Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))

[Lowpe]

Just building our ports and runways here...getting ready for the Addu invasion...

Japan is rebuilding their shipyard here.[:D]

Japan has allocated 40K troops to keeping Ceylon...he should be abandoning it to be honest. It isn't going to get him autovictory (at least I don't think so) and is acting as a huge force drain on the Empire where the Japanese troops face destruction...

He really needs those fighters over Rangoon and Magwe...

[Lowpe]

The never ending flow of Allied reinforcements:

xAK John Hart arrives at Alameda

12th BG/81st BS arrives at Stockton

12th BG/82nd BS arrives at Stockton

12th BG/83rd BS arrives at Stockton

12th BG/434th BS arrives at Stockton

301st BG/353rd BS arrives at Mojave

303rd BG/358th BS arrives at Mojave

12th BG/HqS arrives at Stockton

Asiatic Fleet arrives at San Francisco

145th Infantry Regiment arrives at San Francisco

5th Marine Defense Battalion arrives at San Diego

13th Field Regiment arrives at Sydney

1st War Area arrives at Chungking

[JohnDillworth]

The never ending flow of Allied reinforcements:

xAK John Hart arrives at Alameda

12th BG/81st BS arrives at Stockton

12th BG/82nd BS arrives at Stockton

12th BG/83rd BS arrives at Stockton

12th BG/434th BS arrives at Stockton

301st BG/353rd BS arrives at Mojave

303rd BG/358th BS arrives at Mojave

12th BG/HqS arrives at Stockton

Asiatic Fleet arrives at San Francisco

145th Infantry Regiment arrives at San Francisco

5th Marine Defense Battalion arrives at San Diego

13th Field Regiment arrives at Sydney

1st War Area arrives at Chungking

And they will just keep coming,which means you have to supply them, and fuel them and get them into the fight, which means Perth is about to become more and more important. Maybe not for troops, but for food and fuel and bullets, and another way off the map for a major repair shipyard? Right now you have have one route to Australia. It will be much harder for the IJN if they have to try and choke off 2 routes

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: JohnDillworthwhich means Perth is about to become more and more important. Maybe not for troops, but for food and fuel and bullets, and another way off the map for a major repair shipyard? Right now you have have one route to Australia. It will be much harder for the IJN if they have to try and choke off 2 routes

Don't think so...

Most of all the supplies and at least half of the fuel is getting to Oz come from Cape Town...a much smaller fraction arrive from New Zealand and the West Coast. Well, the West Coast is shipping 0...coming from Panama Canal and Port Stanley.

My point is that both east and west routes are open and haven't been attacked once that I can recall. I have lost a few ships early on from Pearl or West Coast headed to NZ...but that was me overlooking their routing.[:(]

[Alfred]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: JohnDillworthwhich means Perth is about to become more and more important. Maybe not for troops, but for food and fuel and bullets, and another way off the map for a major repair shipyard? Right now you have have one route to Australia. It will be much harder for the IJN if they have to try and choke off 2 routes

Don't think so...

Most of all the supplies and at least half of the fuel is getting to Oz come from Cape Town...a much smaller fraction arrive from New Zealand and the West Coast. Well, the West Coast is shipping 0...coming from Panama Canal and Port Stanley.

My point is that both east and west routes are open and haven't been attacked once that I can recall. I have lost a few ships early on from Pearl or West Coast headed to NZ...but that was me overlooking their routing.[:(]

Lowpe has made the correct choice.

Alfred

[Lowpe]

One further point is that I currently don't have anything larger than a cruiser in the waters around Australia, and the local shipyards are more than sufficient to fix the damaged ones (currently have 2)...plus I don't have any plans on sending big ships there, really for the entire war. Cruisers and Light Cruisers will suffice I think.

[Encircled]

Only reason I can think of for him repairing that shipyard in Colombo is that he's got a major unit in such a bad way over there that he needs to get it into a drydock

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: JohnDillworth

The never ending flow of Allied reinforcements:

xAK John Hart arrives at Alameda

12th BG/81st BS arrives at Stockton

12th BG/82nd BS arrives at Stockton

12th BG/83rd BS arrives at Stockton

12th BG/434th BS arrives at Stockton

301st BG/353rd BS arrives at Mojave

303rd BG/358th BS arrives at Mojave

12th BG/HqS arrives at Stockton

Asiatic Fleet arrives at San Francisco

145th Infantry Regiment arrives at San Francisco

5th Marine Defense Battalion arrives at San Diego

13th Field Regiment arrives at Sydney

1st War Area arrives at Chungking

And they will just keep coming,which means you have to supply them, and fuel them and get them into the fight, which means Perth is about to become more and more important. Maybe not for troops, but for food and fuel and bullets, and another way off the map for a major repair shipyard? Right now you have have one route to Australia. It will be much harder for the IJN if they have to try and choke off 2 routes

Only if he can use them. Many of those may be restricted.

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Encircled

Only reason I can think of for him repairing that shipyard in Colombo is that he's got a major unit in such a bad way over there that he needs to get it into a drydock

Keep bombing it.

[Lowpe]

May 25, 1942

Clark Holds again...the longer we can tie up his forces here the better.

Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 25542 troops, 429 guns, 660 vehicles, Assault Value = 903

Defending force 36092 troops, 390 guns, 256 vehicles, Assault Value = 1181

Japanese adjusted assault: 540

Allied adjusted defense: 1102

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1612 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 148 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 34 (9 destroyed, 25 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
767 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 63 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Assaulting units:
1st Tank Regiment
12th Indpt Infantry Regiment
58th Infantry Regiment
Guards Tank Division
11th Infantry Regiment
16th Guards Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
21st Army

Defending units:
11th PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
14th PS Engineer Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
2nd PA Constabulary Division
301st Construction Battalion
Far East USAAF
Provisional GMC Grp
I Philippine Corps
Clark Field AAF Base Force
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

[Lowpe]

We have been keeping a big chunk of troops in reserve no pursuit mode and they have yet to be activated, and are fresh!

[Lowpe]

3 units 20K troops at Townsville...should easily take Bowen today and have lots of units in pursuit mode.

[Lowpe]

Always figure out the route path...probably can't hold the southern spot for long because it would route the troops in the wrong direction....although then that would give a fresh supply of guerillas....

[Lowpe]

A quick look at the convoys mostly going to somewhere in Australia from Cape Town or returning.

It takes a bit of micromanaging, as the ships can't do a roundtrip without refueling. Using minimal refueling, remain on station, and other ships to do at sea refueling makes short work of that problem however, just a bit clicky. Not too bad I think.





Liberty ships can make the run without refueling....

[Lowpe]

I am already up to 9 of these first Liberty ships, of which I get over 150. In 1943 another Liberty ship arrives and I get 644 of those girls.

With that range they can make the Balboa to Wellington run without refueling. At 193 hexes it is a long trip...but seemingly very safe, and easy to refuel at Balboa.

The San Diego area to Wellington run is 80 hexes shorter round trip...but of course much more perilous. Why bother with it?

What do the rest of you AFBs do with Liberty ships...convert them to troop ships?

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

I am already up to 9 of these first Liberty ships, of which I get over 150. In 1943 another Liberty ship arrives and I get 644 of those girls.

With that range they can make the Balboa to Wellington run without refueling. At 193 hexes it is a long trip...but seemingly very safe, and easy to refuel at Balboa.

The San Diego area to Wellington run is 80 hexes shorter round trip...but of course much more perilous. Why bother with it?

What do the rest of you AFBs do with Liberty ships...convert them to troop ships?

I leave those for cargo. I convert another class to troopships. But against the computer, I don't get that far into the game since the computer surrenders the first chance that it gets.

[Lowpe]

The long road from Urumchi...probably a wasted effort but I flew a 2nd squadron of B26s to hit those IJA troopers up north...





Better is forcing the IJA troopers off road at Lanchow. Hard to impress just how important Lanchow is to China.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

I am already up to 9 of these first Liberty ships, of which I get over 150. In 1943 another Liberty ship arrives and I get 644 of those girls.

With that range they can make the Balboa to Wellington run without refueling. At 193 hexes it is a long trip...but seemingly very safe, and easy to refuel at Balboa.

The San Diego area to Wellington run is 80 hexes shorter round trip...but of course much more perilous. Why bother with it?

What do the rest of you AFBs do with Liberty ships...convert them to troop ships?

I leave those for cargo. I convert another class to troopships. But against the computer, I don't get that far into the game since the computer surrenders the first chance that it gets.

Be careful of the escorts. When the ship with more fuel is below a certain amount compared to the total round-trip range needed, it will not refuel the smaller ship (calculations do not account for refueling at the destination). A good way to deal with that is to set the home port to the destination for the outward journey.

[BBfanboy]

Lowpe: What do the rest of you AFBs do with Liberty ships...convert them to troop ships?

I don't like them as xAP conversions - they lose too much cargo capacity, but mostly I don't like their tonnage which renders them unable to dock at a port size 1. Early in the game there are so many ports that are size 1, but a lot of existing xAPs that can go there and dock.

Also, if you are sending xAPs into enemy contested space to unload troops, you want to unload them all in one turn and RTB. The E2C class have a too much capacity to unload amphibiously in one turn. I use the British/Dutch/Chinese 1750 capacity xAKLs which convert to 500P/750C capacity xAPs because I can spread a unit over several of them and unload it all in one turn. A small AO or refueling waypoint takes care of their short 4000 nm range.

Hauling cargo to Australia and NZ is the best use of the E2C's

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

Be careful of the escorts.

[:D]

We don't use no stinking escorts here.