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It "worked" because the IJN never again had as many as 6 CV's operating together after Pearl. Midway was the last time even 4 operated together. After that, they no longer had the numbers to do so, even if they wanted to change their ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: HansBolter<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Richard III<br/>
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I am really amazed that this thread has no reply. None.......<br/>
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This is an 800 lbs. Gorilla at the party guys.<br/>
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Does this not mean, not only is LBA is useless ...

January 15/16 1943

Well' I'm back, with a nasty case of asthma.

He has invaded at Auki and Rennell, which were set up as traps.

Allied air losses on the 13/14/15 have been averaging 9 or so, while the Japanese have been averaging 32.

ORIGINAL: witpqs

I'm with #2 and #3.

I've been looking for those tactics. Currently, I use subs and night attacks.

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: jeffs<br/>
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Hi Nemo,<br/>
What is the name of the AAR in which you were Japan in the downfall scenario?<br/>
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Thanks. I need to absorb some lessons (and much less painful to read them than to ...

We have a patch, so there will be a couple of turns until the sync bug works its way out of the system. It affects surface naval combat, so I really don't know where I stand until then.

<t> The Midway force consisted of 28 mixed fighters, while the American carriers had 79 F4Fs.The KB had 91 Zeros. To suppress the Midway force, the KB had to allocate 57 fighters to CAP, leaving 34 for escort. To launch against the KB, the American strike needed 29 F4Fs, leaving 60 in the CAP.<br ...

The sync bug continues. The combat replay is totally different from what the next move reports.

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See attached zip archive. 001 is the combat replay, 004 is the following turn. 003 is the turn as submitted.

<t> January 12/13 1942<br/>
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My asthma has put me in bed. I hate sick buildings!<br/>
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Sync problem!<br/>
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Not a good day for Allied F4Fs, although I don't know where. Combat Reporter shows no air to air engagements involving F4Fs.<br/>
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Allied air losses: 31 (20 F4Fs ...

<t> 2.5. If you want to reliably suppress a collection of land bases, with a maximum of N active fighters operating at any of them, your collection of CVTFs (which need to sail together), needs slightly greater than 2*N fighters on CAP. You then can strike the bases individually and in turn with an ...

<t> Use the victory point system for TK2. About half way through the campaign, the German player gets the choice of being offensive or defensive. If offensive, he goes for it all and gets lots of offensive forces; if defensive, he can't do better than his situation in a month, and gets lots of ...

January 11/12 1943

Japanese invasion at Auki. Auki was always intended to be a trap. I guess we'll find out. The large minefield did not discourage a Japanese BB bombardment.

Allied air losses: 2; Japanese 18.

<t> That means, by the way, that the KB can suppress LBA if your CAP is greater than 2x the strength of the island's fighters and you have 0.5x the strength of the island's fighters on escort. I.e., 2.5x the fighter count on the island is the magic number. That's easy to do if you concentrate your ...

It's mostly that your escorts need at least half the strength of the defending CAP. If you don't have that, the strike won't launch.

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It appears the Japanese are planning to invade Rennell Island. The KB is just off Auki. Rennell Island is right-sized. <br/>
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That, by the way, is my criticism of the ground combat engine. Battle results are ...

Lest we forget.