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

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Somebody loaded an "engineering vehicle" on to USS Argonaut (an SST). After about 3 days the chief engineer managed to get if off the boat. This likley involved many swear words.

I have an uncle still on patrol with her. [:(]

Ah, permanent patrol you mean. Salute.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Argonaut_(SM-1)

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Somebody loaded an "engineering vehicle" on to USS Argonaut (an SST). After about 3 days the chief engineer managed to get if off the boat. This likley involved many swear words.

I have an uncle still on patrol with her. [:(]

Ah, permanent patrol you mean. Salute.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Argonaut_(SM-1)

One of my Uncles saw combat in WWII, Korea and Vietnam and then died of agent Orange poisoning. My other Uncle got a DD for slugging a General. My Dad said he always had a terrible temper.

[Cap Mandrake]

NAAF Eureka.

I wonder how many seal pups they ran over with a bulldozer building the thing?


http://www.militarymuseum.org/NAAFEureka.html

[rtrapasso]

Lt Cmdr. George Deval Harrington, CO, VS 48, Eureka, Calif

Congressman S. Shirt : "So, is the runway all-weather?"

Lt Cmdr. George Deval Harrington, CO, VS 48, Eureka, Calif: "Yes sir, its Seal-coated(tm)!"

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

Lt Cmdr. George Deval Harrington, CO, VS 48, Eureka, Calif

Congressman S. Shirt : "So, is the runway all-weather?"

Lt Cmdr. George Deval Harrington, CO, VS 48, Eureka, Calif: "Yes sir, its Seal-coated(tm)!"

I have reported you to the Eureka, Calif. chapter of the SPCA. They are quite an opinionated group. You should worry.

[Cap Mandrake]

***************March 26, 1943(e)***********

Sundas and New Guinea: JJ spots our landing craft shuttling supplies and goes after them. We raid Boela to make them use arr of Imperiarh Majesty burrets.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Boela at 80,111, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu
CL Natori
CL Yura
DD Usugumo
DD Murakumo
DD Amagiri
DD Sazanami

Allied Ships
PT-143
PT-157
PT-158
PT-225, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

And

Night Time Surface Combat, near Boela at 80,111, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
CA Kumano
DD Kagero
DD Oyashio
DD Yukikaze
DD Kawakaze

Allied Ships
PT-231
PT-232
PT-233
PT-234, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

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Meanwhile, Jap CL raid Timoeka in New Guinea.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Timoeka at 86,116, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu
CL Natori
CL Yura
DD Usugumo
DD Murakumo
DD Amagiri
DD Sazanami

Allied Ships
YMS-114, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
APc-23, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
APc-24, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
APc-25, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
APc-26, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
APc-27, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
APc-33, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
APc-34, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
APc-35, Shell hits 2, and is sunk

and

Night Time Surface Combat, near Timoeka at 86,116, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu
CL Natori
CL Yura
DD Usugumo
DD Murakumo
DD Amagiri
DD Sazanami

Allied Ships
LCT-135, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
AM Ipswitch, Shell hits 7, and is sunk

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Kaimana in New Guinea also gets pulverized.

Night Naval bombardment of Kaimana at 83,113

Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
CA Mikuma
DD Kawakaze
DD Yukikaze
DD Oyashio
DD Kagero

Allied ground losses:
296 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 52
Port hits 12
Port supply hits 5

Roti, near Koepang, Timor gets visitors

Afternoon Air attack on Roti , at 67,116

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 23
G4M1 Betty x 27

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 12 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 11 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 28

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Rabaul: More troops coming ashore in good order. Opposing forces.

Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 8618 troops, 198 guns, 86 vehicles, Assault Value = 509

Defending force 14469 troops, 226 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 212

Assaulting units:
2nd Marine/A Division
2nd Marine/C Division
9th Australian/A Division
131st Cmbt Engr Rgt /1
1st USMC Tank Battalion
9th Australian/C Div /3
14th NZ Bde /4
2nd Marine/B Div /1
226th Field Artillery Battalion
225th Field Artillery Battalion
249th Field Artillery Battalion
53rd (Sep) Infantry Rgt /2
1st Pion Bn /1
102nd Cmbt Engr Rgt /1

Defending units:
11th Garrison Unit
44th Field AA Battalion
3rd JNAF AF Unit
103rd Ship Eng Coy
5th Mortar Battalion
39th Field AA Battalion
1st Ship Engineer Regiment
11th RF Gun Battalion
15th Base Force
20th Port Unit
2nd JNAF AF Unit
38th Field AA Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
17th JAAF AF Bn

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PI: JJ hasn't attacked Clark by air for days...so I send some fighters up to Vietnam to stop 4 divisions march West through Hanoi....and then the LYB's bomb Clark.

Morning Air attack on 11th PA Infantry Division, at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 31
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 58
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 damaged
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 13 damaged
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 9 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 6 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak

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

[Cap Mandrake]

And then they attack again. They rotate in fresh division and achieve a 1:2. We are burning through supplies and infantry. So are they but they must have 8 or 9 divisions rotating into the fight. We wreck another 2 2/3rd divisions.

Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 35481 troops, 410 guns, 151 vehicles, Assault Value = 861

Defending force 42928 troops, 438 guns, 306 vehicles, Assault Value = 940

Japanese adjusted assault: 576

Allied adjusted defense: 1519

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)

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

Japanese ground losses:
4579 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 459 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 60 disabled

Allied ground losses:
438 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 27 (6 destroyed, 21 disabled)

Assaulting units:
16th Division
14th/A Division
25th Division
14th/C Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
11th PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
51st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
2nd Constabulary Regiment
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
45th PS Infantry Regiment
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
71st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regiment
2nd PA Infantry Regiment
4th Constabulary Regiment
165th Field Artillery Battalion
Clark Field AAF Base Force
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
501st Coast AA Regiment
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
4th PAAC Avn Sup
24th PS FA Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
35th Avn Sup
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

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I try to send another tank Bn to Mindano split up into 4 AK's but the sneaking LYB's have Vals in the Marinara islands. Maybe we can go by way of the Pesto Islands?

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Agrihan at 111,87

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
xAK La Cordillera, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires

Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

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They damage a DD trying to sneak in to Midanao too.

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Sumatra: Padang gets blasted by a naval bombardment and then air raids. All the planes are out. We are trying to build up the nearby dot bases.

KB stop in Soerabaja for R&R

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

And then they attack again. They rotate in fresh division and achieve a 1:2. We are burning through supplies and infantry. So are they but they must have 8 or 9 divisions rotating into the fight. We wreck another 2 2/3rd divisions.

Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 35481 troops, 410 guns, 151 vehicles, Assault Value = 861

Defending force 42928 troops, 438 guns, 306 vehicles, Assault Value = 940

Japanese adjusted assault: 576

Allied adjusted defense: 1519

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)

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

Japanese ground losses:
4579 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 459 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 60 disabled

Allied ground losses:
438 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 27 (6 destroyed, 21 disabled)

Assaulting units:
16th Division
14th/A Division
25th Division
14th/C Division
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
11th PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
51st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
2nd Constabulary Regiment
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
45th PS Infantry Regiment
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
71st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regiment
2nd PA Infantry Regiment
4th Constabulary Regiment
165th Field Artillery Battalion
Clark Field AAF Base Force
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
501st Coast AA Regiment
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
4th PAAC Avn Sup
24th PS FA Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
35th Avn Sup
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

As long as your units don't get wrecked.

You are doing a good job there. He needs more heavy artillery and he needs to knock you your fighter capabilities so he can keep bombing every turn.

This shows that the Filipino units should be able to upgrade to standard American devices after a certain time, maybe 1 January 1943.

[CV10]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

This shows that the Filipino units should be able to upgrade to standard American devices after a certain time, maybe 1 January 1943.

+1 to this. I think this also shows the potential for some of the smaller allied powers (mainly the PHI and Dutch) to have upgrades for their squads the way other allied powers do.

Could make an interesting mod scenario.

I will say, it's interesting to see a game where the Philippine Army is still a factor in 1943.

[Disco Duck]

So when are you going to get your Mexican airfare reinforcements?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6hpw4rbBrA

[Cap Mandrake]

Interesting. It seems the staff have been drawing the newer infantry squads and even some AT guns without telling the boss

[Cap Mandrake]

Also, some US Army heavy weapons are highlighted under the Philippine tab. I wonder if those "provisional" PA arty units would draw 105's

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61st PA Div at Iolio seems to be getting all the good stuff. Something doesn't smell right. 105's, pack howitzers..hmmm.

I wonder if the CO even speaks Tagolog?