The Good The Bad & The Indifferent

[Canoerebel]

10/10/44

Peep Show II: Enemy troops at Karenko wiped out today. Hengchun is last enemy outpost on Formosa.

Fancy Pants: Most of the big targets in Japan are within normal range of Foochow and/or Taichu. Both are big airfields with lots of aviation support. Both are about to get 100k supply or more. The strategic bombing campaign will then enter a new phase.

[Canoerebel]

10/10/44

Death Star: Reinforced and ready to go. My carriers are configured for defense: extra fighter squadrons, fewer strike aircraft, and generally strike aircraft set to very short range (the risk of a carrier clash is small; the risk of a big CAP trap is high, given the proximity of enemy bases). I've been using variations of this configuration for a long time now.

[Canoerebel]

10/10/44

Supply & Reinforcements: Goodies aboard ship at Manila mean the seat of the war is about to shift from Luzon to China.

These TFs leave Manila tonight. Invasion Pescadores in about four days.

[JohnDillworth]

What happened to taking a strategic points in he DEI? Operation Show Closed?

[Canoerebel]

The DEI troops are in the DEI or en route. All but the Singapore contingent are fully prepped.

The DEI remains a target of opportunity, awaiting the moment when the circumstances are right. If John posted KB in the East China Sea and kept 500 LBA at Shanghai, I'd probably choose an easier objective, like diverting to the DEI. But if he leaves the Ningpo/Wenchow/Hangchow/Shanghai sector - and later Korea - vulnerable, I'll just keep moving forward. Shanghai is worth about as much as Singapore and is a more efficient target: less movement and time required.

In the near term, Ningpo is probably the highest priority. It's needed to bring B-24Js into range of Kyushu.

[ny59giants]

Shanghai - You can go up river with some ships depending on size. This may bring some of the bases on both sides of the river into play isolating Shanghai.

[HansBolter]

The river is navigable for small vessels all the way to Hankow.

[Hortlund]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel
(I need a name)

Juggler (you are doing many things at the same time now)

Encore (you are doing great so far, latest operations have been a great success)

Rope dancer (Well, lets just say you dont want to miss a step)

[witpqs]

PjH! [8D]

[HansBolter]

Welcome Back PJH!

[crsutton]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

List of Allied operation names:

Circus: NoPac (originally Hokkaido but diverted to Aleutians), Summer '43
Roller Coaster: CenPac (Marshalls/Gilberts), Summer '43
Thin Man: CenPac (Roi Namur, Kwajalein), Summer '43
Lion Tamer: SoPac (Efate), Summer '43
Flying Trapeze: Wake Island, Autumn '43
Big Tent: DEI (esp. New Guinea, Moluccas, Ceram), Autumn '43
Third Ring: Gulf of Carpentaria (Merauke, Horn Island, Gove); Autumn '43
Carousel: Celebes (esp. Makassar), early '44.
Fun House: Luzon, Central PI, Miri: Spring, Summer '44
Bumper Cars: Eniwetok, Marcus (scrubbed), Summer '44
Peep Show I: Coastal China, Orchid Island, Summer '44
Peep Show II: Formosa, Summer and Autumn '44

Ring toss.
Or, shooting gallery.

[Bif1961]

Resupply operations "Dancing Elephants."

[Canoerebel]

10/11/44

KB: Another enemy carrier TF showed up on the map, near Babeldaob. Was John shadowing Half Death Star as it made its way across CenPac, hoping to strike? Or were his carriers to distant, steaming hard in hopes of catching up? It really doesn't matter at this point but it would be fun knowing what John was thinking and doing.

[Canoerebel]

10/11/44

Peep Show & Fancy Pants: Details on map.

[BBfanboy]

Just a guess, but John may have thought your mini DS was escorting an invasion bound for Babeldaob and surrounding area. That would explain why his carriers flocked there.

OTOH the presence of tankers in the TFs may mean he is just moving fuel around before you bomb the sources.

[T Rav]

Dancing Elephants! Great name for many logistics operations, though maybe not for CR's. I think he's got a good handle on it.

Backstory is that whenever Generals get involved with "details," its called an Elephant Dance. That's because they unknowingly crush everything in their path, then wonder why things didn't work out. Perfect name.

[Canoerebel]

10/12/44

Only time to post the graphic. I'm heading out to canoe the Chattooga River this afternoon, living up to my screen name. (It ain't the famous Chattooga; it's a placid river in northwest Georgia.) Back this evening. Y'all have a nice Saturday afternoon.

[palioboy2]

I know you are starting to focus more on night time strategic bombing. But are there any places on the Chinese MLR that you could send a massed 4E strike against? I doubt John has any cap over bases in China. If nothing else it gives him somewhere else he needs to think about protecting or you can find a soft spot in his defence.

[Canoerebel]

4EB do almost nothing against dug in troops or troops in good defensive terrain. The Japanese MLR troops probably have four or five forts each.

[JohnDillworth]

Do you have enough supply and support to start spitting out PT boats? You have to figure out a way to make these quick, night surface combat runs more painful.