Slitherine

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Economy note:

I am a scant 500,000 supply from the mystical, magical 6,000,0000 mark. Tempted to turn off fort building everywhere to achieve it. Is it possible to hit 7 million?

I broke down several days ago and assigned a Sally squadron to ASW work out of Saigon. Had to do it, but boy those pilots are ready rebel. They wanted to bomb the US Marines...hopefully only a short term assignment.

Created a J2M2 factory today. I will make a half dozen, idle it until the J2M3 starts, and make some of them, and then assess how long I have to wait for the J2M5.

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I'm almost at 7 million in real life as well. I don't like to brag, but I'm only about 6999500 off.

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Went back and re-read some of Spidery vs Mr.Kane. It is grim reading. July the CV clash occurs just prior to the invasion. Plenty of warning for Spidery, but he never spots troop transports. The fight was a meeting engagement, were the Japanese had tactical surprise pretty much. Spidery knew there was enemy carriers there...and Mr. Kane did not.

Weather plays a part in the battle (severe storms for the Allies and clear sky over the Japanese), and as I remembered Spidery used A6M5 as escorts and A6M5c as CAP.

One of the final strikes...we don't see warning time; we don't see patrol height; and we don't see scrambling, but it sure seems that the CAP should have performed better.


Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 18
A6M5c Zero x 116

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 54
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 31
SBD-3 Dauntless x 62
TBF-1 Avenger x 54

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
A6M5c Zero: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 9 destroyed
TBF-1 Avenger: 9 destroyed, 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CV Hiyo, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
CV Kaga, Bomb hits 1
CV Junyo, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CVL Ryujo, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB Kongo, Bomb hits 5, on fire
CVL Shoho, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
CLAA Tenryu

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Then I'd be even further off!

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Then I'd be even further off!

I meant rounding in the other direction!

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Nice to get Paoshan. I think this link between China and Burma is one of the most underrated objectives in the game. It allows a defense of Northern Burma to fall back into China over very nice defensive terrain.

Wa

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Nice to get Paoshan. I think this link between China and Burma is one of the most underrated objectives in the game. It allows a defense of Northern Burma to fall back into China over very nice defensive terrain.

Wa

+1

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

I was playing around with GetAssista's plane r&d forecaster.

Can't figure out how to adjust the 10 factories...more or less and starting date.

But, it looks like I will probably live long enough to field the Ki94-II, especially if I add a few more factories to it. If I make it that far, the Sam-J might also surface.

All depends how long I can keep the HI protected.

All the dedicated kamikaze planes are ruled out, either for no squadrons, training squadrons, etc.

For a 1/1946 arriving plane it would take ten size 30 factories starting July 1, 1943 with the engine bonus to accelerate a plane to April 4, 1945.

Do you think any are worth it?

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

I was playing around with GetAssista's plane r&d forecaster.

Can't figure out how to adjust the 10 factories...more or less and starting date.

But, it looks like I will probably live long enough to field the Ki94-II, especially if I add a few more factories to it. If I make it that far, the Sam-J might also surface.

All depends how long I can keep the HI protected.

All the dedicated kamikaze planes are ruled out, either for no squadrons, training squadrons, etc.

For a 1/1946 arriving plane it would take ten size 30 factories starting July 1, 1943 with the engine bonus to accelerate a plane to April 4, 1945.

Do you think any are worth it?

I'd say no. Not worth it.

I'd say the Ki-83 and the J7W1 Shinden should be as good without the extra supply waste. Those are viable with PDU-off, right, since they're at the end of the lines?

So, why are the kami planes ruled out? Not that I think they're great anyway.

My theory on kamis is that the best kami planes have good manoeuvre, higher durability, good speed and armor. Range is also nice. I worry less about payloads.

So for me the best kami planes would be in this order:

Level 1:
Grace, Judy, Peggy, Frances, Nick, Randy

Level 2:
Jill, Helen, Oscar IIb, III and IV, Frank, Ki-100, Betty, Nell

Level 3:

Sally, Lily, Kate, Toka, Myojo

Level 4:

Ann, Val, etc

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So for me the best kami planes would be in this order:

Level 1:
Grace, Judy, Peggy, Frances, Nick, Randy

Level 2:
Jill, Helen, Oscar IIb, III and IV, Frank, Ki-100, Betty, Nell

Level 3:

Sally, Lily, Kate, Toka, Myojo

Level 4:

Ann, Val, etc

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Roughly speaking, a repair ship will provide 83 points of repair per day for minor damage. IF no ships are using the repair ship, these points go the shipyard manager to be allocated to ships in pierside mode. No daily repair point distinction is made for the type of repair ship...but the type of repair ship dictates where those repair points get spent. An AD won't help fix a CV for example.

A size 10 port generates 125 points in a day. OH, it takes 100 point to repair a point of system damage per day.

So having 2 AD & 2 AG you can generate a lot of repair points per day at any port for most of your smaller vessels.

2 AR will generate 166 points a day, far exceeding the repair ability of a level 10 port and their repair points go to any ship.

AS will go to subs, midgets, ssts.

By having 2 AD, 2 AG, and 2 AR in a port you can really create forward shipyards that can repair ships quickly (except for major damage greater than 5).

In addition, the AD can rearm destroyer torpedoes (quite handy) and the AG a host of lesser ships and depth charges, AS subs as long as the ships have supply loaded to meet the rearming levels.

So, say you are expecting lots of action in the New Britain area. Having a nest of repair ships close, but safe from bombing, really will save a ton of fuel and keep your ships in fighting trim. When the action gets too close...relocate back. Until you are in China and Korea. An observant Allied player will hit your ship repair facilities, but will have a devil of time hitting these mobile shipyards.

Naval squads, crew experience, and other factors come into play in repairing ships...but the value of these mobile repair yards cannot be over estimated.

PS: The ARD for Japan is quite small (at least the ones I have in this mod) but are still valuable. They remove all flood damage, 1 point a day, for ships that can fit in them. For me that is subs and small ships.

Questions: Read Alfred's Ship Repair 101.