Thanks for the explanation. Dereck, thanks for the idea of not mixing AK and TK. I usually mix them because I like defending 1 big convoy than a multitude of small ones.

This does say something for the "historical accuracy" of the game.

On 7/22/44 the Colorado was hit 22 times by 3 150mm guns while bombarding Tinian. Colorado suffered 43 fatalities and was under repair at PH until November, 1944.

<t> I'm playing the game for the first time and am having trouble with the automatic convoys. It's 12/27/41. I have 11 18kTK at San Fran along with 55 7kAK. Similiar numbers for Karachi. Auto convoy is "on", the ships are marked "Auto Convoy: Yes", all areas are human control. Wellington, PH, and ...