Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))

[Lowpe]

August 4, 1942

Nail a minelayer...not too worried about these little guys as the mines aren't that powerfull.

[Lowpe]

China

Holding this good hex...managed to infiltrate and cut lines of supply...reinforcements should get here in time.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

August 4, 1942

Nail a minelayer...not too worried about these little guys as the mines aren't that powerfull.

Pesky bugger be gone!

👍

[Lowpe]

August 5th, 1942

Singapore falls...

IJA pushing hard thru rough terrain to create a breakthru...

[Lowpe]

Our retreating R class still has a ways to go...

[Lowpe]

All right, back home...and we are grand parents!

Baby girl doing well, mom and dad doing fine.

[Lowpe]

Aug 7th, 1942

Japan counter invades Howland Island, next to Baker...

Holding, in China still. Japan is a bit upset with my timely reinforcements....

[T Rav]

Congratulations Grandpa!

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

All right, back home...and we are grand parents!

Baby girl doing well, mom and dad doing fine.

Glorious news! Your first, I guess? It's almost as good as your first child being born. [:)]

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

All right, back home...and we are grand parents!

Baby girl doing well, mom and dad doing fine.

[Lowpe]

Aug 9th, 1942

Lost a hex to the IJA tanks, but they are really shot...

First attack at Lashio, IJA Division and Regiment with some support...rebuffed. Got leadership prep...

[Lowpe]

Everybody got sick for a bit and then a vacation...sorry for the lack of upgrades. Game has still progressed...

[Lowpe]

August 16, 1942

For the 2nd day in a row our S boats are having some success around Singers.

[Lowpe]

Finally our Canton Invasion force is going in....lots to learn as an Allied player, I probably should have pulled this off at least one month earlier.

IJN is making an appearance, and we have two forward PBY bases to help with scouting.

Japan has 3 Naval Guard units present and one Aviation support unit (I think), the atoll has been damaged for a long time so forts 2 maybe? Not many engineers present...

No mines.

Invasion tomorrow....will there be a CV clash?

[Lowpe]

China/Burma

[Lowpe]

August 17th, 1942

Invasion performs well. Relying upon our forward flying boats an IJN response was not expected, and indeed it seems that the Japanese were evacuating the island.

[Lowpe]

It is a big ocean....will pull back the capitol ships and move forward using smaller vessels...the goal is Tabby... and west to the Solomon Islands but putting at risk smaller ships only.

Baker is a very small atoll and can be suppressed by air power from Canton once it is repaired.

Will be rotating our main effort now towards Marcus Island and thinking about the Marianas.

Mines, PT boats, floatplanes will play a role in defense of our forward islands. The Americans are constrained by a lack of amphibious craft this early.

[Lowpe]

One tactic I didn't use during the invasion of Canton, was to have some bombardment ships merge with the invasion fleet after the first unloading phase. Something to remember for the larger invasions coming.[:-]

[BBfanboy]

Always amazed at how far ahead you think things through - like the NS squads for a test post-invasion! Hope you let us in on the test results. [:)]

But where are the granddaughter pics!

[Lowpe]

Jillian and her German Shepherd.