JocMeister
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10th of May -42 ______________________________________________________________________________ Turns have slowed down a lot from the earlier ferocious pace. I think Tom is either busy with one of his other games or he is paying a lot more attention now. I hope its the first option. ------------------------ China ------------------------ Oddly enough Tom has stopped at Kienko. For now he seems to be happy with bombarding and causing 500-1000 casualties per turn.... Still canīt get any troops with 0 supply to dig forts. Iīm going to leave behind whatever is not useful at Chungking. So many of the shattered units will be left here to be destroyed. I donīt need useless mouths to feed in the mountains. ------------------------ NOPAC ------------------------ Making the first cautious steps here. It will be small scale. But I will step up the effort here eventually though as I donīt intend to give this away to Tom. Some Canadian units together with US Engineers will start building up Umnak. A US RGT will arrive in NOPAC soon as well. ------------------------ OZ/SOPAC ------------------------ Well, my surprise worked as intended. Sadly the price wasnīt much. I had hoped to catch that big 10 ship TF loaded with troops... quote:
Night Time Surface Combat, near Brisbane at 96,160, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships xAK Shinryu Maru, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Tsukikawa Maru, Shell hits 4, and is sunk PB Nichinan Maru, Shell hits 11, and is sunk xAP Haruna Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires Allied Ships CA Louisville CA Pensacola CA Australia CA Canberra DD Stuart DD Norman DD Paladin DD Panther quote:
Night Time Surface Combat, near Brisbane at 96,160, Range 7,000 Yards Japanese Ships DMS W-1, Shell hits 10, and is sunk DMS W-4, Shell hits 10, and is sunk Allied Ships CA Louisville CA Pensacola CA Australia CA Canberra DD Stuart DD Norman DD Paladin DD Panther The surviving Haruna Maru is later picked off by a US sub. quote:
Sub attack near Fraser Island at 98,156 Japanese Ships xAP Haruna Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Sculpin SS Sculpin launches 4 torpedoes I would be very surprised if she made it although no sinking sounds were heard. Now its time to get the hell out of dodge. Iīll hide the CAs somewhere West of Tasmania. I have a hunch Tom is going to sortie the KB. I have some small xAKL TFs that may be in danger if he does. But it canīt be helped. Had to take the opportunity. ------------------------ Something Something ------------------------ Looks like Tom is pulling out of Brisbane. With everything or just a portion? Have to decide if I should give chase if he does abandon. Probably not as its a very long coast and a long way back to Sydney/Melbourne. ------------------------ CENTPAC ------------------------ Fleet movement is agonizing slow as we are escorting some very slow merchants (12 knots) carrying precious fuel. I will detach the fleet in a couple of days. ------------------------ Burma ------------------------ Tom has reached Northern Burma with the 5th ID were he is about to evict allied troops in Myitkvina. We have exchanged some sweeps where Tom has lost a few Oscars.
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