I Have Returned
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RE: I Have Returned
Taking a base does not stop the "cost watchers" . Those accountants are everywhere! They appear to be counting the bottles of whiskey or sake consumed by the coast watchers, who also manage to hide out near enemy bases. [;)]
No matter how bad a situation is, you can always make it worse. - Chris Hadfield : An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth
RE: I Have Returned
Sitrep Sept 21, 1943
Indeed. Accountants running amok!
Be careful what you wish for - you might just get it. I finally have Rangoon surrounded the way I want it. One hex open to a clear terrain cul-de-sac where I can slaughter AI's Rangoon REMFs. I'm feeding in four fresh brigades plus the (rather limited) British artillery has worn AI down some (<35 AV in hex best I can tell) although those damned level 6 forts are still there. I have more than a smidge of supply and victory looks to be in sight.
Problem is that the RN has no carriers (beyond the Hermes which has no air wing) or carrier planes at all in the IO. The AI is still pretty strong at Bangkok and Port Blair. Hurricanes and P-40s are too short-legged for long range CAP. So I scratched six USN CVEs and 125 Wildcats to escort cargo ships into Rangoon, but they are at Sydney. I did include an AO to expedite the transit but it is still one helluva long way. Burma Road throughput is still a ways off.
But things are looking good (for now) in China. Liquidating the Nanning pocket freed up a huge army. It's all a few days from stomping AI's amphib counterattack at Canton. 250,000 Chinese and even sorta supplied (it's all relative in China). Canton does not worry me but the fortified position at Hong Kong could be a problem.
I have spotted some big transports westbound out of the Inland Sea through my thicket of fleet boats. Could be three to five full-sized divisions en route.
Search and recon planes out of Baker now blanket the Gilberts and Marshalls. Place looks comatose, but I know better.
No sign of Kido Butai. I'm refitting my carrier forces. Nice to have a carrier with 1100 flak.
The dam in Darwin is about to break of the AI north of Darwin. I have several divisions 90% prepped for six invasions as fast as I can unload them. Should be fun.
The game has reminded me of some ancient truths of WitP in general. Full prep minimizes casualties and take lots of extra LSTs. The LSTs are more useful getting your successful assault units off small islands. If you have trucks (or tanks or engineer vehicles) and don't have a level 3 port count on a week loading a dozen trucks onto a xAK. LSTs remove vehicles fairly quickly but always seem to take some FLT damage loading across a beach. I've moved an ARD (now almost to PM) to patch up LSTs.
Indeed. Accountants running amok!
Be careful what you wish for - you might just get it. I finally have Rangoon surrounded the way I want it. One hex open to a clear terrain cul-de-sac where I can slaughter AI's Rangoon REMFs. I'm feeding in four fresh brigades plus the (rather limited) British artillery has worn AI down some (<35 AV in hex best I can tell) although those damned level 6 forts are still there. I have more than a smidge of supply and victory looks to be in sight.
Problem is that the RN has no carriers (beyond the Hermes which has no air wing) or carrier planes at all in the IO. The AI is still pretty strong at Bangkok and Port Blair. Hurricanes and P-40s are too short-legged for long range CAP. So I scratched six USN CVEs and 125 Wildcats to escort cargo ships into Rangoon, but they are at Sydney. I did include an AO to expedite the transit but it is still one helluva long way. Burma Road throughput is still a ways off.
But things are looking good (for now) in China. Liquidating the Nanning pocket freed up a huge army. It's all a few days from stomping AI's amphib counterattack at Canton. 250,000 Chinese and even sorta supplied (it's all relative in China). Canton does not worry me but the fortified position at Hong Kong could be a problem.
I have spotted some big transports westbound out of the Inland Sea through my thicket of fleet boats. Could be three to five full-sized divisions en route.
Search and recon planes out of Baker now blanket the Gilberts and Marshalls. Place looks comatose, but I know better.
No sign of Kido Butai. I'm refitting my carrier forces. Nice to have a carrier with 1100 flak.
The dam in Darwin is about to break of the AI north of Darwin. I have several divisions 90% prepped for six invasions as fast as I can unload them. Should be fun.
The game has reminded me of some ancient truths of WitP in general. Full prep minimizes casualties and take lots of extra LSTs. The LSTs are more useful getting your successful assault units off small islands. If you have trucks (or tanks or engineer vehicles) and don't have a level 3 port count on a week loading a dozen trucks onto a xAK. LSTs remove vehicles fairly quickly but always seem to take some FLT damage loading across a beach. I've moved an ARD (now almost to PM) to patch up LSTs.
RE: I Have Returned
Sitrep Oct 11, 1943
Things looking good in China. I finally eradicated a 30,000 man amphib counter-attack at Canton. My huge army was not badly worn down but is a little fatigued/disrupted. Next stop: Hong Kong. Where Canton was not fortified I look for Hong Kong to be heavily fortified. It seems to be one of three active airfields. AI is nearly torpid. He is only running three half-hearted offensives and one of them feature "Ching An Tui" brigades.
Things looking good in Burma. I have reduced his 90,000 man garrison in Rangoon to 11,000 and his forts have been reduced to zero. No real infantry left there - just mechanics and clerks. All but a few of his Upper Burma forces are surrounded at Schwebo, but reduction of this has to wait on supply. Burma Road operational by New Years looks good.
SWPac - including Aus I Corps - starting to blast through the Malay Barrier. Four lightly held bases captured. Big tests coming. US division ready to attack Saumlaki and the Aussies are primed for Dili. I've got air cover figured out. B-24s have rubbelized every airfield they can reach. For now I can use P-38s and Corsairs (now available with drop tanks). Once I take Saumlaki my P-47Bs will rule the roost.
My main carrier force is at Pearl while I finish up some refits (~10 days). I like lots of flak. Invasions are prepped for Tarawa, Makin, Kwaj, Roi-Namur, and Jaluit and follow-on are being prepped.
No sign of Kido Butai, so I have to keep my main carrier force consolidated. I have four CVE forces. One seven CVE force with 150 Wildcats headed to Colombo to provide air cover for ships going to Rangoon. Another the same size headed for Darwin to provide more flexible cover. I have tow specialized ASW hunter-killer forces - one in NE Coral Sea and the other at Pearl Harbor.
I'm using otherwise unused xAKs to move my local depots around.
Things looking good in China. I finally eradicated a 30,000 man amphib counter-attack at Canton. My huge army was not badly worn down but is a little fatigued/disrupted. Next stop: Hong Kong. Where Canton was not fortified I look for Hong Kong to be heavily fortified. It seems to be one of three active airfields. AI is nearly torpid. He is only running three half-hearted offensives and one of them feature "Ching An Tui" brigades.
Things looking good in Burma. I have reduced his 90,000 man garrison in Rangoon to 11,000 and his forts have been reduced to zero. No real infantry left there - just mechanics and clerks. All but a few of his Upper Burma forces are surrounded at Schwebo, but reduction of this has to wait on supply. Burma Road operational by New Years looks good.
SWPac - including Aus I Corps - starting to blast through the Malay Barrier. Four lightly held bases captured. Big tests coming. US division ready to attack Saumlaki and the Aussies are primed for Dili. I've got air cover figured out. B-24s have rubbelized every airfield they can reach. For now I can use P-38s and Corsairs (now available with drop tanks). Once I take Saumlaki my P-47Bs will rule the roost.
My main carrier force is at Pearl while I finish up some refits (~10 days). I like lots of flak. Invasions are prepped for Tarawa, Makin, Kwaj, Roi-Namur, and Jaluit and follow-on are being prepped.
No sign of Kido Butai, so I have to keep my main carrier force consolidated. I have four CVE forces. One seven CVE force with 150 Wildcats headed to Colombo to provide air cover for ships going to Rangoon. Another the same size headed for Darwin to provide more flexible cover. I have tow specialized ASW hunter-killer forces - one in NE Coral Sea and the other at Pearl Harbor.
I'm using otherwise unused xAKs to move my local depots around.
RE: I Have Returned
Sitrep Oct 21, 1943
Finally! Total land victory at Rangoon. The last of his 90,000 man garrison (some airbase mechanics) were polished off. But the air bloodbath (Oscars vs P-40s and Hurris) continues. I'll have to pull my P-40N1 squadrons back for a few days to convert to P-47B. The P-40N1 pool is empty. Some merchies will get hit but I have hundreds of them just swinging around the hook.
The IJN forces at Mandalay have been driven off the Road and are surrounded at Schwebo, but these may wait til I clear three singleton units off the Road.
The Hong Kong offensive begins tomorrow.
In the DEI, I took Saumlaki with little fight. As soon as the assault ships get back to Darwin, I'll have the 32nd Infantry take Tamerfane. With the flank anchored I'll go for the big one - two big garrisons at Dili/Lautern against the whole Aus I Corps.
Recon B-24s spotted a whole bunch of ships at Truk but it doesn't look like Kido Butai, but from 31,000 feet things are hard to make out.
Subs are strangling his tankers in the Luzon and Formosa Straits.
I'm getting more efficient at planning amphib operations.
Finally! Total land victory at Rangoon. The last of his 90,000 man garrison (some airbase mechanics) were polished off. But the air bloodbath (Oscars vs P-40s and Hurris) continues. I'll have to pull my P-40N1 squadrons back for a few days to convert to P-47B. The P-40N1 pool is empty. Some merchies will get hit but I have hundreds of them just swinging around the hook.
The IJN forces at Mandalay have been driven off the Road and are surrounded at Schwebo, but these may wait til I clear three singleton units off the Road.
The Hong Kong offensive begins tomorrow.
In the DEI, I took Saumlaki with little fight. As soon as the assault ships get back to Darwin, I'll have the 32nd Infantry take Tamerfane. With the flank anchored I'll go for the big one - two big garrisons at Dili/Lautern against the whole Aus I Corps.
Recon B-24s spotted a whole bunch of ships at Truk but it doesn't look like Kido Butai, but from 31,000 feet things are hard to make out.
Subs are strangling his tankers in the Luzon and Formosa Straits.
I'm getting more efficient at planning amphib operations.
RE: I Have Returned
Sitrep: Nov.1, 1943
Big day.
1. Squared away latest MicroSoft Windows 10 atrocity and SeaBee is again working well.
2. Captured the base at Hong Kong. Still about 20,000 REMFs to hunt down but a captured one of the world's biggest ports intact and a big airfield intact to boot. Not as tough a fight as Rangoon. AI had only a third the garrison that Rangoon had. Odd - considering that Hong Kong is such a treasure trove of VP.
Now I'm like the dog that caught the car. What do I do with it? My DEI offensive hasn't even gotten as far north as Kendari. The Burma Road garden hose is still a ways off. The air war over Rangoon continues unabated. I think I may have an opportunity for a Malta convoy escorted by eight CVEs into Hong Kong/Canton. Big ports. I can dock fifteen ships at a time. I think what I'll do is punch in 100,000 tons of supply and see how that goes. If I don't suffer excessive losses I'll follow with an amphib convoy to unload Engr and base force units I may be able to air transfer P-38s in and provide land-based cover til I can begin in a convoy full of P-40s, Corsairs, and P-47s. If I can get a hundred fighter in CAP over these ports, AI is dogmeat. He'll have to throw all his strike capability or else the Chinese Army will actually have some supply.
My invasion convoy continues to crawl toward Tarawa. At least this time I have lots of search planes out over the Marshalls and Gilberts.
Big day.
1. Squared away latest MicroSoft Windows 10 atrocity and SeaBee is again working well.
2. Captured the base at Hong Kong. Still about 20,000 REMFs to hunt down but a captured one of the world's biggest ports intact and a big airfield intact to boot. Not as tough a fight as Rangoon. AI had only a third the garrison that Rangoon had. Odd - considering that Hong Kong is such a treasure trove of VP.
Now I'm like the dog that caught the car. What do I do with it? My DEI offensive hasn't even gotten as far north as Kendari. The Burma Road garden hose is still a ways off. The air war over Rangoon continues unabated. I think I may have an opportunity for a Malta convoy escorted by eight CVEs into Hong Kong/Canton. Big ports. I can dock fifteen ships at a time. I think what I'll do is punch in 100,000 tons of supply and see how that goes. If I don't suffer excessive losses I'll follow with an amphib convoy to unload Engr and base force units I may be able to air transfer P-38s in and provide land-based cover til I can begin in a convoy full of P-40s, Corsairs, and P-47s. If I can get a hundred fighter in CAP over these ports, AI is dogmeat. He'll have to throw all his strike capability or else the Chinese Army will actually have some supply.
My invasion convoy continues to crawl toward Tarawa. At least this time I have lots of search planes out over the Marshalls and Gilberts.
RE: I Have Returned
Sitrep Nov 16, 1943
Took Tarawa without much of a fight. "Gibraltar of the Pacific" it was not. Also nabbed Ocean Island unopposed.
I'm pulling the assault troops out and putting in the base & garrison. No Zeroes in range so P-39s shoot down Betties just fine.
Grabbed Dili and found I forgot to move the Aus 9th Div to Darwin. They're still in Brisbane. I gotta have Lautern so I need two Aus Inf divisions. I reckon the bloody poms have no corner on fouling up amphib operations.
I've cleared out lower Burma and am extending to the Moulmein line. No use in going further.
Still about 20,000 men holding out in Upper Burma along the Burma Road but now I have supply in mountains so clearing them out is much easier. Look to have Burma Road operating by January.
Finally cleared out Hong Kong and am resting Chiang's army around Canton/Hong Kong. When I take Menado (on Celebes) I should have enough CVEs to try a Malta convoy to Hong Kong/Canton. I start getting ships into those ports, I can shut down the Hump.
KB continues to hide an play it cautious. If I run into KB I want the whole fleet on hand.
Coupla observations:
Man, P-47s are murder on Oscars. 50% more kills than with P-40Ks even with elite aircrew. Speed kills, apparently.
AI-san must have put two-thirds of the IJA on Pacific Islands. Airedale recon finds huge garrisons on remote islands. It is so extreme that his army in China is running out of gas. Only three formations are even semi-aggressive and one of them is two-third Ching An Tui. Ching An Tui units aren't very strong but they seem to have bottomless personnel pools.
This version of the game does not have the unsinkable Japanese barges that drove men nuts in earlier versions. A couple shots from a 3"/50 seems to do them. Previously it took a broadside from a Brooklyn.
Took Tarawa without much of a fight. "Gibraltar of the Pacific" it was not. Also nabbed Ocean Island unopposed.
I'm pulling the assault troops out and putting in the base & garrison. No Zeroes in range so P-39s shoot down Betties just fine.
Grabbed Dili and found I forgot to move the Aus 9th Div to Darwin. They're still in Brisbane. I gotta have Lautern so I need two Aus Inf divisions. I reckon the bloody poms have no corner on fouling up amphib operations.
I've cleared out lower Burma and am extending to the Moulmein line. No use in going further.
Still about 20,000 men holding out in Upper Burma along the Burma Road but now I have supply in mountains so clearing them out is much easier. Look to have Burma Road operating by January.
Finally cleared out Hong Kong and am resting Chiang's army around Canton/Hong Kong. When I take Menado (on Celebes) I should have enough CVEs to try a Malta convoy to Hong Kong/Canton. I start getting ships into those ports, I can shut down the Hump.
KB continues to hide an play it cautious. If I run into KB I want the whole fleet on hand.
Coupla observations:
Man, P-47s are murder on Oscars. 50% more kills than with P-40Ks even with elite aircrew. Speed kills, apparently.
AI-san must have put two-thirds of the IJA on Pacific Islands. Airedale recon finds huge garrisons on remote islands. It is so extreme that his army in China is running out of gas. Only three formations are even semi-aggressive and one of them is two-third Ching An Tui. Ching An Tui units aren't very strong but they seem to have bottomless personnel pools.
This version of the game does not have the unsinkable Japanese barges that drove men nuts in earlier versions. A couple shots from a 3"/50 seems to do them. Previously it took a broadside from a Brooklyn.
RE: I Have Returned
Taxcutter vs AI
Sitrep Dec 7, 1943 Two years at war with a script
KB continues to hide out. At this rate he'll be stuck wherever he is hiding. My subs are killing tankers like crazy.
I have the Luzon and Formosa Straits crawling with subs. The Dutch subs are all over the Makassar Strait. I even have fleet boats camped in minor straits. The waters south of Bungo Suido, Kii Suido and Tokyo Bay have so many boats there I'm tempted to have electric Boat open a service office there. AI cannot move a gallon of regular or a liter of motor oil without some sub skipper slobbering to torpedo it. My Mk 14 problems seem to be over.
Air war over Rangoon is winding down. AI seems to have abandoned Port Blair. Moulmein is down to a skeleton and I haven't seen anything from Bangkok for a while. I have two elite squadrons in Spitfires over Rangoon. Bring on them Zeros.
I have an invasion fleet headed for Manaus. The 9th Aus is en route to Darwin to go to Dili and help finish off resistance on Timor.
I'm to the point I have so many Liberty ships I don't know what to do with them.
Sitrep Dec 7, 1943 Two years at war with a script
KB continues to hide out. At this rate he'll be stuck wherever he is hiding. My subs are killing tankers like crazy.
I have the Luzon and Formosa Straits crawling with subs. The Dutch subs are all over the Makassar Strait. I even have fleet boats camped in minor straits. The waters south of Bungo Suido, Kii Suido and Tokyo Bay have so many boats there I'm tempted to have electric Boat open a service office there. AI cannot move a gallon of regular or a liter of motor oil without some sub skipper slobbering to torpedo it. My Mk 14 problems seem to be over.
Air war over Rangoon is winding down. AI seems to have abandoned Port Blair. Moulmein is down to a skeleton and I haven't seen anything from Bangkok for a while. I have two elite squadrons in Spitfires over Rangoon. Bring on them Zeros.
I have an invasion fleet headed for Manaus. The 9th Aus is en route to Darwin to go to Dili and help finish off resistance on Timor.
I'm to the point I have so many Liberty ships I don't know what to do with them.
RE: I Have Returned
ORIGINAL: Taxcutter
Taxcutter vs AI
Sitrep Dec 7, 1943 Two years at war with a script
KB continues to hide out. At this rate he'll be stuck wherever he is hiding. My subs are killing tankers like crazy.
I have the Luzon and Formosa Straits crawling with subs. The Dutch subs are all over the Makassar Strait. I even have fleet boats camped in minor straits. The waters south of Bungo Suido, Kii Suido and Tokyo Bay have so many boats there I'm tempted to have electric Boat open a service office there. AI cannot move a gallon of regular or a liter of motor oil without some sub skipper slobbering to torpedo it. My Mk 14 problems seem to be over.
Air war over Rangoon is winding down. AI seems to have abandoned Port Blair. Moulmein is down to a skeleton and I haven't seen anything from Bangkok for a while. I have two elite squadrons in Spitfires over Rangoon. Bring on them Zeros.
I have an invasion fleet headed for Manaus. The 9th Aus is en route to Darwin to go to Dili and help finish off resistance on Timor.
I'm to the point I have so many Liberty ships I don't know what to do with them.
Put a large reefer unit and pizza/hamburger joint on some of the ships and use them for LIBERTY!
Seriously, Churchill was seriously considering sending brewery ships to the Far East at the end of the war and I think that one actually made it there.
Seek peace but keep your gun handy.
I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!
“Illegitemus non carborundum est (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”).”
; Julia Child
I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!
“Illegitemus non carborundum est (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”).”
; Julia ChildRE: I Have Returned
Just get a large port on the China coast with a supply path to the hinterland, load up all the spare xAKs and send them there. I guarantee the Chinese will suck up all the supplies and ask for more. In early 1943, I have put about 5 million supply into China and my pools can't keep up with the demand for devices to fill out the units. The Japanese only have a few ragged stragglers left. I figure another 5 million supply before the Red Army is fat enough for Chiang Kai Shek to defeat!
No matter how bad a situation is, you can always make it worse. - Chris Hadfield : An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth
RE: I Have Returned
Re: Post #28
"Just get a large port on the China coast with a supply path to the hinterland, load up all the spare xAKs and send them there."
Taxcutter says:
Precisely my plan. Let the Chinese take all the casualties.
My Hump operation is moving about 250 points a day to Chungking and another 50 to Canton.
Terrain slows me down but I think I can get the Burma Road going in January, so another 500/day.
But once I think I can get by Menado without excessive casualties, I intend to run 15 ship Malta convoys into Hong Kong and Canton. They have good connections to the hinterland.
I'm fixin' to run a recon in force to the Marshalls to see if I can find KB. I haven't killed many zeros. AI must be holding everything for the decisive battle.
What is the symbol for a brewery ship? AB?
"Just get a large port on the China coast with a supply path to the hinterland, load up all the spare xAKs and send them there."
Taxcutter says:
Precisely my plan. Let the Chinese take all the casualties.
My Hump operation is moving about 250 points a day to Chungking and another 50 to Canton.
Terrain slows me down but I think I can get the Burma Road going in January, so another 500/day.
But once I think I can get by Menado without excessive casualties, I intend to run 15 ship Malta convoys into Hong Kong and Canton. They have good connections to the hinterland.
I'm fixin' to run a recon in force to the Marshalls to see if I can find KB. I haven't killed many zeros. AI must be holding everything for the decisive battle.
What is the symbol for a brewery ship? AB?
RE: I Have Returned
Alas, I do not know the nomenclature for a brewery ship.
Seek peace but keep your gun handy.
I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!
“Illegitemus non carborundum est (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”).”
; Julia Child
I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!
“Illegitemus non carborundum est (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”).”
; Julia ChildRE: I Have Returned
That would be an URRP - Utility Refrigerated Replenishment, Personnel.ORIGINAL: RangerJoe
Alas, I do not know the nomenclature for a brewery ship.
No matter how bad a situation is, you can always make it worse. - Chris Hadfield : An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth
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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
That would be an URRP - Utility Refrigerated Replenishment, Personnel.ORIGINAL: RangerJoe
Alas, I do not know the nomenclature for a brewery ship.
Actually, I looked it up and I did find the nomenclature for such a ship that did make said beer runs:
. . . These ships were built at the insistence of Winston Churchill himself and were not only to include breweries, but also cinemas, dance halls and other amenities, which is why they then became known as amenity ships.
https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/wwii-bri ... g-brewery/
Seek peace but keep your gun handy.
I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!
“Illegitemus non carborundum est (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”).”
; Julia Child
I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!
“Illegitemus non carborundum est (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”).”
; Julia Child
RE: I Have Returned
If it was for shipping beer wouldn't it be the BURP?
RE: I Have Returned
LSB. Landing Ship Brewski.
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The ship did not brew while moving, only while stopped in port. Only 55 barrels at a time as well. [:(]
Seek peace but keep your gun handy.
I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!
“Illegitemus non carborundum est (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”).”
; Julia Child
I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!
“Illegitemus non carborundum est (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”).”
; Julia ChildRE: I Have Returned
ORIGINAL: RangerJoe
The ship did not brew while moving, only while stopped in port. Only 55 barrels at a time as well. [:(]
Depends on the size of the barrels. Maybe the RN had the old drinking water barrels (tuns) from sailing days in storage. A tun held a weight of .... a ton of water. That's a lot of beer when it replaces the water! Even RJ would need a week to handle that!
No matter how bad a situation is, you can always make it worse. - Chris Hadfield : An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth
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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
ORIGINAL: RangerJoe
The ship did not brew while moving, only while stopped in port. Only 55 barrels at a time as well. [:(]
Depends on the size of the barrels. Maybe the RN had the old drinking water barrels (tuns) from sailing days in storage. A tun held a weight of .... a ton of water. That's a lot of beer when it replaces the water! Even RJ would need a week to handle that!
It did not state the size of the barrels, only the number. But if those were 55 gallon barrels, that might handle this small town for a few days - but only a few days! That was also when England was using the English measuring system and not one based on the distance from the North Pole to the Capitol of a rival country. [;)]
Seek peace but keep your gun handy.
I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!
“Illegitemus non carborundum est (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”).”
; Julia Child
I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!
“Illegitemus non carborundum est (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”).”
; Julia ChildRE: I Have Returned
My sub campaign is having a big effect. I'm not quite to Jan 1. 1944 and the IJAAF is collapsing even in the Rangoon area where they can get supply overland from Bangkok.
In previous game the IJAAF seemed to have a bottomless pool of Oscars. Pilot quality was a problem but they always had lots of airframes. This game they are down to less than a dozen planes regardless of pilot quality. A single squadron of Spit V aircraft with good but not elite pilots handles them easily.
About all they can do is bomb defenseless Chinese at night. KB is nowhere to be found.
In previous game the IJAAF seemed to have a bottomless pool of Oscars. Pilot quality was a problem but they always had lots of airframes. This game they are down to less than a dozen planes regardless of pilot quality. A single squadron of Spit V aircraft with good but not elite pilots handles them easily.
About all they can do is bomb defenseless Chinese at night. KB is nowhere to be found.
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Sitrep 12/25/1943
"Grandpa got shot down by a Hellcat..
Flying back to Truk on Christmas Eve...
You may say there's no such thing as Nimitz...
But me and grandma, we believe."
Good days.
In Burma the Manadalay area force was exterminated at Schwebo before I got all my troops up.
AI has one tank unit at Lashio and one infantry unit a couple hexes east on the Burma Road. They are all that prevent opening of the Burma Road, but much of my army is oozing toward them like army ants. There is also a single infantry regiment out on the road to Myitkinyia, but its three hexes from the road.
SoPac took Manus with little of a fight. If KB is hiding in Truk he must be scared of four CVEs. My main carrier force is tearing up the Marshalls. I doubt I'll find much there. Everytime I play the Japanese, I found the Gilberts and Marshalls also impossible to hold by late 43.
AI is torpid in China. Three active formations and all they can do is bombard Chinese who are beginning to greatly outnumber them.
Once I get my CVEs back from Manus, I'll have them cover a long-delayed attack on Lautern and then I'm doing a mega-Malta convoy to Hong Kong and Canton. One or two decent-sized convoys get through and that's more supply than six months of Burma Road.
"Grandpa got shot down by a Hellcat..
Flying back to Truk on Christmas Eve...
You may say there's no such thing as Nimitz...
But me and grandma, we believe."
Good days.
In Burma the Manadalay area force was exterminated at Schwebo before I got all my troops up.
AI has one tank unit at Lashio and one infantry unit a couple hexes east on the Burma Road. They are all that prevent opening of the Burma Road, but much of my army is oozing toward them like army ants. There is also a single infantry regiment out on the road to Myitkinyia, but its three hexes from the road.
SoPac took Manus with little of a fight. If KB is hiding in Truk he must be scared of four CVEs. My main carrier force is tearing up the Marshalls. I doubt I'll find much there. Everytime I play the Japanese, I found the Gilberts and Marshalls also impossible to hold by late 43.
AI is torpid in China. Three active formations and all they can do is bombard Chinese who are beginning to greatly outnumber them.
Once I get my CVEs back from Manus, I'll have them cover a long-delayed attack on Lautern and then I'm doing a mega-Malta convoy to Hong Kong and Canton. One or two decent-sized convoys get through and that's more supply than six months of Burma Road.