jwilkerson -> RE: Amis vs Aussies - World Domination(no jrcar or Tony) (7/18/2010 6:12:04 PM)
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01-02 Nov 1942 Thailand Our "defense" of Burma has been overrun by Allied telephone pole of 30+ units. Of the six divisions we had in Burma, one, the 55th (two regiments only) is split between Tavoy and Andaman, another, the IG, is cut off and will have to try to walk through the Jungle towards Hanoi. The 5th Division defending along the main Allied axis of Advance will try to withdraw towards Bangkok. The 18th Division is cut off still in Burma, the 33rd and 38th Divisions are in Bankok with the 33rd planning to hold there and the 38th enroute to Singapore. Lack of air defense hampers any effort to slow the allies down. The "Tojo" airplane seems to die a little slower than the Oscars - but does not shoot things down any better. Banda Sea We continue to wonder what the Allies are waiting for in this area - their bombers - probably all skill 99 on bombing by now - can destroy all the supply on the ground even without landing any troops. All the Allies need to do is pick the next base they wish to land on and land on it - whether enemy troops are there or not is mostly irrelevant. China Our last offensive thrust against Kukong was stopped - so we are pulling back. We will continue to try to hold in China as long as we can. Production In an effort to preserve some production for as long as possible - we are shutting down as much production now as we can. So most aircrarft production is shut down - except for a few critical types. Ship production also - especially expensive types - are shut down. These measures are resulting in a more rapid accumulation of HI points - though Naval and Merchant points are still be accumulated as well. We are also shutting down Naval and Merchant point consumption to slow the consumption of HI. These measures are "normal" activities for Japan in 1944 WITP games, but I am a bit surprised to be putting them in place in 1942! Air War The IJA has gone into "minimal coverage" mode on the air war. There seems to be a big difference between having a little bit of air defense and having none. The 4EB (with 99 ground bombing skill) can knock out any air base in one turn - so having lots of planes at one base has been the worst idea. Spreading out a few planes at a lot of bases at least slows things down - and in 1944 (a.k.a. 1942) that is the Japanese goal - slow down the pace of the Allied advance as much as possible. [image]local://upfiles/7611/66977C90264448338EF7728521B48FB2.jpg[/image]
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