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12-29-41 - 12/1/2004 10:44:44 PM   
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All's quiet here. No new sub sightings in a while. Either he has given up or I am just really lucky.

Midway

the 24th has arrived off the coast...they are being offloaded currently, I hope I can work fast since Xargun hit the Honolulu with a mine Im sure a carrier is on its way...(I still believe he wants midway badly).

Pearl Harbor

Spotted a sub north of Pearl today...3 destroyers on their way to deal with it. My first resupply convoy should be in the harbor in about a day, maybe 2.

Wake

Is his.

Alaska

I had spotted a CV, BB group here a day or two ago...nothing came of it but I sent a light cruiser and three destroyers from the west coast to investigate. Most likely it was a false sighting.

China

Remains a mess. I have partial units chewing up the country side, but in any main fight he kicks my butt. I have significant airpower in theatre now and continue to hit him strategically at places. My B17s made some nice hits against Taan last turn. Standing them down for a few days to let them recover from the strike. Kweiyang is almost out of supplies and i dont understand it. My lines are wide open everywhere, but I am now airlifting some into the place.

Burma

A small fight between my speedbump (1st Burma) and about 8K of his troops east of Rangoon. A day or two slow down will be nice as I continue to build up the Akyab-Mandalaly line in Operation Raverdave.

Malaya

Mallaca has fallen and the troops fall back towards singapore. I should be able to hold him off for a while there....naturally the best laid plans.

DEI

Not much new, shifting some air around.

Australia

his mini carrier is raising hell of to the Northeast of Broome...killing AKs. This is a real threat. Not to the AKs but to Broome I have about 50 warships in harbor there. If he trys to strike there Im in big trouble...as in Pearl Harbor the sequel sans the romance. I have shifted every fighter I have (about 50 P40s to P26s) and all my bombers (the DEI refugees) In an attempt to protect my warships here and maybe take some shots at his carriers. One hit will send him packing. this could be interesting.

PM

nothing new

Noumea

nothing new.

PI

The siege of Clark and Naga continue.

Carrier Group One.

At anchor in Auckland.

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RE: 12-29-41 - 12/2/2004 4:52:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		Well, IM frustrated. After six months of doing nothing more then having my ass kicked as the Americans, even my most conservative attempts at being the allies has led to another disaster. He caught two of my merchant groups southeast of pearl and savaged them. Don't the Jap pilots ever have morale problems. I just don't get it. I can't believe he has maintained sustained combat ops for 3 weeks now with these carriers as much bombing as they have done and still can get 2 decks worth of bombers up to paste me...never mind the system damage his flat tops must have at this point. No doubt I am whining here...but it really pisses me off to go as far as south as I have from the regular supply lines and still get the crap kicked out of me. Carpe Diem.

He sank at least 4 transports and problem will sink 10 or 12 more south of Pearl. Not a damn thing I can do about it. He also had heavy strikes agaisnt Johore, so I will ahve to retreat my beasts from the area, as they no longer have a safe place to operate from. Beyond that, not much else to report. His mini carriers havent found my warships at Broome, but then again I guess I failed to actually spot him since none of the martins there got into the air against him.

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12-30-41 - 12/2/2004 5:50:38 AM   
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No sub sightings...good. Sending convoys into the Jaws of Xargun naval air...bad. I will hold the rest of my convoys or route them further south.

Midway

The 24th is ashore...thankfully. Any invasion of Midway should prove a bit more costly. I will attempt to resupply the place if I can ever get a supply convoy through to pearl.

Pearl Harbor

Well thanks to his two flat tops I will probably also lose arizona and st louis, they are just 120 miles from them part of that big task force I was trying to send to SF full of damage ships. Very frustrating. I guess I should be happy. If he is still screwing around down here looking for shipping then he isnt using his carriers for any major ops. I have broken off Arizona and St Louis from the rest of the task group since they are the slower ships. I have ordered the rest of the group home to pearl...no sense in braving his dive bombers. All my merchant ships will break up into indiviual task forces and make runs singly at pearl. I will not let him consolidate over a large task group. Should be fun...for him. I'm rather hoping that the Arizona will attract all his warplanes and spare all the merchants I have out there...I think I will lose at least 6 more prior to them making safe harbor. Acceptable losses for me, I'd rather not lose the warships though. Its very very hard not to put Saratoga to sea right now :) must be conservative.

I have also been forced to order all my ASW forces back to pearl...if he still has two flattops maruanding about no sense in losing ships to them...the subs can wait. Is it 43 yet?

I have also shifted alot of my fighters around. I can bring both the big damaged task force and the untouched supply convoy into fighter escort range by tomorrow. I slid my dauntless bombers to Hilo incase he thinks its a good idea to close on the ships wiht his carriers....if he has react on, maybe I can make him pay for his sins...B17s are also up and ready to rock (though there morale is rather low). Here's hoping.

Wake

Is his.

Alaska

nothing new here.

China

The great lack of supplies in kwieyang continues to vex me. I will keep trying to fly some in, but if I cant get the supply level up here I will have to abandon it.

Burma

Well day one and the 1st Burma speedbump hangs on. I have moved all the DEI level bomber refugees to Calcutta for R and R. Hopefully they will take on replacements and new crews and prep for the big bash in Burma.

Malaya

I have transfered my beasts to Mersing...unbombed so far. Hopefully they can pop some more of his transports.

DEI

Same stuff. He hit Amboina with battleships today, I had already most all my air out of there...so he came up empty. He does have an AP with the group, if he lands troops he will kill 16 damaged B17s..which will hurt.

Australia

His mini carriers didnt really attack that much. Hopefully they will go away ;)...if not that wall of CAP I have at Broome will be very busy today.

PM

nothing new

Noumea

nothing new.

PI

The siege of Clark and Naga continue. He has 100K troops at clark now...guess he wants it. Naga continues to hold...love those guys

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At anchor in Auckland.




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12-30-41 - 12/2/2004 9:08:22 PM   
rroberson

 

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Status: offline 		Well naturally the best laid plans of rob and mice don't work. I divided my walking wounded ships up southeast of pearl hoping his naval jocks would go after the battle wagon and leave the cruisers alone. Of course he hammers the cruisers. The net sum is 2 Cruisers the San Francisco and New Orleans won't make port. The Phoenix blew up and sank. I guess I should be happy. From talking to him, between my P40s and the AAA his kates paid a heavy price. If that is the case, then I will almost...almost happily pay for the loss of his highly trained aircrews for a few easily replaceable warships. He is also bombing the hell out of Naga, and there was some heavy fighting there again this turn. It certainly must be slowing him down given the air assets he has now dedicated to that fight. He does have over 100K in soldiers stacked up at clark, but so far...nothing more then bombarment. Beyond that my submarine forces put a torpedo into an ASW destroyer off wake...that'll learn him.

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RE: 12-30-41 - 12/2/2004 9:15:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ouch. I assume that red TF in the middle of 11 different allied TF's is his carrier group? That could get....messy.

I would be sorely tempted to take on his carriers if you didn't have 2 out of position down in NZ. If you had 3 CV's to his two, that would be a fight I would take, even early in the war given their location. He is far from port, you are close to port. He is far from LBA, you are inside LBA. The only problem is - does he really only have 2 CV's there? I'm not sure I would split my carriers like that as Japan. It is possible that he didn't split them either, though where he would have them hiding is certainly a question.

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RE: 12-30-41 - 12/2/2004 10:57:03 PM   
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Ouch. I assume that red TF in the middle of 11 different allied TF's is his carrier group? That could get....messy.

I would be sorely tempted to take on his carriers if you didn't have 2 out of position down in NZ. If you had 3 CV's to his two, that would be a fight I would take, even early in the war given their location. He is far from port, you are close to port. He is far from LBA, you are inside LBA. The only problem is - does he really only have 2 CV's there? I'm not sure I would split my carriers like that as Japan. It is possible that he didn't split them either, though where he would have them hiding is certainly a question.


I believe he actually has 3 there. I know with some certainly two hit wake...one is headed home for repairs (according to him) from the B17 damage. Either way I have learned the folly of risking my CVs prior to march. They are tucked away safe and sound.

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12-31-41 - 12/3/2004 7:07:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		Nothing major to report other then the forum ate another round of my orders :)....ah well. More of the same. My baja highway has been discovered by Xargun so I will have to reroute my merchant ships. (He had a sub put some torpedos into my number 5 convoy). Beyond that it was a quiet New Year's eve...as quiet as a war can be that is.

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1-1-42 - 12/3/2004 9:15:24 PM   
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My secret is out. He caught one of my convoys, only because I changed course after the great turkey shoot off pearl. Sucks...destroyers in route and all that, but its time to change my shipping routes.

Midway

Keeping these soldiers fed is going to be tough.

Pearl Harbor

His carriers have moved west into SBD range...interesting...the only reason I didnt get a launch yesterday was it was in weather. Here is hoping for sunny skies. I think he is attempting to sink the Arizona (falling her in) hopefully my aircrews can make short work of him...Make for a nice new year's day. My first big supply convoy has arrived...number 2 was rerouted and is well south of Pearl...number three...well let's not talk about number 3....number 4 is a few weeks out due in part to rerouting.

Wake

Is his.

Alaska

nothing new here.

China

kwieyang is up to 14 in supplies. He has managed to clear out a lot of my partisians in his interior. Time to create some new units.

Burma

The speedbump continues to hang in there at about 80 percent disruption. He has been pounding it by air. I have considered CAP it with heavy fighter prescence (something I could do) but decided it against it for now. Better to Marshall my air here. I have stood down everyone to rest by AVG A. Sent them on long range cap over the 1st Burma. Calcutta continues to be a mystery for me. Anytime I have ever pulled B17s back to it for rest, their morale suffers. I have moved the 7th to Dacca.

Malaya

Nothing new.

DEI

nothing new.

Australia

His mini carrier remains west of timor...looking for more of my shipping...if only I had a fleet carrier here.

PM

nothing new

Noumea

nothing new.

PI

He attacked naga again hard today...and was repelled....go team to...

Carrier Group One.

At anchor in Auckland.

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RE: 1-1-42 - 12/3/2004 9:52:03 PM   
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His mini carrier remains west of timor...looking for more of my shipping...if only I had a fleet carrier here.


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RE: 1-1-42 - 12/4/2004 5:31:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		If it wasnt so funny I think I would cry. So I avoid the evil clutches of his fleet carriers only to have the Arizona torpedoed off Hawaii by a sub my ASW forces can't find. <sigh> At any rate, his carrier birds did finally take a poke at Arizona, 15 bomb hits and 3 torpedo hit later... He shelled Mersing, it appears my beasts may have finally worn out their welcome. By the way...my subs suck....lots of targets...zero hits...that officer who signed off on American torpedoes should of been bounced out of the service.

He finally took Naga...poor bastards...16K troops surrendered to the hands of the Xargunites.

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1-2-42 - 12/4/2004 10:00:42 PM   
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Nothing new. I don't see me forming any new supply groups for 11 days when I receive the large American reinforcement.

Midway

Logistics. I need to move a lot of supply here soon, but as long as the Xargunite carriers are about it will prove difficult.

Pearl Harbor

Well he had a good time with arizona. I doubt she will see port, half of me wants to scuttle her, butyou never know she might make it in...so I will try. He is well within my SBD range...hopefully they will fly this turn.

Wake

Is his.

Alaska

nothing new here.

China

kwieyang is up to 37 in supplies, I have three air groups now flying in supplies...still strange unless he has an paratrooper somewhere that i dont see.

Burma

Burma remains the same...resting units, prepping defenses. The 1st Burma's health has improved. I cannot retreat them so they will stand and die.

Malaya

Nothing new.

DEI

nothing new.

Australia

Broome appears safe again..his mini carrier group has moved northwest of Timor...no doubt out of torpedos.

PM

nothing new

Noumea

nothing new.

PI

He continues to pound clark...I give it 2 weeks before it falls


Carrier Group One.

At anchor in Auckland.

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RE: 12-29-41 - 12/4/2004 11:19:39 PM   
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Don't the Jap pilots ever have morale problems. I just don't get it. I can't believe he has maintained sustained combat ops for 3 weeks now with these carriers as much bombing as they have done and still can get 2 decks worth of bombers up to paste me...never mind the system damage his flat tops must have at this point.




Actually, this is how it should work despite bad morale. Sorry, Fishy-san, but I don't feel up to flying today...perhaps tomorrow. LAUNCHING SHOULD NOT BE BASED ON MORALE! Morale should affect the results of locating a target and pressing attacks, bombing would be fatigue related, but launching? MILITARY SERVICE AND PERFORMANCE WERE NOT DEMOCRATIC. Maybe now more so in todays military loaded with human rights activists and liberals but not 50 years ago! Where does GG get these ideas?

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RE: 12-29-41 - 12/4/2004 11:52:43 PM   
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Don't the Jap pilots ever have morale problems. I just don't get it. I can't believe he has maintained sustained combat ops for 3 weeks now with these carriers as much bombing as they have done and still can get 2 decks worth of bombers up to paste me...never mind the system damage his flat tops must have at this point.




Actually, this is how it should work despite bad morale. Sorry, Fishy-san, but I don't feel up to flying today...perhaps tomorrow. LAUNCHING SHOULD NOT BE BASED ON MORALE! Morale should affect the results of locating a target and pressing attacks, bombing would be fatigue related, but launching? MILITARY SERVICE AND PERFORMANCE WERE NOT DEMOCRATIC. Maybe now more so in todays military loaded with human rights activists and liberals but not 50 years ago! Where does GG get these ideas?


Oh I dont disagree with ya :)...I just want it to work both ways...I have some fat B17s sitting on the tarmac well within range of his carriers right now.

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1-2-42 - 12/4/2004 11:55:54 PM   
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Status: offline 		Nothing happened today...literally. His Vals missed Arizona and he took a pole at Mandalay with some sallys (unescorted it would appear ).

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RE: 1-2-42 - 12/5/2004 12:25:10 AM   
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Nothing new. No sub sightings lately, they are there...somewhere.

Midway

My fast destroyer group is a day out with about 500 supplies...a trickle. I have decided to divert supply group 2 to Midway...I will approach the island from the southwest hopefully avoiding subs and carriers...we will see.

Pearl Harbor

Arizona should sink tomorrow...about 1 day out of pearl...a real shame...she took all that Xargun had to offer and is still afloat. His carriers are now southeast of Pearl. His vals couldnt find their target. I wish I could get my B17s to fly against him again but their morale is too low still...

Wake

Is his.

Alaska

nothing new here.

China

kwieyang is up to 100 in supplies.

Burma

I'm going to heavily CAP Mandalay. Let's see him send those Sallys in again.

Malaya

Nothing new.

DEI

nothing new.

Australia

nothing new

PM

nothing new

Noumea

nothing new.

PI

Boom BOOM BOOM...goes Clark


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At anchor in Auckland.

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RE: 1-2-42 - 12/5/2004 5:02:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		well just when you think broome is safe..bad things

The wall of CAP I put up was brushed aside...****ty. AH well, I only have another 12 months of this ass kicking. At any rate, POW and Repulse took a bomb each, pretty limited, he screwed up an American destroyer. No doubt he will spend another 4 or 5 days pounding away here...should be nice if all those bombers I have sitting well in range of his carriers would take off.

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RE: 1-2-42 - 12/5/2004 5:29:37 AM   
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Nothing new.

Midway

Fed the troops with the fast destroyers....big supply group is still a few days out.

Pearl Harbor

Arizona docked at Lahania today....I took the kingfishers off of her...she is at 98 float...so...I think she is about to become a permament resident of this island. His 3 carriers turned south and I think are searching for my carriers or more shipping to sink...not good for the frieghters that are fleeing :)....but good for Midway. Also good for my ASW groups who can deal with the four subs my air has found.

Wake

Is his.

Alaska

nothing new here.

China

kwieyang is up to 186 in supplies. I have ordered 3 divisions and two of the HQs out of there...hopefully that will help.

Burma

No sign of his sallys...maybe today :).

Malaya

Nothing new.

DEI

nothing new.

Australia

Well he hit Broome with at least 3 fleet and I believe all his smaller carriers...they missed alot of big ships concentrated on smaller ships?...No idea why. At any rate i expect him to linger as long as he can to try to take out my heavys. Being terminally stupid, as soon as I thought i saw him head north I put everyone on training (CAP wise) so he got free shots. Today...:) ...lets just say the Cap is up and so hopefully will be my bombers.

PM

nothing new

Noumea

nothing new.

PI

Clark still hangs on. He has begun to bomb manilla.


Carrier Group One.

At anchor in Auckland.

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1-4-42 - 12/5/2004 8:56:57 PM   
rroberson

 

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Status: offline 		More naval air attacks at broome...poor poor brits Both POW and Repulse sank. Arizona sank in Hawaii so Im sure he is lauding this day as a huge victory. Today however, we did counter strike his death star with 3 whole martins and 3 hudsons...yea me! . On the one had I totally understand him smacking broome around....I certainly would if I had a shot at battle wagons, but I seriously misunderstand his strategy. His carriers are all out of the perimeters primarily hunting shipping instead of support landings and internal ops. THis has to be slowing him down a great deal. I don't get it...but I am happy to see it. At any rate, not really a good day for the allies...as always.

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1-5-42 - 12/5/2004 9:44:43 PM   
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I found a sub off SF...dispatching destroyers to deal with it.

Midway

I have A-20s flying ASW out of here now. PBYs searching, with his carriers spread out all over the Pacific Im not overly worried about him invading anywhere in the near term.

Pearl Harbor

Okay, his carriers have vanished, which is more unsettling then knowing where they are. Last seen chasing my merchants south east towards Canton...so I am going to assume they are still doing that. I am also going to assume they are headed Northwest towards midway to take a poke at the atoll...Which makes supply group 2s run to Midway much more exciting. All those subs I "had" spotted yesterday, vanished, either they moved or my ASW is incompetent.

Wake

Is his.

Alaska

nothing new here.

China

kwieyang is up to 276 in supplies. I think I have a bunch of divisions trapped at Hengchow. In the next day or so they are suppose to retreat out (they are 1 mile away from that) but he has slid bit units in along adjecent hexes...could be very bad.

Burma

he has moved up 3 divisions to attack the 1st Burma...methinks he is getting serious here :). I have decided to spend a day or two heavily CAPing them. See what kind of results I can get...so I have ordered 5 fighter squadrons into action, all well rested. The battle here is joined. My b17s (7th BS) is recoving nicely in Dacca and should be ready for action in another few days.


Malaya

He controls everything North of Johore now.

DEI

I am frozen here. As long as his carriers are ravaging me off of Timor I cant do much of anything here.

Australia

Well the crushing continues at Broome...at least my bombers tried to get up against him.

PM

Getting stronger I am very happy with progress here.

Noumea

1st NZ Cal is on its way.

PI

Clark still hangs on. He has begun to bomb manilla.


Carrier Group One.

At anchor in Auckland.

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RE: 1-5-42 - 12/6/2004 12:40:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		Another Broome attack :). Many cruisers and destroyers hit...isnt this fun. I lost three more there beyond that not much really happened this turn. talked to old xarg a bit, he says my dutch planes have put about half his battle wagons in the yards. He also says that 2 of his carriers are laid up. So IM not doing half bad. He says he will end the game by 43. And I really can't argue with that at this point. Broome is hurting my strategy a lot. At this point the only active theatre I have is Burma...every where else its duck and cover.

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RE: 1-5-42 - 12/6/2004 1:23:08 AM   
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I found a sub off SF...dispatching destroyers to deal with it....and just as quickly its gone.

Midway
Big supply group is a day out...my more krats!

Pearl Harbor

No sign of his carriers...I am chasing a couple of subs...and resuming normal ops in the Pearl area.

Wake

Is his.

Alaska

nothing new here.

China

Okay i have been forced to send 5 divisions of infantry from kwieyang to fight their way to Hengchow. I can not leave all that infantry in Heng to die...I have ordered major (for china ;) ) air assets forward into ground missions against all his troops in Hengchow...I guess you can say in about a week the largest land battle of the war will take place. I will lose...but hopefully it will hurt him as well.

Burma

The 1st Burma continues to hold on. My fighters dueled with his oscars and sallys over the area...the entire region is well supplied and troops are streaming into their positions..this is the one area I am optimistic about.

Malaya

He controls everything North of Johore now.

DEI

I am frozen here.

Australia

Okay I cant take this. I am attacking. He has not moved his carriers out of the spot where he is attacking from for 3 days (four hexes northwest of Broome.) Ever destroyer and cruiser still afloat is going north...maybe I can get lucky and get a reaction, anything is better then sitting here and watching him slowly sink everything. Task Force 1079 Commanded by AI Verny 53/63 is pointed straight at his battle group max react....The task force is made up of 3 cruisers and 17 destroyers...hopefully I can get in a night action and then retire them west at fleet speed...either way, they wont sit in port and be sank peicemeal. No doubt I will pay for this heavily, but I will not just sit here and watch him bomb my ships into the harbor floor.


PM

SW Pac has arrived today...Supply levels over 45K.

Noumea

1st NZ Cal is on its way.

PI

He has 120K troops facing my 30K at Clark and about 20K at manilla.


Solomon Islands

I have about 60 troops on the ground at Lunga...more just to give him throats to cut, but this way he wont steal the island through the use of his commando raids. I may reinforce them I may not, I dont know yet.

Carrier Group One.

At anchor in Auckland.

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RE: 1-5-42 - 12/6/2004 7:47:44 PM   
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In a moment of irony my surface action group chasing his carriers found a safe rain cloud and avoided the morning airstrikes.

Xargun didnt sound really happy when he sent me the turn now I know why....my fighter CAP over the first burma shot down at least 11 Sallys (my count not thiers )and claimed to have shot down 27. Im thinking it will be a while before he sends out unescorted bombers...

I heavily bombed Hengchow today...hopefully that will slow down his attacks and give my Chinese time to move forward.

I found his carriers south of Pearl...they are off Jarvis island, i assumed he had gone south...searching for my carriers still :)...

He made a deliberate attack against Manilla today...kinda of surprising to me since he only has about 25K troops there.

He also made a deliberate assault against Hengchow that cost him 1200 troops...Im think that probably didnt fair well do to all the artillery dropping out of the heavy bombers :).

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RE: 1-5-42 - 12/6/2004 9:33:07 PM   
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Nothing new here. 6 days until major naval reinforcements arrive from the east coast.

Midway

Supplies have arrived the troops should be living like kings soon. Next I will move an F4F Squadron or some P40s here.

Pearl Harbor

Found his carriers, they are well south of me now, he is hunting for non-existant shipping convoys (he sank a straggler), again waste of assets on his part, but whatever. I have loaded the two marine squadrons (VMF-211 and VMSB 232) for shipment to Midway.

Wake

Is his.

Alaska

nothing new here.

China

Okay i have been forced to send 5 divisions of infantry from kwieyang to fight their way to Hengchow. I can not leave all that infantry in Heng to die...I have ordered major (for china ;) ) air assets forward into ground missions against all his troops in Hengchow...I guess you can say in about a week the largest land battle of the war will take place. I will lose...but hopefully it will hurt him as well.

Burma

The 1st burma holds on.

Malaya

Nothing new

DEI

I am frozen here.

Australia

Well my ships managed to miss out on his big task groups. I see him either dividing his groups into surface action groups or retreating back from my surface fleet and pounding them with airpower. Either way, I will take another swipe at him (hoping for a night action) then turn west for Perth. He can follow me and pound away as my ships flee the area if he likes. This is better then him shooting up all my aux ships at broome and though I will lose 8 or 9 ships in this. Id rather lose them underway and fighing then sitting in port afraid.


PM

SW Pac has arrived today...Supply levels over 45K.

Noumea

1st NZ Cal is on its way.

PI

He has 120K troops facing my 30K at Clark and about 25K at manilla.


Solomon Islands

Nothing new, Im considering sending the NZ troops to Lunga instead of Noumea.

Carrier Group One.

At anchor in Auckland.

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RE: 1-5-42 - 12/7/2004 1:07:14 AM   
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And I complain about BB magazine explosions - Adios the RN BBs - are they good for anything else but target practise?

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RE: 1-5-42 - 12/7/2004 6:13:58 AM   
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Oh hell mate - the manure just hit the air conditioning didn't it!

And I complain about BB magazine explosions - Adios the RN BBs - are they good for anything else but target practise?



No not really I had hoped to raid with a bit before they were lost.

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RE: 1-5-42 - 12/7/2004 12:09:51 PM   
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Australia

Well my ships managed to miss out on his big task groups. I see him either dividing his groups into surface action groups or retreating back from my surface fleet and pounding them with airpower. Either way, I will take another swipe at him (hoping for a night action) then turn west for Perth. He can follow me and pound away as my ships flee the area if he likes. This is better then him shooting up all my aux ships at broome and though I will lose 8 or 9 ships in this. Id rather lose them underway and fighing then sitting in port afraid.



I'd create a mass of single ship task forces and flee half west and half east. That way at least you'd save half or more of the fleet as he can only go east or west unless he further splits his task force, leaving it vulnerable to land based air attack. The single ship task forces will also waist a lot of bomb loads diluting the carrier’s available airstrikes while limiting your ship losses. If he failed to bring any kind of resupply he'll be forced to withdraw when his CV runs out of bombs for the planes. A full strike waists all its bombs even if there is only a single ship in the target task force, at least I THINK this is the case.

Multi-ship task forces in a case like this simply allows him to destroy your ships faster, make him squash a zillion ants, he'll get tired and lazy after a while and I bet you can save a lot more ships than you think you can. Also have all available subs vector to the area and try to sink his replenishment fleet, a lucky hit can swing things dramatically in your favor.

Jim

P.S. Don't forget to flee at full speed. With any luck you'll be 10-12 hexes away before he tries to chase you. AK's and other slow ships are probably doomed, but the battlewagons can get a good jump at full speed.

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Status: offline 		My air pounded the hell out of his troops at Hengchow...help is on the way, hopefully these guys can hold out until they get there....major battle is brewing.


His Carriers south of pearl found a jewel...much to my dismay. Tf 1076 bearing 36 B17 bombers was attacked by his naval air. All hands were lost. That one really hurts.

Off Broome, my surface group did not give battle...(as per always) and took it in the shorts from his carriers. I will retire them west now towards perth....

I think my CAP has been very effective over the 1st Burma...he did not attack them today.

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Nothing new here. 5 days until major naval reinforcements arrive from the east coast.

Midway

Supplies streaming in...fighters and dive bombers enroute.

Pearl Harbor

Chasing subs mostly...not much new here.

Wake

Is his.

Alaska

nothing new here.

China

The Henchow air battle is going well and hurting him. Intelligence via him says that the air offensive in China is very very successful. i moved the 7th BG (B17s) into China to join the bomb parade over Henchow. The units there are in need of supply I will move more heavy air into the theatre and start supply runs.

Burma

Not much new, the heavy CAP over the 1st Burma has been very effective.

Malaya

He has begun the assualt of Johore with 87K troops.

DEI

I remain frozen here.

Australia

Well the surface force failed. He is afraid of it, but he will continue to hammer it. Ah well..they are fleeing to Perth.


PM

Awaiting the arrival of some more aussies.

Noumea

1st NZ Cal is on its way.

PI

He has 120K troops facing my 30K at Clark and about 30K at manilla.


Solomon Islands

Nothing new, Im still considering sending the NZ troops to Lunga instead of Noumea.

Carrier Group One.

At anchor in Auckland.

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RE: 1-8-42 - 12/9/2004 1:32:10 AM   
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why did you move the B-17s with transports? Would have been safer to fly them! Or am I missing something?

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RE: 1-8-42 - 12/9/2004 7:26:11 PM   
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Hi,

why did you move the B-17s with transports? Would have been safer to fly them! Or am I missing something?



stupidity

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