Fear and Loathing in the Pacific (3x3 MPBEM)

[Cap Mandrake]

Hehe..just realized I misspelled "bearer". Perhaps that's how I got stuck iwth ABDA [:)]

P.S....does "misspelled" have one "s" or two?

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[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

[font="Courier New"][/font]Sir;

This odd document was found in the breast pocket of a drowned Japanese Minesweeper Captain, whose vessel sank in shallow water about 2 mi E of Pasuruan, South Java.

Maj. R. Dundee
1st Rajpur Rifles

But the question remains: How does M&M Enterprises benefit from this???

My question has been answered!! Effing brilliant!!!![8D][:D][:D]

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[Alikchi2]

"Stoic-in-Chief"... [:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

For the first time in 5 nights, there is no combat between major combatant vessels near Soerabaja. The Royal Navy scrapes together 4 damaged ships to harrass the Japanese vessels landing Southeast of Soerabaja, which they do quite efectively. The Yamato and other Japanese BB's are sure to come back for a visit, so it is crucial to get some major surface muscle into Soerabja.

An interesting game of cat and mouse developes with the Jap carriers.

[Cap Mandrake]

at the terror of each sip
...and each sup



The US Battleships arrive in Surabaja. by way of Batavia, the Night of the 10th. The USN and RN control the sea around the beacheads. Now unladen, most of the Japanes merchant vessels make their way East, as they emerge from the protective air umbrella, the salughter begins.

[Alikchi2]

[:D][:D]

The waters off Soerabaja are going to be the best diving spots in the world..

[rtrapasso]

Milo is going to make a fortune off this![:'(][:D]

[Alikchi2]

"Will you partake of that last offered cup?"

Knew I'd heard it before somewhere.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Alikchi

"Will you partake of that last offered cup?"

Knew I'd heard it before somewhere.

Or disappear into the potter's ground....[;)]

[Cap Mandrake]

And his name, that sat on him, was Death. And Hell followed with him.


The USN and RN rule the waters around Surabaja. But for how long? [:)]

[wobbly]

I was going to ask how you managed to make the bombers hit the transports when the flypaper carriers were about, sounds like the are still attracting their share of your valuable airpower though. You are doing fantastically well - I have never managed to dish out this much damage to the Japs this early!

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: wobbly

I was going to ask how you managed to make the bombers hit the transports when the flypaper carriers were about, sounds like the are still attracting their share of your valuable airpower though. You are doing fantastically well - I have never managed to dish out this much damage to the Japs this early!

Right. I think the short answer is the bombers have to be at a base with NO (or very short range) fighters. It seems the AI gives up the idea of attacking the carriers if there is no escort
(with the possible exception of B-17's and 24's)

Ironically, the fighter CAP needs over Soerabaja have consumed almost all the modern fighters in the DEI. Because the air support personnel at Soerabaja were limited, and because Soerabaja was subject to naval bombardment, I started basing the bombers at Bali and Madioen. On the run in, when they were moving together with the carriers, there were no attacks. Even while unloading in Soerabaja, there were almost no air attacks on the transports because they had a sizable CAP over the transports. It is chiefly when they began retreating (with many damaged vessels in smaller groups and no hope of covering everything with CAP) that the attacks began to take hold.

[Cap Mandrake]

A strategy to divide surface forces into small TF's to inflict more damage has mixed results on this night. Evidently, the Yamato group was ordered to bombard the airfield. In the ensuing furball, it doesn't happen. Utoh....

[Cap Mandrake]

This is still the same battle. [:)] Yamato and her little friends head East, swatting at the mosquitos, which are beginning to raise a few welts.

[Feinder]

I do so love this AAR.

-F-

[Cap Mandrake]

Thx. Feinder.

Yamato has 2 more surface groups to defeat to effect her escape. She also needs to get about 250 miles (Beaufort range with torpedoes) away from Soerabaja before the search planes inevitably find her after daybreak.