Hairy Asian Experiences - GreyJoy (J) vs. Q-Ball (A)

[princep01]

How about a map of New Guinea and the SE DEI?  Haven't seen one for awhile and would like a benchmark for the first of the year (44).  Burma would be welcome too, young Jedi.

[GreyJoy]

ORIGINAL: crsutton

ORIGINAL: Crackaces

If you think about it, though, it makes sense. Eventually, somehow, some way, those pilots will be attacking naval ships at low altitude. LowNav training / "kamikaze" training seems synonymous. Implementation of swarm attacks (numbers, altitude, +/- escort) is a different variable, IMO.

I am of the religion that this game is not even close as a simulation [;)] so when I think about it . my limited experience so far makes me lean toward attacks with multiple layers that force CAP to react that I am th8inking includes stratospheric Kami attacks but I could see Low-level Naval attacks combined with very high altitude Kami attacks really stressing the typical CAP layer about 18K to protect against DB's and 10K to protect against TB's ... with uber CAP to protect against stray escorts ...

In my reading Nemo .. one massed Kami attack at the right time is the ticket to set the Allies back and make it to '46 ...

Yes, they are nasty in 1945. But I am of the opinion that a decent Allied player should be so loaded up with firepower and goodies that there is no sense bitching about this. It makes the game balanced and more fun. After all, we all know that really only a very few Japanese bettys and nells were capable of delivering torpedoes. We AFBs can deal with it.

True Mr.Sutton. But if Japan can throw some 2/4000 planes weekly to the allied amphib invasion, i think you can cause enough havoc to slow them down to a point where their advance simply becomes too costly.
About Kamikaze, i think the price/rewards for an Oscar is very good. Sure it would be very hard to sink a BB with Kami-Oscars, but you don't need to. My plan is to mass conventional and Kami Attacks, hoping to get some of my torpedo/800kg-bombs along with Kamikaze to his BB/CVs... that's all i ask. But the Oscars are cheap, easy to train and i will never suffer any IJA pilot shortage...a different story from the IJN pilots

[GreyJoy]

Master, here are some maps for you

DEI:

[GreyJoy]

BURMA:

[GreyJoy]

Quite a good day for the Empire over Mandalay

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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 11
N1K2-J George x 63
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 48
Ki-84a Frank x 48
Ki-84r Frank x 26

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 14
P-38H Lightning x 33
F6F-3 Hellcat x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 2 destroyed
P-38H Lightning: 5 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Spitfire VIII sweeping at 31000 feet

CAP engaged:
251 Ku S-1 with N1K2-J George (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 27 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 35300.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
202 Ku S-1 with N1K2-J George (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
265 Ku S-2 with J2M3 Jack (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 30000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
9th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters to 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
54th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 34000 , scrambling fighters between 30000 and 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 30000 and 34440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
64th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 29000 and 33000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
87th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 34000 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes
248th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 10
N1K2-J George x 62
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 39
Ki-84a Frank x 47
Ki-84r Frank x 26

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 12
F6F-3 Hellcat x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 5 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Spitfire VIII sweeping at 31000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 9
N1K2-J George x 54
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 30
Ki-84a Frank x 44
Ki-84r Frank x 23

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 4
P-38H Lightning x 9
F6F-3 Hellcat x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 9 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Spitfire VIII sweeping at 31000 feet
2 x Spitfire VIII sweeping at 31000 feet

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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 53 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 5
N1K2-J George x 51
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 28
Ki-84a Frank x 39
Ki-84r Frank x 23

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 6
P-38H Lightning x 17
F6F-3 Hellcat x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 4 destroyed

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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 5
N1K2-J George x 49
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 26
Ki-84a Frank x 34
Ki-84r Frank x 22

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 18
P-38H Lightning x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VIII: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Spitfire VIII sweeping at 31000 feet

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Afternoon Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 46,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 8
N1K2-J George x 28
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 38
Ki-84a Frank x 43
Ki-84r Frank x 25

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 4
P-38H Lightning x 16
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 2 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet

CAP engaged:
251 Ku S-1 with N1K2-J George (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 35300.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
202 Ku S-1 with N1K2-J George (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 35300.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
265 Ku S-2 with J2M3 Jack (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 38000 and 38380.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
9th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
24th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 34440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
54th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 34000 , scrambling fighters between 35000 and 38270.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
59th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters to 34440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
64th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 34440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
87th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 34000 , scrambling fighters between 34000 and 38270.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 34440.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
248th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
260th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 31000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 7
N1K2-J George x 25
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 29
Ki-84a Frank x 39
Ki-84r Frank x 17

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 2
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M3 Jack: 1 destroyed
N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x P-47D2 Thunderbolt sweeping at 42000 feet



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Afternoon Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 32,900 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M3 Jack x 4
N1K2-J George x 22
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 18
Ki-84a Frank x 34
Ki-84r Frank x 16

Allied aircraft
Spitfire VIII x 11
P-38H Lightning x 9
F4U-1A Corsair x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1A Corsair: 3 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 30900 feet

[GreyJoy]

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[obvert]

Not sure what he is doing there but it looks like LR CAP is involved. By their performance Id guess they are layered below (?) the sweepers. Or maybe it's just having your Frank 'r' up above the incoming sweeps in the first Spit sweeps. That probably helped a lot. Pretty poor for the Allies with all of those good airframes. Your pilot quality is certainly showing here as well.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

BURMA:

Wow. Not used to seeing a continuous 1000 mile front in Burma like that. Maybe you could shorten your lines a bit on the Mandalay/Myitkynia railway?

The extreme southern part of the Allied push seems unrealistic. Right of the mountains like that.

[guytipton41]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

BURMA:

Wow. Not used to seeing a continuous 1000 mile front in Burma like that. Maybe you could shorten your lines a bit on the Mandalay/Myitkynia railway?

The extreme southern part of the Allied push seems unrealistic. Right of the mountains like that.

Hi Folks,

If the defending units have field fortifications in their current locations then staying put might be the better bet.

Cheers,
Guy

[koniu]

ORIGINAL: guytipton41

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

BURMA:

Wow. Not used to seeing a continuous 1000 mile front in Burma like that. Maybe you could shorten your lines a bit on the Mandalay/Myitkynia railway?

The extreme southern part of the Allied push seems unrealistic. Right of the mountains like that.

Hi Folks,

If the defending units have field fortifications in their current locations then staying put might be the better bet.

Cheers,
Guy

I would also suggest at lest to start planing retreat from north Burma. Right now it looks ok but he slowly pushing You back on flanks and one day you can wake up with most of your troop closed in central Burma in big pocket. One unlucky battle in Akyab area and in month he will stand in front of Rangoon gates and You will have most of troops fighting for jungle north of Shwebo. You dont want that

[ny59giants]

While the Allies had the faster fighters, the quality of Japanese fighters was good enough to take advantage of your superior numbers. In many A2A results, the shear numbers involved will be telling.

Katha - I would pull back to just the hex due west of this base and re-position troops from this effort.

[GreyJoy]

Jan 5, 1943

Erik, Micheal, Koniu,

i think he had P-38s and Hellcats on LRCAP at 31,000, while the spits and the P-47s were on sweep.
The P-47s are a killer, as we all know, but a good combo of layered CAP and the Frank-Rs can keep up the fight long enough IMHO. I have reserves and i have numbers. The quality of my pilots is pretty good and, playing on the defensive, i can save most of them and keep the quality rising.
Just think that the 3 N1K2 groups operating in Burma have an avg experience of 70!!! They've been there since the beginning of the war and have accumulated, among the three of them, more than 1000 Kills!!!! They are the real Flying circus!
Micheal, Katha has a railroad station and i need to keep them off if i want to use it to shift troops and, ultimately, to escape. That's why i'm keeping my units away that far east.
Cap, may be unrealistic, but i guess those chinese units advancing on my front do not have any supply...or very little. So i'm not that scared if you ask me. I wanna hold untill the Monsoon season... if i manage to keep these positions untill may, then everything is possible!

Turns are pretty quiet. Some APAs spotted near Hansa Bay but nothing much... Vanimo fell two days ago and now he has free hands there.. but my KB is close and the first Sentai of 23 D4Y4s, aboard CV Katsuragi is now operative, while the first two sentais of Helens have been converted to Peggy-T and started the training session for the IJA pilots... can't wait!
The economy is still running pretty smooth. A cargo with 700k fuel just finished its unloading process at Sasebo, while our industries keep on pumping planes and engines at a very good rate. The R&D program is almost over. In 30 days we'll have the J2M5 online, the Grace and the Oscar IV° (with 2 centerlined 20mm cannons and 360 mhp fast!!!). A word on the Oscar IV... it's a wonderfull plane if you ask me. It's fast as a George, its cannons are deadly precise and better than any navy cannon. It carries 2x250kg bombs and can easily deal with an Hellcat. Its only Achille's heel is its durability... 23... but, considering how easy is to produce it, i think it's a better plane than the Tojo IIc. Planning to use it extensively!
No signs of the allied CVs... he keeps on bombing Kaimana where a Marine Corp (1 Marine Division and 1 Oz divisions) are being stuck on the beaches for more than a month.
Kaimana and the recent CV battle gave me the time i needed to move my divisions back. Now we have a division at Tau-Enlandien (sp?!) and one more division on the islands between it and Menado. Menado is growing stronger every day and Davao finally recieved 100k supplies and some 10 engineers units... The new perimeter is growing stronger every day... I'm trying to learn from Obvert-Joc's match here...
Sumatra recently recived a big supply convoy...
To be honest, i'm pretty happy


Post scriptum: my holydays finally started! I'm writing on my I-pad aboard my little boat in the middle of the mediterranean sea... Could life be better than this?!![:D]

[GreyJoy]

The two pictures of the 202 and 251 Ku-S-1 sentais operating in Burma... not bad

[GreyJoy]

and this is what we've sunk so far...

[GreyJoy]

and this is what we've sunk so far...

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

Jan 5, 1943

Erik, Micheal, Koniu,

i think he had P-38s and Hellcats on LRCAP at 31,000, while the spits and the P-47s were on sweep.
The P-47s are a killer, as we all know, but a good combo of layered CAP and the Frank-Rs can keep up the fight long enough IMHO. I have reserves and i have numbers. The quality of my pilots is pretty good and, playing on the defensive, i can save most of them and keep the quality rising.
Just think that the 3 N1K2 groups operating in Burma have an avg experience of 70!!! They've been there since the beginning of the war and have accumulated, among the three of them, more than 1000 Kills!!!! They are the real Flying circus!

I think you are in a good position! Q-ball really dropped the ball (heh! [:D]) on the air war by giving away "easy kills" for you to gain experience on. So now he has to take on a air force with at least the same quality of pilots as he has. But he can´t afford the increased losses in airframes that this has led to.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

Jan 5, 1943

Erik, Micheal, Koniu,

i think he had P-38s and Hellcats on LRCAP at 31,000, while the spits and the P-47s were on sweep.
The P-47s are a killer, as we all know, but a good combo of layered CAP and the Frank-Rs can keep up the fight long enough IMHO. I have reserves and i have numbers. The quality of my pilots is pretty good and, playing on the defensive, i can save most of them and keep the quality rising.
Just think that the 3 N1K2 groups operating in Burma have an avg experience of 70!!! They've been there since the beginning of the war and have accumulated, among the three of them, more than 1000 Kills!!!! They are the real Flying circus!

I think you are in a good position! Q-ball really dropped the ball (heh! [:D]) on the air war by giving away "easy kills" for you to gain experience on. So now he has to take on a air force with at least the same quality of pilots as he has. But he can´t afford the increased losses in airframes that this has led to.

Nobody is giving credit to Greyjoy here ... he created this situation by hoarding his best pilots early in the game and managing his aircraft development very well. He made the hard choices on holding up ship construction so that he would have the HI to devote to training pilots and building aircraft. Kudos, GJ! [&o][&o][&o]

[GreyJoy]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

Jan 5, 1943

Erik, Micheal, Koniu,

i think he had P-38s and Hellcats on LRCAP at 31,000, while the spits and the P-47s were on sweep.
The P-47s are a killer, as we all know, but a good combo of layered CAP and the Frank-Rs can keep up the fight long enough IMHO. I have reserves and i have numbers. The quality of my pilots is pretty good and, playing on the defensive, i can save most of them and keep the quality rising.
Just think that the 3 N1K2 groups operating in Burma have an avg experience of 70!!! They've been there since the beginning of the war and have accumulated, among the three of them, more than 1000 Kills!!!! They are the real Flying circus!

I think you are in a good position! Q-ball really dropped the ball (heh! [:D]) on the air war by giving away "easy kills" for you to gain experience on. So now he has to take on a air force with at least the same quality of pilots as he has. But he can´t afford the increased losses in airframes that this has led to.

Nobody is giving credit to Greyjoy here ... he created this situation by hoarding his best pilots early in the game and managing his aircraft development very well. He made the hard choices on holding up ship construction so that he would have the HI to devote to training pilots and building aircraft. Kudos, GJ! [&o][&o][&o]

Think about it: ships are powerfull, obviously, but the allies, past 1943, get so powerfull that even a bunch of fletchers can sink easily your BBs, or whatever you deploy against them.
CVs are important, sure, but how many HI points are needed to build a Tahio Class CVs? How many aircrafts can you build with those points?
It's a trade off, obviously, but imho, past 1943 Japan has its best weapons in his aircrafts, not in its ships.
I've lost many good pilots so far... but i've tried to save the best ones and used them only for defensive pourposes, while the "green ones" are used to sink allied ships[:'(]

[GreyJoy]

And this is basically the planned new perimeter.
I've pointed out the planned strongpoints. As you can see, i've deliberately abbandoned the idea of defending the lower Molluccas, while am reinforcing a lot the Celebes. He won't be able to simply jump from the Mollucces to Mindanao, and Mindanao is what i really need to defend, so i'm trying to concentrate my best units in a defendable line: from Bab to Menado.

He can push northwards, sure, but the route is very thin and he will first need to englarge its penetration... He needs Boela and Kaimana....and maybe Ambon too... if not his flanks will be too exposed.

Biak remains a torn on his right flank...and he's far away from conquering it. Same goes for Timor and Kendari. He needs to annihilate them if he wants to advance freely... and my defences are pretty stiff there.

No, he needs to open another front.This one will be too slow and too risky with the KB around....

However, finally, Mindanao is building up nicely...and by the time he gets close to it i'll have a pretty decent LBA defending it.

Now it's time to start moving fighter units to Balikapan... planning to use some Georges and Nicks for the task...waiting for the Randy to arrive

[Cap Mandrake]

Interesting that you chose to build up the islands in the Celebes Sea but not defend Ternate. You are wise to defend that base SW of Manado, which is the poor man's way to Manado.


That Allied salient in NW Dutch new Guinea is looking a bit phallic. You might want to do a Lorena Bobbitt on it before it starts growing.