Who Needs a Title? Mike (J) vs. Dixie (A)

[Mike Solli]

India, no.  We'll see how I do in the SRA.  So far things look good, but we'll see how long it takes to take Singapore and Manila.  I would like to take Northern Australia, just to slow down the strategic bombing of the southern SRA. 
 
I don't like to expand far beyond the historical high water mark.  I want to have interlocking airfields to be able to move my air power around operationally (within a HQ area) to keep Dixie unaware of where my air strength is.  I plan on having a recon unit in every level 4 airfield so Dixie doesn't see me move air units around.  Very few of my airfields will be larger than level 4.  (Why give the Allies high level airfields?  Make them build them.)  The only exception is where I place my 2 Liz daitai, which need a level 5 airfield.  I plan on using the Liz as an ASW platform so it'll be in choke points, most likely in the rear.

[Mike Solli]

20 Dec 41
 
Reinforcement:  AK Tatsumo Maru (2330) at Tokyo
 
Guess what?  Another sub ate a depth charge off Hawaii.  This time it was the I-22 and her damage is 27-31.  She should make it unless Dixie finds her again.  So far, only one has sunk in that area, but 5 others are in various states of disrepair.  The I-16 will probably sink tomorrow.  Her damage is at 80-96. [:(] I've pulled out all of the (remaining) subs toward Kwajalein.  I'll form a different early warning line in case Dixie decides to send the Pacific Fleet toward Wake/Kwajalein.  I'll figure it all out later.  I still have a line of 4 subs halfway between Hawaii and the West Coast.  Dixie hasn't found them yet.  I'm hoping to get a shot or two at TFs moving between those two locations.  Then I'll bug out (probably).
 
My minesweeping TF arrived at Hong Kong (6x 20kt MSWs and 2x PCs).  I added the PCs only because the fast Japanese MSWs in CHS do not have ASW capabilities.  The TF swept for mines 3 times and each time the same PC hit a mine.  How's that for weird?  Needless to say, the splinters went down.
 
My sub line south of Tobali struck again, this time damaging an AK with a torp.  Nells sank an AK and damaged an additional AK and a TK.
 
On the ground, I took Butuan unopposed.  The 2 Division is a couple of days out of Butuan.  Dixie is down to 2 bases in Mindinao.  I expect to take them within a week or so.  Then the 2 Division and 2x SNLFs that took Davao (as well as additional forces that have yet to be allocated) will prep for Tarakan and Balikpapan.  The addtional forces will most likely be a couple of naval guard units (to be left as defense) and some engineer regiments, most likely from the Philippines. The goal is to take them simultaneously with surface and carrier (Ryujo) support as well as LBA support from Jolo.  Some of my surface TFs are moving to Davao or Palau and will reorganize there to support these invasions.  I'm not sure when this operation will take place.  It all depends on how Manila operation goes.  I already have a special BF allocated as the Balikpapan garrison.  It's currently in Palau.
 
I took Johore Bahru, effectively isolating Singapore from the rest of the world.  I have found that I don't have enough aviation support and have an additional aviation regiment heading to Kuantan so I can base more air power there.  I'll then start a sustained air campaign against Singapore.  When I get more ground forces to Johore Bahru, I'll move to Singapore.  This (I suspect) is going to take awhile.  I don't want to trash my ground forces taking Singapore.  Currently about half of my ground forces in Malaya are in Johore Bahru with the other half cleaning up the Allied enclaves (4 enemy units in 3 different hexes).
 
Remember my thoughts on ambushing the Allied fighters flying out of Manila?  Fiasco.  I didn't shoot down any planes even though one of my Zero daitai caught about 20 Allied fighters on a bombing mission.  Grrr....  I'm trying again tomorrow, but with 2 air units over Clark Field.
 
Forces continue to congegrate at Rabaul preparing for the invasion of Port Moresby.  I transferred a Betty daitai to SE Fleet and flew it down to Rabaul.  It's currently stood down to allow it's fatigue to drop.  I also moved the Jake chutai from Truk as well as the repaired Oscars (19 so far).  The Oscars are set to ground attack on the Australians that were pushed out of Rabaul.  A little extra experience can't hurt. [:D]  The Lae invasion force is a couple of days out of Lae.  I'm hoping to take Lae quickly so I can base the Oscars there to support the Pt. Moresby invasion force.
 
Hanoi's airfield reached level 2 on it's way to level 4.  Hanoi and Haiphong are great bases to train air units from.  There are a couple of Chinese ground units that start the game a couple of hexes to the east and are prime targets from planes flying from these airfields.  The Allied player can't afford to move them because he risks opening up his back door to an invasion.

[Mike Solli]

21 Dec 41

Reinforcements:  AK Arashio Maru (2330) at Osaka, 126 IJNAF BF at Tokyo

I forgot to mention Zuiho yesterday.  She made slight gains against flooding yesterday and lost ground today.  She's down to 69-77.  It doesn't look good. [:(] I've dispatched an AR from Japan, but it'll be about a week to get there.  I've been considering moving an AR for several days now, but worried about losing it.  Stupid.  There are plenty more in the pipeline and currently, the only one doing anything is at Truk. [8|] Now that I think about it, I'll dispatch another one next turn.

I've already learned something new for future games (including AE).  Move most of the ARs out of the Home Islands to forward bases, such as Truk, Palau and Saipan (and maybe even Kwajalein).  Almost all of them are sitting in the Home Islands doing absolutely nothing.  The damaged ships need those ARs forward at the beginning of the war.  After the expansion is complete, then most of them can move back to safer waters.  Stupid, stupid, stupid. [:@]

The I-16 succumbed to her wounds today.  On the bright side, I-153 put a torp into an AK of Merak.  She used the last of her torps and is headed back to Saigon for some R&R (and more torps).

The only other ship I lost was another PC.  She was part of the minesweeping group at Hong Kong.  This time that group swept mines twice and that PC hit mines twice.  How's that for really weird?  Over two days, that group swept mines 5 times and PCs in that group were hit by mines 5 times. [&:] There are currently 6 fast MSWs there sweeping mines with another 5 that will reach Hong Kong tomorrow.  Hopefully, the minefields will be cleared soon so I can move on with my operations.

Naval targets are rapidly vanishing.  They're either sunk or have escaped.  A surface TF heading south toward Palau and then SE Fleet area made a stop at Iloilo and bombarded damaging 2 AKs in port.  They then moved on.

Dixie did lose the DD Isis from old damage.  The Isis was damaged by 2x 250kg bombs way back on 10 Dec.  She sank at Colombo.  I'll have to remember that.  Dixie may be using that port to harbor other damaged ships.  I'll have to check to see if there's any way I can do a port attack with some Nells.

I love owning the Andaman Islands.  When the airfield is built up to level 4, Nells/Bettys stationed there the cause endless problems to the RN in that area. [:D] I have always waited until I secured Singapore and (usually) Rangoon before taking it by sea.  I'm going to try something different.  I recently moved the 2 Para regiment to Saigon.  I'm going to take Victoria point tomorrow.  I believe it's undefended.  Then I'll fly in a small BF with 60 air support.  I'll move transports there and drop the 2 Para regiment on Pt. Blair (Andaman Islands).  Next will come engineers and a BF for engineers and some fighters for protection.  I will get a jump on working on the airfield. 

Burma update:  The 1 Tank Regiment arrived at Moulmein today to find it unoccupied.  The 55 Division and 15 Army HQ is a day or two behind.  I'll take Moulmein tomorrow and move the tanks to Rangoon.  He has only a small BF there that I've been bombing (with Marys, Mynok [:D]).  Dixie is pulling a Sir Robin in that region.  This is very interesting.  I've never had an opponent do that.  At any rate, there are BFs and engineers behind that are moving up as well.  In addition, the 31 and 33 Divisions are about to land at Bangkok (they started in Singapore) for movement into Burma.  Soon I'll have 3 divisions and a tank regiment, as well as supporting units in Burma.  More armor will move there when Malaya is completely liberated.

Malaya Update:  The 4 Division is landing at Kota Bharu.  I originally intended on landing them at Singora to reduce damage to the division and then pushing down to Kota Bharu to take the place.  I decided a the last minute to land them directly on that base to expidite cleaning up northern Malaya.  There is an Indian Brigade and BF there.  Dixie moved the FXXX Bde along the road to the SW.  Not sure why he did that.  They're all doomed anyway.  I'm attacking tomorrow to see if I can get lucky and force the surrender of the units in Kota Bharu.  We'll see.

The force that took Johore Bahru is standing fast there.  I am going to wait for reinforcements before moving south into Singapore.  I don't want to expose my troops to 2 shock attacks by moving into Singapore in 2 groups.  The down side is that Dixie can work on his forts while I wait.  The aviation regiment that is reinforcing Kuantan will arrive tomorrow.  That will allow me to move 4 more Sally Sentai (5 total) there along with more fighters.  I will then begin bombarding the port of Singapore to kill some of the CDs and slow down the fort building. 

China Update:  While I was liberating Hong Kong, Dixie had moved 2 Chinese Corps into Canton.  Not sure why, because they didn't do anything.  I expected an attack to see if he would get lucky.  At any rate, when Hong Kong fell, he pulled out one of the Corps.  I attacked the other today and pushed it out as well.  Elsewhere, I am continuing to mass for the attack to cut off the Chinese in the SE part of China in order to destroy them.  I count approximately 18 Chinese units.  This is a long term operation.  I expect to conclude it by June 42.

SE Fleet Update:  The Lae Invasion Force is plodding along and still a few days out.  The BB TF has refueled at Rabaul and is headed to Buna where I spotted a small Allied TF (merchant ships).  It'll take 2 days to get there.  I hope I can catch it.  The CA TF is one day out from Rabaul where it will refuel and prepare to support the Lae Operation. 

4th Fleet Update:  KB is mostly disbanded at Kwajalein.  I'm going to have it sit there for the rest of the month, just in case Dixie decides to get frisky with the US Pacific Fleet.  Operations continue in the area reinforcing Wake, Tarawa, Makin, Nauru and Eniwetok.

Northern Area Update:  The 71 Division (formerly of Kwantung Army) is loading on transports in preparation for the invasions of Attu, Adak and one other one I can't recall offhand (not Kiska).  There are also 3 construction battalions heading there.  Everything will move to Ominato and form up into proper TFs (one per island).  The support force consists of 2 CLs, 4 DDs and 2 auxiliary merchants (armed with 2x 8" and 4x 5.5" guns each)!  There are also a couple of oilers supporting them if needed.  The goal is to get some recon and fighters there quickly and get Attu up to a level 4 airfield so I can put some Nells/Bettys there.  There are 18 of the 150 capacity AGs headed up there for use in the area.  I suspect the invasions will begin in 7-10 days.  I have a couple of subs snooping around up there and haven't seen an enemy ship.  There are 6 subs allocated to that area that will eventually work their way there.

[Mike Solli]

22 Dec 41
 
More grumblings concerning my subs.  The I-154, part of my line off Merak, sank after being attacked by some Allied MSWs. [:@] Very frustrating.
 
We also lost a PG from old damage. 
 
The I-162 put two torps into an AK north of Butuan.  In addition, a TK and the AS Canopus sank from old damage.
 
I continued to land the 4th Division at Kota Bharu.  I'll try an attack tomorrow.
 
Bataan fell to a 10:1 attack from the 65 Bde.  I lost 320 troops to 1817 Allied troops.
 
Moulmein fell unopposed to the 1st Tank Regiment.  The resources there are 100(0).  The 2nd Para Regiment dropped on Victoria Point and took that base unopposed.  I'm now going to fly in a small base force and station some fighters there.  Then I'll move some transports there to fly the 2nd Para Regiment to Pt. Blair.

[Mike Solli]

23 Dec 41

Much better day today.  I didn't lose any ships, or even have any damaged.

Dixie lost an AK, TK and PC from old damage.  In addition, the S-37 was hit by a depth charge near Tuguegarao and the S-36 age 2x 5" shells off Jolo.  A Nell from Jolo also put a 250kg bomb into an AK at Manila.

The Rowboat Corps took Zamboanga.  Malacca and Mersing were taken unopposed.  Mersing's resources are 80(0).  I attacked the Indians at Kuala Lumpur and successfully took it. losing 10 troops to 1719 Allied casualties.  The manpower is 2(0) and the resources are 600(0). [:D]

I attacked Kakjangas in a fiasco causing 176 Japanese casualties to no Allied casualties.  It was a 1:1 attack too!  Go figure.

I attacked Kota Bharu in a 2:1 attack and reduced the fort level from 2 to 1.  I lost 268 troops to 71 Allied troops.  My troops were disrupted from landing.  I'll take it in a couple of days.

Edit: Zuiho update - Yesterday Zuiho's flooding jumped from 77 to 85. Today it dropped to 83. There's an AR on the way but still 5-6 days out. Still keeping fingers and toes crossed.

[Mike Solli]

24 Dec 41
 
Reinforcements:  PC Ch26 and Kure 3 SNLF (SE Fleet), both at Tokyo.  The SNLF is loaded and sent to Truk.
 
Damn Allied subs are supposed to have faulty torps at this point in the war.  The Triton blew an MSW in an ASW TF to matchsticks at Maleolap.  Fortunately, that was our only loss.
 
The 5 BB TF found a sloop at Buna and attacked.  It wasn't much of an attack though.  The Kitakami launched 20 torps at her and blew her out of the water with one hit. [8|] I really wish that the Kitakami and Oi had "banks" of torpedoes to launch as opposed to 20 which they launch at only one target.
 
Nells out of Jolo find a couple of AK anchored at Manila and badly damage them both with 250kg bombs.
 
I attacked Kota Bharu again, getting a 5:1 result and causing the troops there to surrender.  The Allies lost 8805 to 87 Japanese casualties.
 
Pt. Blair was air assaulted by the 2 Para Regiment.  There was a small BF there which promptly surrendered. [:D] 204 more Allied troops to no Japanese casualties.  Now I have to keep the place.  I'm airlifting a BF there so I can put some fighters there.  To start I'll place a 12 plane Oscar chutai and then add a 9 plane Zero chutai and then some naval Babs.  Next on the list will be a construction battalion to start work on the airfield and then some real troops to hold the place.  My transport chutai are finally earning their keep. [:D]
 
SE Fleet Update:  The Lae invasion force will land tomorrow (a NLF and a large BF).  The Pt. Moresby invasion force is ready to go from Rabaul.  It's being escorted by a 4 CA and 4 DD TF.  The BB TF is heading back to Rabaul to top off before heading to Pt. Moresby to blast that place when the invasion hits.  The air power at Rabaul is an Oscar Sentai, a Betty Daitai (currently stood down to hide and get it's morale down a bit) and a Jake Chutai for recon.  I just transferred a Zero Daitai and C5M chutai to SE Fleet.  They'll fly down there over the next few days.  The Zeros and Babs will fly out of Lae after I take that base and recon/sweep Pt. Moresby to soften it up.  The Bettys will wake up about that time to take out any ships in the area.
 
Malaya Update:  There is one Allied unit left outside of Singapore.  It's the FXXX Bde.  It's currently in the middle of nowhere with a Japanese tank regiment and 2 construction battalions.  I'll hit it with the tanks tomorrow and have the 4th Division moving to that hex.  All the rest of the combat troops are heading south to congegrate before moving into Singapore.  There is now sufficient air support at Kuantan so I can mass the air force there and start working over Singapore.  I suspect I'll take air losses, but it's necessary to hasten the fall of Singapore.  There will be 5 daitai of Sallys and several daitail of Lily Is.  Neither is great for bombarding a base loaded with AA but it's the best I have.  I've doubled Helen production (23 to 46) but haven't started upgrading any Sallys to Helens.  Eventually, my frontline bombers will be Helens and Lily IIs, both of which have armor.  The Sallys and Lily Is will be limited to areas devoid of Allied fighters.
 
Northern Area Force Update:  The 71st Division and 3x construction battalions (recently transferred  to NAF from Kwantung) have all loaded on transports and are headed to Ominato to be sorted out into their 3 invasion fleets (Attu, Adak and Amitchka).  Each will get a regiment and a construction battlalion.  Soon I'll transfer an engineer regiment from Kwantung to enhance the construction capabilities.  Ultimately, that area will get some CD, a couple of Nell Daitai, 1-2 Zero Daitai, a Mavis Chutai and some IJA air power, as well as Naval Guard units.  We'll see what Dixie does there.  I plan on sending the Taiyo (with Hosho's air complement of 10 Zeros and 10 Kates) and The Hiyo (which arrives in less than 2 weeks) up there to ambush any Allied surface forces in the area.  A couple of my subs in the area haven't seen anything at all up there.
 
4th Fleet Update:  I continue to add to the defenses of the islands I control (Wake, Tarawa, Makin and Nauru).  I had a TF at Tarawa dropping off some troops and supplies at Tarawa that was hit by an unescorted US CA.  In the ensuing surface battle, one of my escorts was hit by an 8" shell (she'll survive) and the CA was hit by 16x 3" shells. [:D] None of them penetrated, but we did drive her off.  I'll station a sub there to make a nuisance of herself should the CA come back.  I don't expect to expand any farther.  I'm working on building up Wake's and Tarawa's airfields to level 4 so I can base naval bombers there.  I have 5 daitai of Nells/Bettys allocated to that region.  Gotta have some place to fly them from. [:D]

[anarchyintheuk]

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

The 5 BB TF found a sloop at Buna and attacked.  It wasn't much of an attack though.  The Kitakami launched 20 torps at her and blew her out of the water with one hit. [8|] I really wish that the Kitakami and Oi had "banks" of torpedoes to launch as opposed to 20 which they launch at only one target.

I've never seen them fire torps before. Who was your sctf commander?

[Mike Solli]

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

The 5 BB TF found a sloop at Buna and attacked.  It wasn't much of an attack though.  The Kitakami launched 20 torps at her and blew her out of the water with one hit. [8|] I really wish that the Kitakami and Oi had "banks" of torpedoes to launch as opposed to 20 which they launch at only one target.

I've never seen them fire torps before. Who was your sctf commander?

Come to think of it, that may have been the first time for me too. Not sure who the commander is. I'll check tonight. It was a default commander.

[Mike Solli]

25 Dec 41
 
Reinforcement:  125 IJA BF at Tokyo
 
That damn Triton hit another ship in that ASW TF at Maleolap.  This time it was a PG.  She should make it to port.  Also, the S-38 put a torpedo into an empty AP at Tuguegarao.  She'll definitely make Takao.
 
My Nells out of Jolo attacked the shipping at Manila again.  They sank one of the AKs and the other one later sank from the damaged caused yesterday.  In addition, another AK sank from old damage.
 
The BB TF made an appearance at Lae prior to moving back to Rabaul.  In addition to giving the Allied garrison a headache, they pumped 10 shells into an AK that was in port.
 
My troops began landing at Lae.
 
Admiralty Island's airfield reached level 1 on it's way to level 4......
 
I think I know what Dixie is trying at Manila and Singapore.  He pulled everyone he could into those bases to attempt to hold them as long as possible and tie up as many troops as possible.  I may force the issue at one base then the other.  My thoughts are to liberate Singapore first so that I have access to the Malacca Straights and on to Burma.  Then I'll finish off Manila.
 
Currently I have 2 Division headed to Mindinao to take Cagayan, where some B-17 are stationed.  That division will then head to Balikpapan, where some more B-17s are located.  As the 2 Division assaults Balikpapan, the SNLFs from Mindinao and Jolo (total of 3 of them) will take Tarakan.  At the same time, ground forces still at Samah will take Brunei and Miri. 
 
I also have the 38 Division loading at Hong Kong.  It's prepping for Soerabaja.  Not sure where that division will go yet.  I'll list the OOB in the SRA tonight for all to see as well as some plans.
 
I have the 21 Division in Tientsin (or somewhere up there) and it is assigned to the Southern Area Army.  I'm currently sending APs up there to pick it up.  It'll probably be used for the invasion of Java, but I may dump it in Malaya first for Singapore.

[Mike Solli]

Zuiho Update:  Forgot about her again.  Yesterday, her damage dropped to 69-81 and today it jumped back up to 69-83.  The AR is 4 days out.....

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

The 5 BB TF found a sloop at Buna and attacked.  It wasn't much of an attack though.  The Kitakami launched 20 torps at her and blew her out of the water with one hit. [8|] 

The bean counters won't like that attack. [X(]

[Mike Solli]

Heh, yeah.  Not sure how many missed before the hit happened, but she sank like a rock as soon as the hit registered. [:D]

[witpqs]

I was kinda wondering just how many sloops to pay for just one Long Lance Torpedo!

[USSAmerica]

Mike, regarding the two PC's that hit mines while escorting your MSW's, I believe this is an old bug where the flagship of a MSW TF will always hit a mine, if the TF is not made up entirely of MSW's.  I probably don't have all the details exactly right, since it's been a long time since I last read about it.
 
Don't underestimate the dug in troops at Manila.  That urban hex can really hold out a long time.  (Just ask Mynok [;)])

[Mike Solli]

ORIGINAL: USS America
Don't underestimate the dug in troops at Manila.  That urban hex can really hold out a long time.  (Just ask Mynok [;)])

I won't. I'm sending the Heavy Artillery Brigade from Hong Kong to support the troops there. Also, anything that can carry a bomb will bomb the place to the stone age. I'm going to focus on Singapore first to open up the Malacca Straights.

[Monter_Trismegistos]

Could you play a little bit faster?

[Mike Solli]

I got a turn from Dixie last Friday or Saturday, but was out of town for work.  Still trying to catch up at home (stripping wallpaper and prepping walls for painting).  It's killing me not to be able to run the turn.

[Mike Solli]

26 Dec 41
 
Reinforcement:  22 Special Base Force at Palau for SAA
 
Well, I finally got to the turn.  Pretty quiet, actually.  None of my ships were damaged.  Dixie lost an AK from old damage and had an AK scuttled at Lae when I took it.  I had 20 casualties to 94 Allied casualties there and the defeated unit withdrew into the interior.  I have the 14 Base Force there and it has begun work on the airfield.  The 14 NLF is loading back onto its transports and will head to Buna.  Elsewhere in that area, the Pt. Moresby invasion force is heading toward it's destination with a surface group of 4 CA and 4 DD escorting it.  The BB surface group (5 BB, 2 CL and 3 DD) is going to bombard Buna to make life easier for the 14 NLF's invasion. 
 
I took Dadganjas.  The Allied mob there surrendered 8805 troops to my 20 casualties.  Now on Mindinao I control the entire island with the exception of Cagayan.  The 2nd Division is a day or two out from Butuan and then will march to Cagayan.  After liberating Cagayan, the 2nd Division will re-embark and move to the Philippines to help out at Manila.
 
I'm slowly moving some troops in Malaya toward the one British brigade in the middle of the peninsula to take them out.  The remaining troops are headed south toward Singapore.  It'll be awhile before I move into the Singapore hex.
 
My tank regiment arrived at Rangoon and will attack the British base force there next turn.  I expect to take it tomorrow.  I flew part of a small base force to Moulmein and stationed some fighters there to protect my acquisition.
 
I started loading troops for the assault on Miri, Brunei and Tarakan, which I will try to take simultaneously.  I'd like to land at Balikpapan also, but don't have the troops to do it.  I'll see if I can scrounge up some troops to attack there too.  Dixie currently has some B-17s at Balikpapan and am concerned that he'll go after the resource and/or oil centers once I take the bases.  His B-17s are currently trying to hit Kuching and are burning themselves out in the attenpt.  I think he's trying to hit the Zuiho still in port there, but is having no success.  By the way, the Zuiho's flot damage dropped from 83 to 74 today.  Banzai!  The AR is still 2 days out from Kuching.  I'm confident that the AR will do the job when she arrives. 
 
The Aleutian invasion force is slowly arriving at Ominato and topping off on fuel and supplies prior to moving out.  It'll still be about a week before the last construction bn TF arrives.  The support force will include the Mutsu, 2 CLs and 2 armed merchants.  The last 2 ships have 8" guns!  Poor man's CAs. [:D]  They're actually not bad with 8" and 5.5" guns and good durability.  The one thing I'm lacking is base forces.  I'll transfer 3 from Kwantung and HDF and move them as I can.  Once there is a functional level 2 airfield, I'll move some fighters there to protect the area.  Recon (Mavis to start) will go there as soon as the first BF arrives.
 
Shanghai's port finally made level 9.  In a couple of months, I'll increase the repair yard.  It makes a nice repair area for warships that Singapore can't handle.

[flaggelant]

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

Still trying to catch up at home (stripping wallpaper and prepping walls for painting). 

hope you got plenty of prepping points gathered, otherwise you might end in an endless massacre of paint & glue [;)]


glad to hear about the zuiho in an improving state


is there entirely no opposition in the rangoon area? how are your plans for india/burma?

(i'm running a couple turns behind yours in another game, so its interesting to hear an experienced player on this)

[Mike Solli]

27 Dec 41
 
Quiet turn.  An ASW force caught and hit the Sculpin with a depth charge which also damaged her forward tubes. 

The Rowboat Corps took Boac.
 
Pescadores' airfield reached level 4 (and will stop there).
 
Zuiho's flot damage dropped from from 74 to 69.