Xargun and Rob my side of the map
Moderators: wdolson, Don Bowen, mogami
RE: 1-23-42
More nite bombing from xarg in DEI, I guess the loss of those warships really smarted. My Navy boys went after troops invading Jolo, (they are based there time to move) scored six hits on one of the transports sinking it. The first burma escaped rangoon, (which fell).
1-24-42
1-24-42
West Coast
Nothing new
Midway
Nothing new.
Pearl Harbor
Sub north of Harbor.
Wake
Is his.
Alaska
nothing new here.
China
More bombing outside of Yenen. I hit his airport there and will do some nite bombing of it hoping to catch his birds on the ground.
Burma
He wasted no time moving air up to Rangoon. No doubt Akyab is about to catch hell...fighters are aloft. I intend to do a little nite bombing of the Rangoon
...the battle for Burma is about to heat up. To begin to counter what moves I feel he will make I have activated all my fighters over Akyab. He will likely also push to center (Mandalay) so i have CAP up there too.
Malaya
nothing new.
DEI
Moving the Molly Browns stationed at Jolo since he landed troops there...they claimed an AP and to hear tell from him they shot up a destroyer also. But they have worn out their welcomed. I believe he now understands that the fight for DEI is not going to be easy. Suddenly there is a lack of shipping off Borneo. No targets for my bombers. If this continues for a few more days I will withdraw them all back to Australia for R and R. They have already made my point.
Australia
More aussies on their way to koepang with supplies.
PM
B17s headed home. They were in effective over Truk.
Noumea
Supplies enroute from Australia. I also have lots of troops and supplies inbound from the US. They are all a good two weeks away. I believe he intends to take Noumea as soon as he can support an invasion. Im hoping Molly Brown has showed him that he needs to be vigilant against the tricky old man....and slow down his plans a bit.
PI
The seige of Clark and Manilla continues
Solomon Islands
Work continues on the airfield. Its a race. Im sure once he notices he will send a helluva a lot of troops here. I now have 1400 combat troops here.
Carrier Group One.
Steaming towards Sydney
Carrier Group Two
A day out of Pearl Harbor
20 days until Hornet is available.
West Coast
Nothing new
Midway
Nothing new.
Pearl Harbor
Sub north of Harbor.
Wake
Is his.
Alaska
nothing new here.
China
More bombing outside of Yenen. I hit his airport there and will do some nite bombing of it hoping to catch his birds on the ground.
Burma
He wasted no time moving air up to Rangoon. No doubt Akyab is about to catch hell...fighters are aloft. I intend to do a little nite bombing of the Rangoon
...the battle for Burma is about to heat up. To begin to counter what moves I feel he will make I have activated all my fighters over Akyab. He will likely also push to center (Mandalay) so i have CAP up there too.Malaya
nothing new.
DEI
Moving the Molly Browns stationed at Jolo since he landed troops there...they claimed an AP and to hear tell from him they shot up a destroyer also. But they have worn out their welcomed. I believe he now understands that the fight for DEI is not going to be easy. Suddenly there is a lack of shipping off Borneo. No targets for my bombers. If this continues for a few more days I will withdraw them all back to Australia for R and R. They have already made my point.
Australia
More aussies on their way to koepang with supplies.
PM
B17s headed home. They were in effective over Truk.
Noumea
Supplies enroute from Australia. I also have lots of troops and supplies inbound from the US. They are all a good two weeks away. I believe he intends to take Noumea as soon as he can support an invasion. Im hoping Molly Brown has showed him that he needs to be vigilant against the tricky old man
....and slow down his plans a bit.PI
The seige of Clark and Manilla continues
Solomon Islands
Work continues on the airfield. Its a race. Im sure once he notices he will send a helluva a lot of troops here. I now have 1400 combat troops here.
Carrier Group One.
Steaming towards Sydney
Carrier Group Two
A day out of Pearl Harbor
20 days until Hornet is available.
RE: 1-24-42
The night skies of the Pacific conflict are filled with japanese and allied bombers as we both grope for each other's airfields. Heavy bombing throughout the theatre by his forces...during the morning. Of note...i have been running a beat up supply ship to and from singapore for about a week. he finally noticed it. Holy over kill batman. He sent 17 Anns and 18 Sonias after her...putting 21 bombs into her.
RE: 1-25-42
1-25-42
West Coast
Nothing new
Midway
Nothing new.
Pearl Harbor
More subs more chase. Carrier group two has arrived in the Harbor refueled and headed to the south pacific.
Wake
Is his.
Alaska
nothing new here.
China
Nothing new.
Burma
No missions from him over Akyab yet. I have begun bombing Rangoon at nite. The 7th GB (B17) already have taken a dip in morale to under 50...sigh.
Malaya
nothing new.
DEI
I really want to go after Balikpapan again. He has tons of shipping still there. He continues to bomb the hell out of the three airfields that I would strike from so I continue to hesitate. I still feel strongly that he has backed off of operations because he knows I have the "Molly Brown" force in the area. Which is what I wanted.
Australia
Alls quiet.
PM
More troops stream in. I now have 4K in combat troops and about 23k in support. Any invasion here will be expensive for him...I hope.
Noumea
Lots of stuff enroute...none of it here.
PI
The seige of Clark and Manilla continues
Solomon Islands
Airifield at 20 percent. More base forces enroute. I am also having an AA unit and a CD unit sent in (american) they were originally going to Noumea.
Carrier Group One.
Steaming towards Sydney
Carrier Group Two
Departing Pearl Harbor
19 days until Hornet is available.
I am still considering withdrawing Operation Molly Brown back to Australia and ultimately their carriers. They have accomplished their main objective, to shake up Xargun a bit. I think if I linger with them too long I will lose them. I would like another shot at Balik, but as long as he is on guard a follow up attack would have marginal results. We shall see I guess.
West Coast
Nothing new
Midway
Nothing new.
Pearl Harbor
More subs more chase. Carrier group two has arrived in the Harbor refueled and headed to the south pacific.
Wake
Is his.
Alaska
nothing new here.
China
Nothing new.
Burma
No missions from him over Akyab yet. I have begun bombing Rangoon at nite. The 7th GB (B17) already have taken a dip in morale to under 50...sigh.
Malaya
nothing new.
DEI
I really want to go after Balikpapan again. He has tons of shipping still there. He continues to bomb the hell out of the three airfields that I would strike from so I continue to hesitate. I still feel strongly that he has backed off of operations because he knows I have the "Molly Brown" force in the area. Which is what I wanted.
Australia
Alls quiet.
PM
More troops stream in. I now have 4K in combat troops and about 23k in support. Any invasion here will be expensive for him...I hope.
Noumea
Lots of stuff enroute...none of it here.
PI
The seige of Clark and Manilla continues
Solomon Islands
Airifield at 20 percent. More base forces enroute. I am also having an AA unit and a CD unit sent in (american) they were originally going to Noumea.
Carrier Group One.
Steaming towards Sydney
Carrier Group Two
Departing Pearl Harbor
19 days until Hornet is available.
I am still considering withdrawing Operation Molly Brown back to Australia and ultimately their carriers. They have accomplished their main objective, to shake up Xargun a bit. I think if I linger with them too long I will lose them. I would like another shot at Balik, but as long as he is on guard a follow up attack would have marginal results. We shall see I guess.
RE: 1-25-42
My secret is out at Menado, I will have to move my Molly Brown force out...he bombed the hell out of the town, I had no cap as I was using the fighters for targets of op...ouchie
I still had a couple of SBDs (repairing from battle damage) sitting at Jolo. They attacked that AP again putting a bomb in her.
Beyond that it was a nice, boring day.
By the way, I have determined the B17s of the 7th BG are just wired to do drugs or something...4 out of 30 flew on thier night mission..their morale drops so damn fast.
I still had a couple of SBDs (repairing from battle damage) sitting at Jolo. They attacked that AP again putting a bomb in her.
Beyond that it was a nice, boring day.
By the way, I have determined the B17s of the 7th BG are just wired to do drugs or something...4 out of 30 flew on thier night mission..their morale drops so damn fast.
RE: 1-26-42
1-26-42
West Coast
Nothing new
Midway
Nothing new.
Pearl Harbor
Nothing new.
Wake
Is his.
Alaska
nothing new here.
China
Nothing new.
Burma
I moved my 7th out of Dacca and up to Akyab. Plenty of support, plenty of supplies, plenty of AF (okay so its only a four :p) Despite my whining, dacca is too small and not well supported, let's see if Akyab helps the boys fly and more important get their morale up a bit.
Malaya
nothing new.
DEI
Okay I have decided to take one last poke at Balikpapan. I have moved all the Navy birds into position and moved as many dutch fighters as I could find to help fend off the CAP (no doubt he has a large one up there now). This is their final mission before I declare the OP over and move them back to their carriers enroute to Sydney
Australia
Alls quiet.
PM
Going to move another Aussie brigade here as soon as I can afford to. After that my next troop and supply run will go to Milne Bay (Gili)
Noumea
Lots of stuff enroute...none of it here.
PI
The seige of Clark and Manilla continues
Solomon Islands
Nice and quiet.
Carrier Group One.
Steaming towards Sydney
Carrier Group Two
Departing Pearl Harbor
18 days until Hornet is available.
West Coast
Nothing new
Midway
Nothing new.
Pearl Harbor
Nothing new.
Wake
Is his.
Alaska
nothing new here.
China
Nothing new.
Burma
I moved my 7th out of Dacca and up to Akyab. Plenty of support, plenty of supplies, plenty of AF (okay so its only a four :p) Despite my whining, dacca is too small and not well supported, let's see if Akyab helps the boys fly and more important get their morale up a bit.
Malaya
nothing new.
DEI
Okay I have decided to take one last poke at Balikpapan. I have moved all the Navy birds into position and moved as many dutch fighters as I could find to help fend off the CAP (no doubt he has a large one up there now). This is their final mission before I declare the OP over and move them back to their carriers enroute to Sydney
Australia
Alls quiet.
PM
Going to move another Aussie brigade here as soon as I can afford to. After that my next troop and supply run will go to Milne Bay (Gili)
Noumea
Lots of stuff enroute...none of it here.
PI
The seige of Clark and Manilla continues
Solomon Islands
Nice and quiet.
Carrier Group One.
Steaming towards Sydney
Carrier Group Two
Departing Pearl Harbor
18 days until Hornet is available.
1-26-42
A good day for his subs. My morning Molly strike missed, 3 squads couldnt locate the target...My afternoon strikes faired better putting 2 1000 lbers into Mogami (magazine explosion) and one into Kumano. The second wave added 4 500lbers into Kumano and 3 into Suzuya. Mogami sank. A good way to end Operation Molly Brown.
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1-27-42
1-27-42
West Coast
Subs Subs and more subs...I need more destroyers here.
Midway
More troops and supplies a day away.
Pearl Harbor
Nothing new.
Wake
Is his.
Alaska
nothing new here.
China
Nothing new.
Burma
Nothing new here…Hoping to see the 7th do a little night bombing of Rangoon.
Malaya
nothing new.
DEI
Operation Molly Brown is now over…I have moved the Naval planes back to Koepang where they will fly on to Darwin or Broome and ultimetly rejoin their carriers in Sydney. It will probably take several days for the entire 6 squads to get back owning to damaged planes awaiting repair in DEI. This is Op was an overwhelming success.
Australia
I have moved elements of the 19th BG back to Sydney where I hope they can recover their morale.
PM
Nothing new. 32K in troops (4 of them are combat infantry and armor)
Noumea
Lots of stuff enroute...none of it here.
PI
The seige of Clark and Manilla continues
Solomon Islands
AF at 25 percent
Carrier Group One.
Steaming towards Sydney
Carrier Group Two
South East of Pearl Harbor
17 days until Hornet is available.
West Coast
Subs Subs and more subs...I need more destroyers here.
Midway
More troops and supplies a day away.
Pearl Harbor
Nothing new.
Wake
Is his.
Alaska
nothing new here.
China
Nothing new.
Burma
Nothing new here…Hoping to see the 7th do a little night bombing of Rangoon.
Malaya
nothing new.
DEI
Operation Molly Brown is now over…I have moved the Naval planes back to Koepang where they will fly on to Darwin or Broome and ultimetly rejoin their carriers in Sydney. It will probably take several days for the entire 6 squads to get back owning to damaged planes awaiting repair in DEI. This is Op was an overwhelming success.
Australia
I have moved elements of the 19th BG back to Sydney where I hope they can recover their morale.
PM
Nothing new. 32K in troops (4 of them are combat infantry and armor)
Noumea
Lots of stuff enroute...none of it here.
PI
The seige of Clark and Manilla continues
Solomon Islands
AF at 25 percent
Carrier Group One.
Steaming towards Sydney
Carrier Group Two
South East of Pearl Harbor
17 days until Hornet is available.
1-27-42
Mostly a day of sub attacks and ASW. I sank a sub off midway. His carriers launched a strike against Amboina, he also struck a couple of other dEI airfields searching for my Navy planes.
1-28-42
1-28-42
West Coast
Nothing new
Midway
More troops and supplies are still a day away.
Pearl Harbor
Chasing subs
Wake
Is his.
Alaska
nothing new here.
China
Really just waiting for his next thrust in the North.
Burma
Still trying to get the 1st Burma to march, beyond that the waiting game.
Malaya
Waiting for Singapore to fall.
DEI
Still moving all my navy planes back to Kupang. Going to leave them there a day or two as he has moved his carriers out of Kendari. I am flying recon over Kendari…if there are fat transports just sitting there, I will move some of my bombers close enough to take a shot at them..
Australia
Nothing major…saving points so I can move another Australian unit up to NG.
PM
Nothing new. Supply level still growing
Noumea
Lots of stuff enroute...none of it here.
PI
The seige of Clark and Manilla continues
Solomon Islands
AF at 27 percent
Carrier Group One.
Steaming towards Sydney
Carrier Group Two
South East of Pearl Harbor
16 days until Hornet is available.
These are the dog days of the game. I am really just waiting for his next move. Honestly there is nothing he can’t do, and nothing I can do. I believe strongly that my stunt in DEI has upset his timetable somewhat, but realistically he can keep bashing away without pause.
West Coast
Nothing new
Midway
More troops and supplies are still a day away.
Pearl Harbor
Chasing subs
Wake
Is his.
Alaska
nothing new here.
China
Really just waiting for his next thrust in the North.
Burma
Still trying to get the 1st Burma to march, beyond that the waiting game.
Malaya
Waiting for Singapore to fall.
DEI
Still moving all my navy planes back to Kupang. Going to leave them there a day or two as he has moved his carriers out of Kendari. I am flying recon over Kendari…if there are fat transports just sitting there, I will move some of my bombers close enough to take a shot at them..
Australia
Nothing major…saving points so I can move another Australian unit up to NG.
PM
Nothing new. Supply level still growing
Noumea
Lots of stuff enroute...none of it here.
PI
The seige of Clark and Manilla continues
Solomon Islands
AF at 27 percent
Carrier Group One.
Steaming towards Sydney
Carrier Group Two
South East of Pearl Harbor
16 days until Hornet is available.
These are the dog days of the game. I am really just waiting for his next move. Honestly there is nothing he can’t do, and nothing I can do. I believe strongly that my stunt in DEI has upset his timetable somewhat, but realistically he can keep bashing away without pause.
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RE: 1-28-42
These are the dog days of the game. I am really just waiting for his next move. Honestly there is nothing he can’t do, and nothing I can do.
Have you thought about putting together a high-speed bombardment force of older destroyers and six-inch cruisers to cause trouble in the North? Air activity should be minimal at this point on the calendar. Maybe a nuisance raid against Paramushiro, or even Sapporo if there's no opposition?
Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?
--Victor Hugo
--Victor Hugo
1-28-42
He is using his carrier air to hit the airfields near Kendari. I guess I have his attention finally [:D]. Byeond that it was an extremely quiet day on his part.
1-29-42
1-29-42
West Coast
Nothing new.
Midway
More troops and supplies are pouring as two convoys have arrived. I now have more then enough support for any air that I base here. And plenty of combat troops.
Pearl Harbor
Chasing subs
Wake
Is his.
Alaska
nothing new here.
China
Really just waiting for his next thrust in the North.
Burma
He has these guys trapped. Sea rescue is out of the question. Looks grim for the valiant 1st Burma..
Malaya
Waiting for Singapore to fall.
DEI
He slid his carriers back into port at Kendari, effectively blocking any attempt at me hitting the port. I am still gathering planes from my attack against Balik (repairing) so I don’t want to commit them to an attack against his carriers in Kendari yet. If he moves them south I will strike. If he goes west I will hit Kendari…I guess old molly brown has a bit of life still.
Australia
Nothing major…saving points so I can move another Australian unit up to NG.
PM
Nothing new. Supply level still growing
Noumea
Lots of stuff enroute...none of it here.
PI
The seige of Clark and Manilla continues
Solomon Islands
My secret is out here. He has a sub attacking shipping, I expect to see warships or other evilness here soon.
Carrier Group One.
Steaming towards Sydney
Carrier Group Two
South East of Pearl Harbor
15 days until Hornet is available.
Very quiet, which is disturbing. He will strike and soon. He needs Rabaul, he is now aware of my landings at Lunga. Burma is very quiet. No action in China yet, though the southern part of the country is a mess. It looks like both PI and Singapore will make it to the end of the month which is a bit of a surprise to me. ….come out and play Xarg.
West Coast
Nothing new.
Midway
More troops and supplies are pouring as two convoys have arrived. I now have more then enough support for any air that I base here. And plenty of combat troops.
Pearl Harbor
Chasing subs
Wake
Is his.
Alaska
nothing new here.
China
Really just waiting for his next thrust in the North.
Burma
He has these guys trapped. Sea rescue is out of the question. Looks grim for the valiant 1st Burma..
Malaya
Waiting for Singapore to fall.
DEI
He slid his carriers back into port at Kendari, effectively blocking any attempt at me hitting the port. I am still gathering planes from my attack against Balik (repairing) so I don’t want to commit them to an attack against his carriers in Kendari yet. If he moves them south I will strike. If he goes west I will hit Kendari…I guess old molly brown has a bit of life still.
Australia
Nothing major…saving points so I can move another Australian unit up to NG.
PM
Nothing new. Supply level still growing
Noumea
Lots of stuff enroute...none of it here.
PI
The seige of Clark and Manilla continues
Solomon Islands
My secret is out here. He has a sub attacking shipping, I expect to see warships or other evilness here soon.
Carrier Group One.
Steaming towards Sydney
Carrier Group Two
South East of Pearl Harbor
15 days until Hornet is available.
Very quiet, which is disturbing. He will strike and soon. He needs Rabaul, he is now aware of my landings at Lunga. Burma is very quiet. No action in China yet, though the southern part of the country is a mess. It looks like both PI and Singapore will make it to the end of the month which is a bit of a surprise to me. ….come out and play Xarg.
1-29-42
Very confusing result. Listed as an attack on Yenen, yet showed as one on Rangoon using aircraft based at both Akyab and Lanchow. probably one of those cool bugs 
. The combat report claimed he took Manilla. I doubt that, he told me that he almost took it earlier online, but his air didnt fly. Likely it will fall tomorrow though. 1500 soldiers of the 1st Burma marched into captivity today. A sad end to a brave group of men. (he attacked them with 24K troops...)
. The combat report claimed he took Manilla. I doubt that, he told me that he almost took it earlier online, but his air didnt fly. Likely it will fall tomorrow though. 1500 soldiers of the 1st Burma marched into captivity today. A sad end to a brave group of men. (he attacked them with 24K troops...)1-30-42
His surface forces have slipped past my air net and shelled Koepang. He destroyed a number of my naval aircraft based there... a bit frustrating since I have the area pretty well covered with air searches...I will still happily trade airplanes for his ships though . Major airbattle over Akyab he sent 30 zeros against all the fighter cover I have there. The Buffs and demons became zero victims, but the hurricanes and p40s from AVG did quite well. He tried another shock attack at manilla, netted the same results as before. They still hang on.
. Major airbattle over Akyab he sent 30 zeros against all the fighter cover I have there. The Buffs and demons became zero victims, but the hurricanes and p40s from AVG did quite well. He tried another shock attack at manilla, netted the same results as before. They still hang on.1-31-42
1-31-42
West Coast
ASW operations primarily.
Midway
Midway is quickly becoming quite a stronghold. I would not expect Xargun to attempt to take it at this point in the game. The opportunity is behind him now.
Pearl Harbor
Sending Nevada and a couple of other battered ships to San Francisco for repair.
Wake
Is his.
Alaska
nothing new here.
China
I wonder if he intends to go North at all. What intel I do have doesn’t really show that many units in the area. I will continue to watch this for a few days, but I am seriously considering an limited Offensive against Yenen. I already have enough air assets in place here. And plenty of infantry (150K) in Lanchow. I am going to send one of my splinter units into Yenen for a little recon by force.
Burma
I have slid more Hurricanes into Akyab. If he wants to expend fighters here, I have plenty of them, between the British, AVG, P40s from PI and what dutch I have rescued to date.
Malaya
Waiting for Singapore to fall.
DEI
He was mean. Hitting Koepang like that. I was surprised I didn’t see his forces inbound. I have transferred most of them back to Australia. And will continue to as the damaged planes get repaired. I guess I kind of deserved the losses, lingering too long. I will repair refly and hit him again soon…rest assured.
Australia
I intend to move the 7th Aussie either up to Gili or out to Guadalcanal tomorrow. I have plenty of warships and more then enough shipping to do either.
PM
Nothing new.
Noumea
Supplies offloading and a surface group in the area now. I intend to send the surface group south of Guadalcanal (Minneapolis, Louisville) to patrol and slide the destroyers up to Lunga to rid myself of a sub that has taken up station there.
PI
The seige of Clark and Manilla continues
Solomon Islands
Coastal artillery is now a day out. Hopefully they can slide past a sub he has sitting there without too much trouble.
Carrier Group One.
Steaming towards Sydney
Carrier Group Two
South East of Pearl Harbor
14 days until Hornet is available.
Sorry about the long break. The team I work for was in El Paso Texas for the Sun Bowl and I had very limited internet availability.
West Coast
ASW operations primarily.
Midway
Midway is quickly becoming quite a stronghold. I would not expect Xargun to attempt to take it at this point in the game. The opportunity is behind him now.
Pearl Harbor
Sending Nevada and a couple of other battered ships to San Francisco for repair.
Wake
Is his.
Alaska
nothing new here.
China
I wonder if he intends to go North at all. What intel I do have doesn’t really show that many units in the area. I will continue to watch this for a few days, but I am seriously considering an limited Offensive against Yenen. I already have enough air assets in place here. And plenty of infantry (150K) in Lanchow. I am going to send one of my splinter units into Yenen for a little recon by force.
Burma
I have slid more Hurricanes into Akyab. If he wants to expend fighters here, I have plenty of them, between the British, AVG, P40s from PI and what dutch I have rescued to date.
Malaya
Waiting for Singapore to fall.
DEI
He was mean. Hitting Koepang like that. I was surprised I didn’t see his forces inbound. I have transferred most of them back to Australia. And will continue to as the damaged planes get repaired. I guess I kind of deserved the losses, lingering too long. I will repair refly and hit him again soon…rest assured.
Australia
I intend to move the 7th Aussie either up to Gili or out to Guadalcanal tomorrow. I have plenty of warships and more then enough shipping to do either.
PM
Nothing new.
Noumea
Supplies offloading and a surface group in the area now. I intend to send the surface group south of Guadalcanal (Minneapolis, Louisville) to patrol and slide the destroyers up to Lunga to rid myself of a sub that has taken up station there.
PI
The seige of Clark and Manilla continues
Solomon Islands
Coastal artillery is now a day out. Hopefully they can slide past a sub he has sitting there without too much trouble.
Carrier Group One.
Steaming towards Sydney
Carrier Group Two
South East of Pearl Harbor
14 days until Hornet is available.
Sorry about the long break. The team I work for was in El Paso Texas for the Sun Bowl and I had very limited internet availability.
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RE: 1-30-42
This AAR is similar to my PBEM but I lost Sing at jan 9th. I'm at jan 20 now and he have basically all of Solomon and NG exept Gili and PM. It is a surprise that Rabaul is still yours, he's got to move there soon I think.
RE: 1-30-42
ORIGINAL: Strv103C
This AAR is similar to my PBEM but I lost Sing at jan 9th. I'm at jan 20 now and he have basically all of Solomon and NG exept Gili and PM. It is a surprise that Rabaul is still yours, he's got to move there soon I think.
I'm a bit surprised about his slowness against Rabaul myself. Though I think it is partially due to our house rules (30 pp before you can invade by sea) and partially because he has a huge landing planned somewhere sucking up all his carrier strength (we require air protection of any landing). Either way he has bombed Rabaul a couple of times recently with Nells. I am considering sending some of my AKs at PM (offloading supplies) up to Rabaul and evacuating the combat units there soon.
1-31-42
The final day of January saw quite a few Japanese night raiders as he attempted to make sure my naval air had no airfields in Borneo to operate from. He also tried to bombard Koepang for a 2nd night, but my dutch boys (PTS) must of given him quite the run around as the battlewagons never fired on the field. Troops from a Xargun sub landed at Dali on Timor, the first incursion here.
Daytime brought a huge bomber attack against Samarinda one of the former "molly Brown" airfields. One of his subs attacked a troop convoy off Guadalcanal killing 13 engineers.
Daytime brought a huge bomber attack against Samarinda one of the former "molly Brown" airfields. One of his subs attacked a troop convoy off Guadalcanal killing 13 engineers.
2-1-42
2-1-42
West Coast
I have embarked the 102nd RCT their final destination is Auckland.
Midway
More troops and supplies are arriving.
Pearl Harbor
More supplies rolling with three fighter groups out of Seattle.
Wake
Is his.
Alaska
nothing new here.
China
I have sent two divisions of infantry northeast. I intend to either have them drop down on Yenen or further east. I do not believe he has that much stationed in the north, I now believe his strategy is to pound away into the south and close the supply line to china. Hopefully these two division will not run into any significant ground forces (he has a lot of air up here). If that is the case I will start a Spring Offensive in the North and hopefully take advantage of his weakness here.
Burma
Chinese units have begun to arrive in Mandalay. Good news very very good news.
Malaya
Waiting for Singapore to fall.
DEI
I have moved some heavier bombers north of Kendari for a night time raid. Its one of the few airfields he isn’t bombing. They probably wont go up until tomorrow, hopefully they will put a nice fat bomb in the carriers he has at anchor there..
Australia
Delayed the 7th by 1 day. Back all the naval air up to Broome, they will likely take the rail to meet their carriers unless I get any other crazy ideas.
PM
Nothing new.
Noumea
Not much new..lots of supplies flowing in here…not a lot of troops yet..
PI
The seige of Clark and Manilla continues
Solomon Islands
Coastal artillery is now a day out. Hopefully they can slide past a sub he has sitting there without too much trouble.
Carrier Group One.
Steaming towards Sydney
Carrier Group Two
Steaming south towards Auckland
12 days until Hornet is available.
West Coast
I have embarked the 102nd RCT their final destination is Auckland.
Midway
More troops and supplies are arriving.
Pearl Harbor
More supplies rolling with three fighter groups out of Seattle.
Wake
Is his.
Alaska
nothing new here.
China
I have sent two divisions of infantry northeast. I intend to either have them drop down on Yenen or further east. I do not believe he has that much stationed in the north, I now believe his strategy is to pound away into the south and close the supply line to china. Hopefully these two division will not run into any significant ground forces (he has a lot of air up here). If that is the case I will start a Spring Offensive in the North and hopefully take advantage of his weakness here.
Burma
Chinese units have begun to arrive in Mandalay. Good news very very good news.
Malaya
Waiting for Singapore to fall.
DEI
I have moved some heavier bombers north of Kendari for a night time raid. Its one of the few airfields he isn’t bombing. They probably wont go up until tomorrow, hopefully they will put a nice fat bomb in the carriers he has at anchor there..
Australia
Delayed the 7th by 1 day. Back all the naval air up to Broome, they will likely take the rail to meet their carriers unless I get any other crazy ideas.
PM
Nothing new.
Noumea
Not much new..lots of supplies flowing in here…not a lot of troops yet..
PI
The seige of Clark and Manilla continues
Solomon Islands
Coastal artillery is now a day out. Hopefully they can slide past a sub he has sitting there without too much trouble.
Carrier Group One.
Steaming towards Sydney
Carrier Group Two
Steaming south towards Auckland
12 days until Hornet is available.