Never Thought I'd Start Another One - tc464 (A) vs. Mike (J)

[Tanaka]

Instead of loading torpedoes into HQs every time that you need them, you can adjust the TO&E to carry them so they will be automatically replaced if the supplies are available.

I thought I did that, but apparently I didn't. That was fixed. Thanks.

By the way, I'm always up for hints. You don't have to ask!

Well, I responded to your DM with another teaser for another hint.

Yes, sometimes we forget things or forget to do things. I don't know what people know so when I mention things I don't mean to offend anybody. But then again, you were an officer . . .

Why are we DMing and not just talking about it on the forum? Would love to know these tips...

[Mike Solli]

1 Aug 42

Sub War

Nothing to report.

5 Fleet

Nothing to report.

4 Fleet

As I said above, I decided not to attack the really beat up 3 Marine Raider Battalion. I was curious to see what happened there. Here's the message I got:

3rd Marine Raider Battalion Wiped Out at Canton Island by attrition!!!

Banzai!!! An elite battalion was wiped out by a small SNLF company!

SE Fleet

Ted split his bombers between Milne Bay and Salamaua. In both cases, he's hitting the troops which isn't doing much. When he took Milne Bay and Buna, both bases were trashed from his bombing. I think he's trying to get Salamaua with the base intact. At any rate, units crawl in PNG so it'll be awhile before some enemy ground troops arrive there. I'm resting and rebuilding my fighters/FBs and will ambush him again soon.

SRA

The night bombing of Darwin added a little airfield damage and killed 2 bombers and damaged 2 more.

Burma

Things have been pretty quiet here. I think Ted is low on bombers and he's reluctant to use his fighters. At any rate, not much has been happening in the air. I'm building up a few critical airfields and when a couple of them reach level 4, I'll start my bombing campaign. Until then, I'm just flying CAP over my critical locations and going after what's left of the large enemy army that was at Shwebo. I'm reinforcing the front line just east of Cox's Bazaar and will attack once they arrive. They're marching up the coast so it will be awhile.

China

The Chinese Air Force is about gone. I see just a few SB-IIIs at Kunming which are being killed off by Zero LRCAPs there daily. There's nothing else I can see other than a grounded fighter up north at Hami that I'll destroy when I take the place. There were some bombers at Chungking, but they're either destroyed or they fled. I suspect they're at Chengtu. My bombers are keeping the airfields at Chungking and Kweiyang damaged. They're currently at 65 and 42 respectively so no more forts are being built.

There are a LOT of Chinese all over the place. I was pushing up to Kweiyang, got there and softened up the place. Then a HUGE army showed up. There are 180k troops there. Another 118k are surrounded at Changsha. Some 240k are at Sian and 165k at Chungking. It's crazy. I'm slowly shifting my troops around to push north from Kweiyang into the Chungking plains. I need to pull a couple infantry divisions and the heavy arty out of Manchukuo to speed up the liberation of China. My problem is that I'm too spread out. I'm fixing that but it'll be awhile.

Other Stuff

The Ha-45 engine R&D advanced to 9/42. It will become operational on 8/18/42. At that time there will be 6 factories of 80, 40 & 4x30. I will increase their size to 90 & 5x60, or 390 engines per month or 13 per day. I'm debating whether to increase each of the factories by a further 30 to a total of 570 per month or 29 per day. I'll make that decision after the first expansion is complete. I'll probably wait to see how the Frank and George R&D pans out.

[RangerJoe]

I thought I did that, but apparently I didn't. That was fixed. Thanks.

By the way, I'm always up for hints. You don't have to ask!

Well, I responded to your DM with another teaser for another hint.

Yes, sometimes we forget things or forget to do things. I don't know what people know so when I mention things I don't mean to offend anybody. But then again, you were an officer . . .

Why are we DMing and not just talking about it on the forum? Would love to know these tips...

It is called security and need to know. You have no need to know.

If you want help, remember to ask ALFRED!

[PaxMondo]

1 Aug 42

As I said above, I decided not to attack the really beat up 3 Marine Raider Battalion. I was curious to see what happened there. Here's the message I got:

3rd Marine Raider Battalion Wiped Out at Canton Island by attrition!!!

Banzai!!! An elite battalion was wiped out by a small SNLF company!

I wonder if he pulled some/most of the elements out. If you didn't attack, that would fit the result here. Any evidence for or against this? You didn't have NavSearch for this area, correct? (You didn't see the landing force on the way in IIRC) ....

[PaxMondo]

1 Aug 42

Other Stuff

The Ha-45 engine R&D advanced to 9/42. It will become operational on 8/18/42. At that time there will be 6 factories of 80, 40 & 4x30. I will increase their size to 90 & 5x60, or 390 engines per month or 13 per day. I'm debating whether to increase each of the factories by a further 30 to a total of 570 per month or 29 per day. I'll make that decision after the first expansion is complete. I'll probably wait to see how the Frank and George R&D pans out.

I think typo here .... you meant 19/day. And yes, I would move there for two reasons:

1. you know you will ABSOLUTELY use them at that run rate at some time in '43.
2. They will help you advance RnD on several key air frames before then. I'm thinking Mr. Frank specifically.

[Tanaka]

Well, I responded to your DM with another teaser for another hint.

Yes, sometimes we forget things or forget to do things. I don't know what people know so when I mention things I don't mean to offend anybody. But then again, you were an officer . . .

Why are we DMing and not just talking about it on the forum? Would love to know these tips...

It is called security and need to know. You have no need to know.

If you want help, remember to ask ALFRED!

Oh from his opponent? Ok then. And who?

[RangerJoe]

Why are we DMing and not just talking about it on the forum? Would love to know these tips...

It is called security and need to know. You have no need to know.

If you want help, remember to ask ALFRED!

Oh from his opponent? Ok then. And who?

ALFRED!

https://forums.matrixgames.com/memberli ... e&u=105709

[Tanaka]

It is called security and need to know. You have no need to know.

If you want help, remember to ask ALFRED!

Oh from his opponent? Ok then. And who?

ALFRED!

https://forums.matrixgames.com/memberli ... e&u=105709

Don't know him. Why are we yelling?

[Mike Solli]

1 Aug 42

As I said above, I decided not to attack the really beat up 3 Marine Raider Battalion. I was curious to see what happened there. Here's the message I got:

3rd Marine Raider Battalion Wiped Out at Canton Island by attrition!!!

Banzai!!! An elite battalion was wiped out by a small SNLF company!

I wonder if he pulled some/most of the elements out. If you didn't attack, that would fit the result here. Any evidence for or against this? You didn't have NavSearch for this area, correct? (You didn't see the landing force on the way in IIRC) ....

I did not have any naval search, so I didn't see them arrive. But, the 6 APDs disappeared after they dropped the Marines off. When they landed and shock attacked, this showed up: Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), supply(-)

The 6 APDs had a capacity of 1080 troops and the 3 Marine Raider Battalion at full strength is 1029 troops. That leaves space for 51 supply. I'll bet they had no supply left after the shock attack. It's possible that he didn't land the entire battalion and the shock attack really trashed them. Maybe he flew some out by FB. No clue. All I know is that the defense was a resounding success.

[Mike Solli]

1 Aug 42

Other Stuff

The Ha-45 engine R&D advanced to 9/42. It will become operational on 8/18/42. At that time there will be 6 factories of 80, 40 & 4x30. I will increase their size to 90 & 5x60, or 390 engines per month or 13 per day. I'm debating whether to increase each of the factories by a further 30 to a total of 570 per month or 29 per day. I'll make that decision after the first expansion is complete. I'll probably wait to see how the Frank and George R&D pans out.

I think typo here .... you meant 19/day. And yes, I would move there for two reasons:

1. you know you will ABSOLUTELY use them at that run rate at some time in '43.
2. They will help you advance RnD on several key air frames before then. I'm thinking Mr. Frank specifically.

Yep, that was a typo. 19 per day. Yes, they'll help accelerate the Frank, George 1 & 2 and the Grace. I have 42 factories allocated to them (18, 18 & 6 respectively). You're right, I'll need a LOT of that engine. I plan on producing 300-360 of each fighter and 60 Grace. But, with 42 factories, that's 42 engines a day used whether for acceleration or production. Eventually, that'll decrease by 18 per day when I get to the George 5 and by 4 per day when the Grace enters production. That'll mean a need for ~14 a day for the Frank and Grace or about 420 per month.

That's all a lot of supply use. I'm trying to increase total supply by 100k per month and I'm doing that now. We'll see what happens when all these factory increases happen. (Increasing total supply by 100k per month will give me 5.7 million supply by Dec 44.)

[PaxMondo]

That's all a lot of supply use. I'm trying to increase total supply by 100k per month and I'm doing that now. We'll see what happens when all these factory increases happen. (Increasing total supply by 100k per month will give me 5.7 million supply by Dec 44.)

That's always the rub, you want to save supply, but dang if you don't need to spend it too!!!

[PaxMondo]

All I know is that the defense was a resounding success.

And at the end of the day, that is what matters most!

[PaxMondo]

I did not have any naval search, so I didn't see them arrive. But, the 6 APDs disappeared after they dropped the Marines off. When they landed and shock attacked, this showed up: Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), supply(-)

The 6 APDs had a capacity of 1080 troops and the 3 Marine Raider Battalion at full strength is 1029 troops. That leaves space for 51 supply. I'll bet they had no supply left after the shock attack. ....

I thought about this some more and doodled a bit in a Scen1 sandbox. Those last 3 attack modifiers, yeah, I think on further reflection that you're right, outta supply and that unit was written off. Worse, either he didn't assign a good leader OR that leader died on landing AND the unit took a LOT of damage during the amphib phase (did your combat reporter show much?) to really disrupt it. Yeah, he got a lot of bad rolls and lost a high EXP unit .... ouch for him. Yeay for you!!!!!

[Mike Solli]

Hi everyone. Sorry I've been off for a while. My wife and I are finishing up a week in the Florida panhandle. Other than walks on the beach or out to eat, she was organizing our external HD (1 TB) practically full of photos this week and I've been pumping out turns. I'm waiting for the 14 Aug turn back from Ted. Anyway, I'll see how much I can catch up here before the next turn arrives.

[Mike Solli]

That's all a lot of supply use. I'm trying to increase total supply by 100k per month and I'm doing that now. We'll see what happens when all these factory increases happen. (Increasing total supply by 100k per month will give me 5.7 million supply by Dec 44.)

That's always the rub, you want to save supply, but dang if you don't need to spend it too!!!

I keep track of a number of stats every day and have a roll up every month. In July, my supply increased by 140k, which I liked to see. I ended the month at 2,812,483 supply. It's up to 2,925,238, up 113k by the 14 of August. Nice.

Edit: That's just over 8k a day. The Ha-45 engine is going to become operational in 4 days and I'm increasing the 6 factories by a total of 330 in the next 60 days. My supply increase will dwindle off by 6k a day just for that.

[Mike Solli]

I did not have any naval search, so I didn't see them arrive. But, the 6 APDs disappeared after they dropped the Marines off. When they landed and shock attacked, this showed up: Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), supply(-)

The 6 APDs had a capacity of 1080 troops and the 3 Marine Raider Battalion at full strength is 1029 troops. That leaves space for 51 supply. I'll bet they had no supply left after the shock attack. ....

I thought about this some more and doodled a bit in a Scen1 sandbox. Those last 3 attack modifiers, yeah, I think on further reflection that you're right, outta supply and that unit was written off. Worse, either he didn't assign a good leader OR that leader died on landing AND the unit took a LOT of damage during the amphib phase (did your combat reporter show much?) to really disrupt it. Yeah, he got a lot of bad rolls and lost a high EXP unit .... ouch for him. Yeay for you!!!!!

The Raider battalion lost 27 of 36 rifle squads in the shock attack. There were 12 disabled in the initial land (they were undoubtedly killed in the shock attack) so there were 9 remaining, probably disabled but that was unclear. At any rate, that unit will need a lot of replacements to rebuild whether there was a fragment that survived or not. I'm sure the raider squads are few and far between.

Edit: I just checked. They get 3 raider squads a month. Ouch. There may be 27 or so squads in the pool if he hasn't used any yet.

[Mike Solli]

2 Aug 42

Sub War

Nothing to report.

5 Fleet

Nothing to report.

4 Fleet

Nothing to report.

SE Fleet

Ted finally figured out that (at least in PNG), he shouldn't bomb the base. Just focus on the troops. He has so many bombers that even in the jungle, they get beat down. When he eventually gets the base, it's pristine, not damaged to hell and back.

SRA

Nothing to report.

Burma

A PB entered Cox's Bazaar harbor and ran into an enemy PC. They traded hits and both withdrew. I'm working on getting some ACMs there so I can drop off a bunch of mines, 450 to be exact.

In the jungle NW of Katha, my 33 Division attacked a Chinese corps and two British base forces mauling them (150 squads destroyed). The Chinese fled leaving the two base forces to their fate. I'll attack them again tomorrow.

China

Another attack up north at Hami by a tank regiment killed another 18 squads for no loss.

Other Stuff

Nothing to report.

[Mike Solli]

3 Aug 42

Sub War

Nothing to report.

5 Fleet

Nothing to report.

4 Fleet

Nothing to report.

SE Fleet

Ted has a LOT of bombers hitting my poor troops at PNG. Today there were 66x 4E and 42x 2E sorties against the troops at Salamaua and Airacobras strafing the troops stuck at Milne Bay.

SRA

The night bombing of Darwin destroyed a plane on the ground and damaged 4 more while doing light damage to the airfield.

Burma

The 33 Division destroyed the two British base forces NW of Katha. Not sure if I'm going to chase the Chinese into the jungle. I probably won't because they got a head start. I'll just get that division mired in the jungle and not able to do anything useful. I have regiments from 30 and 31 Divisions arriving to hold the line against them if they return. 33 Division will end up heading to Kunming to reinforce the tank regiments there and unable to oust the Chinese there. Ted has reinforced that base to 46k troops.

China

My level 4 airbase at Kweiteh houses a sentai each of Sallies, Helens and Marys, along with a chutai of Oscars (CAP) and about 14 Zeros (escort). They bomb Kunming, Chungking and Kweiyang's airfields to prevent forts from being built. They're usually pretty efficient and do decent amounts of damage. Right now, all 3 bases have damage to their airfields.

Other Stuff

The Ha-43 engine R&D advanced to 10/44 and should become operational 7/43.

[Mike Solli]

4 Aug 42

Sub War

Nothing to report.

5 Fleet

Nothing to report.

4 Fleet

Nothing to report.

SE Fleet

Today, 74x 4E and 45x 2E bombers gave the defenders of Salamaua a big headache.

The 18 Aussie Brigade smacked around the Japanese in the jungle at Milne Bay. The survivors are still there!

SRA

Nothing to report.

Burma

In the hex east of Cox's Bazaar, there are more British troops heading there from Chittagong. They're not there yet but they'll arrive soon. Right now it's a stalemate, but I have a LOT of artillery and 3 infantry divisions working their way there. If I can keep it supplied, I can get them.

China

Hami was attacked again by the tank regiment, this time killing 20 squads.

Other Stuff

The A6M5 R&D advanced to 3/43 and is expected to become operational 10/42.

[sfatula]

Any plan to deal with the 74 4e? Maybe it isn't hurting right now but might if he takes some base at some point. Really, anything you might invade within range of those would likely be rendered useless? Just curious.