Oznoyng
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Joined: 4/16/2004 From: Mars Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Tankerace Remember this Hirohito, it is a general house rule among many players not to use ASW TFs, or to use small ones. Erego, to follow the spirit of this rule, you won't have several ASW TFs floating around. Remember, my point is to hamper the Russia first strategy, but the MAIN point is to use the 6 or so months you will give me to mine points, and set up good defenses to halt you from grabbing the PI and Malay. Again, you are not reading my posts. My mine laying submarines will mine the waters around Japan. My actual Mine laying surface ships will mine areas that you will have to transit to get to Malay, India, DEI, and PI. You're airforce won't be as effective there, especially if I can reinforce with P-40 groups from the States. Again, my plan is not to "ruin" the Russia First Strategy. My plan is to take advantage of you doing that to speed up my advance across the Pacific, to force Japan to her knees. I cannot stop Russia from falling, that is a given. But it does give me 4 to 6 months to better prepare my Asiatic assets, to stop or delay the eventual invasion. Before replaying, read my posts clearly. I'm gonna play Devil's Advocate for a bit: Have you looked at the map? You only have to transit one shallow water hex which is adjacent to a major Japanese port/airfield, in order to move supply and troops from Japan to Manchukuo. (Sasebo -> port west of Pusan) If you want to come into that threat environment to hunt transports, you are creating an ideal situation for the IJN. Shallow water. One hex from a major airfield capable of conducting *serious* ASW patrols *and* a major port capable of saving most torpedo'd ships? If I had to pick an ASW battleground, that'd be the one I'd pick. Oh, and by the way, if you mine that one hex, the IJ player is justified in adding a half dozen ASW capable MSW's to my TF escorts. Four to six mixed DD's, PC's, and PG's for standard escort, and a half dozen MSW to combat the heavy mining by the allies... Buh-bye subs. All of this assumes that the house rule for ASW TF's is in place - which I would not anticipate being the case.
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