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stuman -> RE: 11 Dec 1942 (3/5/2011 9:11:32 AM)


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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy


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ORIGINAL: bradfordkay
Nawww... in AE we get all the Essex class carriers as they were built. We get the option of renaming the Lexington II, Yorktown II, Hornet II and Wasp II as we wish (so if I don't lose any of those you will first see a USS Constellation - after that I have to figure out some other decent names to use).



I think it's an excellent opportunity to needle one's opponent with the next gen of Essex carriers that can be renamed. Were CR playing the Japs, I would strongly urge you to tap into his Southern Pride and needle him with the USS Sherman, USS Appomatox Courthouse, USS Grant and USS Gettysburg. [:'(]

Alas, as an exclusive IJ player, I have not had the opportunity to do this. [:(]


[:D]



ChezDaJez -> RE: 16 Dec 1942 (3/5/2011 11:34:33 AM)


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ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

"I am considering rerouting my southern SRA invasion forces to the PI to speed things up. Haven't decided yet."

I don't think that this is an area where you should second guess yourself, unless your troops are in danger of being kicked off Luzon. Your original plan was to put just enough troops on Luzon to tie him up while you pressed on past the Philippines. Do you think that you are not going to be able to fulfill those original plans?



My troop losses have put a huge crimp in my plans. I've already landed the 65th BDE and have one division enroute. His reentry into Iba means I can not withdraw move these troops without endangering the port. I must evict him and I am not strong enough to do so. Bombardment and bombing attacks on his troops at Iba should keep them from retreating. Then the landed division should allow me to push him through Clark to Bataan. If I can force a withdrawal into Bataan then I will leave them to rot there and continue my plans.

Chez



perkinh -> RE: 16 Dec 1942 (3/5/2011 5:36:38 PM)

Subscription fee sent. Only reading this side of the story.

The shock and joy of a new opponent. Lesons are being taught in this AAR....i have my pencil, give me something to write on



offenseman -> RE: 16 Dec 1942 (3/5/2011 6:14:01 PM)

Canoerebel's tactics with SCTFs very much resembles the tactics used by my opponents, Rob Brennan and LoBaron in the early part of our game.  I lost some valuable units and had some invasions delayed due to them.  Besides the losses, the biggest effect that aggression had on me was time lost due to having to escort everything with heavy combatants.  For the first two or three months I ended up having to escort every invasion no matter how small with a strong SCTF.  Even a small invasion was escorted by the Mogamis as an example. Any medium or larger invasion always saw two or more BBs in attendance along with heavy cruisers.  It is an inconvenience to be sure as those ships could be off doing other things and most of the time they saw no action.  But when an amphib group was weakly escorted it tended to get attacked.  You can use that aggression to set traps though...  :)  



ChezDaJez -> RE: 16 Dec 1942 (3/6/2011 8:09:29 PM)


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ORIGINAL: offenseman

Canoerebel's tactics with SCTFs very much resembles the tactics used by my opponents, Rob Brennan and LoBaron in the early part of our game.  I lost some valuable units and had some invasions delayed due to them.  Besides the losses, the biggest effect that aggression had on me was time lost due to having to escort everything with heavy combatants.  For the first two or three months I ended up having to escort every invasion no matter how small with a strong SCTF.  Even a small invasion was escorted by the Mogamis as an example. Any medium or larger invasion always saw two or more BBs in attendance along with heavy cruisers.  It is an inconvenience to be sure as those ships could be off doing other things and most of the time they saw no action.  But when an amphib group was weakly escorted it tended to get attacked.  You can use that aggression to set traps though...  :)  


I'm experiencing the same issues. I am now providing heavy escorts with all transport TFs. Some have baby KB for cover. That first week was a huge learning curve as Dan employs tactics that are far more aggressive than I am used to. The ship losses hurt but the loss of the troops hurt even more especially in the 4th Fleet area of operations.

Chez



ChezDaJez -> RE: 17 Dec 1942 (3/6/2011 8:41:44 PM)

Things are going much smoother now. Dan's raiding TFs are finally starting to face some bigger escorts with my transport TFs.

NorPac:
Amchitka is up and operating. My troop TF has withdrawn temporarily to see what Dan does. I have a Mavis unit flyiing in tomorrow to watch my back door.

CentPac:
Dan's ASW forces contrinue to play cat and mouse with my submarines as I continue to hunt for the wounded Enterprise.

An allied TF of 4 DDs encountered my invasion force at Rabaul and was driven off. Visibility was very poor with thunderstorms and 0 moon. My 4 CAs and 4 DDs only managed to inflict minor damage but it was enough to keep him away from my transports. One of my DDs received one hit in return. Troops are now landing and Rabaul should be mine very soon.

A JAke launched an air attack without result on a fleeing AM near Pagan, north of Saipan. I am not going out of my way to attack these fleeing ships as they steam through Centpac. If I get a hit great otherwise fine.

Philippines:
His MTBs and PTs continue to be a thorn in my side near Iba. I have a CA force and a DD force coverling the landings but those pesky boats continue to get into my transports unloading at Iba. 7 MTBS torped 3 APs and an AKL for no hits in return. This was one of the few TFs left with only PBs for escorts as my larger ships are spread quite thin now. These same MTB attempted another attack on a more heavily defended TF and paid the price. 1 CL and 4 DDs sank 4 MTBs and damaged another for 2 x .50cal hits on the CL in return.

4 PTs found a lightly guarded troop transport approaching Iba and sank a PB with a torp. Only minor damage was recieved and 1 PT sustained a 25mm hit.

Baby KB#1 attacked a fleeing AM near Puerto Princessa and sank it with bombs. They then attacked an xAKL and sank it.

A fleeing xAK ran across baby KB#2 in broad daylight near Jolo and my ships withdrew without firing a shot nor launching an airstrike!!!! The admiral has been instructed to commit seppeku!

But it goes both ways. SS S-36 found another TF and elected not to fire torps despite the TF having only one escort.
SS S-36 then made up for it and torped and sank a previously damaged AP returning to Takao. O20 attacked this same TF but failed to score.

I am continuing ground air attacks against his forces at Iba. They are taking some good disruption so I hope to kick them out as soom as the 65th BDE finishes unloading.

San Fernando fell today. It was undefended.


Malaya:
Several small air attacks from Singapore attacked a patrolling CA force north of Kuching without result.

My troops are starting to gather steam moving down the coast roads. I have left Alor Star alone for the moment. Intel reports about 5000 troops there but I do not have the troops to assaulat it without seriously weakening the drive south.

The Mersing invasion forces have set sail from Cam Rahn Bay with nearly 30,000 troops onboard. The 1st Guards Division is also loading at Kampong Trach and will land at Mersing also. I have 5 BBs, 9 CAs, 34 DDs, 3CVLs,and 3 CVEs for a covering force. Most of the heavy ships are mixed in with the invasion TFs but some are in a strong surface force accompanying them consisting of 3 BBs and 4 CAs. Bring on Force Z!




fodder -> RE: 16 Dec 1942 (3/6/2011 9:02:25 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Gabede

The shock and joy of a new opponent. Lesons are being taught in this AAR....i have my pencil, give me something to write on


x2



ChezDaJez -> RE: 18 Dec 1942 (3/6/2011 9:08:33 PM)

NorPac:
I misspoke last turn. Amchitka actually fell today. His DD force showed up and found nothing as my troop TF is west of there in a holding pattern awaiting developments.

CentPac:
More cat and mouse games with my subs near Hawaii. I have plenty of subs between her last sighting and Pearl so I'm starting to believe that Enterprise may have headed for the west coast as I have not sighted her since the torpedo attack.

My troops continue landing at Rabaul. His CD guns have inflicted some damage but it is managable. I hav sent Soryu and Hiryu to patrol north of Tulagi as an invasion force once again heads for these dangerous waters. 2 CAs and 4 DDs accompany this force. A Japanese 1:1 shock attack failed to dislodge the defenders but he took heavier losses than I so it should fall next turn.

Philippines:
O20 tried once again to penetrate the screen of one of my tranport Tfs and failed.

My fighters have been sweeping the skies over Clark and Manila and his fighters continue to come up but in smaller and smaller numbers. He is taking heavy losses. 4 went down for no losses of my own. Bombers continue to hit the enemy at Iba.

I launched a shock attack against his forces at Iba and forced them out with the allies sustaining over 5400 casualties. IBa is once again totally under my control.

Malaya:
One of my Mersing invasion TFs departing Cam Ranh Bay ran across SS Sargo. Sargo then stumbled upon another invasion force near Soc Trang. She attacked DDs both times without result. The escorts kept her at bay and scored one hit. I-155 found and sank an xAKL near Tandjoengpinang sinking it.

Taiping fell today.

China:
The 104th Inf Div should arrive at Hong Kong next turn. The base has been under constant air attack while my troops rest. Hopefully the enemy is low on supplies. An attack will come as soon as the division arrives.

Chez



ChezDaJez -> RE: 19 Dec 1942 (3/6/2011 9:28:16 PM)

No naval action this turn. I think that his raiding TFs may be taking a break for awhile... I hope.

Norpac:
My Mavis unit arrived but had 4 damaged aircraft so only one is flayable at the moment. Off it goes to find the enemy. His DDs have pulled away from Amchitka.

CentPac:
The majority of KB is sitting in Truk. Shokaku is repairing the last of the damage from the torpedo hit several days ago. She is fully operational however. My Bettys are bombing the troops at Rabaul. Soryu and Hiryu continue to patrol north of Tulagi but have found nothing. The Tulagi force is a couple of days out.

I assaulted Rabaul with a deliberate attack at 5:1 odds. Rabaul feel and his troops have retreated into the jungle where I will allow them to starve. My casualties were very light.

Philippines:
S-36 is up to her old tricks again. She attacked a dmaged PB and sank her with a torp. But she then stumbled on my covering force and paid the price. She incurred heavy damage with 4 hits. My fighter sweeps are finding very few allied fighters remaing. Only one came up at Manila and it dove away. My bombers raided the port of Manila and sank 2 PTs and 1 MTB and inflicted severe damage on an xAK. 3 fighters did come up as Clark and shot down a Sonia that was attacking the base.


Malaya:
SS Sturgeon found my Mersing invasion forces east of Kota Bharu at their holding point so the word is out that a large multiple TF force is at sea and heading down the coast of Malaya. Sturgeon failed to score any hits.

A force of 15 Zeros swept Singapore and found 20 Buffalos waiting to fight. 3 Buffalos went down for the loss of one of my. A second sweep found no fighters waiting so he may have suffered worse losses than I thought.

My paratroop force has arrived at Patani and are about to land on Sabang so I sent 16 Oscars to sweep the base on northern Sumatra and encountered the AVG!!! No losses were incurred by either side. This puts a crimp in things. Will delay the drop a day or two while I continue to sweep

Burma:
My Zeros swept Rangoon and found only 3 Buffalos. I am concerned now as to whether all of the AVG has moved to Sumatra.

China:
The 104th INf Div will arrive Hong Kong tomorrow then Hong Kong should fall. After that I will begin to tidy up the lines a bit and probe the defences for weak spots.

Chez



ChezDaJez -> RE: 19 Dec 1942 (3/6/2011 9:33:10 PM)

Just a quick update for 12/20/41 as I have to leave for work.

My Mavis' at Amchitka just located 2 CVs north of Adak!!! This may be Lexington and Saratoga going out on a raiding mission to northern Japan. It's a good spot to hit as I do not have much offensive air power to blunt a surprise raid there and I have lots of shipping plying the trades routes.

My supply TF near Amchitka will get the hell out of Dodge and I am pushing some air power to the northern home islands but I just don't have much to use.

Chez



PaxMondo -> RE: 19 Dec 1942 (3/7/2011 4:12:23 AM)

Are you sure this isn't FOW?   Winter seas north of Adak would be brutal.  I would think he would accumulate ship systems damage too fast to navigate that area.



ChezDaJez -> RE: 19 Dec 1942 (3/7/2011 8:24:54 AM)


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ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

Are you sure this isn't FOW?   Winter seas north of Adak would be brutal.  I would think he would accumulate ship systems damage too fast to navigate that area.


I am as sure of it as I can be. No reason to doubt it. FOW detections normally don't remain on the map but this one did. I don't intend to go after them as most of KB is at Truk. All I will do is withdraw any ships to safer waters until I know for sure.

I don't believe the game models weather related damage... at least I've never seen it. I'm pretty familiar with Adak weather having lived there for 2 years. Can be really nasty when williwaws come through without much notice.

Chez



bradfordkay -> RE: 19 Dec 1942 (3/7/2011 4:25:22 PM)

"Norpac:
My Mavis unit arrived but had 4 damaged aircraft so only one is flayable at the moment. Off it goes to find the enemy. His DDs have pulled away from Amchitka."

"My Mavis' at Amchitka just located 2 CVs north of Adak!!! This may be Lexington and Saratoga going out on a raiding mission to northern Japan. It's a good spot to hit as I do not have much offensive air power to blunt a surprise raid there and I have lots of shipping plying the trades routes. "

That's choosing the right search arc!!!

Supposedly ship system damage is doubled during the winter months in the cold climate zone. However, ship system damage accumulates much more slowly in AE than it did in WITP (which is a good thing), so maybe it should have been quadrupled in the cold zone winter months...



witpqs -> RE: 19 Dec 1942 (3/7/2011 5:41:54 PM)

Yup, like Bradford said. Press Control-a and notice the cold zones on the map. That's where you get hit.



ChezDaJez -> RE: 19 Dec 1942 (3/8/2011 10:54:21 AM)


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ORIGINAL: witpqs

Yup, like Bradford said. Press Control-a and notice the cold zones on the map. That's where you get hit.


Learn something new every day. Thanks guys.

Received the next turn and no TFs located north of the Aleutians so 2 possibilities exist: 1) False sighting or 2) Dan pulled them off to the east. Could be either one as the weather is heavy overcast. I'm probably leaning towards #1 at this point. I'm not sure that Dan would risk the additional damage for a raid that has a chance of getting caught.

Chez



Bullwinkle58 -> RE: 19 Dec 1942 (3/8/2011 1:32:48 PM)


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ORIGINAL: witpqs

Yup, like Bradford said. Press Control-a and notice the cold zones on the map. That's where you get hit.


I'm missing something. Cntl-a just takes me to the strat map; I don't see any evidence of zoning. I play with hexes off--is that a factor? What do you see with that key combo?



JohnDillworth -> RE: 19 Dec 1942 (3/8/2011 1:53:03 PM)

I wonder what the Japanese would have done with this sighting in real life? Since they missed the carriers at Pearl do you think they would have given chase to this potential phantom, or gone on with their time table? I would think go on with their time table unless they could confirm the sighting. The lose of those AO's probable made the decision a bit easier.



crsutton -> RE: 16 Dec 1942 (3/8/2011 3:41:25 PM)


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ORIGINAL: ChezDaJez


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ORIGINAL: offenseman

Canoerebel's tactics with SCTFs very much resembles the tactics used by my opponents, Rob Brennan and LoBaron in the early part of our game.  I lost some valuable units and had some invasions delayed due to them.  Besides the losses, the biggest effect that aggression had on me was time lost due to having to escort everything with heavy combatants.  For the first two or three months I ended up having to escort every invasion no matter how small with a strong SCTF.  Even a small invasion was escorted by the Mogamis as an example. Any medium or larger invasion always saw two or more BBs in attendance along with heavy cruisers.  It is an inconvenience to be sure as those ships could be off doing other things and most of the time they saw no action.  But when an amphib group was weakly escorted it tended to get attacked.  You can use that aggression to set traps though...  :)  


I'm experiencing the same issues. I am now providing heavy escorts with all transport TFs. Some have baby KB for cover. That first week was a huge learning curve as Dan employs tactics that are far more aggressive than I am used to. The ship losses hurt but the loss of the troops hurt even more especially in the 4th Fleet area of operations.

Chez



My only regret in my campaign as the Allies is that I did not use my surface forces in an aggressive manner. But I started my campaigns when the game was new and expected suface action to actually reflect historical reality. Now I know how powerful surface ships can be in the game and how frequent surface actions are. Too late..[;)]

Funny thing is that I see very few players complaining about the overpowed surface forces in the game. I think secretly, even though it is historically whacked, everyone likes the numerous surface fights...Sometimes the fun factor has to be considered.



witpqs -> RE: 19 Dec 1942 (3/8/2011 4:07:02 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

Yup, like Bradford said. Press Control-a and notice the cold zones on the map. That's where you get hit.


I'm missing something. Cntl-a just takes me to the strat map; I don't see any evidence of zoning. I play with hexes off--is that a factor? What do you see with that key combo?


OK, that was a memory fart. It's actually 'k' to show the weather map, which also shows the cold zones and malaria zones.



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Bullwinkle58 -> RE: 19 Dec 1942 (3/8/2011 7:16:46 PM)


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ORIGINAL: witpqs

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ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

Yup, like Bradford said. Press Control-a and notice the cold zones on the map. That's where you get hit.


I'm missing something. Cntl-a just takes me to the strat map; I don't see any evidence of zoning. I play with hexes off--is that a factor? What do you see with that key combo?


OK, that was a memory fart. It's actually 'k' to show the weather map, which also shows the cold zones and malaria zones.





Gotcha. I've used this map, but not frequently.

Odd how your mind plays tricks though. Until I looked at your posted screenie I had never noticed the southern cold weather zone. No reason not to, just subconsciously didn't expect to "see" it at that odd map projection angle, and so I didnt.



ChezDaJez -> RE: 19 Dec 1942 (3/9/2011 10:39:49 AM)


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ORIGINAL: JohnDillworth

I wonder what the Japanese would have done with this sighting in real life? Since they missed the carriers at Pearl do you think they would have given chase to this potential phantom, or gone on with their time table? I would think go on with their time table unless they could confirm the sighting. The lose of those AO's probable made the decision a bit easier.



That's what I'm doing to do... continue on with my plans. The loss of those AOs will definitely hamper any long range missions in that area but then again, I don't expect to do much operating up there anyways. Not unless I have to.

BTW, just sighted 2 DDs and 2 AKs unloading at Adak. So Dan is planning on keeping an eye on my eye watchers... or worse. I am sending a small infantry unit plus an engineer unit to Amchitka to make sure he can't just walk in and overpower the JAAF unit. I do not plan on building it up anymore than that. Amchitka is simply a place to watch my back door.

Chez



ChezDaJez -> RE: 16 Dec 1942 (3/9/2011 10:59:25 AM)

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My only regret in my campaign as the Allies is that I did not use my surface forces in an aggressive manner. But I started my campaigns when the game was new and expected suface action to actually reflect historical reality. Now I know how powerful surface ships can be in the game and how frequent surface actions are. Too late..

Funny thing is that I see very few players complaining about the overpowed surface forces in the game. I think secretly, even though it is historically whacked, everyone likes the numerous surface fights...Sometimes the fun factor has to be considered.


There is aggressive and then there is aggressive to the point of throwing any pretense of historicalness out the window. Dan is aggressive and some of his moves such as the raid on Pelilieu could be seen as being counter to what a real life commander may have ordered. But it could also be seen as being what an aggressive but desperate commander may have decided to do to stem the onslaught.

Watching the naval battles is fun unless you're the one getting your butt spanked.

Chez



ny59giants -> RE: 16 Dec 1942 (3/9/2011 1:17:43 PM)

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Ret Navy AWCS (1972-1998)
VP-5, Jacksonville, Fl 1973-78
ASW Ops Center, Rota, Spain 1978-81
VP-40, Mt View, Ca 1981-87
Patrol Wing 10, Mt View, CA 1987-90
ASW Ops Center, Adak, Ak 1990-92
NRD Seattle 1992-96
VP-46, Whidbey Isl, Wa 1996-98


I was on USS Canopus AS-34 from 79 through 81. Sadly, only the first six months were in Rota before we went to Charleston, SC.

When you play someone like Dan (Canoerebel), you have to take into account their familiarity of the game and have figured out basic countermoves at the start. He has gotten the best of you to date, but you can plan to use his early moves against him later.



Captain Cruft -> RE: 16 Dec 1942 (3/9/2011 1:46:48 PM)

I have found that the effects of the cold zone in winter are quite mild. You can pretty much do aerial and naval things there as you would anywhere else, unfortunately.



crsutton -> RE: 16 Dec 1942 (3/9/2011 5:18:44 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Captain Cruft

I have found that the effects of the cold zone in winter are quite mild. You can pretty much do aerial and naval things there as you would anywhere else, unfortunately.



Yes, spotting is a little harder but I really don't see weather affecting air combat missions at all. Op losses are not high. Sys damage goes up a bit but works against boths sides.

What about invasions in cold weather? Is there not some major penalty for that?



Bullwinkle58 -> RE: 16 Dec 1942 (3/9/2011 5:31:40 PM)


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ORIGINAL: crsutton


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ORIGINAL: Captain Cruft

I have found that the effects of the cold zone in winter are quite mild. You can pretty much do aerial and naval things there as you would anywhere else, unfortunately.



Yes, spotting is a little harder but I really don't see weather affecting air combat missions at all. Op losses are not high. Sys damage goes up a bit but works against boths sides.

What about invasions in cold weather? Is there not some major penalty for that?


Cold Zones during the winter impact
ground units the same way as Malaria Zones (above), with the following added penalties:
»» Ships moving in Cold Zones during the winter will suffer
operational system damage at double the normal rate.
»» All base construction in Cold Zones during winter takes twice as long.
»» Air units will fly 25% less aircraft on strike-type Missions.
»» Ground units unloading at an enemy base/beach or into a non-base hex with an
enemy unit will suffer roughly three times the losses they would normally suffer.



ChezDaJez -> RE: 16 Dec 1942 (3/10/2011 9:32:32 PM)


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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

quote:

Ret Navy AWCS (1972-1998)
VP-5, Jacksonville, Fl 1973-78
ASW Ops Center, Rota, Spain 1978-81
VP-40, Mt View, Ca 1981-87
Patrol Wing 10, Mt View, CA 1987-90
ASW Ops Center, Adak, Ak 1990-92
NRD Seattle 1992-96
VP-46, Whidbey Isl, Wa 1996-98


I was on USS Canopus AS-34 from 79 through 81. Sadly, only the first six months were in Rota before we went to Charleston, SC.

When you play someone like Dan (Canoerebel), you have to take into account their familiarity of the game and have figured out basic countermoves at the start. He has gotten the best of you to date, but you can plan to use his early moves against him later.


I could see her from my apartment in town along with the Spanish carrier Dedalo (formerly USS Cabot). Word had it that the only time Canopus ever set sail was to move beyond the 12 mile limit in order to perform vasectomies and other procedures prohibited in the Catholic country.

I think Rota was my best duty station. Loved the people and the food. I had a 3 bedroom apartment on the 8th floor of Edificio America building near Red Square. I could see the port and the beach. Binoculars were the order of the day during the summer!

Chez



ChezDaJez -> 20 Dec 1942 (3/10/2011 9:58:33 PM)

20 Dec 1942:

CentPac:
Pretty quiet overall for the moment.

More ASW cat and mouse games around PH. But no runs, no hits, no errors.

More supplies are landing at Rabaul and the Tulagi invasion force is enroute Tulagi. Soryu and Hiryu are sweeping the sea ahead of the Tulagi force. No more nasty surprises for me if I can help it.

Norpac:
Dan sent 4 DDs to Amchitka in search of supply ships but found nothing. I've already pulled them back. No sign of the CVs sighted the day before so I think that this may have been a false sighting but it sure did get my heart racing for a moment.

Philippines:
Continuing to bomb Manila port and the ground forces at Clark. My troops are resting at Iba after kicking his forces out of there again. Enemy fighter opposition is becoming scarce- only 1 or 2 fighters coming up to intercept bombing raids. I think they are on their last legs. I am sending a SNLF to Cabatuatan (?). They will then move south into Manila. This will help stop any reinforcements from entering Clark once my troops move there.

Mindinao is quiet. Davao is busy building forts as Dan seems to be bringing all of his troops stationed on the island towards Mindinao. I am weak heere but have enough forces to hold. Forts will certainly help.

Malaya:
Taiping falls as my troops continue to move down the peninsula. The Mersing invasion forces will be landing within a turn or two. They have an extremely heavy escort plus 2 CVLs and 2 CVEs for support. The carriers have moved south of Singapore along the Borneo coast to help detect and ward off any interventions. I'm not sure that I am in time to cut off his retreat into Singapore. I am only finding small, scattered units as I march down. These are easily brushed aside. He is launching small, penny packet air strikes from Singapore against them but they have been dealt with pretty well so far. 2 small xAKLs heading south from Singapore were bombed and sunk.

China:
I have strong infantry troops on the move towards a designated staging area at Singyang. Most of these troops are coming from the Hankow and Wuchan areas. The plan is to strom across the river and move on Chengchow to open the rail line so that I have better freedom of movement for my eventual push on Changsha.

My troops and aircraft are bombarding and bombing his troops at Hong Kong and I anticipate action within the next turn or two.

Chez



ChezDaJez -> 21 Dec 1942 (3/10/2011 10:41:02 PM)

CentPac:
More ASW attacks around PH. The USS Chew appears to be involved in nearly everyone of them! Thankfully she is a bad shot. The Soryu and Hiryu continue to patrol north of Tulagi searching for warships. They will head south of Tulagi as my invasion force gets closer.

Norpac:
His DDs have retreated to Adak. As normally happens, they are being reported as a CA and a CL. No sign of any other vessels in the area.

Philippines:
S-36 took a heavy pounding with 7 hits after attempting to penetrate the defences at Iba.
Continuing to sweep Clark and Manila. One P-40 intercepted but was briushed aside.

Malaya:
I-155 torpedoed a small xAKL fleeing Singapore.

Swept Sabang with Oscars to remove those pesky AVG boys. My transports began deploying paratroops over Sabang without interference. The automatic shock attack produced 2:1 odds so it should fall tomorrow.

The Mersing invasion begins landing tomorrow. Curious as to whether Dan will attempt to oppose with his surface ships. Thewy have several BBs in escort so he may decide not to engage. Don't know.

Burma:
Swept Rangoon with Zeros and encountered only 1 Buffalo.

Southern SRA:
A small invasion force began landing at Ternate. They are escorted by a BB and 2 CLs.

China:
Hong Kong falls! My troops will rest a bit and then head for Kukong.

Chez



ChezDaJez -> 22 Dec 1942 (3/10/2011 10:59:41 PM)

NorPac:
No sightings to report. All quiet on the northern front.

CentPac:
My Tulagi force continues its slow appraoch to Tulagi. Sory and Hiryu will begin moving to the east of the Solomons.

Philippines:
Continuiing to bomb Manila and Clark. No fighter opposition at all. SS Snapper was sunk pierside by a bomb.

Burma:
Continuing to sweep Rangoon. No more fighters found.

Malaya:
Dan moved a small infantry unit from Victoria Point to Chumpon and captured the base. No big deal. Theose troops are cutoff. My Mersing invasion forces decided to take a more roundabout approach to Mersing possibly as a result of a sub sighting near Kuantan. The TFs experien ced several small air raids withour damage. My LRCAP destroyed most of them before they could drop their bombs. My CVLs torped 2 small xAKLs near Singkawang.

Southern SRA: Ternate fell with little opposition. A small invasion force is headed towards Manado and should arrive

China: Forces continue to gather at Singyang. Another 2 or 3 turns and they will begin to move across the river and head towards Chengchow.

Chez



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