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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 9/30/2020 12:12:11 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

So we have just learned (because it ISN'T in the manual)


Obviously this a troll an imposter...the real Cap Mandrake couldn't make this claim.




Well, I HAVE read parts of the outline.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 9/30/2020 12:27:07 AM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 9/30/2020 12:36:28 AM   
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Status: offline 		Listening to the History of WWII Podcast by Ray Harris Jr. It's very good. He's an amateur who started doing a podcast on his own when he had a work setback at the start of the pandemic.

He's up to episode 300 or something like that. The LYB's have invaded Burma and aren't yet to Mandalay. Just listened to a very good episode on the Australian commando operation on Timor. I found it on Overcast. It's free but he takes donations.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 9/30/2020 12:40:21 AM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 9/30/2020 2:23:36 AM   
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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy


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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake


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ORIGINAL: Alfred


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So we have just learned (because it ISN'T in the manual) that Sydney should work so we don't have to send a worthless S-boat all the way back to SF so that it can be cut in half and turned into a diner


You can thank Don Bowen for those additional details not provided in the manual. Seems that coders jealously safeguard the fine print from manual writers.

Alfred



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Great turn of phrase, Cap. That frames it perfectly.


Better is Fog Of Whiskey!

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 12:59:03 AM   
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Luzon: JJ decide they need to take out Bataan AF.Not so fast we say.

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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 26,560 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 14
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 13
Hurricane XIIb x 5
P-40K Warhawk x 13
F4U-1 Corsair x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 10 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk III: 1 destroyed
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed[

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 1:01:02 AM   
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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 56 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 7
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 24
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 33
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 1

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 4
Hurricane XIIb x 1
P-40K Warhawk x 9
F4U-1 Corsair x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 2 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 destroyed, 5 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk III: 1 damaged
Kittyhawk III: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40K Warhawk: 5 damaged
F4U-1 Corsair: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 28

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 1:02:25 AM   
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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 15
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 1
Hurricane XIIb x 1
P-40K Warhawk x 7
F4U-1 Corsair x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 destroyed, 4 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk III: 1 damaged
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 1:03:06 AM   
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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 20
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3
Ki-51 Sonia x 18

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 1
P-40K Warhawk x 5
F4U-1 Corsair x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 13

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 1:05:25 AM   
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Status: offline 		Bombardment attack again at Clark. Our arty is not firing back because most are on bingo ammo.

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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1512 troops, 132 guns, 87 vehicles, Assault Value = 1254

Defending force 33815 troops, 568 guns, 320 vehicles, Assault Value = 810

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
10th Division
16th Division
48th Division
33rd Division
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
21st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
51st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regiment
2nd PA Infantry Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
45th PS Infantry Regiment
2nd Constabulary Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
762nd Tank Battalion
54th British Brigade
4th Constabulary Regiment
24th PS FA Regiment
501st Coast AA Regiment
Clark Field AAF Base Force
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
103rd PA Infantry Regiment
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
165th Field Artillery Battalion
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC AA Battalion
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 1:10:10 AM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Tasmania: JJ bring all their homies trapped on Tasmania for one big push and it broody works. I start back a US Army regiment that is aboard transports and was going to help in the invasion of Guam. Annoying. Evidentarry, they were not dead yet.

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Ground combat at Burnie (81,176)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 6614 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 245

Defending force 1535 troops, 39 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 33

Japanese adjusted assault: 130

Allied adjusted defense: 43

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
457 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
272 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 12 (6 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 27 (13 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Units retreated 3

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
84th Naval Guard Unit
63rd Naval Guard Unit
46th Naval Guard Unit
65th Naval Guard Unit
39th JNAF AF Unit
15th Port Unit
204th Ship Eng Coy
14th Naval Construction Battalion
15th Naval Construction Battalion
17th Naval Construction Battalion
41st JNAF AF Unit
41st JAAF AF Bn
32nd Special Base Force
22nd JNAF AF Unit
12th JAAF AF Coy

Defending units:
2/4th Armoured Regiment
154th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd RAA Jungle Field Artillery Regiment

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 1:12:46 AM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 1:18:24 AM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 1:21:00 AM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 1:27:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		We are supposed to get 36 Hurri IIc a month but I swear somebody is pillaging the damn things along the way.

They deign to send us 12 Spitfire Vc a month in September. I have RAF fighter squadrons flying crappy Mohawks and even training in Lysanders.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 1:32:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		USAAF is getting 65 P-40K and 20 P-38G a month. They have a lot of empty squadrons on the WC as well.

July is the bonanza for USAAF with 200+ P-40N1/N5/P-39N1 and the P-47

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 1:43:20 AM   
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Angle of attack seems high at cruising speed.




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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 3:32:58 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

We are supposed to get 36 Hurri IIc a month but I swear somebody is pillaging the damn things along the way.

They deign to send us 12 Spitfire Vc a month in September. I have RAF fighter squadrons flying crappy Mohawks and even training in Lysanders.


Easy to overlook the Lysanders have a camera. That makes units equipped with a Lysander quite useful when used to do short range recon.

Alfred

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 5:05:24 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Cool picture of Hurricane IIc Trop

Angle of attack seems high at cruising speed.




That plateau in the background appears to be the ruins of Masada - where the Jewish Essene Sect held out for a very long time against a Roman siege. The Romans had to build a dirt ramp to the top of the plateau to assault it. Rather than be taken as slaves, every one of the Essenes committed suicide.
The Israeli army still takes its recruits there to swear their allegiance to Israel.

It is located on the western side of the Dead Sea, about half way down.
Sodom and Gomorrah were at the south end of the Dead Sea. Qumran, where the Dead Sea scrolls were found is just north of Masada.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 10:53:45 AM   
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Two women and five children did survive:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Masada

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 11:02:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		After finally rounding up all the remnants from 2nd Marine Div...they are sitting at Rabaul having steaks and Schlitz and they refuse to combine? Same combat mode. The units have supplies but the base is in the red because the staff sent 145K Allied troops there. What gives?




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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 11:04:34 AM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 11:28:00 AM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 11:45:31 AM   
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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Have any parts been upgraded but not the others?



Yes,, thought of that. All 3 regiments have 43 rifle squads. U think that means they are all uniform.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 12:24:49 PM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 2:21:52 PM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 2:26:45 PM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 2:34:30 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Confirmed. US Army units also upgrade to 57 mm. About half already. I had to turn off upgrades on about half the regiments planning for Guam.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 2:36:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		I had the same problem with a PA division. Now I see it was one regiment with 3 inch mortars and the others not.

Broody compricated.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 10/2/2020 2:44:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		One brigade of 9th Aus only has 500 men and missing most of heavy weapon categories. I can't remember if they were crushed in the fighting in Oz or they came into the game that way.

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