GreasyLake Vs Vettim89, The Japan side

[GreasyLake]

Getting Back Doored at Ban Don, good move. All air was focused on PI and closer to home.

[GreasyLake]

Still holding, for now

[GreasyLake]

My front line fighter units. Have a lot of level 60 now, I am proud. However they face overwhelming odds and better exp opponents.

[GreasyLake]

Page two Fighters

[GreasyLake]

Oh Yeah the ships. So many DD did not want to post. Hundreds of AP and maybe 100 AK still. Just no-where safe to go get much. Have to run some Res in from China, 8K oil landing 1-2 days. After that nothing I fear. From later screens I learned I better shut down ship yards in favor of AC.

[GreasyLake]

Some of the air threat Tim is facing. Try not to laugh.

[GreasyLake]

TB

[GreasyLake]

Longer range TB

[GreasyLake]

Page two. Wish my fighters were as exp.

[GreasyLake]

Got a few of these

[GreasyLake]

Let us view some industry stats

[GreasyLake]

again. Not looking good.

[GreasyLake]

Got tired of trying to supply this group NW of Canton

[GreasyLake]

Try and show some more when I know where Tim is headed next.

Actually sank a ship last turn, a CVE. Combination of Kami and torpedo. Saw the main carrier force move just enough hexes where my units would target the landing vice carrier CAP. May not get another chance like that but 36 A6M5c are at Legaspi waiting for it. Took all those units from Guam in the last week or so.

Adios Amigos, if there is anyone out there not glued to AE.

[Capt. Harlock]

Ouch. Oil and Resources NOT looking good. [X(]

[GreasyLake]

Latest looks at Iwo Jima. Had it packed to the gills with fighters till I saw how big his carrier CAP actually is. Decided not worth the trouble, sent 50% of fighters north and 50% south. Not even planning any air strikes, out of range of every land based fighter escort.

Still enough supplies to operate south, for now.

Moved long range transports to Tokyo. Will try to pull out some aviation support but already too late I fear. Was expecting to get hit by superforts or B-24 prior to invasion. Kept fighters for that but no way am I going to try and take on that many carrier fighters, until he gets closer to Home Islands.

Of course he can just blockade me for another 1-3 months and I probably will not even be able to fly anything. Looks like I may need to invade Russia for some oil. What the heck, things can hardly get much worse (or can they?).

[GreasyLake]

Troops at Iwo. The 2 Div are only 50's exp. Had a higher exp unit here a year ago but moved it to Marcus. Hold on guys, we are counting on you!

[GreasyLake]

Another shot at industry. Been preoccupied with oil. Gotta move some reources in from China and such.

[GreasyLake]

Also left some naval on somewhere, have to find that and turn it off. What I have is what I'll use. Though there is a mess of RO subs coming due sometime... hmmm.

[Local Yokel]

Doesn't look as though you are short of resources in absolute terms (1.75M) but they may be in the wrong place.  Some of the Chinese ports between Shanghai and Hong Kong have seemed to accumulate plenty of resources in my game (CHS, so may be different for you); may be worth a look there.
 
Oil reserves look a bit rocky, but I guess the real question may be whether you can get it home.  How many tankers do you still have? Always a danger of a big convoy being caught by carrier air, but whilst he's preoccupied with Iwo you might get a respectable quantity home - perhaps from Miri/Brunei?
 
By this stage I would regard Ro-boats as DE fodder.  I would rather be sure my LCU's were receiving enough equipment.
 
Hang in there!  This forum has gone quiet, but there's still a few people posting and reading here.