Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: n01487477

Hey SJ,
good to see the game is ongoing and that you might be about to have another nice moment where planning has paid dividends.

Amazing to also see 5:1 A2A ... well done!

Have a good N.Y

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ORIGINAL: Local Yokel

Your 5 May mention of recce a/c targetting Wake might be indicative of an Allied move against the island - alternatively, Wake could be nothing more than a convenient target for such aircraft. If specialist recconnaissance planes were being used then this might indicate a higher level of Allied 'interest'.

An atoll invasion at this date can be very chancy for an Allied player, particularly if it is within reach of escorted land attack planes carrying torpedoes. But Japan still needs to have fortified infantry in place to repel such an attack, so I hope Wake isn't wide open!

A fat tanker convoy could be a cheap and juicy prize for the KB, but clearly announces its whereabouts a long way distant from Wake if the Allies do have designs on the place.

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ORIGINAL: SierraJuliet
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Sea: Kitakami, Maya, Atago and Nagato bombard Amboina causing 170 casualties and 1 gun lost, 6 runway hits, 3 port hits, 1 port fuel hit and 1 port supply hit. During the daytime bombardment 39 casualties, 3 airbase hits, 3 runway hits, 2 port hits, 2 port fuel hits and 2 port supply hits are reported.

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just a minor remark here; kitakami is a torpedo ship at early stages in the war, i'm not sure if she's meant to be bombarding places (bombardments need escorts as well, but i like to stick oi & kita in TF's that are more likely to see combat )

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ORIGINAL: flaggelant



nice reading up on the reports, good to see the war is still going on over here as well

If its may 42 and still you have just taken Amboina, are all main ports, airfield & production sites taken now? or are the more bases to assault before the "Dutch conquest" ends?

and on the soviets; isn't AA automatically working against the soviet recon?
In my game i have some nates still flying around in manchuria, they're either on cap or training for xp, wouldn't like to see the Russian recon fly into those
how are your fighters doing in HI & kwangtung army? all transfered or training over there? (how do you spend most of your PP? planes or ground units?)

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ORIGINAL: SierraJuliet
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Sea: Kitakami, Maya, Atago and Nagato bombard Amboina causing 170 casualties and 1 gun lost, 6 runway hits, 3 port hits, 1 port fuel hit and 1 port supply hit. During the daytime bombardment 39 casualties, 3 airbase hits, 3 runway hits, 2 port hits, 2 port fuel hits and 2 port supply hits are reported.

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just a minor remark here; kitakami is a torpedo ship at early stages in the war, i'm not sure if she's meant to be bombarding places (bombardments need escorts as well, but i like to stick oi & kita in TF's that are more likely to see combat )

Hey there Flaggelant. Todd and I are getting in a turn a day on most days so it is steady as she goes. We have just made it to 1st August 1942. Not sure how far behind Todd’s AAR is but mine as you can see is a good 2 months shy of the action at the moment.

From memory I think I still have Medan to mop up and a couple of outposts on Sumatra still await conquest but most of the important places have now fallen. Dili and the islands north of Darwin are also still held by the Allies. As for the main production sites they are mine and the time has arrived to garner as much out of them as I can.

I’ve gone through all my units that should be in range of Soviet recon and turned them off. It seems to have worked as two months have gone by without a single Japanese combatant so much as shooting one bullet at a soviet spy plane. Not sure if this is the correct tactic to adopt against the Russians but we’ll see how it goes over the course of the game. I have no doubt Todd will open up a front here when he senses it is time to do so.

Fighters in HI and Kwangtung are for the most part on training. There are only a few Nate squadrons left and during July my production lines have finally ramped up Tojo and Tony production. I have been working towards Tony production more so and will be replacing Oscars with Tony when I can. It is about 6 to 7 weeks away in AAR time though before the Tony and Tojo start production. My main emphasis regarding fighters has been the Zero force based at Ichang... so far they have done outstandingly well against the elements of the AVG which pop up in Chungking from time to time. Todd has made no comment about his AVG loses but I’m sure it must be causing him some concern.

My PP is spent mainly on transferring planes and assigning leaders. Sometimes I have been transferring over lesser ground units too. I have a fairly good stock pile of PP at present.

As for Kitakami she is certainly not made for bombardment duties... so long ago now I can't remember if I deliberately put her on that task or plain forget that she is far too thin skinned for that caper. She is still kicking so there were no dire consequences to this action. I'm sure her captain and crew enjoyed getting in on the action.

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Kido Butai, although powerful, was a raiding force, and this is exactly how the Japanese understood its usage. 'Shattered Sword'

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ORIGINAL: SierraJuliet

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CVE Unyo arrives at Tokyo. I’m planning on using her for antisubmarine work in convoys ferrying troops around.
The Japanese forces at the T-junction north of Lashio, although still stunned from the arduous river crossing assault, have managed to regroup and mount a resolute defence against the Chinese assault. Marginally outnumbered in the attack [5068 Japanese troops and 35 guns against 7574 Allied troops and 46 guns] the Japanese used the terrain to good effect and of course are confronting what is likely to be less well drilled Chinese troops. I expect from here on in the Japanese forces should

hey,

a CVE on ASW duty sounds like a strange idea to me?
i do use AV's & cs to scout/lure subs, but CV's arent in my list of ASW weapons (what if they hit one??)

an important point on aircraft on ASW duty is XP, i believe you need to be at about 80 XP to get some decent ASW results.
newly arrived cv's often have bad xp ratings in the squadrons, might want to check (especially since you get some land based val & kates with 80-ish xp at the start, might want to swap them for the low xp cv based planes, if your still asw-ing with cv's)

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ORIGINAL: flaggelant

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ORIGINAL: SierraJuliet

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CVE Unyo arrives at Tokyo. I’m planning on using her for antisubmarine work in convoys ferrying troops around.
The Japanese forces at the T-junction north of Lashio, although still stunned from the arduous river crossing assault, have managed to regroup and mount a resolute defence against the Chinese assault. Marginally outnumbered in the attack [5068 Japanese troops and 35 guns against 7574 Allied troops and 46 guns] the Japanese used the terrain to good effect and of course are confronting what is likely to be less well drilled Chinese troops. I expect from here on in the Japanese forces should

hey,

a CVE on ASW duty sounds like a strange idea to me?
i do use AV's & cs to scout/lure subs, but CV's arent in my list of ASW weapons (what if they hit one??)

an important point on aircraft on ASW duty is XP, i believe you need to be at about 80 XP to get some decent ASW results.
newly arrived cv's often have bad xp ratings in the squadrons, might want to check (especially since you get some land based val & kates with 80-ish xp at the start, might want to swap them for the low xp cv based planes, if your still asw-ing with cv's)

Hi flaggelant

Well it might seem a little unorthodox but it was a regular feature of the Atlantic war. I certainly wourldn't be using my CVs or CVLs in this role and my other CVEs are tied up in a dedicated carrier task force of some kind. This one was just for something different to see if something good might come of it... part of my learinig experience. Good point on the 80XP factor.... had a look at the Vals I put onboard and they only rate a combined value of 73. I'll be scouting around to see what better offerings I might have to increase this ships potency. As Unyo turned up without planes I had to go hunting to put something on board in any case.

We'll see how she goes over time.

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Kido Butai, although powerful, was a raiding force, and this is exactly how the Japanese understood its usage. 'Shattered Sword'

(in reply to flaggelant)