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Veloxyll
May 3, 2011

Fuck you say?!

1 definite sunk AMC and another torpedoed heavily is a good day. Poor Banshees though.

(Update on the previous page)

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Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

Hero of the soviet union.
Accidental destroyer of planets



A bad day at Rangoon, and the Akagi is spotted near Midway....

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

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Accidental destroyer of planets



I rember to take the carriers off training befor esending them into Battle

AtomikKrab
Jul 17, 2010

Keep on GOP rolling rolling rolling rolling.

Probably a good idea to do so. Be a shame if you forgot you had a carrier or something.

Ardeem
Sep 16, 2010

There is no problem that cannot be solved through sufficient application of lasers and friendship.
Who just forgets they have a Death Star?

Alikchi
Aug 18, 2010

Thumbs up I agree

Grey Hunter posted:

I rember to take the carriers off training befor esending them into Battle

It's a very common and understandable mistake, to not do that, imo.

Caconym
Feb 12, 2013

Grey Hunter posted:


I rember to take the carriers off training befor esending them into Battle

Uh, yeah, about that...

Veloxyll
May 3, 2011

Fuck you say?!

Caconym posted:

Uh, yeah, about that...


Look, at least they'll put up planes to defend themselves, even if any strikes may or may not be eaten alive

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

Hero of the soviet union.
Accidental destroyer of planets



The enemy carriers are everywhere.But Japanese ships keep going down!

Neophyte
Apr 23, 2006

perennially
Taco Defender
Try not to forget about those APDs, they're pretty useful!

Veloxyll
May 3, 2011

Fuck you say?!

Neophyte posted:

Try not to forget about those APDs, they're pretty useful!

Try not to forget about those xxx... woukld be a valid thread title for WITP

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

Hero of the soviet union.
Accidental destroyer of planets



The Battle of Rangoon begins in earnest today!

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

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Accidental destroyer of planets



My first Crusier kill of the war! May she not be the last!

AtomikKrab
Jul 17, 2010

Keep on GOP rolling rolling rolling rolling.

Japan getting oofed pretty hard this go around.

Neophyte
Apr 23, 2006

perennially
Taco Defender
'Beest is best!

Kangxi
Nov 12, 2016

"Too paranoid for you?"
"Not me, paranoia's the garlic in life's kitchen, right, you can never have too much."
Great catch! The Kashii was one of their more modern cruisers so this is good news so early in the war.

Veloxyll
May 3, 2011

Fuck you say?!

Finally the Vilderbeasts make their mark. They had done a lot of torpedo runs on that CL! Pity you don't have the manpower on Java to push them into the sea

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

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Accidental destroyer of planets

Veloxyll posted:

Finally the Vilderbeasts make their mark. They had done a lot of torpedo runs on that CL! Pity you don't have the manpower on Java to push them into the sea

Yeah, at this time I can't be strong everywhere.
I'm slowing them down and making them pay, so the heavy losses they are taking will hopefully make the counter attack much more viable.

habeasdorkus
Nov 3, 2013

Royalty is a continuous shitposting motion.
Pretty rapid turnaround considering you lost the Lex in the first week or so!

edit: I'd like to Lucky the Yamato, as she doesn't appear picked thus far. All we need is one decisive blow to the Americans and all the drowned pixelmen will have been worthwhile!

habeasdorkus fucked around with this message at 13:38 on Feb 17, 2021

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

Hero of the soviet union.
Accidental destroyer of planets



The Japanese land at Port Moresby!
Thankfully I have a few guns to defend it.....

Serpentis
May 31, 2011

Well, if I really HAVE to shoot you in the bollocks to shut you up, then I guess I'll need to, post-haste, for everyone else's sake.
Not even bothering with the Kokoda Trail this time, are they?
(Also, do you have any fighters to protect the Wildebeests/etc. coming out of Rangoon? Looks like they've pulled up fighters for CAP over Moulmein and I don't see the Beests - blessed as they are - doing well against an actual air opposition long-term.)

Veloxyll
May 3, 2011

Fuck you say?!

Serpentis posted:

Not even bothering with the Kokoda Trail this time, are they?
(Also, do you have any fighters to protect the Wildebeests/etc. coming out of Rangoon? Looks like they've pulled up fighters for CAP over Moulmein and I don't see the Beests - blessed as they are - doing well against an actual air opposition long-term.)

Same problem as always really. Too many things to defend with not enough assets. And now it's getting harder to get ships into Rangoon to deliver units

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

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Accidental destroyer of planets

Veloxyll posted:

Same problem as always really. Too many things to defend with not enough assets. And now it's getting harder to get ships into Rangoon to deliver units

I have over 1K AV there though, which is far more than I ever should have been able to get in!

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

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Accidental destroyer of planets



Another day with heavy losses across the theater. I shall have my revenge though!

Grey Hunter fucked around with this message at 20:42 on Feb 18, 2021

Arban
Aug 28, 2017
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Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

Hero of the soviet union.
Accidental destroyer of planets

Grey Hunter posted:




The Japanese land at Port Moresby!
Thankfully I have a few guns to defend it.....

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

Hero of the soviet union.
Accidental destroyer of planets
I posted the 18th yesterday by mistake. I've updated the links now.

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

Hero of the soviet union.
Accidental destroyer of planets



a quiet day today - but things are afoot!

Veloxyll
May 3, 2011

Fuck you say?!

Sure you didn't bomb any enemy shipping, but your Carriers didn't get attacked either, so bullet dodged.

JcDent
May 13, 2013

Give me a rifle, one round, and point me at Berlin!

What kind of dumb name is Naruto Maru #3? Is the game running out of transport names?

Caconym
Feb 12, 2013

JcDent posted:

What kind of dumb name is Naruto Maru #3? Is the game running out of transport names?

That's typically for whale boats.
You have a mothership that's a huge factory ship, and it had a small fleet of smaller whale boats named "mothership #X".
They'd all sail to the arctic or antarctic together, then the parasite whalers would go out, harpoon whales and tow them back to the mothership for processing.
The whale boats were well suited for conversion to small patrol boats since they already had good seaworthiness, being built for operating on the open ocean in arctic climates, and had a ready made gun-mount with a good field of fire on the bow, just had to replace the harpoon cannon with a small naval gun and bolt on a couple MGs and a depth charge rack.
A lot of other small fishing craft were also requisitioned, commonly referred to as "armed trawlers".

In this case it's a bit wierd as the main Naruto Maru is a Yusen N class large cargo ship, and not a whaler. It was historically sunk by the USS Whale though. :v:

goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Aren't the regular cargo often just named for where they go to from their home port? There's a load of {port city} maru boats.

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

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Accidental destroyer of planets






Maximum effort week begins as we take out nearly 40k Japanese troops in two days!

Xlorp
Jan 23, 2008


Sinking a Maru a day keeps the Co-Prosperity Sphere away

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.
Nothing to see here, just the Allied military and their chum.

Serpentis
May 31, 2011

Well, if I really HAVE to shoot you in the bollocks to shut you up, then I guess I'll need to, post-haste, for everyone else's sake.
That cruiser raid force under HMAS Australia is really putting the work in, to say the least!

Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

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Accidental destroyer of planets



The Japanese take massive losses in Hangkow!

Grey Hunter fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Feb 23, 2021

Zurai
Feb 13, 2012


Wait -- I haven't even voted in this game yet!

I think you posted the video for 2/22 and the summary for 2/23.

JcDent
May 13, 2013

Give me a rifle, one round, and point me at Berlin!

Zurai posted:

I think you posted the video for 2/22 and the summary for 2/23.

Actually says Feb 24th lol

E: yeah, with the right recap, he would have mentioned the 19,000 Japanese corpses stacked in Hankow

JcDent fucked around with this message at 09:06 on Feb 23, 2021

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Grey Hunter
Oct 17, 2007

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Accidental destroyer of planets
I'm dumb, I'll fix it tonight.

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