Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

I went back and read again Q-Ball and CR AARs. I won't reveal anything to CR but i really think that at this point the games are not anymore comparable. In June Q-Ball was approaching Bombay and was building an airbase at Poona. The air numbers are defenetly different! Q-Ball wasn't using waves of 1000 a/cs from level 9 AFs...

how long can my air groups last? how long can they put a decent defensive wall on Karachi? Tough to say...still have 230 fighters in pool now...but at this rate they could last for 1 week...not more...

Tomorrow we should recieve another 20k supply convoy from Aden...that should recover the supply loss of the last week of air operations and base buildings.

Now i'm just very concerned about my AA...what am i doing wrong with flak?? I have 7 AA units at Hyderabad with lots of 3.7 and 40mm AA guns but it seems they cannot even damage the japanese bombers...even when they fly at 13k...that sounds pretty strange to me...any clue or suggestion? how can i make my AA more effective?

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ORIGINAL: SoliInvictus202

just wondering - when you come up with a new plan every 1 or 2 weeks - how do you prep your troops for the targets? - it's just that if you land with anything less than 100 percent prep points you'll suffer huge disablement and losses during the landing!....

just something else to consider....

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ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

GreyJoy-

Can you post a map of Eastern Oz (AE Mapwise), Pago Pago, Suva, and all of the those islands that are your lifeline between US and Oz?  It will probably take more than one screen shot.

Would you also be able to list what the strength (LCU & AGs) and buildup (AF, Port, Fort, Supply, and Fuel) is on the following:

Brisbane
Perth
Suva
Pago Pago
Sidney
Cookstown
Townsville
Charters Town

Thanks.  Just wanting to see how you're fairing in an area I haven't heard much from you on.

Thanks.

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Your opponent has been blockading Karachi, more or less, for two months. He took Bombay, Surat, the base across the bay from Surat, and Socatra in May (if memory serves). For more than a month he's been orchestrating a massive aerial battle for northwest India. He has hundreds of ground units in India. He's had plenty of time since his last major conquests to arrange everything "just so" and to kick off the final campaign to eradicate the Allies in India....

So where is he? What's he doing? Surely he isn't going to get cold feet just when he had everything set up to his liking?

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

It's not good strategy:

1.  If he had imposed an airtight blockade of Karachi, perhaps he could take his own sweet time.  But he hasn't.

2.  Thus, he doesn't know when the next reinforcements will arrive at Karachi.  For all he knows, a 420-AV UK Division could arrive tomorrow.  No Japanese player - especially an experienced one - would give the Allies another month or two to bring in another 1,000 or more AV plus life-giving supplies.

3.  It would be easier and less costly for him to eradicate your airforce by reducing you to just one airfield.  If he took Ahmadebad, Jodpur, Hyderabad, Delhi, etc., so that you were down to just Karachi, the Allied airforce would be toast.  You wouldn't be able to rotate your aircraft or repair damage fast enough, and his pilots wouldn't be flying as far over enemy territory.

Since rader is an experienced player, he wouldn't be doing these things if he really intended to go for northwest India.  Thus, he may not be coming.  And yet I can't beileve an experienced player like him would make such a huge mistake in letting you off the hook.  Wow!

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ORIGINAL: Miller

I am a JFB but certainly routing for GreyJoy in this one. Re his a/c losses....In scn 2 at this stage of the game he can be building 500 fighters a month without hurting his industrial capacity in other areas. How many 1st line fighters do the Allies get in total per month at the moment? Even the 2-3:1 Ratio of kills you are seeing is probably favouring him at the moment.

PILOT losses are another matter, especially IJN pilots....as there are not very many land based Claude/Zero Sqds that can be used as training units (as of mid 42).

Re overall strategy, I cannot see the point in any Cenpac operations at this time......KB and Netties would crush anything you attempt (IMO) and you have already seen how effective they are when that decoy convoy and your APDs got whacked......

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ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

what are your exp and appropriate skill levels for those pilots?

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

That's a pretty strong deployment, good supplies, and good forts. You've done well. Your opponent has been negligent in giving you time to prepare such defenses. He should have never let up.

A few things:

1) A level nine airfield with 250 aviation support can handle unlimited aircraft. (IE, the 250 aviation support is sufficient no matter how many aircraft you have.) You have more aviaton support that you need. I'm not sure you want to take the chance on evacuating the excess to Aden, but at least think the option through.

2) Why is fuel so important to you? You have way more than you need and won't need more for a long time. Don't send any more tankers to Karachi until you've won the battle.

3) Jodpur is an interesting position. Ordinarly, you'd have to abandon it as soon as rader crossed the line, but you have good forts and it's in the desert, so I doubt he can afford to bypass it - I don't think his units would draw any supply. And yet, you can't afford to allow your garrison to get isolated. So, if he crosses the line, what will you do with your Jodpur garrison?

4) He might elect to come down the river valley from Lahore rather than crossing the desert.

5) Unless he brings a suprisingly weak force, which would be the height of folly on his part, you won't be able to stand and fight at Hyderabad, Jodpur or anywhere short of Karachi. Do not have troops prepping for Jodpur, Hyderabad, etc. You can't hold those bases against a full assault, nor can you afford to have the garrisons isolated or destroyed. If he comes, you'll have to pull back everywhere, so prepping for anyplace but Karachi is a waste and will weaken you final fortress. All of your troops should be prepping for Karachi.

5) With 5,000+ AV, seven forts (or eight or nine by then), Karachi will be a bear of titanic proportions if you can keep it supplied.

Your opponent should be flogged for standing down at the critical moment in the game.

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ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

GreyJoy- I meant in your reserve pool.

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

GreyJoy, if the KB isn't in the Arabian Sea to impose an absolute blockade on Karachi, I don't think rader will cross the LOD.  You may be close to victory here, and the more "stout" he sees your defenses, the less likely his is to invade.  So maintaining your air battle is the right decision.

 

I think rader has made a tremendous blunder. He definately should have gone for the knockout punch immediately - he had you staggering from repeated blows.  But he's missed his chance (assuming the KB is in the Pacific as you believe).

 

You are not going to be the first Allied PBEM player to lose Karachi.  If rader maintains a strong defensive line, you won't be able to counterattack for awhile (probably until late summer or autumn), but start thinking about how you're going to do it when the time comes.

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ORIGINAL: String

The Japanese 75mm AA gun has a ceiling of 25000 feet and the 10cm one has a ceiling of 31000 feet. Majority of the Japanese AA units have the 75mm guns.

edit: btw I just checked and realised that the 10cm and 12cm Japanese flak pieces are far superior to anything that the allies can ever field. The best allied AA gun is the US 90mm gun, which has an effect of 23, ceiling of 33800 ft and accuracy of 46, compared to 34/45 effect, 31000/39370 ft ceiling and 54/55 accuracy of the 10cm/12cm japanese guns. Iiinteresting...

Luckily the 75mm one is nothing stellar.