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

[Crackaces]

Add "... involving assault weapons" and you got yourself a SWAT visit!

The 17 Pounder under current gun laws might not qualify as an assult weapon. It is a single shot weapon exclusively used for defensive purposes and the hunting of big game such as Panthers and Tigers ...[:'(]

[Cap Mandrake]

***************Curtiss-Wright Assembly Line, Buffalo, New York, Feb. 28, 1943(c)**************



Line Foreman: Ladies, good news! 31 P-40's lost in the Pacific and Burma yesterday! We are adding a second shift! Overtime for everyone if you want it!

Riveters: YEAAAH! <high pitched>

[Cap Mandrake]

Air losses. P-40 losses over Jolo and Myitkynia.

The Bettys were slaughtered trying to attack the PT boats again at Lautem.[:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

Situation in the Sulawese Sea

[Crackaces]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

***************Curtiss-Wright Assembly Line, Buffalo, New York, Feb. 28, 1943(c)**************



Line Foreman: Ladies, good news! 31 P-40's lost in the Pacific and Burma yesterday! We are adding a second shift! Overtime for everyone if you want it!

Riveters: YEAAAH! <high pitched>

I assume that they will be cutting back on inspectors. or just the kickback money to pay for the overtime? [8D]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Crackaces

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

***************Curtiss-Wright Assembly Line, Buffalo, New York, Feb. 28, 1943(c)**************



Line Foreman: Ladies, good news! 31 P-40's lost in the Pacific and Burma yesterday! We are adding a second shift! Overtime for everyone if you want it!

Riveters: YEAAAH! <high pitched>

I assume that they will be cutting back on inspectors. or just the kickback money to pay for the overtime? [8D]

No sir, the extra funding will have to come from New York's 2 senators. That is what they are there for. [:)]

Senator Mead



Senator Wagner

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Have not

Have a kindle type thingy?

Do not. Do you fancy port?

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: sprior

Have not

Have a kindle type thingy?

Do not. Do you fancy port?

I know that question was for the Honourable Lord Admiral, but it seems you should specify what level and how fortified it is.

[Chickenboy]

Agreed. It's obvious that the English Gentleman from Kandy House would have a fancy port, if he had any sort of port whatever. Where else to dock his fancy ships?

[sprior]

Do you fancy port?

I've heard starboard is quite nice at this time of year.

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Agreed. It's obvious that the English Gentleman from Kandy House would have a fancy port, if he had any sort of port whatever.

Or to drink with the cheese course.

[MAurelius]

why did they not sell those awesome LEGO things when I was at the proper age???? - can't really justify that nowadays when approached by my GF

[sprior]

I declare this Aggie Weston's open!

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

I declare this Aggie Weston's open!

Oh, oh, oh! I know what an Aggie Weston is. 4th rotor, setting A-7. The architecture and blinds and open verandas and windows do NOT look like England.

The archway looks Moorish. Gibraltar maybe?

[Cap Mandrake]

*****************Feb. 27, 1943(c)*******************

No disaster befalls the courageous lads.

Jolo: "Incoming bandits bearing zero niner five, range 39 mile"

Morning Air attack on Jolo , at 74,90

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 18



Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 6
F4U-1 Corsair x 27


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 9 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed

[:'(] P-40K's at 13,000 feet as bait. Corsairs on top. [:)] Next some stragglers.


Morning Air attack on Jolo , at 74,90

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 2



Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 4
F4U-1 Corsair x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61-Ia Tony: 1 destroyed

Next the Zero Daitai. Enjoy the afterlife, baby.

Morning Air attack on Jolo , at 74,90

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 60 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 32



Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 4
F4U-1 Corsair x 25


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 13 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed

[Cap Mandrake]

That surface group North of Jolo did not show up. The AK's and the CL group should be on station now. We may have just won the fight for Jolo.

[Cap Mandrake]

Sorong, Sorong: Rooks rike we should have attacked earlier. Probabry a week and a half of air strikes took the starch out of 'em.

We brought the equivalent of a USMC division (even if I mixed "Hollywoood Marines" with 2nd Div Marines [:)]) plus 2 combat engineer units and a Bn of Stuarts. Curiously the attack strength was 2x the nominal value. I didn't know that could happen. Pretend I didnt read the manual. Also not quite sure how the defenders were less prepared. they must have been there 6 months at least. This powerfully secures the right flank of the salient and threatens the North coast of New Guinea.

Ground combat at Sorong (82,107)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14992 troops, 282 guns, 371 vehicles, Assault Value = 584

Defending force 5836 troops, 32 guns, 96 vehicles, Assault Value = 196

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 1041

Japanese adjusted defense: 57

Allied assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Sorong !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-Ia Helen: 1 destroyed

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2084 casualties reported
Squads: 64 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 88 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 31 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 112 (112 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 5


Allied ground losses:
500 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 52 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)


Assaulting units:
9th Marine Regiment
2nd USMC Engineer Regiment
1st Marine Regiment
763rd Tank Battalion
131st Combat Engineer Regiment
6th Marine Regiment
3rd USMC Tank Bn /2
I US Amphib Corps
A Det USN Port Svc

Defending units:
4th Tank Regiment
13th Garrison Unit
1st Indpt SNLF Coy
44th Road Const Co
59th JNAF AF Unit

[Cap Mandrake]

Addendum: AND, it makes the squid's head bigger!

[Cap Mandrake]

Davao: JJ have deduced the pattern and they are seriously protecting their major airfields. Precious P-38's are lost. Sometimes you just have to joust on even terms...and take a lance to the shoulder....and it hurts like ****. Sadly the B-24's at Boela fail to take advantage of the opportunity after the sacrifice of the P-38 squadron. I'm not naming names but I suspect union acitivty.

Morning Air attack on Davao , at 79,91

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 22
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 17


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 7 destroyed

[Cap Mandrake]

Cotabato: To my partial surprise (and perhaps to Admniral Lord Sprior as well [:)]). ...nothng terrible happpens How long can this go on? Maybe we should just load up 4-5 regiments and set sail for Kyushu? It's a Naval Guard unit at Cotabato. This must be a Bn level unit right?

Pre-Invasion action off Cotabato (78,90)

16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CL Caradoc
SC PC-582
SC PC-581
AK Mercury



CL Caradoc firing at 16th Naval Guard Unit