[font="Times New Roman"]Nov 23 - 25, 1942[/font]
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SUBS: [/font] The subs in the straits of Malaya still haven't seen any sign of the KB. It's probably gotten through earlier or on another route. I'll have to move most of these back now due to damage from the patrols in the area.
Still haven't gotten an attack on the ships up in the Marshalls, but search planes combined with a sub in the same hex got some intriguing info.
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INDIA: [/font] I'm considering sending an army out on its own toward Darjeeling, try to by-pass the Patna stronghold. Could I make it without air cover? Not sure.
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CENT PAC: [/font] Good search reports come in showing all kinds of the IJN up in the Marshalls looking ominous. I think it's a mini-KB and some BBs and cruisers. Enough to scare me back toward Canton Island for a few turns though. Still loading for Nauru, but this TF will stop at Nanumea and wait to see what happens here. Need subs to do something.
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CHINA: [/font] In China some P-40Ks guess right and end up surviving an Oscar sweep to stay around in number for the main show, about 200 2E hitting Kweiyang. In spite of missing the incoming run due to their altitude at 15k, they hit the bombers o n the way out, downing around 18-19 on the day! Finally. As he gets closer to Chungking he has to think about how to handle this, and I also have to be wary of an all-in strike to shut the field there. It would be long range though, so a risk for him, but if my CAP is all set to long range, maybe not. He has to wonder at least since only the P-40s were at Kweiyang.
All troops get back into Kweiyang and the penalty for overstacking by anout 15k seems not so bad. Maybe it doesn't affect things so much when the base only has 80 supply points in it! [;)]
Good troops were able to shift back into Kweiyang and the worn out units will head to the rear to dig in and heal up. Now things get really interesting.
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SIGINT:[/font] Interesting. Biak.
[font="Trebuchet MS"]1/14th Division is loaded on a Japanese CM moving to Biak.[/font]
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 24, 42
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Morning Air attack on 62nd Chinese Corps, at 76,50 , near Chihkiang
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 10
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 2 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on 62nd Chinese Corps, at 76,50 , near Chihkiang
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 42
G4M1 Betty x 58
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
No Allied losses
Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
42 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 75th Chinese Corps, at 76,50 , near Chihkiang
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 4
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 61
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 5
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 36
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 destroyed
No Allied losses
Allied ground losses:
138 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Nov 25, 42
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Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58
Japanese Ships
CL Agano
E Otori
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2
Port hits 2
F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for CL Agano
CL Agano firing at Wenchow
E Otori firing at 100th Chinese Corps
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[font="Trebuchet MS"]This is a bit worrisome, but if I can get some more CVEs into play here, maybe I can get enough cover to challenge. Doesn't look like a lot of CV/CVE here. All of this disappeared the next day. [/font]
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
