Tale of the Sheep! - JocMeister (A) vs. Lowpe (J)

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: Rio Bravo

Hang in there Joc!

That damn Evil Empire will run out of steam soon and you can give him a red stagecoach and six black horses!

Best Regards,
-Terry

Thanks! I hope to give him a bloody nose in India at least. [:)]

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
AMs operating in 1-ship TFs usually get in unseen.

Hmm, I´ll see if I have some low END AMs around I can give it a try with. [:)]

[JocMeister]

[font="Verdana"]March 28th 1942[/font]
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Great day in the air! [:)]

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NORPAC/WC
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Another attack at Anchorage. Surprised it held another attack.

Ground combat at Anchorage (181,36)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 26317 troops, 278 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 727

Defending force 8842 troops, 151 guns, 145 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Japanese adjusted assault: 407

Allied adjusted defense: 175

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
364 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Allied ground losses:
521 casualties reported
Squads: 22 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 11 (7 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Assaulting units:
21st Division
16th Division
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
4th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
81st Field Artillery Battalion
3/250th Coastal Artillery Battalion
75th Coast AA Regiment
Eleventh USAAF
Elmendorf AAF Base Force
Alaska Defense Cmd
1/250th Coastal Artillery Battalion
31st Base Sqdn

Will be interesting to see what he uses the IDs for next. He has 4 in NORPAC right now. Will he keep them all there or move one or two out?

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Java
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The last allied bastion on Java is finally attacked after 2 months of bombardments.

Ground combat at Bandoeng (50,100)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15360 troops, 231 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 449

Defending force 5736 troops, 103 guns, 81 vehicles, Assault Value = 158

Japanese adjusted assault: 183

Allied adjusted defense: 175

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
499 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 50 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Allied ground losses:
231 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Assaulting units:
113th Infantry Regiment
146th Infantry Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
Mobiele Eenheid Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
3rd KNIL AA Battalion
Andir ML Base Force
7th Avn Sup Afd

No doubt Jeff want the troops for India ASAP.

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China
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Looks like Jeff has grown tired of Wenchow. He has let up the naval bombardments there and the troops quickly recovered. But this turn...

Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
CL Kiso

Allied ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Kirishima
BB Kirishima firing at 100th Chinese Corps
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CL Kiso
CL Kiso firing at 88th Chinese Corps

On Ankang road the newly arrived troops actually holds another attack despite forts and supply! [X(]

Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 42092 troops, 439 guns, 201 vehicles, Assault Value = 1301

Defending force 32131 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 694

Japanese adjusted assault: 648

Allied adjusted defense: 1528

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2147 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 195 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Vehicles lost 26 (10 destroyed, 16 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1379 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 118 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled)

Assaulting units:
39th Division
13th Tank Regiment
13th Division
6th Division
12th Tank Regiment
9th Armored Car Co
1st Army
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
57th Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
66th Chinese Corps
22nd Group Army
7th Artillery Regiment
41st AA Regiment

I think Jeff is overstacking the hex which helps me a bit. Not sure though.

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India
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Very good day in the air here. Sweeps from Calcutta smash into a Oscar CAP. Given the result I think they may be flying all the way from Magwe with high fatigue as a result.

Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 34

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 6 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 20000 feet

There are four more sweeps which does just as good. 20 Oscars are shot down for only 2 Hurricanes! I´ll take that! [&o]

Jeff also tries his luck sending some bombers to slow down the 6th ID. But they brought AA... [:'(]

Morning Air attack on 75th Indian Brigade, at 58,39 , near Silchar

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 28
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 13 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 2 destroyed by flak

Allied ground losses:
91 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

The units arn´t even knocked back to combat mode and DIS is in the low teens. Another Nell strike sees the same results and for good measure we shoot down some Anns and a Sally too.

Looks like Jeff stopped his units and will wait for the shock attack across the river. I´ve decided to go ahead. Its clear terrain, he wont have time to dig in and I´ve got lots of armor. The RAF will also try to rough them up a bit. Most importantly I need to link up my two IDs in order to push for Chittagong.

[BBfanboy]

Looking at that map of Canada made me realize that he could put paras into Coal Harbour or Annette Island and drop them on the rail line behind Prince Rupert. Make sure you have a unit at Terrace and Prince George or wherever he could reach.

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Looking at that map of Canada made me realize that he could put paras into Coal Harbour or Annette Island and drop them on the rail line behind Prince Rupert. Make sure you have a unit at Terrace and Prince George or wherever he could reach.

I´m pretty sure I have units there but I´ll double check when I get the turn back. [:)]

[JocMeister]

No turn. Judging by Jeffs post in his other AAR he has his hands full right now. Hopefully we can do a few over the weekend. Starting work again on Monday. [X(]

[JocMeister]

[font="Verdana"]March 29th 1942[/font]
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RAF continues to punish the Japanese! [:)]

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NORPAC/WC
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Strat bombing is definitively on again. Mostly done by KB hitting Tacoma for minor damage. No point in my trying to battle the KB sweeps. I tried that in OZ and blew through a month worth of replacements per day for 3 days before I had to give up. Shot down like 10 Zeroes in return.

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India
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Another good day. Jeff hits my Northern force but for some reason only the 3rd Carabiniers Regiment is hit. Good! In return the RAF takes off...

Morning Air attack on 18th/B Division, at 58,38 , near Dacca

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 10
Blenheim IV x 33

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
340 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Very good result. Clear hexes are a death sentence. Crossing might come tomorrow and I don´t think it will be pleasant for the defenders. RAF will hit them tomorrow too.

The Japanese 5th ID (on ships to Chittagong) is currently prepping for Calcutta. I think the remnants of the 18th left on Java is in the same convoy. If I can retain control over the skies I might actually be able to kick them off the continent.

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China
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Not much happening. Quite worried about the Ankang roadblock. Reinforcements are on their way but wont make it in time for the next attack. Japanese armor reach the roadblock protecting Tuyun.

[JocMeister]

[font="Verdana"]March 30th 1942[/font]
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Very good day in Asia!

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NORPAC/WC
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KB continues to hit Oak Harbor and Tacoma. Today no damage was done. Good day! [:)]

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Java
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The final Javanese outpost is overrun by the Japanese. This will free up a lot of troops for Jeff. Not good.

Ground combat at Bandoeng (50,100)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14855 troops, 231 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 396

Defending force 5348 troops, 96 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 108

Japanese adjusted assault: 286

Allied adjusted defense: 139

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bandoeng !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
208 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
6047 casualties reported
Squads: 68 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 356 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 129 (129 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 105 (105 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 5

Assaulting units:
146th Infantry Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
Mobiele Eenheid Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
Andir ML Base Force
3rd KNIL AA Battalion
7th Avn Sup Afd

About 2 IDs worth of troops. I have a hunch I´ll see them in India shortly together with the 5th ID...

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China
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A small miracle here (again) on the Ankang road. [X(]

Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 40587 troops, 439 guns, 171 vehicles, Assault Value = 1171

Defending force 31290 troops, 179 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 580

Japanese adjusted assault: 532

Allied adjusted defense: 1450

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2710 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 299 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Vehicles lost 25 (1 destroyed, 24 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
765 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 79 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 8 (4 destroyed, 4 disabled)

This will most likely give the reinforcements time to arrive. Nice present! [:)]

Sadly though Jeff knows what he is doing. I bet these guys started moving the same day he took over. Against this there is no defense. The tanks will simply wear me down during the coming weeks without a single loss. [:(]

Ground combat at 74,52 (near Tuyun)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 29427 troops, 275 guns, 66 vehicles, Assault Value = 1053

Defending force 39404 troops, 112 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1209

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
104th Division
3rd Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
51st Division
1st Tank Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
21st Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
28th Chinese Corps
25th Chinese Corps
11th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
9th Group Army

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India
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First allied offensive success on the ground in the war! [&o] Despite the RAF being grounded because of bad weather the river crossing went perfectly.

Ground combat at 58,38 (near Dacca)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 14406 troops, 251 guns, 360 vehicles, Assault Value = 632

Defending force 2973 troops, 52 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 107

Allied adjusted assault: 162

Japanese adjusted defense: 4 [:'(]

Allied assault odds: 40 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-), supply(-)

Japanese ground losses:
2031 casualties reported
Squads: 113 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 16 (10 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (7 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Allied ground losses:
61 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
18th British Division
7th Armoured Brigade

Defending units:
18th/B Division
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment

The 18th will now link up with the 7th and drive for Chittagong. Jeff stated in an email that I should enjoy the victory and that it was according to plan. I´ll take that with a grain of salt... [;)]

He might possibly see this as an opportunity to grab Calcutta and cut off my units. But with the 6th and 70th ID behind level 5 forts I feel quite secure there. At least given the units Jeff has available.

[JocMeister]

[font="Verdana"]Locations of Japanese ID[/font]
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NORPAC/WC
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-16th ID at Anchorage
-48th ID at Bella Bella
-48th/B at Annette Island
-21st ID at Anchorage

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CENTPAC
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-4th ID at PH (1 week old SIGINT)

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DEI
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-5th moving to Chittagong. Prepping for Calcutta.
-38th on Java. (2 weeks old)
-19th ID on Mindanao. Prepping for Manila
-18/C (Probably moving to Chittagong with the 5th)

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Burma
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-Imperial Guards (probably moved to Paoshan)
-18th ID (2/3rd at Chittagong)

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Unknown/on the move
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-33rd. On ships from PH to Canton (3 weeks old SIGINT).

[Uncivil Engineer]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

[font="Verdana"]Locations of Japanese ID[/font]
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NORPAC/WC
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-16th ID at Anchorage
-48th ID at Bella Bella
-48th/B at Annette Island
-21st ID at Anchorage

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CENTPAC
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-4th ID at PH (1 week old SIGINT)

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DEI
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-5th moving to Chittagong. Prepping for Calcutta.
-38th on Java. (2 weeks old)
-19th ID on Mindanao. Prepping for Manila
-18/C (Probably moving to Chittagong with the 5th)

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Burma
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-Imperial Guards (probably moved to Paoshan)
-18th ID (2/3rd at Chittagong)

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Unknown/on the move
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-33rd. On ships from PH to Canton (3 weeks old SIGINT).

Don't overlook 3 divisions that start in regiment-sized pieces - 2nd, 55th, and 56th. IIRC you had seen parts of the 2nd (24th Regt) on Java. The other 2 are usually part of the Malaya invasion, so could be anywhere by now.

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: Uncivil Engineer

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

[font="Verdana"]Locations of Japanese ID[/font]
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NORPAC/WC
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-16th ID at Anchorage
-48th ID at Bella Bella
-48th/B at Annette Island
-21st ID at Anchorage

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CENTPAC
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-4th ID at PH (1 week old SIGINT)

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DEI
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-5th moving to Chittagong. Prepping for Calcutta.
-38th on Java. (2 weeks old)
-19th ID on Mindanao. Prepping for Manila
-18/C (Probably moving to Chittagong with the 5th)

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Burma
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-Imperial Guards (probably moved to Paoshan)
-18th ID (2/3rd at Chittagong)

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Unknown/on the move
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-33rd. On ships from PH to Canton (3 weeks old SIGINT).

Don't overlook 3 divisions that start in regiment-sized pieces - 2nd, 55th, and 56th. IIRC you had seen parts of the 2nd (24th Regt) on Java. The other 2 are usually part of the Malaya invasion, so could be anywhere by now.

Thanks for the warning! I kind of forgotten about them. I´ll go through IM and see if I can find them! I know a RGT is with the IGD at Pahoshan. I think I should have noticed anything about the in SIGINT if they popped up but I´ll double check.

[Lokasenna]

The 52nd as well, IIRC. Though maybe that one just starts in Japan in Division form.

[JocMeister]

[font="Verdana"]March 31st 1942[/font]
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Speaking of the devil...

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India
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11/38th Division is loaded on xAK Koyu Maru moving to Chittagong.[/size]

A big TF just appeared outside Chittagong. Its covered by the MKB. Have to be very careful here not to expose myself to a counter-counter attack! [:D]

The 70th British and 26th Indian divisions arrive. Both will rail to Calcutta while the 6th OZ will move forward. I also moved more engineers into Calcutta to boost forts as much as possible if I have to pull back. If everything that was on Java will end up at Chittagong there is no way I can throw him back into the sea.

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NORPAC
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Quiet.

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China
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The expected attack on the Tuyun road never happens. But it looks like more troops are moving in.

[JocMeister]

PS, Did some digging in the Japanese OOB about the IDs Loka and MM mentioned. Havn´t had time to check for the various part in Intel Monkey yet though.

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

[font="Verdana"]March 31st 1942[/font]

Amphib bonus pau? (That's Hawaiian. [:)])

[ny59giants]

Did you remember to send 2 to 4 American DB units to India?? Them plus the Brit TBs could be a nice strike package if you get the chance.

[JocMeister]

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

[font="Verdana"]March 31st 1942[/font]

Amphib bonus pau? (That's Hawaiian. [:)])

Indeed! Things will slow down for him now! [:)]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Did you remember to send 2 to 4 American DB units to India?? Them plus the Brit TBs could be a nice strike package if you get the chance.

I decided not to! When he landed early in NORPAC I decided to keep them around. I might send some off later though. But right now I think they might become handy in Canada!

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Did you remember to send 2 to 4 American DB units to India?? Them plus the Brit TBs could be a nice strike package if you get the chance.

I decided not to! When he landed early in NORPAC I decided to keep them around. I might send some off later though. But right now I think they might become handy in Canada!

For moose hunting? That's not fair!

[Lokasenna]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Did you remember to send 2 to 4 American DB units to India?? Them plus the Brit TBs could be a nice strike package if you get the chance.

I decided not to! When he landed early in NORPAC I decided to keep them around. I might send some off later though. But right now I think they might become handy in Canada!

For moose hunting? That's not fair!

Nor legal - I'd have to arrest him for poaching, moose hunting is my domain!

[Bullwinkle58]

ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: JocMeister



I decided not to! When he landed early in NORPAC I decided to keep them around. I might send some off later though. But right now I think they might become handy in Canada!

For moose hunting? That's not fair!

Nor legal - I'd have to arrest him for poaching, moose hunting is my domain!

Hey! I can hear you you know!!![:'(]

[Bullwinkle58]

So far the vaunted campaign against North America is pretty much a bust, huh?