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Wow, Kunming might break within the next few days if things keep going the way they are. That's a pretty significant chunk of China's remaining industry. Chengtu and Sian are probably the next closest industry centers, unless Grey's advancing unopposed in the north and hasn't been showing us. I wonder what's defending these, since Kunming had little more than a speedbump. If you aren't doing it already, you might be interested to know that it's actually possible to sail supply ships straight to Hankow if you control the hex (or the neighboring Wenchow if you don't). That might help your supply problems there. During my allied playthroughs, the siege would often last a while because the Japanese would do that while surrounded... until China's B-25 pilots learned to skip bomb 
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i81icu812 posted:The Lurline sunk? Who's going to cruise to Hawaii now? The Lurline had a hell of a career. There's a story that her radio operator picked up signals from Kido Butai during the approach to Pearl Harbor. She was also the ship that picked up the American diplomatic corps from Japan after war was declared. She pops up all over the place during the war if you look at which troop transports participated in any given operation.
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mllaneza posted:The Lurline had a hell of a career. There's a story that her radio operator picked up signals from Kido Butai during the approach to Pearl Harbor. She was also the ship that picked up the American diplomatic corps from Japan after war was declared. She pops up all over the place during the war if you look at which troop transports participated in any given operation. She also was the pride of the Matson line and the primary way anyone got to Hawaii prior to airlines. A heck of a career.
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   For gods sake! Get out of there!  The number of enemy planes is multiplying rapidly!  Get in the air!  I don't think any of these ships are making it home.  We start the ground action.   We hit the standard targets again.  CHARGE!  Cities are such pains to take.   Good ground combat, but the mass of dive bombers is going to make the New Caledonia front a pain to supply.  I have to report we have lost our fist battleship. As an aside, Here is the Rule the Waves game where I go after the Royal Navy. I has an interesting start...
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Grey Hunter posted:As an aside, Here is the Rule the Waves game where I go after the Royal Navy. I has an interesting start... No longer content to sink countless pixelmen, Grey Hunter began a third LP in hopes of sinking himself
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30 January 1943 British corvette Samphire, torpedoed near Bougie by U-596. Italian minesweeper Unie (ex-Yugoslav Kobac), sunk by air attack in Bizerte.
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Honestly only losing one battleship after more than a year into the game while also having used them in battleship and carrier duels is an incredible feat in and of itself.
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Grey Hunter posted:
Rest in peace you glorious bastard.
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What were all those big stupid battleships doing there, anyway?
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TildeATH posted:What were all those big stupid battleships doing there, anyway? Dying, apparently.
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Dying at a slower rate than the transports they were accompanying would have died on their own, presumably.
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Grey Hunter posted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXb0zcEM-rI
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Supporting the invasion of a small island without adequate air cover in order to land not enough troops and supplies in a region already well known for its Allied air superiority. Seems legit to me.
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Leperflesh posted:Supporting the invasion of a small island without adequate air cover in order to land not enough troops and supplies in a region already well known for its Allied air superiority. Enough about Midway
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Considering that those planes are taking off from Noumea the odds of this happening again will be greatly reduced when those troops finally finish marching. How long until they reach their destination, Grey?
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Grey, for the love of God, if your fatigue or disruption is greater than 25 don't attack, let your troops rest. You're a slave driver!
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RZApublican posted:Considering that those planes are taking off from Noumea the odds of this happening again will be greatly reduced when those troops finally finish marching. How long until they reach their destination, Grey? I was wondering this myself and realised in this shot you can just see the icon for the Japanese troops nearing Noumea. Must only be a hex or two away now:
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Maybe it would have been better to delay this invasion until after taking Noumea airfield.
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vyelkin posted:Maybe it would have been better to delay this invasion until after taking Noumea airfield. Guards! Take this backslider out and have him shot.
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vyelkin posted:Maybe it would have been better to delay this invasion until after taking Noumea airfield. Sounds like someone wants to deny the IJN their rightful honor in battle by asking them to "wait" for the army to "help" them.
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I'm always amazed at how bad Japanese AA is. All those planes attacking battleships and only a few damaged. RIP Fuso, you will be missed.
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Time to reset the breakers because we blew a Fuso.
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Kibayasu posted:Sounds like someone wants to deny the IJN their rightful honor in battle by asking them to "wait" for the army to "help" them. It'd be ironic if those advancing troops were IJN land forces.
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Grey Hunter, I don't know what the hell happened to the spreadsheet to get it this weird or what was changed but the y axis should be working again.
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Katznmaus posted:Grey Hunter, I don't know what the hell happened to the spreadsheet to get it this weird or what was changed but the y axis should be working again. Might be the fact I'm touching it. I have that effect on things. Last week I caused a very expensive bit of testing equipment to have a hard drive failure. just by using it properly.
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Grey Hunter posted:Might be the fact I'm touching it. I have that effect on things. And two years ago. 
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Arraxis posted:I'm always amazed at how bad Japanese AA is. All those planes attacking battleships and only a few damaged. RIP Fuso, you will be missed. Who needs radar-directed guns? Massed fire has worked this long, it'll keep working now!
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This new offensive seems centered around trading battleships for PT boats.
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  We lose more planes on the ground.  This is going to be a bloody battle, but I think we have the numbers to take the base.   The Liberators gun down our attacking planes.  I'm showing a rare kill here.  Its time to keep hitting them here.  A shock attack overwhelms the defenders and takes us a base!  We take a base and are threatening two more. Shame they are all going to be long fights.  Another ship lost.
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Holy poo poo 40,000 Allied troops in Noumea.
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Grey Hunter posted:
Did you put the wrong screenshot with this comment? You lost a hundred and fifty squads, forty guns and more vehicles than you had in the first place, you're now outmatched in literally everything, you caused bugger all casualties in return, the Allies control the seas around the island and the skies above it, and you think you can win this?
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Friend Commuter posted:Did you put the wrong screenshot with this comment? You lost a hundred and fifty squads, forty guns and more vehicles than you had in the first place, you're now outmatched in literally everything, you caused bugger all casualties in return, the Allies control the seas around the island and the skies above it, and you think you can win this? This thread is much better if you assume Grey is roleplaying as Japanese High Command.
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Does fighting in a hex stop planes from taking off from it? Because if so this might be a decent decision. Also good goddamn Grey get more troops to Noumea ASAP!
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Friend Commuter posted:Did you put the wrong screenshot with this comment? You lost a hundred and fifty squads, forty guns and more vehicles than you had in the first place, you're now outmatched in literally everything, you caused bugger all casualties in return, the Allies control the seas around the island and the skies above it, and you think you can win this? BANZAAIIIIIIII
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His engineers are his one asset in Noumea. He reduced the forts to 4 in the initial attack, and has a little bit more AV. Grey may be thinking that if he takes out the forts, he can press a victory. However, the defenders are also getting a terrain bonus, he lost 13% of his force and all of his vehicles in his first attack (and 39 disabled engineer squads, which may or may not be important, I'm not sure how many he has there) and of course there's always the question of supply. I also think a victory there is pretty unlikely unless he's got more troops on the way or something.
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The IJA: We Have Reserves* * - Void where prohibited
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How in the hell did the Allies manage to land 40,000 men on New Caledonia without us noticing?
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31 January 1943 Italian corvette Procellaria, mined in HMS Welshman's field in the Sicilian Channel. Italian torpedo boat Generale Marcello Prestinari, mined in the same field while sailing to assist Procellaria. 
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