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ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants
I'm still waiting for that gusty Allied player who picks up the fighters at Wake Island and heads Big E and Lexington through the island gaps and hits Truk on their way to Australia. Truk is a "target rich environment" and if those 4 older CAs happen to be there, then......

I gave this some thought actually in my game vs. Cuttlefish. There isn't crap for IJN Air Search at that time, so sneaking up on Truk isn't really that difficult. The difficulty is that if Kido Butai leaves PH right away, and sails straight for Truk they will get there before you, or even worse, about the same time. CF only did a one-day attack on PH, so too risky. In most cases, KB is heading for Truk after PH, it's the most logical place to go.

Now, if KB hangs around for a couple days at PH..........very possible.

Mike: Sorry to keep butting in, 90% of the stuff I put out there you were already doing or on top of, great minds think alike I guess.......

What are you doing with KB after Pearl? I personally like splitting off 1 Car Div and sending it to the Southern DEI.

Splitting CVs is usually a no-no, but there isn't any risk the first month or two, since there are only 3 USN CVs in the Pacific; considering they also have Buffs on board, easily handled by the other 4.

Appearing in the Southern DEI does a few things:
1. You'll likely catch some fleeing Allied shipping
2. You might catch some ABDA cruisers. If you don't, you will certainly chase them from the area.
3. You can provide air support for Ambon/Timor landings, when they are otherwise tough to support from the air. Moving on Timor in late Dec is going "deep", but if IJN CVs appear, it will chase the ABDA Navy away.

I wouldn't keep them there long, because there is a chance that USN CVs can be in the area by mid-Jan or so. Worst case, you could probably win a fight against 2 CVs, though it could be bloody. Or if you are paired with Baby KB, it could be a good thing.

This just covers the first month, after that it's probably wise to keep everyone together.

Other CV Notes:Don't forget to RESIZE the airgroups on Hosho and Ryujo; they will expand nicely when you do that. Hosho is now a 20-capacity CVE, and is more useful than before. Here is another trick: Load that 3-plane Val Chutai that starts in Pescadores onto Ryujo for a turn, and RESIZE; it now becomes a 19-plane Chutai. Set it to TRAIN, as you will need replacement pilots for KB.

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ORIGINAL: seille

Mike posted a table in one of the first pages of this thread for his resource movement.
I still use it and it works (with some adjustments) very well.

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ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

Hey Mac, I'm on for just a few minutes (I have drill this weekend and just snuck on). I'd send ~15-20 Adens for Pt. Arthur and eliminate Hangchow, Tsingtao and all of the Kyushu convoys.

Gotta run. Talk later!

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ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

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ORIGINAL: LoBaron

I guess most of them are running to their rally points? How many bases do you use as such Mike?

Here's my theoretical plan for resource movement to Honshu:

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ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

Mac,

Yup, that's it. The #/month column is the number of round trips per month.

Note some changes:

-Stop all convoys from Kyushu. The stuff moves on it's own overland to Honshu.
-Move ~3 convoys from Toyohara to Shikuka. The resources move up there.
-Double the Hakodate convoy and eliminate ~half the other convoys from Kushiro and Sapporo. The resources move to Hakodate.
-Eliminate the convoys from Hangchow and Tsingtao. They don't get enough resources.
-Double the convoys at Pt. Arthur. Tons or resources accumulate there.

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ORIGINAL: Grotius

Where possible, I haven't even moved my Std-C's, for fear they might be hit by a submarine. Like you, I plan to convert most of them to TKs in June.

I just started converting a couple Ansu-class to PBs, for the same reason as you -- that 14-knot speed. How come I didn't notice that conversion possibility before? 14-knot escorts are priceless. :)

I probably converted more ACMs than you -- I have ACMs at pretty much every minefield on the map now, which is probably a bit of overkill; I don't think the game will turn on whether I maintain the mines at Tsingtao. :) But some part of me can't stand seeing them decay. I also have stockpiled 3-4 ACMs to maintain mines in the future -- maybe at Rabaul or Timor. But I wish I could figure out how to produce more mines. :-\

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3. IMO, the Minekaze and Kamikaze-class should be converted to APDs and used to escort invasion convoys, or tankers, the highest-value ships. This will take pressue off need for Ansyu-C converts.

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Tomozurus should also be converted to "E"s early.

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ORIGINAL: Q-Ball
I am thinking of:

1. SCs: The Cha-class is slow and short-legged, but I don't think they are very good ASW vessels either. I would also use those around Home Islands with the Tos'us, and convert a bunch of Tosu's to ACMs.
The faster SC classes can be used as longer-range convoy escorts, and should be used for that
2. KISOS: If you use the SCs around the Home Islands, that will allow you to use most Tosu's for ACM convertions. I would NOT convert KISOS to ACMs; they have some cargo capacity, and are useful as longer-ranged escorts (albeit slow ones)
3. IMO, the Minekaze and Kamikaze-class should be converted to APDs and used to escort invasion convoys, or tankers, the highest-value ships. This will take pressue off need for Ansyu-C converts. Tomozurus should also be converted to "E"s early.
4. In August, the Ootori conversion to "E" becomes available. This will add 8 more high-quality fast escorts for tanker and AP escorting. (Pair them with a tanker, and as a bonus, they will load up Resources for Home Islands when the tanker loads Oil)

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