John B.
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Joined: 9/25/2011 From: Virginia Status: offline
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Well, having fought Scott to the shores of Japan in late 44 (and disposed of Dmitry in fairly short order) it only seems right that I should finally take up the task of playing the Empire of Japan. The economic model is VERY intimidating and I still can't get the hang of which aircraft paths to follow but I'm sure with enough searches it will all come out right. A couple of things I might try that are different. 1. I'm not going to escort my AKLs and small AKs. I want his fleet subs to attack them. My depth charges don't work very well but I noticed two things in my last game. A. US subs tend to attack lone merchants on the surface and, while depth charges don't work, deck guns sure do. I had a number of subs take significant battle damage from AK and AKL guns. Also, US subs will shoot a lot of torpedoes in a surface action and a lot of them don't explode. So, I expect my losses to be about the same but to do more damage to the subs. 2. Speaking of subs, I'm going after Manila on December 7th. I realize that it's random but the US does not lose too many BBs at Pearl if any at all so I'm not sure how many VP actually get picked up there. But, the subs at Manila should be blasted. And, while the slow pre-war BBs don't usually get a chance to sink much the subs do in the long run so I believe I'll be saving myself VP while actually making a few more. 3. I'm going for some aggressive invasions in the So. Pac. leapfrogging some of the allied bases to strike deeper than the original plan. 4. And, I'm doing No. 4 because I want to get into Australia. I don't think I can take it or get an autovictory, but I do want to do some strat bombing there. Until US fighters show up, the cities are pretty wide open and I hope to pick up some VP on the cheap. 5. I'll push into Burma but just to block supply to China and I'll push into China where opportunity presents itself. Might not work, but, what the hell. The turn is off to Scott so Ialia Iacta Est!
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