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RE: a side show - 11/22/2005 3:41:00 AM

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Herb mate - I just don't feel the love anymore. There used to be trust, fellowship, even a comrade-like sort of respect. Now I feel you are thinking that I want you to take up these "kind thoughts" so I could exploit them in our game. It's sad - very sad.

Plans are definately on the up - be afraid - be very afraid.

Poor Hanamoto will have more than his fair share of action in the very near future. He will remember back to the halcion days when he sat on the Kaga's flight deck - instead of in a life raft - and wished they were still with him.

Evil Wobbly

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RE: a side show - 11/23/2005 10:12:37 PM

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I tried to LRCAP pagan today -a inconclusive action followed.
9 seperate sub actions today all over the map - his subs return with a bang
Today cost 2 AKs, an AO, and a Tanker!!!

Im throwing snowballs at him.
For this game the sub routines seem to be working very well.

No real news anywhere- the zuiho repairs rapidly - the workers ignore Kaga and yammato and concentrate on the easy job

Squadrons are upgrading to the zero am3a at various places
Tomorrow or the next day production of the oscar2 finally starts -I wonder how many nate units progress straight from oscar2 to tonies -something useful - any way of finding out which ones do, so i can upgrade them 1st?

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RE: a side show - 11/24/2005 10:18:04 PM

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30/11/42
3 seperate sub attacks today -one AK lost
Medium level bombing south of Akyab , and lautern is hit heavily today as well

Finally big news in the pacific

Finally

Area1
Now have 4 seperate fighter units in Burma again, but do not place much faith in them -too low in experience
BB Kirishima and Hiei are in the malacca straight - waiting for trouble

Area2
The DEI remain quiet
Lautern is a problem, but if I move fighters into there they might be hammered and trapped.
Enemy AKs at tenibar - supply run ?
I put some betties at babo island onto naval attack - only a little hopeful.
KB is at menando -fuelling.
So are the 3 counter divisions

Area3
3 enemy MSWs are sweeping mines in the hex south of Gilli, Gilli
HOW did they get there undetected!!!

I cannot believe this is anything else other than a trap or a suicidal probe
So a very controlled response
Around Woodlark I have 3 ASW groups , and a small minelayer group
I convert 1 into a surface action group -will try to intercept.
1 oscar squadron will provide LRCAP from woodlark -and 1 sq Sonias will go to naval attack
All other air units will remain possum -lets see what is up.

Area4
Gilberts are all but deserted, Siapan is solid, panope is building nicely

Area5
Convoys
Kaga and yammato repair is a joke - 5 days now and no repair - size 9 port- 5 AR ships, 50000 supplies
Ship repair needs a real look at it
Surely we can have what happens in real life - 30 system damage -survey -repairs will be completed in 70 days. plan for that, instead of the guessing game we have at the moment

China
Im feeling very depressed about china - no house rules next time!!!

Anyway , we await the tabpub assualt, I hope I play better in defence than I did in attack!

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RE: a side show - 11/27/2005 9:32:47 AM

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well, i saved 3500 political points today -thought i would buy the 54th division from home command - its been swallowed by the vanishing unit bug

At least i did not buy it 1st

kaga actually repaired a point today

another relatively quiet day, his MSWs boldly sail up the coast towards PM, and I lie doggo - Im not giving anything away.

In China - its a disaster -a huge chinese offensive against changsa and ichang is underway - I hope i can hold .

My strength is melting away through supply shortages.
A special Glenn recon of noumea takes place - and

TAAA, DAAAA!!!!! - lots of British CV a/c.
I still think its South west pacific thrust for sure..

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RE: a side show - 11/27/2005 9:39:21 AM

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2/12/42
read tabpub for the latest on China -i do not have a clue, except Im under a lot of pressure -just reacting to his moves.

Area1
Ordering some LRCAP over the hex south of mandalaby tomorrow
Enemy ships akyab -a convoy coming in
I still do not think he has cottoned onto the fact that the road is blocked by one of my units still.

Area2
Lautern is hammered again - so the CVE TF is ordered to wander over and LRCAP the place as a trap.

Area3
Im going for a big troop rotation, mainly AV regiments, nice and fresh if possible before the offensive

Area4
All quiet

area5
rotating troops all over the map
he naval bombarded the kuriles today -3 BBs involved
NO PANIC!!!!!
I can afford to lose Attu, he can have it.

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RE: a side show - 11/27/2005 9:41:52 AM

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about 6 sub attacks today, lost 2 AKs

the LRCAP in burma was inconclusive - no losses each side
we sink a sub in the coral sea, and little else happens

China -the enemy offensive looks huge - a massive thrust in the centre.
I brace myself as best as I can

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RE: a side show - 11/30/2005 5:06:49 AM

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4/12/42
22 P.38 sweep mandalaby, encounter 12 Tony on LRCAP - this unit full of rookies in the 50's - 8 tonies shot down for 2 shot down.
then 9 tony over pagan -these guys in the 70's- encounter 6 spits, 14 hurricanes and 24 vengence
, shot down 3 hurricanes, and 7 vengence

Lautern is hit again

The chinese assualt goes in at kaifeng -and bounces badly
Good!!

current operations are a convoy into adaman island, some squadrons on the move, and troop rotations.
Now have 5 BBs in japan in refit or under repair

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RE: a side show - 11/30/2005 5:08:50 AM

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5/12/42

maybe he is planning a Dec 7 revenge attack???????

cause its niggling raids at lautern, some in Burma, 3 sub attacks, and fighting at kaifeng for the entire war.

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RE: a side show - 12/1/2005 5:21:58 AM

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6/12/42
7 blenhiems night bomb rangoon -1 shot down
sub actions mallacca straight

And lots and lots of naval activity Noumea

lautern is bombed again -tomorrow I will get him

pagan is really pounded!

7/12/42
tabpub E mails me -he was planning a Dec 7 revenge!!!!
just fails to make it -but here he comes at last!!!!

many ships sighted enroute to Ndini!!!!
Bbs, LCMs!, ect, ect

Over lautern a single hudson on recon meets 43 CAP zeros -so that trap won't slam shut

Area1
2 BBs in a thuderstorm are trying to sneak into position for a bombardment on Akyab

Area2
will try another day of LRCAP lautern -though I think this is a bust

area3
how tempting to race south, but I will hold my powder yet - Ndindi is NOT vital.
And it could still be a ruse

Area4
siapan recieves supplies

Area5
Convoys, and still yammato wont repair, this is so frustrating.
Zuiho repairs every day, kaga not at all as well.
Grrrrrr

China has gone quiet, he pulls back a bit.
Not sure what the sneak is up to.
Several reinforcement squadrons are going to china soon for training and reinforcement.
I will never disband a squadron again!!!

Anyway, the war, finally, might be about to start.

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RE: a side show - 12/2/2005 9:45:12 AM

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herbiesans computer melts..............................

there will be a intermission

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RE: a side show - 12/6/2005 12:05:29 PM

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12/9/42
Once again we enter the breach

And its a terribly quiet day - the lull before the storm
more and more i think its the Gilberts -he's stopped reconning baker -and the invasion fleet vanished -not surprising since the gilberts are empty of planes

lets see what happens

10/12.42
lots of shipping in Akyab, a big enemy convoy goes in.
LRCAP oscars meet the enemy over the hex south of mandalaby, 4 lost for 12 enemy planes

The big decision was to unload the mini KB planes -and to re fill them and begin more training out of soerabaya.
If the gilberts are it -i have a little time to rebuild them ..

Not much happening, but i know it will be soon.

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RE: a side show - 12/8/2005 10:21:05 PM

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lost a day somewhere - nothing happening really anyway!!

11/12/42

A tanker is hit off bataan today
BB fuso is spotted -retiring to join KB
training flights

34 hurricanes meet 7 tojo south of mandalaby - 5 hurricanes shot down
21 spits, 35 hurricanes , 40 mitchells,15 beuforts meet 11 tojo over pagan

7 tojo lost, 4 spit,14 hurricanes and 1 beu shot down

54 P 38 sweep PM on ground attack!

146 B 17 - the big boys come out to play -attack lunga
The 1st big effort by tabpub sees 4 lost, 31 damaged, 44 hits
he gets 30 replacements a month this non PDU game -so I can handle this
44 hits for lunga -nothing to catch on the ground .
This raid is covering a small "nibble" he is making down south - vanikolo -a dot south of Ndini is being occupied.

the glenn recons noumea again , the sub is ordered to check out this move.

Area1
orders are given - naval bombard Akyab!
Area2
training flights, a fair few zeros are in the pipeline now
area3
the solomons remain on alert
area4
gathering supplies in siapan
area5
the home command dispatches 2 cl, and BB hyuga south -all repaired and functional
Im on tenterhooks

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RE: a side show - 12/8/2005 10:34:30 PM

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12/12/42
Area1
mines on the convoy route.
grrrrr
A small convoy approaches rangoon - no LRCAP for it -its a lure, while my surface ships (underLRCAP) creep into attack positions. Thunderstorms cover.
Air power is growing again, 3 tojo, 1 oscar, 1 tony unit now operating here, another oscar unit is about to join
8 betties were unable to find a target today, more are put onto alert

china, where the AVG hammers 15 nates over canton, is still quiet
25 hudsons hit Gilli, gilli, 10 rufe try to intercept
71 liberators, 47 B 17 also attack.

he is slowly getting into gear -but hardly a steam roller at the moment.

13/12/42
his msws approach PM again -this time 14 Alf from there bomb -but miss.
I refuse to expose what I have, and where, until he crosses a pre detirmined line.
pagan pounded again

the rangoon convoy is attacked -1 Ak hit, the naval forces reach the launch points, thunderstorms still about

he is definately developing a dot south of Ndindi - as a low level response a few RO boats advance to the area.

A troop ship is hit enroute to holliandia

Kaga is still at 25
Zuiho at 15
yammato still at 18
Mushia is 7, kongo 7, haranua at 5, quite a fleet in home waters actually

he can nibble away at this rate forever as far as im concerned -its a long, long way to tokyo at this rate!

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its hotting up - 12/11/2005 6:47:38 AM

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14/12/42
the action in the south pacific begins to warm up

A dd enters PM harbour, and sinks a R boat
1CA,1CL and 3 dd also enter the harbour,, sink a single AK there

58 P38s sweep PM , and encounter 11 zeros, I knock down 8 for no loss
61 liberators then just brush the zeros aside, but score few hits
29 B17 give Lunga a ineffectual bombing.
and 13 Alf out of PM hit a enemy MSW twicem, only 30 KG bombs, but thats good enough

Area1
Burma weather is poor, tomorrow 3cl will hit akyab, a lot of enemy shipping reported lurking in the area, the 2 BBs will wait and see what happens

Area2
DEI
Mini KB is training from soerabaya

Area3
tomorrow we will have more LRCAP over PM
Ordered a convoy from rabual to PM
Dispatched a AV regiment from Truk to woodlark

Area4
scraping up supplies for siapan

Area5
home front, today bought the 53div, it will go to Burma
everything else is fairly quiet.

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RE: its hotting up - 12/11/2005 6:59:32 AM

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a busy day today
the 3 CL sweep into Akyab, sink 2 PTs for no loss (for a change!), bombard Akyab, destroy just 1 spitfire, but escape

Sub actions near kagoshima, java sea
In China I bomb Kunming for ten industry hits, moving these bombers west towards burma

Area1
36 tonies sweep toward Mandalby, the hex to the west, shoot down a solitary hurricane
58 liberators pound pagan, i will rotate some troops
the enmy has 3BB in react position now - nice and close, I bring 2 betty units to rangoon, and put a lot of fighters on escort -my surface ships retire -i hope to get a good naval strike in

Area2
Mini KB sails for the fleet

Area3
58 liberators,38 B17 hit PM, LRCAP of 7 tojo and 12 zero do OK
5 b17 s/d,1 tojo lost
30 B17 hit russel island -this was a shock -thought it safe so far, not many hits, but still, a shock.
78 b17 also hit lunga -6 hits
so its a big, big campaign going on.

In retaliation helens attack a MSW -but miss
Another RO boat sunk -at vanikolov -where he is definately trying to build an advance field
today 1 unit of betties moves to lunga -and 2 zero units go to escort as well, the field is still very, very usable

Everywhere else is quiet.

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RE: its hotting up - 12/11/2005 7:06:42 AM

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16/12/42
34 tony sweep in burma, no reply
48 p38 sweep pm, no action
light bombing china

pagan is pounded by lots of bombers.

13 betties and 44 zero hit Vanikolo - thats the place!, south of lunga
11 p38 on LRCAP
lost 5 zeros, 1 betty, for 2 lightings, and 2 AK torpedoed

30 tony, 37 tojo escort 9 betty to Akyab, meet 35 spit and 30 hurricane

Its a mess
27 tony and 17 tojo are lost for 15 enemy, and no shipping hits
I breal Burma air again - training and experience levels are now well below the usable level

Area1
back to capping, and training

Area2
Quiet

Area3
Set up a LRCAP trap over PM, evac lunga air -quick!

The bad news is at home, my industry seems to be stalling, not producing many planes, and ships are not repairing.
Got to sort this out

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RE: its hotting up - 12/11/2005 7:23:52 AM

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17/12/42
SS actuion south china sea
3 ASW actions off Milne bay - I am hunting a sub, I hit it, it sinks a MSW
Another SS on a convoy route in the phillipines
tonies sweep near mandalaby, no reaction
burma is still static enemy troop wise -a big convoy is in akyab -I am impotent at the moment to attack it

Heavy recon on the islands north of tenibar -this, and this alone is stopping me sailing to the solomons with KB, and Advance into the timor area is my greatest fear - balikapapan is really the hub of my resource and oil -it HAS TO BE DEFENDED.

Ships ENROUTE towards Thursday island!!!!
8 Alf from PM hit the msw again
This si shaping up to be a UV game type battle all over again.
I can hack that.
59 B17 hit Lunga - nobody home tabpub!!!
Alfs attack the shipping south of thursday island -its a AK - i read this as an invasion

Area1
At last a oscar 1 unit upgrades to oscar2
I retire tonies for training

Area2
Mini KB is dodging subs

area3
I send Betties to various places
Holliandia has 1 bettie unit, and 1 zero unit
wewak - the same
madang - 2 bettie, 1 zero
lea - 1 helen, 1 tojo
gassmatta, 1 bettie, 1 zero
all on max range of 11, zeros max escort
If he approaches thursday island it should hurt him

In the solomons, 3 zero units are enroute, one from truk, one from soerabaya training, one from japan - a returned unit.
3 betty units are in reserve at Truk
Also 3 CL and 5 DD are ordered at high speed towards woodlark - a AO is enroute -this will be tha 1st naval reaction Tabpub will see - not a major force -in case the CVs are about -these are still I believe at Noumea

Area4
Supplies are the thing

Area5
Im trying to work out where industry is falling over, I suspect some port does not have oil or resources or something dumb like that

China
I am planning an offensive

Overall -if he lands at Thursday island -i intend to take it back.

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RE: its hotting up - 12/11/2005 10:53:03 PM

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18/12/42
I am trying to give the illusion of great strength in Burma - all the units there are very poorly trained now -in the mid 50's, so I must try to avoid battle, yet give the illusion that if he attacks it will be expensive
His fighters are far too well trained for my guys.
So -I send 91 tojo on a sweep west of mandalaby - no enemy contact
35 Tony sweep as well -no contact
In the meantime the remnants of a Tony unit scurry back to Singa's for re training

Pagan recieves another pounding
I have checked the troops carefully there -they are doing very well -fort 9 must be helping

In the DEI - he continues to recon various places north of tenibar - I move a betty unit in, and some zeros -enroute to the solomons stop

In the solomons -a big anti climax -the thursday ships vanish

56 lightings sweep PM, meet 11 zeros on LRCAP - i lose 3, he loses 6
But the pilots were lost

68 liberators,37 B17 then encounter the 10 zero.
I lost 1 zero
54 B17 hit Lunga -as the seas are green down south

At home, amazement - yammato repaired a point -zuiho also did, an fact all the big ships did.

I am waiting for the nibble too far now, i am still more concerned about an advance into the Timor area.This has the piority.

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RE: its hotting up - 12/13/2005 10:11:52 PM

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19/12/42
3 sub attacks today -1 AK lost

pagan is pounded today -again - yet the troops are still ok -but the supplies are dropping now.
3 kate destroyed on the ground - I need to get 1 and the pilots out!

We both recon heavily -I am trying to find out what is in darwin -he all of PNG
57 liberators, 38 B17 attacked PM, 9 oscar, 12 zero and 7 tojo on LRCAP -which is working well from Lea intercept
6 liberators shot down -but more telling, the B17s have a moral failure and do not press the attack.
I lose 8 fighters, attrition warfare that i cannot sustain, but I do not have any illusions that by mid 43 i will have many good pilots left.

44 B17 hit Lunga

I am sending all Lillies on map south, I think they will have a better chance down there than in burma.

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RE: its hotting up - 12/13/2005 10:25:50 PM

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Area1

A unusual event today
10 blenhiem conducted a night naval attack - (good, I had forgotten if we were allowed to do this under house rules -lots of betties will change to that tomorrow) on some AKs south of rangoon
They attack SS Growler 1st -but miss -drat!!!

They also miss the AK
dawn, and the growler does hit a AK, and then another one in malacca straight also scores one
pagan is hit three times, heavies, mediums, dive bombers.

I have 2 kate left at pagan, and 10 crack pilots
Every fighter I have is to LRCAP the place tomorrow.

The fleet creeps to off Adaman island again
A new division begins to load in japan -it will go to Victoria point -a reserve div.

Area2
Kai island reconned -again
a SC TF of 6 Dd ordered to hit tenibar, and quite a few betties now in the area

Area3
A SS attack on a tanker at truk -misses
A SS sinks a minelayer near lunga
Thursday island reconned -again
PM -reconned
A small convoy for PM rounds the GG corner -it has a escort of 3CL and DDs.
Also 3 ASW groups sail around with it -and GG Rufes provide LRCAP
Woodlark recieves a big convoy

Area4
Palua needs supplies

Area5
a SS of Shangia -missed
The SS problem is now growing alarmingly
kaga is 24, yamato is 15, zuiho 11, Mushia is 6, Kongo is 4, haranua is 5
I gather 4 DD and send them to hiroshima -they will escort 3 of these BBs back south, plus a heavy CA.
another strike force
I am very tempted to send them with zuiho to the kuriles, but think this
OK -they intercept the enemy BBs there
At best they exchange damage - but attu is still lost

Send them south - they may just destroy a convoy- without getting damaged.
So they go south.

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RE: its hotting up - 12/14/2005 10:54:10 PM

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21/12/42

posting from memory today

In the burma theatre, there was a viscous battle over pagan as my LRCAP intercepted many enemy planes - the end result was about even -I lost some 15 tonies and 7 Tojos, to about 13 hurricanes and 9 spits, plus nearly a dozen bombers

So a fair result -but the pilot experience just keeps on sliding south, and I am never going to get it back up in this game I feel

In the DEI, I will hit tenibar tomorrow, trying to get him to think Im winding up for yet another effort there.

In the Solomons, the convoy is hit just outside port Moresby, the AK will make it though.
2 SC TF of light cruisers are sailing about the area with minor ops in train, mainly hoping to intercept any Tabpub efforts to surface hit PM or Lunga.

Elsewhere it is very much still waiting for the hammers to fall.
KB is moving to safer anchorage, and the reaction convoys are moving about as well, the sub actions are getting nasty.

Overall, I think he will go for a twin thrust, landing Lunga and PM/GG simultanously.
I will not be able to defeat both at once, so I am choosing PM as the Piority for the reaction.
If he lands in Timor area, then the solomons will just have to be a defend every inch struggle, with Kavieg, wewak being react targets, hopefully mid 43.
Thursday island i feel is very vulnerable, yet an opportunity.

I really am keen to get to grips with tabpub -this nibbling at the edges is raising the stress levels to very nasty levels!!!!

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RE: a side show - 12/16/2005 6:40:29 AM

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ASW action gilli, gilli area -miss
The DDs hit tenibar -no real action -but by the E mail it stung tabpub
A SS misses an AK near PM
A ss sinks a AK at tori shima
Lots of naval bombers try to hit my ships in the coral sea -but miss

The bombing of pagan continues
Another AP is sunk by an SS in mallacca straight

Grrrrrrrrrr
well the sub war for this game is going just like History - simulation wise it is totally on the money -my ASW effort is getting the occasional hit, and losses are about as per history too.
Curses!!!
I will by mid 44 be really feeling the pinch for hulls i feel.

The only real plans I make is a naval bombardment of Akyab tomorrow.

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Subs are biting bad - 12/16/2005 6:49:06 AM

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Count the sub attacks today!!

Area1
Burma front
A AP is sunk off singapore
3CL and 4DD hit Akyab -they sink a PT on the way in, deliver a light bombardmant, get out
SsI-165 escapes 3 attacks!!
CL naka is hit by a 1000lb from a mitchell on the way out
A AK is sunk Vic point
pagan hit, again, and again
The 2 BBs are ordered to hit Akyab -all the fighters cover them.

Area2
2 ASW actions -miss
23 zero and 6 betty hit tenibar -shoot down 4 demon on the way out
Move more into babo -this might be a good training area!

Area3
His liberators hit 2 msw, and a sub
hudsons sink a msw
another msw sunk by a sub

Area4
quiet

Area5
I dispatch all but the yammato and the kaga back south, kaga is 23 system.

china is slumbering

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RE: a side show - 12/16/2005 7:30:40 AM

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22/12/42

ASW action gilli, gilli area -miss
The DDs hit tenibar -no real action -but by the E mail it stung tabpub
A SS misses an AK near PM
A ss sinks a AK at tori shima
Lots of naval bombers try to hit my ships in the coral sea -but miss

The bombing of pagan continues
Another AP is sunk by an SS in mallacca straight

Grrrrrrrrrr
well the sub war for this game is going just like History - simulation wise it is totally on the money -my ASW effort is getting the occasional hit, and losses are about as per history too.
Curses!!!
I will by mid 44 be really feeling the pinch for hulls i feel.

The only real plans I make is a naval bombardment of Akyab tomorrow.

I found that if the Jap really throws the kitchen sink at subs its definitely possible to mess 'em up. I think aircraft are key, though. Depth charges, less so.

Aircraft on ASW duty rip up subs, even Allied ones. They rarely kill, they do do 30-50 sys damage and send them home, however.

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RE: a side show - 12/19/2005 11:54:54 AM

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Nice to get a comment!!

thanks!!!

You are right -A/C are getting a hit now and then

23/12/42
Area1
Burma front
An AP is sunk by a SS south of singapore
SSI-165 dodges a 3 ship asw group off Akyab

3CL, 4dd sweep into Akyab - meet 3AK and 1 msw
2AK torpedoed -a fair result - the naval bombardment may have woken him up

thats 2 CL attacks - next one will be a bit heavier

retiring the CL naka is hit by duds - whew!
Another AK is sunk near Vic point

pagan is hit
CL kiso is hit by a 1000lb bomb -she breaks off, and heads independently
for singapore -badly hurt -those b26s are murder some days -useless others

pagan is hit yet again
I look very closely at the troops - after weeks of pounding -hardly any damage -forts at 9, construction troops, good supply, a HQ, all help

Area2
The DEI
A SS attacks a picket ship -miss
23 zero and 6 betty bomb tenibar -4 demon at LRCAP go down quick smart - nice training flight that!
I am building the strength of Babo up - more zeros move in, and some more bombers.

Area3
The seas near PM become a shooting gallery -i have several ASW groups here
A liberator hits a msw -sinks her
Hudsons attack PM -sink another msw!!!, hit the AK
yet another MSW is sunk by a SS off PM!!

Area4
little to report

Area5
kaga is 22 system

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RE: a side show - 12/19/2005 12:00:54 PM

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24/12/42

SS south of truk -miss
SS vs a barge at PM -the barge is sunk

Lillies hit a SS off shortlands- nice
15 sally, 32 oscar attack east of mandalaby - just a reminder i have offensive capability still

I bomb tenibar - no response
Aru island north of darwin is hit bt 8 british avangers and brewsters - not sure what to make of this

SS misses mallacca straight
BB yamarishio reaches home -begins repairs -she is at 13, yammato stays stubbonly at 14

Plans:
I order a reinforcement of the islands Bulla, and the rotation of a AV regiment at Kupang -ops to be covered by mini KB again.
I feel quite happy so far

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RE: a side show - 12/19/2005 12:05:53 PM

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25/12/42
ASW action near Truk -miss
tanker Vs SS south China sea -miss
ASW action off PM -miss
Pagan is hit again

he strikes shipping rangoon harbour -no CAP -its all at sea covering my BBs as they make position for tomorrow.
2 AKs are sunk

Little else to report

As an experiment I stop a vast amount of A/C production -just tomsee if it boosts the crawling rate of production of oscars 2 i have
I should be building 119 a month -in one month i got 40

AM3a is worse -should be getting 140 -i got 22

HI is only 1200 in pool -its looking bleak i think

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A naval battle at last!!!!!! - 12/19/2005 12:22:06 PM

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26/12/42
BB Hiei, Kirishima and 6 DD surprise the Allies at Akyab

CA exeter
CA frobisher
CL emerald
and 5 DD

Action opens at 2000 yrds -and the 2 battle cruisers are in lethal form!!
CA Exeter is immediately hit -14" shells rain onto her
The Bbs shrug several 5" hits

DD decoy is hammered, and DD express is split in 2 by a long lance.

the action is short sharp, nasty

Round 2
the Hieie turns sharply -and her gunnery is superb!
Exeter is hir by no less than 8 14"salvos
Frobisher is hit by kirishima
torpedoes hit Dd Pien Hein, and the Arrow
decoy succumbs to multiple hits

My ships retire -a stunning victory
only 1 Dd is hurt -she will make it

CA exeter is sunk, CL Emerald is sunk , 4 DD are sunk
All other allied ships are burning

dawn sees a large number of B-26 atack - both BBs are hit -kirishima loses her radar -but both ships are quite functional

I order the now 2 CL TF to have a go -day after tomorrow

Off legaspi 2 ASW actions -miss
ONE OF HIS SS HITS A MINE AT LUNGA

And a pete from the Hiei hits a SS as well
A red letter ASW day today!!!

10 liberator attack lea
5 are shot down, no loss to us

His bombing in Burma turns to the forces due south of mandalaby -again and again
yet another MSW is hit near Pm by a hudson

And the lillies hit a ss in the solomons -have moved a lot of these to the asw war -and they are making a difference

Area1
The light forces will have a go soon
Fuel is the biggest problem
the next operation is to get 2 tankers into rangoon, and get some oil out!

Area2
All effort is getting bulla built up

Area3
Nagato and Mutsu retire to truk -several ARs there now -who knows?

Area4
Siapan is getting more supplies

Area5
now for stopping a lot ship production -at the least i might build up some supplies -the front will need them soon!!!

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RE: A naval battle at last!!!!!! - 12/23/2005 3:37:27 AM

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27/12/42

The retreating kirishima and hiei recieve heavy attention from B-26s from akyab
they are both hit -500lbs only -so no real harm done.
I have cancelled the Cl attack - too much metal waiting for me

Still struggling with my industry.

kaga is 21, yammato 14, yamarishio 13
sending DDs to pick up the yammato - Ive had agutful of trying to fix her -she goes as she is.

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RE: A naval battle at last!!!!!! - 12/23/2005 3:42:56 AM

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28/12/42

2 MSW attack my barges in a mid ocean intercept near Gilli, gilli, 2 are sunk
There are 5 seperate sub actions today - no hits iether way!

Area1
the burma front is quiet in the air, and the naval forces retire to singapore -in need of torps and shells, and fuel

The command here selects 3 construction groups loads them in singapore
A glenn ss will lead them deep towards karachi -a suicide raid is in the works.

Nothing else happens in the world, my oil supplies slowly seep away, thats all

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