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rroberson -> RE: 1-8-42 (12/9/2004 7:50:21 PM)
Not alot different today, his carriers continue to hammer that surface fleet out of Broome. He moved zeros to the Hengchow air battle (excellant, precisely what I wanted). 1 of his subs north of pearl hit two ASW destroyers that were after him and sinking one of them.... He took Jahore this turn in Malaya...all units have retired to Singapore for the last effort.

rroberson -> RE: 1-8-42 (12/9/2004 9:26:47 PM)
West Coast Nothing new here. 4 days until major naval reinforcements arrive from the east coast. Midway Midway is now well supplied. I will probably take the level up to over 25 K before I send the group to pearl to finish off loading there. THe SDBs and wildcats are a couple of days out. Pearl Harbor Lost 2 ASW DD (one sank one heavily damaged) to a sub north of Pearl....send more destroyers to deal with this guy. I have a 50K supply convoy two days away. Wake Is his. Alaska nothing new here. China The Henchow air battle has hurt him. He has moved up those valuable zeros into the battle. I will now shift some AVG units into range and toy with his fighters. If the zeros are over this battle ;) they arent on the offensive somewhere else. WHich is exactly what I want. Tying up his high end units. Burma The 1st Burma continues to hold. Malaya Jahore has fallen and Malaya enters its final stage. DEI I remain frozen here. Australia Well the surface force failed. THe destroyers continue to flee and like predators he is picking off the stragglers. PM Awaiting the arrival of some more aussies. Noumea 1st NZ Cal is on its way. PI He has 120K troops facing my 30K at Clark and about 30K at manilla. He is making deliberate attacks at Manila which are serving to wear him down (and me a bit). Solomon Islands Nothing new, Im still considering sending the NZ troops to Lunga instead of Noumea. Carrier Group One. At anchor in Auckland.

rroberson -> 1-9-42 (12/10/2004 7:13:56 PM)
Andaman Island drew a sally bombing formation today...Once again he is spending his assets how I want him to...poorly :). Its time to move fighters into PM as it suffered its first heavy bombing raid of the war (42 Nells). I hammered Hengchow again...this time there was no Zero CAP he must of been stunting with them to try and convince me he was committed to defending his troops from the air there. He drove the first Burma back today they will attempt to reform the line north of Rangoon...all in all they have done a great job.

rroberson -> RE: 1-8-42 (12/10/2004 8:58:06 PM)
West Coast Nothing new here. 3 days until major naval reinforcements arrive from the east coast. Midway Midway is now well supplied. Fighters and Dive Bombers are a day away. Pearl Harbor No subs spotted today Wake Is his. Alaska nothing new here. China The weight of his armies is headed towards Henchow. I no longer believe he has any interest in the north part of china. He backed off the deliberate attacks at Henchow this turn, he is probably resting and waiting for more reinforcements. Hopefully the 5 divisions I have moving down the road can blast a gap through his lines and allow the troops trapped at Henchow to escape. I will continue with the aerial fireworks until they arrive. Burma The 1st Burma was forced back to north of Rangoon. Which is good news. I had thought they would be destroyed out right if forced to surrender...now they have a path of retreat and hopefully can continue to serve as a speedbump. Malaya He has 110K troops bearing down on Singapore. I hope the 60 thousand I have there can make a good show of it. DEI I remain frozen here. Australia 11 of the 17 surface ships made it past his carriers and are screaming south for Perth. Frankly I hope he pursues...it would allow the other 6 (he has yet to sink anything) to escape to derby or Darwin with their damage. All in all this kinda worked out well. I transfered the 19th BG (B17s) to Cairns. If he doesnt take Rabaul today I will slide them up and hit him at Truk. My intel says he has 88 ships in harbor....nice fat targets. PM Moved a Wirraway fighter squad here...not much...but if he send the Nells in naked again they should at least give him a it to worry about. Noumea 1st NZ Cal is on its way. PI He has 120K troops facing my 30K at Clark and about 30K at manilla. Solomon Islands Nothing new, Im still considering sending the NZ troops to Lunga instead of Noumea. Carrier Group One. At anchor in Auckland.

rroberson -> 1-10-42 (12/11/2004 9:44:49 PM)
He is now making fighter sweeps over Sumatra. My Martins out of Broome took another poke at is carriers...same old results, but its nice to see the Dutch do what the Americans refuse to do. He is planning to push my troops out of Nanning soon, every day I see increasing Xargunite troop levels there.

rroberson -> 1-11-42 (12/11/2004 10:26:19 PM)
1-11-42 West Coast Nothing new here. 2 days until major naval reinforcements arrive from the east coast. Midway Midway is now well supplied standing at 25K. I will probably add another 10K before I withdraw the Supply group back to pearl. Fighters and Dive Bombers are still a day away. Pearl Harbor 1 sub spotted today. I transfered teh 5th BG (B17) to Canton today enroute to the south pacific. They could end up at Rabaul or Darwin depending on how much longer he let's me keep Rabaul...something which he is about to get a prompting on. Wake Is his. Alaska nothing new here. China Some heavy fighting around the approaches of Henchow as he continues to close the pocket there. He is bombing the edges of the battlefield not Henchow itself. He did put a CAP up over Henchow which cost me a couple of supply planes. My bombers did not fly today, something I dont follow but hopefully they will be back up pounding his troops here tomorrow. My 7th BG (B17) has spent 2 days in Kunming and their morale has plummented to 17...eh? who knows...sometimes this game is wierd. I have transfered them back to Dacca for R and R. Burma He has 61K troops southeast of Rangoon....in blocking position the 425 men of te 1st Burma. It should be ugly, but again, I am trying to slow him down to give my Akyab-Mandalay time to fotify. Malaya Nothing new. I had a badly damaged AK in port I have ordered them to see and embarked some of the 22 Aussie ....lets see if they can make the dash to Sumantra DEI I have ordered 2 dutch units (about 400 troops each) to at Balik. Let's see what he has defending the place (they are based at Samarinda) Australia He sank one of my CLs, but weather is hampering his ops. He chose not to follow the "good" destroyers to Perth so they will escape. 11 good destroyers for the cause. I have moved the 19th BG to Rabaul for some bombing of his port at Truk, bet I see a Rabaul op post haste now. Their morale should be shot in a day or two, I have ordered them to come in low to increase teh accuracy of their attacks. PM 2nd Aussie Brigade has arrived. I now have right at 2000 infantry here and about 10K other personal. More coming. Aussie I Corp, SW Pac and the 1st Aussie Brigade are now enroute. Noumea Nothing new. PI The seige of Clark and Manilla continue Solomon Islands I have sent the NZ troops towards Lunga...if I see no air activity I will land them here. Carrier Group One. At anchor in Auckland. I have decided to order all my submarines home. They have proved to be completely ineffective. I can count on 1 hand how many engagements that they have scored in 5 weeks. I will likely go back to my last game of mining the hell out of every thing with them.

rroberson -> RE: 1-11-42 (12/12/2004 5:28:47 AM)
The air assault of singapore has begun again. He had zero figher coverage over Truk and my bombers made him pay with hits on four of his ships A sub tendor, AP and two minelayers. The skies over Hengchow were busy again as AVG engaged his zeros for superiority. My bombers also struck Nanning, As did his. THose dutch are at it again, putting a 500 lb bomb into Suzuya! He finally got some good weather in the Timor sea putting torpedos into three of my already stricken warships (destroyers).

rroberson -> RE: 1-12-42 (12/12/2004 5:37:05 AM)
1-12-42 West Coast Nothing new here. 1 days until major naval reinforcements arrive from the east coast. Midway The SPDs and Wildcats have arrived. SUpplies at 30K another few and Im done here. Pearl Harbor Couple more sub sightings, destroyers enroute. Wake Is his. Alaska nothing new here. China The Hengchow pocket continues to get most of the attention, I rotated chinese fighter units out of the city and replaced them with fresh ones. He has been intercepting my supply planes, hopefully the fresh wings will deal with his CAP. I moved P 40s to Kwieyang and put them on a long range CAP over Nanning, if he sends his bombers in unescorted again I hope to give him a lead welcoming. Burma His lead elements have reached the 1st Burma north of Rangoon, I doubt they will be able to delay him very long. Malaya Using some of my dutch fighters to ground attack his troops north of Singapore. They likely wont do much, but anything is better then nothing. DEI Rearranging alot of my air units as I prepare for phase 2 of his assault. Australia Most of my destroyers have survived so far...and are out of his range. He will probably go back to crushing those light cruisers still trapped at Broome. Ah well...save a few lose a few. PM Switched the 19th BG (B17s) to a night attack at Truk out of Rabaul, Im sure his fighters will be up during the day (unlike yesterday), but I would like to get one more day of attacks in before I withdraw them. ALready half of them are down. Noumea The 5th BG (B17s) is now here and will be based here...doing the naval search thing. One freaking day at Canton and already their morale is crap...damn wimp US pilots PI The seige of Clark and Manilla continues Solomon Islands NZ troops enroute. Carrier Group One. At anchor in Auckland.

rroberson -> RE: 1-12-42 (12/12/2004 11:00:19 PM)
My night bombers out of Rabaul hit a minelayer...time to beat feet he has a task group headed south no doubt for Rabaul. He made another push on Clark that cost him 3K in troops. Other then that the usual air battles over Hengchow and Nanning (he got the best of me over Nanning)

rroberson -> RE: 1-12-42 (12/12/2004 11:56:39 PM)
1-13-42 West Coast Colorado battle group ordered south to San Diego where she will join Yorktown and Saratoga for a yet undecided transit somewhere...Im thinking of raiding Wake, but I need to figure out where the rest of his carriers are (4 off broome 2 in the yards 2 in the south central pacific.) Im also forming supply groups, a couple for pearl and one for the south pacific. Also troop transports groups galore. Basically I'm bum rushing his subs off the west coast. I will lose some ships to his subs, but the majority will get through, I am putting Yorktown and Sara together and deploying them west of 132 row...if his carriers come out to attack my supply ships...going to be a little fight :). Midway 35K in supplies. I have detached the group and ordered them to Pearl where they will off load everything else. I have ordered the AV Wright to midway. Pearl Harbor Chasing subs mostly. Another supply convoy has arrived. Wake Is his. Alaska nothing new here. China Same stuff over the Hengchow pocket. I did order my b17s to bomb pendories (a port) noticed he has a lot of ships stacked up there. Burma nothing new Malaya The end is near DEI Nothing new Australia His carriers are on the move...but where :) PM I have moved the 19th BG (B17) out of Rabaul...morale is in the teens. Only 9 bombers made the flight...aussie crews working feverishly to get the other 13 up prior to the Xargun invasion which is sure to come :). Noumea Nothing new PI The seige of Clark and Manilla continues Solomon Islands NZ troops enroute. Carrier Group One. At anchor in Auckland. Carrier Group Two Enroute to San Diego 31 days until Hornet is available.

wobbly -> RE: 1-12-42 (12/13/2004 12:37:11 AM)
I understand the wish to hit him in the underbelly, but the problem with B-17s is they are hard coded to get damaged easily. You may find you have B-17s on the ground when he takes Rabaul. This is often my mistake: hypothesize where he is going to strike, put my planes there to hit the incoming invasion, then find I have a whole lot of damaged planes on the ground at the place he is about to take!

Captain Cruft -> Airgroup Morale (12/13/2004 5:49:35 PM)
Factors that will lower air group morale:- 1) Damage to airfield service facilities 2) Having insufficient supplies at the base (i.e. pink or red) 3) Losing planes on the ground 4) Getting shot at a lot in the air Factors that seem to slow down the recovery rate:- 5) Having a leader with Inspiration less than 50 6) Low pilot experience I think that "Morale" is not just a simple measure of the mental state of the crews, more like a generalised "efficiency" rating with a psychological component. The idea being to prevent over-usage of planes and crews.

WhoCares -> RE: Airgroup Morale (12/13/2004 7:00:38 PM)
What about the presence (resp. lack of) an Air HQ? Does it affect moral and repair efficiency?

rroberson -> RE: 1-12-42 (12/13/2004 7:13:27 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: wobbly I understand the wish to hit him in the underbelly, but the problem with B-17s is they are hard coded to get damaged easily. You may find you have B-17s on the ground when he takes Rabaul. This is often my mistake: hypothesize where he is going to strike, put my planes there to hit the incoming invasion, then find I have a whole lot of damaged planes on the ground at the place he is about to take! Yeah, you are right, I actually resisted moving them up to Rabaul assuming he would take it during the first few weeks because I have hit him from it in each of the 3 games we started. He didnt, and seeing 88 ships in harbor there (according to the game's intel) became too much to resist. Right now I have 12 damaged ones on the ground so its a race against time to get them out of their. If i lose them that would suck, but they are the older ones (19th BG) so it won't be a huge loss.

Captain Cruft -> RE: Airgroup Morale (12/13/2004 7:15:13 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: WhoCares What about the presence (resp. lack of) an Air HQ? Does it affect moral and repair efficiency? Not as far as I know. What I know doesn't mean squat though. Since the precise ins and outs of every formula are unknown I just tend to fall back on the over-engineering route. If you have too much of everything you can't go wrong ... ;)

rroberson -> RE: Airgroup Morale (12/13/2004 7:16:32 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Captain Cruft Factors that will lower air group morale:- 1) Damage to airfield service facilities 2) Having insufficient supplies at the base (i.e. pink or red) 3) Losing planes on the ground 4) Getting shot at a lot in the air Factors that seem to slow down the recovery rate:- 5) Having a leader with Inspiration less than 50 6) Low pilot experience I think that "Morale" is not just a simple measure of the mental state of the crews, more like a generalised "efficiency" rating with a psychological component. The idea being to prevent over-usage of planes and crews. Rabaul 1) Undamaged. 2) decently but not greatly supplied 3) no losses on the ground...he did bomb it once, but that was prior to me moving up the bombers 4) I did send them in during the day at 1000 feet...so othat might of had something to do with it. I have seen this repeatedly with B17s. I have a group in Dacca (I think its my 41st) that I had gotten up to 75 morale, 1 day in China (1 mission) and their morale dumped into the teens. the base they had had too many bombers and was a bit undersupported, but to take that big of a drop :)...eeek

rroberson -> 1-13-42 (12/13/2004 7:31:53 PM)
The air battle of burma has opened up with him making fighter sweeps over the fields at Taung Gyi the southermost field I control. He followed those with a massive heavy sally strike (59) planes. His nells payed Rabaul another visit...48 planes...no waiting. His Carriers popped up off of Broome again :) guess he is back to finish the job....he did sink the Tromp...the nancy boy has it coming he does. He lost another 2K in troops attacking Clark...forts are holding.

rroberson -> 1-14-42 (12/13/2004 8:20:53 PM)
Forum ate my orders...too numerous to try to reproduce...Ill get the next day out soon since I see xarg on.

rroberson -> RE: 1-14-42 (12/14/2004 5:32:31 AM)
My B-17s in China struck at Pesacadores hitting 3 merchant ships with bombs. Another day another broome attack. The air battle over Hengchow continues with all the fury you can imagine. He continued yesterdays sweeps and bombings in Burma and Malaya...he also has singled out Manilla for some very fierce air attacks. I did lose a dutch sub to earlier damage. All in all it was a quiet day in the Pacific War.

rroberson -> 1-15-42 (12/14/2004 6:18:52 AM)
1-15-42 West Coast USS Saratoga will meet USS Yorktown 60 miles off the San Diego coast. I'm hoping Xargun gets a good look at them :). The Colorado battle group will join up with them for their transit to Pearl. Midway Nothing new. Pearl Harbor Nothing new. Wake Is his. Alaska nothing new here. China The 93rd BG had some fun (B17s) but I am withdrawing them from China back to Dacca for some rest. Hengchow pocket remains a disaster for me, at least I'm drawing a lot of his troops and airpower there. Burma nothing new Malaya No units in Singapore....yet. DEI Nothing new Australia His carrier storm continues to pound broome. PM More B17s out of Rabaul. Down to the last 5 there. Noumea Nothing new PI The seige of Clark and Manilla continues Solomon Islands I have decided to land the NZ troops. They should be here by tomorrow. Carrier Group One. At anchor in Auckland. Carrier Group Two Forming off of San Diego 31 days until Hornet is available.

rroberson -> RE: 1-15-42 (12/14/2004 11:44:47 PM)
He made a big Sally strike at kunming today. I have begun to shift a lot of my fighters back to Burma so he got some very good hits in against the Resources there. My dutch Brewsters put a bomb into one of his AKs off Waingapu. And that is about it...all in all it was another very quiet day in the pacific. Based on my intel it appears his Broome party is over as I noticed them retreating to the nort. A good thing to be sure.

rroberson -> 1-16-42 (12/15/2004 12:35:24 AM)
1-16-42 West Coast For some reason Yorktown went to San Diego despite orders to the contrary. I disbanded the group. I am sending Sara back to San Diego, where they will form Carrier Group two for ops in the western Pacific. I have multiple transport groups now streaming from the west coast. His subs should be very busy and if he moves his carriers back up to catch them....I will respond with Yorktown and Saratoga. Midway The base is coming along nicely, my ASW air found a sub southwest of the island and I have dispatched a passing destroyer group to look into it. Pearl Harbor Brimming with supplies, over 100K. I have a lot of damaged warships sitting in the harbor right now. After the last disaster I am holding off on transiting them to SF until IM sure his carriers are out of the area. Part of the sudden movement of big transports groups to the central pacific is to test his reaction. If he slides his carriers over to interdict my transports I'll know its not safe to move the battered warships, if not, I will move them....I don't want a repeat of the Arizona. My ASW air crews are getting good here. Sank one sub and spotted 4 more. Destroyers enroute. I have embarked South Pacific HG and the 78th FS (P-39s) aboard transports. They are headed to Noumea, though they are taking the long way to avoid any air interdiction he may have set up on the trip. Wake Is his. Alaska nothing new here. China China is messy. He has 100K troops at Hengchow now. He has 16 armored cars blocking their retreat via the new ZOC rules. Kind of **ty. I have two divisions of chinese troops 60 miles away from these cars...hopefully they can arrive in the next day or two and blast his troops out so I can with draw from the pocket. Burma The 1st Burma continues to hold on. Just amazing to me. Akyab is becoming a first class air and land base. Mandalay is coming along slower...british and indian troops continue to stream into the area. I do not believe he will be able to just slide in and take Burma at this point. He will have to make a major commitment and I dont think he is interested in doing that. Malaya His army has begun to cross into Singapore itself. The final seige of Malaya is at hand. DEI Nothing new Australia His two carrier groups are steaming north now. I believe his fleet carriers are headed home. His escorts appear to be headed northwest no doubt hunting for more transports. PM PM is coming along nicely. I would like to add some more fighter groups there soon. SInce Im sure it will become the focus of his attention. I am also now eyeing landing troops at Gili. he has not been very active here, so I am enjoying the time I have to build up the area. 3 more B17s flew from Rabaul today leaving just two damaged ones there. Noumea Nothing new PI The seige of Clark and Manilla continues Solomon Islands The troops have arrived and should begin landing today and tomorrow. No sign of Xarg planes ships or troops so far. This quiet little op is a success...again if he ants the area he will have to take it, I am just trying to give him a harder time. Carrier Group One. At anchor in Auckland. Carrier Group Two** Forming in San Diego 28 days until Hornet is available. [image]local://upfiles/12111/Lj238088971.jpg[/image]

rroberson -> RE: 1-16-42 (12/15/2004 4:41:31 AM)
He struck soerbaja with bombers today. He caused heavy damage to a sub that was repairing and a beat up AK. I had dutch Brewster get through his CAP and take a shot at Shokaku...ah ....that would of been nice. 4 of my dutch PTs caught his carrier group off of Waingapu....causing him anxious moments no doubt but his cruisers and destroyers shot them up before they could get into range. 80K Xarg troops poured out of their foxholes in a deliberate assault on Hengchow. It will fall in a few days...I no longer believe I can break through to them in time with my divisions since he is blocking the road with my guerrilla type units.

rroberson -> RE: 1-16-42 (12/15/2004 5:14:39 AM)
1-17-42 West Coast Carrier Group two has now been formed at San Diego and is underway towards Hawaii. I do not intend for them to pass hex row 126 unless Xarg's carriers magically appear. Midway I have docked an AV here to help with the air group support. Pearl Harbor Still chasing subs. Wake Is his. Alaska nothing new here. China Really not much more to do then watch Hengchow fall. Very frustrated about it. I have done all I can to save the chinese here...this one is painful Burma The 1st Burma continues to hold. Malaya The final seige of Malaya is at hand. DEI He bombed Soerbaja today, Im sure my flak hurt his bettys and Nells... Australia His two carrier groups are steaming north now. How lucky would I have been...PTs getting a kill on a carrier ah well. PM last two b 17s to depart tomorrow...Ill get their morale up and go back in a few days if Rabaul is still mine. Noumea Nothing new PI The seige of Clark and Manilla continues Solomon Islands okay the troops are here, the supplies are here now I need some engineers to build the airfield. Carrier Group One. At anchor in Auckland. Carrier Group Two Underway west of San Diego 27 days until Hornet is available.

rroberson -> 1-17-42 (12/15/2004 7:38:21 AM)
I slid a couple of PGs and a DD into Akyab to try and clean out all the rat infestation there. 1st day they sank a Japanese submarine..!! good work. Let's hear it for the Canadian navy, they also sank a sub off Seattle. Xarg did put a torpedo into one of my troop ships off San Diego. He bombed Kweiyang overnite...guess he got tired of the bomber losses. My Brit bombers slid in over Hengchow to deliver their iron gifts....trying to delay the inevitable. Rangoon was heavily bombed. Poor Xarg you are just destroying the place ;)...there is noting there but some chickens. The bastard [8\|] put a cap over Singapore and shot up my transports who were pulling the Aussies out...guess that ops done. Another deliberate attack against manilla ends in dead Xargs. Better luck tomorrow. okay so he had about 12K in troops at Balikpapan...[:-] guess my attack wasnt such a good idea :D Another assault on Hengchow the fort is down to 2....not good. It may be time to boogie out of Nanning...he now has a big infantry division there (19th) and my poor chinese divisions can't handle it. 54K troops are now assaulting the 1st Burma. ....and they continue to hold.

rroberson -> 1-18-42 (12/15/2004 8:17:22 AM)
1-18-42 West Coast Carrier Group two is steaming east towards 126 hex line. The west coast is now a sea of green...transport groups everywhere. He torpedoed a troop transport in the old Baja expressway...the ship should make it back to San Diego. Midway Spotted a sub...sending destroyers to deal with it...probably the same sub I have been chasing. Pearl Harbor Still chasing subs. Wake Is his. Alaska nothing new here. China I have ordered my troops out of Nanning...before he can close the door out of them...they will fall back to Kwieyang where the next big battle will take place. Still nothing major happening in the North, which surprises me knowing how much he covets Lanchow. Burma The 1st Burma continues to hold. I have spotted two subs at Akyab, asw forces enroute. Malaya The last evacuation plane has landed...not much more I can do here. DEI nothing new Australia Time to clean up the devastation at Broome. PM I Corp has landed. I now have 22K inf and support personal here. Noumea Nothing new PI The seige of Clark and Manilla continues Solomon Islands Scratching for some engineers. I may move some from Australia. Carrier Group One. :). Carrier Group Two Underway west of San Diego 26 days until Hornet is available. I have named LGEN Hall CIC Southwest Pacific.

rroberson -> 1-18-42 (12/15/2004 11:29:00 AM)
Got another sub at Akyab. No more free lunches their for his sub boys. A major air strike over Akyab he hammered the Therk Hiddles and the two PGs that have been chasing his subs around. i guess lunch is still free. 51 thousand chinese troops surrendered at hengchow today. Not a happy day.

rroberson -> RE: 1-19-42 (12/15/2004 12:21:52 PM)
1-19-42 West Coast Carrier Group two is steaming east towards 126 hex line. No new sub sightings though I'm sure there are some there... Midway Still chasing that sub with my destroyers. Midway is fairly secure...its going to take a lot of firepower on his side to take this place. Pearl Harbor Still chasing subs, they are slippery. I put together a small task force of 3 cruisers and 3 destroyers to begin the trek to the SF yards. The cruisers will need quite a bit of time in the yards. Wake Is his. Alaska nothing new here. China Weird I ordered the two divisions and HQ units I had in Nanning out towards Kweiyang and they went southeast towards wuhow. My guess is they are following the rail, the problem here is he hold wuchow...so now i get to lose two more divisions...grrr. All air in china will stand down and reform. I did move some blems to Kweiyang. They will bomb the port of Hong Kong and catch the ships repairing there. Burma I did a lot of rearranging of the air. He has been running fighter sweeps over various places I hope to catch him here and there now. Malaya The seige of singapore continues. DEI There is a surprise brewing for him. If it comes off today I will talk about it. Operational security and all that :) Australia Nothing new. PM I Corp has landed. I now have 22K inf and support personal here. Noumea Nothing new PI The seige of Clark and Manilla continues Solomon Islands Moving a base force from wellington. He has a sub about 120 miles away (2 hexes) so the jig maybe up. Carrier Group One. :). Carrier Group Two Underway west of San Diego 25 days until Hornet is available.

rroberson -> RE: 1-19-42 (12/15/2004 11:03:50 PM)
Really a quiet day overall. His shock attack of manila cost him a thousand troops. And now it can be told.... Carrier group one is not in Auckland. Due to operational security I have neglected to tell you guys that I spent about 2 weeks moving Carrier group one under Australia towards Broome via Perth. The operation "Molly Brown" was original concieved to get my navy birds into the fray without risking my carrier group. Once he started pounding Broome from his carriers I thought I could take a shot at him. Sadly the day before CG One could launch its planes to Broome he ran north away from them. I sent them on anyway. From Broome I sent about half of them (F4F3s and 2 Squads of Dauntlesses) to Maccasar which is well within range of Kendari. I sent the other squad of fighters (Buffs) and 2 squads of dive bombers to Banjarmassen. The idea is to place my carrier planes on unsinkable carriers and harrass him in DEI. They will attack, move, rest, attack move rest. If he returns to Australia and hangs off the coast the way he did last week...I will regroup the whole wing and take pokes at him. He needs to feel some fear...hopefully this will help that. My navy planes at Maccasar took a shot at his Carriers and Kendari...too much CAP. They will move to their next spot, wash, rinse, repeat. As I told him when he mentioned he saw planes from VF2...his free lunch is over. My only regret was I didnt have time to convert the fighters to F4Fs...which will make for some 1-sided air duels.

rroberson -> 1-20-42 (12/15/2004 11:30:07 PM)
1-20-42 West Coast No new Subs. Carrier Group Two continues its trek west. Midway Nothing new Pearl Harbor Chasing subs mostly. Wake Is his. Alaska nothing new here. China Retreating most of my air for rest purposes. He has revealed that he intends to go North to Sian and Lanchow. If he follows up I hope to give him a bloody welcoming in both places. Burma Well I am as set as I can be here. Operation Raverdave has been successful. 1st Burma continues to hold on. Malaya The seige of singapore continues. DEI Lets see if the American navy birds can do anything to challenge him here. My first strike is against Balik. He has a TG of BBs there just sitting, if my planes dont go there I have assigned them to hit the port. Stick and move. Australia Nothing new. PM Nothing new Noumea Nothing new PI The seige of Clark and Manilla continues Solomon Islands Moving a base force from wellington. Carrier Group One. Steaming towards Perth Carrier Group Two Underway west of San Diego 24 days until Hornet is available.

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