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

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Brigadier "Senescent" seems to be getting the most of his troops.

Also, the LYBs on the move to the SE of PH: Is that dot hex (connected by rail to PH-Corunna downs?) still held, or has it been abandoned? I assume that you're going to be bombing the ***** out of this unit, as it's likely in either move or strat movement?

Status of Corunna unkown. The Beauforts at Carnavon will bomb today and try to catch some wallets or secret papers thrown up into the air by the explosions. Some Hudsons are taksed with the Wee Jap Dobbers moving toward Port Headrand on the Wee Jap Dobber railroad.

It would be dishonest to descirbe this as "bombing the **** out of them"

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Brigadier "Senescent" seems to be getting the most of his troops.

Also, the LYBs on the move to the SE of PH: Is that dot hex (connected by rail to PH-Corunna downs?) still held, or has it been abandoned? I assume that you're going to be bombing the ***** out of this unit, as it's likely in either move or strat movement?

Status of Corunna unkown. The Beauforts at Carnavon will bomb today and try to catch some wallets or secret papers thrown up into the air by the explosions. Some Hudsons are taksed with the Wee Jap Dobbers moving toward Port Headrand on the Wee Jap Dobber railroad.

It would be dishonest to descirbe this as "bombing the **** out of them"

I imagine that depends what you mean by **** now, doesn't it? [:'(]

[Cap Mandrake]

Wohoo! I found some B-17D's in under a snowdrift in Butte! Soon the sky over PH will be darkened by the awesome B-17D.

USAAF heavy bomber replacement pool.

[zuluhour]

That gets me thinking, rare in itself, take a 9 day to repair shot up squadron, withdraw'em, Voila! spanking new birds in the hanger for 30th BG...hmmmmm

[Crackaces]

I am very encouraged by the advance and drawing the line at Daily Waters .. keeping it supplied ... I am much more willing to take this route watching some success ... [:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

Daly Waters is in the red but the units there are adequately supplied for now. I am not sure what will happen when they move North.

I don't think we will be able to operate aircraft from Daly but we should be able to put transports at Tennant.

No word from Admiral Lord Sprior. It may be another Norse raid or maybe he really did take that orange robe he got for Chirstmas and join a Budhist monestary with crappy wi fi.

[Cap Mandrake]

******Bali Hai Club, Perth, Nov. 26, 1942(c)**********


Man in fine linen slacks: <on phone> Nope, I said Pearl Harbor day, Dec, 7. No sooner than that. You guys are a bunch of sissies.


...Of course they are bombing. All of the incentives are properly alligned. Just get in the slit trenches by 08:45 every morning and you should be fine.


...Yeah, smoked fish and rice, that's what they eat. They are Japs. You should have studied in geography class, pal..besides y'all could stand to lose a little weight.


...Catfish? Are you crazy? Where the hell do you expect me to get catfish? Look, I'll see if I can put some hush puppies in the next air drop. Now get out there and do your wizard schitck and don't call me back till the 6th. Capisce?

Hisute man: Hush puppies? You want me to risk my life for hush puppies?

Man in fine linen slacks: I thought you were immortal now?

Hisute man: That is just a theory I have....

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

******Bali Hai Club, Perth, Nov. 26, 1942(c)**********


Man in fine linen slacks: <on phone> Nope, I said Pearl Harbor day, Dec, 7. No sooner than that. You guys are a bunch of sissies.


...Of course they are bombing. All of the incentives are properly alligned. Just get in the slit trenches by 08:45 every morning and you should be fine.


...Yeah, smoked fish and rice, that's what they eat. They are Japs. You should have studied in geography class, pal..besides y'all could stand to lose a little weight.


...Catfish? Are you crazy? Where the hell do you expect me to get catfish? Look, I'll see if I can put some hush puppies in the next air drop. Now get out there and do your wizard schitck and don't call me back till the 6th. Capisce?

Hisute man: Hush puppies? You want me to risk my life for hush puppies?

Man in fine linen slacks: I thought you were immortal now?

Hisute man: That is just a theory I have....

Oy! Idn't Pearl Harbor day in Oz December 8? If they bleedin' celebrated on bleedin' December 7 their time, it would be bleedin' December 6 in bleedin' Hawai'i, mate, idn't?

[sprior]

No word from Admiral Lord Sprior.

Things have been busy at Kandy House but currently relaxing with a 12 yo sinle malt scotch.

The capital units at Exmouth will move back 90 miles or so and wait for the transports so we can push supplies into Ph while ombarding JJ there.

[Cap Mandrake]

HUZZAH!

[Crackaces]

ORIGINAL: sprior

No word from Admiral Lord Sprior.

Things have been busy at Kandy House but currently relaxing with a 12 yo sinle malt scotch.

The capital units at Exmouth will move back 90 miles or so and wait for the transports so we can push supplies into Ph while ombarding JJ there.

Ah yes .. I am rather partial to The Macallan 18 but I am a speyside bigot .. [8D] I like the 18 even better than the 25 or the 30 for that matter, which are quite overpriced and pretentions ..anyway in what endevor can one have the pleasure of 4 18 year olds for the price of a 25? [:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

*****************Nov 26, 1942(c)*****************


Oz: Adequate flying weather. Airfield and ground troops hit again at PH. Jap CAP is down to 11 Tojos, a few of which were destroyed on the ground or in the air from the P-40K's. The TBF's at Exmouth got frisky and went after some sub chasers near PH, losing three planes to the Tojo CAP. Some SBD's (I think from the carriers) attacked, sinking all three SC's. No Jap attack at PH today.

An SNLF is found to be still at Corunna.
They were hit successfully by the Beauforts.

New Guinea: Diversion air attacks at Port Moresby continue.

CBI: More Tojo sweeps over Ledo. They are handing the Hurricanes their lunch. JJ gound attack at Sining fails at 1:3.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
CBI: More Tojo sweeps over Ledo. They are handing the Hurricanes their lunch.

Curious. Didn't the Admiral Lord Sprior recently communicate that they (Tojos) had not been spotted in theatre in Burma? Is the arrival of the Ki-44s a new development there too?

[Moondawggie]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

******Bali Hai Club, Perth, Nov. 26, 1942(c)**********


Man in fine linen slacks: <on phone> Nope, I said Pearl Harbor day, Dec, 7. No sooner than that. You guys are a bunch of sissies.


...Of course they are bombing. All of the incentives are properly alligned. Just get in the slit trenches by 08:45 every morning and you should be fine.


...Yeah, smoked fish and rice, that's what they eat. They are Japs. You should have studied in geography class, pal..besides y'all could stand to lose a little weight.


...Catfish? Are you crazy? Where the hell do you expect me to get catfish? Look, I'll see if I can put some hush puppies in the next air drop. Now get out there and do your wizard schitck and don't call me back till the 6th. Capisce?

Hisute man: Hush puppies? You want me to risk my life for hush puppies?

Man in fine linen slacks: I thought you were immortal now?

Hisute man: That is just a theory I have....

Oy! Idn't Pearl Harbor day in Oz December 8? If they bleedin' celebrated on bleedin' December 7 their time, it would be bleedin' December 6 in bleedin' Hawai'i, mate, idn't?

With a far-flung, globe-encompassing multinational corporation to run like M&M Enterprises, I'm pretty sure Milo barks out instructions to his employees using Universal (Zulu) time. It's up to his minions to figure out how to translate that into their local time. I believe Pearl Harbor got hit about 1855 hours on Dec 7 (Zulu). The Aussies will just have to live with it...

[Scott_USN]

LOL we are stilll 1942 been damn near 1 year and a half.

[Cap Mandrake]

Well...**** happens.

I have actually never played a campaign game in WITP or WITP/AE that even had Corsairs, let alone P-51's. [:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

[font="Courier New"]Admiral Lord SPrior
Keeper of the Single Malt
Kandy House
Ceylon


My Dearest SPri;


A few of us were wondering, is this the day we go "gob in"? If so, we will need to coordinate air and naval efforts. Here are my observations:

1) JJ has his carriers about 200 mi NE of PH. This is likely not an accidental placement as it takes them just out of range of our B-25's at Carnavon. I believe they wisely mean to lay off and avoid our land based air. If they remain there, we will invite a Jap carrier strike when we get about 4 hexes W of PH.

2) JJ has 32 bombers at Broome. These will need to be dealt with.

3) There are several Jap surface groups positioned so they might sprint in at night and hit any forces we send to PH.

4) Intel shows the Jap carriers with with about 160 planes. We can field 186-190 on our carriers but we may encounter Betties from Broome. We might win a carrier exchange. We might not.

5) Our ground forces are OK on supply for now but the big threat is another Jap attack. It therefore seems to me the greatest need is to disrupt the Jap ground troops. This means air attacks and perhaps naval bombardment.


I suggest we push out some AK's 4 hexes W of PH and cover them with P-40K's from Exmouth +/- any spillover CAP from the carriers which could be stationed near Exmoouth. This would perhaps invite a carrier strike and consume Jap torps and cause them some casualties. We could have the slow BB's about 5 hexes W of PH so they could be in a position to bombard at night the subsequent night. We might also want to consider Repulse or a pure CA force for bombardment owing to the speed advantage.


We would probably have to hit Broome with some of the B-17's.


With a generous soupcon of sincerity;


Fleet Admiral Mandrake
FOB Mait Tai, Papaete[/font]

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Youre obviously not Bear Grylls.

He's never been to Orkney

Wiki says he grew up on the Isle of Wight. I dont think thats at all similar. [:D]

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Crackaces

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

So Mary Ann was a pot head? Wow, just wow.

Its a confounding factor in the whole "MaryAnn vs Ginger Question." [8D]

Lemme guess, Ginger was the goody two-shoes?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

ORIGINAL: Crackaces

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

So Mary Ann was a pot head? Wow, just wow.

Its a confounding factor in the whole "MaryAnn vs Ginger Question." [8D]

Lemme guess, Ginger was the goody two-shoes?

That is NOT what I heard.


You know what...pretend I didn't mention it.