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

[larryfulkerson]

If only I could shoot more shots I could kill more subs.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's how it went on the ground at Manila:

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And the Allies did a ground bombardment at Port Moresby:

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And of course, here's the Combat Report:

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The 14th Shipping Engineers are about to arrive at Bubble Drop. I'm hoping that some shipping engineers can expedite the throughput.
Increasing the bandwith of the port is a good thing.

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I'm probably going to lose the two AK's in TF 8 but the supplies delivered are just just a lifesaver for the troops on the ground. They
have more supply now than they've had in about a week. Maybe the number of people lost will be lower when the Allies do their ground
bombardment(s), now that they are supplied.

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TF 9 is a DD parked at Hong Kong and the TF name field says wait for BB's but I got to looking and it's going to be another two months
before those BB's are going to be seaworthy again. I think maybe I may have some other things to do w/ this DD besides remain tied up
to the pier.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's where the carriers are right now:

[Puhis]

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

TF 9 is a DD parked at Hong Kong and the TF name field says wait for BB's but I got to looking and it's going to be another two months
before those BB's are going to be seaworthy again. I think maybe I may have some other things to do w/ this DD besides remain tied up
to the pier.

Hong Kong's repair yard is not capaple rapairing that many ships. The capacity is 50.000 tons, and there 103.000 tons assinged to repair yard.

My suggestions: AV Tokai Maru don't have any major damage, take her off repair yard to pierside repair. Set Nagato's priority to high, that way you shoud get her sooner than 57 days. You could also move CA Suzuya somewhere else (with escorts of course). Does Pescadores have enough capacity for heavy cruiser?

You can always expand repair yard, but at the moment Hong Kong doesn't have supply for expansion. And I don't think Hong Kong is the best place to expand repair shipyards anyway.

[larryfulkerson]

TF 90 is the sub I-9 and it's facing the east coast of Oz and all the Allied ships that are popping up at various ports in the Sydney area.
I may have to put a rush on the refit of the carriers at Rabaul and get them back over here to try to put the genie back in the bottle.

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: Puhis

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

TF 9 is a DD parked at Hong Kong and the TF name field says wait for BB's but I got to looking and it's going to be another two months
before those BB's are going to be seaworthy again. I think maybe I may have some other things to do w/ this DD besides remain tied up to the pier.

Hong Kong's repair yard is not capaple rapairing that many ships. The capacity is 50.000 tons, and there 103.000 tons assinged to repair yard.

My suggestions: AV Tokai Maru don't have any major damage, take her off repair yard to pierside repair. Set Nagato's priority to high, that way you shoud get her sooner than 57 days. You could also move CA Suzuya somewhere else (with escorts of course). Does Pescadores have enough capacity for heavy cruiser?

You can always expand repair yard, but at the moment Hong Kong doesn't have supply for expansion. And I don't think Hong Kong is the best place to expand repair shipyards anyway.

I've got enough supply to get some supply to Hong Kong but it'd take a week and I agree with you that Hong Kong isn't the best place
to expand the repair shipyards. After I've captured those repair yards in Java I'd love to expand those because I expect a lot of ship
repair business. But hey, before I forget, thanks for all those great tips you've laid on me ( us ). I'm thinking that I might benefit a lot
by just moving those ships at HK to a better repair yard.........like Yokohoma, or no, what's the name of that one on the west coast?
Nagasaki. That one. Just the time to move them there would be paid for by the faster repair time I figure.

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Here's an example of a couple of my resources sources drying up. I WAS loading resources at Ocean Island but it's getting too low to
make a stop there profitable so I'm going to move the TF to Nauru to grab the rest of what they have before heading back to the home
islands. Batangas has over 100K resources so far and there's some more Phillippines Islands that have resources but most of them are
one-shot affairs and don't have a resource center. It's not looking good for the late-war period.

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I bought out the 77th Inf Rgt by changing it's HQ to the 16th Army instead of Korean Army for 421 PP's which leaves me w/ about 200.
Now all I need are the ships to move this regiment somewhere. It's going to take a couple of days for me to round up enough shipping
for this task....I'll leave TF 212 here empty for now.

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I found the 10th Garrison Unit ready to go at Nagoya and I intend to move it just as soon as I can find enough shipping for it. I'm thinking
someplace in Borneo somewhere.

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TF 534 is a sub babysitting a semi-random port somewhere in the south Pacific and it's seeming to me that the Allied ships are really
coming out in numbers now. Most of the Jap heavy iron is tied up somewhere else and or refitting and or not ready for combat for some
reason. I can't be everywhere at once and I've got to pick my battles and maybe this isn't one I can fit into my schedule right now. I'm
guessing he's going to start populating the islands sooner or later and maybe it's sooner than I thought.

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How big an area do you guys give your subs to patrol? I'm experimenting w/ a new route: the middle third of the Oz east coast. And I'll
have two more subs patrolling the other parts. I've done this w/ smaller routes but never something this big. Kinda wondering how it'll
work out.

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I'm moving this AV to try to get the sub illuminated so that the PB can kill it easier. There's only 1 FP on the AV and it's tricky to get the
arc just right.

[larryfulkerson]

Okay Jim sent me his moves and I've watched the movie and here's some fresh combat results: In this image my DD is meeting up w/
those PT boats again and this time he got one.

[larryfulkerson]

And then Darwin suffered a night air attack:

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And then one of my DD's hit on an AO: