RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI

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BBfanboy -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (2/2/2020 7:12:18 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: L0ckAndL0ad Well, yeah, but that's for a day bombing against medium fighter opposition. As soon as P-38s start flying offensive sweeps, I'll try lowering the altitude. Another note. Kind of a geography question. Do I even need to land on the eastern hex at Guadalcanal? I'm pretty sure I can just land on the NW hex, and then attack from there over land. Won't be forced to Shock Attack this way. If the opposition is smaller there, then why not try it instead of landing at Lunga hex? Thoughts? Landing at Tassafaronga is a possibility, but there are some problems: 1. it is usually mined 2. it takes a long time to march from Tassafaronga to Lunga 3. supply does not propagate well through the Jungle/Rough terrain 4. you have to go further into enemy bomber coverage to get to Tassafaronga 5. I don't have the SPS specs, but I am sure it cannot be built as high as Lunga and will not likely be able to provide much support to the ground troops (bombing and naval support against enemy bombardments) I am not sure why you feel you have to rush to take Lunga. Bypass, isolate, reduce by bombing and bombardment and then take it on. You can afford time, the Japanese cannot.

RangerJoe -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (2/2/2020 8:50:46 PM)
It will take a long time walking through a malarial jungle. That said, if it is unoccupied then take it with something small so there is no retreat hex from Lunga.

L0ckAndL0ad -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (2/3/2020 7:04:03 PM)
These are really good points! Supply flow, especially! Thanks! I'm not in a particular hurry to take anything, to be honest. Especially with Japanese still having carrier superiority over me. But with KB hiding behind the lines, there's not that much I can do anyway. I even fear that I broke the KB's AI and it's stuck forever in the "Strike Port Moresby from Bismarck Sea" mode. It happened more than a few times by now, like once each month. Also, I need to train for a possible PBEM game I may have in the future! I do need more time to buy out infantry divisions from US West Coast, for SWPA operations (New Guinea campaign). But I already have enough troops to start the Solomons campaign, and to continue down the Gilberts/Marchalls route. Doing that at the same time is probably a bad idea, though. I don't want to spread out my main offensive naval forces anyway. Jan 31, 1943 CBI As expected, escorting bombers isn't always goes as planned. Despite high altitude, a group of bombers that somehow misplaced their escorting P-40s on the way to Mandalay lost 1x B-24D and 1x B-25C to enemy fighters. 11x P-38Es flew out on a sweep mission, but faced great opposition as well, losing 1x P-38, still claiming 2x Ki-43-Ic Oscars. In other bad news, Mandalay isn't the only hot spot. Rangoon is also used to attack the units on the border. And it's much harder to reach from India. Oh well... SoPac A bit of good news... My fast BB group visited Baker Island before retiring to Pearl. quote: Night Naval bombardment of Baker Island at 149,136 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses H6K4 Mavis: 15 damaged H6K4 Mavis: 2 destroyed on ground Ki-27b Nate: 12 damaged Ki-27b Nate: 2 destroyed on ground A6M3a Zero: 2 damaged A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed on ground Allied Ships BB Indiana BB South Dakota BB Washington CA Wichita CA Vincennes CA Quincy CA San Francisco CA Minneapolis Japanese ground losses: 384 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 29 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled) Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 11 Runway hits 13 Port hits 19 Port supply hits 2 BB Indiana firing at Baker Island BB South Dakota firing at Baker Island BB Washington firing at Baker Island CA Wichita firing at Baker Island CA Vincennes firing at 35th JAAF AF Bn CA Quincy firing at Baker Island CA San Francisco firing at Baker Island CA Minneapolis firing at Baker Island [image]local://upfiles/59456/8D31456E297F424B8E58DD20E63B8D10.jpg[/image]

RangerJoe -> RE: GC Diary: L0ckAndL0ad (A) vs AI (2/3/2020 7:26:45 PM)
At this time, you want to be aided by land based air. You won't be strong enough in carrier air to attack against the KB and land based air. Use your 4Es to shut down enemy airfields close to the target. Use some fast bombardment groups covered by land base air. DDs will work and are hard to hit with torpedoes.

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