Thanks all. So what about LCU attrition then? With the Manchuria rule not a consideration for the AI do they essentially have a bottomless pit of troops or can I kill off enough of them so that I will be able to "feel" the difference as I get deeper into the war?

Hello all,

I am at February 20 in my game. All the major early war objectives are still in my (allied) hands. I have inflicted significant casualties at the Sittang Bridge in Burma, the IJA has finally bottled me up in Singapore after very costly fights at Temuloh and Johore Baru. A recent shock ...

What is it about Java that makes it more defensible than Singapore? Further from the Japanese airbases in Thailand/Indochina?

Related question but when conducting an amphibious landing against a base suspected of hosting a minefield, will minesweeping vessels (e.g. DMS) accompanying the bombardment TF be effective against mines or do you need a standalone minesweeping TF to come in first? Seems like the timing would get ...

Sardaukar wrote: Sun Nov 02, 2025 9:37 am Probably best was in recent game in Coral Sea, where US CVs basically sunk all Kido Butai in 1942.

How did you manage to set that up? Did you lose any of your USN CVs in the exchange?

I am a mere novice and have never played PBEM. When I play the AI i try to forget what I know about history and former games and inhabit the minds of the various ABDA commanders and think in terms of fighting in the moment as they would have.

In my current game, Force Z managed to inflict some ...

dr.hal wrote: Thu Oct 30, 2025 4:43 pm No that hits troop concentrations, I believe you want city attack....IIRC.

Thanks Dr. Hal. That makes way more sense, I remember now. I've just never gotten past late 42 in a campaign where I started doing city attacks.

Thanks everybody. Looking ahead to the future occupation of the DEI, just so I understand, is "Ground Attack" the mission type I would select for bombers if my objective is to inflict damage on the facilities?

I've just started a new game as the Allies vs the Japanese. My priority as the Dutch is to 1) utilize Dutch and Allied tankers to ship out the existing oil to Australia to prevent its use by the Japanese when they inevitably conquer the DEI and 2) Shut down production of refineries and, if possible ...

I have read here that AI troops do not suffer a penalty for being out of supply or at least to the same degree as a human player's LCUs will suffer.

In my game, playing as the allies, I have held onto Rangoon despite a large IJA presence there (~40-50k troops). I managed to deliver an attack on ...

Closing the loop , it is as ABG suspected. After a couple more days, the button appeared and everything is working properly. Thank you to all.

That makes sense to me as well. I must have drawn some aircraft from the reserve pool and am not yet clear of the time restrictions. I will report back when I advance a few more days (was it 7 days before it resets?).

Replacements were not on. I toggled them to "on" for the F4F squadron but it says "replacements delayed for the SBD. I will run a turn and see if replacements show up.

So do the VRF squadrons work automatically, i.e. they will send out aircraft & pilots to eligible Navy units in range with ...

I did not have the CVE in a replenishment TF. I disbanded then reformed the TF as a replenishment TF but I still do not see any option to add replacement planes. Is it something that happens automatically? I am using 1126a if that makes a difference .

Thanks for the great advice and insight everybody.

My closest base is Tagula which I have built up pretty well. It is too far for Navy/USMC tactical air but I do have several squadrons of B-26 / B-24 who are providing air strikes on the IJA 38th Division and what appears to be the remnants of the ...

I am playing as Allies in the Grand Campaign against Japanese AI opponent. It is October 1942.

I have just concluded the third major CV vs. CV battle of my war. This was in many ways the most frustrating.

Context: I am invading the island of Guadalcanal. Lunga is defended by at least 1 x IJA ...

You know, I don't have a good answer for 'Why capture Rabaul?" come to think of it. I was sort of just by default pursuing it because it is the IJN's center of gravity in the South Pacific / Southwest Pacific theater.

I suppose you could say it should be taken because it could be useful given the ...

Thanks Bella. I am a big fan of HP Wilmott as well. I agree that an interconneced series of airbases in the Solomons is preferable all things being equal - but I suppose I am more wondering if the endeavor will be worth it once the Japanese have the whole 17th Army on the island with ~31k troops ...

I actually got some good experience for my land based air in the Milne Bay operation. Had 4 or 5 B-24/B-17 squadrons flying out of Townsville and some A-20/B-26 out of Tagula. My sense is they are contributing a lot more to the success of the fighting there then the casualty reports during the turns ...

I am playing Dec 8 Campaign and am in September 1942.

I opened my first offensive with an invasion of Milne Bay, defended by the 71st IJA and a few base units. I used the 32nd ID and 7th Australian Div. Came off without a hitch, was shocked given that KB is still out there and due to the proximity ...