Moderators: wdolson, Don Bowen, mogami
Ah, the perils of alternate history.
ORIGINAL: Grotius
19 December 1941 (reprise): We decided to re-do the turn in which my AA unit vanished. We issued identical orders with two exceptions. First, I stood down my air transport so that the AA unit wouldn't vanish. Second, at Cap's request, we agreed to a one-day cease-fire in air ops over Kuching. He had lost six bombers in his raid in our aborted turn at very high altitude, and since he was nice about the do-over, I figured I'd give him a chance to rest his bombers instead of forcing them to make another suicide run.
Anyway, the upshot was a surprisingly quiet turn. In the "first" version of this turn, I launched another massive airstrike on Clark Field, catching a bunch of planes on the ground; this time it didn't fly at all. And in the first version, his B-17s landed minor hits on my CVL and a CS; this time, his B-17s didn't hit anything. One thing was similar, though: I sunk an AO with a sub, and he turned around and sank my sub.
What am I doing wrong with my subs? His ASW is killing em like there's no tomorrow. I place them in deep-water almost exclusively; I keep them away from enemy land-based are (typically four hexes or more); I move them every turn; I try to target cripples rather than huge surface combat TFs. But still they go glug-glug-glug every turn. I have like a dozen left.
In other news, Cap seems to have figured out that I intended to sweep down the western railroad in Malaya, and he's making a stand at Kuala Lumpur. I see 34,000 troops there. I have 34,000 of my own one hex north, in Taiping, and two divisions not far behind, so I welcome the chance to take on the enemy here, outside the fortress of Singapore.
What am I doing wrong with my subs? His ASW is killing em like there's no tomorrow. I place them in deep-water almost exclusively; I keep them away from enemy land-based are (typically four hexes or more); I move them every turn; I try to target cripples rather than huge surface combat TFs. But still they go glug-glug-glug every turn. I have like a dozen left.
In other news, Cap seems to have figured out that I intended to sweep down the western railroad in Malaya, and he's making a stand at Kuala Lumpur. I see 34,000 troops there. I have 34,000 of my own one hex north, in Taiping, and two divisions not far behind, so I welcome the chance to take on the enemy here, outside the fortress of Singapore.
There useless due to American super asw.
