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Japanese ASW attack on Allied sub Tambor 120nm WNW of Wake Is. 3 hits, on fire
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Japanese subs are active West of Borneo
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Japanese Day Air more than 150 bombers attack Manila. 9 Allied merchant ships hit, as well as Sub Tender Canoups
Mogami to DadMan:
wow a lot of ships in port manila
DadMan to Mogami:
was sneaking them out in duces and treys... there were a few "trays" left behind...
(to self: Ugh, forgot about those guys.)
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Allied DD John D. Ford smothered by torpedo bombers. Soon to sink.
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Japanese carrier-borne bombers Day Air attack on 1st USMC Defense Bn at Wake. 204 Allied casualties reported
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Japanese Sub I-26 attacks ENE of Johnston Is., takes 2 hits, on fire, heavy damage
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Allied Sub Trout attacks Japanese Surface Combat TF 120nm NW of Wake I., taking 2 hits, on fire
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Japanese carrier aircraft continue to pound Wake defenders.
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Allied Sub Thresher attacks Japanese CV Shokaku 120nm WNW of Wake. (Gave Mogami a HELL of a scare)
Mogami to Dadman: Shokaku stickes her tounue out at USN submarines
DadMan to Mogami:
Just a little further, big girl.
(That was close, dammit!)
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Japanese G3M Nell again Day Air attack on Allied DD John D. Ford , she takes 2 Torpedo hits and sinks
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Japanese Sub I-20 attacks Allied PG Charleston 60nm W of San Francisco. Charleston scores 2 hits , and I-20 sinks.
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Japanese invasion of Alor Star begins...
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Allied Night fighters continue Air attack on Songkhia scoring a few hits
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Japanese Land Air conducts Night attack on Palembang, Balikpapan, Batavia, and Kendari with no appreciable damage
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Japanese Night Air attack on Port Manila. Allied AS Canopus, takes 1 torpedo hit, on fire, minor damage to Port.
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Allied Sub S-38 attacks IJN TF 120nm East of Davao, Japanese AK Hiyama Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Allied Sub S-36 attacks Japanese AP Tempei Maru at 44,48 , Torpedo hits 1, on fire. S-36 takes 4 hits and is lost.
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Japanese carrier borne aircraft continue to attack Wake Island
To self: He's waiting for something... the Landing Force to arrive perhaps? It can't be that he's waiting for me to come and get him, cuz I'm still too weak to face him head-on.
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Japanese Day Air attack on Corregidor M Fortress with over 100 bombers. Allied P-40E Warhawks claim more than 30 kills at a loss of 12
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Japanese Ground forces CAPTURE Laoag
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Japanese Night Air attack on Manila nets a few hits on ships anchored there.
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Allied Sub Seadragon attacks Japanese TF 300nm S of Honshu, AK Nasusan Maru, 1 Torpedo hits, on fire; AK Nasusan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Seadragon would later be lost in ASW counterattack.
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Japanese Day Air attack on Allied ground forces Manila. Allied P-40s claim 30+ attackers with only 4 lost.
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Japanese Day Air attack on Allied TF near Jolo, AK Siaoe, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage . She was bringing in much needed supplies, oh well.
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Two Surface Combat TFs (IJN BBs Kongo/Haruna and CAs vs. my CLs do a dance near Kendari doing absolutely no damage to each other whatsoever. They just kinda waved at each other as they passed on by...
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Then the same Japanese Heavy Surface Action force pounded Kendari
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Landings begin at Lamon Bay
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Landings begin at Zamboanga
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Japanese Ground forces continue assault on Alor Star
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Japanese Ground forces CAPTURE Dadjangas (wherever the hell that is.)
I did not figure the IJN BB/CA force to hit Kendari. The were spotted well East of there, and I thought they were aiming for Ambon or New Guinea. I got lucky that my little Dutch CL force did not get clobbered there.
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Allied CD Gun Batteries at Wake Island Fire at invading IJN units. CA Kako, Shell hits 3; CL Yubari, Shell hits 1; DD Mochizuki, Shell hits 1, on fire
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Japanese Night Air attack on Manila, Allied AP President Madison, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Japanese Naval bombardment of Kendari, holes some ships and destroys about 5 aircraft.
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Japanese Day Air attack on 41st PA Division, at Manila. P-40s claim 15+ downed, losing 17
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Japanese G3M Nell and G4M1 Betty Day Air attack on Allied TF, near Kendari. CL Java, Torpedo hits 5, on fire, heavy damage; DD Piet Hein, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
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Japanese G3M Nell and G4M1 Betty Day Air attack on Allied TF, near Brunei, MSW Finch, Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage; MSW Whippoorwill, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage; AO Trinity, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage; TK Mindanao, Torpedo hits 1, on fire; AO Pecos, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Landings are begun at Cagayan and Sinkep Island
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Japanese Ground forces CAPTURE Lamon Bay, Zamboanga, Wake Island, and Jambi
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Japanese Ground forces CAPTURE Jambi
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Japanese Ground troops land at Sinkep Island
Combined Fleet HQ issued orders for all BB with speeds less then 30 kts to return to Home Waters. (to conserve fuel now that the threat they were deployed to combat no longer exists) The 30kt BB are to assume new duties in other areas.
I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction!
Combined Fleet HQ issued orders for all BB with speeds less then 30 kts to return to Home Waters. (to conserve fuel now that the threat they were deployed to combat no longer exists) The 30kt BB are to assume new duties in other areas.
Here's why:
A couple of Allied Surface Action TFs of mine are caught near Kendari. They were a day too late to intecept the Kongo/Haruna TF and took a beating themselves.
G3M Nell and G4M1 Betty From Davao with B5N Kate from Ryujo/Zuiho struck:
BB Prince of Wales, Torpedo hits 1
BB Prince of Wales, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BC Repulse, Torpedo hits 1
CL De Ruyter, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CL Durban, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Witte de With, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Banckert, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BB Prince of Wales and DD Witte de With are sunk. BC Repulse and the lighter ships are heavily damaged. That is why Mogami has returned his slower BB to Home waters. DEI has very little to resist him now.
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Day Air attack on 51st PA Division at Manila. P-40s claim 25+ vs 2 lost.
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Japanese Ground forces CAPTURE Butuan
"These are the days when wish your bed was already made..."
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Landings at Miri, Borneo have begun
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Allied Sub Triton attacks IJN TF near Wake Island. She is not heard from again... Missing, presumed lost.
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Japanese monster Day Air attack on Khota Bharu puts the place out of business.
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Japanese Ground forces CAPTURE Cotabato, Tawi Tawi, Cagayan and Taytay
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Japanese lose nearly a cool 1000 in Ground combat at Alor Star
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Allied Ground units hold their own in combat at Malacca
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G3M Nell Day Air attack on Riouw Garrison Battalion at Sinkep Island. Defenders still holding on after day 4
Mogami keeps up the steady and beautifully managed pace of swallowing up bits and pieces here and there. I must refrain from doing anything rash still. Admittedly, the boldest move I've made yet was committing BB Prince of Wales and BC Repulse to stop him from pounding Kendari.
In retrospect, it was he who got me. I think he knew I wouldn't let him keep pounding Kendari without a fight. The reason it took me so long was that I had to wait for a few more heavy cruisers to arrive to augment my force.
Hi, It can work, from my Allied PBEM game. I had thrown back a Japanese landing at Legaspi in Luzon. The Japanese had captured the base and I recaptured it but had not finished off the Japanese unit. I knew the Japanese would either come to reinforce or withdraw so I had been moving in stages toward there.
Then Japanese landings began at Menado with my TF's in range. I ordered a change of course.
The resulting night battle saw the Japanese lose 1 CA and at least 4 DD with another CA a CL and DD's damaged.
The Long Lance did serious damage to several Allied CL but so far they are all still afloat.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/18/41
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Menado at 39,67
The Japanese have surprise
Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 5 destroyed
Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa, Shell hits 18, and is sunk (5x14in)
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 3, on fire
CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1
DD Oboro, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage (sank later that night)
DD Yayoi, Shell hits 25, and is sunk
DD Mochizuki
DD Yuzuki
Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 5
CA Houston, Shell hits 2
CL Danae, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
CL Dragon, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Durban, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CL Boise
DD Barker
DD Edsall
DD Thanet, Shell hits 1
DD Thracian
DD Electra
DD Express, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Menado at 39,67
Japanese Ships
DD Mutsuki, Shell hits 4, on fire
DD Kisaragi, Shell hits 2
DD Uzuki, Shell hits 21, and is sunk
DD Hayate, Shell hits 1, on fire
Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales
CA Houston
CL Danae, Shell hits 1, on fire
CL Dragon, on fire, heavy damage
CL Durban, on fire, heavy damage
CL Boise, Shell hits 1
DD Barker, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Edsall
DD Thanet
DD Thracian
DD Electra
DD Express, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Menado at 39,67 2nd Allied TF arrives.
Japanese Ships
DD Kisaragi, Shell hits 16, and is sunk
Allied Ships
CL Java
CL Tromp
DD Banckert
DD Van Nes
DD Witte de With
DD Evertsen
DD Kortenaer
DD Piet Hein
DD Van Ghent
I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction!
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Japanese Day Air attack on 41st PA Division, at Manila. P-40s are starting to take huge losses.
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Japanese G3M Nell and G4M1 Betty Day Air attack on Allied TF 120nm W of Manila. 2 fleeing merchantships are sunk.
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Japanese Ground forces CAPTURE Sinkep Island, Miri, and Guiuan .
With the loss of Miri, the first piece of Borneo is gone...
Sinkep Island is 180nm SSW of Singapore. I'm sure there's reason he used so much energy to take it. I just don't know what it is...
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Japanese Ground force Attacking Malacca
This base is 180nm SSW of Singapore. I'm sure there's reason he used so much energy to take it. I just don't know what it is...
Hi, Because it's there?
(It has an airfield)
Japanese paratroops never capture a base that is occupied by enemy LCU on first day.
However in order to capture any bases in this direction with normal troops the TF has to sail in Singapore airspace. I was amazed Dadman did not simply fly P-40 from Singapore on LRCAP once I began dropping.
I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction!
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Allied Blenheim IF continue Night Air attacks on Songkhia
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troops unloading over beach at Tacloban, P.I.
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troops unloading over beach at Sandakan, 36,58
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Allied Ships conduct ASW attack on Jap sub at 23,59; hits probable
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Allied Martin 139 Day Air attack on IJN TF, near Miri Japanese CL Isuzu, Bomb hits 1
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Japanese G3M Nell and G4M1 Betty Day Air attack on TF at 38,54, 2 merchant ships on fire.
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troops unloading over beach at Puerto Princesa, 38,55
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Japanese troops Attacking at Malacca
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Japanese Ground forces CAPTURE Jesselton
(Forgive the anchronism)(Dadman likes it when I sing to him)
Tokyo Rose "This goes out to all the boys in the Southern Resource Area, come on boys you know it's hopeless. The Japanese Army will honor the Geneva Convention accords if you surrender now. If not well you'll get what you deserve"
Music
I'm a steamroller baby
I'm 'bout to roll all over you
I'm a steamroller baby
I'm 'bout to roll all over you
I'm gonna inject your soul
With sweet rock'n'roll, poor heaven
I'm a cement mixer
A churning urn of burning funk
I'm a cement mixer
A churning urn of burning funk
A hefty hunk, steaming junk
I'm a steamroller baby
I'm 'bout to roll over you
I'm a steamroller baby
I'm 'bout to roll over you
I'm gonna inject your soul
With some sweet rock'n'roll
And shoot you full of rhythm and
blues
I'm a napalm-bomb
Guaranteed to blow your mind
I'm a napalm-bomb
Guaranteed to blow your mind
If I can't have your love now baby
There won't be nothing left behind
I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction!
(waiting for a turn to download, I'm bored, must torment Dadman because Mr Frag is too busy to play)
I've been playing WITP forever, and I made the very first plan
I put the ships and the land units together
I am Mogami and I make the plans
I make the plans that make the whole world scared
I make the plans of operations and special things
I make the plans that make Dadman cry
I make the plans , I make the plans
My home lies deep within Mount Fuji
And I've got my own bomb proof bunker there
Now, when I look out through my periscope
I'm planning again, even though I've done 10,000 times already.
Oh my plans makes you dance
And give you no opening to take a chance
And I sent them by email so its now your move
terror fills your heart
Well, that's a real fine place to start
It's from me it's for you
It's from you, it's for me
It's a Pacific wide mass- a-cree
I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction!
Bomb drops on CV,
And torpedo hit on BB,
Bright orange flak bursts,
when on my ac their misses,
Black shiney bomb loads,
Tied below Val wings ,
These are a few of my favorite things . . .
Cream colored Tonies,
An' mining a strait,
Doormans flagship on fire',
An' I'm feeling great,
Night attacks that fly with the moon on their wings,
These are a few of my favorite things . . .
Chinese units in hexes,
With the supply lines cut,
Sonias and Anns and Mary divebombers,
encountering no enemy CAP,
And the terror that brings,
These are a few of my favorite things . . .
When the bombs miss,
When the odds suck,
When I'm feelin' sad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
And then I don't feel so bad . . .
Bombs....hmmm CV...
Torpedos.......BB....
La dee da, la dee da,
La dee da, da,
These are a few of my favorite things . . .
When the bombs miss,
When the odds suck,
When I'm feelin' sad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
And little by little my heavy heart sings . . .
And then I don't feel so bad . . .
I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction!
Hi, If your buying then I'm a riot. (I have not had a beer in over a week)(I've been so sick for the last week I can't sit up for more then a few minutes at a time)
I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction!
If I were King of War in the Pacific, Not queen, not duke, not prince.
My regal robes of the forum, would be satin, not cotton, not chintz.
I'd command each thing, be it ship or plane.
With a whif and a whiz and be a royal pain- poof.
As I'd click my heel, all the Chinese would kneel.
And the British bow and the US Navy kowtow.
As the Zero would take wing - If I - If I - were King!
Each PBEMer would show respect to me.
The AI only players genuflect to me.
Though my guns would flash, I would show compash
For every underling!
If I - If I - were King!
Just King!
I'm not retreating, I'm attacking in a different direction!
