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RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 1:11 pm
by Lowpe
The massive American Air Force is sending over 25 squadrons to India...the first have arrived on the map.
RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 1:29 pm
by Lowpe
Our Port Stanley build up.
Dispatching lone cargo ships, and tankers, almost daily. They will stagger their arrival. The long legged merchants will head off to New Zealand, one ship at a time. This is a longer term project to get rolling but looks prudent given Japans attack in the South Pacific.
Should I send some of this fuel to New Zealand? My guess is to send a lot of it. There are a lot of USN Warships at Sydney...so much that I am really watching the fuel quite closely.
Lots of work needs to be done to make the route safer.
RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 1:33 pm
by Lowpe
On the western side of Australia the first convoys from Cape Town arrive at Adelaide...several already have arrived at Esperance.
Sydney also got 16k fuel from the first run from New Zealand to Sydney. Will change that and deliver the fuel further south in the future.
RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 1:40 pm
by Lowpe
Our hardworking subs. Using the linger feature on the patrol settings.[;)]
RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 2:33 pm
by Lowpe
Sub losses
RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 2:34 pm
by Lowpe
Plane losses for the day. A lot of the losses come from trying to bomb Singers because they ran a few B17 raids out of them...plus Repulse is there.
RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 3:13 pm
by BBfanboy
ORIGINAL: Lowpe
Our Port Stanley build up.
Dispatching lone cargo ships, and tankers, almost daily. They will stagger their arrival. The long legged merchants will head off to New Zealand, one ship at a time. This is a longer term project to get rolling but looks prudent given Japans attack in the South Pacific.
Should I send some of this fuel to New Zealand? My guess is to send a lot of it. There are a lot of USN Warships at Sydney...so much that I am really watching the fuel quite closely.
Lots of work needs to be done to make the route safer.
Buildup of enough supply and fuel in Oz/NZ is why the Allies usually do not start their comeback until Fall 1942. In your case I am guessing Spring 1942!
RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 3:15 pm
by BBfanboy
ORIGINAL: Lowpe
On the western side of Australia the first convoys from Cape Town arrive at Adelaide...several already have arrived at Esperance.
Sydney also got 16k fuel from the first run from New Zealand to Sydney. Will change that and deliver the fuel further south in the future.
Japanese subs usually stake out Bass Strait and the Melbourne approaches, but sometimes they ignore Sale ...
RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 3:19 pm
by RangerJoe
Bass Strait and the Melbourne approaches are easy to patrol with air and naval assets if there is little risk of Japanese air activity. Then it becomes just air searches. They are also shallow waters which is makes it easier to kill subs.
RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 3:20 pm
by Lowpe
Allied tanks attacking tomorrow!
RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 4:32 pm
by Lowpe
ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
Buildup of enough supply and fuel in Oz/NZ is why the Allies usually do not start their comeback until Fall 1942. In your case I am guessing Spring 1942!
Why? It doesn't seem to me I am doing anything original here.[&:]
RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 4:32 pm
by Lowpe
ORIGINAL: RangerJoe
Bass Strait and the Melbourne approaches are easy to patrol with air and naval assets if there is little risk of Japanese air activity. Then it becomes just air searches. They are also shallow waters which is makes it easier to kill subs.
Being patrolled now...night and day.
RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 5:23 pm
by Lowpe
West Coast work....
Battleship row is moving to Alameda...subs would have to penetrate the mines and ASW at San Francisco to get to them.
Pearl Harbor could be raided...and is not safe.
The US battleships simply aren't ready for war yet. AAA is anemic, and crew training, especially at night when Iboats are most active, is very low.
The pilots in the floatplanes are training at recon...for it is anticipated they will become a major shore bombardment factor later in the war.
In less than a week there will be 7 battleships there.
RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 5:28 pm
by Lowpe
KB
Lots of low hanging fruit here.
RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 6:00 pm
by Ambassador
ORIGINAL: Lowpe
West Coast work....
Battleship row is moving to Alameda...subs would have to penetrate the mines and ASW at San Francisco to get to them.
Pearl Harbor could be raided...and is not safe.
The US battleships simply aren't ready for war yet. AAA is anemic, and crew training, especially at night when Iboats are most active, is very low.
The pilots in the floatplanes are training at recon...for it is anticipated they will become a major shore bombardment factor later in the war.
In less than a week there will be 7 battleships there.
They’re several months from war ready. Does the mod start them at a lower XP than stock ? Some of them look like they haven’t progressed a bit in six weeks, even counting the fact some might have had an upgrade in January. Or maybe you didn’t let them leave Pearl Harbor when there were enemy subs around ?
RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 7:02 pm
by witpqs
ORIGINAL: Lowpe
KB
Lots of low hanging fruit here.
Santa Maria!
RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:02 pm
by BBfanboy
ORIGINAL: Lowpe
ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
Buildup of enough supply and fuel in Oz/NZ is why the Allies usually do not start their comeback until Fall 1942. In your case I am guessing Spring 1942!
Why? It doesn't seem to me I am doing anything original here.[&:]
Your aggressive defence is having far more impact on the Japanese expansion and bleeding their best assets faster than any other Sir Robin phase I have seen!
I am learning a lot.
RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2021 12:12 am
by Lowpe
ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
Your aggressive defence is having far more impact on the Japanese expansion and bleeding their best assets faster than any other Sir Robin phase I have seen!
I am learning a lot.
Thanks, but part of it is reading your opponent. I don't think I would have success using this tactic against myself for example.[;)]
RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2021 10:52 am
by Lowpe
Feb 1, 1942
Submarine success again! I thought these torpedoes don't work.[;)]
RE: Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2021 10:53 am
by Lowpe
Our forward base doesn't surprise the IJN...we were hoping the 6" guns would be a surprise and the mines are still on the Dutch sub in transit. No hits.[:(]
