Here we go again! tc464 (A) vs. Mike (J) - No tc464

[Mike Solli]

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[Mike Solli]

There are at least 30 units in Bataan.

[Mike Solli]

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[Mike Solli]

Production update.
 
With the capture of Hong Kong, my resource production has once again become negative.  Here's my current monthly shortages of the "Big 3":
 
Resources:  -85,800
Oil:  -231,900
Fuel:  -101,910
 
Note that the fuel shortage is just for industry.  Ship fuel usage is in addition to this. 
 
Overall, based on my current reserves & production, I have the following reserves (in months):
 
Resources:  75.3
Oil:  13.0
Fuel:  7.4
 
I reserve 50% of the fuel for fleet operations.
 
Expansion:
 
I allocated 30k supply for Miri oil expansion this month and 50k supply for other expansion.  20k supply is headed to Miri and 24k of the remaining 50k has been allocated as follows:
 
10k - Repair yard at Tokyo (to 30)
6k - Ki-57-I (to 12 per month)
7k - Ha 5 (to 14 per month)  This is for the Ki-57-I.  I'm still short 10 per month but there are still some in the pool.  This is a dead end engine so once the airframe upgrades to the Ki-57-II, I'll convert this engine to something else (probably the Ha-35).
1k - Damaged HI in Hong Kong.
 
This leaves 26k for expansion for Jan 42.  I'm going to save it for a bit since I expect to take some oil producing base this month.  I may need it for oil center repair.

[Mike Solli]

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[vlcz]

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli
Production update.

I reserve 50% of the fuel for fleet operations.
I allocated 30k supply for Miri oil expansion this month and 50k supply for other expansion.  20k supply is headed to Miri and 24k of the remaining 50k has been allocated as follows:

Very interested on this subject... do you think Miri´s expansion is advisable? I´m having a hard time loading there (at brunei indeed), as opossed to palembang (with a fleet HQ based in palembang)

And that 50% fuel for fleet operations is really giving me headaches, mainly the delivery...

[Mike Solli]

Yeah, fuel is giving me headaches already too.  I don't have enough TKs at Truk to keep Kwajalein and Rabaul's fuel reserves above 0. [8|] Definitely headaches.  I've already send some TKs to Truk and need more there.  I'm thinking about 6-8 7950 ton TKs. 
 
And before you guys say anything, no I don't have enough xAKs available right now.  I'm probably going to send some 14, 15 or 18kt xAKs to haul fuel from Truk.  I'd like to use the 18kt xAKs but they're rather vulnerable out there.  It'll probably be 14kt, probably the Toho class.  Each can haul 1760 fuel a trip.  There are 53 to start.  Possibly 20 at first?  I think that'll do it.  I can use the Aden PBs for escorts, probably 10.

[Mike Solli]

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[Mike Solli]

About Miri.  Yeah, I think the Japanese player needs all the oil he can get.  I'm working on Miri's port.  I'll max it out eventually.  Right now, Brunei's oil is flowing to Miri.  It's showing one day's production every day.  Currently, I have extra TKs in the area because I don't control most of the oil producing centers.  Eventually, I'll use TKs for the oil (max of 45k per month) and xAKs for the fuel.

[Mike Solli]

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[Rainer79]

Are you sure that increasing Ha-5 production is a good idea? You should have more than enough in the stockpile to carry you over until the Ki-57-II arrives which uses a different engine anyway. It seems that expansion of Ha-35 or Ha-32 plants is more useful as both are in much more demand.

[Q-Ball]

Thanks, sounds like your opponent messed-up the defense of Luzon. Clark is more defensible terrain than Bataan, and he is going to lose a few units before that even starts. Getting units cut-off is a big no-no for the Allies.

I see some players fighting forward like Nemo, but against a reasonably competent Japanese opponent, who doesn't short-change Luzon, the best strategy is to pull everyone back on Clark day one, and abandon Manila, IMO.

Either way though, it's not the tough nut that it was in WITP.

PS: On the ENGINES, I have found myself chronically short of all engines, particulalrly Ha-33, 34, and 35, especially the 35. I wish I had expanded production sooner in my game! Hopefully you have planned better than I did in those engines!

[Mike Solli]

Yeah, I think it was a mistake.  I just did it last turn so I can shut it off next turn.  The Ki-57-II comes in 2 months.  What was I thinking? [8|]

[Mike Solli]

Yeah, I think it was a mistake.  I just did it last turn so I can shut it off next turn.  The Ki-57-II comes in 2 months.  What was I thinking? [8|]

[ny59giants]

AKEs - I converted some Lima Class to AKEs (Capacity 4900). I want to put 2 with TF 2 AOs. Will that be enough to replenish KBs torpedo load and replenish the ships?? Yes, i know they cannot do so at sea, but if in a port together, will it happen??

Recon Aircraft - I see in my game, that I don't have a factory for C5M2 Babs. Since they are Navy, then I have to wait till 11/42 for Irvings?? Are you doing anything to address this and what about your recon plane production?? Any changes here?? 

[Mike Solli]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

AKEs - I converted some Lima Class to AKEs (Capacity 4900). I want to put 2 with TF 2 AOs. Will that be enough to replenish KBs torpedo load and replenish the ships?? Yes, i know they cannot do so at sea, but if in a port together, will it happen??

Recon Aircraft - I see in my game, that I don't have a factory for C5M2 Babs. Since they are Navy, then I have to wait till 11/42 for Irvings?? Are you doing anything to address this and what about your recon plane production?? Any changes here?? 

The one AKE we start the game with is enough to replenish a BB main armament. Not sure about the Limas. They're the biggest we can convert (I think). I'll check that out tonight. I believe that if an AO, TK or AKE (and all the smaller support ships) are in a TF in port (not sure if it needs to be docked), it'll replenish something that stops in.

I don't think we need any C5M2 Babs. The total build out is 19 with 7 in the pool. I haven't lost one yet. I don't think it's worth converting a factory for so few aircraft.

[Mike Solli]

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

PS: On the ENGINES, I have found myself chronically short of all engines, particulalrly Ha-33, 34, and 35, especially the 35. I wish I had expanded production sooner in my game! Hopefully you have planned better than I did in those engines!

I'm heading home in a few minutes. We're getting some new carpeting installed and they need to measure today. So, I'll check this out in about an hour. [:D]

[erstad]

The one AKE we start the game with is enough to replenish a BB main armament.

The Kashino only has capacity of 3000. That gets you Kongo and Fuso class rearm but not the bigger guns on Nagato class. Lima will get you there.

AKEs - I converted some Lima Class to AKEs (Capacity 4900). I want to put 2 with TF 2 AOs. Will that be enough to replenish KBs torpedo load and replenish the ships?? Yes, i know they cannot do so at sea, but if in a port together, will it happen??

I'm not real good at keeping records for such things but I think two would generally be sufficient, just from vague recollections. I have definitely run into cases where one was not enough to refuel on a single turn (and since I play 2 day turns, that's a concern). Probably depends on how low everything is, if you have to reload AA that seems to take a lot of ops points.

One trick regardless of how many AKEs you have is to split off the most critical units first and make sure they get rearmed.

The other problem with one is it's a single point of failure if it's necessary to an operation. I learned that the hard way [8|]

[Mike Solli]

8 Jan 42

The I-26 used up the last of her torpedoes off the west coast today. She put a torpedo into into the DD Rathburne and 3 into a YP. The YP didn't sink because there was nothing left of her. [X(] The I-25 is heading back out to those fertile hunting grounds. It'll probably be a week before she makes it so Ted will most likely run around looking for subs that aren't there. [:D]

I moved a rather large force 1 hex west of Sinyang and beat up on one of the healthy Chinese Corps. I pushed it out causing 4325 casualties to 13 Japanese casualties.

I took the unoccupied Tsiaotso. It's a dot hex with industry. I got Manpower 1(1), Resources 40 (0) and LI 40(0).

I destroyed the 8 Indian Bde and 1 Mysore Bn 2 hexes north of Kuala Lumpur, taking 972 captives for no loss. That's the second attack where the Imperial Guards Divisons destroyed it's opponents for no loss (the other was Georgetown).

I landed on Zamboanga (Mindinao) with the 2 SNLFs that took Manado. I'll attack tomorrow.

And now for some pictures......

[Mike Solli]

The Philippines. You can see where I have isolated 7 units. 31 are cowering in Bataan.