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

[Cap Mandrake]

Meanwhire, crippured and damaged combatants from the previous day's batturh try to reach Suva or Noumea. Now Arried-mens CA with rots of burrets show up.

Lightly damaged Yamagumo is escorting heavirry damaged Susuki. Rot of good that does, eh?

Day Time Surface Combat, near Taveuni Island at 134,154, Range 15,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Yamagumo, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage
DD Susuki, Shell hits 4, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Louisville
DD Tucker
DD Hull

[Cap Mandrake]

Nerrs from Suva drop 21,000 metric tons of exprosives into the beautiful and bountifurh watahs near Hoorn Isrand.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Hoorn Islands at 135,153

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
CA Louisville

[Cap Mandrake]

Ohhhh...rook how pretty watah spouts are in aftahnoon sun!

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hoorn Islands at 135,153

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Louisville

[Cap Mandrake]

**************18:30, March 5, Hoorn Isrand***********

Rittah Isrand Boy: Father! Come quick! The anchovies are trying to get onto the island!

[Cap Mandrake]

Manira: Arried-mens stirr trying..and succeeding in getting suppries into Ruzon. This particular one did not go so werr.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Manila at 79,77

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 8
Ki-27b Nate x 21

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAK Empire Hamble, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Empire Hamble

[Cap Mandrake]

*******************March 6, 1942(d)*************

South China Sea: Arried-mens stearh idea from othah war.

"Hey. Dutch-boys! Why not-ah go stick finger in dike? Hahahah!"

Night Time Surface Combat, near Miri at 64,81, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Shonan Maru #6
TK Fujisan Maru
TK Terukawa Maru

Allied Ships
CL Java
CL Tromp

[Cap Mandrake]

"Say...hope not-ah out of rine with rine about stick fingah in dike?" Evidentarry Dutch-boys not-ah know how to take joke.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Jesselton at 65,80, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Shonan Maru #6, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
TK Fujisan Maru, Shell hits 8, and is sunk
TK Terukawa Maru, Shell hits 13, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL Java
CL Tromp

[Cap Mandrake]

Japan-mens have recon probrem. Not-ah even see Dutch-boys coming. Shoho just drive by area as werr.

[Cap Mandrake]

Oz: Japan-mens brow up Arried-mens DD at Maryborough yestahday so today Arried-mens try more "energetic remedy"
Nagara put up-ah pretty good fight.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Maryborough at 96,157, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Nagara, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Yudachi, Shell hits 2
DD Nenohi, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Hatsushima
DD Yugao

Allied Ships
CA San Francisco
CL Perth, Shell hits 1
DD Blue
DD Preston
DD Shaw, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
DD Cushing
DD MacDonough

[Cap Mandrake]

This-ah pathetic. 4 bitchen' cruisers. Arr trained for night batturh. Three now have to go back to shop. Get-ah name of crappy commandah

Night Time Surface Combat, near Maryborough at 96,157, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Tone, Shell hits 1
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 1, on fire
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 2, on fire
CA Kako, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Akebono
DD Asakaze
DD Hatakaze

Allied Ships
CA San Francisco
CL Perth
DD Blue
DD Preston
DD Shaw, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
DD Cushing, Shell hits 1
DD MacDonough

[Cap Mandrake]

Oh...NOW idiot ordah shoot Rong Rance

Night Time Surface Combat, near Maryborough at 96,157, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Tone
CA Kinugasa, on fire
CA Furutaka, on fire
CA Kako, on fire
DD Akebono
DD Asakaze
DD Hatakaze

Allied Ships
DD Shaw, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD MacDonough

[Cap Mandrake]

What-ah commandah rack in skirr make up rittah bit in persistence.

Night Naval bombardment of Maryborough at 96,157

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
CA Kinugasa
CA Tone
DD Hatakaze
DD Asakaze
DD Akebono

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

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17
Port hits 10
Port fuel hits 3

[Cap Mandrake]

[font="Courier New"]CRITICAL SHORTAGES OF ANCHOVY POPULATIONS REPORTED NEAR FIJI: JAPS BELIEVED RESPONSIBLE!

March 5, 1942

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[Cap Mandrake]

Crippurhed DD's move croser to Fiji. Rouisvirre not-ah afraid of Nerrs. This-ah not surprise.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Yasawa Islands at 133,153

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 7

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
CA Louisville

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Yasawa Islands at 133,153

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 9

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

Allied Ships
DD Hull
CA Louisville

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

[Cap Mandrake]

HORY CRAP! Mandrake-san need bigger dog when go on horse trail. [X(]

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

HORY CRAP! Mandrake-san need bigger dog when go on horse trail. [X(]

Oh, yes, there are mountain lions in that area. They are cute. They are not cuddly!

[BBfanboy]

That's why I prefer cougars! [;)]

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

That's why I prefer cougars! [;)]

Oh, you thought I meant the cats? [:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

***********Deck of Big Burret Ship Kashino, Rockhampton Harbor 24:00, March 7, 1942(e)***********

Aburh Seaman Hata: Rook, Chief how come we unroad this stuff every night aftah we road up during day?

Chief: How shourd Chief know Hata? It-ah f***** Navy. Just do work and shut up.

[Cap Mandrake]

So...Arried-mens bomb Rockhampton harbor about week ago so Mandrake-san decide to reave ships at sea to be ress vurneraburh. Mandrake-san arso start use bitchen' cruisers to brow up Maryborough. Every night bitchen' cruisers go down to Maryborough then come back to
Rockhampton and in morning cruisers rearmed and burrets on burret ship down to zero. Then mandrake-san disband Kushino, ordah "reroad tenders" and make new task force. Mandrake-san giggurh to serf how crever. Onry probrem, none of batturhships rearm during night and arr off op points on Kushino used to reroad each day. This tremendousry annoying to Mandrake-san that cruisers stear arr of ammo each night.

Then, Shinto gods intervene and 3 of crusiers have big dents so have to go back to Rabaurh so next night bitchen cruisers not bombard Marysborough and same Goddamned thing happen. Batturhships not-ah get burrets and ammo ship back to zero burets.

This make Mandrake-san so mad veins burge out on head and very grumpy at Seaside Virra. Then, Mandrake-san take shower and wash armpits and suddenry rearize what-ah happening. Mandrake-san want to kirr staff idiot. [:@]