Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: jdsrae

If you divide the total losses by the number of days that the war has been going, the IJ fighter losses look sustainable to me.
The total A6M2 losses are only 2-3 average per day, so probably being covered by production.
Pilot losses would be a fairly low % of the 105x A6M2s lost.

Betty and Nell losses are high though, and unlikely that they are being built at the rate they are being lost.
More than 100 experienced IJN strike pilots lost with them too.

I agree, he will suffer no fighter shortage this game. PDU off, easily done...bombers over time become less and less effective for Japan...

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: CaptBeefheart

How is supply in Singers and the PI holding up? Are you able to sneak anything in?

Cheers,
CB

Singers has 50K, forts near 4 where I will stop. Never took any reinforcements there.

Luzon same way 50K+, plus I never built forts here yet either.

I snuck some supply in via sub, not much to write home about. Singers was blockaded from the 7th of Dec.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: GetAssista

I'm afraid you might've got over-excited with naval and air results and started defending forward too soon. It serves you good in Western Oz and so-so in Eastern one. But initial Indian troops are crap compared to Aussies. It's infantry squads and devices that matter here, not territory. Let them live through upgrades with not too much stuff lost - that is the strategic goal in India in my opinion. And 18th might not have helped you much, with open terrain and incoming bombardments in Chittagong

Also I recall being cut off in Eastern India through 42 and suffering huge squad/device losses as a result is a theme that surfaces in Allied AARs quite frequently.

Naval and air results have nothing to do with my decision to fight forward...rather, bypassing PI and Singers, hitting both coasts of Oz and India has.

He is in India with 2 divisions and one artillery...

IF the 18th Division would have made it to Chittagong, he would have been trapped there for quite a while having to steam up and back thru two British and two Dutch subs the entire time... 18th has full AT guns, but only 28 of 48 25#s.

Now, I have to watch out for a division sized landing at Diamond Harbor or Viz...he lacks the troop unit numbers to do Viz...so the bulk will go to Diamond Harbor.

All of the early troop deployments to Cape Town will be going to India...I think I will only be sending one squadron to Australia from Cape Town...

[witpqs]

I seem to recall many players who go for India bring in paras after they get ashore.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

I seem to recall many players who go for India bring in paras after they get ashore.

I should have most covered after this next turn...including 40mm AA at the most likely bases...at least around Chittagong, not yet around Calcutta.

I plan on having a ready reaction force at Tezpur in SR mode, ready to rail in to any paratroop hit base. Ghurkas and Bofors.[:)]

Japan does have 35 aux at Akyab![X(] He has no DL on any potential paratroop target...

[Ambassador]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: jdsrae

If you divide the total losses by the number of days that the war has been going, the IJ fighter losses look sustainable to me.
The total A6M2 losses are only 2-3 average per day, so probably being covered by production.
Pilot losses would be a fairly low % of the 105x A6M2s lost.

Betty and Nell losses are high though, and unlikely that they are being built at the rate they are being lost.
More than 100 experienced IJN strike pilots lost with them too.

I agree, he will suffer no fighter shortage this game. PDU off, easily done...bombers over time become less and less effective for Japan...

The sooner his bombing force is depleted, the better it is (I hate their long range). Especially if he’s lost a lot of the initial batch of good pilots.
It also means less LBA surpport for his CV’s in case of CV-to-CV engagement in a couple months, this might save some cripples if he can’t send 108 Netties the day after.

Plus, I guess all those A2A losses have created a lot of aces in your fighter units, and increased XP/skill in them. Have you managed to save a lot of them ? Or did they die in drove in the Buffaloes ?

ÉDIT: anyway, well done. Any time the IJ losses are greater than the Allied losses so early, it’s a good result.

[BBfanboy]

I tried to build the base at Tezpur in my last game and found that it suffered unusually heavy malarial effects. Your unit there seems to have that with the high disruption/fatigue.
Also, three of those four LCUs will need to change their leaders before they engage anywhere.

[Lowpe]

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Holidays!!!

We had lots of Family, and when you get to our age, the kids return home for the Holidays spending half on one side of the family and the other with their spouse's side. No grandchildren yet, but we did have a 9 month old white German Shepherd for Christmas....forget how much work a puppy is.[:)]

But, now the war is back on, sent the turn out this morning...looking to make some more daring intercepts in this bloodbath of a game!

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

I tried to build the base at Tezpur in my last game and found that it suffered unusually heavy malarial effects. Your unit there seems to have that with the high disruption/fatigue.
Also, three of those four LCUs will need to change their leaders before they engage anywhere.

I have pretty much changed out all the leaders already, might have one more unit left...

Comilla is at risk this turn to paratroop invasion...can't get sufficient forces there by the small rail line.

Will work on building up Tezpur one of these days...

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Holidays!!!

We had lots of Family, and when you get to our age, the kids return home for the Holidays spending half on one side of the family and the other with their spouse's side. No grandchildren yet, but we did have a 9 month old white German Shepherd for Christmas....forget how much work a puppy is.[:)]

But, now the war is back on, sent the turn out this morning...looking to make some more daring intercepts in this bloodbath of a game!

I am glad that you had a nice Christmas with your family. I hope that you have a good New Years as well.

As far as grandchildren go, spoil them and give them lots of chocolate - just before they leave. it is called getting even. [:D]

I read about an elderly gentleman who had a few married children but none had given him any grandchildren yet. They all kept giving him excuses. He had them all for dinner one night, they were all sleeping over, and as he was saying the prayer before dinner, he said something like "And I thank you for your generosity so that I could put one million dollars into a trust fund for the child who gives me my first grandchild." When he finished the prayer, he looked up and saw that he was the only one at the table. For some strange reason, all of his children and their spouses had already left the table. [;)]

[Encircled]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Holidays!!!

We had lots of Family, and when you get to our age, the kids return home for the Holidays spending half on one side of the family and the other with their spouse's side. No grandchildren yet, but we did have a 9 month old white German Shepherd for Christmas....forget how much work a puppy is.[:)]

But, now the war is back on, sent the turn out this morning...looking to make some more daring intercepts in this bloodbath of a game!

Over here in the (soon to be defunct!) UK it was a very weird, socially distanced Xmas.

Hoping for a much better 2021 in has to be said

On the plus side though, managed to do a lot more turns in my game than normal for this time of year!

[Lowpe]

Jan 18, 1942

Looking for several night time encounters in this area, but we miss....that is until the morning!

4 Inch US shells are deadly to ships with fuel and supplies.[;)]

[Lowpe]

Beasts strike again.

[Lowpe]

KB is busy, now the IJN seems focused on extending the perimeter. I think there is a fair bit of VP on these islands.

[Lowpe]

These guys are strafing tanks with machine guns, can't be too effective, but I hoped to gain experience and more importantly raise DL for the Banshees.

[Lowpe]

Keeping the damage on Geraldton...

[Lowpe]

The day ends...Japan pulls off a surprising shock attack, shouldn't be since it is the IJA MO, in Burma routing a third of the Burma 1st Div...but most importantly no paratroop landing in India which was the Allies greatest fear.





Unfortunately, Japan has good DL on Pensacola and the surviving destroyer squadron from the morning fight.

[Lowpe]

Lots happening on this map...

Supplies are being flown in small numbers from India to China...two Commonwealth units air transported in (Indian Mtn Guns and British AT guns), while most of five Chinese Divisions have been air lifted out to India.

I think Japan made a tactical error in not cutting the Lanchow road...oil/fuel will continue to trickle down and eventually reach the remaining Chinese heavy industry.

The 43rd Cavalry is a scant 26 miles from the Chinese border with Burma, and although they lack Stuarts, they will eventually get them and prove quite the counter...the 254th is now moving east to join them, after securing Magwe from paratroop landing ensuring the good order evacuation from Prome. They also lack decent tanks, but they had more than enough for paratroops.[;)]

[Lowpe]

Perth

[Lowpe]

I think I am doing ok here...of course, very little Americans have sought to reinforce the islands between Pearl and Australia.

Over by Perth, a Commonwealth Bde and a heavy AA unit seem likely to make Albany...they have come a long way from India.