Lowpe
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Dateline: Asansol! Better recon puts the Allied horde at over 78,000 men; 1000 guns and afvs. Oh my! Actually, I thought it was almost that large. During the day, the P40s' come screaming in at 20K. This time, this day, our CAP is low, so low the soldiers can read the tail markings. A Sentai of Oscars are patrolling, doing figure eights at 4K. This is the new model, the IIa. Faster, not as nimble, but oh so sweet for July. The high CAP, (high), is the venerable A6M2 doing loops at the astonishingly high altitude of 10,000 feet. Where oh, where are the Tojo IIa's you may ask? The answer, is classified. Well, there is only one Sentai of them. At least in this theater. Another is in the Pacific Northwest. Two sentai, that is all. No radar. The warning is only 4 minutes, but the squadrons are at an incredibly high rate of readiness, 80 percent while 20 percent are stood down. The P40's dive, but my goodness, we are nimble. So very nimble. Later during the day, after two sweeps, the Blenheims come in. Transporting supplies, hm.... what does that tell you, and the Oscars and Zeroes are still there. Still there. And as twilight approaches, neither side attacks. No deliberate attack. No bombardment attack. The 8th Tank Regiment rumbles across the bridge, expecting battle, ready to rush into the lines. A firegroup. But they are not needed today. Tomorrow, however, who knows? But the forts get a little deeper, a little stronger. The 17th Independent Guards Regiment will arrive tomorrow....5000 veterans well equipped and supplied. Will the attack come then? Meanwhile, the IJA is content to play in the air. An attritional fight that we have been waiting for. Will the Allies continue to play? The artillery is content at digging in, awaiting a devastating counter battery fire. I suspect the Hurricanes will show up tomorrow, along with what else?
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