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Molon Labe · 03-27-22, 05:23 PM

27 December 1942
-really uneventful. We lost 4 Hurricanes and 3 Hudsons to enemy CAP over Cox's Bazar, and traded 2 P-39s for a Zero over Babar. More troops are coming ashore at Babar, and it looks bad... I'm evacuating the aircraft and pilots so I don't lose them if we're overrun.

28 December 1942

Guadalcanal has an insane amount of flak. We lost 2 B-17s bombing their airbase even though we flew at 15,000 feet.
We shot down 3 Tojos over Rabaul--they seem to be slowly reinforcing this squadron.
A Japanese shock attack at Mandalay took our forts all the way from level 3 to 0. It will fall tomorrow.
It looks like the whole 56th Division is landing on Babar. They're giving us a chance to hold on, though, making an attack while the unit is still unloading and unorganized. Casualties 1642 to 143 and our forts are holding. The KB looks like its headed away to the northwest

29 December 1942
Mandalay and Cox's Bazar fall -- scouts lose track of the KB.

Babar
The S-47 hit a cargo ship headed to Babar with a Mk10, which we believe sank it. The ship was carrying vehicles. We don't have a track on the KB anymore but we're still seeing a lot of Kates patrolling so we don't think it's gone far. Still, setting my medium bombers to hit their troops again and letting my SBDs, Beaufighters, and A-20s attack ships tomorrow if any are spotted in range. The P-38s will try to provide top cover over Babar while Wildcats provide escorts.

Burma
Headline says it all. Mandalay fell as expected and Cox's Bazar was overrun too. My remaining forces in Burma are falling back towards Lashio, on the Chinese border. We'll try to keep that supply line to the troops in Thailand open as long as we can. We lost 2 B-25s to flak and a Hurricane to CAP over Mandalay trying to disrupt their troops; we took an Oscar down in the fight.

I'm probably about 1 week from being able to launch a truly large-scale invasion from Australia. We'll see how long we can keep the enemy land forces busy in Thailand/Burma and were the KB decides to loiter. The Philippines really aren't a feasible option if we can't guarantee a supply lane, which probably means the Marianas are a pre-condition.

CENTPAC
We're close enough to Wake that the CVE tagging along with the marines is making recon sorties and they know we're coming. We'll be on the beach tomorrow or the day after...damn LSTs really are slow.

TWO DAYS UNTIL THE FACTORIES START PRODUCING CORSAIRS!!!!!

03-27-22, 05:23 PM	#536
Molon Labe Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Along the Watchtower Posts: 3,810 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 5	27 December 1942 -really uneventful. We lost 4 Hurricanes and 3 Hudsons to enemy CAP over Cox's Bazar, and traded 2 P-39s for a Zero over Babar. More troops are coming ashore at Babar, and it looks bad... I'm evacuating the aircraft and pilots so I don't lose them if we're overrun. 28 December 1942 Guadalcanal has an insane amount of flak. We lost 2 B-17s bombing their airbase even though we flew at 15,000 feet. We shot down 3 Tojos over Rabaul--they seem to be slowly reinforcing this squadron. A Japanese shock attack at Mandalay took our forts all the way from level 3 to 0. It will fall tomorrow. It looks like the whole 56th Division is landing on Babar. They're giving us a chance to hold on, though, making an attack while the unit is still unloading and unorganized. Casualties 1642 to 143 and our forts are holding. The KB looks like its headed away to the northwest 29 December 1942 Mandalay and Cox's Bazar fall -- scouts lose track of the KB. Babar The S-47 hit a cargo ship headed to Babar with a Mk10, which we believe sank it. The ship was carrying vehicles. We don't have a track on the KB anymore but we're still seeing a lot of Kates patrolling so we don't think it's gone far. Still, setting my medium bombers to hit their troops again and letting my SBDs, Beaufighters, and A-20s attack ships tomorrow if any are spotted in range. The P-38s will try to provide top cover over Babar while Wildcats provide escorts. Burma Headline says it all. Mandalay fell as expected and Cox's Bazar was overrun too. My remaining forces in Burma are falling back towards Lashio, on the Chinese border. We'll try to keep that supply line to the troops in Thailand open as long as we can. We lost 2 B-25s to flak and a Hurricane to CAP over Mandalay trying to disrupt their troops; we took an Oscar down in the fight. I'm probably about 1 week from being able to launch a truly large-scale invasion from Australia. We'll see how long we can keep the enemy land forces busy in Thailand/Burma and were the KB decides to loiter. The Philippines really aren't a feasible option if we can't guarantee a supply lane, which probably means the Marianas are a pre-condition. CENTPAC We're close enough to Wake that the CVE tagging along with the marines is making recon sorties and they know we're coming. We'll be on the beach tomorrow or the day after...damn LSTs really are slow. TWO DAYS UNTIL THE FACTORIES START PRODUCING CORSAIRS!!!!! __________________ Last edited by Molon Labe; 03-28-22 at 12:21 AM.