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RE: Before and after - 11/23/2015 11:56:33 AM   
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RE: Before and after - 11/23/2015 12:09:30 PM   
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RE: Before and after - 11/23/2015 12:42:51 PM   
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The butcher's bill in the air for the day.





I thought a little more examination of the wonderful results are in order here. The Jugs swept at 19K; The Tojo was at 10K while the Franks were at 15K.

The Franks were scrambled between 15K and 26K. They were at 40/20 and 50/10 CAP/Rest while the Tojo was at 50% CAP. Warning was a scant 9 minutes, but long enough for all the Tojo's to get into position.

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RE: Before and after - 11/23/2015 3:15:00 PM   
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but the Allies have lost 4601

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RE: Before and after - 11/23/2015 3:43:16 PM   
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Ok, in the last 77 turns a whopping 5802 Japanese plane points have been lost....

but the Allies have lost 4601


That's really good. Considering that your main objective is to avoid jan 1945 autovictory, that sets your opponent back 3400 points.

Also, he can't increase his plane production. I wonder if his pools are emptying up....

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RE: Before and after - 11/23/2015 3:56:19 PM   
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Ok, in the last 77 turns a whopping 5802 Japanese plane points have been lost....

but the Allies have lost 4601


That's really good. Considering that your main objective is to avoid jan 1945 autovictory, that sets your opponent back 3400 points.

Also, he can't increase his plane production. I wonder if his pools are emptying up....


Pretty much this.

However... what are B-24 and other bomber losses for him? The combat looks to have mostly been fighters on fighters. If his bomber pools aren't awful, he can still continue to strat bomb. Which he shouldn't been doing ever since he landed on Hokkaido, with no breaks ever, but I guess maybe he wants to focus on retaking territory. This particular game has afforded him that flexibility, to a degree, but I wonder if he'll end up regretting not being more focused on Final Victory.

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RE: Before and after - 12/1/2015 1:46:53 PM   
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RE: Before and after - 12/1/2015 1:53:02 PM   
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Half a world away the liberation of France begins, but here, the Empire suffers a bitter blow.

The KB is bushwacked from the east and after several days of running battles all but one carrier is sunk. The Kaga is a beast, absorbing amazing amounts of ammunition before finally breaking up.

Amagi is still alive, but there is no hope for her. The Tone took a torpedo but should get away.

Instead of circumnavigating Oz, I sent the carriers back to the north, since my search and intel had not detected any Allied shipping only for an Essex force to come out from below Noumea. Nobody to blame but myself in trying to take the easy way out.






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RE: Before and after - 12/1/2015 2:00:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		Dalat and to the north are being heavily bombed, so in effect no supplies are reaching the troops there. Two Commonwealth armored units look to cross the river and I have only 130 AV and some 15cm guns there defending, but supply is critically low.

Elsewhere, there is a total stalemate to the north, and Saigon has 30+ Allied units resting. Probably basking in unbelievable amounts of supply.

Lang Son now has 5 divisions resting for the Empire, but I am sending some to Hainan and others to the Chinese Coast.

Amazing numbers of engineering units are marching out of Lang Son as I pull out all but a small group of engineers from Indochina.






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RE: Before and after - 12/1/2015 3:48:12 PM   
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Learning by doing...

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RE: Before and after - 12/1/2015 4:06:42 PM   
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RE: Before and after - 12/1/2015 4:10:11 PM   
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Don't have the plane production left to replenish it anyhow...


Small consolation but if you are struggling for planes your opponent has it even worse...you are doing well in the air!

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RE: Before and after - 12/1/2015 8:23:33 PM   
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RE: Before and after - 12/2/2015 6:09:05 AM   
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Nice of you to say, but I have lost the air war. Yes, Allies have lost a lot but he will get stronger, not Japan.


You are winning in the air. Not losing. At least for now. As Drakanel points of you are up 3400 VPs. That you are pretty close to a 1:1 in actual losses is a really good result.

And I bet your opponent havn´t prepared for the horrible, horrible autumn of -44 when he has to make due with only 80 USAAF fighter/month. To make it through that you have to ration USAAF fighters throughout 44. I think we can both agree your opponent havn´t done that...

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RE: Before and after - 12/2/2015 10:27:25 PM   
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Indochina....the massive Allied air bomber fleet has been targeting the IJA troops dug in north of Dalat. My, oh my, have they suffered. The air attacks have drained the troops of morale, and bullets.

Across the river, two tank regiments come screaming...fording the river. Seeking to crush the Japanese here, and then encircle about 4 divisions of beaten up troops around Cam Ranh Bay which by the way gets a night time visit by the Cleveland and escorting destroyers. Another sign of Japanese weakness.

But not this day! For this day, our troops, battered and bereft of ammunition, hold. Can reinforcements reach them before the Allied Tanks force overwhelm the position?




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RE: Before and after - 12/2/2015 11:03:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		What a slugging match in we have had since Burma...north Indochina is a stalemate for now, but I fear Cam Ranh Bay won't hold for long especially given my inability to get supplies into the area for now.

I have a huge migration of troops out of Lang Son, but I fear for southern Indochina.




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RE: Before and after - 12/2/2015 11:06:39 PM   
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RE: Before and after - 12/2/2015 11:09:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		I managed to sneak another 100 or so AV into Matsuyama last night -- bringing the AV there to 472 strong enough to hold less the Allies bring even more to the party.




Interestingly enough Matsuyama's Ha32 engine factory is still producing...good thing to as we need the engines!

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RE: Before and after - 12/5/2015 1:04:26 PM   
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A relatively quiet day. Our Iboats finish off the large tanker they struck yesterday. The Allies just abandoned her? I know this because we attacked on the surface and even scored some gun hits before she went down.

No attack by the Allied Armor after crossing the river, and supply trucks have arrived for our troops who are, for the moment awash in rice and bullets in the field there, the towns are another matter where supply is short almost everywhere.






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RE: Before and after - 12/5/2015 1:12:08 PM   
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RE: Before and after - 12/5/2015 1:14:16 PM   
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RE: Before and after - 12/5/2015 1:16:04 PM   
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RE: Before and after - 12/5/2015 1:21:44 PM   
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Is the one at the front left the amphibious model? ;]


I have no idea what that rod is...perhaps some type of hardened radio antennae?

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RE: Before and after - 12/5/2015 1:25:57 PM   
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Don´t put too much faith in them. They still have zero chance against Shermans. You need forts and x3 terrain for them to be effective against allied armor.


My faith, to the degree that I have any left here in 44, is in combined arms and terrain. Artillery greater than 15cm, AA greater than 8 cm, the wonderful IJA infantry man (especially the 43 squads) and tanks to add mobility to plug gaps until they can be replaced by above. Any longer term slugging match and the IJA tanks lose.

Still, the Type 3 is such an improvement and is greatly appreciated.

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RE: Before and after - 12/5/2015 1:32:28 PM   
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Don´t put too much faith in them. They still have zero chance against Shermans. You need forts and x3 terrain for them to be effective against allied armor.


My faith, to the degree that I have any left here in 44, is in combined arms and terrain. Artillery greater than 15cm, AA greater than 8 cm, the wonderful IJA infantry man (especially the 43 squads) and tanks to add mobility to plug gaps until they can be replaced by above. Any longer term slugging match and the IJA tanks lose.

Still, the Type 3 is such an improvement and is greatly appreciated.


I´m just making sure you don´t get disappointed!

PS. My RoT (from when I tested this, could have changed) was that against 2 US tank BTLs you need 1 Tank Division in x3 terrain. At all cost avoid clear terrain!

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RE: Before and after - 12/5/2015 2:31:58 PM   
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RE: Before and after - 12/5/2015 2:49:22 PM   
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SOV tanks are bigger issue than Shermans ...

Gosh, Pax, I will never make it to Soviet armor. What scenario 1 game has?

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RE: Before and after - 12/5/2015 3:43:08 PM   
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Is the one at the front left the amphibious model? ;]


I have no idea what that rod is...perhaps some type of hardened radio antennae?

It's some type of heat ray!

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RE: Before and after - 12/8/2015 2:21:01 PM   
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Allies bomb, catch one of my small airfields and destroy 30 Kates on the ground.

An Allied sub sinks another xak in the SRA.

A lot of the Allied bombing focused on airfields today for whatever reason. My air festung, at Iwaki is bypassed.

No deliberate attacks in Indochina...and I continue to juggle my troops.






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RE: Before and after - 12/8/2015 2:23:24 PM   
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VP ratio is now at 1.8 to 1. 37K strategic VP for the Allies. Supplies short in Indochina...




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