MY grand campaign against the AI

[marky]

okee, heres my "legit" AAR thread for my ai full camp game to satisfy all u whiners out ther

jus joking [:'(]

this is the situation as it stands in the Pacific...


the black lines indicate major convoy routes

guadalcanal and half the solomons are still allied held

ther was a raid on truk that severely damaged several BBs and sank numerous other ships and destroyed a cpl hundred jap AC

[marky]

allied ground forces advanced from moulmein, taking tavoy, victoria point, bangkok, and bandou

tho they have temporarily been halted at Songkhla by 80000 troops, a convoy with carrier support has departed colombo bound for the malayan peninsula, its mission?

land a force of approx 40000+ troops in an amphibious landing at Alor Star....

defened by about 5000 japs at best...

the purpose being to cut the supply and reinforcement routes of the jap army at songkhla, and pull another "Marky Mandalay Maneuver" here and route the japs and destroy them[:'(]

NOTE- i mislabeled Wake as Midway lol[:'(]
thats Wake [:'(]

[marky]

all sub bases have plenty of AS and AR support

[wworld7]

Marky,

What is the AI set to? I hope VERY HARD, or what is the point of playing.

Flipper

[marky]

currently its set at Historical, as is and was everything else

jap sub doct off
allied damage control on

etc[:'(]

i wanted as realistic a war as could be generated

as far as i know, i got that

if i put it at very hard, the AI would get logistical and combat advantages

and as we all know, the japs were at a logistical DISadvantage, tho in the early months and years of the pacific war, they did have superior ships, pilots and aircraft, and of course, much better torpedoes

[marky]

update

October 22 1942

after weeks of fighting and heavy casualties, Songkhia finally fell today

Alor Star was secured in an amphibious landing several weeks ago in an effort to cut the japs off from reinforcements and cut their supply lines

it has succeeded and the surviving japs are retreating south toward khota baru, about 60000 japs

the force defending songkhia included the imperial guards division, and several other very powerful infantry units


in other news gili gili was retaken from the japs several weeks ago and is being built up as a forward/air base from which in combination from port moresby the invasion of buna, and then possibly lae, will be launched from

and over PM and GG air battles have been fought over the last several weeks, resulting in huge losses and loss rates as high as 50% for the jap AC that dared to stray over allied airspace...

[marky]

got good pix cuming..

[marky]

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look at these guys at the top

thats more than Joe Foss, and Pappy Boyington[&o]

[marky]

and look at the EXP level on LT Waters[X(][:D]

[marky]

also, over 330 jap ships have been sunk
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[marky]

in a further update, guadalcanal has blossomed into a huge base level 5 AF and port IIRC

and lexington is making sum repairs before her AA update, then shell join the rest of Halseys carriers, half of which may form 2 divisions of 3 carriers each

1 division will stay at pearl and the other will head for noumea

ill send enterprise, Hornet and saratoga down to noumea as CARDIV1

and yorktown wasp and lexington will stay at pearl

halsey will no doubt command CARDIV1 for the upcoming operations in the solomons and new guinea

[marky]

i intend to use US and Austrlian army units in New guinea, and mainly marines in the solomons

i will keep a marine para brigade or 2 in reserve in new guinea in case i need them

the first landing in the solomons will be made at vella lavella

then the next landing will probably cum at buin, and then the final landing in the solomons will hit green island to set up a fighter, and dive and torp bomber base

which of course will support the invasion of kavieng, and then the Admiralty islands

i will most likely bypass rabaul and turn it into a self guarded prison camp, which may also be the fate of lae as well

[marky]

a 100 ship convoy carrying troops AC and supplies, with fuel, is loading up at pearl

theyll be escorted by halseys TF, which consists of Enterprise, Hornet, and Saratoga, along with the BBs north carolina, washington, and south dakota, and about a dozen cruisers and destroyers

the convoy includes the 1st and 2nd USMC Divisions, bound for the solomons...

[marky]

change in plans

Halseys TF will be joined by the Yorktown and Wasp

while of course the Lexington will stay at pearl and get her AA refit

[marky]

ORIGINAL: marky

and look at the EXP level on LT Waters[X(][:D]

that is the highest exp rating ive ever seen[:'(]

[marky]

also, the CVE Nassau with several destroyers will rendevous with the Enterprise TF and head for Noumea to provide additional CAS and ASW