Canoerebel -> RE: Tokyo Rose was a Hussy! (3/5/2011 3:06:48 PM)
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12/17/41 Cribtop is right, there's alot going on in this game, which means I'm having alot of fun thus far. I think my objective is to make as short as possible the grim period in between the opening of the war, in which the Allies have the ability to strike pretty effectively, and late 1942, when the Allies once again have enough power to go on the offensive a bit. NoPac: All is quiet here at the moment. I think the IJA force at Amchitka was totally disrupted in landing, as it hasn't even taken the vacant base yet. DD Anderson went under, a victim of the mostly successful engagement against the CL Kitakami-led invasion force yesterday. Houston is now on duty at Amchitka and will be joined by two DD tomorrow. Lex and Sara are west bound from Dutch Island making for the Bering Sea. CenPac: Lots of subs around Pearl. Enterprise's damage dropped again (now 5/24) and she is on her way to Los Angeles. Northampton is making slow progress for Pearl. At 11/72/30 and with lots of subs between her and the yards, I'm worried. I'm also worried that Steve has ringed Pearl with subs to pick off or discourage me from sending cripples to the West Coast...and that he plans a follow up carrier raid. But that can't happen for awhile, yet, so I'll deal with that possibility later. SoPac: Pensacola is looking much better as she sits at Pago Pago after taking a torp. I've detached a DMS from the nearby Louisville TF to act as an escort when Pensacola is ready to steam for a yard. The Japanese returned to Rabaul with much more power - CAs Aoba, Kinugasa, Furutaka, and Kako. They treated a four-DD Allied TF roughly, with two taking damage, but they should make it home to fight another day. I've been air lifting an Aussie battalion from Port Moresby to Rabaul, thus boosting my defensive AV. Steve has something like four or five Naval Guard units ashore now, but I'm not sure if it's enough to take the base (some of his units took heavy losses in landing). DEI: The Mini KBs are stationed either side of the Puerto Princessa island, picking off forlorn hopes ships (small stuff still fleeing the area). Right now, there are no enemy ships approaching the northern DEI (Celebes and vicinity) area, which is great. Also, Japan postponed the Singkawang invasion, so there's very little going on in the southern South China Sea. The Allied AV at Palembang is at 217 and will reach something like 285 tomorrow. I want to "buy" one of the Aussie brigades in Malaya, but I only have 85 PP at the moment. Political Points: Those things are PRECIOUS. The Allies just don't have nearly enough. Some of the things I've paid for thus far: two B-17 squadrons in the Philippines (sent to Soerabaja); two AVG fighter squadrons (one now at Palembang, the other at Singapore); I bought the Rocky Mountain Battalion, now aboard transports and bound for Adak Island, I've replaced a few TF commanders (that paid big dividends for the Louisville TF when she went into battle at Rabaul a week ago); and one or two other units here and there. Philippines: A USN PT TF and the British MTB TF went into action at Iba, tangling with at least two Japanese amphibious TFs, sinking at least one big xAP (actually it was very heavily damaged and then finished off by a sub) and two xAK. I think two other xAP were heavily damaged. I lost at least three MTB. Burma/India: I diverted an Indian brigade on a TF named "Burma Relief Force" that was inbound to Rangoon. Instead, this brigade goes to Socatra. I've already landed a good Indian unit (AV of about 85) at Diego Garcia. Also, there is an Indian brigade at each of Colombo and Trincomalee. That will probably be the entire garrisons for those four destinations. Over at Port Blair, a two-plane transport squadron is bringing in part of an Indian brigade cut off in Malaya. Port Blair's AV is up to about 30, which is nearly enough to prevent seizure by paratroops. Force Z and DEI Naval Assets: Prince of Wales escorted by a destroyer is well into the Indian Ocean and, barring sub attack, in the clear for the yards at Colombo. Repulse escorted by a destroyer leaves Soerabaja tonight bound for Ceylon. CLs Boise and Mauritius depart Soerabaja tonight bound for Perth and then Melbourne. Replacement combat ships (mainly RN and RAN CAs and CLs) will begin arriving in theater in three or four days. Until then the Allied navy in the DEI is essentially a few Dutch CLs, a scattering of DDs, and subs. While I am sorry to see Forze Z in such a weakened state, she played a key role in turning back the enemy at Singkawang. Instead of the enemy having a big airbase with Netties operating deeply in Allied territory, the Allies remain free to roam from the southern South China Sea all the way to Darwin (except for the sub meance).
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