(RA) Allies in Tatters Deaniks(A) vs Soulsilver(J)

[deaniks]

Hi i'm deaniks and I would say i'm a intermite player at witp and this is my first time doing an arr for a game that's already in progress in march of 42 I am playing the allied side and so far things are not looking so well for me its not hopeless yet but it can change depending on what my opponent decides to go we are also using the RA mod.
House rules;
1)No CV Hunting turn 1
2)Paratroopers; Free to use fragments to capture small island bases but have to bring the whole unit if you are using it elsewhere , either in 1 turn or in the following turns if you cant bring the whole unit.
3)Units cutting retreat must be a realistic size of brigade or above ; What does cutting retreat mean = surrounding a hex completely with units and no direction to escape.
4)All PT Boats in the same hex must be in the same task force
5)No Crossing Malacca strait with surface ships until Japan controls Singapore
6)Fighter altitude limit 20k until 06/42 , 25k 06/42-01/43 , 30k 43-44 , 35k 44-45 , 40k 45-46
7)No night strat bombing until 44
8. No crossing borders without paying the pp costs for moving units of restricted commands
9) exceptions: American units can move freely in Canada, and Thai units may move freely in Burma and Malaya.
10) restricted units may move 3 tiles across national borders before paying PPs.

[deaniks]

so far i have lost around 2 carriers the saratoga and lexigton, 6 bb(5 usn) (1 britsh) and numerous cls, dd's, and 6 ca's

[deaniks]

Strategic situation

[deaniks]

i forgot to metion there is also 4 brigades in luganville 3 aussie and one american, 3 in suva two nz and one american and also 1 american in pago pago

[deaniks]

India situation

[deaniks]

right now around Aussie we have most of the american fleet gathering around here and going to move else where right now i'm debating where i want to send my carriers I want to send the hornet and enterprise and the cvl Charlotte near Karachi to meet and then use it as a strike force to harass ships in and around the Indian coast while the Yorktown and Hermes along with 5 bb's and a bc sit in Aussie and harass ships at bases near Aussie also in around 5 days I have the formidable and the BC renown arriving to help Indian defense

[deaniks]

intelligence

[Nomad]

A friendly note, adding the game date to your posts really helps us to understand your position better.

[deaniks]

China

[RangerJoe]

I would suggest teaming up the Hermes with the Charlotte. Between them you have a decent carrier but do not slow down your fast carriers.

I would not move any American carriers to support India. If the KB is there, they could be sunk. They are better off training their air crews and/or raiding fast then getting out.

[deaniks]

ya i propply wont move any carriers there i most likley will move some more lighter ships like a ca a few more dd's and stuff to help out the bb's that are allready there and the charlote is like 32 knots
or something so it can keep up with the main carriers while the hermes is at like 24 knots thats why its teamed up with the eneterprise

[deaniks]

cvl Charlotte

[deaniks]

March 13, 1942
nothing much happened some Japanese sub actives lost one cargo ship to those he tried to land a paratroop at dacca but luckily had some troops there to stop him then just some air battles nothing else much

[deaniks]

I've also landed some more Eng's and AA at cold bay to get that airbase up so i can start bombing the Japanese at adak island

[Anachro]

What are your defensive plans for India proper? I'd also be wary of sending BBs, especially slow British BBs, against any invasion force if its covered by carriers, unless you have nearby strong airfields and numerous planes to provide LRCAP. Slow BBs are torpedo magnets for Japanese bombers.

As I have read your opponent's AAR up to this point, I will refrain from making any comments on the actual situation for awhile, but I will stop reading your opponents AAR so I can comment here more freely in the future.

[deaniks]

some kind of line like this

[deaniks]

ya but I don't have to many fighter in India right now i would say about 130 between all my bases plus another 40 of the p-39d moving from Capetown to India right now i am also moving up a ca task force from Australia up to India plus a British task force just arrived this turn with the renown so i don't have to use my bb's if i want to make fast strikes

[Anachro]

Be sure to constantly check your sigint report as it will usually show what bases Japanese troops are planning for; in my game, I got early info on landings at Ceylon (which is a hopeless case early on so best to just evacuate what you can while having some troops to slow him down in the cities) as well as at Vizagapatnum. I think your line is good, as you should be trying to avoid fighting in clear hexes and making him fight in jungles and rough terrain where you have numerous forts. It goes without saying that you should already have base units and engineers in strategic locations building up forts and airbases, while avoiding building up airbases in places he will probably take. In my game I had an early defensive line like in your picture and then planned a defensive line further in more parallel to Bombay (both lines were mostly composed of rough terrain that would be hard for Japanese forces to take against decent defensive forces). Always pay attention to the rail lines and where the major junctions are, as you don't want your opponent to take them and cut your ability to rail troops around.

Are you planning to send reinforcements from the USA?

Also, check up on the line he must cross to trigger emergency reinforcements for you in India.

[Anachro]

In my game of RA, this was the ultimate line I was able to hold in India, but this was because my opponent never tried any landing moves that seriously stressed my ability to setup defensive positions in time to meet his forces. I brought in a few US divisions, tank regiments, and base units though to help (relatively early thanks to sigint pointing to my opponent going after India), which was absolutely important. Can never have enough engineers to build defenses.

[deaniks]

ya i have units moving to those bases as we speak