John 3rd
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November 3-4, 1942
Combat Report
North Pacific
Pull 36 Nell from Aleutians and fly them to Wake. They will rest and then add weight to the fight down south.
Pick-up an SNLF Assault Brigade at Adak as well as 2 BF and 2 Engineer Units. They head for Truk.
Central Pacific
Nothing
South Pacific
CV Junyo continues healing at Gasmata. As of Nov 4th her stats are SYS 15, FLOT 52, ENG 15.
KB moves into intercept position SE of the SUPPOSED Invasion Force. Will wait for 1-2 days before truly moving. Want to make sure this is the REAL target.
Order out 3 STF of 3 DD each to hunt his sacrificial lambs posted on the flanks of the Allied Fleet. I believe this is gamey but it works. Two can play at that game as three small AKL sorties from Milne Bay to draw fire.
Horn Isle gets hit both days by B-17s and we exact several with each raid for little damage to the AF. Move a second Tojo unit to Lae to strengthen CAP. A second Daitai of Zeros lands at Lae. They serve the same purpose.
PLAN: If this is IT, I will move my large Val units to Lae, Milne Bay, Horn, and/or Tagula. They will attack at Range Seven. The Betty--Nell remain shielded at Lae and I will set their attack range to converge with that of the Vals. Kates stay in Reserve near Lae. I have Air Flotilla or Air Fleets at Rabaul, Gove, Lae, and Rabaul. The Kates can carry TTs from any of the AF next to Lae plus from the above-mentioned bases.
NW Australia
Gove is furiously expanding. Right now it is at Lvl-2/48. Three more Construction units begin unloading this turn. A total of 2 Eng Reg, 4 Con Bn, and 3 IJN Pioneer Bn are presently digging and paving as fast as possible. Wessel is about to go to Lvl-1 AF.
Have that SNLF Assault Brigade moving at FULL SPEED about 17 Knot APs to get to Merauke ASAP.
PREDICTION: Once again, if this is the Invasion then I believe he shall land at Terapo, Horn Isle, perhaps PM, and hook left to Merauke and Gove.
CVEs and BB TF make it to Soerabaja to refuel. Depart for Koepang immediately. Add a CL and 2 DD to TFs.
Port Hedlund is hit by 3-5 B-24 each day and a few Tojos manage to shot down a pair of them.
Burma
Nail Ramree both days. On the 4th he pulls out his remaining CAP.
Rangoon is hit by B-17s both days and Fighters/AA do some damage. Why is he attacking shipping with these planes? I will admit that a B-7 does hit a DMS with one 500 lb bomb.
Am rotating aircraft and have gotten two Zero Daitai to full strength as well as one Tojo Sentai. Will get another Tojo to full complement tomorrow.
Take hex 61,42 NW of Katha on the 4th. Drive out an Infantry unit and a HQ unit. NICE!
Order two Base Forces to Myitkyna as well as two Para Units.
Order two Inf Div in Manchuria to begin prepping for Lashio. Will buyout one in two days for immediate shipment to Rangoon.
GREAT NEWS: BB Mutsu makes it to Port Blair! How about that?!! She is at SYS 25, FLOT 66, ENG 32. SYS and FLOT drop by 1 on the 4th. This will take a bit but things look fairly good at the moment.
China
China HQ begins prep for Kweilin and is ordered aboard train to move down to the end of the railline for passage towards the target. This HQ unit is joined by two more ID, 2 Eng Reg, and 6 Art Reg.
Engineering
Hanoi AF-2
Wessel AF-1/Fort-1
< Message edited by John 3rd -- 6/18/2013 11:36:04 PM >
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