ALLIED SIDE ZULUHOUR(A) FCHARTON (J) NO FCHARTON
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Again, never thought of it, however I think that may tax the airfields by number of groups operating. I have never
tested it. I only have one level 9 AF in India (it is on the frontier though, but coastal). I have combat air patrols
up over most bases daily primarily to reduce possible losses to transports and heavies. We are playing PDU
off (my first time, and liking it) and it is important not loose these assets unnecessarily on the ground. My fortification
first strategy this game has left many positions still building as engineers shift from on base to the next. Par
example, I just sent 50+ engineer squads to the coast to continue fort building south of Chittagong. This maybe
good timing as China may collapse before fall.
tested it. I only have one level 9 AF in India (it is on the frontier though, but coastal). I have combat air patrols
up over most bases daily primarily to reduce possible losses to transports and heavies. We are playing PDU
off (my first time, and liking it) and it is important not loose these assets unnecessarily on the ground. My fortification
first strategy this game has left many positions still building as engineers shift from on base to the next. Par
example, I just sent 50+ engineer squads to the coast to continue fort building south of Chittagong. This maybe
good timing as China may collapse before fall.
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Acknowledging mistakes is the first step to wisdom and enlightenment. Aggravating but necessary.
I think that each third of an air group counts as a 1/3 air group. Three thirds should/would count as one. Simply check the number of groups, break them down and check the number of groups again. Think of just how much more frustration for the enemy as each third sends just a couple of bombers to attack a different hex . . .
I think that each third of an air group counts as a 1/3 air group. Three thirds should/would count as one. Simply check the number of groups, break them down and check the number of groups again. Think of just how much more frustration for the enemy as each third sends just a couple of bombers to attack a different hex . . .
Seek peace but keep your gun handy.
I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!
“Illegitemus non carborundum est (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”).”
― Julia Child
I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!
“Illegitemus non carborundum est (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”).”
― Julia Child
RE: ALLIED SIDE ZULUHOUR(A) FCHARTON (J) NO FCHARTON
some popcorn from the front...
Iven had reason to be upbeat. Four tanks and a duece and a half were left in the holds at Cararvon. They should be off loaded over night. He would send the column north the following day. The second pier under construction was only thirty percent complete, the work agonizingly slow. He had sent the second armored element north along the coast road yesterday from Geraldton. It should not be neccessary for it to help take Exmouth. Royal Navy Martlets patrolled the skies over Cararvon and USAF B26s had arrived to provide ground support. A group of USAF P40s had arrived Perth and were now fully operational to support the operation as it developed. Word from higher indicated he may have tranports available within the month for Broome. Halsey was busy trying to sneak supply into his forward areas with the IJN positioned to make any further advances in SoPac highly risky before major improvements could be made at Ndeni and KiraKira.
Halsey paced the planks between the signals hut and his HQ. IJN carriers were spotted daily north of the Santa Cruz islands three out of four days a week, generally keeping between 340nm and 380nm NNW of the Americal on Ndeni. Word arrived last night a small freighter had arrived 80nm SSE of Ndeni and was preparing to move to the Americal and offload. Two APDs would depart Luganville on a high speed run into Ndeni as well. If all went to plan the Americal would have enough supply to continue expanding the base as well as support the sorties now being flown by two squadrons of Aerocobras on the island. The plan revolved around several circumstances apparent in the past two weeks. One, neither Ndeni nor KiraKira were being reconoitered. Two, with all the submarine attacks on the IJN carriers they had backed off their proximity to the island. Ergo there was no reason to believe the IJN knew the airfield at Ndeni now had fifty fighters operational and while the IJN air arm had great range, they would be guessing how many aircraft to send against a single merchant, and a small one at that. It could result in a double whammy on the IJN. A crippling turkey shoot and a decent amount of supply landed to continue operation Snipe.
Adm Nimitz was anxious. With Wake being pounded by air and the occasional visit by the IJN battle line supply was almost gone. There were no air defenses and no air support. Enterprise was due off Wake in the evening to CAP the island and cover a small resupply mission. At great risk the USN was going to expose its most valuable asset to the defenders. He would keep the Big E off Wake for forty-eight hours max. There was nothing from HYPO.
Iven had reason to be upbeat. Four tanks and a duece and a half were left in the holds at Cararvon. They should be off loaded over night. He would send the column north the following day. The second pier under construction was only thirty percent complete, the work agonizingly slow. He had sent the second armored element north along the coast road yesterday from Geraldton. It should not be neccessary for it to help take Exmouth. Royal Navy Martlets patrolled the skies over Cararvon and USAF B26s had arrived to provide ground support. A group of USAF P40s had arrived Perth and were now fully operational to support the operation as it developed. Word from higher indicated he may have tranports available within the month for Broome. Halsey was busy trying to sneak supply into his forward areas with the IJN positioned to make any further advances in SoPac highly risky before major improvements could be made at Ndeni and KiraKira.
Halsey paced the planks between the signals hut and his HQ. IJN carriers were spotted daily north of the Santa Cruz islands three out of four days a week, generally keeping between 340nm and 380nm NNW of the Americal on Ndeni. Word arrived last night a small freighter had arrived 80nm SSE of Ndeni and was preparing to move to the Americal and offload. Two APDs would depart Luganville on a high speed run into Ndeni as well. If all went to plan the Americal would have enough supply to continue expanding the base as well as support the sorties now being flown by two squadrons of Aerocobras on the island. The plan revolved around several circumstances apparent in the past two weeks. One, neither Ndeni nor KiraKira were being reconoitered. Two, with all the submarine attacks on the IJN carriers they had backed off their proximity to the island. Ergo there was no reason to believe the IJN knew the airfield at Ndeni now had fifty fighters operational and while the IJN air arm had great range, they would be guessing how many aircraft to send against a single merchant, and a small one at that. It could result in a double whammy on the IJN. A crippling turkey shoot and a decent amount of supply landed to continue operation Snipe.
Adm Nimitz was anxious. With Wake being pounded by air and the occasional visit by the IJN battle line supply was almost gone. There were no air defenses and no air support. Enterprise was due off Wake in the evening to CAP the island and cover a small resupply mission. At great risk the USN was going to expose its most valuable asset to the defenders. He would keep the Big E off Wake for forty-eight hours max. There was nothing from HYPO.
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another chance....
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Briefing. The situation in China deserves reporting as it will determine allied strategy elsewhere. I have neither the heart nor the time at the moment. By end of September an accounting of the present lines and relevant changes to strategy will get posted. In Burma a Brit brigade relieves an Australian brigade and holds at Myitkyina. This position is a meat grinder for the Japanese thus far. The box and horseshoe hold without pressure. Only the supply situation keeps me from reinforcing the positions. At Wake I decide on a course of action in the evening of the 7th. Five new task forces are formed to resupply, reinforce, and support the island. Big E and company arrive to discourage the daily bombings. At Ndeni supply is finally reaching the garrison. They are still in the yellow but the needle is moving up. In the ROO AO armor has started moving north to Exmouth at last. The port situation is still poor, only 45% percent up from last report.
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Time to catch up a little, after this post I'll show some of the combat since the last post.
September 19, 1942
2nd Army HQ. Mackay toured the wharfs at Perth. The US Navy had departed for points southeast. Three days ago the 2/5th armor Rgt attacked the Japanese positions at Exmouth having made excellent time through the scrub from Cararvon eliminating the garrison by nightfall. The Bandasan SNLF was no more. The 2/6th would likely meet up with the 2/5 in the next twenty-four hours and continue into the desert on the way to Broome. It was logistics now as Exmouth was still devoid of docking facilities and air strips. The expansion of the docks at Cararvon was very slow. C47s would need to fly supplies up to Exmouth to supply his armor until shipping could carry the load. He could at least be satisfied at the 400,ooo points of supply and over 70,ooo points of fuel now available to the command. Rumor had it 2nd Army may have a much larger role come the new year.
RL: Francois is traveling abroad and I have a chance to catch up here. Game date is planning for September 20. I had to take care of some stuff as well so we have only gotten in a week or two of game time.
Game: Wake is secure. There have been no air raids since last reported. A squadron of experienced naval aviators in their F4s now call Wake home. The carriers have retired for repairs and upgrades. I will have to swap out the highly trained carrier squadron after the carriers are finished at Pearl. In SoPac, I have not seen the IJN in any strength for a week or so. KiraKira is building an airstrip, Ndeni has a level 4 air base now and I am enlarging the port. Large amounts of fuel has been arriving at Sydney and Suva. Australia is still thirsty and I am trying to take advantage of every day to get as much there as possible. In SwPac I am about to commence Operation Delilah in the east and hope to increase the tempo for Operation ROO.
Burma has been my rock. Francois has continued to build his army there and the pressure on Paoshan complements all the stress on the Chinese positions everywhere. I don’t think I will have much of China by Christmas. I do not have the naval assets to effect any kind of flanking move and supply is so difficult to force into upper Burma. I am only committing as many men as I can reasonably supply.
September 19, 1942
2nd Army HQ. Mackay toured the wharfs at Perth. The US Navy had departed for points southeast. Three days ago the 2/5th armor Rgt attacked the Japanese positions at Exmouth having made excellent time through the scrub from Cararvon eliminating the garrison by nightfall. The Bandasan SNLF was no more. The 2/6th would likely meet up with the 2/5 in the next twenty-four hours and continue into the desert on the way to Broome. It was logistics now as Exmouth was still devoid of docking facilities and air strips. The expansion of the docks at Cararvon was very slow. C47s would need to fly supplies up to Exmouth to supply his armor until shipping could carry the load. He could at least be satisfied at the 400,ooo points of supply and over 70,ooo points of fuel now available to the command. Rumor had it 2nd Army may have a much larger role come the new year.
RL: Francois is traveling abroad and I have a chance to catch up here. Game date is planning for September 20. I had to take care of some stuff as well so we have only gotten in a week or two of game time.
Game: Wake is secure. There have been no air raids since last reported. A squadron of experienced naval aviators in their F4s now call Wake home. The carriers have retired for repairs and upgrades. I will have to swap out the highly trained carrier squadron after the carriers are finished at Pearl. In SoPac, I have not seen the IJN in any strength for a week or so. KiraKira is building an airstrip, Ndeni has a level 4 air base now and I am enlarging the port. Large amounts of fuel has been arriving at Sydney and Suva. Australia is still thirsty and I am trying to take advantage of every day to get as much there as possible. In SwPac I am about to commence Operation Delilah in the east and hope to increase the tempo for Operation ROO.
Burma has been my rock. Francois has continued to build his army there and the pressure on Paoshan complements all the stress on the Chinese positions everywhere. I don’t think I will have much of China by Christmas. I do not have the naval assets to effect any kind of flanking move and supply is so difficult to force into upper Burma. I am only committing as many men as I can reasonably supply.
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OPERATION DELILAH
The preliminary stuff
some notes:
the big boys of the USAAF are on the northeast coast of Australia.
F4 recon (our only true recon a/c) are in position
transports are less than a week out from the assembly point
naval support is in port awaiting the transports
all ground assets are at least 98% prep and are two to three days from the port of departure (by rail)
The 4Es and some naval assets have been keeping Horn, PM, and Milne down.
serious recon to begin in the next day or two.
The preliminary stuff
some notes:
the big boys of the USAAF are on the northeast coast of Australia.
F4 recon (our only true recon a/c) are in position
transports are less than a week out from the assembly point
naval support is in port awaiting the transports
all ground assets are at least 98% prep and are two to three days from the port of departure (by rail)
The 4Es and some naval assets have been keeping Horn, PM, and Milne down.
serious recon to begin in the next day or two.
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I should note Yorktown suffered 18 float damage and is currently 48 hours from port and heavily escorted.
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RL: My esteemed opponent traveled abroad for a week then commenced a new project for a large US firm, ergo turns have been very slow.
GT: What has happend by area of operations. NorPac: continued base buildup and redesignating future objectives for LCUs. The fighter squadron from the 28th composite group will withdraw to the US and ship out to India. It will be replaced by a newly arriving squadron and possibly a Canadian squadron as well. Supply, fuel and additional assets are in rout or waiting on transport. I will eventually station some naval surface ships here as soon as the production stateside allows. Currently all arriving naval assets are used as escorts to the central Pacific or South West pacific command. I will announce a new operation...or two from the NorPac by mid October.
CenPac: Wake has seen no more IJ aircraft other than a possible recon flight or two since the F4s arrived to CAP the island. The mines have hit at least two IJN subs with one reported sunk trying to reach safe haven. Supply sits at five thousand points or so and I am trying to enlarge the port to two. I do need to get a healthy dose of resupply in. This completes White Caps. LCUs have been given new targets. Half of the fleet carriers reside at Pearl and are due upgrades making their use in October doubtful. What I expect to accomplish in October is the expansion of Canton Island. Christmas Island (PO) is almost fully expanded and will become the fuel depot for SoPac and SwPac as long as it remains quiet. The first of the Fletchers arrived, the O'Bannon, and is escorting a USN base force to Christmas Island. The Nicholas has arrived on the east coast and is making her way to the Panama Canal. I expect these early Fletchers to be on the front lines forming a new DesRon by the mid December. It is possible, allowing for available transports, that a move may be made on the Gilberts before the year is out.
SoPac: Ndeni and KiraKira are secured. As of the 24th of September, KiraKira now has an airstrip. Recon Wildcats will stage in shortly. PBYs begin operations out of the lagoons today. An EAB is in rout to increase base building with more aviation support to follow. There may be some action in this theater the first week of October....
SwPac: Portland Roads is on the way to matching Townsville and Charter Towers as the biggest airbases in Australia. B17s are hitting Horn Island, Port Moresby, and Milne Bay. All three are damaged to at least 50% a/f and a degree of port damage as well. B17s were bounced by a dozen Nicks over PM two days ago but the skies were empty today. Somehow he is getting supply in as triple A is active again. I have the ability to launch amphibious assaults on all three targets now. Naval and ground forces are assembled in port. 2/5 and 2/6 Australian armor RGTs are traversing the scrub in NW Australia eastward. There is an IJN naval guard unit ahead.
Burma: The box, the horseshoe, and Myitkyina are holding under increasing pressure of IJA reinforcements. The monsoon season should help allieviate some of the supply concerns. I simply cannot supply any more units than I have there now. Two squadrons of the 51st fighter group have made the transition to the P40K and two full groups of B24s are in Calcutta augmenting the Mitchells and Marauders on the coast. Francois has alot of fighters strength here including Tojo and Zeros. Bettys are flying from Thailand and Rangoon.
China: absolute chaos. The northern line is broken and IJA units are on the plain. The lead elements have entered the Chengtu city limits. Changsha is not surrounded....yet. Paoshan has been in contact with the IJA for several weeks in a losing battle.
GT: What has happend by area of operations. NorPac: continued base buildup and redesignating future objectives for LCUs. The fighter squadron from the 28th composite group will withdraw to the US and ship out to India. It will be replaced by a newly arriving squadron and possibly a Canadian squadron as well. Supply, fuel and additional assets are in rout or waiting on transport. I will eventually station some naval surface ships here as soon as the production stateside allows. Currently all arriving naval assets are used as escorts to the central Pacific or South West pacific command. I will announce a new operation...or two from the NorPac by mid October.
CenPac: Wake has seen no more IJ aircraft other than a possible recon flight or two since the F4s arrived to CAP the island. The mines have hit at least two IJN subs with one reported sunk trying to reach safe haven. Supply sits at five thousand points or so and I am trying to enlarge the port to two. I do need to get a healthy dose of resupply in. This completes White Caps. LCUs have been given new targets. Half of the fleet carriers reside at Pearl and are due upgrades making their use in October doubtful. What I expect to accomplish in October is the expansion of Canton Island. Christmas Island (PO) is almost fully expanded and will become the fuel depot for SoPac and SwPac as long as it remains quiet. The first of the Fletchers arrived, the O'Bannon, and is escorting a USN base force to Christmas Island. The Nicholas has arrived on the east coast and is making her way to the Panama Canal. I expect these early Fletchers to be on the front lines forming a new DesRon by the mid December. It is possible, allowing for available transports, that a move may be made on the Gilberts before the year is out.
SoPac: Ndeni and KiraKira are secured. As of the 24th of September, KiraKira now has an airstrip. Recon Wildcats will stage in shortly. PBYs begin operations out of the lagoons today. An EAB is in rout to increase base building with more aviation support to follow. There may be some action in this theater the first week of October....
SwPac: Portland Roads is on the way to matching Townsville and Charter Towers as the biggest airbases in Australia. B17s are hitting Horn Island, Port Moresby, and Milne Bay. All three are damaged to at least 50% a/f and a degree of port damage as well. B17s were bounced by a dozen Nicks over PM two days ago but the skies were empty today. Somehow he is getting supply in as triple A is active again. I have the ability to launch amphibious assaults on all three targets now. Naval and ground forces are assembled in port. 2/5 and 2/6 Australian armor RGTs are traversing the scrub in NW Australia eastward. There is an IJN naval guard unit ahead.
Burma: The box, the horseshoe, and Myitkyina are holding under increasing pressure of IJA reinforcements. The monsoon season should help allieviate some of the supply concerns. I simply cannot supply any more units than I have there now. Two squadrons of the 51st fighter group have made the transition to the P40K and two full groups of B24s are in Calcutta augmenting the Mitchells and Marauders on the coast. Francois has alot of fighters strength here including Tojo and Zeros. Bettys are flying from Thailand and Rangoon.
China: absolute chaos. The northern line is broken and IJA units are on the plain. The lead elements have entered the Chengtu city limits. Changsha is not surrounded....yet. Paoshan has been in contact with the IJA for several weeks in a losing battle.
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It looks like you are in good shape besides China.
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Thats a fair assessment. however.....China is of grave concern. It will probably fall before '43. More than likely before Thanksgiving for practical purposes. I may still have a lodgment or two then. Just what will come flooding over the Burma border is down right scary. In Burma I have only transferred in one small American unit and a couple of groups. Two large British divisions are backing up the front line trace, after that I am thin. In the other theaters I am more confident so long as I
dictate the where and whens of naval actions.
dictate the where and whens of naval actions.
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Where have the two Aussie Divisions gone that show up at Aden?
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One is on the coast near the Burma frontier, the other at Ledo. Both are nearly
filled out but as I am now stock piling a lot of Brit and Commonwealth men and
equipment, they will probably not reach 100% TOE before they are committed.
filled out but as I am now stock piling a lot of Brit and Commonwealth men and
equipment, they will probably not reach 100% TOE before they are committed.