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I basically have no idea what I'm doing. I played this game some about a year ago but this is my first scenario. I'm playing #17.



CSLF forces are once again on the prowl. Having totally p0wN3d all enemies on every front, we've now turned our eyes to the south pacific of UV. Between taking from the nips and producting the weapons/materials needed to project this new threat, there are mucho beans to be had here. Our friends in the defense industry salivate.

First action involved an air battle over PM where brave CSLF heros put up a ferocious 6 fighter defense. Hundreds of Jap bombers were knocked out of the sky w/ the loss of only 5 top notch CSLF aircraft. Coincidentally, our nephews cousin owns an aircraft production facility. Replacing these lost aircraft will generate tremendous profit.

Next action involved CSLF heavy bombers (superbad) launching an attack against Jap transports off the coast of Gilli Gilli, while these bombers somehow managed to MISS [:@], the enemy was badly frightened by this assailment and we expect their invasion will be cancelled. Upon reading the report of this fiasco I was so angy I fired off an email to personel demanding this incompetent crew be sent to a Zig Ziglar training course. There seems to be some motivational problems here at the CSLF.

We're planning on stripping all engineer units from north numea and building a new base on Irau. My BiL owns a gravel company and, of course taking nip bases is good for shts and giggles, but the bottom line comes into account and we will throw a few bones his way. CSLF carriers sitting in Numea gathering barnacles will cover the transport of this forray.

Chicken_Salad, CEO
Chicken Salad Liberation Front
"Life, liberty, the pursuit of material goods"

Can I design the platter the AI is going to use to hand you your @$$?

Can I design the platter the AI is going to use to hand you your @$$?

heh. Things have not gone exactly as expected.

A few minor incidents in some areas. A couple CSLF cruisers have come up missing and one of our destroyers was sent back to corporate. At present rate of loss we'll be out of transport ships in about 3 days. But lets not dwell on past mistakes.

I managed to weasle an aussie unit into PM along w/ its parent HQ. 2 Americal regimental combat teams are steaming toward Irau as we speak. I have no HQ unit for these Americal RCTs so I will assume they are army assets attached to socal? [&:] They'll provide base defense while engineer units are packed up ( which is taking FOREVER btw[:@] ) and sent in to bust azz on getting a field mowed out. After a recent debacle involving CSLF transports unloading to Irau and jap medium bombers, we ordered the GM of carrier task force to boogie up there and fly some planes. We're keeping these guys back tho. CSLF is not yet set up to manufacture these babays and there's no profit in outsourcing. We'll get that base at Irau set up guaranteed.

Dakotas are flying transports into PM. Damb those guys are good.

As predicted, our violent attack on jap transports made them settle for invasion of gili gila and buna (?). Yap, they'll think long and hard before venturing into CSLF waters again.

Chicken_Salad, CEO
Chicken Salad Liberation Front
Life, liberty, the pursuit of material goods"

ORIGINAL: UndercoverNotChickenSalad

Can I design the platter the AI is going to use to hand you your @$$?

heh. Things have not gone exactly as expected.

A few minor incidents in some areas. A couple CSLF cruisers have come up missing and one of our destroyers was sent back to corporate. At present rate of loss we'll be out of transport ships in about 3 days. But lets not dwell on past mistakes.

I managed to weasle an aussie unit into PM along w/ its parent HQ. 2 Americal regimental combat teams are steaming toward Irau as we speak. I have no HQ unit for these Americal RCTs so I will assume they are army assets attached to socal? [&:] They'll provide base defense while engineer units are packed up ( which is taking FOREVER btw[:@] ) and sent in to bust azz on getting a field mowed out. After a recent debacle involving CSLF transports unloading to Irau and jap medium bombers, we ordered the GM of carrier task force to boogie up there and fly some planes. We're keeping these guys back tho. CSLF is not yet set up to manufacture these babays and there's no profit in outsourcing. We'll get that base at Irau set up guaranteed.

Dakotas are flying transports into PM. Damb those guys are good.

As predicted, our violent attack on jap transports made them settle for invasion of gili gila and buna (?). Yap, they'll think long and hard before venturing into CSLF waters again.

Chicken_Salad, CEO
Chicken Salad Liberation Front
Life, liberty, the pursuit of material goods"

Hmmm, surprise, surprise. The Americal Div HQ well arrive in a couple of weeks, no worry. It's not like they were marked for forward deployment that soon........ I once thought about keeping Irau as a fooolish young man, wouldn't dream of it against an IJN opponent with half his wits.

Let me know when you are looking for an IJN PBEM opponent.....

We got nailed again unloading bodies to Irau, but the base is established. The Americal HQ did arrive and we moved 'em on up to the east side. The field is at 1 now and we've moved in 2 fighter squads. We should be able to give CSLF carriers a break. We already sent 2 of 'em back to port, but left Enterprise on station, just in case. We'll send her back after a few more turns. Irau is fully staffed now w/ HQ, base squads, about 10,000 supply, plenty of paperclips, a bit of fuel (before our guys got nailed), staplers, and we got another boatload of buldozers on t way. We wish we had some divebombers to plop on that babay, but the guys at corporate are so busy backslapping each other after the successful Irau dealio we reckon somebody forgot about the memo " Send dive bombers ASAFingP. " The time they get around to checking their email the base will be big enough for some CSLF heavy bombers (superbad) and that's aight. Far as we can tell we only have 1 squad of lba divebombers, but those guys are doing a good job im PM so we aint going to move them. The only way we know of to get 'em over anyway is on the Long Island [8|]

CSLF lba and subs have caused a lot of damaged to the jap transports near wewak and buna. We probably aren't dealing as much as we're taking, but hey we got Irau built and we're feeling pretty sexy.

Chicken_Salad, CEO

Jut wait for the deathstar, Luke.

Ummm are you trying to lose , because your about to get you head handed to you... what date are you at...I am not sure if it is possible to lose to the to the AI but taking Irau in the 1st month and getting half your ground forces lost there may do the trick

As w/ all great business ventures, always naysayers.

A month from now ya'll will be debating the merits of the new Irau gambit. Step aside gents, I got work to do.

Chicken_Salad, CEO

The Irau base is progressing nicely as 4 CSLF carriers cruise menacincly to the south. The airport is @ 2 and the dock is up to lvl 1. We can unload materials pretty fast now and the consultants don't have to get sand in their loafers when they swing by (we at the CSLF really hate those guys but have found its best to just keep them happy [8|] ).

Luganville will soon be sporting heavies and that will help out if the enemy ever gets nad and thinks he wants to step to our 1ns4n3 skillz. Carriers were spotted around shortland, all they did was strike lunga but nothing is there [8|]

The japs are keeping themselves busy minesweeping truk [8|] We've moved more base troopers to PM and stuffed it w/ bombers. We'll have to step up supplies there now. No problem we make a good margin on materials [8D] Bombers are doing their job and enemy transports are getting 0wN3d We've had a couple bad runs into Irau but nothing like the beating the japs have been taking near New Ginea. Plans to rule this area of the world are underway.

Its June 19 the Marines are arriving. I guess I'll rotate the Irau base those guys haven't been laid in 6 weeks.

Chicken_Salad, CEO

Good luck.

Just remember human opponents tend to be a little less predictable and usually a little less foolish (while waiting for PBEM turns I am doing #19 as USN...Not even July and around 20-25 IJN APs are reefs...Not to mention a group of 8 DDs )...[8D]
However, a human opponent (probably) would not have gotten into that much of a mess)

That said, the AI games are useful for trying out new things and practicing patterns...

If you do want a human opponent at some point, just email (scenarios 17 and 4)

CSLF...

Just be careful for the death star, the giant ball of CV death..
If you can avoid destruction at the hands of it, you should be fine.

Despite the scaredicats, we've continued moving shipping into Irau. It has a 3 airport and a 2 dock. Heavy bombers are now rallying out of Lugerville. CSLF accountants are all smiles. Some of the NZ troops at Irau were caught groping w/ each other and we don't allow that kind of behavior around here at the CSLF [8|] So we shipped them back to numea.

Enemy carriers are still incommunicado, although several times we spotted our own carriers and almost suffered heart failure. The japs are obviously macosists insisting on using their transports to train our bomber crews and the bomber pilots themselves are getting downright arrogant [8|] A couple of them even had the nerve to ask for a raise. [8|]

We've sent troop ships toward Rossel after noticing the place looks good a new ba$e. These ships retreated from enemy carriers and turned around [:-] OUR transports !! TURNED AROUND !! [:@] They were heading back to numea !! Absolutely outraged I told them to hold their @#$@#ing postion !! They're sitting out there right now like stupid jerks and are costing us a lot of money. So we're suiting up a few CSLF carriers and are gonna go out there and kick some butts.

Chicken_Salad, CEO
CSLF

While providing aircover for rossel island landing, CSLF carriers met their enemy couterparts. 1 of ours was hit w/ a bomb but not seriously damaged. 2 enemy carriers, well..... we won't be seeing those guys ever again [;)] We were feeling bad for the AI so we LET the 3rd enemy carrier limp home. In an unrelated incident, another enemy carrier near lunga caught one of our 1,000 lbers. Explosions reported below deck but those guys at Irau have been known to exaggerate. We doubt this carrier was very badly damaged.

Score:

CSLF: 2
Enemy: zip

rossel island having been established, we turned our eyes toward gili gili. This base is getting DPd between rossel and PM. Again using CSLF carriers for cover we sent in a massive force of tankers and landed a division of CSLF mercenaries. Despite heroic efforts by the entire fleet, the entire division was annihilated. No worries, replacements are available and another division is on the way. This time some parts of the 1st marine will land w/ them. [8|] So far its a debacle but this is the first time the CSLF has ever attempted to take an enemy base. We are unsure why divebombers aboard TF 201 refused to provide ground support to our poor troops and are currently reviewing the manual.

The specter of dead CSLF troops rotting on the beach in gili gili will not deter our ambitions.

Chicken_Salad, CEO

ORIGINAL: UndercoverNotChickenSalad

Despite the scaredicats,

Give em hell and if you can smack his transports around and slug it out with
the capitol ships you both won't have an offensive capability until 43 witch is
good for you as you will have stalled the IJN long enough....
not a good choice against experienced PBEM player but works against the AI....

I've been reading the forums a lot last few days. If I ever did this vs human (doubtful) I'd haul my guys to aus and bag enemy transports w/ LBA until I got more materials.

If I lose this next division (plus the marine attachment) in gili gili I'm done for a while. I don't think I can move the N command australians. I'm pretty much learning how to play. I think the altitude for my carrier bombers was set too high thats why they didn't launch ground support. I dunno [8|] Surely gili will fall dangit I know they aren't getting any materials there. If they try moving ships in, PM, rossel, and CSLF carriers spank them bad.

The only reason I have done what you are doing against a PBEM player is
to buy time and stall the Auto victory If you can buy a month or two and
not risk your carriers you may avoid it.
I am 3 for 4 in avoiding the autovictory as I was handed my a$$ in the very first game
against an experienced player, 3 are still ongoing.
I have taken Lunga and Irau, fought somewhat for lunga but pulled the troops back to
Irau after the engineers built it up a bit, so it was stalled just long enough to have
the japanese lose there offensive push capability when they came for Irau I had the
carriers and lba to stop them.
The only problem with it is now there is not a lot of warships left to win a decisive
victory. ( gonna have to try to get more points )
But it is fun to stop the japanese in there tracks....[:D]

Given the programing of the Artificial Idiot I should think you would dispense with further trifling with Irau and get your accounting department et al up to Lunga. I do believe you will relieve most of the pressure on Gili Gili that way though it may be somewhat uncomfortable at first.[:'(]

Sorry undercover for hijacking your post a little...
But these are the results up to 3/29/43 from me doing exactly what you did only in a PBEM game.
We have littarally kicked the crap out of ourselves, ay Spence ....
May not be exactly accurate as some months have passed now...

Allied invades Gilli Gilli, Lunga,Irau, Buna.
Japanese assaults Gilli Gilli, Buna, Takes a while longer than he plans to get Gilli Gilli
back Buna falls, Gilli Gilli falls after 4 to 6 weeks.
PM falls abruptly as Troops are stripped in defense of Gilli Gilli.
As the end nears Allies transfer some troops to Irau from lunga as that base is built
up a little now.
Japanese takes Lunga Launches a major assault on Irau, Major shipping battles ensue and allies are able to hold on to Irau, Japs suffer some troop losses around 15,000
or so but not as many as the allies have lost to date.
allies and japs build bases up in defensive postures and proceed to sink each others carriers although the allies fared better with 3 sunk to IJN 7 sunk.
Allies have taken back PM and Tulagi and have been bombing Guadalcanal for a month ar so rendering it useless.
Allies are screwed for the time being as 2oo+ ships are now reefs to the IJN's 75 sunk.
Allies are ready to recieve there version of the death star as all damaged and some new carriers will be ready for an end run to 1944.
I feel that I will only be able to take back a couple more bases as the IJN has some material strength left to counter my invasions. ( I have lots of troops but not a lot of shipping)
Hence our comments.

ORIGINAL: spence

Given the programing of the Artificial Idiot I should think you would dispense with further trifling with Irau and get your accounting department et al up to Lunga. I do believe you will relieve most of the pressure on Gili Gili that way though it may be somewhat uncomfortable at first.[:'(]

I would but I only have 5 task force cammanders left..[:D]
and about 30 ships.....

But I also havn't seen that silly little death star of yours for quite some time now .

Looks like I have to put down a hijacking [:@]




Ok, order in my glorious thread has been restored.


We've managed to land 20 thou troops into gili gili and the japs have about the same. We seem to be doing ok b/c the japs have not yet wiped us out to the last man which is how our invasions usually go. Typcially we land 15 thou and then we get the message " Japanese deliberate attack. attacking force 500 troops, defending force 15,000. Enemy losses: 20 troops, CSLF losses 15,000" [:@][:@][8|] To date the CSLF has never taken an enemy's camp. After about the week the japs launched a major campaign to reinforce and supply gili. Land and sea based CSLF divebombers gave these transports a terrible beating and sunk at least 20 ships. Meanwhile we've sent more ships and every single free man we have is on the way to gili. 6th 7th 43rd and even some other units. The only division now in reserve is the first marine.

We bagged another jap carrier so the score is now

CSLF: 3
Enemy: zip

Enemy ships have been devastated. I can't believe how many APs these guys have it seems to be an endless supply. 5 jap AP moved to supply lunga but CSLF bombers based in irau nailed them all heavy damage. Even the heavies from lungaville wailed on 'em a little.

Will continue the invasion of gili. None of our planes will help CSLF mercenaries there, we aren't getting the settings right somehow. [8|]

Chicken_Salad, CEO