Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: koniu

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Sweep:

»» Sweep – In this Mission the aircraft attempt to draw enemy CAP over the target
hex into an air to air engagement. If the group attacks at 100’, the planes will
also attempt to strafe the target if CAP does not drive them off. Squadrons are
limited to one Fighter Sweep per day; if weather keeps the fighters from flying
a Sweep Mission in the morning, they will be eligible to fly one in the afternoon.

-- Anybody ever just sweep over an ocean hex?

Only enemy base or nonbase hex with enemy troops can be sweep. (not sure about empty land hex of nonbasehex with only friendly troops)
Sweeping ocean hex or friendly base is impassible

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ORIGINAL: obvert

Ok. Losing Rota without a fight basically is actually pretty huge for you. I'd get a few DD/TB TFs to the Northern Marianas base where you have a field, sit them under CAP for a turn, then run them in. I did this a lot against Jocke and got some good hits on CVE and the amphibs that way. You should run as much night search with Jakes as possible.

Hit that dot with something as well. You don't want a field here any time soon.

I really think this is KB territory, especially since you have fields intact you can support with. You can run a LR CAP and swing the KB near an island base in close. Screw the 8 hex strike. Get in and hit hard. If you happen to win this you could still shut him down here for a while and reinforce. If you don't your 20 hex perimeter idea won't matter anyway. He just builds them up and knocks you down once the B-29s arrive.

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

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ORIGINAL: obvert

Ok. Losing Rota without a fight basically is actually pretty huge for you. I'd get a few DD/TB TFs to the Northern Marianas base where you have a field, sit them under CAP for a turn, then run them in. I did this a lot against Jocke and got some good hits on CVE and the amphibs that way. You should run as much night search with Jakes as possible.

Hit that dot with something as well. You don't want a field here any time soon.

I really think this is KB territory, especially since you have fields intact you can support with. You can run a LR CAP and swing the KB near an island base in close. Screw the 8 hex strike. Get in and hit hard. If you happen to win this you could still shut him down here for a while and reinforce. If you don't your 20 hex perimeter idea won't matter anyway. He just builds them up and knocks you down once the B-29s arrive.

Are you referring to LRCAP over KB? Because it's at drastically reduced effectiveness over air combat TFs.

Now, you might be able to LRCAP over an SCTF in the same hex as KB as a nifty little trick...

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

The turn is away...we shall see how badly I get trashed.

The game is going to hell in a handbasket, but I am still hopeful. Hopeful for a swift and painless death most likely.

The entire Port Moresby, Rossel Island, Umboi, Rabaul, Kusaie Ponape, Truk line has been bypassed. I thought for sure I had a window to use the KB in the Andamans with the CV capable Corsair...obviously not.

Allied supply is going thru Marshalls, Wake and Marcus...perhaps I can slow him somehow here. Truk is getting 50K supply, so that is probably about it there. Flying troops out of Kusaie, and also flying a splinter out of Tinian, I don't fancy buying back a division .. Hopefully not too many are shot down...none were yesterday.

The KB is assembling, and will have in it 750 planes less one CVE that is getting fixed from a torpedo attack in Tokyo.

Moulmein seems to be getting bypassed to the jungle east...I have some troops heading there, perhaps it will cause the Allies to hesitate, but I doubt it. The fall back is the two jungle ridge terrain hexes on the roads. By two weeks I should have 2000 AV in each I think...delay is the name of the game, delay and keep shipping oil.

Thanks everyone for all your advice! Keep it coming please, I need it.

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

The turn is away...we shall see how badly I get trashed.

The game is going to hell in a handbasket, but I am still hopeful. Hopeful for a swift and painless death most likely.

The entire Port Moresby, Rossel Island, Umboi, Rabaul, Kusaie Ponape, Truk line has been bypassed. I thought for sure I had a window to use the KB in the Andamans with the CV capable Corsair...obviously not.

Allied supply is going thru Marshalls, Wake and Marcus...perhaps I can slow him somehow here. Truk is getting 50K supply, so that is probably about it there. Flying troops out of Kusaie, and also flying a splinter out of Tinian, I don't fancy buying back a division .. Hopefully not too many are shot down...none were yesterday.

The KB is assembling, and will have in it 750 planes less one CVE that is getting fixed from a torpedo attack in Tokyo.

Moulmein seems to be getting bypassed to the jungle east...I have some troops heading there, perhaps it will cause the Allies to hesitate, but I doubt it. The fall back is the two jungle ridge terrain hexes on the roads. By two weeks I should have 2000 AV in each I think...delay is the name of the game, delay and keep shipping oil.

Thanks everyone for all your advice! Keep it coming please, I need it.

Well, here's the thing. Unless he wants to risk you cutting him off (or simply cutting in behind him from the north/east) once he moves past the Marianas, he's going to have to expand somehow. In his position, I would strike south through Babeldaob and try to link up with a SLOC thrust from Darwin, but what do I know?

Could also come at Rabaul "from behind", as it were, via the same route and clear it out that way.

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

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ORIGINAL: obvert

Ok. Losing Rota without a fight basically is actually pretty huge for you. I'd get a few DD/TB TFs to the Northern Marianas base where you have a field, sit them under CAP for a turn, then run them in. I did this a lot against Jocke and got some good hits on CVE and the amphibs that way. You should run as much night search with Jakes as possible.

Hit that dot with something as well. You don't want a field here any time soon.

I really think this is KB territory, especially since you have fields intact you can support with. You can run a LR CAP and swing the KB near an island base in close. Screw the 8 hex strike. Get in and hit hard. If you happen to win this you could still shut him down here for a while and reinforce. If you don't your 20 hex perimeter idea won't matter anyway. He just builds them up and knocks you down once the B-29s arrive.

Are you referring to LRCAP over KB? Because it's at drastically reduced effectiveness over air combat TFs.

Now, you might be able to LRCAP over an SCTF in the same hex as KB as a nifty little trick...

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ORIGINAL: koniu

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

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ORIGINAL: obvert

Ok. Losing Rota without a fight basically is actually pretty huge for you. I'd get a few DD/TB TFs to the Northern Marianas base where you have a field, sit them under CAP for a turn, then run them in. I did this a lot against Jocke and got some good hits on CVE and the amphibs that way. You should run as much night search with Jakes as possible.

Hit that dot with something as well. You don't want a field here any time soon.

I really think this is KB territory, especially since you have fields intact you can support with. You can run a LR CAP and swing the KB near an island base in close. Screw the 8 hex strike. Get in and hit hard. If you happen to win this you could still shut him down here for a while and reinforce. If you don't your 20 hex perimeter idea won't matter anyway. He just builds them up and knocks you down once the B-29s arrive.

Are you referring to LRCAP over KB? Because it's at drastically reduced effectiveness over air combat TFs.

Now, you might be able to LRCAP over an SCTF in the same hex as KB as a nifty little trick...

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LCAP over Air Combat TF have 50% effectives penalty.
It simulates difficulty of finding that TF by LCAP because AC TFs changing position and move direction constantly to adjust for wind to be able to send and receive planes and avoid detection by enemy.

Workaround of that is to LCAP SAG that is with KB in the same hex. But it have risk. IF KB react toward enemy and SAG not You will not have LCAP over KB at all.
So You choosing between 50% LCAP effectiveness or 100% effectiveness with risk of having nothing

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ORIGINAL: obvert

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ORIGINAL: koniu

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

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ORIGINAL: obvert

Ok. Losing Rota without a fight basically is actually pretty huge for you. I'd get a few DD/TB TFs to the Northern Marianas base where you have a field, sit them under CAP for a turn, then run them in. I did this a lot against Jocke and got some good hits on CVE and the amphibs that way. You should run as much night search with Jakes as possible.

Hit that dot with something as well. You don't want a field here any time soon.

I really think this is KB territory, especially since you have fields intact you can support with. You can run a LR CAP and swing the KB near an island base in close. Screw the 8 hex strike. Get in and hit hard. If you happen to win this you could still shut him down here for a while and reinforce. If you don't your 20 hex perimeter idea won't matter anyway. He just builds them up and knocks you down once the B-29s arrive.

Are you referring to LRCAP over KB? Because it's at drastically reduced effectiveness over air combat TFs.

Now, you might be able to LRCAP over an SCTF in the same hex as KB as a nifty little trick...

+1
LCAP over Air Combat TF have 50% effectives penalty.
It simulates difficulty of finding that TF by LCAP because AC TFs changing position and move direction constantly to adjust for wind to be able to send and receive planes and avoid detection by enemy.

Workaround of that is to LCAP SAG that is with KB in the same hex. But it have risk. IF KB react toward enemy and SAG not You will not have LCAP over KB at all.
So You choosing between 50% LCAP effectiveness or 100% effectiveness with risk of having nothing

Should be fine if the SAG is following KB. Or put it on an ASW TF also following, or spread the wealth!

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

That two destroyer/1 DE TF savaged by Lillies is really a strange composition: 1 fletcher, 1 wickes (), 1 Evarts class DE (19 knots)

What the hey?

Subs targeting the Anzio...plus some strike planes out a to 13 hexes from Truk.

I have several offensive air attacks in the Marianas...we will see if any can get thru the Allied CAP. Perhaps, if he is sloppy or if the timing is right.

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

Strikes me as a probably ASW TF.

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ORIGINAL: JocMeister

He doesn´t have that many Fletchers yet,.

Can you provide some more intel on the Allied Deathstar? I´m not really sure why your opponent is so aggressive. As I said before looking at other AARs the KB usually ends up victorious this early in the game. But your opponent seems to play like an allied victory is a sure thing. I don´t get that. He seems to be itching for a CV fight when he should play defensive and make sure he troops get ashore and stay there.

By moving north he can no longer provide cover for his landings and he burns fuel which might cost him a turn to refuel at some point.

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

The Kaga and company got spotted coming out of Tokyo last turn, and the Deathstar moved north to threaten her.

Japan lost 100 planes total to the Allies 40 yesterday. Roughly.

Still hunting the Anzio with subs...

KB getting closer, Guam can't support all those planes, Saipan can. Runways pristine, repair shops damaged.

All midget subs sunk. 13 midget subs fired a total of twice.

Anzio -- strike that, I think the Anzio is two hexes east of Rota, so no clue what the other CV is on the east edge.

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ORIGINAL: obvert

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

The Kaga and company got spotted coming out of Tokyo last turn, and the Deathstar moved north to threaten her.

Japan lost 100 planes total to the Allies 40 yesterday. Roughly.

Still hunting the Anzio with subs...

KB getting closer, Guam can't support all those planes, Saipan can. Runways pristine, repair shops damaged.

All midget subs sunk. 13 midget subs fired a total of twice.

Anzio -- strike that, I think the Anzio is two hexes east of Rota, so no clue what the other CV is on the east edge.

Hold on. I don't understand. Is the Kaga with the KB or is the KB somewhere else? If you're protecting info for OPSEC I understand, but this is really confusing.

His move North is crazy right now! An Allied invasion should be in and out quickly. Two days max, then gone. This is asking for it and the KB should be within a days move to get there just in case of something like this.

If you're prepared you'll be able to punish any mistake or half-assed move, and especially this one!

A few more things. The Judy strike is telling. If you can get through, you need to pile on everything possible now. High strikes with 2E TB possibly, low strikes with Jakes and 1E TBs plus some 2E IJAAF bombers, then the real strikes it the sweet zone in the middle altitudes once the CAP is spread out all over the place. If he has more than range 0 CAP that seems to be bleeding then sweep that base, bomb it, get the CAP directed everywhere but over his fleets.

This is a great opportunity. Don't hold back! You've got nothing to lose and a LOT to gain.