Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))

Lowpe · Post by **Lowpe** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 1:30 pm

South Africa has 3.6 million supply, 500k fuel...they have kept Australia supplied the whole war...and will now start shipping supply to India. India has pretty much survived on Abadan and only has 1.2 million supply.

Ceylon will be a low key invasion once the LSI start rolling thru...from Madras to Jaffna...

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RangerJoe · Post by **RangerJoe** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 1:46 pm

Thank you.

That looks good for China. Now your units can replenish and dig in until Rangoon is liberated and the Burma road activates besides any additional supplies that are dropped there that make their way into China.

Are you planning on going into the Central Plain in China to break the encirclement of Chungking or bypass it? It is not too late to start thinking of that. If you do break the encirclement, think of those units being able to push more Japanese units around. But if you can go into South and Central China, those units in the Central Plain will then only have supplies over the yellow road from Sian and would be vulnerable to air attacks if they would try to move out. You probably have enough Chinese units to plan for both ways but your other Allied units there would be more limited in numbers especially if you move into Indochina after Thailand.

Personally, I would favor Indochina over Malaysia since there are multiple roads into the region from Thailand while the route into Malaysia has only the one road and naval support would be vulnerable to IJN disruption even though going into Malaysia threatens the DEI directly but the fighting would be more contested I should think. The Indochina advance could also link up with the push along New Guinea and into the Southern Philippines/Northern DEI.

Lowpe · Post by **Lowpe** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 11:49 pm

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March 24, 1943

Good bombardment...one of many from the Marshalls to New Guinea.

Lowpe · Post by **Lowpe** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 11:56 pm

Lots of Japanese attacks...

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Lowpe · Post by **Lowpe** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 11:59 pm

Australia....

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Lowpe · Post by **Lowpe** » Thu Oct 06, 2022 12:08 am

Will see if Japan is ceding this area...most of IJN has moved North...

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Lowpe · Post by **Lowpe** » Thu Oct 06, 2022 12:10 pm

RangerJoe wrote: Wed Oct 05, 2022 1:46 pm Thank you.

That looks good for China. Now your units can replenish and dig in until Rangoon is liberated and the Burma road activates besides any additional supplies that are dropped there that make their way into China.

Are you planning on going into the Central Plain in China to break the encirclement of Chungking or bypass it? It is not too late to start thinking of that. If you do break the encirclement, think of those units being able to push more Japanese units around. But if you can go into South and Central China, those units in the Central Plain will then only have supplies over the yellow road from Sian and would be vulnerable to air attacks if they would try to move out. You probably have enough Chinese units to plan for both ways but your other Allied units there would be more limited in numbers especially if you move into Indochina after Thailand.

Personally, I would favor Indochina over Malaysia since there are multiple roads into the region from Thailand while the route into Malaysia has only the one road and naval support would be vulnerable to IJN disruption even though going into Malaysia threatens the DEI directly but the fighting would be more contested I should think. The Indochina advance could also link up with the push along New Guinea and into the Southern Philippines/Northern DEI.

I haven't thought about what happens in China much other than a stalemate...then encroaching off road to stretch and surround Japan....I have thought about a push south east thru the mountains ending up in Vinh meeting up with the push up thru the New Guineas/Moluccas/Miri...cut Japan in half with another push from Marianas to Hokkaido/Taiwan?

So many options.

Lowpe · Post by **Lowpe** » Thu Oct 06, 2022 12:16 pm

My DE do good work...I made the decision to not convert many destroyers to APDs...but rather more into DE. They get another upgrade next month...and several more destroyers will get switched over to this class.

ASW attack near Terapo at 96,127

Japanese Ships
SS RO-61, hits 11

Allied Ships
DE Bulmer
DE Lawrence

SS RO-61 launches 2 torpedoes at DE Bulmer
RO-61 bottoming out ....

Lowpe · Post by **Lowpe** » Thu Oct 06, 2022 1:50 pm

March 25, 1943

Starting to infiltrate IJN shipping lanes...one sank.

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Lowpe · Post by **Lowpe** » Thu Oct 06, 2022 1:51 pm

Chiang Mai falls...

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Lowpe · Post by **Lowpe** » Thu Oct 06, 2022 1:58 pm

Japan adjusting their lines...

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Lowpe · Post by **Lowpe** » Thu Oct 06, 2022 2:11 pm

Flowing forward....should I challenge Japan at Wewak now that Saidor's runway works?

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Lowpe · Post by **Lowpe** » Thu Oct 06, 2022 2:15 pm

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Hit Rangoon at night, destroying some light industry and shooting down a whole bunch of Petes...

B25c flew into Wewak into some LRCAP...but we hit their air base at Vanimo which is only sized 1...

Now to get Hanso Bay up and powerfull...I think it can get to size 8 or 9 runways.

RangerJoe · Post by **RangerJoe** » Thu Oct 06, 2022 2:25 pm

Lowpe wrote: Thu Oct 06, 2022 12:16 pm My DE do good work...I made the decision to not convert many destroyers to APDs...but rather more into DE. They get another upgrade next month...and several more destroyers will get switched over to this class.

ASW attack near Terapo at 96,127

Japanese Ships
SS RO-61, hits 11

Allied Ships
DE Bulmer
DE Lawrence

SS RO-61 launches 2 torpedoes at DE Bulmer
RO-61 bottoming out ....

In actuality, most of those four pipers were withdrawn to the Atlantic theater if they were not sunk. Very few actually stayed active in the Pacific unless they were conversions. While it may not seem like much help for the Japanese, every ship that did get withdrawn should be withdrawn if not sunk. I was working on that but I paused it. Even the Boise was withdrawn . . .

RangerJoe · Post by **RangerJoe** » Thu Oct 06, 2022 2:42 pm

Lowpe wrote: Thu Oct 06, 2022 1:58 pm Japan adjusting their lines...

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If you have a small but fast unit that you can spare at Chang Mai, you could move it NE then E to block the retreat of a Japanese unit(s) to the East along the road. Pound it from the air as well, then crush it. The other stack one hex away might take a little more effort.

It also looks like units are moving from Moulmein to Rahaeng. Maybe he is afraid of getting flanked!

As far as China goes, if you can break the blockade of Chungking, you might be able to pull out some battered units to build up and then provide the muscle to counterattack and stretch the enemy lines even more once you can get more supplies into the theater.

Lowpe · Post by **Lowpe** » Thu Oct 06, 2022 11:05 pm

March 26, 1943

Supply flowing into Akyab...now a port 2, AF 4...and growing.

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Lowpe · Post by **Lowpe** » Thu Oct 06, 2022 11:17 pm

Keeping the pressure on Japan....rotating fighters...we have a growing advantage in runways, bases, and numbers of fighters.

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BBfanboy · Post by **BBfanboy** » Fri Oct 07, 2022 4:21 am

Let him create the self-administered POW camp at Wewak. Do what Big Mac did and leapfrog to Hollandia!

Lowpe · Post by **Lowpe** » Fri Oct 07, 2022 11:57 am

Our tanks veered off the rail line and into the jungle below Chiang Mai...

awaiting supply to flow heavily into Burma...will relocate our heavy bomber force (10th) to Cox's & Akyab shortly.

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Lowpe · Post by **Lowpe** » Fri Oct 07, 2022 12:27 pm

BBfanboy wrote: Fri Oct 07, 2022 4:21 am Let him create the self-administered POW camp at Wewak. Do what Big Mac did and leapfrog to Hollandia!

Correctus! I guess we will have a long exposed supply line subject to raids from Truk...but than can be countered I believe.

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