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

[witpqs]

How are the boys at Port Hedland? If they get enough supplies to recover and the armor arrives intact, maybe they can even take the place once the Imperials run out of supplies.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

How are the boys at Port Hedland? If they get enough supplies to recover and the armor arrives intact, maybe they can even take the place once the Imperials run out of supplies.

Curiously, they seem either to have forgotten their ordeal or somebody installed hot showers because they act like they are vacationing in Maui. 32nd ID is starting to draw infantry squads. Br. 2nd Div. have become glass eaters. Not enough supply for an attack yet.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

The fight for Dobo. Allied surface groups going in tonight after the Jap transports. It is about time for the LYB crusier force to come back...and then there are Musashi and Yamato. A fast transport force is going to try to drop off more Marines of 21st Regt tomorrow night. A new squadron of B-25's arrived Merauke.

Where would Musashi have to rearm? Could she rearm at Kendari?

I don't think Ambon is big enough, even with an AE or AKE. Nearest big ports would be Soerabaya or Babeldoab/Pelelieu. Darwin would be big enough with an AKE if it is already built to level 5. The map shows ships in port. Any chance he had Musashi scoot in there waiting for a crack at your carriers if they come up to help Dobo?

[Cap Mandrake]

Wolverines and Stuarts driving in from Exmouth and Meekathara. It takes forever.

[witpqs]

I say it looks good for the home team. 32nd ID is triple its strength of a short time ago.

[Cap Mandrake]

Here are the lads advancing on Katherine. They should be adjacent to the Katherine hex by tomrrow. I don't knwo if they have been spotted yet. Any way to tell? Pretend I ddin't read the manual.

There is one whole LYB division at Katherine. I forget which one. [:)]

[sprior]

[quote]vacationing in Maui[/quote

None of the Commonwealth troops know what this means.

[Cap Mandrake]

Admiral Lord SPrior is so confident of capturing Katherine he brought along aviation support. That's the spirit![:)]

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Here are the lads advancing on Katherine. They should be adjacent to the Katherine hex by tomrrow. I don't knwo if they have been spotted yet. Any way to tell? Pretend I ddin't read the manual.

There is one whole LYB division at Katherine. I forget which one. [:)]

Only if they give it away by attacking them, or if you see the stack being reconnoitered by air during the replay.

[sprior]

I forget which one

20th I think

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior



None of the Commonwealth troops know what this means.

Well...it's kinda like Mallorca except the women don't have unibrows.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

The fight for Dobo. Allied surface groups going in tonight after the Jap transports. It is about time for the LYB crusier force to come back...and then there are Musashi and Yamato. A fast transport force is going to try to drop off more Marines of 21st Regt tomorrow night. A new squadron of B-25's arrived Merauke.

Where would Musashi have to rearm? Could she rearm at Kendari?

I don't think Ambon is big enough, even with an AE or AKE. Nearest big ports would be Soerabaya or Babeldoab/Pelelieu. Darwin would be big enough with an AKE if it is already built to level 5. The map shows ships in port. Any chance he had Musashi scoot in there waiting for a crack at your carriers if they come up to help Dobo?

We've had P-38 recon and Catalinas over Darwin. I doubt we would have missed Musashi, though it is possible.

[princep01]

My Good Captain Mandrake....on rearming the 460cm guns on Yamato, et al....take a quick look at the convenient tables on pp 284-285 of the acursed Manual. Try not to break out in hives; your country needs you.

While the tables are simple enough for a fifth grader to comprehend, I will assume the worse and offer you an example. It is best if you follow along in the acursed manual.

First, port levels 9-10 need no help. They have enough indigenious union thugs, draft dodgers and natives to rearm the mighty gun magazines without recourse to outside help. However, let us take a somewhat more likely scenario....Yamato, after blasting the bejeebers out of you, returns to the parking lot in a level 6 port. Maybe Kendari is that level now. Now, in addition to the level 6 thugs/dodgers/natives, there must also be Johnny Jap Naval Support Squads equating to 1,148 points. Each spiffy IJN naval support squad is equal to 5 points. So, dividing 1,148 by 5.....presto! the LYB must have 229.6 Naval Support Squads in the port to hoist those shells into the magazines....don't ask about the .6 guy, he lost a hand and a leg in some previous battle.

Now, if you really want to put a supercharge into things, an AE tender can load the devil up....at 6440 points to rearm, that tender must be VERY large.

I hope this helps and allows you to avoid resorting to the acursed manual.

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: sprior



None of the Commonwealth troops know what this means.

Well...it's kinda like Mallorca except the women don't have unibrows.

Like this:

[sprior]

hope this helps and allows you to avoid resorting to the acursed manual.

Now we don't need to. Ta.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: sprior



None of the Commonwealth troops know what this means.

Well...it's kinda like Mallorca except the women don't have unibrows.

Like this:

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Yes..yes..I think Frida Khalo's mom was from Mallorca, right?

[khyberbill]

Or you could just wear a hat on your todger.

Then how will the one-eyed snorker see?

[Cap Mandrake]

*************Dec 12, 1942(c)*************

Well, that was very nearly a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 9th......instead, the center fielder leaps high at the fence, the ball bounces off his glove back into play...3 runs score and the batter tries to stretch it to a triple but the throw to 3rd is....

[Cap Mandrake]

Dobo: First the PT boats again annoy Jap shipping but they are out of torps..so the LYB's come back. This proves a grievous error. The arc of the ball looks like it will be out of the park.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Dobo at 83,116, Range 26,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DMS W-9, Shell hits 18, and is sunk
DMS W-18, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
DMS W-21, Shell hits 6, on fire
PB Shotoku Maru, Shell hits 15, and is sunk
xAK Kumagawa Maru, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
xAK Tamon Maru, Shell hits 12, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Yamazato Maru, Shell hits 27, and is sunk
xAK Zenyo Maru, Shell hits 16, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Nissan Maru, Shell hits 20, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Nagara Maru, Shell hits 17, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kosei Maru, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
LSD Nigitsu Maru, Shell hits 37, and is sunk
xAP Taizan Maru, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
xAP Shanghai Maru, Shell hits 25, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Portland, Shell hits 1
CL Trenton, Shell hits 1
DD O'Bannon
DD Sims
DD Helm
DD Henley
DD Dunlap
DD Preston, Shell hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
11146 casualties reported
Squads: 256 destroyed, 332 disabled
Non Combat: 208 destroyed, 270 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 94 (62 destroyed, 32 disabled)

Santa Maria! 590 combat squads lost! It must be a whole division swimming with the oceanic white tips.

[Cap Mandrake]

Leander and friends pick off the stragglers.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Dobo at 83,116, Range 22,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DMS W-21, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
xAK Tamon Maru, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Zenyo Maru, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
xAK Nagara Maru, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Leander
DD Nicholas
DD Wilson
DD Balch

Japanese ground losses:
1937 casualties reported
Squads: 47 destroyed, 72 disabled
Non Combat: 44 destroyed, 59 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled