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Has any of my readers payed attention to the replacement rates of their Allied AC.  I have seen several types of planes being shorted around 2 planes a month. 

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Has any of my readers payed attention to the replacement rates of their Allied AC.  I have seen several types of planes being shorted around 2 planes a month. 

According to Cap Mandrake's AAR, that is just M&M Enterprises taking its cut![:D]
Other than that, some [witpqs??] have suggested that shutting off HI in Oz can affect aircraft production on the US WC. No one has yet done a specific test of that notion, though. I think the [inconclusive] discussion was in NY59Giants' AAR.

Thanks BBfanboy.  I have an issue with that.  Japs can make thousands of AC above what they could of done in real life and I get stuck with less.  Oz HI is still on and producing. I'm pretty sure I have enough HI.
 
2nd Dec
 
KB unknown
MKB unknown
 
China
Bombed.  I try and bomb Ichang and get busted.  Hurri's and P40K's sweep.  Hurri's do nothing but die.  P40s score though.  We lose 12 Blenheim IV, 6 Hurri's, and a P39.  Japs lose 10 Tojo's and 2 Oscars.
 
Coco's
Bombed.
 
N. Borneo
Japs DC a sub for mod damage.
 
Wotje/Maloelap
Bombed.  My CVs spot a sub close by.  I think my sneaky move is up now. 
 
Sorry for the lack of posts and posting material.  I have been very busy this week.  Maybe tomorrow I can do a little bit more.

Also, I have a sub at a dot base with no fuel.  I have tried an AO to drop off fuel with nav support, replenishment TF.  Port is a 0 and can't be expanded.  What can I do?

We had to back track from beta 19 to beta 17.
 
3rd Nov
 
KB unknown
MKB unknown
 
China
Bombed.  I lose 7 P39s due to leaky CAP for 2 Oscars.
 
Bhamo
We bomb the AF and troops.  I see 2 IDs present and close the runway.
 
Coco's
Bombed.
 
Wotje/Maloelap
Bombed.
 
Not much going on.  I am trying to get things into positions for some ops.  Koniu is now starting his defenseive strategy or that is what he keeps telling me in our emails.

Screenie's China

China

Burma

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Also, I have a sub at a dot base with no fuel.  I have tried an AO to drop off fuel with nav support, replenishment TF.  Port is a 0 and can't be expanded.  What can I do?

Drastic solution you had there - backtracking the game to Nov. 3 to save that sub! [;)]
AFAIK there is nothing to be done for an out of fuel sub except sail it to the nearest friendly port, leave it as a static defence for the hex, or scuttle it. [:(]
Subs are pretty tough so unless it is really far from a friendly base, it should eventually make it there with some system damage. Be sure to change the sub's home base to the target fuelling base or it will try to divert to the normal home base when system damage reaches 25 or so.

BBfanboy:  Thanks for the info.  Thats what I have decided to do.
 
Several turns rolled into this post.
 
6th Dec
 
KB unknown
MKB unknown
 
China
Bombed.  Koniu shoots down some P66's and AVG P40's.
 
Burma
Lashio and Bhamo AFs are closed down in 2 days.  Koniu was not very happy about this.  He has moved his fighters forward.  I am also seeing an 8 ship TF moving towards Akyab.  Might be a bombardment group.  I might have a few suprises waiting for him.
 
Coco
Bombed.
 
Maloelap/Wotje
Bombed.  Jap SAG sinks a supply TF (2 DMS's and 4 xAKs).  In return our carriers attack this SAG (2CA's, 2 CL's, and 2 DD's).  We sink the CA Nachi, heavlily damage CA Chikuma, CL's Isuzu, Abuluma, and a DD.  15 Jakes are reported destroyed 8 by ground.  Koniu is distraut over this action.  He asked if this was a trap or was I doing something around the Marshall's.  [:D]  Time for some psyops.  I will follow up with more strikes tomorrow from my carriers.  I see a lot of units prepping for Wotje and Maloelap.  Mostly ID's.  I think if I can keep hitting him he will stop his invasion plans for the Northern Marshall's.  Oh yea Bettys flew from Roi Namur and damaged 2 CA's.  Not nice.  They are limping back to PH.  Fighters are covering them as we speak.

Niiiice! [&o]
15 Jakes corresponds to more than the likely scout plane load for Chikuma [4], Nachi [3], and 2 CLs with 1each. FOW anyone?
Of course the Jakes could have been destroyed directly by the bomb hits or fires, but if fires got that bad the ship likely went down too. [:)]

Edit - corrected seaplane load figure for the cruisers.

BBfanyboy:  I am pretty sure they all sank.
 
7th Dec
 
KB unknown
MKB unknown
 
China
Bombed.
 
Bhamo
We hit the AF again.  I am not trying to burn out his supply up here.
 
Coco's
Bombed.
 
Kausie Island
I got intel of the 10th ID moving here.  I sent up a CL and 3 DD's.  We attacked the TF at night.  Koniu's 4 DD's did a good job screening the TF. 
 
Night Time Surface Combat, near Kusaie Island at 122,117, Range 9,000 Yards
 
Japanese Ships
      DD Hamakaze
      DD Nowaki
      DD Arare
      DD Harukaze
      DD Matsukaze, Shell hits 3,  on fire
      xAK Kokuryu Maru
      xAK Kotohira Maru, Shell hits 1,  on fire
      xAK Tempei Maru
      xAK Yae Maru
      xAK Tamaki Maru
      xAK Nittai Maru, Shell hits 1,  on fire
      xAK Kyokko Maru
      xAK Hiyama Maru, Shell hits 3,  on fire
      xAK Teiryu Maru
      xAK Teisen Maru
      xAK Gosei Maru
      xAK Igasa Maru
      xAK Kiyozumi Maru
      xAK Nojima Maru
      xAK Shinwa Maru
      xAK Zyuyo Maru, Shell hits 2,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
      xAP Teiko Maru
      xAP Montevideo Maru
      xAP Ussuri Maru
      xAP Ural Maru
      xAP Baikal Maru, Shell hits 1,  heavy fires
      xAP Tango Maru
      xAP Kasado Maru
      xAP Kowa Maru
      xAP Teifu Maru
      xAP Teika Maru
      xAP Teison Maru
      xAP Teibi Maru
      xAP Teiritsu Maru
 
Allied Ships
      CL Trenton
      DD Bagley
      DD Helm, Shell hits 7,  heavy fires
      DD Jarvis
 
Japanese ground losses:
      976 casualties reported
         Squads: 7 destroyed, 49 disabled
         Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 78 disabled
         Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
      Vehicles lost 11 (4 destroyed, 7 disabled)
 
I am redirecting our ships back towards this group.  I want to kill more of his troops and ships.  I told Koniu that I had already won the battle for the northern Marshall's.  Couting the 2 IDs that I have roughed up, ships sunk, planes shot down, and how much supply and fuel he has burned.  I wonder how he is going to take it.
 
Formosa
We also hit a big tanker.  2 TTs so I figure this ship has sunk.
 
Wotje/Maloelap
Bombed.  2 of our DDs run into the 2 DDs from the CA SAG yesterday.  We put one shell into one.  Today I only saw a single ship TF and it was about 9 hexs away from the orginal combat site.  I'm posting the CR below.
 
Morning Air attack on TF, near Maloelap at 147,117
 
Weather in hex: Overcast
 
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
 
Japanese aircraft
      no flights
 
Allied aircraft
      F4F-3A Wildcat x 9
      F4F-4 Wildcat x 23
      SBD-3 Dauntless x 34
      TBF-1 Avenger x 15
 
No Japanese losses
 
No Allied losses
 
Japanese Ships
      CL Abukuma, Bomb hits 1,  on fire
      CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 3,  on fire
      CL Isuzu, Bomb hits 5,  heavy fires
      CA Nachi, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      15 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 10000 feet
               Naval Attack:  2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
       9 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
      13 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
       8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
       4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
 
Magazine explodes on CA Nachi
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Abukuma
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Isuzu
 
 
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Maloelap at 147,117
 
Weather in hex: Overcast
 
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
 
Allied aircraft
      SBD-3 Dauntless x 17
 
Allied aircraft losses
      SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged
 
Japanese Ships
      CL Abukuma, Bomb hits 2,  heavy fires
      CA Chikuma, Bomb hits 3,  heavy fires,  heavy damage
      DD Naganami, Bomb hits 2,  on fire
 
Aircraft Attacking:
      12 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
       1 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
       4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
               Naval Attack:  1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
 
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Abukuma

7th Dec
 
KB Ponape
MKB unknown
 
China
Bombed. We do catch 2 groups of Sallys and shoot down 17 of them.
 
Bhamo
Bombed.
 
Koepang
Helens, Betty's, and fighters are present.  P38s will sweep in the am.
 
Ponape
CL Trenton and a DD run into 2 Jap SAGs.  Both are sunk but they do take a DD with them and damage a CA.  Vals miss another DD in the area.  Its now running for its life.
 
For now thats it.  I wish I could of caught up with some of those troop transports, but oh well.  Atleast we got a tiny bit of excitment in this game. 

8th Dec
 
KB unknown
MKB unknown
 
China
Bombed
 
Bhamo
Bombed
 
Koepang
P38s sweep and finds some fighters.  We lose 5 as compared to 7 Tojo's, and 6 Zero's.  I now see 140 fighters here.
 
Shortlands
Has 150 fighters.
 
Wotje/Maloelap
bombed.

9th Dec
 
KB unknown
MKB unknown
 
China
Bombed
 
Bhamo/ Lashio
Bombed AFs are closed.  I am trying to burn his supply by bombing the AFs.  This turn I will send in a few groups to bomb his troops and see what happens.  I know from watching him bomb my bases, that the bombings will burn my supply and then I will start having alot of disablments.  I am hoping that this is starting to happen.  We will see.
 
Rangoon
Cat's fly and try to launch some TTs at a BB TF that has been moving around.  No hits and we lose one Cat.
 
Koepang
167 fighters.
 
Wotje/Maloelap
bombed.  My CAs are moving along now.  I have DDs as ASW leading the wounded ships home.  Yesterday, I spotted a hord of subs moving towards them.  I am trying to direct the CA's away from the oncoming sharks.
 
Horn Is
Jap sub attacks an AM.  The AM gets 14 hits.  2 penetrating hits and an internal explosion message.[:D]
 
Right now reconning for weak points.  It looks like Koniu has started to build up the Timor area.

Where are all the Liberators and fortresses?

Kurt:  They are mostly in Burma and Oz.
 
10th Dec
 
KB unknwon
MKB unknown
 
China
Bombed
 
Bhamo
Koniu set a CAP trap.  Well over a hundred fighters.  Alot of my bombers go in unescorted and in packets.  We lose 12 Hudson's, 6 B17F's, 6 Blenheim IV's, 5 beaufighers, 5 P38's, 3 Wellington's, and 2 P39's.  Koniu loses 18 Tojo's, 13 Nick's, and 13 Oscars.  I am sweeping again next turn with more fighters.  I now have my first 4E ace and triple ace.
 
Coco's
bombed
 
Horn Is
A CL and DD raid and sink an AM and an xAK.
 
Lunga
One of our DDs raids the port and hits 3 xAKLs sinking 2 damaging another.
 
Trying to hold off on ops till subs get better TT's.

11th Dec
 
KB unknown
MKB unknown
 
China
Bombed
 
Coco's
Bombed
 
Quiet turn.

12th Dec
 
MKB unknown
KB unknown
 
Quiet turn today
 
China
Bombed
 
Maloelap
Bombed, and xAK sunk by sub.

13 and 14th Dec
 
KB unknown
MKB unknown
 
Quiet turns
 
China
bombed
 
Bhamo/Lashio
Bombed
 
Marshall's
We sink a PB.  Small CV TF spotted.