Enemy Capability
Amphib
We have sunk 52 xAP class ships, 17 "large" (14 points or more), 18 medium and the rest small ones. Not sure how many the Allies have but it is a significant number
Sunk 4 AP class vessels.
11 APD sunk
There are still a lot of ships out there, but many of the key ones needed for amphib ops against defended localities are dead. I expect this to impact his operations until mid 1943, it won't stop them though.
CV
5 are dead (Enterprise, Hornet, Yorktown, Lexington, Saratoga) and the two other US ones each took a torp, but will be back soon.
There are an increasing number of CVE available.
The Bits are still a threat.
Surface Combat
We have dinted the CA (9 sunk), CL (19 sunk) and DD (42 sunk) fleet, but there are lots out there still.
Overall we assess he is capable of conducting an amphib op in the Indian Ocean and 1.5 concurrent ops in the Pacific.
To counter this we have Mini KB (4CVL, 4 CVE) operating in the IO, with KB in the Pacific supported by strong TF.
Our area of weakness is the gap Oz-Java. We are watching for any build up there, but Port Hedland is about to become Lvl 4 Afld which will help to limit the gap.
Our Plans
China.We have three divisions of the strategic reserve currently committed to China. They have achieved the first objective, Nanning, and should take Liuchow. They can then redeploy to a central position. China should be largely broken by then.
Burma. We are fairly secure and have about 10 days warning of offensive action. Air parity is being maintained through raids and ambushes. Tojo is performing well and all our fighter units have average pilot quality in the mid 60's with air skills in the 70's.
West DEI. We are slowly thickening up the defences as units become available. Mini KB is our reserve, with about two regiments of troops available as tactical reserve.
OZ. We want to hold the Nth coast as long as possible. He has committed a lot of OZ and US armour, and the longer we keep it there, in the open where our bombers can have an effect the better! Plan to thicken up Port Hedland more.
East DEI. The East DEI is relatively strong and secure, until Darwin falls. Our second line of defence is well established (Timor-Ambon-Boela) and we will be able to start on the third soon.
SW Pacific. Is a bastion that I would shudder to contemplate an attack on as an allied player. Our weakness is supply, all those aircraft chew through lots! Well dug in, each base is interlocked and will take a 3 Div assault force to clear. Port Morseby is 450AV behind level 5 forts.
SOPAC. SOPAC is effectively two strong points of Lunga/Tulagi and Fiji, with nothing in between. Both are very strong, well dug in, with Fiji being the weakest due to isolation and supply. We intend to manoeuvre KB around these strong points and use a small counter invasion force to harass and annoy the Allied build up in an effort to delay, delay, delay.
CentPac. The main strong points are Tarawa (good garrison 4.5 fort, small afld), Kusaie (main location with air HQ and level 6 aflds) and Ponope. The other islands are lightly garrisoned largely along historical lines. KB can support these strong points.
Norpac. We are only on the defence here. Paramushiro-jima is the main base, 4 Afld 5.6 forts and a Daitai of G3M3.
We are in a really good position, it will be interesting to see where we are in 12 months of game time from now.
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