scenario #77 BTS-L Brian Allies Larry Japs

[larryfulkerson]

I was surprised to find three airfields that didn't have any support for it's aircraft. So I flew the aircraft to different places. I'll look into sending some AF guys to those places later.

[larryfulkerson]

The sunk ships dialog doesn't list the two Allied ships that I thought I sunk at Pearl. I'm wondering what that might mean.

[John 3rd]

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

I was surprised to find three airfields that didn't have any support for it's aircraft. So I flew the aircraft to different places. I'll look into sending some AF guys to those places later.

This is something useful to Post on the testing thread.

[witpqs]

Howdy, Larry!

[larryfulkerson]

Howdy, Larry!

Hidy Hay. Right back at ya. I'm having a blast with this game. Everybody should have this much fun.

[larryfulkerson]

I've received Brian's file and the combat replay documents one of my subs at Singapore getting a hit on the Allied AP Perak. There are two subs there so maybe the other one will get a hit too. I'll have to send a case of beer to the I-122's captain.

[larryfulkerson]

And the other sub there at Singapore gets into the action and it gets a hit with a torpedoe on the same Allied ship. The AP Ipoh is having a bad night. If it sinks the sailors can just wade ashore.

Also, Brian reports that he had to scuttle one of his BB's at Pearl. So that makes two BB's that sank I believe.

[larryfulkerson]

If I remember correctly I have two subs at Bataan and it seems that one of them got hit by an Allied depth charge. Depending on the damage done I'll retreat it to Cam Rahn Bay to get it fixed and replace the captain of the boat if need be.

[larryfulkerson]

I sent a sub to Jolo to wait for the fleeing Allied ships leaving Manila for safety and on it's way there it got a hit on the Allied AV Heron. I wasn't really expecting the RO class to do much so this is a surprise. I was planning on moving all the RO's to location code named BubbleDrop and using them in the Celebes area.

[larryfulkerson]

TF 15 finally arrived at Makin and landings are underway. I expect to capture it without any trouble. Just walk ashore and turn the lights on at the base. In the past Brian likes to ambush my transports at Makin and Tarawa so I'd best send a SCTF to the area to support them.

[larryfulkerson]

The landings at Kota Bharu are still happening the next morning. The Allies are firing back and they scored a hit on one of my transports. I hope it was empty at the time so nobody got hurt.

[larryfulkerson]

The second sub I have parked at Bataan got a hit on the ARD Dewey at Bataan as Brian was obviously trying to move from Manila to somewhere else. With a torpedo hole in it's side it's speed is probably half what it ordinarily is. Brian may elect to just leave it at Manila now.

[larryfulkerson]

I've got to find out who the captain of the I-126 is and replace him with a better one because he missed with all 4 of his torpedoes. He got a hit on the ARD though so maybe I'll give him another chance after all.

[larryfulkerson]

Funafuti is the next hot spot as another of my RO's get's a hit on the AP President Coolidge. This was totally a chance encounter as I had sent the RO to park itself at Canton island and it was heading that way when it found an opertune target to chase.

[larryfulkerson]

I decided to spend another day striking Pearl but the weather there has cancelled most of my strike packages but this flight of Zeros got through the weather and did a sweep of the airbase there at Pearl and got some hits but lost one aircraft.

[larryfulkerson]

A group of Nates decided to sweep Georgetown and did about as well as I expected. I've got to replace the Nates with Oscars ASAP.

[larryfulkerson]

A small group of Nells from Bubbledrop raided Cagayan and this time there was some flak but nobody got hit and there was no CAP this time either. They got a handful of hits but no cigar was awarded for the strike.

[larryfulkerson]

One of my strike packages got through the weather to hit the port at Pearl and my losses were light but I didn't sink anything either. The raid wasn't a waste though because I got lots of hits on several of his BB's. Some more damage to fix for Brian.

[larryfulkerson]

Some escorted Vals made a strike against the port at Pearl and got a handful of hits on the same BB's as the first strike. The Allied CAP made itself felt this time. And there was lots of flak. I don't think I'll chance a third day of strikes at Pearl.

[larryfulkerson]

Some unescorted Sallys hit Alor Star and got a handful of hits but nothing to write home about. I need to get some escorts assigned to these raids and maybe decrease the altitude of the strike to 10K or so.