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

[larryfulkerson]

Allied ships are coming out of the woodwork around the Newcastle / Sydney area. I'm going to move some more assets to that AO and
see if the increased traffic might be a good thing for the Japs in the long run. Maybe I can refit those carriers in a big hurry and get them
back over to the Sydney area and qwell some of this activity.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's a mouseover display of the land forces I have in Mersing right now. Most of this stuff is going to move one hex to the west and
do some back-up kinds of things to the Jap unit that is already there. I'm not sure I have the manpower or the number of guns to start
bombarding but that's something to think about. Jim said in an email to me that the reason he stopped attacking is lack of supply. So
I'm thinking maybe I should make his situation worse somehow. With some ground pounding maybe.

[larryfulkerson]

TF 128 is an AKL and it's going to Boela for resources but it's not going to get much very fast because Boela has dried up as a place to
go get some resources. At least for a while. It's almost not worth the trip going there. But I've found some more sources of resources
around the Singapore area. All they need is an invasion to get them. I'll get back to you on that.

[larryfulkerson]

TF 131 is going to Batangas for resources. Batangas is a good source since it has over 101K still. That will last about two weeks I
guess.

[larryfulkerson]

Nauru and Ocean Island are losing their value as places to go for resources as the levels of resources drops in each of those places.
I'm finding that here lately, the best sources for resources is in the PI. Most of my TF's are going there now.

[larryfulkerson]

I'm sending TF 188 to Babo because I got a message in the OPS Report that said something about oil maxing out at 20K at Babo. So I'm
guessing that Babo has a ceiling on oil production of 20K unless and until I build up the port and or airfield some more. I guess. So I
need to start pumping oil out of Babo seriously to keep it within parameters.

[larryfulkerson]

Ok, the sorties on the two carriers I have at Tulagi have reset to 100% so I'm ready to head out again. I have a tiny problemo w/ the TF.
The carriers were too big to dock at Tulagi and so I have the TF chasing down an AO even as we speak. There's two AO's somewhere
to the SW and I'm pretty sure one AO is within range of my carrier group. If not I'll take the AO to the carriers. Either way will work.

[larryfulkerson]

CVE Unyo is headed to Wake. I feel like Wake is relatively defenseless and my taking 30 Vals out there will make me feel better. Right
now I have them on Naval Search and the fan is pointed mostly south-ish.

[larryfulkerson]

I have received Jim's moves and I watched the movie and here's some fresh combat results. There were a couple of night air attacks
on Darwin:

[larryfulkerson]

I wasn't counting on my AMC getting hurt too. Those AK's can shoot back. Time in the repair yard for my AMC.

[larryfulkerson]

And then my Zero's went in for a sweep:

[larryfulkerson]

And then my Oscars decided to sweep Singapore:

[larryfulkerson]

And then there was an early morning air attack on Kluong:

[larryfulkerson]

And then there was an air attack by the Japs on Port Moresby. 7 casualties is better than nothing.

[larryfulkerson]

And then there was a large air raid on Manila:

[larryfulkerson]

There was supposed to be a sweep first before this raid and it didn't happen and as a result this raid was a disaster and I've had to
stand down the raiders.

[larryfulkerson]

And then the Dutch see some action in Java:

[larryfulkerson]

Yeah, right......NOW they decide to sweep Georgetown. Thanks heaps.

[larryfulkerson]

Evidently I need to park some fighters at Palembang. It's within range of Singers and Singers has bombers. QED.

[larryfulkerson]

Okay......now Jim has some B-17's working the Port Moresby AO. Great. Now on top of everything else the troops at Port Moresby have
to contend w/ they also have to dodge B-17 raids.