Now for the update in Burma as promised gentle readers. After my attempt at bagging a couple divisions down near Lashio, we have reached a stalemate. Adm Wa continues to bombard my troops NE and E of Lashio however the damage is minimal if anything. It has become a sideshow. Further north, my two ...

Ok, for those still here, to finally answer PaxMondo question. My plan is to hold the Aleutian chain as long as I can. The northern route really is a dagger right at the Home Islands. Adm Wa built up the bases, so alot of supplies will NOT need to be burned for that. Outside of the Zero vs Hellcat ...

Part 2 of my 3 part discussion! Thank you gentle readers for coming this far with me on my journey to finally beat my Nemesis - Adm Wa! Things that are rattling around in my pea brain, in no particular order:

1. Adm Wa has invested quite a bit to build up the Aleutians. And has lost quite a few ...

PaxMondo, All very good questions and ones I have been wrestling with while the KB was refitting. Now that most of the key CVs are ready to sail again or getting close, here are my thoughts. First, need to bring all our gentle readers up to speed in the North Pacific, as that I believe is the key ...

Disaster! Adm Wa is a tricky evil opponent. My small Surface TF that was visiting the India / Burma coast was ambushed by quite a large TF, then set upon by airpower the following afternoon! April 27, 1943 is a dark day for the IJN... It was a well executed ambush as I had no idea they were there ...

April 26, 1943. Admiral Harmasaki looks over the upgrade reports for the numerous Capital Ships currently being refitted. Can't there be a way to speed up the workers at the docks? He muses... If there was combat damage, the repairs could be put into a high priority. For these upgrades, the ...

My bombardment TF went in at Umnak and did moderate damage, plus caught a couple xAPs unloading. Only 1 was sunk, and both DMS's that were supporting the TF were sunk by the CD unit Adm Wa landed there a few weeks ago. Not happy with that, as that was the last DMS I had in the region. In the ...

Mike, good question. Scenario is Scenario #2, stock. As of April 23, 1943 current status of the Japanese CV force is

Active CV's : Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu, Hiyo, Shokaku, and Zuikaku
Active CVLs: Ryuho, Shoho
Active CVEs: Chuyo, Hosho, Taiyo, Unyo

Sunk Carriers : CV Junyo, CVL Zuiho, CVL Ryujo ...

Thanks for the reminder. Current date is April 20, 1943. Very little has occurred the past few days, IJN HQ is eagerly awaiting the upgrades to the KB fleet, and I expect Adm Wa is busy outfitting with Hellcats... A couple updates worthy of note. 7 factories are now researching Franks so they will ...

Well it turned into a nothing burger at Adak. Adm Wa wisely chose to retreat after just that one attack. It has been several days and the mini deathstar was last seen by faithful Emily pilots 23 hexes east of Adak and sailing away. I got a shot at a DD in the CV TF with a sub but missed. At least ...

Just when I thought it was safe to disband the KB and start upgrades.... yes, I put 4 CVs into upgrades just 2 days ago, Adm Wa shows up near Adak Island with Carriers. To bring our gentle readers up to speed. KB and Mini KB reached the HI, and the Kaga, Akagi, Shokaku and Zuikaku are all being ...

Quick air production update as of April 11, 1943.

George : There are 730 N1K1's in the pool. I have reduced production to 5 * size 30 factories.
7 size 30 factories have been switched to the N1K2 airframe. best estimate is the K2 airframe will arrive sometime in August '43. I may move 1-2 more ...

After 2 months of combat, LGen Shigeru looked out at the still smoking ruins of Amchitka Airfield and port. Extensive lines of Allied POW's streamed past and he could not help feel both anger at having taken so long to conquer this god forsaken island, and grudging respect at his enemy for the ...

"Admiral Harmasaki, it looks like your sake is safe for now, the TF commander south of Rabaul reported no sighting of the allied carriers, but he was able to make a successful night time strike on several transport ships that were in the area. He asks for forgiveness in not living up to your ...

"Admiral, evening is upon us and as of the last radio transmission from our Emily's based out of Rabaul, several small allied amphibious TFs have dropped anchor off of the Deboyne Islands. Indications are a Carrier group is running escort, with possible large capital ships escorting. " the captain ...

April 7, 1943 turned out to be a good day for the benevolent, peace loving Empire of Japan.

China:
Kunming finally fell. It turned out to be anticlimactic in that it only took 3 attacks. I was only able to train up a few brigades a few experience points in total. That is the last of the easy LCU ...

For those gentle readers out there waiting on baited breath to know the outcome in the SW Pac. It turned into a bit of a nothingburger. Adm Wa retreated after landing at Deboyne Island, but now looks like he may be coming back. I have decided not to hotly contest a long slog up the Solomon Islands ...

Pax Mondo, yes, I am very excited to be close to getting the Frank. I am running very lean on IJA fighter frames and have been trying to husband my Tojo's. I only have the IIa and IIb models in production, and only with 2 factories each in production. I have about 70 aircraft in the pool, and can ...

"Sir, we have good news and bad news." The Captain stated at the start of the daily intel briefing. Knowing his leader, he started with the bad news first...
"We located the at least 3-4 Allied fleet carriers and have identified a likely area of strategic thrust by the Americans."
"And what is the ...

Mike Solli, welcome to my humble AAR! I also have been reading your AAR, and it is very interesting. I have not commented as I know Adm Wa is a known surfer of AARs... :-) , You went for Adak well before me, which I think is a good move. I am actually surprised Adm Wa had it as lightly defended as ...