30th Nov
Everthing is right back to where it should be. I've set a whole bunch of Betties (that's a technical term, I think) to attack Moresby whilst the airfield is still a mess. Should be plenty of escorts but one doesn't like to predict what will happen when it's Betties we're discussing.
Looking at my figures for the Moresby invasion, I have 832 AV prepped right now with about another 250 of recent arrivals also prepping. At a push I could probably scrounge up another 250-350 but their prep levels are going to be fairly low. I'm guessing the 30000 troops at Moresby are heavy with base units and air support, rather than just infantry. Probably some coastal defence there are well. I wonder if he's crowed the base out with Australian militia units, rather than US troops. The militia are not bad but shouldn't be a match for my men. I'm thinking of another raid by Yamato to further annoy him.
I still have a few troops to arrive:
That's quite a bit of infantry. Of particular interest to me is the 6th Air HQ which arrive at Wewak and carries with it 120 Aviation Support, making the single biggest AS unit on the map. Once that arrives I'm going to move a lot of bombers there. Over the next few turns I'm going to start trying to massively expand that base. I really wish I could start a unit prepping before it arrives on-map but I expect this is a feature that would be prone to massive misuse.