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   We bag another Superfort.   They came back?  Warhawks mean these are land based planes, so there is no point in rushing carriers north.   The Allies are throwing wave after wave of planes at me. I think their trying to use up all my ammo.   We're ruining a new crop of air cadets it seems. With Guam being confirmed a land based attack, (The carrier planes are from ditches from a carrier battle in the region), I send my fleets south again.
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Rota needs to be retaken. I think it's the only spot the Allies currently have that's in B-29 range of the Home Islands.
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The Sandman posted:Rota needs to be retaken. I think it's the only spot the Allies currently have that's in B-29 range of the Home Islands. A pilot who flies a Superfort all the way from Rota to Japan and back could be detected 30 miles offshore by the clanging of his tremendous brass balls.
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The Sandman posted:Rota needs to be retaken. I think it's the only spot the Allies currently have that's in B-29 range of the Home Islands. Entire Soviet Union lurks menacingly Actually in this timeline do you think the Americans would try and get a deal to let them start making GBS threads out airbases all over the Russian Far East to bomb Japan from? Because island hopping is NOT working but they gotta get close somehow...
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B-29s operated from Kharagpur and Kwanghan (near Chengdu) and attacked targets as far away as Palembang, Bangkok, Anshan (north of Korea), and Yawata (in Japan), among other targets in Japan. Rota to Tokyo is actually quite a bit closer than the Chengdu bases.
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TheDemon posted:B-29s operated from Kharagpur and Kwanghan (near Chengdu) and attacked targets as far away as Palembang, Bangkok, Anshan (north of Korea), and Yawata (in Japan), among other targets in Japan. Rota to Tokyo is actually quite a bit closer than the Chengdu bases. Must've sounded like the Bells of Notre Dame.
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Zeroisanumber posted:A pilot who flies a Superfort all the way from Rota to Japan and back could be detected 30 miles offshore by the clanging of his tremendous brass balls. You know that Tinian was our primary airbase for the bombing campaign against Japan IRL, right?
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The Sandman posted:You know that Tinian was our primary airbase for the bombing campaign against Japan IRL, right? When that was going on there weren't major Japanese fighter bases on the other three major islands in the Marianas.
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   The carriers cause some trouble on the way down.  Aces clash as we see off another raid.  Another troop convoy goes down.  Ndeni gets some planes in the air to surprise the allies.  The carriers make their mark again. We've not seen an Allied carrier in a while either. 
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Feb 19, 2019 19:01
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Another APA. Jeeeez.
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... Man, if Grey could do something about Allied subs this war would be OVER with.
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wedgekree posted:... Man, if Grey could do something about Allied subs this war would be OVER with. Yeah it's the silent service really keeping the allies in this one.
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18 February 1945 USS Gamble, a destroyer-minesweeper, is severely damaged by JNAF bomb hits and not repaired. 19 February 1945 No sinkings to report, but US Marines land on Iwo Jima today. You know, just for comparison to the Greyverse timeline.
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BUG JUG posted:Yeah it's the silent service really keeping the allies in this one. I'd go so far as to say that the Allied submarine service would have defeated Japan eventually, had they enough time
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gradenko_2000 posted:I'd go so far as to say that the Allied submarine service would have defeated Japan eventually, had they enough time Considering the Tench-class was coming online in late-44 it was only a matter of time. By this point in history the Japanese Merchant Marine was all but destroyed by air and submarine attacks.
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Hey guys, I just found out that FNG is getting a 3rd Edition in a couple of months. You all know what that means.....
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You'll kill me in the introductory paragraph again?
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Feb 20, 2019 12:03
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Yes. If you walk into another ambush.
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Grey Hunter posted:Hey guys, I just found out that FNG is getting a 3rd Edition in a couple of months. God that thread was amazing. I only caught it after it was over, but still an hilarious read. Can't wait to see another one! By the way, is there a way to play as the NVA or the VC in this game?
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I am still deeply disappointed in the fact that the Aussie soldiers could only huck a grenade like 50 feet. Sure they're heavier than a football or baseball and not aerodynamic, but real Red Blooded Corn Fed American lads should be able to heave that baby at least three-four times as far!
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Grey Hunter posted:Hey guys, I just found out that FNG is getting a 3rd Edition in a couple of months. Aww yeah buddy.
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Grey Hunter posted:Hey guys, I just found out that FNG is getting a 3rd Edition in a couple of months. OH YES 
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Bold Robot posted:What is FNG? Pffft. Look at this FNG.
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  I pay a heavy price for this hit.  The Bettys are on a mission.  The skies remain ours.  I'd stop the Bettys, but I want them hunting targets in other directions. And no, you can't give them arcs for naval strike missions. Bold Robot posted:What is FNG? Original thread here I copied the turns to my underused wargaming blog here.
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20 February 1945 Air raids sink the German torpedo boats TA-40 (ex-Italian Pugnale) at Monfalcone and TA-48 (ex-Yugoslav, ex-Italian T-3) at Trieste. The front falls off corvette HMS Vervain after a torpedo hit by U-1208 near Waterford.
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  Down goes another Superfort!  The flak is heavier here today!  We still get our hits in however.  Less than I would like though.  A quieter day, but we still got our hits in.  One of our ships randomly sinks. No-one knows why.
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Reality asserted itself momentarily, claiming the W-19, before skipping out for a quick breakfast, itself never to be seen again.
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W-19 is a destroyer-minesweeper? Well, if history is any guide, mines are the likely culprit. It looks like the historical ship was sunk by an air raid on 10 December 1941, same as Prince of Wales and Repulse. 21 February 1945 CVE USS Bismarck Sea sinks following uncontrollable fires caused by kamikaze off Iwo Jima. Saratoga was heavily damaged in the same attack. 22 February 1945 Corvette HMCS Trentonian floods rapidly after a homing torpedo hit to the stern by U-1004 outside Falmouth.
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OpenlyEvilJello posted:W-19 is a destroyer-minesweeper? Well, if history is any guide, mines are the likely culprit. That made me think of something, I don't think i've ever seen a report of even the presence of mines in the game?
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Mans posted:That made me think of something, I don't think i've ever seen a report of even the presence of mines in the game?
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  Go for the ships!  Much better!  Boom! This is overkill!  Down they go!  The second wave does some damage, but takes more hits.  We keep taking them down.  We're losing planes, but they are taking many hits.  Well, I lost 33 planes, but they lost 50.  As well as many, many ships.
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The second attack on the cruisers did well because they had even numbers. And 'well' means 'managed to see the cruisers' not 'cause any damage to the cruisers' Also it's late February 1945 and the KB is raiding Luganville and succeeding 
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Grey you have so many different types of planes in your CV task force it reminds me of all the german Sd Kfz series. But then again, they are doing their job, so that's not a bad thing.
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