::Felix, Ferdinand and FRUPAC:: obvert (A) v Greyjoy (J)

[crsutton]

Good luck with your game. I am already enjoying the photos very much. I won't comment much as I plan on reading both AARs but will be following.

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ORIGINAL: crsutton

Good luck with your game. I am already enjoying the photos very much. I won't comment much as I plan on reading both AARs but will be following.

Thanks for stopping in. Just got back from a baseball spring training trip in Florida. So nice to be in some warm weather, and amazing to see the level of play in HS down there. Wow.

I'll be updating throughout the next two days to get things moving. I finally finished the Allied turn two, which is huge. I still have some areas I've not touched. Like India, Chinese air force, Russia, and Australian ground troops. It's a big map.

[JocMeister]

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ORIGINAL: crsutton

Good luck with your game. I am already enjoying the photos very much. I won't comment much as I plan on reading both AARs but will be following.

Thanks for stopping in. Just got back from a baseball spring training trip in Florida. So nice to be in some warm weather, and amazing to see the level of play in HS down there. Wow.

I'll be updating throughout the next two days to get things moving. I finally finished the Allied turn two, which is huge. I still have some areas I've not touched. Like India, Chinese air force, Russia, and Australian ground troops. It's a big map.

Don´t do everything on turn 2. Spread out the load a bit. [:)]

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[font="Times New Roman"]December 7, 1941 - 12:23pm

Portland, OR

Martin and Elsie were in the front seat of the car with both kids in back, Mike with his left arm wrapped in gauze, on the way home from the hospital. Mike was riding his Sunday paper route, delivering only three blocks down on Nebraska, and the chow in the front yard slipped it’s collar and came right for him. Mike was six and this was his first month on the route. Jimmy, who had just turned two, was fascinated by the bandage and put his fingers between its folds, which prompted a smack from Mike. That of course led to screams and tears, and the entire car was in a foul mood now.

When they arrived home Elsie put on the coffee pot, started on pancakes and eggs to get everyone calmed down and Martin had a run at the Sunday paper. He was uneasy this morning, maybe from the early hospital visit, maybe from his first full week on the job, maybe something else he couldn’t put his finger on. He couldn’t be sure. The news didn’t make him feel any better. The Germans were still pushing the Russians toward Moscow, there was fighting with the Germans advancing in Libya around Tobruk, and an American tanker, the Astral, was sunk in the Atlantic by a German sub.

This piece of news really angered Martin. He thought of those men lost in the middle of the ocean on a neutral ship, his own countrymen, and he slammed the paper down on the table in frustration.

“Dammit! This war is gonna drag us into it one way or another.”

“Martin, will you cool your engines! We don’t need any more excitement this morning.”

“Already this week the Brits declared war on Finland, for just protecting itself against the Russians. Now we’re losing unarmed tankers in the Atlantic with our men on em, Elsie. I don’t like where this is going, any of it.”’

“We’ve got other things to worry about, Martin, like getting the lawn mowed the one day it’s not raining, and making sure Mike’s okay. I don’t want that arm to get infected.”

Martin got up from the table with his breakfast left half-finished. He slammed the front door on his way out to mow the lawn. This day was not starting out well. He went out back and got the lawnmower going.

He was still out working on the front hedge a few hours later when the CBS radio programs were interrupted to report that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor. Elsie was inside wrapping Mike’s arm after putting ointment on the wound when she heard. She decided not to tell Martin right away. He’d find out soon enough.
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ORIGINAL: crsutton

Good luck with your game. I am already enjoying the photos very much. I won't comment much as I plan on reading both AARs but will be following.

Thanks for stopping in. Just got back from a baseball spring training trip in Florida. So nice to be in some warm weather, and amazing to see the level of play in HS down there. Wow.

I'll be updating throughout the next two days to get things moving. I finally finished the Allied turn two, which is huge. I still have some areas I've not touched. Like India, Chinese air force, Russia, and Australian ground troops. It's a big map.

Don´t do everything on turn 2. Spread out the load a bit. [:)]

Yeah, I definitely need more time. Lots of ships to order to their deaths in the PI that first turn! [:D]

[princep01]

A dog bite case!! Lawsuits, radio appearances by the mauled boy! Child labor laws SHATTERED in Oregon! Mothers take to the streets. The lawyers start their power engines and descend onto the lawn! Chows the nation over are lambasted by the media as killers all!

War?! What's that when the locust of litigation crowd your driveway and bang on your front door offering to HELP! What does a Jap Zero 2000 miles away mean when the local bubble headed bleach blonds (to coin a phrase) of the media stand on your wife's petunias shouting incomprehensible questions about boy and dog? And who is that guy from the van coming this way? Could he be the Oregon Department of Child Protection man coming to serve a warrant!

Yikes.....I think I'd just trot on down to the recruiting office and sign up. Looks like Martin is in for a rough time.

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A dog bite case!! Lawsuits, radio appearances by the mauled boy! Child labor laws SHATTERED in Oregon! Mothers take to the streets. The lawyers start their power engines and descend onto the lawn! Chows the nation over are lambasted by the media as killers all!

War?! What's that when the locust of litigation crowd your driveway and bang on your front door offering to HELP! What does a Jap Zero 2000 miles away mean when the local bubble headed bleach blonds (to coin a phrase) of the media stand on your wife's petunias shouting incomprehensible questions about boy and dog? And who is that guy from the van coming this way? Could he be the Oregon Department of Child Protection man coming to serve a warrant!

Yikes.....I think I'd just trot on down to the recruiting office and sign up. Looks like Martin is in for a rough time.

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[font="Times New Roman"]December 7, 1941 - 10:23

West of Hawaii

Eddy woke to the sound of general quarters being called. He scrambled out of his bunk, threw on his uniform and hoofed it to the ready room, dodging several equally rushed sailors going the other way grumbling about another drill. He’d been able to sleep late as it was Sunday and there wasn’t a lot for the pilots to do while being ferried to Midway. As he got into the pilots ready room he found a crowd there already. Flight group leaders including his own group’s LT Douglas talked together in the front of the room in the midst of the din of questions and grumblings.

“Your attention please,” was all it took from LT Forsyth for the noise to die to a whisper. “Pearl Harbor is being attacked by the Japanese this morning, right now, by naval air forces. We do not yet know the strength or origin of the attacks. Our mission will be to scout for and engage the Japanese fleet that launched this attack. All scout bomber groups will be required, including 231. The transfer to Midway has been scrubbed. We’ll want 5 Wildcats up immediately on CAP with 10 on deck ready. The remainder will await strike orders.”

“Group leaders will go over search vectors now. It is believed the enemy is to the North of Oahu.”

Eddy and Terry exchanged a look that said everything. Some initial uneasiness gave way to immediate confidence and a lighthearted exuberance.

“Lets go smack some Japs!” Eddy’s comment wasn’t really meant for the whole room, but it was taken up in a series of whoops and hollers that released the tension and took some work by the group leaders to suppress. They had a very different look on their faces, a serious, all business look that revealed some of what they had just heard that hadn’t yet been made available to all of the pilots.

Men around the room were putting on flight suits, getting into groups fro briefing and filing out to head topside. This was a big day, and everyone knew it. Most were ready to put their skills to the test, and not too concerned with the opposition. The Japanese weren’t taken as seriously as the Germans in Europe. The general feeling was one of excitement and focus, like the mood before a big game as you came out of the locker room onto the field.

It would take several hours for the sobering news from Pearl to filter to through the ranks, and by then the Lexington and TF 12 were turned around and hightailing it south. This was not a battle they would fight now, alone against the combined fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy. There were looks of disbelief, sorrow and absolute devastation on the faces of most by late afternoon. Men were seen breaking down and weeping as they heard of the West Virginia being sunk with almost complete loss of her crew after a magazine explosion. They had friends on those ships, even brothers. Eddy was sobered as the rest had been, but also wore the face of someone suddenly steeled, resolved, ready to accept what he knew now was not a Friday night game under the lights.

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[font="Times New Roman"]December 8, 1941 - 02:23

Toungoo, Burma

Daniel woke with a start after dreaming his head was being pried open by what looked like his idea of a Japanese soldier, a small squint eyed man in glasses with a little wiry mustache. He was relieved it was a quiet night in his cabin, only the soft sound of frogs and crickets filtering in through the window. Then he screamed.

“What the hell’s going on!” George popped up from his bunk with wild eyes to see Daniel batting at his head and shaking violently.

“There’s something on my head!” he bellowed as the object in question was finally located and flung hard against the wall. “A god-damned bug! Huge one. God!” He continued scratching through his hair to verify all intruders were expelled.

“Ah, come on. Ain’t no worse than a Palmetto bug, or a pine boring beetle back home. You yanks are just sissys when it comes to a few bugs.” George chuckled and turned over to go back to sleep.

Daniel was nowhere near the point of closing his eyes again, and he decided to go out and get some air and have a smoke to cool his nerves. He walked out to a clear tropical night, stars glaring down from all over the sky like miniature searchlights. The moon was behind a low cloud. It was 02:23 in the morning.

As he walked out he noticed a light on in Chennault’s HQ cabin. That was strange. Usually the Colonel slept early and well through the night. As he smoked the haze curled up into the sky and he noticed a dull sound beginning in the distance. It got more distinct as he smoked until he recognized it as a Japanese plane. He wondered what they were doing out this early in the morning. Didn’t make sense. He finally went back in as the sound died in the southeastern sky and climbed back in his bunk. George snored peacefully.

He felt strange lying there now, after being woken so suddenly. He tried to get back to sleep, but only barely dozed before noises woke him early in the morning and a general alarm echoed across the base.
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[font="Times New Roman"]Dec 7, 1941[/font]
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Now for some real updates on the war as it has begun. I'll let the narratives get a little ahead so they can deal with surprising events, but since we've played a few turns now I'm itching to get some reports made and conversations started as well. This has been interesting from the beginning, as you would expect playing someone of GJ's experience and skill. I'm in for a tough game, and hope to give him some back!

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SUBS: [/font] A mini got into PH and hit the Tennessee right off the bat.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]DEI:[/font] In the DEI I had a feeling Nic would try some deeper moves even no the first turn, based on our conversations, and the most likely, most useful spot to hit in my opinion is Singkawang. I loaded up Force Z without adding the CL also in Singers, and sent them to Singkawang on the way to Batavia in case I was wrong. I wasn't and they met 2 Kongos with 2 CA, a CL and 6 DD!! I also sent in to Brit CLs which were sunk easily. The fight looked to be a draw, with heavy fires on two DDs and one CA, and 7 good hits on Haruna. We lost one DD and got 30+ damage on virtually all ships in the TF, which means Force Z is off to Cape Town for an extended visit to the beach while the dents are pounded out.

After the turn some ships looked to be detached from the main body, so we must have done some damage. Before sinking the Dragon also kept the landing from happening, so that is god. Now for another 2 CL and 4 DD dash fro Singers to try again tomorrow.

All else looked standard. I started the doomed on their paths from the PI, trying to vary everything, hoping to get some AS out at least and down to OZ. Sending the Langley toward Alaska. We'll see how that goes.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]Pacific: [/font] The PH strike was no where near what I saw in a test a ran recently, and only the West Virginia went under to one bomb and a magazine explosion. Some, like the California, could be ready in two months! Even better, the good CLs made it through almost untouched. The airfields were hit pretty hard, but should be able to thwart a second day strike combined with the flak. I'll not try for anything with the navy.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]CHINA: [/font] Run for the hills! All units in the clear will move back quickly, of course, and all I'll really do here is try to get in good territory while balancing things so I won't have difficulty with overstacking.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]STRATEGY: [/font] Now for the fun part. I've been pretty quiet so far on the planning. At this point I have only a few goals.

1. I'd like to shore up the No Pac area immediately. I'm sending a regiment and Marine defense battalion to Adak, and a base force plus arty will follow. I want No Pac to be a massive sub base as well as a constant threat to the Empire.

2. In the DEI I won't move a lot of troops around creating bastions in Palembang or anywhere, really. I want to see how it plays more straight forward, where each area has something and where I can be fluid with defensive units to hit areas he's not stacking up on and bringing the hammer. So I'll be opportunistic and go for the edges, wherever they are, using the navies and air forces as much as possible to take a toll for any quick movements.

3. India, SW OZ and No Pac will be defensive priorities in the beginning. I'll get divisions combined in OZ and send several along with armored units to Perth, build that base and send all of the ships from the DEI that direction as well with extra fuel. India will get the troops that stat on ships, focusing on shoring up Calcutta, Bombay and Karachi. In Alaska lots of units and resources will begin piling up and move forward as I see what the Japanese plans are for the area. The Saratoga will most likely head up this way early, to be followed by the other CVs if it looks like air support has been sent there.

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Morning Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 44 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 54
B5N2 Kate x 117
D3A1 Val x 108

Allied aircraft
P-36A Mohawk x 2
P-40B Warhawk x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 9 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 5 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 11 damaged
D3A1 Val: 5 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 2 damaged
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40B Warhawk: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged
P-40B Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground
A-20A Havoc: 3 destroyed on ground
B-18A Bolo: 3 destroyed on ground
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground
O-47A: 1 destroyed on ground
PBY-5 Catalina: 5 destroyed on ground
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, on fire
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
BB Maryland, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Blue, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB California, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
DD Dewey, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Phoenix, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Raleigh, Torpedo hits 1
CL St. Louis, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
DM Montgomery, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Detroit, Bomb hits 1

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 23
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 62
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Magazine explodes on BB West Virginia

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[mind_messing]

1. I'd like to shore up the No Pac area immediately. I'm sending a regiment and Marine defense battalion to Adak, and a base force plus arty will follow. I want No Pac to be a massive sub base as well as a constant threat to the Empire.

When your Pearl Harbour battleboats start coming back online, shift some of them up to NorPac (once they get their radar upgrades). They can make a great deal of noise, and they won't be as much of a logistical pain if they were in SWPAC.

Seeing things like battleships in NorPac is likely to make GreyJoy just a little nervous, considering his history with the region.

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1. I'd like to shore up the No Pac area immediately. I'm sending a regiment and Marine defense battalion to Adak, and a base force plus arty will follow. I want No Pac to be a massive sub base as well as a constant threat to the Empire.

When your Pearl Harbour battleboats start coming back online, shift some of them up to NorPac (once they get their radar upgrades). They can make a great deal of noise, and they won't be as much of a logistical pain if they were in SWPAC.

Seeing things like battleships in NorPac is likely to make GreyJoy just a little nervous, considering his history with the region.

I agree. I've already planned a TF with 2 CL and 6 DD for now and I'll most likely send the Warspite and Colorado once they are ready. If CVs are committed then I'll get very active in Central and So Pac. So all preparations will be made for needling moves in these areas and I'll see where the chances develop.

I aso plan to absolutely nuke a few of the smaller atolls on the edges of the Empire once the PH BBs are repaired. In the beginning it'l be jab and move for a good while.

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[font="Times New Roman"]December 9, 1941

Near Panay Island, PI

The Seadragon had been underway for several hours now. She’d left Manila quickly, suspending all work and leaving testing of new equipment until later. LT Murrow had supervised the frantic loading of provisions and armament into the night of the 8th and then in the early hours after midnight the boat slipped it’s lines and eased out into the channel. They’d been running on the surface under cloudy skies since.

LT Murrow had the role of navigator, and on this night plotting a course through the dangerous shoals and spits of the numerous islands in the area south of Manila was dangerous to say the least. The journey wouldn’t have been attempted even last week, but they were now at war and their duty was to get into it as quickly as possible. The Japanese had struck at Pearl Harbor, decimating the fleet there, but had strangely left the sub base at Cavite untouched. The Clark Field airbase didn’t fare as well, with several new B-17 bombers destroyed or damaged and the runways pockmarked from high altitude bombing. Fighters swept over all of the airfields on Luzon, surprising the Americans with their skill and tenacity and getting the upper hand quickly.

Just a week ago Murrow had gone to Clark on a day of leave to visit a buddy there and see the new bombers. He’d always been an aviation fan, getting his first ride in a crop-duster at age 9 and dreaming of one day flying. He’d only signed up for the navy because he wanted to see more of the world, and got into subs because they seemed exciting, often moving at their own initiative and engaging the enemy through wit and guile. He’d taken to navigation through his knowledge and love of the night sky, and he was among the best in his class in plotting a course using this most old-fashioned method available.

At Clark he’d seen the preparations for war. It surprised him to see sand-bagged anti-aircraft gun emplacements and dummy planes set up in rows along the side of the field to lure a strike away from the actual aircraft in their revetments elsewhere. They were incredibly well made, wood frames with painted canvas stretched over, and almost looked like the models he’d played with as a boy enlarged to exact scale. He had no idea if they’d worked when the Japanese attacked or if his buddy, Frank Hartley, also from Vermont, had survived the attack. It was disconcerting to know virtually nothing suddenly of anyone, and to know this could continue for the duration of the conflict.

It was eerily calm out here on the bridge. Just the sound of the sea and the two diesels churning away at standard speed while another charged the batteries for the electrics. It was 04:50, nearly time for the sun to show itself. He’d usually be trying to get a star reading around now, but it wouldn’t be happening tonight. He knew these waters well enough to know their present position though, and that they were safely moving toward the deeper open waters of the Sulu Sea. This was to be their patrol area, watching the approaches to the Dutch East Indies and their valuable oil fields and scouting for the rest of the fleet in the area, now moving toward Balikpapan on the east coast of Borneo.

His feelings were a mix of exhilaration and fear. He was one of the few who took the Japanese seriously. He knew of their Bushido code and tradition as warriors, and he kept up enough on new aircraft and naval developments to know that they had been building furiously in the last several years. They had prepared this for a good while, were experienced from years of fighting in China, and had taken the initiative with seemingly devastating results. This would not be as quick and easy as many of his shipmates felt. War never was, and no one who ever fought in one came away unscathed.

“All blood runs red,” he mumbled, lost in his own thoughts.

“Sir?” The lookout next to him turned with a quizzical look on his face.

“Nothing, Blake. Anything out there?”

“No, sir, nothing yet sir, although we’ll know better in a few minutes.”

Gray had begun to show on the edge of the sky to the east, silhouetting an island almost dead ahead. Soon they would get into deeper water out past Cebu and into the major sea lanes where they could move more freely, and more importantly where they could dive.

He got on the comm to steer them around to the south. “Change course to one-eight-five, two ahead standard.”

"Aye, aye sir," came the immediate response. At least he knew they were ready, and there were no other men he'd rather sail into this with than the ones on this boat. He looked ahead as the sun broke out under the clouds in a set of clear beams just above the water, almost exactly like the flag of Imperial Japan.
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[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SUBS: [/font]The KXII started things off, hitting a merchant loaded up with troops off of Malaya. The O-19 got another off Singkawang. KXI got one off of Malaya late in the day, again with troops on. Several more misses on the day, and the Pickerel took a pounding off of the PI landing sites. Good start for subs. I plan to maximize their use and risk them in tight spots, but if this start is an indication, it should be worth it.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]Pacific: [/font] No second day at PH. Not a surprise here. Just too tough with DBB flak. Now for the clean-up. The CVs ran south and will eventually swing around if the KB clears, heading back to Pearl. I want them to be seen in the area, hopefully not with disastrous results from a sub hit, then I'll decide to send them north or south to the defense of OZ. Leaning north now.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]CHINA: [/font] Still running.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]DEI:[/font] The Brits again went for the invasion at Singkawang, which had already landed troops, but again couldn't get past Tanaka's screening ships. This time the Kongo was on its own with Jintsu and a couple of DDs. Mauritius and Danae gave it a shot, getting shots onto a DD to set it on fire, and then retired with little damage to themselves. The invasion should take the base tomorrow, giving the IJ a great base to control the approaches to Palembang.

In the day though they ship of the amphibious fleet there paid the price as some string bags hit from nearby bases, putting bombs onto

Near Loyang the Scout and Thanet sank the Yudachi and scooted out of trouble. Every DD lost for the IJN is big.

[font="Microsoft Sans Serif"]SIGINT:[/font] Nothing big. I LOVE getting all of this info though. The string bags will move to Cagayan to meet the second wave at Legaspi shown on SIGINT though, and hopefully have a chance at some troops on ships.

[font="Trebuchet MS"]20th Infantry Regiment is loaded on a Asama Maru class xAP moving to Legaspi.[/font]

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Singkawang at 56,88, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kongo
CL Jintsu, Shell hits 1
DD Asashio
DD Akatsuki, Shell hits 4, on fire

Allied Ships
CL Danae, Shell hits 1
CL Mauritius, Shell hits 1
DD Vendetta
DD Encounter
DD Isis
DD Jupiter, Shell hits 1

Improved night sighting under 85% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 85% moonlight: 12,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
Tanaka, Raizo crosses the 'T'
CL Jintsu engages CL Mauritius at 9,000 yards

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Losses:

[font="Trebuchet MS"]Loss of BB West Virginia on Dec 07, 1941 is admitted
Loss of HDML Pahalwan on Dec 08, 1941 is admitted
Loss of HDML Panglima on Dec 08, 1941 is admitted
Loss of PT-34 on Dec 08, 1941 is admitted
Loss of PT-41 on Dec 08, 1941 is admitted
Loss of xAK Ravnaas on Dec 08, 1941 is admitted
Loss of xAK Cynthia Olson on Dec 08, 1941 is admitted
Loss of xAK Governor Wright on Dec 08, 1941 is admitted[/font]

Ships Sunk: About 7-8 more Japanese transports should be gone after today. Not a bad beginning!

[font="Trebuchet MS"]DD Yudachi is reported to have been sunk near Laoag on Dec 08, 1941
xAK Tazan Maru is reported to have been sunk near Singkawang on Dec 08, 1941[/font]
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[ny59giants]

Prince Rupert - I move the Canadian Command HQ here as its my main supply/fuel source for NoPac. At San Fran, there is a Combat Engineer LCU that is due for withdrawl in early '42. I send her up here to help max out the port. It took until May '42, but the port in my game has reached 9. [8D]

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Prince Rupert - I move the Canadian Command HQ here as its my main supply/fuel source for NoPac. At San Fran, there is a Combat Engineer LCU that is due for withdrawl in early '42. I send her up here to help max out the port. It took until May '42, but the port in my game has reached 9. [8D]

You can also move the base forces from Canada and some from CONUS. You can max it out earlier than May! Not really necessary, though. With the Canada Command there, millions of fuel and supply will accumulate... Really helps alleviate the load from the CONUS ports, and shrinks supply runs to NorPac... As an added bonus, these supply runs will mostly run under LBA search patterns.

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Prince Rupert - I move the Canadian Command HQ here as its my main supply/fuel source for NoPac. At San Fran, there is a Combat Engineer LCU that is due for withdrawl in early '42. I send her up here to help max out the port. It took until May '42, but the port in my game has reached 9. [8D]

You can also move the base forces from Canada and some from CONUS. You can max it out earlier than May! Not really necessary, though. With the Canada Command there, millions of fuel and supply will accumulate... Really helps alleviate the load from the CONUS ports, and shrinks supply runs to NorPac... As an added bonus, these supply runs will mostly run under LBA search patterns.

Great idea guys. i was looking at the big rail line and port thinking I should use it as a regional base but adding the HQ and turning it into a logistics hub is a fantastic plan.

I'm already training the Canadians for ASW duty, so this all works into the scheme as it's developing. I love that float plane string bag plane up there, the Shark. Wish I had more of those! Almost like the IJN Seiran, although just a tad slower!

[Lowpe]

Ok, I tried to stay away and only read the Japanese side, but couldn't. Nice pictures and good stories.

Dual AARS are just too much fun to read, shame you can't really comment at all except to say Good Luck.[:)]

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Ok, I tried to stay away and only read the Japanese side, but couldn't. Nice pictures and good stories.

Dual AARS are just too much fun to read, shame you can't really comment at all except to say Good Luck.[:)]

Yeah, I am a fan of dual AARs. You can always comment on the issues of each side in terms of logistics and economy, other more innocuous stuff.

This part of the game is exciting for the players, but usually not so much for the readers. I bet GJ makes it good over there though, and there should be some interesting twists in the game, so maybe this will be different. We'll try to make it more thrilling anyway!

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[font="Times New Roman"]December 10, 1941

Singapore

ML-311 had been in a state of constant readiness for two days. After the Japanese moved threateningly toward a landing on Malaya, up near Khota Baru and farther along the coast the Royal Navy reacted by sending Force Z to intercept. Search planes in the evening discovered more forces moving on SW Borneo. The decision was made to send the ships to intercept this force, believed to be less heavily defended. The British were confident in the forces on Malaya and their state of readiness. Troops were already in motion to move on the landing sites and stop any chance of advance. Forces farther up the peninsula would move to the Kuala Lumpur area as reserve, protecting any approaches to Singapore. There was no thought this threat would not be met and halted, although the terrain would likely mean the Japanese could not be pushed back either.

Word reached Singapore on the 8th that Force Z had fought a major battle with heavy units of the Imperial Japanese Navy. LT Clark was shocked and incredulous when he first heard that the Japanese had forced through the landing and Force Z would have to return to Singapore for repairs. It all sank in more deeply though when he learned the damage was bad enough the ships would be re-directed to Cape Town, the only facility capable of handling the size of repair the Repulse especially needed, including a complete replacement of B turret.

Even more sobering was a report later that two light cruisers, the Dragon and Durban, had been lost with no survivors. The last of the RN in Singapore sailed out on the 9th to attempt another intercept near the airfield at Singkawang in SW Borneo, believed to be the target of the Japanese force. This left Singapore essentially undefended from the sea, which was never part of the plan drawn up for its protection. LT Clark and his ML-311 were one of a few small boats tasked with guarding the approaches, and they were working on a total of 3 hours restless sleep in the past two days.

As night moved into morning LT Clark finally fell into troubled sleep. It would be his last for a while. As he nodded off, a hundred miles to the North Fort Dickson was taken by a Japanese parachute force, effectively cutting off several major troop units to the North. Things were not going as planned.
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