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July 9, 1942

Nothing to report

July 10, 1942

Wildcat drivers figure out how to use their bombs:

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Vanikoro at 121,145

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
PB Shoei Maru, Shell hits 6, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x F4F-3 Wildcat bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 100 lb GP Bomb
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July 11, 1942

Not much

Heard sinking sounds during turn, nothing on sunk ship list.
Possibly the PB I hit yesterday.

July 12, 1942

Nothing in game happening

It did snow today. This snow will probably be here next May.

July 13, 1942

Nothing happened today.

Here is a screen shot of the South Pacific Area.
I realize it is large, but a smaller version is hard to see.
This is a 75% version, the 50% was hard to read.

As you can see, I still own Port Moresby and I expect to hold it forever.

I am moving forces slowly into Milne Bay

I hold Noumea, Efante, and Luganville with good forces, at least a division on each with
ARM and ART. And of course base forces.

Suva, Nadi, and Pago Pago are also strongly held.

At this time I am concentrating on building the forward bases and training my pilots.

The two base he holds in the Ellice Islands are not manned according to two recon flights done earlier. I will probably occupy them soon as soon as my CVs finish up their upgrades.

July 14, 1942

Not much, my small force in Urumchi is holding firm

Ground combat at Urumchi (79,11)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1794 troops, 4 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 110

Defending force 2000 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 77

Japanese adjusted assault: 21

Allied adjusted defense: 163

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 7 (fort level 1)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
Attacker: shock(+), fatigue(-), supply(-)

Japanese ground losses:
417 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 50 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment
8th NCPC Infantry Brigade

Defending units:
259th Brigade
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July 15, 1942

And another day without much happening.

July 16, 1942

Nothing to report

July 17, 1942

Not much

Landing at Lingga

July 18, 1942

Nothing

July 19, 1942

Actually, I forgot about this:
Stupid mistake on my part.
TF 243 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84)

Allied Ships
SS KXVII, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

July 20, 1942

Nothing

July 21, 1942

Nothing at all

July 22, 1942

Not a lot today:

I wonder how much damage was done. It was a 250lb SAP bomb.
I do have an ASW TF sitting on this sub

Hudson IIIa from No.62 Sqn RAF attacking SS I-124 at 27,42

SS I-124 is reported HIT

Hudson IIIa from No.62 Sqn RAF attacking SS I-124 at 27,42

ORIGINAL: Nomad

July 22, 1942

Not a lot today:

I wonder how much damage was done. It was a 250lb SAP bomb.
I do have an ASW TF sitting on this sub

Hudson IIIa from No.62 Sqn RAF attacking SS I-124 at 27,42

SS I-124 is reported HIT

Hudson IIIa from No.62 Sqn RAF attacking SS I-124 at 27,42

IME, bombs do an inordinate amount of damage to a sub, as opposed to a penetrating D/C hit. I doubt the bomb sank I-124 but it probably left her in precarious shape. Sometimes heavy damage seems to increase the chances of a sub being detected - more underwater noise emitted or more surface time - abstracted of course.

July 23, 1942

Interesting, same hex, different id on the sub:
all hits were minor damage reported.

No attacks by aircraft today, the Hudsons reported two sightings.

ASW attack near Trivandrum at 27,42

Japanese Ships
SS I-157, hits 2

Allied Ships
DE Sutlej
DD Express
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July 24, 1942

Got one:
Sinking sounds and yelling men during turn.

Sub attack near Mussau Island at 104,119

Japanese Ships
PB Noshiro Maru #2, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Mantai Maru
PB Fumi Maru #3

Allied Ships
SS S-45

I am going to be doing a series of sit reps over the next few days to better show where I am and talk a bit about where I am going
Here we have PNG and the Solomon Islands ( plus New Briton and a few other islands )

I control Port Moresby with a sizeable force. He has not ever attacked.
I have control of Milne Bay. I have 2/3 of an Australian Infantry Division there
with construction troops and a BF. The base has 300 mines and two ACMs to support them/
I have a single Brigade at Buna with the Rabaul BF marching there.

Lae is showing 400 troops, Finschhafen is shown as empty, Gasmata 1640 troops, and even
Rabaul is only showing 3 units with 8000 troops. There are 11 fighters at Rabaul.
It appears that he has taken these bases but is not really defending them. I really do not
have the necessary forces to advance much more. I am leery of too far since I do not
know where KB is right now. I should also point out that there are no aux aircraft showing
at Rabaul.

He has taken a number of islands in the Solomon Island chain, but I have no idea at this time
if he has garrisoned them or not.

I plan on using FT to occupy Tagula Island and or Rossel Island in the future. That will
give me a base close enough to really recon the Solomon Islands.

Here is the South Pacific.

I hold the New Hebrides with the 1st Marine Division and other units. I do not expect to
lose it.

the same holds for Nouema, Efate, Nadi, Suva, and Pago Pago. All have at lease one Division
and other support troops. I am still building the Ports, Forts, and Airfields everywhere.
It is only the end of July and I do not have overwhelming numbers of Engineers yet. In a
few months that will change.

I have just sent off a force to retake Funafuti. It is showing as empty. My DS will be providing cover for this op. This will provide a more Northern PBY base.

One more for tonight - the Aleutian Islands.

Not a lot to talk about. I have a division at Umnak Island with a BF and EAB
I have a Canadian Brigade moving to Adak. I have not seen any activity in this area
at all.

The nice thing about having that extra 25 PPs per day is I can buy out things that I might not have
in other games, like the Canadian Brigades to help occupy the Aleutians.