vettim89
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28 Dec 1944 - 1 Jan 1945
Well we crossed over to 1945 and I did not get an autovictory message. Can some one explain this to me? As I read the rules autovictory comes with 4:1, 3:1, 2:1, and finally 1.5:1 margin of victory in 1942, 1943, 1944, and 1945 respectively.
Anyhow, we decided to keep punching at each other. As I was expecting the game to end I kinda pulled back into my shell a bit but now its full bore.
CENTPAC
Invasion force for Naha (Okinawa) departs Iwo next turn. There is a little fuel problem there but the 300 k in bound will solve that pretty quick. USAAF fighters swept Tokyo on the 2nd and achieved a 3 to 1 result. Problems with Chich Jima's AB only expanding at 1% a day despite the ten plus ENG units there is hindering progress. The Japanese on Iwo are slowly being ground down. The non-malarial status of this base helps a lot. I have now encountered this base expansion problem twice where an AB should be expanding at a much higher rate in spite of ample supplies and ENG.
SWPAC
Troops loading for Luzon at Dadjangas. I am sending ten ID plus ARM, ARTY, and HQ's. An Aussie ID has been lifted to Cebu to end the stalemate there. Only one Japanese unit remains at Davao and it is on the ropes. Deliberate Attack on the 2nd was 128 to 1. Once this force recovers, they will be sent to Luzon also. San Jose was taken by paras and a bunch of ENG are awaiting the supplies to load before running up there. Cagayan remains the only base of concern now as the MOUNT terrain is making it a rough go. Supplies are also an issue here and I will lift some in as soon as the Luzon op is done.
SEAC
Forts at Singora are down to 7. Commonwealth troops are continuing there slow reduction of the last Japanese concentration with supplies in Northern Malaya. There is a large stack at Kuala Lumpur but there are quite pink. A blocking force holds at Jahore Buhtar to keep the large stack at Singers from trying to breakout. Two US ID and a RCT and working up the RR from there toward Kuala Lumpur. They have been pushing three battered Japanese units up that way for some time. Indian Para's took Mersing. I am contemplating pulling them back out and taking Kuntun (sp?) just to the north which also appears empty.
USSR
The large Soviet army has engaged a large force at the base just north of Vlad (begins with an m and is about 13 or 14 letters long). Troops still crossing the river at Heiho and Mershun. Larry has renforced Hailor and I don't think I have enough to take it now with a base AS advantage of only 1800 to 1400 now. Still that is a lot of strength protecting Larry's northern flank. At Ohka, the stalemate continues. Larry is using SCTF to BOMB but they do little. A TF with over a dozen dinged up USN SS sneaked in there and left a little present for the IJN. A DD hit a mine on the 2nd and seems to be in extremis
China
Just a basic stalemate. Larry keeps pushing at Kuantung but to no avail. If I could get some more supplies in here I might be able to make some noise. Thinking about forming up a huge convoy at Aden and escorting it in with the 7th Fleet CV force to Pukhoi. I wonder what 500 K of supplies would do for Gen Cash My Check
Long Term Plans
1. Keep pushing with the Sovs. By April the reinforcement cue will scare Larry to death up here. May need to sneak a large convoy into Vlad to fuel that beast. At present the plan is to push towards Harbin. NORPAC Units are prepping for Paramishu Jima. Larry has also sucked almost every unit out of southern Sakhalin Is for the Okha op. Those two bases would be a nice addition.
2. Clear Luzon with SWPAC. At least push the Japanese up north like Mac did in RL. If SWPAC does all this with any speed, they will prep for either the Chinese east coast or Japan proper
3. Take and build up Okinawa, Amori Is, the other little Island off Japan's southern coast, the Pescadores, and finally Tsushima with CentPac.
4. Finish off the northern Malay Army and then rush south to Singers. If SEAC were to accomplish this quickly, they will either go to Indochina, Formosa, or Hong Kong. That is entirely dependent on how long the siege of Singapore may last.
5. I am considering pulling my defensive force of about 5 or 6 INF RGT's that are scattered from Pamyra to Noumea and taking either SE NG, the Marshalls or both. The Japanese units at these bases are about toast after sitting for 18 plus months unsupplied. I suspect they would go "POOF" if I hit them with any force. Esp the Marshalls has a large force tasked with AB suppression and sub interdiction
< Message edited by vettim89 -- 12/12/2009 6:36:09 PM >
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