Hmmmm I think I suffered from being over aggressive like all allied players. It is so hard to just sit there and get kicked in the face. Early in the war the Japanese are just plain better, both times I caught the xargunites with their pants down with my carriers I got spanked. No point in repeating that error. I won't give out my strategy for our next game but you can be sure that if he sees carrier air over his carriers it will be overwhelming odds.
I also didnt escort my merchants very well. Too many successful sub attacks against my troop ships.
China was a train wreck for me. I couldnt figure out where all the son's of nippon were coming from (his soviet garrisons it turned out) either way I just plain couldnt stop him there. I also just don't like this theatre at all, have very little interest in it (IM a much better admiral then a general) so I found it very hard to focus when dealing with it.
His ASW was way more effective then I like to admit early in the game. I ended up withdrawing all of my subs and standing them down while I rethought my strategy there. i came up with a psuedo wolfpack strategy which cut down my losses a great deal while keeping the pressure on his shipping.
The Reinforement of Rangoon. I paid way too much for this town that was historically lost. I dont see me doing that again.
Organization, or the lack of it. Had I been better organized with my units then I could of gotten the supply ball rolling earlier. and it would of paid big dividends. IT was early in the game (I think I had it for about 10 hours
) but organization of your units is very important.
Leaders. I really didnt pay much attention to this and I think it cost me both carrier duels off wake and midway. It will be a priorty this game.
Things i thought went well but I never can use again.
The evacuation of Singapore - I never see Xargun letting me pull that off again. It was too much luck and timing, I can guarantee he will ahve battle groups anchored in the straits this game.
Dutch air, they cant hit anything but they sure kept Xargun harrassed. I think he was very frustrated with how vicious they were.
Dutch subs they kept me in this game...take care of them and they will take care of you.
There are a number of minor operations that went very very well that I will be using again.
I think I have convoys and supply down to a t. I will never use autoconvoy
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If i can think of anything else I will pass it on