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Molon Labe · 06-24-22, 05:51 PM

3 February 1943

Burma and India

A whole bunch of units from the back end of the procession made it across the river to the main mountain trail; I have sufficient control of the hex that this did not trigger a shock attack. Cool.

The enemy now has about 20,000 troops in Lashio and they've reduced my forts to Level 2. It's not going to hold more than a few more days, and once that happens my supply routes down the mountain trail are going to be severed more or less permanently. So the supplies I'm getting to those beleaguered troops now are probably going to be the last, and at that point our retreating procession will be blocked on both ends.

But at least we're killing their planes and pilots. One more Nick went down to flak.

I've engaged the enemy at Cox's Bazaar, India, but they're at more than brigade strength and I didn't bring enough troops to budge them. The good news is maybe these enemies never leave. I'm sending some armor to help out here. I could do more but I'm being conservative in case they try another landing somewhere I don't expect.

Solomons
Lost track of the convoy.
Shot down 3 Tojos over Guadalcanal, allowing our bombers to attack without interference. From fighters anyway; we lost a B-26 to flak even though we're way up at 20,000 ft. The base looks like it's in pretty bad shape. Oh, and the bomber crews claim they got an Oscar, a Mavis, and a Jake on the ground.

Shortlands op is greenlit. We go tomorrow. We'll be in and out before they can respond. They're going to love it when there are Corsairs escorting torpedo bombers out of there in a week or two, especially with Rabaul and Guadalcanal bombed into submission.

Bay of Bengal
USS Scamp penetrated the harbor at Port Blair and torpedoed a tanker unloading there, sinking it. This is a major airbase right now, but not a major port (hence why a sub was able to get in) so I'm confused that he's moving fuel here while there is a major troop movement about to take place in the region. This base is too small to support that operation.

06-24-22, 05:51 PM	#578
Molon Labe Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Along the Watchtower Posts: 3,810 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 5	3 February 1943 Burma and India A whole bunch of units from the back end of the procession made it across the river to the main mountain trail; I have sufficient control of the hex that this did not trigger a shock attack. Cool. The enemy now has about 20,000 troops in Lashio and they've reduced my forts to Level 2. It's not going to hold more than a few more days, and once that happens my supply routes down the mountain trail are going to be severed more or less permanently. So the supplies I'm getting to those beleaguered troops now are probably going to be the last, and at that point our retreating procession will be blocked on both ends. But at least we're killing their planes and pilots. One more Nick went down to flak. I've engaged the enemy at Cox's Bazaar, India, but they're at more than brigade strength and I didn't bring enough troops to budge them. The good news is maybe these enemies never leave. I'm sending some armor to help out here. I could do more but I'm being conservative in case they try another landing somewhere I don't expect. Solomons Lost track of the convoy. Shot down 3 Tojos over Guadalcanal, allowing our bombers to attack without interference. From fighters anyway; we lost a B-26 to flak even though we're way up at 20,000 ft. The base looks like it's in pretty bad shape. Oh, and the bomber crews claim they got an Oscar, a Mavis, and a Jake on the ground. Shortlands op is greenlit. We go tomorrow. We'll be in and out before they can respond. They're going to love it when there are Corsairs escorting torpedo bombers out of there in a week or two, especially with Rabaul and Guadalcanal bombed into submission. Bay of Bengal USS Scamp penetrated the harbor at Port Blair and torpedoed a tanker unloading there, sinking it. This is a major airbase right now, but not a major port (hence why a sub was able to get in) so I'm confused that he's moving fuel here while there is a major troop movement about to take place in the region. This base is too small to support that operation. __________________