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ORIGINAL: Lowpe
How to put a cost on ship raids? The Tone had a very successful cruise sinking 5 ships worth close to 100 victory points but consumed 8000 units of fuel or the potential of 16,000 supplies if that fuel could have fed the heavy industry in the HI at the end game -- assuming of course that there is still heavy industry left to fuel.
Does a raid like that even actually hurt the Allies? Slow them down? The xaks they won't miss, AMCs are always tough to use except for landings so they might sting a little.
Is Japan better off simply turtling on defense, conserving supplies and fuel, and launching major counter strikes as the Allies invade progressively closer to the HI.
ORIGINAL: Spidery
It is 2 fuel for 2 supply with HI. So 8000 units of supply, not 16000.
I doubt it hurts the Allied cause much by itself but do that, or something similar, 20 times and the Allies will be hurting.
ORIGINAL: JocMeister
Trying to catch up on your AAR. Pretty impressive stuff turning that wreck you took over around. [:)]
Well done! [:)]
ORIGINAL: Lowpe
I have alluded to taking advantage of my relative naval strength right now, and have several surface ships out raiding. I am also going to attempt the real foolhardy, depending upon the ability of the first wave of raiders to penetrate deep into the Pacific behind Allied front lines and to that end the KB is heading east....it will have two goals which may or may not get realized:
1. To provide a backup wave to the heavy cruisers that are leading the way. Here, I anticipate hitting convoys between the west coast and Pearl with cruisers and then have the KB follow up to engage any capital ships the Allies throw against the cruisers. Would I be jinxing myself if I thought thought I could bag another CV? [X(] Surely he has them near Pearl, and sending them full speed after surface raiders (with one obvious exit route) would be a low risk operation to Allied eyes.
2. I need to do some research here, because I have never done it before, but to send the KB to bomb Seattle. Have the heavy cruisers screen instead of raid, and attempt to firebomb the city. I already am gathering submarines there, but the stars would really need to align for this to happen. But if I could destroy some of the Boeing factories how neat would that be?
My guess is that I simply can't send in enough Kates to really damage the city, but I am willing to try and the pilots are busy training for it.
So things to discover are: the maximum range I can be from Seattle and target the city with Kates. I anticipate a full speed overnight run in followed by normal range air attacks.
Option 2 is really kind of pie in the sky, but I am putting it out there. This is probably a waste of fuel, but I am going to give it a try and see how it develops.
This is the major operation planned for December (along with Port Moresby & Tjilatjap) designed to set the Allies back just a little and buy me more time rebuilding my air force to act as a counter punching force for the rest of the game & and I should be able to invade, loot and pillage Ceylon in very early 43 if I choose to.
ORIGINAL: Lokasenna
Unfortunately, you will need to bring your AOs along for this, since you don't have any of the Aleutians (particularly Adak). However, you may catch him off guard.
I wonder if flying sweeps with different air frames degrades the better planes a little?
