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Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/13/2021 1:36:59 PM)
Oh, look, it's the same highly escorted convoy moving South during the night. It's on. Probably Bima. This is a good example of the mid phase intercept code. Very nice. Sub attack near Makassar at 64,106 Japanese Ships E Hishu DD Fuyo DD Numakaze DD Minekaze E Kiku E Yugao AMC Gokoku Maru xAP Kongo Maru xAP Argentina Maru xAP Tatsuta Maru DD Wakatake DD Nagatsuki DD Satsuki Allied Ships SS Amberjack

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/13/2021 1:39:08 PM)
Something dangerous over by Kendari too. The zone is flooded with US and Dutch subs quote: Sub attack near Kendari at 71,106 Japanese Ships DD Wakazuki Allied Ships SS Drum

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/13/2021 1:46:04 PM)
Damned effective attack on our New Guinea to Mindanao air bridge. quote: Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 60 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3a Zero x 62 G3M3 Nell x 33 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 6 damaged G3M3 Nell: 2 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses C-46A Commando: 37 damaged C-46A Commando: 3 destroyed on ground C-46A Commando: 41 damaged C-46A Commando: 1 destroyed on ground Swordfish I: 2 damaged Swordfish I: 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 13 Airbase supply hits 11 Runway hits 68

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/13/2021 1:48:25 PM)
If the IJN wants Bima that bad we will take Ceram while they are busy. The whole idea is to break through to Mindanao quote: Morning Air attack on 65th Brigade, at 80,110 (Boela) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft Mitchell II x 9 B-25C Mitchell x 3 B-25D1 Mitchell x 6 B-25G Mitchell x 8 F6F-3 Hellcat x 8 Allied aircraft losses Mitchell II: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/13/2021 1:50:30 PM)
Airfields at Ternate and Lolobato need to be suppressed to effect a landing at Boela quote: Morning Air attack on Lolobato , at 79,102 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 6 B-24D1 Liberator x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/13/2021 1:51:18 PM)
Most of the Pacific theater B-24's moved up to the level 8 AF at Bolo

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/13/2021 1:52:53 PM)
Hatsusuki-encrusted Halibut. US subs getting better. quote: Sub attack near Kendari at 71,106 Japanese Ships DD Hatsuzuki, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage DD Wakazuki Allied Ships SS Halibut

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/13/2021 1:57:40 PM)
Sumatra: LARP Brigade lads take Djambi by air drop in central Sumatra and now we are trying to fly in troops and aviation support lads. They get bombed from Singapore 3 x a day. This is the second time we took Djambi. I am pretty sure this is annoying for the empire. I have learned the trick is to fly in aviation support troops with some AAA to take the brunt of the air attacks quote: Afternoon Air attack on 173 Wing Base Force, at 48,88 (Djambi) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 27 Ki-48-IIb Lily x 46 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/13/2021 2:10:37 PM)
An AKL/AK/LST lost in one night/day trying to sneak in to Mindanao by threading their way around Leyte. Time to give up on that route.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/13/2021 2:12:10 PM)
Maybe we can go West across the Atlantic from..Portugal or something?

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/13/2021 2:55:02 PM)
**********August 8, 9, 10*********** I will have to abstract this because some staff flunky forgot to write everything down. Intel suspects that two Jap carrier groups have rendezvoused near Sumbawa but we can't seem to clearly spot. Bima gets bombarded by CL/DD groups operating from Makassar. It is pretty obvious Bima is going to get hit. We fly out all the operable A/C. The Japs have reopened Kendari AF. That is bad. It is swarming with Georges and Tojos. We stage P-38's from Koepang to sweep Kendari but we lose about 2:1. Landings begin at Bima. The next night we send a cruiser force to kill the landing ships and it seems to succeed. We catch the at anchor without a SCTF present but the annoying little ninjas haul anchor and sneak away in the dark. The next night they are back but we have another cruiser group inbound from Koepang and we catch them, heavily damaging all the transports without any damage to the USN group. Many troops are disabled and KIA but nothing sinks right away and they slink away to the North again with the landing halted. Even so we only have a weak garrison and they take the place with the loss of 1000+ POW's.

BBfanboy -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/13/2021 2:58:32 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake Maybe we can go West across the Atlantic from..Portugal or something? You can, but you have some more threading to do to pass Malaya/Sumatra and then Palawan/Borneo. Sew, now what?

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/13/2021 3:07:27 PM)
Meanwhile, the Ceram landing force has assembled and stages 120 nm SE of Boela on the 10th of August with carrier support and large numbers of TBF's at Babo and Kaimana and 100 fighters at Kai-elanden. JJ declines a carrier fight under these circumstances and instead sends in subs..lots of them. They manage to put FOUR torps in USS Nevada and fatally wound one DD. Nevada barely makes Kaimana with her decks awash (92% flooding). We sink 3 Jap subs outright and damage more. The next day landings begin with only moderate shore fire. US 35th RCT stops to look at the flying fish for some reason. We have enough undisrupted troops ashore to be safe from counterattack but perhaps not enough to take the place. IJN DD's inbound NW of Sorong so I call a suspension of the landings and send in shore bombardment TF's. So far, so good..except for the near disaster with Nevada

witpqs -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/13/2021 6:06:38 PM)
How have the lavatory combat engineering group fared?

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/13/2021 7:49:24 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs How have the lavatory combat engineering group fared? Well, we made some progress. We now have 5 working porcelain facilities and 4 showers and a big fancy tub with an 81 mm mortar. The last bathroom is waiting on a tub and I have to find a sink cabinet that will fit and it will then require framing in. Most of the floors are in. One vanity came with the sink cracked from Wayfair and I gave the delivery guys a 5 star rating

Disco Duck -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/14/2021 12:54:47 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake quote: ORIGINAL: USSAmerica quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake Right...I meant "Old German" COVID going up again in SoCal. Lots of infants of unvaccinated moms getting sick. One mom was breastfeeding her 8 week old and got sick. I had her stop breast feeding and dad took over with formula feeds. She was locked in her room. Even with all that the baby got sick too but did well. I'm rooting for herd immunity because I am seriously getting tired of this f**** thing. Thanks again, Winnie Xi Pooh Thanks for continuing to fight the good fight, Cap! BTW, did you know I do software QA for our systems at the ABP? [:)] Haha. I don't have to do the recertification because I am grandfathered in. :-) I went through the oral board exams which were run by professors with sadistic traits. I had to fly all the way to DC to take the thing. They lock you in a room with the inquisitor for about 20 minutes and then they send you into the next room. The first guy says after I give my answer "I'm sure glad you aren't taking care of my grandkids" after I gave a pretty good answer. Maybe he objected to calling in an ortho consultant on the case but it seemed he was purposely being an a-hole. I wanted to tell him to go f* himself but then it occurred to me....this is a testing situation...maybe he is TRYING to get me to lose it or to rattle me so I fall apart with the next professor..so I just give him a faint smile and a head tilt..and he smiles back a bit...so either I was right and the bastard set me up even after I got the question right or he is gay and he thinks I am flirting with him...and then the timer goes off and we are instructed to go to the next room and as I cross the hall I notice all the other applicants have no blood in their faces and look they are gutshot with bird pellets. "You sadistic bastards! You did this to every applicant on purpose!" 25% of the applicants were failed after flying to f'ing DC and 3 years of residency and 4 years of medical school This reminds me of Saburi Saki's statement that Japanese flunked out a lot of potentialy good pilots.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/15/2021 5:56:45 PM)
**********August 11, 1943(e)******** Timor/Flores/Simbawa:** Canberra headed to Bima for a night raid instead runs into the IJN headed East toward Kopeang. Lousy performance. quote: Night Time Surface Combat, near Endeh at 65,114, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Oyodo DD Yugumo DD Makigumo DD Takanami DD Murakumo Allied Ships CA Canberra DD Conyngham, Shell hits 3, heavy fires DD Downes, Shell hits 1

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/15/2021 5:59:07 PM)
Oyodo plows on and encounters the Kopeang guarding force. Better performance with a substantial firepower advantage. quote: Night Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 68,116, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Oyodo, Shell hits 7, on fire DD Yugumo, Shell hits 1 DD Makigumo, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Takanami, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Murakumo Allied Ships CA New Orleans, Shell hits 1 CA Wichita CL Montpelier, Shell hits 1 CL Santa Fe, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Taylor, Shell hits 1 DD Frankford DD Reid

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/15/2021 6:01:25 PM)
A second Destroyer Leader and DD task force closes and is repulsed. quote: Night Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 68,116, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Natori, Shell hits 3, and is sunk DD Suzunami, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Hayanami, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Kagero, Shell hits 1 DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships CA New Orleans, Shell hits 3 CA Wichita, Shell hits 2 CL Montpelier CL Santa Fe, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Taylor DD Frankford DD Reid, Shell hits 1, on fire

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/15/2021 6:02:59 PM)
A 3rd group closes. It's a big attack designed to strip the defenders and go after the base I am sure. quote: Night Time Surface Combat, near Koepang at 68,116, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Isuzu DD Tokitsukaze DD Arashi DD Minegumo DD Kawakaze Allied Ships PT-346 PT-352

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/15/2021 6:04:20 PM)
Finally, a US subs finds a carrier. quote: Sub attack near Bima at 62,109 Japanese Ships CV Kaga, Torpedo hits 1 CS Chitose CS Nisshin DD Kisaragi DD Yunagi DD Hayate Allied Ships SS Barb

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/15/2021 6:06:35 PM)
Isuzu bulls her way through and has a very effective bombardment but it is a level 7 field so this will not close it. quote: Night Naval bombardment of Koepang at 68,116 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses B-24D1 Liberator: 32 damaged F6F-3 Hellcat: 9 damaged PBY-5A Catalina: 19 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 16 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 8 damaged PV-1 Ventura: 1 destroyed on ground C-47 Skytrain: 5 damaged R4D-1 Skytrain: 5 damaged Kittyhawk III: 5 damaged P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 4 damaged F4U-1 Corsair: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CL Isuzu DD Kawakaze DD Minegumo DD Arashi DD Tokitsukaze Allied ground losses: 86 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 22 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 50

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/15/2021 6:12:33 PM)
Mindanao:LYB's have reached the mountain hideout at Malaybalay and Digos in the South quote: Japanese adjusted assault: 113 Allied adjusted defense: 2530 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 22 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1286 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 146 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Allied ground losses: 401 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 26 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled) Assaulting units: 14th Division 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 54th British Brigade 93rd PA Infantry Regiment 2nd PA Infantry Regiment Agusan Constab Battalion 73rd PA Infantry Regiment 182nd Infantry Regiment 61st PA Infantry Division 31st Infantry Regiment 101st PA Infantry Division 3rd Constabulary Regiment 3rd Marine/A Division 55th British Bde /2 Mindanao Force Del Monte AAF Base Force /1 I/43rd PS Inf Battalion Far East USAAF II Corps 2nd RAA Med Arty Regiment 11th Base Group US Forces Far East 116th Base Group Asiatic Fleet 4th Marine Def Bn /3

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/15/2021 7:09:21 PM)
Sumatra: British 6 Brigade have hacked their way through jungle around the blocking position North of Medan and Aus 21 Brigade have marched all the way across the island from Sibolga after defeating 3 Jap units there..and now they finally reach Medan. Can they take it before the IJA DIV NW of town can fall back? Naval forces converge off Medan at night to deny each other control of the seaward approaches. quote: Night Time Surface Combat, near Medan at 46,76, Range 7,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Mikuma, Shell hits 1 DD Makinami, Shell hits 1, on fire DD Shinonome, Shell hits 2 DD Isonami, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Uranami, Shell hits 2 Allied Ships CL Kenya, Shell hits 7, heavy fires CL Caradoc, Shell hits 1 DD Nestor, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Napier, Shell hits 1 Kenya can go to Moulmein for repairs. Nestor and Isonami sunk.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/15/2021 7:11:36 PM)
Ceram: Slower landin craft unloading at Boela effectively although one USN DD and a YMS lost to subs and two IJN subs damaged or perhaps sunk.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/15/2021 7:18:43 PM)
****August 12, 1942* Sumatra:** Massive furball in the air over Medan as Vengeance dive bombing raids and hundreds of medium bomber sorties arrive at the same time over Medan. We lose 12 Vengeance and a fair number of fighters but the LYB's lose many dozens of medium bombers and fighters. It's about a 3:1 kill ration in our favor. Then the heavy bombers from Burma arrive at 4000 ft and do a goodly amount of damage. The Aussies and Brits attack but sadly a full IJA division has arrived in the nick of time from the South and they suffer heavy disablement. Even worse, the arrival of IJA division from the SE turns the hexside to the SW red and we are trapped.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/15/2021 7:21:03 PM)
I didn't know this could happen. Is it because we attacked and were repulsed?

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/15/2021 7:29:10 PM)
The combat: quote: ttacking force 7705 troops, 164 guns, 121 vehicles, Assault Value = 211 Defending force 20530 troops, 200 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 592 Allied adjusted assault: 45 Japanese adjusted defense: 1801 Allied assault odds: 1 to 40 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), fatigue(-), morale(-) Attacker: supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 249 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 632 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 107 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled Guns lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled) Assaulting units: 21st Australian Brigade 6th British Brigade Defending units: Ichiki Det. Sasebo 3rd SNLF 5th Division 24th Nav Gsn Unit 91st Naval Guard Unit 11th Special Base Force 18th JNAF AF Unit

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/15/2021 7:33:56 PM)
***********August 13******* Sumatra:** Beaufighters attack at Medan Not as many Jap fighters today. quote: Morning Air attack on 24th Nav Gsn Unit , at 46,76 (Medan) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufighter VIc x 9 Hurricane IIc Trop x 9 Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter VIc: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 47 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (8/15/2021 7:34:53 PM)
Vengeance and B-24's arrive together. quote: Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Hurricane IIc Trop x 2 Vengeance I x 9 B-17F Fortress x 3 B-24D1 Liberator x 3 P-40N5 Warhawk x 7 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 82 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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