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PS .. tip for any allied players in china, Dont try and take cities on the south coast! while the suprise of almost taking it may have been fun, the overwhelming and now punishing japanese air response has meant that this little adventure was not worth the effort imo. And trying to get away is no easy matter sadly. There has been an upside but due to the fact this so-called freedom of the press has allowed us to be 100% sure that this correspondence is compromised [;)].

Ahh, you must be speaking of the Foochow Training Ground, where we are training our green pilots. Thank you for providing live targets, the boys were getting tired of bombing that same rice paddy on southern Kyushu again and again.


From the office of Generalissimo Kang Kai Scheck. (not to be confused with the as yet unreleased animated green ogre)

We have taken under advisement the advice given by our frends from the american embassy and assorted advisors, to point our rifles and sharepend sticks up when the flying devils drop magic black powder weapons from thier enchanted flying contraptions.

<heard in the background as the mike has been covered> , "No Dear we carrot order new shows from Manirra as its no longer frinly". ............Humpf .......door slamming.... "no snuggles for me toringht" .... sigh .... line goes dead.


Offensive or humourous ? you the paying public will decide , ring 0800 ripoff to vote now.



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DEC 30 - Jan 2nd

Sorry for athe delayed update, I have been away for the weekend and LoBaron is now sunning himself in california ! Meanwhile leaving poor old me to try and figure out what the heck is going on with the US forces accross the map.

so under my watch Manilla fell with appalling losses for the allies and japanese subs plague the environs of Hawaii and the west coast of America. at least i havnt lost any CV's in 4 days , so thats a small blessing.

Anyway , back to some allied propoganda , DUTCH SURFACE FORCES DESTROY JAPANESE TROOP CONVOY NEAR KENDARI ! This is the second follow on force that have been succesfully intercepted by dutch raiders and i suspect that japan has very little in the way of aviation support in its new level 4 airfield. (fingers crossed).

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Kendari at 70,106, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
APD Shimakaze, Shell hits 21, and is sunk
APD Nadakaze, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
TB Chidori
TB Manazuru
SC Ch 1
SC Ch 2
xAP Horai Maru, Shell hits 17, heavy fires

Allied Ships
CL Tromp, Shell hits 1
DD Edsall
DD John D. Edwards

Japanese ground losses:
597 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 43 destroyed, 47 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 24 (13 destroyed, 11 disabled)


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HAH! I was going to use a very similar picture but now have no need to. <propaganda> The glorious victory by the merchant marine forces will be celebrated for along time to come.

Meanwhile back in Tokyo, the Emperor is very pleased with the liberation of Manila.


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In the Kuriles, a wayward AMC was found by the patrolling CL Tama. The navigational skills of the Allied merchant marine is second only to those of the Japanese merchies.



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I have absolutely NO IDEA what that AMC was doing up there, computer controlled unit ? not the foggiest clue on my part. Definatley not a dig at LoBaron by the way, after perusing all the new areas of the map (to me anyway) Can't fault him one bit tbh. Unless ofc theres some disaster somewhere and then it'll be all his fault [;)].

the only good thing about Manilla falling is that i'll actually remember to look at the PI from now on [:D].

Actually Winston is rather pleased that Admiral King has been supplanted by Mountbatton as the flow of units to the commonwealth has magically increased by an order of magnitude [&o].

On a game note but one which i don't expect a 'true' answer, but I'll have a go anyway for any curious readers. I have been hearing a lot of underwater explosions and can only assume that japanese shipping is discovering the new natural phenomena of Torpex reefs. Can the spokemen Japan confirm or deny these sounds ? and no we won't believe you if you blame flatulent whales.

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The US Naval Command has not f****** idea what canadian shipping is trying to accomplish in the far reaches of the Kuriles.

A note has been dispached to the Canadian ambassador with an urgent request to comment on the RCN understanding of the term "navigation".
(we still believe that the commander of Prince Henry in his enlightenment strongl believed to be located in the relative safety of Alaskan waters)

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Suuuure....&nbsp; We know that AMC was testing the empire's defenses for a possible spring offensive.&nbsp; [;)]

Ya' know, the best thing about Manila falling is that you will not have to look at the PI much longer. [:D]

I'll tell Don about the increase in production.&nbsp; I suspect he will want to send a few of his subs to have a look at them.

TBH- I have not seen any torpex reef damage.&nbsp; Thankfully...


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Lenny!&nbsp; Hope you are having a great time! &nbsp; Post pictures.&nbsp; the scenery in LA is good this time of year.&nbsp;
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Mike! Don't sink too many allied ships while I am away ok? [:D]

Will try to post some pictures, but only if I by chance overcome the complications of a Mac Book with basic setup,
US standard keyboard and my knowledge of these two...
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Hi partner , Glad to hear you arrived safely.

RE the AMC if you don't know and I don't know ?? humm we have a BUG[:@] get the devs as this is obviously not WAD [;)].

And I am amassing forces for operation ' Mid Pacific' .. have to keep this hush hush though. Planning name came from Lt. Greorge S.T Upid , one of your staff officers iirc.

RE bangs ? must be the japanese whaling fleet then.

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Ahhh...yes...S.T.Upid....good man.
He was commander of the Boise group, may her crew rest in peace...

Operation Mid Pacific? Ah ok, good to know. There go my flattops... [:D]

Am in San Francisco already btw.

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If your in SF , can you get the yard workers to get the BB upgrades done faster as you are the allied CinC [;)].

Last 2 days pretty quiet , a planned bombardment didnt happen oddly ? is there a setting for bombard ranges i should set ? just left it at 0 as no CD guns at the target (probably).

One huge differance over WitP is the port requirements for reloading weapons , CA's are tough to reload without a major port and im glad i dont have BB's in the DEI as only singapore could reload those and thats not a place i would reccomend as 'safe' by any standerds.

Japan is bery heavily escorting its invasion TF's now , i wonder why [:D]. they all seem to be under netty unbrellas as well, so there is not much i can do to stop anything sadly , but it does slow down the evil empire to some degree. and run out of mines now .. not to mention losing about 1/2 my ML's in the DEI as well .. and cant find a single mine tender in the area too.. odd.

Allies in china are 'running for the hills/woods' as open terrain warfare vs full jap divisions is suicide imo. had a small chinese division wiped out today [:D]. why the smiley ? its coming back with free men ! (i hope). there are a few stay behind chinese groups just to annoy the japanese supply system , some are much larger than others so i am hoping that japan gets lazy in trying to run them off :) .. may have a nasty shock or 2 if we get lucky. Otherwise the japanese AF is unstoppable in china untill i get a better network of airfields its rather predictable where i can deploy right now. And what idiot in the chinese airforce moved a larger chunk of fighters to north china? where they can barely operate and cant get home as no linking AF's back to chungking/supply and training areas .. wally.

Over in the Burma area, the reconstituted Burma division routed some thai regiment a week or so ago ,, as im guessing thier replacement rate is awful thats a real bonus , liberated moulmein while we were at it too. BUT and its a big BUT .. ground attack a/c have hit/found a large stack of japanese troops in the jungles east of Pegu , the imperial guard div was spotted with at least one more regiment as well. Humm .. dilemma time ? try and defend rangoon ? could be suicide as its a nightmare to get away from if it goes wrong OR move north and defend mandalay/swebo and lose the extra chinese supply /turn.

Ill try and get a screenshot next turn for both areas to illustrate the problems/options.



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1/6/42

The cowardly enemy continued its retreat before superior forces, leaving Clark Air Field essentially defenseless except for the few brave soldiers who stayed behind. Clark was taken with minimal losses


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The invasion of Kuching is in progress and as part of that invasion several ships bombarded Singkawang; sending a message about what lies in their future.
Great <cough> damage was caused.


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In what could be a bug (j/k), it appears that the Dutch Navy has replaced several of its polder farming captains with Kretschmer, Schepke, and Prien. First is was CVL Zuiho which sank, then Ryuho was wounded and on 1/6, Prien hit CA Myoko with 3 torpedoes that scratched her paint. This ship was named after the Emperor's favorite concubine and he is most displeased.

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The ambitious "Prien" came back for a second try, but missed with 4 Eels. This time our forces were ready and they rattled his cage


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It has been awhile since Yamada was challenged in the air. In fact it has been since it chased the Flying Tigers out of Malaya. Several of the Royal Navy's frontline aircraft took to the skies to attack of gallant sailors and were met by Yamada. Several attackers were shot down.


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Elsewhere, B17s flying a long distance mission attacked Fortress Kendari and were met by several Zeroes who successfully threw off their aim. Several bombs hit an abandoned Allied latrine, scattering newspapers and magazines all over the base.


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In Malaya a large pocket of enemy ground forces that did not run away fast enough were found in Kuala Lumpur. They were assaulted mercilessly by the JANF.

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The enemy showed steel and shock attacked. Fortunately several regiments had arrived before the attack to even the odds a bit. The result was a 1:1 attack. Being 1:1 it meant, they could attack again the next day.


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