Lets discuss:
I normally buy 3 trans. And one Inf.
I then hit china, pearl harbor 2, and counter the Brits if they took anything, I.e. Borneo.
I wait until I can take India to start building ICs.
How about you guys?
What do you normally hit Pearl with? How do you adequately defend the jap sz for your new transports?
I personally think 4 is a little too many, thats 5 with the one you start with. I go with 2 trn 2 dest. This gets me the 3 I need to operate in the pacific as well as the destroyers I’ll need to hunt down those pesky subs.
I hit pearl with the bb, sub, ac and fighter. The trans. by kwang always gets destroyed so it leaves me wit 4 trans. As for protection the brits and americans are always on the run so I don’t really have to worry.
So, assuming a decent battle, you hold pearl sz with 1 bb, 1 ac w/2 ftrs and a sub. The American can counter your fleet with a bb, 2 ftrs and a bmb, along with the sub already stationed off Japan. I think as America, you should counter and destroy that Jap fleet. If the Japanese split their fleets like this, then you have to destroy half of it. This will make Japan’s job harder of controlling the pacific and threatening Africa from the Indian sz.
I think a safer attack on Pearl is 1 sub, 1 bmb 1 ftr(maybe 2 if feeling unlucky) This way you are not risking your fleet and can protect the new transports you are dropping.
Considering that 1 bb and 1 AC can’t even reach a home island sz, that means you are only defending those transports with 1 cruiser. America can hit SZ60 on US 1 with 1 ftr 1 bmb 1 sub. Its just too many ships to protect them all adequately.
It seems to me that it’s quite essential for Japan to take China in J1 to eliminate US figther. In most cases, that will secure Jap transports placed in J1 in the seazone between Manchuria and Japan (dont have the map, so dont know the sz number), cause neither RUS, BRIT or US have anything sea or airborne in range (supposing Japan have dealt with cruiser or whatever in sz59).
It will save some IPCs if Japan doesn’t have to protect transport buys in J1…
Like to hear suggestions on what to do in J1 - in my oppinion Japan is the most difficult power to play because there’s just so many battles to consider.
Buy 2 TT, 1 DD, 2 art
Att.
-CHN with KWN and MAN inf, ftr + JAP bmb
-SZ52 with BB CC SS AC 2 ftr
-Clear all UK surface vessels with the remaining BB AC and 2 ftr
-Unload to MAN inf and arm and land ftr+bmb to MAN, place 2TT and DD in SZ61, 2art in JAP obviously.
The US1 cannot counter SZ52 if J holds it with (normally) BB,CC,AC, 2 ftr, it will be suicide.
I agree with Manstein, the thrust to CHN is imperative, even if that leaves FIC and MAN exposed.
The only problem is if UK1 has landed bmb in NOV. DD and (2+1) 3TT are within range in SZ61 and if UK2 is succesfull in killing them the japanese flow to the mainland will be severely crippled. If so, you can always switch to 2 DD, 2 TT and place in SZ60, so the flow will continue even if UK2 sink the (now unescorted) SZ61 TT.
Att.
-CHN with KWN and MAN inf, ftr + JAP bmb
-SZ52 with BB CC SS AC 2 ftr
-Clear all UK surface vessels with the remaining BB AC and 2 ftr
-Unload to MAN inf and arm and land ftr+bmb to MAN, place 2TT and DD in SZ61, 2art in JAP obviously.
As R, I would be incredibly tempted to take my 6 inf in Bury and attack Man at roughly a 50/50 chance of winning, and if not, likely to destroy a fgt or bmb. I consider Bury a loss by J2 anyway, so I’d go on the offense and if I loose, I’d have a tank rdy to retake Yakut when J got in range (with an inf or 2 in Nov by that time) to reestablish the choke point. Why not send 2 fgt, bmb, Kwn, and 1 inf from FIC (particularly if B sent trans back to Egt leaving 1 inf in Ind) or only 1 from Man to Chi. A minor change, but safer for Man.
Att.
-CHN with KWN and MAN inf, ftr + JAP bmb
-SZ52 with BB CC SS AC 2 ftr
-Clear all UK surface vessels with the remaining BB AC and 2 ftr
-Unload to MAN inf and arm and land ftr+bmb to MAN, place 2TT and DD in SZ61, 2art in JAP obviously.As R, I would be incredibly tempted to take my 6 inf in Bury and attack Man at roughly a 50/50 chance of winning, and if not, likely to destroy a fgt or bmb. I consider Bury a loss by J2 anyway, so I’d go on the offense and if I loose, I’d have a tank rdy to retake Yakut when J got in range (with an inf or 2 in Nov by that time) to reestablish the choke point. Why not send 2 fgt, bmb, Kwn, and 1 inf from FIC (particularly if B sent trans back to Egt leaving 1 inf in Ind) or only 1 from Man to Chi. A minor change, but safer for Man.
Imho, J1 CHN invasion must be massive, because the real objective is a J2 XNG invasion that cannot be delayed no matter what happens in FIC or MAN. That is why I need all that inf and airforce in CHN and that one arm in MAN. And if IND is almost empty, I would prefer to add a FIC inf to CHN assault and leave 1 inf in MAN, but I would never attack with less than 5 inf 2 fgt 1 bmb (a total 2.5 hits avg)…
The R 6 inf stationed in BUR can always try and assault MAN, especially if supported by 1-2 fgt. But what happens if that fails, what happens if J scores 4 hits and R only 2 (assisted by the 2 fgt, that is…)? Will there be a second round? Can R risk a total collapse of its eastern borders? Can R afford to be so reckless, just in order to kill a fgt or 2? Because MAN cannot be conquered with 1 bmb, 1 inf, 1 arm and 4 fgt stationed there, not even by 6 inf and 2 fgt, which is pretty much all that can possibly reach there by R2.
