Parry and Spar, or is it... Reluctant Admiral 4.2 Fulkerson(J) vs Moore (A)

[larryfulkerson]

There was a small contest near Baker Island that hasn't ended yet. I expect them to tangle again in the near future.

[larryfulkerson]

There was another small contest near Christmas Island. My sub is outnumbered but might be able to get a hit on the transport
nonetheless. I'll leave him there to try again.

[larryfulkerson]

San Jose finally fell. There's only a couple of places left to grab and most of them are contested. D'oh.

[larryfulkerson]

Operation Beat-Down at Clark Field is proceeding very slowly. I think the infusion of more troops will speed up the process a lot. I'm
tempted to try a DA just to see what happens.

[larryfulkerson]

My forces on Manila are outnumbered and outgunned but still Allied losses are mounting. I've got some troops headed that way to make
things better.

[larryfulkerson]

The situation at Kuantan is NOT excellent but I have some troops headed for Kuantan to help out.

[larryfulkerson]

The situaton at Koepang is in doubt. I need to land some more troops there to get things moving in the right direction.

[larryfulkerson]

At Palembang the DA reduced the Allied fort level there to 0 so the rest of the attacks will be more condusive to good results.

[moore4807]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 14, 42
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This is at least the sixth different sub I've encountered along the West Coast... I do not have enough ASW to cover all the TF's right now

Sub attack near San Clemente Island at 223,80
Japanese Ships
SS I-19

Allied Ships
xAK Unicoi
DD Hughes
xAK Ewa
DD Walke
DD O'Brien
DD Russell
DD Mustin


ASW attack near Bella Bella at 202,48
Japanese Ships
SS I-15

Allied Ships
DD Gilmer
DD Hatfield


Sub attack near Bella Bella at 202,48
Japanese Ships
SS I-15

Allied Ships
DD Fox
DD Hatfield
DD Gilmer



The Bad news... +400 Casualties, a general A** kicking @ Kuantan...
The GOOD news...Both BTF's are VERY near his CVTF where I've sent ALL my Western subs...hehehe

Night Naval bombardment of Kuantan at 51,79

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
CA Aoba
CA Myoko
CA Chokai
CL Kitakami
CL Kiso
CL Abukuma

Allied ground losses:
142 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 13 (3 destroyed, 10 disabled)


Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 21
Port hits 19
Port supply hits 5

Night Naval bombardment of Kuantan at 51,79

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 4 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Ise
CA Kinugasa
CA Kumano
CA Ashigara
CA Maya
CL Oi
CL Naka


Allied ground losses:
315 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 19 (5 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)


Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20
Port hits 8
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1


I'm simply trying to get the Port Service detachment off XMas Is. - good thing those DD's were in the area...

ASW attack near Christmas Island at 174,141
Japanese Ships
SS I-24

Allied Ships
DD Farragut
xAP St. Mihel
DD Worden
DD Hull

[moore4807]

I got Larry's turn tonite and was just finishing my turn against TommyG, so the turn is back in Larry's hands... we're keeping up a pretty good pace so far.

FOW report. . . The Enterprise CVTF reported 2 separate SBD Dauntlesses hit the SS I-5, but nothing in the Combat report. Now I need to make haste out of there...


SBD-3 Dauntless reports submarine wake at 169, 98 near French Frigate Shoal
TBD-1 Devastator reports possible submarine at 169, 98 near French Frigate Shoal
SBD-2 Dauntless reports radio transmissions at 169, 98 near French Frigate Shoal
SBD-2 Dauntless from VS-6 attacking SS I-5 at 169,98
SS I-5 is reported HIT
SBD-2 Dauntless reports shadow in water at 169, 98 near French Frigate Shoal
SBD-2 Dauntless from VB-6 attacking SS I-5 at 169,98
SS I-5 is reported HIT
SBD-2 Dauntless reports suspected submarine at 169, 98 near French Frigate Shoal
TBD-1 Devastator reports submarine wake at 169, 98 near French Frigate Shoal

Larry has done an admirable job so far BUT P.I. and Singers seem to be the thorn in his side.

China is just...China-uggh!

[larryfulkerson]

As Jim said I received his moves Sunday pm and had to finish my moves for Rob before I could start working on Jim's game moves. So it's Monday pm now and the game has progressed to 16Jan42 and I have some combat results for 15Jan42 to display hereafter.

There was some bombardment of Koepang during the night and I got some unremarkable results. I'm going to have to do more and more bombardment of Koepang probably to soften it up a little for the ground troops.

[larryfulkerson]

DMS W-12 managed to clear some mines but the Allied mine indicator dot is still on the map so there may be more mines yet. I'm
hoping to see the fall of Palembang sometime soon so I can start moving resources and oil out of there to Hong Kong or somewhere.

[larryfulkerson]

Jim has two or more subs hanging around Singkawang making a nusciance of themselves. I'm going to have to fly some ASW assets
into that area to help out.

[larryfulkerson]

I seem to have lost a transport out near Tarawa to one of Jim's subs. D'oh.

[larryfulkerson]

One of my subs got hit near Baker Island: 16 Sys and 13 Flt damage so far. I'll probably have to retire that sub to a repair yard soon.

[larryfulkerson]

Six of my Betty's did a raid on Manila that produced unremarkable results:

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the results of a raid on Kuantan. Not much to write home about.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's another expensive raid on Johore Bahru.

[larryfulkerson]

I have no idea why this raid happened. Maybe the "ground" mission doesn't need to specify the target in all cases.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's what happened at Buna: