At dawn we slept...in the cab on the way back from Olongapo

[sprior]

I say old bean, I have just issued the orders to my chappies, hope I didn't cross any wires!

[sprior]

Picking up 2 Australian brigades from Ceylon to deliver to Perth (not the cold one).

Splitting the Rs (don't split your own Rs it smarts - or so I'm told) Tow bombardment groups, one to Geelong and one to Melbourne.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Picking up 2 Australian brigades from Ceylon to deliver to Perth (not the cold one).

Splitting the Rs (don't split your own Rs it smarts - or so I'm told) Tow bombardment groups, one to Geelong and one to Melbourne.

Splendid! The Jap carriers seem to be on station East of Tasmania. I will allow the USN BB's to be spotted from Lord Howe Is and see if we can bait the carriers eastward so that the RN can ingress from the West. Of course, they might not fall for that again. Transports headed to Sydney and Port Kembla to make some noise.

There are two AKE's headed for Adelaide. If the opoportunity permits they may be able to make a run in to Melbourne.

[Cap Mandrake]

**************March 28, 1942(e)****************

Hey....Marshall, forget about Europe. Send us some GD fighters and B-17's. The Japs are trying to capture the two largest cities in Australia. And they are mostly full of white people too. Yo. Mr. Churchill, how about a couple of GD Spitfires for the RAAF?

[Cap Mandrake]

FAM: <reading correspondence> Oman? Where the **** is Oman? Idiots!

[Cap Mandrake]

N&IC: We are trying to blow up as much as possible in N&IC but the IJA is single minded. They have placed a giant condom over Tasmania, the devils.
The poor Jap bastards in N&IC and resigned to die, it seems.

Night Naval bombardment of La Foa at 114,159

Allied Ships
BB Mississippi
DD Crane
DD Stuart

Japanese ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

[Cap Mandrake]

Not even sure where Wakkani is but the striking thing is the torp blew up.

Sub attack near Wakkanai at 124,48

Japanese Ships
xAK Somedono Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Zenoa Maru
PB Tsukikawa Maru

Allied Ships
SS Tambor

[Cap Mandrake]

Koumac is plasterized so we start to work on La Foa. It's on the job training for every green pilot in every crappy obsolescent plane (not the F4F's of course)

Morning Air attack on La Foa , at 114,159

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
A-20A Havoc x 7
A-29 Hudson x 5
LB-30 Liberator x 6
F4F-3A Wildcat x 7
F4F-3 Wildcat x 6
F4F-4 Wildcat x 21

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 14

[Cap Mandrake]

Koumac still has 30 feet of floating dock left....

Afternoon Air attack on Koumac , at 113,156

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4F-3A Wildcat x 7
F4F-3 Wildcat x 6
F4F-4 Wildcat x 27
TBD-1 Devastator x 22

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Port hits 1

[Cap Mandrake]

Even the ugliest plane in the Pacific Theater (B-18) is flying in from Pearl for the big air party
over N&IC.

Allied air bosses find out the P-400's true capabilities and reclassify it as POS-400. The pilots open the cockpit, slow down to a stall and throw some grenades out

<snicker>

Morning Air attack on La Foa , at 114,159

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 17

No Allied losses

Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 2

[Cap Mandrake]

Noumea has 30 TBD's and 18 SBD's in case a Jap evac convoy shows up. 1 BB left at Noumea.

[Cap Mandrake]

Oz: idiots show up after daylight. I blame the staff.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Sale at 84,172, Range 13,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Yudachi
xAK Chicago Maru
xAK Teihoku Maru

Allied Ships
PT-30
PT-61, Shell hits 1, and is sunk

[Cap Mandrake]

The learning from the fight North of Melbourne is you had better bring air cover. The SBD's are pretty good tank busters.

We stage a fighter ambush over Wagga Wagga but the LYB's don't show up.

Morning Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 85,167 (Wagga Wagga)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 7
Hurricane IIb Trop x 13
SBD-2 Dauntless x 4
SBD-3 Dauntless x 27

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 6 (3 destroyed, 3 disabled)

__________________

So are the B-25's at 4000 ft. 8th Tank Regt is obliterated.

Morning Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 85,167 (Wagga Wagga)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 6
Hudson III (LR) x 11

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 13 (4 destroyed, 9 disabled)

________________

Morning Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 85,167 (Wagga Wagga)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 8

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
________________

Morning Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 85,167 (Wagga Wagga)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 7
B-25C Mitchell x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 11 (6 destroyed, 5 disabled)

No ground attack at Wagga Wagga today. Looks like it will hold and deny the LYB's another level 2 field.

[Cap Mandrake]

All out effort to shut down Geelong AF continues. Pretty effective today.

Morning Air attack on Geelong , at 81,170

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 16

Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk IA x 4
B-17D Fortress x 2
B-17E Fortress x 20
P-40E Warhawk x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 17 damaged
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed, 9 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed
B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

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

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 25

[Cap Mandrake]

KB attacks Melbourne. We have no CAP. Our guys are flying over Wagga Wagga and Geelong.

That is not going to shut down a level 8 field. They will need to send in BB's

Afternoon Air attack on Melbourne , at 82,170

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 10
A6M2 Zero x 33
B5N2 Kate x 27

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground

Runway hits 6

[Cap Mandrake]

Air attack Hobart. This might actually shut the field down a few days. No operational aircraft left.

Afternoon Air attack on Hobart , at 81,179

Weather in hex: Light rain

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

Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 3
A6M2 Zero x 10
B5N2 Kate x 27

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged
Kittyhawk IA: 3 damaged
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 10

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

N&IC: We are trying to blow up as much as possible in N&IC but the IJA is single minded. They have placed a giant condom over Tasmania, the devils. [:D]
The poor Jap bastards in N&IC and resigned to die, it seems.

Night Naval bombardment of La Foa at 114,159

Allied Ships
BB Mississippi
DD Crane
DD Stuart

Japanese ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

You better worry about what he plans to do to you with his condom-equipped Tasmania! To quote a former First Lady: "Just say NO".

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

N&IC: We are trying to blow up as much as possible in N&IC but the IJA is single minded. They have placed a giant condom over Tasmania, the devils. [:D]
The poor Jap bastards in N&IC and resigned to die, it seems.

Night Naval bombardment of La Foa at 114,159

Allied Ships
BB Mississippi
DD Crane
DD Stuart

Japanese ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

You better worry about what he plans to do to you with his condom-equipped Tasmania! To quote a former First Lady: "Just say NO".

Well, looking at the map, I would be very nervous if I were the Ross Ice Shelf.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

N&IC: We are trying to blow up as much as possible in N&IC but the IJA is single minded. They have placed a giant condom over Tasmania, the devils. [:D]
The poor Jap bastards in N&IC and resigned to die, it seems.

Night Naval bombardment of La Foa at 114,159

Allied Ships
BB Mississippi
DD Crane
DD Stuart

Japanese ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

You better worry about what he plans to do to you with his condom-equipped Tasmania! To quote a former First Lady: "Just say NO".

Well, looking at the map, I would be very nervous if I were the Ross Ice Shelf.

Ho, yes! Once Tasmania falls resupply there would be a problem. Penguin, anyone?

[Cap Mandrake]

Hey..we got gypped! How come Mackarie, Campbell and Auckland Is. aren't on the map. I was going to put a B-29 base on Mackarie!