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   I'm mainly showing this as it's a dull day so far and this is a different target.  That's more like it!   The 3rd infantry regiment has a bad day.  The last forts at Kalgan are overwhelmed.   The Red Army takes another base, but it's not the lightning war we were expecting. That's a lie, we know how ground combat works in this game, we were all expecting this.
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   We're closing in on more planes killed than lost. And this will help.  A dull day, but look at that – we are now only 11 points off having destroyed more planes than we have lost.  Operation Pearl Harder is still moving forwards. That's the battleships in tow for Not with a whimper, but with a bang.
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I really like the reason why major damage to the Russian fleet wasn't done. Poor gunnery... An omnious sign of what was to come.
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So the entire pearl harbor fleet is going to be intercepted and attacked by allied ship and land based air long before they're able to deliver a strike, yeah?
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For all the smack we talk about the slow pace of the Soviet advance, they are actually just a few hexes away from Beijing ("Peiping") from multiple directions now and have taken the nearby bases.
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Leperflesh posted:So the entire pearl harbor fleet is going to be intercepted and attacked by allied ship and land based air long before they're able to deliver a strike, yeah? There should be plenty of airborne radar flying around at all hours to spot them. So they'll probably sail in unopposed.
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Grammarchist posted:For some reason both atom bombs are being stored in Pearl Harbor and the AI deploys both in battle. On ships that have sailed into the harbor...
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Grammarchist posted:For some reason both atom bombs are being stored in Pearl Harbor and the AI deploys both in battle. It would be god damned hilarious if immediately before launching the strike, a B-29 somehow showed up and nuked the strike force.
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Didn't people say in the last thread that the atomic bombs didn't do anything in combat, but only inflicted strategic damage?
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Yeah my gut tells me they can only be used on cities, but given the success rate of bombers can sniping ships from high altitudes in this game, 
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ponzicar posted:Didn't people say in the last thread that the atomic bombs didn't do anything in combat, but only inflicted strategic damage? This wont stop the AI from trying. Grey did include an occupation force for pearl, right?
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something tells me the ai in this game isn't even programmed in a way to meaningfully respond to this attackWoodchip posted:Atomic Bomb hits:1 as operation crossroads demonstrated atomic weapons detonating above the surface of the water aren't super effective against ships
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:something tells me the ai in this game isn't even programmed in a way to meaningfully respond to this attack The ships might survive, the crew...
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23 August 1945 My last report: Escort No. 75 disappears mid-voyage, most likely due to mines. I think I started this project 15 September 1942 (2016) with the sinking of USS Wasp. This book has been on desk ever since. It's gonna be a little weird to put it away.
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Grey takes Honolulu. Americans finally have significant urban target in range for nukes.
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OpenlyEvilJello posted:23 August 1945 I have thoroughly enjoyed the addition to the LP that you provided via the blow by blow military shipping sank updates, thank you very much!
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Electric Wrigglies posted:I have thoroughly enjoyed the addition to the LP that you provided via the blow by blow military shipping sank updates, thank you very much!
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OpenlyEvilJello posted:23 August 1945 You have done a great service
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OpenlyEvilJello posted:23 August 1945 Thank you for your service  It's been very informative and useful!
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Grey Hunter posted:Operation Pearl Harder is still moving forwards. That's the battleships in tow for Can we get a roster of the ships involved?
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OpenlyEvilJello posted:23 August 1945 Imperial command thanks you for your service.
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OpenlyEvilJello posted:23 August 1945 Thank you for taking a few moments out of your day to tell us about kabooms.
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Lynneth posted:Thank you for taking a few moments out of your day to tell us about kabooms. It's been interesting having a log of what was sunk where globally. Really helped me pull it all together. Grey, When you get the LP archived would it be possible to get EvilJello's posts included at the end of each day with the daily reports?
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vyelkin posted:Just imagine a game, any game, trying to simulate the Dogger Bank Incident: See, one of the things that I don't ubderstand about real-life militaries is with so many changing uncertainties, how do you ever have the confidence to plan, execute, or even report? Seems the answer is "gently caress it, I'm sure I'm right"
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simplefish posted:See, one of the things that I don't ubderstand about real-life militaries is with so many changing uncertainties, how do you ever have the confidence to plan, execute, or even report? All the while knowing that some of your people are going to die even if you get it right.
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Electric Wrigglies posted:I have thoroughly enjoyed the addition to the LP that you provided via the blow by blow military shipping sank updates, thank you very much! Nthed. It was a treat!
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[quote="shalafi4" post=""497752961" "] Grey, When you get the LP archived would it be possible to get EvilJello's posts included at the end of each day with the daily reports? [/quote] Seconded!
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OpenlyEvilJello posted:23 August 1945 For posterity, what was the book's name again?
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Pershing posted:For posterity, what was the book's name again? Warship Losses of World War Two, David Brown (amusingly, not the same guy as The Grand Fleet, Nelson to Vanguard, and other excellent books on the history of naval architecture), first publication 1990 by Arms and Armour Press, London. Thanks everyone for your comments. They are much appreciated. 
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Electric Wrigglies posted:I have thoroughly enjoyed the addition to the LP that you provided via the blow by blow military shipping sank updates, thank you very much! 
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Bravo indeed
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OpenlyEvilJello posted:Thanks everyone for your comments. They are much appreciated. Thank you for doing it.
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Can I make a suggestion that you savescum the Pearl Harbour 2: Pearl Harder strike to make sure it at least launches _any_ strike against PH? So if it's intercepted before it even have a chance, save scum that. We have all been waiting for this for way to long for it to end anti-climatically. Fair enough if it's Pearl Harbour itself that sinks you though. Or if it's a good battle.
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Woodchip posted:Atomic Bomb hits:1 Oddly enough, a professor just put out a short "what if" article about this topic.
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Dunno-Lars posted:Can I make a suggestion that you savescum the Pearl Harbour 2: Pearl Harder strike to make sure it at least launches _any_ strike against PH? So if it's intercepted before it even have a chance, save scum that. We have all been waiting for this for way to long for it to end anti-climatically. Fair enough if it's Pearl Harbour itself that sinks you though. Or if it's a good battle.
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Grey Hunter posted:Pear Harbour
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OpenlyEvilJello posted:23 August 1945 It was fascinating to follow your daily reports during the major amphibious or naval operations and to get a glimpse of how many daily tonnage the Japanese was losing literally until the last day of the war. Thank you for your contribution!
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