Great progress! If you want to be sure of getting to the Marianas in mid 1944 you could consider letting the rest of the Marshalls and Carolines 'wither on the vine'. B-17s on Mili can reach all the bases to Roi-Namur (8 hexes) and from Wake (if you have it) they can reach Eniwetok (14 hexes ...

SITUATION REPORT, NOVEMBER 2, 1943:

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 31, 43
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Sub attack near Kochi at 107,62

Japanese Ships
xAK Tensho Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kenan Maru
E Karukaya

Allied Ships
SS Capelin ...

It is cheap way to build up exp, put them into TF in base and undock them.

No.

There is 5-key on keyboard to see how much supply you get, as a percentage.

And monsoon really grinds it down.

Whole damn game is about logistics.

You'll get it after few tries.

Another one is Motorized Support, which is also hideously difficult to unload.

Naval support or special ships like LST or combat landing ships like APA/AKA are also good.

Unfortunately they start to come out in 1943 for Allies.

Well, SCR-270 is huge, so cannot really be unloaded with lifeboats ...

Whole HQ system is quite simplified.

But it helps to have air units in same base to be under same HQ.

We'd have shitstorm of complaints if we'd have to actually have realistic command structure...

As table has been published....

But warships don't get into more than 55/55 with what back in day great Gary G. himself called "shakedown cruises".

To elaborate and expand to other areas too, Exp and Naval skill of TF CO/ship CO also helps to avoid collisions in TF.

Pro tip:

Put ships into Surface Combat or ASW TF. Let them sit there to get more exp.

55/55 for some, 45/45 to smaller ones.

Also extra pilots and planes in squadron helps with fatigue (both pilots and planes).

Quite useful when testing new AI scripts etc.

I fly quite a lot from Ledo to Chegtu, with 21 transport squadrons.

Monsoon sometimes cause supply to dry a bit, but otherwise it is lot of supply, considering.

Seems that AI script is one that is aggressive in SW Pacific.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 29, 43
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Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes ...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 27, 43
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Morning Air attack on Liuchow , at 74,55

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes ...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 25, 43
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ASW attack near Miri at 64,86

Japanese Ships
DD Oite

Allied Ships
SS Guardfish, hits 3 ...