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

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: khyberbill

Ouch. Were you able to save any fragments to rebuild?

Ugggh. There has been a great "disturbance" in the force.

No...other than air units. I should definitely have saved VII Bomber Command HQ as I have may groups flagged to the unit. I was under the mistaken assumption that some units might retreat to La Foa. Uggh. If the second Jap attack had been defered one more day, the armor would have prevented disaster.

The real blow will be the fall of La Foa, which is now inevitable. 25,000 troops. An evac operation would be doomed without carriers and the air groups are in no condition to fight.

I moved in some PBY's to get some remnants out and Hornet is on the way to allow the fly off of the dive bombers and carrier capable fighters from La Foa.

That is discouraging for Noumea to fall even after the Jap carriers were driven off. Still....one musn't be a big girl's blouse...musn't one?

I need to get off cadres from La Foa and evacuate the two Bn on Tanna and get off as many planes and pilots as I can.

Then the defences of North Island and Fiji need to be strengthened though it is hard to believe any attack will occur soon after the Jap carriers got kicked in the cajones like that.

[sprior]

Still....one musn't be a big girl's blouse...musn't one?

No, one mustn't.

[witpqs]

The HQ will come back on its own - I forget the time period.

Having air units report to an air HQ does nothing. Don't waste PP's on it. Having any units report to any HQ does nothing (aside from making them be restricted or unrestricted). Don't waste PP's on it.

Feel better? [:)]

[Itdepends]

I was under the impression that bomber flights were severely restricted if not within their HQ's command radius?

[witpqs]

Any air HQ command radius - it doesn't matter which one they report to.

[Itdepends]

Ah- thanks for that.

[Zacktar]

I doubt there's much celebration in LYB-land. Another such victory, and they're ruined.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Still....one musn't be a big girl's blouse...musn't one?

No, one mustn't.

Oh broody Herr! I sperred "mustn't" wrong. This Engrish as a second ranguage thing is kirring me.

Also, the second part, should that be "mustn't" or simply "must".

[sprior]

or simply "must".

Yes

[Cap Mandrake]

No turn yet in the inbox. This could mean Zuikaku, Juno and Hiryu sunk....or it could be the honey-do list...or one of the Jap admirals is taking his prep for his colonoscopy and cant sit at the keyboard long enough....


So, I decide to get my daughter out of the house to achieve a cease fire in the Battle of the XX Titans. I take her shopping and buy her some clothes and shoes....that usually makes females happy....right? Anyway, I drop her off in Laguna Beach to see her deadbeat boyfriend and it is a beautiful day so I decide to read on the boardwalk at main beach. I pick up a $9 copy of Miracle at Midway and start reading. I am reading about faint IJN praise for the Coral Sea operation and there is an evangelical surfer lecturing 3 guys to my left. They are listening attentively as he talks about how he gave up the waves for Jesus. The guy is just a word machine. I go back to my reading and I am reading about defensive preparations on Midway and, when I look up, two young women who have been on the beach are getting ready to leave. One of them has a really, really nice body which has been enhanced by the E. I Dupont de Nemours company. Also, her dentist would be happy because she flosses regularly if you catch my drift. I am powerless. I start watching the show. So do the three guys to my left. It is an entirely intentional show too. She takes about 3 minutes to put on this little cover-up thing, arching her back and advertising her wares the whole time. The two woman are now done prepping and begin heading up the beach right at me and the evangelical surfer. The tension rises. Muscles involuntarily flex. Guts suck in. Now the work of the chemists at Dupont comes into full view. I think to myself, "science is great". The deadly cargo approaches. Madre de Dios! They mean to climb up on the boardwalk right between us! How long do I dare look? At the last second they turn to starboard and will pass right in front of the evangelist. His voice rises half an octave. Cleverly, he calls to his proteges, "Let us pray". They bow their heads...sort of. He starts the Lord's prayer..."Our Father..".

The jiggling becomes almost unbearable. The little cover-up thing is hung up on the floss holder on one side so the show doesn't end as they pass by. This is it..perigee..point of closest approach to the group to my left. His voice grows louder..."...AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION"....


I say a prayer myself, "Thank you Jesus for the hot weather and the
E. I Dupont de Nemours company."

[Smeulders]

Amen

[BrucePowers]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

or one of the Jap admirals is taking his prep for his colonoscopy and cant sit at the keyboard long enough....

Don't remind me. I am due for one of those............

[Cap Mandrake]

[:D]

OK..I sort of understand ship withdrawals and kinda sort of understand plane withdrawals....but how do I do LCU withdrawals (pretend I didn't read the rules)? I have some USN support units due back somewhere in 40 days. There is no withdraw button. Do they go to Pearl or the US...Panama?

[BrucePowers]

What do you mean pretend you didn't the rules? I don't think we have to pretend[:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

or one of the Jap admirals is taking his prep for his colonoscopy and cant sit at the keyboard long enough....

Don't remind me. I am due for one of those............

Don't be a sissy. I know an ENT surgeon who watched his own colonoscopy on the monitor without anesthesisa. [:D][:D] Wisely, he chose not to try to do it himself.

[BrucePowers]

I've had one. They used memory blockers. I remember going in and coming out. That's it. It's just that it's a two day event with the "prep".[:D]

[Smeulders]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

[:D]

OK..I sort of understand ship withdrawals and kinda sort of understand plane withdrawals....but how do I do LCU withdrawals (pretend I didn't read the rules)? I have some USN support units due back somewhere in 40 days. There is no withdraw button. Do they go to Pearl or the US...Panama?

You don't have to do anything. They pack their own bags and even clean up after themselves. Except for the French, they leave behind empty wine bottles to show the Americans taking over their positions that even in the middle of the war they know how to enjoy themselves.

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

No turn yet in the inbox. This could mean Zuikaku, Juno and Hiryu sunk....or it could be the honey-do list...or one of the Jap admirals is taking his prep for his colonoscopy and cant sit at the keyboard long enough....


So, I decide to get my daughter out of the house to achieve a cease fire in the Battle of the XX Titans. I take her shopping and buy her some clothes and shoes....that usually makes females happy....right? Anyway, I drop her off in Laguna Beach to see her deadbeat boyfriend and it is a beautiful day so I decide to read on the boardwalk at main beach. I pick up a $9 copy of Miracle at Midway and start reading. I am reading about faint IJN praise for the Coral Sea operation and there is an evangelical surfer lecturing 3 guys to my left. They are listening attentively as he talks about how he gave up the waves for Jesus. The guy is just a word machine. I go back to my reading and I am reading about defensive preparations on Midway and, when I look up, two young women who have been on the beach are getting ready to leave. One of them has a really, really nice body which has been enhanced by the E. I Dupont de Nemours company. Also, her dentist would be happy because she flosses regularly if you catch my drift. I am powerless. I start watching the show. So do the three guys to my left. It is an entirely intentional show too. She takes about 3 minutes to put on this little cover-up thing, arching her back and advertising her wares the whole time. The two woman are now done prepping and begin heading up the beach right at me and the evangelical surfer. The tension rises. Muscles involuntarily flex. Guts suck in. Now the work of the chemists at Dupont comes into full view. I think to myself, "science is great". The deadly cargo approaches. Madre de Dios! They mean to climb up on the boardwalk right between us! How long do I dare look? At the last second they turn to starboard and will pass right in front of the evangelist. His voice rises half an octave. Cleverly, he calls to his proteges, "Let us pray". They bow their heads...sort of. He starts the Lord's prayer..."Our Father..".

The jiggling becomes almost unbearable. The little cover-up thing is hung up on the floss holder on one side so the show doesn't end as they pass by. This is it..perigee..point of closest approach to the group to my left. His voice grows louder..."...AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION"....


I say a prayer myself, "Thank you Jesus for the hot weather and the
E. I Dupont de Nemours company."

Glad to see that youve finally accepted Christ as your personal lord and savior....or is it the duPont company, I cant tell. [&:]

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Smeulders

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

[:D]

OK..I sort of understand ship withdrawals and kinda sort of understand plane withdrawals....but how do I do LCU withdrawals (pretend I didn't read the rules)? I have some USN support units due back somewhere in 40 days. There is no withdraw button. Do they go to Pearl or the US...Panama?

You don't have to do anything. They pack their own bags and even clean up after themselves. Except for the French, they leave behind empty wine bottles to show the Americans taking over their positions that even in the middle of the war they know how to enjoy themselves.

Dont even ask for cab fare? [:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Smeulders

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

[:D]

OK..I sort of understand ship withdrawals and kinda sort of understand plane withdrawals....but how do I do LCU withdrawals (pretend I didn't read the rules)? I have some USN support units due back somewhere in 40 days. There is no withdraw button. Do they go to Pearl or the US...Panama?

You don't have to do anything. They pack their own bags and even clean up after themselves. Except for the French, they leave behind empty wine bottles to show the Americans taking over their positions that even in the middle of the war they know how to enjoy themselves.

Ah, thanks. Then I can concentrate on planning for the invasion of Honshu.