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End of June 42 sit reps - 12/5/2008 4:34:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		June 1942 wound to a violent close with bloody air battles over Tarawa. There was little action on the seas other than the sinkings of the Nagato and Mogami from the damage they received at Baker Island. In the air, however, the tale is different. The mass production of the Lightning has had little impact so far, two squadrons are equppied with it one at Abemama and one forming at Canton Island. The air over Tarawa has been witness to many a bloody struggle that for the moment the Japanese are winning. This i hope to change. Tarawa can now host bomber operations while the chain of bases running south to Suva are now supporting the ops at Tarawa by resting and reconstituing the fighter units they fly over the atoll base. Nuisance raids from Wake continue to harass the Japanese bases in the area. The biggest actions have been in China were a strong Japanese offensive has retaken Sinyang and occupied Nanyang. July sees the refitting of many Dutch sqaudrons that pulled out of the DEI before their fall and some of these will relocate to China to help the air efforts there.

Scorecard 30.6.1942




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RE: End of June 42 sit reps - 12/5/2008 4:35:34 PM   
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Economic Warfare - 12/9/2008 5:59:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		The mass of Allied bombers on Indian soil have begun to earn their keep. First it was the Magwe oilfields that were closed down. RAF Blenheims and Beauforts have supplemented the B-17's operating out of Dacca.



Attention now turned to the oil installations in and around Mandalay. Once again repeated raids hit Japanese controlled resources leaving them burning and out of commission. The removal of protecting fighters have allowed uninterrupted boming to devastate and disrupt Japanese use of Burmese resources for their war machine.



In the former Dutch East Indies Amboina has also been bombed by B-24's and B-17's out of Darwin. Its oil installations and its rubber producing resources have been totally destroyed. The belated deployment of protecting fighters, now protecting Bolea, could do nothing to stop the destruction of these resources.



Bolea's plantations had also been under attack until several squadrons of Zeroes operating out of Amboina began to fly combat missions over the area causing some damage to the attacking bombers.



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RE: Economic Warfare - 12/9/2008 6:10:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		No major operations seem in the offing at the moment. Intensive recon of Japanese bases in the Marshalls has no deteced no major build up in terms of ship movements or concentrations. The Soryu task force that showed itself still hasn't made a move so i am assuming its gone home or has rebased at Truk. There is a lot of traffic between Kwajalein and his bases at Majuro, Maloelap and Wotje. Mainly barges no doubt resupplying these bases. I have a large number of subs deployed in the Marshalls intercepting convoy's and providing sightind reports.

ALLIED SUBMARINES IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS



What has become apparant is the Herb is not going to make the same mistake again and have his bases mined as the following contact reports show.
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Sub attack near Kwajalein  at 81,84

Japanese Ships
ML Tsugaru

Allied Ships
SS S-32
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Sub attack near Truk  at 66,78

Japanese Ships
ML Naryu, Torpedo hits 1,  on fire,  heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-34

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Sub attack near Kwajalein  at 81,84

Japanese Ships
ML Tokiwa, Torpedo hits 2,  on fire

Allied Ships
SS S-32

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Pucheng has fallen in China and the forces there were able to carry out an organised withdrawal to Wuchow. Several divisions will dig in into holding positions on the approaches to Pucheng while a three division strong corps will try to break out westwards towards Kanhsien. It may be a fools errand but he will need to divert resources to either encircle and destroy them or protect his supply lines.



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RE: Economic Warfare - 12/10/2008 4:29:19 AM   
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Your screenshots showing the level of destruction meted out to Japanese raw material centres do not appear to be obtained from mouse roll overs.  How do you get a list of enemy production?

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RE: Economic Warfare - 12/10/2008 7:27:08 AM   
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those are the values i get when you click on city attack on the aircraft orders panels, all the cities in range come up for that particular and bomber and these values appear. I can also post the mouse roll over ones if readaars want

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RE: Economic Warfare - 12/11/2008 10:39:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		Guys i need some advice. my fighters are getting torn to shreds over Tarawa. Two Kittyhawk squadrons have been literally wiped out in the last three days and only the Navy's wildcats stand much of a chance. I have they set at Sweep with 90% CAP and a range of 0 to keep fatigue levels low. The problem is that they are rookie squadrons that get thrown in against Zeroes. The opportunity to train them up is not really there. Even the P-38's are faring badly against the jap fighters, mind you he can put an escort of over 50 zeores as my one strip faces three of his. Last turn i lost 2 DM's and will probably lose two more. The bombers from Wake are having no impact at all. The short term solution will be the Wasp's fighters that will soon be on station as the carrier will soon be on overwatch

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RE: Economic Warfare - 12/11/2008 12:28:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		Althought you are an allied player and I shouldn`t help the enemy ....

Try to put together 3 or 4 squadrons (if you can provide so many) somewhere near tarawa and wait until your cvs arrive to provide cover- transfer the squadrons to the island - wait for a day to rest them while cvs tangle with the japs  - the day after put them to use with the cv fighters - take out the cvs the next day. I know it ain`t a particulary smart plan but... maybe you ll get lucky

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RE: Economic Warfare - 12/12/2008 5:39:05 AM   
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You are probably doing all these but a checklist can sometimes be a useful reminder.

1.  Does your base force on Tarawa have radar?

2.  Have you optimsed the air commanders in charge of your fighter squadrons?

3.  To keep your morale and fatigue levels down I would switch to only 50% CAP rather than your current 90%.  Also I would prefer to have my fighters on escort rather than sweep duty.

4.  What altitude are your fighters set for?  Remember that enemy escorts will come in 3000' above their bombers, so you should have your fighters at 5000' above their bombers.

5.  If he is using his Zeros primarily on sweep missions, then you will have to LRCAP Tarawa from Abema.

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RE: Economic Warfare - 12/12/2008 7:33:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the tips guys.

Fighter woes continue in Burma

Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 69

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 32
CW-22 Falcon x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 21 destroyed
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Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,29

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 74

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb: 15 destroyed

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RE: Economic Warfare - 12/12/2008 3:49:50 PM   
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RE: Economic Warfare - 12/12/2008 4:47:21 PM   
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Have you thought about puting some bamboo stakes along the runways to catch those low flying Oscar sweeps.

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They were my sweeps over Mandalay

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RE: Economic Warfare - 12/12/2008 6:11:36 PM   
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Cantona2,

You are probably doing all these but a checklist can sometimes be a useful reminder.

1.  Does your base force on Tarawa have radar?

2.  Have you optimsed the air commanders in charge of your fighter squadrons?

3.  To keep your morale and fatigue levels down I would switch to only 50% CAP rather than your current 90%.  Also I would prefer to have my fighters on escort rather than sweep duty.

4.  What altitude are your fighters set for?  Remember that enemy escorts will come in 3000' above their bombers, so you should have your fighters at 5000' above their bombers.

5.  If he is using his Zeros primarily on sweep missions, then you will have to LRCAP Tarawa from Abema.

Alfred



1. I have one USAAF Base Force on Tarawa but i need to check its TO&E
2. That i have not checked, i am assuming high air/aggression ratings
3. Did so last turn. Why escort? What effect will it have?
4. High altitude 20,000 or so
5. The zeroes are coming sometimes with recon planes (sweeps) or escorting the bombers. Why Lrcap as opposed to CAP?

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RE: Economic Warfare - 12/13/2008 7:59:18 AM   
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ORIGINAL: cantona2


quote:

ORIGINAL: Alfred

Cantona2,

You are probably doing all these but a checklist can sometimes be a useful reminder.

1.  Does your base force on Tarawa have radar?

2.  Have you optimsed the air commanders in charge of your fighter squadrons?

3.  To keep your morale and fatigue levels down I would switch to only 50% CAP rather than your current 90%.  Also I would prefer to have my fighters on escort rather than sweep duty.

4.  What altitude are your fighters set for?  Remember that enemy escorts will come in 3000' above their bombers, so you should have your fighters at 5000' above their bombers.

5.  If he is using his Zeros primarily on sweep missions, then you will have to LRCAP Tarawa from Abema.

Alfred



1. I have one USAAF Base Force on Tarawa but i need to check its TO&E
2. That i have not checked, i am assuming high air/aggression ratings
3. Did so last turn. Why escort? What effect will it have?
4. High altitude 20,000 or so
5. The zeroes are coming sometimes with recon planes (sweeps) or escorting the bombers. Why Lrcap as opposed to CAP?


1. Radar considerably helps CAP to be more effective. If your BF doesn't have radar you might want ti replace it with one that does.

2. I find that many leaders of Allied LBA are incorrectly assigned in that they may be described as best employed to command bombers but are actually currently assigned to command a fighter unit (and vice verse fighters/bombers/transport). Air and aggression ratings will certainly help in dogfighting but don't overlook morale and admin in order to get planes into the air. I rely more on the overall assessment provided of "best used to command..."

3. A personal quirk, there may well be no discernible difference but I justify the policy on the basis that:
(a) a fighter unit on escort will not do anything (except of course for the percentage set to CAP) if it has nothing to escort and thus experiences lower fatigue/op losses
(b) if placed on sweep it may attempt a sweep and incur fatigue etc even if it realises there is nothing in range to sweep
(c) I don't trust the code for their to be no glitches between sweeps meeting sweeps
(d) if you set a fighter unit on escort to fly at 20000' altitude then I trust the CAP to be at that altitude when the enemy arrives - but what about a unit on sweep, would its CAP percentage not have to climb up from the hard coded sweep altitude to the enemy altitude?

4. Based on AARs there appears to be an advantage to having some high and some low CAP.

5. My suggestion was to have your Tarawa planes flying CAP over Tarawa and your Abema fighters LRCAPing Tarawa. That way any sweeps against Tarawa do not meet your Abema LRCAP fighters who are then able to confront enemy bombers (and their escorts) over Tarawa.

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RE: Economic Warfare - 12/13/2008 11:06:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		Alfred many thanks for such a comprehensive reply. The BF on Tarawa does indeed have Radar in its TO&E. I have also gone over the leaders of the main fighter units on the atoll and those that rotate in and out as and when the situation demands. Thanks again buddy.



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RE: Economic Warfare - 12/13/2008 11:14:03 AM   
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Status: offline 		Patrol planes from Tarawa had been radioing back reports that been picked up by the signalmen of the 15th USAAF Base Force. Several large concentrations of Japanese heavy surface units seemed to be heading in a southernly direction. Bombers were quickly scrambled in an attempt to hurt the sips before they could damage Tarawa's budding installations. Six Mitchell bombers took off at midday and were soon over the target. The gratifying news was that no fighters flew CAP over the ships, the bad news was the composition of the task force that comprised battleships and heavy cruisers. The bombers engaged the ships and braved the flak at 6,000 feet but their bombs plunged hamrlessly into the sea around the circling Japanese heavies. They turned around and headed home armed with several recon pictures.

Day Air attack on TF at 81,89


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
CA Chokai

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 6000 feet

Three submarines were tagging the japanese ships while a unit of Airacobras transferred out of Tarawa being replaced by a Marine Squadron of Dauntless's that had been forming on Nukufetau. Likewise the WASP Task Force would be on station in 24 hours, the first carrier to have an opeational unit of the new TBF Avenger.




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RE: Economic Warfare - 12/13/2008 11:14:50 AM   
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Althought you are an allied player and I shouldn`t help the enemy ....

Try to put together 3 or 4 squadrons (if you can provide so many) somewhere near tarawa and wait until your cvs arrive to provide cover- transfer the squadrons to the island - wait for a day to rest them while cvs tangle with the japs  - the day after put them to use with the cv fighters - take out the cvs the next day. I know it ain`t a particulary smart plan but... maybe you ll get lucky

Nice aar btw!


Thanks for the tips and comments hosho

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RE: Economic Warfare - 12/17/2008 7:33:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the tips again. Despite the high losses of Airacobras (9000 feet), 15 Zeroes is a great result that may get Herb to rethink his deployments

Day Air attack on Tarawa , at 84,95

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 76

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 7
F4F-4 Wildcat x 4
P-39D Airacobra x 15
P-38F Lightning x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 15 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 11 destroyed
P-38F Lightning: 3 destroyed, 5 damaged


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Heads up - 12/27/2008 1:11:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		Game is in a seven day haitus while Herb is away on holiday. Ill try to give a theatre by theatre assessment of the status quo and possible futher ops. First up SEAC.

Japanese expansion stopped at Myitktina-Akyab line and most of his frontline divisions were harassed by the RAF as they railed back into the Burmese hinterland. SIGINT intercepts have regularly placed the 55th Infantry Division at Rangoon but the others have simply disappeared off the scope. Most of the action in this theatre has occured in the air. Magwe has ceased producing oil as the combined attentions of Liberator and B-17 Squadrons from India shut her down. There has been a large attrition rate of both Oscars and Hurricanes and of late Nates are being seen in Burmese skies, i don't know if this is indicative of a shortage of frames or just a rotation of units. The long legs of the Liberator has meant that places like Hanoi, Moulmein and Raheng have been targetted to keep Herb shifting his units around. The highest concentration of fighters has been over Mandalay. There will be no major movement in this front until 1943 so for the time being the baton passes to the RAF and USAAF in India. There is a barge supply line from Calcutta to Cox's Bazaar to keep this outpust going and it seems there another barge supply line from Rangoon to Akyab, that has been intercepted on several occasions by aircraft and gunboats.



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RE: Heads up - 12/27/2008 1:19:54 PM   
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China has been the most active theatre since the game started. The central part of the front has seen a sweeping Chinese offensive early in 1942 that was swpet back by an overwhelming Japanese attack in April/May. Luckily most Chinese units were able to extract themselves in good order and construct a new front anchored on Ichang and closer the the supply head at Chungking. USAAF fighters that had fled the Phillipines have made a good account of themselves in the skie above the battlefields. The 1st/AVG, still flying its P-40B's has also been the scourge of the IJAAF. Based out of Honan its has harrassed planes attacking Chinese positions north of Nanyang. Likewise the 3rd/AVG and 21st Fighter based at Ichang have stopped Oscar sweeps that had been hitherto clearing the way for the bomber streams. The IJN is trying to outflank the positions at Ichang but strong Chinese infantry units secure the road and the cavalry units provide a mobile element that has helped slow down Herbs advance. Similarly allied planes from Chungking have sniped at advancing Japanese troops. If i can hold his next assault i am confident of being able to consolidate and make him hunker down.



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RE: Heads up - 12/27/2008 1:29:25 PM   
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Herb stopped his advance after the Thursday Island/Port Moresby operation, to be honest i was also expecting a second attack in the Darwin area when my attention was focused in defending TI and PM. Darwin has developed into a major aerial and submarine base. The heavies based on its aerodromes have pounded Amboina and are reducing Boleas capacity to produce resources. Likewise a fleet auxiliary vessel is maintaining a 5 boat flotilla active in the Timor and Ceram Seas that are sniping at his shipping as they transit to and form the area. Darwin is being resupplied from Aden. I have already successfully been able to send two heavily laden supply and fuel convoys via the Indian Ocean and, inpassing, have also kept the smaller bases on the coast supplied. The inland bases are also supporting Darwin with two units of B-17's based at Katherine regularly attacking Japanese bases on Timor. Herb initially had Zeroes based in Ambon but these have transferred elsewhere recently, perhaps my efforts at Tarawa and Burma are making him draw in units from his outer perimeter. A6M3's were flying over Kendari but these could not stop a Liberator raid on his docking facilities there. Recent recon flights suggest that he has pulled all of his ships back. Economic warfare is the order of the day here though my next counter attack will probably come here into Timor sometime in late 42, early 43 depending on what resources are available.



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RE: Heads up - 12/27/2008 1:37:38 PM   
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A lull settled on the area after the PM Operation and the invasion of Tarawa. Allied submarines out of Sydney have made the Coral Sea their playground reaping a decent harvest of enemy ships and mining Japanese bases in the area. Heavies out of Townsville, Cairns and Cooktown have carried out raids on the Milne Bay and Port Moresby but lacking any fighters with legs enough to escort them, have flown into the teeth of A6M3's. The Japanese have most recently carried out landings on the uninhabited islands of Woodlark and Kiriwina though Dutch submarines sunk two of their transports. I can see what Herb is doing here and it will be quite a web to unravel when the time comes! Coen has also been developed into a mid-sized airfield and Marauders are bombing Japanese installations on Thursday Island. G4M1 Bettys have begun to carry out a series of night raids on Coen from fields in New Guinea. This has led to the Kittyhawk Squadron based there to specialise in night fighting, an interesting experiment to say the least.



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RE: Heads up - 12/27/2008 1:47:23 PM   
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The hottest theatre at the moment. Attrition is the watchword here, one i can very easily accept. Tarawa is now fortified and garrisoned to the point were i feel confident of holding it if Herb counter attacks. Abemama is now sustaining bomber raids on Herbs fields in the Marshalls, a two pronged attack as planes from Wake Island are doing the same. My fighters have also begun to develop teeth, esepcailly after the changing of leaders (man the allied leader sit is messed up, not changed them since the start!). USN carriers have since withdrawn leaving the CV Wasp as the only one on station and last turn Lt D.Drake of VF-71 became the first allied Ace of the war as he shot down his 4th and 5th aircraft (A6M2) over Tarawa. Likewise the land based fighter units are gaining in experience and their tally of kills is rising. A second 24 plane unit of Lightnings has joined the 48th Fighter on Abemama and the chain of bases running south to Suva provides respite and resupply for battered units. That said i have been very lucky. A Betty raid missed the Oklahoma a few days ago and his subs have not been able to have a pop at any of my capital ships despite them being all over the damn place! Most of his resupply efforts have been with barges as such i am changing my sub strategy and start minelaying ops around his major airfields while withdrawing the S-boats to waters closer to Japan and more tastier morsels.



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RE: Heads up - 12/29/2008 12:40:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		Further developments around Tarawa. I moved the Wasp TF 120 miles to the West as a raid by Bettys missed the target thanks to the radar early warning system. A sharp change of course meant that the Japanese bombers found nothing but empty water. Later in the day search planes spotted a series of Japanese heavy units on a south easterly heaading out of the Marshalls, 60 miles East of Ebon. The Wasp immediatly picked up speed in order to bring her dive and torpedo bombers into range of the approaches to Tarawa and still be under the fighter unmbrella afforded by Abemama. Likewise a squadron of Kittyhawks was pulled out of Tarawa and replaced by a Dauntless Marine unit. The Mitchells on Tarawa have also been ordered to fly low level naval strike missions. In his last email Herb said his divisions were prepped for their next assault. The boot is now on the other foot again as i only have two sea worthy carriers. Wasp and an upgraded Enterprise that has just left Pearl. The targets i can envisage are Tarawa, now at 3 forts and covered by Abemama so it will be a costly operation for him, Wake Island, at level 8 forts 2000+ mines a death trap, or an attack on the Northern Australian coast in order to stop me levelling any DEI industry within range.

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RE: Heads up - 12/30/2008 8:28:30 AM   
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Just a point regarding China which you may not be aware of when planning your future strategy in that theatre. 

If Chinese forces invade Indochina after 1 January 1943, it appears that the invasion does not trigger the creation of 4 (max) enemy units which otherwise are created were you to cross the border in 1942.  Thus you might want to consider whether there are any non static Chinese divisions in rear area bases that might be given as an objective an Indochina base.  Thus you would have a fully prepped January 1943 expeditionary force.  At worst, and this would still be a good outcome for you, the enemy would receive intel about the preparation and either rely upon his (mistaken) auto reinforcement or move additional units to Hanoi/Haiphong, thus reducing his offensive/defensive capabilities elsewhere.

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RE: Heads up - 12/30/2008 9:51:59 AM   
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RE: Heads up - 12/30/2008 10:53:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		Japanese surface units raided Tarawa atoll on the night of 24th July 1942. A cruiser led force stole past the protecting minefields and attacked and sunk the only ship unloading at the atoll. The AK Charles. H Cramp went down with roughly 50% of the supplies she had on board going down with her.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Tarawa at 84,95

Japanese Ships
CA Maya
CA Chokai
CA Mikuma
CL Tatsuta
DD Mutsuki
DD Kisaragi
DD Uzuki
DD Satsuki
DD Fumizuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Nagatsuki
DD Mochizuki

Allied Ships
AK Charles H Cramp, Shell hits 30, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

The Japanese ships were then able to make enough speed to take them away from the range of the Wasp's planes. That said the B-25's of the 13th Bombardment at Tarawa caught up with the ships at Mili but their attack was ineffective:

Day Air attack on TF, near Mili at 84,89


Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 11


Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki
CA Chokai
CA Maya

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 4000 feet
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 4000 feet
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 4000 feet

I was fortunate that Herb chose to engage naval units rather than bombarding the airfield as I am sure it would have been a more productive raid for him.

Elsewhere in the theatre:

SS I-7 was sunk just off Baker Island. A great kill as it was one of those pesky Glen carrying buggers. Bolea is still being bombed, its rubber producing facilities down to a minimum in production. Similarly Japanese positions in Burma have also been subjected to an extensive bombing campaign. My own submarines have also been sinking ships. Two in the Solomon Sea and another two in the Marshalls. My minelaying campaign is also starting to bear fruit as an AO struck a couple of mines at Maleolap. I have an MLE based at Canton Island and another at Noumea. About 10 boats are entrusted with the repeated mining of all Japanese bases in the areas. A large 7 boat pack has left for the Japanese Home Islands fully laden with mines, their targets Tokyo, Osaka and Tsu. I want Herbs MSW/ASW resources as stretched as possible and until the majority of my torps start working then the larger fleet boats can leave presents for Herb all around. The S-boats fleet, however, will stay in the frontline as they are being very effective. Along with the Dutch and British boats they have accounted for over 80 sunk enemy ships.

21st Fighter and 3rd/AVG were hammered in an ambush over Nanyang and i lost 16 planes to his 8. Luckily only 3 pilots were posted MIA. These were two elite units and are now regrouping further back. In one fell swoop the IJAAF has been able to reduce the effectiveness of my AF in China by 50%. Yet i have an ambush or two of my own set up as unescorted bombers have been boming Kumming and Chinese positions to the south of Hankow. Hopefully i can repay the favour to Herb next turn!





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Status: offline 		The war is now its ninth month. Japanese expansion has stopped and checked in a few places but China is starting to become a bit of a headache with Japanese units all over like a rash. Here is the 7/42 scorecard. More allied planes have been lost but a lot of them are op losses from transport and bomber missions. My fighters have developed some teeth and are now on an almost 1:1 loss ratio when up against the Jap flyboys.




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Status: offline 		Despite the halting of Japanese offensive operations across the theatre at large naval movements have been spotted and tracked across the Japanese perimeter. The allied forces now boast several well developed air bases within range of several Japanese outposts. In Eastern Australia Cairns has a couple of bomber sqaudrons that have been bombing Thursday Island on a daily basis. Portland Roads awaits the arrival of base units from the US West Coast before it too joins the fight against the Japanese in New Guinea. Over the past couple of days Japanese convoys have been seen sailing north-west up the coast of New Guniea with Port Moresby as a destination. As such all bombers with the range to hit them were put on naval attack orders. Several Japanese ships were also seen disembarking cargo on Thursday Island. 403rd Bombardment (B-17) based at Cairns unsuccessfully attcked what seemed to be a troop transport at Port Moresby. It was interesting to note that no fighter cover rose to protect the ships.

Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 54,93


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AP Yamatsuki Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 15000 feet

The ships at Thursday Island, however, were not so lucky. 90th Bombardment (B-25) escorted by No 75 Squadron RAAF (Kittyhawk) flew in at 3,000 feet and managed to score 7 bomb hits on a cargo ship berthed at the docking platform on Thursday Island. As at Port Morseby no Japanese fighters rose to disrupt the bombing run.



Day Air attack on TF, near Thursday Island at 49,91


Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 8


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Singapore Maru, Bomb hits 7, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 3000 feet
4 x B-25C Mitchell bombing at 3000 feet

A lone Mitchell on a post mission recon patrol later confirmed the sinking of the Japanese cargo ship.

In a similar vein lots of Japanese traffic had been monitored traversing the Ceram Sea with Amboina as their destination. Amboina had already been heavily radided by the heavies at Darwin and has also been extensively reconed as well. As soon as the reports by the SS O-19 had been decoded three bomber sqaudrons were put on full alert at Darwin. The flyers knew that no Allied fighter currently staioned in Australia had the range to escort them but they eager to strike at the Japanese ships. The first raid was carried out by a 3 plane flight from the 14th Bombardment (B-17). They braved the buzzing Japanese fighters (Ki-44), their 50 cals keeping them at arms length. The lead plane targeted at light cruiser anchored in the harbour and despite the flak all three planes dropped their bombs but missed the target.

Day Air attack on TF, near Amboina at 40,74

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 23

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Jintsu

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 15000 feet

The radiomen on the B-17's were also relaying reports back to Darwin about the number and type of shipping docked and unloading at Amboina. A large tanker convoy was docked and it became the target of the second wave of bombers. The rest of the 14th Bombardment (B-17) were joined by the 392nd Bomabardment (LB-30) and despite the angry attentions of the Tojo's they were able to substantially damage one tanker that, judging from the black plume of smoke that gushed from its damaged hull, must have been carryinf some sort of fuel cargo.



Day Air attack on TF, near Amboina at 40,74

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 23

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8
LB-30 Liberator x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
TK Azuma Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 15000 feet
6 x LB-30 Liberator bombing at 15000 feet

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