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You and I suffer from the same misfortune, Lecivius: The statement of any fact about AE shall be immediately and completely proven wrong and prompt a public and humbling correction by Alfred.

7/5/42

Singapore Shipyard: Another byproduct of the Singapore situation is that it's big shipyard is currently a wreck. Dave has been bombing both airfield and port to hamper fort building. I don't know if he's realizes what he's doing to the shipyard.

For awhile, I overlooked the fact that the repair toggle was On for the shipyard. Some damage was done up to that point and it had all been repaired. I assume that cost me some supply too. About two or three weeks ago, I turned off repairs, and the yard is now 90% damaged.

Alfred is not always correct.

Some of the Dutch ships might convert to AVPs. I think that the PC with no depth charges might.

Not having Singers is a cost. You have the HI - not him. You have the shipyard. If you have the resources there along with the fuel, you get the supplies. Where is his closest shipyard for his battleships? Where is his biggest port? If you take any airbase on Sumatra he has to be concerned with air resupply. The opportunity cost of not having his units elsewhere might come back to bite him. I am confident that you can make it so.

The corollary to my previous rule: Alfred is always right even when he isn't.

A shipyard is not part of the base like an airfield or port, it is an industry. Therefore it costs 1000 supply to repair each point of damage.

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Thanks, BB. I had no idea.

Purely be elegant coincidence, the PBY squadron at Kure has six aircraft.

P.S. Why does every player and forumite know more about this game than I do? I've been playing it and it's ancestors since 2002.

Use 2 AVD/AVP's to support a full PBY unit. Works for me. Once a month or so, run a small xAK in to resupply those AVD's.

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

P.S. Why does every player and forumite know more about this game than I do? I've been playing it and it's ancestors since 2002.

Think of the other side of that coin: Your strategic acumen obviates not knowing some of the game's relatively minor mechanics.

By the way, thanks for the data point on upgrades and supply.

Cheers,
CB

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

The corollary to my previous rule: Alfred is always right even when he isn't.

I would rather re-up, at my age, than dispute Alfred on how many pennies make a dollar [8D]

Where is his closest shipyard for his battleships?

He's got several big ports that should work well for rearming, but for major repairs to the big BBs I think he has to go back to Hong Kong at least. And that will apparently be true for a long time even after Singapore falls to the Japanese, considering how little of the shipyard is functional.

Soerabaja seems to have a size 65 shipyard but is currently about half damaged. Manila has a size 41, but is currently 25% damaged. Saigon and Pescadores have small yards. Hong Kong has a size 51 yard, and the Southern Home Islands have a handful of big shipyards, like Nagasaki at 121.

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

Soerabaja seems to have a size 65 shipyard but is currently about half damaged. Manila has a size 41, but is currently 25% damaged. Saigon and Pescadores have small yards. Hong Kong has a size 51 yard, and the Southern Home Islands have a handful of big shipyards, like Nagasaki at 121.

Soerabaja has 65?! It starts at 10. He must have invested 55,000 supply to increase it, knowing Singapore was not going to be available. And, BTW, you can't get BB's up river to Saigon, but, of course, you already knew that.

Stock Soerabaja is only 8. A 65 shipyard there seems preposterous. Is it really possible for the Japanese player to do that? [&:]

This is a size 65 shipyard, 30 of those points damaged, right?

ORIGINAL: jwolf

Stock Soerabaja is only 8. A 65 shipyard there seems preposterous. Is it really possible for the Japanese player to do that? [&:]

Possible? Yes, Java produces a LOT of supply. Reasonable? Hardly so.

Reminds me of the old cold war Soviet joke, that the Soviets have two TV channels, Channel-1, 24 hours Brezhnev and when you turn it to Soviet TV channel-2, 24 hours KGB telling you to turn it back to Soviet TV Channel-1. [:-]

That reminds me of a woman who told me last week that it's only rained twice this winter - once for 64 days and once for 48.

That sounds like the saying that there are two seasons in some states in the Northern US - especially the upper Midwest. Winter and road construction.

I could see expanding shipyards in Soerabaja, Saigon, and some other ports to 15,000 or even 20,000 larger to handle the larger Japanese cruisers and smaller fleet carriers. But that large? Is he planning on wrecking the Yamato that often?

I don't remember the actual thread that it was on, but I mention something happening and others people agreed with me that said something occurred. But Alfred stated that it can not happen because he never saw it and, worse, the Devs never mention that it can happen. But someone mentioned that it could happen way back in 2009 - before I even bought the game much less joining the forum.

7/6/42 to 7/10/42

China: After weeks of bombing, then amphibious landings, then two big bombardment TFs with three BBs for hitting the base for the past week, Dave tried a deliberate attack at Wenchow. The results are very encouraging. He's going to need more troops and more time to work out this sideshow.

7/10/42

Near Ichang: This is a worrisome hex. Dave's attack today failed but the Chinese corps is very vulnerable. On the other hand, a breakthrough here means advancing into jungle without roads. There is a weak backup unit with another en route, so we'll see.

7/11/42 to 8/14/42

This may be the longest span of time I've ever covered in a post. The front lines have been remarkably stable across the map. There are occasional battles or altercations here and there, but the front remains stable. Behind the front lines, the Allies are busy beavers. I'm sure the same is true for the Japanese.

China: Stability in China is a good thing in 1942. Dave's gotten sucked into a full-on siege of Wenchow, thus taking a lot of firepower for the past two months. That's good. But when he prevails there, as he inevitably must, that army will move forward and punch a hole in the Kweilin or Changsha sector, I'm guessing. A lot of the Japanese air force is committed here - against rear-guard Chinese troops up east of Sian, against Wenchow, and against some of the Chinese positions elsewhere.