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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
Durn, there's some good thinking for you. I personally would pay attention to such clever advice, but since Bullwinkle is a AI player it really can't be good....can it?
I may have missed the discussion, but how much of the 9000AV at Karachi is currently unrestricted?ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
Durn, there's some good thinking for you. I personally would pay attention to such clever advice, but since Bullwinkle is a AI player it really can't be good....can it?
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Yeahbut, it would take one you you PBEM geniuses to think to get the Gurkhas some winter coats!
(What's the freezing point of curry?)
ORIGINAL: Wirraway_Ace
I may have missed the discussion, but how much of the 9000AV at Karachi is currently unrestricted?
ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
Durn, there's some good thinking for you. I personally would pay attention to such clever advice, but since Bullwinkle is a AI player it really can't be good....can it?
P.S. A move on this scale would throw an opponent into total confusion and could possibly wrest the entire strategic advantage away from Japan. If you had enough transports to handle a truly massive army, the mind boggles at the possibilities. Sikhalin Island, Hokkaido, Formosa, and Luzon seem like the most interesting targets. But, ah, as the Moose says, I'll leave the decision making to you!
ORIGINAL: JohnDillworth
Bull, It's 1943 and one can plan for the future but by the time he has the shipping available to do anything with all these troops Raeder may have pulled his massive army out of India. As one AI player to another (do they have 12 step programs for us?)shortage of Allied land combat units is never an issue. I wouldn't know what to do with another 5,000 AV if I had them. It's all about logistics as they say. But dang this is an interesting idea. Good to see your antlers back this way. Course hunting season is upon us so I expect you'll scatter soon enough
ORIGINAL: Alfred
As it is, if rader just holds his current possition he will gain a decisive Japanese victory on 1 January 1944.
Alfred
Yikes! Is this true? How could we have been this stupid? Points! We need points!As it is, if rader just holds his current possition he will gain a decisive Japanese victory on 1 January 1944.
+1 There is definitely some McClellan in many of the Allied AAR's and one could see some Lincoln in FDR. Imagine him in the Warm Springs GA, (perhaps with some of CR's relatives) saying "I have given him everything, and yet he does not attack""And our CVs are getting ready.... "
A George McClellan quote if I have ever heard one!
ORIGINAL: obvert
Even if you are waiting until all of your ducks (er, DIVS) are in a row before you get started, that doesn't mean you can't use the Allied material advantage for strategic preparation and to mess with his defensive preparations.
What about the idea of some false invasions? Or minor ones? Do you hold Cocos or Christmas Island near Java? Those would be nice as a springboard for the DEI. Or the islands off of Sumatra. Or possibly one of the dot Nicobars. You could swoop in with a few APDs (LR CAPed by distant CVs or not) and grab a few small things there. Not because you think you can keep them, but because you want to throw him off balance and make him wonder where you are going to strike. A marine Raider unit or the like.
You could even just get close enough for him to see you, then run away again, but maybe in a place you're not planning to go next.
A few DD stinger sorties into the heart of the supply lines would be a fun escapade as well. Maybe Central Pacific? (Or just have a read of CR v Q-Ball and try a raid of the Home Islands!)
Even while you're sitting, planing, keep him off balance. I used to play chess against a friend who NEVER stopped making me react. Every move threatened something. Even in a defensive position. It's a simple shift in thinking. Instead of just planning where to attack, plan how to mess with his mind.
ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
Well, you gotta close on Japan eventually. One way or another, the Allies are going to activate kamikazees. As far as I'm concerned, the sooner and closer, the better.
Not, that is, that a nuisance invasion with no hope of lasting success against Onnekotan Jima in March 1942 is worth it, but a major Allied operation that succeeds in taking multiple bases with big airfield potential? You bet it is! While I'm dealing with kamikazes, my opponent will be dealing with 4EB hitting the Home Islands. I want to be securely in that position as soon as possible.
I agree, somewhat.
The issue I did not fully appreciate is that the early kami date is 1/1/44, and you have no B-29s then. Also, kamis activate everywhere, not just in NorPac. I took most of my very high losses near Sumatra, Pelileu, Rangoon/Akyab, etc. not in the Sakhalin operations. January 1944 is a LOT tougher to kami-defend than autumn 1944 would be, but it's a binary switch on kami activation.
From the twin big bases on Sakhalin I. there's fewer goodies in range pre-B-29 than you might like. Your fighters are hopeless for the most part until you have enough P-39s to spare, and of course P-51s. I've experimented a lot with hitting armament point generators in Korea, and leaving the HI largely alone. Korea is a grazing pasture for B-29s from Sakhalin. A lot less fatigue management than trying to bomb from the Marianas. I figure that engine and aircraft factory bombing by now, in Scen 2, is closing the barn door after the horse already stocked the barn with airframes, while attriting armament stocks lets me leverage Chinese LCUs which can really whomp the Japanese in 1944 once they get some supplies in from Ledo and get some experience. I've taken an almost exclusive armament-point-denial tact in my strat bombing, and it's paying off in early 1945. I get lots of 1:1 set-piece battles in China with 2000-4000 Japanese casualties.
