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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/14/2012 2:29:38 PM

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The Allies get (if memory serves me right) 40 P-40E/mo, 16 Hurricane/mo, and soon about 40 to 45 F4F-4 Wildcats. The 'c' model Hurricane get 32/mo. I may be off in my numbers, but I'm close. By mid-42 the American Army fighter pilot pool is large (over 500) from all that go in from mandatory withdrawal and training. However, they cannot afford to get into too many lopsided A2A battles and lose 1/2 a month worth of planes. In my limited time playing Japan, I've learned that you need to aggressively seek out the Allied air force in combat. At least in '42 (I'm in May '43).

don't forget the P-39D (as good or better than the P-40E) and the P-400, better than both. Together with the reinforcements (downgrade/upgrade anyone?

) you can build up a force of several hundred Allied frontline fighters by March/April 42 as I have done in my last PBEM. All these fighters were piloted by 70 skilled pilots and they chopped the Japanese to pieces as I've massed them instead of spreading them out on the whole map. If the Allied isn't willing to have his airframes dying bits and pieces and choses the place worth fighting then this can lead to quite significant IJ losses too.

If the IJ player isn't drastically ramping up his fighter production then the Allied aren't far away from total IJ numbers (of course every IJ player usually ramps up production to a great margin) and then much depends on the kill ratios. 1:1 sure favours the IJ but 1:2 or 1:3 for the IJ over an enemy base usually favours the Allied in both airframes and pilots.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/14/2012 3:10:08 PM

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I agree that Japan can have some problems in the March/April time frame when you have to rely mainly on your Zero to carry the load until you can get the Tojo producing. One of the things I learned is to prioritize the R&D efforts on the Tojo to get them asap. The Oscar is useful only as escort, IMO. They get eaten by the Allied fighters by this time.

Each side needs to use mass of fighters over a particular base to gain control. I use my largest Zero groups on sweep missions. As Allies, you can hold your own "IF" you use large numbers on CAP mission. Just a 16 (British) or 25 (American) air group is not enough over a base.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/15/2012 1:22:01 AM

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Michael, one Allied cheat sheet I do have shows Allied aircraft replacements by nationality and plane type. You're right, The US gets 35 P-40Es and 25 P-39Ds from the start. Starting in Mar 42, they get 45 F4F-4s a month. The Brits don't get a lot, 16 Hurri IIB Trops (unless that changed). I'm working on overwhelming Pt. Moresby. You'll get the details in the next replay. Ted has no air force at all in Burma and only a handful of planes in Chungking. Only in Java are planes visible. I'm going after them soon too.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/15/2012 1:44:53 AM

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23 Jan 42

Sub War

The I-158 found the Dutch CM Prins van Oranje and put her down just off Denpasar (south of Java). A TK convoy was spotted in the next hex, so that sub is going after that TF next.

The I 21 took a DC hit off Hawaii. She took light damage and will head to the barn for repairs.

5 Fleet

The engineers finally landed. Airfield construction should increase appreciably now.

4 Fleet

Nothing new to report.

SE Fleet

Troops and engineers landed at Gasmata and will take it tomorrow. An IJNAF AF Unit will land there in a day or so. There is currently a level 1 airfield there. Once it's up to level 2, I'll station a Zero daitai there to begin sweeping Pt. Moresby.

Lae's is almost to level 2. There are 3x Zero chutai there and they will begin sweeps of Pt. Moresby once level 2 is reached. Hopefully, these 54 Zeros should tear apart the P-40E squadron stationed there in short order.

Still no luck damaging any of the enemy subs around Rabaul. Soryu is still there in port.

SRA

Bandjermasin fell to a DA today. Losses were 28(0) to 196(17) Allied casualties. AS is on the way so I can station some fighters there for the Java campaign.

Still no luck attacking the TFs in Soerabaja. I now have 1 Nell daitai & chutati at Makassar and a Betty daitai at Balikpapan on Naval attack with 20% naval search with narrow arcs covering Soerabaja. Eventually.....

I'd send the 4 BBs in but Soerabaja is mined. If those ships come out of port, there's a very good chance they'll run over one of my subs.

Malaya

The second wave arrived without incident. I'll bombard with the six artillery units for a couple of days and then try an assault with the six divisions.

Burma

Spreading like the plague.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/16/2012 9:44:29 PM

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24 Jan 42

Sub War

The I-23 found an xAP a few hexes east of Hawaii and put 2 torpedoes into her. No report of her sinking but she has to be hurting. Best part was she was carrying troops.

5 Fleet

Nothing new to report but the engineers are hard at work.

4 Fleet

Nothing new to report.

SE Fleet

I took Gasmata. Construction on the level 2 airfield is commencing immediately. The AS will land tomorrow.

A few of the damn Do-24s sank a small xAK there, but fortunately she was done unloading.

The Aussie company that began the war a Kavieng has been chased to the base at the southern end of the island and finally destroyed today. The remaining 25 guys were finally killed off.

A sweep of Pt. Moresby by 24 Zeros was met by 7 P-40Es. Two were shot down with no loss to the Zeros. A couple were lost to op losses but no pilots were lost. I'll try again tomorrow.

Philippines

Nothing new to report.

China

Nothing new to report.

Malaya

The first bombardment of Singapore happened today. I'll try one more tomorrow then the 6x infantry divisions will try a DA the next day.

Burma

Nothing new to report.

Java

The Nells at Makassar didn't go after the convoys but did a port attack (secondary mission). For no loss, they destroyed 2 AMcs and damaged an AG (1x 60 kg bomb

) and a CM (2x 60 kg bombs). They caught the De Ruyter and pumped her full of holes (5x 250 and 9x 60 kg bombs). She's not showing up as lost but she's definitely hurting. Unfortunately, Soerabaja is a nice port so it'll be able to work on repairing her damage. I'll try another port attack tomorrow. Maybe I can finish her off.

Other Stuff

Ted is out of town until Sunday without his laptop so I have some time to do a lot of the little things I've been neglecting. I did some calculations on Java. I'm going to ship all the resources from Kolaka, Makassar, Bandjermasin, Pontianak, Billiton and Tobali to Java. I'm also going to increase the refineries to 225 (equal to the oil facilities) so all I have to worry about there is fuel. With the added resources, assuming all the LI survives, I can increase the HI factories to a total of 285. Yeah, that'll cost me 225k supply (+25k supply for the refineries) but I'm doing pretty well now in supply so I'm not concerned.

I'm also going to double Georgetown's HI to 20. I'd really like to get my total HI to 7500 when it's all said and done. We'll see if I can achieve that goal.

I've also been trying to figure out what to do with the merchant shipping, the best way to use it. I'll post that later.

I did a count and discovered that I have 220 PBs.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/16/2012 11:29:41 PM

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I did a count and discovered that I have 220 PBs.

Wow. I guess you are agressive in your conversion.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/16/2012 11:31:29 PM

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I did a count and discovered that I have 220 PBs.

You'll need them, they are torpedo magnets!

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/16/2012 11:37:38 PM

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Yep. In my game the PBs best escorting work has been to suck up torpedoes, thus preserving higher value TKs and troopships.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/17/2012 12:42:22 AM

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Yep. In my game the PBs best escorting work has been to suck up torpedoes, thus preserving higher value TKs and troopships.

+1....Lord knows they cant hit anything underwater, they can at least run into a torp. Question, Does anyone else use the light xxAKLs as lone cargo transports? I have had some good success getting subs to surface and knocking them around. I loose many of the xxAKLs, but they carry little supply any way.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/17/2012 10:47:24 AM

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All of my To'sus and Kisos have been converted. Only 3 more Ansyu-Cs and they're all done too.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/17/2012 9:36:37 PM

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Japanese AAR continues to cause much head scratching in the Allied camp as details left to the CPU are manipulated by the Emperor's number one.

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ps I wish you were operating in the same date range as we, as you offer more intel than signet on possible GEACPS advances and capabilites. With so much fore sight involved in here, it's hard not to root for the Empire.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/17/2012 10:38:10 PM

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zulu,

I'm convinced that the Japanese player has to dig deeply into the details in order to survive. I'm also a logistician by trade so I like all the numbers. I've taken many more chances logistically and strategically this game than ever before. My supply levels are increasing now, so I'm relatively confident that I won't implode the economy. It is rather scary when the supply levels continue to plummet.

Back to the game.....

I converted the Soryu's fighter daitai to a training outfit and am keeping it at Truk. I should have done that a week ago but kept waffling.

Still pondering her DB and TB daitai. I probably won't convert them.

My R&D is costing me about 3-4k supply a turn. Not enough to worry about. I converted another factory to a 30 plane N1K1-J, the third of that type.

My factory expansion is winding down a lot now. Here's what's going on right now:

Hong Kong HI - 75(25)
Tarakan Refinery - 86(4)
Miri Oil - 186(114)
Tarakan Oil - 86(4)
Nagoya Ha-32 - 98(2)
Tokyo Ha-32 - 98(2)
Nagoya Ha-33 - 88(22)
Utsonomiya Ha-33 - 48(27)
Maebashi Ha-34 - 33(47) - will be expanded more later
Tokyo Ha-35 - 229(1)
Tokyo Ha-35 - 49(1)
Yokohama Ha-35 - 48(2)
Saigon Repair Yard - 20(30)

In 4 days, expansion will drop from 13 to 7 factories. I'm pretty sure I'm out of the woods as far as supply concerns.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/18/2012 8:07:17 PM

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In 4 days, expansion will drop from 13 to 7 factories. I'm pretty sure I'm out of the woods as far as supply concerns.

Wow. Less than two months. Amazing.

<taking copious notes here>

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/18/2012 11:47:52 PM

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In 4 days, expansion will drop from 13 to 7 factories. I'm pretty sure I'm out of the woods as far as supply concerns.

Mike, just a quick question on your industry expansion. Did you expand your aircraft R&D factories all at once at the beginning or incrementally?

I ask because I thought I read somewhere on these forums that larger aircraft R&D factories are more likely to repair each turn than smaller ones. If this is true, then it seems like it would be smarter to expand them all the way to max size (30) right from the start. This would put a bit of a strain on the supply situation, but if it allows them to repair faster, it may be worth it.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/19/2012 1:39:52 AM

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Hi Icedawg. Welcome to where the crazy Japanese economic nuts tend to congregate.

I didn't touch R&D at all until January 42. In retrospect, I should have started some of the early factories (A6M3 and the Helen come to mind) in December but I was concerned about supply. I just let the R&D factories go as they started until I decided to work on speeding up certain airframes. I convert factories then increase their size to 30. Here's what I have so far:

A6M2-N - 3x30. I'll let one become operational and convert the rest to A6M5.

A6M3 - 5x30 and 1x60. The size 60 was an error and done before I was thoroughly familiar with R&D. I'll convert all to the A6M3a as they complete repairs. That's the airframe I really want. I don't think it's worth building the A6M3.

Ki-49-Ia - 3x30. I'll convert all to the next model of Helen as they complete repairs, which is the model I want.

Ki-44-IIa - 3x30. I'll let them all become operational.

N1K1-J - 3x30.

Ki-84a - 3x30.

B7A2 - 1x30.

D4Y1 - 1x30.

Only 3-4 factories actually increase each turn so the supply cost isn't extreme. Every few days I convert another R&D factory and increase it to 30.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/19/2012 2:15:26 AM

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Hi Icedawg. Welcome to where the crazy Japanese economic nuts tend to congregate.

I didn't touch R&D at all until January 42. In retrospect, I should have started some of the early factories (A6M3 and the Helen come to mind) in December but I was concerned about supply. I just let the R&D factories go as they started until I decided to work on speeding up certain airframes. I convert factories then increase their size to 30. Here's what I have so far:

A6M2-N - 3x30. I'll let one become operational and convert the rest to A6M5.

A6M3 - 5x30 and 1x60. The size 60 was an error and done before I was thoroughly familiar with R&D. I'll convert all to the A6M3a as they complete repairs. That's the airframe I really want. I don't think it's worth building the A6M3.

Ki-49-Ia - 3x30. I'll convert all to the next model of Helen as they complete repairs, which is the model I want.

Ki-44-IIa - 3x30. I'll let them all become operational.

N1K1-J - 3x30.

Ki-84a - 3x30.

B7A2 - 1x30.

D4Y1 - 1x30.

Only 3-4 factories actually increase each turn so the supply cost isn't extreme. Every few days I convert another R&D factory and increase it to 30.

I wouldn't call you guys crazy. More like "gods of logistics"!

I am thinking of more or less the same plane types, but lots more factories.

A6M series - 8 x 30
A7M2 - 3 x 30
N1K1-J - 8 x 30
J7W1 - 3 x 30
J8M1 - 3 x 30
Ki-44 series - 8 x 30
Ki-84 series - 8 x 30
Ki-202 - 3 x 30
D4Y series - 6 x 30
B7A2 - 8 x 30
B6N2 - 8 x 30
P1Y series - 6 x 30

Is this too much to devote to R&D? I'm assuming it is. Otherwise you probably would have been more aggressive than you were.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/19/2012 2:32:02 AM

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You have 9 factories working on the Zero series. That comes down to 300 planes per month (especially when you get to the M5 model).

I would use the size 60 and a 30 to be just R&D factories and continue to move forward to the next plane in the series. Expand three factories to size 60 (180/mo) or four to size 45 (180/mo). Thus, IMO you have three factories too many here.

Meanwhile, you have just 3 factories working each on the Tojo (90 planes per month), George and Frank. IMO, I want to be able to move two factories forward for each. Again, like the Zero, I want one to be size 60.

Not knowing what models you will not use (I am skipping the Tony), I would look at converting the Lily and Sally once the Helen comes out.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/19/2012 2:37:45 AM

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Disregard

Didn't read carefully enough.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/19/2012 3:09:25 AM

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Looking at the "At Start" airframes, I see 9 factories that can be converted in the first 6 months of the war. The question will then be to what?!?

Scenario 1 � Airframe Production
Type......Name....Date....Convert To
A6M2......Zero....41/12...
B5N1......Kate....41/12...
D3A1......Val.....41/12...
E13A1.....Jake....41/12...
E14Y1.....Glen....41/12...
F1M2......Pete....41/12...YES
G3M2......Nell....41/12...
G4M1......Betty...41/12...
H6K4......Mavis...41/12...YES (once Emily producing)
Ki-21-IIa.Sally...41/12...YES (once Helen producing)
Ki-27b....Nate....41/12...YES (once sufficient Oscar)
Ki-27b....Nate....41/12...YES (once sufficient Oscar)
Ki-36.....Ida.....41/12...YES
Ki-46-II..Dinah...41/12...
Ki-48-Ib..Lily....41/12...YES (once Helen producing)
Ki-51.....Sonia...41/12...YES
Ki-56.....Thalia..41/12...YES
Ki-57-I...Topsy...41/12...

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/19/2012 8:47:57 AM

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You have 9 factories working on the Zero series. That comes down to 300 planes per month (especially when you get to the M5 model). ...

Not too unusual for me. Once getting to A6M5 model, then let 100 or so produce with the balance continuing to R&D up to the A6M8 model. The A6 series is nice to R&D as it upgrades so far, right?

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Ki-44-IIa - 3x30. I'll let them all become operational.

N1K1-J - 3x30.

Ki-84a - 3x30.

B7A2 - 1x30.

Pretty much what I do as well. Nice to see my numbers validated.

First Tojo is good and follow on ones don't improve that much, so no real need to follow through. Same with George. The "b" model Frank is really the best, but it is a separate R&D line from the "a" model and comes so much later that I also tend to R&D the "a". I love the Grace, but it comes so late and the R&D factories for me take for ever to repair. Very hard to spend a lot of R&D on it as who knows how many CV's I'll have when it finally arrives.

One thing, I do R&D the Oscar. That last Oscar, the IV? model is a reasonable plane and a GREAT kami. As it is in the R&D line, it is easy to accelerate. I need Oscars and they are the only IJA plane which can escort Helen to range and in escort role they do as well as any other (sacrificial lamb). Tojo and Frank have short legs.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/19/2012 2:57:42 PM

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Oscars are great bombers, and they can also act as fighters at a push

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/20/2012 12:35:47 AM

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May i throw a quick question out to you economic Gods?

1) For factory to repair 1 point, supply must be > 10k?

2) If 3 factories are repairing in the same city must supply be > 30k?

3) Do research factories follow the same rules?

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/20/2012 1:20:00 AM

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Thanks for the heads up captain Cruft, i never checked the Oscar for its payload. It carries 2x250, which is better than some of the bombers, and can be used in a scrap early and a heller Kami. I think i will not just scrap this plane from now on.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/20/2012 1:42:57 AM

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I actually think the Oscar II/III/IV is a decisive aircraft. You can create a swarm of hundreds of planes flying from multiple size 2 airbases which can deposit enough ordnance (delivered from 100ft) to wipe out any Allied airbase or LCU stack. The service rating of 1 is very important here, and being fighters they can provide their own CAP/Escort.

The theory is yet to be proven thoroughly, but it seems to work quite well against the Chinese at least.

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May i throw a quick question out to you economic Gods?

1) For factory to repair 1 point, supply must be > 10k?

Yes

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2) If 3 factories are repairing in the same city must supply be > 30k?

No, it must be >= 13k

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3) Do research factories follow the same rules?

Yes, but they are also subject to a die roll which has less chance of succeeding the further away the plane's arrival date is.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/20/2012 2:28:38 AM

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25 Jan 42

Sub War

The I-154 found the Dutch AVP Poolster one hex NE of Batavia, put 2 torpedoes into her and had the satisfaction of seeing her go down.

5 Fleet

Still working on Adak's airfield....

4 Fleet

All quiet on the Eastern Front.

SE Fleet

Both Lae and Gasmata are working toward level 2 airfields and each has 27 Zeros waiting to sweep Pt. Moresby as soon as they reach level 2.

Allied subs still are around Rabaul. I'm afraid to move Soryu out of Rabaul. I'll wait.

Rabaul's airfield reached level 5. It'll continue to level 7.

Philippines

Iloilo fell to a DA. The 61 PA Division fell to the 16 Division. Losses were 133(1) to 4174(449) Allies. The 16th will now move on to the next occupied island.

China

I surrounded a Chinese Corps and HQ in the mountains one hex east of Paotow and attacked it with a division equivalent getting 3:1 odds. Since it's not a base hex, the enemy took their losses and just sat there. I'll continue to attack until they die. Losses were 97(1) to 358(3) Chinese. The attack is being supported by 3 sentai of Manchurian bombers.

Malaya

I'm trying a DA against Singapore with 6x Divisions tomorrow. Let's test the waters.....

Burma

Still spreading north with my armor while investing Rangoon.

Other Stuff

I got the Shoho today. She resized to 21 Zeros and 9 Kates. The 9x Fubuki Is that just completed their refit will escort her to Davao, where MKB is currently residing. Then the Fubukis will escort the Ryujo to Truk so she can team up with KB to bring them up to 5 carriers. I think Ted may try something, thinking I'm down to 4 carriers in KB. The extra 30 Zeros on Ryujo will give KB an extra added punch in the air.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/20/2012 3:09:09 AM

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Those 30 extra Zero's could make a huge difference. I have had some horrible luck in battles before July 42', you just dont have enough CAP to stop an allied attack. The Allied carriers are tough and the 1000lb bombs are killers. I have game in June 0f 44' in which i lost 4 carriers in May of 42' and have been on the defensive ever since, its been a long war. Once they resize you can have more confidence in not having the CAP blown through so easily. Remember you cant afford even trades.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/20/2012 4:03:21 AM

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When I play the Allies, I like to add those 18 plane Marine fighter units to each CV until mid-'42. As Japan, you can add CVL Ryujo to KB and then I take the Vals off a CV like Hiryu and add an additional Zero group. May through June '42 can be a dangerous time for Japan if you do something that splits up KB into smaller parts. The damage control for Japan is so bad that as an Allied player I will risk combat away from mutual LBA at this time.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/20/2012 4:14:23 AM

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Michael, I don't plan on splitting KB. Right now it will have 102 Zeros when Ryujo arrives in a week or so. It's going to sit at Truk for awhile hiding. I hope Ted tries something so I can ambush them, preferably within my LBA. I can ship some Zeros from SE Fleet out to 4 Fleet area if need be. I suspect he's try something in the SE Fleet area if he can. I have quite a few subs looking for ships down there. So far, I've only seen some four stackers from the Asiatic Fleet.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/20/2012 4:39:45 PM

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Sub War

Nada

5 Fleet

Nada

4 Fleet

Nada

SE Fleet

Both Lae and Gasmata are about 7-8 days from a level 2 airfield. In the mean time, the Zero daitai from Rabaul is still sweeping using drop tanks. Today, they shot down two more P-40Es for no loss but lost lost one aircraft (no pilot) to op losses. I can easily afford plane losses, especially if no pilots are lost. My intel shows only 3 Allied fighters remaining at Pt. Moresby. Ted continues to send in one squadron at a time and I chew them up in detail.

The Allied subs are still sitting off Rabaul, which prevents me from moving Soryu out. One sub is to the SE of Rabaul in a shallow hex. I'm sending a 4 DD ASW TF to try and root it out so I can sneak out the Soryu that way.

SRA

I'm loading the Java and Summatra invasion forces. I expect them to go in within a week. Tobali's airfield will reach level 2 in a day or two. That airfield has 18 Zeros, 41 Oscars and 8 Tojos waiting to sweep Batavia and clear out the Dutch fighters. Then bombers will hit the Dutch bombers at Batavia. After that, the invasion forces go in.

My Netties (about 50) hit Soerabaja's port again. This time they sank 4x AMcs, badly damaged the CM Krakatau and damaged an AG that was previously damaged. Ted still doesn't have any fighters stationed there. Odd.

China

I attacked the surrounded Chinese Corps and HQ again. LOsses were 44(0) to 442(3) Chinese. Another attack tomorrow.

Malaya

The DA against Singapore was a mixed result. I got 1:2 odds (not surprising) and there are level 2 forts there. My losses were 4721(53) to 1690(105) Allies. I don't think my lost squads were actually that high. My divisions are all at 99% or higher. Only one engineer regiment was damaged badly and is at 45/94. It'll take some time to recover. The bombardment contiues with another DA in a few days.

Burma

Nothing new.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 2/20/2012 8:54:26 PM

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Sub War

Nothing.

5 Fleet

Nothing new to report.

4 Fleet

Nothing new to report.

SE Fleet

Good and bad news today. The Zero Daitai from Rabaul flew another sweep against Pt. Moresby. Ted responded with 27 P-40Es. Losses were 4 P-40s (and an additional 4 op losses) to my 5 Zeros along with 5 pilots killed or missing. I have spare pilots but that hurt. On the plus side, there are now some 71 P-40Es destroyed. He gets 35 a month, so his P-40Es are dwindling. If I can keep up the pressure, I can put a hurting on his prime fighter, which can only help me for the next few months.

SRA

Tobali's airfield is at 1.96 and will reach level 2 tomorrow. Finally. Then I can start to sweep followed by some airfield bombing. The invasion forces for Sumatra and Java are congregating at various nearby ports. I'm going to send them in simultaneously, hoping to overload him so he is ineffective in any response he has planned. The Java invasion will land at Semarang with a quick armored thrust to Djokjakarta for it's airfield. Intelligence estimates 1000 troops at Semarang and 320 at Djokjakarta. The Java invasion will land at Oosthaven. Then armor will quickly head north to isolate Palmebang. I have a Raiding regiment and an SNLF for paratroop attacks. I still haven't decided where or when to place them. I'm considering landing one at Oosthaven prior to the invasion to reduce disruption for the landing forces.

China

I attacked the isolated Chinese again. This time they lost 360(18). We're getting there.

I also attacked a stack of 2 units in the pocket which turned out to be a corps and HQ. Losses were 278(2) Japanese to 2639(220) Chinese. The pocket is slowly closing.

Malaya

Nothing new to report.

Burma

Small attack on a Burma Bn that is being pushed in front of my advance. They took 270(13) to my 9(0) losses.

Other Stuff

I received a couple of SCs, which will augment my ASW forces.

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