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Cribtop -> RE: Wait, I can't read Cuttlefish's new AAR? - Cribtop (J) vs CF (A) (7/30/2011 6:47:26 AM)
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March 22, 1942
The Kaigun fleets sail from Singapore. Target Java!
Subs
No contacts.
4th Fleet
Onotoa invaded and taken by SA. We will grab the Tutti Fruttis next. This will appear to be sheer imperialism but has a specific operational purpose. We will shift the AV and Mavis group (Mavii?) to the dot base in the Ellice Islands (Tutti Fruttis is more fun to say but Cribtop HQ made us act serious). This will further extend search capacity to cover approaches to Pago Pago and Fiji.
The Raiders have sadly come up empty. They will pass by Canton Island in a final attempt at locating prey before retiring to refuel and refit in preparation for another raid.
SE Fleet
Long Island falls, Deboyne Islands invaded. A naval guard unloads at Kusaie, soon to be an important base. We have almost "seasoned" the former PM garrison to the point we can try a para drop on Terapo. Various bases are building nicely and 3 more construction engineers will soon move to Lae to improve that base and Nadzab.
14th Army
Clark finally shows 100% airfield damage.
16th Army
Nells from Koepang report a hit on an AMc fleeing Derby. They also report two APDs in port there. We will bomb the port tomorrow, even though Criptop Intel doesn't believe our pilots. Probably AMcs, crippled Dutch DDs in the best case.
The NW Oz invasion forces are on the march, although an attack on the Darwin airfield is ineffective thanks to unrelenting ugly weather.
25th Army
An ASW TF leads MKB's two Car Divs out to a point from which the Kates can re-visit Batavia. They will be joined by over 100 IJAAF bombers from Palembang. That should bounce the rubble halfway to Oz.
The Java invasion TF follows Indes Fleet and a second ASW TF to a point ESE of Billiton. From that point, we will run in to Kalidjati.
Djambi is reached by 6th Armored Regt and will fall tomorrow.
IJAAF bombers, growing bold due to CF's no CAP policy, raid Medan and kill a few Swordfish. Nells from Denpasar kill a few Lodestars at Madoien as well. Finally, an Oscar in our newly minted Palembang CAP shoots down a snooping Catalina.
15th Army
Another day when the monsoon stops the British bombers from visiting Akyab. We keep the IJAAF in the barn to maximize delivery of supplies (the Rangoon airfield is overstacked if both the bombers and transports are working). Supplies are over 200 in the base, both units are fully supplied.
We are waiting to see if the Burma army falls back or fights. They are in the first hex of jungle north of the Mandalay basin and odds are they stand there or keep running all the way home.
China
DA Sian goes about as planned, with 1:2 odds (just missed another 1:1). Most importantly, forts are dropped to 2 right on schedule. Casualties are lower for both sides, 9530(289) vs 8221(158) - note the improving kill ratio for us. One IJA brigade is wrecked and will retire to refit. A brigade and a division are inbound and should be in position for the next attack. Bottom line, unless CF takes drastic action, this base will fall. On the flank, CF had posted a KMT corps that has now retreated NW under pressure from a flanking IJA armored regiment. Another armored regiment is in the rough terrain 3 hexes east of Sian as previously suggested by everybody's favorite ny giants fan. These moves, while intended to eventually cut Sian's LoC, have the immediate effect of cutting what's left of the LoC of Yenan and the entire ChiCom army.
Above Sian, the AVG still rules. For now. We decided to shift 2 Oscar Sentai and the Tojo Chutai to China to wrest air superiority from them.
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