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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/4/2012 1:00:04 PM

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I have also agreed to not powerplay but keep things somewhat plausible, this is why I keep Ki-43 in production. Bart is unlikely to like seeing N1K, Ki-44-IIc and Ki-100 as early as I've intended to field them but players as bad as me need every bit of help they can have.

I'm thinking on these lines as well. Some may come a bit sooner, but I won't suddenly b building 200 a month of them. As this is really my first lasting PBEM I want to try them all out as well. See what works. I'm researching a little bit of all of them.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/4/2012 1:05:42 PM

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If you were wondering about the Ki-100, I have 6 size 30 R&D plants researching the Hien line. 3 of them are fully repaired already for Ki-61-Ia and 3 others are about 50% repaired for Ki-61-Ic. I'm going to field the Ki-61-Ic because its the first Army single engine fighter with a cannon and Ki-61-Id because its service rating 2 and has the 2 CT cannons. Also Ia and Ib will get built in small numbers just to make use of the engines(+ its got to be better vs. bombers than either Ki-44-IIa and Ki-43s). Ki-100 is has bad speed, MVR and climb but it is heavily armed with 2 cannons, armored and uses an engine no other plane besides E13A needs by the time Ki-100 becomes available. Plus its semi easy to research quickly. I intend to R&D the Ki-61 all the way to Ki-100-II which with our altitude rules can CAP and sweep higher than any other Japanese single engine fighter, together with the Ki-84r(not the a). I know I need the high performance machines(Ki-84, N1K, J2M) but low service rating and firepower are also needed, and the Ki-44-IIc has just the other and Zero is way too slow and fragile even if its cannon armed SR1.

I hope to be able to start replacing Ki-45s with Ki-61-Ics for my anti-bomber fighter by March of 1943.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/6/2012 11:05:04 AM

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July 6

DEI: The North Australia invasion force is ready, waiting for the go signal before they start to load troops. However, I'm hesitating: I'm almost sure that the Allies are aware of what I'm doing. 2 days ago they moved patrol aircraft on one of the last islands they still hold, and have(despite the large CAP) been monitoring the Japanese at Soerebaja. Before we go in I want some of my CVs available nearby, the submarine screens in position and the xAKL picket line on station. Those should take another week or so. The main body of the KB will not be committed, but is in the reserve and ready to counter any Allied attacks in the Pacific.

Submarines: A 8000-ton tanker is sunk by an Allied submarine South of Kyushu. My mistake in believing the 40+ planes that fly ASW and naval search in the area that there were no submarines present, and let that TK sail without escorts...

War Economy: This turn I spent a long time optimizing convoys and their routes, creating new ones and adjusting a number of factories. Japanese merchant navy has been able to bring in as much as fuel and oil as the Home Islands' industry and shipping need, but now Japan needs to start stocking as much as as possible. Not one ton of fuel and oil produced can be wasted. Also I have been unable to deliver quite enough resources to the home islands, so I created a couple of new convoys from Singapore and Luzon. Multiple unoptimized(as in route, used ports and ship types and numbers) convoys were also adjusted. I hope these fixes will help the economy a lot, but theres still a lot to do.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/6/2012 12:30:00 PM

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Also, as in preparation for the future air war over Burma, I'm sending many AAA units there. Many. Many many! Magwe alone already has over 100 heavy guns, and I'll move almost every gun Japan used to have in Formosa to Burma. There are also 3 full division's worth of troops and some tank battalions on their way to Rangoon.

Regarding Pearl Harbor: This turn was the 210th after the 3rd strike on PH. Now its your turn, dear reader, to guess how many ships we have confirmed sunk there, and which ones. We attacked PH 3 times with full Kido Butai, also losing about 110 planes in the process.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/6/2012 12:33:08 PM

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If you were wondering about the Ki-100, I have 6 size 30 R&D plants researching the Hien line. 3 of them are fully repaired already for Ki-61-Ia and 3 others are about 50% repaired for Ki-61-Ic. I'm going to field the Ki-61-Ic because its the first Army single engine fighter with a cannon and Ki-61-Id because its service rating 2 and has the 2 CT cannons. Also Ia and Ib will get built in small numbers just to make use of the engines(+ its got to be better vs. bombers than either Ki-44-IIa and Ki-43s). Ki-100 is has bad speed, MVR and climb but it is heavily armed with 2 cannons, armored and uses an engine no other plane besides E13A needs by the time Ki-100 becomes available. Plus its semi easy to research quickly. I intend to R&D the Ki-61 all the way to Ki-100-II which with our altitude rules can CAP and sweep higher than any other Japanese single engine fighter, together with the Ki-84r(not the a). I know I need the high performance machines(Ki-84, N1K, J2M) but low service rating and firepower are also needed, and the Ki-44-IIc has just the other and Zero is way too slow and fragile even if its cannon armed SR1.

I hope to be able to start replacing Ki-45s with Ki-61-Ics for my anti-bomber fighter by March of 1943.

I don't have as many factories, but I'm thinking on the same lines. I'll add one more factory closer to the due date of the Tony Ia. Then use that to build some and push the others ahead.

It's odd that in the game the Ki-100 doesn't come close to the Frank, but pilots in the war thought it the best fighter Japan put in the air. Not sure where the disconnect is with that one. But I'll build it as you say because it's service rating 1 and still not too bad.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/6/2012 3:55:29 PM

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July 7

Today I continued adjusting the convoy routes. I created approximately 30 new task forces and convoys and adjusted some existing ones. Lets see if its possible to move all the resources produced in the Philippines, Malaya, Borneo etc. to the Home Islands. Many of the convoys will be running without escorts, as I think I have maybe 1 escort per each task force I'd need to protect, so I'll prioritize them to escort tankers and the few most important resource-supply convoys.

Philippines: San Jose's defenders surrender without firing a shot, 8000 Philippinean Army men are taken as POWs. Situation in the Philippines: All your base are belong to us!

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/6/2012 9:01:17 PM

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July 8

Not much to report. Ships sailing, a couple more convoy adjustments. I'm also sending more troops to Milne Bay, New Guinea. That one is potentially number 1 on the Allies' to-invade list.

I've now been waiting 211 turns for a SigInt report on something having sunk at Pearl Harbor. During all the campaign we havent had even false reports, and I believe I'm the most unlucky Japanese player to ever attack Pearl: 0, ZERO, ships sunk in 3 attacks. Only vessels that sunk there were the Japanese mini submarines, one of which put a torpedo into West Virginia. Banzai for that!

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/6/2012 9:06:51 PM

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Just in the case someone wants to reanalyze the attack, here are the combat reports. Notice only half of the TBs flying on day 1. Also, out of 15 TB group sorties, only 3 used torpedoes. All 8 BBs were still spotted during the last attack.

Morning Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 118 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 44 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 64
B5N2 Kate x 54
D3A1 Val x 126

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 21 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 17 destroyed by flak
B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 14 damaged
D3A1 Val: 3 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 3 destroyed on ground
O-47A: 1 destroyed on ground
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed on ground
B-18A Bolo: 1 destroyed on ground
B-17D Fortress: 2 destroyed on ground
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
SBD-1 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CM Oglala, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB Maryland, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DM Preble
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Phoenix, Bomb hits 1
BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 3
AV Curtiss
CA San Francisco, Bomb hits 1
DM Montgomery
AS Pelias, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB California, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
xAP St. Mihel
DM Pruitt
AV Tangier, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 8, on fire
CL St. Louis, Bomb hits 1
CL Raleigh, Bomb hits 1
DM Ramsay, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AG Antares, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
DMS Trevor, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Selfridge, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Helm, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Honolulu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Tucker, Bomb hits 1

Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Repair Shipyard hits 1
Manpower hits 11
Fires 5774
Airbase hits 30
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 61
Port hits 10
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 46
B5N2 Kate x 141
D3A1 Val x 115

Allied aircraft
P-26A x 1
P-36A Mohawk x 6
P-40B Warhawk x 12
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2
SNJ-3 Texan x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
D3A1 Val: 10 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
P-26A: 1 destroyed
P-26A: 2 destroyed on ground
P-36A Mohawk: 3 destroyed
P-40B Warhawk: 2 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
PBY-5 Catalina: 3 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 5
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 1
CL Honolulu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 7, on fire
BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 3
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 3
AVD Hulbert, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB California, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
CA San Francisco, Bomb hits 1
BB Maryland, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Allen, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Repair Shipyard hits 1
Manpower hits 2
Fires 2204
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 26
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 1

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
B5N2 Kate x 113
D3A1 Val x 89

Allied aircraft
P-36A Mohawk x 16
P-40B Warhawk x 44
F4F-3 Wildcat x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 6 destroyed, 8 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 3 destroyed, 13 damaged
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40B Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1
BB Maryland, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 3
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1
BB West Virginia, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
CA San Francisco, Torpedo hits 1
CL Honolulu, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD MacDonough, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB California, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 1

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 6

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/7/2012 4:59:02 PM

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I just read Cuttlefish's AAR, where he had 1,4MHI points in reserve by the time DEI was cut off from Japan. And he lost that in half a month. At the moment, I have 450,000 and have a daily surplus of 3400 points(will not break 1 million until at earliest Spring 1943). I think I will have to reconsider my HI uses. The naval yards I want to keep producing, but I'm currently also using some 1,000 HI points every day to build planes. Reserves of some of the more important types are as follows:

Zero: 120 + 300
B5N: almost 300
D3A: 80
G4M and G3M: 400
Ki-43: 250
Ki-21 and Ki-49: 80

I believe I have more than enough of some of these types for the rest of 1942, and many are also bad in the kamikaze role. All non-training air units are already upgraded to modern types, minus 2/3 of Army fighters that still fly the Ki-43(Ki-44-IIa production is 110/month).

Halving the Zero and CV strike aircraft production from 130-30-30 to 65-15-15 alone would save 114 HI points/day. Shutting down the Netty production that isnt shut down yet would save 53 points. I also have over 150 Army transports in the pools so I can shut down the transport plane lines, for now(72 a day). I want to keep using Ha-32s but the Ki-21 production could also be halved, saving another 86.

That'd be 325 HI points a day saved, of course halved to 160 as I want to keep engine production on. 160 would make 4800/month or almost 30,000 for 6 months. And whenever needed I could just turn those factories back on. Hmm..

Decisions, decisions!

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/7/2012 5:43:34 PM

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I just read Cuttlefish's AAR, where he had 1,4MHI points in reserve by the time DEI was cut off from Japan. And he lost that in half a month. At the moment, I have 450,000 and have a daily surplus of 3400 points(will not break 1 million until at earliest Spring 1943). I think I will have to reconsider my HI uses. The naval yards I want to keep producing, but I'm currently also using some 1,000 HI points every day to build planes. Reserves of some of the more important types are as follows:

What are your armament pools looking like? You could scale that production way back. Same with Merchant shipping yards, they can be reduced drastically as well, depending on what you prefer to produce. Engine production can be turned off periodically. I used to think having huge stockpiles of engines was a good thing too, but then Nemo pointed out in Greyjoy's AAR that if the aircraft factories are bombed over the engine factories, that stockpile of engines may never even be used. I expanded HI in Java, Malaya, Indochina, China and Manchuria. Right now just starting March of 1943 I have 900k in the pool and adding 6k to the pool daily. Not enough either as I got a slow start, but I'm trying to make up for it now. Pilot cost seems to be the achilles's heel for Japan the later the game progresses. I wish there was a way to reduce the numbers.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/7/2012 6:01:12 PM

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6k a day? Yikes!

My shipyards are now approximately 1600NSY and 800MSY. I'm planning to gradually lower the number of MSYs. I converted some merchant yards to naval because of my Navy plans: I'm planning to build Musashi too and I want all the CVs except Shinano(=aborted) accelerated until the "hull laid" day, at least. By May 26 1946 I should have Taiho and the 2 first Unryus.

The only naval vessels I'm gutting are the subs. They're pointless. I'm building just the SSXes, the ones that were being built when the war started and 1 or 2 RO boats.

Potentially I have way too many armament factories running... I will have to see about the next turn. How many armament factories would you guys recommend one to keep running?

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/7/2012 6:22:55 PM

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Potentially I have way too many armament factories running... I will have to see about the next turn. How many armament factories would you guys recommend one to keep running?

My armament pool is 90k and I'm producing only about 160-180 points a day. I've been able to sustain that level for months. I produce 300 vehicle points a day and that seems to allow the pool to be built up as well.

Like you, I also expanded navy shipyards at game start, but didn't convert merchant yards. Shipyards and overkill in air production are why I was slow to stockpile HI early. Now, I am in a position to simply turn off what I don't need to conserve HI, and if I run short on anything I turn production back on. I have 52k merchant points in the pool so have completely turned off those yards to use up the points. I paid a high front end cost, but I think it's paying off now in terms of being able to save HI points.

I'm still able to accelerate three CV's, a CVL and every DD and E boat that can be without dipping into more HI use. In fact I still have a naval shipyard point pool of 3k.

Some people's ability to conserve HI and build up the pool simply amazes me. Considering all the mistakes I made and wasting of HI in this game, I definitely know how to improve things even more next time. We'll get it figured out, if not this time, definitely next time.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/8/2012 9:50:14 AM

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I just read Cuttlefish's AAR, where he had 1,4MHI points in reserve by the time DEI was cut off from Japan. And he lost that in half a month. At the moment, I have 450,000 and have a daily surplus of 3400 points(will not break 1 million until at earliest Spring 1943). I think I will have to reconsider my HI uses. The naval yards I want to keep producing, but I'm currently also using some 1,000 HI points every day to build planes. Reserves of some of the more important types are as follows:

Zero: 120 + 300
B5N: almost 300
D3A: 80
G4M and G3M: 400
Ki-43: 250
Ki-21 and Ki-49: 80

I believe I have more than enough of some of these types for the rest of 1942, and many are also bad in the kamikaze role. All non-training air units are already upgraded to modern types, minus 2/3 of Army fighters that still fly the Ki-43(Ki-44-IIa production is 110/month).

Halving the Zero and CV strike aircraft production from 130-30-30 to 65-15-15 alone would save 114 HI points/day. Shutting down the Netty production that isnt shut down yet would save 53 points. I also have over 150 Army transports in the pools so I can shut down the transport plane lines, for now(72 a day). I want to keep using Ha-32s but the Ki-21 production could also be halved, saving another 86.

That'd be 325 HI points a day saved, of course halved to 160 as I want to keep engine production on. 160 would make 4800/month or almost 30,000 for 6 months. And whenever needed I could just turn those factories back on. Hmm..

Decisions, decisions!

I would turn off most of the above factories (other than the Ki-21 and Ki-49: 80 ) completely until you get back to the 100 territory (or to 50 for the D3A). You build A LOT of transports! I only build 16 Thalias a month plus 4 Mavis-L and I have had my 14 plane Tina factory off for many months after the pool got to 30.

I keep playing with all factory settings, turning off especially the most expensive 2E and 4E transports, patrols and bombers if there is a small pool and not many being lost. I've been able to mess with either Armaments, Merchant Yards or various plane factories to keep throwing 5k HI in the reserve each day. So far I'm at around 650,000 HI (Sept 6/42) and the goal for 1/43 is 1 million. Still very doable unless I suffer some huge losses soon and need to ramp up again.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/8/2012 9:52:26 AM

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PS - How many BBs are actually on the info screen now? My FOW has been messing with my mind since day one. Some ships I though absolutely confirmed sunk have been taken off while others listed sunk in areas they could never have been. Hard to make sense of so I've just stopped caring what it says.

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PS - How many BBs are actually on the info screen now? My FOW has been messing with my mind since day one. Some ships I though absolutely confirmed sunk have been taken off while others listed sunk in areas they could never have been. Hard to make sense of so I've just stopped caring what it says.

There isnt one single ship ever reported to have sunk at PH. Except the midgets of course...

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/8/2012 3:51:06 PM

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July 9

The Pacific: A massive task force sails through the Japanese submarine screen near the Hawaiian Islands. Submarine I-9 attacks it, but misses its torpedoes fired at a destroyer. The following depth charge attack hits the submarine once, but the damage is minor. This task force... Well, see yourself:

Allied Ships
DD Buchanan
BB North Carolina
CA Northampton
CA Portland
CLAA San Juan
CLAA Atlanta
DD Sims
DD McCalla
DD Duncan
DD Aaron Ward
DD Tucker
DD Reid
DD Russell
DD Hughes

North Carolina is not one of the 8 Pearl Harbor Battlewagons. Today many, at least 5, of the Japanese submarines nearby were also sighted by enemy patrol planes(which hasnt happened ever before!), as far as 6 hex from the I-9. I think that makes it pretty certain that this task force was either escorting, or was being escorted, by the USN CVs.

Economy: After readjusting the factories a little, the daily HI surplus went up from 3350 to 4400.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/8/2012 10:08:13 PM

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PS - How many BBs are actually on the info screen now? My FOW has been messing with my mind since day one. Some ships I though absolutely confirmed sunk have been taken off while others listed sunk in areas they could never have been. Hard to make sense of so I've just stopped caring what it says.

There isnt one single ship ever reported to have sunk at PH. Except the midgets of course...

That sucks!

I agree that the TF looks like a CV TF. The NC should be with the CVs anyway.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/13/2012 3:27:19 PM

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July 12th

Burma: Japanese fighters sweep Chittacong in force. All clear. Tomorrow we will start a small operation to keep Chittacong shut down - 60 bombers, including brand new Ki-49s, are ordered to hit the airfield supported by massed fighter escorts and sweeps. The purpose behind this operation is to keep this important front line field shut down should the Allied not want to defend it. As long as Chittacong is shut down, the only airbase close enough to Magwe's oil fields for Hurricane and P-40 is Imphal, which does not have a rail connection out and is thus relatively easy to keep suppressed as supply flow is limited and planes cannot be moved in and out if the runway is cratered.

DEI: An Army regiment lands at Denpasar. This force is way overkill as the place is apparently garrisoned by about 50 men.

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July 13, 14

Burma: Japanese bombers hit Chittacong both days. Despite the very low bombing altitude of only 9000ft, relatively few bombs hit their target. Chittacong is now reportedly 25% damaged, this BAD considering its only size 2 and we had over 60 bombers hit it both days. There is almost no AAA fire even that low, and our losses are just a couple of OPS Ki-21s.

No sign of Allied fighters there, they're still at Calcutta. On 14th about 60 bombers were moved out of Calcutta and I cant find them any more. It could be that Bart just moved back some planes he is not intending to use to free aviation support and parking space.

DEI: Denpasar falls! Mataram and Manado invasion forces are on their way to their targets. ETAs are 1 and 5 days.

KB: Shokaku and Zuikaku leave Kobe. With the Allied CVs near or in Pearl, I dont think I will send more CVs to upgrade quite yet. All CV, CVL and CVE air groups have been resized to make best use of available deck space and torpedoes. CV Zero fighter groups have been expanded by on average maybe 1/3.

Australia invasion: on hold, still.

Economy: I like the new Tracker! Being able to see R&D progress sure does help... Looks like we'll be getting Zero M3a next month and both Ki-44-IIb and Ki-61-Ia in 1�.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/17/2012 6:18:27 AM

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I HAVE to to get the new tracker running. Sounds great.

So for your CVs you value having more fighters at the expense of strike planes?

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/17/2012 6:28:38 AM

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I HAVE to to get the new tracker running. Sounds great.

So for your CVs you value having more fighters at the expense of strike planes?

I am also just after resizing of my air group. An i must say more fighters is better.

I think we not loosing much offensive power by that. Of course you will have smaller number of bombers in strike but bigger number of fighters give them chance to get trough CAP. Also having your CAP bigger is always better.

After resizing KB air groups are better balanced. In first 6 months you have huge offensive power what is good. Allied air force is not big treat and small number of fighters in KB is just enough. But from middle `42 they getting stronger everyday and resizing is what KB need.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/17/2012 6:32:06 AM

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I thought he might have meant re-sizing beyond the normal re-size the KB gets automatically. Not sure though. I definitely agree the auto-resize is a very good thing.

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/17/2012 7:06:07 AM

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Economy: I like the new Tracker! Being able to see R&D progress sure does help...

Actually, industry screen have shown this for a long time...

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/17/2012 11:58:03 AM

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Economy: I like the new Tracker! Being able to see R&D progress sure does help...

Actually, industry screen have shown this for a long time...

Really? It sure isnt in my industry screen...

We've been considering updating to the latest update, but theres one but: after the update Japan may no longer pull pilots that havent accomplished the 12 month training, right? Or thats what I've read in other AARs where Japan players have ran out of pilots...

Obvert: yeah, but I went a bit further. I resized the KB B5N units so that if 10%(rounded up) planes fly search, there are enough left to carry about 2/3 of torpedoes on board each CV. D3A units are now slightly smaller, except on the Junyo, and Zero groups are resized + a little more to make best use of the deck space on every vessel.

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Now heres a question regarding Darwin. How important would people here consider it in DBB and with the new supply flow rules, compared to Scen 1 with old supply flow rules? My Invasion Australia is on hold now I do have troops prepped for multiple targets and a division nearly ready for Darwin. Naval units and transports are also ready. Full KB I dont think I'd need as the USN CVs are at Pearl.

I dont want to go there to just pull back a couple of months later once 4Es have bombed the crap out of my troops, but I dont want Bart to enter DEI in mid 1943 either.So far he has not built up any of the Australian bases, besides Sydney and Tennant Creek, at all. Darwin still has the 8 units it starts with. Japan is building fields and ports and fortifications and moving fuel to reserve in the DEI.

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Can we please have the spambot's message above removed?

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Can we please have the spambot's message above removed?

Spambot? You mean I won�t earn 300 dollars a day!? Aaaaw!

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July 15

Burma: Weather grounds today's attacks on Chittacong, but recon still flies. We'll try again tomorrow. No Allied movements detected.

DEI: 16th Regiment attacks at Ambon and yet again fails against the 37 defending AV - I'm moving a 3rd of a division to reinforce. This is a farce...

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RE: Aboard the Red Castle - Erkki(J) vs. Smeulders(A) -... - 5/21/2012 6:40:08 PM

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July 16

Burma: Ki-21s manage to find their way to Chittacong despite of the weather and even score some hits. Aerial recon reports the airfield to be about patched up again, but no Allied fighters were found flying CAP.

DEI: Mataram invaded. The troops are ordered to hang nearby the beach a couple of days and recover from the disruptiion and fatigue from the landing before attacking inland and securing the island. Ki-21s from Soerebaja will practice their aim on the local Dutch garrison. Manado invasion force is about 3 days from target.

Industry: Ki-49 production factories are expanded so that in a week it should be steady at 110/month. A Ha-35 factory is converted to Ha-34 to match the increased engine consumption. Ki-21 production is terminated, but the size 35 factory is left alone for now to later produce Ki-61(most probably).

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