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RE: Avian aggression leads to murder most fowl - Sqz(A)... - 11/26/2015 4:26:40 PM

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Received another turn from Andre this morning. Perhaps Poultrylad not getting into it on the forum is good for our turn rate. Keep 'em coming!

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RE: Avian aggression leads to murder most fowl - Sqz(A)... - 11/27/2015 3:56:40 PM

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Oct. 13/42:

India:

With the routing of IJA 5th Div/A, Japanese fighters would be free to sweep the Allied occupied hex and catch my LRCAP at a disadvantage. Anticipating the sweeps, I stood down the fighters and bombers with the exception of a British Blenheim squadron that did not get the memo. They targeted IJA 5th Div/A, but luckily there was no Japanese air interdiction.

No enemy bombers targeted Allied ground forces either which allowed a British Armoured Bde. to close the range and will shock attack across the river tomorrow to try and catch the fleeing Japanese. Seeing on opportunity to disrupt Japanese withdrawal to Chittagong, I've ordered heavy bombing of Comilla to be followed by a paratroop drop by the 111th Chindit's. There is a single Japanese unit at Comilla, I'm hoping it's just a base force. If not...

I'm pushing hard for Chittagong in an effort to capture the base before the Japanese withdraw from Calcutta. If I can establish an American base then I can deploy PT Boats.

In Southern India, the last two Japanese units have reached Trivandrum and Fast Transport TF's are arriving to withdraw the units to Colombo. I've had Fulmar FB's deployed at Cochin to interdict any attempt to withdraw Japanese troops by sea, but they haven't attacked...until now. Four Japanese DD's were attacked by 12 Fulmar's at 1k altitude. Two destroyers were hit, each taking two and three 250kb bomb hits respectively. I believe one sank later in the turn and a number of Japanese squads were destroyed during the attack. Four Fulmars were shot down, but scratch one DD. I've ordered a single American DD and a number of submarines to move to Trivandrum to try and cause some grief.

I decided to hit Colombo's airfield and port tomorrow. A P-40k sweep is ordered, hopefully followed by 11 squadrons of 4E's escorted by P-40E fighters. Recon indicates only 33 Japanese fighters present at Colombo. I want to start applying pressure to Ceylon and close the airbases so I can send in the Royal Navy on occasion. I need to reduce/eliminate the risk of Japanese torpedo bomber attack first.

Central Pacific:

Preparations for the moves against Baker and Canton Islands are under way. I've started to reinforce Christmas Island with air units and ground forces ear marked for future amphibious landings against the Gilbert Islands. A couple of BB's are deploying forward to Christmas Island as well. I might cobble together a diversionary TF to move on Wake to see if I can draw focus away from the real landings. I've noticed no naval search out of either Japanese bases and submarines have been patrolling for months. It's possible the islands may be abandoned, or just weakly held. I'm not going in terribly heavy, but want to practice some atoll invasions. Success isn't critical here and it could draw out a Japanese response which might help me in the long run.

Australia:

Two Allied TF's will be bringing reinforcements to Exmouth within a week. It's time to consolidate this base and extend my presence in Northern Australia.

< Message edited by SqzMyLemon -- 11/27/2015 4:58:28 PM >

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RE: Avian aggression leads to murder most fowl - Sqz(A)... - 11/30/2015 9:47:27 PM

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Oct. 14-15/42:

Action remains focused in India.

All components of IJA 5th Division are accounted for and are concentrating at Comilla. British 111th Chindits land on top of IJA 5th Div/C at Comilla on the 14th and do surprisingly well considering. The heavy Allied bombing helped weaken the defence. More bombing of Comilla followed on the 15th and there was no Japanese attack to crush the Chindits...yet. That may change tomorrow as IJA 5th Div/B just railed in from Dacca. IJA 5th Div/A was routed by the British armour on the 14th and is retreating towards Dacca which frees up the main road for the Allied advance to Comilla. Unfortunately, Allied ground troops are at least 5 days from reaching the paratroop unless I race the armour ahead by itself.

Fierce air battles have developed over Japanese troops at Comilla, but the Allies are coming out ahead here with roughly a 2:1 advantage in fighter losses. The bombers have gotten through every time suffering few losses thanks to the escorts and sweeps, and are just raining down destruction on the Japanese ground forces.

Two days of Allied air attacks over Colombo have not gone as smoothly. On the 14th, A bombing raid was ordered against Colombo to be preceeded by sweeping P-40K's. Due to human error, I forgot to set the target for the sweeping P-40K's and the AI in its infinite wisdom ordered the fighters to sweep the closet enemy base at Jaffna. No enemy CAP was encountered so no Allied losses, but who cares as they were not where they were needed. The escorting P-40E's, without benefit of a pre-bombing sweep, got creamed losing 20 aircraft on the day. The bombers soldiered on and didn't suffer a loss and hit Colombo relative hard. More of the same was ordered for the 15th against Colombo. Two P-40K squadrons were ordered to sweep the correct base this time and the bombers were sent in unescorted. One of the P-40K squadrons didn't fly, but the one that did decimated the defending Zero CAP in preparation for the following bombers...which never arrived. Weather grounded all the bombing missions so an opportunity was lost to hammer Colombo against weak opposition.

All other preparations for Australia and the Central Pacific continue. The American carriers will complete their upgrades in eight days.

< Message edited by SqzMyLemon -- 11/30/2015 10:51:04 PM >

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RE: Avian aggression leads to murder most fowl - Sqz(A)... - 12/3/2015 5:16:33 PM

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Oct. 16/42:

India:

No air operations occurred over Comilla today with weather grounding all flights.

A third day of Allied sweeps and bombing missions were ordered over Colombo. P-38F's decimated low flying Zero CAP, but high altitude LRCAP Tojo's based from Trincomalee took out five Lightning's. Follow up P-40K sweeps wore down the remaining CAP and left the skies relatively empty for the bombers which faced only a few stragglers on CAP. Damage to Colombo was moderate and a few Japanese aircraft were destroyed on the ground. Once Colombo is shut down, I will turn my attention to Trincomalee which shows 51 enemy fighters present according to recon.

I'm not sure if Andre will reinforce with new air groups or continue to CAP until he can no longer offer resistance.

If I can destroy both airbases and prevent and chance of Japanese torpedo bombers being deployed I will send British and Commonwealth amphibious forces to Ceylon in November.

New Zealand:

Two Japanese CL's catch me napping and catch two transports unloading at one of the bases. It sounded much worse than it was from Andre's e-mail, but I guess he's getting desperate to sink something.

It was a wake up call to get better naval air search set up throughout the Pacific.

Thoughts:

All the shipping and units required for upcoming operations in the Central Pacific have reached Pearl Harbor. I'll begin organizing the various TF's involved and plan to arrive at Canton Island in about 2 weeks. I'm currently reinforcing Christmas Island with both aircraft and troops which may alert Andre, but I need to make sure Christmas Island can provide some form of cover for my invasion TF's if things go badly.

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RE: Avian aggression leads to murder most fowl - Sqz(A)... - 12/10/2015 9:01:06 PM

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I haven't updated the AAR lately due to time commitments. We've reached Oct. 20/42.

IJA 5th Division is still getting roughed up near Comilla, which was recently liberated, and hasn't been able to reform with 2/3's at Dacca and the remaining 1/3 located one hex east. The Japanese are trying to withdraw towards Calcutta. Allied reinforcements rail into Comilla daily and two divisions will begin to advance towards Chittagong in a matter of days.

Allied troops along the Burma/India border are ordered to cross and advance on Katha and Myitkyina.

On Ceylon, Colombo's airbase is closed and Allied bombers are now concentrating on shutting down Trincomalee's airbase and port. Allied fighter losses have been heavy, but the bombers are getting through and hammering the base. Japanese fighters are down to 29 aircraft and most of the bombers have been destroyed on the ground or withdrawn. Once there is no threat of enemy naval LBA attack, the British Fleet will begin preparations for amphibious landings against Colombo.

The American carriers will be available for duty in six days. I'm hoping to draw a Japanese response to Allied consolidation of Exmouth and spring a trap.

In the Central Pacific, there is no Japanese air search being conducted from Canton Island. I have a small transport TF unloading supply at the dot base south of Canton Island and it has not been detected. The base could be abandoned. I will recon shortly and go in with a small amphibious force. If Canton and Baker Islands are both abandoned, I may try to push on to Tabituea and establish a foothold in the Gilbert Islands. I want to draw KB out if it's in the Central Pacific, so I can make a grab for New Caledonia or Broome, or possibly both. The U.S. 2nd Marine Division will arrive in Australia within a week bringing the total to four U.S. divisions on the continent.

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RE: Avian aggression leads to murder most fowl - Sqz(A)... - 12/11/2015 8:03:27 PM

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Oct. 21/42:

More of the same. Allied troops consolidate their position at Comilla and prepare to move on Chittagong. I've begun to redeploy more aviation and engineer support along the Burma/India border to build up the base infrastructure for the offensive into Burma. So far, there doesn't appear to be much reaction from Andre.

In Ceylon, Trincomalee is targeted again. Damage to the airbase and port are increasing and Japanese aircraft left at the base are 7 fighters and 2 bombers. Future P-40K sweeps have been cancelled, the Tojo's are just killing them, but the P-38's seem dominant right now and will continue to sweep. I've rested all the 4E's today and deployed the British 2E's to maintain damage levels at both Colombo and Trincomalee.

Things are falling apart in China and there is a new Japanese offensive to capture Tuyun underway. I'm concerned my entire position will crumble soon.

I was mistaken, the Allied carriers will be ready for duty in four days. It's time to make some noise in the Central Pacific and draw KB out if it's deployed there.

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RE: Avian aggression leads to murder most fowl - Sqz(A)... - 12/14/2015 7:17:04 PM

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Oct. 22-23/42:

Dacca is captured and IJA 5th Division is a shell of what it once was. It appears elements have been airlifted to Magwe according to SigInt. All Allied forces earmarked for the drive to Chittagong have reached Comilla. Chittagong is weakly held and will fall easily.

There is no sign of a Japanese withdrawal from Calcutta by sea yet. A lone Japanese division supported by artillery is defending Howrah. Preliminary Allied artillery bombardments have taken greater losses than the Japanese indicating strong forts. I keep applying pressure, but I'm in no hurry to capture the base.

On Ceylon, both Colombo and Trincomalee airbases are closed. Japanese fighters have deployed to Jaffna and 63 are present according to recon. Sweeps and bombings were ordered against Jaffna on the 23rd, but weather prevented the missions. The same orders apply for tomorrow. I'm sweeping with P-38's and providing staggered altitude LRCAP with P-40E's low to try and draw down the Tojo's. Hurricane IIc's will perform high altitude LRCAP to try and draw some heat off the P-38's. Aircraft pools are a concern right now and heavy losses can't be sustained, but I want to keep applying pressure to Ceylon in preparation for invasion.

Will Andre commit carriers to defending Ceylon against invasion, or will he allow me to land and then counter-invade? I haven't decided to go heavy at Colombo by deploying five divisions, or go in light with two to gage the reaction.

SigInt is clearly showing Andre's focus is building up the defences in Sumatra and Java. There is very little activity in the Southeast Pacific.

I'm hoping my moves in the Central Pacific will draw out some Japanese CV's.

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RE: Avian aggression leads to murder most fowl - Sqz(A)... - 12/15/2015 2:00:45 PM

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Oct. 24/42:

Air attacks against Jaffna go well. I don't know if it was my altitude settings, or how I set up the LRCAP and sweeps, but I only lost five fighters. Japanese fighter losses were around 25, but then I was facing mostly Oscar's this time.

Jaffna's airfield is heavily damaged so all the main airbases on Ceylon are damaged badly. There is a lot of Japanese ground movement indicated at Ceylon, Jaffna and Trincomalee. To what end I don't know. I'm in the process of improving my naval search capability in the IO and setting up a submarine screen to provide advance warning of Japanese naval movements. I'm positive there will be a Japanese naval response to an invasion of Ceylon, but whether that will include CV's is the question, and which ones.

U.S. Carriers:

Four CV's will complete upgrades in one day. For some reason, CV Lexington kept getting delayed and will require three days yet to complete its upgrade. I have decided to liberate New Caledonia before moving on Broome. I'd like to secure the east coast of Australia and threaten to isolate Fiji. This could draw Japanese CV's to the Southeast Pacific and if so, then I can quickly redeploy the American carriers to support operations to liberate the north coast of Australia. I need to send some expendable combat ships out on probing missions to try and flush out KB.

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RE: Avian aggression leads to murder most fowl - Sqz(A)... - 12/15/2015 2:27:55 PM

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Idunno, seems awful early to be moving on NW Australia. What would you do with it if you took it back?

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RE: Avian aggression leads to murder most fowl - Sqz(A)... - 12/15/2015 3:05:39 PM

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

Idunno, seems awful early to be moving on NW Australia. What would you do with it if you took it back?

My thinking was to use it to springboard to Timor.

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RE: Avian aggression leads to murder most fowl - Sqz(A)... - 1/7/2016 4:11:26 PM

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Andre and I haven't exchanged e-mails since before Christmas. I'm not sure on the status of the game again at this point. However, Andre tends to be busy with family and such over the Holidays, so this isn't unusual. The game was humming along before Christmas, so I'll just be patient and see if a turn arrives at some point.

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