Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

Do you play the Allies?

The P-40K is great. I actually get mad when it goes away and is replaced by the worse P-40N/P-40N25. What's great about the K is that:
1) Sure, its maneuver doesn't compare favorably with contemporary IJ models, but it has 30 Durability and better guns, plus armor.
2) Speed is good enough
3) Comes en masse, relatively speaking. You can lose 15 in a single fight and not be terribly bothered.

It's a good plane to anchor your CAP (literally - use it down low). The P-40E actually is also, but is limited by numbers.

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If it were you how would you organize your 8 destroyers task force wise? Comments much appreciated. One big task force, multiple small task forces, 2 medium size task forces. I plan to max night naval search, day naval search. There is moderate rain coming down at Chittagong presently, with a forecast of thunderstorms. Moonlight is 71% and waxing. Oh, one more question, would you send all the destroyers in Chittagong, or one hex to the west hoping to catch them after the bombardment?

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ORIGINAL: tiemanj

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If it were you how would you organize your 8 destroyers task force wise? Comments much appreciated. One big task force, multiple small task forces, 2 medium size task forces. I plan to max night naval search, day naval search. There is moderate rain coming down at Chittagong presently, with a forecast of thunderstorms. Moonlight is 71% and waxing. Oh, one more question, would you send all the destroyers in Chittagong, or one hex to the west hoping to catch them after the bombardment?

Late again, as always - but for future scenarios:

I would go 1 TF of 2 DDs, and 1 TF of 6 DDs. Try to arrange it so the 2 DDs get there first, than the 6. Try to hit him 1 hex out of the target location AFTER his bombardment (so he has no ammo). Of course this means it happens in the day time and not night (which would be an advantage for the allied player in comparative skill level). But even in Japans case, I think it would be an advantage because
1) he will have very little ammo to defend him self with
2) it takes op points from the day phase (instead of the night phase), which can leave him more vulnerable to air strikes.

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If that is how ops points are assigned, that is really good thinking. I thought there was just a pool for the entire turn, not each phase.