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ORIGINAL: HansBolter

Saw the Westrailia in action a few panels back.

Shouldn't she be converting to an LSLI in 1/43?

Too valuable to use as a raider IMHO.

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Hopefully NOT South Carolina! Her 12" guns should be at the razor blade factory by your game date! [:D]
So is it South Dakota or Washington with North Carolina?

BB South Carolina :
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Ground combat at Los Angeles (225,76)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2652 troops, 210 guns, 191 vehicles, Assault Value = 3156

Defending force 76087 troops, 1087 guns, 1264 vehicles, Assault Value = 1850

Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 16 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed on ground
A6M5 Zero: 34 damaged
A6M5 Zero: 7 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
BB Indiana
BB South Dakota
BB North Carolina
DD Le Triomphant
DD McCall
DD Gridley
DD Russell
DD Mustin
DD Hammann
DD Anderson
DD Hughes

Japanese ground losses:
651 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 29
Port hits 11
Port supply hits 5

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ORIGINAL: JohnDillworth

good night bombardment results. Are you using the BB flat planes to spot at night?

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ORIGINAL: JocMeister

Got the turn....

But no replay and no CR....

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Submarine attack near Trincomalee at 37,54

Japanese Ships
SS I-32, hits 18, and is sunk

Allied Ships
PC Jumna
DE Starling
KV Thyme
PC Haideri

SS I-32 is sighted by escort
DE Starling fails to find sub, continues to search...
KV Thyme fails to find sub and abandons search
DE Starling attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-32 forced to surface!
DE Starling firing on surfaced sub ....
KV Thyme firing on surfaced sub ....
PC Haideri firing on surfaced sub ....
DE Starling firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

For any reinforcement or invasion make sure that you have a LCU or two with Naval Support. This is especially important when unloading from non-APA/AKAs and AP/AKs. Its easy to overlook when planning for invasions and I've had to reshuffle and quickly prep those units to ensure a swifter unloading.

Send a few Wildcat groups to India, if you haven't already.

Edit - Just ran my turn and identified the "Base Maint Eng Bn" and "Boat & Shore Bn" as the two you want with invasion TFs as they have Naval Support and Shore Parties.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 98,130

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 13
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 37

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 10
F4F-4 Wildcat x 38

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 6 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 8 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CVE Prince William

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Ground combat at Los Angeles (225,76)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 109021 troops, 2056 guns, 4755 vehicles, Assault Value = 3698

Defending force 76626 troops, 1093 guns, 1260 vehicles, Assault Value = 1893

Allied adjusted assault: 1760

Japanese adjusted defense: 8185

Allied assault odds: 1 to 4

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1291 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 115 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 43 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled
Guns lost 87 (7 destroyed, 80 disabled)
Vehicles lost 101 (51 destroyed, 50 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
5644 casualties reported
Squads: 81 destroyed, 606 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 124 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 46 disabled
Guns lost 144 (9 destroyed, 135 disabled)
Vehicles lost 217 (12 destroyed, 205 disabled)

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ORIGINAL: crsutton

Just got caught up PM is a great base to have. Level 9 airfields are the Allies best hope. However in my experience. Milne Bay is even more critical and is the leaping point for retaking NG and reducing Rabaul.

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ORIGINAL: JocMeister

LA
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This time the troops were fully rested and recovered. Time to come up with something else.

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Ground combat at Los Angeles (225,76)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 109021 troops, 2056 guns, 4755 vehicles, Assault Value = 3698

Defending force 76626 troops, 1093 guns, 1260 vehicles, Assault Value = 1893

Allied adjusted assault: 1760

Japanese adjusted defense: 8185

Allied assault odds: 1 to 4

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1291 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 115 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 43 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled
Guns lost 87 (7 destroyed, 80 disabled)
Vehicles lost 101 (51 destroyed, 50 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
5644 casualties reported
Squads: 81 destroyed, 606 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 124 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 46 disabled
Guns lost 144 (9 destroyed, 135 disabled)
Vehicles lost 217 (12 destroyed, 205 disabled)

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ORIGINAL: poodlebrain
Until you see supply(-) in the combat results you will not have any real success attacking. You are experienced enough as a player to know how to make that happen.