Groundhog Day! - No NJP

[pontiouspilot]

If you know KB frolicking in mid-nowhere have some fun pillaging where he is not!

[BBfanboy]

I think the concurrent invasion of India watered down the power he can bring to bear in Australia. He has begun withdrawing in India but will find it hard to disengage cleanly.
By the time he reinforces Australia the Allied navies will have gained enough strength to threaten his LOC. Should be interesting.

[Mike McCreery]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Is autovictory off the table? Even if Oz falls?

No Lowpe, Autovic is not off the table. Let me know how easily he is going to take heavy urban hexes with lvl 6+ forts and 900 AV of 60+ combat experienced troops...

[Mike McCreery]

ORIGINAL: Wargmr

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Is autovictory off the table? Even if Oz falls?

No Lowpe, Autovic is not off the table. Let me know how easily he is going to take heavy urban hexes with lvl 6+ forts and 900 AV of 60+ combat experienced troops...

Supply has not significantly dropped over 3 months.

He will have to put the equivalent of 7-8 divisions together to get 1-1 odds in a heavy urban hex. If he really wants to drag 1/2 his army to Australia to try to win the game I wish him luck because he is going to need it.

Meanwhile, I will gut the pacific and trash india/burma.

[Mike McCreery]

July 28, 1942

NJP runs into a supply convoy west of New Zealand. I think this must be an early warning/early attack force.

[Mike McCreery]

NJP is sweeping in india. He usually gets 1-1 to 2-1 odds so he can do it as much as he likes. It gives me an edge every time i get better than 4-1.

[Mike McCreery]

Whoot!!! Get in a surprise attack on some of NJP's raiders out in the Pacific!!

[Mike McCreery]

Kashima ordered magazines flooded at the end of combat and I heard a glug glug immediately after the battle. I think that 2 of them will eventually decorate the bottom as artificial reefs in the area. The bombs hit were 1000#'ders and they all penetrated the deck armor and wreaked havoc below.

[Mike McCreery]

Apparently the Japanese have super mini-carriers!!

[Mike McCreery]

The Japanese take Hobart :/

900+ AV headed back to Australia...

[Mike McCreery]

A brigade and a division jump out of the woods in Australia and deal 3-1 odds to my armor but get over 80 squads disrupted.

My entire army that was supposed to take Portland will now converge on this spot. If we can get back together we can retreat in order. Australia is not a ruse, NJP has proven that.

[Mike McCreery]

August 29, 1942

An amphibious assault goes in on Baker Island...

Wait, wut?? Is that an Allied invasion?? Yup Yup!!

[Mike McCreery]

SEXY!!!

[Mike McCreery]

Now, this is a noob move by NJP. He has the Kanno regiment amphibiously assault Aparri. You do not unload crack troops onto an unprotected beach without having some throw away force take said beach first to prevent casualties to your superior units...

It does however signal the beginning of the end for Manila.

Meanwhile, near Tabituea, the placement of his sub indicates that he may know my intentions.

[Mike McCreery]

The KB has not diverted and is wasting valuable navy pilots on dirt bombing. This makes me believe he is balls deep in Australia going for VP or nothing. Better hope she doesnt have VD ;p

[Mike McCreery]

Bandoeng continues to hold and extract a cost on the Japanese forces.

[Mike McCreery]

The unit at Baker succumbs to the Allied assault.

[Mike McCreery]

An allied assault on Portland goes badly. Given the troops that just popped up nearby the plan is to consolidate on that spot and attack them there if possible. If not then a fighting retreat is in order.

I really screwed up at Portland. If I had given my troops proper movement orders I would have the base right now and have given NJP other problems. But it is what it is and now I have to adapt. Plan is to move back and reinforce Melbourne for the apparent siege to come.

[Mike McCreery]

End of July 1942

Here is the score at the end of July 1942

[Mike McCreery]

As you can see, very few warships have been sunk on either side. The Japanese BB is not likely sunk although the 2 Japanese CL's I tagged recently are completely believable.