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The only wrong thing here is not shock attacking all day every day.
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War in the Pacific Day by Day - I feel like you may be doing something wrong....
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Aug 13, 2017 20:28
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I swear to god Grey if the allies capture Rabaul while the carriers are in port...
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Aug 14, 2017 00:36
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In a stunning development, the counter to naval air power is ground forces. Pretty pumped for postwar navies to develop combat boarding vessels.
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Aug 14, 2017 01:37
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It's a bit late but 15/08/43: The Captain of the xAK Beltana has been posthumously granted the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal for deliberately steering his ship into the path of three torpedoes bound for the USS Essix.
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Aug 15, 2017 00:06
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   We drive off an American sub.  You cheeky buggers.  The 43rd continue to hold out in their beachhead.   It's a quiet day in the air, with the enemy mainly concentrating on Luganville airfield.  Another wave of lost souls is unloaded by their ships.  I start the bombardment again – lets see if a few weeks of this makes any difference.   The Ryujo is closing in on Rabaul, then she should be safe for a bit of light repairs – then back to Japan for the full work!  We confirm an old tanker kill.
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Aug 15, 2017 17:30
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  That's right, keep unloading the lambs for the slaughter.   Somebody get these guys all a medal!  These guys are far north – time to see what we can find them.  The Kido Butai come back and do some damage.   Another force is pushed back in China.  Huh, looks like they pulled out of Luganville again. 
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Aug 15, 2017 17:30
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Home islands should be pearl harbour header mo?
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Aug 15, 2017 17:38
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A great start for Bguy32!
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Aug 15, 2017 17:52
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Grey Hunter posted:
What on Earth are they doing? 
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Aug 15, 2017 17:58
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Ikasuhito posted:What on Earth are they doing? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gO7uemm6Yo
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Aug 15, 2017 18:07
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Grey Hunter posted:
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Aug 15, 2017 18:12
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Where are all your betties?
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Aug 15, 2017 19:00
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Just incase Grey decides to target the Warspite some useful advice can be found here: Clickity
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Aug 15, 2017 20:00
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So, are they in range for all the planes you have in Singapore with that surface TF?
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Aug 16, 2017 05:31
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Saint Celestine posted:Where are all your betties? Buggered if I know, The factories hasve sent 60 out this month, but they are not going where I need them! I need to stop replacements on all non important squadrons for a while I think.
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I'm picturing a desolate field deep in Manchuria with 4,000 Betties lined up wingtip-to-wingtip. The phone rings incessantly in the small shack that serves as the communications office of the local Imperial Japanese Army Air Service meteorology reporting unit. Nobody answers. Naval aviation officers continue to lose their hair prematurely at alarming rates.
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Aug 16, 2017 23:40
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  The Allied battleships hit our ships and give us a taste of our own medicine.  They then go on to sink more ships. These are my fuel line, so this is especially painful.  Owch, their counter battery fire is on the ball today.  We have nothing in the area that can take on two battleships. We just have to take the hits and try and bring in support in case it happens again.  At least we see the Independence on there.
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Aug 17, 2017 05:50
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Well, poo poo.
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Aug 17, 2017 06:12
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And their stupid gamble pays off as your air force completely fails to protect your convoys from a rouge Task force. Now watch as they ravage the area for a while and sail safely back to port.
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Aug 17, 2017 06:20
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Ikasuhito posted:rouge Task force. ??? is it a Task Force wearing makeup or seeking out the vital Japanese makeup convoys?
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Aug 17, 2017 07:07
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The Battleship-ness of this version of WW2 is really something else.
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Aug 17, 2017 07:10
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Jonny Nox posted:??? drat you autocorrect! 
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Aug 17, 2017 07:28
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Jonny Nox posted:??? Will no one think of the Geshias?
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Aug 17, 2017 08:12
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21 ships lost in one day. That is not good, even if they didn't add up to a lot of points.
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Aug 17, 2017 08:38
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They add up to 171 points, so that's like half a fleet carrier. Except it's quite possibly worse for Grey to lose double the above rather than a carrier as he may need his fuel line more. Grey's winning the conventional fight, but not the logistical fight.
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Aug 17, 2017 09:54
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WEll, I was waiting for the other shoe to drop
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  Oh thank god! I can't take many more days like yesterday.  We start pushing at Rabaul again.   The night bombers hit our airfields.  Again plane losses come in bursts.  See!  Let's hope that the Battleships move on now. We got lucky today. 
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Aug 17, 2017 18:03
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Why aren't your planes trying to intercept? Why is nothing doing what you would expect?
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Aug 17, 2017 18:18
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Saint Celestine posted:Why aren't your planes trying to intercept? War in the Pacific works in mysterious yet strangely predictable ways.
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Aug 17, 2017 18:37
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Grey's commanders understand the futility of using planes against battleships, duh
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Aug 17, 2017 18:48
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Why did both sides evade combat, did the allies run out of ammunition in one day, or did they get the wrong intel on the opposing force, or something?
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RA Rx posted:Why did both sides evade combat, did the allies run out of ammunition in one day, or did they get the wrong intel on the opposing force, or something? Sometimes a force has a chance to evade even in the combat screen. Its possible that the Allied TF lost sight of them, or the Japanese TF commander managed to evade with uh... smoke? 
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where are the escorts why was that shipping task force so enormous where is the air cover why are there no flights, the liberators are destroying zeros on the ground why bother attacking in rabaul when you still have -supply 
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Aug 17, 2017 20:00
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Leperflesh posted:where are the escorts THE WORLD WONDERS
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Aug 17, 2017 20:16
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It's definitely not possible for Japanese aircraft to sink a British battleship in the vicinity of Singapore.
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  These guys are lost – or a very hopeful invasion force.  A very dull day. 
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  The plunger is chased off again.  Yep, it looks like we're going to see a pointless invasion attempt. Or would, if we hadn't hit them with bombs.  The remains of two Corps surrender to us today.  Nothing went down – I'm trying to sort out supplies for Rabaul, but so many of my ships are already tasked to other jobs. Its tough scrounging them up.
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Grey Hunter posted:
Remember that as the Japanese that you can spontaneously create barges, so if you have supply at Truk, you can create barges there for use as ad hoc supply ships for Rabaul.
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