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Molon Labe · 06-07-22, 07:27 AM

14 January 1943

The Brits splashed one Tojo near Mandalay; this was a 12-to-3 sweep where we had an altitude advantage. The pool of well-trained British fighter pilots has been exhausted thanks to the Burma campaign, and it's showing in terms of poor results like these the last two days.
It looks like our retreating armies in Burma are far along up the mountain trail that the lead units are back in supply. But there are a lot of units on empty not getting any of that yet.
There was another attempted Betty raid on our ships at Wake; they missed again but this time the Wildcats got to them on the way out. 3 Betties down.
Two ships reported as cruisers are approaching Wake from the southwest. I also have 2 cruisers, so unless the report is garbage (and they often are) I can at least go toe-to-toe with them. I'm also flying in some SBDs from Pearl via Midway, but it's going to take another day for them to get here.
The KB was not spotted this turn.

06-07-22, 07:27 AM	#557
Molon Labe Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Along the Watchtower Posts: 3,810 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 5	14 January 1943 The Brits splashed one Tojo near Mandalay; this was a 12-to-3 sweep where we had an altitude advantage. The pool of well-trained British fighter pilots has been exhausted thanks to the Burma campaign, and it's showing in terms of poor results like these the last two days. It looks like our retreating armies in Burma are far along up the mountain trail that the lead units are back in supply. But there are a lot of units on empty not getting any of that yet. There was another attempted Betty raid on our ships at Wake; they missed again but this time the Wildcats got to them on the way out. 3 Betties down. Two ships reported as cruisers are approaching Wake from the southwest. I also have 2 cruisers, so unless the report is garbage (and they often are) I can at least go toe-to-toe with them. I'm also flying in some SBDs from Pearl via Midway, but it's going to take another day for them to get here. The KB was not spotted this turn. __________________