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

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

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.

We have 100 fighters?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

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.

We have 100 fighters?

Well, I didn't actually say they had to be "working" fighters. Also, you are overlooking our courageous P-43 and P-36 squadrons in the South Pacific and the luxurious RAF inventory of Mowhawk IV's.

[Cap Mandrake]

PI: Wing Plan R for "Robert" worked pretty well...so far. I guess the P-38 drivers got up early because they beat the Corsairs to the punch from over 500 miles away while the Corsairs just had to fly 40 mi. Not sure whey we came in at Angels 15. I blame the staff.

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
A6M3a Zero x 8
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 12



Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 12


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 2 destroyed


Then the boys from Lucena. Even some of the Corsairs flying LRCAP over Iba join in.'
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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 17
A6M3a Zero x 8
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8



Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 2
P-40B Warhawk x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 1
F4U-1 Corsair x 17


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

24 x B-24 from Cagayan.

Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 58 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10
A6M3a Zero x 5
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 7



Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 19
B-24D1 Liberator x 5
P-40K Warhawk x 1


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 7 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed on ground
D3A2 Val: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 11

And the cherry on top.

Ground combat at Iba (78,75)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 410 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

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

Allied adjusted assault: 22

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Iba !!!

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



Assaulting units:
503rd Parachute Rgt /6

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

tragically.. 15 large, ripe beefsteak tomatoes.

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

Not even sure what "black pudding" is but the bacon part sounds good. That is, without doubt, why God invented the tomato.

[Cap Mandrake]

Burma: The Chindits cut the Mandaray/Myitkyina railway. They find the IJA 143rd Regt. We are using TV-equipped 3" mortar rounds.

Ground combat at 62,42 (near Katha)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2959 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 296

Defending force 3386 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127



Assaulting units:
111th Chindit Brigade
77th Chindit Brigade

Defending units:
143rd Infantry Regiment

More night attacks at Rangoon. I hope they don't hit the Golden Temple..or whatever that is called.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: 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.

If you count partial sea hexes and don't count the hex of origin then Batangas seems to trigger the clock. Iba would certainly start the clock. Of course, if we reach Tokyo Bay and make the Emperor run counterclockwise around USS Missouri singing "Farmer in the Dell" with his trousers down before January 1944 then we are OK.

[Cap Mandrake]

*******Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, April 9, 1943(c)*******


A man with a full beard and a corncob pipe in rain slickers (the man has the slickers, not the pipe) welcomes diners. The badly dented bow of the former S-18 protrudes from the back wall of the establishment. Several of the crew, who can be identified by their massive arm and shoulder muscles, drink heavily at the bar. It is a bittersweet day. They have survived their ordeal..but...still...it seems kind of undignified....

[Cap Mandrake]

I swear. The S-18 cost us at least 500 PP's. We could have bought a '26 Dusenberg or something.

[leehunt27@bloomberg.net]

No kamikazes till January 1st, 1944, uh-oh for the Imperial Empire...

[Cap Mandrake]

It appears Atago survived that fight in the Surigao Strait and the multiple 1000 lbr hits. Kuma and Tanikaze claimed...well..maybe.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
I hope they don't hit the Golden Temple..or whatever that is called.

This place? It's pretty big-they should be able to target around it.

[Chickenboy]

Coolest war chicken murals ever.

[Chickenboy]

Beware the cannon display

[Chickenboy]

And DO NOT TARGET the reclining Buddha. The locals rather fond of it.

[Chickenboy]

Oh crap. You're talking about Rangoon, not Bangkok? Never mind then.

[Cap Mandrake]

Well, here is the one in Rangoon. Damned impressive as well.

As a gesture to impress the locals about the awesomeness of the co-prosperity sphere, the LYB's peeled off all the gold leaf during the war. [:)]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Well, here is the one in Rangoon. Damned impressive as well.

As a gesture to impress the locals about the awesomeness of the co-prosperity sphere, the LYB's peeled off all the gold leaf during the war. [:)]

Well, it had probably oxidized what with all that humidity there. The IJA was probably just taking it back to the home islands for polishing and refurbishment. They would returned it 'later', I'm sure.

[Cap Mandrake]

[:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

*************Batangas or Bust restaurant, Batangas, Luzon, April 10, 1943(c)***********


Man in fine linen slacks sitting at bar: Yossarian, don't be such a sissy. Just write back and tell them you are dead. They can't audit a dead guy.

Angry, hirsute man: Milo you crazy SOB, how could I write back if was dead?

Man in fine linen slacks sitting at bar: "WERE" dead.

Angry, hirsute man: What do you mean "WERE" dead?

Man in fine linen slacks sitting at bar: "WERE". It's the subjunctive tense due to the conditionality. You are supposed to be an officer, you crazy, barely literate SOB. Try to talk like one.

Angry, hirsute man: Nobody ever asked me if I wanted to be an officer.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

[:)]

Did President Roosevelt have MM on a short list of men operating on the 'other side of the law' and worthy of IRS scrutiny? I can't imagine such temerity in reality.