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

[Cap Mandrake]

Miri: Sneaky white devir baaahstards find out Japan-mens move fightahs from Miri. B-17's at Soerabaja most rikery.

Morning Air attack on Miri , at 64,87

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 4

No Allied losses

Oil hits 2

[Cap Mandrake]

Port Brair: Arried-mens have 30+ fightahs at base but stay in bunks.

Afternoon Air attack on Port Blair , at 46,58

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
G3M2 Nell x 28
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3

[Cap Mandrake]

Hong Kong: Mandrake-san get angry so bring second division to Hong Kong and bomb rivng crap out of Kowroon Brigade for weeks.
Finarry! Rook rike have enough.

Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 29506 troops, 354 guns, 199 vehicles, Assault Value = 853

Defending force 6039 troops, 76 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 149

Japanese adjusted assault: 1380

Allied adjusted defense: 297

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
1011 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 57 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled

Allied ground losses:
574 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 8 (7 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
104th Division
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
38th Division
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th RF Gun Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd RF Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
1st Middlesex Battalion
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
Rifles of Canada Battalion
Kowloon Brigade
102nd RN Base Force
Hong Kong Fortress

[Cap Mandrake]

Pran to trap British-mens 18 Div. Onry probrem is Arried-mend have to hord stir for 1st Engineer Regt to get in prace.

[Cap Mandrake]

Mandrake-san figure out no road arong coast from hex NW of Bundaberg so 2nd Tank Regt stop to rook at Warrabys and wirdfrowers.

[Chickenboy]

You not have ah enough men to threaten two good Arried divisions in defensiburh terrain, Captain-san. How you ah say "tahr baby" in Japan men's speak?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

You not have ah enough men to threaten two good Arried divisions in defensiburh terrain, Captain-san. How you ah say "tahr baby" in Japan men's speak?

Bah...arways with negative waves. 1st Austrarian Div pretty soon arr in hospitarh from navarh bombardment. Then 18th Division have to eat warrabys for food. Prus 2 infantry regiments, Kimura Det and tank regiment at Suva...prus 48th Div coming from Ruzon
Pretty soon Japan-mens arr ovah prace.


Of course, if USMC show up that-ah nothah mattah.

[Chickenboy]

Arright then...

If-ah you enter the 18th Division hex with-ah onry the SNRF, prease to expect it to be attacked out of the hex shortry theraftah. Arso, the ronson...erm...tank 'regiment' that wirr join SNRF in 18th Division hex? Prease to describe pathetic attack values of component units.

Prease to exprain how these two units wirr generate at reast 1600 AV (enough to overcome 18th Division in wooded terrain)?

Domo.

[Chijohnaok2]

They could bruff them like that snake-tounged devir Yamashita did at Singapore.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Arright then...

If-ah you enter the 18th Division hex with-ah onry the SNRF, prease to expect it to be attacked out of the hex shortry theraftah. Arso, the ronson...erm...tank 'regiment' that wirr join SNRF in 18th Division hex? Prease to describe pathetic attack values of component units.

Prease to exprain how these two units wirr generate at reast 1600 AV (enough to overcome 18th Division in wooded terrain)?

Domo.

Hai. IJA 4th Div arready buddy-buddy with 18 Div. Bombarmdent confirm interrigence today.

Point is to disrodge 1 Aus Div and make 18 Div eat warrabies and tree bark for whirhe. Maryborough randing have to wait few days because S-boat nearry brow up cruise riner with Kanno Det aboard. Severe damage to barroom and promenade deck Jacuzzi.

[Cap Mandrake]

This bring up question of mechanics.

Suppose 18 Div in hex with 4th Div but owned by Arriedd-mens. Hex surrounded by Japan-mens hexes except for Maryborough which owned by Arried-mens but besieged by Japan-mens.

Ok, here questions:

1) Can 18 Div draw suprries from Maryborough?

2) Can 18 Div move across hexsides to SE, W or SW which-ah stir berong to Arried-mens?

[Cap Mandrake]

Pretend Mandrake-san read most of manuarh but-ah have reading comprehension probrem.

[Cap Mandrake]

*********************Feb Ereven (usuarry use numbahs but-ah this one especiarry fun to write), 1941(d)************


Oz: Arried-mens bring in Hurricanes to Brisbane. No more rookies too.

Afternoon Air attack on Brisbane , at 96,160

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 24 NM, estimated altitude 27,070 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 35

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed

Japan-mens not-ah get Japan-mens shit together.

Afternoon Air attack on Brisbane , at 96,160

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 112 NM, estimated altitude 30,070 feet.
Estimated time to target is 37 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Definitery Br 18 Div in woods.

Ground combat at 96,156 (near Bundaberg)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 11500 troops, 102 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 323

Defending force 11110 troops, 123 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 444

Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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

Assaulting units:
4th Division

Defending units:
18th British Division

[Cap Mandrake]

This-ah rike Horrywood movie when bad guys and good guys stand there with guns pointed at othah but nobody shoot.
Japan-mens need to bring more bad guys...err...good guys.

Rockhampton now furry repaired and airfierd up to 3.16. 4 or 5 days and Japan-ens have rever 4, bring in more fightahs and some Bettys and Rirrys.

[Cap Mandrake]

Because of corarh reef, approaches to Rockhampton have so many Arried-mens subs, TB Hayabusa find Austraria-womans on buoy with traffic contror frags.

[Cap Mandrake]

Arried-mens put rots of mines at Norfork Is but turn out wasted, not brow anything up.

Mine terrubrh thing to waste.

TF 234 encounters mine field at Norfolk Island (113,170)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-20
DMS W-8
DMS W-7

65 mines cleared

[Cap Mandrake]

Hong Kong: Mandrake-san send sexretary to Shinto shrine today to reave toothpaste or tuna-sarad sandwhich because Japan-men finarry
capture Hong Kong. Anyone say anything get sent to cornfierd.

Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 28836 troops, 354 guns, 199 vehicles, Assault Value = 800

Defending force 5548 troops, 69 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Japanese adjusted assault: 802

Allied adjusted defense: 265

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hong Kong !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
511 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled

Allied ground losses:
3042 casualties reported
Squads: 200 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 222 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 28 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 70 (70 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 59 (59 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 5

Assaulting units:
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
38th Division
104th Division
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
5th RF Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
Rifles of Canada Battalion
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
Kowloon Brigade
102nd RN Base Force
Hong Kong Fortress

[Cap Mandrake]

Andaman Isrand: RAF apparentry think Batturh of Britain ovah so send bunch of Hurricanes to Eastern Command, which actuary on west side of map.
Not-ah sissy boys rike in Singapore, eithah. Actuarh rosses higharh than appearh

Morning Air attack on Port Blair , at 46,58

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
G3M2 Nell x 39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 16
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
G3M2 Nell: 3 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 16

[Cap Mandrake]

Othah day at office Mandrake-san meeting new patient and sitting down. Mandrake-san notice mothah of patient rooking at Mandrake-san regs. Mandrake-san surreptitiousry rook down and notice socks not-ah match. Hehe.

Nobody say anything. [:D] Perhaps patient not-ah come back or think Mandrake-san just-ah eccentric or wife too razy to do raundry and fire housekeeper because housekeeper say wife rook order than rearry is.

[witpqs]

- Each hex side has two halves, one facing each of the adjacent hexes.

- For supplies to move through a hex side, both halves of the hex side must be owned by the player in question.

- For unit movement, the half of the hex side in the unit's current hex must be owned by that unit's side.

There are other considerations for supply movement and unit movement. [:)]