John 3rd
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November 2, 1942 North Pacific I switched my Nells to long-range search and forgot to actually switch them to AIR SEARCH. Ooops. Four of them impale themselves on Kodiak's air. Problem fixed. Central Pacific Got some reinforcement and cargo TF moving about but nothing exciting. South Pacific Am about to make Dan scratch his head. I've moved a portion of the SNLF Para Brigade from Tabitueau to Noumea. They are going to jump and grab Lord Howe's Island as well as Norfolk Isle. There are no units here and I want Dan looking all sorts of ways and wondering WHAT THE HECK is happening. These moves (in a day or two) will distract him a bit and enable to me to move a IJN BF Coy to Norfolk to set-up some DEEP SOUTH eyes searching... Lose contact with the TF's spotted earlier. He may have pulled them back or put them into Port. Just to be safe I move a 27 plane Daitai of Emily into Tagula to do more Air Search. KB Fuels tomorrow from her Oilers. SW Pacific The CVEs gain some DDs for Escort when it departs Singapore. Current strength is 6 CVE, 1 CL, and 10 DD. Have a BB making for Koepang as well. Current strength of these ship's Air Groups are 42 Zero, 57 Val, and 33 Kate. Begin lifting an SNLF Assault Brigade from Palembang to send to Merauke, NG. All six of the ships can make 17 Knots so they will get there pretty quickly. Had to wait for a Garrison unit to arrive before I could pull these boys. Australia Move an Engineer unit from Gove over to that base next door to begin building there. Four other Engineers arrive here in two days. Burma Ramree is nailed by 27 F and 124 Bombers over three waves. His AA is murderous but we do solid damage to the AF, do some casualties, and shot down about 13 Allied Fighters for 9 Bombers. Rangoon gets a taste of 4EB for the first time but they go after shipping. 21 Fighters pester these planes but no damage is done. At 57,46 I get a LOVELY sight. With NO Escorts, waves of 32, 19, and 11 B-25 come in against a CAP of 38 Fighters. NICE! At least a dozen B-25 are shot down and many more are damaged. Got to like that some. As hoped, the 18th ID arrives 55,47 and reinforces the hex. Immediately pull the 21st and send it for Prome. R&R for this excellent outfit. Didn't want to tell anyone but I left the exit door from Ramree open while the 18th moved north. All that sat there was 25th Army HQ, two Engineer units, and 2 Artillery units. Got LUCKY! A TK Reg and Inf Reg arrived today to provide strength to the position. NW of Katha, I attack 61,42 with an Inf Brig and portion of a Thai Div. Got a 1-2 and just missed 1-1. Will attack again and drive out two small units so they are deep in the jungle. Lots of Recon going over Allied Bases. China Have decided to renew the offensive here. Begin moving troops to attack Kweilin. It is the only base left that is Chinese on that railline. This will take a while to develop so don't expect much very quickly. Moving Base Forces to Changteh where we are going to begin bombing Chungking to damage supplies. Hope to slow down the rebuilding of the Chinese Army this way. This is a strong suggestion made to me by my War Minister and I think it is quite sound. Engineering: Ominato AF-7 Merauke Ft-2 Reinforcements: 6th ADU Defense Unit.
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