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RE: Let's start! - 7/19/2012 12:15:25 PM

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Don�t worry about the losses you take! You can take it but he can�t! Grind him down. You can�t wage war without losses.

And as obvert says. Don�t get predictable or he is going to take advantage of that!

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RE: Let's start! - 7/19/2012 1:52:11 PM

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GJ, if I may make one small yet ego-crushing suggestion.

Stop comparing this game to your game versus Rader. You were completely unprepared for everything Rader threw at you in the beginning. Q-Ball knows exactly where he wants to defend, and what he's willing to give up, and he has a good idea of the areas you're most likely to concentrate on.

What you need to do now is seize the initiative again. Hit him somewhere he's not prepared, divert his attention. If Singapore holds out for an extra week, it's not going to set you back that much. What will set you back is if you let certain objectives that will inevitably fall keep you from making further advances.

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RE: Let's start! - 7/19/2012 2:31:15 PM

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TheLoneGunman is right. If he is strong one place he has sacrificed someplace else. I had a player one time fortify Rabaul. So, I just went around him, took the Solomans, Milne Bay, and PM without any major loss. I then had Rabaul surrounded and then took my time bombing the fire out of it and with a minimal invation, took it. Just be flexible and do what you do best, think outside the box!

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RE: Let's start! - 7/19/2012 2:56:37 PM

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There remain two possibilities extant:

1) He is the spawn of Rasputin

2) He is reading your AAR

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RE: Let's start! - 7/19/2012 3:42:46 PM

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ORIGINAL: TheLoneGunman

GJ, if I may make one small yet ego-crushing suggestion.

Stop comparing this game to your game versus Rader. You were completely unprepared for everything Rader threw at you in the beginning. Q-Ball knows exactly where he wants to defend, and what he's willing to give up, and he has a good idea of the areas you're most likely to concentrate on.

What you need to do now is seize the initiative again. Hit him somewhere he's not prepared, divert his attention. If Singapore holds out for an extra week, it's not going to set you back that much. What will set you back is if you let certain objectives that will inevitably fall keep you from making further advances.

+1

As an extreme example, if Manila/Clark/Bataan are still waving an American flag in your face in January 1943, it really don't make a rat's a$$ as long as you have suppressed the airfields and advanced your perimeter everywhere else. Some places are important to you and you need to take them early; others are important to the Allies but are only useful if they can be supplied. The PI are the best example of the latter case.

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RE: Let's start! - 7/19/2012 4:21:49 PM

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The Zero is the best early war fighter, but the P-40s (which include the AVGs H81-A3) can hold their own in A2A battles that are relatively equal in numbers as long as the pilot quality is close (less than 20 difference in pilot Air Skill). Hurricanes start appearing at Cape Town and Aden in 1/42 and are produced 2/42. Like the P-40s, they need to get their pilot Air Skills up into 60s to have a chance. By 2/42 you will be like any other player who has played Japan, you cannot wait until the Tojo comes out as the Oscar is not very effective and has steadily become a liability in A2A combat against the two Allied aircraft I just identified.

Right now you are facing AVG (3 x 27 plane groups), but have destroyed their limited replacements of 18 airframes. From Luzon, there are 4 x 25 plane groups of P-40s. The main killer of these groups will be your Zeros with the Oscars getting some, but not many unless they fight with about 1.5:1 odds. There are multiple P-40 groups at Pearl, but they are short of airframes and will take time for any of them to get over to the SRA. Attrition is your friend and you have to look at A2A combat in this manner even when you have bad results like you just did over Luzon.

Speaking of Luzon, you should be sending Recon aircraft over Bataan, Clark, Manila, and Batangas. The last base is important to recon as it is just SW of Manila and on the RR line. I like to RR my damaged airframes here as it has limited Aviation Support and many Japanese players overlook it. Out in the Philippine Archipelago both Cebu and San Jose have small Aviation Support.

ASW - A hit to your pysche is the adjustment from Allied ASW to Japanese ASW.

The Japanese Depth Charges (DC) are mainly Type 95 which often explode 'above' Allied subs in deep ocean hexes. Not until some ships get an upgrade to the Type 95-2 or Type 2 DC will you have better luck. At times, you mindset will need to be that not getting any ships hit is a victory, especially your transports. Getting a hit on a sub in return is a bonus.

Kaga - If she is still at CamRahn Bay, was she used to re-size some of those air groups I mentioned before?? If not, I would recommend doing so (if you don't know how, let me know and I'll explain). Don't worry about filling out the air groups with airframes right now, that can steadily happen as you ramp up production.

You are playing a quality opponent in Brad so the learning curve will be steeper in the beginning. You have not had any major ships lost or a major battle go against you yet. Go get him!!

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RE: Let's start! - 7/19/2012 6:29:30 PM

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Ok guys, as usual lots of usefull tips, informations and suggestions. I will never be able to thank you enough...

Attrition is my friend as Japan. I know. i've experimented the terrible allied early war replacements rate. Let's go on and let's stick to the plan.

Kaga has done all the refitting to the groups Micheal mentioned.
Now the Kaga group, along with BBs, CAs and several ASW TFs will leave Camra Bay and escort the 21st Division (reinforced by 3 artillery regiments and 1 Eng regiment). We will meet with the Palembang invasion TF (4 SNLF units + 1 tank rgt). The whole group will move first to Kuantan, then will sail south and reach Palembang.During this second phase we're gonna be supported by 100 Nells from Singawang. In the meanwhile 80 zeros will keep on sweeping Singapore, no matter the cost. I wanna give my Nells a chance to interdict the sealines around Palembang without fearing a CAP trap at Singa.

In Luzon he's resuppling Manila sending several TFs composed by 2 xAKLs...now that we're conquering the base in front of Manila (placing there a Bn and a base force with Jakes armed with bombs and a DD flottilla) those blokade runners attempts should be over.

KB will sail tomorrow from a Truk sieged by not less than 12 allied Subs.... she will leand an invasion force composed around the 144th Infantry Rgt, supported by a Guards Bde. We'll land at Rabaul, where we'll estabilish immediately a naval base force and an Air HQ. Engineers are following. We'll then move towards PM, while smaller units will conquer Lae, Shortlands and Munda.

He's sending several AKs to Rangoon...clearly trying to resupply Burma and so China. Our recon forces are almost ready to cross the border and approach Mulaim, while tomorrow we'll attack Tavoy.

We're also planning operations against Port Blair with 2 Para units.

resources are being collected from Shangai, Fusan and Hakodate, while oil is being sucked from Toyara.
Supplies are also flowing with big TFs to China, Malaya, Luzon and Truk.

Gotta pay attention to his CVs that are still lingering south of Tokyo...what is he doing there!?!?

In China we're studying a plan while we try to estabilish an offensive perimeter

Fast transports are being used for Locations in the CENTPAC and New Guinea...

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RE: Let's start! - 7/19/2012 9:11:01 PM

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Hey Greyjoy - Good luck my friend!

It will be nice to actually be able to follow your AAR this time around!

Too bad I don't have time to play WITP these days, but I will follow your game with interest and wish you the best of luck. You've drawn a very tough opponent this time.

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RE: Let's start! - 7/19/2012 9:14:15 PM

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Ok guys, as usual lots of usefull tips, informations and suggestions. I will never be able to thank you enough...

Attrition is my friend as Japan. I know. i've experimented the terrible allied early war replacements rate. Let's go on and let's stick to the plan.

You are thinking clearly, GreyJoy. That was the Japanese plan, after all. Take what you need, hunker down and atrit, atrit, atrit, and then hit the survivors with the decisive engagement. Alright, it didn't work out like they wanted, but that doesn't make it a bad idea, at least early on.

Attrition is a classical tactic by a side that has a superiority. 1:1 attrition only works if you have more of something. Early war, attrition works great for Japan because they have lots of toys to lose compared the Allies, but as the years go, so does the Allied superiority - in 42, it's 2:1, in 43, 3:1, in 44, 4:1. Attrition in the later war period is like trying to cut down a 5 foot oak tree with a 5 HP chainsaw.

Lots of people will tell you how to do things. They may be right, they may be wrong. They are telling you how they would have fought their last game, not how to fight yours. The only advice worth giving is what Nimitz said to Fletcher; You are governed by the principle of calculated risk, which you shall interpret to mean the avoidance of exposure of your force to attack by superior enemy forces without good prospect of inflicting, as a result of such exposure, greater damage on the enemy.

There's some tricks in Babes that let you do that, to some extent. Be glad to help you figger them little things out.

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RE: Let's start! - 7/19/2012 10:58:01 PM

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Hey Greyjoy - Good luck my friend!

It will be nice to actually be able to follow your AAR this time around!

Too bad I don't have time to play WITP these days, but I will follow your game with interest and wish you the best of luck. You've drawn a very tough opponent this time.

What a pleasure to have you here Andrew!!!!!!!!! Really nice to see you back!!!!!!

Well...this time i'm on the other side as you see...but the problems are always the same

Please, drop a line sometimes

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RE: Let's start! - 7/19/2012 11:12:27 PM

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Lots of people will tell you how to do things. They may be right, they may be wrong. They are telling you how they would have fought their last game, not how to fight yours. The only advice worth giving is what Nimitz said to Fletcher; You are governed by the principle of calculated risk, which you shall interpret to mean the avoidance of exposure of your force to attack by superior enemy forces without good prospect of inflicting, as a result of such exposure, greater damage on the enemy.

There's some tricks in Babes that let you do that, to some extent. Be glad to help you figger them little things out.

Matt

Thanks mate. Really appreciated your comment here.! Wise words, for wise men!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 18, 41

Bradd really knows how to handle his subs.... while i never spot any of his ships, look what they did this turn....

...and i'm devoting half of my bombers to ASW tasks....

Andrew, how did u do against me??

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Submarine attack near Groot Natoena at 58,83

Japanese Ships
xAKL Akita Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXIV

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled

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Sub attack near Truk at 111,109

Japanese Ships
PB Takunan Maru #2
PB Sonan Maru #5
PB Shonon Maru #15

Allied Ships
SS Plunger

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Sub attack near Hengchun at 83,67

Japanese Ships
xAK Konan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PC Sumire
SC Ch 18
SC Ch 17
xAK Toyokawa Maru
PB Shonan Maru #2
PB Shonan Maru #1
PB Kyo Maru #11

Allied Ships
SS Pike

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Sub attack near Truk at 112,107

Japanese Ships
AMc Seki Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS Trout

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ASW attack near Taihoku at 87,62

Japanese Ships
PB Shinko Maru #5
xAK Amagi Maru
PB Zosen Maru
PB Yokae Maru

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon

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Submarine attack near Groot Natoena at 57,84

Japanese Ships
xAKL Sunten Maru

Allied Ships
SS O20, hits 2

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Submarine attack near Truk at 112,106

Japanese Ships
xAK Izan Maru

Allied Ships
SS Gudgeon

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Sub attack near Truk at 112,105

Japanese Ships
xAK Erie Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tautog

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Submarine attack near Truk at 112,105

Japanese Ships
xAK Yamayuri Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Tautog

I already foresee the terrible future i will have when his torps will improve....

Again, many sweeps today against Singapore and Rangoon.... 24 to 48 in his favour.... today we lost 34 pilots...most of them were pre-war crack pilots...even few aces were lost

But we will keep on fighting! DEATH OR VICTORY!!!!

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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 20

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 21

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 27

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 35
P-40E Warhawk x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 26
P-40E Warhawk x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 16

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 17
P-40E Warhawk x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 3 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

We made our first bombardment run at Clark....wow...750 AVs for the allies....

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1428 troops, 120 guns, 75 vehicles, Assault Value = 556

Defending force 23176 troops, 329 guns, 328 vehicles, Assault Value = 761

Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
65th Brigade
2nd Formosa Inf. Regiment
48th Engineer Regiment
48th Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
14th PS Engineer Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
Far East USAAF
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
North Luzon Force
200th Coast AA Regiment
Clark Field AAF Base Force
Provisional GMC Grp

Then we conquered Lubang....the island in front of Manila.... tomorrow we'll base there float planes

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Japanese forces CAPTURE Lubang !!!

Brunei fell today....12 oilfields damaged, but we'll repair them

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Ground combat at Brunei (65,87)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1174 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Defending force 747 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 22

Allied adjusted defense: 5

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Brunei !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
I/81st Naval Guard Unit
III/81st Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
107th RN Base Force
100th RN Base Force

Tavoy held our first attack....tomorrow should fall against a shock!

KB sailed from Truk....we avoided the pesky subs....but they will follow us...i know....

Mini-KB (Zuiho + 2 CVEs) sailed and will meet the 2nd Mindanao invasion force, while two regiments are already advancing circling the allied fortified positions at Cayagan.

Kaga+Ryuho moved from Camra Bay...we'll meet the 21st Division and its partners in deep ocean....then we'll move towards Kuantan. Zeros and Oscars from Kota Bahru will keep on sweeping Singapore.
I decided to reinforce the Palembang invasion with one more reinforced regiment... should have nearly 350 AVs landing at Palembang.

Force Z spotted at Batavia....

A para drop will be attempted against Port Blair Tomorrow ...finger crossed!

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RE: Let's start! - 7/19/2012 11:19:18 PM

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What is he doing there? He doesn't attack....

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RE: Let's start! - 7/19/2012 11:22:29 PM

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Burma front....still pretty quiet

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RE: Let's start! - 7/19/2012 11:39:40 PM

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Are you sure that that TF at Port Blair isn't a reinforcement convoy?

If he's got a Indian Brigade there, then the Para drop might not go so well

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RE: Let's start! - 7/19/2012 11:43:24 PM

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Are you sure that that TF at Port Blair isn't a reinforcement convoy?

If he's got a Indian Brigade there, then the Para drop might not go so well

I cannot be sure....but it's an attempt it's worth to be tried imho. That TF has been there for 2 turns now and it hasn't unloaded any additional unit so far....

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RE: Let's start! - 7/19/2012 11:48:44 PM

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air production so far....

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RE: Let's start! - 7/19/2012 11:49:25 PM

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Hell, he could have one of the Singapore "reinforcement convoys" there

That would be different!

Can it even get there this quickly?

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RE: Let's start! - 7/19/2012 11:51:12 PM

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Hell, he could have one of the Singapore "reinforcement convoys" there

That would be different!

Can it even get there this quickly?

What do you mean with singapore reinforcement convoys???? Do you think he would dare to send a reinforcement TF to Singa? Wouldn't be crazy??

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RE: Let's start! - 7/19/2012 11:56:55 PM

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No, you know the two division that start as "Singapore reinforcement" convoys

I think ones off map (so that wouldn't be it) but doesn't one start near Karachi?

That might be able to make Port Blair in time

I'm guessing here, and it would be a hell of a risk, and he'd almost certainly lose it eventually, but you'd have to put a lot of resources in to it to take it.

it all depends on whether it can get to Port Blair by Dec 17th (thats when you said it arrived)

It can't get there that fast, can it?

I've only ever played one game so I genuinely don't know if thats even possible

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RE: Let's start! - 7/20/2012 12:01:07 AM

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No, you know the two division that start as "Singapore reinforcement" convoys

I think ones off map (so that wouldn't be it) but doesn't one start near Karachi?

That might be able to make Port Blair in time

I'm guessing here, and it would be a hell of a risk, and he'd almost certainly lose it eventually, but you'd have to put a lot of resources in to it to take it.

it all depends on whether it can get to Port Blair by Dec 17th (thats when you said it arrived)

It can't get there that fast, can it?

I've only ever played one game so I genuinely don't know if thats even possible

well, we'll soon discover it

However, i'm pretty sure he reinforced Rangoon so, if ever, he sent reinforcements there.
A division at Port Blair so early is a great risk...The Brits cannot risk to lose an entire division, leaving it there completely isolated

But who knows..... however if the paras manage to take the base, we'll immediately transfer there a battallion and a base force...wanna start to apply a good pressure in the Bay of Bengal.

It's time to take some risks

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RE: Let's start! - 7/20/2012 12:02:13 AM

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Good luck, I'm off to bed!

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RE: Let's start! - 7/20/2012 12:04:24 AM

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Good luck, I'm off to bed!

Me too....and the posts number grows...right Canoerebel?

Night guys

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RE: Let's start! - 7/20/2012 12:51:23 AM

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There are three brigades 'at sea' off the west coast of India at start. There is the 18th UK Division leaving Cape Town at start. The question is where did Brad send them??

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RE: Let's start! - 7/20/2012 1:38:44 AM

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What is he doing there? He doesn't attack....

WTF? He doesn't have 4 CVE's. This is FOW, might have a CV but this is darn strange

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RE: Let's start! - 7/20/2012 3:11:09 AM

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CVs SE of Tokyo - he knows that you don't have enough Zeros yet to have upgraded the Claudes on Honshu. Thus, any Nell/Betty set on naval attack will get shredded. He may think you will have to send any transports from Tokyo to Truk further west and he 'may' have Boise and/or Houston over in that area to intercept. He may be hoping that you divert part or all of KB north to go chase after his CV while he has another CV head into the Solomons area to stop your invasions. He has three CVs to use right now. The Yorktown shows up at the end of the month.

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RE: Let's start! - 7/20/2012 5:50:37 AM

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There are three brigades 'at sea' off the west coast of India at start. There is the 18th UK Division leaving Cape Town at start. The question is where did Brad send them??

Not at port blair me guess.

My guess is that, if he's sent them reinforcing some place on the front, i bet they are in Burma. We'll soon discover that....

At Palembang 8 units are spotted for 10k men....pretty a lot!!! I'm happy to have reinforced the Palembang invasion...

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RE: Let's start! - 7/20/2012 5:53:12 AM

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

CVs SE of Tokyo - he knows that you don't have enough Zeros yet to have upgraded the Claudes on Honshu. Thus, any Nell/Betty set on naval attack will get shredded. He may think you will have to send any transports from Tokyo to Truk further west and he 'may' have Boise and/or Houston over in that area to intercept. He may be hoping that you divert part or all of KB north to go chase after his CV while he has another CV head into the Solomons area to stop your invasions. He has three CVs to use right now. The Yorktown shows up at the end of the month.

But i have 60 Netties at Tokyo...no zeros, you are right, but if they took off the risk for him could be really high... well, they didn't...but is it worth to risk a carrier staying for 3 days in Range of Netties from Japan HI?
Yes, it's only 1 CV i guess.... don't know where are the other 2...

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RE: Let's start! - 7/20/2012 6:26:50 AM

CT Grognard

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The Allied player starts with a British task force called the Singapore Fast Reinforcement convoy, with CL Ceres and six transports, fully loaded with the 44th and 45th Indian Brigades, docked off Goa.

There is another loaded task force off Karachi with the 46th Indian Brigade (called the Burma Reinforcement task force).

The Singapore fast reinforcement task force (off Goa) can reach Port Blair easily within 8 days, i.e. by 16 December. You're looking at just over 200 AV of Indian troops (30 xp).

As indicated by ny59giants, there is a transport convoy that starts at Cape Town, loaded with the British 18th Division (40-45 xp). This convoy will take at least two and a half weeks to reach India.

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RE: Let's start! - 7/20/2012 6:31:31 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: CT Grognard

The Allied player starts with a British task force called the Singapore Fast Reinforcement convoy, with CL Ceres and six transports, fully loaded with the 44th and 45th Indian Brigades, docked off Goa.

There is another loaded task force off Karachi with the 46th Indian Brigade (called the Burma Reinforcement task force).

The Singapore fast reinforcement task force (off Goa) can reach Port Blair easily within 8 days, i.e. by 16 December. You're looking at just over 200 AV of Indian troops (30 xp).

As indicated by ny59giants, there is a transport convoy that starts at Cape Town, loaded with the British 18th Division (40-45 xp). This convoy will take at least two and a half weeks to reach India.

Thanks CT Grognard. My only hope is not to find the Singapore reinforcement troops at palembang...that would be a real problem.
I'll land a division-equivalent force there...but if he has two indian bde reinforcing the ducth troops, behind some good forts, it could be not enough

...gotta hurry up and hope he has sent those troops somewhere else (burma maybe)

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RE: Let's start! - 7/20/2012 9:18:05 AM

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CHINA:

I'm pretty confident that we should be able to deal with the "partisans" that are threatening our inner supply lines within the end of the month. More supplies will be shipped to China and we'll devote more efforts into the air war there, so to support our troops.
I need to clear the whole Southeastern Area, so that i can committ more forces for the front lines near Changsha.

LUZON:

Allied forces in Luzon are pretty strong indeed. However i don't wanna fight them for the moment. I'll push them back into the triangle Manila-Clark-Bataan, and then i'll simply leave enough AVs in order to defend my position and forbid the supply production in Manila.
I'll probably leave there the equivalent of 2 Divisions (the 65th Bde, 2 Rgts of the 16th Divisions and some SNLF units, along with 2 Engineers regiments supported by some artillery) and evacuate the rest (tanks above all) for the next advance in southern DEI.

MINDANAO:

I need to get this island quickly now. Allied troops have fortified Cayagan. I will conquer Davao and the rest of his bases and then probably simply keep it suppressed (a Sally Sentai should be enough for this job), so that i can move on.

SUMATRA:

As i said, the invasion of Palembang will be a priority. Brad is already fortifying it and i don't wanna be forced to face a Festung Palembang in this game. In few days an Air HQ should be present at Singawank. Then we'll be able to base there Netties and Zeros, in order to support our operations. Clearly to achieve this objective i need to get rid of the pesky allied fighters that are defending Singapore.... once their number will be low enough, i should be able to loose my netties and make them look for juicy preys.

MALAYA:

The operation against Kuantan is now a must. We're proceeding too slowly in the north and now i regrett not to have listened to those who suggested me to swicth from Mersing to Kuantan (Pax or princeps maybe?!)... well, now it's too late to regrett but we're still in time to take it.
The invasion force will be screened by a BBTF (2 Kongos) and by a Cruiser TF. Netties will be based, for the upcoming operation, at Kota Bahru, so that if Force Z wants to come out and play (at the moment she should be lingering near Batavia) i will be ready to meet her.

PACIFIC:

We're sending a base force to Marcus Island and to Wake. Both will be garrisoned as soon as some units arrive as reinforcements.
We're also sending some small units to take Baker Island and Tabiutea in the Gilberts.

Zuiho Group (CVL Zuiho + 2 CVEs + 3 CS + 2 BBs) will support the second invasion of Mindanao. probably it's not needed, but i wanna avoid any suriprise. Then it will support the conquest of Jolo (that will close the final encirclement of PI) and then will move to join the Kaga+Ryuho, forming a reinforced Mini-KB (CV Kaga + 2 CVLs + 2 CVE).

As said, Rabaul and the Solomons will be conquered shortly, with the fully support of KB and a couple of combat SCTFs.

After Rabaul we'll immediately move for an early conquest of PM, Mylne Bay and Lunga-Tulagi. Once done that, the KB will probably sail towards Ambon in order to support the future advances in that key area.

BURMA: well, here everything depends on how strong Brad wants to defend. If he reinforced the area i'll clearly need more troops (now i'm committing very few units)....but i also could consider, if he reinforced, a landing in SOUTHEAST India in order to close the door behind Burma garrisons.... maybe maybe