Andav
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Nov 24th, 1942 -- Today was pretty slow with the only real action taking place in the skies over Finschhafen and Burma. Over Finschhafen, a mix of 90 IJA and IJN fighters met over 100 various types of 4Es in several waves. An initial sweep of P-38s was not very effective. The trailing sweep of 9 P-38s were let to wonder what all the smoke was about. We downed a few 4Es and they shot down a few of ours and destroyed some on the ground. Runway damage was 68 after two days of attacks. Usually they try for about 3 days and then give up. We continue to pound PM to keep it suppressed. On the ground, Tassafaronga finally fell to the IJA. The Allies had been running a constant string of subs into the base pulling out pieces. These units will be back but hopefully not for many months. Japanese ground losses: 200 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 5026 casualties reported Squads: 335 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 600 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 142 (142 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 117 (117 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 11 Defending units: 87th Mountain Regiment 637th TD Bn /1 14th NZ Brigade 641st Towed TD Bn /1 II US Fighter Cmnd /1 205th Field Artillery Battalion 1st USMC EAB /2 1/198th Coast AA Bn /1 198th Field Artillery Battalion 101st USN Base Force 183rd FA Rgt /1 Close up of Burma. Right now the Allies have two rather large armies on the move in Burma. One is headed down the trails from Akyab and one coming from Myitkyina via Katha where we had a rather larger battle. I am moving some infantry to cover Meiktila. My shuffle did not happen exactly as planned. I think I am in big trouble here. Our game is old so I think supplies will move over the jungle without a lot of issues. Prome has 245 AV behind 2 forts. Forts should reach 3 before the Allies arrive. I think the Allies are bringing probably 1K Assault. I will try to cut their supply line on the trail. In the north, they have about 30K troops. It only shows 4800 but there are a LOT more. Bombers are the biggest pain right now. Getting my main army out of the open ground hex is going to be a challenge. The good news is it is one hex closer to my air bases and one hex further from their bases. I currently have 21st Division in route plus two more regiments. I think I will need to send more but I hate to weaken the other areas (Sumatra, Java, Timor, etc.) and we are short PPs right now. Wa Edit: To add a fewe more details.
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