One advantage of knowing Harms so long is I was sure this would 100% work: ""You can always quit, and send me a new Turn 1...". I knew he could not resist after all the talk of mistakes made and what he would do differently, etc. "Know your enemy"

I will bow out here as I wait for Turn 1 ...

In 43, I had very little carrier power left. This kinda dictated the advance out of norther Oz. I had tried two different invasions which where failures. I just did not bring enough to make sure I succeeded. I tried Ponape and Kusaie to isolate the Marshalls and bring pressure on Truk.

Once the ...

In the first game, I got lucky. While I had never played the Allies, my experience as Japan was an advantage but I have only ever played Scenario 1 based games. It was my opponents first game as Japan. He had not played any AE in many years. I think this definately gave me an advantage. I was lucky ...

I should have edited my comment to: Plane pools would have allowed probably one more strike like the final turn provided I had about 3 weeks to prepare without witpqs bothering me. :D

Supply is really the key especially in Scenario 1 based games. I think targeting supply generation is a good ...

I think my biggest lost opportunity was the CV battle around the Marshalls in May 43. KB was still at it's peak and we met in reasonably favorable grounds. I scored hits on the Allied CVs but they are spread out across many ships and not enough to sink any. I ended up losing Hiyo, Hiryu, Juno and ...

Here is a look at the Home Islands. Only a few bases red or yellow. KBs last position is circled in Red.

Here are the Reserve Pool numbers. Like I said above, the pools were pretty well shot at this point.

Here are the top pilots. I strapped my pilots on Valkyries and rode them hard. I am a believer in using Experienced pilots at the front. By the time it is a Rainy Day, the Allied planes are much better and they shoot down even the best pilots.

Plane pools would have allowed probably one more strike like the final turn provided I had about 3 weeks to prepare. The only really safe airfields were in the north east of the home islands. I do not think the Tokyo area could have been protected enough to rebuild the air force.

My trained pilot ...

Here is an Industry overview. I did well managing my HI. In the Home Islands, I was just beginning to run short of supplies. Outside of the Home Islands, the rice balls and bullets were few and far between.

Here is what is left of the IJN. Add 47 DDs to this.

Here are Japanese sinks sunk.

With Auto Victory and the last turn Ride of the Valkyries, I am going to concede the game. I had a ton of fun in this game. witpqs is an honorable and worthy opponent. Hats off to him for the well earned victory! I will post a Japanese post mortem over the next day or so.



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<r> 17-Nov-43<br/>
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Last week, I was on furlough from my job. We had to pick 2 weeks between the first of May and the middle of June for furlough. Last week was my second week. You would think this would provide more time for turns. Instead, it was the opposite. I live on a small farm (11.5 ...

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14-Nov-43<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Pumps fail aboard CV Kaga, flooding increases...<br/>
Difficulty controlling flooding aboard CV Kaga<br/>
Decks awash aboard CV Kaga, crew prepares to abandon ship<br/>
Major flooding aboard CV Kaga<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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And that ...

<r> This is from the action on Nov 12th. Lots of freshly minted Aces in KB. <br/>
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CPO Kodaira gets special mention with 8 kills in one day!<br/>
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PO2 Okura U. (Soryu-1) Pilot becomes Ace 7 kills; stationed on CV Soryu<br/>
PO2 Araki C. (Soryu-1) Pilot ...

<r> 13-Nov-43<br/>
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The Allies hung out at Marcus and the Empire did attack the invasion hex.<br/>
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But first, over in Burma, witpqs had been bombing Lashio without sweeps or escorts. I was hoping he would be distracted by Marcus and let the bombers go another day. While there were ...

<r> 12-Nov-1943<br/>
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A couple of days pass. I lost a bunch of Jakes to search cap (over 50) while the Allies lose some DBs and TPs to my CAP. On the 12th, the CVs ended up 7 hexes away from each other and the Allies launched a series of strikes. The Japanese were all set to range 6 so only ...

<r> 08-Nov-43<br/>
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Action near Marcus and over Burma today.<br/>
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The Allies have returned to Marcus. There are many sub encounters. The IJN takes it on the chin.<br/>

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SS I-42, hits 6, heavy damage<br/>
SS I-24, hits 5<br/>
SS I-171, hits 5
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<r> 06-Nov-43<br/>
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The Allies have left just ASW around Marcus. Nells on ground attack faced no CAP. I will try flying in a NGU to help with the defense. Forts are still level 4. I have detached several CLs with a few DDs to try a bombardment. We will see if anything Allied is still in the ...