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Good work today as 20 more Japanese 2E´s are destroyed with no Allied ship losses...

plus another 10 this turn. Several US ships damaged nothing sunk. Ike also ran a small bombardment group to Irau, sunk a DD and CL there. Inspite of many, many trips by my ML's, his units failed to hit any. looks like I need more mines there.
 
An air strike by my lone little CVL did manage to put a torp into one DD on it's way back. another DD and 3 AK were hit by bettys, but not nearly a good enough rate of return for my losses.
 

plus another 10 this turn. Several US ships damaged nothing sunk. Ike also ran a small bombardment group to Irau, sunk a DD and CL there. Inspite of many, many trips by my ML's, his units failed to hit any. looks like I need more mines there.

An air strike by my lone little CVL did manage to put a torp into one DD on it's way back. another DD and 3 AK were hit by bettys, but not nearly a good enough rate of return for my losses.

I know what that little CVL group coming south was all about. You were wanting to catch my battleship your betty´s just hit.

Brian did that earlier against a wounded carrier and sunk it. A land based bomber group launched against this CVL group but coudn´t find it. He kept it out of the deadly 7 space range of my bases. If he comes withing 7 spaces it will be suicide with all the dauntless dive bombers I have sitting on these bases.

I still did good work today sinking a cruiser and destroyer. Destroying 10 more 2E bombers. As mentioned he hit some ships but I don´t think anything will sink.

I patch the holes and pump the water out or send them to Pearl and they send me submarines. [:)]

But his bombers...these and their highly skilled crews are gone forever.

One hundred and thirty four of these have been destroyed. That is Nells with about 20 in a squadron and Betty´s with about 25 in a squadron. Hmmm...this has really reduced his capabilities quite a bit. I think the Nells are basicaly done right now.

All this bomber counting has one purpose. To measure his air threat in my invasion planning against my fleets.

I´m thinking this was a bombardment mission gone wrong...

I think this was too much ricewine by the group commander. It had orders to retire, sfigure it reacted to something. No matter. nothing was heavily damaged. Several ships will be going back to Toyko, but it was time to send some for re-fits anyway. As they were so close, the remainder sailed on to conduct a pretty good bombardment attack on one of Ike's forward airfields.
 
 

ORIGINAL: borner
Several ships will be going back to Toyko, but it was time to send some for re-fits anyway.

As for the IJN, do ya get any refits or upgrades for your ships from Tokyo?? [&:] Always thought there is nothing like that available at all... [&o]

No, not really, just thought it sounded good!  [X(]
 
 

Pummelling the Japanese surface fleet....

yeah, silly mistake, and had this small force get there before my CA's. OOPS!
 
 
 

What is the date and # of your senario.

yeah, silly mistake, and had this small force get there before my CA's. OOPS!

I remember I did something like that in the previous game at Luganville. You sunk a battleship I believe. After that I never did come out from behind my bases. [:-]

Once that Allied airpower gets established somewhere one needs to walk very carefully.

edit-ahhh middle Sept on scenario 17 bigred.

Some minor action to report. IKE has been trying to knock Irau out of supply, killing a good number of barges in the process. He apparently sent several single ship TF's to Lugan to hit them in port. A DD flotilla on station there sank 3 DD's for little damage in return. It was disappointing the rest missed the many minefields in the area, but it's still early.

By the way Ike, have you looked at the point spread as of late?

By the way Ike, have you looked at the point spread as of late?

Have you seen my new port/petrol station at Nevea? Ahhh...those PT boats, subs and surface raider groups are going to have some fun now on your supply line.

Now that I have a port at Nevea and Hundred plus heavy bombers you might want to consider how many Regiments you are prepared to lose at Irau...

When I come nothing is going to get out.

is that the same group that just lost 3 DD's and about a half dozen pt's? Oh, and when you come to Irau?? When are you heading my way? I doube you are silly enough to come up without fighter cover ( although I wish you would), so I still have at least two months. As you like to say, all those Bettys can do a lot of damage.
 
Personally, I think it's a decoy to take my attention away from PM when you hit there. Rest assured the 8th army is ready for you also.

is that the same group that just lost 3 DD's and about a half dozen pt's?

News flash from Toyko Rose! The mighty KB once again rules the waves!
 
that's right sports fans, we have now doubled our carrier strenth! We can now send twice the airpower forward to clear the seas of the imperalistic US navy!
 
Amazing how much having a little CVE arrive can do for one's morale when the whole of the KB is sunk or back in Japan!  LOL!!!
 
 

10-2-42

B17´s hole 2 tankers unloading at Lunga.

PT boats and Fighter-Bombers sink barges at and around Irau.

Battleship Washington and Friends sink barges, shell Irau and trade shots with coatal defense gun.

Japanese bombers attack transports unloading supplies at Nevea.

Bombers and dive bombers from Nevea hit Irau in force.

I think IKE works for FOX news or something. He failed to mention that a DD and CA were damaged by mines in these riads. Also, Bettys sunk one transport, badly damaged two more, and an escortin DD. Plus, that there are not nearly as many PT's for these raids as when this started two weeks ago. Overall I think IKE is getting the better side of this battle for the moment. Hoever, Hiyo is due to arrive any day, and once I can put 3 CVL's in the area, he should have to be a bit more careful.