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Concerning Hobbits... - 4/21/2013 4:15:45 AM   
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Status: offline 		Have decided to try and lure Dan out. I think he WANTS to land another punch to try and keep me off-balance. Not this time (I HOPE!). All the reinforcement sent in the last 7-10 turns have not had their prep target changed. Want him to THINK I am not moving anyone to differing locations.

Have decided to send the Fleet to Marcus and await developments. It is July 30th. I shall wait until CarDiv1 and CarDiv5 finish their refits and then shall send most of the Kaigun there.

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RE: Concerning Hobbits... - 4/21/2013 8:35:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		Have been following both yours and Dan's AAR for some time now, and just pop in to pose this question:

How do unprepped troops fare - generally speaking - in land combat (i.e. when there's no amphibious landing involved)? Or do you mean that you sent unprepped troops to island garrisons? In that case, how do troops fare when garrisoning islands they aren't prepped for? It just seems like such an unorthodox move, given the gospel on this forum to never send troops in before they're 100% prepped.

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RE: Concerning Hobbits... - 4/21/2013 8:42:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		Not as well but if the place is well supplied and the Forts are good then they can hold. What I really want to add is that I will set them to prep once they get there. Right now I have probably 20-24 units at sea and won't set any of them to their correct destination until AFTER they arrive. Allied Intelligence is excellent and so it serves to help delay the inevitable for some time. Dan follows his Intelligence Reports pretty religiously so I know he IS watching. Also love to set a unit's target as somewhere I have no intention of sending them before they actually get their true prep location. It doesn't always work but it is one of those aspects of the head game within the game.

Glad you're reading along!

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CV Akagi - 4/22/2013 1:42:03 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thought I might provide some examples of how RA changes things up with the Kaigun. Let us look at refits for the CVs. Here is a screenshot of Akagi on Dec 7, 1941:






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CV Akagi - 4/22/2013 1:43:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		She is allowed to refit in the summer and this is how she changes. The biggest change is the removal of the old USELESS 5" AA Battery for the much better 3.9" AA Guns and Radar:






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CV Shokaku - 4/22/2013 1:47:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		CarDiv5 goes in during the summer as well. Here is Shokaku on Dec 7th:






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CV Shokaku - 4/22/2013 1:49:46 AM   
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Agano-Class - 4/22/2013 1:57:29 AM   
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Status: offline 		RA radically changes the Agano-Class of CL to enlarge them into ships much more able to handle themselves. We moved them away from the Destroyer Leader original vision to a CL capable of being a solid escort with good armament (3x3 6" and solid TTs), solid AA capability (3.9"), good air search with 4 Jakes, and starting radar. The war opens with the first in service and pairs of CLs delivered roughly every year for a total build-out of 8.

Should note that this vision is totally changing in RA 6.0 where we take them back to the DL vision. Dan and I aren't there so this is what we're running with.






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Atoll Defense Units - 4/22/2013 2:02:28 AM   
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Status: offline 		On the ground side I have shown the SNLF Assault Brigades but we also add a strong defensive element to Japanese Atoll Defense. The Naval Guard units that arrive after December 7th are all done away with and they are replaced with a new Atoll Defense Unit.

This unit is a combination of the Naval Guard Infantry component along with a decent CD addition. The guns all come from weapons taken off of warships as they are refitted to the 3.9" AA and other upgrades. There are roughly 10-12 of these units added to the OOB. These units are designed to fit onto an Atoll and allow for at least a Base Force to be added before reaching that magical 6,000 capacity.

Here is what they look like:






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AA Additions - 4/22/2013 2:07:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		We also augment the heavy Japanese naval AA some the addition of 9 88MM battalions:






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RE: Agano-Class - 4/22/2013 2:41:32 AM   
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RA radically changes the Agano-Class of CL to enlarge them into ships much more able to handle themselves.


Yeah, no kidding! Boise eat your heart out!

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RE: Atoll Defense Units - 4/22/2013 2:42:22 AM   
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Atoll Defense Unit.


What a perfect efficiently nasty surprise for Dan!

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RE: Atoll Defense Units - 4/22/2013 5:29:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		We took the OOB for a Naval Guard and added the CD. Makes for a lean and MEAN unit! I think it resembles a Marine Defense Bn on the American side.

The Boise's can still outfight the Agano's but they don't possess that great leveler called the LONG LANCE! Course the IJN gets a total of eight by mid-44 and the Americans get about 99,000 of those damned big CLs...




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RE: Atoll Defense Units - 4/22/2013 11:36:48 AM   
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The Boise's can still outfight the Agano's but they don't possess that great leveler called the LONG LANCE! Course the IJN gets a total of eight by mid-44 and the Americans get about 99,000 of those damned big CLs...




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RE: Atoll Defense Units - 4/22/2013 11:55:47 AM   
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On the ground side I have shown the SNLF Assault Brigades but we also add a strong defensive element to Japanese Atoll Defense. The Naval Guard units that arrive after December 7th are all done away with and they are replaced with a new Atoll Defense Unit.

This unit is a combination of the Naval Guard Infantry component along with a decent CD addition. The guns all come from weapons taken off of warships as they are refitted to the 3.9" AA and other upgrades. There are roughly 10-12 of these units added to the OOB. These units are designed to fit onto an Atoll and allow for at least a Base Force to be added before reaching that magical 6,000 capacity.

Here is what they look like:



Interesting. Should be nasty. Wow.

The one thing that is both good/bad about this unit is the DP guns. They are great where Japanese units are anemic in AA, but also will raise disruption of the entire unit when under attack day after day by air strikes. Still, better to have than not.

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RE: Atoll Defense Units - 4/22/2013 2:57:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		Agree Obvert. The DP had to be there since they were part of the entire thinking of recycling EVERYTHING from refits and upgrades.


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RE: Atoll Defense Units - 4/22/2013 2:58:06 PM   
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The Boise's can still outfight the Agano's but they don't possess that great leveler called the LONG LANCE! Course the IJN gets a total of eight by mid-44 and the Americans get about 99,000 of those damned big CLs...






Aaaahhh...the Peanut Gallery is present!

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Little Things... - 4/22/2013 3:02:07 PM   
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August 1, 1942

I-155 is posted off the coast of Victoria and it sees a VERY busy day. The I-Boat hits a pair of Tankers sinking one and damaging another while en route to revealing the presence of a large Amphibious TF moving NW along the coast. Am Posting the screenshot below for all to see. There is another TF accompanying this one.

Decision made. He is coming back to the Aleutians. The Kaigun shall deploy for an ambush...






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RE: Little Things... - 4/22/2013 3:03:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Interesting that the AKVs are present. Those are allowed to be converted into CVs quite quickly. Don't know if Dan has noticed this or not.


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Little Things... - 4/22/2013 3:11:59 PM   
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Status: offline 		Here is a current screenshot of activities in the Aleutians.

We land at Cold Bay on July 31st under the cover of BBs Nagato and Mutsu. The landing goes well and the troops come ashore in good order. Do think I am getting the whole Amphib thing down. There is no interference during the landing on the 31st and 1st. Orders are for a 'feeler' attack on the 2nd. This attack (by 2nd Kure SNLF and Karafuto Brigade) does well scoring a 1-1 against Forts 3 and dropping them to 2. Little disruption on the attack so we order a second one for tomorrow. Looks pretty good!

The Cold Bay Landing is a DECOY to make Dan think I am moving east and stretching my lines. We'll take it and then immediately move West. The SNLF unit will be at Umnak and the Brigade will be present at Adak.

I am moving east with these two units and pulling back my other units to the Adak Line. Adak, Amchitka, Attu and the Islands around Attu shall be heavily defended. Once my current wave of TF movement is complete I shall look at things and then probably mvoe some troops to Buldir (east of Attu) where the AF begins as 0 (3).






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The END of the Beginning... - 4/23/2013 3:52:47 PM   
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All Offensive Operations in the Pacific are now concluded. Abemama and Cold Bay are Japanese and those troops are already redeploying to their permanent assignments.

The Fleet is nearly entirely concentrated in the Home Islands. CV time table for availability:

CarDiv1: 10 Days
CarDiv2: 15 Days
CarDiv5: 3 Days

When refits are complete the Kaigun shall redeploy.

MISTER Tojo has a fantastic debut when it totally SWEEPS the skies clear over Ramree with 42 Tojo taking on 48 P-39s, P-40s, and Hurricanes. The Sentai loses two in the air and two on the ground in exchange for 7 Hurricanes, 15 P-39, and 3 P-40: 4 for 25! NICE! Another Sentai of 42 will deploy in theatre within two days. We shall use both Sentai in concerted Sweeps over various targets to knock down the myriad of Allied fighters inhabiting the air space near Burma.







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RE: Little Things... - 4/23/2013 11:41:43 PM   
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Interesting that the AKVs are present. Those are allowed to be converted into CVs quite quickly. Don't know if Dan has noticed this or not.


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Interesting that the AKVs are present. Those are allowed to be converted into CVs quite quickly. Don't know if Dan has noticed this or not.


Is this only in RA? I'm in a "boxed" edition CG2 struggle and I checked my AKVs for such an upgrade.

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RE: Little Things... - 4/24/2013 12:58:55 AM   
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Status: offline 		In RA, the two AKvs can upgrade to Long Island class CVEs. Not in any stock scenario.

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RE: Little Things... - 4/24/2013 1:48:14 AM   
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Status: offline 		Sherwood is correct. We allowed those two to have conversion options. The AKVs and a group of AOs have the ability to convert to CVEs. We saw it as a stopgap 'fix' for the Allies between Dec 7th and the Fleet arriving in 1943.


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RE: Little Things... - 4/24/2013 2:52:17 AM   
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Status: offline 		Read your second post again, very interesting OOB, I assume more naval aviators are added to IJ TRACOM to fill out Chutai s and allow for replacements?

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RE: Little Things... - 4/24/2013 3:51:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		I did not do the Nesho AO to CVE conversion, I think the large, fast Nesho AO is more valuable. I am doing the AV to CVE conversions. And the Omaha CL to CLAA conversions.

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RE: Little Things... - 4/24/2013 4:12:52 AM   
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Read your second post again, very interesting OOB, I assume more naval aviators are added to IJ TRACOM to fill out Chutai s and allow for replacements?


What do you mean by 'second post?'

The aviator pool was not increased. It is up to do training the established ways for the units to gain any serious skill.


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RE: Little Things... - 4/24/2013 4:13:50 AM   
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I did not do the Nesho AO to CVE conversion, I think the large, fast Nesho AO is more valuable. I am doing the AV to CVE conversions. And the Omaha CL to CLAA conversions.


We meant it to be a real trade-off with the AOs. Did you do the Tangier? How has that been working for you? How far along are you in the Mod?


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RE: Little Things... - 4/24/2013 4:55:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		We are in April 1942. I have the first 2 Tangiers converted, the other will be out in a couple of weeks and I will convert it.

I have three US Marine SBD units training in ASW to man the three Long Island CVEs. I have an opponent that like putting his subs in my supply line area, so I will try some hunter-killer methods. I am not sure how I will use the three Bogue class CVEs yet. I will be thinking on it.

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RE: Little Things... - 4/24/2013 7:00:22 AM   
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How has the Mod played out for you and opponent? Who is your opponent?


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