A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: sprior

The Aussies aren't in Mersing in this scenario. Maybe we can use the Netties to sink the RN and bring down the BBs at Singora to provide surface coverage. There are Zeroes at Soc Trang that might provide LRCAP.

Wow, didn't know the Aussie brigade isn't at Mersing. That is tempting.

I do think the two BB's plus the 4 CA force in separate taffy's could cover the Mersing landing. If Force Z reacts you get a daytime battle of roughly matched forces plus the CA's to stand by in case Force Z wins. It also does not seem gamey to land there on turn 1 if you send two strong SCTF's.

If Force Z goes South or SW it seems they always get away unless you stir up the mix with carriers.

The gaminess that people talk about with respect to the Mersing landing on turn 1 has to do with prior warning that the British would have had due to active Allied search.

Yes, I see your point. Probably an extra 12 hrs of travel in the real world for 15 kt transports to get to Mersing although the transports heading for the Malaysian Peninsula were spotted prior to Dec 7 in real life. They just weren't sure what the Shinto Boys were up to.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Wirraway_Ace

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: sprior

The Aussies aren't in Mersing in this scenario. Maybe we can use the Netties to sink the RN and bring down the BBs at Singora to provide surface coverage. There are Zeroes at Soc Trang that might provide LRCAP.

Wow, didn't know the Aussie brigade isn't at Mersing. That is tempting.

I do think the two BB's plus the 4 CA force in separate taffy's could cover the Mersing landing. If Force Z reacts you get a daytime battle of roughly matched forces plus the CA's to stand by in case Force Z wins. It also does not seem gamey to land there on turn 1 if you send two strong SCTF's.

If Force Z goes South or SW it seems they always get away unless you stir up the mix with carriers.

Which two BBs matters quite a bit. The Kongos are not normally a match for POW. She can penetrate their armor at just about any range and her heavy armor creates a much larger immunity zone in return. You need the two Nagatos in theater as fast a possible, though you will need AKEs to rearm them too.

Good point. Also, in a daylight battle with good visibility the Long Lance might not be such a factor. The problem for Force Z, if they head North, are the Netties

[Cap Mandrake]

Why didn't anyone tell us it was this complicated? [:D]

[Symon]

Woof !! This one is gonna be kinda, sorta, little bit good for a Vogon epic, maybe. Like the towel motief; keeps the wet spots away. Looking forward to this. [:)]

Don't know if I would do Mersing ... the Ext Map tweaks S Malaysia a bit and puts the 22nd Aus Bde at Kluong and 27th Aus Bde at Johore Bharu. That's kinda where they actually were, so please be gentle

Ciao. J [8D]

[zuluhour]

GEEEZ, now I'm going to have to get a Rapanese dictionary.

[witpqs]

Vogon poetry!

[sanch]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Why didn't anyone tell us it was this complicated? [:D]

Wait till you try to figure out how to invest Singers, and Palembang, and Borneo, and PM, and Rangoon, and Aleutians, and Solomons, and Celebes, and ramp up China, and get Batavia and Soerabaya, and all those little dot bases that refuse to spontaneously turn red, and get all this done (and maybe Oz or Ceylon) before your amphibious bonus goes away. Turn 1 is easy!

My head just about exploded from overload starting my PBEM as Japan.

[witpqs]

Especially Kalao.

[uncivil_servant]

Wait... I might have an idea of what your strategy will be..

[Cap Mandrake]

Oh freddled gruntbuggly,
Thy micturitions are to me,
As plurdled gabbleblotchits,
On a lurgid bee,
That mordiously hath blurted out,
Its earted jurtles,
Into a rancid festering confectious organ squealer. [drowned out by moaning and screaming]
Now the jurpling slayjid agrocrustles,
Are slurping hagrilly up the axlegrurts,
And living glupules frart and slipulate,
Like jowling meated liverslime,
Groop, I implore thee, my foonting turling dromes,
And hooptiously drangle me,
With crinkly bindlewurdles,
Or else I shall rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon,
See if I don't.

[witpqs]

Did you know that Google only allows 32 words in Queries? Oh, and you have a little spelling error. [:D]

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: uncivil_servant

Wait... I might have an idea of what your strategy will be..

Quick, do an audit of all the fourth rotors, I fear one may have gone missing.

[kaleun]

Suscribed

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: kaleun

Suscribed

I'm sorry. I hope the effects won't be too long lasting.

[poodlebrain]

Do you have time in your preparations for war as the Japanese to recite Grunthos the Flatulent's epic Ode To A Small Lump Of Green Putty I Found In MY Armpit One Midsummer Morning? A true Vogon masterpiece. As far as a war strategy you could just go around blowing things up in Vogon fashion.

[poodlebrain]

One other matter to clear up before you are otherwise occupied. Will the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation play a role similar to that of M&M Enterprises during this war? Will Marvin be their representative? Will Japanese aircraft and ships be equipped with a "Genuine People Personality" similar to Marvin? Just think how many volunteers you can get for Kamikaze missions if your weapons platforms are as depressing as Marvin.

[sprior]

No, but they will all be issued with a towel.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: sprior

No, but they will all be issued with a towel.

...embroidered with Vogon poetry! [:D]

[sprior]

I suppose we should actually start this game soon.

[poodlebrain]

ORIGINAL: sprior

I suppose we should actually start this game soon.

I was waiting to see how many pages this After Action Report would contain before there was any action to report, review and analyze.