Bring me the head of Diego Garcia...and the Mayor of Addu Atoll too!

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Aren't some of your Indian divisions ripe for 'buying out'?

Troops at Calcutta prepping for Ramree Island:

Sentry at Ramree Isrand some time in future: Hory cap! Gurkhas! RUN!

[Chickenboy]

1. When was the last time you guys saw Soryu or Kaga?

2. What's the status of JJ's CAs?

3. Have you seen Mushashi recently?

All in all, looks like you're well ahead in the exchanges, Allied dogs.

[sprior]

2. What's the status of JJ's CAs?

Woof!

[sprior]

Kaga?

2 days ago.

[Grollub]

How many of these do you believe are FOW (sun damage [;)])?

[Gridley380]

Where's the rest of your US (Army) infantry? You should have ten divisions in theater by now.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

1. When was the last time you guys saw Soryu or Kaga?

2. What's the status of JJ's CAs?

3. Have you seen Mushashi recently?

All in all, looks like you're well ahead in the exchanges, Allied dogs.

An Arried sub jus took a shot at Kaga 2 days ago near Palau.

Soryu not show up for many moons.

Musashi took a 1000 lb hit from an SBD some time ago IIRC...but swam at away at full speed. We need to assume she will be ready to defend Luzon.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Gridley380

Where's the rest of your US (Army) infantry? You should have ten divisions in theater by now.

10 divisions! Santa Maria! Somebody, she forget to tell el Senor Marshall!

[Cap Mandrake]

Let's see..2 regiments at Anchorage. One regiment at Dutch Harbor. One regiment or maybe just a Ranger Bn at Adak, I think.

4 Regiments on Oahu.

3 Regiments marching on Manado (I think at least 2 are Army)

3 Regiments beseiging Sorong (at least 1 Army)

Regimental garrisons at Saumlaki, Boela, Namlea and Ternate

32nd ID at Port Hedrand (pretty well wrecked)

I think we lost a regiment in New Scotland..mayb the HQ got out?

Now, Fort Ord is just crawling wtih GI's but they are preventing a surprise landing at Psimo Beach.

[Gridley380]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Gridley380

Where's the rest of your US (Army) infantry? You should have ten divisions in theater by now.

10 divisions! Santa Maria! Somebody, she forget to tell el Senor Marshall!

Can't vouch for the game OrBat right now, but historically the 7th, 24th, 25th, 27th, 32nd, 37th, 40th, 41st, 43rd, and Americal Divisions were all in theater by Feb '43. IIRC you need to pay PP's for a few of those.

Edit to add: and at least the Americal, 24th, and 25th start as independent regiments. I'm 90% sure you need to pay PP's for the 24th & 25th's round-out regiments from the West Coast and more to unrestrict the regiments that start in Hawaii.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Let's see..2 regiments at Anchorage. One regiment at Dutch Harbor. One regiment or maybe just a Ranger Bn at Adak, I think.

4 Regiments on Oahu.

3 Regiments marching on Manado (I think at least 2 are Army)

3 Regiments beseiging Sorong (at least 1 Army)

Regimental garrisons at Saumlaki, Boela, Namlea and Ternate

32nd ID at Port Hedrand (pretty well wrecked)

I think we lost a regiment in New Scotland..mayb the HQ got out?

Now, Fort Ord is just crawling wtih GI's but they are preventing a surprise landing at Psimo Beach.

Are your infantry units still largely in regimental sections at this stage of the war? Haven't you recombined your component parts into a genuine bonafide triangular infantry division yet, mate?

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: sprior

2. What's the status of JJ's CAs?

Woof!

Ouch! Nice shootin' Tex. [X(]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Let's see..2 regiments at Anchorage. One regiment at Dutch Harbor. One regiment or maybe just a Ranger Bn at Adak, I think.

4 Regiments on Oahu.

3 Regiments marching on Manado (I think at least 2 are Army)

3 Regiments beseiging Sorong (at least 1 Army)

Regimental garrisons at Saumlaki, Boela, Namlea and Ternate

32nd ID at Port Hedrand (pretty well wrecked)

I think we lost a regiment in New Scotland..mayb the HQ got out?

Now, Fort Ord is just crawling wtih GI's but they are preventing a surprise landing at Psimo Beach.

Are your infantry units still largely in regimental sections at this stage of the war? Haven't you recombined your component parts into a genuine bonafide triangular infantry division yet, mate?

Only 32nd ID is "reformed". The chaotic fighting in New Scotland and new Fiji never permitted it and now they have been pushed forward as fast as possible via regiment to preserve the pace of operations. Several regiments were chewed up on New Scotland and New Fiji, so instead of weakening the division, I left the rebuilding regimetnt behind a a big base to come up later

[Gridley380]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Only 32nd ID is "reformed". The chaotic fighting in New Scotland and new Fiji never permitted it and now they have been pushed forward as fast as possible via regiment to preserve the pace of operations. Several regiments were chewed up on New Scotland and New Fiji, so instead of weakening the division, I left the rebuilding regimetnt behind a a big base to come up later

Eek. While 'strike while the iron is hot' and so on is generally good practice, it sounds like you really need to stand down offensive operations while you sort out your ground forces.

I've had a feeling that you've been running on the ragged edge of overreach for a while now.

What are you device/squad/etc pools like? If you have the devices to bring your front-line formations up to strength I encourage you to stand down, form divisions, and prep for future objectives while they rest.

Edit: fixed typo.

[crsutton]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Let's see..2 regiments at Anchorage. One regiment at Dutch Harbor. One regiment or maybe just a Ranger Bn at Adak, I think.

4 Regiments on Oahu.

3 Regiments marching on Manado (I think at least 2 are Army)

3 Regiments beseiging Sorong (at least 1 Army)

Regimental garrisons at Saumlaki, Boela, Namlea and Ternate

32nd ID at Port Hedrand (pretty well wrecked)

I think we lost a regiment in New Scotland..mayb the HQ got out?

Now, Fort Ord is just crawling wtih GI's but they are preventing a surprise landing at Psimo Beach.

Are your infantry units still largely in regimental sections at this stage of the war? Haven't you recombined your component parts into a genuine bonafide triangular infantry division yet, mate?

Only 32nd ID is "reformed". The chaotic fighting in New Scotland and new Fiji never permitted it and now they have been pushed forward as fast as possible via regiment to preserve the pace of operations. Several regiments were chewed up on New Scotland and New Fiji, so instead of weakening the division, I left the rebuilding regimetnt behind a a big base to come up later

Fighting as regiments instead of divisions really chews them up fast.

[Crackaces]

ORIGINAL: crsutton

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy




Are your infantry units still largely in regimental sections at this stage of the war? Haven't you recombined your component parts into a genuine bonafide triangular infantry division yet, mate?

Only 32nd ID is "reformed". The chaotic fighting in New Scotland and new Fiji never permitted it and now they have been pushed forward as fast as possible via regiment to preserve the pace of operations. Several regiments were chewed up on New Scotland and New Fiji, so instead of weakening the division, I left the rebuilding regimetnt behind a a big base to come up later

Fighting as regiments instead of divisions really chews them up fast.

Plus it is cheaper to have one MGEN with great stats than 3 reg col/bgens with great stats ...

[Chickenboy]

Crackaces,

Do you have some opinion as to what constitutes a 'good' MGEN for WWII(c)? In other words, what constitutes the model of a modern Major General? Do you have it?

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Crackaces,

Do you have some opinion as to what constitutes a 'good' MGEN for WWII(c)? In other words, what constitutes the model of a modern Major General? Do you have it?

Well, I think he has to be a tenor, and be able to sing really, really fast, and love Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. Admirals just need to be "knob polishers".[;)]

[catwhoorg]

He need information animal, vegetable and mineral

[Crackaces]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Crackaces,

Do you have some opinion as to what constitutes a 'good' MGEN for WWII(c)? In other words, what constitutes the model of a modern Major General? Do you have it?

I realize you are being funny ... [;)] but my point is that assuming the small sub-unit commanders start with horrible stats, combining the units first and spending the maximum PP's for one a large unit commander with great stats Land/Aggressiveness/admin/ and MGEN's as a whole have the highest PP costs is cheaper [mostly true I do find one LTC assigned with poor stats that costs 6 PP's and not shown here but MGEN Vassey is 25 PP's] than spending PP's to replace the smaller units. Thus combine the units with poor commanders and then replace one commander rather than pay for three small unit commanders. On a per division basis this adds up to a significant PP savings. Enough to buy out a coastal defense unit or a arty unit ..

My point was not saying MGEN's are more significant than BGEN's as it does not matter .. my point was that even the highest PP cost for one MGEN worse case with the exception of Vassey is better than the costs of 3 small unit commanders ... [8D] Now quite possibly these costs might be paid again when the units are combined ...