FeurerKrieg -> Overall Update pt 2 (10/22/2008 12:07:28 AM)
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NoPac: Dutch Harbor (or Umnak? the one farther west) is AF6 now and 5-10 B-25's bomb my Islands up there to no real effect. I think I'm safe here at least until the Spring comes. I've built my airfields on the mountain terrain islands to make them harder to take, but I only have around 200 AV on each as I don't want to commit to a real fight so close to Alaska. PJ and OJ (to use Admiral Laurent's terms) are both built up nicely and I will be putting more troops there. I'm much more happy to fight at PJ and OJ due to its proximity to Japan. Easier to survive and easier to reinforce. Otherwise - pretty quite up there. CentPac: Midway and Wake are maxed out with 20,000 men on Midway and 30,000 on Wake and max forts as well (2 and 3 respectively.) Each has a Betty or Nell group on them, but so far no US ships have made any moves towards these islands. Johnston is now Allied, and B-24s from there have been bombing Palmyra. SoPac: If I had to guess, I'd say OSO will hit Palmyra next. I just delivered another IJN BF to the atoll, and it has quite a few CD guns on it already. The entire KB is at Kwaj and ready to attack if the odds look right. I'm inclined not to fight too hard for the Line islands, but given that I can base Bettys at both places, there may be a chance to do some damage. Both Palmyra and Christmas are sz 4 airfield and each have about 150 AV support on them. There is a big moat between Johnston/Pearl and the Line Islands, so only unescorted bombers and carrier air will be available to the US if they attack. Solomons/NG/New Zealand: This entire corridor is very quiet. I think there are only some cruisers in Australia and since it is cut off from the US and India I don't THINK I have to worry about offensives from Australia yet. In that sense, the overall strategy is working well, since I don't need to devote tons of resources to protecting that flank. Of course, if there are British carriers down there, I think I can handle them with LBA. DEI: Timor is all sz 4 AB's and forts are on the rise. Nearly all my bases across the DEI are well supplied (10,000 or more) and there are ASW aircraft at all entry points to the DEI. Java has a couple armor units for fast reaction to any landings. Sumatra is slowly being reinforced with LCUs. All the bases in Malaya have at least a base force, so we can base planes in lots of places if the Brits try to come down that way. Burma: Sitting tight here. Most bases are up to size 7 or 8 forts, a couple are at size 9. Tonies and Tojos everywhere here. OSO has lightly attacked now and then, but he doesn't seem to like the losses he takes and so he doesn't press. Our fighters are in the rear bases so escorts will have to fly long range if they want to try and catch us on the ground. Several small units are along the border with India to detect any enemy ground offensives over the mountain trails. A large group of subs has been on station in the Bay of Bengal, fueling up out of Port Blair, so any large fleets that come through there should be spotted, but so far there has been nothing. China: Nearly done here I hope. Chengtu is about to be besieged and then we'll work on getting enough into Chungking to simply isolate the city for the rest of the war. I don't think I'll be able to take the place, and if I can surround it with artillery and pound the place for the rest of the war while some of the China army transfers to the SAA, then that works for me. Overall: The lack of activity is great for me. My pilots are not getting attritted and I'm sucking oil and resources into the HI as fast as I can. I think OSO still is waiting for more carriers and carrier fighters (and pilots) before launching any major offensives. However, activity has been slowly increasing so I think the 'easy days' of the Empire are coming to an end soon. If I can make it to the end of 1942 without any more major battles happening I'll be pretty happy.
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