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RE: West Wind, Clear - 3/14/2008 6:36:51 PM

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I have to take this one seriously. He has enough transports to fly in several thousand men in a day. I have sounded the strategic alarm. Tabbys are flying in reinforcements to Sorong from Kendari and Bulla. 6th Division/A regiment has been rerouted to Sorong (will arrive in two days). A surface combat TF led by the BB Yamato has departed Soerebaja and one surface combat TF led by BB Yamashiro has left Truk. Fighters have been diverted from Timor.

This is not a drill

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RE: West Wind, Clear - 3/14/2008 7:16:56 PM

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Looks like a false alarm. The mega sub-tf is heading further in. Presumably he will mine some port or whatever.

Meanwhile I surprise him in Burma. Despite my Zeros being outnumbered and bounced, we get 2-1.

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RE: West Wind, Clear - 3/20/2008 3:16:42 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/05/42

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TF 1001 troops unloading over beach at Dutch Harbor, 103,36

Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported

We have seen the first opposed invasion. It seems he is only invading with one RCT. He suffered 1500+ losses in the first day, and he is mighty upset over this. Im not sure Im so surprised at losses like that when he is invading an island with roughly 1-1 in forces. One RCT against a Nav Guard.

Anyway, next time he will probably come in larger number.

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Sub attack at 52,47

Japanese Ships
TK Daishin Maru

Allied Ships
SS Grayling

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TF 1001 troops unloading over beach at Dutch Harbor, 103,36

Allied ground losses:
89 casualties reported

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Sub attack at 37,82

Japanese Ships
SS I-3

Allied Ships
DD Gwin
DD Meredith
DD Tucker

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Day Air attack on Rangoon , at 29,34

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 18

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 138

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 7 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 31 damaged

Japanese Ships
SS I-160, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
SS I-153, Bomb hits 3, on fire
DD Numakaze, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
AR Akashi, Bomb hits 1, on fire
SS I-11, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
PC Gamitsu Maru #1, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Sanae, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
AS Tsukushi Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy damage
AK Sanwa Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kuwayama Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yunagi, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
MSW Choun Maru #18, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yudachi, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
AE Soya, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
APD APD-35, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AP Sangetsu Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
MSW W.11, Bomb hits 1, on fire
MSW W.13, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AD AD-3161, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Amatsukaze, Bomb hits 2

Japanese ground losses:
329 casualties reported
Guns lost 3

Port hits 6
Port supply hits 1

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington III bombing at 11000 feet

This is insanely bad. Ive moved out too many fighters to Hanoi and Andaman Island and here I pay the price for it. So, im moving the fighters back to Rangoon now.

I thought Id pull out my Oscars while I upgrade them to Tojos, but I guess I have to upgrade them while in the frontlines.

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Ground combat at Dutch Harbor

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 968 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12

Defending force 1024 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

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RE: West Wind, Clear - 3/21/2008 5:44:29 AM

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100 prep points is definitely recommended for the Allies when pulling a non-overwhelming landing. Once Moses landed with the wrong RCT (he had one prepped to 100 but loaded the wrong one) he landed at Adak I think - they got so beat up - he loaded them back up and pulled them out.

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RE: West Wind, Clear - 3/21/2008 12:44:12 PM

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Well, old Castor is fuming over that landing. He pulled the RCT back, so Dutch Harbor will be Japanese for a little while longer.

He seems thoroughly convinced that the landing was unopposed, despite the fact that I have several thousand troops defending it. He claims this is worse than Normandy and that the game is broken. Personally Im not sure I understand why he insists on calling the landing unopposed, and then get angry because of his losses at the "unopposed" landing. I mean whats the point. First he wants the landing to be called unopposed despite him wading ashore a heavily fortified base with thousands of jap defenders, then he gets upset he takes casualties...because the landing was unopposed.

As for real life invasions, I believe Tarawa was worse than Normandy when it comes to casualty ratio on the beech, and at Tarawa the marines outnumbered the defenders 10-1. Here he landed at roughly 1-1 odds.

Anyway, meanwhile the war goes on...

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RE: West Wind, Clear - 3/22/2008 12:44:34 AM

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But without knowing the prep points of the landed unit - we can't comment much further. If 100 then I might be surprised and at least want to know more. If less than 100 then less surprised and depending on how much less than 100 then perhaps not surprised at all!

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RE: West Wind, Clear - 3/22/2008 12:04:57 PM

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We have now passed one year of war.

I believe the date is 10th of December 1942, but I am not sure. Here are some observations on the current situation.

In Japan, the industry is going though a complete overhaul since I am moving from two old production lines (Oscars and Zeros) to three new lines (Tojos, more neat Zeros and OscarIIs and Nicks). This costs alot of supplies, so supply output from the HI is minimal at this time. I expect this to continue for another week or so.

In Burma, something is up. He is still stuck at Akyab. But yesterday I saw for the first time in two-three months that he has put up a defensive CAP over Chandpur. when I examined the base closer I found what appears to be a small invasion convoy. 9-10 APs and 2 CAs. I cannot say where these are going, but I am pulling two regiments from my strategic reserve to reinforce Andaman and another base in that area.

At Darwin we are playing cat and mouse. I have three large surface combat TFs based on practically all my avaliable BBs. I have them doing patrols outside my bases. This has caused Castor to remove all aircraft from Darwin for fear of a bombardment run. There are alot of auxillary ships in northern Australia again, as well as lots of transports and warships. I cannot help but think that this is where the main effort will come sooner or later. Instead of doing an island-jumping campaign through the central pacific, why not strike directly at the heart of the enemy?

I am reinforcing all my bases here.

The KB is in Japan, upgrading its A6M2s to A6M3as, it is expected to take another month to complete this upgrade. Roughly half the carriers have upgraded to M3s now. There is a large CV-upgrade that comes in early 43, where most of the big carriers upgrade. Im considering to keep the KB at home until then.

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RE: West Wind, Clear - 3/22/2008 1:34:08 PM

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The demise of DD Tucker.

A single DD makes a successful ambush of a supply convoy at Dilli. Amazingly enough, the lone PG defender manages to score several hits on the DD, damaging it severely. Crippled by combat damage, the DD is quickly sunk by the Bettys from Koepang in the morning.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/11/42

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Night Air attack on TF, near Lautem at 33,78

Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 14

Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
BB Ise
CA Nachi

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Catalina I bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Catalina I bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Catalina I bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Catalina I bombing at 6000 feet

A night attack with Catalinas? Good luck achieving anything with that...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Dili at 31,77

Japanese Ships
PG Kogyoku Maru, Shell hits 17, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AK Hague Maru
AK Shinnan Maru
AK Sumatra Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire
AK Wales Maru

Allied Ships
DD Tucker, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage

Heroic effort by Kogyoko Maru saves the convoy and puts an end to the DD.

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ASW attack at 58,44

Japanese Ships
DD Arashio
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Makinami
DD Kazegumo
DD Akigumo
DD Yugumo

Allied Ships
SS Gato, hits 1

This is right off Japan. There has been a large ASW battle running here for the past few days. Apparently he feels safe enough to position his subs close to the home islands. Ive dispatched 4 ASW TFs with 6 DDs each. These DDs are KB escorts who have nothing to do right now while the KB is upgrading its airwings. Ive also flown in several Helen-wings. I do not want him to feel secure enough with his subs to use them like this. I want him to fear being inside Jap air-range.

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Day Air attack on TF at 33,77

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DD Tucker, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet

The end of the DD. Man that captain was crap.

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RE: West Wind, Clear - 3/22/2008 6:26:48 PM

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This is my production right now. Bear in mind that alot of factories are still switching production lines.

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ASW battles off Japan - 3/23/2008 2:10:59 PM

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I will not accept US subs in my interior lines. He has been trying a sub offensive the past week, and Ive met him in force. ive relocated much of my ASW Helens to the area, and dispatched all DD escorts from the KB. This is what the situation looks like right now

I believe I have damaged three subs for no own losses to either escorts or transports. He is very foolish to operate this close to my airbases. He should keep his subs further out in the ocean where my aircraft have a harder time locating him.

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RE: ASW battles off Japan - 3/23/2008 4:01:40 PM

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What mission profile are you using for the Helens?

I use 1000 feet, max range, Naval Search, unless the subs are within 0-1 hexes, then I switch to ASW mission.

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RE: ASW battles off Japan - 3/23/2008 5:54:40 PM

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What mission profile are you using for the Helens?

I use 1000 feet, max range, Naval Search, unless the subs are within 0-1 hexes, then I switch to ASW mission.

ASW, 6000 feet, max range.

You really use your nav search planes on 1000? I thought it was better to have them at 5-6k.

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RE: ASW battles off Japan - 3/24/2008 12:17:25 PM

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Another day of the ASW war. Im starting to feel like the British in 1940-41. I have reinforced the area heavily with Helens. Ive got practically all my ASW-Helens here now, there are only 100-something Helens on other fronts.

Its interesting to note that this has been a running battle that started off Japan, and has drifted down to the PI. I dont know if this is intentional or not by Castor, but it is a very effective sub-tactic. Basically he has got a huge wolfpack slowly drifting along my core shipping route.

Unfortunately for Castor, my ASW forces in this area are excellent, both thanks to my very experienced Helens (75-85) and the fact that Im using all DDs from the KB escorts.

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RE: ASW battles off Japan - 3/25/2008 10:21:43 AM

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It seems I can declare victory for now in the ASW-battles. The submarines have left the waters off the Phillipines and are now operating off Jolo/Tarakan. That means my core shipping lines from Singapore to Japan are free. Or at least relatively so. He might have subs operating in the middle of the waters between Borneo and Saigon, but Im avoiding those waters anyway.

A supply convoy unloading at Gilli Gilli was hit hard today by enemy bombers. Despite me having 40-something Oscars and Zeros in the air, the bombers just swoshed through and bombed my ships. Ive moved in some more fighters and the convoy is disbanded in port save two ships. I cant really defend against the B24s and B17s, I wonder what the game will look like when the B29s arrive...

Meanwhile, the KB is just about finished with the upgrades. As soon as the destroyers return to port, I will sortie the KB to the Aleutians, the allies have become too cocky up there, and I believe I can bag some aircraft and maybe even some ships if I surprise him up there. It will also give me some time to reinforce Kiska with some AA and CD and put up a minefield around the base.

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RE: ASW battles off Japan - 3/25/2008 10:31:22 PM

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Castor is threatening to drop the game again unless I stop using my Helens on ASW.

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RE: ASW battles off Japan - 3/25/2008 11:23:48 PM

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Was that an HR?

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RE: ASW battles off Japan - 3/25/2008 11:41:37 PM

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Was that an HR?

Nope. He is asking for a new HR now. No Helens on ASW, or "max 100 Helens on ASW inside 15 hexes" or whatever.

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RE: ASW battles off Japan - 3/26/2008 4:12:06 AM

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I read Castor's AAR, and told him that I too use most of the JAAF on ASW. The only difference is I base 27 or 36 on every level 4 or above. And that if he looks at the number of level 4 airfields in some areas, this is alot of a/c on ASW in a small area. I say agree to only 27 or 36 on a level 4 air base for ASW. You can still have alot of Helens on ASW in a small area. That would allow you to have at least 5 Helen units at the northern PI choke point.

But I do agree with him about the construction BN cutting a ZOC above Akyab. Use at least a brigade or infantry regiment. I know alot of people screamed when I was landing a full div above Naga to cut off the 2 PI divisions there because it was a non base hex, but I feel it is within bounds. I am using a unit that can cut off a ZOC but I do think they need to increase the disruption from doing so though.

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RE: ASW battles off Japan - 3/26/2008 12:02:04 PM

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The batallion in the jungle behind Akyab is only there as a recon-asset to spot new units moving down the trail. I have no intention to cut the line with just that unit. I have another stack, unspotted by Castor however, that contains one regiment from a division, a tank regiment, an engineer unit and an AA unit that is moving to cut off the Akyab attack however, and I think that is a reasonable force for such a move.

As for the Helens, no. I must be allowed to base my bombers the way I choose as long as I dont violate our stacking-houserule.

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RE: ASW battles off Japan - 3/26/2008 12:26:09 PM

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The truth is that there is nearly no difference�to have 3 sentais�at one base or 1 sentai on 3 different bases next to each other.. In the most important areas you will be able to have nearly the same concentration as you have now. And the results will be similar. Castors subs will be hit as frequently as they are now. It seems to me that Castor doesn�t care how many�groups is on one airfield but how many hits is achieved in certain areas. Dispersing LBA from single base to�five different bases will not solve it, if all those five bases will be for example on PI.

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Ambush over Kiska - 3/28/2008 8:25:21 PM

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/01/43

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Day Air attack on Kiska Island , at 92,35

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 111

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 46
SBD Dauntless x 14
TBF Avenger x 15
Wellington III x 58

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 2 destroyed, 32 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 28 destroyed
SBD Dauntless: 3 destroyed, 8 damaged
TBF Avenger: 3 destroyed, 9 damaged
Wellington III: 46 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 25
Port hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
8 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
5 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
6 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
6 x TBF Avenger bombing at 5000 feet
6 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
3 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
4 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
2 x SBD Dauntless bombing at 2000 feet
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet
3 x Wellington III bombing at 6000 feet

Amazingly enough, the most effective dogfighter in the allied airforce is the Wellington III. Despite butchering the Wildcats, Dauntless and Avengers...the Wellington makes it home without losses.

Its a pretty good ambush, he has been doing milkruns over Kiska for several weeks, and I thought Id try to catch him with his pants down. The KB sneaked into position after upgrading to A6M3as, and manages to land a good punch.

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RE: Ambush over Kiska - 3/30/2008 2:38:51 PM

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I tried an attack at the enemy airbase off next to Kiska today. Sent in the Kates high because I was afraid of AAA. Torched 86 on the ground, a pretty good result.

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RE: Ambush over Kiska - 4/12/2008 3:07:57 PM

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Havent had time to update the AAR in a while. Lots of work at the moment.

Anyway, we are rapidly approaching February 1943 and I believe I can smell an allied invasion coming soon.

For the past weeks I have been seeing a raise in activity in the Port Moresby area. First he sent wave after wave of B-25s, B-17s and B-24s to attack the bases at Thursday Island, Port Moresby and Gilli Gilli. He then sent in surface forces to bombard Gilli Gilli. Then the allied CVs made an appearance off Gilli Gilli and now the B-25s are going around the clock on Thursday Island. At the same time the activity from Darwin has diminished.

All this has convinced me that he will be attacking in the Port Moresby area soon. My bet is that Thursday Island is the first target. After that he will probably go for Port Moresby and Milne Bay. Or he could go up the southern side of New Guniea and try for the Bulla/Ambonia/Sorong area, but that seems less likely since he could go directly from Darwin there instead.

So... I am sending my strategic reserve to Truk, at the moment that means 1,5 divisions is going there. At the same time Im moving the local reserves from Truk to Rabaul. I am also shifting alot of my airforce into the region. Right now I have almost 300 Bettys at Truk. I am also dispatching the KB minus three CVs to the area. The reason Im keeping 3 CVs at home is because they are due their upgrade now in February, so I want to get those first before I move out. I'll move them into the action later together with the 5 BBs currently undergoing repairs and upgrades.

I am also sending my sub fleet into the waters between Cairns and Port Moresby.

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RE: Ambush over Kiska - 4/12/2008 4:25:20 PM

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Meh... Castor claims to have been hit by a movement bug and is therefore cancelling his invasion. At least that is what he said on msn. So much for that...hello another month of boredom.

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RE: Ambush over Kiska - 4/13/2008 5:43:27 AM

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Hey at this point in the war for the Japanese - "boredom" is a good thing!

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RE: Ambush over Kiska - 4/13/2008 3:16:17 PM

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Well, yes...but at this point of the game Im desperate for something to happen...

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The cancelled allied offensive - 4/13/2008 3:18:40 PM

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So I figured that he would try to attack Port Moresby again today. I had flown in a single fighter unit to PM to simulate a meager defence, then I set all my 250 fighters at Lae to LRCAP Port Moresby. Here is the result.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/26/43

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Japanese aircraft
A6M2-N Rufe x 4
A6M3 Zero x 90
A6M3a Zero x 21
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 8

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 4
P-38G Lightning x 24
B-17E Fortress x 67
B-24D Liberator x 47

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 10 destroyed, 36 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 20 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 5 destroyed, 57 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 15 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 20000 feet

Only 17 bombers came through that CAP. Great result!

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RE: The cancelled allied offensive - 4/13/2008 4:44:32 PM

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You must have turned back a bunch due to their having low morale ... question will be ... who can better sustain this level of effort ... time will tell ...

Regarding strategic position - you are still far better placed in the "SE Pacific" (speaking in map terms from your perspective) than in more critical theaters, like Burma and Darwin/Timor. But as long as he keeps making major effort in the far away places - you should dance a bit with him. Just make sure you are strengthening your key areas more so than you far flung areas, else he might switch focus and crash into your rear areas with reduced effort!
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RE: The cancelled allied offensive - 4/13/2008 5:02:05 PM

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Well, the question is will he return to Port Moresby after a few weeks when he thinks things have quieted down some, or will he go for Timor instead?

My bet is that he is going for Timor or Ambonia instead, so Im going to shift my reinforcements to the Timor area. Ive got 3-400 AVs at PM, Gilli and Thursday. But there are more bases at Timor, so I only have 1-200 there.

He told me he has got 3000 AV for his next invasion, or at least that that was the number that was supposed to hit Port Moresby. That is an insane number for me, since Im struggling to get 300 AV at my bases. The question is...what to do.

I am reminded by the old axiom "he who defends everything defends nothing".

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RE: The cancelled allied offensive - 4/13/2008 6:01:32 PM

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Today he tried to close down Lauterm. My fighters carried the day though. again, nikmod proves to make Jap fighters completely impotent against bombers though. The only thing that saved my fighters was the fact that they were airborne and not on the ground...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 01/28/43

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 48
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 12
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 18

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 72

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 6 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 5 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk I: 28 destroyed, 16 damaged

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Day Air attack on Lautem , at 33,78

Japanese aircraft
A6M3 Zero x 21
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 5
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 6

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 211

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3 Zero: 20 damaged
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 3 damaged
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 6 destroyed, 37 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
365 casualties reported
Guns lost 5

Airbase hits 30
Airbase supply hits 12
Runway hits 174

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 16000 feet

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