<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Lokasenna<br/>
We shall see about the carriers. I do have some size 90 groups with Corsairs that could do some sweeping but all the CVs are resting up right now. The problem is that I'm in kind of the same position as SqzMyLemon where I can't guarantee that the ...

Strat bombing is they key to VPs. I have gotten nearly 1000 VPs in single day from manpower attacks. But you need fighters in range to clear the airspace. Though carrier aircraft can carry that load.

<r> <SIZE size="2"><s>[size=2]</s><B><s>[b]</s>September 2nd 1944<e>[/b]</e></B><e>[/size]</e></SIZE><br/>
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The final attack on Hachinohe<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: witpqs<br/>
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How goes it at Hakodate? There is a small-medium sized shipyard there which can be useful.
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That's going a little more slowly. Not applying firepower to it. But soon northern Japan will be under my control and they ...

<r> <SIZE size="2"><s>[size=2]</s><B><s>[b]</s>August 27th, 1944<e>[/b]</e></B><e>[/size]</e></SIZE><br/>
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More progress with Hachinohe:<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Ground combat at Hachinohe (118,55)<br/>
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Allied Deliberate attack<br/>
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Attacking force 84094 troops ...

<r> <SIZE size="2"><s>[size=2]</s><B><s>[b]</s>August 26th, 1944<e>[/b]</e></B><e>[/size]</e></SIZE><br/>
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MTBs aren't giving me as many issues. I'm getting a couple of battles like this:<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Night Time Surface Combat, near Ominato at 119,55, Range 7,000 Yards<br ...

<t> Just bought out a bunch of medium bombers on the West Coast to use in Hachinohe. I have 140k guys on the ground but the Japanese have brought reinforcements and could bring even more. I don't think I will get stuck for too long but I want to speed up the process. The Japanese are sitting ducks ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Insano<br/>
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You saved the Yorktown with 55 Sys 46 Flt and 93 Fires?!?! [X(]<br/>
That is an exceptional damage control result! Must have been perfect rolls - seems like a 1 in a 1000 result there.<br/>
Well done! [&o]
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<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn<br/>
What about engineers? I dont see any dedicated combat engineer units. What numbers of them are available in '44? <br/>
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"Engineers: 6 destroyed, 41 disabled " low numbers. Integrated engineers of other units.
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I have ...

<r> <SIZE size="2"><s>[size=2]</s><B><s>[b]</s>August 24th, 1944<e>[/b]</e></B><e>[/size]</e></SIZE><br/>
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I finally attacked Hachinohe. But the Japanese did a solid for me in attacking first:<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Ground combat at Hachinohe (118,55)<br/>
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Japanese Deliberate ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: witpqs
<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: jwolf<br/>
Trying to grasp at straws here -- is it possible that the PTs would still be a help if they could just neutralize the MTBs? Kind of hold their focus on the PTs so they don't attack other shipping?
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<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Capt. Harlock
<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>I'm trying to use destroyer and cruiser screens against MTBs. Not very effective. The MTBs always get away.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
Do you have any PT boats of your own?
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I do. They don't do anything ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: jwolf<br/>
Well, that LSI with 99 fires is ... toast, so to speak. And that looks really bad for the Yorktown. Is late war Allied damage control good enough to save a ship in such grave condition? I admit I would have thought it was hopeless. What can you do about ...

<r> Turns out the Japanese actually lost fewer planes today than they did in the huge attack when I landed on Hokkaido:<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: jwolf<br/>
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That is an amazing number of Japanese casualties for a bombardment attack. I shudder to think what will happen to them once you launch a serious ground attack.
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The magnitude of every aspect of the war in this stage is ...

<r> <COLOR color="#FF0000"><s>[color=#FF0000]</s><B><s>[b]</s><SIZE size="3"><s>[size=3]</s>Landing in Honshu<e>[/size]</e></SIZE><e>[/b]</e></B><e>[/color]</e></COLOR><br/>
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Well the day has come! As expected, those pesky MTBs caused me all sorts of trouble:<br/>
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<r> <SIZE size="2"><s>[size=2]</s><B><s>[b]</s>August 21st, 1944<e>[/b]</e></B><e>[/size]</e></SIZE><br/>
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Well my forces landed on Honshu! It was a bloodbath in many ways. I won't post the full thing until tomorrow but here's a sneak preview of an air attack:<br/>

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Bif1961<br/>
9 hits from 14 torpedoes is good shooting regardless if you were docked or not. The most under developed Japanese sector was there MTBs, Captain Hara of Destroyer Shigure fame, was the first Commandant of their MTB school. He was totally shocked at ...

<r> <SIZE size="2"><s>[size=2]</s><B><s>[b]</s>August 16th, 1944<e>[/b]</e></B><e>[/size]</e></SIZE><br/>
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Things are chugging along. I am bombing fighter factories in Japan and industry in Manchuria with good success. Japanese CAP is still giving me some headaches so I have been avoiding ...

<r> <SIZE size="2"><s>[size=2]</s><B><s>[b]</s>August 4th, 1944<e>[/b]</e></B><e>[/size]</e></SIZE><br/>
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Things have been a bit quieter of late. No surface engagements or naval strikes by either side. But my 4E have been active in attacking Japanese fighter factories. Today I decided to ...