Fulkerson (J) vs Moore (A) ( no Moore )

[larryfulkerson]

Balikpapan is fully repaired and is supplying a steady stream of fuel and oil and even has about 2K of resources onsite. I've been
moving all that fuel and oil to Bubble Drop for the longer range AK's and TK's to grab on their way back to Tokyo. So supplies and
fuel are moving from Tokyo to Bubble Drop and resources are flowing back to Tokyo on the return trip. That's how it's been working
so far. I may have to make some changes to that routine but so far it's been working.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the major supply suppliers. Tokyo is the biggest of course, followed by Saigon, then I'm also using Shanghi and Hong Kong.
Shanghi doesn't see that much traffic so far being out of the way and all. Hong Kong is busy but not as busy as Saigon which has
the lion's share of traffic. Most of the supplies are flowing to the big three oil producers: Palembang, Miri, and Balikpapan with some
small share of supply going to Tarakan. The big three are eating supplies trying to get themselves repaired and everything. I expect
in the future that I'll get a lot of oil and fuel from these big three producers.....maybe enough to sustain the war effort.

I'm not so sure where all the resources are going to have to come from. I'll look into that and get back to you.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's some of the places I've been going for resources: I hesitate to empty out Port Arthur's resources since it's good for supply for
China. Shanghi, same story. It looks like I'm going to get my resources from a lot of little sources all over the map. It's going to be a
headache but needs to be done to keep the war going.

[larryfulkerson]

Quite by accident I found the 7th INF Div in a base right next to Sapporo and I'm planning on moving at least one TF there to see if I can't
move the 7th INF Div to Manila or somewhere. I'm on the lookout for new INF units to send south not sparing very many for the defense
of the home lands because I figure Jim isn't going to go for the throat this early in the game and attack the home islands directly. I don't
think he has the boats to do that and shipping might be a problem for him this early, and besides I've got all kinds of planes in the home
islands that would love the chance to shoot at something. They have been on training since the beginning of the war and they are
getting itchy trigger fingers. There's been a rash of killings in the civilian side of the bases for about a month now and we're thinking it's
either gun happy troops home on leave having too much of a good time or it's some of the trigger happy pilots wanting some trigger time.
QC, the military police on that side of the base, are narrowing down the kinds of suspects it might be. Almost caught one but he
dissappeared into the crowd before anybody could get a good look at him or descern what he was wearing. QC is talking about putting
somebody underground and calling in all the markers they have with informants. There's got to be a way to break this case.

[larryfulkerson]

I started to send I-5 toward OZ but I've given it some thought and I'm planning on sending I-5 to Christmas Island just to see if anybody is
there. I expect Jim to move some troops there sometime soon and he may already have done it. I need a whale of an AO or several
little ones to try to send some ships out to Christmas Island waters. Maybe I should try to expand out that direction island by island just
to make him fight for them. Problem with that is there's never enough people to put boots on the ground on those islands. Lemme look
around and see if I can buy out some units from Manchuria or somewhere to man some islands out in the middle of the Pacific
somewhere. Hey, that might be a good long term goal.......to get some bases built up over to and including Christmas Island. I'd have to
build up the airfields as I go for some air cover. Have to expand the ports to support moving supplies and fuel in that direction. But over
all I think it might be doable.

[larryfulkerson]

That sub I had cornered halfway between Shortlands and Tulagi.......he appears to be cornered still. I have no idea what Jim is thinking
at this point for what to do with him but I'm guessing he knows his mission has been compromised and maybe he ought to send it some
other place. Or maybe he'll leave it there to harrass me.

[larryfulkerson]

I've got 4 CV's with escorts set to meet up with a different TF that has a BB in it. I want to transfer the BB to the CV TF both for more
protection for the BB and to get the BB into a more utilitarian role, the one of surface combat. When the TF's are suitably arranged
I'll have one more force to project somewhere. I'm already giving some thought to where I ought to send it. Jim hasn't really exposed
very many capital ships, except for around the Midway area, so I'm thinking maybe this new force I'm building ought to stay in the Tulagi
area just in case. A defensive move. No, that doesn't sound like me, not a really good idea. Maybe I ought to send these guys in the
Christmas Island direction, leaving the Tulagi area uncovered for now. I'm not sure that's a good idea either. Decisions, decisions.

EDIT: I've decided to use them to try to hold onto Port Moresby for now. Some bombardments and air strikes might make a big
difference as to whether or not I can hold onto it. Especially since Jim has more troops headed for Port Moresby even as we speak.

[larryfulkerson]

I've picked up on a TF Jim has that reportedly has a CV in it NW of Java and I just happened to have an AV with some float planes
onboard. I'm going to move the AV northward so as to help illuminate the position of that Allied CV TF so my Betty's and Nell's can
get a good crack at him, maybe sink him after a while.

[larryfulkerson]

Out where my CV's are roaming west of Wake, I just happened to have a PB that's in the wrong place at the wrong time. By that I mean
that it's immediate utility is to draw some air strikes from the Allied CV's to enable my CV's to get the drop on the Allied CV's. I'm using the
PB as bait and it's tough on PB's but it might win the war. At least in the more immediate future. The more air strikes he undergoes
the better so long as the PB isn't sunk and that's probably not going to happen....it's going to get sunk if there's even one air strike. But
that air strike wasn't spent on my CV's and that's what's important.

[larryfulkerson]

I moved a Mavis unit to Koepang and it's got an enormous search arc and so far the unit has only 1 plane so I need to look around to
see if I can't find some more of them. Based at Koepang I can see pretty far into OZ and if I turn this Mavis to do recon instead of naval
search then maybe I can find some of the land based combat units in north OZ. That would be handy to know.

[larryfulkerson]

I've found three Sally units at Kota Bhuaru ( however you spell it ) and I've set them up to do airfield attacks at Singapore and hopefully
the Oscars nearer Singapore will escort and all will proceed according to plan. Then once the airfield is neutralized then the Sally's
will be switched to ground attack and we'll start the reduction of Singapore. Shouldn't take more than a couple of months I figure. Give
or take a month.

[larryfulkerson]

Okie dokie it's Sunday 23:08 pm and I've just mailed the moves to Jim. Let's see what kind of turn around I get this time. He's usually pretty fast. We'll see.

EDIT: He repied with his moves Monday at 01:24 am.....that's about 2.25 hours.......not too shabby. Thanks Jim.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's two TK's that I lost track of and only discovered just now that I have let them get too close to Singapore and the Allied air power
there. It only takes one good raid to sink both my TK's so I'm surprised to find them that close to Singapore. I've got her on a route to
take her hopefully further away from the Allied airfields and into relative safety. I'm finding fubars like that all over the map. No wonder
I lose at games. I've got to pay more attention to detail(s). Or at least more than Jim is. I figure that I've got to pay at least as much
attention to detail as Jim is in order to win....so if I pay more attention to detail maybe I'll pull a rabbit out of a hat.

[larryfulkerson]

This is the aircraft / airfield situation in the immediate Singapore area. I have some Betty's north of this image that can reach Singers
as well as some Sally's that have the Singers airport as their next target. Other than that.....I can see from this image that I need to get
some engineers into Sumatra and Malaya to build some more fighter fields in order for me to move the fighters closer to Singers. After
I've defeated all the fighters at Singers and in Sumatra I'll see if I can't get these guys transfered to other areas where they are badly
needed.

[larryfulkerson]

I've been giving some thought to how I ought to be able to use the shorter-ranged AK's to convey resources too and I think I may have a
plan. From Tokyo I'll have them go to the next big port south, and from there to the next big port, etc. following the island chains and
using whatever bases / airfields I already have existing and build some more airfields to park the planes on and I'm figuring I have about
two months worth of work to do to the existing airfields and maybe 6 months of creating some new ones to the path to and from Tokyo.
I'll have to figure out what planes to park where and what ports to expand starting now and so on. Here's a first rough draft of the
path(s).

[larryfulkerson]

Here's what the Strategic Map looks like now-a-days.

[larryfulkerson]

I've got a TF headed for Kendari w/ fuel because the fuel level is like 926 or something but now that I think about it Makassar is the
place where all the ships are going to go for resources. So I ought to be fueling up Makassar starting soon, so I need to remember
to make the next stop on this TF's route to be Makassar and so to remind me I changed the TF name field to say "Makassar next" and
also I changed the home base to Makassar. I just need to remember what the TF name field means and unload only for about a day
at Kendari 'cause the rest is needed in Makassar. Hey I could make a computer controlled route out of Balikpapan to Makassar w/ fuel.
What a good idea....I'll see if I can get it set up and working and report back to you guys.

[larryfulkerson]

I have pulled too many resources out of Hong Kong too quickly and now it's starting to bite me in the ass. There's a resource center at
Hong Kong but it's supplying only 1200 resources per day and the requirements of a heavy industry and a light industry are something
like 4920 resources per day, so Hong Kong will loose the services of it's Heavy and Light Industries unless and until I get some more
resources to Hong Kong. D'oh. So it's Hong Kong that needs resources and not just the home islands. And I'd rather not get the HI
and LI closed down because they are also a source of supply and China needs that in spades.

[larryfulkerson]

Okay.......it's now Monday 08:27 and I'm in possession of Jim's moves. Here's some of the lastest Tracker alerts:

[larryfulkerson]

Oh, and by the way, before I forget to tell you, I found a bunch of Land Combat Units in Moulmein and thought I'd send most of it to Pegu.
That way I can threaten Rangoon etc. I'm guessing maybe the AVG is based in Rangoon. They regularly sweep my base of Nate's and
chew them up. I may have to stand down the Nate's. As soon as the fighters are gone from Singapore I plan to move the Oscar's up to
help out with the reduction of Rangoon. I guess I'd better start looking around for some AF dudes to support the planes and start them
moving to Pegu etc.