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

[Cap Mandrake]

Caroline Is: Truk AF is wrecked and we started bombing the port to make an invasion appear likely. We take Kosai Is. to try to force the LYB's to move assets to the Marshalls.

Ground combat at Kusaie Island (125,118)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 27 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 2

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Kusaie Island !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
1st USMC Parachute Bn /3

[Cap Mandrake]

Java: CDO raids at Denpassar and just east of Soerabaja. I am surprised they didn't garrison Denpasar as it has a nice AF.

[Cap Mandrake]

Laos: Big fight at Vientienne. JJ manages to shoot down some Vengeance...which is not uncommon. We don't have adequate AT guns for all the damned Ronsons they brought. I think the Indian Div arrived after the fight?

Ground combat at Vientiane (62,57)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 17059 troops, 270 guns, 807 vehicles, Assault Value = 705

Defending force 11917 troops, 159 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 276

Japanese adjusted assault: 450

Allied adjusted defense: 382

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
665 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 67 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 40 (7 destroyed, 33 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
547 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 43 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 15 (6 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2nd Tank Division
3rd Tank Division
2nd RTA Division

Defending units:
26th Indian Brigade
26th Indian Division
823rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
3rd Pioneer Battalion

[Cap Mandrake]

Sumatra: Many more air attacks on Padang AF and some ineffectual attacks on the ground units marching down the coast.

[Disco Duck]

delete

[Disco Duck]

delete bad night on the editors.





*Don't really try this.
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[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Is the "Fat Boy" cheat code still active?

Go to Windows Settings...select Apps...Advanced...now find "Auto-pruning routines"...click "disable auto-pruning"..save and close

Now go to WITP-AE Editor and for device 248 substitute "Fat Boy" (without the quotes). Save and exit.

Now on a new start-up or with password change enter "Oppy" (again without the quotes..case sensitive) save and exit. This disables the database checksum routine so the opponent does not get an incompatibility message.

Reboot and you will have 12KT warheads in 1941. You will get about 1 warhead a month.*







*Don't really try this.

What are you going to use to drop them ? Lancasters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XX9ptCNpik

[Cap Mandrake]

Very interesting. Didn't know that about the B-29 having two bomb bays. B-29 had quite a ceiling advantage on the Lancaster as I recall.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Very interesting. Didn't know that about the B-29 having two bomb bays. B-29 had quite a ceiling advantage on the Lancaster as I recall.

The B-29 had the first pressurized fuselage that enabled it to go higher and fly longer than other aircraft which had to provide oxygen to the crew above 10K feet. That feature alone was a huge R&D cost - figuring out how to accommodate the expansion and contraction of the fuselage skin as the outside air pressure changed. Some of the initial ops losses (from the China base experiment) may have been from pressurization or skin failure issues. Same with the long range transfers of the aircraft to operating bases.

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Very interesting. Didn't know that about the B-29 having two bomb bays. B-29 had quite a ceiling advantage on the Lancaster as I recall.

The B-29 had the first pressurized fuselage that enabled it to go higher and fly longer than other aircraft which had to provide oxygen to the crew above 10K feet. That feature alone was a huge R&D cost - figuring out how to accommodate the expansion and contraction of the fuselage skin as the outside air pressure changed. Some of the initial ops losses (from the China base experiment) may have been from pressurization or skin failure issues. Same with the long range transfers of the aircraft to operating bases.

Can't find the link right now but the Germans had a passenger plane with pressurized cabins that they used like the U-2 and flew recon and nuisance bombing raids over England. The Brits finally modified a fighter to get that high but it's guns froze. The Germans quit flying the plane after that. It was the first dogfight at 40,000 feet.

[anarchyintheuk]

Ju-86s

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk

Ju-86s

Correct.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WDkj0ZYuiA

[Cap Mandrake]

Dang...never heard that either. Supercharged diesel engines with Nitrous injection.

[Cap Mandrake]

***************June 2, 1843(e)*************

Sumatra: Too bad our recon missed these guys coming up the slot from Singers. The RN could have met them.

Night Naval bombardment of Sabang at 44,70

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
DD Uranami
DD Isonami
DD Shinonome
DD Ikazuchi
DD Nenohi
DD Harusame

Allied ground losses:
270 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 30 (3 destroyed, 27 disabled)

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 7
Port hits 37
Port supply hits 3

[Cap Mandrake]

These lads had the dangerous job of minesweeping Langsa so the RN could start bombardments. Fortunatarry, Japan-mens arready run out of burrets.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Langsa at 46,73, Range 26,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
DD Harusame
DD Nenohi
DD Ikazuchi
DD Shinonome
DD Isonami
DD Uranami

Allied Ships
YMS BYMS-2015
YMS BYMS-2043

[Cap Mandrake]

Too much hubris. Guy flies all the way from Not So Great Nicobar to take on the Tojos.

Morning Air attack on Sabang , at 44,70

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 24

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 1

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed

[Cap Mandrake]

Herens move up the coast to Georgetown perhaps and try to end the career of Pvt Idi Amin Dada.

Morning Air attack on 22nd (East African) Brigade, at 45,73 , near Langsa

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 30
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 22

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 11 damaged

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

Also attacking 21st Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking 22nd (East African) Bde /8 ...
Also attacking 21st Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking 22nd (East African) Bde /8 ...


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Morning Air attack on 22nd (East African) Brigade, at 45,73 , near Langsa

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 damaged

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

[Cap Mandrake]

Timor..the side the USMC took back from the Japs who took it from the Australians who took it from the Dutch who took it from the Timorese who took it from Homo erectus (no giggling, we are mostly adults here): JJ is angry about the attack on Balikpapan oil infrastructure which was stolen from Royal Dutch Shell. Staff retards forget to get the transports out. Everything else flyable moved out

Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 31
G3M3 Nell x 34

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
C-47 Skytrain: 4 damaged
C-47 Skytrain: 1 destroyed on ground
Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground
F-5A Lightning: 5 damaged
F-5A Lightning: 1 destroyed on ground
R4D-1 Skytrain: 3 damaged
R4D-1 Skytrain: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 31

[Cap Mandrake]

Cleanup...runway two!

Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 29
G3M3 Nell x 36

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
F-5A Lightning: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 37

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Koepang , at 68,116

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 57

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 10 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
C-47 Skytrain: 3 damaged
C-47 Skytrain: 1 destroyed on ground
F-5A Lightning: 4 damaged
A-29 Hudson: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
R4D-1 Skytrain: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 9
Runway hits 17

[Cap Mandrake]

Luzon: Surprise attack at Clark! (J/K)

Morning Air attack on 102nd PA Infantry Regiment, at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 9
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 29
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 25

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disa


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Morning Air attack on 182nd Infantry Regiment, at 79,76 (Clark Field)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 20
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 30
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 4
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged

Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled