Mike Solli
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Joined: 10/18/2000 From: the flight deck of the Zuikaku Status: offline
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TK, lots of conversions happened. I'll get to them shortly. First, the turn replay... 24 Feb 42 Sub War An Aussie AM hit the Ro-68 off Pt. Moresby with a DC. Fortunately, the damage isn't too bad at 22-15(5)-0-0. She's headed to Rabaul where the AR stationed there will be able to completely repair her. I also saw that the Pike was sunk near Rabaul from a DC hit. That didn't happen today but a couple of days ago but only showed up today. If she did sink, it took a couple of days. I'll take it. That's only the 3rd Allied sub sunk so far, along with an S class and Dutch sub. 5 Fleet Interesting things happened here. If you recall, I diverted 2x Naval Guards to invade Umnak Island and Dutch Harbor. They both landed today. At Umnak, the enemy defenses included the 201 (Sep) Inf Reg, a base force and an EAB. That Naval Guard has no hope of taking the base and will pull out tomorrow. At Dutch Harbor however, there is only a base force and the 2/250 CD. I'm going for a DA. I'd love to kill those units. I am also going to see if I can send a larger force to take Umnak. I'll take a look at that when I receive the turn, which should be later this evening. 4 Fleet The 3x Naval Guards that arrived earlier are about ready to land at their destinations. SE Fleet Ted refuses to provide CAP over Pt. Moresby. That tells me I need to start bombing that base with my Lilys that are there. Three Betties, unescorted, went after the AM that hit the Ro-68 and was ambushed by 7x P-40Es, losing two of their number. Not nice. China Interesting proceedings today. I attacked Loyang in a DA. If you recall, there are 20 isolated Chinese units there. Well, my forces there did their job getting 2:1 odds with no enemy forts. The Chinese surrendered losing 61256(4317) to 7972(27) Japanese casualties. Banzai! The infrastructure in Loyang was devastated at Manpower 1(1), Resources 0(40) and LI 0(20). No matter. I destroyed a total of 8x Chinese Corps, 1x Chinese Cavalry Corps, 2x construction regiments, 2x base forces, 5 Group Armies and 2 War Areas. They'll come back but it'll take a long time to rebuild them. Now there remains 5 units in the dot hex just north of Loyang and 10 more units in 3 hexes to the south in clear and wooded areas. Burma The only conflict here was 11x P-40Es vs. 2x Oscars over Magwe. Both Oscars were shot down (and both pilots lost) for no Allied loss. Malaya I tried a SA against Singapore today. It did a number on the Allies. The 2:1 attack reduced the forts from 2 to 0. Banzai!!! Losses were 3099(168) Allies to 7576(32) Japanese. Our losses were very low but the disruption and fatigue are in the 70s for all 5 divisions. A few days rest and they'll go in again. SRA Kolaka was liberated today. The resources there are intact at 40(0). I'm continuing to spread out in Java. The end is near. The Yamada det provided LRCAP over Ambon to support a Nell daitai that was doing a port attack there. Some Allied ships were in port there. The Zeros caught 3x B-339Ds and shot down two. The Nells caught the AVP Arend in port and sank her. Other Stuff Reinforcements: 10 Garrison Unit - 14 Army - headed to Manila 11 Garrison Unit - 14 Army - headed to Kendari
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