The Good The Bad & The Indifferent

[Lowpe]

Those are three good bases to grab.

I fear for Japan when Jan 1, 1944 rolls around.[:(]

[Cap Mandrake]

Ambon is good to broaden yous salient and improve communication with Oz but it is in the wrong direction. Go, go, go...pour it on! Terante, Manado, Tailud-eilandedn, Southern mindanao, Jolo! Advance to to the sound of guns, General Jackson!

[Canoerebel]

Yes, broadening the salient is important...as is pushing in the right direction...but so is maintaining a defensible network of bases and not risking the fleet when it's probably not productive long term.

Long term, to make this meaningful, I have to make sure that the main bases are built up large and have tremendous stores of supplies. That's going to take some time. But before I begin attending supply, I do want to attend to the region and try to ward off enemy reinforcement convoys if I can.

Lots of priority missions, lots of opportunties, but I can't do 'em all.

[Canoerebel]

Here's the Big Tent targets by Code Name. This dates from October 26, nearly three weeks ago. There have already been changes; some subtractions (Wolei, for instance) and quite a few additions.

At the time I made this screenshot, I was leaning towards the herd retiring the way they came or down the north coast of New Guinea (in that case, adding bases as they went, like Vanimo and Hansa Bay).

Planning was already underway in Oz to create Third Ring. The further into that plan, the more I liked it. There are dozens of Allied units in northern Oz prepping for bases from New Guinea to the islands between Timor and Ceram.

[Cap Mandrake]

A few bases with existing AF are important. that is why he is sending two divisions to Ambon.[:)] What about Manado? Do you have guys prepped for Manado?

BTW, there is a level 1 AF next to Ambon. Forget what it is called.

[Canoerebel]

No troops prepped for Manado and I don't want to venture that far into Indian territory.

I think Sorong airfield will grow very big very fast with four army engineering regiments. Others will follow in pretty good order.

[Cap Mandrake]

Namlea

[Canoerebel]

Namlea is a possibility if I head down towards Ambon, either to invade or to ward off reinforcements.

[Canoerebel]

Airfields are critical and the sooner the better. But I'd be a heckuva lot more worried if John had built one or two in the immediate area. But he just left this region totally alone. There are some outliers - Ternate, Ambon, Kendari (all level four) and Manado and Dili (level two or three), but the heart of the region is enemy airfield free. That was one of the big draws.

[Cap Mandrake]

The native women of Boela are not going to appreciate their code name.

[Canoerebel]

But the men of Ambon might like "rake," right?

[DW]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Ambon is good to broaden yous salient and improve communication with Oz but it is in the wrong direction. Go, go, go...pour it on! Terante, Manado, Tailud-eilandedn, Southern mindanao, Jolo! Advance to to the sound of guns, General Jackson!

I've certainly read plenty of your AARs where you've made incredible advances along that axis, on a seeming shoe string budget to boot.

I've often wondered whether your play was really that inspired, your opponent was really that bad or that once one has the ball rolling in that area of the map it's almost impossible to stop.

Your recent comments in this thread tend to indicate it's the latter, that there are so many bases in the area that it's impossible to properly defend once the allies have a foothold.

But, if I'm recalling correctly, you've almost always had KB reduced to near impotence before you've started your broken field run.

Do you think that such an advance still feasible in the face of a still powerful KB?

If it's not too much trouble, I'd be interested in reading your thoughts on the matter.

[Canoerebel]

I wouldn't have pulled the trigger on Big Tent if KB was still intact. Not even close. I'd be content to work closer to home. I might've targeted the Ellice Islands (Funafuti, etc.) or perhaps tried to hit Kwaj or Roi or Tabituea. But I wouldn't be venturing deep.

[Cap Mandrake]

There is a dot hex (Sidate) next to Manado with a highway to Manado. Take the dot hex with some commandos then land a division or two and march on Manado.[:)]

The second attack from Oz through the Moluccas sounds great. [:)] Get a couple of air fields and then use the APD's and the faster landing craft and swarm all over him like lampreys on a dead whale.

[Cap Mandrake]

Just a McMurphy quote from "Cuckoos's Nest" then I will stop spamming.


"I'm gonna put a bug so far up her a** she won't know whether to s*** or wind her wrist watch".

Just substitue John for Nurse Ratched [:)] Of course, in the end, McMurphy does get a lobotomy

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Is the man behind the curtain Bullwinkle wearing nothing but a goat-skin Speedo?

Cap Mandrake: Pay no attention to the man behind the screen!

Methinks this is in reference to the great Wizard of Oz.

[Canoerebel]

Bullwinkle is the Great Oz? And what exactly is the Moose doing behind that curtain?

[Canoerebel]

How Forumites Became Ad Hoc Co-Editors of Georgia Backroads Magazine

Lokasenna, Cap Mandrake and several others acted as helpful volunteer editors for my story, "27 Miles from Nowhere," that will appear in the autumn issue of the magazine. Thanks to them I looked up Purple Prose, learned a bit, and then followed their suggestions (and some others) about toning down a few words and phrases in the story. I changed "ghostly moonlight" to "pale moonlight" and did a few similar things. But I did leave in "looming bulk" and (at least for now) "gloaming."

The forum is a remarkable bunch.

P.S. In the past, others have helped with a variety of stories, including some about the Civil War (Poultry Lad was a big help there) and Iwo Jima (a big nod to JWE).

[Lokasenna]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Bullwinkle is the Great Oz? And what exactly is the Moose doing behind that curtain?

Prancing.

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

How Forumites Became Ad Hoc Co-Editors of Georgia Backroads Magazine

Lokasenna, Cap Mandrake and several others acted as helpful volunteer editors for my story, "27 Miles from Nowhere," that will appear in the autumn issue of the magazine. Thanks to them I looked up Purple Prose, learned a bit, and then followed their suggestions (and some others) about toning down a few words and phrases in the story. I changed "ghostly moonlight" to "pale moonlight" and did a few similar things. But I did leave in "looming bulk" and (at least for now) "gloaming."

The forum is a remarkable bunch.

P.S. In the past, others have helped with a variety of stories, including some about the Civil War (Poultry Lad was a big help there) and Iwo Jima (a big nod to JWE).

Gloaming is a good word. Despite the color of sky it can at times describe, it's not exactly purple.

[crsutton]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Airfields are critical and the sooner the better. But I'd be a heckuva lot more worried if John had built one or two in the immediate area. But he just left this region totally alone. There are some outliers - Ternate, Ambon, Kendari (all level four) and Manado and Dili (level two or three), but the heart of the region is enemy airfield free. That was one of the big draws.

Yep, this is the big point. The one thing the Japanese cannot do at this point is to match airfield construction with the Allies. So no matter how he rushes troops to the vicinity he will not be able to develop airfields in time to hope to counter you. At this point, two divisions at Ambion will probably just be two division that are cut off. As I said in John's AAR. I was worried about the super Jack (missing from this one) and George. However, I have come to realize that they are only a nuisance. The real advantage for the Allies at this point is not aircraft, it is engineers. That pretty much negates any airplane he can produce.