At dawn we slept...in the cab on the way back from Olongapo

[Cap Mandrake]

***************40 Mi E of Noumea, bridge of Wing Po, Feb. 23*****************


Lookout Wong Hung Lo: Holy Fuk!

Captain Ho Lee Fuk: That CAPTAIN Ho Lee Fuk to Wong!

Lookout Wong Hung Lo: No sir, Wong mean just mean Holy Fuk! White lines in watah getting clo..<BOOM>



Morning Air attack on TF, near Lifou at 116,159

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 2
B5N2 Kate x 9

Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 1

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAK Ping Wo, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk


Look, we feel bad for the crew of Wing Po but you have to admit seeing the WJD waste 9 torpedoes on the old piece of junk is priceless.

[BBfanboy]

We hope you will continue to provide occasional updates on the adventures of these unforgettable characters.
Did Wong Hung Lo survive, or is there none to Hung Lo?
Will Captain Ho Lee Fuk ever stop taking his name in vain as he clings to the wreckage?
Will they be picked up by a lifeboat manned by an Indian boy named Piscine (Pi for short) who has an unusual travelling companion?
Will they make it back into the water in time?
"The world wonders".

[Cap Mandrake]

***************40 Mi E of Noumea, lifeboat, later, Feb. 23*****************


Lookout Wong Hung Lo: Captain Ho Lee Fuk, may we have more flied lice?

Captain Ho Lee Fuk: You guys just eat 45 minutes ago. How gloin injuly, Wong?

Lookout Wong Hung Lo: Chinese food, Captain. Gloin OK but swollen.

Captain Ho Lee Fuk: Tly to stay in middle of boat so not tuln ovah.

Helmsman Sum Ting Wong: Captain, why only one lousy P-400 come out to plotect Wing Po?

Captain Ho Lee Fuk: That easy. Yellow lives not mattah. Not as many victoly points.

[desicat]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

***************40 Mi E of Noumea, lifeboat, later, Feb. 23*****************

Helmsman Sum Ting Wong: Captain, why only one lousy P-400 come out to plotect Wing Po?

Meanwhile back at the Allied Staff room:

"Hmmm, It seems that 1 P-400 isn't the same as 10 P-39's, I wonder what the '400' stands for?"

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: desicat

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

***************40 Mi E of Noumea, lifeboat, later, Feb. 23*****************

Helmsman Sum Ting Wong: Captain, why only one lousy P-400 come out to plotect Wing Po?

Meanwhile back at the Allied Staff room:

"Hmmm, It seems that 1 P-400 isn't the same as 10 P-39's, I wonder what the '400' stands for?"

It ah P-40 with a 'zero' on its tail! Ha! We make ah joke! Hai!

[desicat]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: desicat

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

***************40 Mi E of Noumea, lifeboat, later, Feb. 23*****************

Helmsman Sum Ting Wong: Captain, why only one lousy P-400 come out to plotect Wing Po?

Meanwhile back at the Allied Staff room:

"Hmmm, It seems that 1 P-400 isn't the same as 10 P-39's, I wonder what the '400' stands for?"

It ah P-40 with a 'zero' on its tail! Ha! We make ah joke! Hai!

OK, that was really funny!

[Lecivius]

Man, I have been having a bad <day, week, month> and every time I come to read this I laugh so had it takes a few minutes to clear the tears away.

Laughter IS the best medicine [:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

Wait a minute, what is So Dam Hot doing on a rust bucket in 1942(e). She is one of my favorites on Hot Asian Nudes...or at least I thought she was a she....you don't think...oh...never mind.

[Cap Mandrake]

Good air results over Noumea. We lost some Wirraways trying to deliver mail to a WJD CL loitering around off Sydney and 4 B-17's attacking Toowoomba and La Foa.

[Cap Mandrake]

There was this, however. We gave up Brisbane. The Brisbane fortress troops "elected" to stay behind.

Ground combat at Brisbane (96,160)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 44263 troops, 520 guns, 378 vehicles, Assault Value = 1263

Defending force 1162 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 1258

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 1258 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Brisbane !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1220 casualties reported
Squads: 24 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 70 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 27 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 12 (12 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment
5th Division
38th Division
2nd Division
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
Brisbane Fortress

[Cap Mandrake]

We lost USS Chester yesterday. She tried to make a run from Sydney but her pumps failed. Bad juju. USS Louisville made it out safely
but will be out of the war for a while. 2 other CA's and a CL will have to stay until they pump out some flooding.

2 regiments of Americal Div arrive at Melbourne tomorrow. We set up aline South of Brisbane but they would never stand up to the full 3 divisions at Brisbane should they move South. US 24th ID also on it's way.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Good air results over Noumea. We lost some Wirraways trying to deliver mail to a WJD CL loitering around off Sydney and 4 B-17's attacking Toowoomba and La Foa.

Messin' with the Mail - by God that's enough!!! Go get 'em Cap!

[Cap Mandrake]

****************Feb 24, 1942(e)*****************

Palefaces celebrate around campfire tonight. Squaws mostly happy.

N&IC et environs: We send another CL to Koumac despite loss of the CL and 2 DD's yesterday. The Japs pull up their trousers before we get there.
Serious Long Lance weather. Bad juju.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Koumac at 113,156, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Maya, Shell hits 1
CA Nachi, Shell hits 2
CL Sendai
CL Jintsu
DD Inazuma
DD Shinonome
DD Sagiri
DD Yugiri
DD Oboro
DD Sazanami

Allied Ships
CL Phoenix, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Smith, Shell hits 1

[Cap Mandrake]

Go figure. Our LB-30's actually hit the level 1 strip at night.

Night Air attack on Koumac , at 113,156

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 4

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

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

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2

[Cap Mandrake]

JJ stages a counter-raid on Tanna. Taiyuan is captained by Dim Sum


Lookout Wong No Hung: Captain Dim Sum! Japan cruisers ovah there!

Captain Dim Sum: Impossible! Ordal say OK to stay until 2 day aftah 24 of February.

Lookout Wong No Hung: <face palm>

Day Time Surface Combat, near Tanna at 120,157, Range 24,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CA Kinugasa
CA Furutaka
CL Tama
CL Kiso
DD Yukikaze
DD Oshio
DD Asagumo
DD Arare
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Ushio

Allied Ships
xAK Taiyuan, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

[Cap Mandrake]

A-24 trainees at Tanna hit something

Morning Air attack on TF, near Tanna at 120,157

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
A-24 Banshee x 11
P-36A Mohawk x 17
P-400 Airacobra x 9
P-40B Warhawk x 3
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed
P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CL Tama, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Aoba

well, not this time

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tanna at 120,157

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
A-24 Banshee x 11
P-36A Mohawk x 12
P-400 Airacobra x 8
P-40B Warhawk x 3
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CA Kinugasa
CL Tama

[Cap Mandrake]

New Mexico arrives from Noumea on her way to Suva with about 80% main gun ammo and does quite a bit of damage. Not sure about her damage yet.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Tanna at 120,157, Range 25,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 2
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 3, on fire
CL Tama, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Kiso
DD Yukikaze
DD Oshio, Shell hits 1
DD Asagumo
DD Arare
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Ushio, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
BB New Mexico, Shell hits 22, on fire
DD Clark, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage

[Cap Mandrake]

Hory crap! Rook ovah there! 2 more useress prewar BB's show up. Must-ah just geta-h here from Hawaii

Day Time Surface Combat, near Tanna at 120,157, Range 25,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
F1M2 Pete: 1 destroyed
E7K2 Alf: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
CL Tama, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
CL Kiso, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Yukikaze
DD Oshio, Shell hits 1
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Arare
DD Shiratsuyu, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
DD Ushio, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Nevada, Shell hits 2
BB Oklahoma, Shell hits 9, on fire
DD Aylwin, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Dale, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD MacDonough, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Dent

[Cap Mandrake]

No fighting at Noumea.

[Justus2]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Hory crap! Rook ovah there! 2 more useress prewar BB's show up. Must-ah just geta-h here from Hawaii

Day Time Surface Combat, near Tanna at 120,157, Range 25,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
F1M2 Pete: 1 destroyed
E7K2 Alf: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
CL Tama, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
CL Kiso, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Yukikaze
DD Oshio, Shell hits 1
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Arare
DD Shiratsuyu, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
DD Ushio, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Nevada, Shell hits 2
BB Oklahoma, Shell hits 9, on fire
DD Aylwin, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Dale, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD MacDonough, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Dent

Nice shooting there!