<t> So, all in all:<br/>
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West coast/Perth: <br/>
2 divisions, 2 eng regiments, support units<br/>
Cover: 2 BB, 2 CA<br/>
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Port Augusta<br/>
4 divisions, 6 tank regiments, 2 paratrooper regiments, Nav, Army and Air HQ, 10 fighter, recon and transport wings, support units<br/>
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Oh, I almost forgot. When the fleet passed exmouth, a secondary landing force embarked at Batavia. 2 divisions and support troops to clear out the west coast, from Geraldton and south to Perth.

<t> Best laid plans. <br/>
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Judging from my recon, he is defending Darwin and Port Moresby heavily. I think I can use that. All Japanese players attack Port Moresby and Darwin. All allied players want to delay/defend at Darwin and Port Moresby. <br/>
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So, therefore I will attack at ...

<t> Australia<br/>
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The pros: <br/>
It is already cut-off thanks to Diego Garcia and the South pacific. Reinforcement convoys will take much longer to get there. <br/>
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Darwin must be neutralized in order to defend against attacks into the southern NEI.<br/>
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Without Australia ...

<r> PH was pretty straightforward. I wanted to take out the battleships because Im planning to take command over the southern pacific. In order for that to work, I needed to remove as much of the surface forces in Pearl as possible. <br/>
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First strike <br/>
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<t> Just wanted to say I havent forgotten about this AAR, I want to wait until a certain operation is safely ashore before posting about the plans, since it would be absolutely dreadful if any information leaked. I will do a rather big update in a couple of weeks though. <br/>
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What I can say ...

<r> Lower NEI.<br/>
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Surface cover will be provided by two BBs warping in from Malaya. I want a good and solid surface combat TF here because I have no air combat TF here, and we could run into the Boise, Houston, and Force Z. <br/>
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BBs will meet up with the Menado invasion, and then ...

<r> Upper NEI and Malaya<br/>
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Nothing fancy here. I choose not to use the Mersing gambit since I consider it borderline cheating.. <br/>
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One twist is that I use the warp CVL from Badobaeng to move to a position just off Kuching. This to provide aircover to an early Palembang invasion ...

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>Act 1, scene 1 <e>[/b]</e></B><I><s>[i]</s>- Best laid plans. <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
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I thought Id start with going over the initial plans for the first month of war. First area of operations is the Southern Pacific. This is a mostly overlooked area because of the lack of ...

<r> <I><s>[i]</s>In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success.<e>[/i]</e></I> - Isoroku Yamamoto<br/>
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Well, we shall see about that ...

<r>
<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: rader<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: vicberg<br/>
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That's a design flaw then, if true. Can't make an artificial limit like that. The game breaks down in large numbers.
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That's what I noticed and reported with ...

<r>
<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Chickenboy<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bluebook<br/>
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"Yay, I managed to exploit the game engine and sink alot of ships."<br/>
[>:]
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Very unhelpful post, Bluebook.
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Dont go there ...

<r>
<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: hades1001<br/>
<B><s>[b]</s>By examine the facts, we have:<br/>
84 fighters: airborne<br/>
303 fighters: standby<br/>
259 fighters: scrambling<br/>
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and they have about 40 minutes to react.<br/>
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LOL ...

<r>
<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Shark7<br/>
You complain about results that are (in your opinion) too few shot down, while I have seen battles that had (in my opinion) far too many shot down. In the end it balances out, one raid will be very successful, the next may be a total disaster. Toward ...

<r>
<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Alfred<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bluebook<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Alfred<br/>
<COLOR color="#990000"><s>[color=#990000]</s><I><s>[i]</s><B><s>[b]</s>What part of the system ruined the game. <e>[/b]</e></B><e>[/i]</e></I ...

<r>
<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Alfred<br/>
<COLOR color="#990000"><s>[color=#990000]</s><I><s>[i]</s><B><s>[b]</s>What part of the system ruined the game. <e>[/b]</e></B><e>[/i]</e></I><e>[/color]</e></COLOR>
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The part where 200 Hellcats and Corsairs on CAP <B ...

"Yay, I managed to exploit the game engine and sink alot of ships."
[>:]

Two turns in a row now have I seen three Jap BBs sunk from my coast artillery defences at Pearl. When I ask my opponent about it, his BBs are unscratched. This started to happen when we upgraded to the latest beta patch.

<r> Java<br/>
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Initial landing came at Semarang. I tried to oppose them from the air, with a force of 60-something Divebombers, 20-something Torpedo bombers, and 40-something Level bombers. In addition to this I had 3-4 CAs, 3-4 CLs and 10 DDs. Japs came with one BB, a handful of CAs and ...

<r> Lower NEI<br/>
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The circled bases are the ones I want to defend. <br/>
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The longer I can hold one or more of these, the less likely an invasion of Northern Australia is. He is also so heavily committed in the central pacific that holding one or more of these bases into late 42 is a ...