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ORIGINAL: Encircled
If he's worried about your reactions in Jan 1942 then you are doing well

ORIGINAL: Grollub

Thanks for an interesting game and good AAR! [:)]

Just wondering about the situation in NORPAC & CENTPAC? All quiet?

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Major LCUs in Australia - How many of them have reached 50 in experience levels? I know you have a few more weeks before your infantry squads are stockpiled enough to start the upgrade process.

None. Perth Division is closest.

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Some of the small Aussie units can recombine into a larger, Bn sized force - like Kanga Force. Those are commando like units and IIRC at least one of them is parachute infantry. But it might be mid-1942 before you get the missing pieces to combine. Still, it is a reason to try and keep the existing units from being wiped out, or buy them back if they are.

And then below Akyab, the British drive home the attack for the most part dodging the nasty IJN torpedoes (except for Hughes) and savaging the invasion force...

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: witpqs

Playing two games always put too much demand on me and my play suffers, but having only 1 game is not enough game...my happy spot is around 1.5 games I think.

Many people find 2.6 children to be ideal.

[:'(]

I have 3, and you aren't wrong.[:D]

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Very good turn, congrats !

I don’t understand your opponent, Lowpe. He knows you have a lot of smaller warships, well, light, up to HMS Glasgow (essentially a 12-gun 6-in heavy cruiser labeled as « light »), yet he only escorts his ships with a couple of old DDs and CLs,, which, by the way, are slightly under-gunned compared to both RN cruisers (7x5.5in vs 5 or 6 6-in guns, slightly weaker armor, and RN ships are not as inexperienced as the US ships at start). And loading ships near the frontline with both troops and fuel is a recipe for a disaster in such a situation (as your combat report shows, very few shots leading to heavy fires all around).[X(]
Could he be afraid to lose any more CA ? Or they’ve all accumulated too much damage from one month of operations ?

And is it really the full of KB ? That attack only has one squadron’s worth of dive bombers with equal size of fighters, could be Zuiho or another lightweight., or did you see the squadrons’ name ? If not, it’s a bit weird to invade India without KB (and showing its location by raiding). Though it’d tie well with his heavy operational losses for Zeroes, if he continues to use them on long-range LRCAP.

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Very good turn, congrats !

I don’t understand your opponent, Lowpe. He knows you have a lot of smaller warships, well, light, up to HMS Glasgow (essentially a 12-gun 6-in heavy cruiser labeled as « light »), yet he only escorts his ships with a couple of old DDs and CLs,, which, by the way, are slightly under-gunned compared to both RN cruisers (7x5.5in vs 5 or 6 6-in guns, slightly weaker armor, and RN ships are not as inexperienced as the US ships at start). And loading ships near the frontline with both troops and fuel is a recipe for a disaster in such a situation (as your combat report shows, very few shots leading to heavy fires all around).[X(]
Could he be afraid to lose any more CA ? Or they’ve all accumulated too much damage from one month of operations ?

And is it really the full of KB ? That attack only has one squadron’s worth of dive bombers with equal size of fighters, could be Zuiho or another lightweight., or did you see the squadrons’ name ? If not, it’s a bit weird to invade India without KB (and showing its location by raiding). Though it’d tie well with his heavy operational losses for Zeroes, if he continues to use them on long-range LRCAP.

ORIGINAL: Encircled

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Very good turn, congrats !

I don’t understand your opponent, Lowpe. He knows you have a lot of smaller warships, well, light, up to HMS Glasgow (essentially a 12-gun 6-in heavy cruiser labeled as « light »), yet he only escorts his ships with a couple of old DDs and CLs,, which, by the way, are slightly under-gunned compared to both RN cruisers (7x5.5in vs 5 or 6 6-in guns, slightly weaker armor, and RN ships are not as inexperienced as the US ships at start). And loading ships near the frontline with both troops and fuel is a recipe for a disaster in such a situation (as your combat report shows, very few shots leading to heavy fires all around).[X(]
Could he be afraid to lose any more CA ? Or they’ve all accumulated too much damage from one month of operations ?

And is it really the full of KB ? That attack only has one squadron’s worth of dive bombers with equal size of fighters, could be Zuiho or another lightweight., or did you see the squadrons’ name ? If not, it’s a bit weird to invade India without KB (and showing its location by raiding). Though it’d tie well with his heavy operational losses for Zeroes, if he continues to use them on long-range LRCAP.

Thing is, we don't know yet what his plan is do we?

He's got invasions going on all over the map, trying to take as much as possible in the quickest possible time. Its a pure "AV win in 42" strategy.

Not sure Lowpe can feel comfortable in there not being a proper invasion of either India or Oz or even SWPAC yet

Only thing for sure I think will be strat bombing of Oz, as its a guaranteed AV generator.

And regarding the RN WWI era crusiers, they have good experience and 6-inch guns, a couple of hits from them can ruin any Japanese DDs day!

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Remember, in a scenario 2 game, Japan can throw 20 Divisions at me in Dec of 1942 assuming China gets neutralized. I still feel the only sane choice for him is in India.