JocMeister
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Joined: 7/29/2009 From: Sweden Status: offline
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February 16th 1942 ______________________________________________________________________________ A lone turn dropped in yesterday! ------------------------ Pacific ------------------------ Nothing to report. Due to losing PH and pretty much every single island in CENTPAC I´m currently completely blind here. Once my subs return from PH I´ll try to place them in a position to spot incoming raids for the WC. WC is emptied of shipping and all troops are placed forward concentrated at San Diego, Los Angeles, San Fransisco and Seattle. I won´t be able to defend against KB strikes as the USAAF is abysmal. But I´ve concentrated AA at the big aircraft factories. ------------------------ SOPAC ------------------------ Expecting a big push here to begin in 3-4 weeks depending on how much fuel Nick got from PH. If I´m lucky he didn´t get that much and need to ship more from the HI which would buy me time. An I-boat recons Sydney and spot QE. ASW TFs are set to hunt it. ------------------------ China ------------------------ The work to try and suppress Nigsia continues. Two turns ago Nick moved in a 27 plane Oscar Sentai which tore into the hapless Chinese bombers. The AVG was sent in to revenge them. First sweep. quote:
Morning Air attack on Ningsia , at 84,33 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 27 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses H81-A3: 1 destroyed CAP engaged: 260th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 9 scrambling) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes The Oscars manage to keep the 1st AVG squadron at bay despite being at a disadvantage. But this is followed by a sweep from the 2nd Squadron which more or less annihilates the Oscar Sentai. quote:
Morning Air attack on Ningsia , at 84,33 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 18 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 6 destroyed No Allied losses CAP engaged: 260th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 17 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 91 minutes This sweep sees 3 new aces in the 2nd squadron which now totals 76 kills and 6 aces. An unprecedented score for any Allied squadron at this stage. Go 2nd Squadron! ------------------------ Japanese intentions ------------------------ That is pretty much it. I´m keeping a close eye on SIGINT trying to find any clues on where Nick goes next. I have the 19th ID prepping for Luzon. This is nowhere near enough. I think he will need at least 4 IDs to clear it within reasonably time. Manila still has over 100.000 fuel and my subs will all rebase here once Java falls. Allied plans continue according to plan for now.
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