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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/14/2012 4:33:26 PM

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Air losses..JJ had Tojos waiting for a raid on his ground troops in Burma. The Zeroes and P-38's traded with the edge to the P-38's in air to air losses

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/14/2012 6:07:35 PM

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Also...don't tell Admiral Lord Sprior but I think that AK that got sunk last turn had a detachment of Hurris aboard. Some idiot sent them to Karachi without an escort from Aden (last time I did a turn for him).

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/14/2012 6:08:07 PM

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Air losses..JJ had Tojos waiting for a raid on his ground troops in Burma. The Zeroes and P-38's traded with the edge to the P-38's in air to air losses

How'd ya lose the 19 Hurris?

ETA: Whoops. Just saw post immediate preceding my own. S'OK, Cap'n. Your secret's safe with us.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/14/2012 7:08:27 PM

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Did I use that gag about that eunuchoid children's TV character before (pretend I don't know what they are called)?

The A2A losses were from a Tojo poach over Burma...the "ground" losses were...well, you know.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/14/2012 7:21:05 PM

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***************Pranning for Jan 21************

Another B-24 attack on Koepang..possibly with some B-17F's from Katherine joining in. Fighter sweep from the remaing 17 operational P-38's. JJ has moved most of the bombers out of Kopeang.

Kendari is still dangerous so we wont try to land at Lautem today. We need a good recon of Kendari and then maybe attention form the B-24's. Lautem will get a ground attack today jsust to make sure it is unoccupied. Endemere, Waingapoe and Endeh in the Lesser Sundas are all level 4+ airfields and have been purposely built up...they are dangerous too. Latem and Dili will be the Left shoulder of the penetration with the main thrust up toward the PI

We own Namlea with its level 2 airfield now but the inconsiderate LYB's didn't leave any suppries this time. Try to fly in some from Saumlaki.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/14/2012 7:27:37 PM

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So the guy from HP comes out, puts in the new motherboard, runs some diagnostics and then comes out of the man cave....

HP guy: Apparantly whatever disabled the mother board also caused a fault in the hard drive.

Me: Damn! Two things at once. How often does that happen?

HP guy: Not very often.

Me: Wow, good thing it's still under warranty.

HP guy: Yeah, good thing. <he winks>

I took this to be a knowing hint that he deduced the thing had pulled 9 G's but he might have just been flirting. I never rally had very good Gaydar.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/14/2012 7:34:09 PM

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One time in school I got this message on my car window that read..

"People think I am leaving a message because I hit your car but really just want to meet you...call...867 5309". All the "i"'s had little hearts above them.

So, naturally, I called. It was a PhD student who wanted to show me his bunsen burner. D'oh!

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/14/2012 7:37:08 PM

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So, naturally, I called. It was a PhD student who wanted to show me his bunsen burner. D'oh!

Eeek... sorry cant resist, but that sounds HOT...

Rasmus

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/14/2012 7:40:38 PM

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IU have been watching Breaking Bad from the first season on Netflix. Great show. One of the lead characters is a high school chemistry teacher who discovers he has lung cancer and decides to cook meth to provide for his family.

His street name is "Heisenberg"

I'm willing to bet not one in 100 get the gag.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/14/2012 7:43:46 PM

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Eeek... sorry cant resist, but that sounds HOT...

Rasmus

Depends how you roll...no that there is aything wrong with that?

By ra way, did I tell that secret admirer story before? I sometimes get all my secret admirer stories mixed up.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/14/2012 8:00:22 PM

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His street name is "Heisenberg" I'm willing to bet not one in 100 get the gag.

I'm uncertain.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/14/2012 8:00:38 PM

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/14/2012 8:02:52 PM

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I'm uncertain.

Don't worry...if you don't get it you're probably not a geek

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/14/2012 8:11:04 PM

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LYB aircraft at Davao in Southern Mindanao too. They might have been there all along and we are just now getting intel because of the PBY's at Boela........or..........

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/14/2012 8:13:52 PM

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His street name is "Heisenberg" I'm willing to bet not one in 100 get the gag.

I'm uncertain.

U shouldt be Chickenboy. I know poltry are usually kept in wooden hen houses, but as long as u dont reduce the planks, but keep them constant. U will be fine.

Kind regards, in need of a life

Rasmus

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/14/2012 8:17:30 PM

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I wonder if the 70 combat troops of 3rd Marine Para Bn still at Saumalki would be enough to take Lautem by air if it is indeed unocupied.?

70 parachute infantry and engineers and 130 support troops still with the HQ element (the "remnant" dropped on Namlea yesterday.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/14/2012 8:20:38 PM

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So the guy from HP comes out, puts in the new motherboard, runs some diagnostics and then comes out of the man cave....

HP guy: Apparantly whatever disabled the mother board also caused a fault in the hard drive.

Me: Damn! Two things at once. How often does that happen?

HP guy: Not very often.

Me: Wow, good thing it's still under warranty.

HP guy: Yeah, good thing. <he winks>

I took this to be a knowing hint that he deduced the thing had pulled 9 G's but he might have just been flirting. I never rally had very good Gaydar.

Are you sure?

Latem and Dili will be the Left shoulder of the penetration with the main thrust up toward the PI

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/14/2012 8:49:12 PM

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Are you sure?

Latem and Dili will be the Left shoulder of the penetration with the main thrust up toward the PI

Yes..quite...we are going to throw in the gauntlet

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/15/2012 2:34:07 AM

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"Yeah, well, Tuco, you're overlooking one thing. This... isn't meth". Boooooom!

Yes, great TV. Cranston does a slambang job as Heisenburg and won (at least) two Emmys for his worrk. Just finishing Season 2 of the series. Yes, I'm nerd enough to know who he was and how he met his end.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/15/2012 3:20:06 AM

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Upon Mr. Desicat's double entendre reference, I have decided to call the attack on the Moluccas and Mindanao, Operation Fist of Fury.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/15/2012 3:22:16 AM

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Those two episodes with Tucco's Tio were insanely funny.

That interrogation scene at the DEA nearly caused a gastrointestinal accident on MY part.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/15/2012 5:50:22 PM

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***************Jan. 21, 1943(c)****************

Ashigara gets tagged heading back to the shop somewhere. Only two torps fired on a major prize? Are we rationing now? Maybe the Dutch really are running out?
I would have to check to see who makes their torps.

Submarine attack near Denpasar at 57,109

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara, Torpedo hits 1

Allied Ships
SS KIX

CA Ashigara is sighted by SS KIX
SS KIX launches 2 torpedoes at CA Ashigara

USS Saury is poking around Endeh for the alleged transports..and instead finds a more capable foeASW attack near Endeh at 65,113

Japanese Ships
DD Shigure
DD Katsutade
DD Minazuki

Allied Ships
SS Saury, hits 8

Koepang: The B-24's don't fly..neither do the P-38's. Only this misbegotten raid from Katherine. We need to sack the idiot that ordered that. JJ is not giving up at Koepang.

Afternoon Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 23
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 20

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/15/2012 6:14:04 PM

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/15/2012 6:17:59 PM

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h

Gotcha!

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/15/2012 6:50:00 PM

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Ki-61-Ia Tony x 20

Don't recall the Ki-61-Ia airframes in your game in the past. First time you've seen them?

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/15/2012 11:31:50 PM

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Yes...this was the first Tony Awards.

Given that 61 is a pretty high number, way higher than 43 for example, I am going to guess this is a bad thing.

We have an ace up our sleves, the P-43, Which is a higher number than 38 and which we have been carefully hoarding for just such an emergency.

Pretend I never played Scenario 2 before, never read the manual and never read the aircraft data. Is the Tony a B-17/B-24 killer?

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/15/2012 11:39:42 PM

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Pretend I never played Scenario 2 before, never read the manual and never read the aircraft data. Is the Tony a B-17/B-24 killer?

The Ki-61-Ia model is a fair to below average dogfighter, with underwhelming armament. The "c" and "d" models are much more interesting in terms of their armament (4x20mm on the "d", IIRC) at 'bomber control'.

The real achilles heel on the Tony line is its high service rating of 3 (Tojo II line is at service rating of 1). If you damage them on the field, they'll likely stay damaged and be destroyed in number. The rule of thumb for the Japanese player is to field them on rail line hexes, so that they can be evacuated behind lines for recuperation in a rotation.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/15/2012 11:52:42 PM

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Interesting...so it would seem we try again with the B-24's. Maybe a night bombardment with one of the BB's they missed at PH will spice things up. Turns out we have one waiting about 8 hexes out....splendid!

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/16/2012 12:00:12 AM

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Well...not quite...Colorado would have to move Westward in the Timor Sea...she should be 2 hexes N of Bathurst.

That would require putting the carriers and the bombardment group within escort range of the bases in the Lesser Sundas. Will need a bit more recon to do that safely.

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RE: Hearts and Minds - 7/16/2012 2:15:02 AM

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Will need a bit more recon to do that safely.

That doesn't sound like something Admiral Halsey or Lord Admiral Sprior would say. They would say something to the effect of 'we laugh at them' or something equally inspiring. C'mon Cap'n-get in there and kill something. Recon later.

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