I am intent to win this war – not just hold Allies off but destroy their ability and will to fight on. To do this I need to fight intelligent – with skillful fuel and resource management. The Basic plan is to take the refineries and resources that I need – while not place too much undue distance on were the fuel and finished supply have to be moved to.
It is now January 7 1941 in our game – so I will basically move though my current operations – then I will tell of my future plans – but because of real life this will take of several day.
Pearl Harbor strike – I raid for 2 days and sink in raids or after 5 Battleship and 10 other vessel – probably leaving with damage another 15 vessels. I also destroy about 40 of the aircraft based at Pearl Harbor.
I capture Wake some days later with the aid of the Carrier Striking Force as it retire from Pearl Harbor raid. The Carrier Striking Force also locates and destroys a Allied transport force advancing on Wake.
I capture Makin and Tarawa Islands early and Nauru just today. Also in South East I take Rabaul Kavieng Manus Early - but only take Shortlands Island yesterday.
In Celebes Sea area I take Davao early – landing 56th division less 1 regiment. I also take Manado early and develop seaplane base – I also take Sorong 2 day ago.
In Luzon I land at standard beaches in north on second day – I also land in south at Naga because it has better port than of Legaspi. The Allied devil conducts some very skillful destroyer raids against my northern beachheads and sinks and damages a number of transports. There were covering forces of Cruisers and destroyers present when these raids took place – but they did not intercept or damage the enemy till their third raid.
I did not land at Lagayen but instead landed second flight of force at San Fernando – this was because a large enemy force was advancing on Lagayen. I managed to get one and one half divisions dug in at Lagayen – so when the enemy attacked my forces managed to hold. Two day later I counter attack at Lagayen and the enemy retreats back to Clark Field with heavy loss.
I Take Hong Kong on 30 December 1941 only after bringing another infantry regiment from Canton. Kucking and Miri on the Sarawak coast were taken early - and started to build up of Kuching as major IJAAF base to support the landings at Singkawang - but major Allied naval forces intervened. In three major naval battles off Kuching I lost the fast Battleship Haruna and the light Cruiser Isuzu - and the enemy the Battle cruiser Repulse and four Allied Cruisers. But a week later an Allied force including the Battleship Prince of Whales bombarded the airfield at Kucking putting it and all aircraft out of commission. This forced me to cancel the Singkawang landing which was about to start - and wait till I could neutralize the Allied naval threat.
Malaya is a standard operation - but with no landings below Kota Bharu which I took on the second day of the war. I see no need for any southern landings in Malaya - as you are just giving the RAF targets - as you can't get to Singapore any faster by landing at Kuantan - and landing at Mersing is just crazy.
Will be continue
