Xargun and Rob my side of the map

[rroberson]

West Coast

Nothing new. I don't see me forming any new supply groups for 11 days when I receive the large American reinforcement.

Midway

Logistics. I need to move a lot of supply here soon, but as long as the Xargunite carriers are about it will prove difficult.

Pearl Harbor

Well he had a good time with arizona. I doubt she will see port, half of me wants to scuttle her, butyou never know she might make it in...so I will try. He is well within my SBD range...hopefully they will fly this turn.

Wake

Is his.

Alaska

nothing new here.

China

kwieyang is up to 37 in supplies, I have three air groups now flying in supplies...still strange unless he has an paratrooper somewhere that i dont see.

Burma

Burma remains the same...resting units, prepping defenses. The 1st Burma's health has improved. I cannot retreat them so they will stand and die.

Malaya

Nothing new.

DEI

nothing new.

Australia

Broome appears safe again..his mini carrier group has moved northwest of Timor...no doubt out of torpedos.

PM

nothing new

Noumea

nothing new.

PI

He continues to pound clark...I give it 2 weeks before it falls


Carrier Group One.

At anchor in Auckland.

[Ron Saueracker]

ORIGINAL: rroberson

Don't the Jap pilots ever have morale problems. I just don't get it. I can't believe he has maintained sustained combat ops for 3 weeks now with these carriers as much bombing as they have done and still can get 2 decks worth of bombers up to paste me...never mind the system damage his flat tops must have at this point.

Actually, this is how it should work despite bad morale. Sorry, Fishy-san, but I don't feel up to flying today...perhaps tomorrow. LAUNCHING SHOULD NOT BE BASED ON MORALE! Morale should affect the results of locating a target and pressing attacks, bombing would be fatigue related, but launching? MILITARY SERVICE AND PERFORMANCE WERE NOT DEMOCRATIC. Maybe now more so in todays military loaded with human rights activists and liberals but not 50 years ago! Where does GG get these ideas?[8|][;)]

[rroberson]

ORIGINAL: Ron Saueracker

ORIGINAL: rroberson

Don't the Jap pilots ever have morale problems. I just don't get it. I can't believe he has maintained sustained combat ops for 3 weeks now with these carriers as much bombing as they have done and still can get 2 decks worth of bombers up to paste me...never mind the system damage his flat tops must have at this point.

Actually, this is how it should work despite bad morale. Sorry, Fishy-san, but I don't feel up to flying today...perhaps tomorrow. LAUNCHING SHOULD NOT BE BASED ON MORALE! Morale should affect the results of locating a target and pressing attacks, bombing would be fatigue related, but launching? MILITARY SERVICE AND PERFORMANCE WERE NOT DEMOCRATIC. Maybe now more so in todays military loaded with human rights activists and liberals but not 50 years ago! Where does GG get these ideas?[8|][;)]

Oh I dont disagree with ya ...I just want it to work both ways...I have some fat B17s sitting on the tarmac well within range of his carriers right now.

[rroberson]

Nothing happened today...literally. His Vals missed Arizona and he took a pole at Mandalay with some sallys (unescorted it would appear [:D] ).

[rroberson]

[quote]ORIGINAL: rroberson

West Coast

Nothing new. No sub sightings lately, they are there...somewhere.

Midway

My fast destroyer group is a day out with about 500 supplies...a trickle. I have decided to divert supply group 2 to Midway...I will approach the island from the southwest hopefully avoiding subs and carriers...we will see.

Pearl Harbor

Arizona should sink tomorrow...about 1 day out of pearl...a real shame...she took all that Xargun had to offer and is still afloat. His carriers are now southeast of Pearl. His vals couldnt find their target. I wish I could get my B17s to fly against him again but their morale is too low still...

Wake

Is his.

Alaska

nothing new here.

China

kwieyang is up to 100 in supplies.

Burma

I'm going to heavily CAP Mandalay. Let's see him send those Sallys in again.

Malaya

Nothing new.

DEI

nothing new.

Australia

nothing new

PM

nothing new

Noumea

nothing new.

PI

Boom BOOM BOOM...goes Clark


Carrier Group One.

At anchor in Auckland.

[rroberson]

well just when you think broome is safe..bad things

The wall of CAP I put up was brushed aside...shitty. AH well, I only have another 12 months of this ass kicking. At any rate, POW and Repulse took a bomb each, pretty limited, he screwed up an American destroyer. No doubt he will spend another 4 or 5 days pounding away here...should be nice if all those bombers I have sitting well in range of his carriers would take off.

[rroberson]

West Coast

Nothing new.

Midway

Fed the troops with the fast destroyers....big supply group is still a few days out.

Pearl Harbor

Arizona docked at Lahania today....I took the kingfishers off of her...she is at 98 float...so...I think she is about to become a permament resident of this island. His 3 carriers turned south and I think are searching for my carriers or more shipping to sink...not good for the frieghters that are fleeing ....but good for Midway. Also good for my ASW groups who can deal with the four subs my air has found.

Wake

Is his.

Alaska

nothing new here.

China

kwieyang is up to 186 in supplies. I have ordered 3 divisions and two of the HQs out of there...hopefully that will help.

Burma

No sign of his sallys...maybe today .

Malaya

Nothing new.

DEI

nothing new.

Australia

Well he hit Broome with at least 3 fleet and I believe all his smaller carriers...they missed alot of big ships concentrated on smaller ships?...No idea why. At any rate i expect him to linger as long as he can to try to take out my heavys. Being terminally stupid, as soon as I thought i saw him head north I put everyone on training (CAP wise) so he got free shots. Today... ...lets just say the Cap is up and so hopefully will be my bombers.

PM

nothing new

Noumea

nothing new.

PI

Clark still hangs on. He has begun to bomb manilla.


Carrier Group One.

At anchor in Auckland.

[rroberson]

More naval air attacks at broome...poor poor brits Both POW and Repulse sank. Arizona sank in Hawaii so Im sure he is lauding this day as a huge victory. Today however, we did counter strike his death star with 3 whole martins and 3 hudsons...yea me! [:'(]. On the one had I totally understand him smacking broome around....I certainly would if I had a shot at battle wagons, but I seriously misunderstand his strategy. His carriers are all out of the perimeters primarily hunting shipping instead of support landings and internal ops. THis has to be slowing him down a great deal. I don't get it...but I am happy to see it. At any rate, not really a good day for the allies...as always.

[rroberson]

West Coast

I found a sub off SF...dispatching destroyers to deal with it.

Midway

I have A-20s flying ASW out of here now. PBYs searching, with his carriers spread out all over the Pacific Im not overly worried about him invading anywhere in the near term.

Pearl Harbor

Okay, his carriers have vanished, which is more unsettling then knowing where they are. Last seen chasing my merchants south east towards Canton...so I am going to assume they are still doing that. I am also going to assume they are headed Northwest towards midway to take a poke at the atoll...Which makes supply group 2s run to Midway much more exciting. All those subs I "had" spotted yesterday, vanished, either they moved or my ASW is incompetent.

Wake

Is his.

Alaska

nothing new here.

China

kwieyang is up to 276 in supplies. I think I have a bunch of divisions trapped at Hengchow. In the next day or so they are suppose to retreat out (they are 1 mile away from that) but he has slid bit units in along adjecent hexes...could be very bad.

Burma

he has moved up 3 divisions to attack the 1st Burma...methinks he is getting serious here . I have decided to spend a day or two heavily CAPing them. See what kind of results I can get...so I have ordered 5 fighter squadrons into action, all well rested. The battle here is joined. My b17s (7th BS) is recoving nicely in Dacca and should be ready for action in another few days.


Malaya

He controls everything North of Johore now.

DEI

I am frozen here. As long as his carriers are ravaging me off of Timor I cant do much of anything here.

Australia

Well the crushing continues at Broome...at least my bombers tried to get up against him.

PM

Getting stronger I am very happy with progress here.

Noumea

1st NZ Cal is on its way.

PI

Clark still hangs on. He has begun to bomb manilla.


Carrier Group One.

At anchor in Auckland.

[rroberson]

Another Broome attack . Many cruisers and destroyers hit...isnt this fun. I lost three more there beyond that not much really happened this turn. talked to old xarg a bit, he says my dutch planes have put about half his battle wagons in the yards. He also says that 2 of his carriers are laid up. So IM not doing half bad. He says he will end the game by 43. And I really can't argue with that at this point. Broome is hurting my strategy a lot. At this point the only active theatre I have is Burma...every where else its duck and cover.

[rroberson]

West Coast

I found a sub off SF...dispatching destroyers to deal with it....and just as quickly its gone.

Midway
Big supply group is a day out...my more krats!

Pearl Harbor

No sign of his carriers...I am chasing a couple of subs...and resuming normal ops in the Pearl area.

Wake

Is his.

Alaska

nothing new here.

China

Okay i have been forced to send 5 divisions of infantry from kwieyang to fight their way to Hengchow. I can not leave all that infantry in Heng to die...I have ordered major (for china ) air assets forward into ground missions against all his troops in Hengchow...I guess you can say in about a week the largest land battle of the war will take place. I will lose...but hopefully it will hurt him as well.

Burma

The 1st Burma continues to hold on. My fighters dueled with his oscars and sallys over the area...the entire region is well supplied and troops are streaming into their positions..this is the one area I am optimistic about.

Malaya

He controls everything North of Johore now.

DEI

I am frozen here.

Australia

Okay I cant take this. I am attacking. He has not moved his carriers out of the spot where he is attacking from for 3 days (four hexes northwest of Broome.) Ever destroyer and cruiser still afloat is going north...maybe I can get lucky and get a reaction, anything is better then sitting here and watching him slowly sink everything. Task Force 1079 Commanded by AI Verny 53/63 is pointed straight at his battle group max react....The task force is made up of 3 cruisers and 17 destroyers...hopefully I can get in a night action and then retire them west at fleet speed...either way, they wont sit in port and be sank peicemeal. No doubt I will pay for this heavily, but I will not just sit here and watch him bomb my ships into the harbor floor.


PM

SW Pac has arrived today...Supply levels over 45K.

Noumea

1st NZ Cal is on its way.

PI

He has 120K troops facing my 30K at Clark and about 20K at manilla.


Solomon Islands

I have about 60 troops on the ground at Lunga...more just to give him throats to cut, but this way he wont steal the island through the use of his commando raids. I may reinforce them I may not, I dont know yet.

Carrier Group One.

At anchor in Auckland.

[rroberson]

Killed a sub off Pearl.

In a moment of irony my surface action group chasing his carriers found a safe rain cloud and avoided the morning airstrikes.

Xargun didnt sound really happy when he sent me the turn now I know why....my fighter CAP over the first burma shot down at least 11 Sallys (my count not thiers )and claimed to have shot down 27. Im thinking it will be a while before he sends out unescorted bombers...[:)]

I heavily bombed Hengchow today...hopefully that will slow down his attacks and give my Chinese time to move forward.

I found his carriers south of Pearl...they are off Jarvis island, i assumed he had gone south...searching for my carriers still ...

He made a deliberate attack against Manilla today...kinda of surprising to me since he only has about 25K troops there.

He also made a deliberate assault against Hengchow that cost him 1200 troops...Im think that probably didnt fair well do to all the artillery dropping out of the heavy bombers .

[rroberson]

West Coast

Nothing new here. 6 days until major naval reinforcements arrive from the east coast.

Midway

Supplies have arrived the troops should be living like kings soon. Next I will move an F4F Squadron or some P40s here.

Pearl Harbor

Found his carriers, they are well south of me now, he is hunting for non-existant shipping convoys (he sank a straggler), again waste of assets on his part, but whatever. I have loaded the two marine squadrons (VMF-211 and VMSB 232) for shipment to Midway.

Wake

Is his.

Alaska

nothing new here.

China

Okay i have been forced to send 5 divisions of infantry from kwieyang to fight their way to Hengchow. I can not leave all that infantry in Heng to die...I have ordered major (for china ) air assets forward into ground missions against all his troops in Hengchow...I guess you can say in about a week the largest land battle of the war will take place. I will lose...but hopefully it will hurt him as well.

Burma

The 1st burma holds on.

Malaya

Nothing new

DEI

I am frozen here.

Australia

Well my ships managed to miss out on his big task groups. I see him either dividing his groups into surface action groups or retreating back from my surface fleet and pounding them with airpower. Either way, I will take another swipe at him (hoping for a night action) then turn west for Perth. He can follow me and pound away as my ships flee the area if he likes. This is better then him shooting up all my aux ships at broome and though I will lose 8 or 9 ships in this. Id rather lose them underway and fighing then sitting in port afraid.


PM

SW Pac has arrived today...Supply levels over 45K.

Noumea

1st NZ Cal is on its way.

PI

He has 120K troops facing my 30K at Clark and about 25K at manilla.


Solomon Islands

Nothing new, Im considering sending the NZ troops to Lunga instead of Noumea.

Carrier Group One.

At anchor in Auckland.

[wobbly]

Oh hell mate - the manure just hit the air conditioning didn't it!

And I complain about BB magazine explosions - Adios the RN BBs - are they good for anything else but target practise?

[rroberson]

ORIGINAL: wobbly

Oh hell mate - the manure just hit the air conditioning didn't it!

And I complain about BB magazine explosions - Adios the RN BBs - are they good for anything else but target practise?

No not really I had hoped to raid with a bit before they were lost.

[Jim D Burns]

ORIGINAL: rroberson

Australia

Well my ships managed to miss out on his big task groups. I see him either dividing his groups into surface action groups or retreating back from my surface fleet and pounding them with airpower. Either way, I will take another swipe at him (hoping for a night action) then turn west for Perth. He can follow me and pound away as my ships flee the area if he likes. This is better then him shooting up all my aux ships at broome and though I will lose 8 or 9 ships in this. Id rather lose them underway and fighing then sitting in port afraid.

I'd create a mass of single ship task forces and flee half west and half east. That way at least you'd save half or more of the fleet as he can only go east or west unless he further splits his task force, leaving it vulnerable to land based air attack. The single ship task forces will also waist a lot of bomb loads diluting the carrier’s available airstrikes while limiting your ship losses. If he failed to bring any kind of resupply he'll be forced to withdraw when his CV runs out of bombs for the planes. A full strike waists all its bombs even if there is only a single ship in the target task force, at least I THINK this is the case.

Multi-ship task forces in a case like this simply allows him to destroy your ships faster, make him squash a zillion ants, he'll get tired and lazy after a while and I bet you can save a lot more ships than you think you can. Also have all available subs vector to the area and try to sink his replenishment fleet, a lucky hit can swing things dramatically in your favor.

Jim

P.S. Don't forget to flee at full speed. With any luck you'll be 10-12 hexes away before he tries to chase you. AK's and other slow ships are probably doomed, but the battlewagons can get a good jump at full speed.

[rroberson]

My air pounded the hell out of his troops at Hengchow...help is on the way, hopefully these guys can hold out until they get there....major battle is brewing.


His Carriers south of pearl found a jewel...much to my dismay. Tf 1076 bearing 36 B17 bombers was attacked by his naval air. All hands were lost. That one really hurts.

Off Broome, my surface group did not give battle...(as per always) and took it in the shorts from his carriers. I will retire them west now towards perth....

I think my CAP has been very effective over the 1st Burma...he did not attack them today.

[rroberson]

West Coast

Nothing new here. 5 days until major naval reinforcements arrive from the east coast.

Midway

Supplies streaming in...fighters and dive bombers enroute.

Pearl Harbor

Chasing subs mostly...not much new here.

Wake

Is his.

Alaska

nothing new here.

China

The Henchow air battle is going well and hurting him. Intelligence via him says that the air offensive in China is very very successful. i moved the 7th BG (B17s) into China to join the bomb parade over Henchow. The units there are in need of supply I will move more heavy air into the theatre and start supply runs.

Burma

Not much new, the heavy CAP over the 1st Burma has been very effective.

Malaya

He has begun the assualt of Johore with 87K troops.

DEI

I remain frozen here.

Australia

Well the surface force failed. He is afraid of it, but he will continue to hammer it. Ah well..they are fleeing to Perth.


PM

Awaiting the arrival of some more aussies.

Noumea

1st NZ Cal is on its way.

PI

He has 120K troops facing my 30K at Clark and about 30K at manilla.


Solomon Islands

Nothing new, Im still considering sending the NZ troops to Lunga instead of Noumea.

Carrier Group One.

At anchor in Auckland.

[Kereguelen]

Hi,

why did you move the B-17s with transports[&:]? Would have been safer to fly them! Or am I missing something?

[rroberson]

ORIGINAL: Kereguelen

Hi,

why did you move the B-17s with transports[&:]? Would have been safer to fly them! Or am I missing something?

stupidity