Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: JocMeister

Not sure you have the troops to spare but I always try to have some troops prepped in reserve in case the Japanese do what they did at Kusaie. Its a good way to kill Japanese troops and makes the Japanese player wary of reinforcing in the future.

On critical landings I always try and have a full Corps in reserve.

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

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ORIGINAL: zuluhour

Reading along with witpqs we should be able to tell how and when supply becomes an issue for Japan. He has his opponent in an ever tightening choke hold.
So far I have not seen any apparent effect.

But is his opponent using size 81 groups, which sometimes get decimated and need to be rebuilt? Doing so should burn a lot of supply. We'll see... I'm just going to keep hammering away at the Chinese bases I don't see myself needing supplies at if I retake them (that's all but about 2), especially while I wait for ships and men to get into place.

I don't think so, unless some exist naturally. We had an email discussion recently (just off-hand, not sparked by anything) and he mentioned that the max-out re-sizing of groups is something he doesn't like to do.

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Japanese aircraft
A6M5d-S Zero x 16

Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5d-S Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 15 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 4 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 10, on fire
BB Ise, Bomb hits 14, on fire
CA Ashigara, Bomb hits 2
DD Sawakaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
SS I-31, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Nokaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Tachikaze, Bomb hits 1, on fire
TK Akitsushima Maru, Bomb hits 1

Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 2

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

Banda / New Guinea - June 30, 1944

So obviously, Ise is not sunk from the previous damage. I had hoped for some better results, but I would guess that 20 or so points of System damage caused to each BB by the time fires are put out. That's another few months of repairs.

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ORIGINAL: obvert

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

Banda / New Guinea - June 30, 1944

So obviously, Ise is not sunk from the previous damage. I had hoped for some better results, but I would guess that 20 or so points of System damage caused to each BB by the time fires are put out. That's another few months of repairs.

Based on tests I did bombing BBs I think these are out for the war, even assuming they can be transferred to a big shipyard for repairs.

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ORIGINAL: Crackaces

I noticed a yellow "!" at Ramree Island .. you might push more supply here as well as Rangoon .. I find
it propagates better. I know usually you use Ramree Island to push supply attacking Rangoon but filling
these two locations seems to me help get supplies even over as far as Bangkok ..

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

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ORIGINAL: obvert

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

Banda / New Guinea - June 30, 1944

So obviously, Ise is not sunk from the previous damage. I had hoped for some better results, but I would guess that 20 or so points of System damage caused to each BB by the time fires are put out. That's another few months of repairs.

Based on tests I did bombing BBs I think these are out for the war, even assuming they can be transferred to a big shipyard for repairs.

I think so too. They didn't hit 50+ Sys in the damage report, but I know Ise and Nagato both have flooding damage from before (Ise 2 torpedoes plus bombs for heavy fires/heavy damage, Nagato 1 torpedo plus bombs for heavy fires). The fact that neither have 'heavy damage' listed means all damage categories are under 50, however I would expect Ise to be somewhere in the 30s for float and/or engine. That alone will would a year to fix if it were the only ship in a size 50+ yard. He doesn't have many of those - he hasn't expanded Soerabaja much, and Singapore remains a size 50 I think. Manila likewise under 50. Hong Kong at 50, but getting bombed sometimes.

Unfortunately, them being out for the war means I won't get the chance to harvest their VPs (most likely). I think Ise is definitely out for the war. Nagato might make it back in sometime in mid-late 1945. In my experience, 50-ish Sys damage takes about 7-8 months to fix. So if they hit 30-40, maybe, we're talking 4-5 months minimum. Plus transit times, plus any major damage, which is why I think I might see Nagato again but not Ise. With Yamato, Yamashiro, and Hyuga all sunk that means I'm looking at 4 Kongos, Musashi, Fuso, and Mutsu for his operable BB strength. Not too scary. He uses the Kongos a lot. One day I'll sink them.


I may do some semi-daily updates since turns are moving slow. MM is finishing up on some school things. I'm plenty busy on my own and could spend the time doing other things, but this is more fun. On a side note, this is definitely me:
http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_urban_inside_the_mind_of_a_master_procrastinator

After watching that, I watched about 4 more...and then I read his latest blog post on cryonics. Took over an hour. I didn't get much "done" during that time. Perfect example.

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

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ORIGINAL: Crackaces

I noticed a yellow "!" at Ramree Island .. you might push more supply here as well as Rangoon .. I find
it propagates better. I know usually you use Ramree Island to push supply attacking Rangoon but filling
these two locations seems to me help get supplies even over as far as Bangkok ..

That actually occurred because I'm pulling out of Ramree. I no longer need it. I'm using some xAPs and LSTs to load up the troops there - faster than walking.

I did have periodic supply issues until I took Rangoon, but now that I have it (and Blair), he isn't challenging any of my supply convoys on the way in. Middle of July now and I've got 300K supply at Rangoon, with more coming every few days.

Supply actually flows fairly well between Rangoon and Bangkok once you have the area all cleared. I think it's because of the road from Moulmein to the rails at Uttaradit/Pisanuloke. I've marched all the way to Vinh so far in that game and only had supply issues on a couple of days after mounting an attack.

The only area in Burma that I'm still somewhat concerned about supplies is Lashio/Myitkyina. I'm still unable to use bases in this area for aerial operations over western China, should I choose to do that (like bombing more industry). I'm not sure I've had Rangoon for long enough for the supply to make its way north, though.


EDIT: does he even have anything else to invade with?

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

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ORIGINAL: Crackaces

I noticed a yellow "!" at Ramree Island .. you might push more supply here as well as Rangoon .. I find
it propagates better. I know usually you use Ramree Island to push supply attacking Rangoon but filling
these two locations seems to me help get supplies even over as far as Bangkok ..

That actually occurred because I'm pulling out of Ramree. I no longer need it. I'm using some xAPs and LSTs to load up the troops there - faster than walking.

I did have periodic supply issues until I took Rangoon, but now that I have it (and Blair), he isn't challenging any of my supply convoys on the way in. Middle of July now and I've got 300K supply at Rangoon, with more coming every few days.

Supply actually flows fairly well between Rangoon and Bangkok once you have the area all cleared. I think it's because of the road from Moulmein to the rails at Uttaradit/Pisanuloke. I've marched all the way to Vinh so far in that game and only had supply issues on a couple of days after mounting an attack.

The only area in Burma that I'm still somewhat concerned about supplies is Lashio/Myitkyina. I'm still unable to use bases in this area for aerial operations over western China, should I choose to do that (like bombing more industry). I'm not sure I've had Rangoon for long enough for the supply to make its way north, though.

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ORIGINAL: Yaab

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

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ORIGINAL: Crackaces

I noticed a yellow "!" at Ramree Island .. you might push more supply here as well as Rangoon .. I find
it propagates better. I know usually you use Ramree Island to push supply attacking Rangoon but filling
these two locations seems to me help get supplies even over as far as Bangkok ..

That actually occurred because I'm pulling out of Ramree. I no longer need it. I'm using some xAPs and LSTs to load up the troops there - faster than walking.

I did have periodic supply issues until I took Rangoon, but now that I have it (and Blair), he isn't challenging any of my supply convoys on the way in. Middle of July now and I've got 300K supply at Rangoon, with more coming every few days.

Supply actually flows fairly well between Rangoon and Bangkok once you have the area all cleared. I think it's because of the road from Moulmein to the rails at Uttaradit/Pisanuloke. I've marched all the way to Vinh so far in that game and only had supply issues on a couple of days after mounting an attack.

The only area in Burma that I'm still somewhat concerned about supplies is Lashio/Myitkyina. I'm still unable to use bases in this area for aerial operations over western China, should I choose to do that (like bombing more industry). I'm not sure I've had Rangoon for long enough for the supply to make its way north, though.

I don't think supplies can move from Rangoon northwards. Rangoon is the biggest port in the Burma rail matrix which means 70-85% of your supplies in Burma will accumulate automatically in Rangoon. If you ship supplies to Rangoon they will just sit there waiting... to be exported by ships. In order to move them north you will have to up the supply demand at Lashio or Myitkyina, stockpile supply there or move a command HQ to Lashio or Myitkyina to gather 20,000 supplies there.

Command HQ seems to override the automatic supply accumulation in the biggest port thing. The HQ tries to gather 20,000 at all times. The one thing I do not know if the command HQ robs other bases from supplies needed duitfully by them or it only gathers all surplus supply in a given region.

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ORIGINAL: savelius2

The Chengtu thing just happened in the NJP vs Wargmr game. You can check it out in either thread.