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

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
I did a 1/2 Brazillian "manscape".

Was the line vertical or horizontal?

Coulda been diagonal-like a 'diver down' white on red. [X(]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: witpqs
you are screwed no matter what! [:D]

Or *not* screwed. Ever. Again.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: witpqs
you are screwed no matter what! [:D]

Or *not* screwed. Ever. Again.

The hanging curve ball... he hits it! It going... going...

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Was the line vertical or horizontal?

Diagonal mostly. The 1941 Imperial Japanese Naval Ensign

[Cap Mandrake]

********************July 9, 1943(c)*************


Okinawa and the neighborhood: JJ has apparently surged in bombers and fighters to Naha to try to get Yorktown which is parading about near Horrycrappo-jima. We trick them. We brow them up. The distance was trimmed to 3000 yds.

This is the most epic night bombardment of the game I think. Somebody rolled boxcars.

Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val: 8 damaged
D3A2 Val: 2 destroyed on ground
D3A1 Val: 5 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 3 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-32 Mary: 1 damaged
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
BB Washington

Japanese ground losses:
427 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 29 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 15 (7 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Repair Shipyard hits 1
Merchant Shipyard hits 1
Resources hits 1
Manpower hits 1
Fires 3294
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 14
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

BB Washington firing at Naha

[Cap Mandrake]

Massachusetts is a yawner.

Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66

Allied Ships
BB Massachusetts

Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Massachusetts
BB Massachusetts firing at 48th Division

[Cap Mandrake]

The redeployment of dive bombers to Kume-jima pays off. They have quite an able CAP but we have Corsairs.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Yakushima at 101,62

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 14

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 10
SBD-3 Dauntless x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
J2M2 Jack: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4U-1 Corsair: 1 destroyed
SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Maebasi Maru
AK Hirokawa Maru
xAK Zuisyo Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DMS W-7
xAK Tokyo Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAK Arima Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Followed by a USMC squadron and USN replacement squadron?

Morning Air attack on TF, near Yakushima at 101,62

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 4

Allied aircraft
SBD-5 Dauntless x 42

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Tokusima Maru
AK Hirokawa Maru
xAK Hakkai Maru
xAK Okuyo Maru
xAP Yasaka Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AK Sagami Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AMC Nosiro Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Amagisan Maru, Bomb hits 1
xAK Nittai Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
AMC Akagi Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Alaska Maru
xAK Kansai Maru

Aren't Helldivers supposed to have more than one bomb? This is beginning to make up for the SBD's lost over Hong Kong a few days ago.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Yakushima at 101,62

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
J2M2 Jack x 1

Allied aircraft
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Oita Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Tokyo Maru, on fire
xAK Hokuroku Maru
xAK Nittai Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

[Cap Mandrake]

Another task force? This one with troops. 60% hit rate.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Amami Oshima at 100,66

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 8
SBD-3 Dauntless x 22

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Uji Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Fukko Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
PB Kyo Maru #10, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAK Tokusima Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Akitsushima Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Tofuku Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Bunzan Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
308 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Ouch, what carnage.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Amami Oshima at 100,66

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Allied aircraft
SBD-5 Dauntless x 20

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Kotobuki Maru #5, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Biyo Maru
xAK Somedono Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Tokusima Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Tofuku Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Jinshu Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires

Japanese ground losses:
339 casualties reported
Squads: 26 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (9 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Hardly cricket at this point.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Amami Oshima at 100,66

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 19
SBD-5 Dauntless x 14

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Uji Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Akitsushima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kotobuki Maru #5, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
xAK Kashiwara Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
246 casualties reported
Squads: 23 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 17 (7 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
12 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Uji Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Akitsushima Maru
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Kotobuki Maru #5


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Amami Oshima at 100,66

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
SB2C-1C Helldiver x 11

Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-1C Helldiver: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Santos Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
xAK Shozan Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Taihei Maru, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk

Japanese ground losses:
368 casualties reported
Squads: 32 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)

[Cap Mandrake]

I think you have to conclude things are getting more desperate on Okinawa to try to run these ships in like that. Either that or they failed to see the threat from Kume-jima. Maybe they were reinforcing Amami-Oshima? A bombardment ordered for all 4 Allied divisions doesnt cause one Japanese casualty. We lost a B-17 and a Beaufort over Naha even at higher altitudes.

Bombardment by WJD arty at Okinawa. This can't be helping.

Ground combat at Naha (95,66)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14436 troops, 153 guns, 74 vehicles, Assault Value = 947

Defending force 43452 troops, 802 guns, 760 vehicles, Assault Value = 1307

Japanese ground losses:
231 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

[sprior]

Back at Moulmein we spend the day unloading with JJ having withdrawn his ships from the Fray. The DC parties on Reso and Ramillies have a busy night, not sure Reso will make it; speed 3 knots, 80% flooding.

[sprior]

Are you sure of your mission?
"Yes sir! Parachute into Japan, assassinate Tojo, impersonate him & then surrender Japan to the British"
Well done, got everything you need?
"Yes sir, parachute, false moustache, fake glasses & a Japanese phrase book"
Good man, off you go then.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Are you sure of your mission?
"Yes sir! Parachute into Japan, assassinate Tojo, impersonate him & then surrender Japan to the British"
Well done, got everything you need?
"Yes sir, parachute, false moustache, fake glasses & a Japanese phrase book"
Good man, off you go then.

Utoh.....the elbowing begins for the postwar land grab. Somebody already has a lease-back agreement on Honshu. [:)]


By ra way, are you really sending that poor baaahstard in without prastic surgery?

[Cap Mandrake]

..

[Cap Mandrake]

I just found out that Stalker Girl's bio-mom is only 15 months older than me. [X(]


Whew! That was close!

[Cap Mandrake]

Dung Beetle 1: Wildebeast?

Dung Beetle 2: Nah..we just had that.

Dung Beetle 1: Elephant?

Dung Beetle 2: Hello? Never heard of enteropathogenic E. coli?

Dung Beetle 1: Hyena?

Dung Beetle 2: Left over road kill?

Dung Beetle 1: How about Chinese? There's a camp over by the water hole.

[Cap Mandrake]

Admiral Lord SPrior;

Are both of the R-class still afloat?

[khyberbill]

I just found out that Stalker Girl's bio-mom is only 15 months older than me.


Whew! That was close!

This is good information for the forthcoming battle for the soul of the world.

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Admiral Lord SPrior;

Are both of the R-class still afloat?

yep but flood damage on Reso is up to 81%

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Dung Beetle 1: Wildebeast?

Dung Beetle 2: Nah..we just had that.

Dung Beetle 1: Elephant?

Dung Beetle 2: Hello? Never heard of enteropathogenic E. coli?

Dung Beetle 1: Hyena?

Dung Beetle 2: Left over road kill?

Dung Beetle 1: How about Chinese? There's a camp over by the water hole.

Hippopotamus? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjnOj9O16_I

[sprior]

Reso now up to 81% flooding. Troops unloading at Moulmein.