Mike Solli
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Joined: 10/18/2000 From: the flight deck of the Zuikaku Status: offline
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20 Dec 41 Sub War Just a lot of misses on both sides. 5 Fleet I'm sending an SNLF, some engineers and some AS to plant the flag on Adak. It'll be awhile... 4 Fleet The lousy 1/33 infantry battalion, which doesn't stick around very long, can't seem to take Guam. I had bought out the 90 Infantry Regiment for use in SE Fleet AO. They're currently loading at Fusan and will make a stop at Guam before heading to SE Fleet. Ground combat at Guam (106,95) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 556 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19 Defending force 771 troops, 0 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 10 Japanese adjusted assault: 6 Allied adjusted defense: 23 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), preparation(-) Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 70 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: I./33rd Inf Regt Defending units: Guam USN Base Force Not sure what's wrong. They've lost 2 squads total, and are in good shape. Maybe the commander? Not really worth the PP cost to replace him since they go *poof* soon. SE Fleet Gasmata was taken with a small AS unit. I'll build up the airfield to level 2 and post some naval search there to keep an eye on things. SRA Philippines: Three MTBs were tooling around west of Luzon. I had a small surface force there waiting for just this occurrence. A CL and 5 DDs took them out. There are no more P-40s left. I'll keep some Zeros around, just in case. The 23 Air Flotilla is destined for SE Fleet AO. Actually, the 23 Air Flotilla HQ will reach Truk in a few days. Anyway, bombers pounded Manila and Bataan without any resistance other than some flak. The important thing was 6 airbase supply hits at Manila. Gotta kill that supply! Mindanao: Maneuvering to kill off the remaining Allied units. Then 16 Division will move to Luzon. Malaya: One of 2 remaining flyable Buffalos was shot down. A handful of enemy bombers were destroyed on the ground at Singapore. The damn Vildebeasts continue to harass the transports unloading additional troops at Mersing. I took Victoria Point with the RTA Cav Division! Hong Kong: Another deliberate assault doesn't quite get 2:1 odds but grinds down the defenders some more. Soon... Borneo: I continue to take the bases all around the coast. I also took Miri. Unfortunately, some damage was done to the infrastructure: Oil: 122(178) Refinery: 122(178) Note that the oil and refinery begin the war at 150(150). So, it'll take 6 months to repair the oil. I'm not repairing any of the refineries. On 7 Dec, I began loading a convoy with 120k supplies for Miri. That convoy is 2 hexes off the coast of Miri and will begin unloading on 22 Dec. I want that oil repaired as soon as possible! I've also dispatched 20x 1250 capacity TKs from Takao to start hauling oil and fuel as soon as possible. I'll have a number of ASW TFs and some naval search there as well to keep enemy sub DL up. Finally, I posted 2 chutai of Zeros at Miri (I dropped AS off with the invasion force) to protect the place from enemy bombers. The US B-17s got out of Dodge early on. I wouldn't put it past Mike to send them to Balikpapan to take some shots at the oil. Elsewhere: Manado was liberated. It's now housing some naval search. Burma The 2 RTA Division is one hex from Moulmein with elements of the Jp 55 Division behind them. China Still lots of maneuvering and gathering force with attacks here and there. Other Stuff Reinforcement: AMC Kiyosumi Maru
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