Chickenboy -> RE: Here come the Rebels! (Canoe v. Q-Ball) (7/26/2010 11:18:02 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel 1/4/44 and 1/5/44 Stingers: The small Allied DD TF refueld and is steaming southwest on a course that will allow it to visit Japan's east coast. (I'm not actually sure which port will be the target, yet, but I'll avoid mines if possible). Japanese Advances: Landings at Sorong and Jesselton. Also, paratroops took the Sumatran base west of Medan. I think this is to prevent the Allies from evacuating troops via that road to Sabang (and thence to Port Blair). Neat move by Q-Ball, but I don't think it will have much impact. Most of the troops I was evacuating have already departed Sabang (both by air transport to Port Blair and by several small xAP/xAKL TFs that have come and gone over the past week). Malaya: Man, I've messed up the retreat to "Fortress Singapore." I've had lots of troops get cut off and isolated up the peninsula. All of these guys had a head start and things were going well at first, but the Japanese troops moved more quickly. Philippines: The second Japanese deliberate attack at Clark Field came off at 1:1, didn't touch the one fort, and cost the Japanese far more casualties. Three divisions including 4th are involved in this attack. China: Given enough time to prepare good forts, the Allies can take a stand at Nanning, Chengyang, and Loyang. But once any of those three fall you have to be careful or the enemy can cut off your retreat route and anhiliate your army. So, after Chengyang fell, I ordered an evacuation of Loyang. The troops got away clean and will make a stand in the forested hexes to the southwest. The Chinese are still standing at Nanyang, but I'll have to retreat fairly soon. Mini-KB: I lost track of some of the DD and CL after I split them up at Carnorvan to send them fleeing to safety. CL Tromp reached Port Headland, but I didn't realize it. So several turns later Japanese naval strike aircraft finished her off. SigInt: Recevied a report that 53rd Division is prepping for Diamond Harbor. I need to check if that's an unrestricted unit or one of those in Manchuria so that I can better evaluate the legitimacy of the threat. Canoerebel, If it's not too late, I wanted to suggest another 'port of call' for your destroyers on the Japanese mainland. Would it be feasible for you to run them into Nagasaki, Shimonoseki, Shanghai or Port Arthur? These are more likely IMO of having ships in TFs either loading or unloading. In my games, Tokyo harbor is only fleetingly used compared to these others. I'd even recommend Ominato over Tokyo for liklihood of interdicting TFs at sea (and you're less likely to get shot to pieces by naval guns).
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