ORIGINAL: paullus99
This is fascinating - a really good look at how bloody the first few months of the war can really be.
I agree with paullus99 - a really epic struggle is taking place.
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ORIGINAL: paullus99
This is fascinating - a really good look at how bloody the first few months of the war can really be.
ORIGINAL: dave sindel
ORIGINAL: paullus99
This is fascinating - a really good look at how bloody the first few months of the war can really be.
I agree with paullus99 - a really epic struggle is taking place.
I've been preparing OZ especially over the first months and I'll keep sending fighters there in favour of India.
ORIGINAL: Encircled
I've been preparing OZ especially over the first months and I'll keep sending fighters there in favour of India.
Yeah, that decision where to send the troops is crucial.
ORIGINAL: obvert
ORIGINAL: Encircled
I've been preparing OZ especially over the first months and I'll keep sending fighters there in favour of India.
Yeah, that decision where to send the troops is crucial.
The troops part isn't actually as crucial to me yet. Once I know more about his ability and interest to try next level invasions it might be more critical. I'm more interested in making VP harvesting in OZ by strat bombing difficult. With this in mind a lot of units usually sent to India will go here.
Right now I'm playing to hold critical areas by collapsing all forces and concentrating them in the rear, beyond the LODs on each continent (aside from CON US where they are forward and massed in the key industrial centres).
India is Karachi and Bombay. All troops will sit there and build forts until those bases are known to be safe. Calcutta is up for grabs. If he wants it it's his. I'll get to level 8 first before moving anything out in those two major cities and also build up the islands at Socotra and Diego if possible. Ceylon will not be defended.
I will try a last stand at Lashio and Myiktkyina to stall advances into the mountains, and will do anything to hold Paoshan and Tsuyang. China will be the usual grind, I'm sure, slowly losing as supply dwindles.
In OZ I'll try to make it tougher to get Perth and Western OZ, but only if it looks possible to stall based on fort levels and what he's bringing. If he goes all-in we'll pull back.
I don't know what to expect from Jeff (lowpe) as his games so far have been pick-ups. So he hasn't had the luxury of planning a strategic goal fro Japan from day 1 before now. I'm curious based on his knowledge of late war to see what he will do.
ORIGINAL: Skyros
ORIGINAL: obvert
ORIGINAL: Encircled
Yeah, that decision where to send the troops is crucial.
The troops part isn't actually as crucial to me yet. Once I know more about his ability and interest to try next level invasions it might be more critical. I'm more interested in making VP harvesting in OZ by strat bombing difficult. With this in mind a lot of units usually sent to India will go here.
Right now I'm playing to hold critical areas by collapsing all forces and concentrating them in the rear, beyond the LODs on each continent (aside from CON US where they are forward and massed in the key industrial centres).
India is Karachi and Bombay. All troops will sit there and build forts until those bases are known to be safe. Calcutta is up for grabs. If he wants it it's his. I'll get to level 8 first before moving anything out in those two major cities and also build up the islands at Socotra and Diego if possible. Ceylon will not be defended.
I will try a last stand at Lashio and Myiktkyina to stall advances into the mountains, and will do anything to hold Paoshan and Tsuyang. China will be the usual grind, I'm sure, slowly losing as supply dwindles.
In OZ I'll try to make it tougher to get Perth and Western OZ, but only if it looks possible to stall based on fort levels and what he's bringing. If he goes all-in we'll pull back.
I don't know what to expect from Jeff (lowpe) as his games so far have been pick-ups. So he hasn't had the luxury of planning a strategic goal fro Japan from day 1 before now. I'm curious based on his knowledge of late war to see what he will do.
Curious as to why you will not defend Ceylon, do you perceive it as a place where LCUs get trapped and destroyed?
Right now I'm playing to hold critical areas by collapsing all forces and concentrating them in the rear, beyond the LODs on each continent (aside from CON US where they are forward and massed in the key industrial centres).
India is Karachi and Bombay. All troops will sit there and build forts until those bases are known to be safe. Calcutta is up for grabs. If he wants it it's his. I'll get to level 8 first before moving anything out in those two major cities and also build up the islands at Socotra and Diego if possible. Ceylon will not be defended.
I will try a last stand at Lashio and Myiktkyina to stall advances into the mountains, and will do anything to hold Paoshan and Tsuyang. China will be the usual grind, I'm sure, slowly losing as supply dwindles.
In OZ I'll try to make it tougher to get Perth and Western OZ, but only if it looks possible to stall based on fort levels and what he's bringing. If he goes all-in we'll pull back.
ORIGINAL: Encircled
Right now I'm playing to hold critical areas by collapsing all forces and concentrating them in the rear, beyond the LODs on each continent (aside from CON US where they are forward and massed in the key industrial centres).
India is Karachi and Bombay. All troops will sit there and build forts until those bases are known to be safe. Calcutta is up for grabs. If he wants it it's his. I'll get to level 8 first before moving anything out in those two major cities and also build up the islands at Socotra and Diego if possible. Ceylon will not be defended.
I will try a last stand at Lashio and Myiktkyina to stall advances into the mountains, and will do anything to hold Paoshan and Tsuyang. China will be the usual grind, I'm sure, slowly losing as supply dwindles.
In OZ I'll try to make it tougher to get Perth and Western OZ, but only if it looks possible to stall based on fort levels and what he's bringing. If he goes all-in we'll pull back.
Essentially what I did in my current game, but my opponent landed in Oz really early and I poured reinforcements in.
I wouldn't try to hold Western Oz, it just drains troops from the Sydney/Melbourne axis.
ORIGINAL: Bif1961
Do you feel like the Germans did breaking out of Brest and thought he Channel?
ORIGINAL: szmike
I've just catched up. That's impressive defence.
I wonder though where did you get enough aviation support for that? There isn't enough even for Dutch alone.
ORIGINAL: JocMeister
Fighters wont really help you defend against strat bombing in OZ. Your pools are too shallow and air frames too poor. Send US AA units there ASAP. Buy them out if needed. You get some OZ AA units but they wont arrive until April/May so unless you send US AA there you won´t have any at all!
Here is a big map. i've been debating with myself about whether to risk a bombardment of Palembang or not. It looks like both of the big BB TFs in the area are moving away from the scene, and the port seems to be defended by a few ASW ships.
ORIGINAL: Capt. Harlock
Here is a big map. i've been debating with myself about whether to risk a bombardment of Palembang or not. It looks like both of the big BB TFs in the area are moving away from the scene, and the port seems to be defended by a few ASW ships.
On the other hand, there are Japanese airbases in the area. What are your escape routes?