S3 Series

Plan on meeting again... sheesh it's thursday already....

Do you want to get it ironed out tonight (thursday 3/13/14) at 9pm if that works better than waiting for saturday?



Gofly... I'm open to ships being the target... port at 33 has ships and 25 has ships... please feel free to advise where additional targets might be. Just want air superiority before sending the devastators in close to the enemy front

Epic.. thanks... I had planned on at least 2 steps of fighters at the cv... swapping one of the steps of strike with fighters in the russells does make sense.

Salute!

Any chance we could have a few lites do some searches to find the shipping?

I realize their interest in A2A, but they would likely run into some Zekes and have a chance to get a kill or whatever.

It's all about intell. Kinda like Midway, huh?

Gums opines....

Sorry Cool...didn't see you had 3 steps of fighter on New Georgia. You're right we need to establish fighter superiority over these Bases. Just looking at the map it's going to be a tough go. The Japs have fields all over the area. 2 three step fields...2 two step fields and 2 one step fields(could total 70+ planes if needed) -----> only 55 miles give or take from our front lines). We have 2 two steps and 1 one step(30 planes 6 of which will be TBD/SBD's). Just looking at their overwhelming numbers.... I wouldn't be surprised if you see an all out attack at on our forward bases in New Georgia. If I was the CO on the Jap side this would be a no-brainer. Betty's come in high....followed by Kates with Zero's all over the place providing cover. Will this come to fruition??......not sure, but it's laid out perfectly for it. The squads placed at these 3 fields in New Georgia are going to have their work cut out for them....to say the least Russell Island Wildcats will not have the range to effectively support this potential attack by the Japanese. Its going to be a hell-of-a-show and I wouldn't miss it for anything.

Should the Frame CO elect to attack F-37, suppression of the forces there should not be difficult. The enemy can base (6) brave souls there if they wish, much like was done by the Allies at F-45 in Frame 3. In addition to that, only four guns have to be taken out to gain all the points from the objects on the field that can be achieved by our fighters and/or strikes who have ammo left returning from other duties. IF one does not want the enemy to know that we have a strafing mission going on there at any particular time, it becomes an early target. If the Allies want to close the field for the points associated with that, LOTS of targets become required. All of the tents are "houses". However, the "ammo dumps" should go pretty easily as they are actually just stacks of ammo boxes under camo tarps. Other than preventing aircraft based there from attacking our nearby bases when all Allied aircraft are out on a mission, the field likely has little "strategic" value as the field will probably be in "Allied territory" in Frame 5 when the front moves.



Just an observation but what is a SCOUT/Bomber/Douglas for?

cool-on.....info..352nd shows as 4step while DRs and 4th are 3step. All others are 1 step each.
4th has 2 volunteers for CV scout duty should it be required.

orders out tonight (Friday)