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zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (7/19/2015 10:40:26 PM)

further Intel Monkey data quickly sorted:
at Nadi: 3rd IND ENG Rgt, 11th RF gun Bn, 4th Tank Rgt
at Suva: 14th Army HQ, 21st IND ENG Rgt, 21st med Arty Bn, 10th Special BF, 48th Division, 22nd AA Rgt, Wake coastal gun Bn, 13th Air flotilla




zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (8/2/2015 3:50:46 PM)

Cripes, I try to retake Norfolk and am again crushed by KB. I had really, really, hoped it had withdrawn to refit.


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zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/5/2015 4:27:34 PM)

whoops




zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/5/2015 4:33:49 PM)

attached

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zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/5/2015 8:55:54 PM)

A response:


In Tokyo the war cabinet is split in two factions.

One faction advocates to spurn any contacts from the allied side for a negotiated end to hostilities. They believe that Japan cannot be defeated and points at the last years conquest of vast territories
with an abundance of vital resources. With Chinas back broken, what is now to stop the advance into India?
Why give up anything with a settlement.

The other faction is aware of the first years victories have been made against an enemy only now swinging into gear. So far battle has only been made against poorly trained and inadequate armed troops.
And where is the decisive victory at sea they ask. There is none.

The enemy naval forces are in general intact, and they point at the meagre building program undertaken in the Japanese naval yards.
Only few new carriers can be expected inside the next year. As a stop gap measure a conversion program has been undertaken. All the cruiser seaplane carriers will be converted to true carriers, but   
Work is progressing disappointing slow.

The navy also point out that too many of their new pilots do not have the skills to even land proper on the carriers let alone fight the enemy.
They have seen the shipyards in the United States during tours as naval attaches. They have travelled across the vastness of America and seen the factories.
They pray that American resolve has been shaken. If not the path ahead will be much harder.

The enemy has lately shown great enterprise in trying to start a push back, but the forces available to the enemy has so far been too few, and the Japanese defensive strategy has paid off.
Let the enemy come to us, let him be exposed at sea and quick and hard counterstrikes will defeat him.  – but Japan cannot afford to lose any large naval engagement.  There is no reserves
Every battle I all or nothing. But the enemy still keeps coming.

The Emperor listen and stay silent. What can he do? What should he do?






zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/5/2015 11:28:52 PM)

Fort those that have never seen it.


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zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/5/2015 11:34:35 PM)

Southeast Asia


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zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/6/2015 1:19:08 PM)

The response:
Much time and effort is put into this game when playing against a dedicated opponent like yourself, so we owe to try match that effort also when things start  to go against oneself on the battlefield
I feel I can muster the same dedication to this game as I have done so far -  also when the going starts to get though and from there go to worse. I think there could be so much to get out of this great game after 1942.
So my choice is to fight on

I also know that it can be hard to keep a same level of dedication to a game, if ones thinks that something fundamental has gone wrong from the start and you now have no chance to remedy this.
One will end up always looking at the flaw and not the whole and the whole damn thing will fell wrong and eventually will peter out some way or another.
If that is the case, I would rather stop while it has been a great ride all the way. There is always a new game ahead if one chooses to do so – a clean slate.



zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/6/2015 1:21:49 PM)

Any comments??



zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/6/2015 5:06:25 PM)

general position in the Pacific


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BBfanboy -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/6/2015 9:48:43 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

Any comments??

I think the AV system sucks when it happens this early. In 1942 the Allies are whipping boys for the Japanese and they deserve a turn at gaining the upper hand! The game should be played out to the end of 1943 before any decision to reset or continue is made. Exception if the Allies lose their carriers en-masse and the game becomes a slow grind of LBA and land action. I book in for the naval action ...

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Mike McCreery -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/6/2015 10:39:37 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

Any comments??


I smashed up my carrier forces at the end of my last game and continued on.

Didnt regret it.

For me this is more of a hobby than a game. it continues on and I learn from all of it, even when I am down.



zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/7/2015 2:51:05 PM)

Alright, lets do this. Thank you fellows.
priority 1: Get all amphibious upgrades in line. Ships able to refit to APA and AKA assemble and head to the yards
               at Stockton and Mare Island. Not worth further risk at sea. LST and LSI assemble under escort and deploy
               to forward embarkation points. Christmas Island is well defended. Should KB try a strike here I would sacrifice
               a handful of LSTs to shred his naval aviator corp under intense AAA and CAP. My largest losses are in US DDs.
               The Fletchers will have to work hard. I will bolster the defenses against bombardment.
priority 2: The losses in B17s and B24s has also been brutal. It will take 90 days just to get three or four groups filled out.
               The southeast Asia groups will get all the attention first. The groups in SW PAC are at 90%. I will continue to harass
               Rangoon at night though.



zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/7/2015 4:53:33 PM)

courtesy of Intel Monkey, IJ positions in SoPac. 


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KB currently 360nm due east of Suva, probably covering withdrawal
of victorious division recently having recaptured airfield there.



zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/7/2015 8:41:34 PM)

Friday, Jan. 1, 1943 
Alameda is designated as refit location for APs. Six arrive today, three more tomorrow, three more in forty eight hours. AKs are herded into Mare Island.
I will corral them there till the attack transports are ready. The first LSTs arrive Pearl. xAKs which can refit to AKAs depart Australia. Another convoy with supply,
a/c, and support depart for the Line Islands. I doubt Lars has further interest in the Aleutians, but I send more support there anyway. Digging slow in winter.
Burma is quiet except for my smallish, continuing air offensive. I can't seem to get Paoshan (occupied) to starve. I am now going to attack the city at night as well as the airfield by day. I thought I could "walk" the bombing back to Kunming. I know he has Tojos somewhere on that road.

** forgot to mention, Cpt Murray on board the Big E sighted off the Bonin Islands.[X(]

***I was thinking, maybe surprise Tokyo before dreaded AV appeared. Now thinking how fast is flank speed.




zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/7/2015 11:19:04 PM)

Jan 2 '43


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witpqs -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/7/2015 11:39:27 PM)

Nice move. Would have been sweet if there were a couple of hits to punctuate things!



zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/8/2015 10:25:03 AM)

amen!



ny59giants -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/8/2015 11:50:40 AM)

Your Avengers were set for 1000' and thus used their LowN skills vs NavB skills. Is that what you wanted?? I like to set bombers on naval missions to have 10% on NavS.

IMO, the American economy is about to shift into 3rd gear with the next model of B-24s coming out next month, the first Corsairs, Hellcats, and Essex Class CVs. You should be rubbing your hands with glee now, not whining. [:D]



zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/8/2015 9:12:59 PM)

To be honest, I had the TBFs at 1,ooo' with the amateur thought they could hit better than glide altitudes as they are only trained in torpedo attacks. The desired
effect is reached regardless as the IJN egresses from the AO. I bet they steam right for Arorae to take down that small outpost, it would fit the MO to a tee. Should I actually begin to see his intentions now, as I believe I am, it will make spring a surprise for him. (rubbing hands with glee! (snicker)).



zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/11/2015 5:24:45 PM)

update/rehash

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zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/11/2015 6:18:39 PM)

Intell update:


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zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/11/2015 6:21:53 PM)

B17 over flights of Niuaf'oa show the 18th division, his reaction force, has vacated the island. Wildcat, recon trained, birds
will take a look tonight. I noticed he is shipping in supply to PM by small fast transport. I'm going to try another interdiction.



zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/12/2015 8:35:51 PM)

Talking about logistics is dangerous:


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January 9



zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/12/2015 8:46:11 PM)

Two days later, more action in SwPac at sea. The Zeros were scrambled from Buna and must have flown in overnight.
Fortunately the Marauders are fast and perform the old in and out perfectly.


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zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/12/2015 8:50:52 PM)

One of the last pockets of resistance in China faces armor and daily bombing raids, they have no chance


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zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/13/2015 2:06:49 PM)

Yenan falls.....18,ooo+ go into internment.



zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/13/2015 6:48:29 PM)

The dark days .....continue


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zuluhour -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/14/2015 10:52:39 PM)

question: We are in Dababes and I can't find a navy squadron to use the navy liberator model. Any ideas????



witpqs -> RE: To Young to Die, To Old to Rock and Roll (9/15/2015 12:08:44 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

question: We are in Dababes and I can't find a navy squadron to use the navy liberator model. Any ideas????

Some PBY squadrons upgrade to it. Others you can do yourself if you have PDU on. Do you?



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