Herb VS Tabpub

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21/12/42

posting from memory today

In the burma theatre, there was a viscous battle over pagan as my LRCAP intercepted many enemy planes - the end result was about even -I lost some 15 tonies and 7 Tojos, to about 13 hurricanes and 9 spits, plus nearly a dozen bombers

So a fair result -but the pilot experience just keeps on sliding south, and I am never going to get it back up in this game I feel

In the DEI, I will hit tenibar tomorrow, trying to get him to think Im winding up for yet another effort there.

In the Solomons, the convoy is hit just outside port Moresby, the AK will make it though.
2 SC TF of light cruisers are sailing about the area with minor ops in train, mainly hoping to intercept any Tabpub efforts to surface hit PM or Lunga.

Elsewhere it is very much still waiting for the hammers to fall.
KB is moving to safer anchorage, and the reaction convoys are moving about as well, the sub actions are getting nasty.

Overall, I think he will go for a twin thrust, landing Lunga and PM/GG simultanously.
I will not be able to defeat both at once, so I am choosing PM as the Piority for the reaction.
If he lands in Timor area, then the solomons will just have to be a defend every inch struggle, with Kavieg, wewak being react targets, hopefully mid 43.
Thursday island i feel is very vulnerable, yet an opportunity.

I really am keen to get to grips with tabpub -this nibbling at the edges is raising the stress levels to very nasty levels!!!!

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22/12/42

ASW action gilli, gilli area -miss
The DDs hit tenibar -no real action -but by the E mail it stung tabpub
A SS misses an AK near PM
A ss sinks a AK at tori shima
Lots of naval bombers try to hit my ships in the coral sea -but miss

The bombing of pagan continues
Another AP is sunk by an SS in mallacca straight

Grrrrrrrrrr
well the sub war for this game is going just like History - simulation wise it is totally on the money -my ASW effort is getting the occasional hit, and losses are about as per history too.
Curses!!!
I will by mid 44 be really feeling the pinch for hulls i feel.

The only real plans I make is a naval bombardment of Akyab tomorrow.

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23/12/42

Count the sub attacks today!!

Area1
Burma front
A AP is sunk off singapore
3CL and 4DD hit Akyab -they sink a PT on the way in, deliver a light bombardmant, get out
SsI-165 escapes 3 attacks!!
CL naka is hit by a 1000lb from a mitchell on the way out
A AK is sunk Vic point
pagan hit, again, and again
The 2 BBs are ordered to hit Akyab -all the fighters cover them.

Area2
2 ASW actions -miss
23 zero and 6 betty hit tenibar -shoot down 4 demon on the way out
Move more into babo -this might be a good training area!

Area3
His liberators hit 2 msw, and a sub
hudsons sink a msw
another msw sunk by a sub

Area4
quiet

Area5
I dispatch all but the yammato and the kaga back south, kaga is 23 system.

china is slumbering

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22/12/42

ASW action gilli, gilli area -miss
The DDs hit tenibar -no real action -but by the E mail it stung tabpub
A SS misses an AK near PM
A ss sinks a AK at tori shima
Lots of naval bombers try to hit my ships in the coral sea -but miss

The bombing of pagan continues
Another AP is sunk by an SS in mallacca straight

Grrrrrrrrrr
well the sub war for this game is going just like History - simulation wise it is totally on the money -my ASW effort is getting the occasional hit, and losses are about as per history too.
Curses!!!
I will by mid 44 be really feeling the pinch for hulls i feel.

The only real plans I make is a naval bombardment of Akyab tomorrow.

I found that if the Jap really throws the kitchen sink at subs its definitely possible to mess 'em up. I think aircraft are key, though. Depth charges, less so.

Aircraft on ASW duty rip up subs, even Allied ones. They rarely kill, they do do 30-50 sys damage and send them home, however.

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Nice to get a comment!!

thanks!!!

You are right -A/C are getting a hit now and then

23/12/42
Area1
Burma front
An AP is sunk by a SS south of singapore
SSI-165 dodges a 3 ship asw group off Akyab

3CL, 4dd sweep into Akyab - meet 3AK and 1 msw
2AK torpedoed -a fair result - the naval bombardment may have woken him up[8|]
thats 2 CL attacks - next one will be a bit heavier[:@][:D]
retiring the CL naka is hit by duds - whew!
Another AK is sunk near Vic point

pagan is hit
CL kiso is hit by a 1000lb bomb -she breaks off, and heads independently
for singapore -badly hurt -those b26s are murder some days -useless others

pagan is hit yet again
I look very closely at the troops - after weeks of pounding -hardly any damage -forts at 9, construction troops, good supply, a HQ, all help

Area2
The DEI
A SS attacks a picket ship -miss
23 zero and 6 betty bomb tenibar -4 demon at LRCAP go down quick smart - nice training flight that!
I am building the strength of Babo up - more zeros move in, and some more bombers.

Area3
The seas near PM become a shooting gallery -i have several ASW groups here
A liberator hits a msw -sinks her
Hudsons attack PM -sink another msw!!!, hit the AK
yet another MSW is sunk by a SS off PM!!

Area4
little to report

Area5
kaga is 22 system

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24/12/42

SS south of truk -miss
SS vs a barge at PM -the barge is sunk

Lillies hit a SS off shortlands- nice
15 sally, 32 oscar attack east of mandalaby - just a reminder i have offensive capability still

I bomb tenibar - no response
Aru island north of darwin is hit bt 8 british avangers and brewsters - not sure what to make of this[&:]

SS misses mallacca straight
BB yamarishio reaches home -begins repairs -she is at 13, yammato stays stubbonly at 14[:@]

Plans:
I order a reinforcement of the islands Bulla, and the rotation of a AV regiment at Kupang -ops to be covered by mini KB again.
I feel quite happy so far

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25/12/42
ASW action near Truk -miss
tanker Vs SS south China sea -miss
ASW action off PM -miss
Pagan is hit again

he strikes shipping rangoon harbour -no CAP -its all at sea covering my BBs as they make position for tomorrow.
2 AKs are sunk

Little else to report

As an experiment I stop a vast amount of A/C production -just tomsee if it boosts the crawling rate of production of oscars 2 i have
I should be building 119 a month -in one month i got 40[8|][X(][:(]
AM3a is worse -should be getting 140 -i got 22

HI is only 1200 in pool -its looking bleak i think

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26/12/42
BB Hiei, Kirishima and 6 DD surprise the Allies at Akyab

CA exeter
CA frobisher
CL emerald
and 5 DD

Action opens at 2000 yrds -and the 2 battle cruisers are in lethal form!!
CA Exeter is immediately hit -14" shells rain onto her
The Bbs shrug several 5" hits

DD decoy is hammered, and DD express is split in 2 by a long lance.

the action is short sharp, nasty

Round 2
the Hieie turns sharply -and her gunnery is superb!
Exeter is hir by no less than 8 14"salvos
Frobisher is hit by kirishima
torpedoes hit Dd Pien Hein, and the Arrow
decoy succumbs to multiple hits

My ships retire -a stunning victory
only 1 Dd is hurt -she will make it

CA exeter is sunk, CL Emerald is sunk , 4 DD are sunk
All other allied ships are burning

dawn sees a large number of B-26 atack - both BBs are hit -kirishima loses her radar -but both ships are quite functional

I order the now 2 CL TF to have a go -day after tomorrow

Off legaspi 2 ASW actions -miss
ONE OF HIS SS HITS A MINE AT LUNGA[:D]
[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

And a pete from the Hiei hits a SS as well
A red letter ASW day today!!!

10 liberator attack lea
5 are shot down, no loss to us

His bombing in Burma turns to the forces due south of mandalaby -again and again
yet another MSW is hit near Pm by a hudson

And the lillies hit a ss in the solomons -have moved a lot of these to the asw war -and they are making a difference

Area1
The light forces will have a go soon
Fuel is the biggest problem
the next operation is to get 2 tankers into rangoon, and get some oil out!

Area2
All effort is getting bulla built up

Area3
Nagato and Mutsu retire to truk -several ARs there now -who knows?[8|]

Area4
Siapan is getting more supplies

Area5
now for stopping a lot ship production -at the least i might build up some supplies -the front will need them soon!!!

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27/12/42

The retreating kirishima and hiei recieve heavy attention from B-26s from akyab
they are both hit -500lbs only -so no real harm done.
I have cancelled the Cl attack - too much metal waiting for me

Still struggling with my industry.

kaga is 21, yammato 14, yamarishio 13
sending DDs to pick up the yammato - Ive had agutful of trying to fix her -she goes as she is.

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28/12/42

2 MSW attack my barges in a mid ocean intercept near Gilli, gilli, 2 are sunk
There are 5 seperate sub actions today - no hits iether way!

Area1
the burma front is quiet in the air, and the naval forces retire to singapore -in need of torps and shells, and fuel

The command here selects 3 construction groups loads them in singapore
A glenn ss will lead them deep towards karachi -a suicide raid is in the works.

Nothing else happens in the world, my oil supplies slowly seep away, thats all[:(][:(][8|][8|]

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29/12/42
Ss snapper has its 3rd go at a crippled AK creeping south from Port moresby -sack that skipper tabpub!!

A number of ships are spotted south og Milne bay, in the coral sea.
bombing south of mandalaby

16 Alf attack the ships south -it must be a small convoy a bit of course -the AKs and msw are missed

Lunga is visited - 27 fortresses -2 are shot down by flak
then 31 attack - some damage -pin prick raids

7 wellington attack 2 tankers trying to get into rangoon -20 tonys treat them harshly

the alfs missed again

lots of damaged CLs and DDs now arrive in japan
A decision is made by high command - send substantial ship reinforcemants to Burma.
And we mean substantial!

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30/12/42
SS of soerabaya island misses
Ss sinks a very important supply AK at lunga - a real blow
SsI-16 is hit by a walrus down south of lunga

Training flights continue

54 zeros sweep tenibar island -lost 4, shot down 10 P40
he bombs south of mandalaby
Lunga is hit again

Area1
the enemy has put a chinese division east of the pagan defence line
I have only a SNLF here -but an opportunity to use the bombers now opens itself
i definately decide to deploy heavy fleet units -incuding carriers to the indian ocean - the orders are given

Area2
the av regiment has been pulled out of kupang
a lot of effort is going into building more air facilities to the north east of tenibar

area3
Tomorrow the lunga bombers will be resisted

Area4
Big convoys headed towards siapan

Area5
I am stopping masses of A/C production -in an effort to get more oscar 2 into the battle

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31/12/42
the end of 42 , and masses of bombers all over the place, nibble at the edges

SS snapper misses again!!
the Ak he has been trying to sink -is sunk by 1DD and 4 msw, cheeky sods
I am hoping he has forgotten about the reach of my betties
3 big raids south of mandalaby
lautern is hit by 115 B-26!!!
9 B17 attack balo -17 tonies fail to intercept, grrrr
78 liberators attack , with b17s -GG, the rufes there are no good

15 b17 attack lunga -15 zero defend , and the bombers turn away

16 alf hit a Msw south

A long turn -housekeeping, changing ship pickets, re organising the CV fleet -it is on the move again

my HI has collapsed -totally[:(][:(][:(][:(]

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1/1/43

masses of bombing today
lunga hit, GG hit, south of mandalaby hit, lautern hit, kendari hit
All over the map

Welcome to 43 herbiesan -the screws are being turned!
I stop all merchant ship production!

Operations in progress
Area1
getting oil filled tankers away

area2
getting new airfields built, going to rapidly reinforce Timor very shortly

Area3
swinging air power more to PNG than the solomons

Area4
trying to build supply levels up

Area5
yammato sails, a large chunk of the fleet will arrive singapore in the next 2 weeks, lets see how big a crator i can turn Akyab into.

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going on 10 days holiday -see ya soon

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2/1/43
My mines hit 2 ships near vanikolo -the developing base south of lunga
16 betties conduct a night port atack on darwin -no hits
We hit a ss near palua
The B17s hit 2 MSW near PM
Milne bay is bashed, and so is Lunga

The "probe " in burma is growing, its 2 chinese divisions now.

Area1
In burma i have to react to his probe -tanks race to the hex

little else going on.
the changes to production are working -I stop all merchant ship production -and HI leaps up 1000 points!

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Ok, this is not anywhere like the game PZB is playing, and Im soon to be steam rolled, but i am enjoying it immensly still, although the bloody results I am going to see soon fill me with dread.

Area1
Burma front, I long range capped one of the front line hexes, the oscars claim 6 hurricane and 6 vengence
A new and very large operation is building, the objective is to get the 53rd div to victoria point, as a reserve div
large surface forces are enroute

Area2
lautern is hammered again
I need fighters in timor, none to be had!!!

Area3
light raids on lunga today, and milne bay
here too several new operations are building

Area4
A terrible day for the convoys -3 tankers are hit by subs today

Area5
getting there with ship repairs

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4/1/43

a pretty quite day
the probe in burma is now a major attack -3 chinese divisions are attacking

PM is bombed -and RO-34 is sunk in harbour
A very quiet day really

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5/1/43
The action is hotting up in Burma
he bombs pagan- liberators and P28s tangle with tojos, i lose 17, he loses 10
I bomb the chinese, and 3 chinese divisions deliberate attack -my tank regiment arrives in the nick of time, and stops him cold
53rd div rounds the corner at singapore -it is heavily escorted .

In the DEI I am trying to get a fresh base force into Kupang
I struggle still with industry problems -at this rate the empire will totally run out of supply in 10 months!!!

3 naval operations are ordered -Im going to be striking at 3 different places in about 3 weeks time, trying to again disrupt his plans.

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6/1/43
ASW truk -miss
Another tanker hit!!
A AK sunk off japan
a light raid on Hong kong -hits a AP

Air battles over the burma front -7 oscar vs 11 P38 and 18 liberators, i lose 2 oscars
I bomb the chinese again, no opposition

At Port moresby a very bad day( it will only get worse![8|]), 30 zero fight 64 P38 escorting the bombers -23 zero fall, this is bad.

kaga prepares to sail at last -repairing a point a day at the moment, if HI is plentiful, then ships repair!!