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Area 1
Monthly assessment -LT GeN Hamma

the entire Burma front has been quiet this month, I am grateful for the arrival of imperial division.
Total of 3 divisions, and 2 regiments , all still in good shape
Am still trying to march 33 rd div to the east flank of mandalaby

Enemy air power is growing, especially large bombers.
The prescence of so many bombers and fighters here at the end of the month does fill me with confidence for the week ahead.
I feel a chance to take mandalaby is growing

I still require at least 3 more divisions to properly secure this front.
Singapore supply situation is puzzling, refusing to rise above 7000 tons.
Co operation with air is good, navy is very good.
have requested carrier air for the pending air offensive -have been promised it for 3 days.


Area 2
monthly appreciation -LTGEN ITAGAKI

All attention once again is on soerabaya
Intend to launch the final attack in 4 days -upon arrival of 54th division
4 full divisions, 2 brigades, 5 tank regiments, much artillery.
No airpower, I will require the bombers lent to burma for Hammas blitz back at batavia prior to attacking
I am confident of solving this problem
Convoy protection is going well
I am happy to retain just the two regiments in my command -and will release the other units as required.
I do request further ASW air assets, and some more fighters to cover the oilfields

Area3
LT GEN YAMISHITA
Operations south of derby have caught us by surprise, I can extract the troops but have resigned myself to losing this port.
As discussed with Yammato, we may have an opportunity here.
If Soerabaya falls quickly, 4 divisions andd a lot of troops are suddenly available, and close.
The enemy is going to take derby, and its wieght will be there, i suspect broome will be lightly held.
A swift counter invasiopn here, and we could trap this northern army, and destroy it.

South of darwin all goes well
I regret that 9 NLF is lost, it was worth the effort.
The enemy is bogged down.
This battle is diverting enemy air assetts, supplies and attention away from Port moresby, so i consider it very successful.
Building of rear area fields continues- slowly, but it continues.

AREA 4
12000 ton of supplies is passing through timor straight for PM, they are critical
Supply situation remains poor to very poor.
I am satisfied with the effort to get more to us, do understand the effort required
Submarines are very, very active between Truk and rabual.
Efforts to sink, prevent attacks are going very poorly.
Any chance of some more ASW assetts?
4 divisions now at Truk

Area5
The fleet sits and swings around its anchors, waiting, waiting for enemy action.
Where are the naval guard units promised a month ago - still with the giesha's at home!?
4th fleet requires more men.
Send them before it is too late!

Area6
China remains quiet, no intention to attack here now until 43
As soon as Hong Kong has air support, I intend to attack China industry.
the enemy remains somewhat passive, although some movement has again been detected north of canton - probably in reaction to our limited offensive this month

Home command
Still on halted production for many planes - but consumption has been so low that this is not a worry.
Supply situation struggles on, a lot of oil is coming.
Covoy routes are now very much defined, and seem to be working.
Other than South of truk, very few sightings anywhere.
iether he is resting his subs, or we are doing a great job avoiding them!

little else to report, no major fleet additions due this month
BB Mushia commenced builder trials -she is doing well under accelerated program.

Doctor who and the tardis

herbiesan sails the imperial division to soerabaya -it teleports to tinian,sail it to rangoon, it disapears again, we backtrack a turn , now Im still trying to unload it.
to replace the imperial, the 54th is sailed all the way to soerabaya, still trying to get 4 divisions there.
Now Doctor who pops up -again!, and steals it., and the 5th base force.
To burma we go, hey ho!, hey Ho!

So, in AAR fantasy land, the empire has been telling lies, the 54th was not enroute to malang, but secretly joins the imperial at moulimien, with the base force
I am fingers crossed that the imperial will unload fully this turn coming, and no more units do funny things!

A HUGE TURN
Tabpub pulls a brilliant turn[&o][&o][&o][&o][&o]
SSI-28 is sunk trying to recon pearl ( my fualt, forgot to move her)
A DM is hit by a mine in kodiak![:D]
ASW south of kendari -miss

Then - here he comes -CA's and BBs headed to Baker!!!!
But hang on, whats this, dauntless at Derby[:(][X(][X(][X(]

The next few replays are 'orrible[:@]
At least 2 American CVs, and the 3 british ones are off derby
They sink a single DD, and at least 5 APs -all 4500 size too

OK, it seems terrible, but hang on, its just 5 ships, and I lose that a week.
So no panic[:'(]
The raid on baker is iether
a/ a lure
b/ a distraction
c/ a hope Im running to react to Indian ocean CVs.

My reaction

Ignore him
KB sit tight
The plan is - he invades - we bring the biggest of the two hammers
he's not invading
So, continue the plan

If the weather ever clears we pound mandalaby
tomorrow we can resume the attack on soerabaya, ok, its 3 divisions only, not the 4 I wanted, but I suppose Burma needs the men too.

Derby troops are running away to wyndam
darwin, keep pounding
DEI, move some shipping north, in case the CVs come that way.
I have enough Naval air on ASW to protect the DEI, if he comes that way

let him crater baker, 30 plus betties may take a shot - may not.
If I can get a clear day......

he's getting itchy feet.... and in 42 thats good for japan, especially if KB is in as good a nick as mine is
Finally, i am so, so pleased at the quality of my pilots still, only a handful of inexperienced pilots about the place.
so its not all bad.
Lets see what he does.
derby is going to cost me a few more ships, APs, AKs.
he might have a CV damaged yet.

OK - The ghosting bug steals 2 divisions of the map totally -the imperial and the 54th, tabpub and I do a deal -roosevelt needs extra troops for some reason.
The empire has trouble of its own[:@][:@][:@][:@][:'(]

Total chaos today at rangoon
The imperial division, and the 54th, reload onto transports, and leave the war, apparently forever
The Emporere has heard rumours of a coup de dat (whatever), and orders the 2 divisions home.

Area 1 commander has a fit!!!!![:(][:(][:(][:(]
Area2 commander has a heart attack
Area3 commander is too busy to care[:'(]

In all the chaos of the Empors orders, the enemy strikes

1Ca and 3DD sink my APD at baker -she was stuck there
In China the AVG savages a sonia strike - that Sq is finished[:(]
Finally, finally we fly against mandalaby, the results are a waste of time.
Soerabaya - the APs burn again as his air recovers

But its derby that things are bad
allied BBs -british, and a lot of escorts pound derby and broome
CV air attacks again, finishing of all the shipping in the area

Its a chaotic day.

2/7/42
Area1
today launched the sallies again -mandalaby hit, but its a bust, will stand down the planes

The loss of 2 divisions is a great shock, I cannot attack now at all.
In fact, can I hold?
all the naval air goes south, some sort of crises.
I must reasses everything here, obviously I need more troops here, but only soerabaya can provide them.

Area2

2 divisions!
So much for the plans we approved - the counter attack at derby
I am told that this is it - win with what I have - or die trying
We attack tomorrow
In the phillipines we are trying to clear the last island pockets

Area3
I will not panic
A vast fleet is off derby
I am recieving many planes, and formulating plans for a counter.
He will kick us out of here -derby- and chase me to darwin, thentry to finish me here.
As bad as this looks, there still may be an opportunity.
Will he expose his CVS?

Area4
Quiet
PM recieves 10000 ton of supplies
Good

Area5
baker got pounded, the bombers did not fly, heruns away.
We sit tight
He HAS too come here some time, its all a diversion elsewhere.

Area6
No action anywhere of real note.

3/7/42
the emporer confirms by edict, the imperial division, and the 54th are no longer to be considered available -they are gone for good

I continue to lose sallies over mandalaby, thought Id stood em down- grrrr[:'(][8|]
attack at Illioli tomorrow
Im thrown out of broomThe limited air strikes that go in Hit a CL and a AK - 22 fulmars against just 9 lillies. 9 betties only do the damage.
I-164 is in the thick of the enemy fleet -and survives

I deliberate at soerabaya - 0 to 1 (thats 6 weeks of getting troops to here to get better odds, only to have the bug eat them), losing 2500 men to his 1150, the forts come down though to 7
we rest 1 day, then try again.

Lots of ifs - if soerabaya falls, i may be able to get these units to aust - at derby - behind his eastward march towards darwin
its a big if - but Im going to try for it.

And deep down i still feel this is not the main game - we will see.

4/7/42
yammato emerges from the Emperors room
despite all the assurances that he is safe, he will not return the 80000 men he has"assigned to the palace guard"

Intense discussions over the situation.
broome has fallen, and derby will go soon, several small units are going to be lost.
Darwin will come under pressure from these troops.
And the enemy CVs have retired.
At baker our naval air sinks a MSW, if the invasion is coming, it sure is being telegraphed in advance.

2nd division joins the troops at soerabaya, and the assualt is ordered forward.

A plan has been thrashed out

1/ Darwin will be fought over - sufficient LBA is at Timor, Kendari to deter the enemy
2/ A fighting retreat east from derby is to occur
3/ If baker is invaded - the fleet will sail -and crush it (there must be at least 2 enemy CVs to cover it)
4/ The 2cve,1cvl, and the 3 BBs sail south from Victoria point - and play KB .
5/ Soerabaya to be finished
6/ 3 divisions from soerabaya to prepare for a counter invasion at derby, if I guess right, now that he has P40s at broome -tabpub probably will be saying -well there is my aircover, the CVs can go elsewhere- mission accomplished.
They will be enroute to perth at least at the moment.
7/ All small units, mixed regiments, tanks ect, from soerabaya, will go to burma.

8/ to divert attaention, a third of the 7th division (northern area), is going to make a surprise attack in the north.

9/ All units are not to panic !!!!!

5/7/42
The critical week
We recieve definate intelligence(a indiscreet E mail tabpub) that he believes KB is in Rangoon -they invite it south to derby -oh, Carriers are coming, but not KB[:D]

A poor AK is sunk of tricomalee by a CL and a DD
A sub sinks a AK off North japan

Dauntless at tarwana!!!
tarwana clouded in - so are his CVs!!![:'(][:'(][:'(]
We bomb south of darwin
I intercept C 47s at Mandalaby - the pressure is intense here -OH , those 2 divisions[8|][8|][8|][8|]
Spitfires at mandalaby[:@] - nock down Nates in droves[:(]

The orders fly out
2 divisions loading at Truk -16th and 4th, plus sundry troops
KB1 and 2 sail 8CVs, 3cvls
Many, many surface ships sail
Zeros to tarwana - Kates and Vals to tarwana

can I close the trap!!!

17/6/42
The enemy begins landing at baker island -the 24th div,34 see bees,and a base force
6NLF -cdr OIE fights on, the field is lost, he resists all day
Burma suffers LBA attacks - an allied offensive will come soon
I-153 is lost at karachi -the 10th sub lost in the war
deliberate at soerabaya -0 to 1 -forts at 6, I lose 579, he loses 820
Must rest today

No Action at tarwana, his CVs are south, about 5 hexes, moving south west
Tomorrow we will have KB2 beside tarwana -which has 100 fighters on it.
KB2 -Hiyo, junyo, ryujo, shoho,zuiho -191 planes -is also a CAP trap
KB1 -the real KB in all her strength is just 4 hexes north of that.
Some 16 CAs have sailed - and will be able to attack baker very soon
Some 5 BBs are at sea
troops are loading at Truk

The plan is simple, pound Baker blockade it, draw his inferior CV force into battle(if he had had react on -we would have fought today), and destroy a division

Elsewhere
Every spare soldier in the empire is going to burma -the loss of 2 divisions here has put me at a massive dis advantage -with them, soerabaya would have fallen, now it holds, and Burma is threatened
I have 960 political points, need 1800 for a small div from China
Learnt something - stop new arrivals in china from getting reinforcements -you can buy them cheap -then fill them out -wish I realised this far earlier[8|]
Also - I am going to attack again in China - the supply situation is easing -the oil is flowing fairly well now.
22 units have changsa as Prep points at 100, time to get nasty.

Please tabpub, hang around 1 more day in the gilberts - just one more day

Shocking time for him to take 4 days off[:(][:(][:(][:(]

17/7/42
Got another turn in

Area1
Pull out the Nates!!!!
Spitfires having a party
Ground troops are being hit hard by LBA

Im going to need more troops here soon!!
(if he struck south from mandalaby today, or this week, Im doomed )

Area2
Sallies attack soerabaya -losses heavy -ordered another attack tomorrow
This is truly bullshit -the dutch folded so quick in real life
Im frantically trying to get fuel for MSWs -and will seep the harbour -Yammato has to be risked -a Naval bombardment may help
Convoys are flowing well

Area3
Sub off darwin sinks a 4500 tonner -buggar all of them left now[:(]
little action at darwin -at derby he is cautious -I will lose this place tomorrow -and this will mean 2 units trapped

Area4
Supply situation is better
ASW action of truk -miss

Area5
A mine at maleope scores a critical AO[:@][:@][:@][:@]
Baker falls
he has 4 units at Baker now -no planes though -yet
His CVs fade to the south -he will have to come back

I order a 3rd div to load at truk
48th,16th,4th are tasked to take back baker -2 weeks to get here, the place will be a crater by then.

The sea is red near tarwana with ships, and to the north west of baker as well.
Tomorrow the CVs will be due west of baker -5 and 6 hexes away, the CAs will all be in strike range
The place is crawling with ships -fine, thunderstorms everywhere tomorrow -it would be good to get into strike range just as he flies his planes in.

the hammer is about to fall.

A bump

tabpub away on business -and me with a great big hammer suspended[:'(]

Poor me - I know who's gonna get teh hammer now you have no-one else to weild it against...

Wobbly mate

After losing two divisions to the tardis -IM FIGHTING MAD!
Don't take it personally - but I WANT TO HURT PEOPLE!!!!

[:D][:D][:D][:@]

This game can be so, so cruel[:'(]
How long have I been planning to ambush his CVs?

Months!!![:(]

And when the moment arrives - the damnable weather hides him from my strikes
Lucky man tabpub[&o][&o][&o][&o]

8/7/42
I think this is the week that the war climax arrived
I-25 sinks ML Olga headed to baker - the 7DMs (what are they?) and a DD get her

Then - vals sight HORNET and ENTERPRISE, 5 lousy hexes east of KB -one hex off baker -but under clouds and storms!

Theres a little air action china -burma - come on!!!!, get to the battle[8D][:)] already!!!!
he spots KB2[:'(]
15 zero sweep baker -8 wildcats, i lose 2 zeros, him 8 wildcats
51 kate-60 val,51 zero attack masses of shipping - at baker - his CVs escape! 8 wildcats die
1dd, 1cl,3AK are hit, the DD,CL will sink?or sunk( so should the AKs)
18 kate attack,
2dd are hit, 1 ak is hit
64val, 40 kate -
2dd are hit, 1apd is hit,3 ak are hit - all hard
and then 2 large APs and a DD are hit

All up, I claim 6 dds, 1 apd, 1 cl, 7 ak, and 2 ap (and some troops)

And tabpub was surprised totally I think

Now, at baker, or near it, he has a 2cv 4CA task force - or two of 1cv and 4 ca's
One BB battle group -probably the north carolina
Another CA force
and to the east the DM group, and another combat group

At baker 4 shattered groups

I order all betties at tarwana to attack
KB and KB2 will park 2 hexes to the north of baker
TF6 will sweep to the south(4CAs)
TF5 -will bombard, or engage the enemy-(2fast BBs) -any enemy ships damaged is a bonus, KB may get them later -or one of the 10 subs I have here.
TF167 -3 old BBs will try to hit baker -might not make it
TF11 -will attack baker(4 CA)
TF 132 will cover KB (4 CAs)

Almost the entire fleet is committed
What will he do - run away, or stay and fight
If his CVs run - I will murder anyship left here, If he fights -i think now that he has lost 16 wildcats already -I will go OK

having a terrible time trying to get the 3 divisions all loaded at truk -but they are enroute

decision
Soerabaya held -and Im shattered at its gates again - 3 divisions just wont do it - losing two to the tardis cannot be overcome
So, Im pulling out of darwin -pronto - and will try to kill soerabaya with those troops

Huge gamble - these troops were meant to retreat eventually to the celebes and timor.
But I have to free up the army for Burma - Im panicking over the situation here
.

So - If this is not one of the potential biggest clashes Ive ever experienced, then I don't know what will be
All is committed - cursed clouds[:@][:@][:@][:@][:@]
Now we see what tabpub is made off!!!![:)]

weather forecast -overcast

9/7/42
and it begins....
TF1154 retreats near baker island
a dd from yesterday sinks
the ss I-10 claims a large AP from yesterday
CV saratoga sighted!!!

Thats 3 CVS here at Baker, and then I was right - BB north carolina - and the arizona are sighted!

The battle begins - and I am so tense.
21 wildcats, and 15 duantless charge KB proper -met by 172 zeros!
The policy has been followed -all the cvls have unloaded the attack planes, and are running just fighters - I would prefer to have CVs survive, planes can be replaced, ships not

Lots of new aces formed
And strangely that is it for enemy strikes[&:]
93 fighters escort 122kate, and 104 val to the 1st attack - co ordinated again!
37 wildcat CAP
Hornet is absolutely smothered by bombs and torpedoes -and shattered totally is gone
CA chester takes a torp, 3 or 4 bombs
CL nashville takes a bomb, and a torp - I know that all 3 ships are sunk.

cost 22 zero, 5 kate

the next wave is just 18val, 15 kate, and 4 zeros - 1 wildcat tries to stop us
BB North carolina is the target,she damages a lot of Vals, I get 1 torp into her - I really, really hope she is slowed down.

The afternoon strikes go in
CV enterprise and saratoga are spotted, tabpub is using single CV TFs, that saves Enterprise today

Saratoga is smashed, smothered, in a storm of bombs and torps, she too sinks before the attack is finished
CLAA Atlanta is hit by bomb after bomb, and a torp

1, just 1 kate is lost here

Then the BIG surprise - 14 Val and 14 kate attack
BB arizona - 1 250kg hit
BB Colorado!!! - 1 250 kg hit
BB Idaho!!!!- miss

has he the entire battle line from pearl here!!

Then the magic message - SPRUANCE is killed!!!
My 2 fast BBs then hit baker - buggar, I now need that ammo
They have to go home

If only I knew where he was going to go now - a surface battle is in the offing.

The plan is simple -ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK
I must risk the chance of blundering into his surface ships
KB steams east, KB2 north east
All surface ships, east, or south east, a couple south east

Every sub is pounding to the scene of the battle
I will pursue these ships until I can sink no more, or the pilots reach total exhuastion
losses today
31 zeros, 18 kates, 7 vals
61 wildcats, 81 dauntless, 32 devastator[&:][&:]
2CV,1CA,1CL,sunk
and 3BB hit, 1CA,1CAAA crippled

A glorious day for the empire
I was sure that derby was a side show[:'(]

area 1

The front is static - good
2 divisions and 2 regiments hold the line - another advances to plug a hole I am worried about

65th brigade is enroute -and 20000 men from japan have sailed
The airwar is him using heavies, me -Im hiding here, conserving my bombers,while i try to build a 3rd size 4 airfield
Lots of oil I have to get out of rangoon - that is the next mission here.

Area2
Sumutra has only 3 Base forces , palembangis so depressing -58 oil only from here.
java - about to sweep mines at soerabaya - 3 BBs at batavia to refuel, then try to swing things at soerabaya -will it never fall[:@]
The convoys are going really, really well - ssshhhhhh.
I spend half of each turn plotting each and every one -and its paying off.
the cheeky sod has laid some mines near tokyo -probably in retaliation to mine at kodiak[:'(]

Area3
Im getting out of Aust now - as quick as i can, with as little pain as I can.
21 div is sailing to soerabaya - straight there.

area4
Supply situation is slowly getting better - still not good enough though
It is building, building time here.

Area5
The battle of baker
But we are still also trying to consolidate here -man jap engineers are slow

Area6
I want to attack at changsa - man i want to
Must not
must not
must not
wait herb, wait!!!!
i await the next day, feeling far better than I have about this war for quite a while
tabpub, you got a war now.

The chase to the north east ends rather abruptly, several CVs decide to fuel.

Never the less the carnage continued, multiple strikes each and every way, hitting mainly AKs and APs .

The main strike finishes off a single CA - one hex short of his fleet.
There was a single overnight surface action, finishing of the cripples.

B26 mitchells stitched up the CL Jintsu -ammo explosion, and hurt 2 DDs - Canton is nasty

As far as I can tell, grand losses inflicted
2CV, 1CA,1CLAA,2CL,7dd,5AK,4AP,1APD, and 1BB damaged badly

I agonised over what to do - so tempting to continue the pursuit -but the fuel situation is worse than poor again, and I bet palmyra is loaded with planes.

SO, keeping the eye on the main game - crush the troops on Baker.
A blockade must be established
Ships must be refuelled/re armed
The 3 divisions enroute must make it unmolested.
And losses must be replaced.

Eleswhere:
the burma front is still him pounding ground troops - but the losses are not too bad so far
At soerabaya - big things
18 swordfish tried to attack - where did they come from ? - only one place -his CVs
However -because th tardis stole my base force at malang (the 5th,worth 90 av points)we had an agreement that soerabaya had run out of ordinance -so I hope tabpub does not get upset over my reminder[8|]
Nevertheless, more sallies, and all the helens from darwin are enroute.
The 1st minesweepers went in - swept, and were sunk[X(][X(][X(], his coastal artillery sank 3

ANY SUGGESTIONS!
3 BBs are at batavia, with some 54 CAP on little CVEs, but I dare not use them, last thing I want is yammato wearing a mine- in any other game , UV or witp she always hits one -for about 40 sys damage - always[8|]

27 Vals moved to singapore, and some kates are in the area too -if his CVs are about, a raid is in the offing.

Pulling out of darwin - may need more shipping - 21st div is loaded
basically most of the planes are gone - to the soerabaya area, or the ambonia area.

In China - yesterday 8 units in changsa -today 15 -double in numbers of troops.
Glad the assualt was not launched.
Instead 2 naval guard units will creep fwd, and "look busy"

landing at cebu - finishing off the last american guerilla unit

So, the piorities are
1/ crush baker, refurbish the CVs, redeploy
2/get some ships into refit
3/ get troops to burma front
4/get darwin divisions to soerabaya
5/get timor, celebes front established

I think the baker battle will give me at least 1 month.
Where will he try next?
Solomons - Im betting here, or a surprise attack on Java/sumutra - its where the wieght of his navy now is.

So much for the japan fanboy club - crushing victory -allies in disarray -and not one go get em again herbiesan[8|][8|][8|][8|]

takes up ball and goes home

11/7/42
unloading at celebes island
ss175 scores a dms -but is sunk herself
enemy sub attacks a tanker of mine - miss
one of the AKs carrying troops to baker is hit - here we go, I BET I HAVE ANOTHER GHOST UNIT NOW[:@]

Ships pounded baker on the way to refuelling point
ss 173 hits the tanker neosheo -but is sunk as well
A bad day for my subs -they all retire to home

Usual bombing at burma
Soerabaya - lost 3 more MSWs, so thats pointless
derby falls
trying to reorganise the fleet

Combat report - battle of baker island

Rear ADM yamaguchi reporting

As part of the grand strategic plan - operation BEND OVER, it was hoped to lure the enemy into premature battle on ground of our choosing, and at odds that suited us

In this we were totally successful

Operationally we were successful, but somewhat let down by certain logistic matters

Doctrine
Doctrine was totally successful - 2 ship TFs working conjunction allowed well co ordinated strikes, and massed defence
The use of the CVLs as exclusive fighter carrying ships also was successful
search routines could have been better
Equipment performed well, losses in zeros was disturbing, and the VALs are carrying far too small a bomb load.
kates performed well
Losses, we are short 47 zeros, 28 vals and 7 kates.
many of these losses are being made good from nearby bases

I require several days to finish organising this
I must bring to your attention the urgent need to dock KB, only Zuikaka is in real combat shape
it is my opinion that in the current situation, KB2, boosted by zuikaka will be sufficient for completion of baker operations

I also recommend a refit for the submarine arm, it is, frankly buggard.

I await your orders.

Bit annoyed
I tried to disband some little air groups on the CVs -ooops, won't let me.
So now several will have to have fragments of squadrons, and Ive run out of slots it appears.

So back they will all have to go - very wary of diluting my squadrons with rookies, but little choice is there.

A day of sub attacks - and a tabpub offensive[8D]
Sub attack truk - miss
sub attack rangoon -miss
sub attack gilberts -miss

he's mined rangoon -grrr
Another sub attack near truk -miss

His Mitchells and liberators continue to chew up my troops in burma -better than the airfields, so Im not challenging him yet.

Broome has some medium bombers -they strike wyndham
We bombard at soerabaya -almost time for another go
I capture cebu, that finally cleans up the phillipines -and releases more troops for Burma -if the tardis does not steal them[8|][8|][:(]

In China a limited attack north of homma -drives my mongolians back - this looks nasty, but I think its a effort to distract me -so Im sitting tight

Im trying to get out of darwin, amazing how this has gone to pot, he has cut off another small unit, Im fleeing into the harbour, or to wyndham

Moves
yammato, Mutsu and nagato, with 3CVEs will sail down sumutra, to wyndham, and see what happens, a lot, and I mean a lot of betties are waiting to pounce

KB is flopping about like a lost sheep, while I try to refuel, and organise the planes, in the meantime its just off baker.
he is at Palmyra, but Im staying put, lots of troops enroute, that is the main game -to kill the american 24th division.

The war continues