With an enemy being so cautious with escorts...is there a long term opportunity to setup an attrition trap?

I.e. a location that is attractive for him to take but ties down his escorts because you can interdict his supply routes to it?

Supply was loaded from a US base and is aboard a US flagged task force...plus Lunga is a US base.

I had thought about pools being low...will check on next turn. I also returned all the PT boats at Noumea to the pool last turn...so that may be the issue.

Lunga Point has over 20k supplies.

<t> Mystery solved...the xAK was a freighter I had sent to Espirito Santo to supply the airbase there. She had been hit by a bomb from a scouting plane. I am a bit annoyed with the P-400s there for not keeping the enemy away from the anchorage.<br/>
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Anyway...<br/>
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21 October<br ...

My concern is that I dont remember sending these ships out on missions.

Its possible that I have started to get old and misplace cargo ships...

Ive got to investigate and see if any of my transport missions are missing ships.

<t> 20 October<br/>
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Bad weather comes in. My day / night search patterns lose sight of the enemy CV group.<br/>
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Our B17s continue bombing various targets in New Guinea...while the B25s and B26s hammer the track.<br/>
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Hornet, with Washington and SoDak head back south of ...

<t> 19 October<br/>
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No enemy raid on Milne Bay.<br/>
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We lose an xAK to an air dropped bomb...but no intel or combat report was received.<br/>
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Hornet moves due west of Tassafaronga..<br/>
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...and we receive word from our naval search that a CVE is spotted just ...

<t> 18 October<br/>
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B26s and B25s bomb the track. B17s continue the bombings of Buna and Lae.<br/>
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P38s are heading into Port Moresby for recon over New Guinea.<br/>
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The Japanese send 50 zeroes to escort the obligatory 3 Kate raid on Milne Bay. Our P40e's meet them and do a ...

<t> 15th and 16th October<br/>
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Now that our resupply mission to Port Moresby is over...we send back the B26s to the field and shuttle out some fighters.<br/>
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The RAAF P40 squadron at Milne Bay is cycled out and replaced with USAF P40s.<br/>
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I start fiddling with search radius ...

...and now I think PDU is off, and its just that some squadrons can be upgraded.

Like I said...rookie problems.

Just a reminder, this is the Guadalcanal campaign, not the Grand Campaign.

Just realized PDU is on...so I do need to be paying attention to plane upgrades...

So all those P39s could become P40s and P38s...and other upgrades too.

More research required.

Life with new baby who doesnt like to sleep...not much time for gaming.

<t> 14 October<br/>
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The enemy sends 20ish zeroes a half dozen kates and 2 Betties against Milne Bay. They get 4 runway hits in exchange for losing a zero and a Betty.<br/>
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We have some damaged planes.<br/>
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Our B17s are working over Buna, Lae, and Tassafaronga. Our cruisers ...

"I tracked one near Saigon which I believe was heading to Bangkok..."

With air search?

FYI, mere sharing of results is not the same as discussing best practices for scouting and intelligence gathering techniques...

At some point, some of us less experienced players are going to want a summary of your search and intel best practices...

I predict that nothing bad will happen to DesertWolf's forces.

After all, he can predict the enemies moves with near miraculous precision.

Does he have the carrier forces to actually sustain an offensive away from LBA?

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I dont see why Andy would invade Burma...there is limited value in doing so. China is already out...and he wont make much progress until he has naval superiority, at which point other, more ...