turn to El_Tigre.

 

[El_Tigre]

Payback for the Marine that drowned in the Transport near Sangkoelirang last
turn: sunk 1 DD and the Attack Transport with the NI/LT-Army near Singapore.

NI north of Sangkoelirang killed.

 

[El_Tigre]

Eric, as soon as this PBEM is over, Misfit and I would like to play TOS in the
second round of LouLong's Kamikaze contest. Is there a new version we should
wait for?

Misfit, how about randomizing the position of Submarines and some defensive
units in China / Burma / Indonesia before game start? That way, the first turns
would be exciting again. Alternatively, there could be a house rule that forbids
killing Submarines on turn 1.

 

[aksully]

China
-NI SE of Kaifeng KIA
-NI SW of Foochow KIA
Nanning
-MGB, Rifleman, and NI KIA

Troops and rails bombed

NL
-NI NW of Palembang KIA
-DD SE of Singapore Sunk

Turn sent to Eric

Sully

 

[eric_A]

Ugly turn for Japan.

Tokyo bombed and captured in lightening assault by 3 marines. Imperial family under house arrest.

Nagasaki bombed. Barracks and 3 pop. killed.

Formosa bombed and captured by US Marines (not the one's that were in Okinawa).

Okinawa marines clear out the remaining Jap Inf on the island.

Jap Transport sunk N of Java. sBB Yamato sunk by US dive bomber. DD and Assault Transport damaged. 1 USA TB shot down by CAP. Now that we know where the remaining Jap artillery in Borneo is, we'll be sure not to go there again. If you had any dive or torpedo bombers left I'd be in big trouble. (Game note: the Yamato needs to be a 4HP sBB. Its way too easy to kill. I nailed it on the first shot. In real life it took something like 80 aircraft to sink that ship).

Turn to El_Tigre.

I will check the experence level for the Yamato, I may have set it too
low. You have to remember the real Yamato was sunk in one day, but each
game turn is two weeks. A TB unit is about 20 planes, they can do
a lot of damage in two weeks.

 

[eric_A]

Eric, as soon as this PBEM is over, Misfit and I would like to play TOS in the
second round of LouLong's Kamikaze contest. Is there a new version we should
wait for?

Misfit, how about randomizing the position of Submarines and some defensive
units in China / Burma / Indonesia before game start? That way, the first turns
would be exciting again. Alternatively, there could be a house rule that forbids
killing Submarines on turn 1.

Yes, I should be releasing 3.07 this week. The main changes are that
China can no longer build seabees and that guerillas don't have stealth
attack against artillery.

I have also been working on a global version of TOS using one of El Mancey's
world maps, this is in the very early stages of development. I have named
it Hinge of Fate (HOF) after one of Churchill's books.

 

[eric_A]

Week 40, 1942

USA
Sank 1 CA near Batavia
Damaged Enterprise, Atlanta and 1 CA near Batavia
Lost 1 DD & (3 planes, 2 to flak one to CAP)

China
Killed 1 inf N of Hanoi
Killed 1 guerilla E of Canton
Killed 2 inf and 1 CE near Nanning
Killed 1 guerilla and 1 MGB S of Kaifeng

CW
Lost 1 badly damaged DD atttacking AT near Boela

Dutch
Shelled Palembang

 

[Misfit_travel]

Osaka falls to Marine assault. (Although it did go down to a 1hp marine vs a 2hp rifleman). Tokyo and Osaka stripped to the bone, never to be production centers again...... Lost a TB to a Jap Zero. Jap Zero blown away when it landed to refuel (by American bombers).

Hong Kong bombarded. Saporo bombarded. Poor bastard marine unit in Borneo bombarded down to 1hp. Couldn't quite finish the job and take out the oil though.

Jap DD NE of Sumatra sunk.

Turn to El_Tigre.

 

[El_Tigre]

- road on oil tile near Ketapang destroyed. Looks like Japan had oil for 1 turn
- Fighter in Kuala Lumpur destroyed by air raid
- landing on Truk: Rifleman bombarded and killed by Marines
- revenge for Pearl Harbor: elite BB in Singapore sunk, 1 TB lost to AA

 

[eric_A]

I posted the multiplayer version over in the TOS V3 thread.

 

[aksully]

China
-NI S of Nanning KIA
-2 NI East of Nanning KIA
-NI NW of Kaifeng KIA
-NI NW of Canton KIA
-Arty N of Kiungchow KIA
-Roads destroyed
- Police Station of Kiungchow destroyed
China lost 2 Bombers, 2 NI, and a Guerilla in Combat Ops

NL
-MGB NW of Palembang KIA
-IJN CA sunk in Singapore!!!

Turn sent to Eric

Sully