sbr - Maybe Spruance might stay away from Saipan now
Striker475 - Yes they were rebasing which means the interception should not have happened. The AI Cheated! Rebasing aircraft should never fight aircraft on naval interdiction but they did here. One or other is supposed to be on Air Superiority for any chance of this. This is actually the second time this has happened, the first time four American fighters left roughly 5 aircraft alive from another interceptor squadron.
Deus - Not being able to sink the Subs is moderately annoying
Murmurandus - There will be one at some point, I am just making sure you are prepared for it
harezmi - Thanks. The losses are indeed a guess. There were 5? shown on the second to last screenshot so I used that number when my troops landed and there were still aircraft on the airbase.
Sokraates - 4 or 5 around Phitsanulok but the losses have increased now that the CAS are there helping. Raids are fun
Nathan Madien - Midway is becoming increasingly insignificant.
Inner Circle - He did his job by laying the airstrip to waste, although the losses were very high. If the Allies win he is a hero, if I do hes an idiot
Lord Strange - Thank you. Random but the AI abusing a bug
safferli, Galleblære, Panzer6 - Panzer6 is correct it was almost entirely due to numbers. Them being out of supply and over their target also helped some but as has been seen already even fights I usually lose.
germanpeon - Can be a number of reasons why I am supplied and you wouldn't be.
1. My puppets are supplying divisions on thier soil.
2. I am not supplying ungarrisoned small islands as I cancelled their supply convoys.
3. Very hard difficulty restricts my raw material convoys a lot as they aren't collecting as much.
4. HoI DD likes me
A possible cure is to cancel all of your current convoys and force the auto transport to set them up again. Failing that cancel them all and reload. This can help sometimes but Japan is notorious for having convoy problems at some point which is why I am building more to try and stop this from happening.
Your situation is not unusual and I have seen quite a few posts on similar things for both Japan and the US. The most standard response is to just build more convoys.
Edit: After looking at a few things more closely the main increase in supply comes from using offensive supply. My convoys get hammered when my troops are using it and are fine when I am not.
Maj. von Mauser - Thank you
Striker475 - No Nukes were present in my Germany '44 AAR except for Germany so I doubt things will change here. Pretty sure the AI isn't allowed to build them in this scenario unless I alter it so that it can.
Gabicho - Not using Destroyers because I don't have any spare that are not needed in my Battlefleets. I also do not have the required anti-submarine doctrines to make it effective. Right now my Destroyers would probably lose to Submarines. Fairly historical as Japan largely ignored anti-submarine warfare.
stnylan - This is what happens when you leave the forums. It has been proven to be detrimental your health
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