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What is he targetting in the Marshall's?  It's early for him to try there ...

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

What is he targetting in the Marshall's?  It's early for him to try there ...

I think he is trying to resupply Wotje and Maoeolap

I am keeping both island with AF at 100 damage and American soldiers are strawing from months.

EDIT.
He can also test my defenses.

Ahhh, too bad the KB isn't in range ...

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

Ahhh, too bad the KB isn't in range ...

Let say KB had more important things to do in Salomon's and now need to hide in to shadows.
When he show up again, and he will i will be waiting prepared

8 FEB 43

Burma
Search planes detect two enemy TF closing Rangoon.
Probably SC FT to sweep ships around my base.

I am sending SC TF in case Docup will try to bombard Rangoon. Also 70 fighters and 60 bombers will have order to strike.

Cocos Island
Another enemy TF is unloading. Base is lost I cant give fighter support to bombers, and i have no carriers in area.

I am sending CVE TF to regain some control over base. Maybe i will find enemy CVE but i will take few days.

East cost of Oz
SS I-165 sunk after forced to surface near Cairns.

It is 18 SS lost by Empire.

Salomon's
Enemy FT is sailing toward Tagula. Bombers on full alert

Marshals
Enemy TF is unloading on Wotje. Bombers not fly becouse i give the max range 1 [:@]

Merry Christmas.
May God Bless You All

9 Feb 43

Burma
As suspected one of enemy TF sweep waters south of Rangoon. It was lonely CL.
LBs and midget subs slow him enug and on morning he stop 90nm south of Rangoon.
Sadly he intercept to SC before we send him on bottom

Day Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,54, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 9, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
SC Ch 10, Shell hits 3, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Caradoc

and revenge

Morning Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 54,54

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 36
G4M1 Betty x 18

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
CL Caradoc, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk


Fighters sweep above enemy troop near Akyab. They found enemy fighters.
First time from 3 or 4 months i have seen P-40K in action.
7 enemy planes shutdown, no Japanese loses.
Later enemy bombers attack ground troops in Jungle hex. Flak shot down 3 enemy bombers.

North West Australia
Subs attack enemy TF and sunk destroyer.
I is very active area. Few days earlier i saw there enemy CA TF.

ASW attack near Carnarvon at 47,134

Japanese Ships
SS I-16, hits 2

Allied Ships
DD Arrow, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Nepal

Coccos Island
Island is now AF 2[:@] Not good. How much Cocos can be build up? I hope not lvl 5 AF
From 1 April strategic bombing will be allowed and Palembang will be in range.


Salomon's
Japanese sub sunk cargo ship sailing toward Tagula

Submarine attack near Tagula Island at 105,145

Japanese Ships
SS I-10

Allied Ships
xAKL Hetton Bank, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

ORIGINAL: koniu

Merry Christmas.
May God Bless You All

Merry Christmas!!!!

Cocos island is start to be dangerous.

Infrastructure is ready.
Palembang is AF lvl 6 behind fort 6. Surrounded by net of lvl 2,3,4 AF
Batavia is lvl 4 AF fort 5

I have two aHQ in Palembang one will be transported to Sabang later
I am sending all free aviation support units to Sumatra.

Three (currently LB units) are flaying to Sumatra. I will upgrade them to Ki-45. 270 PP for single unit. Madness. but i will have 81 Ki-45. And until allies are going to be able to escort bombers Nick will do job

23 and 25 Air Defense AA Regiments will sail from Japan to Palembang. I hope 36 10cm AA guns will help little. Those are best AA units in game Japan have
I will send also 42 Tojo's IIc and 45 A6M5. When George will be available in April then that Zero unit will have priority to upgrade to it.

I am re-basing battleships and cruisers toward Batavia. When CVE TF arrive i will start bombarding Cocos from sea

I was able to keep Cocos from expanding 5 months. It is easy to close port lvl 1 but also it is easy to repair it and now Cocos have AF 2 and 15 fighters on CAP so bombing raids are not passable.

Invasion was newer option 20k enemy troops on atoll. It Is job for Few US Marine Division not for Japan army.

In next game i will remember - capture and fortify Cocos.

I am also reinforcing Christmas Island IO



I will appreciate help here.
I am scare that i will need to defend Palembang against 4E in 1943

Buon Natale koniu!
 
Cocos is a pain in the arse! I feel your pain! I've done the same mistake in my game against QBall... didn't feel strong enough to assault a fortified atoll like Cocos when the time was proper (by the end of amphib bonus) and let it live... and now i have a level 5 AF right at the door of Palembang.
 
In my game QBall has already started to use Cocos as a staging base for his 4Es...which are hitting Christmas Island every day...
They can reach Palembang, Batavia, Sosarbaja...from there... The only thing you can do is to keep Palembang well defended.
 
My plan is exactly like yours: place at Palembang several AA units. Get there a some 100 between N1K1s and Nicks and, above all, at least 1 Air HQ and a couple of base forces with the latest Radar available (it's Ta-chi 7 i think). You cannot do more for the moment.
 
Now it's too late to invade Cocos... but, above all, the real problem is that from there he can see all your movements in Sumatra, Java and around Singapore...so surprise will be difficult to achive anymore in the DEI for us.
 
 

Thanks GreyJoy

We have big problem there.
I do not know how Your game but in 40 days Docup will be allowed to Strategic bombing Palembang.
He can Fly only with Liberators on extended range without escort but still can do very bad things to me. I hope that i will be able to give enough resistance to slow him down enough to keep Palembang running

ORIGINAL: koniu

Thanks GreyJoy

We have big problem there.
I do not know how Your game but in 40 days Docup will be allowed to Strategic bombing Palembang.
He can Fly only with Liberators on extended range without escort but still can do very bad things to me. I hope that i will be able to give enough resistance to slow him down enough to keep Palembang running

"My" Cocos is already a level 5 AF and his liberators CAN strat bomb Palembang. However, without escort, they aren't trying to do that so far. I've placed some 60 Nicks at Palembang and am planning to add some 27 N1K1 (already 20 produced !!!) in the next week. With 90 great 4Es interceptors there, good radars and an air HQ filled with AA guns, i still feel pretty safe.

Cocos won't be able to stage a huge number of 4Es... a level 5 AF is still a limited AF for 4Es... so we have means to counter that.
But watch out for the USN threat! Hiding behind Cocos a CV Fleet could sprint in and send some 300 SDB/TBs to bomb your oilfields, so you better start to keep a good reserve of Netties and LBA Kates parked somewhere on the western Coast of Sumatra, with some good search planes doing their duties.

I've moved some training squadrons to Singapore from the Home Island just for this purpose... if the enemy pops up there i wanna have something immediately at hand...and even a half-trained squadron is better than nothing when the enemy CVs arrive

This massage (subject) have only purpose to play with Docup mind
Let he think i am in middle of something big.

10 Feb 43

Enemy CM in Tagua hex. I dont think he have mines. He was part of cargo TF that was trying to resupply base but i have sunk xAKL last turn

I am sending more combat planes from Japan and Manchuria. I need some DB in Salomon's and Marshals. TB have problems with those small fast enemy patrol ships.

I am sending two CVL from Marshals to DEI. They will join there with CVE TF that should be enough against enemy CVEs around Cocos. In 5 days British will get CV but with small capacity it is no more that armored CVL.
Ryujo avoid TT attack nort of Manus - lucky me

George advance to 7/43
First KB DB unit upgrade to D4Y1

I dont understand how Cocos can be a problem (sorry I didnt read previous pages of your AAR), when he will mass 4-e bombers, you can use simultaneous combination of night air bombing raids and fast naval bombardment that will destroy or damage lots of planes and runway. Cocos Island can became a grave for his precious bombers.

11 FEB 42

In all front quiet. Only two noticeable actions have place in....

Tagula Island
Bombarded by Japanese battleships. After action they safely return to Shorthands and on morning where undetected. It look like recapturing Woodlark close allied eyes for that area.

Night Naval bombardment of Tagula Island at 104,137

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Fuso
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato

Allied ground losses:
136 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 11 (5 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (6 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 14
Port hits 15
Port supply hits 10

Soerabaja
Liberators attack port. Lucky i have seen last turn that DL of Soerabaja rise to 2/2 last turn and all ships have leave anchor. Only CL and two E have been left because the are in pier-side mode. I have also re base 42 Tojos to base AF. Even CAP was flying Liberators get trough it and score single 500lb bomb hit to cruiser destroying 14cm tower. CL is safe but sys damage is 21. CL need to stay in port for two more days.
CAP shot down 2 Liberators

Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 16

Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
LB-30 Liberator: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Naka, Bomb hits 1

12 Feb 43

Salomons
Allies land with small force at Rossel Island. Probably small Eng unit to build AF and later air transport more units.

LBA from Marshals and Rabaul reacted. (thing to remember - add TT to Rabaul aHQ)
From almost 50 bombers flying in 4 waves, only 1 manage to hit and sunk APD

Morning Air attack on TF, near Rossel Island at 105,137

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 27
G4M1 Betty x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
APD Stringham
APD McKean, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
APD Hatfield
APD Crosby


I see another ships sailing this time i thing against Milne Bay. I am sending small SAG to defend beech. Few miles south is see another TF. It look like CV TF, prabably to give air sypport to landing forces. I am sending KB.

I need to defend Milne Bay. I cant suppress tree bases at time.

Marshals
I have debut of my FB ion strafing attack
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ailuk at 138,114

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Dona Nati, Bomb hits 12, and is sunk

I work pretty well. All pilots lnav skill 70 but xp still ~45.
80% of my army bomber training groups is training NAV and LNAV skill
To use like You see higher or later s kami

13 FEB 43

KB sail trough Salomon Sea to on morning end near Milne Bay. One small enemy TF in range but bombers bot launch to attack them.
As KB is already at sea he will assist during evacuation on 1/3 of ID from Guadalcanal.
Part that will be evacuated will be transported To Milne Bay
Numbers of Subs in area is scaring me. I think 30-40 enemy subs is there

I have sweep Terapo. First time in war we have encounter F4U Corsiair.

Morning Air attack on Terapo , at 96,127

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 29

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 11
P-39D Airacobra x 15
F4U-1 Corsair x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 3 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed

14 FEB 43

Burma
At night docup send low flying bombers to attack Taung Gyi AF. He destroy ffive Ki-44IIc and two A6M5
I have 10 Ki-45 on night CAP but somehow they not fly.

On morning more important things happen.
18 Corsairs and 50 Lightnings sweep Taung Gyi

Morning Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 13
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 52

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 2 destroyed


second wave

Morning Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 12
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 46

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

and third wave

Morning Air attack on Taung Gyi , at 59,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 9
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 31

Allied aircraft
P-38F Lightning x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 4 destroyed

Java
I am unloading Inf regiment on Christmas Island IO. Ships are now empty and tomorrow they will return To Java but today bombers from Cocos attack and sunk xAP

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Christmas Island IO at 45,104

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
Do-24K-1 x 2

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAP Manzyu Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

China
I am starting small offensive in nort China. I sending 800AV against 5 Chinese ID in open. I have air support so i will be ok.
Biggest danger will be river crosing

Salomons
A5M5 sweep Terapo. This time it not go as good like lat day. If Docup biuild it to lvl 2 Rabaul will be in sweep range of Ligtnings and Corsairs

Morning Air attack on Terapo , at 96,127

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 29

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 6
P-39D Airacobra x 10
F4U-1 Corsair x 14

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed

Summary
Entire day cost me 45 planes and 11 pilots. But for shotting down so many 2 gen allied fighters i can say Japan win that round.

Yeah, looks good.  Keep it up.  He can't continue those losses yet ... too early in the war.