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4/22/42
 
Eastern Sumatra: For the first time in weeks, Steve has resumed the expensive (to him) practice of using Netties for long range patrols over the DEI.  It's expensive, because Allied CAP at Oosthaven claims a fair share of them.  This may be a temporary "flash bulb" to get a glimpse of what the Allies have in the area in preparation for a major move, though I don't see any amphibious TFs in the vicinity.  The Allied carriers have combined and are on patrol SSW (true) of Oosthaven.  The big American CD unit at Capetown (24 155 mm guns) is 64% prepped for Port Blair.  I briefly considered sending her there, as Japan will return, but decided to send her to Benkolen, thus spending about 275 PP.  The war won't be won or lost at Port Blair, but may well be in eastern Sumatra.  The night B-17 raid on Singapore destroyed two aircraft on the ground, makings us even on night raids.  I'll desist from night raids now as long as Steve does the same.
 
Western Sumatra:  The Japanese are on the move with 38th Div., two armored units, and a naval guard unit.  I'm evacuating some of my raiders, armor, and infantry from Sabang.  I'd like to fight here, but Steve can feed too much into the fray to quickly for me to do so.  I'd have to commit 27th Div., which is still at least 10 days away, and then I'd lose my movile punching/counterpunching force.  So I'll reluctantly give up Sabang, while taking a measure of pleasure in the key role she's played over the past month.
 
Java:  I made a mistake here.  I evacuated Soerabaja of all but some base forces and patrol aircraft months ago, as Denpassar's big airfield poses a big risk.  Well, a few far-flung subs still called Soerabaja home, and they retired there from patrols and automatically disbanded, probably due to some damage.  Steve caught four of them disbanded in port and bombed them, sinking two and badly damaging the others.
 
Indian Ocean:  I haven't mentioned this in awhile, but the Allies have garrisoned Cocos Island (roughly 70 AV) and Christmas Island (35 AV). 
 
NoPac:  A CVE caught and sank a picket xAKL to the east of the Kuriles.  I'm wondering if Steve recalled the rest of his carriers for use in the DEI.  Not sure, but it's a possibility I'm working on.
 
Pacific:  The Allies didn't lose any amphibious ships during the Kuriles invasion, which was one of my highest priorities.  Following the invasion, most of those ships went to Seattle, where I held them in case I decided to reinforce.  Instead, I've finally decided that the Allies will proceed with an invasion in CenPac, probably the Gilberts, in the next month or so.  So all those amphibious ships are reporting to San Diego.  I need some PP to buy four regiments (two of them are Hawaian command, which means they can be purchased cheaply).  I know many astute players consider the Gilberts a lesser target than the Marshalls or the Bonins, but I like them under the circumstances present in the game.
 
China:  Japan has stripped another unit from Changsha to reinforce the northern front.  The Chinese are getting in position to attack there and across the river from Hengyang.
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Actually, I do like hitting him a little further out - forcing him to relocate assets at great distance, because it eats up fuel & accelerates system damage that will have an effect over the long-term. It also prevents him from using interior positions to his advantage - instead, he has to react by pushing resources from within to without, again, eating up more time on his part. It also creates the impression of emergencies everywhere - which will inhibit his decision-making process (he who deals with everything, deals with nothing).

As an added benefit, if your timing is right, a move to the Gilberts will once again distract him from the key theater of operations - and if you can identify the position of the KB, all the better.

At this point, I'd wager that he will keep the KB in the DEI - but if he doesn't, major mistake.
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If you break through on the China front it will heap panic upon pain.
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4/23/42
 
Java:  B-17s from Soerabaja hit the enemy port at Balikpan, damaging three DD, two DMS, and an AO, CL, xAK and PB.  What're they doing in an undefended port near the front?  No signs of enemy moves on this almost undefended island.
 
Sumatra:  Heavy enemy air patrols continue for the second day, after a month-long hiatus, with Japan losing 10 Nells to CAP over Oosthaven.  That Steve is willing to incur such losses after not being willing to take them for at least a month suggests that something big is up.  The Allied carriers are on patrol about 15 hexes SSW (near Cocos Island).  Another challenge to contend with has been the schedule to withdraw fighter squadrons - it takes some effort to get them to Sumatra, and pulling them out is painful.  In a few days, the Allies have to withdraw 100 P-40Es, but I do have three or four P-39 and P-40 squadrons aboard ship to arrive within days.  Currently, the Allies have 500 fighters in Sumatra, and I'm working to keep that number.
 
China:  A 4,000-AV Chinese stack will cross the river and shock attack three IJA units (at least one division, but hopefullly not three).  To the north, the land-movement routine somehow got fouled up with the units moving to strike an IJ unit near Kaiefeng.  I've reset this army - roughly 6,000 AV.
 
NoPac:  Lots of enemy building and shipping all over - including base building at Toyohara and other rear-guard bases.  So Steve is taking precautions lest the Allies try to move forward.  Since I won't be, this is a diversion of assets that favors the Allies.  Idaho and Maryland are nosing forward and may try a raid vs. enemy shipping at Shimishura Jima.  The BB TF has two more days to go, but I'll withdraw them if they are detected tomorrow.
 
Political Points:  The Allies have now managed to make all top-priority purchases, the last being the big American CD unit at Capetown, now bound for Oosthaven.  In coming days, the high priority will be working on my Sumatra airforce, swapping out leaders and perhaps trying to reconcile HQ assignments.  After that task is finished, the next priority will be purchasing restricted units in Hawaii and West Coast to be used in the Gilberts invasions.
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4/24/42
 
China:  The 5,000-AV Chinese stack schock attacked across the river from Hengyang, mauling two IJ divisions (39, 34), which took more than 600 squads destroyed.  That's four IJ divisions roughed up in recent weeks, and I think the Japanese now have full-blown crisises on both fronts - north and south.  One-third of this Chinese force will pursue the defeated Japanese army, two-thirds will sprint down a good road for Kienko.  Up north, another Chinese stack will attack a single unit at Keifeng.
 
NoPac:  Near Paramushiro, BBs Maryland and Idaho take a total of three torps from Bettys.  The two ships are lighlty damaged and will retire to the northeast, but they are a long way from home, so Steve might try to intercept with whatever carrier forces he has available in theater.
 
SoPac:  Japanese ships of unknown strength approaching Pago Pago.  The USN six-DD, one-DMS force will react, since that's what they are there to do.
 
Java:  Japanese bombers playing regular attention to Soerabaja the past few days.  The Allied carriers will move a little further east (true NE of Cocos Island) to be just a little closer if the enemy finally moves on Java.  No sign of such a move at the moment.
 
Sumatra:  Quiet.  Steve halted his costly long-range patrols activity after two days and about 20 lost aircraft.  The Aussie CD unit has arrived at Benkolen with the second about ten days out of Oosthaven.  Palembang AV up to 1530, with Oosthaven about 1490.  There's no remaining AV in Java.  The Allies are busy evacuating troops from Sabang.  My transports refused to allow me to order "cancel loading" (there's no such button for some reason), so they stay long enought to get a full load before departing.  That's left a fast transport APD TF there for at least three days...arg...but fortunately the Japanese don't seem to be patroling Sabang right now.
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4/25/42
 
China:  The Chinese smack down two small IJ units, one at Kaifeng and the other near Nanyang.  Based upon his email comments, Steve looks on current events in China as a full-blown crisis.  Indeed, he has two sizeable enemy armies on the loose - one near Hengyang/Kienko, the other near Kaifen/Loyang.  At the moment, he doesn't have troops to stop either, so he seems to be stripping garrison units.  Judging from SigInt, he may be buying a Manchuko division or two, which is a great sign as I'm hoping he'll be short of PPs - needing plenty to organize his Kuriles counter-invasion.
 
NoPac:  Idaho and Maryland look good on their retirement towards the Aleutians after taking torps yesterday.
 
CenPac:  SigInt reports just 1,035 Japanese at Marcus.  Not sure I'll make anything of this, but I'll mull it over for awhile.
 
SoPac:  An IJN FT TF of CLs and DDs arrived at Pago Pago, unloading supplies, took a little damage, and then gve more than it took in battle with the USN DD TF.  I was a bit disappointed in that outcome.  I'm sending some heavier ships to thater from Pearl, Balboa, and Melbourne.
 
Java:  Quiet on the Java front, which shouldn't be the case this late in April under these circumstances.
 
Sumatra:  Thank you, NYGiants, for the helpful reminder to check my squadron commanders.  I finally had the PP to rotate out the "dogs," replacing five our six commanders with bad stats.  The rest of the units looked very good.  All is quiet here with the exception of Sabang.
 
Sabang: The Japanese will roll into Sabang and reclaim it within three days.  This will isolate Sumatra more, and will reopen the Bay of Bengal to enemy incursions.  So things will heat up a bit.  Sabang in Allied hands is a huge help - it's one of the most important hexes on the western half of the map early in the war.  I was negligent to lose it to para-assault early in the game, and Steve was negligent to allow the Allies to reclaim it.
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4/25/42
 
China:  The Chinese smack down two small IJ units, one at Kaifeng and the other near Nanyang.  Based upon his email comments, Steve looks on current events in China as a full-blown crisis. 

Steve's assessment is entirely correct.
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Thank you, NYGiants, for the helpful reminder to check my squadron commanders.  I finally had the PP to rotate out the "dogs," replacing five our six commanders with bad stats.  The rest of the units looked very good.  All is quiet here with the exception of Sabang.

No problem Dan. I would do it for a neighbor (Tenn/GA). Just don't hold it against me that my family (Vermont) was on the 'right' side at Gettysburg. [:D]
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IIRC, the emergency INF units that arrive in Japan when the Kuriles are invaded do not need to be bought with PP (I may be wrong). But if that is the case then he should have already rounded them all up and be shipping them to counter invade. Every day he delays means extra time to build forts and air defences.....
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I thought they were restricted,  but I'll double-check as it's worth knowing.
 
Japan gets an almost unlimited number of transports (at least from my Allied-player perspective), but he's lost alot in the game to date.  Now he has a need to use a massive number in the upcoming invasion of Sumatra, if that ever gets underway, but he also needs them to counterinvade the Kuriles.  Also, he has some supporting his Pago Pago operation.  I would love to be a fly on the wall, privy to his internal debates over allocation of transports.
 
But mainly I'd like to know what he's thinking about Sumatra, because he's not showing any signs of moving there, as I'll explain in my next post in an hour.
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The Pago-Pago operation certainly seems to be at the end of a very long logistical string. Given that he lost the Mini-KB, you'll have the ability to interdict his supply lines there with CVEs pretty quickly, plus put the hurt on him using available surface forces from the West Coast & PH.

If you can beat up on a few of his convoys, I bet he would be extremely reluctant to risk his surface assets while other major operations are on-going (or dealing with fresh emergencies).

The biggest take-away I have from this game (and watching Nemo's as well), is that the allies have quite a number of assets scattered around the map & only lose them when they allow the Japanese player to face them piece-meal. If you can concentrate and prepare, it becomes a odds-even game and makes for a very interesting first year of the war, as opposed to a Japanese steamroller.
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What we need is a game of Nemo vs. Alfred.  Imagine that....
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What we need is a game of Nemo vs. Alfred.  Imagine that....

I doubt the game could accomodate the size of both their ego's..........
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What we need is a game of Nemo vs. Alfred.  Imagine that....

I doubt the game could accomodate the size of both their ego's..........
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4/26/42
 
China:  The Chinese will make a new shock attack into the hex south of Changsha tomorrow, and are closing in with 5,000 AV on what I think is 22nd Div. east of Kaifeng.  It's going to take Japan some weeks to get forces into place strong enough to stop the Chinese and force them back into the traditional MLR, but in the meantime the Chinese plan to make alot of noise while primarily looking for enemy units to thrash.
 
NoPac:  Maryland and Idaho are nearing Attu Island, now, and nearly out of danger.  I'm going to have to work hard to get supply into Paramushiro.
 
SoPac:  BB Hiei, CAs Chikuma and Tone were embedded in a transport TF that brought four naval guard units to reinforce Pago Pago.  This gives Japan 400+ AV on site, but I suppose they aren't well prepped and probably have a fair amount of disruption.  The Allies have 137 AV 100% prepped - all good US Marine CD units - behind three forts with plenty of supply.  To the west, Auckland forts went to level five.  I don't think Japan will move that way, but it would take at least three divisions to do so.
 
DEI:  Quiet here as the Japanese close in on Sabang.  I have decided to reinforce Port Blair with a UK Bde to ensure that Japan can't take that important island on the cheap.  That will leave the Allies with two UK Bdes plus 27th USA Div. to invade Malaya/Burma when the time is right.  The fact that BB Hiei is way over at Pago Pago is rather startling news.  First, that suggests that the KB might be out in the Pacific somewhere (like Truk).  Second, Steve will need his capital ships when he moves on Sumatra, and possibly even on Java, so the fact that he has some not only in the Kuriles, but also at the far reaches of SoPac, suggests he won't be moving in the DEI near term.  Can that be possible?  The heavy Aussie CD unit bound for Oosthaven is on its final run, scheduled to reach the base in four days.  CV Hornet is on the map, making for Colombo to refuel.
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Why in the world is he concentrating in a place so far away like Pago Pago when Sumatra is still yours - and with all those defeats Japan has suffered so far - is really beyond my comprehension...

Great job CR!
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Darn it, GreyJoy caught me!  He has 1075 posts in his AAR, while I lag at just 1074....until I press the "OK" button to log this important post.  Muhahahahahah....we're even again!  Take that, GreyJoy, you usurper...interloper...infringer!
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Darn it, GreyJoy caught me! He has 1075 posts in his AAR, while I lag at just 1074....until I press the "OK" button to log this important post. Muhahahahahah....we're even again! Take that, GreyJoy, you usurper...interloper...infringer!
Yeah, well everyone wanted to see a full scale invasion of India and now they have one! GreyJoy is doing a great job with his AAR and all the veterans are hanging around in that thread. It's been great to watch GreyJoy's transformation from bleak despondence to ........ can't say more. Operational security
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LOL [:D]

Well this thing of writing a diary is really 50% of the amusement of this game!

I've been following this AAR since i joined the forum...along with "Here come the Rebels" for a clear interest in the Indian subject [8D].

Thanks CR...you've been one of the best Indian professor i've had![:D]
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Darn it, GreyJoy caught me!  He has 1075 posts in his AAR, while I lag at just 1074....until I press the "OK" button to log this important post.  Muhahahahahah....we're even again!  Take that, GreyJoy, you usurper...interloper...infringer!

Darn it...i'm contributing to your race! [:'(]
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