Hairy Asian Experiences - GreyJoy (J) vs. Q-Ball (A)

[Grfin Zeppelin]

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy



I think we'll have plenty of time to talk about bizzare things my dear Master [:D]

/o\

[inqistor]

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

And here's the general situation

OK, I must ask - for how many units have you turned ON replacements? Because you have used huge amount of manpower. Part of it could went into industry upgrades, but still it is more, than 3 per manpower center (over 60%).

It seems you have double aircraft, and vehicles production, as for this date, but supply used for this expansion do not add to that much - to create serious shortage.
How frequently do you overload hexes with soldiers? Maybe this is your main reason for burning supply?

[GreyJoy]

ORIGINAL: inqistor

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

And here's the general situation

OK, I must ask - for how many units have you turned ON replacements? Because you have used huge amount of manpower. Part of it could went into industry upgrades, but still it is more, than 3 per manpower center (over 60%).

It seems you have double aircraft, and vehicles production, as for this date, but supply used for this expansion do not add to that much - to create serious shortage.
How frequently do you overload hexes with soldiers? Maybe this is your main reason for burning supply?

Thanks for your interest mate!

I have replacements ON for 3 big inf units. The 4th ID ( which had 70 squads sunk in a Maru during the landings at Darwin), and 2 infatry bdes that were severly mauled in the battles around Sian.
For the rest i am "only" upgrading all my base forces to the new generation radars....don't know how much supply that process sucks sincerly....

So nothing particularly big imho...however i'll go through the all process as soon as the game restarts...

Yes, i encreased a lot the a/c factories, but not extremely i think... 110 zeros, 88 oscars, 160 tojos...nothing more than ordinary afaik

Now i'd soon need to rebuild all those units lost at Addak.... Should i be doing it or not?

[GreyJoy]

Oh, and i never, EVER, overstack a single hex. Never. All my plans in china were all made and done respecting litterarly the stacking limits ( which is a great feature imho)

[GreyJoy]

Forgot to say i also recostructed a whole heavy mortar unit that was destroyed in a counterbattery encounter at Manila last month...

[Grfin Zeppelin]

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

recostructed

Pointing at an unusual boring typo due to the lack of action

Also counter battery are two words but pointing at that one would be really nitpicking [:D]

[Chernobyl]

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

In the industry managment screen there are two buttons aside of every HI (repair YES or NO)

Oh duh

[ny59giants]

If you have filled out the TO&E for your tank divisions, I would decrease your Vehicle production by 60 to 100. I use 20k as my goal for the pool and you have that now.

Consider converting some of your fast TKs to AOs so you can have two fast Replenishment TFs. They only lose about 1000 in capacity.

[GreyJoy]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

If you have filled out the TO&E for your tank divisions, I would decrease your Vehicle production by 60 to 100. I use 20k as my goal for the pool and you have that now.

Consider converting some of your fast TKs to AOs so you can have two fast Replenishment TFs. They only lose about 1000 in capacity.

Converting fast TKs into AOs? Is that worth? Isn't having more TKs more important for the economy of Japan?....mmm will think about it! Thanks Micheal!

[GreyJoy]

Hopefully Brad will solve his pc-problems tonight....so tomorrow we may be moving again...one week of halt is really too much to suffer[:D]

[crsutton]

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

QBall still have problems to re-load our saves on its new computer... The war will be on hold untill we find how to solve this problem, however when it will begin again, it will be at a slower pace... Probably 1 turn/day cause Qball will be able to play only at home from now on...


I think we'll have plenty of time to talk about bizzare things my dear Master [:D]

Hmmmmm.... I stay away for a few days and things go straight to hell here.

[ny59giants]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

If you have filled out the TO&E for your tank divisions, I would decrease your Vehicle production by 60 to 100. I use 20k as my goal for the pool and you have that now.

Consider converting some of your fast TKs to AOs so you can have two fast Replenishment TFs. They only lose about 1000 in capacity.

Converting fast TKs into AOs? Is that worth? Isn't having more TKs more important for the economy of Japan?....mmm will think about it! Thanks Micheal!

You can still use the AOs as TKs. Keep one Fast AO TF at Truk, as an example, and the other can still run fuel from Singapore to Japan, but can be used as AOs when needed in the western areas. Flexibility. [;)]

[obvert]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

If you have filled out the TO&E for your tank divisions, I would decrease your Vehicle production by 60 to 100. I use 20k as my goal for the pool and you have that now.

Consider converting some of your fast TKs to AOs so you can have two fast Replenishment TFs. They only lose about 1000 in capacity.

Converting fast TKs into AOs? Is that worth? Isn't having more TKs more important for the economy of Japan?....mmm will think about it! Thanks Micheal!

You can still use the AOs as TKs. Keep one Fast AO TF at Truk, as an example, and the other can still run fuel from Singapore to Japan, but can be used as AOs when needed in the western areas. Flexibility. [;)]

Interesting. I rarely use AOs after the first 6 months in their intended role. Now they just move oil and fuel around.

Usually if I'm moving CVs and using them a lot I'll try to stock the nearby bases. I may be conservative, but I think once the Allies get their subs going, and especially after 1/43 when torps wok better, I don't want these ships near combat zones where there is a concentration of subs. Especially since GJ might be thinking more of a defensive game from now on I would leave them as TKs.

[ny59giants]

I use CVE Taiyo and another CVE as ASW platforms. The Zeros for extra CAP over AOs and the TBs train up in ASW skill. Just a possible option to consider like the conversion of TKs to AOs.

[GreyJoy]

Probably 3-4 more fast AOs won't hurt. I'll do it asap! Fuel is flowing smoothly finally....and the xAKs can do the main job anyway.

About using CVEs as asw platforms.... I was thinking about that, but not for the AOs or the fuel convoys, but for the KB.... For the moment my CVEs are embedded with the KB, providing extra zero CAP.... But Brad's use of subs is awesome and i've been very scared about what happened to herbiesan recently (4 CVs hit by subs in a single sortie!!!! ) .... Dn't know what to do properly....but, for the time being, i'm training like mad 80 navy pilots in ASW role....hopefully sooner than later i'll be able to place some elite ASW pilots on CVEs...

....now, waiting for qball to fix is problem, i've seen another weak spot in my perimeter: ramree island, in Burma....have to garrison it ASAP

[GreyJoy]

Till 7th june 1942

The whole theatre is quiet.
The operation against Portland Roads has been cancelled and now the KB is lingering at Rabaul, reorganizing its air groups.
We're moving Base forces and garrisons to Timor, in order to build a fortress there.
Tomorrow we should river cross at Balikapan from Samarinda with a whole Army...just to be sure (2 divisions, 2 arty units, 1 indipendent regiment).

In Burma we tried some sweeps with Tojos in Assam, but he refuses the fight...smart boy!

In China the plan is taking shape. We rivercrossed as planned at Chikkiang and in the hex east of it, in order to estabilish two strong bridgeheads. Losses were high and we recieved a 1-2 and an 1-3, but, a part from a regiment that has been wiped out, my divisions are in a decent shape and, above all, now with more than 1200 AVs behind the river i can easily rotate fresh units in without shock-attacking. Soon we'll start to deliberate attack.

In the North we've attacked Sinining, achieving a 1-1...a couple of days of rest and then we'll attack again.

We're also marching towards Tienshui...will be another bloody mess, but there's no other way. We need bridgeheads beyond the river there...

Zuikaku and Shokaku are almost ready...4 more days and they'll be ready to sail to Truk with their brand new Radars

Enemy's subs are everywhere but, lately, we have managed to avoid their attacks implementing a decent air cover on most of my routes.

Manila should be attacked within 2 weeks. The 48th division is unloading at San Fernando along with 5 more artillery units.

Port Hedland (NW Oz) will be invaded soon with 2 SNLF units supported by a strong SCTF.

Pretty boring turns...

[obvert]

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

Probably 3-4 more fast AOs won't hurt. I'll do it asap! Fuel is flowing smoothly finally....and the xAKs can do the main job anyway.

About using CVEs as asw platforms.... I was thinking about that, but not for the AOs or the fuel convoys, but for the KB.... For the moment my CVEs are embedded with the KB, providing extra zero CAP.... But Brad's use of subs is awesome and i've been very scared about what happened to herbiesan recently (4 CVs hit by subs in a single sortie!!!! ) .... Dn't know what to do properly....but, for the time being, i'm training like mad 80 navy pilots in ASW role....hopefully sooner than later i'll be able to place some elite ASW pilots on CVEs...

....now, waiting for qball to fix is problem, i've seen another weak spot in my perimeter: ramree island, in Burma....have to garrison it ASAP

I've been using a lot of xAKs for hauling fuel. The only issue with that is they are not as efficient. It's usually a returning supply/troop convoy for me so it would be heading back to the HI anyway, why not load it up, right?

Ramree could be a thorn. I put a solid garrison and a huge engineer unit (with a few combat engineers) there to make sure it would be taken only with some effort.

If you want a lot of good IJAAF groups for ASW, just dedicate them now and put mostly replacement pilots in, start them on ASW. When they get to 40/60 exp/skill, which won't take long, then put them on 40/40/20 ASW/train/rest and leave them. They'll train up the rest. After they get to 70 ASW I switch the main mission to low naval and keep them on the same settings, and they will train low naval as they do ASW. Takes a while, but then at least they are spotting subs while training. With low naval skill you're also training kami pilots, and if you ever want to switch them to search, they will be more likely to hit something as well.

Jocke's subs are killing stuff every day now, and it doesn't loo to stop, but at least some of them are being attacked by air as well. I get hit messages, but no idea how many are real. Jocke? Maybe you can let us know? [;)]

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: obvert
Jocke's subs are killing stuff every day now, and it doesn't loo to stop, but at least some of them are being attacked by air as well. I get hit messages, but no idea how many are real. Jocke? Maybe you can let us know? [;)]

No? [:D]

[khyberbill]

but no idea how many are real

Most are not real. I have been hitting I171 near PH for two months now, sometimes two hits a day and my opponent just laughs, until he started getting the same message. Lots of anchovies are dying!

[GreyJoy]

July 11 1942

Well, in China we got another bloody nose near Tsensui... 1-4 and more than 5000 casualities! but it was expected. Now we'll be rotating my units...will be slow.
Also 60k men, divided in two armies of 30,000 men, are crossing the river directing towards Tsensui which is now, thanks to the sacrifice of the other expedition, isolated from any supply source (at least those coming by road).

Sining is about to fall...but it's taking me far too much time!

Balikapan has fallen on the 7th...INTACT! [8D]...now finally we'll start the process of sucking all the oil collected there in the last 8 months of war!

Port Hedland is about to be invaded. A strong Cruiser force is in support.

Finally our glens-equipped subs did something...they spotted the first enemy convoy after several long months of blidness! West of Palmyra...APs... we're sending the KB to investigate...no CVs are spotted yet...more subs are enroute.
Is he really invading Tabiutea? He has been reconning it for months now... it's a juicy and empty target... Makin has an air HQ...and the KB is close...if he's really going there i cannot complain!
The only thing i'm concern about is that i'm short of 2 big CVs (one day left for Zuikaku at Tokyo...[:(])...

Everywhere else is very quiet...[>:]