Turnaround? Lowpe (J) vs Tiemanj (A) Stock

[Lowpe]

Undetected so far. I am not sure that means a lot however.

[Lowpe]

Not sure how many victory points I will get out of this...but perhaps it will take some pressure off the front lines.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Undetected so far. I am not sure that means a lot however.

It's a ratings magnet. If the mini-series is a hit, one of the networks could pick it up.

[Lowpe]

I look at all the open territory that is parts of China and cringe. The Allies have shown a tendency for the deep invasion and I can easily see him steaming into the Yellow Sea with a huge invasion force looking to take China.

I have 2000 AV at Sinyang boarding trains now to fortify potential invasion sites. I also am looking at sending some troops to garrison Korea on the western side.

In addition I am trying to concentrate what is left of the IJN surface fleet so they might be able to rush the invasion sites.

Figure I have a week before the Deathstar is fueled and rearmed.

[Lowpe]

May 30, 1944

May is almost done; active radar, some TOE upgrades and great tanks in June.[:)]

Allies bomb Honshu, miss my air festung but suffer heavily from flak. All Jack squadrons were stood down to repair in a backwater base, along with the George squadrons.

The obsolete Val is a pretty good Fletcher killer. Here we get another. I had two Helen squadrons within range to strike (one at 3K with good NavB skills, the other at 2K with good LowN skills) neither flew.[:(]

[Lowpe]

Indochina.

The pause that refreshes down at Cam Ranh Bay. Lack of supplies is hurting my healing, I think having so many troops at Lang Son hurts supply distribution down the line.

Have to be careful here, as I suspect the Allies got what they wanted, Saigon, and will now be moving ships forward and be looking at an amphibious invasion which they have done well the whole game.

[Lowpe]

Butchers Bill in the air...or should I say by Flak. Allies like using SBDs to bomb runways and they hit Tokyo yesterday.

[Lowpe]

Spotted!

[Lowpe]

Closest spotted carriers...

[Lowpe]

B29s hit Tokyo, too. Not pretty.

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Spotted!

Not too surprising. [:)]

[Lokasenna]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Spotted!

Not too surprising. [:)]

Spotted, but can he do anything about it? I'm skeptical.

[Lowpe]

I live in fear of those low flying, relatively long distance assault bombers. I have lots of fighters very low...but still. Fear, I tell you.[X(]

I have set up escape routes on either side of NG with fuel and akes. Hope I get away!

[Alfred]

Do not just automatically run away.  You being spotted is actually good for you.
 
The purpose of sending the KB to strategic bomb Australian industry is not just to harvest strategic points but to mobilise an otherwise worthless asset.  If you go back you will see that I thought all those air attacks on Allied carriers were very dubious.  You have now come to the realisation that you threw away thousands of aircraft.
 
Under what circumstances could the KB be employed fruitfully.  Certainly not fighting the Allied carrier death star.  Your air attack would be shredded just like your LBA regularly is.  The KB could try to go after isolated merchantmen which are not under the cover of Allied fighters but not only are those hard to find, it discloses the whereabouts of the KB for no benefit and almost certain destruction.  At this stage of the war the KB is practically useless.
 
But sending it off to Australia uses the interior lines which you still possess and is away from the enemy carriers getting quickly into position to fight it.  The operation, because it has a meaningful threat with the prospect of a good ROI (unlike sending the KB to the Marquesas in the hope of catching a stray isolated merchantman), will either yield valuable VPs or pull enemy forces away from their current missions which are more dangerous.  Remember with your interior lines you have a chance to lead the enemy carriers on a merry dance away from the real action.
 
So being spotted is actually good.  Being spotted is not the same as being trapped.
 
Alfred
 
 

[Lowpe]

May 31, 1944

Allies sweep Honshu...no bombers. No bombing in Indochina. No Allied bombing anywhere. Incredible.

The KB steams forward, shakes the spotting Allied planes and continues on to her launch point.

[Lowpe]

The closest Allied detected carrier group seems heading for Guam.

[modrow]

ORIGINAL: Alfred

Do not just automatically run away.  You being spotted is actually good for you.

The purpose of sending the KB to strategic bomb Australian industry is not just to harvest strategic points but to mobilise an otherwise worthless asset.  If you go back you will see that I thought all those air attacks on Allied carriers were very dubious.  You have now come to the realisation that you threw away thousands of aircraft.

Under what circumstances could the KB be employed fruitfully.  Certainly not fighting the Allied carrier death star.  Your air attack would be shredded just like your LBA regularly is.  The KB could try to go after isolated merchantmen which are not under the cover of Allied fighters but not only are those hard to find, it discloses the whereabouts of the KB for no benefit and almost certain destruction.  At this stage of the war the KB is practically useless.

But sending it off to Australia uses the interior lines which you still possess and is away from the enemy carriers getting quickly into position to fight it.  The operation, because it has a meaningful threat with the prospect of a good ROI (unlike sending the KB to the Marquesas in the hope of catching a stray isolated merchantman), will either yield valuable VPs or pull enemy forces away from their current missions which are more dangerous.  Remember with your interior lines you have a chance to lead the enemy carriers on a merry dance away from the real action.

So being spotted is actually good.  Being spotted is not the same as being trapped.

Alfred

Great spot on [8D] spot analysis[8D][8D], on the spot [8D][8D][8D], IMO

Hartwig

[Lowpe]

A very quiet day here. Allied ships show up at Saigon. Very ominous.

[JocMeister]

Be very, very careful down there.

Don´t remember when the US attack bombers show up but they will not only shoot down your CAP but they are absolutely devastating against soft targets. I had some 300 in squadrons if I remember correctly. It will only take him a couple of days to get all the LBA down there...

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

Be very, very careful down there.

Don´t remember when the US attack bombers show up but they will not only shoot down your CAP but they are absolutely devastating against soft targets. I had some 300 in squadrons if I remember correctly. It will only take him a couple of days to get all the LBA down there...

At this point they really should be forward deployed. Fingers crossed!