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

[Disco Duck]

One of Cap Mandrake SBD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6LcD9LNtrU Ditching off of cocoa beach.

[Cap Mandrake]

Situation in the PI. The LYBs have sanitized Palawan and Panay. Cebu is holding but some retard ordered an attack by 81st PA Div against a depleted IJA Bn there......just as a full Jap division was landing.

Serious steamroller ashore on Mindanao. We have managed to shoot down a LOT of Jap fighters who are covering the operation from Luzon and sink a bunch of AK's...but they still have 33K LYB's at Butuan.

[Cap Mandrake]

JJ seem to have worked out that the Marianas are not the target anymore. We staged B-24D's and Navy B-24's at Biak (NW NG) and managed a surprise raid on Manado AF and on Butuan AF on Mindanao but now they have surged a very large number of fighters to Manado and Ternate....obvious targets if we are going to get to Mindanao via this route.

[Cap Mandrake]

Lexington II (Essex class) arrives in 4 d.

4 CVE's damaged in the Marianas disaster ready in 15-20 d. The lads on Mindanao will just have to hold out while we attrit our way up through the Moluccas and Sulawese. Can't say we didn't try

[Cap Mandrake]

Sumatra: The loss of 150+ Netties during the Marianas fight has made the operation in Sumatra easier. JJ has a strong defensive position North of Medan so we are trying to hack our way through the jungle and have landed at Sibolga and will try to walk over to the Malacca Strait and cut off Medan. Already, Palembang is within droptank range of Batoe-elanden for P-38's and F6F's. Langsa and Sabang are buildable to level 9 AFs....which will be the end of Palembang and Singapore.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

What's with the double header bar for the game? Have you been into the brandy with your morning coffee again?

[Cap Mandrake]

[:D]

What double-header?

[Cap Mandrake]

Speaking of baseball, there is a good documentary on Netflix about a Dodger fan accused of murder. Improbably, Larry David is involved. [:D]

It's called "Longshot"

[Cap Mandrake]

Never been to a double-header. I would need a cot.

[Cap Mandrake]

JJ has 55 auxilliary A/C at Menudo. Probably transports. I think the sneaky bastards are evacuating Namlea and Kendari and maybe Ambon too.

[Cap Mandrake]

After the aborted attack on the Marinaras JJ has added a whole bunch on meatballs and probably spicy sausages too.

40K LYB's now on Guam. 12K on Rota. 28K on Saipan. You would now need a full Corps at Guam and Saipan each and battleships full of HE rounds to take the places. Oh, well. [:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

I ordered a beautiful 72 in twin sink bathroom vanity. It's from Vietnam. Some organization called "Highbury Furnishings". It's the Khe Sanh model with easy open drawers and marble countertop.

I just realized it has no backstop so I will have to reinforce it with some amphibious troops..err..I mean tiles.

[Cap Mandrake]

Speaking of artillery, you should see the "tub filler" for the stand alone tub. It's bronze and it must weigh about 25 lbs. It looks like an 81 mm mortar. It's about 3 1/2 feet tall. Damn thing cost more than the tub. I have been watching the price fluctuate daily. Allegedly it has to do with metal prices but I am not buying that. Its just like airline tickets now. The consumers think they have the upper hand with on-line purchasing but the sellers have better data and they track your google searches and then the algorithm senses when you are an easy mark and you get an ad like "BRONZE PRICE REACHES 40 WEEK ROLLING AVERAGE MINIMUM WITH A DOUBLE INFLECTION POINT! COVID RELIEF CHECKS EXPECTED TO CREATE SURGE IN HIGH END BATH FIXTURES! ACT NOW TO LOCK IN SAVINGS!"

[BBfanboy]

Does your "tub filler" have the range to reach the HOA President's house? Opening her roof during a rainstorm would help fill her tub ...

[Cap Mandrake]

Probably, yes. Gruppenfuhrer Braun is now Reichsmarshall of the Treasury. Anyone know which thing controls the elevation. I think it's pointed in about the right direction if I open the window

[witpqs]

Don't those things need base plates? Did you order the base plate?

[RangerJoe]

Base plates make it more stable but they are not needed. Just point and shoot. The best for range is an elevation of a little over 45 degrees. I suggest using Willy Pete ammunition.

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

After the aborted attack on the Marinaras JJ has added a whole bunch on meatballs and probably spicy sausages too.

40K LYB's now on Guam. 12K on Rota. 28K on Saipan. You would now need a full Corps at Guam and Saipan each and battleships full of HE rounds to take the places. Oh, well. [:)]

Just let it tip over. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tipping-point/

[Cap Mandrake]

***************July 21, 1943(e)*************

PI: More troops coming ashore at Cebu

Invasion Support action off Cebu (80,86)

32 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
AK Nitiran Maru
DD Nenohi
DD Satsuki

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

[Cap Mandrake]

Some Hellcats move up to Cagayan from new Guinea and help out over Cebu

Morning Air attack on 81st PA Infantry Division, at 80,86 (Cebu)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 10
Ki-21-IIb Sally x 39
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 33
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 35
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 4

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 4
F6F-3 Hellcat x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed

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