The confusion must come from 林 , literally means grove/woods. In Japanese, its pronunciation is hayashi. However, in a person's given name (especially for those who was born before the WW2) , 林 is very likely come from the Chinese character with a pronunciation as lin. So this dude's name should ...

That's interesting. The first list has him as Hayashiji Morita and graduating in the 63rd Class. But there isn't anyone by that name in your 63rd Class link. Instead we have Rinji Morita. I'm assuming they are the same person, just curious as to why the names are different. Any idea?

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Whenever you load a unit it is stood down no matter what state it was in prior to loading. I believe the game has to remember this so that ...

Alfred once stated that fortifications provide three major benefits generally.

(a) they shield troops from suffering casualties
(b) they improve the adjusted assault value modifier
(c) attackers need their adjusted combat odds to exceed or equal the fortification level +2 to capture the hex

I'm ...

Morita, T. - Kanoya Ku K-1 Det (Betty) 12/6/41




The closest we can find is:

https://papamama.asablo.jp/blog/2020/02/01/9209282

５中隊長 森田林次大尉（兵６３）

Morita, R


Great link, thanks! For those interested, plug the link into Google Chrome and use the "translate" feature to see the page in ...

To add, just checked that air units don't train at all when aboard ship.

They are set to Stand Down and that cannot be changed.


There is a difference between "setting air units to train" and "don't train at all when aboard ship". The first graphic shows the 8 P-47 pilots accompanying their ...

The post is here. https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10683&t=395161&hilit=minesweep


Thanks for the link, and the nice analysis posts from yourself and Trugrit. I'd made a few attempts at "adjacent hex" minesweeping - all unsuccessful - and had privately concluded that it didn't ...

I guess that's what I find interesting. Navy press releases and US newspaper headlines in the days after the Santa Cruz battle seem more in line with the actual battle results although still containing errors and I suppose that's what intrigues me. At what point does a military establishment let ...

The a-29 and the a-29a, also known as the Hudson and the LR Hudson are excellent bombers for asw purposes. The B-17D has no rear weapon, there aren't that many of them after losses, their range is good even on ASW. So I keep some of those units around to use the B-17Ds for ASW and the LB-30 is ...

The only exception *might* be if a number of empty barges were added to an Escort-type TF that contained loaded cargo/troop ships AND if they could not dock but had to use the amphibious unload rate then, well, yes that probably would help.


I ran some tests and could not change an Amphibious ...

Understood. So you're saying to keep the old bombers on ASW for the entirety of the war? They act as the eyes to raise the DL of the subs and you have other "actual" ASW (ships/planes) do the dirty work?


It's been said many times and it's very true: "A seen sub is an ineffective sub". And in ...

I didn't say anything about barges possibly helping with "loading" because only "Naval Support" will help with that, nothing else.

Well, quickly:

1) Early war as allies your pilots are pretty bad at almost everything. Also, B-17s aside, most of your bomber airframes are obsolete. At the same time, your primary mission in the early game is to set the logistics train in motion that will allow you to respond to Japanese attacks ...

My question is very specific. Can a barge assist in the loading or unloading of a larger ship in a port? If the answer is yes, please tell me how to do it.
Thanks
WEXF


No, a barge does not provide any assistance in either loading or unloading of other ships in port.

The only exception *might ...

5) A Cargo TF containing 8 empty xAKs was created in LA and sent to the Channel Islands. On the next turn, all of the xAKs were added to the original Troop TF (alongside the 2 APAs) but NONE of the APDs or LCMs from the previous test were included. The Troop TF was set to unload and at the end of ...

Excellent, now I know to keep empty ships in the Amphibious Task Forces to help the rest unload or to even move in other empty ships. Thank you, that really helps when I have ships with different cargo and troop capacities together.


My only concern is the potential impact of adding empty xAK or ...

With the caveat that it is only empty troop and cargo carrying vessels in the same TF that contribute to the amphibious unload rate. That would be helpful if you had previously emptied LCMs, etc. in the destination hex, but I would be interested to see how much faster the unit would be unloaded ...

Conversely:

"Both sides claimed victory. The Americans stated that two Shōkaku-class fleet carriers had been hit with bombs and eliminated. Kinkaid's summary of damage to the Japanese included hits to a battleship, three heavy cruisers, and a light cruiser, and possible hits on another heavy ...

4) In this final test, one of the empty TFs has merged with the Troop TF. It adds 2 APDs and 8 LSMs, all of which have a full set of Ops points but no cargo of any kind. The Troop TF is set to unload, and we see the result at the end of the turn. More troops and supplies have been unloaded at the ...

3) In this alternate situation, the two empty TFs in Santa Barbara have also arrived at the Channel Islands and are present when the Troop TF begins to unload. As you can see, the presence of empty ships in the same hex - but not included in the Troop TF - has no effect on the amount of troops and ...