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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/16/2014 1:10:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		I'm fighting the urge to send a carrier or two to the Noumea-Luganville area. I know he's got some transport activity going on without the air support while Noumea was under siege.

I'll have to recon Koumac, Luganville and Efate a bit more. I probably won't do this, just to keep a hidden "fleet in being".

I'll keep my fleet at Wellington for a couple months. My "A" plan is to let him batter KB against Suva if he goes there. My fighter strength at least matches them -- most like outnumbering KBs fighters. With that, I'll spring my forces on them. Showing my CVs now might provoke KB to a dedicated search and destroy mission, which I want no part of. I suck at grand strategy, and my hope this falls together like this is probably a pipe dream. If he's serious about Suva, this is probably the only way I can picture it.

If it stays quiet, I'll look at my Marshalls plan. I have units prepping for four different bases there. I'll wait for Wasp, Washington and South Dakota to show for this event. Six carriers and 12-14 battleships should do the trick. Ed Doctrine is to have a bombardment force accompany the invasion (and stay) and also keep a BB with the transports. I'll also keep subs in the area to rescue pilots. With the stacking limits there, I'm sorta stuck to a regiment plus extras at each. I'll need time to get units flipped to unrestricted commands. I'm building up lots of base forces and USAAF fighter squadrons at Hawaii to run the bases after their taken. I could have sent more to Australia/Suva, but I'm pretty much filled up with my ability to support aircraft. Eniwetok will probably be included in the grabbings. That would probably put Truk in heavy bomber range. I don't know offhand how high it can be built.

This wouldn't be soon. I'm looking late summer at best -- probably along the timeframe Watchtower happened.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/16/2014 1:29:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		The question you should ask before sending your carriers to hit transports is - "Could this alter the course of the war in my favour?"
A successful raid means you sink a few xAKs and maybe some small escorts, perhaps get a few troops on board too.
It might also make him more cautious about having air cover for each operation. Nothing that changes the overall war effort.

An unsuccessful raid means you get a carrier sunk or heavily damaged and change the course of the war for several months - in Japan's favour.
Not worth the risk.

I know DDs are precious in 1942 (cue Gollum here), but you have a half dozen of the old US CLs and about a dozen old British & Australian CLs that make good raiders.
Maneuverable enough to dodge most bombs and torpedoes and able to punch it out with Japanese DDs and CLs. I would send a pair for CLs if the Japanese air search is spotty. Just monitor the DL on the way in and bug out if spotted.


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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/16/2014 1:53:13 PM   
Mundy


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Status: offline 		I don't think it would help in the long run. That's why I probably won't. I'll keep them for the "Decisive Battle".

I've never thought much about the "convoy raider" scheme. With Netties about, it's so hard to pull off. To be honest, I don't think he has them deployed past Rabaul. I figure it's hard for him to get bases built up quickly with the weakling base units he has. Most of my Omahas are back in San Francisco or Pearl, dedicated to convoy duty. I've been burned by IJN AMCs in the past roving between Suva and Pearl Harbor. (although I enjoyed watching Charleston beat a couple off nicely). I've got a good cruiser force at Townsville, so maybe they'll pay a visit. Thanks for taking my blinders off. I think Koumac needs a nighttime visit.

I think my Rossel Island raid is only a day out. I'll leave them there long enough to flip the base and bug out. I've had to keep an ASW group near the Townsville reef as a sub's been lurking there, already claiming one APD. Milne Bay will probably be on the short list of next objectives. I would like to send a larger group to Tassafaronga. That would force him to hike a bunch of guys through the jungle for little purpose. Normally I would do something like this like a week before invading Lunga, but I'm not keen on an ugly pig-wrestling match in the mud through the Solomons. If I can splatter KB across the sidewalk while keeping some carriers, I plan to island hop to the north, overwhelming isolated bases. I just need to come up with a large enough base to stage out if, as I don't think any in the Marshalls can hold that many.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/16/2014 4:16:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		In the Caroline group, south of the Marshalls, there are several bases that can take 60,000 troops (at least in the stock game).
I think Tabituea is one which can be built up decently.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/16/2014 4:46:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yeah... the Carolines. That would require a good Hailstone job on Truk. It would be a good indirect way to deal with Noumea and the Solomons.

I'll worry about that after the first step. I wish I had more USMC defense battalions laying about. Pago Pago and Suva have a good portion of them consumed.

I can't wait to see what develops.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/16/2014 11:49:45 PM   
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Things are toughening up in India.

He's moved troops into Ranchi and started a bombardment. In raw APs he has me at 2-1, so I'm getting concerned. I've moved all the fighters based there out and sent the base troops packing.

The 75th Indian Bgd takes Rajshashi. The USA 27 will be there tomorrow. The Indians are going one hex SE. There's a big rail intersection there, but no base, so I'll cut supplies to everything he has to the east.

The USA 27th Div fragment is unpacking and hoofing it to its mother.

Still no activity from Patna. I've reassigned the planes to the 225th RAF which is there to see if that helps.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/17/2014 2:51:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		Rail is not the only path for supply in India. The Indus valley has first class road(s) running the length of it and branching off here and there.
Sometimes they coincide with the rail line, but sometimes they allow a way around a blocked hex.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/17/2014 6:53:15 PM   
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I'll worry about that after the first step. I wish I had more USMC defense battalions laying about. Pago Pago and Suva have a good portion of them consumed.

Well you really don't need USMCS defense battalions in Suva. More likely than not if the Japanese land in Fiji they will land to the west of Suva and march. The defense of Suva should primarily fall to USA or USMC infantry regiments early on so those USMC can go defend atolls which typically cannot hold an entire regiment anyway (except Pago Pago and a few others).

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/18/2014 2:49:05 PM   
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This sucks...

I had my own Battle of Savo Island handed to me.

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Belep Islands at 110,153, Range 17,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Seagull V: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Atago, Shell hits 5, on fire
CA Chokai, Shell hits 5
CA Kako, Shell hits 3
DD Amatsukaze
DD Yudachi
DD Umikaze
DD Suzukaze, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Louisville, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Canberra, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Leander, Shell hits 8, heavy fires
CL Achilles, Shell hits 5, on fire
CL Perth, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Jarvis, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
DD McCall, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Le Triomphant, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage


This was the group that was a day away from bombarding Koumac. I should have dealt up a lot more punishment that I did. 8" gunnery was atrocious. Most of my hits on his CAs were 6", and therefore minimal. The few 8" shells that did hit his cruisers tended to hit the superstructure. Suzukaze went down to a single magazine hit, which is of little consolation to me.

This was followed up by Betties from Koumac finishing off most of the rest. One crippled DD is left. Koumac is like one hex beyond recon Lightning range, so I couldn't keep sharp tabs on it. I didn't think it would be built up enough to support torpedo bombers yet.

More distressing was the sudden appearance of carriers intercepting my fast transports retrieving the commandos from Rossel Is.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tagula Island at 102,142

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 66
B5N2 Kate x 47
D3A1 Val x 31

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 3 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
APD Chew, Bomb hits 1
CL Marblehead, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Manley
DD Patterson
APD Ward, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Gregory

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Marblehead
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Ward

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tagula Island at 102,142

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 60 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 66
B5N2 Kate x 45
D3A1 Val x 76

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Patterson, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Chew, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CL Marblehead, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
APD Ward, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
APD Gregory, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Manley, Bomb hits 8, and is sunk

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Ward
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Marblehead
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Patterson
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Gregory
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Manley


I had pretty thorough searches with PBYs from Moresby covering the East, and they still popped up like that. I don't think this is all of KB. I would like to send my carriers up from Wellington to settle the matter, but I am seriously short of cruiser escorts for them right now. SARA's about 4 days away, with a bunch of CAs. All my air at Townsville and Brisbane are on alert.

In China, CF's snuck around the north and taken Chengtu, north of Chungking. I'm falling asleep at the wheel here. I must not have noticed Kienko falling earlier. I have over 3,000 APs at Ichang (currently quiet). I'm stealing about a third of them and sending them to the hex south of Chengtu. That will take awhile. I'm not really loaded heavily at Chungking with infantry right now. I think I'll get my bombers moved up from Liuchow and start pounding him. I doubt he has any real air cover there.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/18/2014 10:41:49 PM   
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I'll worry about that after the first step. I wish I had more USMC defense battalions laying about. Pago Pago and Suva have a good portion of them consumed.

Well you really don't need USMCS defense battalions in Suva. More likely than not if the Japanese land in Fiji they will land to the west of Suva and march. The defense of Suva should primarily fall to USA or USMC infantry regiments early on so those USMC can go defend atolls which typically cannot hold an entire regiment anyway (except Pago Pago and a few others).


I have been lurking on this AAR

The USMC defense battalions at Suva can help in defending the airbase and planes from naval bombardment:
lots of mines to counter capital ships, guns to counter minesweepers.

I don't think they can stop or slow any serious assault attempt, as they are too small caliber (5in/ 6in) and any major invasion fleet will include BBs or CAs.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/19/2014 4:38:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		I've moved them and some infantry to Nadi... just in case. I was slightly overstacked at Suva anyway. He's got a good aerial buzzsaw to run through before he even lands there.

CF's starting landing troops at Port Moresby. That explains KB presence to the south. They've just been screening for ships, as they haven't struck the base itself. He appears to not have many troops ashore, so I'll have a go at them. Beach losses have stacked up a bit for him here.

He's been sweeping Diampur the last few turns. I can roughly match him there at around 60 fighters, so I'm CAPping next turn. I'll have the Tigers and the three Hurricane squadrons stacked from 25,000' down to 10,000'.

Saratoga should be close to Wellington. I'll have to decide what to do from there. 5 carriers should be a match for KB, notwithstanding the variables. If I can punch them good, the offensives would dry up quickly. Wasp is about 40 days out yet, but I'll treat her as my strategic reserve.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/19/2014 3:48:21 PM   
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On the second day, the coast gunners on Port Moresby decided to wake up. At least one of his transports probably won't make it back. I counterattacked the beach at 1-1 odds, but took more casualties. He's also landing at Rossel Island now. My floatplanes should have them out of there before too much damage is done.

Saratoga is two days away from Wellington. Lots of CAs and DDs are with her, which is important. The other four carriers had minimal escort, so this should even things out a bit. KB's rounded the tip of New Guinea to the north, so I won't pursue them there.

Atlanta's finally on the way to Pearl. I have at least 6 USA/USMC regiments there prepping for the Marshalls, plus some armor and artillery. Judging from losses if done otherwise, I'm giving them all the time they need. I have 12 BBs to support this. I want to see what he does in SPAC before I pull the trigger, as I want the CVs to also support this. I may be in for a wait.

He's been landing troops on Cebu for awhile. They've been some stubborn holdouts as of yet.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/19/2014 10:42:56 PM   
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Rossel Is falls. I got the guys there airlifted out before the battle.

Today's attack at PM doesn't go as well today. Time to hunker down. His ships are taking a beating.

I figure in a couple more weeks, I'll be able to flip a VT to TBFs. Nice to see some things progress.

In two days, the fragment for the USA 27th Division will reunite.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/20/2014 4:26:06 PM   
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The USA 32nd Division arrived at San Fran. I'm packing them up for Suva, or most likely Nadi, due to the stacking limits. They're going on some relatively fast APs. Two Omahas and two destroyers will escort. I'm still wary of roaming AMCs, though I'm not sure this is part of the Cannonfodder Doctrine.

The 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team is now part of Wisconsin National Guard, putting a more personal touch to this.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/20/2014 5:02:37 PM   
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I'm considering sending the 32nd to New Zealand. After Noumea, it's a question mark as to if/when he'll go there or Suva. I have a long boat ride to think about it.

The last regiment of Americal left Cape Town awhile ago. I'm unloading them at Albany, to avoid any subs, since they're unescorted. I may move the rest of that division to Perth, as he seems to have a division prepping for there. Townsville and Brisbane are pretty heavy with troops right now.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/21/2014 12:27:47 AM   
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India's starting to turn south on me.

The Chinese 5th Corps and all the weakling units got beat at Rangpur. They retreated SE. I'm moving them NW to get to the other side of the city. Fortunately, there's a major road I can take that ways. The USA 27th's fragment is a day or two away from its parent. After that, I'll look for weak units to beat up.

Saratoga's at Wellington. It will be about 4 days before everyone gets fixed up. I was looking at flipping a TBD squadron to TBFs, but there's only 6 in the pool, so that's at least two weeks away. I'm probably going to try and relieve Port Moresby. He doesn't have enough ashore to take it, and I'm at 4,000 supply -- 1000 over the minimum wanted. The longer he unloads the more artillery units join in. 25 pounders started hitting the ships today. The six in guns landed another 4 shots on the transports. Nagato and Haruna bombarded, but only inflicted six casualties. KB launched a massive attack the previous day, but casualties were also minimal.

I got another bit of intelligence that the IJA 57th is still planning on Brisbane. My last fix on them was three months ago in Manchu-land on the Soviet border.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/21/2014 10:53:56 AM   
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India's starting to turn south on me.

The Chinese 5th Corps and all the weakling units got beat at Rangpur. They retreated SE. I'm moving them NW to get to the other side of the city. Fortunately, there's a major road I can take that ways. The USA 27th's fragment is a day or two away from its parent. After that, I'll look for weak units to beat up.

Saratoga's at Wellington. It will be about 4 days before everyone gets fixed up. I was looking at flipping a TBD squadron to TBFs, but there's only 6 in the pool, so that's at least two weeks away. I'm probably going to try and relieve Port Moresby. He doesn't have enough ashore to take it, and I'm at 4,000 supply -- 1000 over the minimum wanted. The longer he unloads the more artillery units join in. 25 pounders started hitting the ships today. The six in guns landed another 4 shots on the transports. Nagato and Haruna bombarded, but only inflicted six casualties. KB launched a massive attack the previous day, but casualties were also minimal.

I got another bit of intelligence that the IJA 57th is still planning on Brisbane. My last fix on them was three months ago in Manchu-land on the Soviet border.


My game just hit May 15th and VT-6 on the Big E upgraded at the end of the day.

Figure on having enough in the pool for your first upgrade by the middle of the month.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/21/2014 11:59:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		That's pretty much what I figured, since production is something like 35 a month.

Probably another month and a half before everyone's converted. I'm trying to make sure any upgrades on land units are off. Some VMB units can go to TBFs.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/21/2014 7:45:45 PM   
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I'll worry about that after the first step. I wish I had more USMC defense battalions laying about. Pago Pago and Suva have a good portion of them consumed.

Well you really don't need USMCS defense battalions in Suva. More likely than not if the Japanese land in Fiji they will land to the west of Suva and march. The defense of Suva should primarily fall to USA or USMC infantry regiments early on so those USMC can go defend atolls which typically cannot hold an entire regiment anyway (except Pago Pago and a few others).


I have been lurking on this AAR

The USMC defense battalions at Suva can help in defending the airbase and planes from naval bombardment:
lots of mines to counter capital ships, guns to counter minesweepers.

I don't think they can stop or slow any serious assault attempt, as they are too small caliber (5in/ 6in) and any major invasion fleet will include BBs or CAs.


I would disagree with this assessment. As you say the 155 mm guns are too small to hurt CAs or BBs so they really don't do much on bombardment. Really no guns will stop bombardment at all. That being said, a USMC defense battalion that isn't disrupted and has it's guns intact actually can stop a serious invasion of an atoll. Especially after the amphibious bonus has run out. And even on non-atolls they can be very helpful post amphibious bonus given the number of days it takes for Japanese units to unload.

Sounds like China is going to be lost soon. Bummer. Lots of IJA divisions will be free soon.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/21/2014 8:26:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		I do have about 1500 APs of Chinese moving to the Chungking area. It's a ponderous, slow moving millstone to get going though. I would rather force him to pull troops from Manchu-land rather than free up forces in China proper. There's two big stalemates at Canton and Wuchow right now. Raw APs have me on top right now.

08 May 1942

My old friend from the days of UV is here...Long Island. She's departing from Panama to San Fran now.

The USA 27th in India has recombined with the extra bits. They're moving NE to Rangpur to deal with the troublesome IJA unit there. If I can get them out and chase them back down south, I can let all the loser units finally recover.

I've had P-40 squadrons showing up at Aden, where they're being shipped to Karachi -- on a circuitous route, mind you, with that sub sitting to the west. I think I've just packed up the third one. I'll try to pack in the USAAF units at the front and pull out the RAF to recover. Wellingtons and A-20s are hitting the IJA at Ranchi, to little effect. If I could, I'd nerve gas everything...

Two more day's 'til Saratoga's fixed up. Time for a reckoning after that. I'd like to get him while he's infatuated with PM. Maybe I can lure them too close to Townsville...

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/21/2014 10:57:03 PM   
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IJA bombers hit the USA 27th Division, inflicting casualties. I've moved the rickety, busted squadrons out of Patna, and moved the AVG, USAAF and some RAF Hurricanes in. I'll LRCAP the 27th. They should outnumber what he escorted with last turn.

My Chinese and Indians NE or Rangpur turned the corner and got a hex west. I'm cutting SW to mess with their supplies. It looks like he's trying to pursue form Rangpur, but he's too late. Hopefully the 27th will catch up soon. I need to thump him where I'm locally strong.

I've noticed an area where IronBabes kicks the allied player in the nards. All the Seabees which show up at Port Hueneme are coming in under West Coast command, forcing me to buy them out. Not very nice of them...

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/22/2014 12:12:42 AM   
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All the Seabees which show up at Port Hueneme are coming in under West Coast command, forcing me to buy them out. Not very nice of them...

Except of course they are dirt cheap

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/22/2014 1:30:33 AM   
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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/22/2014 10:26:59 AM   
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All the Seabees which show up at Port Hueneme are coming in under West Coast command, forcing me to buy them out. Not very nice of them...

Except of course they are dirt cheap


49 PPs is one shy of a full day's worth..........3 PPs to change a commander is what I call cheap.
The constant need to sacrifice a days progress on accumulation to free them up as they arrive is a serious delay to effort to acquire sufficient points for a major release like a regiment or a division.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/22/2014 11:29:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		Especially by mid-42 when they're rolling in like hot cakes.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/22/2014 5:13:28 PM   
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Especially by mid-42 when they're rolling in like hot cakes.

I suppose. I have just never had an issue with PPs by mid-1942 as the Allies.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/22/2014 5:32:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		I think things are tighter in DBB-IB. I don't recall ever having to buy out regiments of Americal before. I also have lots of flak and arty sitting in San Fran. At 150 points a pop, I can't be springing them wholesale yet.

The other two regiments are on the train to Perth. The last regiment is headed to Albany to unload. I've had the occasional sub west of Perth which claimed a tanker within the last week, so I'm using oddball routes on the Cape Town and Aden runs. I can't really spare any escorts right now for the Perth convoys. I keep two at Aden for important runs. The rest hug the north edge of the map.

Speaking of oddball runs, I have no clue how CF's getting fuel to Japan. Any other game, I average 1-2 encounters a day in Japanese waters, but not here. Most of my encounters have been off of Fusan/Pusan, where Nautilus bagged four on one cruise. I've hit a couple more the last few turns at the north end of the islands. Philippine and Formosa waters are now well covered also. Can Manchuria compensate for Japan proper HI-wise? I would doubt it. He can't run a constant rail line through China (yet).

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/22/2014 5:43:35 PM   
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I think things are tighter in DBB-IB. I don't recall ever having to buy out regiments of Americal before. I also have lots of flak and arty sitting in San Fran. At 150 points a pop, I can't be springing them wholesale yet.

I'm fairly certain 2/3rds of Americal need to be bought out in stock as well. The artillery is expensive. Which is why I think it is halfway generous that USN Seabees are "only" 49 points a pop.
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Speaking of oddball runs, I have no clue how CF's getting fuel to Japan. Any other game, I average 1-2 encounters a day in Japanese waters, but not here. Most of my encounters have been off of Fusan/Pusan, where Nautilus bagged four on one cruise. I've hit a couple more the last few turns at the north end of the islands. Philippine and Formosa waters are now well covered also. Can Manchuria compensate for Japan proper HI-wise? I would doubt it. He can't run a constant rail line through China (yet).

Do you have subs patrolling near the fuel sources in the DEI? Like near Palembang? I've always been more of a fan patrolling near the source of fuel than the HI given the fact that some of that fuel will be shipped to IJN bases directly. Another explanation could be in the detection of your subs. If they are getting detected by air they will be less likely to attack convoys. I always watch my detection levels for sub patrols. Somewhat OT but the Nautilus needs to end its patrol and be upgraded to an SST. There are only 3 USN subs at the start that can be upgraded to SSTs so you have to treat them like gold. There is a reason why their VP values triple when they upgrade from SS to SSTs. If you really want to make early moves in the CentPac like you claim then those SSTs can be very useful to delivering light infantry to lightly or undefended Japanese with no risk.

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RE: Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy vs Cannonfodder - 10/22/2014 6:34:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		I hate putting them in shallow water. I always get beat up bad there. Maybe I'll have to rethink this a bit. The long ranged Dutch subs may be a good bunch to send there. I have been covering the Formosa-Philippine-Borneo gaps pretty well.

Maybe I need some advice on SSTs... What are the best uses for them? I wouldn't think they would sustain a base like Port Moresby very well, or maybe just enough not to starve. I hadn't looked, but wasn't aware that Nautilus could be converted. I've always valued the larger guns these boats carried. Argonaut's been busy full time running mine ops -- with success at times.

If I can deal with KB or at least, if they leave the area, I may try to sneak an AS into Normanton. It would be a good spot to run S-Boats into the DEI.

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