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13th Nov - battle rages in Marianas - do we respond with a big strike or not - CV arriving in Manila . S TF moving south to try and get round the back.

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Guam falls - lots of small losses here and there for both sides. Another coastal attack off Burma is trashed.

Mid Nov 43 - 4 days around Guam .

We decided not to charge in ( our reserves building at Manilla) the allies only have one base and are now committed to coming back - when we will be more ready for ambush. But my surface units have had some and missed some opportunities - rocking stuff indeed.

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26th Nov 43

More action - Allied CV moving south but I think I will risk a bombard as there are allied slow and damaged CVE there.
Allied planes sweep Truk, my air attacks are moslt shredded and by lumbering TT bombers got a hard hit. They are expensive planes to loose.

Then I will decide on my relief plan - the allies seem very stretched out now. I need to get some more supply in and a few more boys.

Japan has better air lift capacity in this mod which helps - but so do allies.

I am going to come south from japan and use my CV to gain superiority once the allied CV are well out of the way.

More plans next turn allies seem well over extended - we need supply delivered though.

More interest screens, some allied BB are probably FOW

30th Nov 43

the big plan to bring stalemate

re supply of Marshall Islands gets off to a shaky start with no CV strike due to weather and severe problems with allied Subs tomorrow will be a bigger day - we hope the allied main CV forces does not arrive.

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2nd December - weather all over the place

Allies loose around 10 DD, 2 CA 1 CLAA and 4 SS , we loose 2DD but have 3 CA badly damaged, 3DD badly damaged BC and CB out of action for some while and we did not get to bombard Guam , a few planes got through but we lost just over 400 planes here and with allied raids on Bangkok. We have to withdraw allied CV will arrive next turn and we have lost too much to think of taking them on.

We have landed some troops and fair amount of supply to several bases but allied SS are all over us and we have lost around 10 transports so far.

This conflict will go on for the balance of 43 at least.

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Dec 7th Allied CV arrive and trash many transports but we unloaded most of it - several J ships lost to subs including 1 x CA and 1 x CLAA, allies loose and old BB and couple more destroyers and a sub. I lose around 20 transports ships to air and many other ships damaged but no CV action . My CV are standing firm, just out of sight with max cap - will he come forward?

9th Dec - More action around Guam

12 Dec 43 - More action in Burma in our favour and some other shots around Guam.

Dec 15th 43

the last Japanese BB just arrived - comments welcome I tried to make it follow the strange Hybrid situation to its final mad conclusion.

And some other turn shots - working on a small balancing patch for 1/1/44, suggestions welcome.

23rd / 24th December

red alert allies launch surprise attack on Manila . Lucky my CV were not there ... and they are not so far away if he wants to stick around - well done Dean that was out of the blue.