Slitherine

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I wonder if its worth to include Urrupu-Jima in your plans. Maybe in excange to the dot base SW of Onnekotan. Closer and a potential lvl 3.

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Well planned this could turn the war.

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ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK

Not to mention its withing 15 hexes of the mainland i.e Kamikazi activation. Is there a date limit like in WitP ?? not sure.

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ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK

Kuriles .. humm

I've perused the map and while a lot of those islands (and 1 good dot base) have potential level 3-4 airfields (i.e 6-7 maxed) the ports stink. not one is bigger than a size 1 !
Most of the airfields will be starting at 0 too unless japans building them (unlikely bar parumashiro). and apart from the 2 northern most and the next dot base all are in easy sweep range of Hokkaido which starts with airfields built upto level 4 and closest can be pushed to an 8 so you will be facing serious japanese landbased air too. Its also very likely that KB will be in japan unless you see it elsewhere too so quick reaction range as well. On top of that i would put good money hes got or will soon have long range patrol planes covering the seas approaching so you may well be spotted early. I would avoid this untill your carriers can face both KB and land based air ( given leaky CAP the betties/nells while taking horrific losses could cause some serious harm while he has good pilots). Not to mention its withing 15 hexes of the mainland i.e Kamikazi activation. Is there a date limit like in WitP ?? not sure.

However not to pour doom and gloom over everything . Operation bulldozer has a lot more going for it. He doesnt have that many large air fields in range either (suva being the exception and its still too far for zero sweeps or escorted bombers) and if KBs in Japan thats several days delay and he'll have to refuel along the way too adding more time.Also recon flights are possible, cats might reach and wouldnt be that out of the ordinary to trigger an immediate response. Cats over the Kuriles would set alarm bells off in Rangoon . esp if you spend a few days over canton/baker etc.

With a rough head count of defenders you will have at least some recon here (vs nil in the aleutians) and maybe most importantly NZ to run to if it all goes down the toilet.
get enough men/eng/everything and head for a non atoll .. flatten it ! while small regimental units tried atoll asaults (he cant be strong on every island). and then reinforce what you got easily. retire to regounp/run away. then either he bases KB here for the rest of the war or you go back in a month and mop up the rest. start prepping now for a possible nov/dec 42 attack. maybe even build up the aleutians as a diversion.

As a strategic plan ,, take this stepping stone(pago) then drive north Phoenix/gilbers/marshalls then West .. and all of a sudden noumea/rabaul(poss) and Fiji are left hanging wide open and sompletely unsupplied. If he hasnt evacuated them then leave them alone for 6 months if he does then follow closely up behind him taking bases easily. Apart from the initial land grab you'll also have LBA support (even if only LR bombers in some cases) all the way.

Additionally by late 42 you should have better pools if nothing else(at least US stuff) while the RAF battle it out over india/burma.

<sing>

Oh Aztez has been fighting hard
Of that we all argee
But will he get to Tokyo
Before 1963 ?

<i will never sing again , i promise>

anyway that just my advice , feel free to shred/delete/use as toilet paper anything you disagree with.

PS .. 1'st disgreement with LoBaron here

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I wonder if its worth to include Urrupu-Jima in your plans. Maybe in excange to the dot base SW of Onnekotan. Closer and a potential lvl 3.

suicide , utter madnees , lunacy (cough) .. made my point

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Well planned this could turn the war.

For either side ! its way too risky imo. Aztez loses in the kuriles and he's not going anywhere in the pacific untill 44. Granted if it worked perfectly then 'maybe' just 'maybe' it might stay alive long enough to hurt japan, but you cant unload many supplies on a level 1 port and whats to cover all the endless convoyes needed going to and fro up here .. not to mention WINTER ! ..

the only way this could imo work is if Aztez somehow manages to sink KB and the japanese surface fleet. Look at the supply chain , those ports cant rearm a fishing boat let alone a destroyer. so back to dutch harbour for 4 inch shells ? (ok an AKE would sort this but whos supplying the AKE with supplies? ). everything would have to be taken along as amphibious cargo and allied AK's esp xAK's take forever unloading supply on that mission type.

ok ,, end PS rant ..and no singing

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ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

One thing with Kuriles-invasion is that it releases the Kamikaze-option to Japanese in 1/1/1944, by owning base within 20 hexes from Tokyo. Not sure if that is necessarily a good idea.

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Must-stop-posting-on-complex-issues-after-beer-before-going-to-bed. *sigh*

• Moose/Kuriles - I don't think this has great strategic value in the long run. It is closer to his home islands than your nearest ports. The best you can do is build up Adak to a level 8 port. It also isn't going to make him overcommit to anything as he has interior lines and this is very close to his home base.
  
• Bulldog/Samoa - This is exactly what he is expecting and waiting for you to do. Taking is going to cause to expend a lot of effort for something you already owned. Its only strategic value is as a shorter journey for your convoys to the SW pacific. But it is clear this isn't going to be the decisive theatre any longer as you've already lost the Solomons and surrounding areas.
  

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We are in no rush to commit into large scale offensive actions.

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ORIGINAL: Yamato_Blitzer

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We are in no rush to commit into large scale offensive actions.

Forget that.

Oh, and Kurilles looks awesome, won't bad weather work in your favor if he's trying to intervene and stop you? your ships get more damaged but what about invading during the worst months on purpose? Worse weather means far less chance (and in some cases a total void) of all-out carrier clashes, you can neutralize that risk for the time being, therefor securing a crucial foot hold and at the same time giving yourself even more time for the advantage of allied CV build up

Furthermore, I demand the moral operation of sending significant American ground and air forces into China, A non-stop dagger blitz from the Southern coast to Peking! Totally annihilating the CEF (or rather the CEF and the Manchuko Garrison, that cheap bastard)

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Hmmm, you are talking about OFF map movement and than jumping through into DEI? That would be an bold move and also risky. This could be done though via Cape Town but the travelling times are long and it would be one hell of an invasion fleet send through Panama canal. Intresting... need to think this too.

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Is that 75% figure written in stone? I mean he is unloading in 3 separate bases as we speak. The weather forecast shows severe storms all around them.

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I didn't know you started an PBEM vs LoBaron? I assume you are the "good" guys!

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ORIGINAL: Rob Brennan UK

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I didn't know you started an PBEM vs LoBaron? I assume you are the "good" guys!

If you mean by 'good guys' the liberators of the evil european nations .. yes . we are just playing the 1000 mile scenario .. no spoilers pls all as we havnt looked at each others setup or reinforcements .. its good fun.