<t> Yeah...come over... land at our sunny beach and enjoy our hospitality [8D]<br/>
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Well.. not many people in my island are using internet.This discourages local ISPs to compete and make marketing manouvers, like offering affordable private connection. As you know..business competition is ...

<t> I'm playing at historical level.<br/>
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But I think, the biggest contribution of my success is major flaw in AI. it virtually has no strategic initiative, it only react tactically by conducting local counter-attack.. <br/>
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If I play PBEM, human opponents will certainly attack ...

<t> The frontline in China is a straight line between Wuhan and Shanghai. The supply line to Yunan (500 supplies/day) is absolutely secure. I somehow by accident managed to slip 6 AKs to Camranh Bay, when they mindlessly returned to San Francisco through Malacca strait. These cargo ships are running ...

<r> As I said in my previous post, I diverted 200k+ chinese troops to Burma at early months of the war. I succeeded in recapture all of Siam, after broke through japanese lines and completely destroy 5 jap divisions in Burma. I am able to isolate Malaya by land at Songkhia. My combined army is keep ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: SaintEx<br/>
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I tell you what, though, why don't you go the Indochinese route and I'll go the Malaysian route, and we'll compare notes afterwards?<br/>

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Let's say....Chiang Kai sek agreed to lend several dozens of ...

<t> Hmm.. I think to reconquest Malaya has small strategic value, except we are planning to recapture Dutch East Indies.<br/>
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Due to its shape, Malaya is hard to defend. Defense in depth in virtually impossible. Japan may counterattack at any point he wants. This forces us to garrison every ...

It doesn't matter for me whether Stranraer present in WitP or not, although it is somewhat inferior compared to Catalina.

But if it is present in database, it shoud get more reasonable chance of involvement.

If I can't use it why it should be there?

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Ron Saueracker<br/>
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Stranraers served throughout most of the war and did not upgrade until rather late. Bearcats did not serve. How are they a waste exactly?
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If stranraer served in throughout most of the war, why ...

ORIGINAL: Twotribes

Yes, Canada had them but I think they upgrade as fast as you get them.

Yeah...just like what I said these planes are a waste of database space...as there is no way to downgrade an air unit. CMIIW

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Panzer76<br/>

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Problem is my fleet moved off during daylight and since the Lex wasn't damaged at all she launched bombers at me from 1 hex away... Several ships were hit and the DD Hatsuharu was finished off...
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Can't find any Singapore and Stranraer air unit..although they are exist in database and hundreds of them available on replacement pool.

I think this is a waste of database space...better save it for better aircraft like F8F bearcats...

<t> Hi... <br/>
as Allied, right now I'm actively use Chinese forces in fact it has made south pacific very quiet. <br/>
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I transferred 120 thousands of idle chinese troops from Yunan, Kunming and Chungking to intervene in Burma. <br/>
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The result is...... <br/>
50,000 chinese troops ...

<t> Hi...<br/>
as Allied, right now I'm actively use Chinese forces in fact it has made south pacific very quiet.<br/>
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I transferred 120 thousands of idle chinese troops from Yunan, Kunming Chungking to intervene in Burma. <br/>
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The result is...... <br/>
50,000 chinese troops from ...

OK....
back to the original question...Where is the Bearcats?

<t> Yeah...perhaps...actually these transports are bound for cotabato at mindanao, not for Dutch East Indies. <br/>
Jap AI left them unescorted because I withdrawn all surface allied naval assets in Phillippine to Borneo for the upcoming battle in Dutch East Indies and due to the presence of Kido ...

Yeah...historically jap slipped unescorted barges hopping island by island during the night hours until they reached Guadalcanal, some of them caught by SBD, wildcats and P-39 airacobra during the daylights. But this did not happen in Dutch East Indies.

<t> Well, in fact historically the Dutch East Indies invasion force was escorted by a number of heavy cruisers, light cruiser and destroyers. Even Kido Butai were lurking south of Java during the invasion of Java. This resulted in the battle of Java sea and almost-total ABDA annihilation, except a ...

<t> As far as I know F8F Bearcat entered service on May 1945, but I can't find it in the WITP unit arrival schedule nor the aircraft database. forgotten? Perhaps, putting in F-84 Thunderjet in Witp could be a nice touch due to the fact of its first operational flight in early 1946.<br/>
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