And you can also be wrong.
Which is what you are regarding the ranges of the Betty. Let me try again:
Max range (unloaded and unarmed): 3132 miles
Combat range: 1772 miles

See any contradition in those figures? 1772 x 2 = 3544 round trip. Half of that was with bombs!


Let me try to explain ...

Only if you flunked math:

Historically, the Philipines operation had 541 aircraft assigned, including 156 Bettys and Nells and 107 Zeros.

156 - 48 = 108
107 - 32 = 75

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Ever heard of the difference between actual numbers and operational aircraft?

Why would aircraft be non ...

Sir,
If you would simply answer the questions regarding your plan, it would not be necessary for them to be repeated.

No. It evidently has to be repeated over and over and over.

No.
Evidently, you refuse to provide any details of your plan, despite being asked over and over and over again ...

Okay, let me see if I have this right-
You are proposing that Japan send 48 Betty bombers, with no ammo or bomb loads (or fighter escort), on a 2500-mile flight, to an island none of the pilots have ever flown to before, at night, regardless of weather conditions, with nowhere to land when they ...

To put it as simply as possible - without any details you have no plan.
Details include:
Complete OOB (air, land, naval);
Chronology (when does the invasion force leave Japan / what route do they take/ how often and where do they refuel / when and where does KB stop to allow the APDs to get ...

Unfortunately for your "US is clueless " thesis, everything your Quora "experts " have written is wrong:

They were clueless about a raid on Pearl Harbor.

Wrong.
The Japanese achieved surprise due to a command decision to stand down on that particular Sunday. Prior to 7 December, Pearl ...

Again no starting details. Just admit you can't show how your plan could work in real life and we can stop asking these trivial questions.

Again, it's too trivial to waste time on details only the Japanese would need to figure out. They can figure out the optimum time to top off and stop to ...

Can't train carrier pilots unless they're on carriers.

OK, this is just disappointing to read.

When the US carriers were in port their aircraft would transfer to an airfield (almost always Luke Field) in order to continue their training. The airfield would even have markers representing ...

And the army was quite willing to postpone securing the seizure of the SRA by diverting units from the PI to invade a tiny island or two that not only wouldn't do diddly for that, but that they couldn't possibly hold.

Pearl Harbor generated an all consuming rage at the Japanese. Now, in this ...

I don't remember if this was covered, and I don't want to search through 30+ pages, so here we go.

The attack was to take place at least 30 minutes after Japan declared war. Thanks to screw ups at the Japanese Embassy, it didn't get delivered until after 0830 Hawaii time.

So. you have the 1st ...

Whatever you're talking about is too trivial to respond to. The APDs have to be 100 miles from Maui 12 hours ahead of the fleet arriving at the launch point. Trivial.

Wasn't what I was asking for in that particular post but OK, then walk through the starting distances of KB and the APDs ...

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I have a unit of Emilies working out of this base (see base card). It has 0 aviation support, but it has a CS (Chitose) anchored in port with +24 for float plane support ...

Very nice video. I am really liking what I am seeing so far, and I am really looking forward to getting this game. I must admit though, that I prefer the artwork for the Zenox and Ackdarians from Universe to what is in this video.

Very interesting, thank you for posting.

Great preview. I can't wait to buy this game.

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This big Chinese infantry corps starts the game broken into several subunits with lousy experience. However, Tracker tells me, that once the corps is recombined, its experience ...

I do prefer board games, but a serious lack of time means PC only for now.

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

This is a very interesting and informative thread. Thank you for taking the time to keep it updated.

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