Turnaround? Lowpe (J) vs Tiemanj (A) Stock

[Lowpe]

I am off to hunt and peck thru the turn to find some good news![:D] It has got be in there somewhere!

[Lowpe]

Still haven't found any good news yet...I will keep looking.

Proposed next two defensive lines in Burma. Already have some engineers and AT guns digging in. Fresh 8th Division arrives shortly, bolstered by the 2nd Division (fresh, 43 squads) and with a strong ART contingent from Rangoon should make for a good roadblock I hope.

I suspect the Allies will attack near Prome where I have the Guards Division and a 2nd Tank with level 2 forts. I won't move them yet, hope to bloody their noses a little, but more likely will bloody mine. I could send the 2nd Division there, but don't think they would make it in time.

Indochina airfields have bases and in someplace troops to watch out for parachutists. I really need to hold at Moulmein/Trinkat/Chiang Mai until 44.

[JocMeister]

Going by memory here but isn´t Moulmein and the hex to the east only x2?

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

Going by memory here but isn´t Moulmein and the hex to the east only x2?

Sadly, yes.[:(] Since this is a no stacking game, it simply boils down to who can get the biggest stack in place and supplied. I think we know what the answer is already.

[Lowpe]

A closer look at the Bonins...they are awfully exposed.

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

Going by memory here but isn´t Moulmein and the hex to the east only x2?

Sadly, yes.[:(] Since this is a no stacking game, it simply boils down to who can get the biggest stack in place and supplied. I think we know what the answer is already.

Yeah...at least his 4Es won´t be able to completely pummel you in the terrain.

[ny59giants]

Moulmein - The Allies can base 2 BB (bombardment) TFs at Rangoon with CA/CLs to bombard base daily after minefield is cleared. This will raise ALL troop disruption values to the point that he will push you out easily and leave those troops non-combat effective.

My fear for you will be you NOT seeing all those American troops in combat reports in Burma. To me, that would mean they are going to prep for another place and not remain in this theater. [X(]

[Lowpe]

Not true, BBs can,t use Rangoon, it will have to be CAs.[:D] I guess that is what you meant.

[ny59giants]

You keep this up and you're going to get the "Three Stooges" treatment. and

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

You keep this up and you're going to get the "Three Stooges" treatment. and

As long as I am Moe and you are Larry, fine by me! [:D]I just got a collection of 5 Three Stooges tapes...including Three Stooges with Frank Sinatra!

[Lowpe]

Other than Marcus falling tomorrow, and the Allies bombing everywhere and the troops near Prome getting mauled by 2800 AV, the interesting thing I am doing is trying to slip Tanaka with light cruisers and destroyers unspotted close enough for a run into Rangoon harbor.

Even if they are spotted, I put a fair amount of lrcap over them, and hope to whittle down Allied anti ship land based air some more.

The 46th Division is fully unloaded at Tinian; Most of the bases at the Marianas have decent Allied detection levels, so he can count up to 900 planes stationed there. Hopefully that will be a deterrent, unfortunately, it will make him look at the Bonins more closely.

Georges will fly a LRCAP over Trinkat, with a squadron of Oscars low. Hopefully I can either ambush his sweepers or transports or both.

I am putting pieces into place for my next move in the Andamans...and hoping I can get land reinforcements up the dirt road to stop the Allied tank army. How many heavy artillery pieces and AT units will it take to stop 1700 tanks?

I am still looking for something positive to come from this most recent turn, and I guess the Fuso being so lightly damaged is about it, and also how well the Oscar IV continues to do against the Lightnings.

[Lowpe]

Here is some happy news: New Allied Planes for this month! Can it get much worse?

[Lowpe]

I have been rethinking Jack. Too late for this game, but the beauty of the Jack is the available dates for the last version, 1/45, meaning you can get the first Jack early, and the final Jack in 43 very early.

Nothing really can stand toe to toe with the P47, and only the first George can fly almost as high, but Jack looks to be not terrible in comparison to the P47. Throw a good helping of Oscars in low, suffer the dive, and you might do not so bad.

[ny59giants]

CV Capable Corsairs means my best CV fighter groups get them first and I use them solely for CAP while Hellcats are used for escort. It will mean any air strike on the DS will become more and more risky, Larry. Second, extra Hellcats go onto CVEs and nothing but Corsairs and Hellcats on any American CV/CVL/CVE in a few months. Not good for the Empire. [:-]

Aussie Spits will be about one air group per month, so those will take some time to be felt.

All this is bad enough, but your defeat in the air will be from those nasty Thuds!! [8D]

Jacks - Good for CAP due to their superior climb rate.

[Lokasenna]

My regular coffee mug is the Stooges. One of them was my on-air moniker during my radio time.

Chungking forts begin the game at 6. He may have been able to build higher if he could get the supplies there.

I would not put your J2M2 any higher than the third altitude band, as their maneuver will be penalized against the P-47. The J2M5 you can fly wherever, as it has much better higher altitude maneuver. I'm unsure of when the penalty kicks in, and the Frank may be able to fly at its highest band but it still can't go to 42K so that's kind of a moot point.

[Lowpe]

Another plane comparison. Since my Oscars fly low, I guess not all of their maneuver advantage isn't being nullified by the Lightning's speed advantage or the Allies are using lousy Pilots. Of course all engagements are at the Lightning's extended range with drop tanks, but I never thought Oscar would do so well.

Very Pleased.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

My regular coffee mug is the Stooges. One of them was my on-air moniker during my radio time.

Chungking forts begin the game at 6. He may have been able to build higher if he could get the supplies there.

I would not put your J2M2 any higher than the third altitude band, as their maneuver will be penalized against the P-47. The J2M5 you can fly wherever, as it has much better higher altitude maneuver. I'm unsure of when the penalty kicks in, and the Frank may be able to fly at its highest band but it still can't go to 42K so that's kind of a moot point.

I am only going to have one squadron of Jacks for the entire game, unless they see very little losses, and I will not be accelerating any of the other Jack versions. Currently I have 0 squadrons, and 9 in the pool. Next month I will get one up and flying.

Gotta run the supplies out of Chungking, before I do anything.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

CV Capable Corsairs means my best CV fighter groups get them first and I use them solely for CAP while Hellcats are used for escort. It will mean any air strike on the DS will become more and more risky, Larry.

I can't win, can I?

[ny59giants]

Winning as Japan - This is one of those questions that I think each player has to define. Is it by VPs?? Is it lasting past the historical surrender?? Is it getting to 1946?? Is it inflicting a crushing defeat on Allied forces at some point during the game, even if you lose??

I've made it to April '44 as Japan (Scen 2) and just recently to August '44 as Allies (DBB 30) but my opponent had RL issues. I learned a lot playing both those games, but at some point I want to go the distance on one side or the other. Only hit April '42 vs Cribtop so I have a long ways to go. Once we get to August/September, I'll think about another BTS game. Might even go back to the Dark Side!!

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

My regular coffee mug is the Stooges. One of them was my on-air moniker during my radio time.

You can't leave it there. What radio time?