<t> 22/6/43<br/>
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I must express my distaste for todays events<br/>
Once again the evil bomb racks -the stubby little bombs are being fitted to our fighters.<br/>
Tomorrow the entire 3 daitai here will attack ground units deep in the heart of China<br/>
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For training the rookies this ...

<t> 25/10/43<br/>
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the pressure grows on the empire<br/>
Enemy troops enter tavoy, and this looks serious -40 LCU at Moulmien!<br/>
The problem is there are no more rivers to be had until we hit singapore.<br/>
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tanaka sails from singapore -and promptly loses a DD to a mine -and ...

<t> 24/10/43<br/>
Tabpub re occupies tenibar island with his Pt boats, obviously thinking I will not be back<br/>
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Ill think carefully about that.<br/>
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he strikes rabual with heavies, gassmatta with mediums<br/>
I strike at dobodura shipping -17 tojo , 10 betty, his LRCAP of ...

I too tip my hat to my opponent TABPUB, we have played steadily a turn a day almost with out a break for , gee, real years now, and we are up to
10/43 -and he only now is getting to the allied fun phase.......

<t> 1/10/43<br/>
death star off shortlands, it is closed -well almost, I gamble that his death star will continue south, and move all the fighters I have in the solomons into here to CAP the place, I need to hide the naval units returning to the solomons - time to start up a new Tokyo express!<br ...

<t> 30/9/43<br/>
as a farewell gift, tanaka hits adaman island again, lost another dd for 2 pts.<br/>
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His Cvs approach rabual -and pound it!<br/>
a handfuyl of planes lost<br/>
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some air battles burma, china, vietnam<br/>
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I get troops out of changsa -and lose hsiyang<br/>
I ...

<t> 29/9/43<br/>
tabpub says my strategy must be to cover a convoy into vic point, almost right<br/>
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Milne bay continues<br/>
Mines in ominato!<br/>
Junyo dodges a ss -hits a mine! -but no damage!<br/>
catalinas and beaforts try a night strike on the Junyo and Hiyo -miss -scary but!!!<br ...

<t> 28/9/43<br/>
Busy day today<br/>
Milne bay -invasion continues<br/>
Wuhan he bombards, and pounds from the air -107 mitchells<br/>
Merauke hit hard<br/>
17 oscar, 58 sallies attack rahaeng -8 thunderbolt, 2 spits on LRCAP<br/>
shoot down 9 oscars<br/>
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then in the PM<br/>
28 ...

<t> 27/9/43<br/>
His invasion of GG continues<br/>
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AM<br/>
i bomb changsa, he bombs seemingly everywhere<br/>
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Zuikaka is spotted deep in the bay of bengal -this is good<br/>
lautern is hit hard -here I think comes the next invasion.<br/>
Wotje is pounded, I think the base force ...

<t> 26/9/43<br/>
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tabpub asks -am I headed to ceylon?<br/>
at least he is not attacking me at the moment<br/>
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Invasion of milne bay continues, carriers support it heavily<br/>
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AM<br/>
I bomb rahaeng -my airforce is back into action, 62 sallies attack, the 1 thuderbolt on ...

<t> 25/9/43<br/>
Tabpub is asking me what in the world am I up to- what is the strategic reason for this "raid"<br/>
The reason is simple -to force him to pause in Burma -to distract his air -and so far so good.<br/>
Singapore by 44 -no way buddy!!<br/>
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one more day of this raid and we ...

<t> 24/9/43<br/>
A ss attacks the carriers -is hit hard for its trouble<br/>
tanaka goes in -encountering the usual tabpub PT swarms -not that bad today though.5CA, 2cl, 9 dd sink 5 pts for no loss, he retires in good order<br/>
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AM<br/>
I recon tricomalee- very little CAP<br/>
Tabpub is ...

<t> 23/9/43<br/>
I enter the most dangerous turns I have had for 6 months<br/>
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AM <br/>
KB is thourghly spotted by liberators, buried under clouds in the AM phase<br/>
rahaeng is hit very hard today by hurricanes and other fighter bombers<br/>
Lunga is bombed<br/>
and 9 jill attack ...

<t> 22/9/43<br/>
very nervous at the moment as things continue to develop in the indian theatre<br/>
biggest worry is his british Cvs turning up -with corsairs on 90% CAP<br/>
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Action today<br/>
My only warship currently in the solomons is sunk -a APD by a ss near good enough island<br ...

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For all herbie opponents, or 1275 psi opponents, I am having huge e mail problems -it just sends and sends and sends until your mail box fills up -then mine does too with unable to deliver messages!<br/>
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This has only just occured, and Im getting desperate as a computer brick<br ...

Quick bump -wobbly on holidays -and now I have huge email problem

back ASAP!

<r> 14/2/42<br/>
valentines day, not much love about though<SM sm="00000106.gif">[sm=00000106.gif]</SM><br/>
Sub action south of GG<br/>
CL Kashima sinks in darwin harbour<br/>
16 oscars tried to intercept his mandalaby raid - he thinks Im coming north to manalaby, I aint, its Akyab Im after.<br ...

OK
1st of march is the next invasion day, divisions are building strength up again nicely, plan to resume in Phillipines then, and land main strength in sumatra.
derby fell

A quiet day, 1 B17 raid, 1asw action, 1 ap hit by a sub
Quiet day

12/2
Hit a sub in darwin harbour
I send Fuso and yamarishio home for the 1st refit cycle, lots of ships enroute for singapore, via jolo

Medan falls
Wyndam falls
derby is empty, he runs away
broome falls

Im resting, and moving troops.

<t> Showing my computer skills, finally worked out how to post from home computer[;)]<br/>
11/2/42<br/>
Unloading at medan<br/>
An AK sinks of darwin <br/>
Troops unload at broome, Wyndam<br/>
Mines at Kaweljien again[:@]<br/>
mandalaby air hits me again[:@][:@]<br/>
My Betties from Kuching ...