BURMA
IRRAWADDY
On 24th dec, two raid gathering 51 B-25, 6 wellington and 32 B-24? without escort [:@][:(] face 18 japs fighters and loose 8 planes, causing 120 casualties on ground.
On 25th, another raid of 48 B-24, always without escort [:@], loose 7 planes (shooting 2 Tonys) for 44 japs casualties on ground.
On 28th dec, 7th Arm Bde and 3d Carabiniers reg, trying to shaken the japs, launch a deliberate attack, wich result on odd 0/1 and 615 japs casualties for 190 allies.
Luang Prabang is raided on 24th and 25th dec, 35 sorties causing 11 runway hits and 1 airbase hits, but repaired as soon as done.
AKYAB
24th dec, SS RO-61 sneak in Akyab Bay and send 2 torpedoes in AK Engano.
26th dec, at night, at TF of 5 japs DD clean the minefield that i laid to protect the port !!!
This TF is attacked twice in the folowwing days, covered by 18 A6M3a. Only 9 sorties of Beaufort are flown out of 120 planes that could have flown 240 sorties [:@] FRUSTRATION .
18 zeros are downed for 4 allied fighters. DD Yakaze is hit by a torpedo, but no sign of sinking in the next 7 days [:@];
A tiny teancan can sustain a torpedo hit without sinking ? How would you think i could win a game with such bullshits ! [:@].
What will be needed for a BB ? 2 nuclear missiles and a death-ray ???
My transport TF that withdrawn to avoid the japs TF are back at Akyab on 27th dec (this place need a huge stockpile of supply).
The japs TF is back also !! it sink one AK. SS RO-61, still lurking there, add to the damages, sinking another AK. And still no patrol planes to hit it [:@].
During the day, NO allied planes attack the jap TF; weather ??? ALWAYS ALWAYS ON JAP SIDE ?? !! 240 sorties could have been flown. This is exactly the same thing as in New Guinea.
On 28th dec, part of my supply TF is still docked at Akyab.
A raid of 52 Zeros and 37 bettys face 40 allied planes. 20 zeros are downed, but guess what ??? The bombers get through [:@].
1 AK is torpedoed and sink.
The same day, the japs TF of DD is attacked twice near Rangoon. There is NO japanese CAP on it.
122 sorties only score 11 bombs hits ( 9% ????) ; once more i compare this to my opponant result wich is usually around 25 or 30% hit rate. Once more, don't come and talk me about the experience of his units and mine; my bombers are in the high 70's.
FRUSTRATION [:@].
So, DD Nokaze suffer 10 bombs hits and sink. DD Shiokaze suffer one bomb hit, and as too many japs ships, don't sink.
29th dec, another jap air raid on Akyab gather 40 zeros and 16 Bettys, fighting with my CAP of 19 fighters. 13 zeros are downed for 1 P-38; who guessed the Bettys get through ??? 1 AK suffer 2 torpedoes hit and sink, another suffer a torpedo hit, don't sink but all the cargo is lost.
And on 31th dec, 8 japs DD raid Akyab in the night., sinking 7 new AK before they unload the precious supply, avoid my minefield, avoid once more the 3 subs on their path, and avoid a retaliation raid in the next day [:@][:@][:@].
FRUSTRATION;
Just one more trick like that and i give up the game.
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