Canoerebel
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Joined: 12/14/2002 From: Northwestern Georgia, USA Status: offline
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4/8/43 to 4/13/43 China: The Japanese have bombarded the Kukong garrison into oblivion but haven't attacked to finish them off. Each day gives my units a hex to the rear time to entrench. The problem at Kukong is that the units weren't drawing supply, even though the right hex sides are open. I'm evaluating whether Dave is pulling back from the Sian front to reinforce the Changsha/Kukong front. He can move faster, via railroad, but I can shift units fairly efficiently, as long as my MLR doesn't collapse. Two AE Oddities, I Think: I have noticed repeatedly that there are times when fort building at certain bases progresses more slowly than it ought and that ships unload supply at ports more slowly than they ought. This is a regular, though not widespread, occurrence. I think it's something mechanical inside the game system as opposed to some failure on my part. I've noticed this repeatedly over two games with many instances and haven't been able to figure out anything that I'm doing wrong. The only commonality is that it seems to be within the game itself. For instance, at the same time, I unloaded supply and similar engineers at two Aleutian Islands. Fort building progressed at one notably faster than at the other. I've seen that before, from time to time. And, for instance, I have small cargo vessels that are unloading at Cocos Island remarkably slowly. It's a level one port, but the rate of unloading isn't explained by that. The same vessels unload far more quickly at other level one ports with all other factors being the same (absence of naval support in both cases, for instance). Cocos Island: SigInt reports 6th Guards Div., currently at Pegu, prepping. Could be disinfo, but I think Dave will mount a major counterinvasion, so I'm buying it. The key to Cocos is supply. I've had lots of small xAKs and AGs come in, only to have supply dribble ashore sometimes at a rate of 10 or 20 points per day. The cargo ships have backed up. Dave's navy is going to come back soon and wreak havoc, so getting supply ashore is of paramount importance. I have an RN base force (nav support) inbound on fast transports. They need about four more days to make it. Whether they make it is certainly in question. At the moment, Dave is quiet here. That's gonna end soon. Marshalls: I'm preparing the Allied bases and forces for a major enemy counteroffensive even while testing my hypothesis that Dave might've decided to withdraw from the Marshalls to concentrate further back. Recon is working but the info produced thus far is too little to make deductions. Troops for quick invasions are inboud to Hawaii, just in case it does look like Dave's bases are weekly held.
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