Thinz2 vs Zuluhour

[zuluhour]

April 10th
CnCPac: major refitting in prep for OpBarb. Enterprise is ready, York and Lex still some time out, the DDs for Sara are 18 days in the yards still plus ready time.
SoPac: Suva and Numea are growing fast. Ill post the map shortly. We are on Ndeni and Luganville is also growing with a an AF now and some rookie air cover.
Australia: Why do you guys call it Oz? Port Morseby repaired only 4 pts of runway damage[:@] It still has 50 service damage. Sara is nearing completion of refit at Sydney with her escorts.
DEI: Japs landed in central Java and they have a cement grip on the northern tip. Palembang still holds as well as Singers with 850 really hungry AV. The Dutch AF is spent and can only conduct limited recon and search.
Bataan: Man I feel for those guys. Wish I could evac the USA units to Cebu. They still hold.
Eastern Australia: Perth now at 900AV with 100K supply and alot of fuel. Anyone know how much fuel Aussie land needs a month?
Burma: Rangoon holds with alot less AV than I think it should. When it falls I think I have a month worth of delaying action before India sees any threat. Indias Ledo line is strengthening by the hour.
China: I dont want to talk about it! Ill post a map soon and look for ideas.

[DOCUP]

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

you were right, I had a fragment in Rangoon. I was able to disband that one and then it let me withdrawl the unit. Heres another one. Do I have to pay PPs to get this to San Diego from Canada then more PPs to get it to Australia? It shows no transfer locations as is from Victoria.

Yes, it's a restricted unit. You can just as easily get it to Oz via boat from Victoria. Both places you would have to move it by boat. One thing to keep an eye out for. You get some Canadian air units scattered around teh map. You might want to keep atleast one home to train pilots. Just a thought

[Alfred]

ORIGINAL: DOCUP

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

you were right, I had a fragment in Rangoon. I was able to disband that one and then it let me withdrawl the unit. Heres another one. Do I have to pay PPs to get this to San Diego from Canada then more PPs to get it to Australia? It shows no transfer locations as is from Victoria.

Yes, it's a restricted unit. You can just as easily get it to Oz via boat from Victoria. Both places you would have to move it by boat. One thing to keep an eye out for. You get some Canadian air units scattered around teh map. You might want to keep atleast one home to train pilots. Just a thought

No he can't. Restricted air units cannot be placed on a ship. They can only be moved to another airfield attached to the same restricted command.

Zuluhour must spend the PPs to attach the unit to an unrestricted command otherwise that unit "ain't" leaving Victoria ever. Once will suffice.

Alfred

[zuluhour]

danke, Alfred. It looked like it was already attached to the Austalians and I just wanted to move it there. I will attach it to II fighter command and strat move it to San Diego and load it there. Any ideas as to what the best engineers are for building ports? I have to get Ndeni up to at least a 1. I think its building about 2% a day with the construction guys I have there. I have a USN base force in route. Are the Port Serv. Dets good at it?

[DOCUP]

Yes your right Alfred.  I didn't make myself clear.  Yes you have to pay for it, Its a restricted unit is what I meant, and the the rest.  Sorry Zulu.
 
 

[zuluhour]

April 11th
IJN subs deep six a tanker off Suva and just miss an English CV off Columbo. Both subs receive a little ventilation. 2 hits each.
Port Moresby gets runways down to 38, service still showing 50 damage.
AVG bugs out of Rangoon and misses two sweeps by Oscars and Zeros, lots of'em.
IJA lands in the central phillipines, shows 600+ ashore, I think his bonus is done; I counter attack at Rgt strength using shock, we'll see.
Large TF with CV support leaves with supply, aircraft, fuel and two Marine Rgts from the east coast tomorrow.

[Alfred]

For building infrastructure, it is a democracy. All engineers are created equal and are equally productive. Remember though that an engineer vehicle provides the labour of 5 engineers.

Have a look at the TOE of a Port Serv. Detachment. If you find an engineer there, then he will build.

Of course the more engineers a unit has, provided adeaute supply is maintained, then the quicker goes the construction. There is eventually the law of diminishing returns in play, but that won't be confronted in 1942.

Alfred

[zuluhour]

Thanks again, I wil send D Det along with another base force from Suva. I have alot of support there with more on the way. As I have the fuel and supply at Suva and Numea up (100K supply/50K fuel each) I will detach a BatDiv to lurk 200nm or so south of Suva now for some added support (probably more moral type) and get some theater sub support in there as well. I have one more SubDiv to form at Pearl and they will operate in SoPac.

[zuluhour]

April 12th
The Royal Navy puts to sea in the Bay of Bengal. Looking to put a bombardment on Rangoon. We will send a picket out first, I dont think he is using naval search there.
Port Morseby still at 50% service damage and 30% runway. The IJA has landed on two more bases of New Guinea.
Its about to get real hot in three theaters.

[zuluhour]

Japs turning their attention to New Guinea. Port Porseby hit hard, runway damage may not be repairable under the conditions at present.

[zuluhour]

The IJN has discovered some of the Allied shipping lanes, courses being altered. An xAK goes down SSW of Suva. IJA ground units move off beach heads in Sumatra. Quiet in Burma except for sweeps of thin air.

[zuluhour]

A slow BB bombardment TF should hit Moulmein. I hope his Oscars and Zeros are there. The AVG slipped back into Rangoon hoping for a CAP trap after three empty sweeps. The counter attack in the central PI was repulsed with heavy loss. Enterprise is at sea on shake down and escort for a resupply mission in CenPac. Hornet and large TF is two days out from the west coast.

[zuluhour]

Another successful Jap sub attack, this time an TK off New Z. SCTF aborts attack on Burma. 8 more days till we get all our CVTFs back from refit.

[zuluhour]

Night Naval bombardment of Moulmein at 55,55

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 11 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-30 Ann: 20 damaged
Ki-30 Ann: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
BB Resolution
BB Ramillies
BB Royal Sovereign
BB Revenge

Japanese ground losses:
118 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 27
Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 2

Raid on Moulmein a success if we get away. TF puts 200nm to sea before day break.

[zuluhour]

15th Chinese Corps Wiped Out at Chengchow by attrition!!!

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10th Chinese Base Force Wiped Out at Chengchow by attrition!!!

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7th Construction Regiment Wiped Out at Chengchow by attrition!!!


Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Chengchow

The pocket collapses in China.

[zuluhour]

Japanese ground losses:
3829 casualties reported
Squads: 48 destroyed, 454 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 74 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled
Guns lost 68 (3 destroyed, 65 disabled)
Vehicles lost 31 (1 destroyed, 30 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
2997 casualties reported
Squads: 68 destroyed, 288 disabled
Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 113 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 36 disabled
Guns lost 90 (13 destroyed, 77 disabled)
Vehicles lost 43 (13 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Singapore gets a deliberate assault, first ground action there for over a month. The defenders at Bataan are alone in the hex cut off, how long will they last out of supply but alone in the hex?

[zuluhour]

BB TF escapes Jap LBA and will make port in two days. It appears the Burma campaign will be fought during monsoon season.

HELP: how do you resuppy isles with 0 ports? air? build 'em? amphib supply?

[zuluhour]

Visited a local maritime museum today, anyone want to guess the patch?

[zuluhour]

alright Ill give you a hint...

[zuluhour]

Above is the shipboard mine laying patch from the Naval mine research center on Solomon Isl. Md '42-'46. The mine is......