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RE: Lungchow falls - 9/29/2008 8:20:02 PM

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13-17 November 1942

Not a lot of action until this turn. Will do a quick roundup by area

Rats. Sounds like the big surface action didn't happen.

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RE: Lungchow falls - 9/29/2008 11:59:44 PM

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quote:

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13-17 November 1942

Not a lot of action until this turn. Will do a quick roundup by area

Rats. Sounds like the big surface action didn't happen.

No, the IJN did not give battle and ran back towards the SW. I had 4 UK BB, 3 CA, and 4 CL, plus about 8 DD's. WOuld have been interesting.

Meanwhile back on the farm. My UK CV's are all pumped out and being distributed to shipyards in the area. Without them retaking Port Blair is not in the near future. Hopefully, first quarter 1943. I am positioning units for a Burma offensive in early 1943. Perhaps late December.

TF are forming up for Duey (Nanumea). Once again I have revised my order of operations here after seeing the Port Blair disaster. So I will do Duey then Louey so my CV's can stay close to support Nanumea against possible counterinvasion. In the meantime, I will move Huey's units to Lunganville to make the trip a little shorter. CVE Long Island has sortied from Noumea to be used as an aircraft Ferry once Duey and Louey have operational AB's. A large TF with lots of F4F and SBD's moving south.

I thought I would update the situation in China which is a mess. Larry has left lungchow and is now just north of Nanning. My question is will he move on Nanning or move east to encircle these units. I have a large force up north at Kuming. I will move this south to take up positions along the River. Meanwhile Guerillas are moving deep into Japanese held territory to disrupt supply lines

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RE: Lungchow falls - 9/30/2008 3:07:02 AM

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Vettim;

I am enjoying your AAR, you are doing a nice job of NOT using the combattxt files! Very well done. I would offer advice, but I think you're doing well, you don't need any.

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RE: Lungchow falls - 10/1/2008 1:36:59 AM

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Slow couple of turns as both sides regroup but........ I got some wonderful news today! FOW has revealed that the Japanese ship inventory is minus a BB. BB Hyuga has sunk off Jahore Butae (sp?). This was the ship hit by Albacores off Port Blair when Larry retook it. Now that is a mighty big price to pay for a piece of real estate that is only a juicy target for my bombers to train on. There is no way he can make this into a viable base. He has had no fewer than three AP/AK hit mines there including one that hit a Dutch VH-2 mine.

Units are finishing there loading for Duey. Should start the slow crawl northward with 48 hours. CV's have departed Pagoa Pago to provide CAP. I thought about making a run at Tarawa pre "invasion" but I don't want Larry to reinforce it before I get to Nanumea. Nice to have CVE Nassau along for this trip. This is the first CVE with VR groups on it. I am sending two Seabee, a BF, two CD units plus a RCT to Nanumea. Baker Island will get two Seabee, a BF, and two RCT.

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Uh Oh - 10/1/2008 6:27:19 PM

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This could be good or bad. We have at least one Japanese CVE off Suvali. I would have to believe that Larry would not send a single CVE down here. Larry has been aggressively sending SCTF and carriers to the SoPac for commerce raiding. I have not opposed him thus far as my units have been otherwise occupied. Cursor intel says the TF is heading NW. I am sprinting my CV's NW in hopes of being in position to get this TF no matter if it is moving at mission speed or full speed. My only concern is that this TF is bait. Bring your popcorn boys. We should know by tonight. If these guys are alone then they are about to feel the wrath of 450 carrrier borne a/c

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RE: Uh Oh - 10/1/2008 8:26:58 PM

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23 November 1942

This could be good or bad. We have at least one Japanese CVE off Suvali. I would have to believe that Larry would not send a single CVE down here. Larry has been aggressively sending SCTF and carriers to the SoPac for commerce raiding. I have not opposed him thus far as my units have been otherwise occupied. Cursor intel says the TF is heading NW. I am sprinting my CV's NW in hopes of being in position to get this TF no matter if it is moving at mission speed or full speed. My only concern is that this TF is bait. Bring your popcorn boys.

Good hunting!

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I love it when there is a big Kablosion - 10/2/2008 1:14:16 AM

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I know this is bad juju but ................. muwhahahahahahah. It was not a happy day for the IJN. What is amusing is this could have been worse as many of my a/c could not find their targets due to heavy cloud cover. I have to resort to pasteing the combat report as there is no way I could adequately synopsize this:

Day Air attack on TF at 91,110

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 10
F1M2 Pete x 8

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 62
SBD Dauntless x 142
TBF Avenger x 72

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 7 destroyed
F1M2 Pete : 8 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 damaged
SBD Dauntless: 6 damaged
TBF Avenger: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CVE Hosho, Bomb hits 19, on fire, heavy damage
CVE Taiyo, Bomb hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yunagi
DD Namikaze
DD Fuyo

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
1 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 91,110

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 1

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 11
P-40E Warhawk x 7

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CVE Hosho, on fire, heavy damage
CVE Taiyo, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 90,109

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 12
B5N Kate x 13

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 101

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 11 destroyed
B5N Kate: 13 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
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Day Air attack on TF at 91,110

Japanese aircraft
F1M2 Pete x 1

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 60
SBD Dauntless x 131
TBF Avenger x 67

Japanese aircraft losses
F1M2 Pete : 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
SBD Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Namikaze, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Fuyo, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Sanae, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
CS Mizuho, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
DD Nagatsuki, Bomb hits 6, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yunagi, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
1 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x TBF Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
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Day Air attack on TF at 91,110

Allied aircraft
SBD Dauntless x 12
P-40E Warhawk x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
DD Namikaze, on fire, heavy damage
DD Sanae, on fire, heavy damage
CS Mizuho, on fire, heavy damage
DD Nagatsuki, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
4 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet

All Japanese ships hit with the exception of DD Fuyo are reported sunk. North Carolina is indeed hit but not badly damged. She will need a few months at PH. I am sending her TF back to Pago Pago. The other two will stay on station and kill the remaining Japanese ships which I think are just a couple of DD's. I have a TF with 6 DD's arriving Pago Pago next turn. I will use these to supplant at least some of the AAA lost by not having NC in that TF.

Elswhere, Larry decided that putting fighters at Rangoon again was a good idea. Well the 51st FG brushed them aside (I think the EXP level has got to be atrocious by now). Cursor intel reveals no a/c at Rangoon again this turn. Huge stack now present at Dimapur. I will wait for supplies to climb here before setting off to Mandalay. January offensive seems doable still. No movement in China. What is Larry up to here. he commited the most feared ground unit in the game to this theatre yet does not seem eager to push forward.

Hard to pick an image for this turn but I chose the US CAP intercept. Talk about a hopeless proposition. larry's comment was he was awarding the lone Kate crew that scored a posthumous decoration but otherwise - OUCH!

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RE: I love it when there is a big Kablosion - 10/2/2008 3:25:57 AM

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A quite turn. Larry has pulled back the units near Nanning to Lungchow. Perhaps he realized these units may be needed somewhere else soon. The Chinese command breaths a huge sigh of relief. Though I would through in the ship availability screen. Look at Day 29 - wahoo.

The Japenese DD's sprinted north of my CV's. As I know there are Betty's up at Tarawa I didn't dare drift too far north. Well, back to Pago Pago to replinish and on with Duey. This little adventure cost me a couple of days but it was well worth it

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Another Kablosion - 10/2/2008 1:16:51 PM

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I have no clue what Larry was thinking but he brought a bunch of transports into Rangoon and you can see the results. Ranngoon's port is now full of AP's. I am wondering if he was trying an evacuation or augmenting his strength. No casualties reports on the AP hits; so, I am thinking EVAC mission. Rangoon is a non- starter for him unless he is willing to commit massive amounts of fighters. With his admitted pilot pool issues and the concommitant EXP problem, I don't think he wiould be happy with the results.

BB Indiana has arrived at PH and is replinished and sent south. She will take up NC's position in my CVTF. This is a nice surprise as I forgot she was inbound from Panama City.

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RE: I love it when there is a big Kablosion - 10/2/2008 8:34:48 PM

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Hard to pick an image for this turn but I chose the US CAP intercept. Talk about a hopeless proposition. larry's comment was he was awarding the lone Kate crew that scored a posthumous decoration but otherwise - OUCH!

That bad news is that now he has a read on the position of your CV's -- do you have an idea where the Japanese carriers are? (Besides the CVE's at the bottom of the Pacific.

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RE: I love it when there is a big Kablosion - 10/2/2008 9:51:51 PM

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Hard to pick an image for this turn but I chose the US CAP intercept. Talk about a hopeless proposition. larry's comment was he was awarding the lone Kate crew that scored a posthumous decoration but otherwise - OUCH!

That bad news is that now he has a read on the position of your CV's -- do you have an idea where the Japanese carriers are? (Besides the CVE's at the bottom of the Pacific.)

Akagi, Zuiho, and Ryuho are laid up at Singapore repairing damage suffered when they encountered the UK CV's off Port Blair. I am not sure but I think Junya and Hiyo should be available to Larry by now. But Hiyo is not worth much with its slow speed. So those two plus Kaga Soryu and Hiryu are unaccounted for at present. Best larry could hope for would be even odds and his Navy pilot pool has been empty or near empty for months. You are right though. Jeesh Louise but I better shift gears again. I will unload the Duey units and send the CV's west to rendevous with Louey units at Lungainville

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Update - 10/11/2008 5:17:33 AM

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27 November - 9 December 1942

For those of you who have followed this AAR, my apologies. My GF is in the hospital and all my spare time has been spent attending to her needs. Larry and I continue to run turns though. As I decompress from a bad night, I thought I would post a few notes as to what is going on before heading to bed.

China

Larry has pulled back completely from Nanning and now cursor intel shows only 2 units left at Lunchow. My recently updated Chinese AF unit with P-40-N-1's has been spring abushes around various sites where Larry has been training. While not a rousing success, Larry is losing 4 to 5 airframes a day now. No action in south central china for weeks. I think I have created the stalemate here I was desiring.

Burma

Units have departed Dimapur for Mandaly. I have an additional Indian Inf Division plus 4 or 5 artillery units and three tank units. Once at Mandaly, they will rest and start the counteroffensive in late January/early February 1943. The day I upgraded the AVG to P-38's, Larry moved fighters back into Rangoon. My hurricanes and P-40E's did not fair well as there must be a high EXP A6M unit there. AVG is now almost fully repped up. Once they are good to go, I will upgrade the 51st FG. I will have to let Rangoon go for now as I will need all the fighter strength I can muster for the ground offensive. I thought about night bombing Rangoon but I think that is a bit gamey to through 250 bombers at an AB at night

SoPac

Units will depart next turn for Lunga from Lunganville. BB Indiana just barely caught up to the CV's so she will be able to go along. I waited a little too long here to get extra supplies on board. I figured I won't regret that in the long run as I hopefull have enough supplies on board to get Lunga to level 2 AB. At that point I have enough fighters to be able to provide LRCAP out of there to protect any future transport runs.

Australia

The bulk of the Aussie army is either at Daly Waters or nearly there. DW is now a level 4 AB and once AV support arrives (52nd Av RGT is on the rail line between Adelaide and ALice Springs) I will be able to base a lot of fire power there. Katherin only has one unit and Darwin has six. I have three tank BTN/RGT's and I intend to cut off the unit at Katherine before destroying it.

That is about all. It will probably be another week before I start posting regularly again

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RE: Update - 10/13/2008 10:28:29 PM

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Just a quick update. Troops coming ashore at Lunga. No counterattack as of yet. Katherine is 4/6 surrounded. I have two tank RGT circling the base. One will likely take the hex to the west in two days. The other will take the hex to the north in 3 to 4 days. The 52nd Aviation RGT is almost to Alice Springs from where it will be airlifted to Daly Waters which is now a level 5 AB

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Wow! There is a war on ya know - 10/15/2008 5:06:40 AM

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21-22 December 1942

On the 21st Japanese CV's appeared near Lunga. They sunk CVE Nassau (a VR type). Fortunately, the IJN aviators did not find the transports. Cloud cover was heavy and neither CV groups attack each other. This was just the prelude

ON the 22nd several surface engagements occured including two between the same two SCTF's. Then the dinged up Allied TF engaged yet another SCTF. WHat kills me is I had two SCTF's in the hex yet only way managed to engage at all. I lost Salt Lake City plus a DD in the surface battles to one DD lost for the IJN. Then the fun started. Larry pulled his CV's too far back and there was no CV vs CV battle. Instead my CV air groups mauled the retreating IJN SCTF's. I sank another DD and a CL. That said an additonal six Japanese DD's have got to be hurting plus CA's Nachi and Atago took multiple 1000 lb bomb and torpedo hits. I suspect he will lose several more ships. BB Kirishima also has to be heading for the yard for a while too and she was seen trailing smoke while leaving the battle. I need one more day to finish offloading troops and supplies at Lunga. The AB is already Level 1 and 49% to level 2.

Will include all three images from the SCTF battles

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RE: Wow! There is a war on ya know - 10/15/2008 5:07:48 AM

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second surface battle

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RE: Wow! There is a war on ya know - 10/15/2008 5:09:04 AM

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third naval battle

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RE: Wow! There is a war on ya know - 10/15/2008 8:20:49 PM

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The Mutsu showed up?? Larry's going to have to learn about putting more cruisers near his capital ships. (Or perhaps he needed escorts for the CVTF.)

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More Action - 10/16/2008 5:06:26 AM

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The USAAF gave the IJN an early Christmas present they won't soon forget. No ships hit. This is indeed a beautiful screenie for any AFB. Unloading is about done at Lunga. To my surpise 72nd Av Rgt is approaching Noumea. This TF will replnish and head for Lunga. This base should be in good shape in a few weeks.

In Oz. The trapped fragemtn of IJA 10th Inf Div at Katherine is being worn down by aerial and ground bombardment. The 52nd Av Rgt has arrived at Alice Springs and is immediately being airlifted to Daly Waters. A/C are staging and once the Av support is in place I will move about 150 4E into Daly Waters. That'll leave a mark. A large TF full of AP's is spotted just north of Darwin. I think Larry is planning on evacuating. Its a race I think I will win and hopefully my LBA will decimate this TF before it has a chance to make a get away. ALready have a squadron of A-20 and B-25's at DW plus Hudsons for NavSearch.

Units are still a few weeks away in Burma but are getting there. I could go now but I want the tank units to do pursuit. Also, once Lunga is where I want it as far as AB and Av Support, I will launch Dewey and Louey (Nanumea and Baker Is). These are a prelude to the Tarawa attack. So in a matter of weeks, Larry will be facing active fronts in Burma, Oz, the Solomons, and CentPac. Took a while to get there but the ball is finally rolling.

CV Essex arrives at Panama City tomorrow! Hows that for a Christmas present? Less than two months from F6F and F4U production ramps up too. Oh and the dud rate goes down on the US subs in a week too. Still a lot of war to fight but life is good right now

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Merry Christmas! - 10/17/2008 4:47:51 AM

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25 December 1942

The second Christmas of the war passes with very little to report. Not able to get a raid on the Transports at Darwin but the cursor intel revela a drop from 6 to 4 units present. I have a hunch Larry is trying to get the Av Support out. If my bombers don't launch tomorrw, I will switch to ground attack. IJA AS is falling nicely at Katherine. Once this unit absorbs a few turns of 4E raids, it will be toast

Last few supplies unloading at Lunga which is 50% to a level 2 port. This should help speed up unloading. There are 72 P-40E's there now. Once my AV support is shifted up, I will double that number. I intend Lunga to be a nearly 100% Army operation with the only exceptiosn being some SeaBees and the Marine Raider BTN's. My CV's will escort the Av RGT plus a hug supply convoy and then head East for Duey and Louey. I suspect Larry is planning a response to Huey so it will be nice to get his head spinning when the attention shifts about 2000 nm east.

Oh, look what Santa left in my stocking!

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Happy New Year - 10/21/2008 1:22:19 AM

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Well a week went by with little to report. My CV's returned to Lunganville and replenished and now are escorting two convoys with AV support and supply to Lunga. This will allow me to pu LBA bombers there and bolster CAP. Lunga will then be on its own as my CV's need to head east.

Katherine fell to the Allies and it took about a week to kill off the surronded fragment of 10th Inf Division. My units are resting up and will be heading to Darwin soon.

Units have cleared the jungle and are almost to Mandalay. Will let them rest before I start the push for Rangoon. Larry has 150 fighters at Rangoon doing nothing. He is not attacking. Just sitting there I suppose hoping I will attack. Would it be gamey to launch a massive 4e raid at night?

How's this for taking A/C training program to extremes

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RE: Happy New Year - 10/21/2008 5:43:00 AM

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Got two turns in tonight!. First raid goes in at Darwin. I lost about 5 a/c total. Larry lost 27 - all fighters. Will continue to pound the AB until troops are closer. Oz will be all mine again sooner than later.

Units moving toward Lunga. Once the transports are there, I will withdraw the CV's. I realized how much I have been wasting time. I hoped to be going for Tarawa about now and I still have no units on Nanumea or Baker Island. Well I can't change the facts of life or the huge expanse of the Pacific Ocean. Tarawa will be the first of the Seven Dwarfs - bases in the Marshalls and Gilberts. I also intend on taking Narue Is back (sp?)

Cursor intel reveals 60 bombers and no fighters at Moulmein. I am sending the B-25's and 72 P-38's from Akyab at this base to see what we get.

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Moving On - 10/23/2008 3:01:16 AM

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Lunga now has nearly 150 fighters to protect shipping so the US CV's head SE toward Samoa. Duey and Louey are just a matter of weeks away. After those bases grow to level 4 AB which shouldn't take long as those SeaBee units are pretty darn effective, I will start Snow White (Nauru Is) and the Seven Dwarfs (Gilberts and Marshalls).

Units are resting at Katherine but will push towards Darwin soon. I have been concentrating on Darwins AB to discourage Larry from flying supply in or moving units out. Once Darwin is back in Allied Hands, I will move towards Timor then Kendari then Balikapaypan. This is like a dagger aimed right at the heart of the the SRA.

My units crossed the Irwaddy (sp) and to my surpise pulled off a 1 to 1 attack. The bridgehead is now secure and more troops are pouring across. The Chinese left Lashio heading west. The will try to looop around and cut the IJA off.

My conservative opponent has been laying back and not exposing his forces much of late. The only action has been in China where the allies have won some nice air batttle over Changsha at a cost of a lot of obsolete airframes. I am hoping my current moves will force Larry's hand somewhere. When I look at the map, I see why the Japanese pushed so hard in Burma. If I retake Rangoon, a lot of Larry's industry/resources will be exposed.

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RE: Moving On - 10/24/2008 3:22:10 AM

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Well Larry managed to retreat some units from the bridgehead hex across from Mandalay. Only one full Inf Div here now. A deliberate attack is ordered to reset movement. The Chinese units traversed the trail hex in one turn and took the base east of Meiktila (Tau Gyi or something like that)

Units moved out for Darwin on the 9th and have moved one hex. Will take a while to get there but the ground units are being pounded every day from the air.

Lunga should reach level 3 Port tomorrow. The AB will then be expanded to the max of 7 ASAP. No moves here at all to oppose this move. I think Larry will be surpised when he finds out this move was only to secure my left flank. We are heading north and NW towards the Marianis not WNW towards Rabaul.

Larry is not opposing me at all right now. Only training runs in China and NEI. No air activity in Burma nor SoPac. I guess he is hoping he will have lots of high exp units to oppose me once his defensive perimeter is penetrated. Problem is by then he will be fighting F4U, F6F, P-38, and P-47 instead of P-40, F4F, and P-39.

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RE: Moving On - 10/24/2008 8:21:56 PM

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Problem is by then he will be fighting F4U, F6F, P-38, and P-47 instead of P-40, F4F, and P-39.

Don't you already have F4U's and P-38's on the line?

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Sometimes this game..... - 10/25/2008 12:41:50 AM

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Problem is by then he will be fighting F4U, F6F, P-38, and P-47 instead of P-40, F4F, and P-39.

Don't you already have F4U's and P-38's on the line?

P-38's yes but it is a slow crawl to get various units upgraded. Especially now that I could use them in Burma, Oz, and maybe a few for SoPac. F4U start in 19 Days but produce at 150 per month. F6F start them same day and are listed at 80 per month but I think the current F4F production gets rolled into that though I am not sure. Brian, are you listening?

On the 11th the last IJA unit in the bridgehead hex south of Mandaly got out before I could attack. Cursor intel say five units now at Meiktila. Have seven Chines Corps heading that way plus about fifteen UK/Commonwelath troops. Interesting how this is a reverse of the conquest of Burma just six short months ago. Larry tried a few cursory aerial bombardments of my troops but no real damage. Fighters are switched to LRCAP from Mandalay to discourage such foolishness in the future. If I ever play this game as Japan I have learned that you must push the Allies back in Burma past Mandalya and Lashio. Otherwise the RR hexes just allow too free movement. Of course in AE, that will all change.

My CV's are about halfway from Lugainville to Pago Pago. Will start forming up the TF's for Duey (Nanumea) tomorrow. I am considering a somewhat bold move. Instead of making Baker Island the objective for Louey, I am considering Abemena (Sp?). I will see how much resistance I get when I run the units in for Duey. If Larry doesn't fight hard, I will go for it. This hex is just 120 nm south of Tarawa. Be nice to fill it up with A/C right before I hit Tarawa. CV Essex is approaching the exit from the Panama sea lanes

In China, Larry moved all his units that were east of the Crossroads into the Crossroads hex. He tried a bombardment attack this turn which did like 130 casualties with AS 4500 for China to 3100 for Japan. Forgot to check the fort level but I suspect it is high as my units have been sitting there for some time. He again left that intervening hex empty. Units are leaving Hengchow to occuppy it and once again cut off a huge stack of IJA units.

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Pushing hard now - 10/25/2008 3:54:17 PM

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Units have arrived at Darwin and the Japanese tried a bombardment attack. The attack caused no casualties and revealed an AS of only 250 (vs 1750 for the Aussies). I think the constant pounding from the air is having a decided affect. That and I have blockaded this port for months now with a half dozen or more subs. I ordered a deliberate attack just so I can get a feel for the fort level.

Units arrived at Meiktila and discovered the unit count at 4 (was 5 last turn). There are units on the RR between Rangoon and Meiktila now. Larry is obviously doing the Japanese version of Brave Sir Robin. Not excited about it but I ordered a deliberate attack here too to reset the movement. Stand still so I can hit you Larry! I cannot believe he is not even trying to oppose me here. He has two units with a count of 10 k at Moulmein. I am heading straight there then swing back to Rangoon. After that op is complete, I will rest my UK/Commonwealth units while the UK CV's repair. IF I wait long enough, they will come back with Corsairs and Avengers. One thing I am considering is sending the 7 Chinese Corps back to China once Rangoon falls. These will be a nice addition to the OOB in China and I may consider a attack into Indochina. That is a long way away.

TF's are formed and units are loading for Duey. US CV's will make Pago Pago in about two days. B-25's upgrading to -J and A-20 upgrading to -G.

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RE: Pushing hard now - 10/26/2008 4:47:20 AM

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Hate to include combat reports but I thought it would be useful information for both hexes. None of my units have horrible disruption at the moment. WIll do a few more turns of bombardment and hit them again. That is about it for now. One of my Liberator III squadrons ignored the ground attack order and instead attacked the arifield at Moulmein for no losses and 3 IJA bombers destroyed. I checked the unit and it is indeed set on ground attack/rest - go figure.

Attacks at Darwin and Meiktila:

Ground combat at Meiktila

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 74144 troops, 659 guns, 1554 vehicles, Assault Value = 2165

Defending force 34187 troops, 174 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 590

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Allied max assault: 1812 - adjusted assault: 1333

Japanese max defense: 452 - adjusted defense: 481

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4

Japanese ground losses:
512 casualties reported
Guns lost 16

Allied ground losses:
459 casualties reported
Guns lost 16
Vehicles lost 10

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Ground combat at Darwin

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 70722 troops, 620 guns, 239 vehicles, Assault Value = 1733

Defending force 22693 troops, 192 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 329

Allied max assault: 1559 - adjusted assault: 841

Japanese max defense: 271 - adjusted defense: 432

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 7)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 6

Japanese ground losses:
1663 casualties reported
Guns lost 53
Vehicles lost 1

Allied ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 2

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Vettim89's screen shots - 10/26/2008 5:18:57 AM

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The screen shots that vettim89 have supplied look different from what I see when I play WiTP. What version are these from? Our son gave me a copy for Christmas, 2007, and it is copyrighted 2005. Is there a later vesion I can download?

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RE: Vettim89's screen shots - 10/26/2008 2:20:53 PM

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Larry and I are using Andrew Brown's extended Map available here: Andrew's WiTP Page

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Here Comes Duey - 10/27/2008 4:54:34 AM

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CV's depart Pago Pago today and will rendevous with the transports at Savali tomorrow. Then we're off to Nanumea. Transports and CV's will turn right around and pick up troops for Louey which will either be Baker Is as originally planned or Abemena. The response to Duey will dictate Louey's target CV Essex should be at Pago Pago in time for Louey. CVL Princeton is exactly 30 days away now.

Deliberate attacks are ordered at both Darwin and Meiktila. We'll have to see how this goes. Got my Av support a little out of whack in Oz and am now rushing a unit to Katherine where there is no Av support but a P-40E Sq.

Larry continues pounding away at the crossroads from the air and the ground. He is inferior to my AS by a score of 4500 to 3400. He would have to take those Chinese units a long way down to even hope to budge them. BTW, fort level is 6 in that hex. Can you say stalemate? Sure you can

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