John 3rd -> Six Months of War Summary (1/24/2006 8:07:48 PM)
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A busy May 1942 closes with major progress having been made for the Imperial Navy and Army. HUGE operations are about commence and planning has begun on future possiblities. I had REALLY hoped to have the capture of Manila and all those troops done this month but it will occur within June. The Forts are coming down quickly and will be ready for the taking soon. My doggedness with Changsha is FINALLY going to pay off (thank you Moses) and I will have it within a few days. My Anchorage Invasion will start tomorrow or the day after. I intend to destroy whatever troops are there. The back door is closed by my landing east of Anchorage. My hope is to grab the city, port, AF and 35-50,000+ American troops! If I can do that, then this whole northern adventure will payoff handsomely... With the fall of the Philippines and then Anchorage, I will be looking at new possiblities. Right now, Operation Eastern Wind is on hold while at Phase 2: Johnson, French Frigate Shoal, Midway, and Palmyra taken. I am strongly considering an Invasion of New Zealand. Everything, from here on out, has the goal of destroying Fleet units or large numbers of troops. Australia might still be on the burner as well... Let me go through the Industrial Statistics: Score 3.67 to 1---last month, the ratio was 3.8 to 1 Japan 19,771 +1,572 for the month of May US/Allies 5,382 +596 Ships Sunk Japan 113 1,164 VP Losses--1CVL (Shoho), 2BC (Haruna/Hiei), 1CA, 3CL, 9DD, 15SS Allies 225 3,127 VP Losses--3CV (Lexington, Yorktown, Enterprise), 1BB (Arizona), 5CA, 7CL, 29DD, 10SS For the month, I only lost 7 ships--2CL, 2SS for major combtants. On the bright side, I managed to save CVL Zuiho! That was nice. For the month, Wolfpack lost 39--NICE! [:D]--1CA, 3DD, 1SS, and 35 TK/AK. The bulk of those came from my CV Raids east of Hawaii and my continued mid-ocean Surface Intercepts east of New Zealand. Industrial Statistics: Supply 2,001,934 Fuel 3,232,923 Manpower 817 (319,639) Heavy Industry 13,946 (57,608) Resources 19,242 (1,584,274) Oil 2458 (1,349,363) Have some ups and downs here but everything seems good. All resource areas are repaired or getting repaired. I have expanded my HI some... Naval Shipyards 1,322 (0)---up 27 Merchant Shipyards 969 Shipyard Repair 1135---up 76 Armament 661 (55,032)---up 33 Vehicles 155 (5,757)---up 18 Aircraft Engines 1411---up 24 Aircraft Assembly 898+(182-rd)---up 53 and 57 respectively My economy continues to expand at a slow, but steady pace. I have been crippled in my campaign against Moses due to excess expansion. It has hurt me for nearly six months of game time. I will not repeat that mistake here... Monthly Plane Production: Fighters: A6M2 124 A6M3 172 Oscar 182 Bombers: Sally 101 Helen 74 Betty 101 Val 50 Kate 40 Transports: Tina 14 H6K2-L (Mavis) 4 Topsy 5 Float/Recon: Alf 4 Glen 3 Dinah 8 Emily 16 I have decent pools of nearly everything except Army Bombers. I forgot about several Daitai that come in with Sallys and so I had to bump up production there. Looking good nearly everywhere else.
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