moore4807
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Joined: 6/2/2000 From: Punta Gorda FL Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Simonsez The early American effort is all about logistics, logistics, logistics and training, training, training - separated by a few random rounds of boring combat..... Check - if you mean logistics = shipping shipping shipping John might go the Alaska route too, so I can't completely ignore that area. Get a primary plan together for movement and staging of supplies and fuel between CONUS and the rest of the world - don't leave Australia in the dark and then prepare a second plan should your first be compromised by enemy action. Check - SF-supply/LA-fuel to Pago Pago or Tahiti via Christmas Is, then Commonwealth shipping from Pago Pago/Tahiti to Aussieland. AKL's to Midway/Johnston Is./Dutch Harbor Take time to find your shipping assests and congregate them where you need them with whatever escorts you can afford. If nothing else, protect your tankers well. Check - fuel ops from LA to pipeline via PagoPago/Tahiti, PC/PG/DE to provide escorts Get engineers out to develop mid-ocean bases in the rear to serve as waypoints and dropoffs for supplies and fuel. You'll need to draw from these areas when you go on the offensive in late 42, or early 43. Check - first US AP's are used to build up Christmas Is as seaplane base and fuel depot, then the same at Pago Pago in first couple months. Get air search up to protect your SLOC's from unwanted poachers. Check - SOC/PBY whereever I can get AV/AVD set up and operating Get used to loosing some early shipping to Japanese subs and occassional ocean raiders as you can't protect it all in the early game unless you run to edge of the ocean where it falls off into deep space. Check - Johns a master at sinking shipping that as evidenced by the advice already Think about what you can afford to send to Australia to aid in it's defense besides the beans, bullets and avgas. At this point were Larry and I have to change over commands to use each others forces so I'ts do-able but expensive Your partner's job is to get clobbered early and often , your job is to set the stage to be able to push back in the mid-game . CHECK!!! Simonsez - Thanks for the advice! Is the photo from "Office Space"? Gary Cole? Riggghhhttt??? loved the movie - not only for Jennifer either!
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