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RE: 27th July 1943 - 5/23/2006 7:36:37 PM   
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28th July 1943 - 5/23/2006 11:13:58 PM   
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Roger Mike. I too have used that tactic from time to time. Today's attack went well. IMO Faber must be lacking supply:

Ground combat at Myitkyina

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 109477 troops, 1011 guns, 564 vehicles, Assault Value = 2513

Defending force 131856 troops, 614 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2438

Allied max assault: 2509 - adjusted assault: 997

Japanese max defense: 1944 - adjusted defense: 567

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 7)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 6


Japanese ground losses:
474 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Allied ground losses:
6334 casualties reported
Guns lost 161
Vehicles lost 11

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Casualties seem high but they are mostly disablements. Time is on my side with an ever increasing advantage. We rest and then attack again.

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SS Harder found a loaded transport today! She was moving into position deep in the Phillipine Sea when she found the heavily defended convoy 240 miles west of Tori Shima. She hit AP Hikawa Maru with a torpedo. The escorting destroyer Mikazuki placed a couple of DC's near the bridge causing minor damage and flooding. The patrol continues.

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29-30th July 1943 - 5/25/2006 2:25:14 PM   
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The 29th was fairly quiet with bombing runs over Burma and the usual land bombardments.

A bit more action on 30th.

SS Capelin had a fun filled day in sinking the freighter Tatuno Maru with 2 torpedo's 180 miles ESE of Batan Island. She was tracked by the escorting MSW's, managed to evade them and fired her last 4 torpedo's at AK Syozin Maru. These hit but failed to detonate

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PG Tatsumiya Maru hit an 'O-19 laid mine' at Eniwetok

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Usual air attacks across Burma and China.

I'm gathering my forces again now. All transports available after Falcon are gathering at PH. My CV's are there awaiting replacements Hellcats and TBM's. They will then await the Bunker Hill/Intrepid TF and go a' fishing

In the meantime all MSW and transports in the South Pacific are gathering at Sydney for future operations.

An SS arrives at San Francisco tomorrow as does a DD and AK at Karachi

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RE: 28th July 1943 - 5/25/2006 5:50:03 PM   
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Today's attack went well. IMO Faber must be lacking supply:

Ground combat at Myitkyina

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 109477 troops, 1011 guns, 564 vehicles, Assault Value = 2513

Defending force 131856 troops, 614 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2438

Allied max assault: 2509 - adjusted assault: 997

Japanese max defense: 1944 - adjusted defense: 567

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 7)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 6


Japanese ground losses:
474 casualties reported
Guns lost 10

Allied ground losses:
6334 casualties reported
Guns lost 161
Vehicles lost 11


OUCH! Disablements or not 6,334 casualties to only 474 is a butt whoopin in any language. Your bugler must have blown charge instead of retreat.

Still, the 1:1 odds are encouraging long-term and you did take down a fort.

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RE: 28th July 1943 - 5/25/2006 6:10:57 PM   
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RE: 28th July 1943 - 5/25/2006 6:15:12 PM   
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In all seriousness i'm more than happy with it Niceguy. In a months time my men will be fine and he'll be even weaker.

Yes, your guys just got a bad die roll it would appear. When they do recover I'm sure they will roll on.

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31st July 1943 - 5/26/2006 12:28:41 AM   
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Hi Niceguy - Agreed. A bad die roll but that is war

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Interesting. Faber attacked again on the Mandalay railway and achieved 1:1 odds!:

Ground combat at 34,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 266576 troops, 2581 guns, 965 vehicles, Assault Value = 5449

Defending force 85948 troops, 672 guns, 977 vehicles, Assault Value = 2092

Japanese max assault: 4779 - adjusted assault: 3489

Allied max defense: 2177 - adjusted defense: 2387

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
9743 casualties reported
Guns lost 215
Vehicles lost 63

Allied ground losses:
2952 casualties reported
Guns lost 59
Vehicles lost 6

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Hmm. Need to take Myitkyina then these bastards are next.

My latest arrival - a Liberator VI squadron is flown into Imphal with orders to bomb IJA troops on the rail.........

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SS Silversides achieved the sole sub success today moderately damaging AK Tyoko Maru 360 miles west of Takao with a torpedo.

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August arrives and no new plane types this month. CV Intrepid in 2 days time and a CVL in 7 though

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1st August 1943 - 5/26/2006 11:47:43 AM   
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Hmm. Another deliberate attack by Faber:

Ground combat at 34,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 254194 troops, 2220 guns, 885 vehicles, Assault Value = 4857

Defending force 82423 troops, 576 guns, 970 vehicles, Assault Value = 1975

Japanese max assault: 2740 - adjusted assault: 3260

Allied max defense: 1929 - adjusted defense: 2187

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
2341 casualties reported
Guns lost 125
Vehicles lost 31

Allied ground losses:
1050 casualties reported
Guns lost 46
Vehicles lost 2

As such i'm attacking at Myitkyina ahead of schedule with a lot of my forces unfit for combat. Let's see how it goes.

A further Libertator VI Squadron arrived at Trincomalee yesterday and it was flown into Imphal for bombing IJA troops on the rail line.

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SS Skipjack missed the empty TK Yamazuru Maru 120 miles NW of Jesselton.

SS Peto successfully damaged the loaded transport Hokoku Maru with a torpedo 360 miles west of Eniwetok. 20 enemy men were reported lost.

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CV Intrepid arrives at San Francisco tomorrow as does SS Cod.

I'm thinking of performing a little hit and run raids with my UK CV's. They are now equipped with Corsairs and Avenger II's. I am thinking of 1 of 2 things:

Raiding Rangoon or raiding Palembang's oilfields. The 2nd option sounds tempting.

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2nd August 1943 - 5/27/2006 12:44:42 PM   
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The land war in Burma was the focus again today. The Japanese continued their attack on the rail line and, despite massive help from Allied LBA, are beginning to deplete Allied strength in the area:

Ground combat at 34,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 248592 troops, 2027 guns, 862 vehicles, Assault Value = 4590

Defending force 79936 troops, 507 guns, 968 vehicles, Assault Value = 1917

Japanese max assault: 2705 - adjusted assault: 3096

Allied max defense: 1845 - adjusted defense: 1609

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
6407 casualties reported
Guns lost 148
Vehicles lost 40

Allied ground losses:
1016 casualties reported
Guns lost 27
Vehicles lost 5

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My attack at Myitkyina succeeding in breaking through further enemy strongpoints but my men are very battered and are in need of rest. I have no choice but to call off further attacks until some combat ebngineers are ready to attack again.

Ground combat at Myitkyina

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 103405 troops, 815 guns, 559 vehicles, Assault Value = 2080

Defending force 129263 troops, 561 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2387

Allied max assault: 2044 - adjusted assault: 785

Japanese max defense: 1848 - adjusted defense: 627

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 6)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 5


Japanese ground losses:
827 casualties reported
Guns lost 13

Allied ground losses:
3758 casualties reported
Guns lost 118
Vehicles lost 11

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CV Intrepid arrived safely at San Francisco. We wait 5 more days until CVL Langley arrives and then these boys will move to PH.

2 x AK and a DD arrive at San Francisco tomorrow.

My UK CV's have been formed up at Columbo and are proceeding for a little operation into enemy terriotry. Destination: secret

Here's a score update:




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RE: 2nd August 1943 - 5/27/2006 12:47:04 PM   
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3rd August 1943 - 5/28/2006 11:33:31 PM   
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The Japanese once more storm ourr position in Burma but to no avail. Losses are even though which I can't afford to sustain in the long run:

Ground combat at 34,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 241912 troops, 1862 guns, 804 vehicles, Assault Value = 4216

Defending force 78410 troops, 472 guns, 960 vehicles, Assault Value = 1868

Japanese max assault: 2580 - adjusted assault: 2472

Allied max defense: 1818 - adjusted defense: 1619

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
1729 casualties reported
Guns lost 72
Vehicles lost 7

Allied ground losses:
1544 casualties reported
Guns lost 20
Vehicles lost 2

I'm posting these assault results since I think they may be interesting to compare at a later date.

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Darwin launched a massive air strike against Amboina's airfields today. My men had not flown for many a day and results were excellent. 4 x Dinah recon aircraft were confirmed destroyed on the ground and no planes were lost on my side.

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I was doing a lot of looking around my forces today and it's AMAZING how many groups of Mediums and fighters I have. The main problem with my position at present is the lack of bases and airfields WITHIN range of enemy bases to stage and use these planes.

I have come to a decision on my future operation. I will await a while before announcing it for security reasons though

Here's a picture of my UK CV group advancing towards the enemy for a strike. Further details will be provided soon.

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Tomorrow an AK, LST and SC arrive at San Francisco as does my first landbased Hellcat group in Seattle.




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RE: 3rd August 1943 - 5/28/2006 11:40:36 PM   
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RE: 3rd August 1943 - 5/28/2006 11:59:59 PM   
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Doesn't make any difference on the rank. It's the stats that count. This guy has pretty decent air and naval stats.

Regards,

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4th August 1943 - 5/30/2006 1:03:35 PM   
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Good news in Burma today. My men withstood another Japanese attack on the rail line. They have withstood a lot over the past few days and they are still in good fighting spirit:

Ground combat at 34,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 237569 troops, 1780 guns, 800 vehicles, Assault Value = 3981

Defending force 76803 troops, 448 guns, 962 vehicles, Assault Value = 1825

Japanese max assault: 2594 - adjusted assault: 2294

Allied max defense: 1785 - adjusted defense: 2215

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
2620 casualties reported
Guns lost 125
Vehicles lost 21

Allied ground losses:
942 casualties reported
Guns lost 23
Vehicles lost 2

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I'm going to be away for a lot of the next 2 weeks on business (using company laptop for this) and Faber is snowed under with work himself....maybe few and far between until then guys.

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5th August 1943 - 5/31/2006 12:00:40 PM   
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Managed to sneak this through on the laptop before work.

My subs were active again today

SS Tunny missed AK Syozin Maru 120 miles east of Tarakan

SS Kingfish was hunted throughout the day by 3 x MSW and 2 x DD. DD Manazaru dropped several DC's some of which landed in the vicinity of the submarine. Damage is slight and she'll be ok 11 SYS, 8 FLT. This action took place inbetween Iwo Jima and Pagan.

SS Halibut heavily damaged the Freighter Shinamogawa Maru with a torpedo 180 miles of Pagan.

SS Sawfish put a torpedo into the port side of AK Bengal Maru NW of San Marcelino.

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Weather cleared over Imphal so for the first time in 4 days my LBA bombed IJA troops on the rail line, men of 30th and 31st Divisions.

Faber attacked again! He once more achieved 1:1 odds but sustained almost 4:1 losses:

Ground combat at 34,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 231895 troops, 1627 guns, 783 vehicles, Assault Value = 3703

Defending force 75336 troops, 420 guns, 961 vehicles, Assault Value = 1796

Japanese max assault: 2089 - adjusted assault: 2303

Allied max defense: 1763 - adjusted defense: 1579

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
3996 casualties reported
Guns lost 68
Vehicles lost 17

Allied ground losses:
1073 casualties reported
Guns lost 28
Vehicles lost 6

Since the Japanese have started this assault the Japanese (25th July) have lost the following due to death, disablement or removal from the frontline:

Men - 34681
Guns - 954
Vehicles - 201
Initial AV - 1928

Allied:

Men - 11989
Guns - 283
Vehicles - 21
Initial AV - 336

Interesting. The one thing that stands out there is how many vehicles he has lost compared to me. With even tank levels he has lost 200 to my 20! LBA will have taken some of the toll mind you.

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CVL Langley arrives at San Francisco. Then CV Division 4 will move to PH. Just need more Hellcats. Most TBF groups have been upgraded with TBM's.

Tomorrow 3 x AK and an LST arrive at San Francisco.

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7th August 1943 - 6/6/2006 11:45:16 AM   
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A lull in the work this morning so time to crank out a few PBEM turns.

The 6th was fairly quiet wit ha couple of Japanese freighters getting tagged by my subs.

More success on 7th though with the hunters turned the hunted!

2 x ASW ships were heavily damaged by my submarines in the South China Sea.

Firstly, PG Keiko Maru was hit by SS Silversides 240 miles SW of Hong Kong.

2 hours later SS Grampus heavily damaged the fleet destroyer Murakumo with a torpedo 240 miles south of Hong Kong.

Earlier in the day SS Paddle unsuccessfully attacked a transport 240 miles ESE of Tori Shima.

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Faber called off his attack in Burma and only artillery units shelled our positions today.

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I have started initial preparations for my next invasion. I'm still not disclosign where it is yet but I can tell you it is to be called Operation Kestrel. Loading has bwegun in Australia of:

9th Australian Division
5 x ARM Rgt
1 x ART Rgt

On the other side of the Pacific the following forces are to be initially involved. A lack of transports is a key factor here:

Americal Division
3rd USMC Division
6th USA Division
33rd USA Division
43rd USA Division
2 x RCT
1 x TD Rgt
3 x ART Rgt
Undecided HQ unit.

Note. The invasion is a fair way off since I want to have all my CV's upgraded with Hellcats and for me tio raid IJN seas first off. Then a lenghty softening up process will begin of the target sites.

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CV Bunker Hill, Intrepid and CVL Cabot and Langley left San Francisco today bound for PH. They will form the 4th CV Division

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8th August 1943 - 6/7/2006 4:23:24 PM   
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Little further action on the 8th other than heavy bombing by Allied airforces across Burma.

No sub activity.

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My UK CV force may be in range to strike at their destination within 2 days - Palembang

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Troops are still embarking on the WC and in Australia.

I do wish I had more landing craft/assault ships. I may even end up using AK's for the invasion.

I have scheduled a few more units to the upcoming invasion:

2 x RCT
3 x HQ - 1 Corps, XI Corps, 6th Army
4 x Seebees
2 x AV Rgt
4 x BF

I still have several more divisions I could use (6 off the top of my head) + my Falcon recovering ones. The limiting factor is transports.

4 x AK, 1 x LST and 1 x SS arrived today. Another SS arrives at San Francisco tomorrow.

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9th August 1943 - 6/9/2006 12:10:33 PM   
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Still on the road so i'm afraid screenshots are a no go at the moment.

SS Skipjack performed a successful attack on an oil laden Tanker 120 miles NE of Jesselton. The Daishin Maru was left heavily burning and will probably sink.

PG Keiko Maru, hit on 7th, was confirmed sunk outside of Hong Kong.

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My 'surprise' raid on Lunga was partially successful. 2 x B24D BG's flew from Luganville. 13 x A6M3's and 21 x Tojo's rose to meet my 96 x B24's. 14 x Liberators were lost but 32 x enemy planes were destroyed - 11 x Tojo's, 11 x Betties and 10 x Zero's.

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Faber attacked on the Mandalay rail line again but was heavily repulsed:

Ground combat at 34,28

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 226714 troops, 1491 guns, 780 vehicles, Assault Value = 3459

Defending force 74559 troops, 389 guns, 958 vehicles, Assault Value = 1791

Japanese max assault: 2593 - adjusted assault: 1880

Allied max defense: 1841 - adjusted defense: 2441

Japanese assault odds: 0 to 1


Japanese ground losses:
4397 casualties reported
Guns lost 83
Vehicles lost 19

Allied ground losses:
651 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Vehicles lost 2

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CVL Belleau Wood received Hellcats today

SS Dace and Redfin left San Francisco today for duties in the Pacific.

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10th August 1943 - 6/12/2006 1:04:19 AM   
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This day will be remembered as the first in the Pacific War that the Royal Navy struck back

The CV's Formidable, Vicotrious and Illustrious attacked an enemy TK convoy in Palembang harbour. These ships were spotted by a patrolling Walrus who radioed back. 28 x Avengers took off escorted by 15 x Corsair's.

18 enemy aircraft were on CAP (Tojos and Tonys). 1 of these was lost but also downed a Corsair. My planes got through the CAP and sank TK Hishi MAru and MSW's Fuji Maru and Hagoromo Maru.

2 hours later 30 enemy Sallys and Betties escorted by 11 Zero's appeared over head my CV's. 44 x Corsairs were on CAP and performed admirablly. 20 x Sallies, 15 x Betties and 7 x Zeros were shot down for no loss. The rest of the ombers made attacks on my CV's but recorded no hits.

Recon indicates 30+ ships in port but my CV's are to move 60 miles NE and conduct attacks on the oil facilities at Palembang before retiring to Columbo.

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My submarine arm was also successful today.

SS Snook sank ML Wakatake 240 mils east of Saipan

SS Apogon heavily damaged the lone freighter Shojin Maru with 8 shells and 2 torpedo's SW of Tori Shima

SS Silversides and SS Seawolf unfortunately missed their merchant targets.




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RE: 10th August 1943 - 6/12/2006 1:07:20 AM   
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What kind of disruption do casuality figures like that cost a unit? How long can they keep it up or are units being rotated?

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RE: 10th August 1943 - 6/12/2006 1:09:18 AM   
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RE: 10th August 1943 - 6/12/2006 1:30:51 AM   
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What kind of disruption do casuality figures like that cost a unit? How long can they keep it up or are units being rotated?


Hi Bruce,

You mean on my CV units?

CAP wise no real problem. At 50% CAP disruption is about 10-15 points.

As for the bombers also not a huge problem since they are not flying a long distance and it's against light opposition. Against heavily defended bases with high losses you will see morale plummet and fatigue rise.

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RE: 10th August 1943 - 6/12/2006 1:33:49 AM   
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It sounds like the RN could be in aposition to seriously disrupt Japanese shipping in the western DEI.


Yes and no my friend.

Yes since they now have decent CV aircraft - Corsairs and Avengers BUT they are limited in numbers (33 planes per CV IIRC).

I wish I had more transports here too. It would allow a seaborne invasion (mind you that was the historical problem anyway).

As it stands I don't plan on commiting more to the land war in Burma unless necessary. I am going to build up forces and try a seaborne attack when I have the capability. Looking down the road i'm getting some nice US ARM BN's over the next 3-4 months at Karachi

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RE: 10th August 1943 - 6/12/2006 10:26:50 PM   
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RE: 10th August 1943 - 6/12/2006 10:36:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		Roger. I can't guarantee all of those from land combat but at least a 5:1 ratio on the ground. The rest maybe air related.

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11th August 1943 - 6/13/2006 12:14:01 PM   
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The war grinds on...........

To make matters worse all of a sudden we are MAJORLY out of sync. Virtually nothing that happened in reality showed in my CR. As such I won't be watching these much anymore.

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My RN CV group does NOT attack Palembang oil depots. I remember someone posting about CV air not attacking City targets before. I'll be posting this too.

An unescorted flight of Sallies and Betties tried to sneak through my Corsairs on CAP. They failed:

Day Air attack on TF at 17,54

Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 9
Ki-21 Sally x 13

Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 49

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 9 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 13 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Corsair IV: 15 damaged

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The out of sync is really annoying me.

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RE: 11th August 1943 - 6/13/2006 1:50:45 PM   
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My RN CV group does NOT attack Palembang oil depots. I remember someone posting about CV air not attacking City targets before. I'll be posting this too.


Worked in my PBEM. But you have to be within range of the target when setting carrier planes to city attack (that is, you cannot set it before you're actually within range - no fast move-in-move-out raid).

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RE: 11th August 1943 - 6/13/2006 3:58:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		My boys were already within range. Maybe they were socked in but couldn't see it (with my CR being totally out of whack). Nonetheless they are ordered to bomb the port tomorrow. If they net some tankers that all helps.

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RE: 11th August 1943 - 6/13/2006 4:03:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		CV air groups can most definitely attack city targets. I've done a few Doolittle-style raids on the northern Home Islands...

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RE: 11th August 1943 - 6/13/2006 4:07:27 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Speedy

Hi all,

The war grinds on...........

To make matters worse all of a sudden we are MAJORLY out of sync. Virtually nothing that happened in reality showed in my CR. As such I won't be watching these much anymore.

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My RN CV group does NOT attack Palembang oil depots. I remember someone posting about CV air not attacking City targets before. I'll be posting this too.

An unescorted flight of Sallies and Betties tried to sneak through my Corsairs on CAP. They failed:

Day Air attack on TF at 17,54

Japanese aircraft
G4M2 Betty x 9
Ki-21 Sally x 13

Allied aircraft
Corsair IV x 49

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M2 Betty: 9 destroyed
Ki-21 Sally: 13 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Corsair IV: 15 damaged

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The out of sync is really annoying me.



You need to use Pompack's Patented Method (for resyncing!!)

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