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crsutton -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/22/2009 5:06:24 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Smeulders quote: ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK quote: I would love to flank him here but I doubt I have enough forces. As said in previous post those 3 units are propably worth of 700-1000av infantry. With the terrain bonus I would need 2500-3000av worth of infantry to succesfully do this move. I don't see an point doing this unless I'am sure I can actually do the job. Actually you need a heck of a lot less than that ..why ? Consider how supply works , can trace in or out of a contested hex but not through one. So all you really need to do is occupy the hexes feeding his big troop blocks and voila , no supply gets through. he has to kick you out of there not the other way round. Many WitP japanese agressors fail to understand this (or forget) and china can really hurt japan by doing this. The next huge bonus to this is the downfall of anyone who has all thier eggs in one big agressive stack (aka land death star) . Land movement system works similarly to supply i.e cant move from one contested to another. Therefore he cant just pull out a few divs from sian to open his supply lines again. So unless he has more uncomitted combat units closeby he can't supply sian , you bombard it for as long as poss and when hes really suffereing attack back. end of problem in china ! I;m sure it wont be as simple as that in practise as i've crucified at least 2 japanese players in china in WitP by doing this (they upped sticks and never contacted me again sadly :() . So unless AE has changed ground rules fundamentally this should still be possible. I was going to wait and do this vs LoBaron [:D] but i feel you could do with a potential winning plan in china [;)]... Bang goes my secret china strategy .. whoops. Actually now that hex ownership isn't 'remembered' by the computer , split up a corps or 2 and surround sian so he has no way out(war torn batered ones will do just fine ) , all else can be thown into a wooded roadblock so he has the x3 penaly to face, not you. Who knows , you may be on the verge of a stunning victory here , OR i just lost you the war in china .. either way its fun to watch [;)] I'm afraid you're incorrect, at the very least concerning the movement off troops, as long as he controls the hex-side leading from Siam to the South, he will be able to bring back divisions to break up any blocking troops, I also suspect he'll be able to trace his supply through the hex as long as he controls both hexsides leading along the road. Aztez, how good is the recon you have on those three units guarding the road ? He has an awful lot of good troops in Siam, so maybe those left are of lesser quality (Have the two units that got beaten out of Siam retreated further that you know off) ? On the other hand, you said you opponent is pretty careful, if so he won't be using Chinese units to guard important hexes. You could go and have a look with one weak corps though, if he sees the arrow going to his rear, he might just pull back some troops for extra security, if not, well Chinese troops are expendable. Yes, you must now click on the "w" key and look at the color of the hexsides. This is important if it your color-green for Allies, troops and supply can move.

LoBaron -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/22/2009 5:07:29 PM)
Aztez maybe this could be the time to really start thinking about a counter in CentPac! If you are able to coordinate your attack with his invasion of NZ this could make the situation very interesting at least. For NZ he needs a large number of troops, the KB because he needs to screen the landings and maybe provide initial ground support and probably every AK and AP thats servicable in the area. If you are able to time your attack with maybe day 3 or 4 of his landings where he is fully committed he would have very difficult choices to make and probably could not handle both tasks. This could have high chances of success. How far is your counterattack plan? It might even be worth it to at least do it on a smaller scale as you first planned if you still lack the time and the assets to go as planned.

aztez -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/22/2009 6:31:15 PM)
crsutton: That is an good trick and I have been hitting that "key" few times lately. LoBaron: I know it would be optium time to land in the north or in cenpac. Unfortunately I do not have the troops to pull this off. Well, I could land somewhere but that would rip off my defensive perimeter and he could let me "have it" and in meantime take NZ and after that hit somewhere else. I have troops incoming to the frontlines daily but a lot of them enter the map at Eastern US base from where they need to get into west coast cities. We do think much alike since counter invasion would to some good but I doubt it would do any good in the longrun. I already lost some +500av worth of solid infantry at Pago Pago. I checked and I could bring together maybe 1000av worth of units but to me that is not enough. Not nearly enough if that leaves some bases exposed. That is my honest evaluation of my strenghts at the moment.

LoBaron -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/22/2009 7:00:43 PM)
Too bad but naturally you have a much better asessment of your current capabilities. i guess youre right. Well...if it isnt NZ then maybe on the next opportunity after it. [;)]

aztez -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/22/2009 7:04:19 PM)
LoBaron: Maybe. I could send you the save with password if you want to take a look what happening. PM if intrested. Allthough I think 1000av is what I could muster without compromising too much elsewhere. The allied positions are still somewhat vulnerable allthough things are looking up. The basic concept you mentioned is what I'am looking for though.

jrlans -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/22/2009 11:04:55 PM)
What are you going to do about NZ? Do you have the PP and ships to try a quick evacuation of key units, or are you going to try to fight it out and hopefully get some benifit from the resitance. Personaly without fighters or bombers i think NZ will prety much be uncontestable. Im sure dave will land with overwhelming force as he has everywhere else. If you do try to pull out units whats your priority combat or eng?

Rob Brennan UK -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/22/2009 11:59:40 PM)
Regarding NZ ,, there are quite a lot of troops there and all in restricted HQ's .. if you have the PP's and dont want to risk front line american or australian troops. How about switching the combat formations on south island to non restricted NZ command and shipping them to North Island. He's v v v unlikely to invade south island 1st and this gives you some more AV at no additional risk as if N island falls , south cannot possibly stand alone so might as well make north island as much as a bastion as you can. PS you can safely base figheters here for defence , just make sure to disband/withdraw before you lose the last plane or get overrun , you'll get the groups back this way.

Sardaukar -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/23/2009 6:53:49 AM)
Remember also, that you get these troops, if he sets a foot on NZ: NZ 1x INF DIV (this is the veteran NZ division from Europe, should be at least as good as 6th and 7th AUS Div), arrives in Aden 3x inf bde 2x tank bde 1x cav regt 1x inf bn Those units in bold arrive in NZ...that is basically 2 div worth right there. I wonder if your opponent has read that you get extra troops if he invades NZ. I think In WitP one did not.

LoBaron -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/23/2009 8:00:06 AM)
Aztez: pm sent. I slept over the CentPac/NZ situation btw. and on second thought don´t do it now. Theres a couple of reasons against using the counter strategy right now: - if you do not have the forces to go in and stay (at least for a while) or even to accomplish half of your initial plan you may produce a situation the Japanese can easily ignore at least for some time and then hit back at their own discretion. If i was playing Japan and involved in a Big Hit like attacking NZ id ignore everything thats not remotely close to life threatening until things at NZ are under control. - it draws ressources from a similar later counter that could have more effect because your forces are ready then. - the strategical gains would be less or minimal if in case of victory you cant at least endanger the supply routes to the south or hold a staging point for future invasions and it looks like one or two islands is simply not enough for this. - you give away information to your opponent that you a planning for situations like this. (i guess he knows this can happen but theres no need to point his nose to it and looking on his skills and careful planning i guess repeating that adventure would be much harder than the initial plan. i wonder what the others think about this but this time maybe its better if "NZ can take it" [;)] I like Robs idea of concentrating on the northern island, not sure if you got the shipping in the area to do it in time though...

cfulbright -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/23/2009 3:50:59 PM)
quote: BTW, here is another ground combat tip for you that you may already know. If you get a stack of units locked into combat in a hex and the odds were in your favor or about even but as a result of the combat you have some units with high disruption, then you can put some (no more than about 20%) of your units into reserve (no pursuit) and they will recover from the disruption much faster. Your enemy can't see when you do this so as long as you leave enough units in combat mode this is a fairly safe gambit. Often one or two units will take the brunt of the disruption in a combat. If you set that one unit to reserve it will pull down the disruption very fast. Often I will do this one unit at a time, often leaving the artillery units to bombard, and cycle which units are in reserve over a few turns to get them all down to low disruption quickly. If you are doing this and your opponent is not doing it, you can often recover from disruption much quicker than he and launch an attack with better chances of success while he still has many units disrupted. Aha! I've putting troops into "Reserve [Pursuit]" and they haven't seemed to recover much faster than those in Combat. Now I know.

aztez -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/23/2009 5:08:42 PM)
Just got off from work and thankfully it is friday. I did the turn already and send it back to Dave. No situation updates tonight. I will post an 4 day update once the next turn arrives. Also I will try to do some offensive maps that I promised. It has been so busy in past few days that really haven't had time to do it. Thankfully it is weekend! jrlans: That is the million dollar question. The way I see thing I do have three separate options: a) I could bring in some extra infantry from Fiji area via evacuation. That would bolster the defenses in NZ. I did actually send in an transport TF this turn just in case I deciede to go through with this option. b) I'am already sending in troops from southern island into main island (Wellington + Auckland) so I'am short of PP at the moment. c) Let him have the island and concentrate my efforts elsewhere. One thing I'am not doing is to evacuate NZ. Too risky and far too expensive in terms of PP. IF I would go through with this than the focus would be on armoured and infantry units. You do get decent amount of engineers from west coast area. That is not the problem but infantry units can be. Rob: I'am doing just that. At the moment NZ Brigade is moving towards Wellington. That extra 80av there. The south islands are secondary targets and I doubt he is coming after them as you stated. I would put the fighter sceme in operation here you described unfortunately I seriously have shortage of them at the moment. Sardaukar: I didn't know those would amount to 600av worth of infantry. Thanks for information. I thought they would add up to maybe 300av. I wish he is unaware of this but knowing him that is not an option. He most definately knows about these troops and it is somewhat scary to think that this does not affect his offensive operations at all. LoBaron: Exactly. If I go into any crazy offensives now it will only serve as temporary help and in end accomplish nothing significant. Basically these troops become next juicy target for him and by massing up his forces he can overwhelm them due to the early nature of this game. Also as you said I don't want to tip out my hand just yet. It might relieve pressure in the southern areas but that might not be desirable in the longterm. There are other routes one can take towards japan if wanted. NZ will have to suck it up and fight. I can take this back later on IF I choose to do so. I looked and as said above the map doesn't necessarily need any southern allied offensives at all. cfulbright: That is an neat trick. I have used the reserve orders very cautiously in the AE. Due to the fact that it is not described very clearly on the manual.

Sardaukar -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/23/2009 5:58:00 PM)
I don't know if those NZ reinforcements are at full strength, but they are substantial anyway.

Swenslim -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/23/2009 7:31:24 PM)
Aztez, try to send more subs into Truk area, after his KB jorneys he is low on fuel and need to ressuply it very much - 200 000 tons of fuel definitly.

jrlans -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/23/2009 7:44:40 PM)
Actualy I think I would mass my subs around tulagi, and Noumea as that seems to be the jumping off point of the NZ invasion. If you can sink a couple transports enroute via subs you will disrupt his landing prety significantly. Every soilder killed at sea is one you dont have to kill on land.

cfulbright -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/23/2009 9:53:29 PM)
Just because he's set a unit's target to NZ doesn't mean he's really going there. Seydlitz or someone else earlier in this thread was talking about doing this as the Allied player of setting Marcus Is. as the target, but never actually invading.

jrlans -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/23/2009 10:18:41 PM)
Well i think most everyone is going under the assumption, because its the next logical step. Even if there is no NZ invasion, there would still probably be a fair amount of shipping in the area both consilidating and preping for the eventual invasion of Fiji. So I still think it is tacticaly sound to concentrate some subs (maybe the S boats if you could get them there) in the area.

aztez -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/24/2009 9:39:36 AM)
We managed to do few "quick turns" last night. The month of may is almost over. Sardaukar: Yeah, these troops most definately are useful if/when situation arises. Swenslim: I think it is too late to swamp Truk area since the next invasion is already in motion. (see pic below) Btw, that is intresting total. You saying it will take 200 000 fuel points to conduct large scale carrier operations? That is intresting. jrlans: I think New Caledonia / Fiji are is main area for the submarines. We spotted the enemy invasion forces and it seems Fiji will be next target. This means NZ will be assaulted once this threat is dealt with. Only problem with the above is that my main submarine fleet is elsewhere. At least we shall see some action again. cfullbright: No, it doesn't. You are absolutely. By setting up prepare for base ie. San Francisco.. well that intel could be related into allied signit. That function is one way to give out false intel also but with AE it seems that you really need those prep points or you will suffer badly on the initial landings.

aztez -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/24/2009 9:40:44 AM)
China (may 22nd - 27th 1942) There has been several ground assaults agains Sian. Chinese forces has been able to repulse every single assault allthough we have lost few fort levels. Ground combat at Sian (83,41) / may 24th 1942 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 160980 troops, 1311 guns, 485 vehicles, Assault Value = 4286 Defending force 106074 troops, 713 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2652 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Japanese adjusted assault: 1273 Allied adjusted defense: 3127 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 15552 casualties reported Squads: 45 destroyed, 459 disabled Non Combat: 44 destroyed, 757 disabled Engineers: 34 destroyed, 67 disabled Vehicles lost 74 (3 destroyed, 71 disabled) Allied ground losses: 12761 casualties reported Squads: 75 destroyed, 360 disabled Non Combat: 238 destroyed, 261 disabled Engineers: 26 destroyed, 25 disabled Guns lost 49 (34 destroyed, 15 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sian (83,41) / may 26th 1942 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 153653 troops, 1319 guns, 653 vehicles, Assault Value = 3794 Defending force 98997 troops, 624 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2346 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 2166 Allied adjusted defense: 2003 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: experience(-) Attacker: disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 13763 casualties reported Squads: 97 destroyed, 400 disabled Non Combat: 80 destroyed, 796 disabled Engineers: 17 destroyed, 34 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 80 (6 destroyed, 74 disabled) Allied ground losses: 8763 casualties reported Squads: 35 destroyed, 637 disabled Non Combat: 30 destroyed, 414 disabled Engineers: 8 destroyed, 15 disabled Guns lost 20 (12 destroyed, 8 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sian (83,41) / may 27th 1942 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 142413 troops, 1319 guns, 647 vehicles, Assault Value = 3169 Defending force 96193 troops, 626 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2049 Japanese adjusted assault: 901 Allied adjusted defense: 1390 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), experience(-) Attacker: disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 11402 casualties reported Squads: 57 destroyed, 566 disabled Non Combat: 81 destroyed, 360 disabled Engineers: 22 destroyed, 46 disabled Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 68 (21 destroyed, 47 disabled) Allied ground losses: 9370 casualties reported Squads: 148 destroyed, 256 disabled Non Combat: 129 destroyed, 391 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 17 disabled Guns lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled) These battles add up to already horrific losses suffered before. I wonder how long can he keep these up. I'am moving some fresh units into area in order to scope with these battles. These troops are still few days off. AVG was withdrawn since it really was utterly depleted and served no purpose at that battle condition. Chinese P43A Lancers made their debut. It didn't go all as planned since the loss ratio was 3:1 in japanese favour. [image]local://upfiles/15617/EE9E10C8C0FE4F549C5C5409D1525CEE.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/24/2009 9:42:08 AM)
Fiji (may 22nd . 27th 1942) The pic speaks volumes and the next invasion is about to begin. These enemy ships were spotted by our bombers flying naval search missions on may 26th. It really is obvious that this invasion is carrier covered since I lost 4 Hudsons on these search missions. The intel is still a bit vague but it seems he has maybe 6-10 separate TF's moving towards Fiji. I have upped P40E's into 70% CAP while P39D's are set on 20% and the main mission as navalstrikes at 9000 feet. More news from here once the turn arrives. [image]local://upfiles/15617/6172A4728A264715BA838DE455510FD8.jpg[/image]

Sardaukar -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/24/2009 10:49:29 AM)
I'd drop P39s in Naval Attack to 6k, this is in my experience most useful height for bombers other than dive bombers. Not to mention, this will be interesting! [8D]

aztez -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/24/2009 12:48:37 PM)
Sardaukar: Too late to change alltitude since the turn is already sent but I will drop it to 6000 feet if these guys were unable to do damage. Personally I never have used P39D's in naval strikes before so intresting to see what the results are. I have read that they can do a lot of damage and since they fighter bombers it might be hard to shoot them down too. Maybe they could even cripple CV or something! [:D] I know that is very optimistic thinking but one needs to keep spirit up until the turn arrives at least. It will be intresting for sure! The Fiji islands are no walk in park type of mission for the japanese.

bklooste -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/24/2009 1:03:35 PM)
That recon in china is interesting and an eye opener.. Where is he weak as a Japan player you don't have that much . What is NE of Kaifeng ? ICHang is prob a Single division or 2 Brigades and the rest base force and support. Still Hankow can reinforce.

aztez -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/24/2009 1:21:59 PM)
bklooste: I have only one recon unit operational at china currently so gathering intel is slow. I wll focus it to Ch anghsa area next. He has quite a few units there but I have no idea what these troops are. If he has 1 division + 2 brigades (assumingly behind lvl 3-4 forts) than that would require 2500av worth of chinese there to knock them out) I don't have that much extra unless ofcourse he doesn't have much near Changhsa. As for NE Kaifeng. No idea than again I don't much either since this war in china has been such an bloodbath. I think he has released units from Manchuko though. I might retake Nanning for the fun of it. That would knock two units out war for longtime. The problem currently is at Sian. There are troops but so much has been disabled! I wonder how to speed up recovering process? It is VERY slow and propably due to supply situation. Also how fast do his troops recover from disabled status back into action. I do not know this. The active av worth at Sian is now at 1600av but if those disabled units would recover the tide might be turned swiftly.

SuluSea -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/24/2009 5:35:00 PM)
Aztez, the japanese bombardments take out too many chinese troops to hold any contested city for too long. It will be interesting to see what goes on around Chung King when the time comes, my view is more of the same. What size airfield do you have on Suva? Best of luck my friend.

offenseman -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/24/2009 6:53:22 PM)
I am playing Japan vs the AI with a strict rule that I cannot buy units from restricted commands. It is amazing the difference between that and when you can buy them. Aztez, I think you are going to be in for some good luck in the coming months. Hang in there- I can see where he is going to have some logistical issues soon. In fact, the fights that have occurred in China must have worn down his armor to the point where he is out of it. In my AI game I started expanding vehicle dramatically on turn one. As of August 42 production has not come close to keeping up with my demands. I have fought very hard in China just as he has. He has to be near the point where some of his units are worn down in equipment and fatigue/morale. Hang in there!!!

aztez -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/24/2009 7:50:32 PM)
SuluSea: That is true. Allthough the only bombardment I have recieved lately is with his airforce. This has nothing to do with lack of ground artillery. After the initial bombardment which was way off balance (we both thought so) Dave restrained him by not doing it again. He did not not promise there would be none but that he is using it conservative way in China. That is true gentleman speaking. I will pay off the same courtesy if needed later on. Another good example on how to deal with issues that are bound to rise up when you enter PBEM games. I'am not yet focused on Chungking. At the moment I'am busy maximizing the casualty levels at Sian or if lucky even holding the city. Who knows.. those disabled squads are giving me headache and I guess it is safe to say that same thing goes for the japanese too. I think the Suva airfield was size 5.. not 100% sure but I will check when the next turn arrives. Thanks and we shall need some luck for sure! offenseman: Most certainly those changes shift the balance. I have no idea how much is actually out of Manchuko but at least some armoured units, artillery and aircraft. As for infantry or engineers well no intel/idea on those troops. Lets hope so since the luck department has been avoiding me so far. I read somewhere (propably in chinese threads in war room or in the long discussion in general forum) that he had expanded his armour/vehicle production. Even with that I would assume he is short on them after these assaults. We will hang in the game and the end curtain and credentials are far away. Thanks for cheer and kind words. No turn yet so no idea what has happened in Sian nor Fiji area.

aztez -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/25/2009 8:18:51 AM)
China (may 29th - 30th 1942) There were no ground offensives at Sian last turn. Allthough it seems he is definately preparing for one since he has now 47 units at Sian. Instead we had large scale airstrikes againts the city and land artillery bombardments! Here are the rounds of artillery fire he conducted: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sian (83,41) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 131388 troops, 1306 guns, 267 vehicles, Assault Value = 3063 Defending force 92288 troops, 636 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1709 Allied ground losses: 3066 casualties reported Squads: 34 destroyed, 93 disabled Non Combat: 56 destroyed, 77 disabled Engineers: 9 destroyed, 12 disabled Guns lost 32 (24 destroyed, 8 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sian (83,41) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 133408 troops, 1306 guns, 267 vehicles, Assault Value = 3667 Defending force 90461 troops, 617 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1622 Allied ground losses: 3039 casualties reported Squads: 35 destroyed, 122 disabled Non Combat: 75 destroyed, 91 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled) Ok.. basically he destroyed 60-70 infantry squads and disabled +200 of them. All this adds is another minus 100-200av. The bombardment modelling within the game requires a lot of fine tuning! Otherwise the turn was quiet in china. [image]local://upfiles/15617/93EDA59C9ACE42478B235850E5C08BBF.jpg[/image]

aztez -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/25/2009 8:20:00 AM)
Fiji (may 29th - 30th 1942) Allied lba fighters dueled with KB near Nadi. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Nadi at 130,161 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 51 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 14 P-40E Warhawk x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships BB Hiei CV Zuikaku Aircraft Attacking: 6 x P-39D Airacobra attacking from 100 feet No luck with this one but at least few bombers got through. The retaliation came swiftly as Zero fighters sweeped Suva and divebombers assaulted our troops at Kandavu Island. The main invasion force has not yet revealed itself. I think he is waiting for his carriers to gain air superiority in the area. There are at least 6 diffrent TF's in the same hex where he has his carriers placed. I think he is using the follow TF option and has set transport/invasion TF as an lead unit. We lost around 40 fighters while his losses are reported as 16 Zero fighters shot down. [image]local://upfiles/15617/59B3860A2D5246D0A6EDD730A58CF941.jpg[/image]

seydlitz_slith -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/25/2009 1:51:33 PM)
Interesting that he landed at Kandavu first. That may indicate that he wants to establish a base for LBA that he can use in the coming battle without having to risk his carriers after he achieves initial air superiority. It also works as a refuge in case one of his carriers are hit since there will be an emergency airfield that the plane would fly to instead of being lost.

String -> RE: May 1942 begins... (10/25/2009 1:57:45 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: seydlitz Interesting that he landed at Kandavu first. That may indicate that he wants to establish a base for LBA that he can use in the coming battle without having to risk his carriers after he achieves initial air superiority. It also works as a refuge in case one of his carriers are hit since there will be an emergency airfield that the plane would fly to instead of being lost. A good tactic all in all. One used by USN at Okinawa iirc.

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