<t> Hi all, just to say that We are still alive!<br/>
Turns have slowed down a lot because of Erik travelling here in Italy and i being very busy with work.<br/>
However yesterday night we managed to meet each other in Venice: it was a great night!<br/>
We went eating in a very tipical venitian ...

<t> The strategic situation:<br/>
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so we're now in August 1943.<br/>
The allies have now a plethora of Hellcats and P-47s to face our air armies.<br/>
On the Burma borders, where the bulk of the P-47s are concentrated, erik hasn't launched yet an air offensive. Strange. Probably he's ...

ORIGINAL: veji1

Hang in there buddy.

Thank you Veji!

<t> July 30-August 5, 1943<br/>
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Again a terrible rough moments at work and my father who doesn't seem to get well (always in intensive care)...<br/>
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Spare time has been a problem lately and it will go on like that at least untill thebeginning of April.<br/>
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However there are ...

So there is no shock attack in the Mariannas?

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

Start sweeping away his CV LRCAP!

Can't sweep your own bases unfortunatelty

<t> RnD progresses:<br/>
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Frances P1Y1 - in production 7/43. First groups will arrive in September 1943. Very limited use.<br/>
D4Y3 - should arrive in late September 1943. Very important. I'd say decisive for the KB.<br/>
Frank-r (Ki-84r) should arrive in Jan 1944. Important but not ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Sangeli<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: JocMeister<br/>
Yeah, I wouldn´t count too much on the Japanese tank divs. They need to be in x3 terrain and preferably some forts to be effective. Counting on being able to move them around is probably a bit ...

<t> For those who are interested, here's the kill count of the last day over Rabaul. Interesting results:<br/>
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201 Ku S-1 with A6M5c Zero: 10 Kills - 20,000 feet -<br/>
Yokosuka Ku S-1 with A6M5c Zero: 10 Kills - 20,000 feet -<br/>
Yokosuka Ku S-2 with N1K1-J George: 10 Kills - 25,000 feet ...

In China, despite heavy bombings, at Wenchow we achieve another 1-2 with forts not downed from level 2. It's just a matter of time anyway, so I don't sweat. I surely would like to end this campaign asap anyway

<t> Lost 1 ace today (C.Banno, of the Yokasuka KU-S2 George Sentai, with 6 kills) but gained 2 brand new aces.<br/>
Also lost a lot of decent pilots on the A6M5cs... but, thanks God, my pools of "decent" pilots are pretty deep. What I hate to lose are the crack ones...but that's war and I have to ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Sangeli<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: GreyJoy<br/>
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The A6M5c suffered too much, but 40 4E downed is a very good result. Wonder if he is willing to try for a second day...
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Frankly I think that a full day of sweeps is ...

The A6M5c suffered too much, but 40 4E downed is a very good result. Wonder if he is willing to try for a second day...

<r> Jul 28, 43<br/>
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Rabaul is attacked.<br/>
Erik, seeing me back at Torokina in force the previous turn, decided to launch a coordinated mass-attack against Rabaul.<br/>
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From at least 7 different bases, the whole air arsenal of the allies in SOPAC is sent against RAbaul.<br ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Lowpe<br/>
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I thought you were putting a Tank Division on either Guam or Saipan or both![X(]
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I was...but am not so certain now.<br/>
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Tank IDs are very usefull in china now and, maybe, later on in Thailand ...

<t> Now, a bit of thoughts sharing about the best way to defend atolls and islands (non-shock attack mandatory) like Mariannas in a DBB Stacking Limits game.<br/>
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What's the best configuration for the 6,000 SL small atolls?<br/>
And what's the best for the big 35,000 islands like the ...

<t> The other route is the Indian Ocean. a direct assault from India or Perth to Java or Sumatra (or Timor, less likely).<br/>
I am working to defend against such a move. For the next months, the real countermeasure, will be the presence of the KB in the west.<br/>
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And what about Diego ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: veji1<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: GreyJoy<br/>
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That's why I believe this Air Mod is really really well balanced only when played with PDU OFF.<br/>
The N1K1 is a really powerful beast.<br/>
If I could upgrade all the IJN LBA sentais to ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: ny59giants<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Erik responds to my Netties raid at Attu immediately placing 50 planes on CAP, but I don't eat the bait and my netties are back to Nav Search at Diego. Now at Diego there are also some fighters [;)] <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE ...

<t> At Finshhafen Erik has now brought 6 units. 2 USMC Regiments (don't understand why he keeps on using fragmented marine divisions) and 1 US (Sep) regiment. The three new units are unknown, but I guess they are tanks or artillery units. really curious to see how he will do here in Finshhafen ...