Fighting the Italian Samurai Cantona2(a) vs Gen.Hoepner(j)

[Fishbed]

My point was that, then, if you believe you can stay out of reach of KB, put yourself at the max Swordfish range, while keeping a good CAP in the air, and strike that goddam convoy. If GH is heading to the Andamans, that should be an easy and low-cost move. Hit and run! [:)]

[Fishbed]

Another idea: if you don't want to risk a CV fleet, why don't you send some light forces (a CL lead DD flotilla) to clean the target? They aren't that well escorted, are they? Quickly in, quickly out, and then you can finish them off with your subs...

[cantona2]

Just rerun GH's latest turn. Lost contact with convoy. SS Trusty did not find the Japs on their expected course. Formidable group is one day away from a 5 hex ranged attack on Port Blair or the Nicobars. My hunch is that they've gone down the Malacca Straits to Singers . Will keep CV on current course until tomorrow then head back.

[cantona2]

Whats the range of the Alf? A convoy out of Chittagong spotted one droning overhead and theres no aircraft based at Rangoon yet!

[cantona2]

14th May 1942

Port Blair taken by parachute assault. Previously sited convoy must have gone South West. Bombardment group from Colombo, headed by the battleship Resolution ordered to bombard Port Blair. 21st Divison identified in Burma.

[Fishbed]

Don't let him develop Port Blair. That could become one nasty Betty nest.

Do you have anything you can throw at Port Blair, like some troops you may divert there using barges?

[cantona2]

Fishbed

Not at the moment. Furthermore intell suggests that over 50 bombers are now based at Rangoon amd i'm betting the good General has based Bettys there. Ill be cancelling the bombardment run if i cant get in at night and out of Betty range by sun-up. Incidentally whats the maximum range for torpedo carrying Betties?

OT-good result for les bleues

[Fishbed]

Well maybe you don't need to send a BB force so early, keep them for something less risky. AKA a 32 knots CA/CL/DD bombardment mission will be a good start and will allow us to assess his capabilities in the area.

Thanks for the team by the way. My Mom likes Anelka very much, I am happy he was useful enough to fall at the right place, at the right moment, for a change. [:D]

[cantona2]

Hehehehe. What about the chinese exam? How did that go?

[Fishbed]

Not yet. I am having that this afternoon.
Tonight I'll get some sweet revenge playing America's Army with friends, pfuuu!

Well actually I think I may take advantage of some more free time to start my first WitP PBEM [:)]

[cantona2]

Good luck then with exams and PBEM

[cantona2]

15th May 1942.

5th Division also identified in the theatre. Indian based bombers begin to hit Japanese units in the jungle and their supply routes. As of yet there is no japanese CAP flying from Rangoon though recon has identified that its aerodromes have been occupied and are up and running.

Elsewhere in the theatre,SIGINT picked this up, '14th Army planning for an attack on Perth'!!!! One of two things, its a bluff or two my hunch that Northern Australia is going to be attacked is going to be accompanied by a thrust on its Western Coast as well.

The destroyer Kiri was confirmed sunk by Japanese radio intercepts. She had been pumelled hard by the CD guns at Rangoon and she went under trying to reach Georgetown.

[Roger Neilson II]

ORIGINAL: cantona2

Fishbed

Not at the moment. Furthermore intell suggests that over 50 bombers are now based at Rangoon amd i'm betting the good General has based Bettys there. Ill be cancelling the bombardment run if i cant get in at night and out of Betty range by sun-up. Incidentally whats the maximum range for torpedo carrying Betties?

OT-good result for les bleues

From an old reply by Mogami -a pretty cert expert!

Hi, All torpedo planes carry torpedoes at normal range. When making attacks at extended range they carry bombs

Roger

[cantona2]

Cheers Roger

[Roger Neilson II]

So is it possible to do a run in, bombard and run out to get outside of Betty torp range? I've just been assuming its impossible.

Roger

[cantona2]

Dont know the range of a Betty. What might make it possible is the weather. Thunderstorms over Rangoon the past three days and its forecast for tomorrow as well. If ive calculated properly my ships will be at the optimum range to hit and run tomorrow. Ill have one more look at the forecast and then decide if the gamble is worth it. Its probably isnt but i guess the only way to learn is the hard way [:)]

[Roger Neilson II]

Betty is 930 miles normal so that's 15.5 hexes......... that's the problem. You have to pray for bad weather.

Of course LRCAP would make a big difference..... but that would expect the Allies to have some decent legged fighters!

Roger

[Historiker]

In CHS, I've made several bombing runs i.e. against Port Morsby. If the ships stay fast (no mine hits, no effective counter battery) and they are 6 hex away the next day, you have a good chance of not even getting spotted by naval search!
But if you get spotted... [:D]

[cantona2]

Roger - LRCAP is a no no in this case [:(]. Maybe an airfield strike by Wellington's and the B-17 squadron at Dacca and Chittagong might disrupt the Rangoon airfields but in reality my best ally is the weather.
 
Historiker - that is my line of thinking, if i'm lucky [:D] if im not

[Roger Neilson II]

I know LRCAP is a no no... for the allies. Unless you have a few P38 squadrons around...... highly unlikely!

Roger