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tater · 06-25-07, 10:16 AM

The funny thing is that the Marshalls is exactly where you'd actually see escorted convoys early in the war.

IJN traffic to Palau or Truk might be escorted. Traffic FROM Palau or Truk to downstream places on the front (New Guinea and the NEI, Rabaul, Kwajalein, etc) would almost certainly be escorted, and heavily too. The number of cargo ships would likely not be as many as we see in SH4 convoys, however, even if the escorts remained the same, lol.

This is because the IJN had a kind of "zone" defense in terms of ASW. Local port admirals were responsible for their area. In the case of points towards the front from Palau/Truk (early, later the Marianas and Tawi Tawi), the Combined Fleet would actually detach fleet units for escort.

The stock campaign is pretty poor from a historical standpoint, but it's easy to fix technically, just a lot of work.

06-25-07, 10:16 AM	#26
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	The funny thing is that the Marshalls is exactly where you'd actually see escorted convoys early in the war. IJN traffic to Palau or Truk might be escorted. Traffic FROM Palau or Truk to downstream places on the front (New Guinea and the NEI, Rabaul, Kwajalein, etc) would almost certainly be escorted, and heavily too. The number of cargo ships would likely not be as many as we see in SH4 convoys, however, even if the escorts remained the same, lol. This is because the IJN had a kind of "zone" defense in terms of ASW. Local port admirals were responsible for their area. In the case of points towards the front from Palau/Truk (early, later the Marianas and Tawi Tawi), the Combined Fleet would actually detach fleet units for escort. The stock campaign is pretty poor from a historical standpoint, but it's easy to fix technically, just a lot of work.