Fulkerson (J) vs Moore (A) ( no Moore )

[larryfulkerson]

And then there's a second alpha strike on the Allied carriers. So all three carriers have received some kind of damage. Maybe they
are damaged so that they can't get away easily now. Cool.

[larryfulkerson]

And then a different group of Oscars decide to sweep Singapore again.

[larryfulkerson]

And then there's this ground attack near Kuantan. The Allied dudes aren't retreating to the south like they are supposed to. I'll have to
chase them down I guess.

[larryfulkerson]

Then there's this Jap bombardment attack at Manila:

[larryfulkerson]

And then there was this Deliberate Attack at Bear Claw:

[larryfulkerson]

And then the Allies do a bombardment attack at Port Moresby where I lose some more people. My dudes are out of supply.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the supply situation at Port Moresby for the Japs.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the air losses so far:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the resource levels at the big three producers showing the difference from 15Feb to 16Feb

[larryfulkerson]

Oh yeah, what about the Gasmata thing? Well, TF 151 is docked loading supplies as fast as she can go and it looks like the other TF
in the hex has loaded all the ground troops and the AA guns and is headed for Rabaul where I'll deposit these and see if I can't pick up
the larger INF unit than this one embarked. Maybe they can hold their own at Gasmata. Maybe Jim will notice one of these days that
nobody is home at Gasmata and he can have it if he asks nicely. The Mayor's door is always open. But maybe Jim won't notice and
then on the return trip w/ the larger unit I'll just land at the docks and unload rather than have to fight for it across the beach. Ugh

Maybe I should have left the smaller unit where it was and just go get the larger one from Rabaul and just bring it to Gasmata and leave
Rabaul open for a week or so until I could get the smaller unit there. Yeah, that sounds like the better idea....I'm new at this can you
tell?

EDIT: I decided to open the city panel and turn on all the building and repairing and expanding I could in a vain effort to use up some of those supplies that are going to fall in Jim's hand when he captures Gasmata. If he does. He probably will. He's watching that hex
isn't he? I would. I'd like to think I would. Maybe it'll get lost in the forest of detail he's got to keep track of. I sometimes get lost in all
the data I'm trying to keep track of. Have to look things up twice, that sort of thing. The old memory's going I guess. Happens when
you get old. Everything starts shutting down slowly. But I digress.

[larryfulkerson]

I was deciding for TF 3 just now......it's headed for Tokyo and I got curious about Tokyo and how it's doing now-a-days and looked up
some data and did a cut and paste and here it is:

[larryfulkerson]

Fuel isn't needed from the home islands as much as it used to be so there's no really good place to send a big slug 46K+ tons of fuel
right now. I'm sending it to location Bubble Drop but that destination may change enroute to Cam Rahn Bay or somewhere you never
know where's the right place until you almost there anyway, conditions change, plans change, you gotta go with the flow and be flexible
to ambient conditions. Gotta have the 'big picture' in your head all the time.

[larryfulkerson]

China:
A big mess that I'd rather not think about. I'm thinking that with so little pushing and shoving going on maybe Jim's giving China a cold shoulder too.
I wouldn't mind doing a 'quiet china' scenario if that's possible. Maybe if I don't start any massive movement(s) in China Jim will largely forget about
it too.

South Pacific
I'm more interested in the blue water ops. The interplay of ships, planes, and troops being moved via ship somewhere. I'm guessing that the
period of intense invasions are largely a thing of the past for Japan maybe. I've, for the most part, already captured maybe 90% of what I'm after I
guess. I've been giving some thought to maybe investing some troops in Australia in some small way and see how that goes, maybe capture Darwin
or some other Allied city hard to supply for the Allies but easy for me to take quickly. I'll build some airports on the islands north of Darwin and see
if conditions merit going ahead.

Manila:
I'm half-way convinced that the Phillippines is going to be a major problem for me unless and until I get some more planes actively bombing. I've
tried to shoot up Bataan and got some DMS boats sunk. That's not going to work......so I'll have to see what I can do overland and by air.
Operation Beat Down was schedlued to end sometime in April like in real history, but it's looking like there's going to be some land action going
on in Manila way past April. Maybe not. We'll see.

Port Moresby:
I'm thinking maybe I'll have to give up Port Moresby. Everytime Jim does a bombardment attack I lose 130 people or so. There's only 7500
people left there of mine and they are really low on supply. So I either gotta get them some supplies somehow or maybe put together a
super-convoy and get those people out of there to save their lives. On the other hand, I could leave that unit there and just bring in
another divisions worth of troops. I'll have to see if I can buy out something from Manchuria or somewhere and get them here most ricky
tic. Which is a basterdization of Vietnamese for "a real hurry".

Singapore:
I'm still moving people south. I need to have at least parity before I move into the Singapore hex....I figure that ought to be enough to harry
the defenders a bit. But on the other hand I'm not sure I have enough troops already landed to give me parity with the Allies. I may have
to bring in more troops yet to really get the process moving. I've got a bombing campaign going on to beat down the Singapore defenders
and it's not really up to speed yet but I expect it to get going any day now. I don't figure on doing any Strategic Bombing of Singapore since
I plan on using it after I capture it. I'd like the facilities to be intact thank you very much.

Java:
Um......Java is the newest adventure I've got going. I've landed on the two ends of the island and I've got people moving toward the middle
but it's taking longer than I had planned and we're looking at the end of March at the earliest for that particular campaign to end. Not much
more than a matter of taking the cities and destroying the enemy troops, all happening overland pretty much. I'm planning on building some
air fields and repairing those there already so as to have some bombing help the process. Not very many Dutch fighters have flown here
lately....maybe he's running out of Dutch fighters. I've got a CVE moving into position to surpress either Singapore or Java as the need
arrises.

Christmas Island IO:
I'm planning on giving this back to the Allies at some point. I don't really need it for much, it adds very little and is hard to defend adequately
so I'm thinking I'll just evacuate the troops and keep drawing resources from it as long as I continue to own it. I just took it for the resources.

[larryfulkerson]

The TF name field says "8Feb BubbleDrop" and the TF is going to land at Tokyo on the 17th of Feb so it takes 9 days at 12 knots to
go from Bubble Drop to Tokyo. Good to know. That's not the longest journey but more like the average trip.

[larryfulkerson]

It looks like Jim is bringing up the CV he had based in Ceylon ( or somewhere ) to Java. I don't know what he expects to happen with
his carrier but I'm keeping an eye on it and I'm going to go after it somehow in the coming turns.

[larryfulkerson]

Near Guam I found two Tina units that I transfered to Rabaul and now I've got them flying supplies to Port Moresby. Maybe it'll make a
difference to the guys on the ground. Port Moresby is an enemy base so I'm just guessing that those supplies I'm delivering are just
shoved out the transport door or maybe parachuted to the ground, yes? Since it's an enemy base I'm not sure that anything will be
delivered at all. Anybody know?

[ctangus]

Love all the pics. It's like getting the highlights of the combat replay and doing the turn without watching the whole thing or making all the mouseclicks.

A couple thoughts/questions. Note: this is based on WITP PBEM experience, but not AE.

Port Moresby:
I'm thinking maybe I'll have to give up Port Moresby. Everytime Jim does a bombardment attack I lose 130 people or so. There's only 7500
people left there of mine and they are really low on supply. So I either gotta get them some supplies somehow or maybe put together a
super-convoy and get those people out of there to save their lives. On the other hand, I could leave that unit there and just bring in
another divisions worth of troops. I'll have to see if I can buy out something from Manchuria or somewhere and get them here most ricky
tic. Which is a basterdization of Vietnamese for "a real hurry".

Is PM an operational AF? If so what does he have based there? Has he been getting any shipping in? Dunno for sure but this early in the game it's likely he's not swimming in supplies either. Maybe a bit better than you if he's conducting bombardment attacks, but probably not huge amounts either.

Near Guam I found two Tina units that I transfered to Rabaul and now I've got them flying supplies to Port Moresby. Maybe it'll make a
difference to the guys on the ground. Port Moresby is an enemy base so I'm just guessing that those supplies I'm delivering are just
shoved out the transport door or maybe parachuted to the ground, yes? Since it's an enemy base I'm not sure that anything will be
delivered at all. Anybody know?

Haven't run across it in AE yet, but in WITP you could fly supplies in such a circumstance. IIRC not as efficient as flying to your own base (simulating supply canisters falling into the jungle). On the other hand I believe if the enemy has CAP there your transports could be in a world of hurt.

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: ctangus
Love all the pics. It's like getting the highlights of the combat replay and doing the turn without watching the whole thing or making all the mouseclicks.

Thanks for your kind words. I'm trying to get this thing to read sort of like a comic book. A picture to give the idea and some words to
help explain what's not shown. Or to convey my opinion.

ORIGINAL: ctangus
Is PM an operational AF? If so what does he have based there? Has he been getting any shipping in? Dunno for sure but this early in the game it's likely he's not swimming in supplies either. Maybe a bit better than you if he's conducting bombardment attacks, but probably not huge amounts either.

Port Moresby may indeed be operational but I'm making daily Betty raids and they haven't run into any CAP yet and I'm thinking Jim
has probably evacuated his planes back to OZ. I'd like to capture PM in it's operational state if possible but I can repair it if not.I'm
doing my moves for Rob's game right now so I don't have the turn loaded and in front of me, so I can't tell you what the mouseover
popup says but I seem to remember doing some bombardment earlier and the airfield may indeed have damage already. Sorry,
I don't remember right off hand. He hasn't been getting any shipping in as I have instituted a sort of blockade on the east coast of
OZ and I'm hunting down and sinking any ships that venture forth so far. I don't anticipate any Allied shipping headed for PM for
quite a while now and at least as long into the future. I don't know for sure what the Allied supply situation is right now, but I agree with
you that it's probably low and each bombardment attack he makes drives supply even lower. He may be running in the red even as
we speak. Either way bombardment attacks will eventually have to stop. Maybe soon.

Near Guam I found two Tina units that I transfered to Rabaul and now I've got them flying supplies to Port Moresby. Maybe it'll make a difference to the guys on the ground. Port Moresby is an enemy base so I'm just guessing that those supplies I'm delivering are just shoved out the transport door or maybe parachuted to the ground, yes? Since it's an enemy base I'm not sure that anything will be delivered at all. Anybody know?

ORIGINAL: ctangus
Haven't run across it in AE yet, but in WITP you could fly supplies in such a circumstance. IIRC not as efficient as flying to your own base (simulating supply canisters falling into the jungle). On the other hand I believe if the enemy has CAP there your transports could be in a world of hurt.

It's good to know that supply is indeed flowing to my guys at PM, even if just a little. Jim may pick up that I've got transports flying into
PM and move some CAP to PM in the future but so far there is none. I have some Zero's on Lae set on LRCAP and I'm guessing they
will act to protect my transports somewhat. Long story in a short form: I'm going to try to hang onto PM and see what happens next.
Thanks for your input muchly.

[larryfulkerson]

Sapporo is one of the bases I visit to pick up resources and it's always low on fuel. I have to have SOME fuel there to run the HI
industry and every ship that docks there has to refuel ( unless I specifically set the TF to "no refuel" ) so Sapporo is perpetually
low on fuel. I just happen to have a TF at Port Arthur that has a load of fuel and I'm sending it to Sapporo where it will land in about
10 days or so. I'm hoping Sapporo has enough fuel to last that long.

[larryfulkerson]

I've also been going to Kiejo for a lot of my resources. It's a short trip and so far Kiejo has about 75K resources so I'll be going there for
a while yet. Um.....some of the ships in the TF haven't unloaded all the way yet. Rather than sit still for one more day to let them
unload I'll just send them partially loaded w/ the TF and get a head start on the upload at Kiejo. More efficient that way I figure.