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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/26/2012 2:43:02 AM

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Can I hide in here?

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RE: With 32nd ID - 1/26/2012 8:07:53 AM

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Classic.

The Lorraine Campaign is a bit of a forgotten one.

It involved the entire US Third Army and lasted for three-and-a-half months. The Americans suffered 55,182 combat casualties and 75,000 Germans prisoners were taken.

Yet very little has been written on it, it's almost completely absent from popular culture.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/26/2012 3:35:51 PM

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ORIGINAL: zuluhour

Can I hide in here?

That depends. Do you have an offensive body odor or are you hiding from Seal Team 6? If the answer to either of those questions is "yes", then, I am afraid, we will have to decline.

If you are hiding from:

1) An angry ex-gf

2) A bill collector

3) The IRS

4) Your HOA

..then please enter. You are among freinds.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/26/2012 3:38:07 PM

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But what if he is a Trojan Horse inserted by Frau Braun.

Alfred

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RE: With 32nd ID - 1/26/2012 3:41:12 PM

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ORIGINAL: CT Grognard

Classic.

The Lorraine Campaign is a bit of a forgotten one.

It involved the entire US Third Army and lasted for three-and-a-half months. The Americans suffered 55,182 combat casualties and 75,000 Germans prisoners were taken.

Yet very little has been written on it, it's almost completely absent from popular culture.

**********32nd ID HQ, Port Hedrand, Nov. 20, 1942(c)*********

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/26/2012 3:52:59 PM

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ORIGINAL: Alfred

But what if he is a Trojan Horse inserted by Frau Braun.

Alfred

<looks furtively from side to side>

The Frau Braun reference reminds me of a Schwarzenegger joke:

Ahnold is sitting at a bar having a lager.

Bartender: Governor. I was sorry to hear about the marriage thing.

Ahnold: Ach, it is for ze better. Maria, always wis ze ve-ge-ta-bles..... and ze Kennedys. Teddy zis, Teddy zat. I vas tired of it. I told here ve live in Cu-lee-for-neeyah. Forget Teddy.

Bartender: Yes, but what about how it happened? Wasn't that tough?

Ahnold: Ah, ya, let me tell you. Zat vas Marias fault too. Ze maid ask for a raise, zo I go to Maria who vas ze woman of ze house and I zay, "Maria, ze maid is asking for a raise." But it is zat time of ze month and Maria vas very angry and she zay, "**** ZE MAID!"

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/26/2012 8:22:12 PM

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We survive another day at PH:

Ground combat at Port Hedland (57,129)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 47164 troops, 460 guns, 208 vehicles, Assault Value = 1368

Defending force 21627 troops, 570 guns, 423 vehicles, Assault Value = 457

Japanese adjusted assault: 700

Allied adjusted defense: 477

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
3787 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 269 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 14 destroyed, 23 disabled
Guns lost 19 (2 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
653 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 71 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 9 disabled
Vehicles lost 26 (18 destroyed, 8 disabled)

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"History started badly and hav been geting steadily worse."
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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/26/2012 8:23:59 PM

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Meanwhile looks like JJ has invented some sort of super-explosive:

Night Naval bombardment of Exmouth at 50,129

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 17 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
F4F-4 Wildcat: 24 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed on ground
Kittyhawk IA: 5 damaged
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 10 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 2 damaged
PBY-4 Catalina: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
CA Haguro
CA Atago
CL Kuma

Allied ground losses:
491 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 88 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (6 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 31

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"History started badly and hav been geting steadily worse."
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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/26/2012 8:25:42 PM

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But that doesn't stop is extracting a measure of revenge (mind you, a mere soupcon):

Morning Air attack on TF, near Exmouth at 51,128

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 6
P-40K Warhawk x 7
F4F-4 Wildcat x 12
TBF-1 Avenger x 13

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Tatsukaze, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

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"History started badly and hav been geting steadily worse."
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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/26/2012 8:26:55 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: sprior

Meanwhile looks like JJ has invented some sort of super-explosive:

Night Naval bombardment of Exmouth at 50,129

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 17 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
F4F-4 Wildcat: 24 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed on ground
Kittyhawk IA: 5 damaged
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 10 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 2 damaged
PBY-4 Catalina: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
CA Haguro
CA Atago
CL Kuma

Allied ground losses:
491 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 88 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (6 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 31

You guys must be overstacked big time there, no? It's only a level 2AF, right, how many engines you have that call(ed) Exmouth home?

Can't explain the casualties though. Open terrain, no forts, I presume?

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/26/2012 8:55:51 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: sprior

Meanwhile looks like JJ has invented some sort of super-explosive:

Night Naval bombardment of Exmouth at 50,129

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 17 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
F4F-4 Wildcat: 24 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed on ground
Kittyhawk IA: 5 damaged
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 10 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 2 damaged
PBY-4 Catalina: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
CA Haguro
CA Atago
CL Kuma

Allied ground losses:
491 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 88 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (6 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 31

Looks like M&M Enterprises has the franchise for Kablammo (tm) now...

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fair winds,
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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/26/2012 9:14:17 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

quote:

ORIGINAL: sprior

Meanwhile looks like JJ has invented some sort of super-explosive:

Night Naval bombardment of Exmouth at 50,129

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 17 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
F4F-4 Wildcat: 24 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed on ground
Kittyhawk IA: 5 damaged
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 10 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 2 damaged
PBY-4 Catalina: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
CA Haguro
CA Atago
CL Kuma

Allied ground losses:
491 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 88 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (6 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 31

You guys must be overstacked big time there, no? It's only a level 2AF, right, how many engines you have that call(ed) Exmouth home?

Can't explain the casualties though. Open terrain, no forts, I presume?

No..busy but not overstacked. Those are all single engine aircraft except for the Cats. The P-39 squadrons were understrength. This attack could not hav helped. The annoying thing is the Allied 4 BB surface group should have arrived there at night. Bloody annoying. Not sure what happened to them.

Good die roll for them I suspect but the land combat at PH was spectacular for us.

Here are the two air to ground attacks that went in at PH today:

Morning Air attack on 6th Guards Division, at 57,129 (Port Hedland)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 42

Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 2
Bolingbroke IV x 6
B-17E Fortress x 23
B-17F Fortress x 16
LB-30 Liberator x 7
B-26B Marauder x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Bolingbroke IV: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 8 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 4 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
289 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

And then the B-24's from Geraldton:

Morning Air attack on 65th Brigade, at 57,129 (Port Hedland)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 19

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 59

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
412 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 54 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

The planned fighter sweeps from Exmouth did not happen because of the carnage from the night bombardment.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/26/2012 10:56:26 PM

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Ahnold: Ah, ya, let me tell you. Zat vas Marias fault too. Ze maid ask for a raise, zo I go to Maria who vas ze woman of ze house and I zay, "Maria, ze maid is asking for a raise." But it is zat time of ze month and Maria vas very angry and she zay, "**** ZE MAID!"

speechless............reminded me of Benny Hill as a switchboard operator with all plugs and wires, and he gets the Queen mixed up with town Harlot on the tele. Its all in the translation.

By the way Mr. Sprior I hope that gound attack result at 1:1 is somewhat of an aboration, I just sent a six corp Chinese Army into a similar situation!

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/26/2012 11:23:39 PM

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*********************FOB Mai Tai, Papaete, Nov 21, 1942(c)***********************

Fleet Admiral Mandrake: <reading After Action Report of combat near Exmouth> "Soupcon"? What the hell is a "soupcon"? <calls out the secretary who is attired in a short woven skirt and seashell bikini top> MOANA! Please come in and take a message for Admiral Lord Sprior!

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/27/2012 2:58:58 AM

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You need an American to English dictionary.....

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/27/2012 3:47:52 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

quote:

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

quote:

ORIGINAL: sprior

Meanwhile looks like JJ has invented some sort of super-explosive:

Night Naval bombardment of Exmouth at 50,129

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 17 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
F4F-4 Wildcat: 24 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed on ground
Kittyhawk IA: 5 damaged
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 10 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 2 damaged
PBY-4 Catalina: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
CA Haguro
CA Atago
CL Kuma

Allied ground losses:
491 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 88 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (6 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 31

You guys must be overstacked big time there, no? It's only a level 2AF, right, how many engines you have that call(ed) Exmouth home?

Can't explain the casualties though. Open terrain, no forts, I presume?

No..busy but not overstacked. Those are all single engine aircraft except for the Cats. The P-39 squadrons were understrength. This attack could not hav helped. The annoying thing is the Allied 4 BB surface group should have arrived there at night. Bloody annoying. Not sure what happened to them.

Good die roll for them I suspect but the land combat at PH was spectacular for us.

Here are the two air to ground attacks that went in at PH today:

Morning Air attack on 6th Guards Division, at 57,129 (Port Hedland)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 42

Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 2
Bolingbroke IV x 6
B-17E Fortress x 23
B-17F Fortress x 16
LB-30 Liberator x 7
B-26B Marauder x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Bolingbroke IV: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 8 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 4 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
289 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

And then the B-24's from Geraldton:

Morning Air attack on 65th Brigade, at 57,129 (Port Hedland)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 19

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 59

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
412 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 54 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

The planned fighter sweeps from Exmouth did not happen because of the carnage from the night bombardment.

600+ disablements ain't gonna help JJ's combat readiness. By the skin of your teeth, I venture you may be out of immediate danger (again). Keeping your readers riveted in between the fart jokes makes this my one stop shopping for terror, mayhem and ribald humor.

Now, about opening up a retreat path. I know, keep calm and carry on, what what, but I am a loyal voting member of the Sensible Party.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/27/2012 3:49:47 AM

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"Soupcon"? What the hell is a "soupcon"?

Why are you shouting? Do you want us to go Defcon?

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/27/2012 6:10:42 AM

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This attack could not hav helped

Are you sure you didn't spend some time at St Custard's?

quote:

What the hell is a "soupcon"?

Ah yes, you probably did.

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"History started badly and hav been geting steadily worse."
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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/27/2012 6:14:27 AM

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but I am a loyal voting member of the Sensible Party

Yes, but we're fully paid up members of the Monster Raving Loony Party.

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"Grown ups are what's left when skool is finished."
"History started badly and hav been geting steadily worse."
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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/27/2012 6:20:42 AM

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By the way Mr. Sprior I hope that gound attack result at 1:1 is somewhat of an aboration

(P)lucky defenders, spirit of the blitz, stiff upper lip, blah, blah, blah.

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"History started badly and hav been geting steadily worse."
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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/27/2012 3:14:01 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: sprior

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This attack could not hav helped

Are you sure you didn't spend some time at St Custard's?

quote:

What the hell is a "soupcon"?

Ah yes, you probably did.

No, St. Andrew's in Indianapolis, but I may have suffered brain damage when I was slapped real hard like by Sister "Pruneface" Concertina. You have to understand that we got rid of all the Frenchies in Indiana a long time ago in the battle of something or other. Our side was led by a future American President. I think it was Robert Louis Stevenson but I am not sure. At least he had three names.

I think.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/28/2012 1:27:02 AM

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2 pages and not a single boob joke. This place is becoming an almost respectable AAR.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/28/2012 3:42:12 AM

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ignore the boobs in the corner

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/28/2012 9:12:57 AM

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ignore the boobs in the corner

Karma is restored.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/28/2012 1:57:17 PM

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Actually before I place a picture of one of my all time favorite Boob, Mr Sprior, being a huge fan of Mr Hill through the years, has anyone in merry olde England risen to the task as his replacement on the tele over there?

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/28/2012 2:31:28 PM

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ORIGINAL: zuluhour

ignore the boobs in the corner

In all honestly, even with the greatest objectivity that I can muster, I don't recall Sister Concertina looking ANYTHING like that. Even more, I doubt her breastesses were that perky <makes Dominican baseball player sign>. I imagine her looking more like my grandma Hazel who I accidentally saw unrobed from the waist up once <makes Dominican baseball player sign...twice>.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/28/2012 3:05:49 PM

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Good die roll for them I suspect but the land combat at PH was spectacular for us.

Hmmmmm this makes me think maybe the IJ are reading this AAR and are now copying the famed Cap Mandrake craps uber-die command technique

.. or more likely they are investing in die roll R&D -- advancing the IJ die roll advantage as much as 14 months ...

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/28/2012 3:14:45 PM

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Here are the air losses for the turn:

We lost 2 B-17E/F, 2 Bolingbroke (yawn) and 2 P-38 over PH and 6 F4F's and 4 Hurricane on the ground at Exmouth. I think the Exmouth bombardment combat report was a bit hyperbolic. The Tojos at Port Hedrand are reproducing by binary fision. We kill 6 and now there are 46 instead of 25.

Remember 102nd Eng Rgt which was more poperly a Bn.? You know, the unit that was hogging all the field kitchens and 105 mm rounds?

Well, they are now the 102nd Engr Platoon with a strength of 46 men and 3 trucks. Even so they are ready to fight. They are tougher than Reynolds' Iron Brigade. Br. 2nd has come down just a bit in disrutption and King's African Rifles are in good shape. 32nd ID now has 15 infantrymen (men, not squads) ready for battle. They have become a hospital unit and artillery attachment.

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RE: With the Wren Detachment - 1/28/2012 3:23:16 PM

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Admiral Lord SPrior
Star and Bar, Cross, Tilde Sign etc.
Kandy House, Ceylon

My Dearest Spri;

Many thanks for the limes. Splendid soupcon you chaps had over there! Concerning the situation at Port Hedland, Mr. Roosevelt was wondering if we might somehow open an emergency escape route should are troops there chose to, well, redeploy? I am sending over another B-17 squadron from Fiji to keep the Little Yellow Bastards penned in.

With Unfeigned Tepidness;

Fleet Admiral Mandrake