Q-Ball -> RE: Scratch FOUR Cruisers! (1/10/2009 7:13:08 PM)
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December 23rd Update from the SRA That was a brilliant move by John! They will likely think twice now before attacking seemingly helpless shipping. Didn't see the other cruisers sink, but I bet they were scuttled. Phillipines This theater is very confusing to me; maybe John can post a screenshot. I welcome your comments. There are 6 Allied units at Baguio, apparently some of their best troops. Shuzan Nav Gd. is in the hex to screen; they could probably push that aside anytime, though they haven't bombarded or otherwise scouted that unit, so they may not know it's only 100AV Gd unit. Yesterday, 48th Division and support tanks/Art reached Clark in their rear, and took the forts down to 2. Engineers arrive tommorow, at which point we will attack again after a brief rest. 65th Bde guards Lingayen. The Southern Luzon Force easily took Naga, with those 2 PA divisions fleeing to Manila. We should be able to invest Manila tommorow. Maybe they know something we don't, or maybe they screwed up the defense. Why would they split their troops like this? Those troops at Bagiuo could break out and threaten the base at Appari, but is a supply-sucking offensive really wise for the Allies? I don't get it. We are going to bring in 38th Div from Hong Kong for a couple weeks to help take Clark, and eliminate the pockets on Luzon. I will probably bring 4th division from Naga around as well, 1 division is plenty to invest Manila with the forces there, but 2 aren't enough to take it. Very strange. We have a chance now to really close out the Phillipines, or at least eliminate most of the combat troops outside of Manila in isolated pockets. Can anyone out there guess why they are aligning troops this way, or do you think it's a mistake? Malaya The steamroller down the West Coast continues. Those 2 Bdes had a combined adjusted Defense of 7 last turn; pretty sure they are spent. Otherwise, units are gathering at Johore, save for a Brigade at Khota Bharu that wants to be cut off for whatever reason. We should be investing Singapore around Jan 10th. DEI Landings occur tommorow at Dili, Koepang, Lautem. All should fall quickly. We will land at Makassar in 3 days, which will complete the conquest of the southern DEI, and cut off any transfers from Australia save long-range bombers. We land at Samarinda Christmas day, and Balikpapan two days later. The Java invasion force is gathering at Saigon, and should sail about New Year's Day. Singkawang fell today. Overall I am pleased with the pace here, though I always think we can go faster.
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