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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 2:42:37 PM   
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Command HQs (page 178 in manual) - I would have 2 of them within 18 hexes (preferably 9 hexes) to add their weight to any of you bases in the lower Solomons that you expect to have a battle where you will be able to counterattack. Select two bases and set them to prep for them...NOW!! Japan has very few Command HQs and you can use yours to swing a battle back towards your favor. Find leaders high in Land, Aggression, and Leadership.

Do you have an APDs left to use in Fast Transport TFs??


Command HQ you mean like "SOPAC HQ" ? i have one of them at Suva...and possibly one in Oz...

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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 2:50:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ok, done. Nimitz and McHartur for Sopac and Swpac :-)

No i'll move 'em...i have APDs yes...but they're far away...i'm using fast xAPs ... Thanks!!!! Great suggestion

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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 3:06:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ok, turn sent. SOPAC (prep Tulagi), SWPAC (prep Tassa)will be moved at Ndeni, while 6th Army HQ (Lunga) at Karakira. 2 Corps HQ are already in place at Tulagi and Lunga.

Nimitz and McHartur will lead their troops directly on the front line....UH-HA!

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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 3:19:48 PM   
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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 3:34:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		My understanding (others can correct me if I'm wrong) is your Corp HQ will add 10% bonus to either defender or attacker Assault Strength (AS). However, if they fail the test, then a Command HQ that is within 9 hexes (and prepping for that base) will be tested. So, you can get two shots at getting that 10% bonus. The big help of a Command HQ will be when you attack as you can get up to 90% AS bonus. That is something nice to have.

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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 4:09:30 PM   
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who is this "McHartur"???


Shhh! It's a secret code-name for one of the Allied commanders

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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 5:50:56 PM   
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Ok, very clear NY59, as always, Thanks!

So i wonder how the Army HQ can give another bonus in this chain...i'll have 2 Corp HQs in place and in range of my 3 bases (Tassa, Lunga and Tulagi). The Army HQ will be placed at Karakira, 4 hexes away, while the 2 Command HQs will be at Ndani, 10/11 hexes away. Should work...

Let's see if i can work out a disposition like that:
I'd like to have 350 AVs at Tassa, behind 6 forts, with some decent artillery , 1 tank Bn and CD guns.
At Lunga, my main base, there will be 1100/1200 AVs behind 7 forts, with lots of artillery, supplies, engineers, aviation support, HQ etc
At Tulagi the composition is complete. We have 800 AVs, 5+40% forts, 3 full regiments, 2 tanks BNs, 2 Artillery units, 2 CD guns unit (more than 30 155mm CD guns!!!)

The Solomons will be a tough nut to crack for him. The jungle bonus, the forts and the diminished amphib capabilities of Japan will surely rapresent a net of problems hard to solve for him.

Karakira in the meanwhile will be backed up and fullfilled with troops and engineers.
It's already 1 port and 3 AF, with forts building up and 500 eng presents.

I wanna lay more mines if possible...and land more units...but every day that passes by the doors get narrower and my ability to keep the air supremacy over my bases is diminishing...it's gonna be hard...but it's gonna be FUN FUN FUN!!!!

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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 5:56:11 PM   
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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 5:57:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		Between your 2 Corp HQs and your Army HQ, one each should be prepping for Tass, Lunga, and Tulagi. That will cover your use of Corp/Army HQs for those bases. The 2 Command HQs will need to prep for two of those three bases. The one base where you feel you will be unable to attack any troops Rader lands (or has troops already) at should be left out. Use of Command HQs in offensive attacks is often overlooked by many players, IMO.

Edit #1 - I would not place more than 400 engineers on a base (1 Engineer Vehicle = 5 Engineers). I think someone did testing long ago and more will not be beneficial once you get to a certain point.

Edit #2 - I would consider placing mines in a non-base hex, if you can afford to, that he has to cross to get to a particular base. If it is a deep ocean hex, they will deteriorate quicker, but it will give him something else to worry about.

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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 5:57:11 PM   
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ORIGINAL: SoliInvictus202

who is this "McHartur"???


Shhh! It's a secret code-name for one of the Allied commanders


ahhh - I thought GreyJoy would rather give him a codename like "smokey" - or "he, who must not be named, but shall return"....

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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 6:00:40 PM   
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Are you really just a newb?




I do hope not anymore...at least to some extent...i've dedicated so much time studying this game in the last 6 months that i cannot feel myself as a complete newb anymore.... I remember when China fell...i felt like a Gromagnon Man in front of an I-Mac....

Hopefully those times are past...but i do fear the CV battles now...

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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 6:04:35 PM   
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Between your 2 Corp HQs and your Army HQ, each should be prepping for Tass, Lunga, and Tulagi. That will cover your use of Corp/Army HQs for those bases. The 2 Command HQs will need to prep for two of those three bases. The one base where you feel you will be unable to attack any troops Rader lands (or has troops already) at should be left out. Use of Command HQs in offensive attacks is often overlooked by many players, IMO.

I would not place more than 400 engineers on a base (1 Engineer Vehicle = 5 Engineers). I think someone did testing long ago and more will not be beneficial once you get to a certain point.



Yes, got it! Thanks.

The 6th Army HQ is prepping now for Tassa (but starting now so....), while the 2 Corps HQs are already at 100 for Tulagi and Lunga.
The Command HQs will prep for Tulagi and Tassa where i think he's gonna land...

Ok, no more than 500...another lesson learnt

Many many thanks

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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 6:10:59 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've mined Russell, Thousand and Auki enemy bases.

I've placed more than 1000 mines between my 3 major bases...but now my mines pool is empty

ACMs are being based and are in place...he already got 2 CA hit mines few days ago...

I'm pretty sure he's going to use his BBs...now it's up to me to decide how much i wanna risk to counter his landings...will i limit myself to DDs and CLs?...will i call the Big Boys in?...

But now the code-word will be: "gain time". Every day we manage to postpone his invasion is a day closer to the Hellcats. When i'll start to have them, i'll be able to throw in the pit all my air force, knowing that my reserves will be built back up pretty quickly.

My CVs are upgrading their SDB groups right now and are based at Suva...no sign of enemy Subs in the area by now...but i'll take every possible precaution this time!

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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 6:11:38 PM   
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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 6:17:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		If you can afford it, I would set aside two Navy and/or Marine groups that will get the Hellcat. Pull out and replace with your best pilots. Make these two groups 'the best of the best' for you to throw in at a critical point. Again, only if you can afford to do so.

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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 6:43:49 PM   
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ok, ok, McArthur...you know i have problems with names...


almost right - it's MacArthur! but hey - it's your "war" so maybe you have decided to dismiss "MacArthur" and put "McHartur" in charge - I am told he has great experience with jungle war! - came up from the ranks, you know, this McHartur"

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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 7:08:20 PM   
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ok, ok, McArthur...you know i have problems with names...


almost right - it's MacArthur! but hey - it's your "war" so maybe you have decided to dismiss "MacArthur" and put "McHartur" in charge - I am told he has great experience with jungle war! - came up from the ranks, you know, this McHartur"


Besides MacAuthur was an idiot IMHO .. he cost many more lives to fulfill his ego .. and then again on the Chosin reservoir "McHarthur" or anyone else would be better in this case ... If only admiral king was more politcally astute along with being brillant Ok back to the US kicking butt on the IJN! You go GreyJoy! I am learning much in your thread BTW ...

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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 7:34:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		Congrats on the naval victory. How many of his CL/DD have you sunk now? He's got to be sort of hurting in that regard. He can't have too many of those old expendable ships left to throw at you; he's going to have to risk his modern ones sooner or later.

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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 8:36:33 PM   
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ok, ok, McArthur...you know i have problems with names...


almost right - it's MacArthur! but hey - it's your "war" so maybe you have decided to dismiss "MacArthur" and put "McHartur" in charge - I am told he has great experience with jungle war! - came up from the ranks, you know, this McHartur"


Besides MacAuthur was an idiot IMHO ..



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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 9:44:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		I hate Allied mines. Lost 8 destroyers to them so far in my longest-running game, not counting ships damaged and stuck in Allied aviation range as the result. Send SCTFs - escorts get mined. Send minesweepers - CD guns wipe them out (lost five that way). Mix minesweepers and surface combatants in a minesweeping TF - eligible surface combatants won't be able suppress CD guns fire. Add minesweepers to a surface combat or amphibious TF - they will eat CD fire, and the rest of the TF won't protect them.

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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 10:55:43 PM   
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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 11:22:59 PM   
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The day didn't go as planned but neither it went bad.
We closed Thousands S.B. AF but the other bombardment TF (composed of CAs) found a couple of PBs at Russell and, after having sunk them, simply retired to Lunga
However we avoided a HUGE sweep mission composed of 500 planes over Tulagi...as predicted he called his Tojos in this time...

Some of his Vals and Kates tried to attack our TFs at Lunga...but got slaughtered by my fierce CAp and not a single plane got through

We lost some Wildcats due to the damned leaky CAP...those idiots went to cover Tulagi in groups of 2/3 planes and got outnumbered by something like 20 to 1

Anyway, we gained another day... waiting for the turn to come to see the results...

Another day is gai

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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 11:25:00 PM   
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If you can afford it, I would set aside two Navy and/or Marine groups that will get the Hellcat. Pull out and replace with your best pilots. Make these two groups 'the best of the best' for you to throw in at a critical point. Again, only if you can afford to do so.


mmm...hard to say if i can efford. Considering how many fighters he's throwing at me i wonder if i can spare those "reserve" groups right now... however i'll do my best to collect my best pilots on those wildcats that are based at ndeni. If ever i'll use the CV groups which are already crack ones

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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 11:26:02 PM   
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Congrats on the naval victory. How many of his CL/DD have you sunk now? He's got to be sort of hurting in that regard. He can't have too many of those old expendable ships left to throw at you; he's going to have to risk his modern ones sooner or later.


Not sure at 100% because of the FOW...but i think by now i should have sunk 5/6 CLs of his own and possibly 1 CA

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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 11:27:28 PM   
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I hate Allied mines. Lost 8 destroyers to them so far in my longest-running game, not counting ships damaged and stuck in Allied aviation range as the result. Send SCTFs - escorts get mined. Send minesweepers - CD guns wipe them out (lost five that way). Mix minesweepers and surface combatants in a minesweeping TF - eligible surface combatants won't be able suppress CD guns fire. Add minesweepers to a surface combat or amphibious TF - they will eat CD fire, and the rest of the TF won't protect them.


Really hope so mate... when his BBs will arrive i'll need everything to stop them...including mines!
I'm doing my best to make those waters as dangerous as possible for his ships

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RE: UH-AH - 8/4/2011 11:28:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Anyway...pretty strange that the SCTF we spotted yesterday didn't come in today...it retired back to Shortland...

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RE: UH-AH - 8/5/2011 12:56:45 AM   
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Status: offline 		32 vs 200...another good day i'd say. In the air the count is 22 vs 124...not bad. His LBA Vals and Kates suffered terribly once they decided to attack my CLs at Lunga...my CAP performed wonderfully...

Tomorrow we'll wait another big offensive...we decided to stay at Lunga for one more day...let's see if i can throw in some confusion to him about my intentions...

...another SCTF is steaming south...will he look for an engagement? We're sending 3 TFs out. The CA TF which will bombard Russell, the Boise TF, which will try to intercept the enemy TF at Russell and will also cover the CAs, and a old-school 2CLs TF that will move to Tulagi from Ndeni in substitution of the Cleveland TF that, after the bombing at Thousands Ships Bay, is retiring to Ndeni

Again our Corsair, even at 20k (i always used them at 31) didn't performed well...while the P-38 is clearly superior in the role of sweeper...

too tired to comment more deeply...i'll leave you the a/c losses report screen...




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RE: UH-AH - 8/5/2011 1:36:50 AM   
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ok, ok, McArthur...you know i have problems with names...


Right, but this is not Doug McArther, but his lesser know brother Eddie. Not much leadership, but he got along really well with everyone else, despite his chronic shyness and low self-esteem.

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RE: UH-AH - 8/5/2011 7:56:50 AM   
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Status: offline 		This McHartur of which he speaks: I've seen his statue in Incheon, Korea (and no, that is not a GreyJoyism--it's how they spell it nowadays).

GreyJoy: That evil cluster of dark forces that's been gathering in Rabaul--any chance that could head to NE Oz if he gets tired of Guadalcanal redux? Is it something you're worried about? Also, has sigint been giving you any good hints recently, such as X unit prepping for Y or A unit on board ship B heading for C?

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RE: UH-AH - 8/5/2011 9:10:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		As dar as i can tell he's not prepping for anything (i know it sounds strange but i've never seen any of his units prepping for one of the Solomons...nor Oz fwiw)
If he's coming for Oz...well the better. I can exchange space for time and i can efford to lose anything north of Brisbane...and i have lots of forts down there so it will be not a good choice me think for him at this stage of the war.

However guys, last turn was pretty messed up...my TFs did perform strangely but i got lucky and onlyCA Australia ate a torp but she's ok. He swept Karakira and 40 wildcats and some beaufighters did get a 1-1 ratio against his Tojos...not bad i'd say.

I'm out for a funeral today so i won't be able to update till tonight...

See u soon

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