A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere

[Cap Mandrake]

$10,000 mairbox was rebuirt by new neighbors. This mirdry annoying but more annoying is ugry statue of boy praying gorf is moving more and more into Mandrake-san yard. Mandrake-san swear it rike 2 inches per night. Maybe gardener's of neighbor (who probabry not-ah have Jewish name) moving it or maybe broody thing is possesed by spirit of dead gorf caddy? Mandrake-san afraid go out to warhk dogs one night and broody thing standing by porch with crub up in air and deverish rook on face.

[Cap Mandrake]

SG I about 6 feet tarr and have Duck Dynasty beard. [:D] Actuarry, most crassress thing SG I do is come down to kitchen with no shirt and prumber's crack showing. Probabry this-ah be much ress annoying if SG II do same thing.*

In acturah fisticuffs Mandrake-san might win (vs. SG I) but probabry rearry bad idea because rong term disabirity onry start aftah 3 months. [:D]




* Pretend Mandrake-san not actuarry say that. Sound rike Woody Arren.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

On moonress nights your rookouts may spot the uncroaked "Frying Dutchman", another undead ship. Better order them not to waste torpedoes on it! [:D]

Yarr...behold the Frying Dutchman...Yarr...

[Cap Mandrake]

Sumatra-jima and Java Sea

[Cap Mandrake]

Batavia and Oosthaven: Oscars sweep in from Singkawing. Japan-mens find crappy Brewsters.

Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 29,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 17

Allied aircraft
B-339D x 14

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 2 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 25000 feet *

Air to Ground attacks at Parembang. Fighters there have been rargery driven off.

Morning Air attack on Palembang ML Base Force, at 48,91 (Palembang)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 40
Ki-27b Nate x 38
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 27

Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 3

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 16000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
26 x Ki-27b Nate sweeping at 16000 feet *
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 16000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 16000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
15 x Ki-43-Ia Oscar sweeping at 16000 feet

Dutch-mens very angry because nice beach cottages in Osthaven.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Oosthaven at 48,96

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 11
CW-22 Falcon x 9
L-212 x 3

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 5 damaged
CW-22 Falcon: 1 damaged
CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed by flak
L-212: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
AK Sagami Maru
DD Tsuta
CA Atago
CA Kumano
CL Tama

Many attacks on ships at Oosthaven because Japan-mens not-ah have air covah. Most don't get through. This one does.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Oosthaven at 48,96

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Atago, Bomb hits 1
CA Kumano


And then this...but Atago barery scratched.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Oosthaven at 48,96

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 12
CW-22 Falcon x 11

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
DD Yomogi
CA Kumano
CA Atago, Bomb hits 1
CL Oi

[Cap Mandrake]

Something happen to Tsuta. Perhaps recon aircraft drop bomb. Corrision? No mines at Oosthaven.

[BBfanboy]

Click on Tsuta name and ship screen will say what "Last hit by" below the damage listing.

[Cap Mandrake]

No doubt about it. The Demonic Caddy moved about 4 inches last night.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Click on Tsuta name and ship screen will say what "Last hit by" below the damage listing.

4 in/50 Mark 9 gun from WWI and 1920's USN DD (rike Cremson crass) and S-boats. No record of such a fight yesterday.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Click on Tsuta name and ship screen will say what "Last hit by" below the damage listing.

4 in/50 Mark 9 gun from WWI and 1920's USN DD (rike Cremson crass) and S-boats. No record of such a fight yesterday.

Off Batavia, SS Cohoe (painted pink), LTC Carey Grant commanding: Okay boys, lets get these gun loading drills done while it is too foggy for Jap airplanes to see us.
Off Batavia, SS Cohoe (painted pink), LTC Carey Grant commanding: Lookout on the mast - Captain - I think I see a gray shape, 65º portside!
Off Batavia, SS Cohoe (painted pink), LTC Carey Grant commanding: Holy Crap - that looks like a warship! Flank speed! Fire the shells on deck and let's get out of here before the women get scared.
Off Batavia, SS Cohoe (painted pink), LTC Carey Grant commanding: Lookout on the mast - A hit sir! and another one! Fires starting amidships superstructure.
Off Batavia, SS Cohoe (painted pink), LTC Carey Grant commanding: Gun crew chief - All on-deck ammo expended sir!
Off Batavia, SS Cohoe (painted pink), LTC Carey Grant commanding: Secure the gun, diving stations! Clear the bridge!

Off Batavia, CL Tsuta ( NOT painted pink), Captain Imincomp etent commanding: Starboard rookout - Bridge! I see frash bearing 55º! ...BANG!
b]Off Batavia, CL Tsuta ( NOT painted pink), Captain Imincomp etent commanding:[/b] Battre Stations! Battre Stations! .... BANG ... Hory Crap!
b]Off Batavia, CL Tsuta ( NOT painted pink), Captain Imincomp etent commanding:[/b] Starboard rookout - Bridge! I see it! Submarine bearing 59º. It's pink coror sir!
b]Off Batavia, CL Tsuta ( NOT painted pink), Captain Imincomp etent commanding:[/b] Ancestors curse them! Arr ahead furr. Port 30. Rook for torpedoes!
b]Off Batavia, CL Tsuta ( NOT painted pink), Captain Imincomp etent commanding:[/b] Starboard rookout - Submarine disappear in fog sir!
b]Off Batavia, CL Tsuta ( NOT painted pink), Captain Imincomp etent commanding:[/b] Executive officer - Hits reported in radio room and engine room sir! Smarr fires but damage contror can handre them!
b]Off Batavia, CL Tsuta ( NOT painted pink), Captain Imincomp etent commanding:[/b] Captain: "A pink submarine! My cruiser damaged by a pink submarine!
I never live it down! Not a word about this to TF Commander! Not a word to anyone! We say we had accidentar fire in engine room!"
b]Off Batavia, CL Tsuta ( NOT painted pink), Captain Imincomp etent commanding:[/b] Executive officer: "Hai, Captain!" (thinks to himserf - "But how are you going to exprain the sherr hore in the side?")[:D]

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Click on Tsuta name and ship screen will say what "Last hit by" below the damage listing.

4 in/50 Mark 9 gun from WWI and 1920's USN DD (rike Cremson crass) and S-boats. No record of such a fight yesterday.

Off Batavia, SS Cohoe (painted pink), LTC Carey Grant commanding: Okay boys, lets get these gun loading drills done while it is too foggy for Jap airplanes to see us.
Off Batavia, SS Cohoe (painted pink), LTC Carey Grant commanding: Lookout on the mast - Captain - I think I see a gray shape, 65º portside!
Off Batavia, SS Cohoe (painted pink), LTC Carey Grant commanding: Holy Crap - that looks like a warship! Flank speed! Fire the shells on deck and let's get out of here before the women get scared.
Off Batavia, SS Cohoe (painted pink), LTC Carey Grant commanding: Lookout on the mast - A hit sir! and another one! Fires starting amidships superstructure.
Off Batavia, SS Cohoe (painted pink), LTC Carey Grant commanding: Gun crew chief - All on-deck ammo expended sir!
Off Batavia, SS Cohoe (painted pink), LTC Carey Grant commanding: Secure the gun, diving stations! Clear the bridge!

Off Batavia, CL Tsuta ( NOT painted pink), Captain Imincomp etent commanding: Starboard rookout - Bridge! I see frash bearing 55º! ...BANG!
b]Off Batavia, CL Tsuta ( NOT painted pink), Captain Imincomp etent commanding:[/b] Battre Stations! Battre Stations! .... BANG ... Hory Crap!
b]Off Batavia, CL Tsuta ( NOT painted pink), Captain Imincomp etent commanding:[/b] Starboard rookout - Bridge! I see it! Submarine bearing 59º. It's pink coror sir!
b]Off Batavia, CL Tsuta ( NOT painted pink), Captain Imincomp etent commanding:[/b] Ancestors curse them! Arr ahead furr. Port 30. Rook for torpedoes!
b]Off Batavia, CL Tsuta ( NOT painted pink), Captain Imincomp etent commanding:[/b] Starboard rookout - Submarine disappear in fog sir!
b]Off Batavia, CL Tsuta ( NOT painted pink), Captain Imincomp etent commanding:[/b] Executive officer - Hits reported in radio room and engine room sir! Smarr fires but damage contror can handre them!
b]Off Batavia, CL Tsuta ( NOT painted pink), Captain Imincomp etent commanding:[/b] Captain: "A pink submarine! My cruiser damaged by a pink submarine!
I never live it down! Not a word about this to TF Commander! Not a word to anyone! We say we had accidentar fire in engine room!"
b]Off Batavia, CL Tsuta ( NOT painted pink), Captain Imincomp etent commanding:[/b] Executive officer: "Hai, Captain!" (thinks to himserf - "But how are you going to exprain the sherr hore in the side?")[:D]

Actually there was a pink submarine. I can't find the link right now. A submarine at Manila had been damaged by fire that burned the paint off the hull and left the red primer showing. Captain took it to sea any way. If the Japanese had set their depth charges deeper it wouldn't have made it to Pearl. In the clear pacific waters it was very easy to see from a plane.[X(]

[Cap Mandrake]

But how are you going to exprain the sherr hore in the side?

That-ah nothing. Wait untir Japan-navy-mens find out captain of pink submarine prefer Horrywood version of dance of framing arsehores.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

No doubt about it. The Demonic Caddy moved about 4 inches last night.

Get a survey done. [:)]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Disco Duck

Actually there was a pink submarine. I can't find the link right now. A submarine at Manila had been damaged by fire that burned the paint off the hull and left the red primer showing. Captain took it to sea any way. If the Japanese had set their depth charges deeper it wouldn't have made it to Pearl. In the clear pacific waters it was very easy to see from a plane.[X(]

I took that from a movie called something like "Operation Petticoat" (after the nurses rescued from Cavite and sharing the long voyage back with submariners).
I have heard that Hollywood got the idea from a RL situation. Red lead undercoat is an orange-red colour but Hollywood's script had white paint mixed in (shortage of paint) to make it pink - obviously to go along with the idea of women aboard. I am not surprised the real sub with red-lead paint only was easy to spot!

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Disco Duck

Actually there was a pink submarine. I can't find the link right now. A submarine at Manila had been damaged by fire that burned the paint off the hull and left the red primer showing. Captain took it to sea any way. If the Japanese had set their depth charges deeper it wouldn't have made it to Pearl. In the clear pacific waters it was very easy to see from a plane.[X(]

I took that from a movie called something like "Operation Petticoat" (after the nurses rescued from Cavite and sharing the long voyage back with submariners).
I have heard that Hollywood got the idea from a RL situation. Red lead undercoat is an orange-red colour but Hollywood's script had white paint mixed in (shortage of paint) to make it pink - obviously to go along with the idea of women aboard. I am not surprised the real sub with red-lead paint only was easy to spot!

Found it USS Seadragon. First war patrol.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Seadragon_(SS-194)

[Cap Mandrake]

SG IV (adopted) is wonderfurh, sociarry crever 10 year old but rearry, rearry terriburh sperrer and even simprest argebra go right ovah head.

Anyway, Mandrake-san, hooking up dogs for warkh (outside kind) with choke chains.
For years Mandrak-san uncrip choke chain from reash and create srip not with chain so correct eyeret hooked up to reash so dog not-ah run away.


SG IV:<watching Mandrake-san reash up dogs> You, know, you don't have to do that.

Mandrake-san: Hai! If not-ah do chain rike this, choke chain not-ah work right and stupid dogs run away.

SG IV: <warks over to dogs, passes rittah tiny fingers through eyeret and purrs chain through without uncripping..then with Queen Ratifah type head and hip tirt say> SEEEEEEEEEE. [X(]

[Cap Mandrake]

*************January 20, 1942(d)*************

Parembang: Japan-mens attack. Dutch-mens have some coastarh guns. Of course, Japan-mens not-want to brow everything up at Parembang so no dedicated navarh bombardment. Sarrys have been bombing ground troops for 3 days.

TF 144 encounters mine field at Palembang (48,91) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
DMS W-3, Shell hits 10, on fire
DMS W-2, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Sawakaze
E Shimushu
SC Ch 22

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

DMS W-3 firing at Palembang ML Base Force
Palembang ML Base Force firing at DMS W-3
Palembang ML Base Force firing at DMS W-2
DMS W-2 firing at Palembang ML Base Force
7 mines cleared

Japan-mens find out some of Arried-mens at Parembang have rearry fancy socks.

Ground combat at Palembang (48,91)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 5372 troops, 31 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 164

Defending force 9482 troops, 107 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 288

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

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

Assaulting units:
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
Zuid KNIL Battalion
SSVF Brigade
2nd Argylls Battalion
Teloekbetoeng Base Force
Palembang ML Base Force

Defending units:
6th Tank Regiment
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
12th Engineer Regiment
21st Ind.Mixed Bde /1
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
97th JAAF AF Bn

[zuluhour]

I see the swim wear is quite interesting as well......

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

I see the swim wear is quite interesting as well......

Broody herr, radies of Scotrand wear that? They tough radies.

[BBfanboy]

OK, I know the knife on the bert is called a "dirk", but what about the one in the sock? "Toenail Cleaner?"