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ORIGINAL: adarbrauner

The reinforcements to Luzon are not enough, to say the least, if you wont to fight for it. If he has 4-5 divisions, you need the same number at least. Actually you needed them yesterday.

The idea is not not attack (well in anycase we don't have the force nor shall we have before a week. start move troops fast boy!), but rather to place a stop and a big menace to his contingent.

I fully agree with CRSutton about the immense menace of enemy's potential perspective big airbases.

For this reason I don't agree with chicken boy about the 2nd-3rd importance of the smaller Phillipines Islands, exactly the opposite, they have the same importance of Luzon.

We are out of time a little, because I,understand that there are much unsufficient forces in Philippiones now and in the very short next future (days). a pity, because the absence of Mian American Carrier Fleet cannt be exploited in this sense. Never mind, the islands are so close one to each others, that if we manage to bring close troops in land bases, they could be landed in an overnight .

Barges, many many barges needed. also AKLs. But Commander, you should have already a good number of LST, don't you?

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Lastly, I would think about combining a kamikaze offensive of several groups with a traditional LBA and KB strike on susceptible shipping in the area.

Right now his defenses on his new beachheads are tenuous and tender. I'd expedite any counterattack and get what you can while you can. Trifling 3xDD and CA+3DD sweeps that net SCs and LCIs are better than nothing, but you've got to pin down and start killing bigger game. And soon.

Depends: if Main Carrier Fleet is absent, so yes, very soon, combining surface attacks as well (P.S.: PTs, where?)

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ORIGINAL: John 3rd

What do you mean?

I have 5-6 air search groups flying. Am flying recon over his Luzon bases as well.

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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

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ORIGINAL: John 3rd

Well...damn...if I didn't know what to look for I would have missed this.

OK.

We are now in the Kamikaze business.

Any advice, lessons learned, and/or what to do/not to is very appreciated.

Train to 50+ in Low Nav. Changing settings and beginning search of units for initial volunteers...

Thanks for being our JFB Guinea Pig, John. Many following this AAR (myself included alas) haven't gotten this far before either.

HOWEVER, I've been told that something that can move fast (evade CAP as much as possible) that carries an 800kg bomb is ideal. Failing that, something that moves fast that can carry 2+ 250kg bombs is pretty good too. What are your antiquated IJAAF pools looking like?

In particular, I'd look at old models of Helens, Sallys, Oscar IIa+ (when they get the 2x250kg payload), Lillys, etc. as some of my first airframes. I'd probably buy out one of the training groups in China for use in the PI. The Oscars would be nice from an AF1 behind the enemy lines in a 'quiet' area of the front where he may overlook CAP on his transport TFs.

I've read AARs wherein large Kamikaze attacks simply gut Allied massed CVEs, so I'm not sure about the 'won't damage anything larger than a DD' comment. Even a BB, afire and damaged, is a 'mission kill'-it will have to go back to a major repair port to get rid of sizable system damage.

Lastly, I would think about combining a kamikaze offensive of several groups with a traditional LBA and KB strike on susceptible shipping in the area.

Right now his defenses on his new beachheads are tenuous and tender. I'd expedite any counterattack and get what you can while you can. Trifling 3xDD and CA+3DD sweeps that net SCs and LCIs are better than nothing, but you've got to pin down and start killing bigger game. And soon.

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ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn

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ORIGINAL: John 3rd

What do you mean?

I have 5-6 air search groups flying. Am flying recon over his Luzon bases as well.

Land vs Naval , plane type ,number, targets, intensity... etc. How does recon figure into your overall strategy?

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Did anyone notice Dan going over 500,000 hits on his AAR? Well Done!

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ORIGINAL: JohnDillworth

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Did anyone notice Dan going over 500,000 hits on his AAR? Well Done!

Yeah, well once that Confederate General talk starts there is no stopping folks.....:-)

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You can blame me for starting that; but it wasn't Confederate general talk, it was mainly Union general talk

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ORIGINAL: John 3rd

Lee called George Armstrong Custer the "worst General he'd ever met but also the luckiest." Don't quite know what to make of all that.

Dan? If you ask me...very simple answer...GRANT.

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have to go to church...

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ORIGINAL: JohnDillworth

“I know he's a good general, but is he lucky?” - Napoleon
he only hired Generals he though lucky.

Dan, Grant? Yeah, thats about right. Relentless application of massive force with little regard to casualties.

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Dan is indeed very Grant like in his methods. Very willing to accept losses to achieve a greater gain. But in the end the results justify the means.

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I do not have DDs right now. Last turn saw EIGHT of my very few destroyers get sunk.