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Torpedo vs LCT always gives me an amusing mental image.
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Should the Japanese run around with surface raiding groups in 1945? Please keep it going Grey, I want to see the end of this. Where they will drop the nukes.
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Jan 14, 2019 20:22
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Crazycryodude posted:That's a lot of empty LCT's just kinda sitting around doing nothing, are they prepping an invasion of somewhere? I think the Allies get more LCTs than they know what to do with.
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Jan 14, 2019 20:35
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Decoy Badger posted:Torpedo vs LCT always gives me an amusing mental image. But are your mental LCTs the correct size?
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Jan 14, 2019 22:04
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Too bad you couldn't board and capture those tankers. They would make valuable prizes.
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Jan 14, 2019 23:41
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Dunno-Lars posted:Should the Japanese run around with surface raiding groups in 1945? at this point the nukes will be dropped on the Japanese naval strike forces
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Jan 15, 2019 00:29
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Five Allied Tankers in one day is a.. Nice haul. Will that actually interfere with thier operations or do the Allies get them like they do everything else? Also a British Cruiser!
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Jan 15, 2019 01:17
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14 January 1945 USS Cobia torpedoes the minelayer Yurijima near Kota Bharu.
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Jan 15, 2019 01:23
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wedgekree posted:Five Allied Tankers in one day is a.. Nice haul. Will that actually interfere with thier operations or do the Allies get them like they do everything else? By this point in the war they have a pretty good amount, but those are large and fast ones. It's definitely a blow. Note, though, that you can transport fuel on normal cargo vessels in this game at a reduced space efficiency. Some consider it gamey and it's apparently a common house rule in PBEM games to not allow it.
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Jan 15, 2019 03:55
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If the Allie srun out of base units will they start trying to invade islands with tankers?
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Jan 15, 2019 04:05
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Bold Robot posted:Note, though, that you can transport fuel on normal cargo vessels in this game at a reduced space efficiency. Some consider it gamey and it's apparently a common house rule in PBEM games to not allow it. How is that gamey? Just it in a barrel and put it on a regular-rear end ship.
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Jan 15, 2019 04:06
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gradenko_2000 posted:How is that gamey? Just it in a barrel and put it on a regular-rear end ship.  You know how these dudes are. IIRC some dudes claim that there isn't evidence that they ever did it that way irl other than for short hops at the end of the supply chain. I think the concern is about people loading up xAKs in the early war when you are really short on tankers and using it to build a big stockpile at Noumea.I'm with you though, I do it in my game.
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Jan 15, 2019 04:08
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Hmm maybe they never shipped oil in barrels because the Japanese never sank three quarters of their tanker fleet, so there was no need.
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Jan 15, 2019 05:13
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Mans posted:at this point the nukes will be dropped on the Japanese naval strike forces They'll try to nuke Rabaul but the Enola Gay will get shot down
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Jan 15, 2019 07:27
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what if the AI sent enola gay and bockscar on a 1,000 foot mission against some patrol boats i wouldnt be surprised
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Jan 15, 2019 07:59
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My bet is that the AI will base the nuke-trained bomber group in Vladivostok (once Soviets activate) and have MiG-3s escort the Enola Gay on its critical mission to eliminate Tokyo Bay Fortress.
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Jan 15, 2019 09:34
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The Soviets will activate on the Japanese side after seeing how the US Navy is performing.
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Jan 15, 2019 09:38
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   We lose a plane in Burma.   A strike on our carriers is driven off.  Actually, that's my surface raiders.  Crap.   Curse their ability to occasionally get hits.  The damage is minor though. 
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Jan 15, 2019 19:07
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Mogami wasn't even hit by the bombers and it has more damage than anything else. Allies are going to have to do better than that if they want to sink the invincible IJN.
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Jan 15, 2019 19:47
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15 January 1945 Japanese destroyer Hatakaze and fast transport T-14 sunk in Takao's harbor and destroyer Tsuga sunk in the Pescadores, all by carrier aircraft. U-482 totaled CVE HMS Thane in the Firth of Clyde with a homing torpedo.
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Jan 16, 2019 05:11
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  This is not a great start to the day.  It gets better though!  Flee before your gods, puny mortals!  Like shooting fish in a barrel.  Most of the bombing is them hitting empty bases today.  I know the game doesn't count the landing craft as ships, but I see blowing them up as important – mainly because it limits their ability to perform successful assaults on my holdings.  and my god, am I ruining that ability!
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Jan 17, 2019 19:05
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   We've not had a superfort kill in a while.  As someone mentioned in thread, I have no idea how they get men to board planes to it Rabaul – they do no damage and lose a couple of planes a day when they do it.  Now this I need to respond to – this is a light or escort carrier by the strike size.  'Tis a good day in Burma.  As birthdays go, that will do. The carriers will strike north to see if they can get that task force near Truk.
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Jan 17, 2019 19:06
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Happy birthday, you wily old croctopus.
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Jan 17, 2019 19:23
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Grey Hunter posted:
Careful, the allies could be using the zapp branigin strategy to deplete your heavy guns again.
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Jan 17, 2019 19:31
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And the Allies' favorite strategy in Burma still seems to be ''the soldier who does nothing for the longest time wins a bottle!" Happy birthday Grey, may you send much more pixel troopers to their grave.
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Jan 17, 2019 19:44
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Happy bomb boat day— er, birthday, Grey!
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Jan 17, 2019 20:03
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Grey Hunter posted:I know the game doesn't count the landing craft as ships, but I see blowing them up as important – mainly because it limits their ability to perform successful assaults on my holdings. Is this one of those things where you are actually sinking them faster than they are producing them, or is the "limits their ability" more akin to "they have to ship in new ones"?
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16 January 1945 The Soviet destroyer Dyeyatelny (ex-HMS Churchill, ex-USS Herndon, one of the destroyers-for-bases ships) succumbs to U-997's homing torpedo in the Kola Inlet. Also, happy third birthday to my dad, who has made it out of the camp by now. 17 January 1945 USS Tautog torpedoes the Japanese fast transport T-15 off Kagoshima.
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Jan 17, 2019 20:11
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Loezi posted:Is this one of those things where you are actually sinking them faster than they are producing them, or is the "limits their ability" more akin to "they have to ship in new ones"? There were somewhere over 3,000 LCTs alone built during the war. Yeah, even accounting for the Atlantic/Pacific split (which was not an even divide) it's by far that latter point.
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Jan 17, 2019 20:27
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Happy birthday, Admiral Croctopus!
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Jan 17, 2019 20:28
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It's not clear why they're even present without a mothership.
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goatface posted:It's not clear why they're even present without a mothership. That's no island... That's a fortress!
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Jan 17, 2019 21:11
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Coronado Island Fortress?
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Jan 17, 2019 21:36
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  I confirm a CVE at Truk.  Normal air attack.jpg.  A nice dull day. Mainly as I just used up 20 mins of my gaming time convincing my son 4:30am is not an acceptable time to get up. Well, for him anyway.  A wounded ship sinks.
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How does the entire flight not get shot down by like 95 planes? Beaforts are slow and obsolete by now.
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   Hmm, ground based or carrier?  There is another dogfight over Burma.  I eat Liberators for breakfast. I think its the British Empire in me coming out.  I'm more interested in what that task force north of New Britain is doing.  I'm sending in my raiders to ask that allies task force what it is doing in my territory. Do they want to provoke a war or something?
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Maybe after losing Manus they are going after Kaiveng to choke off Rabaul. Send them to the briney deep Grey!
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Jan 19, 2019 19:33
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And then go retake Rota.
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So what are the stats on the upgraded Ise, does it get real fighters?
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dtkozl posted:So what are the stats on the upgraded Ise, does it get real fighters? Battleship Ise?
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