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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 7/17/2018 9:28:28 PM

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18 Mar 42

I-10 spots KV New Westminster near Christmas Island. 2 torpedoes miss the Canadian ship, but one depth charge hits the sub.

31 Anns with 16 Oscars bomb Manila's harbor. No doubt that my damaged S sub has been spotted there repairing for the past 10 days or so. Just 2 days of repair left. It had over 50 SYS damage. I wonder if it will get out unscathed.

Some of the usual enemy bombing in China. I forgot to move the H-81 AVG squadron today. It will still be LRCAP over a hex in the south. No enemy bombers were there, and my home base did get recon.

Soerabaja is easily captured by the enemy.

British battleship Warspite had gone from the West Coast to the South Pacific, where it attempted to bombard in the Solomons. But 2 days south of the target, a sub found it and hit it with a torpedo. The damage wasn't tremendous, just 9 FLOT damage, but it had to go back to Pearl Harbor for repairs. It just got there today. 26 days in the shipyard required.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 7/18/2018 12:23:29 AM

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Thats one small invasion force.

I'd send something out to take a look.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 7/18/2018 6:10:43 PM

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Still lurking Apbarog

Cheers for your AAR .. another accomplished author providing great insights.

An insights I would appreciate comments on..

1) Deployment of Catalina's and scouting in 1942 is a very informative lesson. Too often ignored by rookies.

I note you seem to specifically target 0 level bases with an AV or some ship to support the Catalinas? Why 0 level bases ? I mean its not universal - but your intention here is to hide somewhat at the dot bases as opposed to a semi developed base? Do you subdivide the Cat squadrons ? or are they fully flushed out ?

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 7/18/2018 7:22:36 PM

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Hi Macclan5, good to see you.

I generally put the Catalinas in tiny dot bases, ones that probably won't be invaded immediately. The enemy then lands at the expected bases nearby, but I still get good coverage. Eventually the enemy hunts them down and finds where I'm basing them, but that takes time and I get search coverage longer. If they are found, the AVP that is hidden in the port either runs for safety or runs to another port to hide in. The ship has supply loaded on it, so it can operate from any dot base.

I almost always subdivide the Catalina squadrons. I get good coverage from just 3 or 4 planes, not using any search arc settings.

19 Mar 42

Sub Snapper fired 2 torpedoes at a patrol boat near Shortlands, but missed.

Yesterday I had a few xAKs unloading supply at Wake Island. The ships had been spotted, and with all of the continuing SigInt heavy activity being reported at Wake[EDIT: I meant to say Kwajalein], I got a feeling that maybe it is time to leave, so I ordered them to Midway still half full of supply. There was also an amphibiously loaded xAKL task force inbound to Wake with supply, and I decided that they were less valuable and I'd risk unloading them.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Wake Island at 136,98, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Haruna
CL Tenryu
CL Tatsuta
CL Yubari
DD Hatsuharu
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsushima
DD Wakaba

Allied Ships
AM Grebe, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Kahuku, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
xAKL Malama, Shell hits 23, and is sunk
xAKL Manini, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
xAKL Absaroka, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
xAKL Mauna Ala, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
xAKL Vincent, Shell hits 15, and is sunk

Well, they are even less valuable now. The enemy then bombards Wake Island, doing minimal damage. Supply is only slightly more than 2,000 at Wake, so I still need to get more there.

At Horn Island, RO-63 fires 2 torpedoes at xAKL Wollongbar, hits with one and sinks the ship. It was unloading supply, and was mostly empty. The sub took minimal damage from the escort recently, and took a bit more damage today.

The Anns bomb Manila's port again, but again don't hit the repairing sub there. The S sub will be fully repaired tomorrow, assuming no bomb hits.

Shwebo in Burma falls, as does Mauban adjacent to Manila. The enemy has crept closer to Manila but doesn't have the numbers to go after the capital yet. Supply in the Philippines is dwindling.

The intelligence yesterday about a cargo ship near the Canadian coast was probably bad information. No sign of anything today.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 7/19/2018 1:18:01 AM

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Hi Macclan5, good to see you.

I generally put the Catalinas in tiny dot bases, ones that probably won't be invaded immediately. The enemy then lands at the expected bases nearby, but I still get good coverage. Eventually the enemy hunts them down and finds where I'm basing them, but that takes time and I get search coverage longer. If they are found, the AVP that is hidden in the port either runs for safety or runs to another port to hide in. The ship has supply loaded on it, so it can operate from any dot base.

I almost always subdivide the Catalina squadrons. I get good coverage from just 3 or 4 planes, not using any search arc settings.

For the forward search bases that are likely to be enveloped by the enemy, I try to use AVDs since they can make good speed/distance when it is time to bug-out.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 7/19/2018 7:09:22 PM

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20 Mar 42

With Soerabaja lost yesterday, enemy minesweepers swoop in and clear the minefield in a day. One mine clears DMS W-2, sinking the ship.

As so often happens, so close and yet so far. S-36 has been repairing in Manila's port. It took about 12 days of repair, and all of it was under the threat of enemy air attack. I had the sub in shipyard repair for this time. Until the last 3 days of the repair, there was no enemy attack, and repairs proceeded well. Then OPilot decided to go after whatever ship I had in port. With just 3 days left, it made sense to leave the sub in shipyard repair, since it would be stuck there for 3 days anyhow when removing it from such. Might as well get the repair done under the same risk. For the first 2 days of the attack, the bombers missed the sub. Today was the day that repairs would be complete.

Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 31
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 16
Ki-51 Sonia x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
SS S-36, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk

S-36 is the first US sub lost in the war. The only other Allied sub lost was Dutch sub KVII which was torpedoed by sub I-165.

Near Sydney, KV Thyme is patrolling for subs. I-22 spots the ship and hits her with 2 torpedoes, sinking the ship, and then sinking the debris from the ship, including the spice rack.

OPilot decides that he's bombarded and bombed Bandoeng on Java enough, and he attacks. Bandoeng is the mountain hex up towards Batavia. It is inland, which aids in its defense: no naval bombardments. I have a strong defense here with lots of supply. He either has to wait until the supply runs out, or surround the hex and own the hexsides, then leave a guarding force and forget about it. I'd do the later. He still may do that after this attempt.

Ground combat at Bandoeng (50,100)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24237 troops, 290 guns, 108 vehicles, Assault Value = 702

Defending force 23577 troops, 224 guns, 78 vehicles, Assault Value = 480

Japanese adjusted assault: 353

Allied adjusted defense: 1045

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
3189 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 314 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled
Guns lost 27 (1 destroyed, 26 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
844 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 94 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2nd Formosa Inf. Regiment
65th Brigade
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
47th Infantry Regiment
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
48th Engineer Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
48th Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Army
2nd Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
IV Landstorm Cdo
2nd KNIL Regiment
1st KNIL Regiment
1st Cav Regiment
Mobiele Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
KNI Zeemacht
ABDA
3e-VLG-V Sup Afd
A-III-Ld AA Battalion
KNI Leger
Andir ML Base Force
2e-VLG-V Sup Afd
HQ I KNIL Division
ML-KNIL
VkA-1 Sup Afd

Koumac airfield became level 1. At least several enemy subs around New Caledonia.

I bought out an infantry division from the West Coast today. It will go to Tabiteuea eventually. As it is already 100% prepped for a West Coast base, I'll leave it set and continue training to the US Army limit of 60 before I start prepping for Tabiteuea.

April 1942 is a big upgrade month, with most of the US carriers getting short upgrades, and some cruisers and destroyers upgrading also. Unless the situation changes in the next week, I'll upgrade everything available that is in port. The cruiser upgrades are particularly good, more than doubling the anti-aircraft values.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 7/20/2018 4:57:17 PM

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quote:

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Hi Macclan5, good to see you.

I generally put the Catalinas in tiny dot bases, ones that probably won't be invaded immediately. The enemy then lands at the expected bases nearby, but I still get good coverage. Eventually the enemy hunts them down and finds where I'm basing them, but that takes time and I get search coverage longer. If they are found, the AVP that is hidden in the port either runs for safety or runs to another port to hide in. The ship has supply loaded on it, so it can operate from any dot base.

I almost always subdivide the Catalina squadrons. I get good coverage from just 3 or 4 planes, not using any search arc settings.

For the forward search bases that are likely to be enveloped by the enemy, I try to use AVDs since they can make good speed/distance when it is time to bug-out.

Again insightful advice gents... both....

This is one of those learning curves discovered over a year or two into the game - another FYI for rookies.

Once you gain a certain level of comfort - with Infantry Divisions, Naval Task Forces - Fighter Squadrons - you are always combining and consolidating the forces to improve results.

However in the Catalina equation (early war especially) "Less is more"...i.e. Less is more Coverage..

It is the "consolidation of coverage" that is important - not the number of Cats in a squadron.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 7/20/2018 9:08:20 PM

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21 Mar 42

Near Rangoon, British sub Trusty spots minelaying ship CM Kamome, fires 4 torpedoes and gets 2 hits, sinking the ship.

At Midway, I-27 moves in and fires 2 torpedoes at destroyer Allen, which is escorting xAK Florence D. Torpedoes miss, and Allen does minor damage to the sub.

Malang on Java is lost. The defenders were vastly outnumbered by 2 infantry divisions, but they still managed a respectable fight in the mountains. 548 enemy casualties and 1770 Dutch.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 7/20/2018 11:34:52 PM

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It's always a nice feeling when you get rid of an enemy minelayer.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 7/20/2018 11:55:29 PM

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I've used mines here and there to let OPilot know that I'll use them, but I've been mostly stockpiling them. I haven't run into enemy mines anywhere yet.

April 1942 is coming and it's a big navy upgrade month. Carriers Yorktown, Enterprise and Hornet will all get minor upgrades that take only 7 days. They are all at Auckland. Indomitable is there also, and its upgrade will take 15 days.

8 heavy cruisers at Auckland will upgrade. 2 will take 18 days, the other 6 will take 21 days.

7 light cruisers at Auckland will upgrade, with 2 taking 17 days and 5 taking 27 days.

3 other light cruisers are at Sydney and will upgrade.

A total of 46 US destroyers upgrade, mostly at Auckland, Sydney and Pearl Harbor.

13 DMS upgrade, as well as most if not all of the US subs.

If OPilot doesn't rush south from the Solomons, the ships will upgrade immediately.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 7/21/2018 8:51:00 PM

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Enemy subs start showing up in numbers on the east coast of Australia, and my bases from Noumea to Pago Pago. They've probably been there all along, and my search and ASW capabilities are improving enough to see and hit some.

Just off of Townsville, S-39 is returning to base from a patrol off of Port Moresby. It spots RO-62 and hits it with 2 torpedoes, sinking the sub.

Vava'u is just starting base expansion, getting to a level 1 airfield today. It is located southeast of Suva and southwest of Pago Pago, and can build to a decent level. I like the location as a rear area base. Suva and Pago Pago can become the front line if OPilot chooses. Supply and troops are arriving at Vava'u now. Today I-17 is there also. It torpedoes xAK Liloa once (SYS 58/FLOT 39-26/ENG 9-0/FIRE 40). Liloa is unloading supply and will continue to do so as it burns up. Later, I-17 spots huge transport xAP Republic and hits it with a torpedo (SYS 19/FLOT 58-44/ENG 17-15/FIRE 0). Republic just unloaded troops and disbands in port. Catalinas trained in ASW move from Koumac to Vava'u.

A British light cruiser force will be approaching Calcutta from the west, hugging the coast. No sign of ships at Akyab now. They didn't hit the mines laid south of the port either.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 7/22/2018 8:07:25 PM

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23 Mar 42

The last surviving Dutch PT boat, TM-14, has left Java and is picking up on the tiny scraps of fuel left on the way to Timor. It is ordered to run into Koepang on the way to Australia. Northwest of Koepang, 3 enemy cruisers and 4 destroyers intercept but the PT boat evades combat in a thunderstorm. TM-14 is heading to Broome, and is out of fuel north of Australia, but it should be able to limp into port with significant damage. In a related note, the 2 surviving Philippine PT boats, heros of some earlier battles, headed to northwest Australia but are out of fuel mid-ocean. A rescue TF with an xAKL is on the way from Perth.

Near Rangoon, Brit sub Trusty fires 2 torpedoes at subchaser SC Ch 33 but misses.

The usual enemy bombing: Manila's port, 1st Burma Division, Java, China.

3 enemy units moved into the jungle east of Koepang Timor to clear out the Timor Cdo unit, and do so.

SigInt says that the 4th Ind Eng Rgt is loaded on xAP Kamo Maru and is headed to Akyab. British light cruisers and destroyers are at Calcutta. I had put them in for a couple of days of repairs, but I cancel that order. They'll stay in port today with no ships spotted yet, but I want them ready to run to Akyab. Maybe I can hit with the navy and the air force at Akyab.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 7/23/2018 6:11:07 AM

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24 Mar 42

Enemy TF hunts down TM-14 as it runs towards Australia. (see map for location of battle)

Night Time Surface Combat, near Broome at 63,123, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Haguro
CA Nachi
CL Jintsu
DD Kuroshio
DD Oyashio
DD Natsushio
DD Hayashio

Allied Ships
TM-14, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Near Victoria Point, sub Pike spots seaplane carrier CS Mizuho, fires 4 torpedoes but misses. There aren't always carriers with the seaplane carriers, but a lot of the time there are. xAPs are spotted in the area, and previous SigInt says that an engineer unit is on an xAP and headed to Akyab.

Loemadjang Java is lost with the defeat of the retreated defenders of Soerabaja.

My subs show very high detection levels around Truk, and one sub was attacked by Vals.

I'll let the maps explain the situation in Burma, China, and north of Australia.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 7/23/2018 6:11:42 AM

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 7/23/2018 6:12:17 AM

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24 Mar 42 - North of Australia

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 7/23/2018 1:13:55 PM

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Question about your Dutch float planes that just -- reportedly -- hit a tanker and patrol boat while on search missions. I've always figured most such reports range from wildly optimistic interpretation to outright BS. Do you have any sense of how reliable these reports are?

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 7/23/2018 9:21:57 PM

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No idea on the reliability of reports of search plane bombings. I do know that those type of bombing do occur.

25 Mar 42

Sub Searaven fired 2 torpedoes at a patrol boat near Koepang, but missed.
Saury did the same near Turk, with the same result.

Enemy big battleship group bombards Chittagong. I didn't see it coming. It wasn't quite a "nuclear" bombardment, but it was a rough one.

Night Naval bombardment of Chittagong at 55,41 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 7 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 12 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed on ground (3 actually destroyed)
P-40E Warhawk: 22 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground (5 actually destroyed)

16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Yamashiro
CL Natori
DD Hatakaze
DD Matsukaze
DD Harukaze, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Asakaze
DD Nagatsuki
DD Fumizuki
DD Minazuki
DD Satsuki

Allied ground losses:
350 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Resources hits 2
Light Industry hits 1
Manpower hits 5
Fires 2303
Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 33
Port hits 15
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

Oscars swept later, but no Allied planes could fly. Coastal guns did hit a destroyer, at least. Seeing the airfield badly damaged, I expect OPilot to sweep and bomb tomorrow, sensing an opportunity. I move several fighter squadrons to Dacca and will LRCAP Chittagong with them all.

AM Matai hit I-17 with a depth charge at Vava'u, and destroyer Nizam hit I-171 with 3 depth charges near Noumea. The sub was forced to surface and quickly sunk.

1st Burma Division did move to the east and out of the hex with the big enemy stack. It will now move northeast to Taung Gyi, where I hope other units will hold long enough for the division to get there. Then all will head east on a trail toward China. If they make it, it will be a long journey through western China, north towards India, eventually.

Important SigInt today. Another unit is reported loaded on xAPs and headed to Akyab: the 31 Field AA Battalion. And for the first time, a unit is reported prepping for Chittagong: the 26th Field AA Gun unit. OPilot is going to push for Chittagong. It's a question whether he goes overland with everything, or lands directly at the base. His battleship bombardment today has to have gotten his hopes up.

I have an Australian unit moving south out of Chittagong to help an armored unit defend in the jungle one hex south. An Indian division is at Chittagong, but it is an Indian division in early 1942: not good. I've moved a British division to Silchar, a dot base inland from Chittagong. The Brits will remain in Strat mode to await a quick move into Chittagong if needed.

Awhile I ago, I extracted the makings of a big Chinese unit from China. The parts were bought out, and they walked through Burma to India, going to Bombay to merge, split, rest and grow. They haven't grown to full strength in infantry, but have over 500 combat value. They are light in support devices. I'm moving this unit to Calcutta as a reserve, ready to go to Chittagong if needed, or elsewhere on the India-Burma border, or maybe react to another landing on the east coast of India.

India could be OPilot's ultimate objective. Too soon to say, but things are very quiet everywehre else. Having 3 battleships in the area to bombard Chittagong implies some level of higher commitment to the area. Ships were spotted leaving Kendari and headed west. I know there's a big xAP task force southwest of Rangoon and probably headed to Akyab. It's certainly a tense time at the Allied HQ in Calcutta.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 7/24/2018 10:48:50 PM

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26 Mar 42

Bacolod in the Philippines and Sandakan on Borneo are invaded. OPilot is rushing to capture as much as possible before the amphibious bonus runs out.

Sub Satawal spots a tanker convoy west of Truk and fires 4 torpedoes at TB Hiyodori, and misses.

Bettys bomb Wake Island's airfield, doing almost no damage from 16,000 feet.

AMc Coolbar traveled from Melbourne to Luganville to guard the port from mines. Coolbar arrived today and was found by I-175, which hit the ship with one torpedo, sinking her. OPilot is consistently moving subs into my ports until driven off by my air and naval ASW.

Enemy xAPs spotted at Akyab. With Chittagong's airfield damaged, I can't move lots of torpedo bombers in to go after the ships. Instead, I will LRCAP the British ships ordered to Akyab to intercept.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 7/26/2018 12:32:36 AM

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27 Mar 42

Near Milne Bay, S-23 spots RO-68 and fires 2 torpedoes at the sub but misses.

British ships storm into Akyab and find a big transport task force with big loaded xAPs. Unexpectedly, the ships arrive at night. Rain limits visibility to 6,000 yards, and ends the combat a bit early after the range closes to 2,000. Very good work by the Brits.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Asagiri, Shell hits 2
DD Sagiri, Shell hits 1
DD Yugiri
DD Amagiri, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 18, heavy fires
xAP Hakozaki Maru, Shell hits 8, on fire
xAP Hakusan Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
xAP Husimi Maru, Shell hits 10, heavy fires
xAP Kokuryu Maru, Shell hits 18, heavy fires
xAP Yoshino Maru, Shell hits 12, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Mizuho Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire
xAP Kitano Maru, Shell hits 6
xAP Kamo Maru, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Ukishima Maru, Shell hits 7, on fire

Allied Ships
CL Dauntless
CL Ceres
CL Capetown
CL Caledon, Shell hits 3
DD Vampire
DD Vendetta
DD Scout
DD Tenedos, Shell hits 1
DD Thanet

Japanese ground losses:
747 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 65 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Japanese TF suspends unloading operations and begins to get underway
Reduced visibility due to Rain with 78% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Rain and 78% moonlight: 6,000 yards

No enemy ships are known to have sunk, but there's lots of burning big transports. 747 casualties are a lot of troops lost for no ships reported sunk. More will be lost.

During the daylight, the Brits are still at Akyab. There's an enemy cruiser task force there, one that they luckily avoided during the night. Visibility is better than it was at night, now at 15,000 yards, and this helps the enemy. Low ammo and more armored heavy cruisers make it a lopsided fight. The early fight was pretty even in shells landed, but the enemy's penetrated, and the Brit's shells did not. The Brit commander decided to disengage, and the fight moved out to 20,000 yards. No ships had sunk at that point, and I thought they'd have some chance of escape. But then the range closed again. The fight was prolonged and this ensured an almost total victory for the enemy.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,45, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, Shell hits 2, on fire
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 1
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 6
CA Kumano, Shell hits 1
DD Shinonome
DD Usugumo, Shell hits 1
DD Shirakumo
DD Murakumo

Allied Ships
CL Dauntless, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL Ceres, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Capetown, Shell hits 18, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Caledon, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
DD Vampire, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Vendetta, Shell hits 1
DD Scout, Shell hits 2
DD Tenedos, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Thanet, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage

Reduced visibility due to Rain
Maximum visibility in Rain: 15,000 yards
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards
Flynn, F.C. crosses the 'T'
CA Suzuya engages CL Caledon at 11,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages CL Caledon at 11,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages CL Ceres at 11,000 yards
CA Mogami engages CL Dauntless at 11,000 yards
CA Mogami engages DD Thanet at 11,000 yards
CA Mogami engages DD Tenedos at 11,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Tenedos at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
CA Mogami engages CL Caledon at 6,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages CL Capetown at 6,000 yards
CL Capetown engages CA Mogami at 6,000 yards
DD Thanet engages DD Shinonome at 6,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Thanet at 6,000 yards
DD Thanet engages DD Usugumo at 6,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages DD Tenedos at 6,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Vampire at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
CL Caledon engages CA Mogami at 8,000 yards
CL Capetown engages CA Suzuya at 8,000 yards
CL Caledon engages CA Mikuma at 8,000 yards
CL Capetown engages CA Mogami at 8,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Vampire at 8,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Scout at 8,000 yards
DD Vampire engages DD Shinonome at 8,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages DD Vampire at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
CL Dauntless engages CA Kumano at 9,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages CL Dauntless at 9,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages CL Ceres at 9,000 yards
CL Dauntless engages CA Mogami at 9,000 yards
DD Thanet engages DD Murakumo at 9,000 yards
DD Vampire engages DD Shirakumo at 9,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Scout at 9,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Vendetta at 9,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages DD Vampire at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 13,000 yards
CA Kumano engages CL Capetown at 13,000 yards
CA Kumano engages CL Capetown at 13,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages CL Ceres at 13,000 yards
CL Dauntless engages CA Mogami at 13,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Thanet at 13,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Tenedos at 13,000 yards
Flynn, F.C. orders Allied TF to disengage
Range increases to 15,000 yards
CA Mogami engages CL Caledon at 15,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages CL Capetown at 15,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages CL Ceres at 15,000 yards
CA Mogami engages CL Ceres at 15,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DD Tenedos at 15,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Vampire at 15,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Scout at 15,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DD Vendetta at 15,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Vampire at 15,000 yards
Range increases to 17,000 yards
CA Kumano engages CL Capetown at 17,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages CL Capetown at 17,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages CL Ceres at 17,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages CL Dauntless at 17,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages DD Thanet at 17,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Thanet at 17,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Scout at 17,000 yards
Range increases to 19,000 yards
CA Kumano engages CL Dauntless at 19,000 yards
CA Mogami engages CL Capetown at 19,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages CL Caledon at 19,000 yards
CA Mogami engages CL Caledon at 19,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Thanet at 19,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Vampire at 19,000 yards
DD Scout engages DD Usugumo at 19,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages DD Thanet at 19,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Vampire at 19,000 yards
Range increases to 20,000 yards
CA Kumano engages CL Caledon at 20,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages CL Ceres at 20,000 yards
CL Ceres engages CA Mikuma at 20,000 yards
CA Kumano engages CL Dauntless at 20,000 yards
CA Kumano engages DD Tenedos at 20,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages DD Scout at 20,000 yards
CL Dauntless engages DD Shinonome at 20,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages DD Vampire at 20,000 yards
Range closes to 18,000 yards
CA Kumano engages CL Caledon at 18,000 yards
CL Capetown engages CA Kumano at 18,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages CL Ceres at 18,000 yards
CA Mogami engages CL Ceres at 18,000 yards
DD Tenedos engages DD Usugumo at 18,000 yards
DD Scout engages DD Murakumo at 18,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Vendetta at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards
Magazine explodes on CL Caledon
CL Caledon sunk by CA Kumano at 15,000 yards
CL Capetown engages CA Mikuma at 15,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages CL Capetown at 15,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DD Thanet at 15,000 yards
DD Thanet engages DD Shirakumo at 15,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Vendetta at 15,000 yards
Range closes to 13,000 yards
CA Kumano engages CL Capetown at 13,000 yards
CL Ceres engages CA Suzuya at 13,000 yards
CL Dauntless engages CA Mikuma at 13,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DD Thanet at 13,000 yards
DD Tenedos engages DD Usugumo at 13,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Vendetta at 13,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages DD Vampire at 13,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
CL Dauntless sunk by CA Kumano at 9,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages CL Ceres at 9,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages CL Capetown at 9,000 yards
DD Vendetta engages DD Murakumo at 9,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Scout at 9,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages DD Vampire at 9,000 yards
CA Kumano engages CL Ceres at 9,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages CL Ceres at 9,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Tenedos at 9,000 yards
DD Scout engages DD Murakumo at 9,000 yards
DD Vendetta engages DD Usugumo at 9,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Vampire at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
CL Capetown engages CA Suzuya at 11,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages CL Capetown at 11,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages CL Capetown at 11,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Tenedos at 11,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages DD Scout at 11,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DD Vampire at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
CA Kumano engages CL Capetown at 9,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages CL Ceres at 9,000 yards
DD Thanet engages DD Shinonome at 9,000 yards
CL Capetown engages CA Mogami at 9,000 yards
DD Scout engages DD Shinonome at 9,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Tenedos at 9,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Scout at 9,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages DD Vendetta at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 13,000 yards
CA Kumano engages CL Capetown at 13,000 yards
CL Ceres engages CA Suzuya at 13,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages CL Ceres at 13,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages DD Tenedos at 13,000 yards
DD Thanet engages DD Murakumo at 13,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Vampire at 13,000 yards
Range increases to 19,000 yards
CL Capetown engages CA Kumano at 19,000 yards
CL Ceres engages CA Suzuya at 19,000 yards
DD Thanet engages DD Murakumo at 19,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DD Tenedos at 19,000 yards
DD Murakumo engages DD Vendetta at 19,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Vendetta at 19,000 yards
DD Usugumo engages DD Thanet at 19,000 yards
Range increases to 24,000 yards
CA Mogami engages CL Capetown at 24,000 yards
CL Ceres engages CA Suzuya at 24,000 yards
CA Mikuma engages DD Thanet at 24,000 yards
CA Kumano engages DD Tenedos at 24,000 yards
CA Suzuya engages DD Vendetta at 24,000 yards
Range increases to 30,000 yards
CA Kumano engages CL Capetown at 30,000 yards
CL Ceres engages CA Suzuya at 30,000 yards
CA Mogami engages DD Tenedos at 30,000 yards
CA Kumano engages DD Vendetta at 30,000 yards
Task forces break off...

The British ships then head for Calcutta, but are intercepted again, one hex to the northwest of Akyab.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Akyab at 54,44, Range 15,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami, on fire
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
DD Shinonome, Shell hits 1
DD Usugumo, on fire
DD Shirakumo
DD Murakumo

Allied Ships
CL Ceres, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
CL Capetown, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
DD Vampire, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Vendetta, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Scout
DD Tenedos, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
DD Thanet, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

2 more reengagements occur, but both sides evade combat. Vampire and Vendetta sink after the battle. With CVLs nearby, 36 Kates go after Scout, but all torpedoes miss. If any of the damaged light cruisers had survived, the Kates probably would have gotten some hits. Scout survives with SYS 15/FLOT 0/ENG 1/FIRE 0 and will run to Calcutta.

Near Noumea, destroyer Nizam hits I-16 with 3 depth charges and probably sinks the sub. Nizam sank an enemy sub just yesterday or the day before. Great work.

Lashio is lost. Bacolod in the Philippines is lost also.

Exciting turn with the naval combat at Akyab. Was it worth it? I don't know. The Brits lost 4 light cruisers and 4 destroyers. The Japanese probably lost a destroyer, and have many burning big xAPs loaded with troops, but it's unknown how many, if any, will sink. I have subs to the south hoping to intercept anything going to Rangoon and also to Singapore. There's still about a dozen mines in the shallows just south of Akyab also.

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Sallys bomb Kukong at night, going for my P-40s that were there yesterday but are gone today. I've preferred not to use night bombing in my games, but OPilot wanted limited house rules, so we have it. He's been using it once in awhile, to limited effect. I'm using it for the first time today. 3 squadrons of B-17s will fly from Calcutta to hit Rangoon's port at night. I'm betting that there are damaged ships there from yesterday's fight at Akyab. OPilot may learn to not like night bombing also. (My dislike of it is using Allied heavy bombers to sweep enemy fighters at night. In previous games, granted sometime ago, they seem to shoot down fighters like it was daytime but not take losses like it was daytime. Just my preference.

Interesting developments at Bandoeng on Java. OPilot is now bombing the city there, hitting light industry. Seems to be a move of desperation, with my strong defense in the mountains, and with plenty of supply. I say just surround me, control the hexsides, and pin me with minimum units, and forget about me there. We'll see what he does.

Some new locations got enemy recon for the first time today: Darwin, Christmas Island IO, Comilla, and Imphal.

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AM Cairns is spotted by RO-61 near Cooktown. 2 torpedoes missed, and the sub is hit by a depth charge.

West of Rangoon, Brit sub Trusty spots one of the damaged transports from Akyab, escorted by a destroyer.

Sub attack near Bassein at 51,52

Japanese Ships
xAP Ukishima Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Sagiri

Allied Ships
SS Trusty

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

SS Trusty launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Ukishima Maru

Sinking audio is noted after the combat. This is the 2nd ship sank by Trusty. It sank CM Kamome near Rangoon just 8 days ago. No other Allied sub has more than one ship sunk, or even probably sunk.

3 squadrons of B-17s hit Rangoon's port at night. About half of the bombers get lost in the dark. One bomb hits CS Mizuho, setting it on fire. I find it interesting that a seaplane carrier is in port at Rangoon while a CVL task force was off the west coast of Burma. I think this in an indication of keeping it around for future operations, and that could only mean a more serious move to India, Ceylon, and/or Diego Garcia. The rest of the map is pretty quiet. The Indian Ocean has the activity right now. Kwajalein does show double "Heavy Activity" SigInt today, and Vals were seen near Truk recently.

I move my sub concentrations in the Indian Ocean further south, to interdict damaged shipping going back to Singapore. My bombing of Rangoon's port may have discouraged OPilot from using it for repairs. Even if not, the damaged ships will be headed to Singapore at some point. And if there are bigger plans for India coming, the ships will have to come from Singapore.

Dobo in invaded. It is undefended.

1st Burma Division makes it to Taung Gyi. It and 2 other small units start to move east on the trail. Enemy units are inbound. The enemy may get to Taung Gyi in force before the units can move out. The Burma division is strong, but poorly trained, and supply is a problem now.

Yenan in China is being threatened. My slow pullback south of Yenan has created an opportunity for OPilot to shift units north, and this is threatening a weak defense just to the south of Yenan. I have to pull of of Yenan now, and start to do so, in combat mode. I wanted to avoid this as long as possible, because Yenan has an airfield that can help defend his units to the north in the desert. But it has to be done.

Massive US Navy upgrades happening on April 1. With the South Pacific quiet, all ships eligible will upgrade.

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Go Dewey. Go Go keep up the good work.

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Gar fires 2 torpedoes at xAK Kinsyu Maru near Kavieng but misses. A couple of cargo ships spotted.

Sallys bomb Bataan's port, hitting the ACM there and setting it on fire.

Many enemy bombers hit troops at Taung Gyi, including the 1st Burma Division. The Allied troops are pulling out to the east in combat mode. The jungle cover is limiting the bomb damage.

Some bombing in China and Java. Undefended Dobo is lost.

Destroyer Scout needed 2 days in the shipyard at Calcutta to fully repair. It will now sprint west to Madras.

The enemy does recon of Broome, Australia for the first time.

ARD Dewey is now just 5 hexes north of Pearl Harbor, and still no sign of enemy subs. However, after such a long trip where damage has hardly ever even barely ticked up, and mostly ticked down over time, Dewey takes more damage. SYS goes from 49 to 52, FLOT from 16 to 23, and ENG from 6 to 12. Dewey should still be ok, but I feel like the gaming gods are saying don't count on it.

3 enemy units are seen at Cox's Bazar moving north to the front by Chittagong. Doesn't look like a lot of men, probably artillery. I need to hold the jungle just south of Chittagong without stripping Chittagong of troops and inviting a landing behind my line.

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PC Diligence is looking for subs around Christmas Island. I-4 fires 2 torpedoes at her but misses.

Near Diamond Harbour, destroyer Scout is starting to make its high speed run to Madras from Calcutta. I-158 spots her and fires 4 torpedoes, but all miss. Scout hits the sub with a depth charge.

OPilot send battleships Kirishima, Hiei, Haruna, and Kongo back to Wake Island to bombard.

Night Naval bombardment of Wake Island at 136,98

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 damaged
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
BB Hiei
BB Haruna
BB Kongo

Allied ground losses:
237 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 15
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

The only damage of consequence is that every bit of supply was destroyed. Catalinas from Midway will start to fly some in, but that won't be much. The US subs that can haul decent amounts of supply are going into refit at Pearl Harbor to become SSTs, and I still want that to occur. A cargo TF left Pearl a few days ago for Wake, but it'll take over a week to get there, and it is vulnerable and will be expected to come.

OPilot is keeping 4 battleships at Kwajalein. Maybe for Wake. Maybe for something else. A big commitment in my opinion for what it can accomplish. Maybe he's coming back with another invasion attempt, after he knows that supply is gone. It would work if prepared.

Just east of Hilo, I-26 is spotted by KV Chilliwack which is escorting a cargo TF to Pearl Harbor. OPilot may not know it, but he spotted my current convoy route into the Hawaiian Islands.

It's obvious that the enemy will catch up with my units at Taung Gyi in Burma. They may not escape an attack, as the Allied units are low on supply, and they are getting hit by about 100 bombers each day.

Enemy carriers stayed north of the Solomons. They may be cautious as they keep getting spotted by my Catalinas, which seem to be everywhere. I decide to upgrade every ship that I can. Most of the US carriers, and a bunch of cruisers and destroyers, as well as subs and other support ships, will upgrade. I will have 2 US carriers not upgrading. One has upgraded its fighters to F4F-4s. The other will do so in a few days, when the pool fills enough. TBFs don't start to arrive until May 1942.

SigInt says that heavy cruiser Kumano is at 53 48, which is southwest of Akyab. This is within bombardment range of Chittagong. Could be that or escorting the CVLs that have been in the area.

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I'm considering pulling out troops from Wake to Midway by Catalinas. I'd have to leave guns and vehicles and such, but I think I've accomplished all I could by stopping OPilot's first invasion attempt. He's still using battleships to bombard, so he's still interested in Wake. I can put a bunch of Catalinas on Midway and pull out troops. Thinking about it.

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You can sweep your own base if the enemy is there, I don't know if that will intercept his bombers.

If your torpedoes aren't working well, how about annoyance sub laid minefields at the bases he is targeting? Lay them the turn before or the turn he lands.

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RE: Did You Know I Used to Drive a Rollercoaster?: Apba... - 7/29/2018 6:44:26 AM

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A dozen or so mines were south of Akyab in the shallow water, but none were hit. 200 mines were laid at Wake Island a couple of months ago. There were about 150 left when the enemy tried to invade, and several ships hit mines. Bombarding task forces haven't hit mines there though, possibly from standing further away from shore for the bombardment.

1 Apr 42

Dutch sub KIX spots one of the smoking xAPs from the Akyab battle down by Victoria Point. 4 torpedoes are fired, 2 hit, but one is a dud. No additional damage or fires are noted.

3 Dutch destroyers have been on a long-range ASW patrol between Noumea and Luganville, partly to go after subs, partly to show activity around Luganville. Destroyer Witte de With finds I-175 at Luganville and hits it with a depth charge after the sub misses Piet Hein with 2 torpedoes.

Near Georgetown, Dutch sub KXVI fires 2 torpedoes at xAK Atutasan Maru but both miss. 2 destroyers and another xAK are spotted. The ships are believed to be northbound.

Saumlaki, north of Australia, is invaded. A handful of Hudson attack xAP Dairen Maru both in the morning and the evening, but all bombs miss from 6,000 feet. Divebombers are moved into Darwin for another attempt tomorrow, if the transport is still there.

Tacloban in the Philippines is lost.

Tomorrow is the big day.

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2 cents, northern China looks good IMHO, It does not look like a priority to him. Burma. How much of the Corp is in the stack? If you
have some of the smaller components there you might split up at the fork in the road. I see them as expendable and like using them
behind the lines cutting roads and rails where possible. I don't believe this really helps the overall war effort but I do think it can get
into peoples heads. I especially like it when "they" can't figure out why they can't strat move. I lost my chance in my current game
but wanted to hide until monsoon, then cut some rails and roads and screw with the supply costs. Fun account!

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quote:

. . . I don't believe this really helps the overall war effort but I do think it can get
into peoples heads. I especially like it when "they" can't figure out why they can't strat move. I lost my chance in my current game
but wanted to hide until monsoon, then cut some rails and roads and screw with the supply costs. . .

I never met the person and he left the boards before I joint but I think that a person called Nemo would approve . . .

If you screw up their supply, then the units get screwed up. Like the time when they couldn't move an M1 tank because they did not have a 1.5 cent grease fitting . . .

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2 Apr 42 - I Win the Game

Otherwise known as: ARD YFD-1 Dewey has arrived safely at Pearl Harbor, along with xAK Ethel Edwards. In a trip lasting over 2 months, Dewey plodded along a most dangerous path, leaving Manila and heading north along the west coast of Luzon. Enemy search from Formosa did not spot the ships. Dewey and Ms. Edwards turned east along the northern coast of Luzon and headed east toward Iwo Jima. Taking the least likely course, and a course that a dozen or so ships had successfully used already, Dewey passed between mainland Japan and the islands around Iwo Jima. At a point roughly south of Tokyo, Dewey and Madam Edwards ran into an unknown task force, with both sides evading combat and not identifying each other. Dewey and Ethel Merman were then spotted by air search for 2 days. It is unknown what they appeared to be to the enemy. After that, the ships changed course a bit to the northeast, then turned east and headed well north of Midway before turning southeast to approach Pearl Harbor from the north.

My original plan was to save xAK Ethel Edwards, but after it was repaired at Manila, and decided to try the impossible and save the drydock also. The impossible was accomplished. Now let's get to winning the war.

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