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Here's some pics from the 100km walk I did last week: https://www.flickr.com/photos/136375121@N08/albums

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Plus a professional phot's pics https://www.flickr.com/photos/27467703@ ... 9512230930

Good on you, mate! [&o]

Did everyone send in some money for Admiral Lord SPrior's poor swollen feet? [:)]

************Feb 28, 1942(e)****************

KB missing for 5 d. Pretty sure they did not go SW around Tasmania because something would be dead by now.
I sent some PBY's up to some of the Solomons but they broke down already. Sub screen South of Rabaul and in the Torres Strait and South of Truk...nothin'

Something big is going to happen somewhere.

N&IC: The fighters at Koumac are gone. Koumac is level one and La Foa is level 1. Noumea should be level 4 today.
USS Crane and Kennison are ordered to blow up some taro plants.

Night Naval bombardment of Koumac at 113,156

Allied Ships
DD Crane
DD Kennison

DD Crane firing at Koumac
DD Kennison firing at 33rd/C Division

That not enough? How about THIS!

Night Naval bombardment of Koumac at 113,156

Allied Ships
BB Arizona
DD Hull
DD Monaghan

Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Baaah...that was disappointing. Now we have to wait to rearm the damn thing.

Recon by 1000 lb bomb at La Foa. These SBD's are flying from Tanna. Same two units which where there before. 33rd Div is at Koumac.

Morning Air attack on 25th JNAF AF Unit , at 114,159 (La Foa)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 24
SBD-3 Dauntless x 13

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
10 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking Maizuru 2nd SNLF ...
Also attacking 25th JNAF AF Unit ...

Weather clears at Suva International so some of the B-17's take off. Despite some disruption, the LYB's did manage to scrape a level 1 field at La Foa.

Morning Air attack on Maizuru 2nd SNLF, at 114,159 (La Foa)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3
B-17E Fortress x 6

No Allied losses

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

We send some A-24's to Noumea in order to keep JJ guessing about what we have there. Noumea should be level 4 tomorrow. We can send in some B-26's.
And maybe a squadron of SBD's

Morning Air attack on 33rd/A Division, at 113,156 (Koumac)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
A-24 Banshee x 8
P-39D Airacobra x 9
P-40E Warhawk x 3

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
4 x A-24 Banshee releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb

***********Confucius Memorial Airfield, Chungking*********


<truck pulls up with hundreds of Chungking phone books. This is quite an accomplishment as there are only 242 phones in town>

Lt Band Ding Ow: Hully up! Get phone books on planes! Vely important!

****************120 minutes later over Chingkiwang (or someting like that)***************


Lt. Band Ding Ow: Ahhhhhh...muuuuch better. Vely easy to see where going now.

China: JJ has penetrated to Chinkiang, which is that little burg in a Wood/Rough hex on the road from Changsha to Kwieyang and Chungking.

The China-mens Air Force, flying ageing Soviet death traps, with a key field modification, manages to lay some serious wood on the Japs.

Morning Air attack on 21st Division, at 78,50 (Chihkiang)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 4

Allied aircraft
A-29A Hudson x 4
H81-A3 x 6
SB-III x 26

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

JJ attacks: Fresh China-mens have arrived. This is going to be a duck-meat grinder.

Ground combat at Chihkiang (78,50)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 49386 troops, 418 guns, 301 vehicles, Assault Value = 1549

Defending force 38826 troops, 367 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 730

Japanese adjusted assault: 738

Allied adjusted defense: 1243

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1035 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 151 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 50 (2 destroyed, 48 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1486 casualties reported
Squads: 64 destroyed, 168 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled)

Assaulting units:
21st Division
12th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
13th Division
15th Division
13th Ind.Mixed Brigade
26th Recon Regiment
1st Army
21st Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
14th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
5th Chinese Cavalry Corps
89th Chinese Corps
28th New Chinese Division
56th Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Cavalry Corps
38th New Chinese Division
22nd Artillery Regiment
1st Artillery Regiment
1st Group Army
7th Artillery Regiment
20th Artillery Regiment
39th Group Army
18th Artillery Regiment
56th AT Gun Regiment

Changsha: Not sure what this was. Engineer attack? Militia units to test our strength?

Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 17416 troops, 357 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 478

Defending force 56190 troops, 289 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1146

Japanese adjusted assault: 0

Allied adjusted defense: 2637

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 4)

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

Japanese ground losses:
834 casualties reported
Squads: 57 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
110th Division
13th RGC Temp./C Division
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
4th Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
12th Army
1st Mortar Battalion
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
72nd Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
44th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
29th Group Army
27th Group Army
9th War Area
19th Group Army
30th Group Army
17th Chinese Base Force

JJ is landing at Koepang. We have nothing but the poor commandos.

This just in! Royal Navy NOT destroyed while Admiral Lord SPrior away.[:)]

*******************Mandrake's Foreign Languages in Three Easy Steps (on-line version)************

English to Japanese:

1) Substitute "r" sound for "l", you know, say "rike" instead or "like"
2) Get rid of pronouns. Use nouns It's easy, just say "Mandrake-san" instead of "I" except put in your own name.
3) Pretty much get rid of articles too. This is especially convincing.
4) If you find an "r" sound at the "end" of a word it's more like "ah" instead. For example "officer" becomes "OF-ficah". If you are doing this in person nod your head slightly to confer deference.
5) Forget irregular English plural forms. Just put an "s" on end. "Women" becomes "womans"
6) Instead of "yes" say "HAI!" with emphatic head gesture.
7) Insert extra vowel sounds at the end of some hard consonants. Like this. "HAI! Mandrake-san understand-ah". I think just do this kind of randomly otherwise it sounds fake. It takes some practice.

English to Chinese (Mandarin):

1) Substitute "L" sound for "r" as in "Hully up" or "vely much". This is very confusing to beginners and I'm not sure I understand either considering the invaders of the Japans that displaced the Ainu probably came from China. Just trust me.
2) Try to add some "ey" endings to English words for authenticity, as in, "You like-ey flied lice"
3) Note that pronouns are OK. Don't ask me to explain this either.
4) Walk with really close together steps like you have the runs and you are trying to make the can without an accident.

Try these simple steps and you will gain the admiration of native speakers at every turn. You might even get a job at the UN*




* The publisher makes no warrants in this regard

Japanese-mens have dispraced Ainu? Can't honoraburh doctah-sans cure that now?

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Japanese-mens have dispraced Ainu? Can't honoraburh doctah-sans cure that now?

[:)]

Japan-mens Doctah: What-ah seem to be probrem?

Japan-mens Anthroporgist: Ainu missing.

Japan-mens Doctah: That-ah must be very trouburhing for anthroporogist-man.

Good news! Everything is apparently OK with the Franchise Tax Board! I talked to "Alexis" at the Franchise Tax Board and told her she had a nice sexy radio voice and told her I take care of rescue dogs and after a couple minutes of bullshitting she said..."Mr. Mandrake, don't worry about the tax thing, your return looks fine. I'll mark it approved and you should expect your refund in about 8-12 weeks" [:)]

See..who needs an attorney. You just complement women and tell them you take care of rescue dogs and they melt. Now, she may be the weight of an average NFL interior lineman and I only take care of one rescue dog (which I have seriously thought about tying to the bumper on many occasions) but the deed is done. [:)]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
you should expect your refund in about 8-12 weeks" [:)]

Is this a "negative refund" that you can be expecting, Cap'n? The FTB has all sorts of clever pseudonyms for BOHICA-derived fees, charges, debits and so forth.