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

[Cap Mandrake]

I wonder if they have garrisoned some of the towns on the Vietnamese coast? Why, no, it appears not.

77th LARP Brigade from Rahaeng. Not sure how we are going to supply these cats yet. We might be able to get one of the US or Brit units at Mindanao up here.

Ground combat at Vinh (65,59)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 334 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 7

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Vinh !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
77th LRP Bde /3

[Cap Mandrake]

I wonder if you just stack the equivalent of 1000 Walmarts at Moulmein and take Udon Thani and Natcha Watchamacallit will the supply flow "downhill to Vinh?

[Cap Mandrake]

I also wonder what JJ has on Hainan? We need more paras and C-47's and we could be in Tokyo by February. [:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

Haiphong has a fortress with an AV of 27. Probably Hue, Touran and Quinhon are ungarrisoned or have perhaps an airfield support unit. JJ will recognize the threat but it will take a while to get a force there.

[Cap Mandrake]

KB is unspotted for 3 days...my guess is they are headed for the Solomons or Coral Sea. Have to get the heavy stuff out of there pretty quickly.

Solomons:

Afternoon Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
Hurricane XIIb x 8
B-25C Mitchell x 6

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 9000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Lunga , at 114,138

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
A-20A1 Havoc x 5
B-25C Mitchell x 6
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4

[Cap Mandrake]

Night Naval bombardment of Lunga at 114,138

Allied Ships
BB West Virginia
CL Adelaide
DD Russell
DD Frazier
DE Kane

Japanese ground losses:
199 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 7
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 5

[Cap Mandrake]

JJ bombs the stuffing out of Buka again.

Morning Air attack on Buka , at 109,128

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 16
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 8
Ki-48-IIa Lily x 26
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 2 damaged

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

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 34

[Cap Mandrake]

New Guinea: Shutting down PM. Quite a pathetic effort for 19 Liberators

Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 19

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3

[Cap Mandrake]

PI: Just relentless these Jap pirots. We can't glue all the wings back on fast enough.

Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 26,190 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 22

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 3
P-40K Warhawk x 1
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

Rough parity over Mindanao today.

Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 25,560 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 20

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed

No Allied losses

[Cap Mandrake]

Jap bombers switch to Cagayan today. It's airfield whack-a-mole. They attack Malaybalay..we move to Cagayan and Davao...they attack Cagayan..etc.

Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 3

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Kittyhawk IA: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12

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Morning Air attack on Cagayan , at 79,89

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 11
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 5 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 4

[Cap Mandrake]

On Luzon we lose one Kittyhawk. I think our air build up is starting to discourage the LYBs..or their pilots are worn out.

First Hurris arrive at Bataan.

Worn out groups fly to Cebu for R&R. What we most lack on Luzon is sufficient air support troops. Everyone is worn out rebuilding everything 24/7

[witpqs]

December '42 and Luzon hasn't fallen yet. Hory crap.

[Cap Mandrake]

ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK! We don't need no steenking carriers

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

December '42 and Luzon hasn't fallen yet. Hory crap.

Hai! This-ah big probrem for Japan-mens. Japan-mens sink harf of US navies and stink up harf of Austraria but meantime good guys sneak in armor and suppries to Ruzon. Haha

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
we could be in Tokyo by February. [:)]

Hai! Rots of Allied dogs-mens POW camps in Tokyo! You sure to visit soon!

[Chickenboy]

It really looks like the Japanese cupboard is bare around the 'nine-dashed line' of the South China Sea. Good on you for exploiting the coastal opportunities this affords.

As for small unit supply-you can transport in small aliquots via your PBYs or DC-3s. Should be sufficient for supporting small raiding parties on the coastal South China Sea.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

It really looks like the Japanese cupboard is bare around the 'nine-dashed line' of the South China Sea. Good on you for exploiting the coastal opportunities this affords.

As for small unit supply-you can transport in small aliquots via your PBYs or DC-3s. Should be sufficient for supporting small raiding parties on the coastal South China Sea.

Aliquots? You mean this???

Sciences. Aliquot of a sample, in chemistry or the other sciences, an exact portion of a sample or total amount of a liquid (e.g. exactly 25mL of water) Aliquot in pharmaceutics, a method of measuring ingredients below the sensitivity of a scale by proportional dilution with inactive known ingredients.

And what is this nine-dashed line? Did you let Cap mark up the map with a typhoon track or something?

[Cap Mandrake]

"9 dash line" is the goofy Chicom territorial claim line that extends magically over most of the South China Sea

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

It really looks like the Japanese cupboard is bare around the 'nine-dashed line' of the South China Sea. Good on you for exploiting the coastal opportunities this affords.

As for small unit supply-you can transport in small aliquots via your PBYs or DC-3s. Should be sufficient for supporting small raiding parties on the coastal South China Sea.

Aliquots? You mean this???

Sciences. Aliquot of a sample, in chemistry or the other sciences, an exact portion of a sample or total amount of a liquid (e.g. exactly 25mL of water) Aliquot in pharmaceutics, a method of measuring ingredients below the sensitivity of a scale by proportional dilution with inactive known ingredients.

And what is this nine-dashed line? Did you let Cap mark up the map with a typhoon track or something?

Aliquots: A more standard definition is small amounts of something, usually added incrementally to a reaction to obtain an effect. As in 'titer to effect by addition of an aliquot'.

Nine-dashed line is the over-stated line of the Chinese Communist party that identifies what part of the South China Sea is 'theirs'. It encroaches on most of the other nations in the South China Sea region that claim territorial waters and so forth. It is generally disregarded by most international treaties due to its excessive claims.

[Cap Mandrake]

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