Hirohito
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>This is a case of one armchair general having read a book >about history,
Actually, I have probably read over a thousand books on military strategy. I was in the first gulf war where I was shot in the back, how many wars have you been in?
>being a fanboy of hero of said history book,
Well, let's see, I quoted three different military geniuses from three different books, which one are you talking about? Lawrence, Sun Tzu or Stonewall? Yes, I am a fan of all three of these military geniuses. Lawrence brought down the Ottoman Empire and never had more than ten thousand effectives. Stonewall never lost a battle adn whipped three Yankee armies, each of which outnumbered his own army, in a series of running battles up and down the length of the Shenandoah Valley before slipping away to help Lee drive McClellan from the gates of Richmond and then on to smash two more union armies at second bull run and chancelorsville. Sun Tzu's legend speaks for itself. So, yes I am a fan of theirs and take the lessons they would teach to heart.
>then having delusions of grandeur of being the Emperor of >Japan,
Any strategy game has to have a premise for who you are in the game. That dictates the kind of moves you will make. My premise is that Hirohito gets a copy of the Japanese war plan a few days before dec 7 and realizes that it is not a plan to win a war, it is a plan to start a war and he intercedes and creates a plan which will win the war and uses his position to insist that it is followed. That is why the jumping off points of the old plan are used instead of the troops being in their proper positions for the new plan, the new plan came at the last moment.
>next all he need are worshippers so he comes here to proclaim his genious and expect us to... to do what?
Gee, you seem to know a lot about me. Worshippers? I didn't proclaim I was a genius, I showed a plan that I think is credible, in order to get others to discuss it with me. A few are able to actually discuss it, most here just want to shoot off their big mouth.
>If he really thought it would work he wouldn't post here; he'd >play and use his "strategy".
How do you know what I think? I do play all the time. I will play any challenger now that my computer is fixed.
>That's not what he wants, he wants esteem and to satisfy his >own ego.
Posting a plan in a forum that is titled "War Room" and is a place where we are supposed to be discussing strategies is "satisfying my own ego"? What else am I supposed to talk about here? You seem to know a lot about what I want. You know nothing about me.
>Now's here's my "darn the torpedoes" opinion: a 3 year old can >make better attempts at getting attention, all his "strategy" >amounts to is "take everything".
Even with you knowing the plan I'll still wipe you off the map. Lawrence's plan resulted in take everything in the end.
People have said different points in the plan won't work, I say they are wrong. Here is a summary:
1. Take Hawaii if possible.
I believe that if an all out attmept is made from Dec 7, that Hawaii can be taken and the US Navy will pretty much cease to exist in the process. The objections to this idea were basically: What do you do when the USN moves into the hex occupied by Nagumo's raiding force? Well since I bumped up his force to include all of the Empire's carriers and all the capital ships in the Empire north of Taiwan plus any auxilliary ship that can either fire a bullet or launch a search plane of any kind, please do move the US Navy into that hex, it will be blown out of the water. What is left of it after the air raid on Dec 7 AM, I mean.
Hawaii in the Empires hands puts a big crimp in the USN's war plans.
2. Bypass the PI, Malaya, Singapore, and Papua New Guinea and head straight for the outer ring of islands of DEI.
The objection here is that the airforces in PI, Malaya, and Singapore will then starve Japan out. These airforces can be wiped out in two days and the air bases made unusable. Getting more planes to them will require coming from San Fran and passing two gauntlets.
3. Take India as soon as possible.
The objection here is that Britain has several divisions in India. They can be isolated and destroyed in turn. The next objection is that Britain has an armored brigade in India. The Empire has several armored regiments, if all of these armored regiments are assigned to the Southern army, and there are enough political points to do this then the equivalent of two armored brigades can be created. India can't hold if hit very early on.
4. Take Alaska including the panhandle and threaten the west coast from the highways coming from the north.
The objection here is that the Empire cannot take the west coast.
I never said "take" the west coast, I said threaten it. It can't be taken, but you can give the US player a scare and force him to keep forces occupied here.
5. Take Australia as soon as India falls.
The objection here is that Australia has too many troops.
Again, you can isolate the Australian divisions and destroy them piecemeal.
6. Keep PI, Malaya, Singapore, and Papua New Guinea isolated and take them at your leisure after India, Hawaii, Australia are dealt with.
The objection here is that "you can't do that".
I say you can. What will stop you?
Clear enough?
One personal note, you said a lot of very insulting things about someone you know nothing about. I don't insult you, don't insult me, it shows that you have illusions of grandeur when you claim to know what someone else thinks or wants or knows or reads.
Hirohito
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