rook749
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25 August 42 - 30 August 42 Executive Summary
Still a mess in the CBI, but it looks like I will get all of my forces back to India or Northern Burma.
Raiding
Sub attack near Fukue-jima xAKL P-67, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage vs SS Growler
Submarine attack near Fukue-jima xAKL P-24, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage vs SS Growler
Sub attack near Fukue-jima xAKL Hoko Maru, Shell hits 8 vs SS Albacore, hits 4, on fire
Submarine attack near Makassar vs xAKL Muroran Maru, Shell hits 1 vs SS Porpoise
Sub attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo xAKL P-150, Shell hits 28, heavy fires, heavy damage vs SS Halibut
ASW attack near Vanikoro SS I-30 vs DD Voyager, Torpedo hits 1
Sub attack near Anatom SS I-154 vs AMc Tongkol, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage (later sinks)
ASW attack near Nadi SS I-155, hits 1 vs AMc Inchkeith
Submarine attack near Davao xAKL Tama Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage vs SS O24
Sub attack near Nadi SS I-155 vs AMc Manuka, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage (later sinks)
Sub attack near San Francisco SS I-166 vs xAK Unicoi, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage (later sinks)
Sub attack near Truk xAK Kurohime Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire vs SS Tautog
The effects of the sub campaign continue to take a small toll on AirGriff. They key is good submarine captains and continued patrols. Yes, the duds prevent a lot of damage but by forcing him to sail escorts, ASW Taffey's and fly plans we drain him of fuel and supply plus tie down air units that could be training pilots.
Allied Naval Forces
Fleet of Doom: USN CAR DIV 1 (Wasp), USN CAR DIV 2 (Lexington), CAR DIV 3 (Saratoga), Force H (Illustrious) and Force Z (Repulse and North Carolina) are supporting Operation Super Golden Crisp and are two days from Pearl Harbor for some R&R.
Enterprise has nine days left to be fully repaired at Pearl Harbor. The Yorktown and Hornet are ready to roll and at Pearl Harbor.
The USN 1st Bat Div (Pennsylvania, Idaho, New Mexico, Mississippi, Warspite, Colorado, 2 CA & 7 DD): This force is at Noumea.
Force X (Revenge, Royal Sovereign, Ramillies, Valiant): This force is at Diamond Harbor to cover my sea flank.
Mini-Doom: The small CVE fleet, in two separate taffys has been formed. Currently it comprises the Long Island with 17 Marine F2A-3 Buffalo fighters (speed 16) in one. The second one contains the CL Hermes (speed 25) with 20 Sea Hurricane Ib. Both of these are at Suva, waiting to surge to support landings in the Southwest Pacific as needed. The CVE Copahee just arrived and will join this force and is now in route from Pearl Harbor.
KB and Mini-KB
Assumed to be repairing at Rabaul/Truk.
China
He has continued to bombard from the ground and air at Wenchow to work to burn off my supplies and damage the airfield, supplies stand at 2.5K (rising). We also have 32K troops in the max stacking of 40K, Forts 3(9)-70%. The air force arrived for two days and then left.
His army is also prepping for a 42/43 offensive once Wenchow falls. Moving units to hold the areas he is prepping to attack and protect against any Flanking maneuvers. Targets he is prepping for are: Sian, Wuchow, Changsha and Chenchow.
CBI
Will Post is a separate post below later when I have time. Traveling all this week from site to site.
The SWPAC
At Ndeni the 1st Marine Division, 641st Towed TD Bn, 1 USMC Parachute BN, 54th Base Group, 1st Pion Bn, 2nd Marine Air Wing, the 1st USM Tank Bn and the 5th USN Const Bn are based here. Port is level 1(1)-85%, Airfield 1(5)-51% and we are working to expanding. Additional Engineer, Air HQ and aviation support is in route. At the airfield we have one F4F-3P ACU, one F2A-2 Buffalo ACU and one F4F-3A Wildcat.
At Vanikoro is a Port level 2(0)-02%, the Airfield 6(4)-23% and the Fort 3, 14 PT Boats, one ACM, 150 mines and one AGP. The 1st Marine Raider Bn and the 8th Marine Def Bn, 1st US Naval Construction Bn , 13th MAG HQ, 2nd USMC Parachute Bn, 2/7 Commando Bn, 3rd Naval Const Bn, 94th Cst AA Rgt and the Del Monte AAF Base Force are at this location. There is one P-39D ACU, two A-24 ACUs, two C-47 Skytrain ACUs, two RD-41 Skytrain ACUs, one SBC4-Helldiver and one one SB2U-3 Vindicator. Additional Marine Fighter and Dive Bomber ACUs are ready to rotate in or base here as the airfield expands.
Luganville is safe with Port 4(3)-94%, Forts Level 3(9), Airfield 8(5), two CD LCUs, one ACM, the 2nd Marine Divion + a lot of friends, 12 PT Boats and 148 mines. The island has 284 Aviation Support and one Air HQ. four B-17E ACUs, three P-39D ACUs and two P-38E ACUs.
At Koumac I have one B-17D ACU, two B-17E ACUs and one LB-30 ACU. All of the bombers are now resting and waiting for the next operation, these bombers will be used for the same effect remove the airfield at Tulagi from projecting any fighter cover forward during active operations. He could project some force from the Shortlands level 4 airfield but one air field is not enough to slow me down if I am willing to take 4E Bomber losses.
Operation Mr. T
The retaking of the Ellice Islands: Vaitupu and Funafuti. Allied high command wants to make sure we keep the pressure on him from both the Southwest and Central Pacific. I think I am going to fall into a very historical Left-Right attack along the MacArthur and Nimitz lines of advance.
Right now air recon shows these islands to be empty. We will make an attempt on each with a NZ Inf Bde, covered by the Mini-Fleet of Doom. If this does not work we will use the big forces noted below and the Fleet of Doom to bail us out.
From Nadi the 4 FA Bn, 32nd Infantry Div and the 192nd Tank Bn will attack Funafuti, preparation in the mid 90’s. The 754th Tank Bn, Americal Inf Div and the 205th FA Bn will attack from Koumac and take Vaitupu - ~80% prepped and climbing.
Operation Cookie-Crisp
The landing at Tabiteuea and Tarawa. Forces will stage from Pearl will take these islands. At this point it is just planning and prepping. I don’t expect to be able to do this until all the carriers have completed their upgrades.
For Tabiteuea the 27th Infantry Division, the 181st FA Bn, 763rd Tank Bn, 97th Cst AA Rgt, 145 FA Bn,and the 34th Cmbt Eng Rgt are all prepping for this in the low-80s {most of them}. The forces from the NOPAC will also be added to this tally once the redeploy to Pearl Harbor.
For Tarawa the 24th Infantry Division (2/3 Restricted), 134th Combat Engr Bn, 198th FA Bn, 110th Cmbt Engr Bn, 223rd FA Bn, 40th Infantry Division and the 762nd Tank B are all prepping in the mid-20’s to the mid-70's.
Operation Super Golden Crisp
The 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Pioneer Bn, Camp Adair, I US Corps are now in route to Pearl Harbor for the next wave of landings. This lift will base out of Pearl Harbor for Operation Cookie-Crisp.
Operation Kaboom
Securing of Kirakira. Recon of this base dot shows 1 unit an 200 troops. Looking to take it in a para drop and then reinforce with marine raider units off of SST's. After this falls we move on to Tulagi, intel shows 29K of troops with a stacking limit of 25K at Tulagi.
We have the 3rd USMC Parachute Bn, 2nd USMC Parachute Bn, 2/7 Comando Bn all at mid 60% preparation. The plan is to go in four days and use the 4E Bomber to soften up the target.
Japanese Amphibious Landings:
Amphibious Assault at Sibolga (44,79)
Amphibious Assault at Donggala (68,99)
Amphibious Assault at Bandjermasin (60,99)
Japan Conquerors the Following Bases:
Magwe (para drop!)
Padang
Pare Pare
Larantoeka
Sibolga
Sawahloento
Donggala
Allies Amphibious Landings:
None.
Allies Conquerors the Following Bases:
Shemya Island
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RE: This will End Badly Rook749 vs AirGriff - 
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RE: This will End Badly Rook749 vs AirGriff - 
Last turn was the worst turn to date for losses by far ---- but I still have all of the bomber ACUs at full strength and in Burma our bombing killed 1.5K troop in the main hex with the Imperial Guard Division. 
. The first attack is a disaster for him but the second one goes off much better. I am rushing two corps back into the hex, I hold for two more days the corps arrive and all is well if not then he may well break the line. 
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