Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Cribtop

I would add to Obvert's post that if you retain a Navy and air force you can, at the right times, use a mobile reserve to reinforce a base that can hold for a week or two on its own. This will change the odds to the point where you force Q to unexpectedly need three divisions instead of two, if you catch my meaning.

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ORIGINAL: Cribtop

I would add to Obvert's post that if you retain a Navy and air force you can, at the right times, use a mobile reserve to reinforce a base that can hold for a week or two on its own. This will change the odds to the point where you force Q to unexpectedly need three divisions instead of two, if you catch my meaning.

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ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

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ORIGINAL: Cribtop

I would add to Obvert's post that if you retain a Navy and air force you can, at the right times, use a mobile reserve to reinforce a base that can hold for a week or two on its own. This will change the odds to the point where you force Q to unexpectedly need three divisions instead of two, if you catch my meaning.

Perfectly agree Crib. That's the idea. But consider that Brad is a smart fox....

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ORIGINAL: obvert

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ORIGINAL: Cribtop

I would add to Obvert's post that if you retain a Navy and air force you can, at the right times, use a mobile reserve to reinforce a base that can hold for a week or two on its own. This will change the odds to the point where you force Q to unexpectedly need three divisions instead of two, if you catch my meaning.

+1

You might also think about the small unoccupied and dot bases as well, even to deny easy capture with small SNLF. It's so easy for them to get a base up and running from nothing I've found lately. If you can slow him in the area south of New Britain it would really give you time to get the rest set. There are just so many dots to go after there. I just noticed on a previous map that both Treasury and Feni Island were open.

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ORIGINAL: 1EyedJacks

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ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

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ORIGINAL: Cribtop

I would add to Obvert's post that if you retain a Navy and air force you can, at the right times, use a mobile reserve to reinforce a base that can hold for a week or two on its own. This will change the odds to the point where you force Q to unexpectedly need three divisions instead of two, if you catch my meaning.

Perfectly agree Crib. That's the idea. But consider that Brad is a smart fox....

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ORIGINAL: Panther Bait

Greyjoy,

Regarding dot bases, would it be possible to maintain a rapid reaction force or two with pre-positioned shipping to respond to any deep dot-base incursions like what happened in the DEI a while back.  It wouldn't need to be big enough to kick out a division or brigade dot base invasion, probably more like able to handle a regiment or a raider unit plus an engineer force. 

The goal would be to keep Brad honest on the mini-landings-to-functioning-airbase-in-days type of attacks.  Even if all you achieve in the end is that he starts having to attack dot bases with divisions (with the delay to reload again), that's seems like a win to me.  Landing/supporting bigger forces might leave him more open to interdicting invasion TFs, too or at least make him expose APA/AKA ships.  And if the counterinvading force can walk out to a nearby base on the same landmass (or quick barge out to somewhere nearby), so much the better for you.

Mike

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ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

 Jun 21, 43

Ok guys, this is the turning point. Unfortunately all my strategies and efforts weren't enough.

SOLOMONS:

The enemies landed at Vella La Vella using LCIs and LSTs... some 80 Dive Bombers, escorted by Zeros and OScars took off from Rabaul.... 74 of them never got back...and, as usual, we sunk ONLY 5 empy LCIs... 50 precious pilots gone for nothing...

Enemy CVs spotted near Brisbane... they are coming.


DEI:

here's the real problem.
Brad played with me. 60 days of daily CAP Traps with empty ships near Saumlaki.... but this time it was for real. Brad used again LSTs, Barges and LCIs (all expendable) to land in a single night the 22nd Marine Rgt, a regiment of the 25th US Division, 2 full Engineer units, a base force and a Marine Parachute regiment... more than 400 AVs at Molu, one hex north of Saumlaki.... this is bad... and this time there's nothing i can do. It was the only "dot" base i left ungarrisoned... i hoped it was too "far away" from his bases...MISTAKE. Now in a couple of turns he'll have a level 1 AF...and then all will be over. The whole southern DEI lost.
Don't know if this time it's wise to try to counterinvade... i only have 3 brigades in reserve...clearly not enough to dislodge 400 1943 allied AVs...
What should i do?

I'll be out of order for 3 days for job reasons....

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ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

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ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

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ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

Well, i think if you were right before, saying Brad would be more honest after the the Terapo raid, now that effect has been even amplified. we showed him we can still fight and win a surface engagement. A Brookling Class CL, a Cleveland Cladd CL, 1 CA and 2 small CLs...not bad, not bad

My DDs performed particularly well, keeping honest his own DDs (superior to mines) and allowing our CAs to do most of the job

Thx Jeff, nice to have you here

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ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

22-23 June 1943

Well, while the allies have now breached my southern DEI perimeter, we tried to counter...i know i cannot push him out of Molu now...simply too many forces have now estabilished here. Have to face the truth: from now on it will simply be a downhill slope for me.

However, we sent the KB to Babar... full speed. Again surprised achieved...but again weather isn't on my part. He had not less than 5 BBs and 10 CA/CLs at sea south of Saumlaki.... and guess what? None of them got targetted. We did bag 3 CVEs, an Omaha class CL and some 5 old DDs.... not much...and we lost some 200 planes with 110 crack pilots....

Then, the next day, i sent my fast BBs to interdict his retreat path to Darwin... again the BBs were slowed down by waves of PTs and single DD TFs...nothing achieved...but at least i didn't lose any major ship this time.

In the Solomons the americans have already conquered Ontong Java and Vella La Vella... Rabaul is in real danger now.

Brad is clearly a top player. He managed to avoid any landing against a defended target and yet he keeps on advancing... this is the way to play. Japan simply cannot defend every dot base and the allies just need to grab a couple of them and use their engineers to build it up... then, once an AF is estabilished, it's simply a matter of time

Sorry but job is really demanding in these days. Turns and the AAR will suffer

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ORIGINAL: JocMeister

Sorry to hear about your Grandmother!

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Brad has about 10 of these 'monsters' right now. They equal 225 engineers if you add the construction, engineers, and engineer vehicles together. YIKES for Japan!! If he gets one or worse yet two on a base, the condos will be going up during the second month on the beachfront.


OT - Sorry to hear about your Grandmother's death.

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ORIGINAL: veji1

Don't blame yourself, honestly this mod with the AE map and all the extra bases is massively taxing for the japanese. Sure as one of those who critized you for abandonning Norther Oz without a fight I too think it was a mistake, but overall you have been playing great.

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

My condolences. As you say, 94 makes for nice long story. I hope it was a happy one for her.

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

GJ, I want to encourage you that the DEI is a knife that cuts two ways.  It's hard for Japan to defend everything.  But it's hard for the Allies to move around in what is a clogged, choaked, high-traffic theater without getting whacked now and then.  Brad has chosen a sure way to advance, but you will get chances to punish him.  It's going to be a meatgrinder, but you'll figure out how to maximize it for your benefit.

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

As the Allied player in a PBEM game vs. Miller three or four years ago, I took the DEI route.  Miller is an outstanding tactical and operational defender.  He drove me nuts in the DEI.  I lost a zillion planes and ships.  You too are outstanding, so I anticipate the same kind of dogged defense.  Q-Ball knows how to advance, but gracious the game is already getting pretty late for him.  He can't feel relaxed about barely getting established in the eastern DEI in summer '43.