Bring me the head of Diego Garcia...and the Mayor of Addu Atoll too!

[Cap Mandrake]

Why should we listen to FDR, even it is him and not the clone.

He starts the entitlement ball rolling...and then when the war ends in '43, all the horny guys come home and start breeding like rabbits...65 years later we have a social security insolvency.

Even worse, he's mean to Truman.

AND, he cheats on his wife. Well, that's what I heard.

[Cap Mandrake]

Bad news, I'm afraid. We just discovered the turn is at the Cincinnati IRS office. This may take a while.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Bad news, I'm afraid. We just discovered the turn is at the Cincinnati IRS office. This may take a while.

You didn't claim the last download of WITP-AE as a deduction for a Tea Party strategy session did you?![:-]

[Chickenboy]

I think the problem lies with M&M enterprises filing for tax exempt 'charitable' status. Seems to me that with M&M's 'long arms' that they've got someone that can make this problem go away...

[sprior]

Night Naval bombardment of Port Blair at 46,58

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 8 damaged
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-51 Sonia: 8 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 8 damaged

Allied Ships
BC Repulse
CA Frobisher

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

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 17
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 1

Walrus II acting as spotter for BC Repulse
BC Repulse firing at Port Blair
CA Frobisher firing at Port Blair

JJ is getting saucy:

Morning Air attack on Ledo , at 65,38

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 21

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5
P-40K Warhawk x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 destroyed
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground
C-87 Liberator: 1 destroyed on ground

Runway hits 3

[sprior]

We win the fight over Ramree but JJ still seems to have more fighters than us...

Morning Air attack on Ramree Island , at 54,48

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 22

Allied aircraft
Fulmar II x 6
Sea Hurricane Ib x 5
Beaufighter VIc x 9
Hurricane IIc Trop x 7
P-38G Lightning x 10


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 4 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Fulmar II: 1 destroyed
Beaufighter VIc: 1 destroyed

[sprior]

33rd Div is bad, bad news:

Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 65,45 (Paoshan)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
DB-7B x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 8
B-25D1 Mitchell x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

[sprior]

More sauciness:

Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 95854 troops, 899 guns, 182 vehicles, Assault Value = 3387

Defending force 49516 troops, 387 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1825

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 3734

Allied adjusted defense: 1321

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
10089 casualties reported
Squads: 23 destroyed, 586 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 67 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 60 disabled
Guns lost 81 (3 destroyed, 78 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
3790 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 402 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 82 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Guns lost 35 (3 destroyed, 32 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
60th Division
66th Infantry Regiment
37th Division
19th Ind.Mixed Brigade
15th Division
23rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
39th Division
3rd Division
1st Ind.Inf.Group
40th Division
138th Infantry Regiment
23rd Army
22nd Ind.Mtn Gun Battalion
21st Mortar Battalion
4th Mortar Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
70th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
51st Chinese Corps
49th Chinese Corps
52nd Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
86th Chinese Corps
96th Chinese Corps
7th New Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
35th Group Army
25th Group Army
32nd Group Army
24th Group Army
18th Artillery Regiment
22nd Artillery Regiment
Central Reserve
3rd Heavy Mortar Regiment
20th Chinese Base Force
1st Chinese Base Force
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Night Naval bombardment of Port Blair at 46,58

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 8 damaged
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-51 Sonia: 8 damaged
Ki-48-IIa Lily: 8 damaged

Allied Ships
BC Repulse
CA Frobisher

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

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 17
Port hits 4
Port fuel hits 3
Port supply hits 1

Walrus II acting as spotter for BC Repulse
BC Repulse firing at Port Blair
CA Frobisher firing at Port Blair

Pretty effective. Not that many squad disablements but good supply hits and it rooks rike there may be a shortage of Mavis airframes for a bit.

[Cap Mandrake]

PI: Wichita is ordered to make another run at Clark as she still had 85% of her main gun ammo. JJ, knowing that we might want to do this, is waiting for us.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Bataan at 78,77, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Tanikaze, Shell hits 1, heavy fires

Allied Ships
CA Wichita
DD Bancroft
DD Cushing

Someone broke a vacuum tube on Witchita's radar set (I surmise). Tanikaze makes smoke and retreats. Witchita plows on but there is another Jap DD. Satsuki is alerted and bests a CA and her two DD's. Everyone heads home. No bombardment tonight either.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Clark Field at 79,76, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Satsuki, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CA Wichita
DD Bancroft, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Cushing, Shell hits 1, on fire

[Cap Mandrake]

Naga: Our transports and single crusier group just got out of there in time. Close call.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Naga at 81,81, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
CL Tama
DD Teruzuki
DD Makinami
DD Onami
DD Hagikaze
DD Harusame

Allied Ships
PT-225
PT-255
PT-257

JJ has realized that Legaspi is mostly abandoned and that we have almost all our fighters in Eastern Luzon at Naga.

Night Naval bombardment of Naga at 81,81

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
CL Tama


Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 11

BB Kirishima firing at Cebu USN Base Force
CL Tama firing at Naga

PT boat commander forgot to due his homework and challenges Kirisihima in broad daylight with 30,000 visibility. You can guess this part.

[Cap Mandrake]

Nothern Oz: ALSP made fun of all the troops lolling about in Oz with nothing to do so I sent 20-25 transports and Long Island over to Port Hedrand to pick some up. [:)] This kind of target naturally gets the attention of the Bettys on Flores. RAAF stuff from Wyndham helps out. They are inbound to Port Hedrand from Darwin at this pt.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Wyndham at 70,123

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 8



Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 4
Kittyhawk III x 4
F4F-4 Wildcat x 6


Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

And more

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wyndham at 70,123

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 13



Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 4
Kittyhawk III x 4
F4F-4 Wildcat x 13


Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 5 destroyed

No Allied losses

And then Sallys. Not sure where they came from yet.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Wyndham at 70,123

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8



Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk III x 3
F4F-4 Wildcat x 11


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 4 destroyed

No Allied losses

[Cap Mandrake]

This may be a world record for usefulnes for Long Island. Of course, we have a couple of days more to reach PH.

[Cap Mandrake]

************FOB San Miguel, San Jose*********

FAM: <enjoying an adult beverage on a lovely veranda> ..F4? You mean one of those Navy things?

Moana: No sir, that's the F4F. This is the F4. It's a recon version of the P-38.

FAM: "Recon"? Didn't I tell you people about making up jargon?

Moana: Oh, sorry sir, "recon". It's short for "reconnaisance".

FAM: "recah...neh...?"

Lucha: "Reconnaisance" sir, it's French.

FAM: Santa Maria! Pretend I don't speak French! What does it mean?

Moana: Well, it's like a spy plane, sir.

FAM: OK, now we are getting somewhere. And they found what?

Moana: They report "no significant enemy forces at Iba".

FAM: And Iba is where?

Moana: Luzon, sir.

FAM: Hey! Aren't we trying to capture that?

Moana: Indeed we are sir!

FAM: Well, don't just stand there. Do something!

[Cap Mandrake]

Air losses from the last turn. 3 of the lovely Fulmar are lost...and...tragically.. 15 large, ripe beefsteak tomatoes.

[Cap Mandrake]

Emergency Wing Plan R for "Robert"

[Cap Mandrake]

If the drop of the 503rd succeeds, the whole joint is going to be like a hornet's nest hit by a baseball. Runway damage at Clark is 44% but Manila and San Fernando and Altimonan and Aparri are undamaged. They can throw a bunch of aircraft at us. Even the Formosa fields are in range.

47 fighters and 70 bombers at Clark. Those could be some serious ship killers. On the other hand, Iba is a level 2 field so we could base up to 100 fighters there. One Jap BB bombarded Naga inefectually yesterday but has to go somewhere to get ammo. Shanghai? Kyushu? Probably will be out fo the fight for a few days.

Is this a great game or what?

[leehunt27@bloomberg.net]

It is a great game! And he's got to be getting desparate. When can he activate the Kamikazes?

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

tragically.. 15 large, ripe beefsteak tomatoes.

I was looking forward to them with some bacon and black pudding.

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: leehunt27@bloomberg.net

It is a great game! And he's got to be getting desparate. When can he activate the Kamikazes?

7.4.2.3 KAMIKAZES
Kamikazes are activated if the Allies own a base within 15 hexes (traced by sea only) of either
Tokyo, Takao, or Saigon. However, these will never activate before January 1, 1944.

I think it's been decided that the distance is wrong but the date holds good.