"BBA & THE MASKED DESTROYERS" vs. "THE DDD"

[WingCmdr]

WE WILL STAND AND FIGHT HERE

General BL Montgomery address to the officers and men of the Eighth Army, Cairo, 13 August, 1942

"...I want first of all to introduce myself to you. You do not know me. I do not know you. But we have got to work together; therefore we must understand each other, and we must have confidence each in the other. I have only been here a few hours. But from what I have seen and heard since I arrived I am prepared to say, here and now, that I have confidence in you. We will then work together as a team; and together we will gain the confidence of this great Army and go forward to final victory in Africa.
I believe that one of the first duties of a commander is to create what I call ‘atmosphere’ , and in that atmosphere his staff, subordinate commanders, and troops will live and work and fight.
I do not like the general atmosphere I find here. It is an atmosphere of doubt, of looking back to select the next place to which to withdraw, of loss of confidence in our ability to defeat Rommel, of desperate defence measures by reserves in preparing positions in Cairo and the Delta.

All that must cease. Let us have a new atmosphere.

The defence of Egypt lies here at Alamein and on the Ruweisat Ridge. What is the use of digging trenches in the Delta? It is quite useless; if we lose this position we lose Egypt; all the fighting troops now in the Delta must come here at once, and will. Here we will stand and fight; there will be no further withdrawal. I have ordered that all plans and instructions dealing with further withdrawal are to be burnt, and at once. We will stand and fight here.

If we can’t stay here alive, then let us stay here dead.

I want to impress on everyone that the bad times are over. Fresh divisions from the UK are now arriving in Egypt, together with ample reinforcements for our present Divisions. We have 300 to 400 Sherman new tanks coming and these are actually being unloaded at Suez now. Our mandate from the Prime Minister is to destroy the Axis forces in North Africa; I have seen it, written on half a sheet of notepaper. And it will be done. If anyone here thinks it can’t be done, let him go at once; I don’t want any doubters in this party. It can be done, and it will be done: beyond any possibility of doubt.

Now I understand that Rommel is expected to attack at any moment. Excellent. Let him attack.

I would sooner it didn’t come for a week, just give me time to sort things out. If we have two weeks to prepare we will be sitting pretty; Rommel can attack as soon as he likes, after that, and I hope he does.
Meanwhile, we ourselves will start to plan a great offensive; it will be the beginning of a campaign which will hit Rommel and his Army for six right out of Africa.

But first we must create a reserve Corps, mobile and strong in armour, which we -will train out of the line. Rommel has always had such a force in his Africa Corps, which is never used to hold the line but which is always in reserve, available for striking blows. Therein has been his great strength. We will create such a Corps ourselves, a British Panzer Corps; it will consist of two armoured Divisions and one motorized Division; I gave orders yesterday for it to begin to form, back in the Delta.

I have no intention of launching out great attack until we are completely ready; there will be pressure from many quarters to attack soon. I will not attack until we are ready and you can rest assured on that point.

Meanwhile, if Rommel attacks while we are preparing, let him do so with pleasure; we will merely continue with our own preparations and we will attack when we are ready, and not before.

I want to tell you that I always work on the Chief of Staff system. I have nominated Brigadier de Guingand as Chief of Staff Eighth Army. I will issue orders through him. Whatever he says will be taken as coming from me and will be acted on at once. I understand there has been a great deal of bellyaching out here. By bellyaching I mean inventing poor reasons for not doing what one has been told to do.

All this is to stop at once. I will tolerate no bellyaching.

If anyone objects to doing what he is told, then he can get out of it: and at once. I want that made very clear right down through the Eighth Army.

I have little more to say just at present. And some of you may think it is quite enough and may wonder if I am mad.

I assure you I am quite sane.

I understand there are people who often think I am slightly mad; so often that I now regard it as rather a compliment.

All I have to say to that is that if I am slightly mad, there are a large number of people I could name who are raving lunatics!
What I have done is to get over to you the ‘atmosphere’ in which we will now work and fight; you must see that that atmosphere permeates right through the Eighth Army to the most junior private soldier. All the soldiers must know what is wanted; when they see it coming to pass there will be a surge of confidence throughout the Army.

I ask you to give me your confidence and to have faith that what I have said will come to pass.

There is much work to be done.

The orders I have given about no farther withdrawal will mean a complete change in the layout of our dispositions; also, we must begin to prepare for our great offensive.

The first thing to do is to move our HQ to a decent place where we can live in reasonable comfort and where the Army Staff can be together and side by side with the HQ of the Desert Air Force. This is a frightful place here, depressing, unhealthy and a rendezvous for every fly in Africa; we shall do no good work here. Let us get over there by the sea where it is fresh and healthy. If officers are to do good work they must have decent messes, and be comfortable. So off we go on the new line.
The Chief of Staff will be issuing orders on many points very shortly, and I am always available to be consulted by the senior officers of the staff. The great point to remember is that we are going to finish with this chap Rommel once and for all. It will be quite easy. There is no doubt about it.

He [Rommel] is definitely a nuisance. Therefore we will hit him a crack and finish with him..."





I find this stirring because with one speech he inspired confidence and hope to a defeated and routed army. That is true Military Leadership. Every individual in North Africa now knew the mission, their part in it, and how it was going to get done. In it, through the prism of history, you can see his appointment as commander led directly to defeating the Germans at Alam El Halfa 17 days later, giving the Army new confidence that would carry it through the rest of the war.
Oh and he almost predicts the date of the German attack, I guess his Intel was that good!

[WingCmdr]

Setup:

Scenario 78
My opponent is the venerable "Matrix Elite Guard" BillBrown. I really do not know how you earn such a title, but ever since my Napoleonic days any unit, in any Army with Guard in the title was to be feared and respected.
Still, only four stars, no Eisenhower I guess.

HRs: Standard 1st turn rules, allowing orders to given to all units in China and all existing TF. Force Z will be on the loose.

- No 4E Naval Bombing
- No 4E troop bombing if there are friendly troops in the hex

- The only thing I think is seriously nerfed in the game is big bombers, dropping big bombloads at low altitude. It my be just a player exploit, rather than a game engine problem but its just not historical, distorts the game and does not have any really effective deterrents. In the game certain aspects have to be taken into account to simulate war time conditions without undue complexity. So I agreed to allow LB bombing of ground troops not in the front lines to simulate air interdiction efforts against troop concentrations and assembly area's. If the altitude used in these attacks starts to drop and really sting may cry uncle and request an altitude restriction at some point.

That's it. We are both very like minded about the game balance and feel there's no need for any other restrictions. We loosely agreed to the standard PP system and I will be adhering to the stricter interpretations. With 20k AV in Manchukuo and 5k PPs at start, there are many options available.

Start Options:

We have agreed to turn off all start options, PDU ON, Allied Damage Control ON, Reinforcements +- 15 Days.
Allied No Withdrawal ON

-No NO, the Allies have to withdraw their forces to meet the more sinister threat. It's actually one of the most tedious things the allied player has to do and with all the complaining I have read about it, I am simply stunned. The Japanese player has to do similar tedious tasks about 100 times at least every other turn.

We all have our favourite ships in the game and having risen through the ranks to become Wing Commander I knew my chain of command and it was constantly drilled into me. I knew the importance of the Queen in that chain and her importance to rally a nation in times of crisis and provide a beacon of hope in dark times, so I will not be forced to sink the Queen Elizabeth!!!
Besides my Group Captain will surely upbraid me in the most unkind manner...
Sorry, what was that? Say again... Ohhhhh, oh, ohhhh
We're talking about this Elizabeth?
Oh F it, Sink da Bi !
(Take that spell check, and don't razz me for misspelling, its the software)

Why should I have a social conscience, especially since my country invented the phrase "Women and Children First". At that time with her age, gender and social status she'll surely be near the front of the line, right behind Mrs. Ismay.

The mod was designed to be played with No Withdrawals so I have to play it as designed. What this really does, besides all the British ships that now remain in play, all the restricted aircraft squadrons that withdraw and disband, take their planes with them off the map. Now all these a/c can be used to enlarge pilot training efforts or to be disbanded and the a/c will be used as replacements. I told my opponent that the AVG will never run out planes and the allies will be better able to engage in more sustained air efforts right from the beginning of the war.

“Tune in, Turn on, Drop out and Explode...”

Monty

[Bif1961]

Good luck and to answer your question of how one becomes and Matrix Elite Guard in the Forum is by making a lot of comments in the forum. However if you beat him you can brag how you won over an Matrix Elite Guard.

[WingCmdr]

Thx, but you know I need a little help. You know 5 emails and you're locked into a death match with someone you know nothing about. My friends are like we can't do that to meet for dinner. A couple of years ago I saw BillBrown's posts and I am no more informed today than before, and your note has confused me again. I admit I haven't done by opposition research. But is there a post out there that might shed a little light on this, this Ahem, situation. I don't know what the Internet calls it.

[WingCmdr]

Dec 7 41 4 28 PM

WOW

[WingCmdr]

We are not going to call this the Immaculate strike, not even top 100, but it’s amazing and points out that maybe we should be playing with Japanese pilots this good. Maybe a skilled airforce, with 4 years of lite combat duty has honed its skills and in game terms this mod will/may model that. The beginning of the end for Japan was signaled by the loss of its skilled carrier pilots: will history repeat itself?

Setup:

Second strike PH. 27 planes, just one squadron, that’s their size. 14 hits, spread among 11 ships.
3 sink a BB, one gets another and then a host of smaller ships, most probably damaged from the earlier strike. That is what you want from a strike, target the main ships and spreading your secondary attacks on other warships, where the damage will be permanent.

Analysis:

I was so shocked to see this happen at the end of a long CR. I saw a couple of CV names flash by so that must be the escorts. I almost think there was minimal flak, as if they were out of ammo, no flights even with 34 min.s warning. People far more knowledgeable than me can parse out whether it was leadership or skill that was most important but the Average in that TB squadron was, was, “Wait FOR IT!”


89 EXPERIENCE
77 All other skills
78 DEFENSIVE

IJA Average

The Army pilots run around low 70's for most of the pilots in exp and main skill. There are about 30 elite pilots for the army and they get spread around. This will be a real boost to fighter strength and the Oscars may hold their own.

[WingCmdr]

12 7 41

Final Analysis

Pretty good all round. Hit a few subs at Man., damaged a few of the 6 DD at Kwang, and good performances everywhere same with fighters. The Pearl Strike was pretty awesome. The Kates split between Torps and 800kg. Vals did well split between the AF and Harbor. Only a Cl and DD confirmed sunk, despite what we just saw in the afternoon strike.
240 planes went down for a 1 to 3 ratio. I lost 20 CV bombers, replaced from the 3 plane reserve. The other 40 was the strafing fighters. With excellent pilots, excellent results right. I knew casualties would be around 50% and they were. So the KB sails with two fighters squadrons at half strength. A little hard to judge the damage they inflicted but I think about 7 destroyed, maybe 14 damaged. I will step aside and let the General state the command position at the end of the day.


“Lads, we have given him a good thrashing. I realize that some of our tactics may seem a triffle reckless, and that there are some empty seats at the mess tonight, but let us each do our part, so that each sacrifice brings us one step closer to achieving my aims and goals”

[WingCmdr]

5/25/19

Commanders Intentions and Strategy for Scenario 78

Intro:

The scenario increases Japanese Naval Assets by 1/3 to ½ over stock and approx. 2000k extra aircraft in service or as replacements. There are no technology gains or non-historical a/c apart from the Liz and an Oscar gun variant with 2 20mm on 1/42. A great deal of power is concentrated in Air Flotilla 21 with almost 2k a/c. The Betty’s, zeroes and Vals there provide opportunities to concentrate them and deter and hinder any allied naval movement in the area. With over 50% of the Navy pilots having elite status, an effective night campaign can be conducted in the face of growing air resistance. The extra CVs will be needed to increase protection against numerous allied CVLs (3 x 2) at the start, and to shield amphibious landings from strong allied naval forces, particularly, Phil Isl., Java and Force Z.

Strategy:

The Allies now begin the game with CD guns and lvl 2 and 3 forts at all ports. The DEI will have to be reduced in a careful and deliberate manner to avoid any prolonged sieges at any location. FP bases will be set up near these initial objectives as recon assets are near searching nearby ports. LR Zeroes, followed by Betty’s will reduce defenses in the area to allow unhindered passage of the amph. Forces.
Singapore and Manilla will be approached in a Historical manner, since the CD unit & lvl 3 forts make Mersing a much more difficult target the first week. Each fortress will be moved on by land with an air power focus on air/naval superiority. 15th Army will have Mytkina, Imphal and Akyab as their objectives, and will receive priority for land reinforcements. Armored forces will be used initially in China and then used to reinforce Java, Sumatra operations and isolation of Darwin...


To make things a little more interesting I have prepared this document and sent it to myself on 5/25. Standard mumbo jumbo here. These are the opening para.s, and will reveal
more as opsec allows.

[Bif1961]

Speaking of Paras where have you decided to use them seeing that his historic bases are stronger and may not be a easy to take with a para drop?

[WingCmdr]

'Openning Paragraphs.' Para's are too fragile to use against anything but a BF. They are prepping for their first missions: Oz, Burma.
So, can you shed any lite on my opponents gender? With the picture, name, I don't know, we kind of have a situation where the blinds don't match the drapes or something?
Actually, it doesn't matter, I am going to do my best to beat the pants off of whoever is on the other side!

[Bif1961]

Sorry I wouldn't be of any help in that regard I have never played against Bill. The best way to get a sense is read previous AARs where he or she has commented and get an idea how they approach situations you might try to confront them with. It is always helpful to read other AARs using the same mode you are and since I have never played this mode on steriods for the Pacific I am learning as you are.

[WingCmdr]

Dec 8 1941

Imperial HQ Tokyo

In a rare display, ignoring operational security, Admiral Yamamato's final address to the War Cabinet has been recorded for history, shortly before his departure for
Truk Lagoon:


I've Been Doing This Longer Than You've Been Alive!



An aide was said to have heard his final words before boarding:
"The open road is the only place I wanna be.... YAAAAA, yaaaaaa...."

[WingCmdr]

12/10/41

R&D

Nothing really that hard about R&D. 3 – 5 Fac.s on all main a/c for ’42 ’43. You start with factories already at full production for several models at different years and I leave them. 60 for ’43 Oscar with armor, that is my only Oscar R&D. I really need the next gen of carrier a/c so a big emphasis there.

I see r&d as a 2 yr. planning window. A lot of the key ’44 fighters can’t come in earlier than their engines so you can’t pile on too early. That leaves more facs for ’42 a/c and then after they finish the ‘B’ model then roll them into your key ’44 a/c. Same at the end of ’43 rolling into ’45. Big Tony emphasis because late models are very good. Same Zero, Rufe to A6M5.

No factories will convert to production, same engines. How else can I get to the jets and even better, the twin bladers! I will lose a month that way but I will convert 3 facs to produce the new a/c initially. The mod gives you more fac.s, I don’t know the number, but that allows this sort of strategy, rule of 30 always. Several of the 45 b model fac.s I converted to the Emily. Yes, I would like that a little early, same with Irving and D4Y1-C. It's the concept of using force multipliers. For early 43 you want to be able to use your carrier a/c’s range to full advantage so you need these three for deep search and accurate Intel. Who doesn't perk up when they start seeing the d/l jump. That alone may keep the allied player, just a little farther away, and ideally you will see their movements and start to see patterns, without using any fuel.

The downside is these new fac.s are in Toyoharra, Sakhalin and Takao,Formosa. So they are exposed in the later years, so you have to plan now so older engines/models are in these locations.

[WingCmdr]

12 8 41 Analysis

Port Strikes prove mostly empty, Kwang & Manilla. Moved KB NE of PH to reduce airpower for T3 or 4 port strike. Everything in Manila has hit the open sea, my recon of all local ports confirm. No mine hits.
The gulf of China is alive with Allied TF, two combat TF, all moving in the direction of Sing. Easy kills for Betty and Nell. Several DD engagements go well. By Vigan full on sub, PT boat attacks. Little effect either side, but it disrupts landings and amph TF withdrew. Kwang again loses badly to our sweeps 2 – 16, second day in a row Oscar does well against 3 x layered cap.

Pearl Harbor
The Turtle shell is tough. Bad weather, no sweeps, escorted Vals score minor hits on AF against 104 planes on CAP. I didn’t expect it to be that large on day 2 and knocked down 11 for 6z 22b. Well if the CAP is that tough than day 3 will be sweeps only.

BINGO
(not in an aviator sense)

Lexington takes 2 torps, off Wake Island. 147,102. No ground losses, no soap. I just love this game. The time I try a PH gambit this happens, and right now I would have been a day and a half away. Now I am over 4. So, I am too far to chase, but I will move that way. 1 new CV, 75 capacity heading to Wake from Home Isl. I split the KB and send the slow elements NW, and a fast 4 CV force south around the Big Island. All within sweep distance.

I have a sub near Canton that has 5/5 d/l so there is a good chance that French surface TF is in the area and will sail north for Rendevouz. Tarawa assaulted but all other ships in Marshalls will pull back, small surface TF’s in area will linger to intercept Lex along route south toward Canton. No air cover available.
No Surface force sightings in PHI or DEI. I have good Mav search and these forces can be real close tomorrow. I would like to avoid a surface engagement in these area’s right now because my forces are smaller and dispersed. Except for 1 CV and 5 CVL. They are going to cover the amph. Landings at Manado, Dadj and numerical superiority Davao. First FP base will be set up at Talaud.

The Americans flew uncle Vinny to Midway and hit and sink an AO. Several stringbags flew from, Clark and missed. I have LR cap set up from Batan Isl, didn’t fly, >100 supplies. Looks like Clark will be center of air defense, approx.. 100f. A CVL with S/b’s is lurking near Port Blair. SS’s are sitting in 4 of my landing hexes. I am going to throw in a few SS of my own and see if the high d/l, air and ASW will lead to success. Woo Hoo, sub vs sub and I will be going for numerical superiority!!

[WingCmdr]

12 9 41 Analysis

Reverse Bingo

A CVE east of Davao was hit by a flight of 16 Vindicators with Buffalo escorts, flying from Cebu: 7 hexes. One Hit 6 6 0. I have noticed with the Beta that in a lot of attacks, when there are no hits the last flight gets a hit, both sides. Makes sense but don’t reach for coffee too early.

Sweep attacks are starting to score big. It’s the same pattern. 1 Squadron sweeps at a time against layered Cap. Bottom fighters get wacked and Zero maneuvers out of any trouble from upper CAP. By the third sweep of the day you have no casualties and the allies have suffered losses for each Cap, severe for the bottom CAP, but those are the weakest a/c. Nothing new, but my takeaway is this. When the reverse happens I want the most maneuverable plane available for my low CAP. This makes the Zero and Oscar very useful in ’43.

Losses: 16Z 62 Allied fighter 84 Total a/c destroyed for day

Kwang a/f abandoned and Pakhoi evacuated. We will be seeing the TriColore AF around China for a while. They don’t seem to have many bombers. Continue movement west around PH, sweeps only. I have the K5R doing recon and it shows around 3f 6x, 4x a/c. Well lets party and send in a port strike! I may be fooled, or they are at Midway and I am right. Sweeps and s/r Nav Attack, I have to, Wait for IT. Fast CV TF south of PH has no BB, BC, 3CA its 33 kts.

Stringbags score 2T hits on CL. 30 flt dmg. Same on DD, one T. Vigan landings are now completely disrupted, PT boat encounters inconclusive, few hits. I always love the stringbags, you can count on them at least a couple of times. This time though I check the 72/66 exp of the crews and SCREAM

“AT LEAST THE ITALIANS CAN SAY, THEY WHERE ANCHORED AND IT WAS DARK OUT!!”

[WingCmdr]

"WE'll START THE WAR FROM RIGHT HERE"

12 10 41

The Vigan landings delayed, weak inf. units at Laog, Aparri occupied. The first big command decision has to be made about these landings. With CAP just landing this turn, new primary landings will be directed at Atimonan (lvl 2 port), with the Legaspi II force. CAP will be established from Naha. With a good road to Manila Heavy equip. will land at Aparri.

Utah Beach, Normandy, June 6, 1944

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.

Gen T. Roosevelt


Excerpted:

Much as in the first World War, Roosevelt could regularly be seen on the front lines making on the spot decisions with complete disregard for incoming fire around him.
As part of the 4th Infantry Division, Roosevelt made multiple requests to be allowed to be present for the first wave of the invasion. Casualties were expected to be remarkably high and it wasn’t deemed a good use of experience to have a General fall as soon as the ramps dropped.
Roosevelt thought otherwise as he believed he could paint an accurate picture of the battle in progress and make any adjustments on the spot. The Division commander eventually relented and approved Roosevelt’s request while stating that he never expected to see Roosevelt alive again.

History would prove Roosevelt correct as the landing craft for the division had drifted approximately a mile south before hitting the beach. As one of the first men off his craft, General Roosevelt was able to assess the situation and coordinate the impromptu assault. He was quoted as saying to his battalion commanders,

“We’ll start the war from right here!”

With his trademark confidence and calm, he walked up and down the beach directing the action with utter disregard for his own safety.
When the rest of the Generals decided to join the war, General Roosevelt was present to greet them offering top-tier information on which the staff could rely.

[WingCmdr]

Early Morning, June 6 1944

Gen. Montgomery reviewing Utah beach reports with staff:

“Hear, Here, marvelous heroism, leadership from the Top, Splendid. Through two wars that man earned his CMO! But you say this was required because they were one mile off course.
I told Ike about the currents months ago, the smallest storm and you have 6 – 8 kt currents that will blow you up to Dunkerque before you know it.
I’ve seen it from the sea, and care not to see it again. One mile you say. I must phone Ike immediately before the air strikes miss by that same mark, in fact, maybe I should make a wager with him? BLOODY AMATEURS!!"

[WingCmdr]

12 11 41 Analysis

Bad Weather, minimal flights everywhere. PH 8z -31f Ftr sweeps. Stringbags lose 7 in flights against Naga amph inv. force, defended by CVL CAP. 2 T.s strike AP at Colombo from "53cm torpedo". U - 125 makes its appearance. Next turn it takes two DC attacks after launching T.s at Brit ASW forces. They've met before, no damage.

Landings go in at Sidate, behind Manado, Davao and Dadjangas, covered by Two CVE. Vinny, with his Buffalo's score hits against lt. ftr cover, returning from sweeps and CAP over landing forces. Mizuho becomes first big loss of war so far, with around 30 a/c. My mistake, it they should have been out of range of land a/c for LR CAP. Well landings go in against minimal opposition. Dadj. falls easy, btn. sized force at Davao to be reinforced by follow on landing of 'Batan Island' SNLF amph. force. I didn't need this for PHI landings so sailed it south as a floating reserve.

Interesting message during CR "Plane damaged by Balloon". On a night mission 3 x B 17D hit Bab. at 5k. I thought I was getting really good at this game when I understood plane fatigue and had a vague understanding of submarine nets. This is new one and can't find anything on the base info. We won't need them anymore as the B17 threat recedes and in a Blitzkrieg attack are too cumbersome to place in forward locations. I really have to do some research and see how I can move these to a much more suitable location. The Emperor's birthday is in a few months and I know he'd just love a little bungalow, beach side place with a few of these. At night, the Southern Cross, a few searchlights, real romantic.

[WingCmdr]

12 15 41

PRODUCTION

I just want to jump ahead to put an IJ Production screen up for everyone to see what the devs have come up with for this scenario. I am going to put in a few comments and observations above the attach. and then continually update this post below the attachment with refined thinking. I already feel the fac increases are low.

The force size is 1/3 to 1/2 larger than stock so that is how I will estimate my needs over stock. There are 3 armored divisions that I would like to get heavy use out of and the extra forces will require a lot more support troops, I am going to try for 50% over stock. I have bumped up Veh and Arm to account for this; 20 to 40 each. No change for naval/mer.
Adding about 300 LI in Korea and HI.

SCENARIO 78 Strategy Puzzlers

Resources are in balance with demand.
All the AA units in the HI at start have been upgraded over stock with one size larger barrels. There are a lot of 88 and 100mm units with 60 exp. less than 25 pp each, and sweetheart I'll take them all. Besides 4e bombers attacking ground targets difficulty with the coding I have, I feel there is an issue with ammunition usage. Anyone trying to hold out in an isolated location knows the problem. Now with bigger guns, I will add another 10% to my forecasted needs.

What is little understood about production, except for maybe Mr. Awesome, is that many of the weapons and troop replacements are driven more by demand or oversupply, rather than fixed production. I'm a little unsure of how accurate these statements truly are, but this is how I am going to handle it. You lose an AA unit in '42, but it out, train it, lose it in '43. The more units I can do this with I will make the Allies have to beat my starting army 4 times during the war. Now the Empire can never deploy large amounts of its forces, in the islands, at any one location but they can deploy the land forces in depth. So I hope to be able to force more island invasions and not worry too much about the ground forces lost there.

I am really unsure if this strategy of higher loss of land units can work, but Armaments will be key, and digging into the weapons pools. When playing against the AI in AndyMacs fantastic Ironman scenario's (great training tool allied players) the IJ player runs out of manpower because of its reckless attacks with low exp units. With my strategy I may have a problem with Manpower. I have to repair all manpower centers in China. On 12/15 I have about 1.1k supply in Tokyo and 800k fuel. Those problems do not go away and I want to avoid hitting the June 42 wall. Several hundred thousand of LI is on ships to forward bases.

I have said this mod is a June 42 start so the Allies are producing a bomber or three a day, and 3 -5 fighters a day from the start. The Oscar, Tojo and Zero will carry the load. I want 500 engines for R&D bonus for Ha -33 and Ha - 35.

[WingCmdr]

Production Thoughts Updated During Game:

WIP