Canoerebel
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Joined: 12/14/2002 From: Northwestern Georgia, USA Status: offline
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12/14/43 Big Tent: A very good day - even the one disappointing thing offered an unexpected hint of promise. The day began with undefended Babar auto-flipping to the little Allied garrison. This was most fortuitous, because the next event was John landing a detachment of 90th Regiment via fast transport. Had those troops arrived first, my handful of guys wouldn't have been able to dislodge them. As it was, his troops were messed up by landing at what turned out to be a hostile beach, so my guys deliberate attacked (ordered to take the base) and pretty much wiped out the Japanese. But John's effort to reinforce here, combined with his ongoing shipments in to Darwin and his efforts to defend Dabo, contrast sharply to his neglect of his garrison at Ambon. It's as if he has mentally written off Ambon but has focused his attention on the Timor/Darwin area. If so, I had better expect a sharp reaction. My little garrison can't withstand any decent attack, so I'll have to commit my carriers if I wish to preserve this lodgment. Saumlaki fell to deliberate attack later (it didn't auto-flip) and is held by a decent garrison now. John's position at Darwin is threatened. He'll probably commit ships and perhaps KB to address this situation. Peril plus opportunity here. At Ambon, the Allied deliberate attack comes off at a disappointing 1:2 (hey, my guys have 80% prep and are well rested, so why did AV drop from 450 to 125???) The attack doesn't drop forts, but losses are light and suggest a weakness among the defenders: Japan takes 3x losses. More importantly, the sync bug version of this attack came off at 1:1 and dropped forts to 3. I'll rest my guys a day or two and then shock attack. A CV TF is shown up near Makassar - I'm nearly certain it's fraudulent (NavSearch didn't announce "sighted enemy carriers"). But I'll watch this. Allied air ASW reported three hits on enemy subs south of Ceram. That's a good day's work, if accurate.
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