Tora^3 dennishe(J) vs Khyberbill (A) DBB-C with stacking limits

[dennishe]

ORIGINAL: Cannonfodder

You could use it to take a location, you do not need to keep all the troops to garrison the places you take.

That is indeed what I will do. I meant that I will not try to take OZ, NZL or India or some other crazy location and end up in a battle on attrition from which there is no escape...

[steverodgers801]

I do have a use for all those battalion , they can relieve larger units in India

[CyrusSpitama]

ORIGINAL: dennishe

In the meantime I have solved my little problem with the Dutch bombers getting trough the Japanese cap too easily. [:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D] Apparently, chosing the right altitude can be very critical.

What varying lvls of CAP did you use?


I just caught up on the AAR and am enjoying the progress so far. Might I request a view of the overall map?

Banzai !

[dennishe]

This is the situation halfway Januari 1942. Little is happening at the moment. I'm waiting for minesweepers and amphibious TFs to move the units out of Singapore. In the meantime I'm also preparing an invasion of Kupang and Java, and I'm setting up the fuel convoy system.

I'm not sure which units I placed at which altitudes (too long ago), but for sure one Zero squadron was at 10000 feet and two others at 15000 and 20000. The Allies were coming in around 10000 as well.

[dennishe]

Khyberbill found out that I only moved little troops to the Philippines and that except for the main force all other hexes were poorly defended. Remarkably he was able to move from one contended hex to another (Always thought that this was impossible???). Anyways I don't think this is bad for the empire. Although this may cost me some units, I can now take on units one at a time without them being dug in behind huge fortresses. I have quite ome AV still in Manilla, which is the only opportunity for the Allies to get some supplies. Moreover the 38th division will land at Iba if this will be necessary. Otherwise they will sail on to Java. A very interesting turn of events for sure...

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: dennishe

Khyberbill found out that I only moved little troops to the Philippines and that except for the main force all other hexes were poorly defended. Remarkably he was able to move from one contended hex to another (Always thought that this was impossible???). Anyways I don't think this is bad for the empire. Although this may cost me some units, I can now take on units one at a time without them being dug in behind huge fortresses. I have quite ome AV still in Manilla, which is the only opportunity for the Allies to get some supplies. Moreover the 38th division will land at Iba if this will be necessary. Otherwise they will sail on to Java. A very interesting turn of events for sure...

You can do that as long as you own that hex side within the hex you are leaving. But retreating to a hex that contains enemy AV is forbidden.

[dennishe]

In my game with Khyberbill neither side managed to score a single ASW hit on a submarine. Something appears to be wrong. Is anybody else having this problem?

[CyrusSpitama]

As many of us have discovered, especially as Japan, early ASW consists mostly of detection with the very rare hit. If you are training adequate squadrons in key areas, you should start seeing some hits starting around o... say Feb' 42 ?

[dennishe]

ORIGINAL: CyrusSpitama

As many of us have discovered, especially as Japan, early ASW consists mostly of detection with the very rare hit. If you are training adequate squadrons in key areas, you should start seeing some hits starting around o... say Feb' 42 ?

I'm not worried about the Japanese ASW not hitting anything. But Khyberbill also hasn't scored a single hit. Not even a dent in any of my subs...

[witpqs]

I'm in a Babes 28-C game started Dec 2011, game now just hitting Oct 1942. No such problems.

[JocMeister]

In my DBB-L game 5 Japanese and 5 Allied subs have been sunk by DCs in 10/42.

[offenseman]

Enjoying this so far! Subscribed and looking forward to more.

Very aggressive move toward Palembang so early. It was very nice of him to give you that gift. Singers as well.

[dennishe]

Finally, one of my ASW ships managed to score depth charge hits on an enemy submarine near Kupang. Kupang fell after a Japanese invasion and except for Java, most of the Dutch east Indies are in Japanese hands, while it is not even February yet. Japanese troops are also marching into Burma, where the Allies have also retreated. I didn't want to take Magwe yet because I first want to put up a fighter cap. Yet since it was abandoned, Magwe turned and I quickly had to put up a long range cap from Thailand. Fortunately, the Allies are not bombarding yet. I'm not going to repair anything in Magwe, but I do want to get as much oil out as possible.

[dennishe]

Khyberbill is reinforcing the atolls south of Java. Good. This will be their death trap then. After the capture of Java I will have major ports (to rearm bombardement TFs) and sufficient airfields for my bombers. The Allied troops on the Island will die or become POWs.

[dennishe]

February 2nd 1942: Khyberbill has gone on the offensive at Luzon, but since the 38th division landed things are going bad for him fast. The 14th Army took control over Clark Field and the 38th division captured all USAFFE HQs at Subic Bay. A few units are isolated in the Philippinian jungle, while all others are stuck at Bataan.

[dennishe]

The Imperial Japanese Army is landing troops all along the northern coastline of Java. There appear to be short range auxiliary vessels and obsolete Dutch bombers present on the islands. The Dutch units have gathered at the southern coastline of Java. I think I have landed already quite some troops (half of the 25th Army; while the rest is at Sumatra and landed at Port Blair). Tomorrow also units of the 1st and 2nd raiding force will land at the eastern tip of Java. Besides Java and Port Blair, Japanese units also landed at and captured Baker Island.

[dennishe]

Earlier I mentioned that I'm organizing my economy to fight in '44 and '45 and that I'm saving as much HI as possible. Besides HI, engines are also money in the back and starting from the beginning of February I'm ramping up engine production. (December '41 and January were used to ramp up vehicles)

[dennishe]

I expect Burma to be a major battlefield in this war. I do not intend to move into India, as this would cost a lot of resources and in case of a defeat may result in a Stalingrad-like isolation of an entire army behind enemy lines. Instead Burma is an ideal place to defend. Especially with the new stacking limits. Supplies will be a major factor in this war. The Japanese bombers will play an important role in the battle as they will bombard British (and Dutch, Australian, Chinese and American) units marching trough the jungle. The bombers will operate from lvl 4 bases that are directly connected to a railroad line to Bangkok or Saigon. Hence these bases can easily be supplied. Also the locations of these bases that I picked are very difficult to take by the Allies. Also they will be outside Allied fighter range for quite some time. Only some fighter groups will be stationed in Burma itself.

[rook749]

ORIGINAL: dennishe

I expect Burma to be a major battlefield in this war. I do not intend to move into China, as this would cost a lot of resources and in case of a defeat may result in a Stalingrad-like isolation of an entire army behind enemy lines. Instead Burma is an ideal place to defend. Especially with the new stacking limits. Supplies will be a major factor in this war. The Japanese bombers will play an important role in the battle as they will bombard British (and Dutch, Australian, Chinese and American) units marching trough the jungle. The bombers will operate from lvl 4 bases that are directly connected to a railroad line to Bangkok or Saigon. Hence these bases can easily be supplied. Also the locations of these bases that I picked are very difficult to take by the Allies. Also they will be outside Allied fighter range for quite some time. Only some fighter groups will be stationed in Burma itself.

That is a well thought defensive plan, one I hope my opponent does not see .

Rook749

[offenseman]

I like the concept but it might be interesting if you found a way to take Kunming as a very hard to take place that is in range of Ledo. The Allies can use massive amounts of air from Ledo to supply China and thus always keep your flank troublesome.