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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/24/2013 5:40:33 PM

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/24/2013 5:42:22 PM

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Based on previous intel indicating transports headed for San Fernando and Aparri, we had subs on station and bagged 2 transports on their way in.

There was also this attack on the carriers as they rounded Zamboanga. Rejected, with prejudice.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Zamboanga at 75,89

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 7

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 11
P-40K Warhawk x 9
F4F-4 Wildcat x 47

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 4 destroyed

No Allied losses

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/24/2013 5:47:46 PM

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Here is the worst thing...down near Cotobato. I swept the spot with 2 or 3 ASW groups ahead of them. &$#*@(!

Sub attack near Cotabato at 77,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-154

Allied Ships
CVE Copahee, Torpedo hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Monssen
DD Cushing
DD Meade
DD McCalla

Fuel storage explosion on CVE Copahee
SS I-154 launches 8 torpedoes at CVE Copahee

Must be FOW, Cap. That fourth torpedo wold have only found a hole in the water!

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/24/2013 6:47:15 PM

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Here is the worst thing...down near Cotobato. I swept the spot with 2 or 3 ASW groups ahead of them. &$#*@(!

Sub attack near Cotabato at 77,92

Japanese Ships
SS I-154

Allied Ships
CVE Copahee, Torpedo hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Monssen
DD Cushing
DD Meade
DD McCalla

Fuel storage explosion on CVE Copahee
SS I-154 launches 8 torpedoes at CVE Copahee

Must be FOW, Cap. That fourth torpedo wold have only found a hole in the water!

Yes, probably some of the F4F's were still floating.

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/24/2013 6:49:36 PM

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I think you would have to say the run in to Ramree has gone well so far (except for the dent in PoW).

Not sure if all their good stuff is in the PI or weather grounded their LBA...or they refused to fly because of CAP?????

Not sure why they are reinforcing Truk. Surely they cannot believe that the PI operation is a bluff?

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/24/2013 7:05:13 PM

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/24/2013 7:13:53 PM

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****************Pranning, PI***************

Kongo is out of the action for at least 3 d (1 or 2 days to get to Takao to refuel and back).

The IJN carriers, presumably sans Kaga, are likely to retreat northward rather than risk a battle where they are now.

We will have to see how badly hurt Clark is. Most likely we need a day or two more of suppression. We dont want to fight IJN carriers and Bettys from Clark at the same time.

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/24/2013 8:00:35 PM

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I do not see any AAR's by Col Mustard nor any games in progress. I am not sure being demeaning is in your best interest

But IMHO the big difference between Peleliu and say Okie or Tokyo is the ability to apply the USA/USN airpower coming over the next 6 months. Peleliu is an atoll and requires supply convoys to keep supply. The USN torps are getting to be effective. So a combination of submarines, airpower, and naval bombardment can reduce Peleliu to an invadable target about 25% reduction in firepower and AV and the USN/USA can bring in 2X the firepower and AV. Tokyo and Okie are a lot harder to isolate in kind. Please see the picture below.

There is a problem in that this will deviate from the Northern push into Manilla. So the resources might be already pegged for that operation. Anyway Cap it might be worth the investment if the IJ get more comitted to cutting the supply lines in teh middle of the squid. If this game lasts to Jan 1944 you might need the space to avoid the Kami attacks.

Crackaces - I certainly didn't mean to be demeaning (maybe I used the wrong smilie???). You certainly have a lot more experience than I do at the game, and I'm stuck living vicariously through the World's Worst AAR. I was just giving a reminder that the Captain was focused on the jugular, and Babeldaob would be a big distraction from that - which we seem to agree on.

Nice cloud of subs in your screenshot, by the way.

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/24/2013 8:25:43 PM

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Are we friends again now? We won't continue with the story until you're all nice to each other.

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/24/2013 8:31:34 PM

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Are we friends again now? We won't continue with the story until you're all nice to each other.

Can we revisit the part of the story where the Allied ships get torpedoed and sunk? That's always my favorite.

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/24/2013 8:56:15 PM

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Are we friends again now? We won't continue with the story until you're all nice to each other.

Can we revisit the part of the story where the Allied ships get torpedoed and sunk? That's always my favorite.

That was 1/4 FOW. Only 3 torpedoes hit that CVE - I'm convinced of it!

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/24/2013 9:06:08 PM

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Are we friends again now? We won't continue with the story until you're all nice to each other.

Can we revisit the part of the story where the Allied ships get torpedoed and sunk? That's always my favorite.

That was 1/4 FOW. Only 3 torpedoes hit that CVE - I'm convinced of it!

I am with Cap on this one .. one of the torps smashed into a floating F4F ... the IJ only thought they has 4 go on target ..

Burma might be quiet in comparision ..

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/24/2013 9:08:19 PM

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At least until tomorrow

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/24/2013 9:41:01 PM

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Are we friends again now? We won't continue with the story until you're all nice to each other.

Yes, don't make him stop this 1986 Chrysler Minivan. You'll regret it.

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/24/2013 9:50:06 PM

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Are we friends again now? We won't continue with the story until you're all nice to each other.

Can we revisit the part of the story where the Allied ships get torpedoed and sunk? That's always my favorite.

ASW attack near Ramree Island at 49,48

Japanese Ships
SS I-36, hits 6, on fire

Allied Ships
DD Shaw

and..

Sub attack near Batan Island at 86,71

Japanese Ships
xAK Kinsyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PB Heiei Maru #7
DMS Uruko
AK Kyushu Maru
xAK Izan Maru
xAK Toba Maru
xAK Yamahagi Maru
PB Tokotsu Maru
PB Naruto Maru #3
PB Muro Maru

Allied Ships
SS Scorpion

A P-43 with a Chinaman at the controls....

Morning Air attack on 200th Chinese Division, at 77,44 , near Chungking

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 3
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 49

Allied aircraft
P-43A-1 Lancer x 5
Hurricane IIc Trop x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged

No Allied losses

port hedrand mirk run.

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

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Beaufort VIII x 6
Bolingbroke IV x 11
Kittyhawk III x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 40

Allied aircraft losses
Bolingbroke IV: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
284 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 38 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Supplize!!

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 13

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 9 destroyed on ground
D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 33

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/25/2013 12:57:16 AM

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Speaking of taking other IJ bases, what about Balikpapan? He may not have much fleet left to fuel or be able to get any convoys back to Japan, but it will still hurt to lose it. Or strategic bombing it?

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/25/2013 2:45:31 AM

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Many years ago, there was a commercial that had a tagline:

"I can't believe I ate the WHOLE thing!"

Well, I can't berieve I read the WHOLE thing! For some odd reason, I stumbled across this AAR and (even more strange) I read all 375 pages. I spent precious hours of my life I will never get back. Maybe those hours were not so precious because I did stick with it to the bloody end and plan to continue. I have enjoyed reading the World's Worst AAR (tm) a great deal and have learned many things I never knew I needed to know. Also, the outcome of the war is interesting so far. You have those LYBs glands in a bit of a vise it appears. Good ruck on the future!

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/25/2013 6:56:07 AM

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Well, I can't berieve I read the WHOLE thing!

You are going to have a very warped Monday.

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/25/2013 2:27:58 PM

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Welcome aboard young Emmor. Yes, the classic Alka-Seltzer commercial. Quite apt, really.

Hadn't looked at the number of pages. 375 pages! Santa Maria! That's is almost one page for every day of the war...and no filler, either.

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RE: Ahhh....Phuket - 3/25/2013 2:33:25 PM

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Rord Admirar Fabertong sent us a message via the Swiss Embassy. It seems he spent 2 hrs. preparing for the destruction of the Arries and then the dog ate the turn. Then there was something about a train. Probabry he went to see how Col. Saito is doing with the bridge in Burma.

The point is that JJ's spirits are up after all the ships we let them sink the past two days and they are pranning to sink more.

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/25/2013 3:44:26 PM

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Quite evident that crevah ritter yerrow baahstards have deduced most of pran. But Luzon is big prace. We want our white circles to not be where the red circles are.

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/25/2013 3:47:23 PM

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The intial plan was to capture Loag and then drive to Aparri and Vigan to have 3 mutually covering bases. Aparri may be out as an easy grab.

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/25/2013 3:53:32 PM

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OK, what the Hell is this? A Yellow Fever outbreak?

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/25/2013 4:44:15 PM

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Welcome aboard young Emmor. Yes, the classic Alka-Seltzer commercial. Quite apt, really.

Hadn't looked at the number of pages. 375 pages! Santa Maria! That's is almost one page for every day of the war...and no filler, either.

A few weeks ago we looked at a house located on Rancho Santa Maria! My wife wondered why I laughed all the way through the property.

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/25/2013 5:04:09 PM

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Welcome aboard young Emmor. Yes, the classic Alka-Seltzer commercial. Quite apt, really.

Hadn't looked at the number of pages. 375 pages! Santa Maria! That's is almost one page for every day of the war...and no filler, either.

A few weeks ago we looked at a house located on Rancho Santa Maria! My wife wondered why I laughed all the way through the property.

Yes, yes! I was there 2 weeks ago with SG looking at the models. We absolutely LOVED the floorplan on the Madre de Jesus model!

The center island with the granite countertop and vegetable sink was divine.

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/25/2013 6:34:57 PM

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OK, what the Hell is this? A Yellow Fever outbreak?

"Multifocal miliary hepatitis"?

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/25/2013 11:47:56 PM

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Well, I can't berieve I read the WHOLE thing!

You are going to have a very warped Monday.

My initial thought was Monday wouldn't be different than any other day because my friends would assure you I have been warped for many, many moons. However, you were right! When I was getting ready for work this morning I was a bit dizzy. So yes, reading this AAR apparently warped me.

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/25/2013 11:50:05 PM

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OK, what the Hell is this? A Yellow Fever outbreak?

Yikes! I was that color once. It was all over instead of little dots. That makes it better, right?

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/26/2013 1:28:19 AM

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OK, what the Hell is this? A Yellow Fever outbreak?

no suprries are propagating to Port Hedrand ...

I assume suprry ships are dropping of albcore steaks?

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RE: How could anything Sorong... be so right? - 3/26/2013 4:54:30 PM

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So, I decide to read the manual and figure out why all my task forces are going places I don't want them to go and on the first freakin' page it tells me I am going to catch epilepsy becasue I am already doing everything it says not to do.

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