Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Andy Mac

I agree plus you get a lot of force when he crosses the line - an Armoured Div, 5 Inf Divs, Corps HQ, Corps Engr Regt and a special convoy with a full Div set of replacement arty, and equivalent to 4 Bdes worth of Infantry replacements (if it was post the data patch) you also get 72 Hurricanes, 72 Spitfires, 36 Vengeance, 72 Wellingtons and 24 Catalinas.

The Spits are Spit VIII's not Vc's so just make sure you somehow get them in the air with decent pilots and watch his losses increase....

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Do not underestimate the CP cost if he donest garrison his LOC in India a lot of the bases he has captured will need a full Div to garrison e.g. Calcutta and Madras both need a Div more or less thats a lot of firepower to tie down in th erear areas

To take Karachi with 500k supply lvl 8 forts and 6,000 AV will require a force of 25+ Divs he simple cannot afford that committment just think it through a single Japanese Div needs about 1,500 supply per month in combat double it so say 3,000 now assume wastage to get to the front and an allowance to repair damaged devices lets say 5,000 supply per month per Div has to arrive that means he needs 100,000 to 150,000 supply per month before taking account of the air force or thefuel he will need and it wont be a quick battle.

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So what you need to be doing is sending subs into the bay of bengal to harass his convoys, mining the malacca strait heavily every chance you get, using the RN operating out its secure bases in small TF's of 2 - 3 ships to make him supply from the south coast you need to stretch his logistics tot he limit and keep on hitting it - India is a quagmire for the Japanese in AE hamsting him keep him low on supply and when the timer is reight use those 5+ Divs to land somewhere behind him.

If 6,000 AV cannot hold its not likely 8,000 will so dont commit the forces you are about to get hold them back for your Inchon landing after you have bled him.

Think big how does he get that army back in position if in a years time after he has beld white besieging Karachi you land XXI Indian Corps and I Australian Corps into Sumarte and Georgetown closing the malacca strait at thqat point he is screwed.

He need to finish karacvhi quickly or he is so overextended its game over and he loses

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ORIGINAL: Miller

The loss of pilots must have been catastrophic for Raeder over the last few days, especially those based on the KB, plus the morale of his airgroups must be low acroos the board.

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ORIGINAL: DOCUP

Nice AAR Grey really enjoying it.

doc

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ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

From a Churchill's speech to the Karachi Fortress Commander( May 15 1942):

"...The so called the Battle of India is over. I expect that the Battle of Karachi is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization in the Indies and the survival of our most precious jewel. upon it depends our own British life and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us now. Tojo knows that he will have to break us in this city or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all India may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age, made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will say, "This was their finest hour."

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ORIGINAL: kfsgo

Probably - as you go down the Hurricane II line performance decreases! The IIa is faster and more maneuverable than the IIb, which is faster and more maneuverable than the IIc. For the stuff you're fighting - rice-paper fighters and a significant proportion of unarmoured bombers - they're all armed well enough - with the IIa and IIb being preferable vs fighters (higher weapon accuracy) and the IIc probably preferable vs bombers given the 20mm's armour penetration.

Purely from an air superiority point of view you might be better off with 72 IIas instead (probably depends whether you're facing mostly Ki-43 or A6M), but you're not really losing out on anything through getting IIbs.

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ORIGINAL: dekwik

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ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

From a Churchill's speech to the Karachi Fortress Commander( May 15 1942):

"...The so called the Battle of India is over. I expect that the Battle of Karachi is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization in the Indies and the survival of our most precious jewel. upon it depends our own British life and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us now. Tojo knows that he will have to break us in this city or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all India may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age, made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will say, "This was their finest hour."

That's the speech we've been waiting for!

I'm still not clear what your motive or objective is in the South Pacific. If it's to seize and hold something substantial like the Marianas, it makes sense. -if you think your CV protection can stand up to the LBA, and that it's wise to try that yet. But if it's just to "do something"....... The only south pacific bases you need to care about taking are the ones with substantial airbases or ports. Most of the rest are just (limited capacity) prison camps or at best sub bases or recon posts.

Now if you could threaten Sumatra, Java (even just a lodgement on Cocos etc) that really leaves Japan sticking their neck out....

Just my 2 cents but sometimes a real threat two months from now is better that a minor irritation right now.....

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ORIGINAL: witpqs


You might think twice about bombing that army stack until it is closer. Make it harder for his fighters (further from their bases).

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ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

July 25,26 1942

Another 2 days of violent and horrible air battles. Rader doesn't give up and sends wave after wave against the bastions of Karachi.
Today losses are 134 against 280 with a slaughter of Kates from the KB...
Lost 28 more pilots today but again the problem remains the one connected to A/C pools. I'm down to 200 fighters now. The more i think of it the more i hope Rader crosses the LOD. Those 140 planes could rapresent my salvation cause, in the meanwhile, i'll start producing 65 more P-40Ks and 40 P-38Gs per month...and those guys could really save my butt!

The KB should be now really really harmed in terms of pilots and planes. Think about prepping an ambush for the allmighty KB
Anyway...today Rader sent in again the best he could efford. 10 high altitude sweeps of A6M3a, followed by a wave of bombers lead by 180 Oscars...Rader said he's surprised by the numbers of fighters i still have operative...but he probably doesn't know how bad my pool situation is...
however the KB sent sweeps and naval attacks against my ships docked at Karachi...the bombers got really mauled despite the escort did a good job in shooting down my CAP fighters...and finally my Flak started to hit something...4 helens shot down today over Karachi...UH-AH!

In two days all my US CVs will be operative again, then i'll have to take a decision about how to use them

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ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

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