Mr Kane vs Olorin

[Olorin]

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[HansBolter]

You guys who play PBEM are always talking about how many Japanese divisions are suddenly free to go elsewhere once they conquer something.

Don't any Japanese players actually leave anything to garrison what they've taken?

Most of the Allied divisions are needed just to garrison what needs to be protected form being taken by the Japanese.

Don't the Japanese need to use any of their divisions to hold onto what they have taken?

The AI takes bases and then abandons them so the player can simply follow behind and reoccupy them.

Please don't tell me that Japanese players do the same thing.

[Olorin]

ORIGINAL: HansBolter

You guys who play PBEM are always talking about how many Japanese divisions are suddenly free to go elsewhere once they conquer something.

Don't any Japanese players actually leave anything to garrison what they've taken?

Most of the Allied divisions are needed just to garrison what needs to be protected form being taken by the Japanese.

Don't the Japanese need to use any of their divisions to hold onto what they have taken?

The AI takes bases and then abandons them so the player can simply follow behind and reoccupy them.

Please don't tell me that Japanese players do the same thing.

I hope they do [:D]

I can't speak for others, but I can tell you that when I play Japan I keep a small reserve behind and use the smaller units to garrison places. The best defense is keeping the KB unseen, imho.

[Olorin]

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[pontiouspilot]

Approximately what is he shoving up the Changsha enema tube? Are you bailing on Changsha itself? It strikes me that if you do exit Changsha he will quickly re-establish a flow of supplies to his salient thru there??

[Encircled]

Probably be better using those forces to make the sure the x3 hexides to the North and West of Changhsa are well held. You can hold him there for months, while on the planes the IJAAF and armor can crumble you very quickly.

IMHO of course!

[Olorin]

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[PaxMondo]

[Olorin]

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[Olorin]

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[HansBolter]

10K supply to China is a boon.

Keep up the good work!

[Olorin]

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[ny59giants]

Try using stockpiling option at Rangoon and max supply. Then, in few days end it and do same base by base all the way into China. Take into account the roads and trails as it moves along less than daily.

[HansBolter]

Those losses appear to be excellent for February.

A sign of a very aggressive defense.

The P40 losses will be impossible to sustain though as the '42 pools are atrocious.

'42 is a balancing act for the Allies.

The aggressiveness of the defense has to be balanced against the limited airframe pools.

Too aggressive and your loss rates may preclude having sufficiently robust pools to be able to go over to the offensive in late '42.

You have to be very judicious about where to fight and how long to sustain the effort.

The arrival of the P40K with 65 airframes per month is really the horizon for the consideration of offensive operations.

[Olorin]

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[Olorin]

Also, something embarrassing to report:

BBs Ramilles and Resolution are out of fuel in the CT entry hex and need 16 days to enter the map.[:D]

[BBfanboy]

I think all Allied players have run TFs out of fuel on the IO side of the map in 1941-early 1942. There just is not enough fuel for the amount of shipping that has to move. CT itself is a problem and you will need to run some tankers there from Abadan or EC USA until the monthly emergency convoys can accumulate enough there. Once you have ~ 300K fuel there you should be OK, unless you are using that route to haul most of the supply and fuel for Australia.

I also found I had to haul some fuel to Aden initially but only about 60K tons before it began accumulating on its own. Many of my troop convoys from Aden were run to Abadan to refuel before coming on-map (rather than use Aden's small stocks). The delay for the troop convoys did not seem too much.

[HansBolter]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

I think all Allied players have run TFs out of fuel on the IO side of the map in 1941-early 1942. There just is not enough fuel for the amount of shipping that has to move. CT itself is a problem and you will need to run some tankers there from Abadan or EC USA until the monthly emergency convoys can accumulate enough there. Once you have ~ 300K fuel there you should be OK, unless you are using that route to haul most of the supply and fuel for Australia.

I also found I had to haul some fuel to Aden initially but only about 60K tons before it began accumulating on its own. Many of my troop convoys from Aden were run to Abadan to refuel before coming on-map (rather than use Aden's small stocks). The delay for the troop convoys did not seem too much.

Aden is also strapped for supply. If you allow the troop convoys to load supply to fill empty space and get more to the map with the troops you can run it dry quickly.

I typically run some supply there from Abadan.

[Olorin]

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