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Hi all,

Nik once more bombs Rabaul at night from PM. No damage is caused. 2 Forts are lost, 1 due to 75mm flak and the other to unknown causes.

IJAAF and IJNAF combine to bomb Mandalay's arifields; home to Hurris. The fighting is pretty even over the 2 days with 8 Oscars, 4 Helens and a Sally being lost to 8 Hurris:

Day Air attack on Mandalay , at 33,30

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
G4M1 Betty x 26
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 39
Ki-21 Sally x 26
Ki-49 Helen x 21
Ki-46-II Dinah x 4

Allied aircraft
Hurricane II x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-49 Helen: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane II: 5 destroyed


Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6

Aircraft bombing at 22000 feet

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Enemy recon detects BB Hyuga heading past Maumere.....to where I wonder.......

Enemy subs spotted....ASW assets en route......

Hi all,

The invasion of Timor has begun! A well co-ordinated offensive has led to 1000's of IJA troops being landed on both the west and east end of the island. The Allied situation is hopeless with IJN Heavy units shelling enemy positions and covering the landings whilst Betties scout for enemy ships and Zero's provide CAP. An example of IJN firepower in the region:

Naval bombardment of Koepang, at 28,77


Allied aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft losses
Lockheed 212: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu
CA Suzuya
CL Yura
CA Myoko
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato


Allied ground losses:
406 casualties reported
Guns lost 6
Vehicles lost 2

Airbase hits 32
Airbase supply hits 15
Runway hits 135
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Timor should fall within days

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IJN ASW assets located SS Greenling 240 miles SW of Truk. DD Amatsukaze and Kamikaze dropped DC's in the suspected location. No damage reported......

SS O16 attenpted to interfere with the Koepang landings whilst probably returning from Javan patrol to refuel at Darwin. 'Unfortunately' DD Akigumo hit the boat with 2 direct hits amongst 10's of DC's dropped. The sub was lost with all hands......

A confidential source code named ...."little birdy" forwarned us that the Japanese were planning on invading Timor. All essential personel had already left days before they arrived.

[:'(]

B*llocks. More like your incompetent leadership led to you not being able to move stuff to Timor even if you wanted to[;)]

have fun with the Dutch. My planes are safe.

Hi all,

At last Nik will be potentially forcd into a CV vs CV engagement rather than him running away like a pussy.

KB had left Truk over a week ago to hunt and destroy ebnemy shipping. First priority was enemy Cv's, 2nd loaded transports. On the 21st they found a lone Freighter and blew her to smithereens. On the 22nd they found a CV (s). Annoyingly the weather prevented any airstrikes by either side (despite it being clear over my CV's in the afternoon!)

Nonetheless with Nik only 120 miles away this will see how big his cajones are. If he RUNS he's a WIMP. If he stays he's a man[:'(] Sceenie below shows the position.

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In oither news. The buk of Timor has fallen rapidly to superior IJA formations. Both Koepang and Lautem have fallen. The only damage sustained was a couple of bomb hiot by Forts on my AP's. Nothing serious. The Timor operation is effectively over with just Dili to be secured. On to pastures new...........

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In Burma. The Rangoon boys bombed enemy troops north of Pagan. A few enemy Hurris attempted to interfere. 3 were shot down over the 2 days.

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SS I-159 had fun off the coast of India. She hit the freighter Empire Raven with a torpedo......

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The next couple of days could be fun if Nik plays like a man.

CV action and a complete rubbish Timor defence [:D]..

Sounds like fun .. ome on speedy ! .. brits unite vs the aged bunny

Hi all,

Well here we have it guys. The CLEAREST evidence yet. Nik is a WIMP![8|][:'(]

The option of a CV encounter is there and after all his boasting he RUNS away! Pah.

KB is unfortunately too low on fuel so is running to safe waters to refuel.

Nik was lucky. I doubt he'll admit it mind you but the weather saved him on the first day...........

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Other news:

Forts, Blenheims and Bostons bomb IJN vessels at Lautem from Darwin. A couple of transports sustain bomb hits but nothing major. A couple of tennis balls also bounce off the armour of Yamashiro, Fuso and Haguro.

IJAAF bombs Chinese troops west of Mandalay. A few Hurris try to intervene and 1 is lost as in an escorting Oscar.

IJA troops storm ashore at Iloilo, PI.

Am going to be busy over the next week so will have little time for gaming i'm afraid.

ORIGINAL: Speedy

Am going to be busy over the next week so will have little time for gaming i'm afraid.

thants a shame [:(].. Hope it's good busy ( i.e making lots of cash) as opposed to bad busy ( falling ill/moving house/hordes of in-laws visiting [:D])..

good luck whatever it is

Badish busy. Work busy week in general + house improvement busy (has to be done due to leasehold + management Agency[:@][:@][:@]WTF do they manage....) + GF (although on the rocks) wants to spend more time with me this week = us doing more stuff to boot.

ORIGINAL: Speedy

Hi all,

Well here we have it guys. The CLEAREST evidence yet. Nik is a WIMP![8|][:'(]

The option of a CV encounter is there and after all his boasting he RUNS away! Pah.

I didn't run away. I simply changed my orientation.

PS - i have big pectoral muscles too. [:D]

Too bad they sag...[:'(]

Your confusing my pecs with your ______

sorry to hear about the GF there steven, might be worth a try and patch things up if possible, thats a good excuse for being busy even though it hurts.

As for management companies ,, yup ,, what are they for ?? seem to be money vampires imo.

T ,, sure your no confusing niks pecs with his big floppy ears.. cant argue they flop about bunny like ,, and we all know what bunnies like doing in spring [;)]

Hi all,

Well Nik fell for the bluff and check this out:

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 06/25/42

Day Air attack on TF at 68,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 78
D3A Val x 136
B5N Kate x 139

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 74

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 26 destroyed, 11 damaged
D3A Val: 15 destroyed, 29 damaged
B5N Kate: 7 destroyed, 18 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 33 destroyed, 8 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Chester, Bomb hits 1
CV Hornet, Bomb hits 18, on fire, heavy damage
CV Enterprise, Bomb hits 50, on fire, heavy damage
CA Louisville, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CA Chicago, Bomb hits 1
DD Allen
CLAA Atlanta, Bomb hits 1, on fire

AND:

Day Air attack on TF at 68,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
D3A Val x 22
B5N Kate x 24

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
D3A Val: 2 damaged
B5N Kate: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 8 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied Ships
CV Hornet, Bomb hits 10, on fire, heavy damage

AND:

Day Air attack on TF at 68,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 83
D3A Val x 99
B5N Kate x 140

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
D3A Val: 4 destroyed, 24 damaged
B5N Kate: 3 destroyed, 19 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 6 destroyed

Allied Ships
CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 42, on fire, heavy damage
CV Lexington, Bomb hits 45, on fire, heavy damage
CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 1


Enterprise sank rapidly beneath the waves........
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The next day.................after limping into Noumea............

Day Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 68,113

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 92
D3A Val x 109
B5N Kate x 133

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
CV Saratoga, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
CV Lexington, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

AND:

Day Air attack on TF, near Noumea at 68,113

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 76
D3A Val x 97
B5N Kate x 150

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
CV Hornet, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage


All 3 CV's SANK[:D][:D][:D][:D]
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Some background. Firstly see the screenie below. I purposefully stopped KB short of Noumea to avoid any reprisal strikes. As such my planes attacked at extended range on day one = no torpedo's.

The reprisal attack that did anything was from Noumea on day 2:

Day Air attack on TF at 72,114

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 88

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 17
P-39D Airacobra x 18
B-17E Fortress x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 25 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 15 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 18 destroyed
B-17E Fortress: 3 destroyed, 15 damaged

Japanese Ships
CV Akagi
CV Hiryu
CV Soryu
CV Shokaku, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CV Kaga

Aircraft bombing at 7000 feet

No problem. Minor damage that will be repaired in due course.

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A good day to bag 1700 points towards victory........

Nik may have nerfed my Zero's but did I say that I also bagged 350 enemy planes......?See the next post.

A reverse Midway.....4 US CV's sank for no Japanese [8D]

Air losses:

The war is changed dramatically in favour of the IJN

How much you want to bet that he'll claim a synch problem and that he didn't lose his carriers?[:D]

[:D]

Ouchie, ouchie. [:D]