Psych Ops: BTS "Lite" NY59Giants (A) vs John 3rd (J)

[ny59giants]

Date: 42 Dec 2 & 3
Two slow days as most of Allied fleet is between Port Stanley and Panama.

Key:
TT = Torpedo;
bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits;
AV = Assault Value;
ID = Infantry Division; AD = Assault Division (really 3x SNLF formed into a Brigade);
DC = Depth Charged;
(*) = destroyed aircraft;
If odds are bold, they are the Allies;
BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons);
FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes if American;

Invasions:

CVs:
Japan -
KB1: MIA with 205F, 161B, 15Aux
KB2: MIA with 160F, 148B, 29Aux

Allies:
Death Star (DS) - CVs Saratoga, Hornet, Wasp, Yorktown, & Lexington; CVLs Jacksonville & King's Mtn; CVEs x5 headed for Panama
CV Enterprise - at Mangareva [18-33(33)-9(4)] - 20 knots & 25 more days pierside

Subs:
KX is able to get into Akyab again and gets a TT hit on another xAK. That makes three to date.
CM Rigel was sent from Calcutta back to Colombo to get her conversation to an AR. Too bad I-2 was able to sink her with 2 TT hits SE of Viza. [:(]
O21 is just off NW corner of Sabang and gets a TT hit on an xAK which is enough to sink her.

Surface Action:

India/Burma: -
Chittagong -
Cox's Bazar - daily ground bb;
3rd -

Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 19

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 20000 feet

CAP engaged:
1st Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Raid is overhead
11th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes

Not something that will warm the hearts of JFBs. Even though its only 4 planes (actually its 6 to 1), the P-40Ks come out ahead again.

Ground combat at Cox's Bazar (54,43)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 34579 troops, 776 guns, 780 vehicles, Assault Value = 1075

Defending force 31824 troops, 259 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 878

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
7th Armoured Brigade
18th British Division
70th British Division
2/11th Fld RAA Regiment
2/9th Fld RAA Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
1st RM Heavy AA Regiment
1st Indian Light AA Regiment
2nd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
XV Indian Corps
6th Medium Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/13th Fld RAA Regiment
Pt Blair Coastal Gun Battalion

Defending units:
18th Division
55th Division
51st Field AA Battalion
25th Army
22nd JAAF AF Bn

Tomorrow should see 3 "R" Class BBs, 4 CLs, 3 DDs arrive and disband at Diamond Harbour from Madras. Hopefully, I can get the CLs and DDs down to Akyab to sink his ships there and await some more training on my depleted DB groups before I start to soften up his troops in earnest. I can guarantee a strong response from John! [:D]

Hex between Cox's Bazar & Akyab - daily ground bb;
Akyab -
Kalemyo -
Magwe -

China: [>:] [>:]

SouthEast Pacific:
Tahiti -
Makemo (4 hexes NW of Hao) - 50 P-39s are sweeping while another 25 escort in 55 LBs (B-25 & B-26)
Hao -
Tubuai -

North Pacific: -
Kodiak -
Chirokof Island -
Cold Bay -

Australia: [>:]

Engineers: Rapa F5; Tezpur AF1; Lord Howe Island AF4; Tubuai F4; Ua Huka F3;

Intel:

Notes:

[ny59giants]

Date: 42 Dec 4 & 5
Weather rules on the 4th stopping a few air missions.
Zeros vs P-38Gs in Aleutians.

Key:
TT = Torpedo;
bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits;
AV = Assault Value;
ID = Infantry Division; AD = Assault Division (really 3x SNLF formed into a Brigade);
DC = Depth Charged;
(*) = destroyed aircraft;
If odds are bold, they are the Allies;
BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons);
FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes if American;

Invasions:

CVs:
Japan -
KB1: MIA with 205F, 161B, 15Aux
KB2: MIA with 160F, 148B, 29Aux

Allies:
Death Star (DS) - CVs Saratoga, Hornet, Wasp, Yorktown, & Lexington; CVLs Jacksonville & King's Mtn; CVEs x5 headed for Panama
CV Enterprise - at Mangareva [15-33(33)-7(4)] - 20 knots & 22 more days pierside

Subs:
I-175 hit once 1 SE of Mangareva

Surface Action:

India/Burma: - My SC TF of 3 BBs, 4 CLs, & 3 DDs safely make it into Diamond Harbor unseen.
Chittagong -
Cox's Bazar - daily ground bb;
Hex between Akyab and Cox's Bazar - - daily ground bb;
Akyab - 75 P-38s sweep the empty skies on 5th.
Kalemyo -
Magwe -

China: [>:] [>:]

SouthEast Pacific:
Tahiti -
Makemo (4 hexes NW of Hao) - 50 P-39s are sweeping while another 25 escort in 55 LBs (B-25 & B-26) daily
Hao -
Tubuai -

North Pacific: -
Kodiak -
Chirokof Island - 75 P-40Ks are moved in to take over sweep duties from P-38s as they are rested.
Cold Bay -
5th: The weather clears up enough, light clouds, to allow my P-38Gs from Kodiak to sweep in. The first group of 13 is met by 48 Zeros. Odds are in my favor at 6:2 in losses. The second group of 13 gets 5 more for only 1 lost. The final group of 12 gets 6 more. The air losses are actually 35 Zero to 9 P-38s. 4:1 is great, but my replacemnt rate is not high enough to do this daily.

Australia: [>:]

Engineers: Cairns AF7; Ceduna AF3; Chengtu F4; Jamshedpur AF7;

Intel:

Notes:
Aleutians - The tempo will steadily increase here, but of course weather will be in charge. Cold Bay and Dora Harbor will be invaded after New Year. The 24th & 25th Divisions from Hawaii have been rebuilt and their tropic uniforms have been exchanged for winter gear. [:D] Sitka is being built up while Prince Rupert is already maxed out as my main base for NoPac.

[ny59giants]

Date: 42 Dec 6 & 7
Zeros vs P-40Ks in Aleutians.

Key:
TT = Torpedo;
bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits;
AV = Assault Value;
ID = Infantry Division; AD = Assault Division (really 3x SNLF formed into a Brigade);
DC = Depth Charged;
(*) = destroyed aircraft;
If odds are bold, they are the Allies;
BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons);
FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes if American;

Invasions:

CVs:
Japan -
KB1: MIA with 205F, 161B, 15Aux
KB2: MIA with 160F, 148B, 29Aux

Allies:
Death Star (DS) - CVs Saratoga, Hornet, Wasp, Yorktown, & Lexington; CVLs Jacksonville & King's Mtn; CVEs x5 headed for Panama
CV Enterprise - at Mangareva [14-33(33)-7(4)] - 20 knots & 23 more days pierside (time is increasing as lots of American subs are getting their 12/42 upgrades)

Subs:
S-32 finds a minefield at Cold Bay. She will limp back to Kodiak for repairs before going back to Prince Rupert for shipyard repairs.
KXIII is hit once at Ramree Island

Surface Action:

India/Burma: -
Chittagong -
Cox's Bazar - daily ground bb; John has a 5 ship TF here for a few days, I've moved three DB groups from Diamond Harbor to Chittagong to sink them, 200 fighters will assist [;)]
Hex between Akyab and Cox's Bazar - - daily ground bb;
Akyab -
Kalemyo -
Magwe -

China: [>:] [>:]

SouthEast Pacific: Coast Watchers report 65 ships present at Suva
Tahiti -
Makemo (4 hexes NW of Hao) - 50 P-39s are sweeping while another 25 escort in 55 LBs (B-25 & B-26) daily: AF closed
Hao -
Tubuai -

North Pacific: -
Kodiak -
Chirokof Island - P-40Ks are moved back to Seward to recover.
Cold Bay -
7th: 16 P-49Ks sweep in to find 41 A6M2 Zero, 8 A6M3b Zero, and 15 A6M5 Zero on CAP; you would think my P-40s would come out on the losing end, but the ratio is 4:2 in my favor; the next 16 get 6:2, and the third group of 16 gets 4:0 as his CAP is worn down; overall A2A losses are shown to be 45 Z to 13 P-40Ks lost (7 pilots lost)

Australia: [>:]

Engineers: Chirikof F3; Cloncurry AF6; Tezpur AF2;

Intel:

Notes:
John made the comment during a phone call yesterday that the air war here is the opposite of what is going on vs Canoerebel. He was happy to have lost 45 Zeros for 13 P-40Ks rather than the 6:1 ratio or greater vs my P-38s. His reasoning is the Allies get the P-38s in greater numbers and earlier than in his other game where he wasn't beaten up so much early on. The Allies do get P-38Gs at same time, but at 20 more per month than in his older version of RA.

P38 groups:
"E" models have 3 groups in India/Burma
"F" models have 3 groups in SE Pac (1 is actual on ships inbound from Port Stanley)
"G" models have 2 groups in No Pac (another group in route to Port Stanley from USA)

[ny59giants]

Need answers to two question.

1) What conditions need to be met at port (size, naval support, AR) for engine damage to be repaired? I have lots of subs in size 5 port with one or two points worth of damage and would like to repair in when they come into port.

2) SSTs - I have mine in SE Pac and need to use them. Can I get a link to tell me how? I've never used them before.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Need answers to two question.

1) What conditions need to be met at port (size, naval support, AR) for engine damage to be repaired? I have lots of subs in size 5 port with one or two points worth of damage and would like to repair in when they come into port.

2) SSTs - I have mine in SE Pac and need to use them. Can I get a link to tell me how? I've never used them before.

- To carry an LCU (for landing at an enemy base) in combat mode, that unit must be parachute capable.
- AFAIK can only land LCU as prior point at enemy held base.
- Can carry LCU that is not parachute capable, the unit must be in either rest or move mode (don't recall which, just play with it).
- Can carry supply.

[ny59giants]

Date: 42 Dec 8 & 9
More action in Aleutians.

Key:
TT = Torpedo;
bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits;
AV = Assault Value;
ID = Infantry Division; AD = Assault Division (really 3x SNLF formed into a Brigade);
DC = Depth Charged;
(*) = destroyed aircraft;
If odds are bold, they are the Allies;
BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons);
FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes if American;

Invasions:

CVs:
Japan -
KB1: MIA with 205F, 161B, 15Aux
KB2: MIA with 160F, 148B, 29Aux

Allies:
Death Star (DS) - CVs Saratoga, Hornet, Wasp, Yorktown, & Lexington; CVLs Jacksonville & King's Mtn; ARRIVED at Panama
CVEs x5 headed for Panama
CV Enterprise - at Mangareva [14-33(33)-7(4)] - 20 knots & 23 more days pierside (time is increasing as lots of American subs are getting their 12/42 upgrades)

Subs:
KXI gets a hit on an xAK

Surface Action:

India/Burma: -
Chittagong -
Cox's Bazar - daily ground bb;
8th: 3 Tojo are up here on LRCAP as 12 Hurricanes sweep, I lose one; the next 16 Hurricanes get one; the following 16 Hurricanes and the late arriving 75 P-38s find the skies empty;
9th: another 3 Tojo are here and the 12 Dutch Hurricanes loss one; 180 LBs follow up by hitting AF;
Hex between Akyab and Cox's Bazar - daily ground bb;
Akyab - 75 P-38s sweep the empty skies on 9th;
Kalemyo -
Magwe -

China: [>:] [>:]

SouthEast Pacific:
Tahiti -
Makemo (4 hexes NW of Hao) - 50 P-39s are sweeping while another 25 escort in 55 LBs (B-25 & B-26) daily: AF closed
Hao -
Tubuai -

North Pacific: -
Kodiak -
Chirokof Island - visited by 3 CLs for two days

Night Naval bombardment of Chirikof Island at 179,46

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Kako
CL Furutaka
CL Kinugasa

Allied ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 17
Port hits 8
Port supply hits 1

Base damage is 10-19-15 after two days. My small SC TF is ordered in from Kodiak to cover the Amphib TF bringing in an AA, CD, and SB unit along with 12k in supplies. 150 fighters will provide CAP over them both.

Cold Bay -
9th: 5 of 35 Zero are shot down by 13 P-38s for no Allied losses; another 7 of 13 Zeros are lost vs second wave of 13 P-38s;
Akutan Island - John has 19 Zeros on CAP as 12 HB from Anchorage go after the AV based there, I don't lose any planes and get one 500 bomb to find AV Kimikawa; the next group of 23 HB miss, but the last group of 15 HBs get another bomb hit.

Australia: [>:]

Engineers: Kweilin F5; Tubuai P2; Blenheim AF7;

Intel:

Notes:
With John's renewed interest in his long delayed game vs Canoerebel and the more active gameplay, I've been moved back to just one turn per day from John. [:(]

[zuluhour]

sub repair, I believe, disbanded pier side in any size 0 port a sub can repair minor damage, an AS can help with one sub at a time. Unfortunately, I think only shipyards
can repair their major damage, ie AR, ARD types do not have the expertise. Alfred maybe lurking to clarify, ...

[Mike McCreery]

Any size 7 port or larger can repair major damage up to 5. Once the damage is above 5 then you need an ARD to do flotation repair or you need to get the ship to a port with a shipyard able to handle the size ship being repaired.

[ny59giants]

Date: 42 Dec 10 & 11
Weather and more weather control air actions or lack of

Key:
TT = Torpedo;
bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits;
AV = Assault Value;
ID = Infantry Division; AD = Assault Division (really 3x SNLF formed into a Brigade);
DC = Depth Charged;
(*) = destroyed aircraft;
If odds are bold, they are the Allies;
BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons);
FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes if American;

Invasions:

CVs:
Japan -
KB1: MIA with 205F, 161B, 15Aux
KB2: MIA with 160F, 148B, 29Aux

Allies:
Death Star (DS) - CVs Saratoga, Hornet, Wasp, Yorktown, & Lexington; CVLs Jacksonville & King's Mtn; Leaving Panama for San Fran for upgrades
CVEs x5 headed for Panama
CV Enterprise - at Mangareva [12-33(33)-5(4)] - 20 knots & 19 more days pierside

Subs:


Surface Action:
10th:

Night Time Surface Combat, near Chirikof Island at 179,46, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Owari
BB Ise
CL Aoba
CL Natori
DD Nowaki
DD Michishio
DD Isonami
DD Uranami
DD Akikaze

Allied Ships
SC-630, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
SC-637
SC-642, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
SC-643, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Thankfully, my SC TF doesn't get there until daylight along with Amphib TF. The base is bombarded and damage climbs to 54-45-55.

11th:

Night Time Surface Combat, near Chirikof Island at 179,46, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Owari, Shell hits 2
BB Ise, Shell hits 3
CL Aoba, Shell hits 5, on fire
CL Natori
DD Nowaki
DD Michishio
DD Isonami
DD Uranami, Shell hits 1
DD Akikaze

Allied Ships
CL St. Louis
CL Helena, Shell hits 2
DD Helm, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Mugford, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Ralph Talbot
DD Henley
DD Patterson
DD Jarvis, Shell hits 3

Low visibility due to Rain with 14% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Rain and 14% moonlight: 3,000 yards

True to form, John turns his TF around from yesterday and comes back. I lose a DD and see the base bombarded again.

India/Burma: -
Chittagong -
Cox's Bazar - daily ground bb; On 11th, the last 39 mines are cleared from base by three minesweepers; 4 of 6 Bettys from Port Blair are shot down by LRCAP while 113 HBs hit AF and 299 LB hit the troops; 75 P-38s sweep AFTER the bomber are done. [:(]
Hex between Akyab and Cox's Bazar - daily ground bb;
Akyab - On 10th, my rested HBs visit the base with the B-17s ordered to hit the port through the light rain. 48 LB and 132 HB are involved. An xAK is sunk after three bomb hits.
Kalemyo -
Magwe -

China: [>:] [>:]

SouthEast Pacific:
Tahiti -
Makemo (4 hexes NW of Hao) - 50 P-39s are sweeping while another 25 escort in 55 LBs (B-25 & B-26) daily: AF closed
Hao -
Tubuai -

North Pacific: -
Kodiak -
Chirokof Island -
Cold Bay -
Akutan Island -

Australia: [>:]

Engineers: Ceduna AF4;

Intel:

Notes:
OT - John took his family to see the new Star Wars film for the second time. He is a big fan of this series while I'm probably more a Star Trek fan since I still remember seeing the moon landings growing up. Add in the fact that when cable TV first came out, we got channels 2 to 13 on our TV. One was channel 11 out of NYC which played the whole Star Trek series over and over at 6pm nightly.

OT2 - Since this game has slowed down somewhat and after re-reading "Patton" and "Overlord" I pulled out and installed my old European games. My favorite land battle has always been "Battle of the Bulge" since each side gets to play offense and defense. I started out with the classic board game by Avalon Hill. In 2001, I bought "Bulge '44" by HPS Sims. I didn't know if it would work on Win10, but after getting the latest patch on line, it does. [:)] I also have Sicily, Market Garden, Kursk, Fulda Gap, and Middle East. A few days ago I spoke with John about these and I'm sending him my Sicily CD to play with his son, John IV. I was in junior high (now called middle school) when I caught the WW2 bug. Indirectly, this may slow down our game even more, but it will increase the father-son bonding.

[HansBolter]

I picked up War in the East at the Christmas sale and am loving it.

As can probably be gleaned from my Avatar, I am a huge eastern front fanboi.

[ny59giants]

Before I got into WITP/AE, I had two CDs called War in East and War in West (don't remember their names exactly) which were very tactical as I think each turn represented 6 minutes of real time. The editors were great as you could build your maps, create your own OOB, and make your own scenarios. Due to this, I liked the Eastern Front better as the Russians had some serious armored vehicles outside of the famous T-34s you could use.

[Mike McCreery]

John already has 3 games going. You think of sending him another one to take up his time.

BRILLIANT!!!

The good news is that his son will grow up and one day move away from home so you might see the end of this game eventually

[ny59giants]

As an intensive in home family counselor, I'll trade away my game playing time for him to have more time with his son. By the way, his son is already following in his father's foot steps in his knowledge of world history. John III (former history professor) has already had calls from John IV's teachers about them being corrected when it come to historical errors. [:D]

[BBfanboy]

I remember the dirty look I got when I corrected my grade 10 history teacher. He put the attack on Pearl Harbour on Easter Sunday! Guess he thought students wouldn't know the difference between PH and Okinawa. [:D]

[ny59giants]

Date: 42 Dec 12 & 13
Action restricted to mostly Cox's Bazar/Akyab area or Aleutians for foreseeable future.

Key:
TT = Torpedo;
bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits;
AV = Assault Value;
ID = Infantry Division; AD = Assault Division (really 3x SNLF formed into a Brigade);
DC = Depth Charged;
(*) = destroyed aircraft;
If odds are bold, they are the Allies;
BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons);
FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes if American;

Invasions:

CVs:
Japan -
KB1: MIA went back to Suva, I think. Don't know if she is staying in SoPac
KB2: MIA went towards Christmas Island.

Allies:
Death Star (DS) - CVs Saratoga, Hornet, Wasp, Yorktown, & Lexington; CVLs Jacksonville & King's Mtn; Leaving Panama for San Fran for upgrades
CVEs x5 headed for Panama
CV Enterprise - at Mangareva [11-33(33)-5(4)] - 20 knots & 16 more days pierside

Subs:
Trigger is hit by escorts from what looks like a Fast Transport TF at Tahiti.

Surface Action:

India/Burma: -
Chittagong -
Cox's Bazar - daily ground bb;
13th: John tries more LRCAP here as 50 Tojo and 27 Zero greet 25 P-38s. I get 6:1 odds and then the next group of 25 gets another 6. By then the LRCAP is gone for the bombers. However, in PM Phase there are 25 Tojo and 20 Zero there as my P-40s are not enough to protect the 37 LB as I lose 6. My bombers still are unable to inflict many casualties to his troops.
Hex between Akyab and Cox's Bazar - daily ground bb;
Akyab - .
Kalemyo -
Magwe -

China: [>:] [>:]

SouthEast Pacific:
Tahiti -
Makemo (4 hexes NW of Hao) - 40 P-39s are sweeping while another 20 escort in 60 LBs (B-25 & B-26) daily: AF closed
Hao -
Tubuai -

North Pacific: -
Kodiak -
Chirokof Island -
Cold Bay -
13th: The first group of 18 P-38s find 52 Zeros on CAP. Believe it or not I down 11 for just 1 P-38. The next 18 get just 2 and the last group of 10 finds no Zeros left.
Akutan Island -

Australia: [>:]

Engineers: Howrah AF4; Hiva Oa P5;

Intel:

Notes:
John is being more active with his CAP and LRCAP in both areas despite the losses my P-38s are inflicting (lost 9 in two days). He can afford the planes, while I only get 40 P-38Gs per month.

Meanwhile, the one big change to Allied land OOB for this mod shows up.

[Sangeli]

Going to be a while before 13th armored division is ready though! They're as green as you can get!

[HansBolter]

General Martin has excellent stats!

[ny59giants]

She is headed for Cape Town and then the spring offensive to retake western Australia. M4 Shermans are already being stockpiled....need 6 months worth to upgrade.

[ny59giants]

Date: 42 Dec 14 & 15
3 more CVEs arrive.

Key:
TT = Torpedo;
bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits;
AV = Assault Value;
ID = Infantry Division; AD = Assault Division (really 3x SNLF formed into a Brigade);
DC = Depth Charged;
(*) = destroyed aircraft;
If odds are bold, they are the Allies;
BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons);
FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes if American;

Invasions:

CVs:
Japan -
KB1: MIA
KB2: MIA

Allies:
Death Star (DS) - CVs Saratoga, Hornet, Wasp, Yorktown, & Lexington; CVLs Jacksonville & King's Mtn; Left Panama for San Fran for upgrades
CVEs x5 headed for Panama
CV Enterprise - at Mangareva [9-33(33)-4(4)] - 21 knots & 13 more days pierside

Subs:
Bay of Bengal based subs returning to Calcutta for repairs and replenishment. Why? Plans are to start daily bombardments of Cox's Bazar with the 3 R Class BBs once the 4 DDs now at Colombo finish their upgrades at end of month.

Surface Action:

India/Burma: -
Chittagong -
Cox's Bazar - daily ground bb;
14th: More LRCAP by John brings in 57 Tojo and 5 Zeros (5 air groups) vs 16 Hurricanes escorting in 70 LB (level bombers, medium bomber, my 2e bombers) = 6 lost (5 Blenheim and a Hurricane); less than half of his LRACP is left, 25, to face 16 Hurricanes with 27 LB = no losses; 38 LB come in multiple waves, but the weaker LRCAP doesn't bring any down;
15th: Only 34 Tojo and 3 Zeros (part of 6 air groups) are here for LRCAP duty as 16 Hurricane IIb = 3 lost for each of us; only 19 are left as 16 more Hurricanes sweep in = 8:1 losses (even my Hurricanes take a good number down! [X(]); 23 P-38s follow and down 2 of the 3 remaining; 168 LBs follow;
Hex between Akyab and Cox's Bazar - daily ground bb;
Akyab - .
Kalemyo -
Magwe -

China: [>:] [>:] The famous 100th Corp that held out at Wenchow for weeks and weeks has been back at Chungking for months rebuilding after never being destroyed. I've been monitoring her rebuild and her AV is up to 318.

SouthEast Pacific:
Tahiti -
Makemo (4 hexes NW of Hao) - 40 P-39s are sweeping while another 20 escort in 60 LBs (B-25 & B-26) daily: AF closed
Hao -
Tubuai -

North Pacific: -
Kodiak -
Chirokof Island -
15th: John's first contact with PT Boats occur with no clear winner. 4 CLs & 3 DDs get only one hit on 6 PTs before breaking off and bombarding my base; the base damage is back up to 54-43-31 and the engineers have their disruption up into the 70s again;
Cold Bay -
Akutan Island -

Australia: [>:]

Engineers: Alice Springs F6; Hao F4; Tubuai P3;

Intel: 19th ID at Prome

Notes:
Carrier strength - With the arrival of 3 CVEs at Panama, the last CV, CVL, or CVE outside of CV Victorious until March '43 are present. This breaks down to about 540 on my 6 CVs, 54 on 2 CVLs, and 305 on 12 CVEs OR 900 carrier based planes. Enterprise will be headed for Cape Town by end of month while all others met up at San Fran for upgrades and winter weather gear.

[BBfanboy]

You can boost the experience on that new division just by having them move (not strat move) cross-country once they land somewhere big enough. The rate of experience gain is reverse exponential, so they gain quickly at first and then it tapers off.