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RE: Production Note - 6/7/2010 12:21:27 AM   
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There is no need to have convoys coming from both Medan and Palembang. The Medan oil and fuel will migrate to Palembang.


Really? This is good news. I had not noticed this to work. How does it happen without a RR connect between the two. Is there even a road connection?

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RE: Production Note - 6/7/2010 12:30:56 AM   
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There is no need to have convoys coming from both Medan and Palembang. The Medan oil and fuel will migrate to Palembang.


Really? This is good news. I had not noticed this to work. How does it happen without a RR connect between the two. Is there even a road connection?


I don't know how it happens. It just does. Supply will also flow across pretty much the entire island. Basically, supplies flow too easily. That is why the Burma theater is borked.

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RE: Production Note - 6/7/2010 3:48:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ahhhh ... so it isn't just Burma, there is an issue in the supply movement overall.  OK.  Thanks for this.  So, this is a loophole that we hope will be plugged in the near future and then you will have to play it straight.

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Canton Captured; Pago-Pago Next - 6/7/2010 5:48:16 PM   
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The allies invaded and captured an empty Canton Island today. It looks like Pago-Pago will be invaded tomorrow. After that, I expect the allies to turn their attention next to the Tonga Islands and Baker Island. From there it is hard to know if he will go for Fiji or the Gilberts.

On a production note: amazingly, I am actually repairing a resource center! Java is now consuming over 3000 resources a day more than it produces. There are now almost 300 HI factories on the island. Indeed, Batavia and Sorebaja are now some of the largest producers of HI in the empire. So in order to make a dent in the fuel needed to ship resources to the island (though, admittedly only a small dent) I decided to repair the one damaged resource center. Never thought I would do that, but this is the only place in the empire that consumes more resources than it produces outside the home islands.

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Pago-Pago invaded - 6/7/2010 9:55:13 PM   
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As expected, Pago-Pago was invaded today by the equivalent of 3+ divisions:
27th Infantry Div /370
2nd USMC Engr Rgt /362
1st USMC Tank Bn /358
8th Marine Rgt /362
158th(Sep) Infantry Rgt /362
2nd Marine Rgt /362
41st Infantry Div /371
6th Marine Rgt /362
3rd USMC Tank Bn /362
2nd USMC FA Bn /362
I US Amphib Corps /362
1st USMC FA Bn /362

Their opposition is the 65th Brigade and an artillery unit worth 250 assault points with level 3 forts. I doubt it will hold out very long.

I thought in this post I would lay out my plans for the placement of CD guns.

A number of base forces will upgrade their TOE's to have CD guns, as well as additional aviation support and engineers. Many of these base forces are located at bases that already have static CD gun units, such as at Truk, Takao, Saipan, Babeldoab, and Saigon. Their are also some port units that, when combined with the appropriate Naval Guard unit will get CD guns. And there is at least one SNLF unit that will combine with another to get CD guns. It takes some poking around, but the CD guns are out there.

My philosophy on the placement of CD guns is as follows:
1) Any base that already has a static CD unit does not need the additional CD guns provided by a base force. I want to spread my CDs around so as to cause multiple invasions to suffer casualties, not just a few invasions.
2) I want to place CD guns where the base MUST be invaded. I don't want the allies to be able to land somewhere and then walk over to where the CD guns are, thus sparing their ships. This basically means that one hex islands are ideal, although some bases, like Ambon and Milne Bay, are "virtual" islands because the allies would be unlikely to invade an adjacent jungle hex and walk to the target.

With these goals in mind, the following map shows where I have concentrated my CD capable units. In addition to the locations shown on the map here, I also have, or will shortly have, CD capable units at Koepang, Ambon, Puerto Princessa, Shortlands, Manus, Luganville, and Suva. The Suva one doesn't exactly fit my criteria, but the base force is already there.

The one big draw back here is that to upgrade the TOE of these base forces, there needs to be a command HQ in range. So what I have done is loaded up the 4th Fleet HQ on some transports and its job for the foreseeable future will be to travel around the Pacific issuing orders in person to upgrade. Apparently, a cablegram will not do.




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RE: Pago-Pago invaded - 6/7/2010 10:12:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, this is interesting. In reviewing the units used to invade Savii and Upolu, I see that the 27th and 41st divisions were used against those islands as well. That invasion took place on Jan. 17. It is now Feb. 22. So only about a month has passed since these divisions were last landed on a hostile beach.

I wonder how well prepped they can be after only 30 days? Surely they can't be more than 50% prepped??? Perhaps this may go slower than I thought.

It is also comforting to see that the allies do not have an unlimited number of troops that they can throw at me. Instead, he is recycling troops. This is important because my defenses are designed with the idea that the allies can only muster about 6 divisions for any one offensive.

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RE: Pago-Pago invaded - 6/7/2010 11:30:30 PM   
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Corsairs showed up escorting a raid on Pago-Pago today. God I hope they are not the uber-unstoppable monster they were in WitP.

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Pago-Pago Falls - 6/8/2010 7:14:18 AM   
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Pago-Pago fell to the first allied shock attack. Who will be next?

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RE: Pago-Pago Falls - 6/8/2010 4:33:57 PM   
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How are the Corsiars?

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RE: Pago-Pago invaded - 6/8/2010 4:35:25 PM   
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Corsairs showed up escorting a raid on Pago-Pago today. God I hope they are not the uber-unstoppable monster they were in WitP.



Well, the first version which will be in production until the end of the year, has a service rating of three and is not carrier capable. It is still a good fighter becuase it can fly higher than anything you have and it is very fast, but will not be the uber killer it was in WITP. He will need to rest them a lot and they are vulnerable to bombers at forward bases unless he mixes them with wildcats or P40s.

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RE: Pago-Pago invaded - 6/8/2010 4:50:32 PM   
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Corsairs showed up escorting a raid on Pago-Pago today. God I hope they are not the uber-unstoppable monster they were in WitP.



Well, the first version which will be in production until the end of the year, has a service rating of three and is not carrier capable. It is still a good fighter becuase it can fly higher than anything you have and it is very fast, but will not be the uber killer it was in WITP. He will need to rest them a lot and they are vulnerable to bombers at forward bases unless he mixes them with wildcats or P40s.


Thanks for the info. We are playing with a HR that limits CAP and sweeps to 30,000 feet.

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RE: Pago-Pago invaded - 6/9/2010 2:27:43 AM   
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My Val factory was switched over to making Judy's. 30 Judy factories are already on line and are expanding. We should be making about 75-80 Judy's a month by April.

The allies are marching on Port Hedland from the south. I was expecting an air drop. Instead, he is coming overland. I was just about deliver a load of supplies to Port Hedland via fast transport. Those ships are now going to drop that supply off at Roti (next to Koepang) and then go pick up the SNLF unit at Port Hedland. The allies have also recaptured Katherine and are no doubt marching on Darwin. Except for two small units at Port Hedland, I have no one in northern Australia any more.

It looks like the allies will be invading Niue soon. I have organized a rescue effort to pull the SNLF unit out of there via fast transport. The TF is currently at Luganville. Hopefully, we can get in and out of Niue before the allied invasion force shows up and before he can react to my TF.

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Death to 4E Bombers! - 6/9/2010 7:30:25 AM   
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Allied 4E bombers attacked the airfield at Savusavu today. 29 B-17E's and 12 B-24D's faced off against 43 Tojo's. The Tojo's acquitted themselves quite well. 6 B-17's were shot down and one was lost operationally, while 1 B-24 was shot down and 1 was an ops loss. 7 Tojo's were lost, 2 A2A, 3 on the ground, and 2 operationally. Only 2 pilots were WIA. Overall a good result.

OTOH, even though there is radar at this base, it is the type 2 radar that JNAF aviation units have. That does not have too great a range and therefore the fighters did not have enough warning to significantly damage the raid before they dropped their bombs. Most of the action was after the bombs were dropped. The type 2 does not upgrade to the type 3 until October.

To remedy this situation, I have a large number of AAA units at Yokohama that have upgraded their radars to the Tai-Chi 7 model. I plan on buying out a bunch of these guys and sending them to various bases where their longer range detection capability would be useful.

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Port Hedland captured - 6/9/2010 10:43:44 PM   
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Port Hedland was captured by the allies today. My fast transport TF arrived just in time to evacuate the bulk of the Naval Guard unit (or at least what remained of it after an intensive bombing campaign.) Too bad we couldn't get the whole unit out, if only for the entertainment factor of watching the allies hit air.

Another fast transport TF is set up to evacuate Niue tonight. The TF was spotted yesterday, but not today. I think we will be OK.

There are strong indications that the allied CVs are located at Pearl Harbor. Yesterday we received two notifications of heavy radio traffic at Pearl, and today we got another. I am wondering if the Marshals may be the next target while witpqs tries to focus my attention on Fiji. Unfortunately, there is not much I can do about the Marshalls right now. I may send some additional air strength there, but I need a strong presence at Fiji right now to deal with the allied 4E bombers. Fiji and Tonga still seem to be the focus of his next attack so I will keep the units I have down there in place. (Baker should also be taken shortly since it is empty.)



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RE: Port Hedland captured - 6/9/2010 10:50:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		I think it is preferable to abandon the efforts to oppose the Allied air offensive at Fiji entirely if there is a definite threat to Marshalls. Loss of Fiji exposes Noumea-Luganville-Ndeni barrier and islands that can be eventually used to threaten Marshalls/Gilberts. Loss of Marshalls/Gilberts exposes the entire Central Pacific, bringing Allies within one leap of your vital areas.

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Tanaka, You Fool! - 6/10/2010 2:06:01 AM   
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The allies recapture Fenton and Wyndham. Next stop: Darwin.

My fast transport TF that was supposed to pick up the naval guard unit at Niue, and is commanded by Tanaka, was still at Niue during the day phase. My god, I sweated the whole turn feeling for sure they were going to be attacked! Don't know why they weren't. Maybe the range was too great for the planes that he surely MUST have set to naval attack.

I think the reason they did not race in and out is because they stopped to pick up supplies. I guess when you do the pick up routine you need to tell them to load troops only. At any rate, Tanaka has been ordered to skedaddle.




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They Came for the Oil - 6/11/2010 5:27:23 AM   
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Today saw the biggest air battle of the war over Magwe. I figured the allies were saving up for a massive air offensive over Burma and today is the day it arrived. Over all, it turned out much better than I could have hoped. The allies lost over 60, and perhaps as many as 70 AC while the Japanese only lost 17. OTOH, 177 oil centers were damaged. But since Magwe has been pumping for a whole year now, and I never thought it would last this long, I can't say that I am really upset. In fact, I am very happy about the A2A results.

Only 2 pilots were KIA, 4 were WIA, and 1 was MIA. Of the two Senatai based at Magwe, the Tojo Sentai claimed 28 kills, while the Nick Senatai claimed 22. For the 2 Tojo Sentai's based at Meiktila (the adjacent base), one Sentai claimed 8 kills, the other claimed 5. These Sentai were providing "bleed over" CAP.

I must say I was rather impressed by the care with which this raid was assembled. I think forum members would benefit from finding out from witpqs how he managed to put such a well coordinated raid together. My only question is why my radar was able to detect raids at 12,000 feet 120 miles away, while raids coming in at 30,000 feet were only spotted 28 miles away.

At any rate, the action began with two different sweeps to try to knock back my CAP:
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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 62
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 42

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 55
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 41

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38E Lightning: 5 destroyed

After the sweeps, the bombers began to arrive with heavy escort:
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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 47 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 45
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 39

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16
Hurricane IIc Trop x 32
Vengeance I x 47
P-40K Warhawk x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 3 destroyed
Hurricane IIc Trop: 7 destroyed
Vengeance I: 3 destroyed, 11 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 3 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 24
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 21

Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 32
Hurricane IIc Trop x 32
Wellington Ic x 16
B-25C Mitchell x 48
P-40E Warhawk x 25
P-40K Warhawk x 50

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
Wellington Ic: 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Not all the bombers had escorts. Some of them got separated during the flight.
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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 9
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 12

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged

As can be seen, my CAP is becoming rather weak by this time.
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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 47 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16
Vengeance I x 31

Allied aircraft losses
Vengeance I: 3 destroyed, 10 damaged

Finally, the heavies start to arrive. They are obviously based the furthest away.
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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 28

Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 2 damaged

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Morning Air attack on Magwe , at 57,47
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 4 damaged

I would say that 177 oil hits is excessive. Strat bombing should probably be toned down. These are not laser guided munitions.

In other news:

Last turn we received two notices of heavy radio traffic at Pearl Harbor. It is increasingly looking like the allied CVs are there and may be planning for an invasion of the Marshalls. I am moving air assets closer to these islands, but there are not that many places I can actually base them due to very low levels of aviation support-generally between 24 and 32 at each base, with Roi-Namur having 48.





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RE: They Came for the Oil - 6/11/2010 7:18:57 AM   
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My only question is why my radar was able to detect raids at 12,000 feet 120 miles away, while raids coming in at 30,000 feet were only spotted 28 miles away.


What the combat report calls "radar" can actually be any form of detection. Picking up the raid 120 miles out probably means the bombers flew over some of your troops on the way in. Their commander checked the bomber's course, looked at a map, and then ordered someone to radio Magwe that they were going to have company.


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Darwin Captured - 6/11/2010 5:05:58 PM   
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The allies retook Darwin today. Almost all of northern Australia is back in allied hands.

24 Liberators attacked Savusavu. 6 were shot down at the cost of 5 Tojos, 3 A2A, 2 on the ground.

Niue was invaded. Another TF is just about to land troops on Wallis Island. No doubt witpqs wants to get some bases closer to Fiji so that is fighters can reach Fiji.

I have positioned air transports in the New Hebrides in preparation for evacuating cadres of the units in the Fiji Islands once the allied invasion begins. I wonder if he will commit his fleet carriers for an invasion, or rely on LBA?



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RE: Darwin Captured - 6/11/2010 5:48:35 PM   
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RE: Darwin Captured - 6/11/2010 5:53:41 PM   
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How long did his reconquest of Northern Aus take and were you defending it or just had a small rear guard there?


I had no one there. I did not fight at all. So his reconquest has taken as long as it takes to move his units from one base to the next.

My only point in taking these bases was to prevent them from being built up for a while as I built up my bases in the DEI.

I will now start working to keep Darwin from being built up through a combination of naval and aerial bombardments.

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Wallis Island invaded - 6/11/2010 10:04:51 PM   
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Wallis Island was invaded today. From my spotting report yesterday it appeared that there was only one TF going to Wallis. So I set my Betty's at Suva to a range where they would reach Wallis, but no further. When the combat replay began, however, I was appalled at how many fighters had on CAP.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Wallis Island at 142,156
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 56 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31
G4M1 Betty x 17

Allied aircraft
Martlet IV x 18
P-38G Lightning x 1
F4F-3A Wildcat x 7
F4F-4 Wildcat x 26
F4U-1 Corsair x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 10 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet IV: 2 destroyed
F4F-3A Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

I was simply incredulous that the allies could have that many fighters on LRCAP. But when it rolled around to the orders phase, I found there were multiple TFs at Wallis, not just the one I saw yesterday, and at least one of them (probably 2) was a carrier TF. In looking over the combat report, it would appear there were 3 American CVEs and 3 British CVs. (BTW, all 17 Betty's were killed)

So: 1) We have found the British CVs. 2) Since it looks like there were only 3 American CVEs, it would seem that that report of a bomb hit on the Suwanee was real and the Suwanee is still undergoing repairs. 3) No US fleet CVs. Indications still point to the fleet CVs being at Pearl Harbor. 4) Also consider the indications that fuel likely remains a problem in Australia.

I conclude, therefore, that the allies will be conducting their main offensive operations in the Pacific and that the SRA is relatively secure. More specifically, I believe that operations will be conducted with the goal of capturing Fiji. These operations will be supported by LBA and the smaller allied carriers. I also believe that another offensive is probably on tap in the Central Pacific, most likely with the goal of securing the Marshall Islands. This offensive will be supported by the US fleet carriers.


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RE: Wallis Island invaded - 6/12/2010 2:13:39 AM   
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I have decided to try to kill some allied planes at Akyab through a naval bombardment. Recon indicates there are something like 300 planes there. The detection level of the base is 9/10. If my light cruisers can get a clear shot at the airfield, and assuming witpqs does not move anybody out, we can probably cause a good deal of damage.

There is no indication that he has spotted me. I created a small TF precisely in order to avoid detection. I kinda blew it, though, by not having their search AC stand down. The Jakes make a couple of spotting reports during the turn. I don't know what witpqs will make of that. Certainly, the TF itself was not spotted since it did not show up as an icon during the replay and there is no detection level on it. Even if he does get a whiff of it, maybe he will think it is ships heading to Rangoon.

He may also have surface ships there to run interference. There are two TFs of "2 ships" each. There are probably more ships than that and they are probably PTs. I don't feel good about endangering my cruisers by going up against PTs. But I would also like to damage his Indian airforce.

Anyway, the die is cast, the dice have been thrown.

Meanwhile, Port Hedland has already grown to be a size 2 airfield. When I left just a little while ago, it was a size 0. I am thinking of paying Hedland a visit with some Battlewagons. I will also start recon of Darwin tomorrow preparatory to naval and aerial bombardments.





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RE: Wallis Island invaded - 6/12/2010 5:57:03 AM   
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Our bombardment of Akyab came off without a hitch. Rather than finding PTs awaiting us, there were two single ship TFs made up of xAKLs. Both, obviously, were sunk before the cruisers moved on to hitting the airfield. The results were OK but hardly nuclear, especially considering how many planes were parked there. 4 Hurricanes, 4 Vengence, and 2 Warhawks were destroyed.

Over at Savusavu, 36 B-17s attacked the airfield. We are having real problems there getting our fighters into the air in a timely manner, reducing the overall effectiveness of the CAP. I need to bring in a Ta-Chi 7 equipped unit to improve our response time. One Sentai has seen its morale drop into the teens. I have pulled it out and flown in a fresh set of Tojos. Overall, 5 Tojos were lost on the ground, 2 operationally and only 1 B-17 was shot down. B-24s will probably fly tomorrow. Witpqs is obviously determined to shut this field down. If things get too bad, I will fly LRCAP out of Suva to cover the field.

Our search planes have spotted an allied TF heading to the Elice Islands. I have never occupied these islands since they are all 0/0 SPS. I have seen that even the allies, with their super abundance of engineers, are not able to build 0/0 bases quickly, and of course they cannot be built very large. Perhaps he is just setting up a patrol base.

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RE: Wallis Island invaded - 6/12/2010 6:18:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		With the way the allies are landing the tactic to delay them via far flung bases is / was sound however the use of single regiments and SNLF maybe dubious since his attacks are  always division sized so maybe just defend at company ( Battalion?) strength or Divisional strength .

Are you going to challange teh Marshalls or Fiji with KB ? 6-9 more months and KB wont be much use.

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RE: Wallis Island invaded - 6/12/2010 7:26:18 AM   
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With the way the allies are landing the tactic to delay them via far flung bases is / was sound however the use of single regiments and SNLF maybe dubious since his attacks are  always division sized so maybe just defend at company ( Battalion?) strength or Divisional strength .

Are you going to challange teh Marshalls or Fiji with KB ? 6-9 more months and KB wont be much use.


The KB needs to be employed before June since that is when the allies receive significant carrier reinforcements. For now, however, I plan on holding off on using it unless a critical sector is attacked. In my mind, the critical sectors are the arc running from Timor up through the Kra Isthmus and the Kuriles. The Marianas are also a critical sector, but I do not think he would attack so deeply into the empire since he would have extreme difficulty maintaining his line of communications.

I would prefer to commit the KB only after the allied carriers had suffered several days of attrition to their CAP from LBA. While I was hoping I could stage such an attrition battle in the Marshalls, it is looking less likely that I can do that due to a lack of aviation support. That may change as more aviation units arrive over the next month. Of course, I could just say the hell with it and stack up my AC well beyond the aviation support available and now that I think about it, that is what I may do. I just hate seeing those red numbers on the base info screen. In this scenario, only a token bomber force would be used in order to get a large number of escorts to fly. Instead of aiming for the ships, I would be aiming for the CAP. Hmm, have to think about that.

At any rate, I wonder what my opponent is thinking about the lack of carrier opposition. This "fleet in being" approach may be making him more cautious and slowing down his advance. OTOH, I am not sure he is being cautious enough. Maybe he knows where the KB is based and so he is not that worried, but his invasion of Wallis Island looked quite vulnerable since all he had were US CVE's and RAN CVs. If the KB had chosen that moment to show up, he would have been in a world of hurt.

As to his division sized invasions, I suspect he knows just how big my garrisons are (allied sigint plus recon) and so is using right-sized forces. If the garrisons were smaller, his invasions probably would be too. OTOH, if he were to hit the DEI or the Solomons, such an invasion would be contested to a much greater extent and rather than evacing anyone, I would be trying to feed in reinforcements. With Somoa and Fiji I would much rather pull people out than try to make a determined stand. Indeed, if I can keep pulling out cadres as he advances, I will become stronger and stronger as he advances. Already Fiji is much more strongly held than previously because of the units I got out of Somoa and rebuilt. Once he moves on Fiji I plan on evacing cadres to the New Hebrides. (The garrisons on the Tonga Islands are write-offs since they will go poof in about 200 days anyways.)





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RE: Wallis Island invaded - 6/12/2010 8:14:10 AM   
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Status: offline 		Now that you know your opponent's axis of advance, contesting landings with the might of Combined Fleet makes sense. Japanese now have their last window of opportunity for a game-changing naval victory.

As about the overstaking, in short term it doesn't pose much problems, unless the airfield is bombed. Again, I think that you shouldn't be as conservative with your planes when contesting landings as you seem to be. Planes are replaceable and, to a lesser extent, so are pilots. Small raids like you're launching only cause losses without getting results, to slow Allies down you need massive air attacks. Alternatively, just don't contest them, unless you're fairly sure that you can launch such an attack.

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RE: Wallis Island invaded - 6/12/2010 10:18:02 PM   
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Witpqs continues to hit Savusavu. Last turn saw sweeps by P-38s as well as bombing attacks by B-17 and B-24s. This turn it was just the heavies. Runway damage is up to 70. Not sure why he is so intent on shutting this particular field down. There are a bunch of others there as well that I can use. Its not like I am going to pull out just because he is bombing it. My only real problem is getting replacement for the planes I lose. My supply at Suva dropped below the magic 20,000 that I need, so I have a supply convoy heading down there to restock the place.

There is a bunch of shipping over at Somoa. His next invasion is obviously not that far away.

Port Hedland is rapidly building up. Not cool.

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RE: Wallis Island invaded - 6/13/2010 2:35:20 AM   
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Air strikes continue against SavuSavu. P-38s sweeping at 30,000 feet (our house rule limit) did a number on my CAP. The airfield is now at 97% damage. I don't even know if the planes there are flying. I suppose I could examine the combat report more closely to find out. I am pretty sure most of the CAP there is made up of planes flying out of Suva.

I did get a hint as to why I couldn't get reinforcement planes there. My squadrons on Fiji itself were able to take reinforcements this turn, even though supply is below the magic 20,000. So now I am thinking it may be the runway damage that is preventing reinforcements. Doesn't matter at this point, though, since I will not be taking any reinforcements for the squadrons there until the runway damage comes down and they can start flying in larger numbers, or until I pull them out of there, whichever comes first.

Actually, a thought comes to mind: pull them back to Suva, but leave some damaged fragments behind to make it appear as though they are still there. Then have them LRCAP the base. Of course, a close examination of the combat report would reveal what I was up to, so that might not work.

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The Corsair Conquered - 6/13/2010 6:53:16 PM   
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The allies captured Hoorn Island just east of the Fiji group yesterday. In order to try to delay the construction of an airfield there (SPS of 4) I decided to port attack the island with some Helens at Suva. I figured that witpqs would be expecting such a move, so I also set a Sentai of Tojo's to sweep the place to clear out any LRCAP before the Helen's arrived. It worked like a charm: 2 Corsairs were shot down, a number of Wildcats were damaged, and the Helen's made their bombing run unmolested.

It now appears that the allies are about to deliver base forces and engineers to the island. So for tomorrow, I will not only sweep and port attack, I also have a sentai of Helen's trained on lownav set to naval attack at 1000 feet and another sentai of Betty's set to naval attack, this time, hopefully, with a Zero escort.

I am now experiencing the full glory of Japanese lack of aviation support: all my bases around Fiji are stacked up with more planes than aviation support. I imagine we can expect to have a bunch of damaged planes sitting on the runways after today.

In other news, the allies made a paradrop on Baker island. This seems excessive to me. I don't think my opponent has twigged to the idea of using some DDs as fast transports to move in little fragments to capture bases. One or two DDs can carry enough troops to capture any unoccupied base.


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