Quisling! An AFB does Japan (No PanzerKat)

[RangerJoe]

As long as you have fuel for the HI, none other than the refineries won't work.

[Q-Ball]

At this stage the Home Islands should be out of Oil....surplus raw Oil almost all comes from the SRA, and that's been cut-off for awhile. Being out of FUEL or not is the important thing.

[John B.]

I"m still producing minuscule amounts of oil in the HI. But, I do have a stockpile of just over 2 million raw oil.

[John B.]

Almost all of this stockpile is in the HI. Here you can see that Tokyo has nearly 1 million of the stockpile.

[John B.]

My fuel stockpile right now is about 1.1 million. Now, some of that is tied up in ports that will never see ships again but I should have enough to keep the heavy industry going for awhile. By pulling fuel out of chinese ports that have no industry I've been able to restart heavy industry production in Shanghai and Keijo. I'm using transports subs to move fuel from Hinan to Hong Kong. That's a tiny amount but every little bit helps.

[John B.]

A quick eyeball estimate is that I have about 230 days of oil left before it all runs dry and the refineries shut off. The tiny amounts produced by the HI may add a few days, but not anything to write home about. Scott's strat bombing may kill some of the stockpile.

[RangerJoe]

If you shut off the refineries, the oil won't burn.

[John B.]

True, but I need to convert the oil to fuel to get the supply from the refinery production and to keep the heavy industry going. I don't need the heavy industry points per se (3.5 million points stockpiled), but I do need the supply that heavy industry produces. You see that my heavy industry produces more than one-half of my supply points. The raw oil does no good sitting there (remember that ships also take fuel to move). I figure that I might as well convert it asap. If Scott bombs all of the refineries then the raw oil won't do me any good.

[RangerJoe]

True but the raw oil won't burn up like the fuel will. Of course, if you can stockpile fuel at a bombed out base . . .

[John B.]

That's very interesting. Does oil burn less than fuel as the result of bombing/bombardment attacks?

[GetAssista]

ORIGINAL: John B.
That's very interesting. Does oil burn less than fuel as the result of bombing/bombardment attacks?

Oil stocks cannot be touched by whatever enemy activity except him capturing the base (and hence the oil stock there)

[John B.]

GetAssista,

Thanks! I did not know that.

[John B.]

It's December 4th and one bright spot (albeit tiny) is that my night bombing managed to destroy some Corsairs. The disappointment was that I was tempted to defend Fukokua this turn and did not and his bombers flew in before the sweeps so more damage to Japanese industry.

[John B.]

In Burma, My last division was unable to make it out of Northern Thailand, but, some some reason (probably low supply) Scott has not attacked it yet. I've redirected by Tabbys to start ferrying the division out into northern Vietnam and southern China and I continue to pray that Scott does not bomb the airfield. Otherwise, we're running away from Indochina. I'll leave blocking forces, but it's too easy for Scott to cut me off and I basically have no supply there anyway.

As a side not I'm glad that I built up my air transport arm. It has given me unexpected flexiblity.

[John B.]

In China there was another small success in eliminating an allied armored battalion that cut the road between Hong Kong and Canton. In the center Scott did not attack this time where my divisions are battered by daily air attacks. Hoping to move a couple of the most beat up divisions out of there so they can get some respite.

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: John B.

GetAssista,

Thanks! I did not know that.

That is what I stated.

[John B.]

Thanks to you as well. I had read your message as saying oil would burn just not as quickly. Clearly I misread it!

[John B.]

Another day but this time no strat bombing. And, my night raids did not take off. But, at this point in the war, any day I don't get punched in the face is a good day.

[John B.]

Some good news on the sub front. The combat report read belt armor penetration.

[John B.]

More good news on the sub front! This one took two torpedos and suffered heavy damage. I don't expect either one to sink since there were no explosions but they should be out of action for a while. It may not help much in the grand scheme of things but it sure doesn't hurt.