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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/1/2012 11:54:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		You asked earlier about sending the 18th UK into Moulemein. I was hoping someone with more experience would answer but since they are not, I will offer my take on it. The British can hold their own when they are fully equipped, well supplied and have good leaders. Experience is very important. Japanese units are typically in the 60-70 range from years of fighting in China [since 1934]. Their allies [Thai, Chinese, and Indian division] are not nearly so well equipped, experienced or led. AV of 800-300 when landing against a base with forts + terrain advantage for defence is very iffy. Bombardments will help reduce the defenders AV and morale, moreso if it is IJA allies versus the IJA units. I would want at least 1200 AV to take on 300 this early. It takes a while for xAPs and xAKs to unload whereas in 1943 you will have real landing craft and ships available.

The other thing to consider is extraction should he muster a counterattack by land, sea or air. Can you hold off the attackers long enough to get them out? If not, can you supply them to tie down his forces for a while? I guess the bottom line is: Don't land anything you are not prepared to lose.

BTW, historically it was around March 1942 that KB made its Indian Ocean foray to attack Columbo. Have you considered whether he might send it that direction in the game?

About the convoys you are so concerned about, just decide which is worse: loss of time if you wait for CV coverage or loss of the ships and troops/cargo if things go wrong. Go with your decision knowing you considered the consequences and made the best choice at the time. It's the second-guessing yourself that eats you up!

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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/2/2012 9:11:46 PM   
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First, I forget a day's update, and then I accidentally deleted this one instead of submitting it.

- Prince of Wales sunk today when I attempted to move her to Melbourne. No real surprise.
- Repulse should arrive in Cape Town in a few days for her repairs. I don't foresee any problem with her getting there
- CV Formidable arrived in CT today and Indomitable is waiting to welcome her at Diego Garcia with an escort.
- SigInt: He is moving a construction unit to Shikaku, which is the border base on the island that he shares with Russia. The only thing I can think of is that he wants to build the base up there to cover the Kuriles. Perhaps I should plan to give him reason to believe that I will take that route. It is far easier to get your enemy to believe that something IS happening when they are expecting it.
- I'm disappointed in the aircobra's performance. My Burmese AVG unit is equipped with them and they did not perform well against a handful of Oscars. Perhaps it was a fluke.
- Lexington and Enterprise were able to leave Pearl a bit earlier than I expected. The hold up was a large number of DDs that were still in the yard finishing up some upgrades. I forgot that I had an ample supply of DDs already ready to go. They are racing south in the hope of linking up with Yorktown and Saratoga before they get to the Fiji area.

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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/2/2012 11:49:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		The Airacobra was a poor dogfighter - heavily armed with a 37 mm cannon it is not very agile but it is good for busting bombers, tanks and barges or small vessels. Try to use it in a ground support role more than air superiority or escort for your own bombers.

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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/4/2012 2:14:07 AM   
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(nothing much happened on the 6th)

I had some idiotic troops traveling from Changsha to Hengyang who stupidly decided to march straight through the hex SW of Changsha which contains over 100000 enemy troops. He shock attacked. 239 squads were destroyed.

He has bombers flying to attack Hengyang. They fly directly over Changsha. Will my AVG unit which I'm about to move to Changsha be able to intercept them? I think I know the answer, but I want to make sure.

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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/4/2012 2:33:58 AM   
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He has bombers flying to attack Hengyang. They fly directly over Changsha. Will my AVG unit which I'm about to move to Changsha be able to intercept them? I think I know the answer, but I want to make sure.


Nein. The game doesn't model mid-flight intercepts.

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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/4/2012 6:28:53 AM   
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My British bombardment fleet savaged Moulmein in the afternoon. 2519 fires and some solid hits on the airfield. They will expend a bit more ammo and then withdraw back to Trincomalee. Does this affect anything other than my moral? Probably not.

In Yorktown's TF, two DD captains evidently decided to have a demolition derby. They MIGHT make it to port. Yorktown was not damaged.

Still no hint as to the KB's location and it's getting down to the wire where I'll have to decide whether I should risk all 4 of my active carriers to protect the landings at Luganville. It would be a great relief if the KB showed up in NOPAC or somewhere far far away.

II Fighter Command has been unloading in Perth for the last couple days. I'm sending lots of these groups to Brisbane where they are taking on planes from withdrawing groups. They will then be stationed along the Aussie coast. I'll ship a couple over to Noumea and perhaps to Luganville if I can land some aviation support over there.

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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/4/2012 4:12:38 PM   
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Another great day of bombardment at Moulmein. Soon the IO won't be so open for my movement like this, but I'll enjoy it while I can.

AVG performed badly over China today.

He finished off the two large corps that marched right into his lines. In the last 3 days I have lost somewhere on the order of 800 squads in central China - all because these guys went to the wrong hex.

I am within a day or so of my carriers being within his possible visual range, and I still don't have a fix on his KB. Time to stress.

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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/4/2012 7:36:48 PM   
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I stuck around for 1 more day of bombardment at Moulmein. My TF expended their shells (damaging 71 Oscars and setting 6000+ fires in the city) and then began the trip home. He finally attempted an air attack on them and succeeded in putting a torpedo into the side of HMS Revenge. The damage? 3 FLT. OH THE HUMANITY!!

I'm starting to wonder if I've borked the AVG. They are performing very poorly against his Oscars. I've been pulling pilots to TRACOM once they reach 81, but they still have lots of great pilots. I just don't get it.

LOTS of ASW activity outside of Truk all of a sudden. Something big is going on there. My initial thought is that perhaps he has spotted my carriers NE of Fiji and is launching the KB. He clearly wants those waters emptied of submarines.

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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/4/2012 7:55:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		Here you can see that he is flanking in a big way. He has cut off the rail line to Kukong and I suspect he wants to move even further around the other side of Hengyang. I think it may be time to abandon Kukong and Wuchow - neither of which I can spare forces to defend right now.




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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/4/2012 11:50:36 PM   
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Not lot happened today.

My picket sub NE of Kendari spotted a convoy that included 2 AOs. A hint as to the location of the KB? Possibly, I guess, but it obviously isn't enough to go on.

Sian's airfield is now high enough that I might could send the AVG over there to surprise his Manchurian bombers. I'm fairly certain he's using those squadrons to train pilots. In the past 2-3 days I've lost about 5 aces over Changsha.

He attacked Bataan and did very well against my starving troops. The Philippines will soon be his.

EDIT: Possible KB sighting in the worst possible place - trying to slide through the gap to the east of the New Hebrides toward Suva. It is only reported as BBs but he hasn't moved that large a force of BBs without the KB being around. I'm linking my CVs and sending the transports to alternate ports. Emergency replenishment fleets are set to fill and deploy.



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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/5/2012 4:35:34 AM   
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Nothing to report really.

The TF(s) that I saw NE of Luganville were spotted again, but this time it shows as just 1 TF with a couple CAs and DDs. I think it might just be a raiding party to catch transports. They probably have not spotted my carriers and if he pushes in enough for me to feel confident that the KB is not around, I might bring up the carriers to deal with them.

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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/5/2012 4:27:31 PM   
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KB SPOTTED!! And unfortunately, it is right where I was afraid it was - North of Fiji and moving south. I have 4 CVs in the area, and two of them may have been spotted by him this turn (I apparently forgot to change their orders to keep them with the other two CVs).

This comes at a terrible time as my slow moving transports are approaching from the east. The best egress for my carriers is directly east, but that will draw the KB right into about 100,000 ship bound troops. Here is the situation:



It seems to me that I have two choices. I can either have the CVs retreat directly east and have the transports flee NNE (pink route). Or I could have the CVs retreat NNE to try to draw the KB away while the transports head SE toward Tahiti (yellow route). Everything in Fiji is fleeing SSW regardless, but I'll note in passing that constantly having to evacuate this area has cost me a fortune in fuel. I don't think I've been able to make a single fuel shipment to Australia thusfar.

I'm leaning toward the second plan (yellow route) because it could have the added benefit of delaying his attack on Fiji for long enough to let me get my ships to NZ or Aussie.

There is a possibility that he has not seen my CVs at all. If that is the case, I may be able to pull back quick enough to avoid detection and just wait until the storm passes before bringing those troops in. It was my land based search planes that spotted him and I've had no reports of his aircraft near my TFs.

I have to decide fast or he'll know that I know.


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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/5/2012 10:38:11 PM   
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I chose to go with the yellow plan (see above) and have my CVs flee NE and my transports SE (by the way, because of this maneuver, I noticed for the first time the island of Fatu Hiva which might make for a nice alternative from the all-too-predictable Fiji or Pago Pago selection). My hope was that he would see the carriers and follow, thus moving away from my important transports and the important ports in Fiji.

Instead, the KB continued straight SE, directly for Fiji. I'm actually a tad pleased by this. He is operating outside of his LBA range. Even when he bombed Sydney a month or so ago, he seemed reluctant to dip down out of the LBA range of Rabaul and was quick to get back under it, but here he is will outside of that coverage. Could it be that he has no idea that my carriers are there? Does that open up the possibility of moving around behind him and hitting him with a surprise attack as he exits the area (assuming he leaves the same way he came)? Probably the wiser move would be for me to leave my CVs NE of the danger area until he expends his sorties and returns home. I have 4 CVs (one of which is way too overstacked with aircraft) against what appears to be the full KB which is not good odds. CV Hornet is 6 days out of San Diego and I could probably get her to sea pretty quick, but she'd still have another week to get into SOPAC, so I'm stuck with just the 4 at the moment.

I also wonder whether he spotted my empty ships fleeing to NZ from Suva. I wish I'd sent them running a day earlier, but I had concluded that it was just a raiding party based on initial intel. The fleeing ships are divided by speed, so I'm hoping they can get far enough south in the night not to be spotted by his scout planes, though his subs probably caught wind of a mass exodus.

(Sidenote: I'm not paranoid by nature, but I can't help but notice that this is twice in a row that I had JUST pulled the trigger on a major operation only to have the KB show up in exactly the worst possible location on that very day.)






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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/6/2012 12:29:15 AM   
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Status: offline 		Could his Glen-carrying subs be providing recon intel for him? You wouldn't know unless you read every detail of the op reports and found a sighting of a Glen by one of your TFs, and often the sighting does not specify aircraft type leaving you to check TF location vs distance from land bases. His sightings by periscope have to be up too, with all the shipping moving in that corridor.

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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/6/2012 12:41:55 AM   
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Could his Glen-carrying subs be providing recon intel for him? You wouldn't know unless you read every detail of the op reports and found a sighting of a Glen by one of your TFs, and often the sighting does not specify aircraft type leaving you to check TF location vs distance from land bases. His sightings by periscope have to be up too, with all the shipping moving in that corridor.


His Glens have been doing recon on Pago Pago almost every day. I think he is still a bit unsure of which port I'm using (and since I'm using both now, he's GOT to be confused...because I'M confused ). That said, he may still have the intel.

...not sure why he would choose not to chase my CVs, though.

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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/6/2012 3:08:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		The question of committing the 18th UK Division to Moulmein is really part of a larger question around Burma. Should the Allies reinforce it, or leave it?

It's important to keep the rail line northward open as long as possible, and shovel supplies in through Rangoon. For awhile, there isn't alot the Japs can do about this, other than bomb Rangoon port and drop paras along the rail line.

But eventually, the Japanese will get there in force if they want to.

The problem with reinforcing Burma is that you are vulnerable to being stranded there. A Japanese landing at Chittagong or Cox Bazaar, and a move inland, and your units can be cut off. Well, they can retreat to China, but no supply sources there.

I am starting a game as Allies, and not sure what to do with Burma. It will take a couple months for the Japanese to take it regardless, but beyond that, is it wise to reinforce? I am not sure on that.

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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/6/2012 3:58:27 AM   
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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/6/2012 5:00:53 AM   
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KB moved in and took a hit at Suva. He was clearly being cautious, and I'm assuming that most of his aircraft were set for Naval Attack. "Radio chatter" indicates that he knows my CVs are up there, but he may just be fishing for information. I have refueled my CVs and will move them to the NW next turn to keep him guessing. I've got to sort out one of the CVs that has 105 planes aboard. I'll attempt to put some ashore somewhere if I get a chance. It LOOKS like my transports will slide off to SOPAC in time, but this battle is only getting started.

In other news, my torpedoes are terrible.

(As for the Suva attack, he did some port damage and that's about it. The only thing left in port is damaged already. My AA boys damaged a few and shot down a Val. Good on 'em.)




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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/6/2012 5:31:25 AM   
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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/6/2012 3:30:00 PM   
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Almost no change in the position. KB moved slightly south and west. My forces moved about the same distance parallel to him.

His port attack on Suva hit 4 of the damaged ships that were in the yard. He sunk an AMc.

I'm sure that he's frustrated with his attack so far. He may even think that he guessed wrong and that Pago is my real base. He certainly seems to be inching his way in that direction. But what comes after that? Will he charge for my carriers? Shoot west to intercept shipping (and coincidentally hit my important transports)?


In other news, he now has a level 4 airfield at Port Moresby. Fun times.

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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/6/2012 9:46:35 PM   
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First things first, today was a red letter day for Japan. They finally took Bataan and thus secured the Philippines. I had hoped my boys would hold out a bit longer, but it is what it is. Where he sends those divisions will be the signal I'm looking for when deciding whether to throw my weight to India or Australia/SOPAC. The V Bomber Command, 18UK, 6AUS, and 7AUS (among others) are all waiting for some sort of sign as to where he will be going.

There was no attack from the KB today, but that is only because it was a day of transit for him. He has positioned himself between Pago Pago and Suva, moving toward the former. I expect he is planning on bombing the port at Pago Pago in the hopes of discovering where all my ships have gone. The answer is that they have gone to NZ and his positioning leads me to believe that he may be planning on hitting those ports next, so my ships will refuel and then continue on to Aussie (if he gives them enough time. My important ships are further ESE, and if he makes a move in that direction, I feel I will have to intervene with my CVs, odds or no odds. I have something like 100000 troops in 6-7 different TFs that are all fleeing that direction to wait for the KV to clear out. If I lose those, it will be '43 before I can mount any kind of offensive operation at all, and may well mean that Luganville, Noumea, and Suva all fall to Japanese invasion forces. I also recognize that this foray of the KB into this area could well be the precursor to just such an invasion, but if that is the case, there is little I can do about it. My CVs will continue to shadow the KB to the NE, maintaining a distance sufficient to be ready to leap if needed but far enough away so as not to get surprised.







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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/6/2012 11:05:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Sounds like you have a good handle on how to handle the likely courses of events. You are definitely right that replacing 100,000 troops would be harder than replacing the CVs - new ones are already nearing completion. If he drags his replenishment group along behind him away from LBA cover, you might get a shot at it and cripple his mission [if it is far enough away from him]. He would not be able to follow a high speed hit and run for long if his AOs were burning!

Also watch for the cruiser/DD and/or fast BB TF that usually scouts ahead of KB.

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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/7/2012 4:08:12 AM   
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1 Day after he takes Bataan and his bombers are already dropping on Ambon.

The KB has vanished. Mostly. I expected a port attack on Pago Pago, but there was nothing. My search planes did not see them, but there is a TF spotted a little to the west of where the KB was last turn. I suspect there was bad weather that messed up both the searches and the port attack. BUT it could be some sort of feint. I don't think he could move on my carriers without me spotting it (aside from weather), but if he moves much further SE he'll be out of my search umbrella.

Just a little uncertainty to add to my anxiety.

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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/7/2012 2:48:52 PM   
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The question of committing the 18th UK Division to Moulmein is really part of a larger question around Burma. Should the Allies reinforce it, or leave it?

It's important to keep the rail line northward open as long as possible, and shovel supplies in through Rangoon. For awhile, there isn't alot the Japs can do about this, other than bomb Rangoon port and drop paras along the rail line.

But eventually, the Japanese will get there in force if they want to.

The problem with reinforcing Burma is that you are vulnerable to being stranded there. A Japanese landing at Chittagong or Cox Bazaar, and a move inland, and your units can be cut off. Well, they can retreat to China, but no supply sources there.

I am starting a game as Allies, and not sure what to do with Burma. It will take a couple months for the Japanese to take it regardless, but beyond that, is it wise to reinforce? I am not sure on that.



At least in scenario #1, I do not think it is a Burma only question. One thing is to push the big bowl of jello in a lot of other places with the thought of a Burma campaign. Thus if the IJ focus on a committment as you stated then say Tarawa falls or Tulgi .. etc. Scenario #2 is a different story. In scenario #1 I was able to be successful with a Burma campaign and now Apr 43 threating Bangkok using an indirect strategy.

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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/7/2012 4:10:03 PM   
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In China he has isolated Kukong. I think I may leave my 600 AV there rather than pull them back. It's high time he had to fight for one of those southern bases.

The KB is still parked between Pago Pago and Suva. He deployed his heavy combat TF to bombard Suva today. I'm beginning to wonder if his intent is to shut the area down while he moves an invasion force in. He seems to be waiting for something - like the carriers are there to support something rather than primarily attack.

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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/7/2012 4:44:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		India is USELESS as a Japanese target. There is so much distance and combat power there, I think the vast majority of Japanese players wouldn't attempt it. Those rail-lines in India are a HUGE advantage for quick reaction.

Burma needs to be contained but that should about be it.

In RA he doesn't gain very much in terms of IJA Combat Power so it is much closer to Scenario One.


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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/7/2012 9:55:58 PM   
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Another bad day for the AVG over China. I just don't get why these guys went from being awesome to barely holding their own. I only have 1 squadron there at the moment. Both of the other two are in Rangoon cover the British bombardment of Moulmein that should start tomorrow. This is the second such bombardment this month.

The KB is out of sight again. He is at the southern tip of my visual range, so he may have just drifted south a bit. His Combat TF hit Suva again today with little effect. It must be frustrating to watch my shipping go in and out of this port constantly for 2 months and then send the KB down there and find it more or less deserted. If only I knew which direction he will lash out in...

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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/7/2012 11:34:46 PM   
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(we're bored today obviously)

The USS Hornet has departed San Diego with most of her compliment of escorts. She will stop in Pearl Harbor to refuel and fill out the Marine fighter detachment that I put on her and then move south to join the rest of the force in SOPAC. When she arrives there, I will have 5 CVs in the area. I need to figure out how to arrange them in TFs/hexes and then I will feel confident enough to take a stab at the KB. I won't receive another CV until the end of June (Wasp).

The Brits bombarded Moulmein today with great results. I expect he'll try to fly up there with Betties like he did last time, but I have a nasty surprise if he does. Every fighter in Rangoon is flying LRCAP over that TF. He has something like 70 Oscars based in Moulmein, but they're going to have a hard time flying with 1 wing apiece and a hole for a runway.

What appears to be the KB has moved west from Suva toward Noumea and Sydney. I will be evacuating those areas (again), but the main threat is if he dips south to hit NZ. That is where I had all my Suva ships flee, so he could easily catch some of the slower ones there, including a transport convoy with a small land unit aboard. My CVs will inch closer to stay roughly the same distance away.


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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/8/2012 1:31:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		You may want to look at AcePylut 9's Downfall AAR http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3018547 in which he describes [near the beginning] how he places his CV TFs in adjacent hexes with overlapping CAP. Incoming strikes can only target one hex at a time but many fighters will be vectored to meet it, assuming detection at 60+ miles or so. Even if they break through they only have one TF to target.

If KB heads for NZ in earnest, just unload those troops and let the ships take the hit, rather than getting loaded ships sunk at sea [note the allitertation].

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RE: Buried in the Sunset (Marbakka [A] vs. Texas_D [J])... - 6/8/2012 4:47:46 AM   
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Japan has been landing troops at Ambon for a couple of days now. I'm tempted to do a deliberate attack while he only has about half the troops there, but his auto-shock attack today caused him enough disruption that I imagine it will be a siege of some length. Ambon was always meant as nothing but a speedbump of course.

The KB has moved slowly to the west, but curiously it is in a single TF now. I'm wondering if he split off a couple CVs to prowl around in the NZ area or perhaps in the true South Pacific - where I don't have a lot of search coverage. My carriers will continue to follow him.

EDIT: One other thing, I noticed that he was flying recon over a lot of choice bases over Burma. Specifically, the base NW of Rangoon and the dot-base NE of Lashio. I suspect that he is working on getting his paratroopers up there from down in the Kendari area. Now that he has seen those bases completely empty, I'm moving base forces into them to prevent any tomfoolery. My guess is that this is why he worked to get Chiang Mai up to a level 4 airfield even though he has no bombers based there.

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