Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

I've seen that AAR of FatR where he invaded Hawaii...it's a mess once japan puts a foot there. All the coms from West Coast to Oz are almost interdicted and, with the annihilation of the whole pacific fleet assets (talking about ships and LCUs) the capabilities of the US to get back into a fighting war strongly decrease...FatR says that, in mid 1943, the expenses (in fuel and other war assets) due to the Hawaii invasion have been strongly re-paid in terms of VPs and in terms of strategic situation....

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ORIGINAL: traskott

I suggest u, put all your chinese troops on his rearguard to attack choke points or cities, so u will got yout troops destroyed and at 30 days they will back to Chungking...

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CRSUTTON
I have to be honest here. I can't believe that a player of Rader's skill level would foist scenario #2 on an new player such as you. What was he thinking and what pleasure could he possibly get out of it? Sorry, it escapes me and comes off as very cheesy? Scenario #2 gives the Japanese player too many advantages and it gives even highly experienced Allied players fits. He even managed to stack the house rules to his benefit. I am not being critical of your efforts at all-you are very game to try it. But it sort of looks like a puppy getting slammed by a truck.....

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

The odds of Soryu sinking are so small that, were I you, I would assume that she didn't. In a month or two or three, you're likely to get a SigInt message, "Previous reports that CV Soryu was sunk are incorrect; intelligence reports her at sea."

Noumea is a death trap against an experienced Japanese player unless Japan has committed most everything somewhere else. That is, unless through SigInt and paying attention you know that your opponent doesn't have much infantry available, sending your troops forward to garrison Noumea is an invitation for them to be isolated and destroyed. If you still hold Noumea later (say summer or autumn of '42), you'll have additional units and it might be worth reinforcing Noumea, but not in early '42.

If your opponent commits the great weight of his army to Oz and/or India, I'd be looking for a chance to hit him somewhere where he aint and where it would hurt. Burma/Malaya would be one possibility. NoPac (under very limited conditions and with a massive and well-thought-out plan) would be two possibilities. Your opponent could not afford to let you get a massive NoPac lodgement, so he'd have to send his carriers to take control of the sea lanes (assuming he thought your carriers were up there). That might really slow him down in Oz and permit you to bring in reinforcements. As for Malaya/Burma, a major offensive there is a bit threat to the IJ heartland as it puts Signapore, Bankgkok, and possibily even Saigon at risk. Also, you could conceivable send troops up the Burma road into China.

Those are drastic plans, but once Japan has you on the ropes and you know where the enemy is and where it aint, you've got to manufacture a major threat in order to wrest initiative away and make your opponent react to you.

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
Here's the thing - it takes weeks and months to set up a major operation; all the troops, supplies, ships, aircraft, prep have to be in position, not only for the initial assault but for follow-up reinforcement and support later on. So, if you think you could find yourself in a dire situation in Oz and China soon, you need to be identifying forces to commit, and prepping and moving troops and ships to bases of embarkation now. If you're like most Allied players, political points are precious, so you might be able to commit to only one major potential strike. Also, you'll be wanting to prepare fake assaults elsewhere as deceptions. So get cracking!

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The situation in Oz is the Following: he's landing, or he has already landed, on all the bases (except for Darwin) on an arc that goes from Geralton (north of Perth) to CookTown (north of Cairns). His landings, at the moment, are very small. He lands just an SNLF or a Naval Guard unit, conquer the base and the jumps onto the next one. I have no assets to dispute these landings (except for a couple of subs based at Perth) so he has encountered no opposition at all.

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ORIGINAL: bigred

So form some QRF(quick reaction forces) armor units prepositioned, 1 around perth, another at adelade, then more on japs as they land. Use your infantry in eastern aussie land. Dont put your big units too far north..past brisbade is dangerous as if IJ is coming south he will bypass you.