Fulkerson (J) vs Moore (A) ( no Moore )

[larryfulkerson]

And again the Allies do their daily ground bombardment and again I lose a bunch of troops. I've got supplies coming.

[larryfulkerson]

And here's the combat report:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the conclusion of the Maladapted situation. The Allies have collected all their wounded and are escorting them out of the area
going NE at last sighting. D'oh. My carriers aren't here yet. He's going to get away. Rats.

[larryfulkerson]

TF 7 is transports taking the 14th Shipping Engineers to Bubble Drop. I figure that they would be entirely more helpful there than at
Kavieng.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the situation around Port Moresby: I've got some supplies just offshore waiting for the surface fleet to arrive and that would be the
BB group just below the transports. They are going to follow the transports as everybody nears shore. I've got an AO proceeding
around the horn of the island to refuel everybody. This time there's surface ships to take the heat from the CD guns.

[larryfulkerson]

It appears like we have another situation developing around Canton Island. Jim has a TF headed right toward my combatants and I'm
pretty sure he knows what my TF's are like ( roughly ) and yet he's coming on. Which leads me to believe that he's either got some
heavy guns or he's bluffing. I'm going to back up, refuel, and let my search planes scope out the formation to see exactly what's in that
Allied TF.

[larryfulkerson]

Jim and I exchanged files and I've watched the movie and here's some fresh combat results:

There were a couple maybe several, attacks on Darwin at night:

[larryfulkerson]

And there are lots and lots of sub / ASW assets shooting at each other w/o hitting anybody. Then there's this attack on Georgetown.

[larryfulkerson]

And then there was a strike on Singapore. Where was their escort? Where was the pre-strike sweep?

[larryfulkerson]

And then there was some action in China and then there was a strike on Manila. I must say I find the casualty numbers lower than they
were yesterday. I wonder what changed?

[larryfulkerson]

And then the carrier boys near Sydney decided one more raid on Sydney was in order. Now they go back to the repair yards for refit.

[larryfulkerson]

And then there was an Allied attack on Rangoon:

[larryfulkerson]

And then there was an afternoon attack on Darwin.

[larryfulkerson]

And Jim's PBY's prove what a threat they are by sinking one of my ships:

[larryfulkerson]

And my Palmyra picket ship gets an AK in it's sights

[larryfulkerson]

And here's how it went on the ground at Manila: I don't know what changed but the casualties are definately lower then yesterday.

[larryfulkerson]

And at Kota Bharu I'm finding that the Allied unit in my backfield isn't much of a threat and I can push it around. I'll be through w/ him
shortly and then march back down to Singers.

[larryfulkerson]

And then the Allies did their daily ground bombardment of Port Moresby:

[larryfulkerson]

And of course, here's the combat report:

[larryfulkerson]

If you've been keeping up with this AAR you might remember that there was an Allied TF approaching my southernmost group near
Canton Island. Today they, the Allied TF, have disappeared into the mist. Gone from the radar, off the map, don't exist. I'm guessing
they raced off to the east or somewhere. I have just refuelled the BB-heavy group, the AO is empty and heading back for a re-fuel and
I guess I'll aim the CS's float planes to the east and just watch for a repeat on Canton Island. That BB group will hang around for a while
and see what happens next.