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Whoa - Honolulu fought like a viking berserker!

Nice results in those two battles! Your ships performed very well and you likely had some very good die rolls too! By all means celebrate.



Once small detail - DESRON is short for Destroyer Squadron and should not be used for formations with larger ships. The standard USN designation was TF for the whole main fleet and TG (Task Group) for the subdivisions, with decimal points used for each subdivision down. So TG 2.1 would be a subset of your TF 2 fleet in the area.

BB, somehow I think I should refer to you by something like Tom by now. [:)]
George, The Honolulu is one hell of a bitch at sea.

For an example of US designations for various task units, here is the Battle off Cape Engaño (northern phase of the Battle of Leyte Gulf)

http://www.navweaps.com/index_oob/OOB_W ... Engano.php

As for first names, try right clicking on my username to look at my profile. [:)]

Thank you for the link, I found it very interesting. Presently I have a spread sheet
on the CV TFs, DESRON 21, and a submarine squadron. It has been rewarding, so far,
to watch the experience gains and battle history. It has also helped somewhat with
asset management, keeping track of upgrades etc. with the forward units as it relates
to planning future adventures.

A short update today and a map

map



***should read evacuated on the 25th.

a new day, with a Burma map as I expect some more IJA arrivals shortly.

map

I have seen some players stop the IJA armour by flying in 37mm A/T guns.
Edit: I think in British parlance it is the 2-pounder (and I didn't think they even liked big hamburgers!) [:'(]

I have spent as much time wondering where to put the only Chinese AT unit as where to use some of the large group armies. [:D]
I never thought about flying them anywhere. I also never end up with them where I wish they were. Timing of available units from
India is always off as are transport aircraft. I guess one could buy out the Chinese transports and fly in stuff from Ledo buy what
stuff? Not to raise a stir, but pure armor does seem to scare the sh-t out of the Chinese. This brings me to another question. Is
there any easily obtainable source for the actions in China starting with the aborted attack on Changsha? Did they ever get those
German 221s in action? Did they ever get any Stuarts? Most of the common image library tries to sell you on well equipped
infantry with stahl helmets.

....a quiet day by world war standards

We get another one in today, I'm looking forward to March '42.

part2. Strange and most likely ghost spot in the Pacific however with all the recent talk about a raid on the heart
of the US industrial bases I take actions.

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

part2. Strange and most likely ghost spot in the Pacific however with all the recent talk about a raid on the heart
of the US industrial bases I take actions.

Sightings of 7 ships are usually phony- a pod of dolphins or maybe a sub. Playing H2H I learned that when the Nav Search skills are low, this kind of report is quite frequent and because I could look at both side I can confirm there was nothing there.

So. I turn off the electricity to 2,575,671 homes, cancel 11,326 BBQs, order every ship on the west coast to sea, put every plane on CAP west of the Mississippi, and put every swinging d-ck on alert
because some CAT driver saw a pod of whales? Now thats embarrassing.

ps. Sake is a girls name, now think about it.

ORIGINAL: zuluhour


ps. Sake is a girls name, now think about it.

Well, I do like beverage that goes down easy ...

Opening of March

First I send this to Francois, IDIOT!!! Note to self: Wait until hangover clears before doing this stuff.

March starts out sluggish