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Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/5/2016 4:25:45 PM)
*************March 15, 1942(e)************ N&IC & N&IH:** I thought these two BB's were ordered to head back to Koumac. Instead they bombard 4th Div at Noumea Maybe some kind of ketamine flashback?. Night Naval bombardment of Noumea at 115,160 Allied Ships BB Mississippi BB Nevada DD Selfridge DD Case DD Smith Japanese ground losses: 87 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/5/2016 4:29:10 PM)
4th Division is pretty well entrenched in a jungle hex. Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 115,160 (Noumea) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 8 LB-30 Liberator x 4 P-39D Airacobra x 15 P-40B Warhawk x 7 F4F-3A Wildcat x 6 F4F-3 Wildcat x 7 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/5/2016 4:30:26 PM)
JJ won't think it so funny when we turn lose the A-20's! Morning Air attack on 4th Division, at 115,160 (Noumea) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft A-20A Havoc x 9 P-39D Airacobra x 21 P-40B Warhawk x 8 F4F-3A Wildcat x 6 F4F-3 Wildcat x 7 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 9 x A-20A Havoc bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/5/2016 4:31:50 PM)
LB-30's from Suva keeping Efate suppressed Morning Air attack on Efate , at 120,154 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft LB-30 Liberator x 9 No Allied losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 15

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/5/2016 4:33:43 PM)
There was a sync error on the replay showing Arizona take 3 sub torps ups the chuff. [X(] Fortunately, it's not on the Combat.txt file.

poodlebrain -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/5/2016 4:35:25 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake Cook's Corner. Fairly civilized place. Even children are welcome. I'm sure choreographers are welcome, and plentiful, too.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/5/2016 4:41:46 PM)
New and Improved South Wales: JJ deduced that our SBD's were at Newcastle yesterday so they attack. We fool them...we know show up. It's quite an air effort. Morning Air attack on Newcastle , at 92,166 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 24,940 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 30 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20940 feet Then the bombers. Morning Air attack on Newcastle , at 92,166 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 25 G4M1 Betty x 5 No Japanese losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 11000 feet This makes 68 bomber sorties Morning Air attack on Newcastle , at 92,166 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 33 G4M1 Betty x 5 No Japanese losses Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 5 108 bomber sorties Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 40 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 9 143 bomber sorties, 80 fighter sorties. Hell of a diversion. Seems more like the real thing. Morning Air attack on Newcastle , at 92,166 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 35 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 40 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 5

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/5/2016 4:53:59 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: poodlebrain quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake Cook's Corner. Fairly civilized place. Even children are welcome. I'm sure choreographers are welcome, and plentiful, too. The food is kinda greasy. Don't choreographers like to watch their weight? Well, that's what I heard.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/5/2016 5:01:20 PM)
2nd Marine Air Wing gets a new boss. He seems better organized. They planes are now at Port Kembla. JJ has moved 200 NM SSW in the last 24 hrs and are now 240 NM SE of Port Kembla. Good Lord. Are they really going to Melbourne? I wonder if this will slow them down any? Seems like the transports don't have that many troops aboard? Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sydney at 94,172 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 7 A6M2 Zero x 13 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IA x 8 P-40E Warhawk x 16 SBD-3 Dauntless x 33 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships CL Yura AK Kinka Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire APD Nadakaze APD Hagi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Hakusan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire CL Jintsu xAP Rakuyo Maru CA Ashigara CA Kako xAP Miike Maru Japanese ground losses: 60 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled The CAP is mostly elite Zero jockeys from the KB but I'm not sure where they are coming from? There is one CVE with the transports. Fighters might also be operating from Lord Howe or Brisbane One squadron of SBD's is separated from the escort. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sydney at 94,172 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 10 A6M2 Zero x 12 Allied aircraft SBD-2 Dauntless x 15 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SBD-2 Dauntless: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese Ships xAP Miike Maru APD Hagi, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAP Husimi Maru Japanese ground losses: 27 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/5/2016 5:11:26 PM)
Derby: We send some 17's to Darwin to shut down Derby AF Morning Air attack on Derby , at 64,127 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 3 No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 13 Pretty effective but it uses up the supply at Darwin (now at about 40,000 tons)

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/5/2016 5:12:33 PM)
Burma: Our EXTREMELY GRUMPY troops at Shwebo hold out another day. Ground combat at Shwebo (59,45) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 6760 troops, 58 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 197 Defending force 5635 troops, 6 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 115 Japanese adjusted assault: 14 Allied adjusted defense: 16 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: morale(-) Japanese ground losses: 295 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 27 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 300 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd RTA/A Division 7th RTA/C Division 2nd RTA/A Division 2nd RTA/B Division Defending units: BFF Brigade Railway BAF Battalion 9th Burma Rifles Battalion 10th Burma Rifles Battalion Upper Burma BAF Battalion 13th Burma Rifles Battalion 1st Burma Brigade Burma Corps 1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment JJ already has fighters and bombers at Akyab. Chittagong is in trouble.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/5/2016 5:14:21 PM)
Borneo: More brown folks with pale officers hold out. Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3696 troops, 38 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 106 Defending force 2988 troops, 43 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 53 Japanese adjusted assault: 38 Allied adjusted defense: 115 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: disruption(-), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 181 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: Sasebo 3rd SNLF Sasebo 8th SNLF Defending units: VII KNIL Battalion HQ TC Borneo Tarakan Defenses Tarakan MLD Base Force

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/5/2016 5:17:57 PM)
China: JJ pushing up to road toward Kweiyang. We will need to bring up help. Ground combat at Tuyun (74,51) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 10731 troops, 70 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 329 Defending force 14175 troops, 58 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 393 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 247 Allied adjusted defense: 364 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 708 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 49 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Allied ground losses: 271 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 19th Ind.Mixed Brigade 36th/C Division 23rd Army Defending units: 55th Prov Chinese Division 60th Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Division 9th Group Army

witpqs -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/5/2016 5:23:07 PM)
Troops confirmed in that convoy! Can we get a map? Please... [:)]

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/5/2016 5:23:50 PM)
Hmmmm? quote: SIG INT REPORT FOR Mar 11, 42 2/16th Army is planning for an attack on Melbourne. By ra way. This means 16th Army HQ is fragmented and may already be embarked. [:)]

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/5/2016 5:56:03 PM)
Hmmm? quote: SIG INT REPORT FOR Mar 09, 42 8th Tank Regiment is planning for an attack on Albany.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/5/2016 5:56:30 PM)
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Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/5/2016 5:59:45 PM)
Hmmmm? quote: 25th Army is planning for an attack on Melbourne.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/5/2016 6:08:00 PM)
Hmmm? quote: 16th Army is loaded on xAK Taihei Maru moving to Townsville. 3/18th Division is loaded on a Japanese AMC moving to Townsville. So we have 2 IJA Armies and very ikely 18 th Div planning for Melbourne. Must be a minimum of 2 divisions and perhaps more, of course. Plus a possible landing at Albany (threatening Perth, of course). This would make the arrival of emergency reinforcements more difficult

witpqs -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/5/2016 6:38:08 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake .. [image]local://upfiles/7983/3FC509CEFAB54F86936D2875FB1ECDCC.jpg[/image] Attaboy, Cap! DeRuyter's guns are powerful enough to shoot airplanes right off a carrier's deck! Small ones, anyway.

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/5/2016 6:52:44 PM)
Yes! There will some major puckering when Koninklijke Marine shows up! Little Yellow Bastards!

zuluhour -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/6/2016 12:01:53 AM)
Do you have to make me "google" every day?! [:D]

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/11/2016 9:30:22 PM)
*************March 16, 1942(e)************ N&IC:** JJ moved some heavies back into Koumac. We missed our opportunity to bombard the place by 1 d. Damn. The Jap position at Noumea has been abandoned. 4th Division has pulled back to La Foa. Perhaps they plan to bug out? Night Naval bombardment of La Foa at 114,159 Allied Ships CL Helena CL St. Louis DD Selfridge DD Case DD Smith Japanese ground losses: 110 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled CL Helena firing at 4th/B Division SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL St. Louis CL St. Louis firing at 4th/C Division DD Selfridge firing at 4th/B Division DD Case firing at 4th/B Division DD Smith firing at 4th/B Division

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/11/2016 9:33:55 PM)
The fast LYB BB's move down the Northeast coast of Noumea and create a bad for an minesweepr on ASW duty. Most likely they will have enough ammo to stay on scene tomorrow. Day Time Surface Combat, near Koumac at 114,157, Range 25,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Hiei BB Kirishima DD Ayanami DD Amagiri DD Kisaragi DD Yayoi Allied Ships AM Breeze, Shell hits 1, and is sunk .

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/11/2016 9:35:01 PM)
Koumac gets more fighters. Our fighter sweep does not go well. Morning Air attack on Koumac , at 113,156 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 23,440 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 51 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 21 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/11/2016 9:38:31 PM)
4th Division gets roughed up at La Foa. I called off the landing at La Foa when 4th Div retreated. Morning Air attack on 4th/C Division, at 114,159 (La Foa) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 5 LB-30 Liberator x 4 F4F-3 Wildcat x 13 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Morning Air attack on 4th/A Division, at 114,159 (La Foa) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft A-20A Havoc x 6 P-40B Warhawk x 2 F4F-3 Wildcat x 3 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 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 (1/11/2016 9:43:21 PM)
N&I South Wales: Our SBD's move back to Canberra. JJ pounds the bejeezus out of Port Kembla and Newcastle. The SBD's have moved out of the command radius of 2nd Marine Air so our attacks are disjointed. KB shows up to escort the transports. Waaay, WAAAY too few fighters on CAP over the KB. Even our crappy raid gets through. 4 SBD's drop on the carriers but miss. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sale at 87,173 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 12 A6M2 Zero x 21 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IA x 4 P-40E Warhawk x 10 SBD-3 Dauntless x 12 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships CV Shokaku CV Zuikaku

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/11/2016 9:45:00 PM)
Another squadron comes in but no escort. 2 SBD's penetrate the CAP and AAA. They both miss. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sale at 87,173 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 8 A6M2 Zero x 16 Allied aircraft SBD-3 Dauntless x 12 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese Ships CV Soryu Aircraft Attacking: 2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/11/2016 9:46:24 PM)
Another depleted squadron comes in. 2 get through but miss. [:@] Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sale at 87,173 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 5 A6M2 Zero x 12 Allied aircraft SBD-2 Dauntless x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses SBD-2 Dauntless: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged SBD-2 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships CV Soryu Aircraft Attacking: 2 x SBD-2 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

Cap Mandrake -> RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo (1/11/2016 9:47:01 PM)
Soryu, Shokaku, Zuikaku identified.

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