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Post by oldpop2000 on Oct 27, 2019 15:15:00 GMT -6
I've started a new game as Japan, starting from 1900. I haven't gone all the way to 1956, but here goes. I will also start one for Italy. I am now beginning to build docks almost immediately as I think this was a mistake I was making.
It is July 1908 and I've already beaten the German's and Italians.
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Post by oldpop2000 on Oct 27, 2019 17:38:21 GMT -6
PROGRESS REPORT:
Well I've reached 1920 and I have dock size for 34,000 tons and this has worked well. I defeated three countries, that was nice and I have some good ships for raiders and 20 submarines. I will be building more and scrapping some coastal. I have one BC under construction and two new 1500 ton destroyers. I probably will have to build more BC's. They are equipped as raiders with floatplanes. I have three airship bases and four Airbases. I am currently working on torpedo bombers.
Progress is good.
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Post by oldpop2000 on Oct 28, 2019 17:00:24 GMT -6
Well, I ran into a problem in 1942. I had all the research necessary to build a full fleet carrier but everytime I tried to design it, the game would say that the specification did not fit the type of ship. I had clicked on CV but when I used the auto build, it created the carrier but changed the ship type to a CA. Anyway I had won five wars since 1900, meaning I had higher points than the other side. I had a sizeable fleet and many airbases plus over thirty submarines. It was a good game.
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Post by oldpop2000 on Nov 9, 2019 10:25:11 GMT -6
Well I am playing Japan again. I know, I am boring. I am at 1940 or thereabouts. One war, in 1924 with the Germans. Get this, no naval battles at all, none, zip. I won the war but they did not have any possessions so that was that. I did try something different. I put a CVL with about 26 aircraft on trade warfare. It only sank on merchant but I was late in the war putting on as a raider, so I don't know the real results. Anyway, moving straight ahead.
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Post by dizzy on Nov 9, 2019 12:22:11 GMT -6
So what if the Germans were replaced with the Netherlands that held Borneo, Java and Sumatra, all oil rich countries. Think you'd get into a scrap then? Also, what if Italy was replaced with the Republic of China? I think it'd make a more interesting playthru for japan.
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Post by oldpop2000 on Nov 9, 2019 13:35:21 GMT -6
So what if the Germans were replaced with the Netherlands that held Borneo, Java and Sumatra, all oil rich countries. Think you'd get into a scrap then? Also, what if Italy was replaced with the Republic of China? I think it'd make a more interesting playthru for japan. Well, as to the Dutch, they would only defend the Dutch East Indies unless they managed to get Korea and some ports on China. With their small economy, I don't see them really having much of a chance. Italy? The Italians are lucky to defend the peninsula, Sicily and Sardinia, anything else is impossible. Hard to know, might be fun to try though.
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Post by oldpop2000 on Nov 9, 2019 16:07:26 GMT -6
Well, the game is over. Boy am I getting boring. From 1920 to 1956, one war with Germany, no naval battles and they were skunked. The biggest battle I had was with the naval budgetiers. They were yuchy.
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Post by oldpop2000 on Nov 23, 2019 22:11:00 GMT -6
I am playing Japan again. My last war is against the Soviets. This is the results from my last battle near Pusan - It was accomplished without surface support but with the air group at Pusan. Naval warfare has changed. As an aside, yes I won the war. In fifteen years I've fought the French, Germans and Soviets. I've won all three with the same tactics- trade warfare. Now with a new addition - extensive airbases. I am going to experiment with fighting just battles with aircraft.
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Post by oldpop2000 on Nov 24, 2019 19:21:20 GMT -6
Ok a second war against the Soviets in thirty years. There were three other against the Germans, French and British. But this one battle I had to show you. I launched a strike against the Soviets at dusk, a risk but Admiral Mitscher did the same thing. Here are the results. BTW, I am ahead in the war by 14,000 points. Air warfare works. I have won all the wars, BTW
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Post by oldpop2000 on Nov 24, 2019 20:07:43 GMT -6
Pardon me, gents, but I had to put this Battle of the Yellow Sea up here. I am now over 22,000 points ahead of the Soviets. Here are the results of the battle. No surface exchanges actually occurred. It was done by carrier and land based aircraft. Holy cow.
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Post by oldpop2000 on Nov 25, 2019 11:59:57 GMT -6
One of the lessons learned from playing Japan as much as I do is that there are some airbases that need to be built and equipped as soon as possible. Here are what I would call, the main bases in Northeast Asia
Sakhalin Island Hokkaido Sasebo- Japan Kitakyushu - Japan Northern Korea Southern Korea Maizuru - Japan
The reason I feel that these are vital is because in wars with Russia and Germany, which you will fight many times, these are vital bases for attacking enemy shipping and air bases. But the problem is that you have no control over their readiness which is not good. When you go on alert, which might be in peace and war, all aircraft are moved to hardstands, fueled, engines checked. All aircraft are armed excepted for ordnance until mission goals are decided. It is at this point that the ordnance is chosen and the planes are armed. Anyway, that is how it is normally done.
I am going to stop using floatplanes on land, and stick with patrol planes, dive bombers, fighters, medium bombers and torpedo bombers. They are more effective. The second and third priority bases are the Northern Marianas with Saipan, Carolinas with Truk and Formosa. Formosa will be second, the others third.
This will be my last Japan game, I am moving to Italy to gather more base information, then Germany for the same reason, then the Soviet Union and then France. USA and Great Britain are in the future, maybe.
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