Been having plenty of wierd dreams the past Half term week, but i had a dream Rob landed with 72 units into an empty Kuala Lumpur, totally unopposed and unseen.
Quite pleased when i woke up and realised, the 43rd Div is on its way to Malaya and will dig in at the Malayan capital. I cant throw enough land troops to defend the whole Western Malaya coast strong enough to have a chance of repelling him, it would have to be up to great performances by my surface and air forces to do that, but i hope i can put enough ground forces in the place to discourage him on landing here, or at least make it a stalemate..
The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-1946 LilJoe v Rob
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RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-1946 LilJoe v Rob
Another question whilst me and Rob sort somthing out, ive halted several engine factorties, to not waste supplies, but when i halt them, on the industry overview page, its not showing any less engines being built.
For example:
Im building somthing like 220 Kawasaki engines per month, but only need 184, so i halt a couple of 20 engine factories, but it still appears as 220(0) Kawasaki engines, im watching my supply levels to see if its having any effect...
For example:
Im building somthing like 220 Kawasaki engines per month, but only need 184, so i halt a couple of 20 engine factories, but it still appears as 220(0) Kawasaki engines, im watching my supply levels to see if its having any effect...
RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-1946 LilJoe v Rob
10- 11th July 1943
Got my arse kicked today!
Lunga airfield and its airforce is no more, lost over 200 aircraft on the ground, theres only around 10-15 aircraft left, and the runway and airfield facilities are totally destroyed.
Seems a bit ridiculous, but what can i do...
Sending in the Yamato and co to flatten Rennel to get some revenge, not his PT's boats have gone home.
Sallys based out of Taiwan hit one of the many Allies subs in the Luzon straights, they are easily the best aircraft for ASW duties, the stage of the game we're in, theres not much other use for them eiether, very effective at nabbing subs, bit of advice for all you jap fanboys out there!.
Trusty Emilys flying out fo Bangkok, sighted the Battleship Valiant at Andaman, and some transports too. i expect, a bombardment..and possibly a landing somewhere beteewn Rangoon and Victoria Point, probably Victoria, not much i can do to stop him if he brings along enough force, Victoria has a level 1 fort, and a weakened Division around 300 assault points in total, ive been expecting a landing along this front for a while now, Songkhia and Tavoy are both well fortified and have decent garrisions, so even if he did take the place, i dont think he could roam far, but it'd be a level 7 airfield on the doorstep of Bangkok and Saigon....further weakening the Burma front.
I sent the Mini KB north to sit behind the base on the other side of the coast to try and catch him out...43rd Div is loading up in Japan, and a amphib Brigade just passed Saigon and will be in the theatre soon...
We're gonna get hit very hard, very soon.
Got my arse kicked today!
Lunga airfield and its airforce is no more, lost over 200 aircraft on the ground, theres only around 10-15 aircraft left, and the runway and airfield facilities are totally destroyed.
Seems a bit ridiculous, but what can i do...
Sending in the Yamato and co to flatten Rennel to get some revenge, not his PT's boats have gone home.
Sallys based out of Taiwan hit one of the many Allies subs in the Luzon straights, they are easily the best aircraft for ASW duties, the stage of the game we're in, theres not much other use for them eiether, very effective at nabbing subs, bit of advice for all you jap fanboys out there!.
Trusty Emilys flying out fo Bangkok, sighted the Battleship Valiant at Andaman, and some transports too. i expect, a bombardment..and possibly a landing somewhere beteewn Rangoon and Victoria Point, probably Victoria, not much i can do to stop him if he brings along enough force, Victoria has a level 1 fort, and a weakened Division around 300 assault points in total, ive been expecting a landing along this front for a while now, Songkhia and Tavoy are both well fortified and have decent garrisions, so even if he did take the place, i dont think he could roam far, but it'd be a level 7 airfield on the doorstep of Bangkok and Saigon....further weakening the Burma front.
I sent the Mini KB north to sit behind the base on the other side of the coast to try and catch him out...43rd Div is loading up in Japan, and a amphib Brigade just passed Saigon and will be in the theatre soon...
We're gonna get hit very hard, very soon.
RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-1946 LilJoe v Rob
12- 13th July 1943
Lunga airfield is closed for the foreseeable future, gonna try to russel up some Ak's from Rabaul to load up the squadrons and rebuild them in my rear areas, as there is now only one Tony aircraft that is combat ready now, after more big B-17 raids.
Unlike Baker i should still be able to reinforce the place from the sea, and sending in a Heavy AA regiment from Tokyo, to see if it helps.
Rob took another base on the northen tip of Sumatra, my naval bombers at Songkhia failed to sorty at the barges that visted the place this turn, presumably to drop off some supplies for the Indian invaders, sad to see our asian brothers still enslaved and fighting under the banner of the white colonialists, a flight of Emilys will drop leaflets urging them to switch sides tomorrow, to fight the good fight of freedom!
Talking of Emily's some naval search from Bangkok/Rangoon, revealed a Brit CV the Victorious, also at harbour at Andaman, he has the AVG amongst other fighters there, also considering his Brit Cv's might have Corsairs on their decks, a naval attack is out of the question, so i retired the mini KB back to Saigon, much needed supplies and ground reinforcements will soon land in the Malaya/Burma area.
Been considering sending the full KB into the Indian ocean, to raid his shipping routes beteewn Sri Lanka and Andaman/Sabang, to perhaps draw him into a CV battle thinking its the mini KB again, but well armoured brit cv's that possibly have corsairs on their decks is not very welcoming, as is drawing away the cornerstone of my defense from the pacific islands that need them, so i've decided against it.
British Battleships and Carriers at Andaman
My bombardment of Rennel by the Yamato taskforce was greeted by a lone AK, which was promptly seen off, took 59 shells and one torp before going down though! Allied ship building is truly wonderous, espically when we consider how much damage their Cv's took before going down in the battle of Canton island! A worrying thought for the future...
The Ak seemed to drop off some Coastal defences, eiether that or some of the artillery peices of the ground forces got lucky, two Destroyers where hit, one critically, might not make it.. The Haruna grop will now go in to keep the pressure up, set escorts to not bombard just to stay safe...
Damaged another sub in the straights north of Luzon, if i keep up this pressure i think ill force Rob out of this area, thus making my busiest shipping route much safer... Hes inflicted far too many casualties on my shipping the past few days for me to let him win this battle.
Lunga airfield is closed for the foreseeable future, gonna try to russel up some Ak's from Rabaul to load up the squadrons and rebuild them in my rear areas, as there is now only one Tony aircraft that is combat ready now, after more big B-17 raids.
Unlike Baker i should still be able to reinforce the place from the sea, and sending in a Heavy AA regiment from Tokyo, to see if it helps.
Rob took another base on the northen tip of Sumatra, my naval bombers at Songkhia failed to sorty at the barges that visted the place this turn, presumably to drop off some supplies for the Indian invaders, sad to see our asian brothers still enslaved and fighting under the banner of the white colonialists, a flight of Emilys will drop leaflets urging them to switch sides tomorrow, to fight the good fight of freedom!
Talking of Emily's some naval search from Bangkok/Rangoon, revealed a Brit CV the Victorious, also at harbour at Andaman, he has the AVG amongst other fighters there, also considering his Brit Cv's might have Corsairs on their decks, a naval attack is out of the question, so i retired the mini KB back to Saigon, much needed supplies and ground reinforcements will soon land in the Malaya/Burma area.
Been considering sending the full KB into the Indian ocean, to raid his shipping routes beteewn Sri Lanka and Andaman/Sabang, to perhaps draw him into a CV battle thinking its the mini KB again, but well armoured brit cv's that possibly have corsairs on their decks is not very welcoming, as is drawing away the cornerstone of my defense from the pacific islands that need them, so i've decided against it.
British Battleships and Carriers at Andaman
My bombardment of Rennel by the Yamato taskforce was greeted by a lone AK, which was promptly seen off, took 59 shells and one torp before going down though! Allied ship building is truly wonderous, espically when we consider how much damage their Cv's took before going down in the battle of Canton island! A worrying thought for the future...
The Ak seemed to drop off some Coastal defences, eiether that or some of the artillery peices of the ground forces got lucky, two Destroyers where hit, one critically, might not make it.. The Haruna grop will now go in to keep the pressure up, set escorts to not bombard just to stay safe...
Damaged another sub in the straights north of Luzon, if i keep up this pressure i think ill force Rob out of this area, thus making my busiest shipping route much safer... Hes inflicted far too many casualties on my shipping the past few days for me to let him win this battle.
RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-1946 LilJoe v Rob
Just to let you know im still alive, the game in now in early september, Robs begun his assualt as you probably already know.
Im feeling a tad overwhelmed, didnt know Rob would go this far this soon, PM yeah..but now Tassafonga and Gilli, KB is being called off of shore leave and refits, will rally in Tokyo before headed to Truk, i think his Carrier forces are just covering the Gilli invasion, so im gonna try and hurt the Guadacanal invasion.
Im not sure why its landing there to be hoenst, theres nothing he can do with it, maybe just to pin down the troops there, to prevent them interfering in landings at Lunga. Seems a bit too large for a pinning down/diversion attack, Yamato/Hyurga taskforce is sailing into the open sea N of Guadacanal, for a possible tokyo express run on the place.
Any advice would be happily taken.
Im feeling a tad overwhelmed, didnt know Rob would go this far this soon, PM yeah..but now Tassafonga and Gilli, KB is being called off of shore leave and refits, will rally in Tokyo before headed to Truk, i think his Carrier forces are just covering the Gilli invasion, so im gonna try and hurt the Guadacanal invasion.
Im not sure why its landing there to be hoenst, theres nothing he can do with it, maybe just to pin down the troops there, to prevent them interfering in landings at Lunga. Seems a bit too large for a pinning down/diversion attack, Yamato/Hyurga taskforce is sailing into the open sea N of Guadacanal, for a possible tokyo express run on the place.
Any advice would be happily taken.
RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-1946 LilJoe v Rob
Robs dissapeared of the face of the earth, havent heard from him for about a week now, hope hes ok.
Its a pleasant break from the combat nonetheless though...
Anyone esle seen him?
Its a pleasant break from the combat nonetheless though...
Anyone esle seen him?
RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-1946 LilJoe v Rob
He said he was moving in his AAR. He's probably cut off from the Internet for a while.
RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-1946 LilJoe v Rob
Ah, nice of him to tell me. [:D]
RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-1946 LilJoe v Rob
Its half term for me, so ive got a bit more spare time, so ill revive this for the time being at least, would be a shame for rob not to be able to see some of my thoughts during big battles...soo
Its now Late October, as most of you following this AAR will know from robs side of events.
Only thing of note to say is my failed suprise attack on the British fleet in the Malacca straights, my huge fighter advantage managed to smash through his cap at Medan, but his battleships where locked away safely in port, i predicted wrongly that he would have his ships out at sea.
Probably for the best though, bad weather and poor coordination gave me less bombers than i would have wanted, the flak from a port attack and the british battleships would have probably made the attack a failure.
It still puts rob in a bit of predicament, hell probably abandon lcap over the ground combat at Medan to protect his own ships as they flee to Sabang, so thats where im attacking, hopefully the weather will clear and i can have a huge ground attack on the british intruders at Medan to aid my brave men on the ground.
Lots of subs outside Marcus and Wake, rob insisted after the PM invasion it was just a diversion, but several submarines outside a base is his calling card for a invasion, so Wake and Marcus are receiving supplies and Men, ill try and build a small offensive airfield at Marcus too, Wake is being suprised however from his Heavy bombers at Midway so i cant build a airfield here.
So yea...brief update, this AAR will just work to complement robs AAR, so dont expect anything too deep here, just the Japs perspective going into 1944!
Its now Late October, as most of you following this AAR will know from robs side of events.
Only thing of note to say is my failed suprise attack on the British fleet in the Malacca straights, my huge fighter advantage managed to smash through his cap at Medan, but his battleships where locked away safely in port, i predicted wrongly that he would have his ships out at sea.
Probably for the best though, bad weather and poor coordination gave me less bombers than i would have wanted, the flak from a port attack and the british battleships would have probably made the attack a failure.
It still puts rob in a bit of predicament, hell probably abandon lcap over the ground combat at Medan to protect his own ships as they flee to Sabang, so thats where im attacking, hopefully the weather will clear and i can have a huge ground attack on the british intruders at Medan to aid my brave men on the ground.
Lots of subs outside Marcus and Wake, rob insisted after the PM invasion it was just a diversion, but several submarines outside a base is his calling card for a invasion, so Wake and Marcus are receiving supplies and Men, ill try and build a small offensive airfield at Marcus too, Wake is being suprised however from his Heavy bombers at Midway so i cant build a airfield here.
So yea...brief update, this AAR will just work to complement robs AAR, so dont expect anything too deep here, just the Japs perspective going into 1944!
RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-1946 LilJoe v Rob
Managed to throw away my temporary advantage in the Malacca straights, due to lazy ordering, and more poor weather, my ground attacks didnt take off, as a result Medan fell, and half my airforce where like on Naval attack, and promplty slaughtered by a reinforced cap.
He also dropped down on another base in N sumatra with paras, which is in 8 hexs of Palembang, im sure hell fly in around 292929 engineers in the next 2 days and build it to a level 9 airfield, and have palembang flattened by early 44.
Im sending in a aviation regiment to Palembang, and will send in plenty of Zekes and Tojos to hopefully fend off what should be unescorted bombers headed for our oil fields, im also gonna try some tokyo express bombardments from Singapore to keep the airfield closed.
Palembang must be protected at all costs if we hope to fight on well into 1945!
He also dropped down on another base in N sumatra with paras, which is in 8 hexs of Palembang, im sure hell fly in around 292929 engineers in the next 2 days and build it to a level 9 airfield, and have palembang flattened by early 44.
Im sending in a aviation regiment to Palembang, and will send in plenty of Zekes and Tojos to hopefully fend off what should be unescorted bombers headed for our oil fields, im also gonna try some tokyo express bombardments from Singapore to keep the airfield closed.
Palembang must be protected at all costs if we hope to fight on well into 1945!
RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-1946 LilJoe v Rob
Managed to keep that base he captured in escort range of Palembang closed for all of October, blowing up quite a few aircraft on the ground, losing a lot of mine though, but the pilots that are flying the missions are so inexpierienced anyway it doesnt really matter.
Buna has fallen, only a matter of time before Lae goes the same way, his LBA from PM mainly, and tokyo express style bombardments up the coast of New guinea is just too much for any garrison there. Once Lae falls his attention will turn towards Rabaul and the general N Soloman area now Guadacanal is subdued. Itll be 1944 before he does anyhing like that though i reckon, he might squeeze it in before the end of the year (its November) but regardless im doing well in comparision to historical.
No sign of a Wake invasion, Midway had hundereds of ships, with F6F's on cap so the fleet and invasion force was obviously holed up there, according to my intel its dissapeared snice, nothings hit Wake though, so maybe hes lost interest now that i know hes coming? I doubt it, i expect Wake to be hit soon still. Kido Butai is holed up at Kwajalien a nice eqidistant (sp) base imbeteewn Wake and the Solomans.
Buna has fallen, only a matter of time before Lae goes the same way, his LBA from PM mainly, and tokyo express style bombardments up the coast of New guinea is just too much for any garrison there. Once Lae falls his attention will turn towards Rabaul and the general N Soloman area now Guadacanal is subdued. Itll be 1944 before he does anyhing like that though i reckon, he might squeeze it in before the end of the year (its November) but regardless im doing well in comparision to historical.
No sign of a Wake invasion, Midway had hundereds of ships, with F6F's on cap so the fleet and invasion force was obviously holed up there, according to my intel its dissapeared snice, nothings hit Wake though, so maybe hes lost interest now that i know hes coming? I doubt it, i expect Wake to be hit soon still. Kido Butai is holed up at Kwajalien a nice eqidistant (sp) base imbeteewn Wake and the Solomans.
RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-1946 LilJoe v Rob
Allied LBA is just too powerful, unless you have a big stack of ground units, like i did at Burma, their bombs can destroy entire combat units, its silly im feeling very streched.
He bombed Wewak today, dont think he can try a naval landing there yet, not until hes subdued Rabaul and the Solomons at least, maybe even Trukt too, and a cheeky para landing would fail, but still i just feel helpless as his LBA curtain moves closer and closer to the real objectives.
He bombed Wewak today, dont think he can try a naval landing there yet, not until hes subdued Rabaul and the Solomons at least, maybe even Trukt too, and a cheeky para landing would fail, but still i just feel helpless as his LBA curtain moves closer and closer to the real objectives.
RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-1946 LilJoe v Rob
Don't get desperate Joe.
Just fight him with what you got! Allied don't have massive amounts of infantry units even in the later years. So, my advice to you is to fight him hard and do not retreat if it is not absolutely necessary.
This PBEM is about to get intresting! [;)]
Just fight him with what you got! Allied don't have massive amounts of infantry units even in the later years. So, my advice to you is to fight him hard and do not retreat if it is not absolutely necessary.
This PBEM is about to get intresting! [;)]
RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-1946 LilJoe v Rob
Yeah, can console myself on how well im doing in some areas ahead of historical.
Gilberts are still mine (apart from Baker)
Guadacanal should hold until at least December 43, maybe even into the new year. Depends how much supply i can get into the place, gonna try some air supply/fast transport
Can Betties do supply missions?
Gonna start reinforcing my inner defence line, Marinas/Marshals etc. Lets have lots of level 9 forts waiting to meet him.
I get lots of reinforcements for the DEI soon, Java is criminally empty, but it gets a few good sized (200 assualt points) combat units and i still have mini KB floating around the area as i know rob would like to go for the neck of my empire and close down my oil/resource production.
Gilberts are still mine (apart from Baker)
Guadacanal should hold until at least December 43, maybe even into the new year. Depends how much supply i can get into the place, gonna try some air supply/fast transport
Can Betties do supply missions?
Gonna start reinforcing my inner defence line, Marinas/Marshals etc. Lets have lots of level 9 forts waiting to meet him.
I get lots of reinforcements for the DEI soon, Java is criminally empty, but it gets a few good sized (200 assualt points) combat units and i still have mini KB floating around the area as i know rob would like to go for the neck of my empire and close down my oil/resource production.
RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-1946 LilJoe v Rob
Betty commanders from Rabaul decide to go after LCT'S around Buna instead of the Battleship Arionza a few miles up the coast. [8|]
Wake falls, USN carriers are heading West to intercept the KB if i was stupid enough to turn up.
Gonna try and hit his ships outside Buna with KB, hit him where he aint, gonna test the waters first and see how many undestroyable Level bombers hes got on naval attack, they're devastating at 10,000 feet as we all know
Sending mini KB into the Indian Ocean incase hes still sending convoys/ warships to the Burma front.
Wake falls, USN carriers are heading West to intercept the KB if i was stupid enough to turn up.
Gonna try and hit his ships outside Buna with KB, hit him where he aint, gonna test the waters first and see how many undestroyable Level bombers hes got on naval attack, they're devastating at 10,000 feet as we all know
Sending mini KB into the Indian Ocean incase hes still sending convoys/ warships to the Burma front.
RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-1946 LilJoe v Rob
If i where to send disposable Desroyers into Lunga for some fast transport, would they still drop off supplies even if they had to fight PT's on the way in, or would the 'retirement allowed' setting would mean they would retire after combat with the supply.
Or would they drop off th supply beforehand/after?
I can keep Lunga a pain for rob for a long time if i can get enough supplies in from the air and sea.
Or would they drop off th supply beforehand/after?
I can keep Lunga a pain for rob for a long time if i can get enough supplies in from the air and sea.
RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-1946 LilJoe v Rob
Why was the Wake Island so "poorly" garrisoned? I would have assumed that it would have had level 9 fortifications and sizeable garrison. (That would have tied Rob up and thus you propably could have had a chance to cause havoc with Kido Budai)
RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-1946 LilJoe v Rob
The reformed USN Carrier force parked off of Marcus today, an invaison force as well? Possibly, the place is as 'poorly' defended as Wake so rob could take it if he wanted.
Had to turn back my numerous troop/supply transports for the place, if he turns home theyll flood in and get Marcus built up.
Rob will and can place 200 level bombers on Wake [8|] and flatten Marcus soon enough so i better get as much as possible for him to blow up before Wake goes level 4, before the supermassive black cloud of 4 engined death reigns down bombs on everything in range.
A brave PG pictured below is gonna sick the USN carriers though so its OK
Robs sub continue to sink everything left right and center, i wouldnt mind but, my ASW cant even sink the lone sub literally beached off of all my major ports meaning any docking action by my valuable taskforces will run the risk of being hit by a sub, go Japan!
1944 is gonna be a brilliant year, i've a feeling all these annoying niggly problems bothering me will dissapear and not get worse in anyway.
Had to turn back my numerous troop/supply transports for the place, if he turns home theyll flood in and get Marcus built up.
Rob will and can place 200 level bombers on Wake [8|] and flatten Marcus soon enough so i better get as much as possible for him to blow up before Wake goes level 4, before the supermassive black cloud of 4 engined death reigns down bombs on everything in range.
A brave PG pictured below is gonna sick the USN carriers though so its OK
Robs sub continue to sink everything left right and center, i wouldnt mind but, my ASW cant even sink the lone sub literally beached off of all my major ports meaning any docking action by my valuable taskforces will run the risk of being hit by a sub, go Japan!
1944 is gonna be a brilliant year, i've a feeling all these annoying niggly problems bothering me will dissapear and not get worse in anyway.
RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-1946 LilJoe v Rob
Ground units near streching point, i dont think many Japanese players have to defend as many vital bases on such a wide front as i have.From Marcus, to Einetwok, to Tarawa, to Lunga, to Lae, to Rabaul, to Kai island, to Koepang, to Sumatra, to Malaya and of course the mess in Burma.
Ground units are definately precious, i expect Lae/Fischafen and maybe a few bases on Rabaul island whatever its called, hes started bombing Tulagi and has left his calling card of a sub outside the base, he always wants to kill Lunga so it would make sense.
One thing about Rob is apart from the landings around Gilli Gilli etc he is very obvious where hes going to land...soooo
The Kido Butai is steaming south into the Solomans, whilst the bulk of his carrier force is in the central pacific, i will see if my prediction on a landing at Tulagi was correct, and hopefully kill some transports/escorts!
Mini KB lead by the severly unlucky Taiho (im sure you know all about its meetings with several torpedos shortly after its maiden voyage) Will do the same off of Lae, i will sit a few hexes back from the 'striking' hexes, then charge in to hit the invasion taskfroces when they arrive.
Hopefully he'll arrive soon, as Kido Butai is nearly low on fuel, and i have to take a detour to Kwajalien if i wanna refuel (Turk is dry, Rabaul is nogo for flatops)
The great flood of troops into Marcus is continuing, ive worked out i can have around 1300-1500 assault points there (pretty much all my reserves on the map) on the island within a month, hopefully the appearance of Carrier forces in the Southwest Pacific will make his nasty carriers go away from the central pacific, and give me this time to make Marcus into a fortress.
I feel like, as hitler put it that '"All you have to do is kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will crumble to the ground."
One big push by Rob in the next two months, and i feel i could be overwhelmed. Glancing at the ground reinforcement screen doesnt comfortort me, we get one new division in the next two months, really could do with a recruitment push in the homelands, perhaps lower (and highten) the conscription ages, maybe allow the Women to show thier bushido spirit?
Ground units are definately precious, i expect Lae/Fischafen and maybe a few bases on Rabaul island whatever its called, hes started bombing Tulagi and has left his calling card of a sub outside the base, he always wants to kill Lunga so it would make sense.
One thing about Rob is apart from the landings around Gilli Gilli etc he is very obvious where hes going to land...soooo
The Kido Butai is steaming south into the Solomans, whilst the bulk of his carrier force is in the central pacific, i will see if my prediction on a landing at Tulagi was correct, and hopefully kill some transports/escorts!
Mini KB lead by the severly unlucky Taiho (im sure you know all about its meetings with several torpedos shortly after its maiden voyage) Will do the same off of Lae, i will sit a few hexes back from the 'striking' hexes, then charge in to hit the invasion taskfroces when they arrive.
Hopefully he'll arrive soon, as Kido Butai is nearly low on fuel, and i have to take a detour to Kwajalien if i wanna refuel (Turk is dry, Rabaul is nogo for flatops)
The great flood of troops into Marcus is continuing, ive worked out i can have around 1300-1500 assault points there (pretty much all my reserves on the map) on the island within a month, hopefully the appearance of Carrier forces in the Southwest Pacific will make his nasty carriers go away from the central pacific, and give me this time to make Marcus into a fortress.
I feel like, as hitler put it that '"All you have to do is kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will crumble to the ground."
One big push by Rob in the next two months, and i feel i could be overwhelmed. Glancing at the ground reinforcement screen doesnt comfortort me, we get one new division in the next two months, really could do with a recruitment push in the homelands, perhaps lower (and highten) the conscription ages, maybe allow the Women to show thier bushido spirit?
RE: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire 1943-1946 LilJoe v Rob
Hello joe
I`ve been talking to Rob and sadly he has got bad computer probs and cant log on. This no doubt explains the lack of return game saves. I`ll let you know how things progress.
I`m avidly following your game with Rob,keep at it as it is good fun and will remain so.
I`ve not read your posts as I don`t want it to colour what I say to Rob.
I`ve been talking to Rob and sadly he has got bad computer probs and cant log on. This no doubt explains the lack of return game saves. I`ll let you know how things progress.
I`m avidly following your game with Rob,keep at it as it is good fun and will remain so.
I`ve not read your posts as I don`t want it to colour what I say to Rob.