Where were they heading?

[Speedy Gonzales]

I am playing the grand campaign as allies against AI, it is december 20th, 1941. I just sunk a japanese milk cow fleet a little north east of the french frigate shoals. 7 AO + 2 DD. What were they doing there, right in front of my home base? A day earlier, Midway got bombarded by some cap ships including two BB but surely even the AI wouldn't place a replenishment TF CLOSER to the enemy [&:]

[Sredni]

Heh, I think I sank the same replenishment fleet, 3 or 4 months after PH, but still stooging around just to the north of PH. I didn't bother with navS around PH in the begining and instead had them training competent pilots, but the minute I turned some on there the AO's were.

I suspect the AI had them there for replenishment and then forgot about them after they were no longer needed.

[jeffk3510]

The AI more than likely got tired of all of the clicking involved....

[Speedy Gonzales]

I guess it is a glitch in the AI. Since I found them (north) eastof Peral I was thinking they might be used for refuelling the subs off the west coast but seven AO sounds a bit to many tankers for that purpose

[Mistmatz]

ORIGINAL: Speedy Gonzales

I guess it is a glitch in the AI. Since I found them (north) eastof Peral I was thinking they might be used for refuelling the subs off the west coast but seven AO sounds a bit to many tankers for that purpose

Also I'm pretty sure subs don't refuel underway.

[jeffk3510]

My thinking too....but if they do, I must start using this!  [:)]

[inqistor]

KB tends to make some fancy movings for several days after PH, but it could be glitch in only one of possible AI scripts.


I am sure, you can not manually refuel subs underway, but I surely have seen SSXs sometimes got fuel after turn, in enemy ports, where my fleets passed. But I can not say what exactly need to be done, for them, to refuel.