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

[zuluhour]

When I read post 2315 I was on a really excruciatingly long conference call. Please call my regional guy and exprain wah is herr for me. preeeease.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

When I read post 2315 I was on a really excruciatingly long conference call. Please call my regional guy and exprain wah is herr for me. preeeease.

Actuarry, Mandrake-san post wrong batturh in 2315. Zuru-san terr boss eat too much fish head soup and have intestinarh emergency.

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

When I read post 2315 I was on a really excruciatingly long conference call. Please call my regional guy and exprain wah is herr for me. preeeease.

Broody herr, it ob-vious

[Cap Mandrake]

*************Aprirh 21, 1942(d)*************

Many squaws cry in teepee tonight.

[zuluhour]

....eraborate prease, mandrake san

[Cap Mandrake]

Ise & Hyuga sair South from Rockhampton with ordah bombard Brisbane which stirr operating fighters.

Japan-mens hug coast and run into Arried-dogs.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Maryborough at 96,157, Range 6,000 Yards

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Walrus II: 2 destroyed

Japanese Ships
BB Ise, Shell hits 4
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 5
DD Yudachi, Shell hits 1
DD Samidare
DD Hasu, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Tsuga, Shell hits 9, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Salt Lake City, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Cornwall, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
DD Helm
DD Napier, Shell hits 1
DD Tjerk Hiddes


Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 32% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards
Sakamoto, Ikuta crosses the 'T'
BB Hyuga engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
CA Salt Lake City engages DD Tsuga at 6,000 yards
DD Tsuga engages DD Napier at 6,000 yards
DD Tsuga engages DD Helm at 6,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Yudachi at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Salt Lake City at 3,000 yards
CA Salt Lake City engages DD Tsuga at 3,000 yards
DD Tjerk Hiddes engages DD Tsuga at 3,000 yards
DD Hasu engages DD Napier at 3,000 yards
DD Samidare engages DD Helm at 3,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Yudachi at 3,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
CA Cornwall engages DD Tsuga at 6,000 yards
BB Ise engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
DD Tjerk Hiddes engages DD Tsuga at 6,000 yards
DD Hasu engages DD Tjerk Hiddes at 6,000 yards
DD Samidare engages DD Tjerk Hiddes at 6,000 yards
DD Tjerk Hiddes engages DD Yudachi at 6,000 yards
CA Cornwall engages DD Tsuga at 6,000 yards
CA Salt Lake City engages DD Tsuga at 6,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages DD Tjerk Hiddes at 6,000 yards
DD Tjerk Hiddes engages DD Hasu at 6,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Tsuga at 6,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
BB Ise engages CA Salt Lake City at 6,000 yards
DD Samidare engages DD Tjerk Hiddes at 6,000 yards
DD Hasu engages DD Napier at 6,000 yards
DD Samidare engages DD Helm at 6,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages DD Napier at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards
DD Tsuga sunk by CA Cornwall at 5,000 yards
DD Tjerk Hiddes engages DD Hasu at 5,000 yards
DD Hasu engages DD Napier at 5,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Samidare at 5,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages DD Helm at 5,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
CA Cornwall engages DD Samidare at 6,000 yards
CA Salt Lake City engages DD Hasu at 6,000 yards
DD Hasu engages DD Helm at 6,000 yards
DD Samidare engages DD Tjerk Hiddes at 6,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Hasu at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Salt Lake City at 8,000 yards
CA Salt Lake City engages DD Hasu at 8,000 yards
DD Hasu engages DD Tjerk Hiddes at 8,000 yards
DD Napier engages DD Hasu at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Salt Lake City at 9,000 yards
CA Salt Lake City engages DD Hasu at 9,000 yards
DD Tjerk Hiddes engages DD Yudachi at 9,000 yards
DD Samidare engages DD Helm at 9,000 yards
DD Samidare engages DD Helm at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Cornwall at 10,000 yards
BB Ise engages CA Salt Lake City at 10,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages DD Tjerk Hiddes at 10,000 yards
DD Samidare engages DD Tjerk Hiddes at 10,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Yudachi at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Salt Lake City at 9,000 yards
CA Salt Lake City engages DD Yudachi at 9,000 yards
DD Napier engages DD Hasu at 9,000 yards
DD Samidare engages DD Helm at 9,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages DD Helm at 9,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Cornwall at 9,000 yards
BB Ise engages CA Cornwall at 9,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages DD Tjerk Hiddes at 9,000 yards
DD Samidare engages DD Helm at 9,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Hasu at 9,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Cornwall at 9,000 yards
BB Ise engages CA Cornwall at 9,000 yards
DD Tjerk Hiddes engages DD Hasu at 9,000 yards
DD Napier engages DD Yudachi at 9,000 yards
DD Napier engages DD Yudachi at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
CA Cornwall sunk by BB Hyuga at 10,000 yards
DD Napier engages DD Hasu at 10,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages DD Tjerk Hiddes at 10,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Salt Lake City at 10,000 yards
BB Ise engages CA Salt Lake City at 10,000 yards
DD Hasu engages DD Napier at 10,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Samidare at 10,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages DD Tjerk Hiddes at 10,000 yards
Sakamoto, Ikuta orders Japanese TF to disengage
Range closes to 8,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Salt Lake City at 8,000 yards
BB Ise engages CA Salt Lake City at 8,000 yards
DD Samidare engages DD Napier at 8,000 yards
DD Helm engages DD Samidare at 8,000 yards
DD Napier engages DD Yudachi at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Salt Lake City at 9,000 yards
BB Ise engages CA Salt Lake City at 9,000 yards
DD Napier engages DD Yudachi at 9,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages DD Helm at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages CA Salt Lake City at 11,000 yards
BB Ise engages DD Tjerk Hiddes at 11,000 yards
DD Samidare engages DD Napier at 11,000 yards
DD Samidare engages DD Helm at 11,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages DD Tjerk Hiddes at 11,000 yards
Task forces break off...

[Cap Mandrake]

Japan-mens turn around to get burrets but run into Ramirres which have fancy secret radio thingy.

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

Japanese Ships
BB Ise, Shell hits 9
BB Hyuga
DD Yudachi

Allied Ships
BB Ramillies, Shell hits 10, on fire
DD Hammann
DD Cushing, Shell hits 1, and is sunk


Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 42% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 19,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 19,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
Range closes to 11,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
Allies open fire on surprised Japanese ships at 8,000 yards
BB Ramillies fires at BB Ise at 8,000 yards
DD Cushing launches Torpedoes at BB Ise at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages BB Ramillies at 4,000 yards
DD Cushing sunk by BB Ise at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
BB Ise engages BB Ramillies at 2,000 yards
BB Ise engages DD Hammann at 2,000 yards
BB Ramillies engages DD Yudachi at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages BB Ramillies at 6,000 yards
BB Ise engages BB Ramillies at 6,000 yards
BB Ramillies engages DD Yudachi at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
BB Ramillies engages BB Ise at 10,000 yards
DD Hammann engages DD Yudachi at 10,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages DD Hammann at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 13,000 yards
BB Hyuga engages BB Ramillies at 13,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages DD Hammann at 13,000 yards
DD Hammann engages DD Yudachi at 13,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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[Cap Mandrake]

Revenge arready supposed to sink. This-ah probabry herp.

Sub attack near Brisbane at 96,159

Japanese Ships
SS RO-62, hits 2

Allied Ships
BB Revenge, Torpedo hits 3, heavy damage
DD Kennison

[Cap Mandrake]

Japan-mens bomb Brisbane at night but coupurh P-40's with frashrights screw everything up.

Then sun come up and Arried-dogs try to brow-up Bundaberg again. B-26 rike crappy barsa wood Nerrs.


Morning Air attack on Bundaberg , at 96,155

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8
B-26 Marauder x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged

Port fuel hits 1

[Cap Mandrake]

Gigantic Arried-dog attack at Bundaberg. Rook at arr of crap. Rook rike Japn-mens "offensive" ovah in New and
Improved South Wares. Japan-mens know where arr of best hiding praces are. Arried-mens pretty much get kick in teeth.

Ground combat at Maryborough (96,157)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 50489 troops, 856 guns, 805 vehicles, Assault Value = 2466

Defending force 20896 troops, 182 guns, 118 vehicles, Assault Value = 498

Allied adjusted assault: 735

Japanese adjusted defense: 999

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
668 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 119 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1448 casualties reported
Squads: 27 destroyed, 100 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 21 disabled
Guns lost 34 (4 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Vehicles lost 26 (10 destroyed, 16 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2/8th Armoured Regiment
3rd Australian Division
6th Australian Division
18th British Division
7th Australian Division
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
7th Armoured Brigade
Americal Infantry Division
11th Indian Division
2/11th Field Regiment
108th Anti Tank Regiment
35th Light AA Regiment
109th Anti Tank Regiment
260th Field Artillery Battalion
21/22 Field Regiment
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
131st Field Artillery Battalion
1st Australian Army
148th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Medium Regiment
1st Medium Regiment
147th Field Artillery Battalion
2/16th Field Regiment
3rd Heavy AA Regiment

Defending units:
33rd Infantry Regiment
4th Division
1st Engineer Co
16th Army
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
44th Field AA Battalion

[Cap Mandrake]

Ise and Hyuga can go back to Rabaurh for patch things up. Not-ah too bad.

[Cap Mandrake]

Revenge sink two days in row. This makes 8 torpedo hits. Maybe some of rater torpedos ret out watah from first torpedos?

[Cap Mandrake]

Hory crap! That is 6 Arried-dog divisons. 3 Austraria-mens Divisions, 18th British-mens, Americar Division and broody Indians too. Apparentry India-mens not-ah get memo about Greater Co-prosperity Sphere.

Time to brow up what-ah can and run away.

[zuluhour]

Arried dogs bring tech support troops. What ah you got in CBI? He scraping barrel bringing tech support
ar the way from India.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

Arried dogs bring tech support troops. What ah you got in CBI? He scraping barrel bringing tech support
ar the way from India.

Indian tech support mean Arried dogs pran to reboot Japanese out of Austraria!

[Cap Mandrake]

Secret Arried-mens Psy-ops pran. Japan-mens in pirrboxes not-ah be aburh to keep stirr.

[Cap Mandrake]

Quite a mess. Advance units South of Marysborough have to wark out. Maybe 2 1/2 weeks. 144th Regt will occupy hex W of Marysborough and 4th Div will reinforce at Marysborough

[Cap Mandrake]

Pran for tomorrow. Bettys bombard Marysborough. 3 BB's brow up Marysborough tonight and one BB brow up AF at Brisbane.

[Cap Mandrake]

Mandrake-san buy powah screwdrivah. Go around screw everything today.

[Cap Mandrake]

Pocahantas-girh and ex-husband finarry serr seaside virra with fancy watah sride and Jacuzzi. Mandrake-san pretty sure nobody evah wear swimming suit in Jacuzzi ovah there. Maybe that-ah why virra serr for $1 mirrion ress than originarh price. Perhaps due to attack in Queensrand. Potentiarh buyahs figure wah ovah pretty soon so get good dearh

Mandrake-san try borrow money on own seaside virra. Mandrake-san hope to instarr antibrast shierd on veranda, have feering USN carriers show up pretty soon. Mandrake-san hope appraisarh guy not-ah see serring price.