Lowpe
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Currently, I have 25 Nicks in the Pool. One full squadron in North America, Another in India, and a Chutai in India. I have let the Nicks in India do a little bombing, with minimal ground bombing training they do remarkable well. The Chutai will start bombing Ledo (no enemy air) in another day. Tojo IIb just advanced another month; Tojo IIa starts in June as will the Oscar IIa. I have already pre-positioned a ftr squadrons at Anchorage and on the western front where it will upgrade to Tojo IIa. Production will start at 60 planes per month, which I think will be sufficient given the Allies avoidance of the air war. The A6M3A is at 11/42 and moving forward nicely; while the A6M5 is already at 12/42 (or will be in a day). Some recent bombing results: Afternoon Air attack on Tenasserim BAF Battalion, at 53,34 (Asansol) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 24 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 189 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 24 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 1st Chinese Corps, at 82,42 (Ankang) Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 35 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 20 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 593 casualties reported Squads: 17 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 4000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 4000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 16 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 4000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 20 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 4000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 1st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 55th Chinese Corps ...
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