Hirohito's Honor

[PaxMondo]

So in other words, size does matter. At least for these ships . . .

Actually, if you increase the pressure, the size requirement drops ....

not sure that's the direction you intended ....

[RangerJoe]

So in other words, size does matter. At least for these ships . . .

Actually, if you increase the pressure, the size requirement drops ....

not sure that's the direction you intended ....

Yes, a smaller and more compact propulsion system is better for such ships. A smaller target and more efficient . . .

[PaxMondo]

Yes, a smaller and more compact propulsion system is better for such ships. A smaller target and more efficient . . .

The list of benefits of a higher pressure boiler just gets longer the more you think about it ... and most of them are very difficult to model in the game. So, yes, the smaller boiler means more space for other things.

It also means more bulkheads and a smaller engineering space to flood for damage control. This would somewhat correlate to DUR, but not perfectly, so any changes here have to be delicate and well thought out. Since I have NOT seen the code and don't know all the ramifications of changing the DUR, I decided NOT to make any changes here in this scenario.

It would mean more and better crew quarters (IJN crew quarters were draconian compared to all western ships, more similar to 19th century navies. Beri-beri outbreaks were common due to the rations served until the late 30's, and the only change to fix it was to add some barley to the rations ... ). That would equate to morale, but as a scen designer, not something you can really control.

You would get more storage for munitions and/or fuel. This, you can adjust and I did. I rarely increased fuel load, I just took the efficiency gain and increased the range for the same fuel. I also increased the ammo load outs, particularly for AA.

You could also get better handling which could show up in maneuver speed due to better weight distribution (smaller boiler could be located lower, less top weight, less roll). Some minor changes were made to a few ships. Again, since I do not have access to the code and can't see ramifications to changes, I chose not to make many, and those I did were very small (1 - 2 kts).

[RangerJoe]

Yes, a smaller and more compact propulsion system is better for such ships. A smaller target and more efficient . . .

The list of benefits of a higher pressure boiler just gets longer the more you think about it ... and most of them are very difficult to model in the game. So, yes, the smaller boiler means more space for other things.

It also means more bulkheads and a smaller engineering space to flood for damage control. This would somewhat correlate to DUR, but not perfectly, so any changes here have to be delicate and well thought out. Since I have NOT seen the code and don't know all the ramifications of changing the DUR, I decided NOT to make any changes here in this scenario.

It would mean more and better crew quarters (IJN crew quarters were draconian compared to all western ships, more similar to 19th century navies. Beri-beri outbreaks were common due to the rations served until the late 30's, and the only change to fix it was to add some barley to the rations ... ). That would equate to morale, but as a scen designer, not something you can really control.

You would get more storage for munitions and/or fuel. This, you can adjust and I did. I rarely increased fuel load, I just took the efficiency gain and increased the range for the same fuel. I also increased the ammo load outs, particularly for AA.

You could also get better handling which could show up in maneuver speed due to better weight distribution (smaller boiler could be located lower, less top weight, less roll). Some minor changes were made to a few ships. Again, since I do not have access to the code and can't see ramifications to changes, I chose not to make many, and those I did were very small (1 - 2 kts).

The beriberi issue is dealt with in that article, how a Japanese doctor found out the cause and how to prevent it. The white rice was free but the meat, vegetables, fruit, and so on would have to be paid for by the individual sailors. So the sailors from the poor families would eat the free white rice and not much if any of the other food, ending up with beriberi.

Here is an article which led to the proof of the Germ Theory of Disease as well as the idea that beer was actually preventing the disease mentioned. Just 0.5% ethanol was enough to kill the bad germs that caused this disease. The brewery works that drank the free beer at work did not get sick but those who drank the local water from the pump did get sick. There is a gene that can prevent that disease but if you have two copies of it, then you have Cystic Fibrosis! So drink your saki and be healthy!

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7150208/

But I like the ideas that you have in your mod, have you thought of letting other people have it?

[Chickenboy]

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So, people are always asking me why I don't play PBEM. Well, it's simple. Here I am writing an AAR on a game that I haven't been able to run a turn in over a month. Life happens a lot to me, and this is just a common example. Truthfully, might be several more weeks before I can run more turns ... yeah, I know, what could be more important ... sometimes it is things I can control, but mostly its stuff. Anyway, I will keep plugging along ... just bear with me .... thanks!

I hear ya. I've only played PBEM since 2011-2012 after beating the computer soundly in the first year of WiTP:AE's release. To date, I've had 3 PBEM partners die on me (literally), one disappear early in the game when things didn't go his way, one game go to completion -an IJ 1943 autovictory and one PBEM partner (very recently) drop the game in late 1943 due to frustration with the engine and the outcome of his turns.

I'm not counting an abortive 2x2 format game where one of the fellow IJ players left the game to start a new job and dropped his portion of the game in my lap. That one dissolved as well.

PBEM is great when it's working for all players. But such a long-term partner is very very difficult to find. It is difficult to imagine starting another PBEM where 'real life' doesn't shift priorities and lead to a dropped commitment.

[RangerJoe]

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So, people are always asking me why I don't play PBEM. Well, it's simple. Here I am writing an AAR on a game that I haven't been able to run a turn in over a month. Life happens a lot to me, and this is just a common example. Truthfully, might be several more weeks before I can run more turns ... yeah, I know, what could be more important ... sometimes it is things I can control, but mostly its stuff. Anyway, I will keep plugging along ... just bear with me .... thanks!

I hear ya. I've only played PBEM since 2011-2012 after beating the computer soundly in the first year of WiTP:AE's release. To date, I've had 3 PBEM partners die on me (literally), one disappear early in the game when things didn't go his way, one game go to completion -an IJ 1943 autovictory and one PBEM partner (very recently) drop the game in late 1943 due to frustration with the engine and the outcome of his turns.

I'm not counting an abortive 2x2 format game where one of the fellow IJ players left the game to start a new job and dropped his portion of the game in my lap. That one dissolved as well.

PBEM is great when it's working for all players. But such a long-term partner is very very difficult to find. It is difficult to imagine starting another PBEM where 'real life' doesn't shift priorities and lead to a dropped commitment.

Maybe you need to retire . . .

[PaxMondo]

But I like the ideas that you have in your mod, have you thought of letting other people have it?

Lotta external tracking involved, so we'll see how it goes as we get into it ...

[PaxMondo]

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So, people are always asking me why I don't play PBEM. Well, it's simple. Here I am writing an AAR on a game that I haven't been able to run a turn in over a month. Life happens a lot to me, and this is just a common example. Truthfully, might be several more weeks before I can run more turns ... yeah, I know, what could be more important ... sometimes it is things I can control, but mostly its stuff. Anyway, I will keep plugging along ... just bear with me .... thanks!

I hear ya. I've only played PBEM since 2011-2012 after beating the computer soundly in the first year of WiTP:AE's release. To date, I've had 3 PBEM partners die on me (literally), one disappear early in the game when things didn't go his way, one game go to completion -an IJ 1943 autovictory and one PBEM partner (very recently) drop the game in late 1943 due to frustration with the engine and the outcome of his turns.

I'm not counting an abortive 2x2 format game where one of the fellow IJ players left the game to start a new job and dropped his portion of the game in my lap. That one dissolved as well.

PBEM is great when it's working for all players. But such a long-term partner is very very difficult to find. It is difficult to imagine starting another PBEM where 'real life' doesn't shift priorities and lead to a dropped commitment.

CB,

and that is exactly the person I DON'T want to be, but if I played PBEM, it would happen, so I don't. At least not yet. It is bad enough as it is with my current "partner", but the AI is quite forgiving in that regard. Most of the time after months of not being able to play, I will have to back up a couple of weeks and replay those turns. Why? Because I can't remember what I was trying to do, I couldn't see it anymore, so I needed to back up to a point where I could clearly see "the board" again. And yes, I'm sure age is factoring into that along with my terrible detail oriented personality.


I should also add that a number of my games stopped because I found a "fault" in my mod ... frequently one of my many heuristic models would turn out to fall too short of what was (or what I perceived as) needed. I've already got 2 pages of notes from this current game on things that need to be updated for the next ... things that I cannot change during the game, doesn't count the changes I've already made. A mod is an ongoing process, a personal mod is one that never really ends as the user is evolving as well.

[PaxMondo]

The beriberi issue is dealt with in that article, how a Japanese doctor found out the cause and how to prevent it. The white rice was free but the meat, vegetables, fruit, and so on would have to be paid for by the individual sailors. So the sailors from the poor families would eat the free white rice and not much if any of the other food, ending up with beriberi.

Yeah, nice article you had on beri-beri. Original work is here:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3725862/

You will also find links to his original Lancet articles there. As noted, in his original publication, the tables were missing (government censorship? we'll never know), but were added in 1985.

The most interesting things about this to me are:
1. This was mostly culturally driven, not economically. Even when the new regs were put into effect, the officers had difficulty in getting the crew to follow them. The crew thought that the officers were "trying to hold them back, or put them in their place" in making them eat barley and other things with their white rice. They wanted the white rice, because that's what successful people ate, not brown rice ....
2. The IJA had the same issues, but refused to listen to Dr. Kanehiro Takaki. So their beri-beri issues ran on for decades after the IJN had mostly cleared theirs up.
3. This was also an issue in Japanese society overall, impacting urban factory workers as opposed to farmers. It was from this that farmers got their legendary "healthy" reputations from that persist even to today.

This cultural drive is something that I have worked hard to incorporate into my mod. And, of course, the biggest challenge in that is overcoming my own cultural perspective to project the 40's Japanese perspective .... I find that my portrait helps me a great deal with that ... incentive as it were.

[RangerJoe]

The beriberi issue is dealt with in that article, how a Japanese doctor found out the cause and how to prevent it. The white rice was free but the meat, vegetables, fruit, and so on would have to be paid for by the individual sailors. So the sailors from the poor families would eat the free white rice and not much if any of the other food, ending up with beriberi.

Yeah, nice article you had on beri-beri. Original work is here:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3725862/

You will also find links to his original Lancet articles there. As noted, in his original publication, the tables were missing (government censorship? we'll never know), but were added in 1985.

The most interesting things about this to me are:
1. This was mostly culturally driven, not economically. Even when the new regs were put into effect, the officers had difficulty in getting the crew to follow them. The crew thought that the officers were "trying to hold them back, or put them in their place" in making them eat barley and other things with their white rice. They wanted the white rice, because that's what successful people ate, not brown rice ....
2. The IJA had the same issues, but refused to listen to Dr. Kanehiro Takaki. So their beri-beri issues ran on for decades after the IJN had mostly cleared theirs up.
3. This was also an issue in Japanese society overall, impacting urban factory workers as opposed to farmers. It was from this that farmers got their legendary "healthy" reputations from that persist even to today.

This cultural drive is something that I have worked hard to incorporate into my mod. And, of course, the biggest challenge in that is overcoming my own cultural perspective to project the 40's Japanese perspective .... I find that my portrait helps me a great deal with that ... incentive as it were.

Oh yes, I like the portrait . . .

[PaxMondo]

15Dec41 - Saburo Ushiroku - Economics Ministry

Saburo started to review his charts for this morning audience. Supply was of prime importance, and this was currently one of his most important charts detailing how supply was being used to expand the economy.

The left axis is daily supply usage and the right axis (with dotted lines) is the cumulative supply usage. Over 400,000 supply in the first 8 days.

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Tabular Data:

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[PaxMondo]

15Dec41 - Saburo Ushiroku - Economics Ministry

Saburo's next data set was the Factory production, pools, and AvGas/Sortie data.

Factory production data just showed a slight increase in RSY (Hiroshima, Saigon, Truk), a steady increase in VEH with the current target of 180, a slight increase in LI from conquests to date, and both AC Engines and AC increasing steadily.

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Ha-32/Ha-33 pools are dropping, with Ha-35 increasing at this time. Saburo was very concerned about engine pools, even though they were increasing as fast as they could with 3 factories on each of these engines. The issue was that there were FAR more AC factories that were also increasing and in a short time, the AC would overtake the engine production.

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IJ Sorties were WAY down as they were removing the archaic aircraft from the front lines, and the vast majority of the old IJA aircraft was in that category. Better aircraft were ramping up, but it would be sometime (months?) before they caught up. Saburo was wracking his mind for ideas to speed this up .... and he knew that Jiro was thinking on the issue as well. Something had to come from there, or Saburo felt that this would be a major problem soon.

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[PaxMondo]

15Dec41 - Saburo Ushiroku - Economics Ministry

A couple more of his factory charts, yes he had quite a few and yes he needed to figure out which ones to keep and which were redundant. But at the moment, with everything a hew, he felt he needed as many perspectives as possible.

His first chart was depressingly simple and flat: Oil. No changes in the last 8 days, and that was simply bad.

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The next chart was individual factory type totals .... and again, little to cheer about. The key thing showing now was all of the factory construction that was going on ... over 3000 factories in construction .... a hideous number that he wasn't yet sure the economy could support, but it is what the war required; thus we had to find a way ...

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[PaxMondo]

15Dec41 - Saburo Ushiroku - Economics Ministry

More charts and data .... very zen in some ways, can put you in a trance ....

He reflected back on yesterday's meeting ...

Well, he survived the day but in his opinion just barely. He seemingly touched on all the right topics, but he didn’t have the depth needed … yet. He had to get a LOT more, and quickly.

The one item about cross-training had been removed from his plate and delegated to all other Ministers. They were now individually responsible for all cross training and had to coordinate and anticipate the military call-ups that were going to happen. Part of this also fell to the Defense Ministry to be communicating manpower needs with sufficient notice to allow them to be met. Saburo was quite happy to give this up, and better, he didn't even retain any reporting responsibilities. GREAT!!

The update on the airframe and engines … he was prepared, but not for HIE reaction. He merely gave the facts:

 Engines: originally, only 1 factory for each of the major engines, most factories were still producing obsolete engines for obsolete airframes and the inventory in many cases was huge at war start. This had been changed, there were now 3 factories assigned to each of the 7-Star engines, but it was still bad. For the Ha-33/Ha-32, the engine used in the latest LB designs, production was ramping up from just 2 engines/day, or just one twin engine aircraft / day. The Ha-35 which was used in the current fighter design as well as some other designs like the B5N, had only 6 engines/day capacity. Even adding the additional 2 factories to each engine, it would be many weeks before capacity would be close to needs.
 Airframes: similarly, there had only been a single factory for each model, a couple for the fighter, but again capacity was very small. Most factories were assigned to building obsolete airframes. These were being re-purposed, but again numbers would be very short for many, many weeks.
 Gaiting item for the expansions is simply tool steel. Other building materials are also in tight supply, but the bottom line is tool steel. Expanding and re-purposing factories means re-tooling them and that requires tons and tons of tool steel.

HIE had gone pale when this information was relayed, the silence in the room was deafening. His only question was to confirm that the production model information was coming directly from Hiro.

The other big outcome of his meeting with HIE was that he was now required to meet frequently with the Chamberlain Suzuki Juji and provide updates on any/all topics. This was in addition to the daily briefing reports that needed to be provided. Juji scheduled the first meeting for the next morning (that would be this morning, as in today), topic: Manpower. Oh Ko!!

[PaxMondo]

15Dec41 - Saburo Ushiroku - Economics Ministry

The First Meeting with Juji ....

Saburo prepped through the night for his first meeting with the Chamberlain. WorkForce. What a monster.
While no fan of the National Eugenic Law (国民優生法 Kokumin Yūsei Hō) passed in 1940, the associated programs that Katsuko Tojo, General Tojo's wife had started (7 children per wife) were things that needed to be kept in play. IJ needed all the children it could to replace the losses of the future. The birth rate needed to return to the 30/1000 rate it had been in the mid-30’s. The last few years had seen a dramatic slump, and with the Late General’s demise his wife no longer had the energy or position to keep it going.

But the Kokumin Yusei Ho only addresses the future, the now is far more critical. Foreign workers/militia are going to have to shoulder more. How? Where? Well, for one thing, garrisons. We cannot afford to divert any of our manpower from front line troops into a garrison position. Our MAN ally is going to have to shoulder that burden more, and that means more independent units. Will that be enough?

The follow-on analysis says: “No”. Using IJA estimates of needed garrisons applied against the current plans reveals the need for approximately 10,000 squads in garrison activity only for the SRA and currently stated NRA goals. Our MAN ally simply does not have the population to fill our future requirements. And what if our goals expand?

We need to find more bodies, but where? He shares all of his findings and lack of solutions with Juji. Juji merely nods, asks if he can take the analysis with him (of course, note: in future always make copy for the Chamberlain).

Juji then shifts the discussions to another topic: Aircraft production. Saburo shudders. Juji’s line is to clarify how the production numbers are being derived, at which Saburo states that he is getting multiple and conflicting information. It is moot now as capacity is so shockingly low, but as we move forward it will start to matter a great deal. At the moment, he is using the latest model list from Jiro, then watching the pool and usage numbers he is extrapolating needs. Juji opines that something better is needed to which Saburo heartily agrees as he is no expert nor does he have a background to predict war-time losses. Juji smiles and states that he isn’t sure who is, but agrees help is needed. He will undertake to get this resolved. Saburo mentions at this time the large inventories of obsolete engines, inventories that at the moment represent a lot of waste. At this point, Juji sensing that the issues here are even deeper than so far divulged asks for more details on this beyond what was shared previously with HIE.

Saburo shares with him his findings;
Aircraft Production
Dismal is a charitable description. Criminal is a word that could also be applied. At the start of the war, production capacity of the only contemporary fighter, A6M2, was a paltry 2/day plus 1/day of the Ki-43-Ic. To fill a group with new aircraft meant +20 days, over 3 weeks!!! And beyond the fleet Carriers only 2 ½ groups of A6M fighters and 1 group of Ki-43 fighters were in service. Additionally, air production was broken into 20 models; the consolidation changed that to 11. Well, those poor decisions already been addressed by HIE. However even with into the new year, the effects will still be felt.

Fighter Production – now consolidated into a single model (which helped substantially), by the new year we will be achieving 9 AC/day and getting to 10 AC/day in by Feb. Engines for this production will make also 9/day; but while there were 11 aircraft factories being expanded, there were only 3 engine factories for the Ha-35 engine with no real way to build more. The initial Ha-35 Aircraft goal was for the Aircraft build rate to achieve 14 AC/day, which would happen early in the first month of the new year … but the engine production expansion cannot meet that and thus stocks of the engines will run out long before the engine production matches. The Ha-35 is used in the A6M, B5N, and the new Ki-45 FB. All 3 models are front line and badly needed.


Bomber Production – similar issues are happening with the bombers and all of the other aircraft types; aircraft rates are ramping up faster than the associated engine rates. One reason for the lack of engines is that the new 9-Star engine for the next generation of aircraft models has been prioritized, the other is that there is simply a fixed number of engine factories, materials to build more simply do not exist within the likely war timeframe …. ARGH!!!

Juji silently digested all of this, then nodded his head; “Yes, now I see the issues better. Complex and intertwined; we have to carefully balance the present against future demands. I think that we will want you to continue to control this production, but yes, we also need to get you more and better inputs. Be assured that this will happen.

Saburo then opens the next topic with the preface: “It gets worse …”
High Octane Fuel
Aircraft are putting pressure on the economy in many ways, with refining capacity being another example. Gasoline can be made, but in a standard refinery of the 1940’s it is inefficient. Think of it like this: for every kg of AvGas made, it takes 1.6kg of oil; 0.6 kg is lost. It is actually not that simple, and not all oil can be made into AvGas, but of the portions that can be made, there is an overall loss (TCC during this era which results in a fair amount of flare gas being created. FCC has just been invented but was neither widely in use nor had it yet achieved the efficiency of the modern era).

(Based on the success of the pilot plant, the first commercial fluid catalytic cracking plant (known as the Model I FCC) began processing 13,000 barrels per day (2,100 m3/d) of petroleum oil in the Baton Rouge refinery on May 25, 1942, just four years after the CRA consortium was formed and in the midst of World War II. A little more than a month later, in July 1942, it was processing 17,000 barrels per day (2,700 m3/d).)

Now, there are ways to improve that efficiency; specific processes can be added to the refinery that will improve the efficiency (Alkylation processes to re-combine the flare gas into useful products). So we need two things, simply more refining as we need more AvGas. But, we also need more efficiency, which means upgrades at current refineries. So while we are (and will) recovering a large quantity of refining capacity in the SRA, we need to ensure that we have the right parts and have upgraded some refining to improve AvGas production.

(Bottom line, capture is not enough, a certain amount of repair/expansion is going to be required. Further, there is a total refining requirement to meet mission/day. The catch is that in-game, it is hard/impossible to differentiate new and repaired capacity. So for gameplay we will just assume that the total refining has to increase.)

All of this is still with AvGas being in the 80-100 RON levels. This is nowhere near the 140+ RON that the allies enjoy. The ability to upgrade to this level is simply not in the game (war) timeframe. The refinery in Singapore was the only one with ‘modern’ capabilities for AvGas in Asia, but it was sized to provide only for the RAF-FE requirements … about 5% of the IJ projected needs. Historically, this was run by the IJ at the 80-90 RON standard they used which increased overall production. While the IJ can copy the technology from Singapore, the timeline to do the reverse engineering, pilot testing, commercial scale-up and then release even in a war time situation is +2 years. That means start building in early ’44 with capacity coming online in late ’45 … that’s using national priority on this project and allocating all specialty steels to this.

Juji reviews this data and the need. The balancing technology, Wet-Gas is not nearly as efficient, but it is an alternative and it does work. To allocate a national priority here would mean pulling back delivery on aircraft design and gun upgrades; items with no alternative. IJ cannot do everything, and this is one that she will consciously choose NOT to do. AvGas will be produced in quantity, but at 80 - 90 RON standards …. Wet-Gas will need to be implemented to meet performance requirements. He needs to review this with HIE, but the decision is obvious. And of course this needs to be transmitted to the Aircraft and Engine teams soonest so that they know the direction to take.

Juji rocks back a bit, and looks up. “You have been busy.” Saburo acknowledges the intended compliment, but says that there is just so many moving parts and then the disconnects are rampant. Juji studies the young man for a moment, a moment that stretches out for what seems like an eternity. But patience is a virtue well cultivated in this culture, along with politeness, the two constitute key pillars of everything “Nihon”. Saburo shows no signs of impatience as he awaits Juji’s final comments. They are brief, that he needs to apprise HIE and that he thanks Saburo for his efforts thus far. A great compliment, Saburo now knows he is getting it done …

[RangerJoe]

I remember reading that there were two Japanese infantry divisions composed of White Russians. I don't know which ones but that could also be a limited source of more manpower for garrison duty. Especially if they were awarded Japanese citizenship since most of them were probably stateless.

On another note, if you are ever in a medical setting, don't eat the Kentucky jelly when it is brought out. Although, you may want to start singing "Moon River" when the rubber glove appears . . .

[PaxMondo]

15Dec41 - Saburo Ushiroku - Economics Ministry

In the afternoon, Saburo continues his review of his Ministry reports ...


We're gaining bases and the allies are losing ...

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We're adding ports and the allies are losing ...

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We're both building AF ....

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Our bases are holding fuel, but we're losing supply quickly ...

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[PaxMondo]

15Dec41 - Saburo Ushiroku - Economics Ministry

Aircraft losses ...

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Our ops losses are within our targets ...

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[PaxMondo]

15Dec41 - Saburo Ushiroku - Economics Ministry

Aircraft Production, RnD, Pools, and In Service ....

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[PaxMondo]

15Dec41 - Saburo Ushiroku - Economics Ministry

Next up, Pilot Exp. Toreno Abe's training program is starting to show, but we're still behind the curve badly.

Pilots greater than 70% Exp by type ... we need to get all of these lines trending up ....

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Pilots between 50 and 70 Exp. Same as above, we need all of these lines trending up to be able to fill the exp level above ...

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For Fighter pilots be exp band ... all of the other types look similar. A lot of work here.

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No aces yet, but we are accumulating vet pilots ... pilots with a kill.

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