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

[Mike Solli]

...The Independent Engineer Regiments are nerfed in this mod. In the basic game, I believe they have 48 combat engineers. In this mod, they have only 9. I used them at Singapore and they got slaughtered. Now they only are used for building.

I remember thinking when that came up originally here in your AAR that it was a BIG nerf, and this only confirms my original thought. All I can say is "OUCH!". Sorry .....

All of the engineer units have been nerfed. The construction "battalions" have only 12 engineers. They all have a lot of labor squads, who do nothing but eat. Early on, I took Joe's advice and set them to stockpile so they don't get replacements when they die. That has served me well.

[Mike Solli]

30 Jan 43

Sub War

The I-162 caught a probably empty cargo TF a couple hexes south of Pago Pago and put a torpedo into an xAK. I heard sinking sounds later in the day. I suspect she sank but I'm not sure. I'll find out sometime in the next year.

The I-169 got hit by a Catalina today south of Norfolk Island. I suspect Ted based some of them at Norfolk Island. That area is becoming too dangerous for my subs. I'm abandoning that area and will station a sub further to the east, out of reach of Cats. Her damage is pretty bad at 90-56(28)-18(7)-0. She'll limp back to Rabaul.

5 Fleet

I'm resting my troops and plan on attacking again in 4 days coinciding with a surface bombardment.

4 Fleet

Nothing to report.

SE Fleet

Nine Georges caught 9 Kittyhawk IIIs over Gasmata and downed 4 of them for no loss.

By the way, I shut off George production yesterday. I have 68 in the pool right now. I will get the K2 around 3/2/43 and would like to not have a large pool of aircraft that I don't anticipate using ever again. I can always turn it back on if I need some before the K2 enters production. One nice effect of that is the Ha-45 pool is increasing again. It's up to 1692 and increasing about 4 a day.

Thirty-three 4E bombers hit Lunga today. Their fort is up to 2.70. Maybe it will reach level 3 after all. Still no sign of an invasion fleet.

SRA

MKB 1 and 2 are heading toward the NW corner of Australia and a hopeful ambush. They're a few days out.

Burma

Nothing to report.

China

Today's bombing/bombardment destroyed 27 squads today.

Raw AV:
Japan: 2466 (-1618)
China: 2201 (-396)
Enemy strength: 282k (-7k)
Enemy units: 87 units (no change)
Guns: 446 (-2)

The following Chinese units were destroyed in yesterday's attack:

12 Construction Regiment
259 Brigade
51 Chinese Corps

The Chinese raw AV is decreasing an average of 80 per day (not including attacks). If I attack again in 10 days, their raw AV should be around 1400. Mine increases an average of 70 per day. So, in 10 days my raw AV should be around 3200 + a division added for another 400 to make the raw AV ~3600. It might be higher because I'm moving 9 of the 14 divisions out to try and rest and recover faster. There are 4 more divisions enroute that probably won't make it in 10 days but will make it for the next attack.

Other Stuff

The N1K2-J George R&D advanced to 11/43 and is expected to become operational 3/2/43.

[PaxMondo]

30 Jan 43
By the way, I shut off George production yesterday. I have 68 in the pool right now. I will get the K2 around 3/2/43 and would like to not have a large pool of aircraft that I don't anticipate using ever again. I can always turn it back on if I need some before the K2 enters production.

Yeah, I'm looking at Scen stats, assuming that this mod is similar, I totally agree. The SR drop on K2 is a big deal.

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One nice effect of that is the Ha-45 pool is increasing again. It's up to 1692 and increasing about 4 a day.

SWEET!!!!

[Mike Solli]

Pax, the stats are similar, but there are some differences. Here are the different stats:

Stat: K1 - K2

Max Speed: 363 to 393 - 369 to 397

Max Altitude: 41,010 to 33,800 - 35,300 to 31,276

Climb: 2510 to 3104 - 2670 to 3152

Maneuver: 27-27-27-22-17 to 29-29-25-18-9 - 30-30-30-25-20 to 29-29-24-17-9

The max speed and climb rate are eye openers.

[Mike Solli]

31 Jan 43 - Pretty quiet day.

Sub War

The I-169 succumbed to her wounds from a Catalina yesterday. I'm going to have to be more careful about placing my subs too close to major bases in the future.

5 Fleet

Nothing to report.

4 Fleet

Nothing to report.

SE Fleet

Thirty-eight 4Es hit Lunga today. I am shuttling some 20mm AAA guns to Lunga to try and catch some of the Dauntlesses that didn't attack today. They're still a few days out.

SRA

Nothing to report.

Burma

Nothing to report.

China

Today's bombing/bombardment destroyed 48 squads.

Raw AV:
Japan: 2589 (+123) - I'm now including 59 Division which took a beating a couple of attacks ago but will participate in the next attack.
China: 2152 (-49)
Enemy strength: 276k (+3k)
Enemy units: 87 units (no change) - the 3 units that were destroyed are listed below.
Guns: 454 (+8)

Chinese units destroyed in the previous attack:
12 Construction Regiment
249 Brigade
51 Chinese Corps

Other Stuff

Nothing to report.