<t> Submarine losses were due to a bug. I have removed them from Japan completly. Yet computer saw them as present and killed absent submarines every turn.<br/>
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CVE's....... Philiphines - this is where I learned the hard way how to make an invasion. Besides I have always neglected use of CVE ...

<r> and a map<br/>
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<r> Losses<br/>
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<r> This is it.<br/>
I had two moments that I wanted to resign - the first after huge losses at Philiphines and second when the kill multiplier kicked.<br/>
Now I see that it was nothing to be afraid of. My patience paid of, and I have learned a lot thanx to zeke and finally I have seen this game ...

<r> Philiphines taken, Taiwan as well. Kagoshima, Nagoya, Hiroshima in posession of Americans but still with Japs there. 02.1946. Have learned the hard way what is the Japanese score multiplier..... <E>:(</E><br/>
220k vs 180k and I doubt I will be able to finish this and achieve 2:1.<br/>
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<t> That was another lesson I have learned - not to leave ships in ports when in war zone. Anyway, I still have enough AP to do the job. But number of your planes simply must come to an end. You are loosing about 1000 per turn and even 2.4k during the last one. Estimated production of your planes ...

Whatever is left of Zeke's airforce is insignificant after my air offensive.... however due to my 2 mistakes I already lost my portion of CV, CVL and CVE's... never again - I hope I have learned

Well. Naval support is not enitrely necessary when land and air forces do the job As a consequence Davao is cleared of Japanese forces and the aim is Cagayan.

All bases in the Salomon Archipelago taken.

How is industry and production in Nagoya? [:D]

finally a successful landing at Davao [:)]
it seems most of zeke's fighters are detached to defending home cities against my heavy bombing raids; Tokyo should already be in ruins with its buildings and industry; now Nagoya's turn [8D]

<r> zeke is doing really good with air defense; one could think that after such heavy air losses there should be few planes to defend, but there are much more....<br/>
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iwo, bonin, marcus retaken - I won't make the mistake again <E>;)</E><br/>
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I am learning through this game. If only ...

<t> It came as a surprise that kamikaze came that late (September), but I never played the game that late anyway. So, my BB TF came under attack which finished in 1DD sunk, 2CA and 1BB damaged. <br/>
I must be more careful now. But with no CV available it may be a little difficult.<br/>
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<r> Horrendous losses on the US side were due to the fact that I simply forgot to (being in a hurry) issue orders to my TF CV fleets standing outside Davao. Therefore they got slaughtered with no AC on decks due to losses from previous turns.<br/>
Well, nevertheless I decided to continue offensive ...

The battle was immense......

Aircraft loses for Japan were 1660 planes and 986 for US (all of them aircraft based )
I shall check again but 1-2 US CV/CVL were lost in the process as well. It looked so historical with huge air battles

<t> The problem with subs is. Although I have withdrawne them completly from the surroundings of Japan, the system still claims they are there and sinks 1-2 of my subs per turn - its a BUG......<br/>
Allied forces are closing on Philiphines. Still few bases away though.<br/>
Battle for Alaska is ...

We are in the middle of '44. Rybka is fighting to re-capture Rangoon in the west and around Truk in the east.......

Rematch is underway and we have just begun '44.
An interesting campaing with lots of new information for me. Zeke is still in US (juneau) and Australia (perth) although I am present (as US player) at Truk and Saipan
The progress is slow, but I hope for the best.....

<r> And these were the actions that finally broke the paper facade of Japanese forces <E>:(</E><br/>
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I have asked zeke to accept my unconditional surrender.<br/>
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As it was my first game I have seen for some time already as weak my defence is. I have made several mistakes that made ...

<r> Rybka is finally on the move with huge fleets and shining new carriers [:D]<br/>
Those carriers have destroyed almost all air force I had on islands near Midway, Wake, Kwajalein...<br/>
Naval battle of BB's near Santa Cruz. Fleets heavily damaged and Americans lost 3-5 CA's. It's a question ...

<r> Been away from the forum for quite a while...<br/>
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Carrying 3 games at the same time was not a wise idea <E>:(</E> although I am learning a lot at a pretty fast rate <E>:)</E><br/>
Zeke is a good teacher and I see through my mistakes what I should have done different.<br/>
Allied air ...

<r> It means that I have attacked the base at the exact time <E>:)</E> although I did not attack it for months...... <E>:)</E><br/>
This turn will be made later as I am away from my home computer, but the results I saw this morning indicate, that I have finally managed to remove any danger from ...