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Re-sizing IJN air groups - Not that it has to be done now, but put on your "honey to do list" the need to get Zero, Val, and Kate groups resized by a CVL or CV that is not being used for active operations. I just had my 3 CVEs return to Yokohama for small repairs and used CVE Taiyo (capacity 27) to do my Vals and Kates. I'll probably use a CV later to go one re-size further to 36. My personal rule of thumb is not to re-size any larger than existing groups. I've heard of players ging up to 72, but that is gamey to me. FPs will be going through the same on AVs and then on my large CS to 24 planes. Main reason to do this is to increase your ability to train pilots.
I'm not sure I understand the process here to resize the air groups. Just the act of loading the planes on a carrier will increase the
size of the air group? Anything else I need do? I don't think I've ever resized an air group. Imagine that.
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Truk - I seldom play Japan, but I guess I didn't remember to monitor the fuel levels here. My trip with KB-1 and KB-2 to Midway, Johnson, and Christmas drained everything I had there. Now, in early Feb '42 there is ZERO fuel!! I recently captured Balikpapan and Tarakan and have multiple TK and AO TFs at both loading, but it will be 10 days to get it shipped. Duh!!
I did the same thing to Babeldoab but fortunately I had refill convoys already dispatched to arrive about the next day or so. It wasn't
empty long. I've learned to monitor the hubs. So every turn I bring up the Tracker bases page and do a resource history on my
hubs to see what the trend is. One quick question: did running out of fuel at Truk affect your operational tempo any at all? I had to
suspend operations for a little bit.
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Another reason for your early expansion to prioritize these oil producing bases.
I've got a team already landed at Tarakan and serious negotiations are underway.