Turnaround? Lowpe (J) vs Tiemanj (A) Stock

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ORIGINAL: panzer cat

I like the fact that you have not given up, this has been a great lesson in how to fight a ground war in japan.

Thanks Panzer...just getting pummeled mercilessly now.[;)]

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VP ratio only improved .001 last turn, gotta like that. But it stands at 2.336 to 1.

10 more days in October...

60 more days till Jan 1...

How can I pull this off...can Honshu hold for 70 more days. 70 times 11 Battleships bombarding Honshu daily. OUCH! Not to mention the B29, the B24s, and everything else.

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Flak still firing...

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Oct 21, 1944

Allies bomb and bombard and close with Japanese.

Matsumaya still holds on. Incredible.

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In China, it is getting bad...

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Kweiyang held for one day versus the 1300 Tanks of the Commonwealth Army...

There are 37 units marching to join the 7 Chinese Corp (700AV each) near Kweiyang.

There are 8 Chinese units marching thru the woods north and west of Chungking.

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Flak, my only friend now...

Allies bomb runways and cities in China, in Honshu, but not in Manchuko or Korea.

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The Shinnan ran out of fuel, but she led the Allies on a merry multi day chase allowing other ships to escape and even letting the Army Divebombers a chance at hitting the pursuing Fletchers.

Dead in the water, she absorbed 27 hits before finally going down.

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VP ratio increase by .004 (boohiss), in part due to large land VP (about 230 points inflicted on Japan).

It now stands at 2.340 to 1.

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Three Allied Carrier Task Forces are providing the muscle to sweep deep into China...and then the B24 and B29 come calling.

At least there is almost no supply for the bombers to actually destroy.[;)]

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A fair amount of VP hiding out in ships up river.

They are all gone, but can I use them to get some VP back somehow?

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Four E's that made the long, and often high speed, run from Tokyo. Amazing.

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Turn is away, and I am beat...I will delay Jockes turn till first thing in the morning.

Pretty hot here today...

Anyway, I am worried about Allied destroyers coming up the river. I have one good base force, which might do so damage with their CD and DP guns, also a 2 ship DD task force looking to ambush his destroyers and as many divebombers from Sian and Ankang as I can spare. Even a squadron of Helens flying low naval.

Search is a little weak on the river, and the CD guns have two ML patrolling the hex, hopefully they will trigger the guns. I forgot to examine the Commander of the CD unit...

Other than that, I have two other ambushes up. They are small...

I am still draining the last dregs of my planes from the pools, and still making Oscar IVs...

Trying to build up some troop strength at Changsha...especially some AT strength there.

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Oct 22, 1944

As expected the Allied ships surge up river. Fire those CD guns, boys! Or run into the mines. Something.

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Japanese flak concentrations force even the vaunted B29 to fly high.

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The sub war in the SRA is hard on both sides...

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Defying all expectations, Matsumaya holds for another day.

It is being swept heavily now, and no opportunity to ambush the bombers has occurred recently.

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Tuyun is holding...for now. Can't hurt the tanks...[:(]

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Can't stop the tanks...

I may send a force to Changsha, I can probably buy out a fair bit of ART from Manchuko, but lack of supply makes it questionable...

My fault for losing all my artillery in Vietnam...

No reserves other than around Hong Kong/Canton and the Allies don't seem to be pushing in strength that way.

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Three Allied Carrier Task Forces are two hexes east of Shanghai...

Allies have 6 destroyers headed up river in China...CD guns, mines, are ineffective so far.

Plane losses for the day...under reports losses to AA.