GreasyLake Vs Vettim89, The Japan side

[GreasyLake]

Been wanting to do this forever. Need to start now so Vettim will have something to go back to and compare. Will not have much time to reply to post here but feel this is the only way to keep a record for the months this game may continue. An AAR is my chance to become respected, admired and venerated by the WITP community. By the next page or so that hope will be over. Anyway here is what is happening behind the wall of sleep.

My greatest hope is that more players can learn to play as Japan. I started as Japan mainly because it seemed like I found a good opponent and he was more reluctant than I to take on the Japan role.

[GreasyLake]

More Production

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And More

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Found a Div with no supply. What's up with that!

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Marcus shots

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Marcus Air. Try to be Heavy on fighters. Some of my best exp

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Marcus Ground units

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What's at Iwo?

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Iwo general view

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Iwo ground

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Finally for tonight Kendari. Lots of my best fighters, even over 60 exp!, Some bombers. Gonna try and Kamikaze the next worthwhile TF that I can catch away from an airbase.

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Kendari air, Lots of Betties hanging around 5 or 6 nearby bases also

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Kendari ground. do not think he will land here, Has been doing great at bypassing and Isolating. But then again he has the shipping and the units to land.

[GreasyLake]

Help this proves use full in the future Vettim. Out for today, try and put in more tomorrow.

[GreasyLake]

Transports. Have not used these much up until now. Currently evacuating Lae by air to Woleia. Recently completed evacuation of Dobudura using transports. Got the whole base force off (90 AV Sup) except for 1 sound detector and the SNLF except for 47mm AT guns. May try to sneak in some barges to pick those up. If the barges get sunk by Allied air at least then that portion of the unit can respawn with the rest.

Also have been doing this at the base on west Timor. Have gotten 2 base force off. Will try and station transports at Kendari to lift most of the Div to there.

Next would be lifting out units from Kwajalein.

Bombers. Tried to withdraw 2 high exp units to place pilots in the pool to be used to fill fighter datai. No 90-80 exp pilots have shown up yet. Manual does state they will try to be kept for the unit to reform, bummer. All level bombers are on 90 naval search to attack subs and train up excepting a half dozen units in range of Timor. Also Army bombers have been moved near the front to be ready to use aa Kamikazes whenever the opportunity arises. Which should be soon, especially since the British seem tied down at Ban Don and Wake is taken.

Fighters. Got a lot of low to no exp units trining at 90% all over the place. The only units 60 or higher are at Kendari, Saipan-Guam-Tinian, Truk, a few on Malay peninsula.

production does not seem a problem, some factories are off even. I finally have gotten enough resources shipped to home islands now I notice the comment HI production is limited by oil. Out go the Tanker convoys. Just try and stay clear of China coast.

Gotta get someone dressed and off to school, back later Tim.

[ny59giants]

sound detector

May not work with barges due to load requirements. In a recent game vs AI using RHS, the Allied sound detectors required 4k AP or 6k AK to pick it up. Look up their load size in Tracker under "Devices."

[GreasyLake]

Inventory note for start of AAR. 4 carriers all currently at Tokyo. CV Taiho has 12 sys damage and hopefully will be zero this month. It will join a 2 CV task force to double up with the other CV TF which has 2 fleet carriers a fast CS some good CL and DD. BB Musashi is in Tokyo with 3 sys damage, will be put in CV TF with Taiho. There is also a 2 CVE TF sitting in Tokyo waiting for all this.


My only other 2 remaining BB ar in a 15 ship TF at Soerabaja with 5 and 6 sys damage. I have 3-4 CA around only one undamaged at Guam. Sitting there while the DD's that came with it hunt subs.

Soooo, counting on air power at this point to help hold off the Allied onslaught. The momentum is definitely on Tim's side now.

[GreasyLake]

More inventory shots to complete the picture of where Japan stands. It is now Feb 1944.
Here is my entire sub force

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Here is a shot of my fighter units!!!

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Try again, Fighters!