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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/8/2013 12:28:12 PM

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I have been lurking on this AAR for a while, so.... welcome back and "Thank you". I don't know how I would ever have managed to take on the challenge of playing the Empire without this as a guide. JJ.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/8/2013 12:30:04 PM

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Thanks. You obviously haven't reached the "Merauke Fiasco".

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/8/2013 12:40:13 PM

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Burma: 8 Japanese fighters vs. 8 Allied fighters + moderate damage to Akyab's airfield.

SE Fleet: 6 Japanese fighters vs. 9 Allied fighters, 3x 4E bombers and moderate damage to Lae's airfield.

5 Fleet: I haven't said anything about this theater but Ted hits Adak with ~15x 2E bombers daily and a half dozen B-24s every other day. The writing is on the wall here. Adak's forts are to level 5 (they'll never increase to 6 with the daily bombing) and there are ~10 subs in the area along with some mines at the base. It's another speed bump, but hopefully it'll last a little longer than Dutch Harbor.

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Canberra was confirmed to have sunk (around Merauke) on 31 July 42.

Reinforcement: DD Kiyonami (Yugumo class) - will go to Davao to escort KB.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/8/2013 12:52:25 PM

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Burma: 3 Japanese fighters & 1x 2E bomber vs. 6 Allied fighters along with moderate damage to Akyab's airfield.

SE Fleet: 14 Japanese fighters (+5 destroyed on the ground) and light damage to Lae's airfield vs. 13 Allied fighters & 2x 2E bombers.

RO-100 - Will go to SE Fleet area. Only 5 of the original 9 RO class subs that began the war down there are still afloat and some are damaged. They've been doing a lot of fighting south of Pt. Moresby.

Ted confirmed that the Warspite is still afloat after eating a couple of torpedoes at Merauke. He said she'll be repaired by 1953

and that she was headed for Sydney. I haven't seen her but he may have slipped up, unless he's attempting to mislead me. I don't think he's going to send her anywhere else because there's no place for her to go. I have some mines at Horn Island, hoping to get lucky. I'm also putting as many subs as I can scrape up along the east coast of Australia, just in case she's headed there. I'd love to take her out. That would be a moral victory.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/8/2013 12:56:29 PM

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New turn. Off to give Ted an ulcer.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/8/2013 2:34:34 PM

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Thanks. You obviously haven't reached the "Merauke Fiasco".

Well I have now. Call it a learning experience for me, or character building for you.

My intention is to put CVE in the Amphib TF to avoid the missing LRCAP problem. Do you have enough troops to go again.. his LBA and surface TFs must have been hit hard. (Look at me.. offering advice

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/8/2013 3:11:07 PM

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Hey Mike, great to see you back in and get some updates!

Sorry about the South new Guinea adventure. Sucks.

Noticed you're accelerating some TKs. Seems like this would be pretty expensive for the gain.

At Palembang I just use the small quick loading TKs from 1200 up to around 2800 capacity in many multiple TFs. They haul to Singers where the big fast 15-19 knot tankers take the fuel home in big TFs with lots of escorts and usually an AV as well for air search and ASW.

This has worked well for me and Palembang as well as all other oil/fuel centers are virtually dry except for daily production at all times. The big hubs have even run out at times. Also this has streamlined the long transit back to the HI into 3-5 big efficient TFs that I've lost only a few tankers from up to 11/44.

Anyway, just thought I'd throw that out there.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/8/2013 3:28:52 PM

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Hi guys. I do pretty much the same at Palembang. I can't seem to get the fuel below 100k. I use 4 Tonan Whalers (1 is repairing from a sub torpedo), 8x 12.8k TKs and 4x 11.6k TKs (recently up to 8 from accelerated TKs) to pull fuel/oil from Singapore. I have >351k fuel, 64k oil and 87k resources sitting there and they are slowly increasing. Admittedly, the Tonans returned a day ago and will be repaired and ready to go tomorrow and the 8x 12.8k TKs return tomorrow and will repair in a day or 2. That'll get 102k fuel and 60k oil out the door in a couple of days. The 8x 11.6k TKs will arrive in a week or so.

Palembang has 111k fuel, 22k oil and 8k resources. Medan has 51k fuel, 5k oil and 7k resources.

My 4 remaining 11.6k TKs alternately haul oil and fuel from Cam Ranh Bay. That stuff comes from Miri/Brunei.

I had accumulated ~35k extra merchant points when I started the TK accelerations. The surplus is around 4k now and the last 3 TKs will be completed within a 4-18 days. They will also head to Singapore.

So far, I've lost 1x 11.6k TK, and that to an explosion. Some idiot smoking apparently.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/8/2013 3:31:58 PM

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I'm going to start an air bombing campaign of Merauke with 4 sentai of Helens. There is currently 1 sentai in Hollandia with a second at Truk awaiting some more planes to fill it out. In a few days, I get 2 more sentai for 5 Air Division and they will head down. The problem is a shortage of Helens. I'll have enough planes to fill out one sentai but the other will have to wait. I've bumped up Helen production from 90 to 120. I should have done that a few months ago.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/8/2013 3:34:57 PM

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Hi guys. I do pretty much the same at Palembang. I can't seem to get the fuel below 100k. I use 4 Tonan Whalers (1 is repairing from a sub torpedo), 8x 12.8k TKs and 4x 11.6k TKs (recently up to 8 from accelerated TKs) to pull fuel/oil from Singapore. I have >351k fuel, 64k oil and 87k resources sitting there and they are slowly increasing. Admittedly, the Tonans returned a day ago and will be repaired and ready to go tomorrow and the 8x 12.8k TKs return tomorrow and will repair in a day or 2. That'll get 102k fuel and 60k oil out the door in a couple of days. The 8x 11.6k TKs will arrive in a week or so.

Palembang has 111k fuel, 22k oil and 8k resources. Medan has 51k fuel, 5k oil and 7k resources.

My 4 remaining 11.6k TKs alternately haul oil and fuel from Cam Ranh Bay. That stuff comes from Miri/Brunei.

I had accumulated ~35k extra merchant points when I started the TK accelerations. The surplus is around 4k now and the last 3 TKs will be completed within a 4-18 days. They will also head to Singapore.

So far, I've lost 1x 11.6k TK, and that to an explosion. Some idiot smoking apparently.

Looks good. I don't think then you need to accelerate the TKs. Just convert the xAK that can be converted to the 12-14 knot TKs, and you should be fine as they come normal speed out of the shipyards.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/8/2013 3:44:59 PM

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I'm done accelerating TKs. It was just the 8x 11.6k TKs that were accelerated. Once they're done, that's it. Then I'll convert the Std- series as they arrive.

My oil is completely repaired, other than 136 that are damaged at Magwe. Ted hasn't bothered them in months but I just don't have the extra supply in Burma to repair them and it really isn't cost efficient because those oil fields are doomed anyway. I'm holding my own in the air in Burma, but that's temporary too. I expect to abdicate the air in Burma by Spring 1943. We'll see.

Anyway, my oil is steady at 2947. I have 3382 refineries, but some are shut off. I've shut off the following:

Burma: 300
Sian & Loyang: 110

That gives me 2972 working refineries. That's only 25 excess. I never expected that. My oil reserves (7 Oct) are just over 2.7 mil and effectively holding steady. I'm trying to get as much as possible to the home islands. If I can do that successfully, I can hold off collapse for quite a while after the SLOC from the SRA is cut. That's part of the reason I accelerated the TKs.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/8/2013 3:57:06 PM

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One last thing about oil. There's a 50 point oil field in the north of China. In a couple of weeks, I get the 3 Tank Division in China. That's where it's headed. I'd like to get that extra oil.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/8/2013 4:15:34 PM

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23 Sep 42

Burma: Two Allied fighters shot down.

SE Fleet: 4 Japanese fighters & 1 Oscar destroyed on the ground vs. 1x P-38, 5x Avengers and 4x B-25s.

Reinforcement: TK Asashio Maru (11.6k accelerated TK)

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/8/2013 4:21:49 PM

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Oosthaven - Build up to size 4 port. Use those small 1250 capacity TKs on CS runs to Batavia. Once the fuel is down at Palembang, move them there to load Oil since Oil takes so long to load in medium to large TKs.

Miri, Tarakan - Oil & Fuel goes to Manila (vs Cam Rahn Bay) and then the Oil can load with the Resources in dual capacity xAKs to Japan. I expand Naga to port 4 to allow both my small just below 12k size TF to ship in Resources from those size 2 ports in the Archipelago. With the newer Beta I can select the "Coastal" option to minimize my TFs in deep ocean hexes and the DC on my PBs have greater effectiveness.

Nice to hear from you again, even if it is indirectly.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/8/2013 4:25:49 PM

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24 Sep 42

Burma: The Ro-34 sank an xAK just SE of Chittagong presumably trying to send supply to Akyab.

Allied disaster in the air in Burma today. For the cost of 1 Tojo, 17 enemy fighters were shot down! Ted wasn't happy.

SE Fleet: It was a little more even here. Two Japanese fighters vs. 4 Allied fighters.

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The I-19 sank an xAK off San Francisco.

Lots of reinforcements:

13 Garrison Unit - 16 Army - headed to Java - will eventually form the 27 IMB.
14 Garrison Unit - 16 Army - headed to Java - will eventually form the 28 IMB.
12 & 18 Garrison Units - Southern Army - headed to Manila - combine to form the 94 Division.
15 Garrison Unit - 25 Army - headed to Malaya - will eventually form the 25 IMB.
16 Garrison Unit - Southern Army - headed to Saipan - will combine with the 10 Mortar Battalion (bought out from Kwantung Army) to form the 26 IMB.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/8/2013 4:37:24 PM

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Oosthaven - Build up to size 4 port. Use those small 1250 capacity TKs on CS runs to Batavia. Once the fuel is down at Palembang, move them there to load Oil since Oil takes so long to load in medium to large TKs.

Miri, Tarakan - Oil & Fuel goes to Manila (vs Cam Rahn Bay) and then the Oil can load with the Resources in dual capacity xAKs to Japan. I expand Naga to port 4 to allow both my small just below 12k size TF to ship in Resources from those size 2 ports in the Archipelago. With the newer Beta I can select the "Coastal" option to minimize my TFs in deep ocean hexes and the DC on my PBs have greater effectiveness.

Nice to hear from you again, even if it is indirectly.

I'll have to give the Oosthaven idea a shot. Do you then use Soerabaja to move the fuel out?

Right now the 4x 11.6k TKs at Cam Ranh Bay keep up with the fuel and oil taken out of Miri & Brunei. I've already increased Naga to size 4 for the little resource bases to the south. Then I have a couple of cargo TFs moving the resources from Manila to the Home Islands. It seems like there would be too much oil for the dual capacity xAKs to handle. That's the equivalent to 5 ships a day for the oil. That would also mean ~25k resources a day, far more than that area produces. Gotta think about it some more. Unless you also use TKs out of Manila....

It's good to see you too, Michael. Hope all is well with you.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/8/2013 4:48:48 PM

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Burma: Another good day in the air in Burma. 9x Allied fighters lost vs. an Oscar and 2 Nells (who mistakenly went after a MTB at Akyab).

The 14 Division (bought out from Kwantung Army) landed at Rangoon. It'll head up to Katha to garrison the northern front.

SE Fleet: 4 Japanese fighters were lost today. An Oscar was destroyed on the ground at Rabaul when 14x B-24s bombed that place. Airfield damage was minor and easily repaired.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/8/2013 4:57:22 PM

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26 Sep 42

Burma: 2 Japanese fighters vs. 7 Allied fighters. I hit Akyab's port today, causing moderate damage.

SE Fleet: The Ro-60 ate a depth charge off Cooktown. She'll survive, but she's headed back to the barn.

1 Zero lost to no Allied losses.

5 Fleet: I sent 3 xAKs to Adak on a resupply mission. A squadron of SBDs caught and sank them all.

Adak is screwed now that I can't resupply it. I may try some small xAKLs but it really won't matter. The supply is evaporating faster than I can ever replace it.

China: My army reached Changsha and bombarded today to see what they're up against. The Chinese army is composed of 4x HQ, 6x Corps, 2x construction regiments and a Base Force. Total AV is 4368 Japanese to 2273 Chinese. I'll try a deliberate assault when supply levels increase.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/8/2013 4:57:49 PM

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I'll have to give the Oosthaven idea a shot. Do you then use Soerabaja to move the fuel out?

Yes, I do!! Fuel & Oil from Balikpapan goes here and then most ends up at Truk. Java (plus what may come from Oosthaven) and Balikpapan feeds the Fleet except for IO operations.

Manila may get a surplus, but later in the war, I can easily move it the final distance to Japan.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/17/2013 6:38:30 AM

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Well hell. I was within a couple of weeks of being caught up.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/17/2013 6:39:56 PM

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Com'on, you can manage... what are nights for if not for posting updates? :)

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/17/2013 7:08:28 PM

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Well hell. I was within a couple of weeks of being caught up.

C'mon dude...we're awaiting the latest with bated breath!

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/17/2013 7:29:12 PM

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You're right Annagil. There's nothing to do over here at night except run, do turns and update. I'm done with the turn and running for the night.

27 Sep 42 (again)

Burma: My typical turn here is to sweep with at least 1 sentai of Oscars/Tojos over Chittagong and Cox's Bazaar and 2 chutai of Oscars over Akyab. Ted never sends fighters to Akyab, but he is still sending transports there and I shoot down a couple each day. There is a message that transports were intercepted over Akyab pretty much every day but the chutai pilots don't ever rack up kills. Their experience is rising nicely though. The transports show up as op losses. I have 3 Tojo (IIa) and 2 Oscar (Ic & IIa) sentai and 3 Oscar chutai (Ic). I also have 4 Helen and 1 Sally sentai totalling 139 bombers. On any given day I put 110-120 bombers over a target. Akyab's port and airfield remain trashed and Chittagong's airfield just about always has some damage on it.

Today was a quiet day. A couple Allied fighters went down for no Japanese loss.

SE Fleet: It was a little more lively here. Ted has usually 80-100 4E bomber sorties and ~50 2E sorties over PNG. He has P38, P39 and P40K squadrons along with some P70 night fighters. I send a sentai of Helens on a nightly bombing raid to PM. On occasion, I send some fighters to LRCAP a base at PNG but that's not a daily thing. My fighters don't stand up to Teds volumes of fighters very well. I have 3 Oscar (Ic) and 1 Tojo (IIa) sentai, 1 Nick FB sentai, 1 Zero daitai (A6M2) and 2 Zero chutai (A6M2) defending Gasmata and Rabaul. I also have a couple of Betty daitai on naval attack orders, just in case Ted gets stupid. He hasn't gotten stupid yet.

Today Ted sent 14x B-24s to Rabaul. I had 70 fighters on CAP over the hex and they shot down 6. The remaining bombers did minor airfield damage that was easily repaired. I also caught 6x B-25s unescorted over Salamaua and shot 5 down. Elsewhere in the region, things evened out. I lost 5 fighters to none of his. Fortunately, these battles were over my bases, so my pilot losses were low.

5 Fleet: Ted is happy sending a half dozen B-24s and about a dozen B-25/26s along with a squadron of SBDs over Adak. Adak is doomed, but hopefully, they'll take a toll with them. I have the base mined and there are subs in the vicinity, about half a dozen along with another 8 enroute. I wish I could put some fighters up there, but I have none available. Today, the SBDs hit the port and sank the I-165, which was damaged earlier and attempting to repair some of it's damage before attempting to head home. Now it'll never leave.

Merauke: This place is a potential thorn in my side, but I think Ted is having problems keeping it supplied because he is doing nothing there. I have a sentai of Helens at Hollandia that bomb the airfield nightly. I also have a daitai and chutai of Zeros there.

Other Stuff: The Ryujo and Hosho left the port of Davao today to head for Kobe for upgrades.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/17/2013 7:35:16 PM

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Burma: 4 Japanese fighters vs. 7 Allied fighters.

I have a nice sized army heading over the river and through the jungle to the hex just NE of Akyab to cut it off once again. Does anyone know when the monsoon dates are? I can't remember to save my life!

SE Fleet: 5 Japanese fighters vs. 7 B-25s shot down over Salamaua again!

5 Fleet: The damn SBD squadron hit the port again and sank a midget sub that was in bad shape after travelling from Dutch Harbor without any fuel. Ah well, I have plenty more midget subs, and they've done absolutely nothing so far this game!

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/17/2013 7:51:11 PM

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29 Sep 42

Burma: I sent my Betties stationed at Pt. Blair on a night port raid of Trincomalee and they found and sank a CM! Ted doesn't have a lot of them so it's always nice to see one go down.

1 Japanese fighter vs. 3 Allied fighters.

SE Fleet: Not a good day here. It started out ok. My Helens destroyed a P-70 on the ground. That's about the only way I can kill one. Then, my fighters took a beating over PNG. 6 Japanese fighters vs. 2 Allied fighters.

China: My huge army hit Changsha. My goal is to capture all of the rail lines in China, both to expedite my movement and to hinder Ted's movement. The 1:2 attack hit level 3 forts. Losses were 4137(22) Japanese to 3557(35) Chinese. His army is composed of 4 HQ, 6 Corps, 2 construction regiments and a base force. I have 10 or 11 infantry divisions and 11 artillery units, 10 of which are the heavy units I bought out of Kwangtung. I'll bombard for a turn or two before attacking again.

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Reinforcement: SS I-36 - Glen carrying sub - will be based at Kwajalein and patrol in the central Pacific.

The A6M5 R&D advanced to November 42. My intent was to allow it to advance to October (around 10-12 Oct) and then upgrade the 6x30 R&D factories to the A6M5b. On the day that was supposed to happen, all 6 factories converted to operational! I told Ted what happened and he graciously offered to let me redo the turn. That would have killed my Zero research. Also, I couldn't have really used those factories because my engine production isn't anywhere close to being able to support them. I never had that happen before. Anyway, I upgraded the R&D factories and my research is at 99% of the way to October. Ah well. I'll get them in Nov 42. I'll have 3x30 A6M3a factories and 1x30 A6M2-N factory that will upgrade to the A6M5. I'll produce 120 a month.

I've been toying with the idea of taking one of my small extra R&D factories and converting it to a size 1 A6M5 factory. I might get the planes a week or so early. I may give that a try tomorrow.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/18/2013 6:18:32 PM

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30 Sep 42

Quiet day today. Pretty much the same thing going on in Burma and SE Fleet. Not much to write home about.

Reinforcements: xAK Urato Maru - Std-C - will convert to TK and assist in pulling oil from Pt. Arthur to the Home Islands.
SC CHa-43 - ASW
TK Ryuei Maru - 11.6k capacity that was accelerated - Will haul from Singapore to the Home Islands.

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RE: Once Again into the Breech - Mike (J) vs. tc464 (A) - 9/18/2013 6:33:19 PM

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1 Oct 42

Burma: 1 Japanese vs. 7 Allied fighters. I attempted to bomb Cox's Bazaar's airfield, but neglected to set the bombers to naval attack then airfield attack, so they went in with light escort against a bunch of Allied fighters. Five bombers were shot down and an additional two went down from flak. Moderate damage to the airfield.

SE Fleet: Nothing happened here. I guess Ted rested his planes, or maybe it was bad weather.

Other stuff:

My Ki-43-Ic upgraded to the Ki-43-IIa and all 128 operational factories were upgraded and turned back on. The first sentai to upgrade will be in Burma. Their normal range of 6 hexes will allow me to sweep Chittagong and Cox's Bazaar from Magwe without either using drop tanks (extra supply usage) or at extended range. Can't wait!

I had 43 IJN pilots accelerate through month 8.

The Ki-43-IIb R&D advanced to 4/43.

Reinforcements:
Kinugasa-1 FP - I'll increase it's size to 24 and use it for either naval search or ASW along my SLOC from Singapore. I rebuilt it after Kinugasa went down some time ago.
26 Sentai - fighters from 2 Air Division. Bought out for 5 Air Division and will be shipped to SE Fleet (where 5 Air Division is stationed).
26 Sentai Det A - Anns - will eventually upgrade to Helens. Was bought out for 5 Air Division.
26 Sentai Det B - Same as Det A.
TK Otowasan Maru - 11.6k TK accelerated - Will go to Singapore to haul fuel.
34 Construction Company - Was rebuilt after being destroyed at Dutch Harbor.

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Sub War: A US fleet sub south of Kobe ate a depth charge dropped by the SC Ch-27. She was reported as sunk, but I doubt it. I suspect she's headed for home.

Burma: More bombing of Cox's Bazaar's air field, costing me 2 fighters and 2 bombers for light damage. I don't think it's worth it at this point. I'll stick to taking out his fighters with my fighters.

Nothing else to report.

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Another quiet day.

Burma: The Betty daitai at Pt. Blair hit Trincomalee again sinking an AM. (I forgot to take them off night port attack.)

I stuck with air superiority missions. Good thing I did. Ted threw the kitchen sink up there today thinking he could down some more bombers. He threw every fighter he had available: P-40E, P-40K, Hurricane IIb, Hurricane Iic, Martlet, Sea Hurricane. Six Japanese vs. 11 Allied fighters went down.

SE Fleet: Ted made up for his Burma losses here. 11 Japanese fighters vs. 8 Allied fighters. Fortunately, all of the combat here was over Japanese bases so pilot losses were low.

China: I hit Changsha again, getting 1:2 odds but reducing the fort from 3 to 2. Losses were 6695(15) Japanese to 3236(113) Chinese. More rest and bombardment then I'll try again. One of the construction regiments was destroyed in the attack.

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Same ole boring stuff. Total air losses were 5 Japanese to 13 Allied planes.

Hosho and Ryujo entered refit at Kobe.

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