Into the Breach II

[bigred]

Time to take a count:

[Ike99]

No, you cannot hold out and NG is far from a prison camp. You landed 1 Division in Australia. 3 new Australian divisions arriving as reinforcements over the next several weeks plus the one original I have in reserve.

I will walk up the road and take everything back without a lot of trouble.

Efate and Luganville will be bombed into craters and swept for mines followed by a quick anphibious assault and surrender.

What more could Tojo want? Not to lose 100 transports in 3 months I think.

You have thrown half the Japanese army in my lap for me to destroy. I predict a total Japanese collapse by mid 43´

[bigred]

Charter towers is an unexpected necessity.

[bigred]

 
I love proving Sir Ike99 wrong.
 

I predict a total Japanese collapse by mid 43´

[Ike99]

I love proving Sir Ike99 wrong.

You´re dreaming if you really think you can hold those spots for 6 months.

[bigred]

If Ike9 was more conservative as an allied player he might still have townsville.  Instead he put 2 divisions early into PG.

[Ike99]

If Ike9 was more conservative as an allied player he might still have townsville. Instead he put 2 divisions early into PG.

I think I have plenty of time.

[Ike99]

At this rate you´re not going to be able to float rubber dog sh!t out of Hong Kong much less reinforce or supply any gains your making.

[Kingfisher]

Ouch, almost 50 IJN transports in the first two months!

BTW, why is Iwaki Maru listed twice?

[Ike99]

BTW, why is Iwaki Maru listed twice?

Paint error.

[borner]

looks like an all or nothing effort. this game will be over in 1/1/43 one way or the other it seems.

[bigred]

You have thrown half the Japanese army in my lap for me to destroy. I predict a total Japanese collapse by mid 43´

Too make scrambled eggs you have to crack the egg shells first.
 
If I lose I will try something different next time.  My IJ experience is low.  I am having fun.  SirIke99 is drooling.
I still think of Ike as a japanese player, Ikesan99 sounds better than SirIke99.

[rtoolooze]

Ikesan99 sounds better than SirIke99

[:D]
 
 

[bigred]

Charter towers is turning into a IJA hell hole.  Fort down to level 2 but LBA from Cairns has reduced IJA 2 division attack to 1-1.  2nd rece and 38th tankette failed to stop a move of a northern force brigade into charter towers.  1st AUS brigade is on the move headed north from Rockhampton.  The 17th Army is faced w/ winning or being destroyed.

[bigred]

Allied prep for an Efate invasion continues.

[bigred]

Allied LBA has closed the Townsville Airfield.

[bigred]

August42 has just begun and the IJN continues to lose one transport a day to allied search mission.  I can understand why Ike did not participate much in the AAR of our last game.  Very early in this game and I feel the momentum shift to the allies. 

[Ike99]

Not a good situation so early in the game. I counted 62 transport losses.

[Ike99]

Australians set up the coup de grace for Japanese 17th Army

[Ike99]

Allies have a new airfield & McArthur instructs the bomber crews for operation Big Drop.