Brady
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Mogami, asked me to come on in hear and help to catch up whear we are at since roberto5352, does not have the time to at present continue the reporting, which I must say was extreamly well done and very interesting to read, it kept me up till past 2 in the morning in fact
The info presented is so out of date at present it does not pose a threat to game play occuring at present in game. To help those who may be following this thread understand things from the Allied perspective I thought I would offer the following:
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Asumptions made by me apon starting the game:
1) Mogami would strike hard and fast and with great skill all over the planet.
2) Pearl would be a disaster.
3) The SRA was not important to me, I beleaved and still do, that alowing Japan relatively free axcess to it was not a big deal, I felt that the allies would have suficient numerical and qualative advantages to bring the war to conclushion suxcesfully no mater how many points of suply and Oil were availiable to Japan, force preservation was more important to me than denying him resources, eforts would made to this end(denyal) but they would be modist and secondary to saving units, particularly air units.
4) Japan would be faught during the First 6 months, but only whear I wanted to and how I wanted to, each regon would have a line or a point on the map that fighting would take place at, this was intended to preserve force strength and flexabality for use in the second half of 42.
5) Regional objectives for first 6 months:
Burma, retire to a point and fortify bases, colect my airpower and fight from imporved bases, primarly with airpower.
India, strengthen Cylon and Costal bases, move Suply to Austraila in as much Quanity as I could before suply lines could be interdicted.
China, Hold as much of what I had as I could and make a nuscances of myself to destract Mogami if posable.
SRA, Run Away.
North Pacific, Fortify.
Centrail Pacific, Fight.
SWP, Retire to New Gunie.
Northern Austraila, Prepare to fight for Timor.
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As noted I intended to fight at specific locations and forces were moved and bases built to facalitiate this, roberto5352 did a very nice job of reporting the actions at Timor, which was one of the primary battles faught during the first 6 months of the war, their were 4 main battles faoght during the first 6 months of the war:
Timor:
I intneded to fight around Timor, while I did not beleave I could hold it, I wanted it to be expensive for Mogami, and I moved men and material, from all over to acomplish this, Units from India, Malaya, and the Centrail Pacific, and even the West coast were brought to this area, the most Important of Which was a Marine C47 unit, this unit along with The Dutch transports and Flying Boats ferryed men from Malaya and Sinagpore for months to Java and to Timor and Northern Austrailia.
The primary point of Timor was to be as noted to blead Mogami as much as posable, the reasion Timor was selected was it's proxminity to Austraila, virtualy every unit in Timor was eveunatly withdrawn in part to Austraila, while Huge Numbers of men were lost their, their units would live on and rebuild, making Austraila hopefully unatractive as an invashion point.
I could realy go and on about Timor, it was imensly fun to see the battles develope and Mogami wone the day eveunatly with well excuated atacks that wore down my defenses.
Tarawa, I rushed men and Material to Canton Island and covered the whole operation with my CV's, though at a distance, I intened initialy to hold this Island and or to at least fight as much as posable for it and the area, It's atrativenss was it's distance from the Home Islands of Japan. As the Base at Canton Grew, I waited for Mogami to take Tarawa, he did and then I planed on taking it back and forcing a fight, which had not developed at Canton, I neaded to fight Him and this was imo the best place to do so, since it was so far from home for him and relatively close to my main bases in Hawai. Baker was devolped to this end and the Operation undertaken to retake Tarawa:
Tarawa First Battle: The Base was taken though barely, it was a shoestring operation, but a suxcessful one, netting me the first Japanese Army losses of the war of any consquence, a lot of intersting battles took place hear, on the sea nad in the Air, one notable suxcess was catching almost all of Mogami's AO's at sea with my Carriers and sinking them.
Tarawa Second Battle: Aparently the whole Tarawa Thing realy caught Mogamis atention becasue the Battle to retake it lasted several week's, I belave 4 Months were spent fighting in this corner of the Pacific, Huge Air battles took place Scads of Ships were lost by both sides, and I lost two Fleat CV's, he lost two CVL's and a CVE with some Notable and signafagant damage to some of his CV's. I made a mistake by resting my Air units at Tarawa, which had been built to a Size 5 base, during this day he was able to knock the airbase down and I never recovered, this marked the end, but it took several weeks to see it to conclushion, most Air units were withdrawn to Baker and Canton.
Though I did lose a ton of men at Tarawa, Core elemnts were saved and taken to Baker, whear they would prove themelves in Batttle again.
Baker: Mogami, went after Baker with considrable determanation, and after some serious fighting and the timely arivial of my CV's, which saved the day, I was bale to hold and keep the Island, Japanese forces withdrew, and a stale mate insued in the regon.
Meanwhile operations in the Solomons were initiated during the Baker Island Battles, Burma was Quiet save some Bombing operations directed and Resources and Suply, and some Battles in the air in China took place after Mogamis briliantly excuated campagine their pushed me off the tracks and into the interiour.
Presently Fighting in New Gunie Continues, the Air war In the CBI continues, and the Submarine campagine is continuing apace, though it is a quiet campagine to be shure.
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(which contained regrettably few cold beers and hot babes and regrettably many job interviews...) Anyways, I accidentally overwrote the CR for this next turn. (Now that I think about it, I may have overwritten the CR for the next turn too.) I'll post the next 2-3 days tonight, and maybe a couple more. 
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