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

[Mike Solli]

Well, it turns out Ted did the turn and forgot to send it. We're getting old.

I want to make my "stuff" shipping more efficient and am starting with resources. I have 182 Aden class xAKs which I want to use to ply the waters with resources, at least at the smaller ports. In places, I have smaller xAKs at larger ports, which has to be really inefficient. I like to make the TFs at 1/2 the max size of the smaller port. I'm hoping this makes resource movement more efficient and uses less fuel. We'll see...

To make it as efficient as is possible, get the magic highway running. At least as many sections as is possible. By dumping resources past Singapore with no resources allowed to flow to Singapore, they will flow into Indochina. Since Haiphong generates resources, stockpile them there and haul them out. That will draw more resources there and at least shorten the trip. Hong Kong will also gather resources but the ultimate goal is to get the resources to flow to Fusan and if not there, have them flow to Port Arthur. Trying to use only shallow water for your convoy routes with lots of ASW air and ASW TFs to keep the submarine menace reduced - or sunk!

I've been working on getting that highway working. Resources are definitely flowing to Fusan, as is enough fuel to keep the fuel hauling TKs there working. Oil just won't do it. I'm going to transfer the TKs attempting to get oil from Fusan to Pt. Arthur and haul oil from there.

There are a lot of resources at Hong Kong. I suspect they are moving eastward from there if only because of the steady flow of resources to Fusan.

Singapore only receives fuel and oil by ship from Palembang and resources from the various small resource centers in the area. All of that then gets transferred by ship to CRB and Hong Kong.

I'll have to look more closely at Haiphong. I suspect the stuff flows through there eastward.

Other bases:

Medan - F/O/R go to Georgetown.
Miri/Brunei - to CRB and some fuel to Manila when needed.
Tarakan - Used to ship fuel to Babeldaob. Am shutting off the refinery so now oil will be shipped to Balikpapan
Balikpapan - Fuel to Balikpapan and Truk as needed.
Soerabaja - F/O/R to Babeldaob.
Boela/Babo - F/R to Babeldaob.

Babeldaob - The major hub for the SRA. Stuff gets shipped to the Home Islands two different ways. There are dedicated convoys hauling F/O/R to the Home Islands and any time some ground unit (or supply) gets shipped to the central Pacific, the TF goes to Babeldaob to haul something back to the Home Islands. I get a decent amount of resources and fuel back that way.

[PaxMondo]

Well, it turns out Ted did the turn and forgot to send it. We're getting old.

I want to make my "stuff" shipping more efficient and am starting with resources. I have 182 Aden class xAKs which I want to use to ply the waters with resources, at least at the smaller ports. In places, I have smaller xAKs at larger ports, which has to be really inefficient. I like to make the TFs at 1/2 the max size of the smaller port. I'm hoping this makes resource movement more efficient and uses less fuel. We'll see...

Tracker has this incredibly useful tool , CS Cargo Planning ...

Screenshot 2026-07-27 125821.jpg (212.34 KiB) Viewed 112 times

You can easily see the most efficient haulers you have for the port size(s) you are using. Not only saves time, but saves fuel ... a LOT of fuel if you use it correctly ....

PS: these are NOT Scen 1 values ... but you can still get the idea ...

[Mike Solli]

I need to give Tracker another try. Wish I was a computer geek...

[Mike Solli]

10 Dec 42

Sub War

Nothing to report.

5 Fleet

The 56 Division will land tomorrow.

4 Fleet

Nothing to report.

SE Fleet

Ted sent a couple small B-24D night raids to Rabaul. They destroyed an Emily on the ground. That's 144 HI gone! Pain in the ass...

There were 11x 2E and 97 P-39D sorties against SE PNG. I'm going to attempt to ambush some tomorrow.

SRA

Nothing to report.

Burma

Nothing to report.

China

There were 166 bomber sorties against Chungking, along with the daily bombardment. A total of 19 squads were destroyed. Not so hot today.

Raw AV:

Japan: 3411 (+10)
China: 5104 (-67)
88 Units (no change)
295k troops

Other Stuff

Reinforcement
SC Ch-38, headed to Truk.

[Mike Solli]

11 Dec 42

Sub War

The I-19 sank an xAK NE of Pearl Harbor today. She is one of a handful of Glen subs on permanent watch of the Hawaiian Islands.

5 Fleet

The 56 Division began unloading at Adak today, causing a lot of disabled squads. *sigh* On the bright side, the escorting 4 CAs and 1 CL killed 45 enemy squads and disabled another 131, at least.

4 Fleet

Nothing to report.

SE Fleet

Eight B-24Ds night bombed Rabaul again today, losing one to flak. I'll take it.

Thirty-four 4E bombers hit Tulagi, causing just a couple of points of damage to the port.

A sentai of 42 Nicks had a LRCAP mission in SE PNG. They ran into the enemy over Salamaua. The first enemy flight was 11 A20A1 escorted by 10 P-38F. Thirty Nicks pounced on them. The bombers got through, but the Nicks shot down 8 Lightnings for no loss. Nice!

The second enemy flight was 13 P-39Ds, jumped by 28 Nicks. Eight Airacobras were shot down for no loss.

The third attack was 26 Nicks vs. 40 P-39Ds. The Nicks had been accumulating damage from the two previous attacks and were also low on fuel and ammo and didn't do as well. They shot down 4 P-39s but lost 3 Nicks.

The last opposed enemy flight was 6 Nicks vs. 23 P-39Ds. A Nick was lost and no enemy were shot down.

Total pilot losses were 2 KIA and 3 WIA. I can live with that.

SRA

Nothing to report.

Burma

Nothing to report.

China

153 bomber sorties plus the bombardment caused the destruction of 28 squads.

Raw AV:

Japan: 3412 (+1)
China: 5077 (-27)
88 units (no change)
293k troops

Other Stuff

The B6N2 Jill R&D advanced to 7/43 and is expected to become operational 1/43.

The N1K1-J George R&D completed repairs on its 13th factory of 18. We're getting close!

[RangerJoe]

So the enemy lost 40 aircraft for you 4 Nicks? That is great, especially since during the second attack your fighters were outnumbered.

If you put your Emilys, plus any other flying boats and floatplanes, at a base with air support but no airfields then they can not be bombed! Bombarded by ships (maybe) but not bombed by aircraft. Unless they are equipped with wheels they should be at a port and not an airfield but the game doesn't work that way.

[Mike Solli]

12 Dec 42

Sub War

There are constantly 3 enemy subs sitting in Adak. Today, 2 were damaged. Not sure how badly. We'll see if they disappear and get replaced by others.

5 Fleet

The last of 56 Division offloaded at Adak. They have a lot of disabled but not many destroyed squads. They'll recover while 9 Division lands, starting tomorrow. The 9 Division is escorted by 3 BBs and 2 CLs so hopefully, this will be a smoother operation.

4 Fleet

Nothing to report.

SE Fleet

Twenty-four 4E bombers night bombed Rabaul today. A sentai of Tojos (IIa) opposed them and managed only to lose two planes (1 WIA) without doing anything to the bombers. Fortunately, the bombers missed too.

Thirty-five 4E bombers hit Tulagi's port again, causing little damage. That doesn't really matter because the port and airfield are trashed.

The enemy 2E bombers and P-39Ds hit a variety of targets at SE PNG. Eleven of the P-39Ds tried for Madang and ran into 9 Zeros. Only 8 went home. I keep trying to whittle away at the FBs but he seems to have an endless supply of them.

SRA

Nothing to report.

Burma

Nothing to report.

China

The bombardment and bombers destroyed 40 squads today. Four more artillery units arrived at Chungking today (2 medium and 2 heavy), bringing the total to 16 independent artillery units. Four more will arrive shortly.

Raw AV:

Japan: 3429 (+9)
China: 5020 (-57)
88 units (no change)
292k troops

Other Stuff

The Ki-44-IIc Tojo became operational today! I have 6 in the pool! (Somehow, one of the factories was switched to no production. I'l be able to outfit my first sentai in a week! It'll be SE Fleet AO. For those who forgot, I'm building 7 Ha-34 engines a day and am building 7 Tojos and 2 Helens a day for a total of 11 engines. The excess will come from the pool, which currently stands at 514. When the pool is depleted (end of March 43), I'll change production to 3 Tojos and 2 Helens a day.

The N1K1-J George R&D advanced to 1/43 and will become operational in 4 days! A week later, I'll outfit a 31 plane unit in SE Fleet AO with the George. I'm really excited to see how this changes things down here.

[sfatula]

The N1K1-J George R&D advanced to 1/43 and will become operational in 4 days! A week later, I'll outfit a 31 plane unit in SE Fleet AO with the George. I'm really excited to see how this changes things down here.

Greedy, lol. You already destroyed 20 planes (and maybe service losses or crashes) for 2 KIA on the 11th! I suspect you'll do even better!