Northern Solomons Campaign
Setting: Summer and Fall 1943
The Allies have begun to build up ground and air forces for the eventual push farther outward from Guadalcanal towards Rabaul located on New Britain. They have moved significant air and ground forces into the area to cover the upcoming invasion of Bougainville via Empress Augusta Bay. Shortly after the Invasion of Bougainville the Allies will be moving to take Buka in the Green Islands and cut off the Japanese garrison on Bouganville. Unknown to anyone except the highest levels of Allied command Rabaul is going to be left withering on the vine as the massive Allied forces bypass the strategic base and move onward toward the Phillipines and Japan.
In an effort to match the Allied buildup in the area the Japanese have started moving Naval Air and Army Air units in to combat the Allied aircraft. They are also reinforcing positions on Choiseul Island, Buka in the Green Islands and Bouganville with Imperial Japanese Army units and have moved in other units to New Britain to defend against the future invasion of New Britain by the Allies. The Japanese are hoping that the Allies continue their march into Rabaul so they can tie the Allies down with a long drawn out ground battle. It is on this that the Japanese High Command has placed their hopes and it is the reason they are willing to spend some of the best air units they have to stop the Allies here.
Setup Specifications:
Guadalcanal Map
Planseset:
USN/USMC/USAAF/ANZAC:
CVs: F4F, TBM, SBD.
Airfields: P-40E, F4U-1, F6F, SBD, A-20G, B-26.
IJAAF/IJN:
CVs: A6M5, Val, Kate.
Airfields: A6M5, A6M2, Ki-61, Val, Kate, Ki-67.
No perk points for any aircraft.
CT standard AAA settings.
Formations enabled.
Fuel Burn of 1.0
All M class vehicles available for both sides; Osty also available.
Troops to capture 25.
Town Building down time of 10 minutes.
No Tiger or Panzer IV.
F4U-1 and F6F available from scattered bases to represent different USMC and USN bases.
A-20 available from all mid range bases for Allies.
B-26 available only from extreme rear area bases for Allies.
Ki-67 available from all Japanese bases.
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EDIT UPDATE NIKI REMOVED!
I removed the Niki because I used the wrong .txt file from my MOTD and didn't check it at the office when I posted this setup from there. I had two versions. One that is basically Squire's setup without the F6F (I called it Northsol01.txt) and then my version with the Niki, F6F and the F4F removed (I called it Northsol.txt) and a future map I am working on for New Britain/New Guinea.
Just so no one is confused about this I am removing the Niki and would delete the thread if I had done it in the right amount of time. But I was rushed to get to my son's baseball practice game and used the Northsol.txt file; instead of Northsol01.txt.
So move along nothing to cry or whine about here.
