Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Wargmr

The turn has been sent so we should see the results within a few hours.

NJP has a stack of about 60,000 troops with an estimated AV at between 1100 & 1200AV moving west into the hex southeast of Port Augusta. I have 4 units of tanks that are at almost full strength. their AV is estimated at just above 200. They will shock attack as his troops are moving into the hex.

My larger force will be following on and should be in the hex but probably will not participate in tomorrows battle.

NJP's armor forces have been punching holes in the 2 tank regiments still containing Valentine II tanks. The groups that will shock attack are all upgraded to Grant/Lee with some Stuarts thrown in.

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

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ORIGINAL: Wargmr

The turn has been sent so we should see the results within a few hours.

NJP has a stack of about 60,000 troops with an estimated AV at between 1100 & 1200AV moving west into the hex southeast of Port Augusta. I have 4 units of tanks that are at almost full strength. their AV is estimated at just above 200. They will shock attack as his troops are moving into the hex.

My larger force will be following on and should be in the hex but probably will not participate in tomorrows battle.

NJP's armor forces have been punching holes in the 2 tank regiments still containing Valentine II tanks. The groups that will shock attack are all upgraded to Grant/Lee with some Stuarts thrown in.

Interesting that the prior map pics of the ground combat screens do not show the troops you had coming up the rail line south of Pt. Augusta - he may not have known they were coming and what danger he is in.

I would put the Australia Command and Australia Corp HQs in combat mode for the next turn so they can support the battles going on around them, even if they are not in the battle hexes. Their movement does not need to be cancelled - they just won't move as much.

I thought the Valentine tank had good armour but just a weak gun (but adequate for Japanese tanks). Maybe I am thinking of the Churchill or Crusader tank. Never thought of the Grant/Lee as a well armoured tank - certainly the Germans didn't. Have to look up the armour values I guess.

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ORIGINAL: Wargmr

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ORIGINAL: Rio Bravo

Hello Wargmr-

I've only read like the last two pages of your AAR. I am going to back up now, go to the beginning. This looks to an interesting read.

One thing I noted by what I've read, that stands out to me, is your ability to confine The Empire to a small piece in India and of which you are strongly contesting at those locations. Secondly, you have all of the Gilberts!

Well done..gives me hope!

Regards,

-Terry

Rio,

Some people have called me aggressive ;] Some really aggressive people have called me aggressive as well. I think that I am just impatient but whatever!!

Strategically my opponent decided to make a play for all of Australia. I believe that is a mistake as defending the territory taken is difficult and it is as far away from the Japanese Home Island as possible and provides zero oil for the effort. It would cause an Auto victory if he managed to roll me over but it didnt happen.

Because he had the KB and mini-KB stashed in the southwest corner of Australia he could not project proper power in the Gilbert/Marshalls and thus I have made an early move in that direction.

What I like to do is overwhelm my opponent by pushing from many directions at once. The KB can be only one place and the auxiliary carrier force can only be in one place so he can cover 2-3 areas max. By moving in multiple vectors I stress out the capabilities of the Japanese and exploit the weak spots while causing the Japanese player to start to react to my moves rather than execute his own plan.

The difficulty of an early strategy is that the allied fighter forces are weaker than the Japanese forces into late 43. By mid to late 43 the allies should be able to project power where they needed to and be on the assault.

You may want to check out my AAR in the first game against NJP called "What Could Possibly Go Wrong?". We went into January of 1945 where I won by invading the Japanese homeland. It is every combat in the game and some say hard to read but you can just scroll fast until you hit pictures and those parts are commentary.

Thanks for stopping by!

I am trying to catch up on this AAR. Afterwards, I will read your other war. And yes, Australia is a long way from the Empire homeland.

I like your agressiveness and your strategy. Avoiding the KB is essential and so far you seem to have managed that!

Good luck!

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ORIGINAL: Rio Bravo

Perhaps, NJP will withdraw from Australia now?

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ORIGINAL: Wargmr

NJP sent some ships to Ndeni and I thought it was going to be another attack with the same group that killed the 2 initial transport groups here. It turned out to be an APD force with a CM attached. He dropped off some troops but I have about a regiment already on the ground so his little surface raid is not going to be enough to cause me too much trouble.

Also, I have another 2 regiment equivalent that almost landed last turn but I diverted.

It was disappointing that I had a surface group that just decided not to engage. It was set to amphibious and unloading marines along with a cruiser and light cruiser escort. They are now on surface patrol hoping to catch a return of the ships. I think that the CM spells trouble so I have sent some mine sweepings. Ndeni will go to lvl 2 within a few days and is important to me so I will fight for it.

NJP is going to have to start making choices on where to cover with his carriers and whether to split them up or not. I havent seen much of that from him and he has absolutely no idea where my carriers are which I like. There is a possibility he may make a run on Sydney to see if he can catch any ships in port for upgrades. There are 4 cruisers there but the cap would make him pay dearly for a port attack.

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ORIGINAL: Sangeli

Don't invest too heavily in Ndeni. It can't be held in the long term but you can force NJP to divert and prep more resources to it. I wouldn't try to build up the air base past level 2 or bring more support units but certainly if you could get more LCUs in there safely that could be a good idea. There simply isn't enough depth behind the position for you to hold it forever without CV support.