Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))

[Lowpe]

The massive American Air Force is sending over 25 squadrons to India...the first have arrived on the map.

[Lowpe]

Our Port Stanley build up.

Dispatching lone cargo ships, and tankers, almost daily. They will stagger their arrival. The long legged merchants will head off to New Zealand, one ship at a time. This is a longer term project to get rolling but looks prudent given Japans attack in the South Pacific.

Should I send some of this fuel to New Zealand? My guess is to send a lot of it. There are a lot of USN Warships at Sydney...so much that I am really watching the fuel quite closely.

Lots of work needs to be done to make the route safer.

[Lowpe]

On the western side of Australia the first convoys from Cape Town arrive at Adelaide...several already have arrived at Esperance.

Sydney also got 16k fuel from the first run from New Zealand to Sydney. Will change that and deliver the fuel further south in the future.

[Lowpe]

Our hardworking subs. Using the linger feature on the patrol settings.[;)]

[Lowpe]

Sub losses

[Lowpe]

Plane losses for the day. A lot of the losses come from trying to bomb Singers because they ran a few B17 raids out of them...plus Repulse is there.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Our Port Stanley build up.

Dispatching lone cargo ships, and tankers, almost daily. They will stagger their arrival. The long legged merchants will head off to New Zealand, one ship at a time. This is a longer term project to get rolling but looks prudent given Japans attack in the South Pacific.

Should I send some of this fuel to New Zealand? My guess is to send a lot of it. There are a lot of USN Warships at Sydney...so much that I am really watching the fuel quite closely.

Lots of work needs to be done to make the route safer.

Buildup of enough supply and fuel in Oz/NZ is why the Allies usually do not start their comeback until Fall 1942. In your case I am guessing Spring 1942!

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

On the western side of Australia the first convoys from Cape Town arrive at Adelaide...several already have arrived at Esperance.

Sydney also got 16k fuel from the first run from New Zealand to Sydney. Will change that and deliver the fuel further south in the future.

Japanese subs usually stake out Bass Strait and the Melbourne approaches, but sometimes they ignore Sale ...

[RangerJoe]

Bass Strait and the Melbourne approaches are easy to patrol with air and naval assets if there is little risk of Japanese air activity. Then it becomes just air searches. They are also shallow waters which is makes it easier to kill subs.

[Lowpe]

Allied tanks attacking tomorrow!

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy


Buildup of enough supply and fuel in Oz/NZ is why the Allies usually do not start their comeback until Fall 1942. In your case I am guessing Spring 1942!

Why? It doesn't seem to me I am doing anything original here.[&:]

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Bass Strait and the Melbourne approaches are easy to patrol with air and naval assets if there is little risk of Japanese air activity. Then it becomes just air searches. They are also shallow waters which is makes it easier to kill subs.

Being patrolled now...night and day.

[Lowpe]

West Coast work....

Battleship row is moving to Alameda...subs would have to penetrate the mines and ASW at San Francisco to get to them.

Pearl Harbor could be raided...and is not safe.

The US battleships simply aren't ready for war yet. AAA is anemic, and crew training, especially at night when Iboats are most active, is very low.

The pilots in the floatplanes are training at recon...for it is anticipated they will become a major shore bombardment factor later in the war.





In less than a week there will be 7 battleships there.

[Lowpe]

KB

Lots of low hanging fruit here.

[Ambassador]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

West Coast work....

Battleship row is moving to Alameda...subs would have to penetrate the mines and ASW at San Francisco to get to them.

Pearl Harbor could be raided...and is not safe.

The US battleships simply aren't ready for war yet. AAA is anemic, and crew training, especially at night when Iboats are most active, is very low.

The pilots in the floatplanes are training at recon...for it is anticipated they will become a major shore bombardment factor later in the war.





In less than a week there will be 7 battleships there.

They’re several months from war ready. Does the mod start them at a lower XP than stock ? Some of them look like they haven’t progressed a bit in six weeks, even counting the fact some might have had an upgrade in January. Or maybe you didn’t let them leave Pearl Harbor when there were enemy subs around ?

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

KB

Lots of low hanging fruit here.

Santa Maria!

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy


Buildup of enough supply and fuel in Oz/NZ is why the Allies usually do not start their comeback until Fall 1942. In your case I am guessing Spring 1942!

Why? It doesn't seem to me I am doing anything original here.[&:]

Your aggressive defence is having far more impact on the Japanese expansion and bleeding their best assets faster than any other Sir Robin phase I have seen!
I am learning a lot.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Your aggressive defence is having far more impact on the Japanese expansion and bleeding their best assets faster than any other Sir Robin phase I have seen!
I am learning a lot.

Thanks, but part of it is reading your opponent. I don't think I would have success using this tactic against myself for example.[;)]

[Lowpe]

Feb 1, 1942

Submarine success again! I thought these torpedoes don't work.[;)]

[Lowpe]

Our forward base doesn't surprise the IJN...we were hoping the 6" guns would be a surprise and the mines are still on the Dutch sub in transit. No hits.[:(]