Variants - Allied side - Xargun welcome

[Nomad]

July 9, 1942

Nothing to report

[Nomad]

July 10, 1942

Wildcat drivers figure out how to use their bombs:

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vanikoro at 121,145

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PB Shoei Maru, Shell hits 6, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x F4F-3 Wildcat bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 100 lb GP Bomb
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[Nomad]

July 11, 1942

Not much

Heard sinking sounds during turn, nothing on sunk ship list.
Possibly the PB I hit yesterday.

[Nomad]

July 12, 1942

Nothing in game happening

It did snow today. This snow will probably be here next May.

[Nomad]

July 13, 1942

Nothing happened today.

Here is a screen shot of the South Pacific Area.
I realize it is large, but a smaller version is hard to see.
This is a 75% version, the 50% was hard to read.

As you can see, I still own Port Moresby and I expect to hold it forever.

I am moving forces slowly into Milne Bay

I hold Noumea, Efante, and Luganville with good forces, at least a division on each with
ARM and ART. And of course base forces.

Suva, Nadi, and Pago Pago are also strongly held.

At this time I am concentrating on building the forward bases and training my pilots.

The two base he holds in the Ellice Islands are not manned according to two recon flights done earlier. I will probably occupy them soon as soon as my CVs finish up their upgrades.

[Nomad]

July 14, 1942

Not much, my small force in Urumchi is holding firm

Ground combat at Urumchi (79,11)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1794 troops, 4 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 110

Defending force 2000 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 77

Japanese adjusted assault: 21

Allied adjusted defense: 163

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 7 (fort level 1)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
Attacker: shock(+), fatigue(-), supply(-)

Japanese ground losses:
417 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 50 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment
8th NCPC Infantry Brigade

Defending units:
259th Brigade
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[Nomad]

July 15, 1942

And another day without much happening.

[Nomad]

July 16, 1942

Nothing to report

[Nomad]

July 17, 1942

Not much

Landing at Lingga

[Nomad]

July 18, 1942

Nothing

[Nomad]

July 19, 1942

Actually, I forgot about this:
Stupid mistake on my part.
TF 243 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84)

Allied Ships
SS KXVII, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

[Nomad]

July 20, 1942

Nothing

[Nomad]

July 21, 1942

Nothing at all

[Nomad]

July 22, 1942

Not a lot today:

I wonder how much damage was done. It was a 250lb SAP bomb.
I do have an ASW TF sitting on this sub

Hudson IIIa from No.62 Sqn RAF attacking SS I-124 at 27,42

SS I-124 is reported HIT

Hudson IIIa from No.62 Sqn RAF attacking SS I-124 at 27,42

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Nomad

July 22, 1942

Not a lot today:

I wonder how much damage was done. It was a 250lb SAP bomb.
I do have an ASW TF sitting on this sub

Hudson IIIa from No.62 Sqn RAF attacking SS I-124 at 27,42

SS I-124 is reported HIT

Hudson IIIa from No.62 Sqn RAF attacking SS I-124 at 27,42

IME, bombs do an inordinate amount of damage to a sub, as opposed to a penetrating D/C hit. I doubt the bomb sank I-124 but it probably left her in precarious shape. Sometimes heavy damage seems to increase the chances of a sub being detected - more underwater noise emitted or more surface time - abstracted of course.

[Nomad]

July 23, 1942

Interesting, same hex, different id on the sub:
all hits were minor damage reported.

No attacks by aircraft today, the Hudsons reported two sightings.

ASW attack near Trivandrum at 27,42

Japanese Ships
SS I-157, hits 2

Allied Ships
DE Sutlej
DD Express
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[Nomad]

July 24, 1942

Got one:
Sinking sounds and yelling men during turn.

Sub attack near Mussau Island at 104,119

Japanese Ships
PB Noshiro Maru #2, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Mantai Maru
PB Fumi Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS S-45

[Nomad]

I am going to be doing a series of sit reps over the next few days to better show where I am and talk a bit about where I am going
Here we have PNG and the Solomon Islands ( plus New Briton and a few other islands )

I control Port Moresby with a sizeable force. He has not ever attacked.
I have control of Milne Bay. I have 2/3 of an Australian Infantry Division there
with construction troops and a BF. The base has 300 mines and two ACMs to support them/
I have a single Brigade at Buna with the Rabaul BF marching there.

Lae is showing 400 troops, Finschhafen is shown as empty, Gasmata 1640 troops, and even
Rabaul is only showing 3 units with 8000 troops. There are 11 fighters at Rabaul.
It appears that he has taken these bases but is not really defending them. I really do not
have the necessary forces to advance much more. I am leery of too far since I do not
know where KB is right now. I should also point out that there are no aux aircraft showing
at Rabaul.

He has taken a number of islands in the Solomon Island chain, but I have no idea at this time
if he has garrisoned them or not.

I plan on using FT to occupy Tagula Island and or Rossel Island in the future. That will
give me a base close enough to really recon the Solomon Islands.

[Nomad]

Here is the South Pacific.

I hold the New Hebrides with the 1st Marine Division and other units. I do not expect to
lose it.

the same holds for Nouema, Efate, Nadi, Suva, and Pago Pago. All have at lease one Division
and other support troops. I am still building the Ports, Forts, and Airfields everywhere.
It is only the end of July and I do not have overwhelming numbers of Engineers yet. In a
few months that will change.

I have just sent off a force to retake Funafuti. It is showing as empty. My DS will be providing cover for this op. This will provide a more Northern PBY base.

[Nomad]

One more for tonight - the Aleutian Islands.

Not a lot to talk about. I have a division at Umnak Island with a BF and EAB
I have a Canadian Brigade moving to Adak. I have not seen any activity in this area
at all.

The nice thing about having that extra 25 PPs per day is I can buy out things that I might not have
in other games, like the Canadian Brigades to help occupy the Aleutians.