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

[Cap Mandrake]

More significantly, there is another Australian Div, 6th. No mines and the CD unit is already partly suppressed. We close to 1000 yds and pound away.

Night Naval bombardment of Maryborough at 96,157 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

10 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
DD Hamakaze
DD Urakaze
DD Isokaze

Allied ground losses:
336 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

E8N2 Dave acting as spotter for BB Hyuga
BB Hyuga firing at Maryborough
E8N2 Dave acting as spotter for BB Ise
BB Ise firing at 1st Australian Division
DD Hamakaze firing at 6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment firing at DD Hamakaze
DD Urakaze firing at 6th Australian Division
DD Isokaze firing at 6th Australian Division


And the other 3 BB's

Night Naval bombardment of Maryborough at 96,157 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

34 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
DD Oshio
DD Hayashio
DD Akigumo

Allied ground losses:
234 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

BB Yamashiro firing at 6th Australian Division
BB Mutsu firing at 6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment firing at BB Mutsu
BB Nagato firing at 1st Australian Division
DD Oshio firing at 6th Australian Division
DD Hayashio firing at 6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment firing at DD Hayashio
DD Akigumo firing at 6th Australian Division

[Cap Mandrake]

Was planning to land tomorrow. Now we have to blow some more **** up. Rockhampton refuled and rearmed the DD's, the CA's and 3 BB's. We can set up a shuttle and bombard with about 2 BB's every night.

[Cap Mandrake]

Hory-crap! Mandrake-san get kicked in head by mure. Forget how to tark for rittah bit.


Arried-dogs attack engineer regiment trying to enverope 18th Div. This-ah make engineers forget where going and start ovah.

Morning Air attack on 1st Ind Engineer Regiment, at 95,156 , near Bundaberg

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 9
B-26 Marauder x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 1 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged

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


P-40's arso sweeping ovah Engineers

Morning Air attack on 1st Ind Engineer Regiment, at 95,156 , near Bundaberg

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 26000 feet

[Chijohnaok2]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Hory-crap! Mandrake-san get kicked in head by mure. Forget how to tark for rittah bit.

[:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

***********Feb 18,1942(e)***********

Oz: Sparring by the little guys.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Maryborough at 96,157, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Busho Maru, Shell hits 6
PB Choko Maru #2, Shell hits 6
PB Kyo Maru #10, Shell hits 4
PB Santos Maru, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships
PT-31, Shell hits 1
PT-33
PT-34

Annoying cucarachas del mar.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Fraser Island at 97,156, Range 1,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Hyuga
DD Isokaze
DD Urakaze
DD Hamakaze

Allied Ships
PT-31
PT-33
PT-34, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

Cruisers break through but GPS not-ah work so brow up warraby nesting site instead.

Night Naval bombardment of Maryborough at 96,157 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
DD Hatakaze
DD Nagatsuki
DD Uzuki

E7K2 Alf acting as spotter for CA Furutaka
6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment firing at CA Furutaka
CA Furutaka firing at 6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
DD Hatakaze firing at 6th Australian Division
DD Nagatsuki firing at 6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment firing at DD Nagatsuki
DD Uzuki firing at Maryborough

Two BB's get through and do some damage.

Night Naval bombardment of Maryborough at 96,157 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
DD Hamakaze
DD Urakaze
DD Isokaze

Allied ground losses:
224 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 14
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

[Cap Mandrake]

More fighting ovah engineer unit out in barrey fierd.

Morning Air attack on 1st Ind Engineer Regiment, at 95,156 , near Bundaberg

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed


Hurricanes fry so high pirots see Gods

Morning Air attack on 1st Ind Engineer Regiment, at 95,156 , near Bundaberg

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed

[Cap Mandrake]

Java-jima: Just two days ago Arried-mens fighting to hord on to prace. Now compretry brow prace up. Onry good news is fire roast cffee beans right on bushes.

Night Naval bombardment of Semarang at 53,102

Allied Ships
CA Exeter
CA Cornwall
CL Hobart
DD Tenedos
DD Vampire
DD Downes

Japanese ground losses:
534 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Fires 68
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7
Port fuel hits 1

Japan-mens find bunch or Arried-mens ships at Soerabaja. Probabry rot of the broken. So SPrior-san sending CVR's to brow up Soerabaja harbor.

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

************Seaside Virra, Feb. 15***********

Mandrake-san: Rook, if Nomi-san make it back arive prease to give some kind of medarh....and some iodine tabrets.

Ah! That-ah supeliolity of Japan-mens empire over decadent west. In West they only send you ediburu allengement or some-ah-thing. Pineapuru and stlabelly on stick does not match glorious medarh.

[witpqs]

It only has three rotors, but at least it got you off page 2!

http://www.asciimation.co.nz/bb/2015/03/24/a-three-rotor-enigma-machine-wrist-watch

[Chickenboy]

Double posting in both AAR's my Argletonian colleague? [:-]

[Cap Mandrake]

You know, Mandrake-san favorite musicarh group not Andrews Sistahs rike everyone erse.

Mandrake-san rike Mirri-Vanirri. Very handsome ferrows. Onry probrem, Mandrake-san not-ah find any more Mirri-Vanirri 45's.

If find one prease to send to "Seaside Virra, Truk Isrand, Greater Co-Prosperity Sphere". Mandrake-san pay back purchase price and shipping charges prus 10%. Be sure to get M&M Enterprises Submarine Rider

[Cap Mandrake]

Something seriousry wrong with war. Mandrake-san get 001 fire from SPrior-san..run fire on Atari 800...get exacatarry same combat report but then Atari 800 just go back to opening screen menu?

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Onry probrem, Mandrake-san not-ah find any more Mirri-Vanirri 45's.

Marvin Gaye risten to 45 a whire back, if Chickenboy-san remember correctry.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Something seriousry wrong with war. Mandrake-san get 001 fire from SPrior-san..run fire on Atari 800...get exacatarry same combat report but then Atari 800 just go back to opening screen menu?

Maybe game has rejected Mandrake-san? It about time...

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Onry probrem, Mandrake-san not-ah find any more Mirri-Vanirri 45's.

Marvin Gaye risten to 45 a whire back, if Chickenboy-san remember correctry.

Shot song. Too roud. Ruin hearing.

[Cap Mandrake]

***************Seaside Virra, Truk Isrand**************

Mandrake-san: <rooks at carender. Carender say February 19> Hey. Wait-ah minute! Seem rike Fe. 19 arready hahpppen. Seem rike deja vu arr ovah again.

[Cap Mandrake]

Something go wrong. SPrior-san send orderhs for Feb 19 so arr othah commandahs put in ordahs but everyone
think, "Hory crap! This-ah seem rearry famiriar"

[:D]

Finarry, Itdepnds-san say, "Hey, I rook and Feb 19 aready hahppen" [:D]

[Chickenboy]

Sound-ah rike Rord Admirar Sprior get confused on which side of internationarr date rine he is? Maybe ray off Ceyron absinthe tea for a whire?

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Sound-ah rike Rord Admirar Sprior get confused on which side of internationarr date rine he is? Maybe ray off Ceyron absinthe tea for a whire?

[:D]

AH SO - good suggestion, but Kandi House have many other preasures to distract him!

[Cap Mandrake]

****************GHQ, Tokyo***************

Tojo: OK, who idiot that-ah keep ordering arr of these crappy earry
Hitachi engines? Goddamn things not good enough for crappy riding rawnmowers.