JocMeister
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1st January 1945
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Well, what can I say. Never thought I would see that date on the display. I´ll to a summarize of 1944 in a separate post tonight. I think I´m going to have a beer and a scotch to celebrate a bit 
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Luzon
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I´ve started to send up small 4 ship Fletcher TFs towards Manila to clear the sealanes. I wan´t to make Erik really nervous about having all those fighters stationed within reach of the naval guns!
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Bataan at 78,77, Range 11,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
E Takashima, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
E Aotaka, Shell hits 1
E Wakataka, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Murray
DD Owen
DD Picking
DD William Porter
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Bataan at 78,77, Range 8,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
E Aotaka, Shell hits 28, and is sunk
Allied Ships
DD Murray
DD Owen
DD Picking
DD William Porter
Last troops to participate in the Manila assault will arrive tomorrow. A bit worried about the whole deal. I hope the armor will continue to perform as fantastic as they have been. If they do I will secure Manila shortly. But this time Erik actually brought in some AT guns. I havn´t encountered this before. But I doubt he has 1000 AT guns...The 2 Tank Divisions shouldn´t be a problem but if forts are heavy they might still have a bite.
I´m far from comfortable. I don´t want a sustained siege here. I must overcome opposition quickly!
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Thailand
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We continue to make good process. Erik is definitively evacuating Bangkok by sea. So no Banzai stand here. That is not tolerable. The CVs have set sail towards the area. The squadrons didn´t arrive on any CV at sea thankfully. Only Bunker Hill repairing at the WC received the new squadron. Luckily I turned off all resizing on all CVs so we have a full deckload.
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Borneo
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As predicted Kudat was a bit to heavily defended. I set the shattered 4E groups at Iloilo to help out. There are only 8 squadrons with very low EXP but they managed to inflict some damage!
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Morning Air attack on 63rd Infantry Brigade, at 69,86 (Kudat)
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3 
B-24J Liberator x 21
B-25D1 Mitchell x 41
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 23
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
121 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
As can be seen here the B17D flies combat mission for the first time since 1942. A testament to the appuling state of the Allied plane pools. Interesting enough I watched a documentary on the Schweinfurt raid last night. The Germans should have turned to the Japs for help. Going by the numbers in that raid Japanese fighters are about 5-8 times more effective in shooting down unescorted 4Es. Good thing the Germans didn´t know that...
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DEI
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A bit short on lifting and BFs here. Thats slowing down the advance a bit. I have come up with a solution though. Stay tuned...
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