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

[Cap Mandrake]

**********April 22, 1943(c)************

PI: As expected by Arried Rearry High Interrigence, JJ raids Vigan. A pleasant time was had by all.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Vigan at 80,73, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Tamanami, Shell hits 1
DD Satsuki, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships
CL St. Louis
DD LaVallette
DD Lansdowne
DD McCalla
DD Carmick
DD Preston, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Clark

They clear the area and avoid the TBF's at Vigan and the SBD's aboard the carriers.

JJ tries some recon by arty. A 3rd unit has arrived at Lingayen...a full regiment of infantry.

Ground combat at Lingayen (79,75)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4402 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 256

Defending force 3289 troops, 36 guns, 113 vehicles, Assault Value = 134

Assaulting units:
31st Engineer Regiment
Sasebo 7th SNLF
54th/C Division

Defending units:
503rd Parachute Regiment
763rd Tank Battalion
7th Australian Div /4
2nd Marine Defense Battalion
73rd RAAF Wing

A satisfying night bombardment of Clark. Wichita's crew is getting better.


Night Naval bombardment of Clark Field at 79,76

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 9 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M2 Zero: 10 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground
A6M3a Zero: 3 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
CA Wichita

Japanese ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Wichita
CA Wichita firing at Clark Field

And then...there was quiet over the land. No air attacks by either side.

[Cap Mandrake]

CBI: JJ called off their disastrous air raids over Chungking and sent in some Tojos.
11 Corasirs arrived in China from the PI. One of these days the Tojos are going to be surprised.[:)]

Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-61-Ia Tony x 3

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 5
P-43A-1 Lancer x 4
Hurricane IIc Trop x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

More WJD air to ground attacks over Port Blair. They don't hit anything but they are probably making us use up suppries...which are getting very scarce.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

CBI: JJ called off their disastrous air raids over Chungking and sent in some Tojos.
11 Corasirs arrived in China from the PI. One of these days the Tojos are going to be surprised.[:)]

Well, I think they were. Being as they weren't there at all...[&:]

[Cap Mandrake]

Ahhhhsooo. You mean-ah Tonys, not-ah Tojos. Hai! I brame typist-staff.

[Justus2]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Ahhhhsooo. You mean-ah Tonys, not-ah Tojos. Hai! I brame typist-staff.

With all the staff errors, you may need a new HR department... [;)] Or has that been out-sourced to M&M Enterprises Staffing Solutions?

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Reg

Ermmm... Is it just me but isn't that turret OK and you are just out of 16" ammo!!!
(otherwise the Number column would be red [&:])

Maybe it's the stevedores you should be talking to... Either that or someone welded over the ammo loading hatches!!! [:'(]

D'oh! Why did the front magazine reload and not the aft? Is it possible the remaining sytem damage is to the magazine, then? I will go back to the last turn and try.

Maybe the port reached its rearming or ops point limit for the day. Unfortunately those are not displayed. Messages pop up when TFs replenish, though.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Reg

Ermmm... Is it just me but isn't that turret OK and you are just out of 16" ammo!!!
(otherwise the Number column would be red [&:])

Maybe it's the stevedores you should be talking to... Either that or someone welded over the ammo loading hatches!!! [:'(]

D'oh! Why did the front magazine reload and not the aft? Is it possible the remaining sytem damage is to the magazine, then? I will go back to the last turn and try.

Maybe the port reached its rearming or ops point limit for the day. Unfortunately those are not displayed. Messages pop up when TFs replenish, though.

Yep, probably right. I tried to rearm, it took nearly 500 op points but it worked. I think Washington probably refilled her forward magazine the day she arrived at Darwin. No harm, no foul. Except all the money wasted on the union welding crew and the lead abatement.

[sprior]

Ingredients (Makes four slices)

4 Slices White Bread (white tastes much better with this recipe)
4 Slices Ham
5 Eggs
250g Grated Cheese
Teaspoon English or Dijon Mustard

Method
•First make the cheesy mixture by mixing together 1 egg, the cheese and mustard.
•Place four slices bread under the grill and toast on one side
•Turn the toast over and put the ham on the uncooked side making sure it is just inside the edge of the bread.
•Cover the bread with the cheesy mixture spreading it right to the edge.
•Put the toast back under the grill to melt the cheesy mixture all over the bread.
•Fry four eggs.
•Remove the toast from the grill and place on your plate, top with a fried egg and pepper!

Enjoy

[Cap Mandrake]

That sounds rearry good! Would one get thrown into the oggin if one asked for tabasco, tomatillo salsa or thai hot sause?

[sprior]

Not at all, ketchup, HP sauce or Worcestershire sauce are acceptable too.

[Itdepends]

I'd agree with condiment 2 or 3 but ketchup is what Macca's use to give the cardboard they call burgers taste.

[Cap Mandrake]

What does Hewlett Packard sauce taste like?

[Cap Mandrake]

**********With A Coy, 3rd Marine Para Bn, Busuanga, PI, 06:50, April 23, 1943(c)*********


Maj. "Danny Boy" Parker: <stretches as he emerges from command tent> Man, I'm kinda tired this morning but my morale is really, really good. <sniffs> Mmmm. Mangoes are getting ripe. <looks around the bivoac with growing alarm>

Hey guys? Guys? HEY, WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

[Cap Mandrake]

********Aboard LCM 592A, 250 yds off the beach at Busanga, headed for Batangas********


Marine: Hey, Major, enjoy your mangoes. <Everyone on board laughs hysterically>

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

**********With A Coy, 3rd Marine Para Bn, Busuanga, PI, 06:50, April 23, 1943(c)*********


Maj. "Danny Boy" Parker: <stretches as he emerges from command tent> Man, I'm kinda tired this morning but my morale is really, really good. <sniffs> Mmmm. Mangoes are getting ripe. <looks around the bivoac with growing alarm>

Hey guys? Guys? HEY, WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

Sounds like Marc Antony in Cleopatra.

[Grollub]

I guess the major should take the opportunity to finally go to Lautem. From the prep points it looks he's done reading the tourist brochures.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Grollub

I guess the major should take the opportunity to finally go to Lautem. From the prep points it looks he's done reading the tourist brochures.

[:D] I'm not sure Lautem really has a tourism department but maybe some of the party favors from the big banyan were fixin' to throw before JJ took the place are still available.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

**********With A Coy, 3rd Marine Para Bn, Busuanga, PI, 06:50, April 23, 1943(c)*********


Maj. "Danny Boy" Parker: <stretches as he emerges from command tent> Man, I'm kinda tired this morning but my morale is really, really good. <sniffs> Mmmm. Mangoes are getting ripe. <looks around the bivoac with growing alarm>

Hey guys? Guys? HEY, WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

Sounds like Marc Antony in Cleopatra.

Minus the hot chick, of course.

[Cap Mandrake]

**********Pranning***********

Air drop on Batan (the island not the peninsula which is very similar) and on that rittah isrand north of Batan. Wichita rearmed quickly at Batangas and will bombard San Fernando tonight. Transports head back to Vigan and Iba.

They were closer now fernando

Every hour every minute seemed to last eternity

I was so afraid fernando

We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to die

And I'm not ashamed to say

The roar of guns and cannons almost made me cry

See, I can make literature references too. [:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

***********Chow line, I/34th, Vigan***********

Sargeant: What's this crap?

PFC Puck: <earnestly> Well, this is steamed asparagus with lemon grass garnish, over here is pan-seared garlic-zucchini and this is brown rice with deglazed apricots.

Sargeant: Where's the ******* meat? We've been out on the ******* line for 6 days.

PFC Puck: Well, the major wanted something nice for the "men of Vegan". Those were his exact words.

Sargeant: <stunned momentarilly> You dumb-***! It's "v..I..g...a..n"