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

[Cap Mandrake]

PI: The night starts badly for Jap transports moving NE along the coast of Luzon.

Sub attack near Busuanga at 77,79

Japanese Ships
xAK Tazima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Manko Maru
PB Daiya Maru

Allied Ships
SS S-36

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

[Cap Mandrake]

And then...the ultimate indignity. Attacked by a 80's band, some Liverpool lads with silly hair playing synpop.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Iba at 78,74

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
SOC-1 Seagull x 5

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Kasuga Maru #2
xAK Kozan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
110 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x SOC-1 Seagull bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb

[Cap Mandrake]

And then it's some PBY's dropping eggs from 8000 ft.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Iba at 78,74

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
PBY-4 Catalina x 4

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Ikushima Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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

[Cap Mandrake]

And then some Phirripinos scare some poor baaahstards to death.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Iba at 78,74

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-10B x 2

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Manko Maru

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


And it THAT isn't enough, the Flock of Seagulls come back for an encore.

....And I ran, I ran so far away
I just ran, I ran all night and day
I couldn't get away...

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Iba at 78,74

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
SOC-1 Seagull x 5

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Kozan Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
321 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x SOC-1 Seagull bombing from 6000 feet

[:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

I confess, after some introspection, that I should not have put a massively annoying New Wave sound worm in anyone's head.

I'm sorry........bah...who am I kidding? I did it on purpose.


...And I ran, I ran so far away
I just ran, I ran all night and day
I couldn't get away...

[:D][:D][:D][:'(]

[John B.]

don't forget the dry dock at Perth. I think it's only 3,000 tons but it's good for subs and DDs.

[desicat]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

By ra way....the map is wrong. Geelong and Melbourne should be one hex. Geelong is clearly behind the Melbourne coastal fortifications.
More accurately, the fortifications are in the Portsea hex and you have sort of a Manila Harbor arrangement.
Of course, one has to approximate a bit.

I was initially a little concerned/confused about the map display but then I noticed the legend on the bottom left - this was in fact on the planet Earth. Next the timeline needs to be confirmed....

[HansBolter]

OMG you got the B10Bs to fly!

I'm playing Focus Pacific and the entire PI airforce can be bought out so I evacced everything.

The B10Bs upgrade path is limited to B25Cs and since I don't get them for a while I thought to try actually using the B10Bs.

I have never been able to get them to fly.

Kudos!

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: desicat

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

By ra way....the map is wrong. Geelong and Melbourne should be one hex. Geelong is clearly behind the Melbourne coastal fortifications.
More accurately, the fortifications are in the Portsea hex and you have sort of a Manila Harbor arrangement.
Of course, one has to approximate a bit.

I was initially a little concerned/confused about the map display but then I noticed the legend on the bottom left - this was in fact on the planet Earth. Next the timeline needs to be confirmed....

Right...well, I pretty much assumed we are on the "a" timeline. I dearly hope we are not on the "e" timeline with half the USN already sunk in March 1942(e). We should co-ordinate to make sure everyone is really on the same timeline. Please answer the following questions.


Bill Buckner is a 9 time Golden Glove winner....T or F
Enola Gay is an LGBT bar in San Francisico......T or F
Look out in the parking lot and answer this question:

The percentage of Toyotas is:

A) 0-30%
B) 30-70%
C) 100%

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: desicat

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

By ra way....the map is wrong. Geelong and Melbourne should be one hex. Geelong is clearly behind the Melbourne coastal fortifications.
More accurately, the fortifications are in the Portsea hex and you have sort of a Manila Harbor arrangement.
Of course, one has to approximate a bit.

I was initially a little concerned/confused about the map display but then I noticed the legend on the bottom left - this was in fact on the planet Earth. Next the timeline needs to be confirmed....

Right...well, I pretty much assumed we are on the "a" timeline. I dearly hope we are not on the "e" timeline with half the USN already sunk in March 1942(e). We should co-ordinate to make sure everyone is really on the same timeline. Please answer the following questions.


Bill Buckner is a 9 time Golden Glove winner....T or F
Enola Gay is an LGBT bar in San Francisico......T or F
Look out in the parking lot and answer this question:

The percentage of Toyotas is:

A) 0-30%
B) 30-70%
C) 100%

I think that Geelong was closer to the sea before Global Cooling in the "d" timeline. Screwed up everything!

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

I think that Geelong was closer to the sea before Global Cooling in the "d" timeline. Screwed up everything!

Wasn't that WWII(c) or even WWII(b)?

Also, I always got the idea that Global Cooling was made up in order to sell insulated Quonset huts in which case, there would be no catastrophic sea level fall.

On the other hand, if there was Global Cooling in your "d" timeline but not in my "d" timeline......then....we aren't in the same current <HEAD EXPLODES!>

[sprior]

R's on their way back to Perth. Hopefully they can make a hole some of JJ's floaty things.

Meanwhile at Perth (the hot one, not the one in the home of the porridge guns) the diggers (not the dyke diggers, the ones with corks around their hats, are landing

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

R's on their way back to Perth. Hopefully they can make a hole some of JJ's floaty things.

This is sort of like Jackspeak which I am beginning to sort of understand. "R's" means R class battleships (Revenge,
Resolution, Remoulade that sort of thing).

We need everything we can get in Oz because we will have around 85,000 troops trapped in Melbourne and Sydney in pretty short order and they aren't going to be able to hold on forever. 85K is enough to lose the war. They aren't Chinamen, after all.

[witpqs]

If you brought back Global Cooling, would supply be able to flow in across the frozen rivers like it did during winter in Leningrad?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

If you brought back Global Cooling, would supply be able to flow in across the frozen rivers like it did during winter in Leningrad?

Nice. The Lake Ladoga highway! The problem is who is going to buy War Bounds after we turn all the cute Koala Bears into Koalasickles?

[Cap Mandrake]

..El mapa

[sprior]

War Bounds

We're going to arm the roos? Bangin'

[Cap Mandrake]

A deengo ayte my War Bound.

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: sprior

War Bounds

We're going to arm the roos? Bangin'

Ramroo Rules!!

[Cap Mandrake]

********************March 22, 1942(e)***************


Whipple and Parrot achieve surprise and evade the covering surface forces......and.....fail. [:(]
How do you let nearly 30 ships, some barely able to manage 12 kts, haul anchor and outrun your 35 kt destroyer?

Night Time Surface Combat, near Geelong at 81,170, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki
DD Yuzuki, Shell hits 1
APD Shimakaze
E Ishigaki
DMS W-19
AK Awazisan Maru
AK Amagisan Maru
AK Yamasimo Maru
xAK Yamahuku Maru
xAK Kimishima Maru
xAK Panama Maru
xAK Tonan Maru
xAK Ginyo Maru
xAK Africa Maru
xAK Arabia Maru
xAK Kikukawa Maru
xAK Kirikawa Maru
xAP Keihuku Maru, Shell hits 1
xAP Ussuri Maru
xAP Ural Maru
xAP Baikal Maru
xAP Tango Maru
xAP Kasado Maru
xAP Kowa Maru
xAP Palau Maru

Allied Ships
DD Whipple
DD Parrott, Shell hits 1, on fire