Andy Mac v PZB This time India will Stand !!!!

[Andy Mac]

Operations in the second half of 44

1. Secure Andaman Islands
2. Eliminate Japanese Land Based Air in Burma


3. Secure New Britain
4. Secure New Guinea Coast
5. Neutralise Truk

6. Assault Marshall and Gilbert Islands

[EUBanana]

ORIGINAL: Andy Mac

Invasion TF's are loading up for my next operartion covered by 32 CVE's 8 CV's and 10 CVL's

[X(]

32 CVEs, wowzers.

I take it a lot of them are VR squadron CVEs though. Did you swap out the reinforcement airgroups?

[Andy Mac]

A mix some are still VR some are pure fighter platformsees onto a couple of ungarr
Been relativelly quiet recently landed Paras and Seabees onto a pair of 30k atolls in the spouthern Gilberts not going anywhere without strong Thud support to close down enemy AF's

I have lost my ability to take losses in Carriers and keep going so I need to be carefull

[Andy Mac]

Been resting 4E bombers in burma saving my main battles for when they can be decisive

[Andy Mac]

In CENTPAC now secured 2 atolls both 30,000 men capacity with a decet airfield build.

Takes about 6 - 7 days for massed Seabees to get the AF to lvl 1 so no need to rush into the Gilberts or marshalls without proper support.

I will wait until I can put a strong force of mediums onto those islands for AF suppressions backed by sweeping Thuds

I cannot afford heavy losses in carrers in the initial phases of this operation so I am being ultra carefull and not advancing beyond the support of LBA.

The plan requires me to have cleared all the Marshalls and Gilberts in the next 5 months so I am not ia huge rush in this theatre and can afford the time to do it safely

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Andy Mac

In CENTPAC now secured 2 atolls both 30,000 men capacity with a decet airfield build.

Takes about 6 - 7 days for massed Seabees to get the AF to lvl 1 so no need to rush into the Gilberts or marshalls without proper support.

I will wait until I can put a strong force of mediums onto those islands for AF suppressions backed by sweeping Thuds

I cannot afford heavy losses in carrers in the initial phases of this operation so I am being ultra carefull and not advancing beyond the support of LBA.

The plan requires me to have cleared all the Marshalls and Gilberts in the next 5 months so I am not ia huge rush in this theatre and can afford the time to do it safely

6 - 7 days for massed Seabees to build a level 1 airfield? What are those airfields, 0 (0) airfields? Massed Seabees do this in one day for me if it's a 0 (3) or so.

[Andy Mac]

massed as in 3 seabee bns and its nearer 5 days after4 they hit their stride

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Andy Mac

massed as in 3 seabee bns and its nearer 5 days after4 they hit their stride

ok, 3 btns wasn't what I would have called "massed". That explains it. [;)]

[Andy Mac]

being carefull to get my foothold established before I punch in with carriers.

My CV's are only really in theatre to force PZB to come out from behind his LBA if he wants to party.

I am not sending unsupported CV's in against KB and LBA I cannot afford the losses for minor objectives

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Andy Mac

being carefull to get my foothold established before I punch in with carriers.

My CV's are only really in theatre to force PZB to come out from behind his LBA if he wants to party.

I am not sending unsupported CV's in against KB and LBA I cannot afford the losses for minor objectives

[Andy Mac]

Been a quiet few days I have been hitting Jap AF's in Burma but PZB hit back hard but I am keeping the pressure on as much as possible I will probably try again to hit the Andaman Islands in a few days again I will take my losses if it achieves the objectives I have set

SWPAC has been relativelly quiet waiting on convoys of fuel to arrive and prep levels to increase no need to push to hard there yet.

CENTPAC both bases in southern Gilberts have operatiional airfields just waitning for follow on TF's to arrive and for AF's to get to level 3 so I can base bombers there to supress Tarawa.

I have until end 44 to clear Marshalls so taking my time

[Andy Mac]

CAP is so porous in large battles that I cannot rely on it to keep my carriers safe

I am therefore always splitting my Carrier TF's into a multi hex formation covering 5 hexes

Each hex is coneected to a minimum of two other s for support and each hex has one fleet carrier TF and 1 CVE TF in it which should limit my total losses if CAP proves totally inadequate

That formation and splitting of carriers is probably ok for the Gilberts and Marshalls but I will need to think again for next phase objectives.

Every month I dont commit to a knife fight is another month I get stronger.

[Andy Mac]

Waiting for Tabitea to build up once its up to size I will use Venturas (of which I have 400+ in the pool) to supress AF's in the Marshalls/Gilberts as I drive into CENTPAC.

Moving Superforts and B24J force to SWPAC

B24Ds to Burma

The plan is to try and drive into SWPAC and CENTPAC in next few months

[Andy Mac]

OK this game is still live as I play for little self respect

Its been slow gong because of work and holiday but its given me time to plan my revenge.......

Given my past performance in this game I have Christened it Operation Muppet

Its going to be a throw of the dice no question and it will take about 3 months to get ready but yes folks he is going deep again fortune favours the brave (in my case maybe not but this game is boring now for PZB and I suspect if I keep grinding forward it will end from boredom ..... so I am going to throw the dice its shit or bust time !!!!)

Operation Muppet is a go !!!

[ADB123]

Hey Andy -

Is there any life left in this game, or did you and PzB call it quits?

[Andy Mac]

No PZB got bored kicking a dead horse [:D][:D][:D]

Overall this was a fantastic game charecterised by 2 mistakes on my part that PZB exploited to the max

He played execptionally well and while a Draw was possible I was definitely not going to win this one.

PZB is an exceptional player and it was a lot of fun (and some frustration to play the game out)

Highlight - my reconquest of Burma

Lowlight - either the sinking report that led KB to my cripples or Pearl Harbour where I lost 7 BB's in one day....)

Andy

[MAurelius]

so anytime soon we get to hear about another of your games? [8|]

[Andy Mac]

Fun fun I just re read both sides of the great gamble in South Australia around page 12 - 15 of both AAR's its really fascinating to see both sides at the saem time !!!

Damn he was a good player

[modrow]

ORIGINAL: Andy Mac

Fun fun I just re read both sides of the great gamble in South Australia around page 12 - 15 of both AAR's its really fascinating to see both sides at the saem time !!!

Damn he was a good player

+1

For a minute, I had hoped you had managed to revive this...

Hartwig

[PaxMondo]

ORIGINAL: Andy Mac

Fun fun I just re read both sides of the great gamble in South Australia around page 12 - 15 of both AAR's its really fascinating to see both sides at the saem time !!!

Damn he was a good player

Yep. Are you still in contact with him? If so, please extend best wishes from this crowd.