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

[Cap Mandrake]

**********Aboard USS North Carolina, 09:20, April 17, 1943(c)**********



Cpt. Ballard: <leading a meeting...looks at agenda> Now, I'd like to hear from Lt. Holder on the progress of Scraping/Repainting Committee. <there is a tremendous noise as 5 inch guns begin to fire at incoming enemy planes...several of the officers begin to stand..feeling a need to return to duty stations>

Gentlemen! Gentlemen! I need your attention. We have a long agenda...........

[Cap Mandrake]

[font="Courier New"]**********Crew Feedback, Captain R. Ballard, March, 1943***********


"The Captain is well liked and can quote the entire St. Crispen's Day speech from Henry V but he seems to have difficulty setting priorities in an emergency"

............[/font]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I doubt Imperial High Command is going to be satisfied. Very heavy plane losses (by early '43 standards) and they managed only to dent two AK's.

No, they'll be ecstatic at such an exchange. For modest plane losses, they've managed to sink two aircraft carriers, a battleship and numerous cruisers and destroyers.

[Cap Mandrake]

Outdoor meeting area, Kandy House. There is a big map if Eastern Fleet operating area (which is actually in the West) under the little Lanai.

[sprior]

At the dinner table this evening:

DU: I'd hate to go on that non-return mission to Mars and have to live in a little box for the rest of my life.
Me: You can put on a spacesuit and go outside for a walk.
DU: I'd be scared if I looked up and all I could see was space.
Me: Er...

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Outdoor meeting area, Kandy House. There is a big map if Eastern Fleet operating area (which is actually in the West) under the little Lanai.

We had it removed there from the ballroom when Mrs Lovelever tripped over it at the St Crispin's ball.

[khyberbill]

She is ossifer material. On this side of the pond the Naval Academy would be a great fit.

[sprior]

She did consider it briefly.

Recruiter: Can you swim?
DU: Don't you have boats?

[khyberbill]

Ah, way too smart for the Navy, they would make her a jarhead-does she like jungles with snakes, leeches and the odd scorpion?

[sprior]

None of the above. If it doesn't have room service don't bother.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Outdoor meeting area, Kandy House. There is a big map if Eastern Fleet operating area (which is actually in the West) under the little Lanai.

We had it removed there from the ballroom when Mrs Lovelever tripped over it at the St Crispin's ball.

It's those little wooden ship models. Those things are dangerous. I stepped on a model of Nagato once while barefoot. The damn pagoda mast nearly passed right through my foot. I screamed like a girl,

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

None of the above. If it doesn't have room service don't bother.

Ah, Air Force then.

[Cap Mandrake]

Air losses from the 17th. We lost 9 B-24D/D1. Half a dozen SBD's and 5 F6F's.

JJ fighters were just massacred. 47 Netties and 22 Vals.

[Cap Mandrake]

**************April 18, 1943(c)*************


Iba/Lingayen/Laoag/Aparri: At dusk on the 17th we spotted a DD or CL inbound about 150 mi NNE of Laoag. They could reach Lingayen or Iba after dark. Iba was well protected, Lingayen was not. The AK unloading at Lingayen was sent back to Iba. As a consequence, our old friend Satsuki strikes out.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Lingayen at 79,75, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Satsuki

Allied Ships
PT-190, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
PT-258

Guardfish has a shot at Satsuki on her egress.

Sub attack near Hengchun at 83,67

Japanese Ships
DD Satsuki

Allied Ships
SS Guardfish

Sweep over San Fernando. Recon showed no fighters. Recon was wrong.

Morning Air attack on San Fernando , at 80,74

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
A6M3a Zero x 4
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 7
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 3
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 4
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 8

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 2 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

Well, this ain't gonna work.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Batangas at 79,78

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 3
G4M1 Betty x 2

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 3
Hurricane XIIb x 2
P-39D Airacobra x 12
P-40B Warhawk x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 2
P-40K Warhawk x 22
F4F-4 Wildcat x 18
F4U-1 Corsair x 6
F6F-3 Hellcat x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Air raid San Feranando

Morning Air attack on San Fernando , at 80,74

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
A6M3a Zero x 4
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 1
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 7

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 15
B-24D1 Liberator x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 16

No escorts again.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Batangas at 79,78

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 8

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 3
Hurricane XIIb x 1
P-39D Airacobra x 19
P-40B Warhawk x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 1
P-40K Warhawk x 20
F4F-4 Wildcat x 21
F4U-1 Corsair x 17
F6F-3 Hellcat x 17

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

No Allied losses

Some transports 40 miles North of Panay. This might have worked. Local fighters from San Jose and Batangas come to their aid.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Tablas at 78,81

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 4
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 7

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 2
P-40E Warhawk x 1
P-40K Warhawk x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

Kirishima is back...with her forceshield.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Laoag at 80,71

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 1

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 8
F4U-1 Corsair x 3
SBD-3 Dauntless x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima

TBF's with bomb load-out from Lucena. JJ still bringing in troops.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Aparri at 82,73

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 2
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 10
TBF-1 Avenger x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Amakusa Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Aki Maru
xAKL Daigen Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 8 (4 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

Carrier SBD's.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Aparri at 82,73

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 1
F4F-4 Wildcat x 14
F6F-3 Hellcat x 3
SBD-3 Dauntless x 12

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAK Daibu Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
AK Nichiyu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Siberia Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 16 (4 destroyed, 12 disabled)

The CAP is all burned out at this point.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Aparri at 82,73

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBF-1 Avenger x 8

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
xAK Daibu Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AK Nichiyu Maru, on fire

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 34 (16 destroyed, 18 disabled)

Wichita finally figures out how to aim her guns.

Naval bombardment of Clark Field at 79,76

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 26 damaged
A6M3a Zero: 3 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 9 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
D3A2 Val: 5 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Wichita

Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 4

CA Wichita firing at Clark Field

[Cap Mandrake]

Altimonan: Amazing what a couple of dozen Stuarts can do.

Ground combat at Atimonan (80,79)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3426 troops, 64 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 122

Defending force 2542 troops, 20 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

Allied adjusted assault: 107

Japanese adjusted defense: 13

Allied assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Atimonan !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
430 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 47 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (16 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
34th Infantry Regiment
1st USMC Tank Battalion

Defending units:
20th JAAF Base Force
3rd Naval Construction Battalion
30th JNAF AF Unit

[Cap Mandrake]

JJ has a substantial force at Iba. 2 regiments of 54th Div and 22nd Tank Regt. It's a Jungle/Rough hex. Looks like a stand-off at Iba. We have 145 Assault Points at Iba.

Ground combat at Iba (78,75)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 595 troops, 24 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 174

Defending force 9394 troops, 77 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 389

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

Assaulting units:
7th Australian Div /9
21st Marine Regiment
627th TD Bn /1
77th RAAF Wing
131st Field Artillery Battalion
36th Aviation Base Force
137th USA Base Force
Fifth USAAF
I US Amphib Corps
Southwest Pacific
10th Marine Defense Battalion
D Det USN Port Svc

Defending units:
54th/A Division
22nd Tank Regiment
54th/B Division

[Cap Mandrake]

..

[Cap Mandrake]

2nd Br Div just left Port Hedrand with some armor, prepped for Laoag.

3 regiments of Marines waiting at Srong prepped for Laoag.

37th ID prepping for Okinawa

32nd ID (understrength) at Port Hedrand prepped for Laoag.

2 regiments of infantry gave up the attack on Davao and will go to Cagayan to get ready for...soemthing.

[Cap Mandrake]

Burma: ALSP bringing in some troops to Ramree.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 51,48

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 102 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 43 minutes

Japanese aircraft
B5N2 Kate x 3
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6

Allied aircraft
Fulmar II x 4
Sea Hurricane Ib x 2
Beaufighter VIc x 6
Hurricane I Trop x 6
Hurricane IIc Trop x 6
P-38G Lightning x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAK Empire Rani

[leehunt27@bloomberg.net]

wow an ID prepping for Okinawa... getting exciting. he probably didn't have much time to dig in heavily yet either