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A sad thing, looks like the SD never fired a shot.

ORIGINAL: janh

Indeed the BB and the CA would have better served in the covering surface combat TF.  I usually only put DD/DE or other escorts in transport TFs, and perhaps a CL.  The only exception is as allied player to protect high-seas convoys from raiders.  But from what FatR wrote in his AAR, South Dakota had a really unlucky day.  It not necessarily should have come that badly.  What was the weather in the hex?  Engaging at 1000y was probably the IJN commanders best dream: night of the Long Lances...

Japanese Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Allied TF begins to get underway
Reduced sighting due to 25% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 25% moonlight: 1,000 yards
Range closes to 26,000 yards...
Range closes to 23,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 17,000 yards...
Range closes to 14,000 yards...
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards...
Range closes to 4,000 yards...
Range closes to 3,000 yards...
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
Range closes to 1,000 yards...
CA Kinugasa engages BB South Dakota at 1,000 yards
CA Aoba engages BB South Dakota at 1,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages CL Montpelier at 1,000 yards
CL Honolulu engages CA Kinugasa at 1,000 yards
CL Concord engages DD Ushio at 1,000 yards
DD Amagiri engages DD Downes at 1,000 yards
DD Shigure engages BB South Dakota at 1,000 yards
Range increases to 2,000 yards
BB South Dakota sunk by CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
CL Montpelier engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
CA Aoba engages CL Honolulu at 2,000 yards
CL Concord engages CA Kinugasa at 2,000 yards
DD Uranami engages DD Downes at 2,000 yards
DD Downes engages DD Uranami at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
CA Wichita engages CA Kinugasa at 4,000 yards
CA Kinugasa engages CL Montpelier at 4,000 yards
CA Wichita engages CL Natori at 4,000 yards
CL Concord engages CA Kinugasa at 4,000 yards
DD Downes engages DD Shigure at 4,000 yards
DD Amagiri engages DD Woodworth at 4,000 yards
DD Shigure engages DD Woodworth at 4,000 yards
DD Shigure engages DD Downes at 4,000 yards
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...

2mar43:

APA Harris beginning refit in shipyard at
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APA J. Franklin Bell beginning refit in shipyard at
APA Leonard Wood beginning refit in shipyard at
APA Hunter Liggett beginning refit in shipyard at
APA Heywood beginning refit in shipyard at
APA George F. Elliot beginning refit in shipyard at
APA Fuller beginning refit in shipyard at
APA William P.Biddle beginning refit in shipyard at Eastern USA
APA President Adams beginning refit in shipyard at Eastern USA

APA President Monroe beginning refit in shipyard at Eastern USA

APA Arthur Middleton beginning refit in shipyard at Eastern USA

APA George Clymer beginning refit in shipyard at Eastern USA

I was surprised I held the line in the center position in china.  I suspect the japs will never be able to move me out now.

!!!

43-3-13:  FatR has brought both the Kwangtung and the china expedition HQ into the cross river hex in apparent effort to reorganize the army.

43-3-20:  Action off Ndeni.  SCTF assigned patrol zone w/ range 6 react caught IJN DD flotilla in a bombardment run.  B24 dropped a 500lb bomb into a DD!.  US was beat in the gunnery battle 2to1.

Japanese Ships
DD Amagiri, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

How is the supply situation for your troops in Burma? Are you having any trouble keeping them well supplied?

How well are your forces in Burma being supplied overland from India? Are you having any problems?

ORIGINAL: khyberbill

How is the supply situation for your troops in Burma? Are you having any trouble keeping them well supplied?

Yes and no. I landed alot of supply along w/ a USN BF at akyab.
Ramree is a level one AF. In the irrawaddy plain before I was out manovered by FatR I did not have a supply issue

I lost 2 indian divisions in a trap at Magwe. My fault. I see I will need to advance on a front w/ a corp in each hex to insure that does not happen again.
The supply usage will increase next time because i am going in w/9 or more divisions. All forward bases will have to be prestocked.

43-3-26: Looks like fish bait.

ORIGINAL: bigred

ORIGINAL: khyberbill

How is the supply situation for your troops in Burma? Are you having any trouble keeping them well supplied?

Yes and no. I landed alot of supply along w/ a USN BF at akyab.
Ramree is a level one AF. In the irrawaddy plain before I was out manovered by FatR I did not have a supply issue

I lost 2 indian divisions in a trap at Magwe. My fault. I see I will need to advance on a front w/ a corp in each hex to insure that does not happen again.
The supply usage will increase next time because i am going in w/9 or more divisions. All forward bases will have to be prestocked.

I do not have my forward bases max build up to supply a heavy allied push. I get this from reading other threads. i will need time and adjustments. FatR has done a good job defending Burma. He has humbled me.

43-mar-5: Seems i have killed 12 jap subs in the past thirty days.  It has taken some time to train all the LR hudsons w/ Aus/NZ into ASW trained search planes.  All have ASW pilots into the 60s.  Combine this w/ 50point ASW value TFs and the effect has been timely. 

In Contrast 15 IJN subs were sunk up to feb43. These nasty subs have done alot of damage to the allied combat fleet.

FatR does not give up...

Revenge for Calcutta.  30x 4e's make a long range attack at 16000 ft over Rabaul w/ no cap.  Recon reports 70 ships in port.  Bye bye Hosho!!! I wonder what the hit ratio is in severe storms w/ 150 bombs at 60exp. probably not much. 2 turns earlier a b24 had placed a skip bomb into the Chikuma at Lunga. Was hoping to catch the Chikuma in port at Rabaul. So I may have made the raid too early.

Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 158 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 54 minutes


Allied aircraft
     B-24D Liberator x 3
     B-24D1 Liberator x 20
     PB4Y-1 Liberator x 7


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
     CVE Hosho, Bomb hits 1,  on fire



Aircraft Attacking:
      7 x PB4Y-1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet *
              Port Attack:  5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
      3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 15000 feet *
              Port Attack:  5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
      6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet *
              Port Attack:  5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
      7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet *
              Port Attack:  5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
      7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet *
              Port Attack:  5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

She's in a major port though- good odds they'll get the fires out and she'll be repaired.

ORIGINAL: Itdepends

She's in a major port though- good odds they'll get the fires out and she'll be repaired.

Sadly, you are probably right.

1.  I now have3 to5 aces in every front line sqn.
2.  FatR is tired.  He either rested his ftr's and forgot to turn off his bombing run or he underestimated my CAP streght and my reserves available.
3. fatR and john3rd are really putting a effort into the perfect war mod(probably at expense of FatR focus on this game).

43-4-16: Japs have broken my main defense near Kweiyang and are advancing on same city from east and west.  Also north of Sian the nips are on the move headed north west.

Intel report shows heavy attack at Lil Andaman in about 5 days.