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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 12:51 am
by Cap Mandrake
***************40 Mi E of Noumea, bridge of Wing Po, Feb. 23*****************
Lookout Wong Hung Lo: Holy Fuk!
Captain Ho Lee Fuk: That CAPTAIN Ho Lee Fuk to Wong!
Lookout Wong Hung Lo: No sir, Wong mean just mean Holy Fuk! White lines in watah getting clo..<BOOM>
Morning Air attack on TF, near Lifou at 116,159
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 2
B5N2 Kate x 9
Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 1
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
xAK Ping Wo, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
Look, we feel bad for the crew of Wing Po but you have to admit seeing the WJD waste 9 torpedoes on the old piece of junk is priceless.
RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 1:10 am
by BBfanboy
We hope you will continue to provide occasional updates on the adventures of these unforgettable characters.
Did Wong Hung Lo survive, or is there none to Hung Lo?
Will Captain Ho Lee Fuk ever stop taking his name in vain as he clings to the wreckage?
Will they be picked up by a lifeboat manned by an Indian boy named Piscine (Pi for short) who has an unusual travelling companion?
Will they make it back into the water in time?
"The world wonders".
RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 11:59 am
by Cap Mandrake
***************40 Mi E of Noumea, lifeboat, later, Feb. 23*****************
Lookout Wong Hung Lo: Captain Ho Lee Fuk, may we have more flied lice?
Captain Ho Lee Fuk: You guys just eat 45 minutes ago. How gloin injuly, Wong?
Lookout Wong Hung Lo: Chinese food, Captain. Gloin OK but swollen.
Captain Ho Lee Fuk: Tly to stay in middle of boat so not tuln ovah.
Helmsman Sum Ting Wong: Captain, why only one lousy P-400 come out to plotect Wing Po?
Captain Ho Lee Fuk: That easy. Yellow lives not mattah. Not as many victoly points.
RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 7:14 pm
by desicat
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
***************40 Mi E of Noumea, lifeboat, later, Feb. 23*****************
Helmsman Sum Ting Wong: Captain, why only one lousy P-400 come out to plotect Wing Po?
Meanwhile back at the Allied Staff room:
"Hmmm, It seems that 1 P-400 isn't the same as 10 P-39's, I wonder what the '400' stands for?"
RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:31 pm
by Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: desicat
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
***************40 Mi E of Noumea, lifeboat, later, Feb. 23*****************
Helmsman Sum Ting Wong: Captain, why only one lousy P-400 come out to plotect Wing Po?
Meanwhile back at the Allied Staff room:
"Hmmm, It seems that 1 P-400 isn't the same as 10 P-39's, I wonder what the '400' stands for?"
It ah P-40 with a 'zero' on its tail! Ha! We make ah joke! Hai!
RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:58 pm
by desicat
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: desicat
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
***************40 Mi E of Noumea, lifeboat, later, Feb. 23*****************
Helmsman Sum Ting Wong: Captain, why only one lousy P-400 come out to plotect Wing Po?
Meanwhile back at the Allied Staff room:
"Hmmm, It seems that 1 P-400 isn't the same as 10 P-39's, I wonder what the '400' stands for?"
It ah P-40 with a 'zero' on its tail! Ha! We make ah joke! Hai!
OK, that was really funny!
RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 11:22 am
by Lecivius
Man, I have been having a bad <day, week, month> and every time I come to read this I laugh so had it takes a few minutes to clear the tears away.
Laughter IS the best medicine [:D]
RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 12:06 pm
by Cap Mandrake
Wait a minute, what is So Dam Hot doing on a rust bucket in 1942(e). She is one of my favorites on Hot Asian Nudes...or at least I thought she was a she....you don't think...oh...never mind.
RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 12:51 pm
by Cap Mandrake
Good air results over Noumea. We lost some Wirraways trying to deliver mail to a WJD CL loitering around off Sydney and 4 B-17's attacking Toowoomba and La Foa.

RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 12:54 pm
by Cap Mandrake
There was this, however. We gave up Brisbane. The Brisbane fortress troops "elected" to stay behind.
Ground combat at Brisbane (96,160)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 44263 troops, 520 guns, 378 vehicles, Assault Value = 1263
Defending force 1162 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 1258
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 1258 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Brisbane !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1220 casualties reported
Squads: 24 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 70 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 27 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 12 (12 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment
5th Division
38th Division
2nd Division
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
Brisbane Fortress
RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 12:57 pm
by Cap Mandrake
We lost USS Chester yesterday. She tried to make a run from Sydney but her pumps failed. Bad juju. USS Louisville made it out safely
but will be out of the war for a while. 2 other CA's and a CL will have to stay until they pump out some flooding.
2 regiments of Americal Div arrive at Melbourne tomorrow. We set up aline South of Brisbane but they would never stand up to the full 3 divisions at Brisbane should they move South. US 24th ID also on it's way.
RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 1:43 pm
by witpqs
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Good air results over Noumea. We lost some Wirraways trying to deliver mail to a WJD CL loitering around off Sydney and 4 B-17's attacking Toowoomba and La Foa.
Messin' with the Mail - by God that's enough!!! Go get 'em Cap!
RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 12:51 am
by Cap Mandrake
****************Feb 24, 1942(e)*****************
Palefaces celebrate around campfire tonight. Squaws mostly happy.
N&IC et environs: We send another CL to Koumac despite loss of the CL and 2 DD's yesterday. The Japs pull up their trousers before we get there.
Serious Long Lance weather. Bad juju.
Night Time Surface Combat, near Koumac at 113,156, Range 10,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CA Maya, Shell hits 1
CA Nachi, Shell hits 2
CL Sendai
CL Jintsu
DD Inazuma
DD Shinonome
DD Sagiri
DD Yugiri
DD Oboro
DD Sazanami
Allied Ships
CL Phoenix, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Smith, Shell hits 1
RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 12:59 am
by Cap Mandrake
Go figure. Our LB-30's actually hit the level 1 strip at night.
Night Air attack on Koumac , at 113,156
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 4
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 1:12 am
by Cap Mandrake
JJ stages a counter-raid on Tanna. Taiyuan is captained by Dim Sum
Lookout Wong No Hung: Captain Dim Sum! Japan cruisers ovah there!
Captain Dim Sum: Impossible! Ordal say OK to stay until 2 day aftah 24 of February.
Lookout Wong No Hung: <face palm>
Day Time Surface Combat, near Tanna at 120,157, Range 24,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CA Kinugasa
CA Furutaka
CL Tama
CL Kiso
DD Yukikaze
DD Oshio
DD Asagumo
DD Arare
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Ushio
Allied Ships
xAK Taiyuan, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 1:15 am
by Cap Mandrake
A-24 trainees at Tanna hit something
Morning Air attack on TF, near Tanna at 120,157
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Allied aircraft
A-24 Banshee x 11
P-36A Mohawk x 17
P-400 Airacobra x 9
P-40B Warhawk x 3
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed
P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed
Japanese Ships
CL Tama, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Aoba
well, not this time
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tanna at 120,157
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Allied aircraft
A-24 Banshee x 11
P-36A Mohawk x 12
P-400 Airacobra x 8
P-40B Warhawk x 3
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
A-24 Banshee: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
CA Aoba
CA Kinugasa
CL Tama
RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 1:20 am
by Cap Mandrake
New Mexico arrives from Noumea on her way to Suva with about 80% main gun ammo and does quite a bit of damage. Not sure about her damage yet.
Day Time Surface Combat, near Tanna at 120,157, Range 25,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 2
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 3, on fire
CL Tama, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Kiso
DD Yukikaze
DD Oshio, Shell hits 1
DD Asagumo
DD Arare
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Ushio, Shell hits 1
Allied Ships
BB New Mexico, Shell hits 22, on fire
DD Clark, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 1:23 am
by Cap Mandrake
Hory crap! Rook ovah there! 2 more useress prewar BB's show up. Must-ah just geta-h here from Hawaii
Day Time Surface Combat, near Tanna at 120,157, Range 25,000 Yards
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
F1M2 Pete: 1 destroyed
E7K2 Alf: 2 destroyed
Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
CL Tama, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
CL Kiso, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Yukikaze
DD Oshio, Shell hits 1
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Arare
DD Shiratsuyu, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
DD Ushio, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Allied Ships
BB Nevada, Shell hits 2
BB Oklahoma, Shell hits 9, on fire
DD Aylwin, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Dale, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD MacDonough, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Dent
RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 1:31 am
by Cap Mandrake
No fighting at Noumea.
RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back from Olongapo
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 1:37 am
by Justus2
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Hory crap! Rook ovah there! 2 more useress prewar BB's show up. Must-ah just geta-h here from Hawaii
Day Time Surface Combat, near Tanna at 120,157, Range 25,000 Yards
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
F1M2 Pete: 1 destroyed
E7K2 Alf: 2 destroyed
Japanese Ships
CA Aoba, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
CL Tama, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
CL Kiso, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Yukikaze
DD Oshio, Shell hits 1
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Arare
DD Shiratsuyu, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
DD Ushio, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Allied Ships
BB Nevada, Shell hits 2
BB Oklahoma, Shell hits 9, on fire
DD Aylwin, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Dale, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD MacDonough, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Dent
Nice shooting there!