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

[Cap Mandrake]

Suppose Japan-mens sair right up next to isrand (with no recon numbah} with 100 ships and rots of airpranes and mouseovah show no enemy troops ashore...is that reriaburh or Japan-mens perhaps have big surprise?

[Cap Mandrake]

***********January 26, 1942(d)***********

Japan-mens not-ah find Honoruru. Othah way around. Honoruru roop around New and Improved Caredonia and then go WNW. Run into support ships trying to run away out in middurh of ocean. Destroyer named Kamikaze not-ah seem to understand concept.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Belep Islands at 110,153, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Kamikaze
AG Noshima, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AKE Azuchi Maru, Shell hits 3
AKE Shikano Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires

Allied Ships
CL Honolulu
DD Hull
DD Schley

Shikano Maru roaded ammunitions ship with 87 rever fire. 80 mires from Koumac. Dead in the watah. Probabry change name to Brow-up Maru.

[witpqs]

reriaburh that Japan-mens perhaps have big surprise

[Cap Mandrake]

Rord Howe Isrand: Arried-mens ordah Koninklijke Marine to send destroyer on suicide mission but due to ranguage
probrem, Dutch-mens misunderstand concept.

4 picket subs...FOUR SCTF....bastards get through to randing force in freaking dayright!. [:@][:@]
Japan-mens watching Gojira movies in Officah mess or something.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Lord Howe Island at 100,169, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CM Tsugaru, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Yukikaze, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Fuji, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
APD Tade
xAP Huzi Maru, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
DD Witte de With, Shell hits 1

Japanese ground losses:
934 casualties reported

Huzi Maru have most of 2nd SNRF aboard. Now most of unit swimming with Oceanic White Tips. CM Tsugaru and APD mange to purr about 300 out of watah.
<Mandrake-san begin to quietry sob>

[Cap Mandrake]

Japan-mens find transports at Rord Howe. This-ah strange.

Bringing suppries to stockpire on isrand?
Bringing support units to isrand?
Ammo eatahs?

Commandah of Speciarh Randing Group get cord feet aftah 2/3rd of SNRF farr in burning watah. Sissy boy carr off randing.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Lord Howe Island at 100,169, Range 19,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CM Tsugaru, on fire
DD Yukikaze, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Tade
xAP Huzi Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
xAK Mundalla
xAK Period

[Cap Mandrake]

Ah! Mandrake-san discovah what-ah hahppen to one SCTF. Three batturships with Emperor's favorite frower on bow take on deadry 3 inch guns of HMAS Matthew Franders.
[:@]

Day Time Surface Combat, near Lord Howe Island at 100,169, Range 19,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
BB Mutsu
BB Yamashiro
DD Suzukaze
DD Mutsuki
DD Yayoi

Allied Ships
xAKL Matthew Flinders, Shell hits 19, and is sunk

[Cap Mandrake]

Hai! good idea, Nagumo-san, send entire squadron of Vals and 27 Zeroes against 30 year ord rust buckets.
Forget about-ah damn Dutch DD.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Lord Howe Island at 100,168

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
D3A1 Val x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Period, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
xAK Mundalla, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk

[Cap Mandrake]

Dutch-navy-mens drop trousers and point bottoms at Kate pirots. 21 of Emperor's fancy torpedoes wasted.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Lord Howe Island at 101,170

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 26
B5N2 Kate x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Witte de With

[Cap Mandrake]

OK, finarry, smething good hahppen. 120 mires away from Rord Howe...an Arried-mens transport packed with Arried-mens ground troops. Perhaps an infantry unit?

Morning Air attack on TF, near Lord Howe Island at 99,171

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
D3A1 Val x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAP Matua, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
PC Wilcannia, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
86 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Massive explosion on xAP Matua
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAP Matua
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring PC Wilcannia

[Cap Mandrake]

Not-ah so funny now <labial fricative sound>

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lord Howe Island at 101,170

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
D3A1 Val x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Witte de With, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Witte de With

[Cap Mandrake]

Rooks rike whorhe infantry battarions.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Lord Howe Island at 99,171

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 33
B5N2 Kate x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
xAP Matua, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
1184 casualties reported
Squads: 51 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 14 (10 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)

[Cap Mandrake]

Nerrs from Noumea find Honoruru but onry 6 in attack. Miss target with bombs.

[sprior]

Crappy day for Imperiar Navy.

[Cap Mandrake]

Japan-mens cross rivah south of Parembang. Mostry find various types of brown-mens with Engrish and Dutch officahs.
Unit from Borneo fight rike wird men.

Ground combat at Sambas (57,88)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3577 troops, 18 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 122

Defending force 2060 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 47

Japanese adjusted assault: 45

Allied adjusted defense: 13

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sambas !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
486 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
658 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 6

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
I./4th Infantry Battalion
II./4th Infantry Battalion
2nd Recon Regiment

Defending units:
Sarawak Force
West Borneo KNIL Battalion
2/15 Punjab Battalion
106th RN Base Force
Singkawang Base Force
Pontianak Base Force /1

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Crappy day for Imperiar Navy.

Hai! No kidding. Rousy 15 year ord DD with 4 inch guns find one key ship. Japan-mens probabry can attack with 300 men stir arrive but-ah have to find out what on isrand because it crassified as atorr.

[Cap Mandrake]

3 BB's, 13 DD's, 3 CA's (not counting escorts) unaburh to stop Witt de With. Bah.

Mandrake-san just rook a survivors of SNRF. 100% disaburhd. Have to be someone erse do attack.

Perhaps security troops of some of support troops can take isrand if not-ah much AV ashore? Otherwise have to be reinforcments from Noumea or 4th Div.

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sambas !!!

What are Sambas? Are rike coconuts?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sambas !!!

What are Sambas? Are rike coconuts?

Hai! Usuarry two coconuts.

[Cap Mandrake]

Wow...Mandrake-san not-ah rearize how big picture. Rots of detair. Maybe take picture down?



Nah.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Wow...Mandrake-san not-ah rearize how big picture. Rots of detair. Maybe take picture down?



Nah.

At least wait 'till I finish printing out poster-size.