Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

The tension is between security and time. What bases did I need to secure a minimally satisfactory LOC? I eventually decided that Merauke, Gove, and Horn Island were sufficient, in addition to the big Allied airfields in NE Australia.

I've kept Port Moresby suppressed for months, but John has other big airfields in New Guinea, Darwin, Timor, etc. From time to time he's tried to use them against my fleets, but has gotten a bloody nose on most every occasion. I'm aware of the threat from those fields, so I try to arrange for proper protection for ships transiting the LOC.

I could try to enhance security by taking some of his remaining airfields, but IMO the time and resources allocated aren't worth it. Right now the war is to the front. I need to move as expeditiously as possible in that direction.

Eventually there will be mop-up operations, but only after events at the front persuade John that Port Moresby, Darwin, Luganville, etc. can no longer be defended. That point should be sooner rather than later.

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

It also looks like virtually all those bypassed bases are very low on supply or have none - which means their bombers cannot transfer in and bomb very much.

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ORIGINAL: HansBolter

I respectfully disagree.

If the atoll has a high fort level the engineers are essential in the first wave.

If you can't get odds to reduce the fort without engineers, you are also likely looking at a failed SA, which means you really, really need that first assault to at least succeed in reducing the forts.

I prep at least a combat engineer battalion, if not a regiment along with my division, tank battalion and artillery battalion for the first wave.

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Question 1: I have fighter groups that are carrier capable but don't say "carrier trained." Should I be using them on carriers?

Question 2: I have VII Amphibious Force on AGC Rocky Mountain. Okay, where the heck does the ship go now? Does it go into a TF of its own (amphibious, "Do Not Unload") or does it go into the amphibious TF that's assaulting the targeted beach (and the AI knows the Force HQ remains aboard ship)? Or something else? It's been about eight years since I used one of these critters, so I've forgotten some of the details.

Comment 1: I just spent 200 PP changing out TF commanders, especially the important merchant TFs. Some of those guys had naval ratings in the teens. But some of my most important TFs didn't offer the chance to change out commander - there was only the one commander when I tried to pull up the screen of possibilities. Ouch!

Comment 2: John is pretty jazzed. I'm guessing it's mostly because of Celebes but partly because he knows something is up.

Comment 3: Fun House is very close to getting underway. Two carriers need five more days, but the rest of the fleet probably gets a head start beginning in two days. Good! Let's get this show on the road so that the click-fest can finally come to an end.

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

You gents should have a hard time guessing where Fun House is going, although the possibilities aren't limitless at this point in the game.

Everything I've said about Fun House has been true ... but I haven't given the whole truth. And sometimes, truth in the absence of the whole truth can be misleading.

This was necessary in this case because I had a problem. It was the same problem that Stonewall Jackson faced on May 2, 1863. He had his Corps strung out on a flanking march. At one point - a landmark known as Catherine Furnace - the long line of II Corps would pass close to the Union lines. He detached a regiment to form a skirmish line near the furnace, and asked JEB Stuart to personally see to it's deployment.

The regiment chosen for that assignment was the 23r Georgia Infantry. The officer in command of that regiment was Col. Emory F. Best. His photo, which serves as my avatar, was taken a few weeks later, while he was a prisoner of war in Baltimore.

For the past seven weeks, I've feared a repeat of Catherine Furnace or worse. Thus I felt it best to stick to the truth, but not provide the whole truth.

We'll see if it works out better for me than it did for Emory Best (and Stonewall Jackson, who was mortally wounded later that day).
But

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Question 1: I have fighter groups that are carrier capable but don't say "carrier trained." Should I be using them on carriers?

Question 2: I have VII Amphibious Force on AGC Rocky Mountain. Okay, where the heck does the ship go now? Does it go into a TF of its own (amphibious, "Do Not Unload") or does it go into the amphibious TF that's assaulting the targeted beach (and the AI knows the Force HQ remains aboard ship)? Or something else? It's been about eight years since I used one of these critters, so I've forgotten some of the details.

Comment 1: I just spent 200 PP changing out TF commanders, especially the important merchant TFs. Some of those guys had naval ratings in the teens. But some of my most important TFs didn't offer the chance to change out commander - there was only the one commander when I tried to pull up the screen of possibilities. Ouch!

Comment 2: John is pretty jazzed. I'm guessing it's mostly because of Celebes but partly because he knows something is up.

Comment 3: Fun House is very close to getting underway. Two carriers need five more days, but the rest of the fleet probably gets a head start beginning in two days. Good! Let's get this show on the road so that the click-fest can finally come to an end.

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

You gents should have a hard time guessing where Fun House is going, although the possibilities aren't limitless at this point in the game.

Everything I've said about Fun House has been true ... but I haven't given the whole truth. And sometimes, truth in the absence of the whole truth can be misleading.

This was necessary in this case because I had a problem. It was the same problem that Stonewall Jackson faced on May 2, 1863. He had his Corps strung out on a flanking march. At one point - a landmark known as Catherine Furnace - the long line of II Corps would pass close to the Union lines. He detached a regiment to form a skirmish line near the furnace, and asked JEB Stuart to personally see to it's deployment.

The regiment chosen for that assignment was the 23r Georgia Infantry. The officer in command of that regiment was Col. Emory F. Best. His photo, which serves as my avatar, was taken a few weeks later, while he was a prisoner of war in Baltimore.

For the past seven weeks, I've feared a repeat of Catherine Furnace or worse. Thus I felt it best to stick to the truth, but not provide the whole truth.

We'll see if it works out better for me than it did for Emory Best (and Stonewall Jackson, who was mortally wounded later that day).
But

I've vacillated between thoughts that you're going for Luzon or upper Indochina. Luzon is more points, Indochina is potentially easier for you to use and cut off the belly of the beast (although Luzon does help accomplish the latter, it's somewhat vulnerable for a while).

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

You gents should have a hard time guessing where Fun House is going, although the possibilities aren't limitless at this point in the game.