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Molon Labe · 01-05-22, 09:20 AM

5 October 1942
Still unloading at Luganville - Japan rests their pilots; Hawaii cleared of all enemy troops

Luganville Invasion
We now hold 12 submarine contacts around Luganville--and some of them look like they're after the Wasp. Two subs made attack attempts, both were spotted by escorts and driven off--one with some depth charge damage.

There were no enemy airstrikes today. They probably don't have all that many operational aircraft, so taking a day off gives them time to get damaged airframes back in service, pull some replacements from the pool, and rest their pilots. Pilot fatigue is a very large factor when they have to fly long distances, and that's the case for both of us. Since I'm still flying my long-range CAPs, my pilots didn't rest today. So that's very bad if he attacks tomorrow. I'm assigning extra pilots to my fighter squadrons and putting my most fatigued pilots on reserve to mitigate this somewhat.

We're not done unloading, but I'm pulling the ships back for now. We might already have enough, and I think my best option right now is to unload these ships someplace safe and transfer what didn't get dropped on Luganville to military transports, including the two that already finished unloading and pulled out (giggity).

Thailand
Enemy sweeps over the army south of Raheng resulted in 1 Oscar downed and 1 Hurricane. The only other aircraft shot down anywhere in theatre were recon aircraft.

China
Some of the armies advancing on Foochow turned around. The P-40s followed the retreating ones and did not encounter any Zeroes. Then the Wellingtons went after the advancing ones and ran into 9 Zeroes. Fortunately we got away with just a few shot up planes.

The paratroopers for the Hainan Island op have arrived in Calcutta by rail and are now being flown in hops toward southern China. First stop, central Burma. One more day until the 3rd B-24 squadron is ready to move to China. We have 2 more B-24 squadrons probably 10-14 days away from arriving in India. I'm also making a move on Sinyang, a bit south of Chengchow.

Banda Sea
I have an encroachment operation similar to the one in the Solomons about to kick off here, the ships are moving and will probably be ready to land in 4-5 days. Recon indicates the target islands are clear of enemy troops, so it's just aircraft we need to worry about. We have P-38s ready to cover the landings. Once these islands are taken and built up, the enemy oil ports in the eastern DEI will be in range of Beaufighters and P-38s, which will be far more effective than the B-17s that have been trying to interdict tankers. We'll also be able to get P-38s over all of Timor, and Ambon airbase to the north.

CentPAC
The last IJN troops in Hawaii made their last stand. It's finally over.

Reinforcements
AD Prairie arrives at Cristobal
AM Token arrives at Balboa

01-05-22, 09:20 AM	#428
Molon Labe Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Along the Watchtower Posts: 3,810 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 5	5 October 1942 Still unloading at Luganville - Japan rests their pilots; Hawaii cleared of all enemy troops Luganville Invasion We now hold 12 submarine contacts around Luganville--and some of them look like they're after the Wasp. Two subs made attack attempts, both were spotted by escorts and driven off--one with some depth charge damage. There were no enemy airstrikes today. They probably don't have all that many operational aircraft, so taking a day off gives them time to get damaged airframes back in service, pull some replacements from the pool, and rest their pilots. Pilot fatigue is a very large factor when they have to fly long distances, and that's the case for both of us. Since I'm still flying my long-range CAPs, my pilots didn't rest today. So that's very bad if he attacks tomorrow. I'm assigning extra pilots to my fighter squadrons and putting my most fatigued pilots on reserve to mitigate this somewhat. We're not done unloading, but I'm pulling the ships back for now. We might already have enough, and I think my best option right now is to unload these ships someplace safe and transfer what didn't get dropped on Luganville to military transports, including the two that already finished unloading and pulled out (giggity). Thailand Enemy sweeps over the army south of Raheng resulted in 1 Oscar downed and 1 Hurricane. The only other aircraft shot down anywhere in theatre were recon aircraft. China Some of the armies advancing on Foochow turned around. The P-40s followed the retreating ones and did not encounter any Zeroes. Then the Wellingtons went after the advancing ones and ran into 9 Zeroes. Fortunately we got away with just a few shot up planes. The paratroopers for the Hainan Island op have arrived in Calcutta by rail and are now being flown in hops toward southern China. First stop, central Burma. One more day until the 3rd B-24 squadron is ready to move to China. We have 2 more B-24 squadrons probably 10-14 days away from arriving in India. I'm also making a move on Sinyang, a bit south of Chengchow. Banda Sea I have an encroachment operation similar to the one in the Solomons about to kick off here, the ships are moving and will probably be ready to land in 4-5 days. Recon indicates the target islands are clear of enemy troops, so it's just aircraft we need to worry about. We have P-38s ready to cover the landings. Once these islands are taken and built up, the enemy oil ports in the eastern DEI will be in range of Beaufighters and P-38s, which will be far more effective than the B-17s that have been trying to interdict tankers. We'll also be able to get P-38s over all of Timor, and Ambon airbase to the north. CentPAC The last IJN troops in Hawaii made their last stand. It's finally over. Reinforcements AD Prairie arrives at Cristobal AM Token arrives at Balboa __________________ Last edited by Molon Labe; 01-05-22 at 09:36 AM.