Forbidden: The Billionaire's Virgin Princess - Tales of a 3 on 2

[jeffk3510]

ORIGINAL: nashvillen

Crap, sorry Jeff and Harvey. I should have known better. My fault.

<<Creeps back to his logistics box and swears off doing combat stuff, for at least a couple of days>>

ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

Looking back, we did have six. [:@][:@][:@]

All of that for six extra Wildcats.. damn.

No worries. There are worse things in life. Like being Hartwig and having to explain to Bill that you lost a third of the KB in Feb 42'. [:D]

[nashvillen]

Even though it shows the Kaga sunk, the Soyru's Zeros are providing LRCAP over PM.

[nashvillen]

ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

ORIGINAL: nashvillen

Crap, sorry Jeff and Harvey. I should have known better. My fault.

<<Creeps back to his logistics box and swears off doing combat stuff, for at least a couple of days>>

ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

Looking back, we did have six. [:@][:@][:@]

All of that for six extra Wildcats.. damn.

No worries. There are worse things in life. Like being Hartwig and having to explain to Bill that you lost a third of the KB in Feb 42'. [:D]

Yeah, I guess that is a harder pill to swallow...

[nashvillen]

28 FEB 42

CONUS:

KV Timmons tasked to escort xAK that arrived at Portland to Seattle for use in the NOPAC.

SS’s S-45 and S-47 arrive at San Diego. Put into patrol TFs and sent to Pearl for further distribution from there. Captains are of sufficient Naval and Aggression skills to not replace.

Transport TF formed at San Francisco with some AS and AVD attached for service further west. This TF will go to Pearl to pick up units there for transport further west.

Seven of the Transmarine class xAKs that were due to arrive in LA in two days are broken off to be sent to join the above transport TF for use in moving units off of Pearl.

BB search units at San Francisco maxed out with trainees to facilitate more search training while sitting in port.

3rd ID moves from Tacoma to Seattle. Spread defense around a little. Not that we think the Japs are going to invade anytime soon. Will also help expand Seattle port and air.

Seattle set to expand port and air. Should have done on day one. Must have missed it.

CANAL ZONE:

Nothing to do here.

NOPAC:

Nothing to do here.

CENTPAC:

BB search units at Pearl Harbor maxed out with trainees to facilitate more search training while sitting in port.

Moved search arcs for the Catalina detachment on Wake to look directly west to see where that TF 600 nm west is going. If it is coming towards Wake there isn’t much we can do, but knowing helps, a little… The Cargo TF is just about unloaded and will be leaving directly east tomorrow. Rain over Wake Is has help conceal it’s presence there. If it is headed towards Wake Is. We need to find a new home for the Catalina detachment there. If it isn’t the detachment needs to take on two more aircraft to replace losses.

SOPAC

Amphibious TF to PM set to absolute, as it kept yo-yoing to and from PM. Should be there in a day and a half.

Shifted ships around at Pago Pago to facilitate unloading. Pago Pago will be port 4 next turn (99 percent done now). This will help greatly, with the 48,000 tone docking limit and the 18,750 cargo handling. We need another 14 naval support and it will be able to rearm the main guns on our CA’s without an AE. With the AE Lassen there we should be able to rearm any ship we need.

BB search units at Tahiti maxed out with trainees to facilitate more search training while sitting in port.

TF 264 sent to Auckland to pick up three units there (2xBF, 1xFA) that are available for transport.

ANZAC:

Set Houston to pierside to clear the dry dock for the Big E, which will be there in a day. It will take the Houston one more day to repair due to being set to pierside, but it is all system damage.

CHINA:

Nothing to do here.

RUSSIA:

Nothing to do here.

[jeffk3510]

You sure haven't been too active in Russia...[8|]

[nashvillen]

What else is there to do? Can't do much without being released. Units are training and filled with pilots. Land units are on rest except for some key defensive positions. I have no ships until released. I am pretty sure you are being sarcastic, but want to make sure! [;)]

I would love to be released. Would be... interesting... [:D]

[denisonh]

It will be interesting to see what happens at PM. They knocked down the forts to 1 at 1:2 last turn, so it depends on how much he can recover (if any at all) and if the marine raiders make it into PM (I put the TF at full speed to insure the combat power gets there and unloads).

We will need to backstop PM with a major combat formation (a regt or preferably a divsion). I have an Aussie div ready, but don't want to spend the PPs unless you all think it the best choice (1st Aussie at Sydney)

[BBfanboy]

Seems you should strat move that Division to Townsville now and send the amphib ships needed to pick it up, just in case you do decide to use it. The loaded ships are less exposed to enroute loss to subs or raiders on the shorter hop.

[denisonh]

Good thought BBfanboy, although loading them at Sydney is technically easier gven the traffic around Towsnville and Brisbane right now.. It is just that the PP cost to convert them to SWPAC will be substantial which is the real issue.

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Seems you should strat move that Division to Townsville now and send the amphib ships needed to pick it up, just in case you do decide to use it. The loaded ships are less exposed to enroute loss to subs or raiders on the shorter hop.

[nashvillen]

1 MAR 42

CONUS:

xAP ThomasBarry arrives at LA, escorted to San Francisco for use there. DM at San Francisco sent to LA. This leaves a DM at each location for transferring ships as needed.

Cargo TF with 78k supplies formed up at LA for Sydney, ETA 90 days.

Replenishment TF with 44850 fuel loaded up at LA bound for Pago Pago to loiter there ready for use as needed. ETA 24 days.

VMF-112 and VMF-122 set to usual training at San Diego.

CANAL ZONE:

DD Meredith (Livermore) arrives at Balboa, she will wait on DD Grayson (due in on 2 MAR 42) and CA Vincennes (due in on 3 MAR 42).

NOPAC:

Nothing to do here.

CENTPAC:

Looks like Wake Is. is next on the target list. Invasion force two days out. xAKL will stay one more day to unload as many supplies as possible before leaving tomorrow.

SOPAC

Moved ships around at Pago Pago to take advantage of the now larger port size and consolidated MTs into one TF and sent it back to LA. The rest will continue to unload at the much higher rate! Also, turn off the building of fortifications at Pago Pago, 3 should be high enough.

ANZAC:

Nothing to do here.

CHINA:

Some minor adjustments here. Most of the units getting slaughtered SW of Ichang will be out of the this area next turn. Some need to stay as speed bumps. Such is life as a infantryman in the Chinese Army.

Units that killed over a tenth of the vehicles in the hex west of Loyang will banzai again against the tanks there to kill more before they die. I want them to die to get them back at stronger strength and in a better location.

RUSSIA:

Nothing to do here.

[nashvillen]

2 MAR 42

CONUS:

AS Griffin arrives at Eastern USA. Loading with supplies and sent to Cristobal. Arrives in 9 days.

641st Towed TD Bn sent to San Francisico. Arrives in 12 days.

KV Timmons escorting xAK John C. Fremont to Seattle. Arrives in 4 days.

CANAL ZONE:

DD Grayson arrives at Balboa. Waiting on CA Vincennes.

NOPAC:

Nothing to do here. Dutch Harbor up to 9% on airfield expansion.

CENTPAC:

xAKL at Wake dies. The cruisers ran ahead of the invasion force to kill it. VP-23/C flies off to Luganville. Draws a replacement pilot and two new aircraft to replace losses. We need to look at getting our squadrons up to size as we can. There is a understrength one at Luganville. Need more airframes first, I guess. We only have four PBY-5s in the pool. I guess this is normal for the allies in 1942. So used to Japan and having plenty in my pools of the aircraft I want because that is what I set to produce.

Doing the TF shuffle at Midway to unload the EAB quicker by docking parts of the Amphib TF.

SOPAC:

Amphib TF at PM unloads Marine Raider BN in time to defend against another Japanese attack. Keeping it docked to unload its supplies then back to Townsville.

ANZAC:

Enterprise TF was not set to have Sydney as home port, so it got to Sydney and turned around and started back to Brisbane. Set it to go to Sydney and set Sydney as its home port.

CHINA:

Moved AVG squadron at Sian to Changsha and set them to ambush the history of unescorted bombers at 82.49.

RUSSIA:

Nothing to do here.

[jeffk3510]

We withdrew CVs to Brisbane to replenish this turn. Horn Isl is now a lvl 3 AF and their detection was at the max...don't want to overstay our welcome.

SAGs will retire to replenish as well now that the aircover will be gone.

PM held this turn and the Japs attacked at 1:2 odds. I would be curious to see how much effect our air raids and night bombardment runs had on the attackers.

Our subs have been having tremendous success over the last few turns. Mainly Harvey's Dutch boats

[jeffk3510]

ORIGINAL: nashvillen

What else is there to do? Can't do much without being released. Units are training and filled with pilots. Land units are on rest except for some key defensive positions. I have no ships until released. I am pretty sure you are being sarcastic, but want to make sure! [;)]

I would love to be released. Would be... interesting... [:D]

Very sarcastic.. don't worry I haven't ever gotten to use their units in the game.. I would LOVE to though.

[jeffk3510]

ORIGINAL: denisonh

It will be interesting to see what happens at PM. They knocked down the forts to 1 at 1:2 last turn, so it depends on how much he can recover (if any at all) and if the marine raiders make it into PM (I put the TF at full speed to insure the combat power gets there and unloads).

We will need to backstop PM with a major combat formation (a regt or preferably a divsion). I have an Aussie div ready, but don't want to spend the PPs unless you all think it the best choice (1st Aussie at Sydney)

How are you feeling after the recent turn?

[jeffk3510]

ORIGINAL: denisonh

Good thought BBfanboy, although loading them at Sydney is technically easier gven the traffic around Towsnville and Brisbane right now.. It is just that the PP cost to convert them to SWPAC will be substantial which is the real issue.

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Seems you should strat move that Division to Townsville now and send the amphib ships needed to pick it up, just in case you do decide to use it. The loaded ships are less exposed to enroute loss to subs or raiders on the shorter hop.

They're milita correct? That is still better than nothing at this point, and it really would beef up the defense there.

[denisonh]

Much better. Their engineers are disabled to the point they couldn't knock down the forts this past turn. Once the 1st Austrlian arrives, we will be in decent shape. I will be following on with a corps HQ, suplies and artillery in the following turns. Got to pushstuff into PM while he is regrouping his CV assets.

We just need to get cooking on bases at Cairns and Cooktown to isolate his forces at PM from supply and have a good place to begin bombing Horn Island, Terapo and Madang.

ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

ORIGINAL: denisonh

It will be interesting to see what happens at PM. They knocked down the forts to 1 at 1:2 last turn, so it depends on how much he can recover (if any at all) and if the marine raiders make it into PM (I put the TF at full speed to insure the combat power gets there and unloads).

We will need to backstop PM with a major combat formation (a regt or preferably a divsion). I have an Aussie div ready, but don't want to spend the PPs unless you all think it the best choice (1st Aussie at Sydney)

How are you feeling after the recent turn?

[nashvillen]

4 MAR 42

CONUS:

94th Field AA arrives in San Francisco from Eastern USA, Set it for Luganville.

CANAL ZONE:

Nothing to do here.

NOPAC:

Nothing to do here.

CENTPAC:

TF238 arrives at Pearl Harbor, loading 18th PG for transport to ANZAC/SOPAC. Will send to Noumea and we can figure out where to send it then. It will take 30 days to get there.

SOPAC

Hornet arrives at Pago Pago, refueled and sent towards Brisbane. Will arrive in 6 days. Will need to upgrade dive bombers to Dauntlesses. We have plenty in stock.

Moving VP-23/A to Wake Is, now that it is safe again, for now. Set VP-23/C to cover the same arc as it was covering at Luganville for the same coverage since 23/C has planes under repair.

ANZAC:

Heads up at Sydney in about a month. There will be several TFs of Supplies and Fuel arriving in a short period of time. We should be prepared to split them up and send smaller parts to Newcastle and Port Kembia.

TF with base unit and some engineers are at Suva. Going to unload there and reload as amphibious for Luganville.

CHINA:

Minor adjustments to troops arriving at Chengteh and Sian.

Set AVG 1st SQN at Changsha to CAP 60 to try to catch some Oscars.

RUSSIA:

Distributed another 34 pilots to training. We have only room for another 20 or so more before we start pooling pilots. I will then start pulling trained pilots out of the squadrons and replacing them with trainees to keep training.

[BBfanboy]

I know replacement of aircraft requires 20K supply or an air HQ, but I am not sure about swapping out one aircraft model for another. Just wondering if Brisbane can do it this early in the war. I always find Oz short on desired supply levels nearly everywhere.

[nashvillen]

Good point. Will redirect to Sydney. Brisbane is not at level 7 yet. Supply is not an issue, there is plenty and more on the water from both directions. We have over half a million in supplies at Sydney.

[GreyJoy]

ORIGINAL: nashvillen

.... We have over half a million in supplies at Sydney.

You won't never be able understand how lucky the allies are untill you play japan... 500,000 supplies my goodness