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RE: Poison in the Cradle - 10/31/2005 1:51:56 AM   
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Ok guys...we're ready to dance!
Cooktown AF reached level 5. He set his B-17s on naval attack at 6k ft. The target of the yankees today was the PM harbour, were 4 APs were unloading...my IJAF fighters were on CAP...but altough they are experienced they did not manage to shot down a single bomber....many were damaged however. 34 more Tojos arrived at PM today...from tomorrow it's gonna be HOT!
2 of his subs have been hit by my ASW planes while going back from their minelaying operation at Shortland.

I'm ready. Stay tuned 'cause it's gonna be fun!




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Day Air attack on TF, near Port Moresby at 54,93

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 25
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 24

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIb Tojo: 2 damaged
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 6 damaged

Japanese Ships
AP Gotake Maru
AP Kyuma Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AP Igasa Maru

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing at 6000 feet


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RE: Poison in the Cradle - 10/31/2005 2:30:23 AM   
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Another day of....nothing

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RE: Poison in the Cradle - 10/31/2005 3:33:32 AM   
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His CVs are again in I.O.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A SDB spotted one of my scouting subs just 10 hexes north of Geraltown.... I have nothing to throw at him...only 3 CVEs at Singapore...i really didn't think he could dare to move there again....
If he brings his CVs to Bengal Bay i'm in trouble....

His subs in the Solomons were'nt laying mines...they are just scouts...they're clearly trying to understand if my CVs are there or not....
At least we scored some hits today! 3 250kg bombs on 3 different subs near shortland

In Japan another good performance of my ASW hunter groups. 2 hits scored....and i'm sure we're gonna do better in the next days...i have a plan

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ASW attack at 67,44

Japanese Ships
PC Ch 17
PC Ch 16
DD Nokaze
DD Okikaze
DD Sazanami
DD Yugure
DD Shigure
DD Shiratsuyu

Allied Ships
SS Blackfish, hits 2


Ki-21 Sally attacking Tambor at 63,97
Tambor is reported HIT

D3A Val attacking Snapper at 61,97
Snapper is reported HIT

D3A Val attacking Tambor at 63,97
Tambor is reported HIT




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RE: Poison in the Cradle - 10/31/2005 3:04:08 PM   
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After Action REPORT FOR 10/14/42

Sub Tambor was hit again twice today...finally it sank 180 miles west of Shortland

Nothing new...no new sign of US carriers in I.O....strange
I suspect he will attack Thursday island first..probably with Paras....gotta think about a way to demolish his plans....

In China 7 Dakotas were shot down over Chungking, while the b-17s shot down one of my A6M3s on LRCAP.
By the end of October we'll move to Chungking. The final battle in China is near....

Nothing else to report...just waiting for him to move...

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Dark Blue - 11/1/2005 1:20:28 AM   
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/15-16-17-18/42

No more carriers in IO...just a lonely AK...can be an ambush or a single aircraft transport...so i move all my recon subs in the area and my CVEs are ready to act in case his CVs are not spotted.

Finally the Dark Blue operation can start. My army is moving towards Chungking. The problem at the moment is "supply" My bombers are eating so much that all my chinese bases are in red. Will try to maximize their use and save what can be saved. 100k supplies are being collecting in various ports on Japan and Korea: destination Hong Kong.

Nothing moved in NG and Solomons...too strange to be truth. I'm sure he's ready for something BIG in this area and at Port Blair. I'm ready anyhow.

By now he should have some 70/75 P-38s. He cannot use them in NG cause from PM to Cooktown is 10 hexes...and the p-38s have a range of 9...so India...for sure. All my major air bases are well defended by CAP and he cannot LRCAP anything in China. So he will surely use them from Akyab....

do not have much time tonight for AAR...sorry



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Ambushed!!->P-38s - 11/1/2005 11:56:11 AM   
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Ouch that hurts. He moved something like 100 fighters at Lanchow and LRCAP Chungking and Sining. The AVG was there....a massacre:-( This was a brilliant move by him...even if he got so lucky not to find my whole bombing force at Chungking....i was in fact giving some breath to my bombers...with the new defensive capabilities 400 Sallies/Helens are almost invulnerable against 4 P-38s
However, i got myself to blame again cause for the second time after Daily i went overconfident.
Now a retaliation is ordered over Lanchow...even if i'm sure i won't find anything

Statistic say 12 Tonies are gone (cannot complain 'cause those were on training mission at Lanchow and could not defend themself with a bomb attached at their stomache).
Those who had the chance to fight however did a fair job. The p-38s are clearly superior and the AVG is sure above 80 exp, but my guys performed well anyway.

Dark Blue operation goes on.My Army is moving towards the Chinese Capital.

Tomorrow we should intercept two ships in the I.O.


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Day Air attack on Lanchow , at 46,25

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIb Tojo x 4
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 19
Ki-15 Babs x 3

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 12 destroyed
Ki-15 Babs: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-61 KAIc Tony bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 27th Chinese Corps, at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 6
Ki-51 Sonia x 9
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-61 KAIc Tony: 2 destroyed
Ki-51 Sonia: 5 destroyed
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Day Air attack on 90th Chinese Corps, at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
Ki-61 KAIc Tony x 11
Ki-51 Sonia x 17
Ki-46-II Dinah x 1

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 4 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing at 2000 feet
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Dark Blue - 11/1/2005 1:43:02 PM   
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My CVEs managed to get near one of the 2 transports spotted. It was trying to move 24 Wilcats from Oz to India....
Unfortunately we lost contact with the other one...surely another AK with planes...my AV is now refuelling and some more subs have been dispatched in the area. Gotta pay attention to his carriers....If i spot them soon enough when the leave Oz he can get scared...

In China i'm now forced to escort every single bombing mission...it's a pain. However the great Army is marching and my Sallies and Helens from Kweyang started today the final campaign. Every 2 days the helens will bomb the troops at Chungking, while the sallies will kepp the AF shut.
As predicted none of the damned fighters were present today at Lanchow for my payback. Now i'm forced to keep suppressed Lanchow and Sining at the same time...won't be an easy task

In NG he's placing subs at Thursday Island and PM, while his F5s are reconning Gili Gili.
As i predicted he's probably thinking of an early action at Thurday and at Gili Gili...exactly like our last match



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Day Air attack on TF at 2,52

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
B5N Kate x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AK Honolulan, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage *sinks with 24 Wilcats*






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Supplies - 11/1/2005 2:57:04 PM   
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Nothing important happened today. No sign of his CVs in I.O. Keeps reconing NG and Thursday Island.

What scares me now is the supply level in China...it's dropping way too fast! Now my main air base is in Red and the Army advancing towards Chungking has big problems too with supply...do not know what to do. I'm forcing my bombers to stay at home when it's not completely needed but this will slow down my possible advance at Chungking and if i do not keep shut the chinese AFs those dreaded p-38s can come back.... I hate supplies!!!

Now i'm thinking of something new.
CS operation has been stopped. He seems to have halted every activity or interest towards Port Blair.
I fear Exmouth...i'm so uncovered down there. Need a fast strong counter attack force in Java...moving back some of my INF units to Sosarbaja... More Emilies at Christmas I.O. and at Timor



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RE: Supplies - 11/1/2005 4:17:38 PM   
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Yes...it's imminent. Cooktown, now level AF 6, is full of planes ( see map).
I have managed to reinforce PM and altough he will be stronger than me here, it will be a tough job for his 4Es...

In China the bombers are the key for supplies. Today my bombers at Kweyang stayed home again and the supply levels got better...

Moving back my assets from Fiji, Pago Pago and everything South of Nanoumea Atoll. I cannot defend them now. Leaving behind me only little garrisons that will decoy for some time his intel...i hope. However he's not doing any recon action in this area since June...so probably he's not interested here for the moment.

Big convoy spotted at Noumea...will pay more attention on Lunga. However the Solomons are well safe IMHO




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RE: Supplies - 11/1/2005 8:51:09 PM   
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The great Army is marching towards Chungking. 61 enemy units are waiting for us. I will be able to put nothing more than 8000/8300 assault points...i really do not if it will be enough or not. I will depend on supply levels. He has the city-bonus, which is a nasty one and those damned units by now will surely be above 60 exp. The last 3 months of bombing should have burnt more supplies than what he have had airlifted..i hope. Do not know actually how many supplies can a b-17 bring in each turn...
However, the war will be decided here. If i take Chungking 4-1 ratio can be grabbed for the end of the year...otherwise...it will be a slow pain.

Nothing else happened.
He keeps reconing Gili Gili and PM, while i'm moving back my guys from Fijii and Pago Pago, making a new line based around Tarawa,Canton Island and Nanoumea Atoll.

stay tuned


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RE: Supplies - 11/2/2005 2:16:10 PM   
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He stopped reconing Thursday Island while recon missions over Gili gili and PM go on. Sincerly i'm puzzled. Where does he want to go? And why is he waiting so much?
Altough i have many Emilies and Betties on Naval search i haven't spotted anything "important" on the western coast of Australia.
I guess that if some big ships concentrations were there my crack recon pilots should have reported something....but last sighting i had of a big TF was at Noumea...
mm....and if it was just a decoy? and if these recons over NG were just a trap? And if in reality he is going for somewhere else?...yes, ok, but where?
It's sure that his main ships have not crossed the I.O. So an action at port Blair or Sumatra would be on the only shoulders of RN.
I bet he wants Fijii Back...but if he's really going for Fiji i'm not going to defend that place.
My only real worry is Exmouth and Solomons, altough with Munda built up at level 4AF Lunga and Tulagi won't be a trip in the park for him.
Exmouth...yes...i'd go there if i was him now. Subs with Glens and AVs are already in positions...let's see.

Dark Blue:
I made some numbers. in 3 days i'll have 8200 Assault points....are they enough against 61 chinese units entrenched at Chungking?
Hard to say....i'll made a try however.
Supply is still an issue...and a problem


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RE: Supplies - 11/2/2005 5:57:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		Chungking is urban terrain. You have 8200 Ap's, which means that he has to have only 2000ish with supplies there.

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RE: Supplies - 11/2/2005 8:00:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		So String you mean that i'm toasted. With 61 units he will surely be above 5000 APs..even if low with supplies...:-(
I'm gonna try however....but with forts and the city bonus i'm already prepared for a "lost victory"...this silly rule that enables him to replicate his units like clones...

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 10/29/42

Guys...here we go. Operation Poison in the Cradle has started!
Probably my mind is too suspicious...but i still think he's going to lay a trap...however i cannot ignore the facts: He started to mass bomb NG from Cooktown and Cairns...the key point that i want to stress is that he's bombing Gili Gili...he's doing exactly the same trip he's made in our last match...Luckly i haven't built up the base, remembering last time...and have only lightly garrisoned it. Only a fraction of the 67th naval guard units is there...and it's already been annihilated by his bombers...so the place is ready to be invaded and conquered......i really hope he's eating the bait! 2 Surface Combat TF, composed each by BBs,CAs,CLs and DDs are ready at Rabaul. The whole KB is docked at Rabaul, refueled and ready to come in. The 17th Army is loading at Truk. 3 Divisions,4 Arty units,1 tank rgt, the 56th Bde and the South Sea Detachment along with 2 Eng rgts....more than 300 ships plus 30 DDs,40 PGs,20 PCs and some 20 MSWs....
I know he's going to invade with fast transport ot paras...i'll be patient...and i'll wait for a big push, at the same time will keep the place suppressed using 60 Sallies from Shortland and some zeros to LRCAP the beach of Gili Gili.
All my subs have been dispatched in the area. more than 25 subs are present or moving from Rabaul.

I'm ready.
Are you ready?

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Day Air attack on 67th Naval Guard Unit, at 57,96


This raid came from Cooktown

Allied aircraft
F-5A Lightning x 3
B-17E Fortress x 104
LB-30 Liberator x 30
B-24D Liberator x 107


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
325 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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Day Air attack on 67th Naval Guard Unit, at 57,96

this one from Carins

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 94


No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:





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RE: Supplies - 11/3/2005 1:23:35 AM   
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So the allies arrive.... but not where expected. He invaded Fiji ( landing at NanNi) with a HUGE force! 8 units spotted at the first landings...with BBs and many more supporting ships... i haven't seen him coming because i've already moved back my defensive line since weeks and with it also my Emilies. However i'm not gonna engage, nor i'm losing anything special. In the whole Fijis there aren't more than 27 japanese squads... Some single APs are moving to save a pair of naval garrisons at Pago Pago and Tongarapu..but nothing important.
If this is the way...he's chosing the looooooooooooooooong one to get to central pacific!
His 4Es moved from Cooktown and are placed again at Alice. He started to bomb back Daily...to what pourpose rather than training i ignore.

In China i've been quite unlucky...bad weather prevented me to fly for 3 days in a row over Chungking However today i shot down with the A6M3s 4 Dakotas and 1 B-17

I remain allerted in NG however. The 17th Army is moving towards the meeting point. He cannot limit himself in the Fijis...i hope

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Naval bombardment of Nandi, at 82,117

Allied Ships
CL Honolulu
CL Hobart
CL Perth
CA Salt Lake City
CA Pensacola
CA Chicago
BB South Dakota
BB Washington

Japanese ground losses:
185 casualties reported
Guns lost 4

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 13
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 5

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Day Air attack on Daly Waters , at 35,90


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 5
B-17E Fortress x 21
B-24D Liberator x 179


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 2 destroyed, 12 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
150 casualties reported
Guns lost 6

Airbase hits 27
Airbase supply hits 15
Runway hits 181

Aircraft Attacking:

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Naval bombardment of Nandi, at 82,117

Allied Ships
CL Honolulu
CL Hobart
CL Perth
CA Salt Lake City
CA Pensacola
CA Chicago
BB South Dakota
BB Washington

Japanese ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 18
Port hits 4
Port supply hits 5

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TF 1050 troops unloading over beach at Nandi, 82,117



Allied ground losses:
1060 casualties reported






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Japan starts to lose its common sphere - 11/3/2005 2:01:42 AM   
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Amazing. He sent everything but th wheel chair of Roosvelt at Fiji
3 full crack divisions,2 Bdes, Tanks and Hundreds of ships...welcomed by 200 brave soldiers faithfull to the Emperor

Do i need to say i lost Nandi?

I do not believe he's going to do anything serious in NG without those crack units...so tomorrow i'll probably order to my 17th Army to get back at Truk. No need to waste fuel for nothing.
I'll remain cautious however...MC is always suprising me.

At Daily another bigger strike. Seems that he's seriously intentioned to keep Daily closed. 2 more engeneers Rgts are coming from Darwin...let's see if i can repair the place or if it will end up like another Burma...

With this pace we won't see any real action till 43

Tomorrow we'll start to bomb Chungking...now at 62 units
In one week we'll attack...let's see if the war is already lost



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Day Air attack on Daly Waters , at 35,90


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 5
B-17E Fortress x 107
LB-30 Liberator x 18
B-24D Liberator x 133


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 2 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

Airbase hits 25
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 273

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Ground combat at Nandi

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 20089 troops, 305 guns, 10 vehicles

Defending force 195 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 278 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Nandi base !!!


Japanese ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!





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RE: Japan starts to lose its common sphere - 11/3/2005 7:47:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		Have fun with Chungking. It took the WHOLE chinese expeditionary army (save tiny garrisons in other cities) and some converted Kwantung units, 2 months to reduce Chungking in my game vs. Andy. And basically all his units were at 1/3 strength after the rout that had happened earlier. And I only captured Chungking because it was the last chinese city with no supplies coming in. Otherwise It would still be there I think.

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RE: Japan starts to lose its common sphere - 11/3/2005 8:44:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		So basically you're declaring my defeat
Really Chungking was my last hope, even if very tiny, to win this war by autovictory by 1943...but you're right...with barely 8200 APsi do not stand a chance. Giving an average of 70 Assault points for every of those 62 units at Chungking( and i'm sure there are at least 10 corps there that have been there since the beginning of the operation, so not at 1/3 TOE) it makes....4500 APs..more or less...
...means that i'm simply toasted
I will give a try however...just to see if i can at least reduce the forts.... then i'll be forced to go back and get Changsha and Ichang...but that will mean that more months will pass by and in in a very short time i'll start see his air units back in China..i'm sure of that.

You have seen how he's decided to get back...safe and sound. My inner perimeter in the pacific won't probably be touched untill he will have a smashing superiority...and that means hundreds of Corsairs supporting Thousands of 4Es....
In Burma i'm already losing something like 1000 men each day...and now if he decides to push in again i won't have any chance of succesfully defend the area.
I'm far away from the 4-1 ratio...and considering how conservative he is...Sir Robin docet... i do not believe he's going to risk anything....now the tide has changed and i can clearly feel the frustration of a "lost victory".

Where i've lost this war? Hard to tell.
Probably in China....i did not consider the dumb respowning rule...and so i let 30 more units to join the defenders at Chungking.
In Burma...i originally have thought about a mini hangover , landing at Chandupur and taking eastern India, in order to defend Burma from his 4Es...but probably it would not have changed much since what he's doing with his superior air force in Burma now he could have done it to eastern India...
I do not see how more could have i done in the pacific....i've looked for a "decisive battle" 3 or 4 times but he's always avoided any contact with my KB...

Now..what to do?
I'll keep on reinforcing my inner perimeter. tarawa will be brought at 1000 Assault points( forts are already at 7 rising).
The Triangle Canton-Tarawa-Baker-Nanoumea won't be an easy target for his huge fleet.
I'll keep Solomons and New Guinea under severe control. Units will be rotating in and out malaria zones. Pilots will be trained and everything will stay as it is. Lunga and Gili gili will remain my baits...hoping he's going to eat them

I'll form a plan for an Exmouth invasion. Gotta be flexible.
Probalem is that the Burma corner is too exposed...and i keep on feeling port Blair is a damned juicy target for him. I would go for it without even thinking about if i was him.

So guys..it's allies' time to get fun now.
Japan is on defence and this state won't be changing.

Wish me good luck and let's hope the Honour of the Emperor will be saved

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RE: Japan starts to lose its common sphere - 11/3/2005 3:02:39 PM   
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So, if this is the fate i'm going to face, i must be ready for the inevitable and fight as best as i can.
The new strategy:
The key wil be from now on to mantain the controll of the SRA and DEI and so the keep the flow of oil and resources towards Homeland as long as i can.
The main threat to the japanese dominions in the SRA and DEI is rapresented by the allied overwhelming air power in Burma.
I'll have to do everything i can to stop him there. Better to lose territories and miles in the central pacific than in Burma.
The more those 4E bombers advances the more undefendable become my bases.
But how to stop a possible new offensive in Burma coming from the North? and how to stop a possible landing at port Blair and at the same time keep Java and Exmouth safe?
If these questions have an answer...i do not know it.
He has something like 400 4Es bombers in Eastern India, 400 more at Alice and probably 200/300 more between Cairns and Cooktown.....how can i face this force?

Anyway, i wrote these lines just before seeing the last turn.
He landed another US full Division at Tongarapu....where i have a Sasebo SNFL...my brave guys held the first assault but tomorrow they'll be gone. He's so going for Centpac...at least for now. Next stop will surely be Pago Pago. Nothing i can do to stop him now. But my plan was clear...those places are not vitally important, so i don't care much.
The problem now is that my inner perimeter is threatened in one more point...Tarawa area. The base will be fortified. I'll fight for it.

In China the first bombardment run at Chungking went pretty bad. 165 enemy killed...with 4500 Artillery Guns...incredible I'll keep on bombardin every day, from air and from land for one week. Then i'll attack...no expectations anyhow.

What else to say? Oh yes...2 b-17s shot down over chungking by 9 A6M3s These planes seem to do a better job than the Tojos...it's quite strange indeed.

Daily heavily bombed again. Engeneers arriving with an HQ from Darwin.

It's going to be a sad autumn


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TF 1052 encounters mine field at Port Moresby (54,93)


SS Perch, Mine hits 1, on fire

for the second day in a row an allied sub hits a mine at PM
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Coastal Guns at Tongarapu, 90,121, firing at TF 1003
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TF 1003 encounters mine field at Tongarapu (90,121)

TF 1003 troops unloading over beach at Tongarapu, 90,121


20 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied ground losses:
804 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Tongarapu

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2131 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 2446 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles


Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 431031 troops, 5235 guns, 55 vehicles

Defending force 119984 troops, 426 guns, 18 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
165 casualties reported
Guns lost 1


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Ground combat at Tongarapu

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2413 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 2175 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0)


Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported

Allied ground losses:
149 casualties reported
Guns lost 3



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RE: Japan starts to lose its common sphere - 11/3/2005 8:33:06 PM   
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well many things to say.
But basically he's starting to overwhelm me everywhere.
CentralPac is already under attack.
Now 7 enemy units spotted at 2 hexes south of Daily...means i'm gonna lose Oz this time. I only have 1500 APs there and no air cover, and with 200 4Es attaking every day it will be impossible to defend the place.
another AK spotted in I.O....probably F4Fs being ferried to India. My CVEs are moving.
In Burma he manged to annihilate one mix regiment in 4 days. from 100/100 to 40/100....how can i stop him?
At Chungking the second day of bombardments went even worse than yesterday.
He found the key to hit me hard without risking any of his naval assets.
Will attach a couple of screenshots...with some comments in them.
My morale is dropping.
The war is lost.
Only the honour remains


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 430643 troops, 5210 guns, 56 vehicles

Defending force 119732 troops, 431 guns, 20 vehicles



Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Guns lost 1






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RE: Japan starts to lose its common sphere - 11/3/2005 8:33:33 PM   
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RE: Japan starts to lose its common sphere - 11/3/2005 8:34:14 PM   
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RE: Japan starts to lose its common sphere - 11/3/2005 9:22:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		Don't lose heart just yet. In burma, if he comes overland he'll have the limited supply over the trails, if he comes over sea he has to face your LBA, which with the player defined upgrades on, should be quite wicked.

and corsairs have short legs, only 5 hexes. Now when the P-40N's come online, with 200 replacements and 8 hex range, then you ought to start worrying

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RE: Japan starts to lose its common sphere - 11/3/2005 11:56:57 PM   
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Ok..he's coming for Daily Again..started to bomb my divisions there...uffff...some air assets being trasfered to Darwin in these days. One mix regiment is coming from Java. 8 enemy units are advancing

Over Chungking my A6M3s shot down 8 more Dakotas...while my Tonies, same altitudes and more experienced, not a single one...it's something that i'm experiencing every day. In LRCAP at 3 hexes the A6M3s are very good even against the B-17s, while Tonies and Tojos are useless even against the Dakotas...do not understand why

At Tongarapu, for the 3rd day in a row, one sasebo SNLF is repulsing an entire US division ( the 37th) ...with no forts to count on...that makes me feel a bit better

In I.O.....another ambush...gettinng sick of it. One of my subs spotted a big TF with CAs coming down from Colombo...surely RN CVs trying to ambush my CVEs looking for his AK coming from Oz...well..if he wants corsair in India...go and have it! I'm not gonna risk my CVEs for a stupid AK!!



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Ground combat at Tongarapu

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 7139 troops, 63 guns, 0 vehicles

Defending force 2183 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles

Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0)


Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Guns lost 2

Allied ground losses:
375 casualties reported
Guns lost 14



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RE: Japan starts to lose its common sphere - 11/4/2005 12:59:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		I don't mean to be master of the bleeding obvious, but I have the following random thoughts:

Its a long way from Fiji to Tokyo and it takes a long time to island hop. He's going nowhere in China. It will be a while before he retakes Australia. Once he does, that's when the real dangerous island hopping begins. KB is still in good shape. I don't remember the AAR but one them showed that KB was still effective even in 44 given the right care.

Not much works against overwhelming LBA but high fort levels and holding the frontline with the minimum number of troops that can be rapidly reinforced.

Is there anything that you haven't thought of to take Chungking?

Keep your head up.

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RE: Japan starts to lose its common sphere - 11/4/2005 1:15:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hm, the slaughterhouse in Burma is horrifying - I think this is the worst place to be Japanese in this game.
Guess you now understand why I initiated Hangover

You've seen how Allied LBA torch my ground units in the Solomons and New Guinea in mid 43. Also very nasty.

Fighting a defensive war is half the fun though, so start creating defensive perimeters and contingency plans!!
Trade land for time but don't loose more troops than you can afford. The US will move very quickly in a year or
so and you don't want to run out of good troops after the outer bases falls. From my point of view you got too many
bases to defend now...

I'm sure you will come up with a way to lead the mouse into the trap and spring it



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RE: Japan starts to lose its common sphere - 11/4/2005 1:35:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hey guys, i'm not throwing the towel, do not worry!
I know it's a long way to go for Japan...it's just the 4Es that makes me mad!!

Chungking? I think there's no other way to go for it than afrontal assault with as many troops as you can master and a lot of air support...the rest are just numbers and math

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So he's gonna have his damned corsairs in India. I gave up ...the risks are too high to get involved with 3 CVEs against th whole RN CV fleet.

in 2 days we'll start the attack over Chungking...let's hope and cross everything you have to cross

At Tongarapu...finally the 37th Division achieved a 13-1 odd...but i lost only 70 men and altough the base is conquered by the whites my yellow fellows still want to fight there...till last man! BANZAI

Tarawa and Munda are being reinforced.

On Division ( the 57th i think) has been released from Ise using 3500 PPs. It's now going for Sosarbaja.

Nothing much to report.




In the picture you can see the 1st Sasebo SNLF training at Tarawa...waiting for the enemy to come!




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RE: Japan starts to lose its common sphere - 11/4/2005 3:27:31 AM   
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In the picture you can see the 1st Sasebo SNLF training at Tarawa...waiting for the enemy to come!


If those white posts 6" in front of their barrels - are their practice targets - they should be able to hit them - despite the glasses they're wearing !



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RE: Japan starts to lose its common sphere - 11/4/2005 3:21:25 PM   
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Two more days in the war.

He's using now Suva as a training camp for his fighters.
Nothing more is moving in Central Pac.
Pago Pago garrison is being evacuated in these days...not seen.

At Daily he keeps bombing my troops, but at least the AF is now operational. I've upgraded 2 A6M2 daitais to A6M3s at Darwin and now with 2 Sally Sentais are waiting to be placed at Daily as soon as a rainy day comes ( the sun keeps shining in that damned australian desert!!)

In Burma ...the usual slaughterhouse.

In China...this was the last day of general bombardment. Tomorrow my Divisions will rest and only the Artilleries will hit the damned chinese. Then we'll try to attack...i need to pray Wotan, the God of War.

Something else? Oh yes...the RN CVs seem to have disappeared after have been sighted...now the AK is moving alone...i'm moving my CVEs to an interception route...let's see if i get a lucky shot!





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RE: Japan starts to lose its common sphere - 11/4/2005 8:39:44 PM   
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mmm...again the RN CVs show up in I.O. He's trying to meet his AKs full of planes. I'll try a very risky move with my CVEs. I won't try to intercept his first AK but a second one which is moving 8 hexes south of the first one....i will be on the edge...i know it's risky...but at this stage of the war i cannot just sit and let him do whatever he wants to do. 2 turns and we'll see. However he knows i've spotted him while my CVEs are still unseen.

Now...Chungking:
Tomorrow we'll attack. I've hoped for a good preparation bombing raid for today...but the weather was everywhere clear except for Kweyang and Kungchang..my 2 major air bases....bad luck!
Tomorrow i need some good weather!
I need some good odds since the beginning...otherwise i won't have a chance. I've changed many leaders today of my Divisions...the best ones are in charge right now...120,000 enemy men aren't that much...but the forts and the city terrain can easily do the job...remember Ichang few months ago?

Nothing else...usual bombing raids in Burma and at Daily.
2 US Sub sunk today.

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RE: Japan starts to lose its common sphere - 11/4/2005 8:41:02 PM   
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