Bruce vs Terminus using Terminus' Mare Bellum Mod

[fabertong]

Bruce.....wow......thanks fo all the maps......you do look in good shape........

In the DEI you still hold Palambang.......and all of Java/southern Borneo/Sulawesi......at the start of March......and he will have a fight to take it......I don't know enough about T's Mod....but IIRC it still uses the stock A2A model...if so if you can hold Java until after the Zero bonus expires.....you can make this area a real pain for him by bringing in some Fighter groups........

[fabertong]

You still hold PM as well.....if you can continue to hold it without over-commiting......until May/June....then....again with stock A2A.....you can use B-17s to close Rabaul.......ending most of his chances to expand in the Sols..........

[BrucePowers]

I have 3 squadrons of hurricanes (16 aircraft each) and 2 P40 squadrons (24 aircraft each) available for use in the DEI.

The units in the Phillipines will be used in the Solomons/New Guinea area (I think). I do not hold much hope of holding PM. I have no PP to move units to New Guinea and my US units are cautiously moving southwest under ASW care due to submarine threat.

[BrucePowers]

The March 2 turn passed quietly with no major actions. The Asiatic Fleet HQ is now unloading in Darwin. I am going to try and send 2 tankers to Java to try and bring out excess fuel stocks.

[BrucePowers]

We appear to have a synch issue. More to come.

[BrucePowers]

Japanese carriers (CVL or CVE) have shown up east of Tarakan. I have moved P40's and bombers into attack range. Maps to follow.

[BrucePowers]

The carriers retreated from Tarakan towards Pelieu. I may be able to catch them from Menado. Map to follow (I promise)

I need a Phtoshop Elements for dummies first.[:D][:D]

[BrucePowers]

T and I are working on a synch issue.

Be that as it may, we are now up to March 6. My ambush did not work. The swordfish refused to fly even though they had 19 p40's escort the Dutch torpedo bombers. The are some RAF pilots up on charges.

T has landed in the Shortlands.

The I-66 making a nuisance of itself near India was attacked and incurred minor damage.

Map of Solomons area. Those troops from the Philipines are now investing the South Pacific

[BrucePowers]

The area around Pearl Harbor.

ASW TF will start patroling. All convoys in and out of PH to be escorted and start taking random routing.

[Raverdave]

Do you guys ahve a HR limit on the size of ASW TFs? 

[BrucePowers]

No[:D]

T told me not to worry about house rules. I try not to do stupid stuff (I do not use B-17 at 1000 feet against ships, it's suicide). I have put a couple of 10 ship ASW TF's together.

[BrucePowers]

20 days of game time have passed since the last update.

Terminus and I managed to play a lot over the holidays.

He has released the mod and I want to show you some of the allied ships.

First the RN BB Saint George (keep in mind shes'damaged. She took several dozen AP bomb hits (small ones)

See next post

[BrucePowers]

Here is the Saint George

[BrucePowers]

Here is the Dutch BC Den Haag

[BrucePowers]

It is now March 28 and time for the news. Tarakan has fallen and Palembang is in peril. See the map below

[BrucePowers]

I have a reaction force consisting of 2 CV TF, 1 SC TF and 1 replenishment TF south of Java

[BrucePowers]

My other stuff

[VSWG]

Soon it's April 1942 and you still got an intact SLOC to Java? You should make good use of that, Bruce.

What's happening in Russia?

[BrucePowers]

Everyone is holding In Russia. My defense is holding strong.

[BrucePowers]

Ground troops in Darwin