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

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

I suppose we should actually start this game soon.

Hello...I think you have the kernel of an idea there..crude, yes....but promising


How do we divide up the forces of the Emperor?

Geographic?

Tasked for operation?

By HQ?

Free for all? [:)]

[modrow]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Hello...I think you have the kernel of an idea there..crude, yes....but promising


How do we divide up the forces of the Emperor?

Geographic?

Tasked for operation?

By HQ?

Free for all? [:)]

Depending on the last name of the commanding officer of the respective asset in game comes to mind as an interesting option...

Hartwig

[ny59giants]

He who scores highest on the OCD-ness test gets the economy. After that, its easy to divide things up.

[sprior]

Good question. Want to try an historical divide and do Army/Navy?

[Cap Mandrake]

Seems like China, Korea, garrison forces of Vietnam are one command unit.

Industry management and bringing resources back to the home islands a command unit.

Seems like the subs should be divided up somehow based on geographic need.

Ground units as per their geographic task/area of operations (which we haven't decided yet[:)])

Naval forces and air forces as per ooperational needs?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Good question. Want to try an historical divide and do Army/Navy?

We know how well that worked hsitorically. [:)]

Seem like theater/operational divisions make more sense.

[Cap Mandrake]

Even more basically, we need broad strategic goals before we allocate resources, especially the big LCU's.

Big Push in India?

Northern Oz?

Aleutians?

Hawaii with quick development of golf course porperties?

Cut off communication to Oz? Marquesas for eg.

Quick vicotry on Luzon?

Total fuel starvation of Oz?

Kiddnap operations on Fermi, Oppie and that Hungarian guy with the big eyebrows?

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Seems like China, Korea, garrison forces of Vietnam are one command unit.

Industry management and bringing resources back to the home islands a command unit.

Seems like the subs should be divided up somehow based on geographic need.

Ground units as per their geographic task/area of operations (which we haven't decided yet[:)])

Naval forces and air forces as per ooperational needs?

Sounds good. I'll run the Ministry of Suppry, extra fish heads for me!

You can have China this time. I'd quite like SE Asia and DEI.

[sprior]

I don't think we need to take Northern Oz, the HR prevents strat bombing in DEI so Palembang is safe. We should drive south and southeast to isolate Oz from the US.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

You can have China this time.

Broody generous [:D]

I'd quite like SE Asia and DEI.

What if you go up against Warpsite, your favorite ship? [:)]

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

What if you go up against Warpsite, your favorite ship? [:)]

If she's in transit to one of your areas I'll leave her be.

[poodlebrain]

Who gets custody of the KB, and what are the non-custodial party's visitation rights?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

I don't think we need to take Northern Oz,

I tend to agree with you on that. Trying to hold on to Northern Oz can destroy the IJN as we have seen. Maybe Darwin can be defended once taken if we had New Guinea, Horn Island and the Lesser Sundas defended.

HR prevents strat bombing in DEI so Palembang is safe.

Once it's captured [:)]

We should drive south and southeast to isolate Oz from the US.

Yes, I like that one too.

[sprior]

We could do Darwin but then we just invite the whole bloody Australian army to the party. If we use Timor/Ambon as a shie;d then we can make them come and get us.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

We could do Darwin but then we just invite the whole bloody Australian army to the party. If we use Timor/Ambon as a shie;d then we can make them come and get us.

How about that little isrand North of Darwin with that nice Episcopal Priest (or was he a Papist?), then they would have to get on war canoes to attack. [:)]

I take it then that Luzon/Mindanao/New Guinea would be one operational area? Or perhaps the PI is part of the DEI command but that would presumably leave very few large LCU's for the pacific once freed up in the PI.

[sprior]

Yes they would but they could isolate the place with air power and MTBs.

I think PI is one command with Truk, NG and Solomons and then the pacific atolls another.

[Rio Bravo]

This is going to be fun to follow.

[sprior]

If I drive SE Asia and DEI can I invade Ceylon? I hear the tea there is fabulous.

[uncivil_servant]

What if you two split up the land forces and non-carrier air forces - say one gets army land and one gets navy land, and then you split fighter and bomber squadrons so you each have planes to cover your assigned areas to conquer. That leads the navy and you can divvy those up - 1 gets KB, other gets KBL, KBL person gets better BBs, KB person fewer, etc,etc

?

just a thought

[Cap Mandrake]

**************Keaiwa Heiau overlook, Oahu, Dec 1, 1941(d)****************

Mr. Tanaka: <with binolculars..Mrs. Tanaka is taking notes> Big-ah one...rittah one....TWO Big-ah ones....rittah one, big-ah one.....<a sailor and a nurse walk buy with blushed faces, evidentry rooking for bushes to fornicate in>....ahhhh...yerrow throated thrush, femare....<the couple passes>

Mrs. Tanaka: Can we stop now?

Mr. Tanaka: No, stihr rooking for frat ones.