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John 3rd -> 4-23-42 (6/29/2012 3:47:56 PM)
Combat Report April 23, 1942 Solid round for the Japanese this day with movement occurring on multiple fronts. North Pacific No developments. Central Pacific The Jaliut Strike Force will make Port tomorrow. Have an AO TF present and will refuel immediately from them and disband for some system repair work. CV Hiyo shall be completed within 30 days and will join up with Junyo and Nisshin to form a CV TF. Fuel is now an issue in the Pacific. The stockpile I had created from continuous TK roundtrips to Truk is about gone. I've moved roughly 50,000 to the Marshalls and have 60,000 headed to Sydney. The cupboard is bare after that. The 6-7 AOs and 4 TKs I have in the Truk--Marshalls area are being sent to Babeldoap where I've stocked 150,000 fuel. That will be shipped east. Should take about two roundtrips to get it where needed. South Pacific Stuff moving but no real news. Should note that Hiryu refuels at Koumac and departs for Soerabaja. She will join-up with Zuiho and Soryu to form a fast CV TF that will clear the shipping from around Cocos. Australia NW Australia No developments Western Australia Attack Esperance and get a 2-1. The Forts drop from 2-0 and we'll take the base tomorrow. Will take Albany tomorrow with a TK Reg. Unloaded some fuel and about 20,000 supply at Perth. Southern Australia Hex 78,163 (NW Mildura) taken in a 276-1 attack Hex 82,169 (NE of Melbourne taken in a 99-1 attack Several attacks scheduled for tomorrow. Eastern Australia Sweep Bowen with 27 Zero and shot down 4 fighters. Rockhampton is hit by 21 B-17. They are met by 18-23 Zero and a bunch get shot up. The bombers destroy a Zero and a Sally on the ground. Lew has been inflicting little nicks on my bombers. Today he flew LR CAP from Emerald and caught 39 Sally with 9 Fighters. I lost 8 bombers. Annoying and very good tactics by Lew. I don't understand how he is replacing lost aircraft right now as I have every major base in Australia... Burma Katha is hit with a Shock Attack that just BARELY misses (264-143) a 2-1 result. Will rest the ID and then try again in 2-3 days. Am about to land a TK Reg at Akyab. The base in undefended so I shall grab it to protect the left flank. DEI Have added about 30 AK to the resources TF's to help move more home. Have another 30-40 ships coming and then we should be pretty good. A strong Cocos Bombardment TF is about to strike: 3 CA and 4 DD will nail it tomorrow. BB's Nagato and Mutsu arrived at Soerabaja today. Will let them rest and repair some Sys Dam then send them against Cocos. SS Ops I-15 sinks AKL Meroendoeng near Cocos. The same SS misses a different AKL also. Engineering Katherine AF-4 Reinforcements Get two of the new Pioneer Bn at Tokyo. One will go to Marcus and the other Wake. [image]local://upfiles/18041/18AB3CC6C9834CBD9C1A1853865629FF.jpg[/image]

John 3rd -> April 23-24, 1942 (7/5/2012 6:19:28 PM)
Combat Report April 23-24, 1942 Things hum along as Aussie cities continue to fall. Fleet continues to redeploy to Java for the Cocos Operation. North Pacific Nothing Central Pacific Nothing South Pacific CV Hiryu departs Koumac heading to Soerabaja to join her sisters. He is starting to use Rauel Island NE of New Zealand. Am shifting recon over to see what is going on there. May bring some CLs and DDs over from Sydney for a sweep through those waters. Australia NW Aust Looks like he is abandoning Tennant Creek. I am getting 65th Brig and 2 TK Reg together and shall then move into the hex. My airpower is now bombing 2nd ID (NW of Tennant), 3rd ID (leaving Tennant), and the AF at Tennant. Western Aust Attack Esperance twice in two days and it FALLS on the 24th. Albany FALLS on the 24th. The 4th ID, 1 TK Reg, and Paras now heading for Kalgoorlie. South Australia Hex 78,163 (NW of Mildura) FALLS (276-1) on the 23rd Hex 82,169 (NE of Melbourne) FALLS (99-1) on the 23rd Hex 78,169 (E of Portland) FALLS 20-1 on the 24th. Now advancing on the town. Kaga and Shokaku about to enter Sydney for a bit of R&R. East Australia Bowen my 14th ID cannot take the base. He has moved 6-7 units there to hold it. I've got Sweeps and LR CAP over the hex and they are shooting planes down but the Inf is stuck. Rockhampton is hit by B-17s each day. My Zeros are damaging them but not really shooting them down (big surprise). Maybe I should amend that to say that the 24th saw 3 B-17 fall. Troops advancing north, west, and southwest from Rockhampton. 33rd ID about to enter the fray from the south. Spot no fighters but a bunch of bombers and shipping at the AF and in the Port of Townsville. Order and attack on both tomorrow. DEI I've got numerous small STF at or about to enter Soerabaja. Will combine them and SMACK DOWN Cocos. CVs Soryu and Zuiho are two days from this Port. A stronger STF of 3 CA and 6 DD are about to hit Cocos. LOTS of shipping there! Wonder if he is pulling out? Probably reinforcing... Burma Attack Katha on the 23rd and get a 1-1 (254-143) dropping Forts to ZERO. It will fall next attack. Attack Lashio with an Inf Reg on the 24th and just barely miss a 1-1. Will rest and attack again. Need some bombers to augment what is in the Theatre. Will pull two Sentai of Sally or Lily to move into this arena to help my troops. SS Ops I-15 sinks AKL Meroendoeng at Cocos. All FOUR of my ML SS are about to drop 160 mines at Cocos. That shall be a rude surprise. Engineering Katherine AF-4 Newcastle AF-5 Reinforcements Two fresh Pioneer Companies arrive in Tokyo. These are the Japanese Builders that are added to RA. Think there are a total of 10 of these small units arriving during 1942-1943. They have several Engineer Vehicles (4 I think), some Engineer Squads, 3 SNLF Squads, and a Hv MG. One shall head for Wake and other Marcus.

John 3rd -> RE: April 23-24, 1942 (7/5/2012 6:26:16 PM)
Just realized that I made a partial double Post. Sorry about that. Here is Southern Australia: [image]local://upfiles/18041/02F420A569E94FDB87CD8F7C55408363.jpg[/image]

John 3rd -> RE: April 23-24, 1942 (7/5/2012 6:29:22 PM)
Eastern Australia Troop move out from Rockhampton. 14th ID holds on at Bowen while a BC Bombardment TF approaches. Plan air attacks on the two cities in Pink. [image]local://upfiles/18041/8F0705EA43FF463F86968E851020214A.jpg[/image]

John 3rd -> April 25, 1942 (7/6/2012 6:51:50 AM)
Combat Report April 25, 1942 REALLY need to figure out what is going on at Cocos. Things are sort of weird. LOTS of action this turn. North Pacific I-26 gets nailed by several Canadian ships near British Columbia. Order her back to Attu at Cruise Speed. Central Pacific Nothing South Pacific Have an I-Boat check out Raoul Isle NE of New Zealand. It finds a smoking DD there. Nothing else... Australia NW Tennant Creek gets the works as 28 Zero Sweep it, 29 Bombers attack the AF, and 45 Bombers nail 3rd Aust ID for 120 Cas Western Hex 49,149 (S of Perth) gets 12 Betty's and then a Shock Attack that clears the hex of two units. Southern Take Tocumwal in an 8-1 attack. Eastern Sweep Charleville with 32 Zero. Find nothing in the air. Townsville gets a full dose of Japanese Airpower. 18 Zero Sweep the 1 Buffalo out of the skies. 23 Zero escort a strike at the Port by 13 Nells. They do SPLENDID work and sink SS Sailfish, Stingray, and S-38. NICE! Following that 22 Kates from Akagi hit the AF and destroy a Hudson and SBD there. DEI Form-up Nagato and Mutsu to Bombard Cocos. As said earlier a powerful TF of 3 CA, 1 CL, and 5 DD are tasked with nailing Cocos' AF. First they sink DD Express, then tangle with DDs Electra and Dunlap inconclusively, and finally they OPEN UP on the AF. HOLY CATS! The bombardment destroys 1 P-38, 2 SBD, 10 Blenheim, 4 Hurricane, 1 Sea Hurricane, and a PBY. At least 40+ planes are damaged. What is going on here? Hmmm... Burma Katha FALLS in a 4-1 attack. As hoped, the 6 units (1 surrenders) retreat across the river heading for Bhamo. The Japanese take 595 Cas for 1657 Allied. Order the 4th ID to rest and rebuild a bit. China Attack a pair of Chinese Corps W of Nanchang and get a 2-1 result. The unit retreats losing 7,715 casualties. Mine were high at 2,588 but I'll take smashing two Corps. At Wuchow the Chinese launch an attack that nets a 1-2. Forts hold at 3 and nearly 2,000 Chinese are wiped out. SS Ops I've got a bunch of planes flying ASW near Sydney and they are beginning to get the range. Two SS hits yesterday and THREE today. Engineering Haiphong goes to AF-4 Reinforcements Get the remains of Air Flotilla's 2 and 3 at Tokyo. I landed them at Newcastle and--this is a known bug--I immediately lost 1,000 troops in each for no reason with a respawn in Tokyo 30-60 days later. It sucks. Busy turn... [image]local://upfiles/18041/2D1D6C61C3424F88845B9DEB9E043047.jpg[/image]

John 3rd -> April 26-27, 1942 (7/7/2012 6:25:03 PM)
Combat Report April 26-27, 1942 Lew and I got in TWO turns yesterday! Made me feel pretty good to see that happen. North Pacific Formed up two small Cargo TF to bring in supplies to the Aleutians. Central Pacific My next wave of reinforcements is beginning to arrive at their destinations over the next 3-4 days. These arrivals will pretty much buttress the defenses and make it possible to slow any assault that the Allies come with. Once I squash resistance at Townsville, I shall create the Mobile Reserve Air Group for the Central Pacific. Goal will be 2 Daitai of Zeros, 3 Daitai of Betty/Nell, and relocation of about 30 Emily for Scouting. May base the Fighters and Bombers at Eniwetok... South Pacific Form a small STF at Sydney to hit the shipping at Raoul Island. Two CA and 5 DD slip their morrings and head out. Australia NW Normal plastering of the 2nd and 3rd ID as well as Tennant Creek AF. 65th Brigade and 2 TK Reg are nearly to the point of entering the TC hex. Western Take Hex 51,149 SE of Perth. Troops are now 3 hexes from Kalgoorlie. Begin bombing it. South Troops closing in on the last 'dots' left in this region. Are gonna be seeing a bunch of starving Aussie troops pretty quickly! My Australian HI hasn't been producing due to fuel issues. Have got five large TK bringing in over 60,000 fuel. Intend to deliver this and see how long it lasts at Sydney. Supplies look pretty good so that is not an issue. Eastern The battle is now here. Bowen is smacked by a BC, CA, CL and 3 DD doing 267 Casualties. The 14th ID is hanging on. Just might order it to retreat until I can get things a bit better organized. Townsville is a HOT place right now. After sinking those subs a day ago these two turns stay pretty active. Zero Sweep and then Nells and Kates come in hitting the AF and Port. The Port has shipping in it and I've been nailing an AO, AS Fulton, and a couple of AK. The Air-to-Air has been pretty nasty but the Aussies are losing about 2-1 in fighters. Have hardly lost any bombers. Drive the enemy back away from Rockhampton in a 53-1 attack in Hex 94,152. DEI Cocos gets bombarded AGAIN and I see huge numbers of destroyed planes. The mix of planes is amazing: 1 PBY, 1 Blenheim, 2 TBD, 4 Hurricane, 2 SBD, 1 Vildebreest, 1 P-38, and 1 F4F along with 191 Cas. The 3 CA, CL, 5 DD do good work. The 27th-28th sees Nagato--Mutsu combine with Cruisers and DDs for a serious punch at the island. Cocos shall be hit with CAs and then BBs... Soryu and Zuiho make Soerabaja on the 27th. Hiryu is four days away. We'll combine these CVs and then go party! Burma The 26th is a big day in the Burma Campaign! Akyab falls (it is deserted) to a TK Reg. No aerial response whatsoever. Hmmm... Lashio FALLS in a 5-1 attack. The troops at Katha rest up and I try to bring supplies north for a drive on Myitkyina. Don't expect for a moment that I'll take this place. There are 18 units there and they have been there a couple of months. It will be dug-in and NASTY. I want Lew to THINK I am coming this direction so I'll slowly move that way. SS Ops I-157 hits AKL Elout near Cocos. I-158 finishes her off with another Torp. Engineering Umnak AF-2

John 3rd -> RE: April 26-27, 1942 (7/7/2012 7:30:53 PM)
Forgot to mention that the 27th saw me buy out a Garrison unit (120 AV) and two Brigades (180-220) from China for garrison duty in Australia. Have to get them down there so I can free-up my ID for Cocos...

John 3rd -> April 30, 1942 (7/8/2012 3:54:40 PM)
Just a little over a month into the Australia Campaign I can truly feel it winding down. How about that? Lew and I have been back to a steady 1-2 turns a day and it has been great. Headed for church but will Post tonight.

Cribtop -> RE: April 30, 1942 (7/8/2012 4:51:32 PM)
What triggers the bug? Is it those particular units, or is it random?

John 3rd -> RE: April 30, 1942 (7/8/2012 7:48:33 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cribtop What triggers the bug? Is it those particular units, or is it random? What do you mean Sir?

John 3rd -> Portland Falls (7/8/2012 8:56:31 PM)
...not Oregon...Australia! There are no Ports left for the Allies in Northern, Western, or Southern Australia. All that remains is Townsville north... [image]local://upfiles/18041/614F4EBDE5F54E70BFAFE0449F77BF0A.jpg[/image]

Cribtop -> RE: Portland Falls (7/9/2012 12:55:52 AM)
I meant when does the lose 1000 men and re-spawn bug happen? Sounds nasty.

John 3rd -> RE: Portland Falls (7/9/2012 6:42:31 AM)
Sorry. Michael can explain it better then me but the simple side is if you land with an Air flotilla or Air Division (anything with TTs). The unit fragments and you cannot have Torps until the frag re-appears in Tokyo 30-60 days later. It REALLY sucks!

seille -> RE: Portland Falls (7/9/2012 7:41:29 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: John 3rd Sorry. Michael can explain it better then me but the simple side is if you land with an Air flotilla or Air Division (anything with TTs). The unit fragments and you cannot have Torps until the frag re-appears in Tokyo 30-60 days later. It REALLY sucks! I hope Michael did NOT run into that bug so far, but i told him about that problem. It happened in my game which is scenario 2 now 4(!!) times when i tried to land a Air HQ in first attack wave. What happens ? All i saw are the usual landing losses, things like "10 support troops lost in accident", but i ALWAYS lost the complete torpedo support for the Air HQs. What i had left was a fragment containing the aviation support with the main unit respawning in Tokyo 30+ days later. As i wrote that bug screwed some otherwise good landings and took away my chances using miss Betty and Nell with good effect in early game. Manado, Singkawang, Rabaul and Koepang. In Rabaul the "victim" was the 4th fleet. A naval HQ that can deliver torp support. MichaelM already confirmed that bug and that he fixed it for the next patch, but for now it can be a game breaker. Little workaround is to land the air HQ AFTER the target base is secured. This seems to be the key. [image]local://upfiles/25493/C6D4D7EABA774130B13996B432E8E646.jpg[/image]

seille -> RE: Portland Falls (7/9/2012 7:47:02 AM)
And thats the same Air HQ after it landed. You see it is pretty useless for my naval bombers. No torps ! Sorry for highjacking your thread a bit John. [image]local://upfiles/25493/9A442B2FF91249DD8B17CC7EB3B88773.jpg[/image]

obvert -> RE: Portland Falls (7/9/2012 8:15:54 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: seille quote: ORIGINAL: John 3rd Sorry. Michael can explain it better then me but the simple side is if you land with an Air flotilla or Air Division (anything with TTs). The unit fragments and you cannot have Torps until the frag re-appears in Tokyo 30-60 days later. It REALLY sucks! I hope Michael did NOT run into that bug so far, but i told him about that problem. It happened in my game which is scenario 2 now 4(!!) times when i tried to land a Air HQ in first attack wave. What happens ? All i saw are the usual landing losses, things like "10 support troops lost in accident", but i ALWAYS lost the complete torpedo support for the Air HQs. What i had left was a fragment containing the aviation support with the main unit respawning in Tokyo 30+ days later. As i wrote that bug screwed some otherwise good landings and took away my chances using miss Betty and Nell with good effect in early game. Manado, Singkawang, Rabaul and Koepang. In Rabaul the "victim" was the 4th fleet. A naval HQ that can deliver torp support. MichaelM already confirmed that bug and that he fixed it for the next patch, but for now it can be a game breaker. Little workaround is to land the air HQ AFTER the target base is secured. This seems to be the key. Good to know about this. I was wondering why my HQ was split and had the torp part showing up in a month. I thought it was something I had missed about that unit previously. Crap. Sucks!

Cribtop -> RE: Portland Falls (7/9/2012 2:56:42 PM)
Yikes. Thanks for the info on that bug. At least there is a workaround.

John 3rd -> RE: Portland Falls (7/9/2012 4:30:27 PM)
Glad to help get the word out on this issue. It sucks! Thanks Obvert and Seille.

John 3rd -> What the Hell? (7/10/2012 3:24:04 PM)
OK. I have a few days to catch-up the AAR but I had to Post this screenshot. We've reached May 1, 1942 and Lew launches a little surprise. Luckily a set of convoys had just gone by to the south. Zeros and Kates move into Marcus. Emily to Saipan, from Kure, and Wake now fly air search. CVs Junyo and Nisshin are already headed for a point between Johnston and Palmyra. They will advance NW and cutoff a retreat pending on the size of the force... Take a look: [image]local://upfiles/18041/BBC49E68021547BEA4B818D79586A627.jpg[/image]

John 3rd -> April 27-May 3, 1942 (7/11/2012 4:08:09 PM)
Combat Report April 27-May 3, 1942 Typical of life is the fact that I was disparing of just how slow turns were coming and NOW I can barely keep up with them! It is a nice problem but has also led to falling behind on my AARs. With the HUGE exception of the now-you-see-it and now-you-don't American CV Raid, I could not imagine the 'War Plan' going any better. The list of bases falling in Australia simply rolls on and now I am cleaning up behind the lines as well. The CV Fleet is nearly intact for the first time since I took Palembang and there are substantial reinforcements due within the month. North Pacific Nothing major. Several small Cargo TF are up here. There are six I-Boats operating from the north along the Canadian--WC Area and those damned Canadians have been doing pretty well with their ASW. Haven't sunk anything but they have damaged a pair of boats. Central Pacific The American CVs disappear without a trace. Absolutely mind-boggling. The day after they launched that tiny raid on Chichi Jima, Why he chose to reveal their presence by launching a strike boggles the mind. They were perfectly placed to nail some convoys moving between the Home Islands and Truk--Tabitueau. Glad he lit off that small raid. Lose no ships and become hyper-aware that Air Search needs to redone. I moved 24 Emily and 36 Betty into the area for Air Search. Could I see them? NO! Have no idea how many CVs, numbers of vessels, ANYTHING about that TF whatsoever. 'Tis a puzzlement... Jaliut's CVs have now moved to spot equally between Johnston and Palmyra. On the 3rd I order them to light-off their Search Planes and enter the waters north of the Line Islands. I can raid a bit TOO! With just the two CVs this will be short. Don't want to risk them more then for a quick sting. South Pacific Have pulled two Daitai of Zeros and 1 of Bettys to begin forming my 'response force.' Need another Betty/Nell and some other assets. Australia This game is done here. The list of bases and hexes falling tells the story of total victory in Australia. Who would have thought it?? Total bases (including dot hexes) can be done on LESS THEN TWO HANDS! NW Australia Bomb Tennant Creek and the 3rd Aussie ID everyday. The base falls on May 2nd to a 146-1 Attack by the 65th Brigade and 2 TK Reg. The 3rd Aussie ID and 3rd Inf Brig cease to be effective combat formations. Immediately order in 48 Topsy to begin shuttling in supplies to keep my units functional. Will sit a few a days and then drive south on Alice Springs. Continue bombing troops as they flee the area. Western Australia Drive shattered troops away from Perth into the desert. Kalgoorlie takes bombing raids each day and then FALLS on May 3rd to a 7-1 attack. The only base left in Western Austalia is Meeratharra. It is the dot hex NW of Kalgoorlie. Nothing else is left...Western Austrlia: DONE! Southern Australia There is an occasional air rad on Sydney but there are roughly 50 Zero/Oscars protecting it. Portland FALLS on the 28th. Mildura and Bourke FALL on the 30th. Coff's Harbour is taken by Fast TF on the 3rd. All that is left in South Australia is Broken Hill and it takes a 201 attack dropping Forts to Zero on the 3rd. It will fall on the next turn. Southern Australia: DONE! Eastern Australia Fighting goes strong here as this is the last area that hasn't been seriously taken. Move three Inf Div by rail and begin the drive north out of Rockhampton. The Townsville Bombing Raids net ships and aircraft through May 1st. How he is replenishing aircraft amazes me. My Zeros are continuing to climb in experience. I harvest out over 30 fighter pilots with experience of 80+ on the 2nd. Have troops driving on Charlville, Emerald, and Bowen. Begin Sweeps and AF Attacks on Bowen May 2nd and bag a good number of planes. Not much left in the way of troops here. Just have to drive north and take the remaining bases from Bowen north. DEI Begin cleaning up the dot hexes and bases left behind by the Japanese Tsunami. Take Pamakasan, Enggano, Bima, and Mataram. Cocos is now getting bombarded by 2 BB TF and a CA TF. Over the week of this report, it is hit on the 29th, 30th, 1st, and shall be hit again over the next three nights. Have destroyed BUNCHES of planes of the ground and now that Christmas Island IO is at Lvl-2 AF I have Zeros Sweeping the sky everyday. Notice is served that the only way to slow this process is to commit his Fleet in a major way. Hopefully this Operation forces the issue within about a week. I now have CarDiv2 back together with Zuiho. Ryujo will be completed within 3 days. At that point the 4 CVs shall move out and SINK ENEMY SHIPPING coming into Cocos. The Fleet has been hamstrung for nearly 3 months with damaged carriers. That period is--thankfully--coming to a rapid close. Burma Grab Car Nicobar and Trinkat. Two TK Regiment drive the BFF Brigade away from the hex NE of Katha on the 30th. Akyab FALLS to a TK Reg dropped off by 4 AKs. No aerial resistance. China We are now stalemated near Sian. Have accepted the fact that the war of movement within China is done. Have shifted gears to driving out troops behind my lines. It took a couple of weeks to create 4-5 2-3 Division-sized units before I could really get this started but now the Japanese are driving the Chinese out of thei lines and causing quite a bit of casualties. SS Ops I-156 sinks AKL Lematang on the 30th at Cocos. Am hearing the occasional mine go off and that must mean he is tangling with my MF at Cocos. Have noticed at least six explosions. Engineering Umnak AF-2 Lunga AF-3 Christmas IO AF-2 Changchun AF-6 Geraldton AF-4 Adak AF-4 Wyndham AF-4 Milne bay Pt-2 Darwin AF-5 Rockhampton AF-4 Chengchow AF-4 Have turned off all AF--Port expansion in Australia. Don't need it and this will save on supply. Reinforcements 28th AV Akitsushima 29th 301-303rd Inf Bn and Ichiki Detachment (deploy them to Kuriles and Attu) plus 2 Nvl Garrisons at Singapore and an SNLF at Tokyo 30th 17th Army and 5th Air Div at Tokyo---BB Yamato finishes repairs and heads back for the fight. This is a comprehensive review of and Post. Australia is nearly complete and then we can launch the final phase of Operations ained at either destroying large numbers of troops and/or a 'decisive' engagement with Allied Naval Forces. Comments? [image]local://upfiles/18041/D2CB5EC8551A41A889F0562B433AB01C.jpg[/image]

John 3rd -> Mopping Up (7/11/2012 4:13:11 PM)
Here is the screenshot for the only active area of Aussie Operations: [image]local://upfiles/18041/20266E8DF9634C18A13EDBC2A9B5E638.jpg[/image]

pws1225 -> RE: Mopping Up (7/11/2012 7:09:31 PM)
Thanks for the detailed reports in your AAR, John. I really enjoying this ride!

John 3rd -> RE: Mopping Up (7/11/2012 7:54:32 PM)
Thanks. This has gone far better then I would ever have imagined. We'll see if we can keep the momentum UP with the moves against Cocos and the Line Islands.

John 3rd -> May 4-10, 1942 (7/16/2012 6:39:54 AM)
Combat Report May 4-10, 1942 Things proceed with mopping up in Australia and the Fleet begins a redeployment towards the Central Pacific North Pacific Delightfully quiet. Ever since sinking those two BBs up here we have not heard a sound from the Allies and this is GOOD! Central Pacific The Jaliut CVs move into a blocking position between Hawaii and the Line Islands and stay there for 4 days without being spotted. Detach a small Strike Force to hit Christmas and recon bases around it. CVs moving further east and will do a JEB Stuart move before heading home to Jaliut. South Pacific No major commentary other then I continue to form-up my aerial response force in Noumea. Australia NW Australia Have several Base Forces heading for Tennant Creek. Order the 65th Brig and 1 TK Reg to move on Alice Springs. He has about 24 medium bombers flying out of Alice so I'll base some fighters at TC once my BF get there. Western Australia Take the LAST BASE in Western Australia on the 9th. Meekathaara falls and there is now NOWHERE for the Aussie troops to retreat to. Get a surrender on the 10th. We'll see if there is a pattern that now emerges regarding actual surrenders.... Southern Australia It IS DONE! No Southern Australia cities are left: BANZAI! [sm=00000436.gif] Broken Hill FALLS on the 7th. The dot hex of Condamine FALLS on the 8th. Kido Butai: The Fleet's job is finished here. On the 10th I form-up CarDIv5 and Kaga with all 4 BC, some CAs, and lesser ships (25 warships) and send them to Jaliut. Everyone is repaired and looking tough. Akagi continues to be repaired at Sydney and will be done in about 3 weeks. Eastern Australia The Fat Lady is singing. Japanese Infantry Divisions begin moving into the last Australian defenses during this week. Emerald FALLS on 5-5 and Normanton goes away on the 10th. Four Inf Div now are moving in the Theatre and this should make short work of the remaining Aussie Troops. Townsville is the focus of aerial action where British Spitfires make their first appearance---ONLY TO DIE! My high quality Zero Daitai make short work of them... Zero Sweeps and 3 Daitai--Sentai of Bombers crush the AF and Port. Dutch SS 023 goes down and numerous Fighters, Medium Bombers, and B-17s are destroyed on the AF. DEI Cocos Island is the gift that keeps on giving! My regular bombardment runs net a nice bonus this week as CL Newcastle, 2 modern Brit DD (Panther and Paladin), and 2 AK are sunk for no loss on Nippon's side of the ledger. Zeros and Netties are now flying out of Christmas Isle IO and they begin to wear down the AF and its aircraft even as the bombardments bring about many destroyed and damaged aircraft. Taking lots of the little bases left behind as we rushed to Australia: Trinkat, Great Nicobar, Komodo, Memboro, Ruteng, Sinabang, Waingapoe, Sumatra is getting strengthened by Engineers and Base Forces. I've got a Regiment or Brigade at every major northern and western base. KB-2 gets the addition of Ryuho on the 7th. Form-Up CarDiv2, Zuiho, and Ryuho at Soerabaja to conduct an offensive sweep above Cocos. Burma Driving out of Katha going due east and as well as up the road to the NE. Second lift of troops going to Akyab will arrive in 2-3 days. China Am clearing out the Chinese Throughout the Nanchang area as well as west of Loyang in the Central Plains. SS Ops Mines are doing quite well at Cocos with six explosions heard during the days. 5-5 I-6 BAGS a US DD (Perkins) NE of New Zealand 5-5 I-123 SINKS AK Bengalen at Cocos 5-6 ASW SINKS KXV near Singkawang Engineering X-Mas Isle IO AF-3 Norfolk AF-3 Tabiteuea AF-1 Manila AF-4 Reinforcements Load-Up 3 Inf Regiments and a Garrison Unit at Shanghai to begin the garrisoning of Australia. Each one of those four units allows me to reconstitute a Cocos-Bound Infantry Division. Noticed Lew has restarted his AAR. He had told me that he wanted to now that things were 'calming down.' They ARE NOT! [sm=sterb029.gif]He only THINKS SO... Cocos and Line Islands are next BABY![sm=fighting0043.gif]

John 3rd -> May 11, 1942 (7/16/2012 7:17:37 AM)
Here is the current VP Situation: [image]local://upfiles/18041/A45AB418E25E4C13AD1DCB1C84E9FF7F.jpg[/image]

janh -> RE: May 4-10, 1942 (7/16/2012 11:53:02 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: John 3rd Noticed Lew has restarted his AAR. He had told me that he wanted to now that things were 'calming down.' They ARE NOT! [sm=sterb029.gif]He only THINKS SO... Cocos and Line Islands are next BABY![sm=fighting0043.gif] [8D] Waiting for great news... hopefully good news... I am a bit lost about Cocos, to be honest. It must have been a staging base for his withdrawals from the DEI, perhaps planned to be a base for some raids against IJ DEI in due time, or perhaps planned to be build up as another unsinkable carrier to protect the sea lines between OZ, IN and SA. Seems like it is turning into an American "Guadalcanal", though. I would have bet Sara and Hornet are somewhere near, as Enterprise alone did seem a bit suspicious. Hmmh. Well. Lew has a sister AAR here? I didn't notice. What his forum name?

John 3rd -> RE: May 4-10, 1942 (7/16/2012 6:04:25 PM)
He is Adm. Nelson. The companion AAR is named the same as this one.

MateDow -> RE: May 4-10, 1942 (7/16/2012 9:31:51 PM)
You were wondering about offensive opportunities for Allies somewhere on the last page... If I wanted to mount an offensive in their situation, I would use the extra divisions that were activated by your invasion of Australia to be very aggressive in Burma. Use those divisions to isolate your Port Blair garrison, and threaten in Indochina. That would allow for the use of the shorter range aircraft that are also a part of the reinforcement package. Of course, that doesn't match his withdrawals. I would be using those units to bleed yours as much as possible and pin them so I could move my forces in without combat mode. Just my two cents worth.

John 3rd -> RE: May 4-10, 1942 (7/17/2012 5:40:35 AM)
It is the LOGICAL choice. This is why I am moving units to garrison Sumatra and will--eventually--add to Port Blair. All of the Imperial Guards are present there now plus some artillery so it appears to be OK for the moment. Need to blast those troops out of Cocos and then bring 3-4 ID into Burma,

John 3rd -> Cocos Bombardments (7/22/2012 7:17:12 AM)
May 15, 1942 Here is an example of an 'average' Bombardment of Cocos Isle these days: [image]local://upfiles/18041/72CBDE215D28424C9E1415BA562F4DC2.jpg[/image]

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