Fulkerson (J) vs Moore (A) ( no Moore )

[larryfulkerson]

And of course, here's the combat report:

[larryfulkerson]

I've got an LCU loaded on a TF that is headed for Singkep and is scheduled to land just about the time an Allied TF might arrive there.
There's an Allied TF headed south from Singapore and I have no idea what kind of ships they are and FOW is hiding how many ships
there are probably, so there could be some action tonight and tomorrow.

[larryfulkerson]

Miri is still over the max fuel limit of 50,000 fuel and slowly going down because I've got a bunch of ships drawing fuel from Miri and I
suspect that Miri will be under the max fuel limit some time within a week. Meanwhile Truk is starving for fuel and the emergency delivery
of fuel is still over 6 days away from happening. This should never happen. I should stay on top of how the hubs are doing and plan
better. And I seem to be lurching from one crisis to the next. I guess stuff like this happened in the real conflict and that I shouldn't feel
like beating myself up over it. Just seems like better planning might have avoided this situation.

[larryfulkerson]

The 48th JNAF AF dudes are just about to land at Dili so I can turn that hex into a level-3 airbase, mach snell. I need a level 3 airfield
there to help defend Darwin after I invade. The more airfields the better. I'm going to have to take some AF dudes along when I invade
Darwin so as to turn the airbase there at Darwin into a Jap airfield so I can fly some fighters in for CAP and maybe some Betty's for long
range bombing of Oz bases. Plus some engineers to fix any damage to the port that might happen in the battles. Plus I've been doing
some naval bombarding of Darwin so there's bound to be some damage to the facilities from that that will need fixing.

[larryfulkerson]

I've put together the ships needed for a makeshift sub base at Shortlands and it looks like they are just about to receive their first
customer. Shortlands has been a sub base for about a month now so it's about time. I'm using Shortlands to service all the subs that
are operating off the coast of Oz and there's a lot of them now. Shortlands should be busy off and on for a while yet.

[larryfulkerson]

I've started sending supply packets to Cam Ranh Bay instead of Pesky Doors because now with Manila fallen the action seems to have
shifted south to Java and the SRA. I expect to have the Manila situation wrapped up here in about 2 months or less. And Java will
have to wait after we've done something about Singapore so I'm thinking by the end of June we'll have all the hostile places pacified.

[larryfulkerson]

The 11th JAAF AF dudes are about to land in Java and I intend to move them to Madioen to make an airfield there. To allow me to move
the bombers and fighters closer to the action. I'm a firm believer that you can't have enough airfields in Java to fight the good fight.

[larryfulkerson]

And since I'm building an airfield at Dili and I'm going to move some planes there the supply need is going to balloon up and I think I'd be
better off sending supplies now rather than after the need arises. I had an airbase that went below the supply needed and the planes
started going down for maint. And I'd like to avoid if possible.

[larryfulkerson]

My northern carrier group went into the ship repair yard for some refit. You can see how many days each ship will take. That CL that is
being converted into a CLAA is going to take something like 180 days or so. Whoa.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's how Tokyo is doing now a days. It's got about 90K of fuel still and the fuel level is dropping w/ each ship that fills up and there's
been bou cou traffic through this port for a while now and I'm going to have to get some fuel to the home islands pretty quick or the
heavy industry will stop and the ship traffic will slow remarkably.

[larryfulkerson]

Ha-3 was treated roughly by Depth Charges this morning but there's no skuttel button yet so I guess he stays there to keep an eye on
things generallly.

[larryfulkerson]

My southern carrier group is down to about 58% sorties left so one more strike at Sydney and then we scoot up to Brisbane and fly the
rest of the sorties then head to Rabaul to refit.

[larryfulkerson]

I just got a brand new shiny CV and haven't even started the engine yet. It's laying to in port waiting for some escorts so she can join the
northern fleet.

[larryfulkerson]

I'm unloading the 8th AF dudes company on Soerabaja but I can't use the airfield right away because of the damage to the airfield there.
That means I'm going to need some construction engineers there as well as AF dudes. I'll look around and see if I can find some not
doing anything important somewhere else.

[larryfulkerson]

I had intended to unload the 42nd AF dudes at Kavieng but the ship is too large to dock so I may end up w/ a fragment of a unit that
can't unload at Kavieng and I may have to take it to a larger port ( Rabaul ) to unload.

[larryfulkerson]

I've got the middle carrier group headed for an Allied TF and it's going to take a couple of days to get into range so I hope the Allied TF
is still there when I get in range. Plus I've got two AO's headed this way as well.

[larryfulkerson]

EdIT: double post I'll delete the offender.

[larryfulkerson]

I've got a CS whose float planes have the Allied TF zero'd in so I'm hoping we can track the Allied TF even if it moves. I'm hoping it
doesn't move but if it does I might have a chance to follow it. At least for a day or two.

[larryfulkerson]

I've got another CS keeping track of the Brisbane - Sydney corridor for me. It's come in pretty handy so far. I hope the Allies don't spot
it and try to sink her.

[larryfulkerson]

The 14th Division is still about two days from landing at Mersing. There's an Allied TF there already and I'm wondering if Jim has been
reading my mind or something. Maybe I can dispatch that Allied TF before the 14th Div arrives but I'm not sure.