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

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Hmmm...Vals at Kavineg and perhaps no infantry?

Night Naval bombardment of Kavieng at 106,122

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 9 damaged
F1M2 Pete: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Detroit
DD Hotspur
DD Conyngham

Japanese ground losses:
195 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 32

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Detroit
CL Detroit firing at Kavieng
DD Hotspur firing at Kavieng
DD Conyngham firing at 23rd JAAF AF Bn

Sweep it and then use paratroopers.

BTW, there is a way to make sure that your sweepers go first . . .

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Hmmm...Vals at Kavineg and perhaps no infantry?

Night Naval bombardment of Kavieng at 106,122

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 9 damaged
F1M2 Pete: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Detroit
DD Hotspur
DD Conyngham

Japanese ground losses:
195 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 32

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Detroit
CL Detroit firing at Kavieng
DD Hotspur firing at Kavieng
DD Conyngham firing at 23rd JAAF AF Bn

Sweep it and then use paratroopers.

BTW, there is a way to make sure that your sweepers go first . . .

OK. I'm listening. Kavieng has 4600 troops, 10 AFV's and 26 "guns". I think you would need a full battalion of paras.

I do have 600 men of 2ndBr Para at Terapo waiting around for opportunities. They could reach. 28 AV. Perhaps 24th IR (US) and 3rd Marine Tank could be diverted from the Buin landing. They would not be prepped of course.

[Cap Mandrake]

Man, that would be something taking Kavieng with a level 4 AF

[Cap Mandrake]

Namatanai the other base on New Ireland is level 5 and suddenly has 7K troops. Looks like they were reinforced.

[Cap Mandrake]

Nope, Kavieng is 12 hexes from Terapo. The C-47's refuse to drop paras at that range. Has to be 10 hexes.

We would have to stage from Wau or Lae. We do have the entire 503rd PIR at Merauke but that would take at least 100 C-47's. Even 600 men would be 50 C-47's, right? Nowhere near enough transports in SouPac.

Gasmata is more realistic.

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I type really fats but letter order is a low-levle proirity. It turns out the human brain sotrs out the out of order the letters vrey quickly so why waste time tpying corretcly?

As long as you get the first letter correct...

[Cap Mandrake]

Coast Trader will not make it to Mindanao but provides valuable intel. Jap carriers about 10 hexes North of Yap...probably headed t the HI

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ulithi at 98,85

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 31
D3A1 Val x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 5 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Coast Trader, Bomb hits 11, and is sunk

[Cap Mandrake]

Vietnam: Rooks rike good guys might-ah roose Vietnam Wah

They sent a whole division! From Bangkok maybe??

Ground combat at Bien Hoa (61,70)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2175 troops, 26 guns, 197 vehicles, Assault Value = 134

Defending force 19095 troops, 144 guns, 109 vehicles, Assault Value = 646

Assaulting units:
2nd Royal Tank Regiment
7th Hussars Regiment
77th LRP Bde /3

Defending units:
37th Division
10th Tank Regiment
Guards Mixed Brigade
Sasebo 8th SNLF

[Cap Mandrake]

Siam: Bringing the cooks and typist of East Africa Brigade ashore at Port Blair. The LYB's are in No mood to give up. It's an East African standoff.

Fortunately, we now have an airfield at Little Andaman so Port Blair means nothing. Just will have to be a slow siege. JJ has some hotshot units there.

Ground combat at Port Blair (46,58)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4573 troops, 31 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 158

Defending force 4226 troops, 86 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 217

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

Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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

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

[Cap Mandrake]

Sumatra: JJ has stacked good fighters at Neikiang so we overawe them by blowing up some Royal Dutch Shell properties.

Morning Air attack on Medan , at 46,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3

No Allied losses

Refinery hits 5

[RangerJoe]

I think that hitting the oil would be more important since the Japanese have excess refinery capacity.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

I think that hitting the oil would be more important since the Japanese have excess refinery capacity.

Hory crap! Mandarake-san think it exacatary othah way around!

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

I think that hitting the oil would be more important since the Japanese have excess refinery capacity.

Hory crap! Mandarake-san think it exacatary othah way around!

Hory crap! Mandarake-san must be in q-wan-tine!

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

I think that hitting the oil would be more important since the Japanese have excess refinery capacity.

Hory crap! Mandarake-san think it exacatary othah way around!

Hory crap! Mandarake-san must be in q-wan-tine!

Should that not be "q-wah-an-teen" since he is in the wah against the bug and maybe got it from a teen?
Big mistake was letting him restock the vodka, vermouth and olives. Maybe SG will save him from addiction by draining the supply?

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake




Hory crap! Mandarake-san think it exacatary othah way around!

Hory crap! Mandarake-san must be in q-wan-tine!

Should that not be "q-wah-an-teen" since he is in the wah against the bug and maybe got it from a teen?
Big mistake was letting him restock the vodka, vermouth and olives. Maybe SG will save him from addiction by draining the supply?

Good thinking! Mandrake can inoculate kids by giving them alcohol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83rIZIgSYwQ

[Disco Duck]

The KGB used to use vodka as truth serum. They would inject it straight into the vein and the guy would be so plastered he would just blabber away.

[Zorch]

If Mandrake doesn't check in today, we have to assume the worst. The HOA must be forcing him to plant shrubbery and cut down the tallest tree with a herring.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

If Mandrake doesn't check in today, we have to assume the worst. The HOA must be forcing him to plant shrubbery and cut down the tallest tree with a herring.

[:)] Maybe we could send him a hatchetfish or sawfish. What are friends for?

[RangerJoe]

Maybe we should post things on this AAR for him to read when he gets back. [:D]

I mean, it has been 5 days so far . . . [8|]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Maybe we should post things on this AAR for him to read when he gets back. [:D]

I mean, it has been 5 days so far . . . [8|]

He could just be busy not getting tests for hordes of patients he thinks need them ...