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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 10/21/2005 11:41:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		Just out of curiousity, what data source are you using?

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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 10/21/2005 11:44:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		Years of investigation.German navy is my hoby,i even visit Blohm und Woss.In that shipyard i found valuable informations about Bismarck.

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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 10/21/2005 11:48:24 PM   
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-Armour (turrets) :380 mm (you say 350)


Actually, I say 360mm of armour for the main battery turrets. The 350mm is for the citadel.

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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 10/21/2005 11:57:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		Command posts is 350, but main battery are 380 maximum (they are 150-380).Maybe you mean barbettes which are 340.

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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 10/22/2005 12:19:19 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thing is, you can only have one rating for armour; there's no provision for hitting in the one place where the armour is thinner. Good thing too, it would just be something else to develop a bug...

Oh, and no offense intended (believe me), but I've found three written sources that say the Bismark carried four aircraft.

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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 10/22/2005 11:03:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ok,time to elaborate future strategic plans

After conquering Malaya troops troops there will be assigned in Burma and India.Imperial HQ decide to attack India.First of all we must secure Rangoon in Burma then search for the best landing spot in India.Fist thing will be to conquer Ceylon.
Any thoughts?

After Phillipines is conquered troops there will be assigned to Australia.We have ongoing invasion of Ambonia.
Invasion force for Rabaul is on the sea and slowly moving to Rabaul.In Rabaul i will left two naval garissons and plenty of enginers squad to develop large base.
PM is also to be conquered and develop to be huge base.This is essential for upcoming invasion of Australia.I must work fast.Becouse of speed i assigned so many troops in Philippines (200+).Speed is essential for fate of all empire.
KB i will keap unnoticed and engage only if prey is worh of it.Baby KB will provide support with 100+ aircrafts.
SSD resting in Guam,when they needed i will have rest and bloodthirsty soldiers.
GH is strong opponent so i develop something i call,erratic tactics.Hide KB,hide baby KB,strange big invasions etc.
I think i manage to hide several divisions,whole carrier fleet.He must have serious headache of where those divisions will appear.
With that tactic he cant do anything with his carriers becouse of dont knowing KB wherebouts.Probably he going to rest in Pearl and listen of distant Japanese victories
Any thoughts?




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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 10/22/2005 2:19:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		Last several days are so boring,troops unloading in San Marcelino.He evacuating Clark.I plan to strike Manila with 4 divisins,3 eng reg. and support units.That should be enough.
Ships picking up Imperial guards,i plan to use them in Singapore.
Burma ops is going slowly,month will pass till i reach Moulemein.
I make mistake in China.I sent troops north of Canton instead directly to Wuchow
"Mouse mistake"

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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 10/22/2005 2:22:34 PM   
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Burma ops is going slowly,month will pass till i reach Moulemein.


That's the "fun" part of fighting in Burma. The transport infrastructure is non-existant, so it takes forever to get from place to place.

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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 10/22/2005 3:56:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey H,

I think you are slightly overcommitting at Rabaul and PM.
You are going to find around 100 AP in each place and I doubt GH will take his carriers out.
Of course overcommitting means also "nice and easy", no surprises, which is always good. But at the same time it means a higher consumption of fuel and supplies and a slow down somewhere else.

How can you have enough troops for India already?
Are you 'printing' them?


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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 10/23/2005 3:13:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REORT FOR 26.12.1941

MALAYA

We reach enamy perimeter.He has aprox. 60000 troops north of Johore Baru.
My forces are:
-25 army:
-5th div.
-18th div.
-21st mixed bde.
-4th bde.
-23rd mixed bde.

Still to come for several days:
-Imperial guards
-4th mixed regiment
-several eng. group

Tomorrow,allied perimeter will be attacked.We are pushing to Singapore!
IJN decide to form "Indian fleet"
"Indian fleet":
-BB Kongo
-BB Haruna
-CA Takao
-CA Atago
-CA Mogami
-CA Mikuma
-CA Suzuya
-CA Kumano
-CL Jintsu
-Six destroyers
After refueling in Gergetown fleet will go to Tavoy.

BURMA

Tomorrow is huge sweep of Rangoon.150 Zeros is dispatched to masacre allied fighters there.From last report i think that he has 70+ fighters.
Everything is so slow in Burma.

PHILIPPINES

We liberated Clark field,after some rest troops are going for allied last stand in Manila.
IJA has 150+ troops in Clark,four of them are divisions.That will be enough.

PACIFIC

Invasion fleet is six days from Rabaul.After we close to Rabaul ships with SSD will land while the others go for PM.In this campaign codename "Bird of prey" we assigned almost 180 ships.
KB is still unnoticed.
I except more damage from his subs,right now they fire 50 torp to 1 hit
They are not "Unterseeboote"


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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 10/23/2005 3:14:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi MC,
I think on those units in Malaya

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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 10/24/2005 6:37:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORT FOR 27-30.12.1941

BURMA

"Indian fleet has a new base,Tavoy.Kondo is already ordered to masacre ships flowing in Rangoon.
Fleet is one hex from Moulemein unnoticed,hope to intercept convoy he sent there.We will see.
Those days are being very bad for his AVG squadron,100+ zeros is wipe out all fighters arround RangoonI think there are most AVGs.
I wait 33th division to push to Rangoon.All is to slow in Burma.

MALAYA

Our brave troops push the lousy britts to Johore Baru.Now i must wait Imperial guards and one regiment to make a final push.I guess that Singapore will fall within a 20 days becouse of my mistake,i forgot to reroute Imperial guards.Anyway,he will be constantky bombard with 150+ aircrafts.I will blown his a## to pieces.

BORNEO

Today we sat sail for Palembang.35th brigade will lead the attack with help from our Heavy cruisers strike force.Strike force will bombard Palembang before landings.I overcommiting forces there becouse of bitter experience from last PBEM.Palembang must fall on first assault!
Tarakan is undamaged and goodies start to flow to mainland.
Only worries me is subs.He manage to sink several my cargos which are lucky to be empty.10 ASW TF is dispached to deal with these bastards.

PHILIPPINES

Clark field is conquered empty.He decide to make a last stand in Manila.One division still unloading in San Marcelino.When these guys get to Clark attack will start.

PACIFIC

Invasion fleet for Rabaul is two days away.Rabaul will be decelop to be huge base along with PM.Baby KB supporting our efforts there.
KB is still unnoticed.

CHINA

I have problems there,he manage to enter the Canton with 60000+ troops.But i have 3 divs there and that will be minor setback.Huge attack on Ichang is prepared.Offensive in China Formally starts today.


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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 10/25/2005 8:43:51 PM   
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MALAYA

Imp.Guard loading at Singora,when loading is finished they wil disembark in Mersing,assuming empty.If Units are present in Mersing Imp. will land in Kuantan and go overland to meet other troops.Then we will make a final push.

BURMA

It is painfull how thing go slow in this area.I must take Rangoon ASAP but till february i cant do much about it.Airport in Tavoy have 140+ zeros and 80+ bombers.That is enough to close Rangoon airport.33th division is still enroute to Rahaeng.Slow,slow...

SPZ

Invasin fleet are 120 miles from Palembang.I dont care about his forces i care for oil there.Huge overcommit is ordered here.

PHILIPPINES

4th division finally disembark in San Marcelino,when this guys reach Clark i will attack without mercy.
5 infatry group and enginer group march from Clark to Battan.I must disable coastal guns and clear the mines there.

Invasion group left Davao,destination Amboina.

PACIFIC

Strange thing happened in Rabaul,ships with orders "do not unload" unloads,while ships with "unload cargo" dont unload.Result,bunch of enginers with 2nd div. is unloaded instead S.S.D.Now he will know that i am going for PM.Damn bugs.

CHINA

Bunch of poor chinese infantry in Canton keaps fighting against my 3 elite divisions.This will be impossible in RL.








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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 10/26/2005 7:13:20 PM   
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MALAYA

Our glorious army is reach Johore Baru which appears to be deserted(only one allied unit),in meantime Imp.guards landing at Mersing.The end of Singapore is near.Today,another bomber strike of Singapore is done,
Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 98
Ki-48 Lily x 62

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged


Allied ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 20
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 89
Now,bombarding will continue every day."Indian fleet" approaching Singapore.

SUMATRA

This is the first report from Sumatra.Our brave soldiers overrun Palembang,no damage to oil.
He start to bombard oil ther but zeros and oscars will be there shortly.Jawa is next,after resting our troops will land north of Batavia.BANZAI.

PHILLIPINES

Bataan manage to repulse first attack but tomorrow will fall.After that we are going to clear mines there and road for Manila will be open.Troops in Clark are ready.Attack is Imminent.
Today we land on beach of Menado.Menado will fall for two days then we strike Amboina.

PACIFIC

Still unloading at Rabaul.Invasion fleet for PM is ready.KB set sail for Truk,then Jawa!I must help invasion fleet there.I think bunch of vals and kates will help

Oil and resources sailing for Japan from all directions.






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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 10/26/2005 7:28:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		Could you post a couple of map screenies?
To get a clearer picture.

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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 10/26/2005 7:31:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		I will do that shortly.Stay tuned.Later tonight is big strategic rewiew.

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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 10/28/2005 7:11:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		I had some tehnical diddiculties so I didn't post and now I'm going away on a buisennes trip for the weekend and I'll be back online at Sunday evening.

Stay tuned.....

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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 10/31/2005 11:44:26 AM   
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STRATEGIC OVERWIEW

MALAYA

Everything is ready for final push to Singapore,
25 army:3 elite divisions,5 brigades.
After some more prep. points and rest we will make slaughterhouse in Singapore.I think that we will be ready for four days.
Singapore is every day heavily bombarded.
Also i am sacrifice 5 MSWs to drain more supply from Singapore by entering to "clean mines".
In ten days everything will be over in Malaya.

BURMA

Moulmein is heavily bombarded every two days.I must stop his eng. units to make fortifications there because i am advancing with only two divisions.After campaign in Malaya is over two more divisions will go to India.I think that i will make invasion in Diamond harbour.i must work fast.

SUMATRA

Palembang oil is undamaged and life line for Islands is established.I put 70+ nells and bettys on airport there to wreck havoc his shipping lines in Jawa.

JAWA

Strange,very strange.It seems that ships go in and out from ports there.It means that he decide to make stand in Jawa!!!
Well,to bad for him.KB set sail for Jawa.Soon,everything in radius of 500 miles around island will be no-fly zone.Every ship around Jawa will be sink without warning.TOTAL BLOCKADE.

PHILIPPINES

Troops are massing in Manila,transports sent to Canton to pick up 38. and 55. divisions for reinforce and help our attack on Manila.Baatan is holding,i decide to sent 4th. division to push allies to the sea.

BORNEO

Invasion fleet is close to Balikpapan,invasion is imminent

Tonight i will post some screenshots.
Stay tuned.



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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 10/31/2005 12:16:07 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: hawker
Also i am sacrifice 5 MSWs to drain more supply from Singapore by entering to "clean mines".


How so? By making him expend ammo on the MSW?


quote:

After campaign in Malaya is over two more divisions will go to India.I think that i will make invasion in Diamond harbour.i must work fast.


You should succeed in invading India if you attack fast. But you'll (most probably) need some time of rest for your Malaya divisions after the capture of Singapore. And it may be dangerous to invade India before Java is taken.


quote:


Strange,very strange.It seems that ships go in and out from ports there.It means that he decide to make stand in Jawa!!!
Well,to bad for him.KB set sail for Jawa.Soon,everything in radius of 500 miles around island will be no-fly zone.Every ship around Jawa will be sink without warning.TOTAL BLOCKADE.


Even KB is not invulnerable, especially in the somewhat restricted waters of the SRA. Your opponent is a good and experienced player, thus be careful here. And once he knows were KB is, he'll have some operational freedom elsewhere. You should be able to take Java without the help of KB!

K

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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 10/31/2005 12:53:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		Speaking as an alternative point of view I have seen several players hit Java without enough force and either take a very long time to win there, or end up stopped outside of Soerbaja.

Maybe you should be able to take Java without KB, but maybe it will fall faster if you use KB.

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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 11/1/2005 12:19:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		I agree with Tom.KB will be sent to Jawa.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/12/42

MALAYA

Singapore is heavily bombarded today.Troops are marching to victory.I am only scared because of this crazy "river cross" attack

Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 23
Ki-51 Sonia x 17
Ki-21 Sally x 97
Ki-48 Lily x 59

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 7 damaged


Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 12
Port hits 37
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 3

These aircrafts take off from our brand new airport in Johore Baru.

SUMATRA

Today nells from Palembang sunk another allied transport that make a run to Jawa.I must wait to conquer Singapore for final push in Jawa.

BORNEO

We land in Balikpapan today after huge bombardment with five BBs
He does not stand a chance there.

PHILIPPINES

With help of 4th division Baatan finally fell.Now Manila,everything is ready.

KB sail towards Tarakan,within five days our carriers will be in vicinity of Jawa.

P.S.screenshots will be put today.Sorry for delay.


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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 11/2/2005 6:38:04 PM   
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MALAYA

Our brave army enter yesterday in Singapore.we only manage to get 0-1 in first shock attack but allied losses are severe.I must take Singapore asap so i will reinforce troops there with 35th brigade and several SNLF units.Disruption of units in Singapore is almost 60,i am ordered four days of bombardment and then we can deliberate again.In that time 35th brigade will arrive.

BURMA

He bombard my 33th division every two days with B-17,its a pain.I ordered two zero squadron from Tavoy to LRCAP above 33 division.I am hoping that would be enough.From Tavoy 15 Army marching towards Moulmein.Becouse many troops is needed in other war areas, right now 15 army have only one division,55th.After Singapore falls more divisions will be dispatched to Burma-India area.

PHILIPPINES

Time has come,troops from Clark marching to Manila,i manage to get there 38th division from Canton so now i have four divisions along with numerous eng.regiments,tank regiments,artillery units.It will be enough.
We are land on Cebu island,this is only base except Manila that he has on Philippines.
I manage to stop his subs completely,they are running or sinking.

BORNEO

Balikpapan is Japanese.I manage to organise extraction of goods pretty well there.Numerous convoys with oil and resources going for Japan,some are filling Saigon and HK.Brunei oil is only heavy damage but repairs going well.
KB is in Tarakan.Main base for KB will be Balikpapan.From there KB will support our effort in Jawa area.

PACIFIC

We land at Shortlands and soon Tulagi will be in our hands.Rabaul is filling with fuel and suplly.Now we can go for PM.Baby KB will support invasion force.I am in doubt,shall i wait for CVL Shoho to came from Tokio or not.Anyway i have 130 combat ready aircrafts with crack pilots on baby KB.I dont think that he will dare to engage baby KB with his CVs.We will see.

CHINA

A big mess!!!I am cross the river south of Yenen but i cant push chinese from there.After one more effort to push them i am going to defensive there.North of Yenen we cross the river with 100000+ troops,Yenen soon will be in trouble.

P.S.Becouse of my lack of experience with photoshop i am having hard time to post pictures.

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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 11/2/2005 7:33:52 PM   
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ORIGINAL: hawker

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/16/42

PACIFIC

We land at Shortlands and soon Tulagi will be in our hands.Rabaul is filling with fuel and suplly.Now we can go for PM.Baby KB will support invasion force.I am in doubt,shall i wait for CVL Shoho to came from Tokio or not.Anyway i have 130 combat ready aircrafts with crack pilots on baby KB.I dont think that he will dare to engage baby KB with his CVs.We will see.




Any idea where is CVs are?
I don't think they are anywhere near PM, hence the bay KB should be more than enough to face LBAs.
Anyway one CVL can hardly make a big difference.

You could send a couple of empty AKs on the possible approach routes of his carriers.
You'd have some warning and time to react should they be indeed nearby.


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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 11/3/2005 5:49:54 PM   
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I think that he is keeping his CVs in PH.It will be suicide for him to move anywhere.I have a lot LBA in Pacific,and he is not fool to bring them anywhere close to me

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/19/42

MALAYA

Today we make a deliberate attack on Singapore.I manage to get only 0-1 but his losses are high.

Ground combat at Singapore

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 106632 troops, 1133 guns, 16 vehicles

Defending force 71396 troops, 621 guns, 25 vehicles

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 6)


Japanese ground losses:
2626 casualties reported
Guns lost 64
Vehicles lost 2

Allied ground losses:
2542 casualties reported
Guns lost 99

Tomorrow,more units will come to Singapore.
I keap bombing with 200+ aircrafts

Day Air attack on Singapore , at 22,51

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 49
Ki-51 Sonia x 25
Ki-21 Sally x 97
Ki-48 Lily x 66

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 5 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 10 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-48 Lily: 2 damaged


Allied ground losses:
190 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 227
Soon,Singapore will fall.

PHILLIPINES

Manila is under attack,i get 0-1 but i am confident that Manila will fall in ten days,

Ground combat at Manila

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 161689 troops, 1366 guns, 576 vehicles

Defending force 95733 troops, 860 guns, 206 vehicles

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 3)


Japanese ground losses:
7148 casualties reported
Guns lost 144
Vehicles lost 25

Allied ground losses:
2813 casualties reported
Guns lost 144
Vehicles lost 11

KB is sailing tomorrow to close airports in Jawa and sink every ship that encounter



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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 11/3/2005 6:09:04 PM   
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Hi MC,
I think that he is keeping his CVs in PH.It will be suicide for him to move anywhere.I have a lot LBA in Pacific,and he is not fool to bring them anywhere close to me



For sure GH is no fool, that's why I'm always worried.

If you are confident that the carriers are in PH then there's no need to wait for one more CVL, the LBA available in Australia in the first months of war is powerless even against a mini-baby KB.

Waste no more time and grab PM!!

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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 11/4/2005 10:23:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		hi, noticed that you are going for Palembang (and you had problems with oilfields).

no need for rush there... I'd secure Batavia and Singapore first (the latter is not a must, it is enough to isolate Singapore). After Batavia start "minor bombing campaign" from the sea, air and ground (bring arty there). when you starts to think no enemy left live, repeat your bombing campaign....how long? no less then a week!

bring there support troops - eng rtgs, but also you can try with all those small construction units . Although their combat value is near to zero (pretty sure that they cant destroy fort level) somewhere i read that they can help to keep your oilfields undamaged during attack. Well i don't know if it is true but i will certainly do it in my games.....

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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 11/4/2005 6:14:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi Pauk,
Palembang is secured with minimal oil loss.
I will be on the road till Sunday.In sunday evening i will wrote large report.
Stay tuned.

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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 11/7/2005 12:07:37 AM   
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MALAYA

Attack on Singapore is going slow,third time i get 0-1.I am reinforced Singapore forces with 35th brigade and several SNLF units.Next 5-10 days i will only bombard the place.After my units gets a little rest attack will commence.I cant do anything in Jawa before Singapore falls.Forts are 6,it is gonna be a hard time for me to break it.My time and patience runs out.I think that Singapore will hold till february.

JAWA

I am in great doubt here,many ships activity reported in Jawa.This means three things:
1. He is reinforcing Jawa with troops becouse all transports i sink is empty.
2. He is evacuating Jawa troops to safety.
3. He puts a bait to KB
After long meeting in Tokyo we decide to,
he is reinforcing Jawa,2 and 3 is impossiple becouse of his lack of PP.But with which units he is reinforcing Jawa?He can only reinforce the place with brittish units from India.Imperial chief of staff decide to lunch two plans.
PLAN "A" - After fall of Singapore all units there will rush to Jawa,simple plan
PLAN "B" - KB is close to Jawa,it has orders to attack.If we encounter 100+ plains there (fighters,bombers etc.)it means that he is reinforced Jawa with brittish troops.That means he is left India unprotected.If that happens we are lunching attack on India with four divisions,means 150+ troops.Jawa will be left alone.
It is great gamble.Anby thoughts?

PHILIPPINES

In Manila is stalemate.Both sides suffer great losses.I am pulling two more divisions to quickly seal this campaign.After this divisions arrive i will have 6 div. there.More than enough.

PACIFIC

CVL Shoho tomorrow will arrive in Rabaul.Then SSD and 2nd division will attack PM.

KB:
-Shokaku,Zuikaku,two BBs,3 CA,6 DD
-Akagi,Kaga,2 BBs,1 CA,6 DD
-Soriyu,Hiriyu,2 BBs,2CA,6 DD

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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 11/7/2005 4:52:44 AM   
jwilkerson


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Status: offline 		It is great gamble - but you can always hope fortune will favor the bold. One issue - in the long run - will be oil and resources. If you leave Java to the Allies, you still need enough oil/resources to feed the production machine. So somehow, some way - that must be addressed ... and it won't get any easier as time goes forward.

Also - while you are way East - what will happen in CENPAC - that isn't as important - but gives Allies more opportunities to mess around.



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RE: My war against Gen.Hoepner - 11/7/2005 5:46:59 PM   
hawker


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Hi j.,
If he reinforce Jawa that is mistake by him.India is undefended then.In Pacific i have baby KB with 150 elite pilots.I dont think he will engage with CVs.

Today we start bombing campaign in Manila.Tomorrow will be "Adler tag" above Manila.
250+ bombers will bombard tomorrow and four days in the row,then we will deliberate again.

Day Air attack on Manila , at 43,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-27 Nate x 70
Ki-21 Sally x 83
Ki-49 Helen x 25

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 1 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 4 damaged



Allied ground losses:
511 casualties reported
Guns lost 11
Vehicles lost 1

Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 67

KB approaching Jawa.I am afraid of tomorrow,anyway KB is set to naval attack then we will strike airfield in Soserbaya.
Units loading in Rabaul,direction PM.

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