In Malaya, We've trapped 30'000 british troops, cut off from Singapore. But Percival still has 40000 men defending Singapore itself, accoring to our recon. Our offensive in Singapore is boggled down too... In Burma, our army is soon reaching Rangoon, but with no success in Malaya, what good can it do?
In the Phillipines, General McArthur is holding out at Bataan with over 100'000 men. We only got 70'000 men in all of the PI. Boggled down. Thankfully we hold Clark field and Manilla though. And the IJAAF has promised to give air support, while the IJNAF will strange allied supply lines to Bataan. Uncertain success in the PI.
In Borneo, we captured Kuching, Jesselton and Miri on Borneo, but the men won't advance forward (don't know why. One aspect of the game I still haven't figured out. Sometimes my men will advance when I give the order, other times they won't... crap. So, the attack on Borneo has halted.
In the Southeast pacific, our attack on Rabaul failed, and we've taken up defensive positions near Gasmata, awaiting reinforcements. The Kido-Butai was on its way to the Coral Sea to give support to our landings there, but an allied CV-TF struck Eniwetok. We suspect there are at least two CVs in that TF, so the KB has set course north to Eniwetok, hopefully to intercept the allied CVs. The mini-KB has used up all its supplies and fuel and needs replenishment time.
Attacks on DEI have not yet commenced. The only good news from the last 10 days are the confirmed sinking of the USS Enterprise (we knew from before it was heavily damaged. Now it's reported in the NY Times how many men died in that steel coffin) We've also sunk two allied submarine tenders. Unfortunately, the allies have eaten a good chunk out of my AP/AK fleet the last 10 days.
At Imperial General HQ in Tokyo, the naval chief of staff, ADM Nagano and the army chief of staff, GEN Sugiyama both hope for a miracle, since there are hardly any more reinforcements availible.
Losses as of 26th of December 1941:
Allies: over 650 a/c
Japan: some 130ish a/c
Morale is still high with the troops though, since most of them don't realize what a miserable strategic situation Japan is in.
A few questions:
1. If I upload my save file, will somebody have a quick look, to see why my troops aren't marching, or if you know a secret (well, sort of...) on how to get them marching, will you let me know, please... It's bugging the living crap out of me.
2. 6x AKs and 3x APs in under a month in casualties as the Japanese. In addition to 2x DDs and 1x SS. Navy pool of pilots gone... (I don't understand this, as I started out with 100 in the navy pool and 200 in the army pool (I think). I've lost 134 a/c, and yet, my pool of pilots have been reduced by much more than that.
3. Will the allies be able to supply their troops at Bataan in the PI, even though I have complete air and naval supremacy. And if not, will they starve to death? Does the same go for Singapore?
4. What have you normally taken after a month of gametime, playing as the Japanese?
Thanks!
