Once Again into the Breach - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A)

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Hey Mike, great to see you around.

Curious about two things. Above you said you're converting Aden's for the invasion of Aden? This seems like a typo. Where are you trying to invade?

Also, why would you produce the Mary? Even if you felt the need to make a 1E bomber, which seems unnecessary considering all of the Lilys and Sally Ic and IIa you'll have once the Helens come online, why not the Ann? It has the same payload and better range?

[Mike Solli]

I meant to say I was converting Adens to invade Pt. Moresby. Let's just say some things have happened since that turn. [X(] Not sure if Pt. Moresby is going to be invaded at all. Ted seems to be pushing everything he has to hold Pt. Moresby and has been successful so far. It's been relatively bloody though. We'll get there. [;)]

I still haven't done anything concerning the Mary (or any other bomber for that matter). The IJA has a shortage of bombers to date. If you recall, I had planned on stopping the production of the Lily Ib (which I did for awhile). I have since turned them back on. I'm producing 34 Lily IIa and 40 Sally IIa right now and will begin 90 Helen IIa in June 42. I had planned on building 85 Marys because there were 85 engines in the pool that I have no other use for. They would only be used for ASW missions. I will probably do that within the next couple of months, as soon as an airframe factory is freed up.

[Mike Solli]

24 Apr 42

Sub War

Nothing new to report.

5 Fleet

Nothing new to report.

4 Fleet

Nothing new to report.

SE Fleet

B-17s visited Lae, Milne Bay and Buna. We destroyed 1 B-17 at a cost of 1 Zero shot down, 1 Zero and 2 Oscars destroyed on the ground and a Zero and Oscar op loss. We can afford the plane losses and no airfield damage was incurred.

China

Another attack on the surrounded 3 Chinese units wears them down some more.

The heavy artillery is still working its way up the road toward Sian. It’ll be awhile. The total AV is 3400 Japanese to 2400 Chinese. We’re in for a siege. I’m hoping the heavy artillery reduces the length of time of the siege.

The force going after Loyang will reach that base tomorrow. They’re one mile out and will cross a river, initiating a shock attack. They’re composed of 26 Division (a pretty good divison) some weak cavalry and a HQ. They’re opposed by 2 units. I’d love to take that place in a coup tomorrow. 90 oil to be had. I have them in combat mode for the shock attack.

Burma

Did you ever have one of those days? Yup, it happened here. I set up a nice bombing/sweeping attack on Cox’s Bazaar. Ted has abandoned Akyab of aircraft and moved them to Cox’s Bazaar. I had planned on a sentai of Oscars sweeping and 2 sentai of Sallies escorted by 2 sentai of Oscars to bomb the airfield. None of the Oscars flew and one of the Sally sentai didn’t get the word. Of the 17 Sallies that flew, 1 came home. What’s really weird is that only 9 pilots were lost. How did that happen? Anyway, that unit flew back to Bangkok to get replacement aircraft. It’ll be awhile though. There are only a couple of planes in the pool. *Sigh*

SRA

Nothing new to report.

Australia

The attack on Pt. Hedland by a tank regiment found only a base force there. They were easily pushed out sustaining 414(31) losses to no Japanese losses. The armor will pursue them to the dot hex that has the resources. By the way, there are 60k resources at Pt. Hedland. I’ll send some xAKLs there to start hauling them out. I suspect I’ll never get them all.

The tank regiment is moving toward Derby.

Another division and artillery regiment landed at Darwin, reinforcing the division already there. They’ll attack tomorrow. I think I have enough force to take it. If not, there is another division and supporting units in the reserve TF to land and assist.

Those damn Do-24s visited Darwin again. They hit the Nagato 4 times, scratching her paint and also penetrated the Kumano with 1x 300 kg bomb. She took only 12 sys damage fortunately. I have an AR at Koepang that will assist in repairing the damage.

The CD guns damaged a couple of xAKs and sank a Daigen class xAKL with a second Daigen with heavy fires that will sink tomorrow.

I asked Ted why he opted not to defend northern Australia this go around. He said that it was a supply issue. I’m pretty sure he pushed everything he normally put north into Pt. Moresby this time. I regularly see 40k troops there. I’d really like to isolate that place, but don’t have the ability to do that yet.

Other Stuff

The Kawasaki Ha-60 R&D engine factory accelerated a month to Jan 43. That’s the engine for the Ki-61 Tony series.

I have added to the 30 point R&D factories. I added 2x30 Ki-61-Ia factories and increased the existing B6N1 Jill factory to size 30. I have decided to add a new R&D factory every day working my way down the list provided earlier. I’m still undecided on the Jack though.

I am going to have 4x30 Ki-61-Ia models. I’ll let one become operational and upgrade the other 3 to the Ki-100-I as soon as they are completely repaired. That’s the model I really want, but I’ll take 30 Ki-61s a month.

I’ll have 3x30 B6N1s going. At least 2 of them will upgrade to the B6N2, but I may make the third operational to get the Jills going early. I need to look at the 3 Jill models to see the differences.

The last A6M3 factory hit 30(0) and has been upgraded to the A6M3a. I lied earlier. I have a total of 1x60 and 5x30 R&D factories, all completely repaired. 90-120 will become operational with the remainder upgrading to the A6M5 R&D.

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ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

I meant to say I was converting Adens to invade Pt. Moresby. Let's just say some things have happened since that turn. [X(] Not sure if Pt. Moresby is going to be invaded at all. Ted seems to be pushing everything he has to hold Pt. Moresby and has been successful so far. It's been relatively bloody though. We'll get there. [;)]

I still haven't done anything concerning the Mary (or any other bomber for that matter). The IJA has a shortage of bombers to date. If you recall, I had planned on stopping the production of the Lily Ib (which I did for awhile). I have since turned them back on. I'm producing 34 Lily IIa and 40 Sally IIa right now and will begin 90 Helen IIa in June 42. I had planned on building 85 Marys because there were 85 engines in the pool that I have no other use for. They would only be used for ASW missions. I will probably do that within the next couple of months, as soon as an airframe factory is freed up.

Got it. Makes sense.

Allies holding Port Moresby. Interesting. Should be a great place for you to keep bleeding him if he wants to do that. Eventually it could turn out to be a poor choice on his part if you bring all of your weight to it.

[Kitakami]

Good to see you back, Mike-san!

[zuluhour]

Just to keep you on page 1 my zen master IJ production expert, heres a little gem I found at the Smithsonian. The engine in the background is the ME262's. Know what the one in the front could be?

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

Just to keep you on page 1 my zen master IJ production expert, heres a little gem I found at the Smithsonian. The engine in the background is the ME262's. Know what the one in the front could be?

Junkers Jumo 004 B?

Oops-I'm not Mike...sorry. [:'(]

[zuluhour]

Heres the museum placard:

[PaxMondo]

I'm not a big fan of the Jack.  Basically same units that can use it are the ones that can use George and George is FAR more effective against 4E's.  Jack might be better against allied fighters, but they aren't killing me in '43 .... 4E's are.

[Mac Linehan]

zuluhour -

Great photos, love to see more.

Mike Solli is indeed the Master of Ecnomics...

Mac

[ny59giants]

I don't see MikeS posting here and I haven't gotten a turn or email from him for weeks. I wonder if his new job has him too busy for the time being.

[TheLoneGunman_MatrixForum]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

I don't see MikeS posting here and I haven't gotten a turn or email from him for weeks. I wonder if his new job has him too busy for the time being.

Well according to my cyber-stalking skills, he last logged into the forum August 31st. [:D]

[zuluhour]

Alright Mike, I'm going to get you back on the front page.
Any guesses?

[zuluhour]

Mike, I am going to keep you on page 1 during my spare time.[:D]

[zuluhour]

Alright Mike, One more time, back to the front page. I had a lot of fun checking this out if only because it was impossible for me to put myself in the pilots shoes.

[Empire101]

Whats happened to Mike?[&:]

I enjoy reading this thread as I pick up loads of hints and tips from one of the masters.[&o]

I hope he is ok.

[Mike Solli]

Hi guys. I'm fine. It's just work and the military that are keeping me away from home for extended periods. I just got back from some grueling training the past few weeks for the Guard. I may be deploying in the spring so I've got to go through quite a bit of preliminary training. The training I just completed was a lot of fun, but pretty hard on this 52 yr old body. I'm walking around like an old man, but then, I am. [:D] I'm off this weekend so I hope to get turns off to both my opponents.

If I deploy in April, I'm considering retiring 90 days after I come home, around July 2014. If I don't deploy, I'll most likely retire in May 2013. We'll see what happens. I most likely won't find out if I'm deploying until early April. Until then, I have to continue with the pre-mob training. Nothing more is scheduled for the rest of this year, so I'll actually be home for a change. One last thing, if I deploy, I'll get promoted to LTC. Amazing. I never thought that would happen.

Anyway, I'm dusting off my notes and will try to figure out what the hell I've been doing. [;)]

[ny59giants]

Glad to see your back. I still have our game stuff and would have to relearn how to play Japan again. [;)]

[Mike Solli]

Hi Michael. I'll have the same problem with the Allies. I think I still have the turn. I'll hunt for it tonight and work it.

[PaxMondo]

Welcome back Maj Mike ... soon to be LtC Mike.  [;)]