Parry and Spar, or is it... Reluctant Admiral 4.2 Fulkerson(J) vs Moore (A)

[moore4807]

ORIGINAL: Kitakami

But then again, that is the perfect place to cover with 4x SC in each port (in an ASW TF), and one decently trained air unit on ASW. Add to that 2-4 PB's per cargo TF, and losses should be light... at least until the US torpedoes get fixed :S

My only defense to that is short patrol lines and frequent rotation of subs along the Japanese coast. OR my other option is to make him use up all these assets in the Home Is. and then just send the subs elsewhere...hehehe [:D][;)][:D]

[Kitakami]

You have a very valid point there. The IJN does not have enough SC's to patrol every important port. That is why converting as many merchantmen to PB's, and training as amany air units in ASW is so important. But choke points lihe Ominato/Hakodate and Fusan/Shimonoseki need to be patrolled heavily, or losses may go beyond acceptable levels.

[moore4807]

ORIGINAL: Kitakami

You have a very valid point there. The IJN does not have enough SC's to patrol every important port. That is why converting as many merchantmen to PB's, and training as amany air units in ASW is so important. But choke points lihe Ominato/Hakodate and Fusan/Shimonoseki need to be patrolled heavily, or losses may go beyond acceptable levels.

I cannot claim any credit, reading these AAR's is where I got the plan. [&o][&o][&o]

Plus the advice and knowledge given here has been invaluable. the "sub short patrols" and rotating them come directly from reading the AAR's. I've never had to do that against the AI...

[larryfulkerson]

Okie dokie......it's Saturday early pm and I'm starting on Jim's moves. Here's the combat results for 19Jan42:

Here's some Tracker alerts:

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Here's the losses for the day

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A little surface action near Java

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Another surface action somewhat related to the first one

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I finally cleared the Allied mines at Bandy:

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Here's a third surface action related to the first two. I'm surprised I didn't hit any mines at all.

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And yet another naval bombardment of Kuantan.

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I appear to have wiped out an entire TF near Baker Island but they had probably already unloaded their troops there.

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Another inconsequential Allied raid on Hanoi

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Another Allied raid on Buna that didn't do much.

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And then an Allied raid using the B-17's that didn't do much. At least I damaged some of them.

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And THEN the P-40's came up to play.

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And then there was some action in the skies over Cebu

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And then nothing special happens for a while. Then there's some ASW action near Singkawang.

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And then all of a sudden, the Clark Field defenders collapse.

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Some of the Clark Field victors are obviously going to have to be moved to Manila to help out there.

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And then all of a sudden the Palembang defenders caved in.