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

[Cap Mandrake]

Andaman Sea: It seems JJ is not ready to give up yet. I blame the generals.

Ground combat at Port Blair (46,58)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3489 troops, 71 guns, 28 vehicles, Assault Value = 236

Defending force 4426 troops, 34 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 130

Allied adjusted assault: 47

Japanese adjusted defense: 229

Allied assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 2)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: supply(-)

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
713 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 68 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Assaulting units:
45th Indian Brigade
22nd (East African) Brigade

Defending units:
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
41st Guard Battalion
3rd Raiding Regiment
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy
29th JAAF AF Coy

[witpqs]

RIP.

[Kursk1943]

I'm sorry to hear you had/have such a hard time[:(], but it's good to see you on deck again to lead the crusade against the LYBs!

[rtrapasso]

Cap,

Very sorry to hear about your father.

My deepest condolences.

[BBfanboy]

My condolences on the loss of your father, Cap. He sounds a lot like mine, thrifty, hard working and always willing to help family and neighbors. My dad passed at 91 years and I was the co-executor of the estate. I know how much stuff that entailed to keep it all on track and keep my siblings informed when we are scattered to the four winds.

In another parallel, my dad was a CPO2 in the Canadian Navy - similar in rank to a Staff Sgt. in the AF. It's true that the NCOs were the workhorses of the services and they just kept working when they got out. Here's to the old guard, those who have gone to their last posting and those dwindling few who remain!

[Cap Mandrake]

Very analogous situation, BB. He got sent to Biloxi, Mississippi. I think that's why he signed up for college. [:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

*************December 21, 1942(e)***********

PI: The KB appears headed to the HI or to pay a visit to the PI so I moved most of the planes out of Mindanao and started them south to rendezvous with the 3 patched up USN carriers.

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 23,190 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 18

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 6
P-38E Lightning x 1
P-38F Lightning x 2
P-38G Lightning x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38F Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick sweeping at 21190 feet

[Cap Mandrake]

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 22,190 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 2
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5

Allied aircraft
Spitfire Vc Trop x 4
P-38F Lightning x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire Vc Trop: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Ki-45 KAIa Nick sweeping at 21190 feet

[Cap Mandrake]

Clark got beat up pretty good.

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 4

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11

They lowered their attack altitude.

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 15

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 9 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
B-17F Fortress: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10

Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-49-IIa Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

[Cap Mandrake]

SE Asia: Moulmein goes to level 7 with 350 aviation support points. We move in some heavy bombers which can now range over SE Asia and Sumatra. JJ will have to spread out their fighters.

Morning Air attack on Saigon , at 60,71

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10

No Allied losses

Heavy Industry hits 2

[Cap Mandrake]

Surpise attacks on the Medan refinery does not work but it will thin out Jap CAP's.

Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

[Cap Mandrake]

Valiant is patched up so we bombard Port Blair. JJ flew in some more infantry. Sneaky bastards.

Night Naval bombardment of Port Blair at 46,58

Allied Ships
BB Valiant
CL Birmingham
CL Mauritius
CL De Ruyter
DD MacDonough

Japanese ground losses:
188 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 21
Port hits 22
Port supply hits 1

[Cap Mandrake]

Competing forces at Tavoy.

Ground combat at Tavoy (54,60)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 25354 troops, 434 guns, 303 vehicles, Assault Value = 779

Defending force 11274 troops, 82 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 400

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

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

Assaulting units:
268th Motorised Brigade
4th British Brigade
46th Indian Brigade
70th British Division
6th British Brigade
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
XXXIII Indian Corps
44th Indian Bde /2
63rd Indian Bde /2

Defending units:
55th Engineer Regiment
62nd Inf Group Brigade
3rd RTA/B Division
28th JAAF AF Bn

[Cap Mandrake]

Solomons: Landing force for Rekata Bay on their way. Buka gets smashed again. There are over 100 medium bombers and Vals at Rabaul.

2nd Marine Div now reconstituted at Tassy and the lads start the march to Lunga.

[BrucePowers]

So sorry to hear about the loss of your father Cap. My condolences.

[anarchyintheuk]

Likewise . . . and Pinhead as well.

[Grotius]

Condolences on the loss of your dad, Cap. And of your dog. Hang in there.

[Cap Mandrake]

Thanks lads.

[Cap Mandrake]

By ra way, can one withdraw a US air unit from Darwin? Seems to me unless the base is isolated it is possible. Having trouble withdrawing an overdue air unit.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

By ra way, can one withdraw a US air unit from Darwin? Seems to me unless the base is isolated it is possible. Having trouble withdrawing an overdue air unit.

From the manual, section 7.2.2, pps. 168-169:

The assets of units subject to forced withdrawal are returned to the pilot and aircraft pools. This is not the case for units subject to forced disbandment, representing out of theatre transfers and similar. A unit subject to forced disbandment can be identified by only having the "Disband" option in the unit menu. Units subject to forced withdrawal or disbandment can be kept in play against a running PP charge. The great majority of units affected below in the withdrawal category, which represents force restructuring. Thus forced withdrawal/disbandment primarily affects the size of the air force the player can field rather than the raw number of pilots and aircraft.

So, yeah, you should be able to withdraw the unit unless the base is isolated. If you had an air HQ and supply within range, it should be possible. Do you have such at Darwin?