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JocMeister -> RE: Chungking falls! (5/2/2017 9:49:03 AM)
Burma _____________________________________________________________________________ Jeff realizes I´m about to free the two trapped divisions and tries to stop me. He has been bombing them for a couple of days but the AA makes it costly for him. Today he tried shock attacking across the river. Not sure why as he could easily see the Brigade was there in his bombing runs. Didn´t even bump the troops out of move mode which was nice Six to eight more days before the hex is opened. I´m bombing Katha from the air trying to burn supplies in the hope he will be unable to attack as well as flying in supply. Both divisions are in good condition though and I really don´t think he has any chance of wiping them out. Fatigue are in the teens and no disruption. Supply is in white, forts level 2 and terrain x2 makes them a hard nut to crack. Also started bombarding with the units in the area to burn more supplies. I´m probably in better shape supply wise than he is right now since he lost the path from central Burma. I have high hopes of saving the divisions! [:)] In the mean time Jeff totally ignores the massing of allied troops East of Ramree. We will move out from our position shortly. Just waiting for the armor to shift hex. We just delivered another division to Ramree. Total strength is now up to 5k AV in the area. 1st Marines have soon recovered enough to start moving out again. I also have 3 US tank units, 4 Indian divisions and an African division ready to be hauled in. Out of stacking space in the 3 hexes though. Need the spearhead to start moving out before I can start everything moving again. After that its a 8 turn delay before I can drop anything on Ramree again. Still havn´t really decided where to go. Part of me wants to drive straight for Rangoon which would be more sensible. But the greedy part of me wants to drive for central Burma and push hard for Ledo. [sm=00000622.gif] This would cut off about 6-8 Japanese divisions in the Katha area which would be very...satisfying. Its absolutely doable as I could get to Ledo long before Jeff could evacuate the North. He already missed the bus on that one. But it would leave me with a VERY long flank to protect and seriously expose the Ledo drive as well as the Ramree beach head. A sensible option might be to split my forces in half. If I push south towards Rangoon with about 3k worth of infantry pushing straight through Prome I could still divert about 2k including all the armor to move towards the plains. Drawback of this is that I´m not sure that will be enough to secure the plains. Having the armor there would give a tremendous amount of flexibility though...and if I could hook up with the Northern forces I could strip them down to just enough to defend up there and free up about 3 divisions more for clearing the plains. Thoughts? [image]local://upfiles/32406/351A50A4E73C44E680E46C9011F341E1.jpg[/image]

JocMeister -> RE: Chungking falls! (5/3/2017 7:30:28 AM)
NORPAC _____________________________________________________________________________ Hmm, no strikes flew yesterday. Weather perhaps? Landing tomorrow. Hopefully Anchorage will be closed by the morning. [image]local://upfiles/32406/6BA1E98A700C428AA2B8EE27F5746344.jpg[/image]

JocMeister -> RE: Chungking falls! (5/4/2017 4:10:08 PM)
NORPAC _____________________________________________________________________________ Things actually goes exactly as planned. For once. [X(] First off we close Anchorage wrecking havoc on the sleeping IJAF. [sm=00000028.gif] quote: Night Naval bombardment of Anchorage at 181,36 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 49 damaged A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed on ground G4M1 Betty: 104 damaged G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed on ground A6M5b Zero: 37 damaged A6M5b Zero: 2 destroyed on ground Ki-43-IV Oscar: 35 damaged Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-46-II Dinah: 10 damaged Allied Ships CL Santa Fe DD Guest DD Foote DD Dyson DD Daly DD Claxton DD Bush DD Bullard DD Braine DD Bradford DD Boyd DD Charles Ausburne Japanese ground losses: 412 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 52 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled) Resources hits 1 Airbase hits 43 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 119 Port hits 27 Port supply hits 12 Clear skies over Kodiak the following morning and the troops can land in peace. Japan reveal its strength. quote: Ground combat at Kodiak (181,42) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 6090 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 252 Defending force 7716 troops, 86 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 256 Assaulting units: Ichiki Det. 302nd Ind.Infantry Battalion 65th Bde /4 47th Field Const Co 105th JAAF AF Bn 46th JNAF AF Unit 11th Air Fleet /1 Defending units: 53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment 22nd Marine Regiment I have more troops prepped but I probably won´t need them. Especially since we left them a little goodbye present the following day before the fleet left for Prince Rupert. quote: Night Naval bombardment of Kodiak at 181,42 Allied Ships BB Mississippi BB New Mexico BB Idaho BB Colorado BB Maryland DD Morris DD Walke DD O'Brien DD Russell DD Mustin DD Hammann DD Anderson DD Hughes DD Sims DD Frankford DD McCook Japanese ground losses: 900 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 28 disabled Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 27 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 9 (4 destroyed, 5 disabled) quote: Night Naval bombardment of Kodiak at 181,42 Allied Ships DD Maury DD Gridley DD Jarvis DD Patterson DD Warrington DD Harding DD Satterlee DD Halford Japanese ground losses: 171 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) I think that might have zapped a bit of fighting spirit from the defenders! Probing attack ordered tomorrow to see fort levels. Hopefully not too high... [image]local://upfiles/32406/3DC1B8D98842444984D44647C589B95D.jpg[/image]

Lokasenna -> RE: Chungking falls! (5/4/2017 5:39:13 PM)
252 AV to 256 AV will not take that base very quickly, even accounting for any disparity in unit quality. The terrain multiplier alone... The Ichiki Det. has 90 Exp when it spawns. It's a tough little unit. I think the 302nd Battalion is similar, but maybe only 70 Exp at spawn. Not a big deal if you don't want it quickly.

JocMeister -> RE: Chungking falls! (5/4/2017 6:14:49 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lokasenna 252 AV to 256 AV will not take that base very quickly, even accounting for any disparity in unit quality. The terrain multiplier alone... The Ichiki Det. has 90 Exp when it spawns. It's a tough little unit. I think the 302nd Battalion is similar, but maybe only 70 Exp at spawn. Not a big deal if you don't want it quickly. Yeah, found out the hard way it will be a slow process. No rush here though so its not a huge deal though.

JocMeister -> RE: Chungking falls! (5/4/2017 7:03:40 PM)
SOPAC _____________________________________________________________________________ A major allied offensive begins with the closing of Rabaul airfield! quote: Night Naval bombardment of Rabaul at 106,125 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 27 damaged Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 22 destroyed on ground G3M3 Nell: 33 damaged G3M3 Nell: 10 destroyed on ground G4M1 Betty: 167 damaged G4M1 Betty: 39 destroyed on ground B5N2 Kate: 17 damaged B5N2 Kate: 2 destroyed on ground D3A1 Val: 31 damaged D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed on ground A6M5b Zero: 59 damaged A6M5b Zero: 16 destroyed on ground Ki-46-III Dinah: 9 damaged Ki-46-III Dinah: 3 destroyed on ground Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 30 damaged Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 5 destroyed on ground A6M5 Zero: 27 damaged A6M5 Zero: 5 destroyed on ground A6M5c Zero: 22 damaged A6M5c Zero: 4 destroyed on ground Allied Ships BB Massachusetts BB Indiana BB South Dakota BB North Carolina DD Eaton DD Converse DD Bennett DD Beale DD Bache DD Aulick DD Anthony DD Ammen DD Abbot Japanese ground losses: 1098 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 67 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 35 (13 destroyed, 22 disabled) Vehicles lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled) Airbase hits 19 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 119 195 Japanese planes destroyed on the ground. Boom! [sm=00000028.gif] I sent 3 TFs ahead of the bombardment but they didn´t encounter anything. Australia and Cushings hit a mine each. Both should make it but Australia will have to head to Pearl for repairs. One of my sweeping TFs later hit a Japanese DD TF. Sadly it was by far my weakest TF and also the one where Australia and Cushings were part. Still a good result. Looks lika FT mission! quote: Day Time Surface Combat, near Rabaul at 107,126, Range 20,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Yugumo, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Akigumo, Shell hits 2, heavy fires DD Makinami, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Takanami, Shell hits 1 DD Kiyonami, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Hayashio, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Amatsukaze, Shell hits 1, heavy fires DD Hamakaze, Shell hits 1 DD Harusame, Shell hits 1 DD Usugumo, Shell hits 6, and is sunk DD Shirayuki DD Oboro Allied Ships CA San Francisco, Shell hits 2 CA Wichita, Shell hits 3 CA Canberra DD Helm, Shell hits 6, heavy fires DD Craven, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD McCall, Shell hits 1 DD Smith, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Cummings, Shell hits 5, on fire Japanese ground losses: 285 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 41 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled [image]local://upfiles/32406/11CC9E2E122448F78CF32BF793907EB7.jpg[/image]

jwolf -> RE: Chungking falls! (5/4/2017 7:36:39 PM)
quote: I sent 3 TFs ahead of the bombardment Dumb question: how do you make sure these TFs go in ahead of the bombardment? I imagine their purpose is to soak up enemy surface or patrol groups so the bombardment TF has no interference. But how do you make sure they go in the right order? BTW that bombardment was awesome and I look forward to seeing more of your offensive in this area.

HansBolter -> RE: Chungking falls! (5/4/2017 8:02:14 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jwolf quote: I sent 3 TFs ahead of the bombardment Dumb question: how do you make sure these TFs go in ahead of the bombardment? I imagine their purpose is to soak up enemy surface or patrol groups so the bombardment TF has no interference. But how do you make sure they go in the right order? BTW that bombardment was awesome and I look forward to seeing more of your offensive in this area. Bombardment is executed at the very end of the night phase after unloading, naval movement and air phases. TFs always "go in" before the bombardment.

Lokasenna -> RE: Chungking falls! (5/4/2017 8:49:58 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: HansBolter quote: ORIGINAL: jwolf quote: I sent 3 TFs ahead of the bombardment Dumb question: how do you make sure these TFs go in ahead of the bombardment? I imagine their purpose is to soak up enemy surface or patrol groups so the bombardment TF has no interference. But how do you make sure they go in the right order? BTW that bombardment was awesome and I look forward to seeing more of your offensive in this area. Bombardment is executed at the very end of the night phase after unloading, naval movement and air phases. TFs always "go in" before the bombardment. Also, lower number TFs move first. Something has to move first... So if you want something to enter a hex before something else, set the something you want to enter first to a lower TF number. I don't usually bother. Doesn't usually matter with how I play.

jwolf -> RE: Chungking falls! (5/5/2017 1:43:29 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: HansBolter Bombardment is executed at the very end of the night phase after unloading, naval movement and air phases. TFs always "go in" before the bombardment. Correct -- but how can you make sure any surface action is conducted by your "other" TFs and not the bombardment TF that is patiently waiting for the end of the night phase?

JocMeister -> RE: Chungking falls! (5/5/2017 3:39:52 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jwolf quote: ORIGINAL: HansBolter Bombardment is executed at the very end of the night phase after unloading, naval movement and air phases. TFs always "go in" before the bombardment. Correct -- but how can you make sure any surface action is conducted by your "other" TFs and not the bombardment TF that is patiently waiting for the end of the night phase? Because the bombardment TF doesn´t move until the bombardment phase. [:)]

Lokasenna -> RE: Chungking falls! (5/5/2017 4:02:37 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JocMeister quote: ORIGINAL: jwolf quote: ORIGINAL: HansBolter Bombardment is executed at the very end of the night phase after unloading, naval movement and air phases. TFs always "go in" before the bombardment. Correct -- but how can you make sure any surface action is conducted by your "other" TFs and not the bombardment TF that is patiently waiting for the end of the night phase? Because the bombardment TF doesn´t move until the bombardment phase. [:)] ...not true? It moves during the naval movement phase just like any other. But it stays put at the target hex until after the bombardment phase has happened.

JocMeister -> RE: Chungking falls! (5/5/2017 4:39:56 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lokasenna quote: ORIGINAL: JocMeister quote: ORIGINAL: jwolf quote: ORIGINAL: HansBolter Bombardment is executed at the very end of the night phase after unloading, naval movement and air phases. TFs always "go in" before the bombardment. Correct -- but how can you make sure any surface action is conducted by your "other" TFs and not the bombardment TF that is patiently waiting for the end of the night phase? Because the bombardment TF doesn´t move until the bombardment phase. [:)] ...not true? It moves during the naval movement phase just like any other. But it stays put at the target hex until after the bombardment phase has happened. I´m pretty sure I remember reading that the bombardment TF doesnt move during the movement phase but rather during the bombardment phase. Wouldn´t be the first time I misunderstood/misread something though! [:)]

witpqs -> RE: Chungking falls! (5/5/2017 4:44:17 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: JocMeister quote: ORIGINAL: Lokasenna quote: ORIGINAL: JocMeister quote: ORIGINAL: jwolf quote: ORIGINAL: HansBolter Bombardment is executed at the very end of the night phase after unloading, naval movement and air phases. TFs always "go in" before the bombardment. Correct -- but how can you make sure any surface action is conducted by your "other" TFs and not the bombardment TF that is patiently waiting for the end of the night phase? Because the bombardment TF doesn´t move until the bombardment phase. [:)] ...not true? It moves during the naval movement phase just like any other. But it stays put at the target hex until after the bombardment phase has happened. I´m pretty sure I remember reading that the bombardment TF doesnt move during the movement phase but rather during the bombardment phase. Wouldn´t be the first time I misunderstood/misread something though! [:)] I am pretty sure that as part of the re-do of naval movement for AE (as opposed to WITP) they must have changed that along with all naval movement. In my recent PBM I saw, at the Home Islands, numerous cases where a bombardment TF was engaged at the target hex by a night air attack after having moved to the target hex. Just to be clear, during the turn: bombardment TF began turn elsewhere, moved to target hex, was attacked by air (at night), bombarded target, moved away, ended turn elsewhere.

JocMeister -> RE: Chungking falls! (5/5/2017 4:52:35 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs quote: ORIGINAL: JocMeister quote: ORIGINAL: Lokasenna quote: ORIGINAL: JocMeister quote: ORIGINAL: jwolf quote: ORIGINAL: HansBolter Bombardment is executed at the very end of the night phase after unloading, naval movement and air phases. TFs always "go in" before the bombardment. Correct -- but how can you make sure any surface action is conducted by your "other" TFs and not the bombardment TF that is patiently waiting for the end of the night phase? Because the bombardment TF doesn´t move until the bombardment phase. [:)] ...not true? It moves during the naval movement phase just like any other. But it stays put at the target hex until after the bombardment phase has happened. I´m pretty sure I remember reading that the bombardment TF doesnt move during the movement phase but rather during the bombardment phase. Wouldn´t be the first time I misunderstood/misread something though! [:)] I am pretty sure that as part of the re-do of naval movement for AE (as opposed to WITP) they must have changed that along with all naval movement. In my recent PBM I saw, at the Home Islands, numerous cases where a bombardment TF was engaged at the target hex by a night air attack after having moved to the target hex. Just to be clear, during the turn: bombardment TF began turn elsewhere, moved to target hex, was attacked by air (at night), bombarded target, moved away, ended turn elsewhere. I probably got it wrong then. [:)]

JocMeister -> Rabaul! (5/6/2017 4:29:21 AM)
Rabaul _____________________________________________________________________________ The allies land at Rabaul. The landing in unopposed besides a few midgets and some PT boats. quote: Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15473 troops, 112 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 525 Defending force 34030 troops, 509 guns, 419 vehicles, Assault Value = 869 Japanese ground losses: 71 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 49 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 17th Ind.Mixed Brigade 144th Infantry Regiment Maizuru 1st SNLF 14th Garrison Unit 19th Naval Guard Unit 15th Base Force 51st Base Force 24th Air Flotilla 4th Air Defense AA Regiment Yokosuka 5th SNLF /5 8th Base Force 12th Ind.AA Gun Co /5 Defending units: 2nd Marine Division Americal Infantry Division 1st USMC Tank Battalion South Pacific 134th Field Artillery Battalion 198th Field Artillery Battalion 1st Medium Regiment 205th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment 1st Marine Defense Battalion 147th Field Artillery Battalion II Australian 2nd RAA Jungle Regiment I want Rabaul secured quickly and will use up 2nd Marines and Americal if needed to get it done. 25th US and 8th Australian is also fully prepped as well. If needed I will rotate them. Going to land some armor before the first attack though. In the meantime we will soften the defenders up as much as I can. The schedule is tight and the fleet have lots of stuff to do. Can´t linger here for too long. [image]local://upfiles/32406/EFF512D17DFC49D684C2E2DA77FBC5A6.jpg[/image]

JocMeister -> RE: Rabaul! (5/6/2017 4:38:18 AM)
Burma _____________________________________________________________________________ Jeff leaves Schwebo with 11 units. Not sure what his intentions are yet. Either he wants to smack my 3 AA units that went the wrong way or he is trying to cut off the 2 divisions again. Either way its never a good idea to move troops into the open near allied 4Es...and I just got another 100 of them operational at Calcutta. [:)] He will have a LRCAP up for sure... [sm=00000622.gif] [image]local://upfiles/32406/44EAFE9E74CE4ACD8F0945A5B86B72E1.jpg[/image]

Bullwinkle58 -> RE: Rabaul! (5/6/2017 4:57:52 AM)
"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!" Godfather Part III.

Lokasenna -> RE: Rabaul! (5/6/2017 6:21:06 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58 "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!" Godfather Part III. Listening to Crimetown podcast (I recommend it), I didn't realize anyone ever "got out" but I guess at least one person did. Godfather character was based on mob boss covered in that show, apparently.

JocMeister -> RE: Rabaul! (5/6/2017 11:22:05 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58 "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!" Godfather Part III. [:D]

JocMeister -> RE: Rabaul! (5/7/2017 5:48:57 AM)
SOPAC _____________________________________________________________________________ We bombard Rabaul heavily with 4 different TFs. About 1k casualties in total. Pretty uneventful up until... quote: Sub attack near Aitape at 95,117 Japanese Ships CV Kaga, Torpedo hits 2, on fire BB Nagato CA Kumano CA Mikuma CA Chikuma CL Oyodo DD Hatsuzuki DD Suresushio DD Tadeshiwa DD Naganami DD Wakazuki Allied Ships SS Finback Fuel storage explosion on CV Kaga SS Finback launches 6 torpedoes at CV Kaga Finback diving deep .... [X(] [image]local://upfiles/32406/DD65FE4326CC49079384DB81A22E3F37.jpg[/image]

JocMeister -> RE: Rabaul! (5/7/2017 5:54:13 AM)
Burma _____________________________________________________________________________ As expected my sweepers hit a heavy Japanese LRCAP. A good day! Here are the first 3 sweeps. quote: Morning Air attack on 23rd Air Defense AA Regiment, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 4 A6M5b Zero x 6 A6M5c Zero x 11 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 38 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 26 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 14 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 15 Ki-61-Ia Tony x 35 Ki-84a Frank x 75 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 31 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-61-Ia Tony: 9 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 3 destroyed quote: Morning Air attack on 23rd Air Defense AA Regiment, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 4 A6M5b Zero x 6 A6M5c Zero x 8 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 32 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 23 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 11 Ki-61-Ia Tony x 10 Ki-84a Frank x 68 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5b Zero: 1 destroyed A6M5c Zero: 2 destroyed Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 2 destroyed Ki-43-IV Oscar: 3 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed quote: Morning Air attack on 23rd Air Defense AA Regiment, at 60,44 , near Shwebo Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 A6M5b Zero x 5 A6M5c Zero x 3 Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 25 Ki-43-IV Oscar x 8 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 5 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 5 Ki-61-Ia Tony x 7 Ki-84a Frank x 60 Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 18 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5b Zero: 2 destroyed Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed Ki-61-Ia Tony: 2 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed [image]local://upfiles/32406/29585161E2714FD5A3A25C5551977957.jpg[/image]

JocMeister -> RE: Rabaul! (5/7/2017 5:57:22 AM)
Airlosses _____________________________________________________________________________ This got to hurt for Jeff. Together with the bombardments he has lost around 600 planes in the last week or so. I doubt there will be any LRCAP up tomorrow but we will sweep nonetheless. More than half my sweepers hit empty skies so they are in good shape! [image]local://upfiles/32406/C28665F5222B4725B3D20FD82DA57E97.jpg[/image]

BBfanboy -> RE: Rabaul! (5/7/2017 2:57:58 PM)
3:1 is very nice! [:)] You must also be happy with working torpedoes now! Turn those subs loose everywhere - it will give him fits.

JocMeister -> RE: Rabaul! (5/8/2017 3:34:06 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy 3:1 is very nice! [:)] You must also be happy with working torpedoes now! Turn those subs loose everywhere - it will give him fits. Yeah, pretty happy with the turn AND working TTs! [:)]

JocMeister -> RE: Rabaul! (5/10/2017 3:18:39 PM)
NORPAC _____________________________________________________________________________ Sadly Jeff doesn´t seem to take the bait here. No fighting and no signs of him trying to reinforce. We will deliver some more bombardments before going back to pick up more troops. Landed on 3 islands south of Kodiak to get some NavS up. I´ll expand one of the bases for CAP/LRCAP for the next push. [image]local://upfiles/32406/A49FB3D14D9E40339DD23B7FE75189BB.jpg[/image]

JocMeister -> RE: Rabaul! (5/10/2017 3:34:07 PM)
Burma _____________________________________________________________________________ We finally open the hex to the isolated Allied divisions. The cost was a LRPBde and 2 AA units. Worth it. Now I just need to get out. Jeff opened the supply path from central Burma to his northern forces which probably means he will try an attack or two. We will try and suck some supply from him by bombarding as well as hitting his forces from the air. Jeff is moving aggressively in Burma which I don´t really get. I think he has misjudged the situation here though and I mean to exploit his aggression here. Left 3 divisions in the south to secure my southern flank together with 1400 AV to secure the road to Ramree. 2 Indian divisions + 1st Marines move to join up with the forces that turned around from the south. The allies will strike straight for the central plains. I hope for a swift capture. We should vastly outnumber the defenders. In all we should have about 7 divisions for the initial attack. Another 3 divisions will be available in 2-3 weeks. [image]local://upfiles/32406/5FC6543D22534463B6FA82E0C75DAEF8.jpg[/image]

Lokasenna -> RE: Rabaul! (5/10/2017 4:11:21 PM)
Hrm, I'm not sure you've actually freed them yet.

JocMeister -> RE: Rabaul! (5/10/2017 5:02:26 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lokasenna Hrm, I'm not sure you've actually freed them yet. Well, technically not. But I should be able to shift to the next hex fairly intact and if I can´t dislodge the broken Brigade there its far easier to open that hex than the previous one.

Lokasenna -> RE: Rabaul! (5/10/2017 5:43:16 PM)
The hex side you opened is to the southwest, across the river and in jungle, yes? That's a very slow rate of movement. And from that hex, your most reasonable egress is to the west - a hex he controls, as well as the hexes north and south of them. He can completely prevent you from extracting those troops if he wants to, although he may need to bring more up to do it.

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