Slitherine

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4. I'm fortunate to be playing John since he's so aggressive. Instead of crawling into his shell now, he's pushing pretty hard, which makes the game very interesting for an Allied player in May 1942.

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Sure.  The Allies have to be careful when using carriers, whether they have two or eight, when the KB is lurking about in '42.  So I don't use mine unless I know what I'm up against and that the odds are acceptable.  This gives me a better chance of moving on an enemy combat TF or small carrier TF if John raids past Ceylon, which is certainly possible.

I probably shouldn't say this for fear of immediately drawing bad luck:  I have not lost a carrier in my last four PBEM games vs. John III, PzH, Chez, and Q-Ball.  The last time I lost a carrier was vs. Miller three or four years ago.  Now, that's not saying much.  In fact, it may be evidence I'm far too timid.  But it is also evidence that I'm pretty careful in using my carriers.

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ORIGINAL: Miller

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Sure.  The Allies have to be careful when using carriers, whether they have two or eight, when the KB is lurking about in '42.  So I don't use mine unless I know what I'm up against and that the odds are acceptable.  This gives me a better chance of moving on an enemy combat TF or small carrier TF if John raids past Ceylon, which is certainly possible.

I probably shouldn't say this for fear of immediately drawing bad luck:  I have not lost a carrier in my last four PBEM games vs. John III, PzH, Chez, and Q-Ball.  The last time I lost a carrier was vs. Miller three or four years ago.  Now, that's not saying much.  In fact, it may be evidence I'm far too timid.  But it is also evidence that I'm pretty careful in using my carriers.

I wouldn't go anywhere near the KB until you have Hellcats on all your CVs. The Wildcat is next to useless compared to the Zero (IN THE GAME, NOT IN REAL LIFE). No one wants yet another F4F vs Zero arguement

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Canton Island at 151,139

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34


Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 13
F4F-3 Wildcat x 26
SBD-2 Dauntless x 33
SBD-3 Dauntless x 35
TBD-1 Devastator x 14


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3A Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 3 destroyed
SBD-2 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
SBD-2 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CV Zuikaku, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
CV Akagi, Bomb hits 5, on fire
DD Inazuma

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Canton Island at 151,141

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
B5N2 Kate x 65
D3A1 Val x 59



Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 14
F4F-3 Wildcat x 27


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 4 destroyed, 6 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 7 destroyed, 11 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3A Wildcat: 1 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 3 destroyed

Allied Ships
CA Indianapolis
DD Case, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Aylwin, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Worden
DD Porter, Bomb hits 1
CA Houston
CL St. Louis
DD MacDonough
DD Shaw, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Dale
CL Phoenix
DD Farragut

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

It may be too late for what is going on in the South Pacific now, but I like to form two ship Support TF of fast AVDs with enough aviation support for a 12 plane PBY group. Find a base that has a size 1 port that you can disband them in and use that base to spy on his ships with the now relocated PBY group. They should be fast enough to get out of trouble, when needed.

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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Sure.  The Allies have to be careful when using carriers, whether they have two or eight, when the KB is lurking about in '42.  So I don't use mine unless I know what I'm up against and that the odds are acceptable.  This gives me a better chance of moving on an enemy combat TF or small carrier TF if John raids past Ceylon, which is certainly possible.

I probably shouldn't say this for fear of immediately drawing bad luck:  I have not lost a carrier in my last four PBEM games vs. John III, PzH, Chez, and Q-Ball.  The last time I lost a carrier was vs. Miller three or four years ago.  Now, that's not saying much.  In fact, it may be evidence I'm far too timid.  But it is also evidence that I'm pretty careful in using my carriers.

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

You can disband in dot bases (0 port). Maybe that's new in AE versus WITP?

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ORIGINAL: SqzMyLemon

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

You can disband in dot bases (0 port). Maybe that's new in AE versus WITP?

Personally, I don't like this. My last opponent disbanded heavily damaged CVE's at a base with port (0) and the ships did not appear to recon since no anchor symbol will display. I only knew the ships were there from naval bombardment hits in the combat report. If the ships could be spotted from recon I'd have no problem with it, otherwise I think it's an exploit as I don't believe air units can attack a base with a port of (0).

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The Allies race to seize the key line of jungle hexes bordering the clear terrain in Upper Burma.

1. The two UK brigades are in place and building forts.
2. 6th Oz Division still has another hex to travel (SW from it's current position) to occupy the center of this line.
3. The two hexes occupied by the paired Indian brigades and BFF brigade are weak points at present.
4. 7th Oz Division (currently at Jamdespur) and 7th Indian Division (just bought and currently at Bombay) are enroute to Imphal. From there they'll plug into the line.
5. 41st USA Div. is 28 days out of Capetown. She'll be bought upon arrival and moved into the line - ETA approximately 75 days.
6. I should be able to buy out at least one more Indian division near term.

From his email comments, I know John is aware that the Allies pose a risk in Burma. I think, though, that he's focusing on an Allied offensive. I don't think he realizes, yet, the importance of the line of jungle hexes. If I'm right, the Allies may have lots of time to reinforce these hexes. Then, as the summer draws on, or when the monsoon ends in October, the Allies can move into the open terrain in a massive campaign.