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Felt the need for one more round, so I guess we're Back in Business Again! [:D]

Me vs AndyMac, Scen 2 - one day turns.
For those of you who followed my previous WitP AAR you may remember that AndyMac took over the Allied side in the first half of 1943 and fought it into a 1946 draw.

This time Andy will be in from the start - so we'll try to hit him so hard that we don't have to go into 1946 to settle things again[;)]

Andy will have his separate thread so you can drop in for a look from the other side of the fence if you'd like.

We've not created a mile long list of house rules but go with the gentleman agreement from last round and vouch for a fair fight.

We're already into turn 7 and got some catching up to do.
Will come back with a week 1 summary as I find time.

Nagumo went to Pearl again and stayed for 2 days this time, stay tuned for what Tokyo Rose has to say about his stay! [8D]
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Sounds good John, going to be reading both AARs, so no help on the way, but good luck.
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So were to start...!

I will only give detaild descriptions of the major actions and sum up the rest.
The big strategy is something I'm working on, but will get back to this later.
First we need to settle things in Malaya, DEI and in the Philippines.

Pearl Harbour and Kido Butai 7-13th of December.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 41

Central Pacific - Pearl Harbour

Decided to send Nagumo to a position 3 hexes west of PH for the initial attack.
- Results were pretty historical. The Arizona blew up and most other battleships were damaged.
All the midgets foundered and sank...

Not happy with the low kill count for enemy ac, in AE it's much more difficult to destroy planes on the ground (maybe a tad to difficult?)

Morning Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107

Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 84
B5N2 Kate x 117
D3A1 Val x 135

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 5 destroyed, 29 damaged
D3A1 Val: 9 destroyed, 47 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 10 destroyed on ground
P-40B Warhawk: 6 destroyed on ground
A-20A Havoc: 2 destroyed on ground
B-18A Bolo: 3 destroyed on ground
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground
SBD-1 Dauntless: 2 destroyed on ground
P-36A Mohawk: 3 destroyed on ground
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB California, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AV Tangier
xAKL Manini
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Monaghan, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
SS Dolphin, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CM Oglala
BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
BB Arizona, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DM Ramsay, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DM Tracy, Bomb hits 1, on fire
PT-29, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
BB Maryland, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CL Helena, Torpedo hits 1
CL Raleigh, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Shaw, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Litchfield, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
DD Dale, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Patterson, Bomb hits 1

Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Repair Shipyard hits 6
Airbase hits 27
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 150
Port hits 12
Port fuel hits 5

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 08, 41

On day two the KB went 4 hexes north of PH and launched a follow up attack on port and TFs.

Morning Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107
Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 53 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 53
B5N2 Kate x 41
D3A1 Val x 43

Allied aircraft
P-36A Mohawk x 2
P-40B Warhawk x 14
SNJ-3 Texan x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 5 destroyed, 24 damaged
D3A1 Val: 7 destroyed, 27 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed
P-40B Warhawk: 8 destroyed
SNJ-3 Texan: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Nevada, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
BB Maryland, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
BB California, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
BB West Virginia, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Cummings, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Honolulu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Port hits 1

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YEAH, this is more like it!
In order to not be known by history as the man who went home a quarter to twelve Nagumo launched a final afternoon strike on Pearl:

Afternoon Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 35
B5N2 Kate x 63
D3A1 Val x 32

Allied aircraft
SNJ-3 Texan x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 10 destroyed, 35 damaged
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed, 23 damaged

Allied aircraft losses

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DM Gamble, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AG Argonne, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AS Pelias, Torpedo hits 1
CL Phoenix, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
AV Tangier, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AM Grebe, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AG Aries, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB West Virginia, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DMS Trevor, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
BB California, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CA New Orleans
CL Honolulu, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Detroit, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AO Ramapo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Farragut, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Helena, Bomb hits 1
DD Jarvis, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Port hits 9

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Almost every single battleship sent to the bottom (7 out of 8!) [8D]
FLAK caused quite a few losses, but we managed to hit the enemy airfields and fighters so hard that they didn't shoot down many KB bombers.

Not much action for the KB in the week after PH - it met with the refuelling TF and headed towards Wake Island to oversee the invasion there. (I postponed it to avoid Andy from hammering the invasion fleet with his carriers).

On the 13th of December
a small enemy craft was spotted and sunk by KB ac near Wake Island, so Andy should know its position:

Morning Air attack on TF, near Taongi at 144,106
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 22 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
D3A1 Val x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
AM Penguin, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x D3A1 Val diving from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AM Penguin

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Philippines 7-13th of December

Usual landings in Aparro and Vigan and then Legaspi.
Still building up forces trying to advance into central Luzon while fighting enemy subs and the occasional P-40 / B-17 raids.

The heavy air attacks on Luzon airfields failed do destroy a significant number of enemy ac.
Have gone over to sweeping instead, this is slowly wearing down the enemy fighters.

Highlights:

Bois sunk by Mini KB south of Davao;

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sangi at 76,95

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 2
B5N1 Kate x 8

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses

Allied Ships
CL Boise, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk

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Enemy ships fleeing Manila were caught at Lubong by the Imperial Navy:

Day Time Surface Combat, near Lubang at 78,78, Range 14,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Maya
CA Ashigara, Shell hits 6, on fire
CL Kuma
DD Asakaze
DD Matsukaze, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
DD John D. Ford, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
DD Peary, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
DD Pillsbury, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
DD Pope, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
PG Isabel, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
PG Asheville, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
PG Tulsa, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
AS Holland, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
AS Otus, Shell hits 18, and is sunk
AS Canopus, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
AV Langley, Shell hits 17, and is sunk
AVD Childs
AM Finch
AM Bittern, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
AO Pecos, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AO Trinity, Shell hits 1
TK Mindanao, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAP President Madison
xAP Rochambeau, Shell hits 1
xAKL Don Jose
xAKL Sagoland, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Paz, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
TK Gertrude Kellogg, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
xAKL Anakan
xAKL Bisayas
xAK Capillo, Shell hits 15, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Compagnia Filipinas
xAKL Corregidor
xAK Ethel Edwards, Shell hits 1
xAKL Palawan, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
xAKL Princess of Negros
xAK Si Kiang, Shell hits 3, on fire
xAK Tantalus, Shell hits 3, on fire
xAK Yu Sang, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Neptuna

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Air strikes from naval and carrier bombers combined with surface TF attacks has caused major enemy shipping losses in the Philippine Sea. No major Japanese warship has been sunk or damaged.

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An interesting note: The heavy cruiser Houston has been attacked in Manila harbour several times but avoided destruction. For some obscure reason Andy sent a Dutch TF with the cruisers Java and De Ruyter to Luzon.

Java was sunk by naval bombers while De Ruyter was crippled in a mine field I laid between Tawi Tawi and Jolo. The remaining destroyers are still in the area close to Manila.
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Malaya - Borneo

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 41

Morning Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 52,82

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 52
G4M1 Betty x 13

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 4 destroyed, 29 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
BC Repulse, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk
DD Vampire
DD Electra
DD Tenedos
DD Express

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Both capital ships are reported sunk and I've not seen anything more of them, so I think they're gonners! In the afternoon the destroyer Electra is also reported torpedoed and sunk!

On Borneo we have captured Miri and Brunei and are slowly expanding our presence there.
In Malaya the peninsula has been cut, Victoria Point captured and we're marching on Alor Star which has been abandoned. Troops are also pursuing the enemy south of Khota Bharu.

Our Army bombers have harassed enemy ground troops while our fighters are sweeping both Rangoon and Singapore. Losses on the 13th of December were heavy on both sides as Oscars and Zeros took on the AVG in Rangoon and a large number of Buffalos in Singapore. A few more such efforts and we should be able to gain air superiority and be able to send our bombers out without more impunity.

Enemy subs operated on the east coast of the Peninsula and we managed to sink 1 or 2 of the Dutch boats. Our own subs have sunk several loaded tankers, aux vessels and cargo ships in the region.
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Good luck! Your old AARS were always great fun.

Are you enjoying the new features?
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I am indeed, lots of improvements and I have to learn to play much the game over again!
AE is a whole dimension more than WitP was, much more so than the upgrade from UV to WitP.

Pilot / aircraft and industry management is truly great and I think combat balance is pretty good as well. A few anomalities yet, but every new patch brings new improvements.

China

In China I have mostly been trying to open some bottle necks by brushing aside Chinese "roadblocks". The aim is to gather an army to go to the offensive with somewhere in Central China, but there is a lot of preprations to be made first.

Andy is trying very hard to get troops into Ichang and isolate the base.
Thus far he has only taken heavy losses, but I have to look after this "hot spot".

In Hong Kong I constantly bombardet the city from the air for a week.
When the Army was in place it bombardet and rested for 2 days before launching an attack when supply levels were in the green.

Hong Kong then fell in the first attack! [:)]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 13, 41

Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21802 troops, 360 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 761

Defending force 4875 troops, 106 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 103

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Japanese adjusted assault: 1154
Allied adjusted defense: 205

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hong Kong !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses

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Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
160 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
7934 casualties reported
Squads: 276 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 658 destroyed, 100 disabled
Engineers: 19 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 205 (205 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 131 (126 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units destroyed 6

Assaulting units:
38th Division
1st Ind.Inf.Group
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
66th Infantry Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th RF Gun Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
21st Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
Kowloon Brigade
Hong Kong Fortress
1st Middlesex Battalion
Rifles of Canada Bn /1
102nd RN Base Force

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Some interesting developments in the Marshalls on the 13th!

After capturing Nauru a small invasion TF sailed back to Jaluit and came under attack from an Allied carrier. We lost a large minelayer and a transport while a destroyer and another large minelayer were damaged.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Jaluit at 134,120

Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes


Allied aircraft
F2A-3 Buffalo x 10
SBD-2 Dauntless x 15
SBD-3 Dauntless x 9


Allied aircraft losses
SBD-2 Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CM Okinoshima, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
DD Yunagi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Tenyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
CM Tokiwa, Bomb hits 2, on fire
DD Asanagi

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Jaluit at 134,120

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
F2A-3 Buffalo x 10
SBD-3 Dauntless x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CM Tokiwa, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Tenyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CM Okinoshima, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage


Zero's from Kwajalein engaged and shot down some of the Lexington's CAP fighters (Buffalo's).
A small contingent of naval bombers then attacked the carrier but failed to score a hit.
- To bad the rest of the naval bombers in the area stayed home, there are ca 40 of them.

The question is were Andy will send his carrier(s) next.
Probably back south towards Australia / Noumea or back to Pearl.

When will the first carrier engagement of the war place?

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Air losses thus far: Loss ratio is 1 / 1.2 in our favor.
Not much to be happy about, but we have taken some heavy losses related to the attacks on Pearl Harbour, Force Z and long range CAP in Malaya. The fight for air superiority in Burma / Malaya and over the Philippines has also been costly.

The good news: Ca 100 Warhawks and 23 AVG fighters have been destroyed!
The not so good news: 135 Zero / Vals / Kates have been lost - but only 35 to enemy fighters.
FLAK and operational losses is the culprit [:(]

Hope to be able to work towards a 2-1 kill ratio in 42!

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Probably some FOW in there, but this is the list of major ships reported sunk 1 week into the war!



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Industry and resources

Not done a lot of changes thus far. Increased Zero frame and engine production and accelerated a light carrier while halting some major long time naval constructions.

What I do need is advice regarding how to handle air production and research.
Afraid to mess things up by ordering major changes, especially this early.

1. Which airplanes to increase / decrease production
2. Which ships to accelerate / halt
3. Which industries to expand / stop

Does anyone know how much resources / oil I must ship to Hokkaido on a regular basis?

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Oh.
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He's back [;)]
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He's back [;)]
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Will India be on the menu again??  If not, where will you strike this time??


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+1 more ! .. second/third that sentiment fish [&o]

PzB , long thread on air production here tm.asp?m=2191396

and one here on the economy tm.asp?m=2178182

Its all rather differant to witP and from what i see Mike Solli is the man to ask for production advice.




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Never stay below subcontinental PzB. [:)]
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He's back [;)]

Touche - so touche. Watching and taking notes mate. (or should I say spying and scheming ;-) )
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Great to hear from you again guys! [:)]
I'm aware of the excellent links Rob - will have to go through them again soon.

How is your war going Wob, still playing the Allies?
- Not tempted by the "dark side" [;)]

Some updates from the war:

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 14, 41

Phillippines

One of our subs were lost in a minefield when the Captain got lost and entered the waters near Bataan!

TF 119 encounters mine field at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Ships
SS RO-34, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

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In a surface engagement near Manila we intercepted the remains of the Dutch flotilla and sent them all to the bottom. It was almost to easy - either they were out of fuel or the difference between UK and the rest of the Allied warships can be measured in light years. A few days ago we tried to sink 3 British destroyers with a superior force and didn't even manage a single hit...

Night Time Surface Combat, near Lubang at 78,78, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Naka
DD Natsugumo
DD Murasame
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi
DD Samidare

Allied Ships
DD Banckert, Shell hits 19, and is sunk
DD Van Nes, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DD Witte de With, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Kortenaer, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Piet Hein, Shell hits 17, and is sunk

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We captured the following bases today:

Kwangchowan - French base west of Hong Kong, no defenders.
Naga - north of Legaspi
Brunei - northern Borneo
Guam - Marianas

...and finally Wake Island: Sent a battleship bombardment group from the KB and bombarded the island. The batteries managed to hurt a few ships, but the initial invasion force was sufficient to capture the base. 14 Wildcats reported destroyed - never saw them in action, did Andy forget them?

Others:

Enemy carriers observed heading away from the sw Marshalls and towards the Carolines.
A sub is ordered to attempt to intercept.

Luzon will be a tough nut, sending major reinforcements to Malaya to capture Singapore ASAP.
Need to start regular bombing runs to disrupt building of new forts and to weaken the defenders.

Todays "snapshot"

One of our two surface commerce raiders ran into a squadron of enemy destroyer mine sweepers (DMS).
In the half hearted engagement 2-3 small caliber shells hit the raider while it returned the favor by landing 2-3 14 cm shells.

Actually we got another more potent surprise lurking around on the seven seas.
Hopefully it will ca$h in soon [8D]


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The Dark side;
 
I have visions of being good enough to play as the evil empire, in fact I have finished a guadalcanal PBEM as them, but to take on the GC... Nope, reckon I'd have it to hell in a handbasket by '43.
 
I'll just watch the real pros. Might be conned on a 2vs2 maybe - so I could have someone do the production - that just plain scares me.
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RE: BACK IN BUSINESS - PzB goes East again(st) Andy Mac

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Think you eventually will feel the Call of Cthulhu and set of for another journey down AE lane Wob [:D] One day we need to have a rematch you know....!-)

I got quite a few (scary) thoughts about micro management in AE myself.
Here are some of my thoughts on it;

Industry and research scary indeed, but I'll just take it very easy in the beginning - try to preserve resources and build up the pools as much as possible. After the initial conquests have been completed and oil and resources begin to flow I will decide whether to make any (major) changes.

Aircraft production and research: Think I will follow Joe's approach and stop ac production when there are sufficient of the individual models in the pools. - The challenge is to actually remember to toggle engine / airframe production on and off [8|]

Also need to consider which Japanese fighter we should nominate as research object numero uno.
Advice anyone - should we go all out and attempt to advance the introduction of the Frank, George or any other interceptor?

The pilot training / handling with pools, reserve and training commands is challenging.
Advice anyone; how many crack pilots should be preserved in reserve and training command?

Ship construction; a tad simpler since it's only possible to turn of ships that are already building. Designs not yet on the slips does not draw resources. Since the Shinano has been converted to a Taiho class carrier in Scen 2 it is difficult to decide whether to halt construction or not. It's also very tempting to accelerate the Taiho again....
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