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

[larryfulkerson]

Of the three CV's in the middle of everything, this is the disposition of the planes so far. The Kates have a little bit longer range than the
Vals so I put them on search and everybody else is either airborne or sitting in the cockpit awaiting engine start. And these are some of
my most experienced people, ready for a rumble. So far Jim's been holding back on his CV's and I'm not sure why. I guess he figures
that if I find out where his carriers are I'll round up some AO's and come looking for a fight, even in close to Pearl and I'm not sure that's
my best move. I'm having fun just picking off the prodding fingers. I've gotten some good licks in and Jim has probably been burned
enough now to make him cautious and careful. Maybe I can take advantage of that. Somehow.

[larryfulkerson]

Until the Hermes showed up in these waters a few days ago there wasn't much of a threat in the Singapore area and the Japs stripped
out all the heavy iron and moved it to the Port Moresby area waters. Now there's just a CVE and a CA and not much else to provide
security in this AO. But maybe Jim doesn't know that.

[larryfulkerson]

Okay......my midget sub got into the port despite the minefield and is now in position to be of great service to the emperor. Now we just
wait.

[larryfulkerson]

At Johore Bahru there are still 86 functioning Resource Centers and the 77th Infantry Rgt has the task to assist existing elements to see
if they can't capture Johore Bahru w/o destroying any more RC's than necessary. Japan needs the resources. They are still about 3
days away from a landing.

[larryfulkerson]

There's a complication in the Toboli landings. In order for the rest of the unit to unload I'm going to need a pier or in other words at
least a level 1 port. So I'm directing the fragment of the unit that did land to go ahead and DA the hex so as to capture the port so that
the ship-borne fragment can land. I wish I had thought of that before I assigned them to this invasion.

[larryfulkerson]

Jim and I have exchanged files, I've watched the movie and here's some fresh combat results: First of all there's this night naval
combat:

[larryfulkerson]

And then some other stuff happened and then I got some PT boats.

[larryfulkerson]

And then Darwin got hit by a Jap air strike. I notice that my minefield at Darwin is gone. D'oh.

[larryfulkerson]

Jim said via email that his goal in leaving Manila and moving to the east was his bid to have me chase him all over the island loosing all
the good time I've made so far.

[larryfulkerson]

And then there was a furball over Malang:

[larryfulkerson]

And then the Allies did their B-17 raid over Port Moresby. I finally shot one down.

[larryfulkerson]

And the Japs finally capture Soerabaja. About time.

[larryfulkerson]

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

[larryfulkerson]

And of course, here's the combat report:

[larryfulkerson]

I just captured Toboli and it's got about 50K of resources. I'm hoping Billiton does too. I've got some people headed to Billiton even as
we speak. I can use the resources.

[larryfulkerson]

Jim and I exchanged files and I've watched the movie and here's some fresh combat results: One of my TF's shoots back:

[larryfulkerson]

And then Singapore gets hit by a Jap air strike:

[larryfulkerson]

And the remnants of the Allied defenders of Manila get some attention:

[larryfulkerson]

Then the Allies do their B-17 raid on Port Moresby:

[larryfulkerson]

And then the Japs do their raid on Port Moresby: