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Sardaukar -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/25/2009 10:43:44 AM)

I found that subs work well and are easy to set up to patrol with reaction set to 6 and using "Patrol around target" which automatically assigns patrol zone to sub. I think that sub reaction actually works way too well in AE.



loricas -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/25/2009 11:26:17 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

I found that subs work well and are easy to set up to patrol with reaction set to 6 and using "Patrol around target" which automatically assigns patrol zone to sub. I think that sub reaction actually works way too well in AE.


i normally put in a hex with do not retourn and 1 hex reaction..i test your sistem next turn



crsutton -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/25/2009 3:06:14 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: jrlans

Hey guys been lurking awhile and i have to say some of the advice i have seen is stelar. Im amazed as how agressive Dave has managed to be, I realy think he is pushing the edge of what an excelent Japanese player can do in AE



Yes, he has but I wonder if his pilot losses are not going to come back and haunt him.



Sardaukar -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/25/2009 5:25:40 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: loricas


quote:

ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

I found that subs work well and are easy to set up to patrol with reaction set to 6 and using "Patrol around target" which automatically assigns patrol zone to sub. I think that sub reaction actually works way too well in AE.


i normally put in a hex with do not retourn and 1 hex reaction..i test your sistem next turn


Problem with that is that your subs do not change hexes automatically. Their detection level gets high, since it doesn't get reset by moving. Many TFs automatically avoid known sub hexes and you will be vulnerable to ASW TFs sent to hex when your location is known. High detection level also means sub is more vulnerable to air attacks.

You'll see your sub detection level by hovering cursor over it. IIRC, 11/11 is highest level and means sub is already been attacked in that hex during same day.



SuluSea -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/25/2009 6:46:02 PM)

Just when you think this AAR can't get any better it does. [:)] Thanks for taking time to explain these tactics Seyditz [&o]



aztez -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/27/2009 2:12:31 PM)

cfulbright: Ok. So, you basically took out the 90% of his carrier power. Not bad start I would say.

loricas: I actually 2 wolfpack TF's around philippines and these guys pretty much refused to attack anything eventhough there were a lot of potential targets floating around.

I might give this another whirl later on. At the moment I'am using single sub taskforces. Only exception being minelaying missions.

Sardaukar: I used the similar system and got very minor rewards. No I have abandoned it and doing the submarine warfare as discussed earlier with high detail. It is still too early to comment whether this effective or not.

Now I'am setting those patrol hexes manually and I try to avoid shallow water whenever possible.

The sub detection level is propably very important. Actually will check my frontline submarines to see how high it is.

Another intresting fact to see is that people are getting very diffrent rewards on their campaings with submarines. Same tactic and little gains.

I guess it all comes down to your opponents skill to conduct ASW warfare. I think Dave has done very good job in this sector.

crsutton: It might come to haunt him but I think he has mostly avoided unnecessary risk levels.

I think he some good squadrons flying around since his airforce is very active.

SuluSea: You took the words out of my mouth!



aztez -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/27/2009 2:15:18 PM)

China (march 19th and 20th 1942)

Dave is still moving troops towards Nanyang. I still do think this is very odd move.

Two intresting developments in central and southern china. A) Recon missions. I think these missions are getting more frequent around Liuchow and Changhsa. B) lba bombings. These are now more intense.

So one explanation could be that his focus is shifting from north towards central and southern china.

In far up north two tank regiments are entering Kiuchuan.

Ground combat at Kiuchuan (82,26)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2208 troops, 0 guns, 206 vehicles, Assault Value = 116

Defending force 2262 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 82

Japanese adjusted assault: 63

Allied adjusted defense: 40

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), leaders(-), experience(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 9 (0 destroyed, 9 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
210 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
34th Seperate Brigade

This base will propably lost soon but the initial assault was unsuccesfull.

At Hami it seems enemy did abandon this base. There was an tank regiment occupying the base two days earlier.

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Ground combat at Hami (81,17)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3345 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 88

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 77

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 77 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Hami !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:


Assaulting units:
303rd Brigade
21st Chinese Base Force

I think we are living an phase where the next operational movement ongoing before the offensives continues.

There were also ground combat at 82,53. The chinese infantry was not able to hold out after the 1st assault was denied.

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Ground combat at 82,53

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15218 troops, 88 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 475

Defending force 9808 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 263

Japanese adjusted assault: 315

Allied adjusted defense: 177

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)

Japanese ground losses:
653 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Allied ground losses:
504 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 64 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 55 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Assaulting units:
12th Ind.Mixed Brigade
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
5th RGC Division

Defending units:
10th Chinese Corps

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Ground combat at 82,53

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14742 troops, 88 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 443

Defending force 8911 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 200

Japanese adjusted assault: 381

Allied adjusted defense: 15

Japanese assault odds: 25 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
142 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
3411 casualties reported
Squads: 139 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 112 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade
12th Ind.Mixed Brigade
5th RGC Division

Defending units:
10th Chinese Corps

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aztez -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/27/2009 2:16:40 PM)

Java (march 20th and 21st 1942)

Palembang was lost due to overwhelming size of enemy troops.

I have no valid intel on how much damage was done to the resources. The mouse pointer indicates 0 damage inflicted which I find very hard to believe.

The "preparations" for the main invasion has begun. Enemy paratroopers landed at Semarang and captured the base. It seems he is already moving ac's into this level 1 airfield.

I think I found the extreme example of FOW. (look at the pic) I doubt my search planes didn't spot such an force. I have ordered some recon missions in order to find out what is happening.

The naval activity is increasing along with his raids againts Soerebaja and Batavia. I would estimate he has his amphibitous TF's 2-4 days off from Java.

Keep in mind his unloading bonus is entering the final weeks. Those paratroopers were not sacficed for nothing.

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Jonathan Pollard -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/27/2009 2:29:08 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: aztez

I think I found the extreme example of FOW. (look at the pic) I doubt my search planes didn't spot such an force. I have ordered some recon missions in order to find out what is happening.

Does Java have coastwatcher coverage? If so, maybe they were spotted by coast watchers.



Rob Brennan UK -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/27/2009 8:10:57 PM)

I think coastwatchers are just the solomons and NG, but i could be wrong [;)]



aztez -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/27/2009 9:53:49 PM)

Jonathan Pollard: Unfortunately your estimate turned out to be correct.

There are significant transport TF's unloading at Semarang so it is too late to try squash the beachhead here.

Absolute no FOW here just bad luck for me.

Rob: I checked the manual and the initial sighting was propably not made by coastal watchers. At least Java is not specified in the manual.



aztez -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/27/2009 9:54:41 PM)

Java (march 22nd and 23rd 1942)

The major offensive againts Java is underway for sure.

The enemy has landed troops at Semarang. I think he has already unloaded significant forces here and none of his transports are hit.

Simply because none of the ABDA bombers have flown. I checked and this is due to things:

1) Weather. This has been really bad over past 4 days in this region. Severe storms / Thunderstorms. I think this is the main reason.

2) Lack of fighter escort. After those P40E's were withdrawn the fighter defense is abysmal. I think I can gather around 20 fighters and these are far from the elite models.

Even the submarines patrolling in the area missed these transports and this was propably down to the weather factor.

I have some bases that are overstacked. It is a bad thing due to uncordination penalties etc. Unfortunately this cannot be fixed since there are not enough airsupport in the region unless I start moving units out of Batavia and Soerebaja which is an possibility.

IJA is conducting heavy raids againts Batavia and Soerabaja daily now. There are Nell bombers propably based on Palembang.

The ABDA surface has sailed into Oz where they will refit and rest. I think this was the right call since the aircraft numbers he is committing here is huge. No way I could have protected these cruisers and destroyers.

Fingers crossed that the ABDA bombers will fly next turn. The weather forecast did not indicate eny improvent though.

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aztez -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/27/2009 9:55:38 PM)

Burma (march 22nd and 23rd 1942)

Quick glimpse at Burmese situation.

This whole area has been quiet but allied signit intel indicates that enemy is sending at least 1 division into Rangoon.

Another intel here is that an brigade is prepping for Akyab offensive.

Now that Singapore has fallen I think he will give this area some focus.

In the last turn enemy troops entered the base at Magwe. I have weak forces defending the hex so he will most likely capture with his 1st offensive here.

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aztez -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/28/2009 6:36:31 PM)

Java (march 23rd and 24th 1942)


The weather cleared and ABDA airforce was able to attack some enemy transport convoys in this region.

This was not an succesfull operation though since we only reported the following hit.

xAK Yubari Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

...and this ship had propably already unloaded at Semarang.

Now that the weather somewhat cleared our "picture" on the whole situation became much clearer.

The enemy has landed around 30 units at Semarang. There are 3 diffrent spearheads heading out of the base. (see pic)

Dave is propably trying some sort of an pinzer movement since my recon planes spotted carrier supported invasion TF's near Soerabaja. I think these ships will unload some 40 miles south of Soerabaja.

There have been plenty of airborne operations and last turn saw Oosthaven. This was the 4th base to be lost such a way. Nice job I must admit.

The lba support continues to be heavy and we are unable to gain any control over skies above.

Dave most definately was lucky since he had 4 days of thunderstorms/ severe storms and he unloaded bulk of his troops at Semarang with bombers grounded. I doubt this was an "lucky" move so another well executed operation.

I can admit that I will miss those Banshee's and P40E's. They were very valuable.

Things are not looking good. I'am moving units towards Batavia from Tijitap and surrounding bases. Maybe we can give some sort of an defense there and at Soerebaja.

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aztez -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/28/2009 6:37:55 PM)

China (march 23rd and 24th 1942)


There are indications that the next offensive is going to be targeted againts Changhsa area.

I base this assumption on few facts.

+ The air operations seem to be more intensive.
+ Dave is definately withdrawing some troops out of Sian area and towards the railway line.
+ There are some 30 000 IJA infantry just south of Changhsa.
+ My poort recon indicates that there are more troops in Hankow area.

So, add those to calculations and this is most likely next target.

Overall the supply situation is bad. We are short of supplies pretty much everywhere. I have those battered units on replacements ON since I need them to gain strenght.

This isn't happening though since we have took an quite an beating. Oh, well we need to deal with this issue very soon.

In the further up north the IJA armed units launched and counterstrike...

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Ground combat at 81,33 (NEAR Lanchow)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2988 troops, 0 guns, 286 vehicles, Assault Value = 162

Defending force 7102 troops, 60 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 219

Japanese adjusted assault: 110

Allied adjusted defense: 376

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 7 (0 destroyed, 7 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
91 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled


Assaulting units:
23rd Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment

Always good to see some armoured vehicles getting disabled/destroyed.

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jrlans -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/28/2009 9:56:32 PM)

So i guess the real question is after the conquest of java where will all of those LCUs be redeployed to?

I realy dont think india is an option unless the japanese player is commited to deploying tons of force from china and dealing with very extended supply lines. That leaves Oz do you think you can defend it if he comes in force at Cook town or Rockhampton, or alternativly Perth/ Darwin (personaly from a japenese perspective i think that a perth attack would devistate Oz as with SoPac blocked off Perth is the only way to get supply and fuel in)



Remenents -> RE: IJN invasion TF spotted near Noumea! (9/29/2009 8:32:12 AM)

Keep up the good work guys, awesome AAR



Swenslim -> RE: IJN invasion TF spotted near Noumea! (9/29/2009 1:51:26 PM)

Agree, it is very interesting [&o]



Rob Brennan UK -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/29/2009 5:08:09 PM)

quote:

Overall the supply situation is bad. We are short of supplies pretty much everywhere. I have those battered units on replacements ON since I need them to gain strenght.


Check in the industrial tab in the info panel to see if you have any chinese infantry left in the pools to reinforce. you only get 200/month and thats no-where near enough to fill up any gaps post combat. it may be better to beef up the most experianced unit/s rather than try and repair the shattered shells of defeated ones.

i think you start getting chinese P40s in march so it may be worth seeing if you can upgrate some chinese fighter units.

and as ever good luck




Q-Ball -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/29/2009 5:12:35 PM)

Great AAR! Any idea where the "Phase 2" target is for Japan? You may be seeing preps for certain points in your SigInt, right?

I am anxious to see how the various choices work now, India, Oz, etc. They all figure to be harder nuts to crack now.



aztez -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/29/2009 8:47:52 PM)

jrlans: That is the million dollar question on my mind too.

India is somewhat vulnerable though since some units start with low experince and poor equipment. It will slow going though here since the country has so many bases and he would be facing up terrain issues too.

To me Oz is the most likely target. for several reasons. As where the hammer would fall first, well most likely Darwin since it is hard to supply and he can support his operation with lba bombers after he seizes Timor. (I will go into greater detail below since Q-Ball asked the same question)

I think Perth is total disaster now since these off map bases give new opportunity to the allied player. Allthough it will be nuisance for sure. I'am moving Australian Cavalry units plus some AT weaponry there already.

Remenents: Thank you and welcome. Appreciated. (I think the others will feel the same)

Swenslim: Thank you. This stuff is time consuming so appreciate the words.

Rob: I have been keeping an eye on the pools. Allthough just checked and these monster battles have depleted my infantry reserves. Damn, there were plenty a month ago but those airstrikes, bombardments really do hurt the chinese alot.

I will revamp the whole replacement "system" here when the next turn arrives.

This really is the diffrence between disabled (casulaties) and destroyed category that I have been talking about. A lot of my losses have been in the destroyed category while his losses have disabled ones.

I have some 80 P40E's that I would love to use for AVG. The only BIG problem here is that I don't have +20 000 supplies even at Chungking so I'am unable to upgrade these squadrons! Annoying as ever.

Q-Ball: Thanks! I really appreciated. Your AAR is solid as ever too.

Yeah, "phase 2" has been on my mind a lot lately and here are the the danger zones in my opinion.

1. OZ

Darwin and northern coast is almost impossible to defend so I think he will land here once he completed his missions at Java and Timor area. He might be heading towards Perth too and that is why I'am sending reinforcements in this area. These are already enroute,

Another thing speaking for these landings are the allied fighter pools. He knows I cannot afford to send much into Oz this early. (I know he has calculated this since Dave does his homework)

Japanese annihilated the ANZAC cruisers so he has naval upperhand too. Allthough I have send the ABDA fleet into Oz since they would only get killed near Java and accomplish nothing.

2. New Zealand

An possible target and pretty much the same reasons as above.

Only big diffrence being that it will strech his frontlines even further so that kind of destroys quite a few benefits he would gain here.

3. Midway and Johnston Island

I think he will show up in these bases in some strenght. These bases might not seem important ones but they will give a) buffer zones for his rear areas and b) he can recon and keep some annoying torpedo planes here.

These two are likely targets.

4. Burma

The allied signit is already indicating that he is moving reinforcements here.

The thing he gains from this is to limit my offensive options later on when and if he seizes this country. He will not do this offensive for resources or such.

So I expected to see some divisions here very soon.

5. India

Not likely target but maybe he might try to seized some southern areas here.

If so I think Chittadong and Calcutta areas are most likely ones. I would say that these operations are tied down to how succesfull and swift campaign he executes at Burma.

Another good thing for him here is the fact that he does not need to commit his carriers. This is lba support operational area.

6. Southern Pacific

I expect to see something here. What it is, well hard to say I must admit. This is just an gut feeling I have though.

Another gut feeling is that the KB is parked here somewhere. It is waiting for something to happen since it ain't sailing around Java for sure.

7. Hawaji and Alaska

The least likely targets.

Alaska only gives him pride and some protection on possible B29's later on. Adding these in equation it kind of tells you that this is not worth it.

Hawaji! I know every japanese player would love to capture these islands. Not an high risk target though since I got a lot aircraft on standby and his carriers would suffer a lot of damage.

There are solid naval forces on standby too.

8. China

He is most definately not done with. As said he does his math and notices on how much infantry squads he has destroyed.

At least I expect to see more bomber squadrons deployed here for training purposes etc.

The activity around Changhsa area is intense and I bet it is not an decoy operations ongoing.

This my estimate on the realism and possible targets on the "2nd phase". Keep in mind that these are just well educated guesses and some gut feelings.

We shall see whether none of these were true.

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aztez -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/29/2009 8:48:33 PM)

Samoa Islands (march 25th and 26th 1942)

This marks as the 1st allied invasion of the pacific war.

Dave has been building up airfield at Suvaii ever since the KB visited Pago Pago area.

Last turn an US Marine regiment started an amphibitous operation againts the enemy forces occupying base.

Even if this an small scale invasion you really need to start somewhere. Lets hope this will become the 1st succesfull assault of the war.

Fiji's and Pago Pago has significant forces of ground units plus they have strong fighter cover present.

I'am also building up the Christmas Island a bit further up north. Happy to say this is going along very nicely.

I have +400 av points, good supply levels and leaders in each of these bases and more are enroute.

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aztez -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/29/2009 8:49:35 PM)

Java (march 25th and 26th 1942)

IJA troops continue to push forward. (see pic below)

The main news was that Dave moved an infantry unit between Tijitap and Batavia. Nice move and he is trying to cut off these bases.

Accordingly I'am ordering an retreat from Tijitap in order lift up this blockade.

ABDA bombers flew few missions but these were not succesfull ones. As you can also see he has moved out most of his transport ships from this region.

So, instead of setting my bombers into naval strikes and I have ordered them to start bombing enemy ground units. If we cannot sink ships than we might as well start bombing troops. Maybe this will slow their movement down a bit.

Allied signit indicated that Imperial Guards division is heading towards Java.

Enemy carriers and battleships remain some 100 miles offshore of Soerebaja. This is NOT the KB itself though.

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Swenslim -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/29/2009 10:23:46 PM)

Hm, I guess he will not like this invasion, so wait for Fiji japan invasion.



Tanaka -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/30/2009 6:34:30 AM)

Great AAR! Really enjoying it! Keep it up! Thanks for taking the time! [:D]



Sardaukar -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/30/2009 8:32:50 AM)

If he invades NZ, you'll get some strong units as reinforcement, mainy NZ Division and IIRC some other units.



LoBaron -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/30/2009 9:58:32 AM)

aztez, you and seydlitz both have AAR´s running which i only can compliment on! [&o]

its a fascinating read and very educative.
im atm running a witp against the AI to gear up for the challange of AE and enjoying it tremendousely.
i always wondered if there ever will be a game that gets my braincells working like witp still does and well...i guess AE will
be the one.

i think you are doing very well (never forget that those 2 CV´s could already have shifted the weight a bit in your favour
if they werent on the bottom of the pacific)

which brings me to my question:

i see you got 3 carriers ready to use, which, by itself wont be a match for the KB but 3
big US carriers can hurt an invasion TF very bad.
2-3 days of combat operations near a japanese beachhead often means irreplacable losses for the jap player
without exposing you CV TF´s too long to give the KB chance to react.

as your offensive options are limited at the moment i was thinking if you could use them in a kind of semi-defensive
way, deploying them forward out of japanese naval search range but near an expected route of advance.

as things are now they seem to be sitting around and their only effect is to keep your opponent guessing (which
is good in itself but wont make him lose much sleep as long as he keeps KB together)

i know its way too early to be a match against a japanese CV TF. so you could use em on low risc missions in
central pacific for example.
with this you could accomplish 2 things:
- without detection you have an asset to strike at a line of advance of your choosing when the situation seems
right
- if your carriers are detected by something like a lucky sub you still have a desireable effect. its a threat for his
supply routes and/or offensive planning so at least he has to react with (at least a part of) the KB to minimize it.

as the new AE a2a combat seems to make it possible for even a smaller strike to survive the CAP even a clash of carriers
could be dangerous for the japanese side. remember he cant replace his CV losses the way you can (im in no way implying
you should force such an engagement [;)] )

at least this could give you one important option: grabbing the initiative from him in an area where you have
assets.

keep up the good fight! its a better read than some of the books i finished lately...

LoBaron

edit: the usual typos i bet i didnt find all...



aztez -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/30/2009 2:25:52 PM)

Swenslim: That is an possibility. I say let him come. Actually I have now ordered 2 RN carriers + CVL Hermes into Cape Town. These ships will move into pacific theatre thus adding to my carrier power here.

I can protect India with lba fighters and surface fleet vessels.

Within 2 months I can muster 4 US carriers, 3 RN carriers and CVL Hermes. That force carries a punch. Add those new battleships and we are ready to rock againts KB itself.

Tanaka: Thank you! I will do just that.

Sardaukar: That's good information and weights on the 2nd phase of operations. I missed that part on the manual. I know I get extra troops if he invades southern oz or moves towards norhern india.

Checked the ground reinforcements and I will be getting a lot of british/indian troops within next 6 days. These will be deployed around Dacca, Chittadong and Calcutta.

LoBaron: Thank you and welcome to the thread.

I still do remember the 1st time I loaded up witp. At first I was ready to give up since I'am really not that much into hex wargames before. I stick to it and started "foolishly" my first PBEM againts Vorsteher (later he was replaced by FDR) ... and well rest is history as they say.

Actually I'am thinking to that effect myself. That is why RN carriers are heading into Pacific to join up with US ones. As said above I can muster total of 7 CV's and 1 CVL within next two months. That is an power that I feel can crush even the KB. If opportunity rises and I'am able to add some lba fighters + bombers into that mix than... well we might achieve a great victory.

Having said all this I must say that I need to be careful though since we are playing with NO respawn (it is an standard on gc scenario and we haven't edited this option) rule.

The iniative is important. It is not much so vs AI but againts an human opponent its an diffrent story. I learned that in my previous PBEM's with witp. I guess the master in this department would be Nemo since his psychological warfare can throw anyone out of balance.

We will do fight for it most definately. Don't worry about typos since It happens a lot to me too.



aztez -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/30/2009 2:27:31 PM)

China (march 27th and 28th 1942)


It became quite obvious what the constant ground bombardments and airstrikes meant.

Dave moved an blocking unit north of this hex and has now encircled the chinese army. I have some 1300av trapped.

Well, I have moved strong unit to intercept this "blocking" unit and expect this to be moved swiftly.

Another thing that I have now decieded is to start assaulting his forces occupying the entrapped hex. If you look back at the previous posting and check the rifle squad pools than it is quite obvious that I can sacrifice these troops if needed.

After realizing that it is much obvious that I want to inflict maxium damage to Dave so what is an better way to do this than start hammering his troops. I doubt these are well supplied either. These troops are actually expendable so let the battles begin,

I changed the Chungking supply needed to 21 000 supply points. At the moment there some 9000 piled up. If this is succesfull than we can upgrade some +70 AVG planes into P40E's and start our aircampaign here.

In the further up north 3 enemy tank regiments finally captured Kiuchuan. This was expected and we need to deal with this a bit later on.

Another good news is that my reinforcements are getting towards Sian quite nicely now since the roads are better. After this I can shuffle my troops around.

I changed quite a few replacements "on" units last turn. The key factor on these were the unit experience levels.

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aztez -> RE: March 1942 begins... Japanese push forward... (9/30/2009 2:28:29 PM)

Burma (march 27th and 28th 1942)

The IJA infantry division overrun the base at Magwe. This was not an suprise at all.

It seems that the main push is coming through Meikhta though since 8 enemy untis popped up in the base last turn.

I have withdrawn my infantry into Mandalay but considering the option to move them into Schwebo and finally into Myithkina. This is kind of 50/50% decision since I really don't want them to get routed too early.

That decision time is when next turn arrives.

Allied recon spotted some transports unloading at Rangoon. No information on the troop strenghts though.

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