A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere

[Cap Mandrake]

[X(] Catarinas from Herr

Morning Air attack on TF, near Victoria Point at 50,64

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
PBY-4 Catalina x 10

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Kinka Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Ryugi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Kogyo Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x PBY-4 Catalina bombing from 1000 feet

[Cap Mandrake]

******Aboard Kachii, Pegu Invasion Convoy, southbound off Victoria Paint********


Starboard rookout: HORY CRAP! HERE COME MACHINE GUN CATARINAS AGAIN!






Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Victoria Point at 50,64

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
PBY-4 Catalina x 10

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Sagami Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire
xAK Hokuzyu Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Tazan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x PBY-4 Catalina bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 12 x M&MAR

[Disco Duck]

is the general house rule for no naval bombing from under 10000 feet only for 4E bombers?[&:]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Disco Duck

is the general house rule for no naval bombing from under 10000 feet only for 4E bombers?[&:]

I don't believe we have such a rule in this game????

Admiral Lord SPrior, do you recall?

[Cap Mandrake]

Burma: Shinto-boys own Rangoon and Pegu. Everyone rined up to take pictures at Gorden Tempurh. Refinery at Rangoon have few 8 in gunnery hores in smokestacks. Nobody quite sure how that happen. One of Japan-mens cruiser that-ah not accidentarry brow up refinery run into mine and getting rower in watah. She about harfway back to Georgetown (not-ah one in Washington).

Rangoon harbor and airfierd rike junk yards. Arried-mens on othah side of rivah from Pegu figure out compretely screwed...now heading East..maybe wark to China.

[Cap Mandrake]

Fiji: Joy of joys. Arried-mens at Suva finarry give up and surrendah. Japan-mens make sure get Red Cross packages....hahahahahahaha.

Most of Southern and Eastern crust of defensive shierd now ready. Stirr need to take Midway and Western Areutians and Raoul Isrand.

2 regiments of infantry, Miura Det and 3 navarh guard units now rest up for use in Austraria.

[Cap Mandrake]

Even when Catarinas from Herr brow up ships it-ah stirr fun to have war.

Everything is awesome Everything is cool when you're part of a team Everything is awesome, when we're living our dream

Everything is better when we stick together Side by side, you and I gonna win forever, let's party forever We're the same, I'm like you, you're like me, we're all working in harmony

Everything is awesome Everything is cool when you're part of a team Everything is awesome, when we're living our dream

(Wooo) 3, 2, 1. GO

Have you heard the news, everyone's talking Life is good 'cause everything's awesome Lost my job, it's a new opportunity More free time for my awesome community

I feel more awesome than an awesome opossum Dip my body in chocolate frostin' Three years later, washed out the frostin' Smellin' like a blossom, everything is awesome Stepped in mud, got new brown shoes It's awesome to win, and it's awesome to lose (it's awesome to lose)

Everything is better when we stick together Side by side, you and I, gonna win forever, let's party forever We're the same, I'm like you, you're like me, we're all working in harmony

Everything is awesome Everything is cool when you're part of a team Everything is awesome, when we're living our dream

Blue skies, bouncy springs We just named you awesome things A nobel prize, a piece of string You know what's awesome, EVERYTHING

Dogs and fleas, allergies, a book of Greek antiquities Brand new pants, a very old vest Awesome items are the best

Trees, frogs, clogs They're awesome Rocks, clocks, and socks They're awesome Figs, and jigs, and twigs That's awesome Everything you see, or think, or say Is awesome

Everything is awesome Everything is cool when you're part of a team Everything is awesome, when we're living our dream
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[Cap Mandrake]

Oz: Arried-mens submarine with-ah crappy torpedo stirr manage to damage incoming transport to Rockhampton. Arreid-mens subs know exacatarry where Japan-mens ships have to go because of reef. Rockhampton port armost repaired so can start work buirding up airfierd.

Austrarian 1st Div at Maryborough. Japan-mens find out during bombardment when framed photograph fry up in air during exprosion and rand on Japan-mens batturship.

It-ah say; "1st Division Christmas Gala December 21, 1938". Amazing what-ah find out by browing things up. Division commandah have to do some sit ups or something. Support troops heading down to Bundaberg. 4th Div and tank regiment pushing South but Arried-mens running away. Engineer Regt moving down road to West to outfrank Maryborough.

No fighters ovah Brisbane rast 2 days so we start airfierd attacks with Sarrys.

[Cap Mandrake]

Noumea: KB stop by and get torpedoes for 5 carriers, avaition fuerh and bombs in one night from singurh AE at rever 2 port. That-ah pretty impressive but crews disappointed because Japan-mens want to see native-womans with bare breastesses.

[sprior]

Rooks rike guys on Boogis Street no know how use buffet:

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

[X(] Catarinas from Herr

Morning Air attack on TF, near Victoria Point at 50,64

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
PBY-4 Catalina x 10

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Kinka Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Ryugi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Kogyo Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x PBY-4 Catalina bombing from 1000 feet

Rooks rike Nerrs pay visit to Andaman Isrands

[Cap Mandrake]

**************Seaside Virra, Truk Ragoon***********


Attractive Rukanese-womans with secret name so Disney not-ah stear: I have good news and bad news sir!

FAM: What-ah good news?

Attractive Rukanese-womans with secret name so Disney not-ah stear: We found an extra 10,000 yen in the slush fund!

FAM: Hory crap! That-ah fantastic! What-ah bad news?

Attractive Rukanese-womans with secret name so Disney not-ah stear: A white man in silly grey shorts brought this letter saying you forgot to pay your mortgage for 2 months.

[Cap Mandrake]

So, Mandrake-san decide to stop eating French fries everyday at runch because getting crose to 12 stones and because not-ah want to rose to SPrior-san in feats of strength at South Freet picnic in Takao.

12 stones actuarry perfect weight for cornerback in NFR but Mandrake-san have trouburh to shave 4 seconds of 40 time so decide to remain Admirarh and just try not to eat so many French fries. Instead bring dried fruit and nuts for runch.

It-ah actuary work! Mandrake-san rose 2 pounds!

This morning Stalker Girh say "What-ah wrong with you? You too skinny, rook terriburh!"

[Cap Mandrake]

*************Whatevah yesterday was***********

Andaman Sea: One of transports damaged from yesterday go grug grug but Catarinas from Herr have hangovah and not come out again. SPrior-san get angry and send Batturship in direction Andaman Isrand to brow white devirs up.


Oz: Bombing of Brisbane. KB with 5 carriers going to raid Aderaide, see if Arried-mens hiding ships there.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

So, Mandrake-san decide to stop eating French fries everyday at runch because getting crose to 12 stones and because not-ah want to rose to SPrior-san in feats of strength at South Freet picnic in Takao.

12 stones actuarry perfect weight for cornerback in NFR but Mandrake-san have trouburh to shave 4 seconds of 40 time so decide to remain Admirarh and just try not to eat so many French fries. Instead bring dried fruit and nuts for runch.

It-ah actuary work! Mandrake-san rose 2 pounds!

This morning Stalker Girh say "What-ah wrong with you? You too skinny, rook terriburh!"

That-ah much too sensiburr. Since you in Carifornia, aren't you obrigated to some diet where you throw yourserf into ketosis? Ret Starker Girh smerr you breath then. She wirr beg you to return to not-ah-so-much-French-Fry diet.

[Cap Mandrake]

************Feb 9, 1942(d)************

Ceyron: Emperor Birthday bonus for this ferrow! BANZAI!

Sub attack near Colombo at 27,49

Japanese Ships
SS I-122

Allied Ships
TK Talang Akar, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

SS I-122 attacking on the surface

[Cap Mandrake]

Koepang, soon to be former Portuguese-mens Timor: Japan-mens send Yokusuka 4th SNRF to Koepang..
It seem rikery Arried-mens send something up from Darwin so Japan-mens send TWO SCTF to escort AND CL and DD in amphibious convoy.

[:@] Fortunatery, Dutch officah sissy-boy and Japan-mens get away.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Lomblen at 68,113, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Kiso
DD Arashio
xAK Osaka Maru
xAK Santos Maru
xAK Ryujo Maru
xAK Zyuyo Maru

Allied Ships
CL Sumatra
DD Vampire

Then sun come up so two SCTF can dear with interroper...Hai?

Apparentry not.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Lomblen at 68,113, Range 15,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Naka, Shell hits 2
DD Harusame, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Samidare
DD Wakatake

Allied Ships
CL Sumatra, Shell hits 6
DD Vampire

Harusmae rater sink after Japan-mens damage contror party drirr hores to ret watah out.



The second SCTF fail to engage but at reast army-mens get ashore.

[Cap Mandrake]

Oz: Arried-mens fightahs stay on ground..OK..so Japan-mens bomb

Morning Air attack on Brisbane , at 96,160

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 4 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
Hudson I: 2 damaged
Hudson I: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 10

[Cap Mandrake]

Sumatra-jima: Mens in funny socks get chased arr ovah Sumatra-jima. Probabry war crime.

Ground combat at 46,91 (near Benkoelen)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 360 troops, 0 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 40

Defending force 416 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9

Japanese adjusted assault: 36

Allied adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(-), morale(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-)

Allied ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
6th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Argylls Battalion

[Cap Mandrake]

************Feb 10, 1942(d)************

Singapores: Dutch-mens have too much Java-juice and sair right into Singapores harbah rike broody own it.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 5,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Kinu
DD Michishio
DD Fubuki
DD Usugumo
DD Shirakumo
DD Isonami

Allied Ships
MTB 7
MTB 10
MTB 12, Shell hits 1
MTB 27, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Japan-mens patror boats arr ovah prace but Dutch-mens have spy on Bugis St...terr them where Japan-mens amphibious ships for Java-jima invasion.

[:-]

Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 3,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Abukuma
CL Oi
TB Otori
TB Kari
PB Naruto Maru #3
xAK Ayatosan Maru
xAK Kashii Maru
xAK Aobasan Maru
xAK Asakasan Maru
xAK Kinugawa Maru
xAK Zenyo Maru
xAK Nako Maru, Torpedo hits 1
xAK Johore Maru
xAK Fushimi Maru
xAK Ryoyo Maru
xAP Manzyu Maru
xAP Ural Maru
xAP Baikal Maru

Allied Ships
MTB 7
MTB 10
MTB 12

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