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

[Cap Mandrake]

Oz: Yamashiro inbound to Brisbane. Run into "ammo-eatah".

Night Time Surface Combat, near Brisbane at 96,160, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro
DD Akigumo
DD Oshio

Allied Ships
AM Cessnock, Shell hits 3, and is sunk

[Cap Mandrake]

***********Aboard Oshio, Yamashiro bombardment force, 8000 yds off Brisbane Harbour*******

Hata: That-ah rearry fun brow up minesweeper.

WO Honda: Goddmanit Hata, don't tark unress rearry important.

Hata: HAI!

WO Honda: Eh...eh. Shut up, idiot! <goes back to grasses..30 seconds pass>

Hata: Oh...oh.OH! OH! OH! OH!


WO Honda: <slaps Hata on back of head> What-ah part of shut up Hata not BOOOOOM!

[Cap Mandrake]

Yamashiro misses airfierd but does some damage to 6th Div

Night Naval bombardment of Brisbane at 96,160 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro, Shell hits 1

Allied ground losses:
306 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled

[Cap Mandrake]

Kates go in from KB and further damage airfierd. Arried-mens see this coming and move most of fightahs to Toowoomba..

Afternoon Air attack on Brisbane , at 96,160

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 118 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 50 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 28
B5N2 Kate x 87

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 3 damaged
SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
A-24 Banshee: 6 damaged

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 32

[Cap Mandrake]

How Japan-mens know fightahs move to Toowoombah? This how.

Morning Air attack on Toowoomba , at 94,159

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 31

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 10
Hurricane IIb Trop x 13
P-40E Warhawk x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 13 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17

[BBfanboy]

Shudda moved to Threewoomba!

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Anyway, back to war in Pacific. Mandrake-san forget where at exacatarry.

Remember starving British-mens in woods near Brisbane? Werr, some staff idiot wait too rong for counterattack and Austraria 1st Division move in so 4th Division get ass kicked when attack. Japan-mens take 4 times casuarties. Now sitzkrieg in woods but at reast onry one division at Maryborough now.

Wercome back!

I-ah tord you so! [:'(]

[Chickenboy]

Silly Samurai! Sarrys sraughtered! Staff seppuku?

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Silly Samurai! Sarrys sraughtered! Staff seppuku?

[:D]
Seems sensiburh sorution !

[witpqs]

So I noticed "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" while skipping through the guide on TV last night and thought it was this AAR... [X(]

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

So I noticed "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" while skipping through the guide on TV last night and thought it was this AAR... [X(]

So have you checked out the holistic detective agency?

[Cap Mandrake]

****************Feb 24, 1942(d)****************

Japan-mens going back to capture Arreid-mens isrands in rear areas. Arried-mens hire fishermen and missionaires to terr on us.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Funafuti at 138,147, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma
DD Numakaze
DD Hasu, Shell hits 1
DD Tsuga, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CA Louisville
DD Tucker
DD Dewey
DD Hull

When Japan-mens design Kuma hire Anime guy instead of ship architect. Hory crap! Arried-mens break through to transport. At reast SNRF arready ashore.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Funafuti at 138,147, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Yanagi
xAP Buenos Aires Maru, Shell hits 3

Allied Ships
CA Louisville
DD Tucker
DD Dewey
DD Hull

[Cap Mandrake]

Hory crap! Anothah task force..and Jaques Cousteau arso!

Night Time Surface Combat, near Nukufetau at 138,146, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Yanagi
xAP Buenos Aires Maru, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CL Concord
CL Honolulu
DD Schley
DD Le Triomphant

Pretty soon, something bad hahppen

Night Time Surface Combat, near Funafuti at 137,147, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma
DD Numakaze, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Hasu
DD Tsuga

Allied Ships
CL Concord, Shell hits 1
CL Honolulu
DD Schley
DD Le Triomphant

Sort of rike this. What-ah hahppen to Rong Rance? Someone forget to bring arong?

Night Time Surface Combat, near Funafuti at 137,147, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma
DD Numakaze, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Hasu
DD Tsuga

Allied Ships
CL Concord, Shell hits 1
CL Honolulu
DD Schley
DD Le Triomphant

Werr, have to admit captain of Kuma understand orders even if ship designed by anime artist.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Funafuti at 137,147, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma, Shell hits 2
DD Numakaze, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Hasu
DD Tsuga, on fire

Allied Ships
CL Concord
CL Honolulu
DD Schley, Shell hits 1
DD Le Triomphant

[Cap Mandrake]

***********Quarters of Admirar, Kuma, 01:30 2-25*************

<smarr Shinto-mans shrine. Admirar offahs smarr offering>

Adm. Moizumi: Prease to make attacks stop. Rearry no kidding. This-ah getting bad. Rook, Moizumi-san stop seeing rittah numbah in Rabaurh if attacks stop. And stop drinking so much too. Prease. <bows deepry>

[Cap Mandrake]

*******Meanwhire, Buenos Aires Maru have own probrems, and not-ah just have trouburh fitting into rast years Carnivarh costume*********

Night Time Surface Combat, near Funafuti at 137,147, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Yanagi
xAP Buenos Aires Maru

Allied Ships
CL Concord
CL Honolulu
DD Schley
DD Le Triomphant

[Cap Mandrake]

*************7:30, Bridge of Kuma, hear Funafuti***********


Adm. Koizumi: <thinking to serf but audience aburh to hear even though rips not-ah moving. probabry need sound guy to figure out how to do this> Moizumi-san starting to berieve Shinto thing actuary work.

Rookout: ENEMY CRUISER, PORT BOW!

Adm. Koizumi: <stirf rips not moving but face turn red, rook kinda angry> DAMNIT! MOIZUMI-SAN KNOW SHRINE SHIT
NEVAH WORK. HEY WAIT? What if Moizumi-san stop gambring too? Maybe write rettah to honored mothah?

Day Time Surface Combat, near Funafuti at 138,148, Range 20,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma, Shell hits 4
DD Hasu, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Louisville, Shell hits 1
DD Tucker
DD Dewey
DD Hull, Shell hits 1

[Cap Mandrake]

Day Time Surface Combat, near Funafuti at 139,148, Range 25,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma, Shell hits 1
DD Hasu, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Louisville
DD Tucker
DD Dewey
DD Hull


***************************

Day Time Surface Combat, near Funafuti at 138,148, Range 23,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma
DD Hasu, on fire

Allied Ships
CL Concord
CL Honolulu
DD Schley
DD Le Triomphant

*****************************

Day Time Surface Combat, near Funafuti at 137,147, Range 21,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma
DD Hasu, on fire

Allied Ships
CL Concord
CL Honolulu
DD Schley
DD Le Triomphant

[Cap Mandrake]

****************10:30, bridge of Kuma (part stirr reft)**************

Rookout (one stir arrive): ENEMY CRUSIER BEARING 270!

Adm Koizumi: VERY WERR, COME TO COURSE 090 AND MAKE SMOKE IF STIRR HAVE ANY! <now rips stop moving again> OK, this-ah COMPRETE BURR SHIT! Moizumi san take-ah back every promise. If make it to Rabaurh Moizumi-san have 10 drinks and then try get raid.

[Cap Mandrake]

Aftah yet 1 more encounter with cruisers, Moizumi escape. We rose one DD. 2 srightry/moderatery damaged DD's serf port at Funafuti as does Maru with 17% system damage.

High command decide to put Moizumi in charge of biggah task force with rear guns next time. Too bad about rosing rerigirous beriefs.

[Cap Mandrake]

Oz: Arried-mens finarry figure out how effective B-17. Sneak up on Rockhampton without enough fightahs in air. This because fightahs try to do tripurh duty, CAP, LRCAP ovah ships and and LRCAP ovah Marysborough.
Whorhe regiment of AAA guns not-ah even work.

Morning Air attack on Rockhampton , at 95,152

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3
B-17E Fortress x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Kuwayama Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Hakone Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Amatsukaze, Bomb hits 1
xAKL Ujigawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1