John 3rd
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Joined: 9/8/2005 From: La Salle, Colorado Status: offline
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Wolfpack and I now have three months of WWII in the book. There has been a HUGE swing in Victory Points since the February report. Let me cover the statistics to begin with: Score Japan 11,765 to Allies 4,049 Near the Magical 4-1... Ships Sunk Allied 143 VP 1898 Warships--2CV, 1BB, 6CL, 20DD, 16 PT, and 8SS Japan 55 VP 542 Warships--1BC (Hiei), 1CA (Suzuyu), 3DD, and 8SS My losses have come up but are not bad whatsoever! Suzuyu was lost due to a freak mine blowing it up! 53 Warships to 13 is a GOOD exchange! Need to find more and SINK them... Industry Totals Supply 1,964,614 Fuel 3,717,680 Manpower 809 (205,258) Hvy Ind 13,680 (65,706) Resources 17,201 (1,630,518) Oil 2,323 (1,709,379) Armaments Naval Shipyards 1,262 (22) Merchant Shipyards 967 (7) Shipyard Repair 884 Armament 588 (35,561) Vehicles 132 (443) Aircraft Engines 1,392 Aircraft Assembly 798 (134-Rd) ANYONE HAVE COMMENTS ON THESE STATISTICS??? The big picture sometimes eludes me with industry... Shipbuilding My warships are moving along nicely--I got Junyo and Shoho without any issue. Yamato's numbers are coming down nicely. I have accelerated the "Moon-Class" DDs, Taiho and 1st two Unryu's, and will begin a slow expansion of Naval shipyards and repair facilities. My 1st AR/MLE/etc... and support ships will be finished within a few days. They will help on the repair and supply fronts. I should be getting in a batch of these ships about every month... Overall Picture: China Things contuinue to be bogged down in Changsha. I was going to bug-out but Moses convinced me to keep it up. I will give it another month. My bombing offensive continues with good success. He has lost a lot of fighters over China and seems to have pulled them out. I am bombing Kunming, Yenen, Changsha, and Chungking. This will be kept up for the rest of the month going after resource centers. Burma I have all of Burma with the exception of Akyab. This has been done at no cost. My fighters and bombers are regularly attacking targets there. It is not my intention to take anything more in this region. I will start a bombing offensive there as well with the intention of hitting Resources and HI. DEI I have ALL of it except for Java. Java will fall within the month. I have almost all of NW Australia. Supplies are rolling without issue. The Philippines are limited to just Clark and Naga. They can wither for all I care. SE Pacific There is no major island that I do not have. Luganville, Efate, ALL of New Caledonia (Noumea), Suva, Canton, Pago-Pago, Norfolk and Baker have all fallen. Northern Pacific I have Kiska and Dutch Harbor. Operational Planning is rolling along for the capture of Anchorage. Once I have that, then I am done to the north. PLANNING Operation Eastern Wind After that long thread discussion of strategic planning in February 1942, I have opted to make an attempt to take Hawaii. I already have divisions planning on capturing Palymra, Christmas, Johnson, and Hilo as initial objectives. I hope to have several of these prior to the Invasion Bonus ending. I will begin a gradual transfer of Zeros and Betty's to Kwajelein and Baker to support this. The ENTIRE KB will be used in several sweeps around Hawaii in an effort to force more US Navy ships to battle and start the encirclement of the objective. Thoughts???
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