AcePylut
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February 22 to March 25, 1942 China: Main Jap thrust is towards Ankayng, which falls on 3/12. Sian is not under siege, but probably will be soon. IJ Paras take that dot base north of Ankayng, but lots of Chinese troops were already enroute and kicked it out. Lots of troops from Chungking sent NE to help. I should be ok in the mountains and woods, however. His massive training force of bombers doesn't really do a lot of damage (I estimate 10x less than it does when my guys are in the open). Changsa region has massive amounts of troops, no danger of falling under a sneak surprise reverse of fronts (which he can do, with his control of those rail lines). I put 2 regiments into Canton, it is weakly defended. I'm pulling out and coming back with more. I chose to pull out, because he can reinforce easily and then I won't be able to come back in force to stay in a months time. This will stop production in Canton, I believe, and be a boon to my long term goal of reducing the Empire's war machine to rubble. I will nuke him if I get a chance. Burma/India: Rangoon falls, IJ forces march on Mandalay. The Imphal/Jorhat line is building nicely. Chittagong and Cox's Bazaar will be garrisoned with a couple hundred AV each, shortly. Columbo/Deigo Garcia: SS KXI puts a torp into CVL Ryujo on 3/24. Forces planning on retaking Deigo. I told Panzer this was my first counterattack. Oz - Perth: All my xport fleets made it unscathed. Had any Jap CV's shown up, they'd have been toast. I would have sacrificed my Lady Lex, Indomitable, and Hermes to safeguard the xports as much as possible. These are some MAJOR reinforcements, and is the first "good news" to date in the campaign. These forces will act as a mobile reserve, to deploy wherever Panzer may strike in Oz. Right now they will sit and guard Perth region. Oz - Darwin: Everything I had left made it to Alice Springs. No sign of IJ pursuit. Hmmm. Oz - East: A full route is on for the Allied forces north of Brisbane. A FULL route. Bris is still in danger, but... Oddddllly, it seems as if Panzer has called off the dogs, when, the time I believe has just passed to take out OZ and put Auto-Victory on the table. Had he dedicated the next 4-5 months of everything he has to Oz, I'd have lost it. I don't know what that would do for the rest of his empire, but Oz could be gone in late '42 - just in time for a rapid change of the Empire, to defense. With all those ports and the power of the KB, a full assault would have wiped out Oz. Reinforcements coming to Melbourne/Sydney would be cutoff from CV's based out of Townsville. A rapid advance to Perth stops the forces I just landed. I believe the tide has turned in Oz, ever so slightly. The chances of a full disaster have diminished. That said.... Central Pac/US West Coast: York and Sara sally from PH in early March, drive north of Wake and pummel it over a pair of days. When it's about 100miles SW of Midway, Vals are spotted over French Frigate Shoals. Radio raise command we've spotted enemy carriers. I'm in no shape to take on the full KB. 2CV with Buffs vs 6 IJN CV? Full speed sprint to the only "safe" place I can go... Adak Island in the Aleuts. I escape undetected. On March 25, the KB shows up 400 miles of the West Coast of the contenintal US.... and sinks a transport fleet of the FIRST division of troops I bought out and was not sending to Perth. Sigh. That's the way this game has gone, 1 day a high for me, the next day a low for me, and sme for Panzer. I made an offhand comment about "Yeah, if that had happened irl, I bet the US would refocus on Japan instead of Germany and would be like landing on the US and activating all those divisions." He said he would suicide a squad to simulate it. I really thought that was a nice offer, even though I wasn't being serious. CV's: Lex/Indomitable/Hermes sortie to the center of about 10xport fleets coming in from CT and ride them to the Perth Region. Enterprise rolls up to PH from Christmas and sits there while the KB does it's thing. Hornet is chilling in Cape Town.
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