Parry and Spar, or is it... Reluctant Admiral 4.2 Fulkerson(J) vs Moore (A)

[larryfulkerson]

Okie dokie......I've run the combat replay etc., here's some Tracker alerts:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's a question for all you guys.....I have open below the destroyed LCU's list and you can see that both of them have a cost to
recall of "undefined". Does that mean that I CAN'T buy them back or that the game engine hasn't yet determined what the cost is?

[larryfulkerson]

Here's a comparison of the economic chart numbers from 8Feb42 with those from the 9Feb42 chart. I've turned off some
refineries at Palembang and that's made a large difference in the fuel output and a timy difference in the HI output. I'm
guessing here.

[larryfulkerson]

One of my subs gets lucky at Christmas Island IO. This is just the beginning of the troubles the Allies have at Christmas Island IO.

[larryfulkerson]

Fuel and oil levels in the Jap home islands are still slowly dwindling. But I'm hoping to turn that around when Palembang, Miri, and
Balikpapan get going full-time full-rate production.

[larryfulkerson]

One of my subs gets unlucky at Midway. 4 hits in one attack.....that's moderate damage and I'm thinking I ought to send him back to
the repair sheds.

[larryfulkerson]

It appears that bombardment by DD's, even at a range of 2,000 yards, doesn't do all that much to the target. No damage was listed.

[larryfulkerson]

I got a hit on the SS Perch but she got away from me before I could sink her.

[larryfulkerson]

One torpedo was all it took to send the Aso Maru to the depths.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's a daytime surface combat event that was over in less than an hour probably.

[larryfulkerson]

Operation BEAT DOWN continues. It appears that the Allies are down to just 2 P-40's for a CAP. Maybe Jim is saving the rest of them
for the "final days", or they are damaged or something.

[larryfulkerson]

My Betty's attacked Port Moresby again, but didn't do much damage this time either. I'm hoping these aren't an example of wasted effort.

[larryfulkerson]

I captured the base later in the day but when this raid was flown it could have been characterized as wasted effort. Only 3 planes
couldn't have accomplished much.

[larryfulkerson]

This is about 4 days in a row that I've bombed the 22nd Indian Bde by air and I'm thinking it's about give out by now. Maybe I should
launch a DA and see what happens.

[larryfulkerson]

My Sonia losses on this raid over Manila are higher ( 1 out of 7 ) than I'd like and I'm thinking of moving the Sonia's to China because
they carry only 50Kg bombs and they can't do much I'm guessing.

[larryfulkerson]

I'm pretty sure I have more Nate's than showed up to do CAP work this morning. Maybe the rest of them are doing LRCAP over some
other city and weren't available for this raid. At any rate I need to boost the LRCAP numbers because these Allied planes just flew
right through my CAP like they weren't there almost.

[larryfulkerson]

I need to boost the AF dudes presence at Denpasar so that more Zero's are available for LRCAP because just one isn't going to get the
job done. I'm seeing 6 Zero's at Denpasar that were available but only one shows up for CAP work? Maybe the rest of them were
sitting on the runway alert pad ready to go and just didn't show up in time for the furball.

[larryfulkerson]

My CAP boys at Palembang are working out okie dokie. I would have loved to have shot down that third Allied plane however.

[larryfulkerson]

No harm, no foul. More wasted effort I'm thinking.

[larryfulkerson]

There's a Dutch airfield somewhere on Java that I need to neutralize before I lose some ships.