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RE: A6M5c Zero - 3/18/2017 3:28:35 AM

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Another turn fired back to Mr Kane. I have increased some HI in Shanghai and Port Arthur as well as some LI in Harbin. I have moved 4 of my Rufe R&D Factories (size 30) over to A6M5c and will push that plane out the door - should be in 6 months once I hit the engine bonus (have approx. 475 engines in pool atm - so 3-4 days). As soon as the 5th R&D factory hits fully repaired it will be switched as well. I've had a little trouble with resources at Tokyo twice now so I have told it to stockpile the amount needed. Strange - but I have had this happen in other games where one base just won't pull enough resources. I don't think I'm low on resources in the Home Islands, but it is mid March - but I've been hauling from Hokkaido and China since mid December and from Hong Kong since I cleared the mines. Odd. Oh well we will see what the stockpiling does.

Its the weekend now and I plan to do multiple updates to you guys as well as play some Minecraft with my son and push out turns... going to be a busy weekend... Need to do my taxes this weekend too.

Do you use tracker? I never did before, but I started using it with the two games that I am playing now. I am not as big a fan of it as others are. Most of the information that you get on tracker, you can produce yourself from the industry screen and following it from day to day, but tracker does help now and again to get a more precise idea of exactly how many cargo TFs you need to keep the industry on the home islands humming. Also, be sure that you are pulling all the extra resources out of Shikuka and Toyahara. They produce more than you think, and my first two games as Japan, it was April or May before I realized just how much was accumulating up there, beyond what I was transporting.

I know that others have their own opinions, but I like to expand the light industry at Manila, because there are extra resources in the Phillipines. I know someone will say... "yes, but the allies will take Manila." My reply is, "ok... let them go after Manila... ." If they do, it's a win. If they don't it's a win. That's my opinion. Then again, I probably use Manila more than most Japanese players for a lot of things.

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March 20th, 1942 - 3/20/2017 5:59:04 PM

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Quick update. I know I said I would do a big update this past weekend, but life got in the way. Just sent the 3/21/42 turn back to Mr Kane and big news from the turn is that Tarakan has fallen. The oil fields and refineries are slightly damages (2 each). A base force was involved in the invasion and a Sentai of Oscars are flying both night and day cap.

Once I get my tracker issues fixed (setting up regions) I will be posting more.

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RE: March 20th, 1942 - 3/20/2017 6:20:23 PM

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This is the region mappings file we used for my PBM just ended. I think various bases were added after this, but maybe not. Extra bases in the file do not harm things. There are 1,182 bases in this file.

IIRC, the format is slot number TAB base name TAB region number TAB region name.

You can easily edit the file to correct or add bases that are different in your game. Notice that there is no hex number, Tracker picks that up from the game save file. This file happens to be sorted by region number but I don't think that matters.

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RE: March 20th, 1942 - 3/21/2017 12:48:51 AM

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Quick update. I know I said I would do a big update this past weekend, but life got in the way. Just sent the 3/21/42 turn back to Mr Kane and big news from the turn is that Tarakan has fallen. The oil fields and refineries are slightly damages (2 each). A base force was involved in the invasion and a Sentai of Oscars are flying both night and day cap.

Once I get my tracker issues fixed (setting up regions) I will be posting more.

Looks like you are getting the oil late, but intact. That is fine... better late and intact than early and destroyed. An update? How goes the airwar? That is where the game is won and lost.

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March 24th, 1942 - 3/21/2017 3:02:32 PM

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Update time...

First up my Aircraft R&D.. The A6M5c Zero is going strong with the first month being removed on the next turn. With 5 R&D Factories and the engine bonus I expect the A6M5c to be in production in 6 months - end of September. My other Aircraft R&D are working fine, although I still have some changing of factories to do.

The Intel screen is below showing the overall war status. The Air War has been very quiet. It is showing the allies doing a lot of sorties but other than recon flights I don't see any allied planes anywhere. Does the sorties include training ?

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RE: March 24th, 1942 - 3/21/2017 3:05:28 PM

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Here is a look at the allied ships lost screen. As you can see FOW is playing with me. I'm 99% positive the Yorktown is gone, but I doubt the Enterprise sunk. I also haven't seen any BBs sinking, but according to the screen
I have sunk 4. Everything else is pretty accurate.

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RE: March 24th, 1942 - 3/21/2017 3:06:36 PM

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A quick look at my CV Ship plans. Other than CVs I am only accelerating DDs and an occasional CL as I have extra Ship Points.

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RE: March 24th, 1942 - 3/21/2017 3:09:01 PM

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A look at Burma. So far Burma has been a cakewalk. Very little allied defense here. Only one small unit was defending Pegu and I crushed it. Recon from Chiang Mai shows all bases north of me empty except Lashio - which is showing a small unit there. Probably so I can't paradrop in. I am leary about taking Magwe as I expect once I do bombers will come visit, so I am prepping base forces and fighters beforehand.

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RE: March 24th, 1942 - 3/21/2017 3:14:17 PM

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Malaya - Not much to report here other than the siege on Singapore continues. It takes several days to recover from each attack - the next one should be next turn.

Sumatra - new map here showing my movements. I have wiped out most of the forces on the island at or near Palembang and expect light resistance in the north. I have a tank unit moving north while moving men and supplies south to Merak to begin the assault on Batavia.

Merak - my barges ran into some mines here and I lost a few in the initial crossing. I have DMS enroute to clear the mines.

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RE: March 24th, 1942 - 3/21/2017 3:15:09 PM

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A quick look at Mindanao and Eastern Borneo.

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RE: March 24th, 1942 - 3/21/2017 3:16:10 PM

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A quick look at the SW Pacific. Not much going on here, but I have a division moving here from Japan to land and eventually take Port Moresby.

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RE: March 24th, 1942 - 3/21/2017 3:17:31 PM

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A finally a look at China. I have finally taken Wenchow and am encircling the forces from there and will wipe them out. My plans are to wipe out as much as I can so they all respawn in Chunking and hopefully overload the stacking limits.

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RE: March 24th, 1942 - 3/21/2017 10:12:21 PM

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Update time...

First up my Aircraft R&D.. The A6M5c Zero is going strong with the first month being removed on the next turn. With 5 R&D Factories and the engine bonus I expect the A6M5c to be in production in 6 months - end of September. My other Aircraft R&D are working fine, although I still have some changing of factories to do.

The Intel screen is below showing the overall war status. The Air War has been very quiet. It is showing the allies doing a lot of sorties but other than recon flights I don't see any allied planes anywhere. Does the sorties include training ?

It does my heart good to see 150+ allied planes destroyed on the ground. Your air-to-air losses are imbalanced (the wrong way) for this point in the war. It is going to make it tougher going forward as he undoubtedly has developed several squadrons of elite pilots. The AVG in China caught you off-guard, and in my opinion, is the best move for the allies. I am not sure why allied players complain about units getting trashed in the central Chinese plain and China collapsing immediately while they have AVG fighting over Singapore or Burma.

AVG will be withdrawn in a few months. I would try to trap them or get them into a lopsided engagement over a contested hex that contains your units and his to kill some of these pilots. He is probably cycling pilots through these squadrons. All of these AVG veterans will haunt you in the months to come as they are dispersed throughout allied fighter squadrons.

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RE: March 24th, 1942 - 3/22/2017 1:49:04 PM

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It does my heart good to see 150+ allied planes destroyed on the ground. Your air-to-air losses are imbalanced (the wrong way) for this point in the war. It is going to make it tougher going forward as he undoubtedly has developed several squadrons of elite pilots. The AVG in China caught you off-guard, and in my opinion, is the best move for the allies. I am not sure why allied players complain about units getting trashed in the central Chinese plain and China collapsing immediately while they have AVG fighting over Singapore or Burma.

Yeah the Allied cap traps have been fairly rare (thankfully) and 2/3rd of my losses are either Ops or Flak. Once Clark Field and Singapore falls my Flak losses will drop for a while until the war heats up again - but then I'll have the Helen with armor so that will help. Majority of my flak losses lately have been over Clark Field; bombing allied troops there.

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AVG will be withdrawn in a few months. I would try to trap them or get them into a lopsided engagement over a contested hex that contains your units and his to kill some of these pilots. He is probably cycling pilots through these squadrons. All of these AVG veterans will haunt you in the months to come as they are dispersed throughout allied fighter squadrons.

I would love to fight them - but I can't find any allied aircraft anywhere. An allied search plane dies every turn (either ops or my CAP) but other than that I can't find them. I've started to randomly bomb airfields in Burma / India trying to find them.

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RE: March 24th, 1942 - 3/22/2017 6:42:07 PM

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Quick update: Singapore forts are down. Hopefully next assault will capture the town. I'm wasting too much time taking Singapore and Clark... but the losses have been horrific.

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RE: March 24th, 1942 - 3/23/2017 5:22:00 PM

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Quick update: Singapore forts are down. Hopefully next assault will capture the town. I'm wasting too much time taking Singapore and Clark... but the losses have been horrific.

Failed to take Singapore but achieved 1 to 1 odds for the first time - knocked forts back down to 0. A couple days rest before the next attempt.

Attacks at Clark knocked forts down a level. Giving the troops here a couple days rest and exchanged mauled units for some-what fresh units from Manila.

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RE: March 24th, 1942 - 3/25/2017 3:06:34 AM

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Quick update: Singapore forts are down. Hopefully next assault will capture the town. I'm wasting too much time taking Singapore and Clark... but the losses have been horrific.

Failed to take Singapore but achieved 1 to 1 odds for the first time - knocked forts back down to 0. A couple days rest before the next attempt.

Attacks at Clark knocked forts down a level. Giving the troops here a couple days rest and exchanged mauled units for some-what fresh units from Manila.

As long as the casualties are disabled and not destroyed, it is not too much to worry about. It just slows you down for a month or so as the disabled squads come back online. As long as you are not eating up precious supply and industry replacing destroyed squads, all is good. If he is not defending Burma, then it will not affect you much in the long run. You just need enough fresh units to take Java. 3 or 4 divisions with support will be enough to get Java going. I doubt that he will move Australian units into support Java. That is a death trap if the allies try to reinforce the position there.

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April 7th, 1942 - 4/3/2017 6:55:34 PM

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I am back from vacation and the game is on again.

Singapore has fallen !! -- 32 enemy units and over 59,000 men captured at Singapore.

I am now proceeding to clear the enemy minefield and ship in supplies so the LCUs can recover faster and then the push into Java and Burma will be aided by an influx of troops.

Allied CV spotted near Batavia !!

I am struggling to move men and supplies across from Oosthaven to Merak to support the drive on Batavia when at least 1 allied CV showed up on the southern side of the island, sinking the 2 xAKLs I have shuttling men from Oosthaven to Merak. My Nates flying CAP were swatted aside by the escorting Wildcats. Only 17 SBDs were used in the attack along with two groups of Wildcats. I wonder if he loaded American planes on the British Carriers? Are there any penalties for doing such ? Not sure if I should bring some CVs over to support the crossing or not - as I have a feeling that as soon as I bring them he will strike elsewhere.

I have pulled out all tankers at Palembang on the off chance he continues north along the southwest edge of Java and comes within range of Palembang hoping to bag some Tankers.

Night-time bombing of Soerbaja reports a single 250kg bomb hit on the CL Dragon in port there.

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RE: April 7th, 1942 - 4/3/2017 7:11:38 PM

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I am back from vacation and the game is on again.

Singapore has fallen !! -- 32 enemy units and over 59,000 men captured at Singapore.

I am now proceeding to clear the enemy minefield and ship in supplies so the LCUs can recover faster and then the push into Java and Burma will be aided by an influx of troops.

Allied CV spotted near Batavia !!

I am struggling to move men and supplies across from Oosthaven to Merak to support the drive on Batavia when at least 1 allied CV showed up on the southern side of the island, sinking the 2 xAKLs I have shuttling men from Oosthaven to Merak. My Nates flying CAP were swatted aside by the escorting Wildcats. Only 17 SBDs were used in the attack along with two groups of Wildcats. I wonder if he loaded American planes on the British Carriers? Are there any penalties for doing such ? Not sure if I should bring some CVs over to support the crossing or not - as I have a feeling that as soon as I bring them he will strike elsewhere.

I have pulled out all tankers at Palembang on the off chance he continues north along the southwest edge of Java and comes within range of Palembang hoping to bag some Tankers.

Night-time bombing of Soerbaja reports a single 250kg bomb hit on the CL Dragon in port there.

The only penalty is that he puts the U.S. premium naval aviation under British command (which generally does not have very good air ratings).

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RE: April 7th, 1942 - 4/3/2017 7:26:53 PM

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I put a marine squadron on to supplement the Naval fighters.

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RE: April 7th, 1942 - 4/3/2017 7:29:27 PM

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Both players have god-like ability to coordinate between services and allies.

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RE: April 7th, 1942 - 4/4/2017 12:46:22 AM

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Not sure if I should bring some CVs over to support the crossing or not - as I have a feeling that as soon as I bring them he will strike elsewhere.

I don't move CV's nearly as often as I move CAG's and Nettie groups ...

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RE: April 7th, 1942 - 4/10/2017 7:56:27 PM

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Not sure if I should bring some CVs over to support the crossing or not - as I have a feeling that as soon as I bring them he will strike elsewhere.

I don't move CV's nearly as often as I move CAG's and Nettie groups ...

yeah - I am trying to not be too reactive to his feints... Looking back I have made a dozen (or more) mistakes this game already but am still going strong. Learning lots. My previous opponents were laid back and didn't do a whole lot until mid-late 42... Mr Kane is not giving me anything -- except Burma so far... so I'm being careful there. He's been fighting everywhere else on the ground and sea so I'm surprised at the lack of fighting in Burma.

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RE: April 7th, 1942 - 4/11/2017 12:28:01 AM

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Not sure if I should bring some CVs over to support the crossing or not - as I have a feeling that as soon as I bring them he will strike elsewhere.

I don't move CV's nearly as often as I move CAG's and Nettie groups ...

yeah - I am trying to not be too reactive to his feints... Looking back I have made a dozen (or more) mistakes this game already but am still going strong. Learning lots. My previous opponents were laid back and didn't do a whole lot until mid-late 42... Mr Kane is not giving me anything -- except Burma so far... so I'm being careful there. He's been fighting everywhere else on the ground and sea so I'm surprised at the lack of fighting in Burma.

In my experience, if I find myself reacting more than anticipating, I feel that I am being outplayed. I try to study the tendencies of opponent and think of ways to exploit his tendencies by anticipating his moves. At the same time, I try to think of my tendencies, and then vary them. I learned all of this playing poker (semi-professionally) for many years. I do not play poker any more (religion), but I still always think like a poker player.

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RE: April 7th, 1942 - 4/11/2017 12:39:31 AM

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... so I'm surprised at the lack of fighting in Burma.

Then I would speculate, he's not yet ready ....

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RE: April 7th, 1942 - 4/11/2017 1:20:43 AM

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... so I'm surprised at the lack of fighting in Burma.

Then I would speculate, he's not yet ready ....

Pax is probably right. If he is not fighting at all in Burma, he must be trying to save the Indian pools, which can only mean one thing; he intends to make Burma a major line of advance later.

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RE: April 7th, 1942 - 4/11/2017 3:22:57 AM

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Possibly, but that isn't what hinders me as the allies in '42 Burma ... its supply and support. Takes me a good 6 months to get enough of both to be able to conduct offensive ops in India/Burma. Now I'm a bit conservative, and I don't play the allies that much. I'm sure better players can do it quicker ... still, it does take some time to get enough supply out of West Coast ... and by support I mean US units (LCU's and Air groups)

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RE: April 7th, 1942 - 4/11/2017 1:49:42 PM

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Possibly, but that isn't what hinders me as the allies in '42 Burma ... its supply and support. Takes me a good 6 months to get enough of both to be able to conduct offensive ops in India/Burma. Now I'm a bit conservative, and I don't play the allies that much. I'm sure better players can do it quicker ... still, it does take some time to get enough supply out of West Coast ... and by support I mean US units (LCU's and Air groups)

Gotcha. My recon show he is building up the normal air bases in northern Burma and India. He also has roughly a division of troops at Akyab (not sure how he is supplying them there) and the base north of Cox's Bazaar - Chittagong??

Have seen very little air activity in Burma but I'm guessing he is flying transports from Ledo into China as Ledo is expanding.

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May 7th, 1942 - 4/12/2017 8:12:53 PM

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Burma

Burma is mine with the capture or Katha via Air Assault this turn. I have been in a slight holding pattern waiting for reinforcements - which just finished arriving this turn. I will be going to Lashio via rail for the incursion into western China and (hopefully) the capturing of the 3 Chinese bases (Paoshan, Tsyung (??), and Kunming).

Recon have spotted 10,000+ men at Chittagong and Akyab, as well as roughly 1000 at Cox's Bazaar and 500 at Ramree island.

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May 7th, 1942 - 4/12/2017 8:16:59 PM

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Java Sea

All of Sumatra is mine except for the islands off the western coast - I am planning on taking those with a small unit just to avoid the allies using them without my knowledge.

Barges and a couple PBs are moving men and supplies from Oosthaven to Merak for the assault on Java. Batavia is close to falling and once the regiment arrives from Merak it should fall - the 8 units there are surrounded and will surrender.

Once Batavia falls I can ship in major reinforcements from Singapore (need a decent port) and push south for Soerbaja. My subs have been active in this area for a while catching a couple CLs with Torpedoes.

An I-boat nearly caught the Lady Lex in the Makassar Strait, but missed with all 6 torpedoes