Pacific War 3.0 (No Encircled please!)

[RangerJoe]

Set you CAP range to 0, try that and see how it works.

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Set you CAP range to 0, try that and see how it works.

I can't set range 0 or else I couldn't defend Pegu...

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ORIGINAL: CaptBeefheart

Does LRCAPping of Pegu from Rangoon not work in that situation?

Cheers,
CB

Would be the same thing I think?

[DesertWolf101]

If you intend to just defend Pegu without needing those tasked fighters over Rangoon, LRCAP Pegu with range zero. They will fly over and only CAP Pegu, even if they are based in Rangoon. If you are trying to cover multiple bases with the same squadron though then that's another issue.

[DesertWolf101]

Sorry, double post.

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ORIGINAL: DesertWolf101

If you intend to just defend Pegu without needing those tasked fighters over Rangoon, LRCAP Pegu with range zero. They will fly over and only CAP Pegu, even if they are based in Rangoon. If you are trying to cover multiple bases with the same squadron though then that's another issue.

Oh that's interesting... I had assumed LRCAP would only fly as far as its range is set, so if not range 1 they would not actually cover Pegu. Sounds like this may not e the case. I will try it.

[DesertWolf101]

ORIGINAL: rader

ORIGINAL: DesertWolf101

If you intend to just defend Pegu without needing those tasked fighters over Rangoon, LRCAP Pegu with range zero. They will fly over and only CAP Pegu, even if they are based in Rangoon. If you are trying to cover multiple bases with the same squadron though then that's another issue.

Oh that's interesting... I had assumed LRCAP would only fly as far as its range is set, so if not range 1 they would not actually cover Pegu. Sounds like this may not e the case. I will try it.

I never LRCAP with anything but range zero. Besides avoiding the situation you have here, you also want to maximize your coverage of the targeted hex instead of diluting it over many hexes. In fact I rarely CAP more than range zero with the exception of night defense and some other cases.

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ORIGINAL: DesertWolf101

ORIGINAL: rader

ORIGINAL: DesertWolf101

If you intend to just defend Pegu without needing those tasked fighters over Rangoon, LRCAP Pegu with range zero. They will fly over and only CAP Pegu, even if they are based in Rangoon. If you are trying to cover multiple bases with the same squadron though then that's another issue.

Oh that's interesting... I had assumed LRCAP would only fly as far as its range is set, so if not range 1 they would not actually cover Pegu. Sounds like this may not e the case. I will try it.

I never LRCAP with anything but range zero. Besides avoiding the situation you have here, you also want to maximize your coverage of the targeted hex instead of diluting it over many hexes. In fact I rarely CAP more than range zero with the exception of night defense and some other cases.

Fascinating, thanks!

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Jan 24, 1944.

Allies capture Wake easily (was definitely under-defended since it was too far out for fleet support).

Not sure how a Japanese player could stop those tanks on Atolls... seems like he's going to mainly use tanks in all amphibious landings. Is that realistic?

[RangerJoe]

No, tanks are actually fragile without infantry support.

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Best way to stop it? AT guns? Artillery? Japanese tanks? [:D]

[RangerJoe]

Sink the ships before they unload.

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Sink the ships before they unload.

Haha, right [:'(]

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January 28, 1944.

Naval battle of Satawal: a small Japanese force interdicts a larger Allies cruiser force attempting to bombard Satawal. I suspect this battle came as a surprise for both sides. The Allies had been sending light cruisers and destroyers to bombard the island so I decided to greet them. But, turned out that this time he used a much larger force and the Japanese ended up with the short end of the stick. A heavy cruiser lost on each side - could have been worse, but the attrition definitely favors the Allies.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 28, 44

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Satawal at 105,105, Range 5,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Takao, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
CL Nagara, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Kagero
DD Oyashio
DD Hatsukaze
DD Shirakumo, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CA Portland, Shell hits 2, on fire
CA Chester, Shell hits 3, on fire
CA Vincennes, Shell hits 15, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Barton
DD Satterlee, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
DD Harding
DD Baldwin, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Endicott, Shell hits 2, on fire

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February 14, 1944. Happy Valentine's Day!

We've breezed through the first half of February without much action. No major ships sunk, no major land battles, just a few minor air skirmishes. Clearly the Allies are biding their time, building up for a new push.

I decided to send some Emily flying boats to Shortlands which is now way behind Allies lines to see what they could find. The Emily group did great, flying in both the morning and afternoon, and sending 4x minor allied ships to the bottom with torpedoes. As a bonus, they seemed to be loaded with land units.

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It begins!

(Still didn't destroy the bomber though...)

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Feb 17, 1944.

A major Allied fleet is approaching Ponape. Unclear if this is an invasion or merely a diversion. Most of the Japanese fleet is still in the DEI and too far to intervene. Probably wouldn't spare the fuel to send it out beyond Truk anyway, but my subs did miss a great ambush opportunity.

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February 24, 1944.

The Allied fleet is still lurking around the Marshalls/Carolines and I still don't have much of a sense of what it's doing. Maybe some kind of invasion, or maybe some kind of lure? Unclear for now.

In Burma, the Allies have invaded Ramree island along the coast, but defenders are holding for now.

In the Arafura Sea, I decided on a plan to bombard airfields at Darwin itself. This resulted in large numbers of Allied aircraft destroyed on the ground:

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...but actually probably wasn't worth it because in the naval skirmishes around the port, I lost another CA (Myoko) and a whole whack of destroyers after the bombarding TF ran out of ammunition and was assailed by wave after wave of Allied ships. Probably not worth the two Allied cruisers (Indianapolis + Canberra) sunk and plane losses at this point in the war. Those Japanese ships are just too valuable.

For now, it seems like it's back to our usually scheduled attritional grind.

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Also, Finshavn and Shortlands fell in the Solomons, so there are no longer any Japanese bases behind Allied lines. He's being thorough!