John 3rd
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November 7, 1942 Combat Report As said above it was a very long day. We got in the one turn. This will be repeated Friday and Saturday. Am taking my time with these turns not wanting to lose the war to a STUPID thing missed and/or not done. Please bear with this. Add that I work 10 hour days each of the next two and one can see why things slow down. North Pacific Nothing Central Pacific Nothing South Pacific The Raid of Cooktown occurs and bet Dan is surprised! I Sweep of 36 Zero finds no CAP. Three raids bore in and hit the airstrip. A total of 54 Betty--Nells give it some serious redecorating. The runway (Sz-3) takes 29 hits and a number of SBDs are destroyed or damaged on the ground. We lose one plane for the attack. Hopefully, this will force Dan to split his LR CAP to protect his Airfields. Immediately set the Betty--Nell to Naval Attack Range 11. Move Vals into Tagula, Milne Bay, and Port Moresby. They are set to Range 6. This range equals the range for the Betty-Nell. It is the 'magic line' for our attacks. Zero and/or Tojos fill every field to provide CAP--Escort. Keep Kates at the Lae AF Complex where they can carry TTs Range: 7. The Air Division at Lae loads up 200 Torps for a single days potential action. Planned on this and this is why Lae has over 35,000 suuply. Each of her outlying AFs have 8-10,000 Supply. KB remains--apparently--unspotted. Kido Butai advance NNW along the flank of the Allied advance. I WANT the CVs. Haven't spotted them. Wonder if they are hugging the actual coastal hexes? Move a pair of RO- SS to the coastal shore to see. Begin loading the 2nd Inf Div at Munda as a counter-landing force. SS Force keeps moving NW as well. Several attacks but no hits. Terapo's Assault value goes from 95 to 125 in one day. The 54 Tinas haul troops ASAP. Two AK load the ehavy gear and are rounding Milne Bay. They may or may not make it in time. Mines dropped off at Horn Island and Terapo. Australia Dan launches a Port Strike by 3 B-24 and they manage to sink a damaged I-Boat and AKL in Port. OUCH! Burma Ramree is hit again by nearly 60 bombers. No Allied CAP. Very eerily quiet here. Order my Air Search up to cover the Bay of Bengal just to be safe! Lashio takes 38 Bomber's worth of attention. The 21st successfully pulls out of its hex and now, safely, moves towards Prome. The 18th ID should be able to hold for several weeks until his reinforcements arrive. As said earlier, I am betting on a Brit or American Inf Div showing up. LOTS of small units arriving and moving to new places in Burma. Should be able to buyout a new ID tomorrow from Shanghai. Cripples: Junyo SYS 14 to 13, FLOT 52, ENG 13 Mutsu SYS 25, FLOT 62 down 60, ENG 32 Engineering: Shemya Ft-4 Ichang Ft-5 Tabiteuea Ft-4
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