General Patton vs. larryfulkerson Focus Pacific #75

[larryfulkerson]

I was guessing that the Kota Bharu invasion would be soon and here it is even as I speak. I've got to put together an invasion
TF for Kuantan and Mersing next. To try to seal off the Allied troops north of Singapore.

[larryfulkerson]

I'm also seeing Japs coming ashore at Miri. The escort includes a CA and so far it's been shooting at the Allied troops and not the
facilities which is fortunate. I wasn't careful to exclude BB's from the escort group but it turns out there's no BB's this time, because
BB's would be inclined to shoot at the buildings I think and I want the facilities not to get damaged if possible. There's an oil center
and a refinery in the hex and I'd like it if I didn't have to fix very much after the hex is mine.

[larryfulkerson]

Usually when DD bombard they don't get very many hits but this time there were two of them
and the target was an island and they actually got some hits. Good ones. I've got to find out
what the names of those ship commanders are.

[larryfulkerson]

How lucky can I get. Usually the midget subs flounder or get hung up on a net or something and they don't score but this time
one of the midget subs actually got inside the harbor and miracle of miracles he got a hit on a BB. It's probably going to need
some dry dock time if he survives the aerial onslaught.

EDIT: Oh....yeah, I meant to say something about Combat Reporter pointing to an obscure area of the map. I don't know
what causes that but every once in a while it does that.

[larryfulkerson]

There was a near disaster for the Japs that happened north of Pearl. The Thresher got a hit on the Akagi but the TT didn't explode.
That's my theory. So now I'm wondering if I should separate off a DD to chase that sub. Nah.

[larryfulkerson]

There WAS an Allied sub victory of sorts near Patani where three of four TT's connected with one of my troop transports. I had
the smaller ships pick up all the survivors, about 1400 of them. And to top it off, instead of them sitting out the war as a
survivor of a ship sinking I took them to the WESTERN shore and they are back in the war.

[paradigmblue]

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

The Japs then hit Guam by a group of unescorted Bettys but this time the toll wasn't very high. I'm going to have to switch this
group to a night mission to hit the airfield. Unless I can find an escort for this group or maybe if I can get some Zeros to sweep
Guam before I run the bombing mission.

The Buffaloes on Guam should be suppressed by a couple of sweeps. As long as your Betties are escorted well I don't think you have to worry about switching them to night attack.

[paradigmblue]

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

There was an afternoon air strike on Pearl but it was anticlimactic. The strike didn't accomplish much but I did get a rough idea of the
size of the Allied CAP and it's pitiful. Maybe a second Pearl strike is in order for tomorrow. The carriers are moving north already but
they will probably still be in range for strikes to happen. We'll see what they do.

A second Pearl strike is definitely viable, but know that Patton will be able to assign his planes to CAP next turn, so there will be significantly more allied planes in the air on December 8th.

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: paradigmblue

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson
There was an afternoon air strike on Pearl but it was anticlimactic. The strike didn't accomplish much but I did get a
rough idea of the size of the Allied CAP and it's pitiful. Maybe a second Pearl strike is in order for tomorrow. The
carriers are moving north already but they will probably still be in range for strikes to happen. We'll see what they
do.

ORIGINAL: paradigmblue
A second Pearl strike is definitely viable, but know that Patton will be able to assign his planes to CAP next turn, so there will be significantly more allied planes in the air on December 8th.

Yeah, Brian and I had a sort of practice game to shake out some of the bugs and I was Jap then too and I had
left the KB on whatever their original mission was and they did a second strike and indeed the Allies WERE on CAP. I lost a
few planes on that raid as I recall. I was tempted to put all the bombers on search but opted for the potential second air strike
to see if my luck has iimproved.

ORIGINAL: paradigmblue
The Buffaloes on Guam should be suppressed by a couple of sweeps. As long as your Betties are escorted well I don't think
you have to worry about switching them to night attack.

I think that's a great idea. Buffaloes aren't much of a challenge to a Zero or two. Escorting will save the bombers I'm sure.

[larryfulkerson]

I've received some moves from Brian and I watched the combat replay and then saved a file and used it on Tracker and what do you
kinow: all the delayed TF's are out of fuel according to Tracker. I've seen this before. Why is it still here?

[larryfulkerson]

Those guys also show up on the ship availability list at the bottom

[larryfulkerson]

According to Tracker there's a trainwreck about to happen to Tokyo. It's lost 1/3 of it's RES in just three days. That's way too
fast for my transports to pick up the slack in the days to come. I'll have to turn off the HI in Tokyo to make the RES last longer.
I've already got TF's headed for Tokyo with RES they just aren't there yet. Most of them have to load up with RES first and THEN
make the trip to Tokyo so it's going to be about a week yet before a bunch of RES arrives. D'oh.

[larryfulkerson]

This is me turning off the HI at Tokyo. Also, I predicted that 20K was way too much given our current needs and so turning off all the
ARM factories hasn't hurt much. Changing those two ARM factories over to Vehicles is helping that pool grow. On T1 I had 1K of
Vehicle points and it nosedived just like it did in my previous game. Also, I shut down the shipbuilding because of a
shortage of points in the pool so now that the points are starting to build up to a comfortable level I'll start shipbuilding again. The
question is which ship is most important for each category. I'm thinking TK for MerSY but I'm not sure about the NavSY sort.....maybe another CV.

[larryfulkerson]

I found a couple of paratroop units at Kagi. So I have at least two of them. I tried looking up the paratroopers in the list of LCU's but
there's no special indicator to designate the paratroopers as paratroopers in the list. So if you don't know the name of the units you
can't find them in the list. I'm posting this here to remind me later where they are.

EDIT: Since this was posted I gave them orders to move to Takao since there's where most of the other LCU's are. I'll move 'em by
ship if possible.

[Bif1961]

You suffered a lot of AA loses on your PH attack, I wouldn't risk losing more as most of your pilots will be lost as well. In American aircraft at Pearl there were only 2 damaged besides the 75 destroyed, that seems almost impossibly low.

[larryfulkerson]

It turns out that three missions were flown by the KB on day two:

Morning Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 118 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 39 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 52
B5N2 Kate x 127
D3A1 Val x 48

Allied aircraft
P-36A Mohawk x 33
P-40B Warhawk x 36
F2A-3 Buffalo x 8
F4F-3 Wildcat x 32
SNJ-3 Texan x 9
P-50 Skyrocket x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed by flak
B5N2 Kate: 5 destroyed, 20 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 3 destroyed, 10 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed
P-40B Warhawk: 5 damaged
F2A-3 Buffalo: 2 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
P-50 Skyrocket: 2 damaged
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed on ground
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
CL St. Louis, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Phoenix, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL Raleigh, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB Maryland, Bomb hits 5, heavy damage
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 5
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 2
BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 1
BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
CA San Francisco, Bomb hits 1

Repair Shipyard hits 6
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 6
Port hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x A6M2 Zero bombing from 100 feet *
25 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x A6M2 Zero bombing from 100 feet *
11 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet *
City Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
22 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
17 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' *
Port Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet *
City Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' *
City Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
26 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
13 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
8 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
2 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' *
Port Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
6 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' *
City Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
3 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' *
Port Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
1 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' *
Port Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' *
Port Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' *
Port Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
VRF-106 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
VRF-107 with F4F-3 Wildcat (3 airborne, 10 on standby, 7 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
3rd PG/1st PS with P-50 Skyrocket (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 2 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
6 planes vectored on to bombers
3rd PG/2nd PS with P-50 Skyrocket (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
3rd PG/3rd PS with P-50 Skyrocket (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
VMF-211 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
18th PG/6th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 2 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 32400.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
18th PG/19th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 2 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
18th PG/44th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 2 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
5 planes vectored on to bombers
15th PG/45th PS with P-36A Mohawk (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 2 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
15th PG/46th PS with P-36A Mohawk (3 airborne, 9 on standby, 6 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
15th PG/47th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 2 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
3 planes vectored on to bombers
18th PG/73rd PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
18th PG/78th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 4 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
15th PG/Hq Sqn with P-36A Mohawk (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 2 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
18th PG/Hq Sqn with SNJ-3 Texan (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 3 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
VMF-1002 with F2A-3 Buffalo (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 2 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 7

Allied aircraft
P-36A Mohawk x 29
P-40B Warhawk x 36
F2A-3 Buffalo x 5
F4F-3 Wildcat x 25
SNJ-3 Texan x 8
P-50 Skyrocket x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

CAP engaged:
VRF-106 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 3000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
VRF-107 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 7 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
3rd PG/1st PS with P-50 Skyrocket (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
3rd PG/2nd PS with P-50 Skyrocket (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
3rd PG/3rd PS with P-50 Skyrocket (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
VMF-211 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
18th PG/6th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
18th PG/19th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
18th PG/44th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
15th PG/45th PS with P-36A Mohawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 14000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
15th PG/46th PS with P-36A Mohawk (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
15th PG/47th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 2 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
18th PG/73rd PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
18th PG/78th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 3 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
15th PG/Hq Sqn with P-36A Mohawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
18th PG/Hq Sqn with SNJ-3 Texan (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
VMF-1002 with F2A-3 Buffalo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5

Allied aircraft
P-36A Mohawk x 25
P-40B Warhawk x 34
F2A-3 Buffalo x 4
F4F-3 Wildcat x 21
SNJ-3 Texan x 8
P-50 Skyrocket x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed
SNJ-3 Texan: 1 destroyed
P-50 Skyrocket: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 15000 feet *

CAP engaged:
VRF-106 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 3000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
VRF-107 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
3rd PG/1st PS with P-50 Skyrocket (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
3rd PG/2nd PS with P-50 Skyrocket (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
3rd PG/3rd PS with P-50 Skyrocket (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes
18th PG/6th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
18th PG/19th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
18th PG/44th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
15th PG/45th PS with P-36A Mohawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
15th PG/46th PS with P-36A Mohawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
15th PG/47th PS with P-40B Warhawk (2 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
18th PG/73rd PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
18th PG/78th PS with P-40B Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
15th PG/Hq Sqn with P-36A Mohawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
18th PG/Hq Sqn with SNJ-3 Texan (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
VMF-1002 with F2A-3 Buffalo (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes

[larryfulkerson]

First of all let me say how lucky I feel at capturing Aparri's LI factories without any damage at all. I shipped in all the engineers in the
fleet to fix stuff and now they are all sitting around playing cards and drinking coffee. I'm expanding the airfield and the port but I
don't feel like filling sandbags just yet. I'll save that little task for late-war times.Everybody else is headed south down the road
toward Manila. Follow up INF units will arrive soon and pretty soon we'll have ourselves a military parade of sorts. Landings at Vigan
will surely grab another airfield or two so I'm thinking I should send at least one engineer unit to Vigan.

Also, I've noticed a lot of places that are just about to fail their LI because of a lack of RES. There's no way to turn off the production
of supplies that's using up the RES so I'm going to ignore it for now. Just monitor it.

[BillBrown]

Damaged industry does not require any engineers to repair, only supply. 1,000 supply for each item repaired( only one of each damaged industry can be repaired per day ) and there is a minimum of 10,000 supply to initiate the repairs.

[larryfulkerson]

Tokyo just received 43K of RES from somewhere and that means that Tokyo is no longer in danger of failing it's LI so I'm going
to turn the HI back on and see what happens.

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: BillBrown
Damaged industry does not require any engineers to repair, only supply. 1,000 supply for each item repaired( only one of each damaged industry can be repaired per day ) and there is a minimum of 10,000 supply to initiate the repairs.

OH. Okie dokie, I didn't know that. Coolness. This game just became greater. So the "engineers" are only for the airfield and
port expansions.........cool. Thanks for the info. It'll make for a better game now that I know that.