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Cap Mandrake -> RE: Firestarter (8/16/2014 6:01:47 PM)
Andaman Sea: Some WJD transports try to get into Rangoon which no longer has a CAP. They are clobbered by Vengeance and even a Beaufighter gets a hit. Morning Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 54,53 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufort I x 4 Vengeance I x 14 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Kizan Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Miyadono Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Chitose Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

Cap Mandrake -> RE: Firestarter (8/16/2014 6:11:34 PM)
Balikpapan: Not sure if JJ is using Balikpapan now but we don't have the ground troops to take it right now. So, better to break it. Quite a few other raids go in from Miri, which is now level 6 and from Manado. Afternoon Air attack on Balikpapan , at 64,97 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-25D1 Mitchell x 11 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 8 No Allied losses Oil hits 15

Cap Mandrake -> RE: Firestarter (8/16/2014 6:14:13 PM)
Hokkaido: Nothing bad happens.[:)] Our guys are unloading at Bihoro..slowly. Carrier bombers find some transports near Sapporo. They never seem to have troops aboard. I can't tell if Hokkaido is being reinforced or evacuated All the carriers are out of torps now. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sapporo at 120,51 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 51 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 39 SBD-5 Dauntless x 13 TBF-1 Avenger x 33 Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Tatuha Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk xAK Borneo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire xAK Nitiren Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAK Nitimei Maru, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk xAK Singapore Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAKL Mitsu Maru #3 xAK Tatuha Maru, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk More near Kushiro then another raid at Sapporo (not shown) Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kushiro at 123,53 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 16 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 8 TBF-1 Avenger x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAKL Eiwa Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Himalaya Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires

Cap Mandrake -> RE: Firestarter (8/16/2014 6:20:22 PM)
Skip ohn down...nothing to see here. You are getting sleepy.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: Firestarter (8/16/2014 7:09:18 PM)
China: Absolutely MASSIVE WJD attack near Chungking. Wherh arr of rittah yarrow bastards come from Ground combat at 76,46 (near Chungking) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 180137 troops, 1767 guns, 856 vehicles, Assault Value = 6631 Defending force 16509 troops, 149 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 709 Japanese adjusted assault: 7958 Allied adjusted defense: 424 Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 10381 casualties reported Squads: 30 destroyed, 1084 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 120 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 124 disabled Guns lost 86 (2 destroyed, 84 disabled) Vehicles lost 26 (1 destroyed, 25 disabled) Allied ground losses: 7066 casualties reported Squads: 356 destroyed, 130 disabled Non Combat: 167 destroyed, 51 disabled Engineers: 15 destroyed, 19 disabled Guns lost 54 (34 destroyed, 20 disabled) Units retreated 3 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 15th Division 3rd Division 3rd Tank Regiment 23rd Ind.Mixed Brigade 36th Division 13th Division 19th Ind.Mixed Brigade 37th Division 59th Infantry Brigade 32nd Division 35th Division 3rd Tank Division 138th Infantry Regiment 1st Ind.Inf.Group 40th Division 110th Division 9th Ind.Mixed Brigade 66th Infantry Regiment 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 39th Division 66th Infantry Brigade 8th Armored Car Co 71st Infantry Brigade 104th/B Division 22nd Ind.Mtn Gun Battalion 21st Mortar Battalion 23rd Army 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 12th Army 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 4th Mortar Battalion 5th Mortar Battalion Defending units: 63rd Chinese Corps 72nd Chinese Corps 67th Chinese Corps 92nd Chinese Corps

Cap Mandrake -> RE: Firestarter (8/16/2014 7:11:08 PM)
Another pincer. If I didn't know better I would say they are trying to capture Chungking. Oh, the humanity! Think of all the crappy canned "Chinese" food we lose! Ground combat at 77,47 (near Chungking) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 25681 troops, 184 guns, 176 vehicles, Assault Value = 947 Defending force 4211 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 154 Japanese adjusted assault: 1006 Allied adjusted defense: 25 Japanese assault odds: 40 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 110 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 2712 casualties reported Squads: 150 destroyed, 64 disabled Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 33 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 22 (11 destroyed, 11 disabled) Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 12th Tank Regiment 41st Division 17th Ind.Mixed Brigade 2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade 1st Militia Regiment Defending units: 84th Chinese Corps

Chickenboy -> RE: RIP??? (8/17/2014 2:33:21 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake Operation Sticky Green: Never, EVER name a carrier after a battle that we actually lost. Sub attack near Shimushiri-jima at 133,51 Japanese Ships SS I-159, hits 6 Allied Ships CV Bunker Hill, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Charles Ausburne DD Foote DD Dyson Ammo storage explosion on CV Bunker Hill Ammo storage explosion on CV Bunker Hill Bunker Hill never fired a shot. Her planes never fired a shot in anger. She JUST reached the Kuriles. I think she will survive but will miss the war. Nice shootin', Tex-san! [&o] Oops, wrong AAR...

Chickenboy -> RE: Firestarter (8/17/2014 2:35:16 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake According to the classic definition, the victor is the side that holds the field at the end. In that sense the British won, but paid a high price. Well, technically, the battle for Bunker Hill was fought on Breed's Hill anyways, so you're both wrong. [:'(]

Crackaces -> RE: Firestarter (8/17/2014 6:20:22 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Chickenboy quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake According to the classic definition, the victor is the side that holds the field at the end. In that sense the British won, but paid a high price. Well, technically, the battle for Bunker Hill was fought on Breed's Hill anyways, so you're both wrong. [:'(] Actually the British would leave Boston after the Battle of "Bunker Hill" so who really held the field of battle when the smoke cleared? [8D][8D]

Cap Mandrake -> BAY-goes (8/29/2014 4:20:30 PM)
There is a bagel place by me that has good fresh bagels and good breakfast bagels but apparently there is a severe shortage of Jews around here..or..more likely, they are all internists and esquires. Somewhat hilariously, the staff are all Mayan. The girls are all 5ft 1 and the guys 5 4. Hugo, Jose, Carmen, Oswaldo. Good, enthusiastic workers all but they can't say "bagel". They call them "BAY-goes". I, of course, had no trouble understanding what they were saying because this is exactly how Savina used to say "bagel". It is a laugh riot to watch the customers ask them to repeat the question "BAY-go or breakfast wrap?" [:)] This morning I ordered a Denver bagel. Hugo: DEN-bear? FAM: Si, DEN-bear.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: BAY-goes (8/29/2014 4:26:49 PM)
Several weeks ago I saw 6 mariachis in their mariachi outfits lined up hip to hip in a booth all eating double-doubles at In-and-Out. Funniest damn thing you ever saw. They were all just looking straight ahead eating their burgers not saying anything. Not an "Ay-ay-ay" among them. I was tempted to stand by their table and sing "Down in the west Texas town of El Paso" to see if they would give me a tip.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: BAY-goes (8/29/2014 4:27:19 PM)
Oh, yeah. A turn came in too!

Cap Mandrake -> RE: BAY-goes (8/29/2014 4:31:11 PM)
BTW, I did not invent the name "Battle of Bunker Hill" [:)] The British did capture Bunker Hill right after Breed's Hill fell. As a matter of fact, I'm not sure Bunker Hill was called Bunker Hill before the battle.

BBfanboy -> RE: Firestarter (8/29/2014 4:34:15 PM)
quote: Even when from the same Air HQ, fighter squadrons of different plane types will generally not act cooperatively on sweeps. In another thread, it was stated that altitude is one of the keys to keeping aircraft together. If you set a different altitude for one group, it will not fly with the others. This also splits up the escorting aircraft if they are not the same altitude as the strike.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: BAY-goes (8/29/2014 4:41:52 PM)
***********July 30, 1943(c)********* The IJN attacks with what they have left, which is evidently not very much. This is exactly what one would expect the IJN to do when two of the home islands have been invaded but we saw them coming after they ran over one of our subs by Hong Kong.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: Firestarter (8/29/2014 4:44:09 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy quote: Even when from the same Air HQ, fighter squadrons of different plane types will generally not act cooperatively on sweeps. In another thread, it was stated that altitude is one of the keys to keeping aircraft together. If you set a different altitude for one group, it will not fly with the others. This also splits up the escorting aircraft if they are not the same altitude as the strike. Hmmm. I thought the AI was supposed to adjust the escorts to a couple of thousand feet over the strike aircraft? I know it sounds improbable but I think I actually read that in the manual. Of course, it might have been a dream sequence or something...or the peyote buttons. Having the strike aircraft and escorts in the same HQ defintely helps with strike cohesion but not with sweeps..but I will have to look at the altitude idea.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: Firestarter (8/29/2014 4:50:20 PM)
Nagasaki: P-38's flying LRCAP from Kanayo (which is now down to 38% runway damage) protect the bombers over Nagasaki. We bust up the airfield pretty good. We have quite a few heavies sitting idle because the airfield at Okinawa is only level 5 so far. Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 56 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 19 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 8 B-24D1 Liberator x 21 P-38H Lightning x 19 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 8 Runway hits 35 Interestingly, the B-25's arrive after the 24's even though they are from the same airfield and HQ. Speed difference??? Morning Air attack on Nagasaki/Sasebo , at 102,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 1 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 2 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 Then straglers blow some more stuff up.

BBfanboy -> RE: Firestarter (8/29/2014 4:54:50 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy quote: Even when from the same Air HQ, fighter squadrons of different plane types will generally not act cooperatively on sweeps. In another thread, it was stated that altitude is one of the keys to keeping aircraft together. If you set a different altitude for one group, it will not fly with the others. This also splits up the escorting aircraft if they are not the same altitude as the strike. Hmmm. I thought the AI was supposed to adjust the escorts to a couple of thousand feet over the strike aircraft? I know it sounds improbable but I think I actually read that in the manual. Of course, it might have been a dream sequence or something...or the peyote buttons. Having the strike aircraft and escorts in the same HQ defintely helps with strike cohesion but not with sweeps..but I will have to look at the altitude idea. Found it! Check out the Air Unit Coordination Guide in The War Room http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2382494

witpqs -> RE: Firestarter (8/29/2014 4:56:01 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy quote: Even when from the same Air HQ, fighter squadrons of different plane types will generally not act cooperatively on sweeps. In another thread, it was stated that altitude is one of the keys to keeping aircraft together. If you set a different altitude for one group, it will not fly with the others. This also splits up the escorting aircraft if they are not the same altitude as the strike. The most important thing about altitude is not letting it abruptly change to zero. That makes the aircraft come apart every time, and is very hard on formations, too.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: Firestarter (8/29/2014 4:59:38 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy quote: Even when from the same Air HQ, fighter squadrons of different plane types will generally not act cooperatively on sweeps. In another thread, it was stated that altitude is one of the keys to keeping aircraft together. If you set a different altitude for one group, it will not fly with the others. This also splits up the escorting aircraft if they are not the same altitude as the strike. The most important thing about altitude is not letting it abruptly change to zero. That makes the aircraft come apart every time, and is very hard on formations, too. CFIT "Controlled Flight Into Terrain" [:)]

BBfanboy -> RE: Firestarter (8/29/2014 5:02:12 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy quote: Even when from the same Air HQ, fighter squadrons of different plane types will generally not act cooperatively on sweeps. In another thread, it was stated that altitude is one of the keys to keeping aircraft together. If you set a different altitude for one group, it will not fly with the others. This also splits up the escorting aircraft if they are not the same altitude as the strike. The most important thing about altitude is not letting it abruptly change to zero. That makes the aircraft come apart every time, and is very hard on formations, too. CFIT "Controlled Flight Into Terrain" [:)] Until 1944 when the Japanese also have the option of CFIS ...[sm=scared0008.gif]

Cap Mandrake -> RE: Firestarter (8/29/2014 5:23:07 PM)
You know. B-24's with P-38 escorts are just brutal. It's almost not fair. NEVER..EVER let the Allies get within P-38 escort range of the HI in 1943. [:)]

Cap Mandrake -> RE: Firestarter (8/29/2014 5:30:13 PM)
************7000 ft over Kanoya, Kyushsu, 13 miles from target, 09:20, July 30, 1943(c)***** Fright Officer Hata: Standing Stork One to base. Approach target. Prease to terr mother Fright Officer Hata fight werr!" Base:** Hai, Standing Stork! Good ruck! Standing Stork need it. Morning Air attack on TF, near Kanoya at 102,61 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft B6N1 Jill x 2 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IV x 2 P-38H Lightning x 11 P-40K Warhawk x 29 P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 18 F4U-1 Corsair x 5 Japanese aircraft losses B6N1 Jill: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Oh dear. [&o]

Cap Mandrake -> RE: Firestarter (8/29/2014 5:34:56 PM)
We beefed up the dive bombers at Kume-jima, anticipating an attack from the area of Shanghai. This is exactary what happen. We also sent some TBF to Hory-crappo-jima. Urukaze seems headed either to Kume-jima or Naha. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kume-jima at 93,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft TBF-1 Avenger x 17 Allied aircraft losses TBF-1 Avenger: 3 damaged Japanese Ships DD Urukaze Another group north of fist target headed SE. It's easier to hit a squirming DD with SBD's Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Shanghai at 96,58 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft SBD-3 Dauntless x 25 Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese Ships DD Usugumo, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Hagikaze, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Arare, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 12 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 5 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Turns out Urukaze has a friend. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kume-jima at 93,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 55 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1 Corsair x 9 SBD-5 Dauntless x 15 Allied aircraft losses SBD-5 Dauntless: 6 damaged Japanese Ships DD Oite DD Urukaze, Bomb hits 1 Yet another DD group inbound toward Kanoya. We miss, but they still have to get through the PT boats and sub screen and then there are 3 surface groups waiting at Kanoya. It's a suicide mission. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tokara Retto at 99,60 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 20 SB2C-1C Helldiver x 26 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-1C Helldiver: 2 damaged SB2C-1C Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships DD Akebono DD Ushio DD Kisaragi Quite a few dive bombers sorties are wasted on SC's in the area.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: Firestarter (8/29/2014 5:46:09 PM)
Hokkaido: TBF's from the carriers find Chikuma again but cant hit her. Chikuma retreats westward. The SBD's pound enemy AK's in the area. Bihoro airfield now at 50% runway damage. B-25's from Shimiseku-jima go after the airfield Kushiro which has a bunch of Bettys. [Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kushiro at 123,54 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 56 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 9 TBF-1 Avenger x 7 Allied aircraft losses TBF-1 Avenger: 2 damaged Japanese Ships CA Chikuma Aircraft Attacking: 7 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 9000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb /color]

Cap Mandrake -> RE: Firestarter (8/29/2014 5:48:27 PM)
Fewer and fewer WJD fighters now. Rangoon is no longer defended. Nagasaki poorly so. The end is nigh. Pretty soon it will be impossible to get oil in from Pusan or China.

Disco Duck -> RE: BAY-goes (8/29/2014 6:50:30 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake BTW, I did not invent the name "Battle of Bunker Hill" [:)] The British did capture Bunker Hill right after Breed's Hill fell. As a matter of fact, I'm not sure Bunker Hill was called Bunker Hill before the battle. And they came back in 1814 and stole things from the White house. Before they burned it down of course. http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-28833238

anarchyintheuk -> RE: Firestarter (8/29/2014 7:59:48 PM)
In a time of constant change, it's good to know some things stay the same. Now, I've got about 400 pages to read.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: Firestarter (8/29/2014 9:03:02 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk Now, I've got about 400 pages to read. 400? A mere trifle! That's only about 1/6th of the Affordable Care Act and the printing is WAAAAY bigger and we have rots of pictures.

BBfanboy -> RE: Firestarter (8/29/2014 9:54:01 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake quote: ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk Now, I've got about 400 pages to read. 400? A mere trifle! That's only about 1/6th of the Affordable Care Act and the printing is WAAAAY bigger and we have rots of pictures. Tell us you are not reading the ACA manual or your reputation is ruined! [:-]

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