Bring me the head of Diego Garcia...and the Mayor of Addu Atoll too!

[sprior]

If they were 4mm they'd be Bofors. Duh.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: sprior

If they were 4mm they'd be Bofors. Duh.

I agree. They look like 5.0 caliber dualies to me.

[Itdepends]

It looks like a third joker inside the boat to their starboard wearing a funny hat.

[Grollub]

What is this picture? Yamato II seaworthiness tests?

[Cap Mandrake]

Judging from the haircut on Lt. Ashigara I would say this is US Army, peacetime. Lt. Ashigara might even be breaking the Geneva Convention as he just might be in civies.

Looks like Pacific Northwest or Northern New York or maybe even Japan.

The two vessels in front are Mk XII 22 in innertubes (with field modifications) manufactured in Dayton, OH ca. 1950.

I think that is an LSM in back (Landing Ship Mattress) with twin Mk XII 22's

[Cap Mandrake]

*****************Jan 12, 1943(c)********************


Kai-e(i)landedn: DISASTER!

[Cap Mandrake]

No, just kidding. THIS IS A DRILL! Absolutely uneventful. Another day, another e(i)land

[Cap Mandrake]

Saumlaki: A Marine Regt landing there as the garrison is quite thin and the airfield is quite valuable.

Helens go after the airfield. JJ gets an "A" for eran, if not for pranning.


Not sure what happened to all the Tojos swarming all over the prace. I think the ground losses at Darwin hurt them pretty badly.


Morning Air attack on Saumlaki , at 78,117

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-Ia Helen x 14
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 23



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 14
P-40K Warhawk x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 8 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 destroyed, 1 damaged

No Allied losses



Runway hits 1

[Cap Mandrake]

Sorong: Nice raid by the B-17E's. A little too far for the 17F's. JJ had no CAP. No fighters there at all. Still can't shake the notion they aren't fighting back. Possible expranations:

1) They can't

2) They are pulling back to the Gothic Line

3) They are marshalling for a counterattack

4) Emperor's birthday partay


I just started a slow BB from Horn Is. to bombard either Sorong or Ambon prior to the landing at Boela. Looks like a para drop from Saumlaki will be possible as Saumalaki should now be level 2.

Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 15


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 30

[Cap Mandrake]

Submarine warfare: I think JJ is hugging the Chinese coast to stay under aerial ASW patrols and in shallow water.

Sub attack near Shanghai at 93,57

Japanese Ships
xAK Yuzan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PB Choyo Maru #2
xAK Somedono Maru
xAK Yamagiku Maru
PB Rokko Maru
PB Musashi Maru

Allied Ships
SS Guardfish, hits 3


Port Hedrand: Ashigara tried to raid the transports unloading at PH. Evidently she was deterred by the subs. Portland was waiting for her. Would have been an interesting fight.

ASW attack near Port Hedland at 58,127

Japanese Ships
DD Minazuki
CA Ashigara
DD Satsuki
DD Ushio
DD Shigure
DD Katsutade

Allied Ships
SS Searaven, hits 1

Admiral Lord Sprior;


I sent the AK's at PH back toward Exmouth. Wasn't sure if you saw ithe inbound SCTF.

[Cap Mandrake]

..

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
The two vessels in front are Mk XII 22 in innertubes (with field modifications) manufactured in Dayton, OH ca. 1950.

Time-travelling innertubes from Ohio, Cap'n? Yup-another 'normal' day on this thread.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
The two vessels in front are Mk XII 22 in innertubes (with field modifications) manufactured in Dayton, OH ca. 1950.

Time-travelling innertubes from Ohio, Cap'n? Yup-another 'normal' day on this thread.

Well, the Japanese player does have control over R&D now, so why not put it into time travel? How else can Japan get supplies of rubber for their shipbuilding program?

[Cap Mandrake]

The old (19 or 20 years) SubZero wasn't so "sub zero" anymore so I ordered Stalker Girl to call the repair dude.

[font="Courier New"]MANDRAKE HOUSHOLD GENERAL ORDER 453-J12

TIME: 07:45:26:06:2012(c)
TO: STALKER GIRL


YOU ARE DIRECTED TO LIASON WITH SUBZERO REPAIR GUY. THIS DOES NOT INVOLVE GETTING NAKED, BY RA WAY. IF ESTIMATE UNDER 400 BEANS US REPAIR IS AUTHORIZED. IF OVER CALL FOR FURTHER ORDERS. END MESSAGE


FLEET ADMIRAL MANDRAKE[/font]

About 16:30 I get a call, "Can you talk to the repairman?"

Uggh, you knew that was coming, right?


Repair guy with impenetrable Eastern European accent, Serbian, Bosnian, Moldovan, who the Hell knows: Blah, blah, blah, zlotnik, blah, blah, CONDENSER blah, blah, zlotnik, blah, blah, DEICER TIMER blah, blah, zlotnik, blah, blah, $760....with deescount....sorry.


WTF is a "de-icer timer". For all I know he could be making that up.


Me: How much does a new one cost?

Repair guy with impenetrable Eastern European accent, Serbian, Bosnian, Moldovan, who the Hell knows: Tweeelve thousand DOHlars.

Me: Oh......

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

The old (19 or 20 years) SubZero wasn't so "sub zero" anymore so I ordered Stalker Girl to call the repair dude.

[font="Courier New"]MANDRAKE HOUSHOLD GENERAL ORDER 453-J12

TIME: 07:45:26:06:2012(c)
TO: STALKER GIRL


YOU ARE DIRECTED TO LIASON WITH SUBZERO REPAIR GUY. THIS DOES NOT INVOLVE GETTING NAKED, BY RA WAY. IF ESTIMATE UNDER 400 BEANS US REPAIR IS AUTHORIZED. IF OVER CALL FOR FURTHER ORDERS. END MESSAGE


FLEET ADMIRAL MANDRAKE[/font]

About 16:30 I get a call, "Can you talk to the repairman?"

Uggh, you knew that was coming, right?


Repair guy with impenetrable Eastern European accent, Serbian, Bosnian, Moldovan, who the Hell knows: Blah, blah, blah, zlotnik, blah, blah, CONDENSER blah, blah, zlotnik, blah, blah, DEICER TIMER blah, blah, zlotnik, blah, blah, $760....with deescount....sorry.


WTF is a "de-icer timer". For all I know he could be making that up.


Me: How much does a new one cost?

Repair guy with impenetrable Eastern European accent, Serbian, Bosnian, Moldovan, who the Hell knows: Tweeelve thousand DOHlars.

Me: Oh......

Ah, but it's to keep your pet penguins happy. You do have pet penguins, yes?

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Repair guy with impenetrable Eastern European accent, Serbian, Bosnian, Moldovan, who the Hell knows: Tweeelve thousand DOHlars.

Me: Oh......

Is "lying sack of..." the preamble to the "Zlotnik" word in your quote? Ain't nothin' that costs 12 large in the refrigeration / freezer department, homey.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Repair guy with impenetrable Eastern European accent, Serbian, Bosnian, Moldovan, who the Hell knows: Tweeelve thousand DOHlars.

Me: Oh......

Is "lying sack of..." the preamble to the "Zlotnik" word in your quote? Ain't nothin' that costs 12 large in the refrigeration / freezer department, homey.

Mandrake has a drive-in (larger than a walk-in) that also houses Penguins and polar bears. Where you you think they got those animals together for that soft drink commercial?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Repair guy with impenetrable Eastern European accent, Serbian, Bosnian, Moldovan, who the Hell knows: Tweeelve thousand DOHlars.

Me: Oh......

Is "lying sack of..." the preamble to the "Zlotnik" word in your quote? Ain't nothin' that costs 12 large in the refrigeration / freezer department, homey.

Yes...quite likely he was "bool sheeting" me..but even if I got stainless steel and did not have to match the cabinets, I would probably still need a carpenter to trim up the cabinets and a cabinet stainer guy and maybe even a floor guy and somebody to remove the rodent skeletons behind the fridge...and that is assuming they could get the damn thing around the center island.


Before long it would be Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040613/

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Repair guy with impenetrable Eastern European accent, Serbian, Bosnian, Moldovan, who the Hell knows: Tweeelve thousand DOHlars.

Me: Oh......

Is "lying sack of..." the preamble to the "Zlotnik" word in your quote? Ain't nothin' that costs 12 large in the refrigeration / freezer department, homey.

Mandrake has a drive-in (larger than a walk-in) that also houses Penguins and polar bears. Where you you think they got those animals together for that soft drink commercial?

Uh-oh, you don't suppose Cap M is planning to "ice" the entire HOA do you??
Probably not - flamethrower is more his style ...

[Cap Mandrake]

Though it might solve other problems, I really don't want to see Frau Braun's frost-tinged head when I go to get ice for my G&T