Alls quiet on the Southern Fornt

[Didz]

After two false starts due mainly to Gung-Ho Carrier commanders charging Rabaul I am finally well into Scenario 17 Decision in the South Pacific. And its gone very quiet.

The IJN have established themselves on Guadacanal although my CV's did make them pay a small price for the mooring rights by sinking one of their CA's and damaging another CA plus an AP.

A brief brush with the IJN CV force was indecisive and my own carriers are now laid up in Noumea being refitted and repaired.

Port Moresby has been converted into a fighter nest with almost every fighter squadron other than the Wirraways at Brisbane using it as a lure to clock up their kill ratio's. The Wirraways have been relegated to Training duties only (I remember these planes from Pacific War and there's no way I'm letting them near a Zero)

Gilli Gilli is defended by the whole 7th Aussie Div commanded by MacArthur himself (he was the only bloke available at the time and they needed the support points).

B17's from Cooktown are making night time visits to Lae denying the IJN their beauty sleep whilst more B17's on the New Hebrides are supposed to be doing the same to Tulagi but seem unable to find the takeoff switch at the minute.

So the game has sort of settled into a routine. We bomb Lae they try and bomb Port Moresby. I'm laying mines all over the place especailly around Guadacanal and the mouth of the slot.

The Lexington and Yorktown are at Noumea in dock and their planes have been transferred to the Noumea airbase. One interesting thing I noticed was that these squadrons now have significantly more aircraft than pilots and I am wondering if they will actually fit back on the ships once every squadron has its full compliment of 36 planes.

The IJN have gone ominously quiet.
I am working on the premise that time is on my side and that eventually my superior reinforcement rate will enable me to take the offensive.

[U2]

Originally posted by Didz
[BI am working on the premise that time is on my side and that eventually my superior reinforcement rate will enable me to take the offensive. [/B]

You should have BIG forces ready to move in August and your airpower + CV taskforces will rule the air/seas.

Dan

[osros]

Then again anything can happen, things can go south very quick
dont get cocky.

[madflava13]

I too am mining the heck out of the slot -- any luck so far? I've not had any enemy hit mines, but my subs returning from the mining ops have sunk a ton of Jap APs/auxiliaries off of Lunga (if combat reports are to be trusted)... I love these little Pigboats!