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ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

I just returned from three nights camping in the frigid mountains and find that GreyJoy is in some South Seas thatched hut (probably wearing a thong to show off his "naturally hairy" anatomy). I thought he just returned from a three-week vacation about three weeks ago? What is this?

Maybe this is where he is planning for his next invasion.....

Hummmm, Reek, in your continually delirious state, you are a source of constant amusement. In your above message, you refer to you Good Friend (I didn't know you had any) as both a "him" and a "her". Eliminating the likelihood that the GF is a "both", I trust you enjoy your stay in the tropics, avoid the African sqirts and return to me all pink and relaxed. I'm sure you will have many excellent stories to scream...uh, tell. I am hopeful that all the nasty lessons we have learned together will soon be employed on the Japanese in abundance.

Watch out for those crabs.

You're ever watchful keeper,

Bolton

(Imagine here a small, pink wax seal:).

First of all I would like to thank you for a very enjoyable AAR. It makes me hope that I could perhaps play something else than the AI with at least a bit of hope of success.

Secondly I must say that I haven't been able to find any preparations for defense of one of the most important islands in your possession. This is Bora-Bora, please defend with well. Take a look at the price of a vacation there and you won't complain about Zanzibar after that.

Good luck with both your vacation and teh forthcoming battles.

/BPRE

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

I just returned from three nights camping in the frigid mountains and find that GreyJoy is in some South Seas thatched hut (probably wearing a thong to show off his "naturally hairy" anatomy). I thought he just returned from a three-week vacation about three weeks ago? What is this?

There is only one likely answer to this conundrum of multiple three week vacations nearly back-to-back....He is European. And here I thought his misspellings were the product of poor public education in either Queensland or Texas.

ORIGINAL: princep01

Hummmm, Reek, in your continually delirious state, you are a source of constant amusement. In your above message, you refer to you Good Friend (I didn't know you had any) as both a "him" and a "her". Eliminating the likelihood that the GF is a "both", I trust you enjoy your stay in the tropics, avoid the African sqirts and return to me all pink and relaxed. I'm sure you will have many excellent stories to scream...uh, tell. I am hopeful that all the nasty lessons we have learned together will soon be employed on the Japanese in abundance.

Watch out for those crabs.

You're ever watchful keeper,

Bolton

(Imagine here a small, pink wax seal:).

Actually i never thought about the problem to bring a transgender friend to Africa...is Zanzibar a Muslim country? I guess so...i should be found myself lock in a cellar at the airport, without my Good Friend and with an accusation of violating the pubblic "mores"....something like "Midnight Express" but not with turkish accent [:D]

However, My Master, my name is Reek, and it rhymes with freak...but also with baek, beak, beeck, beek, bleak, cheek, chic, cleek, clique, creak, creek, deak, deike, dieck, eke, feick, fleek, freak, geac, geek, gieck, greek, heeke, leak, leake, leek, leick, meek, paek, peak, peake, peek, pique, reeck, reick, rieck, riecke, riek, rieke, seaq, seek, sheek, sheik, sheikh, shriek, sieck, siek, sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, speake, squeak, streak, teac, teak, tweak, weak, week, weick, weik, wieck, wreak, zeek, zeke...and i love crabs...especially when those that are biting and eating Lord Onion's sons on the bottom of the Blackwater River!



Another turn....
Sep 8,9 1943

Rader keeps suprising me for his boldness! He manages to get a DD at the border of the map right where my ships enters from Balboa(Panama)...how did he get there?!!??!?! There must be an AO somewhere nearby... Rader sunk a lonely APA[:@]...gotta get rid of these raiders!!!!


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Night Time Surface Combat, near San Diego at 220,118, Range 4,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Niizuki

Allied Ships
APA Calvert, Shell hits 18, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk



Then his Frances arrived over Lunga by night...and fought hard against my night CAP...which sucks anyway.... my BBs are safe...but the risk is always high untill those damned night fighters arrive in place....

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Night Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y1 Frances x 11



Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y1 Frances: 6 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Jenkins
DD Lamson
DD Chevalier



He sent a fast transport composed of 10 PBs at Thousands, escorted by a strong Cruiser TF.... my PTs couldn't do more....however it's clear that he's sniffing something and he's trying to reinforce Thousands....too much attention lately!


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Day Time Surface Combat, near Thousand Ships Bay at 114,136, Range 14,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Takao
CA Maya
CA Mikuma
CA Furutaka
CL Abukuma
DD Shimakaze
DD Tamanami
DD Hayanami
DD Kuroshio
DD Natsushio
DD Shiranui
DD Nowaki
DD Tanikaze
DD Hikokaze
DD Susukaze

Allied Ships
PT-358
PT-360
PT-377, Shell hits 2, and is sunk





My subs did another couple of good runs...a DMS and an xAP sunk today[8D]

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Sub attack near Ontong Java at 119,127

Japanese Ships
DMS W-21, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Hoe

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Submarine attack near Victoria Point at 49,66

Japanese Ships
xAP Teiko Maru, Torpedo hits 1

Allied Ships
SS Haddock


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Sub attack near Victoria Point at 49,66

Japanese Ships
xAP Teiko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Haddock
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Night Air attack on TF, near Lunga at 114,138

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
P1Y1 Frances x 6



Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 10
OS2U-3 Kingfisher x 4
SOC-1 Seagull x 2


Japanese aircraft losses
P1Y1 Frances: 3 damaged
P1Y1 Frances: 2 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
BB North Carolina
CA Wichita




Now my BBs will move to Thousands and Russell...covered by a wave of PTs....wanna bomb Russell and engage the enemy at Thousands....let's see what i can do....
4 DDs will bomb Auki...just to keep molesting him....

ORIGINAL: BPRE


First of all I would like to thank you for a very enjoyable AAR. It makes me hope that I could perhaps play something else than the AI with at least a bit of hope of success.

Secondly I must say that I haven't been able to find any preparations for defense of one of the most important islands in your possession. This is Bora-Bora, please defend with well. Take a look at the price of a vacation there and you won't complain about Zanzibar after that.

Good luck with both your vacation and teh forthcoming battles.

/BPRE

Thanks mate! Glad you like it!

And yes...bora bora isn't bad...but it's so damned far away from Europe...maybe next time [:D]

ORIGINAL: Wirraway_Ace

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

I just returned from three nights camping in the frigid mountains and find that GreyJoy is in some South Seas thatched hut (probably wearing a thong to show off his "naturally hairy" anatomy). I thought he just returned from a three-week vacation about three weeks ago? What is this?

There is only one likely answer to this conundrum of multiple three week vacations nearly back-to-back....He is European. And here I thought his misspellings were the product of poor public education in either Queensland or Texas.

ahahahah...you imply that the european mispell like the texans and the australian? [:)]

ok, as far as i can tell (or sniff) Rader is ready for another "air push"...i'm sniffing something...i guess he's concentrating again in front lines....maybe he already got his first Franks....and he has waiting the last two months in order refill his Sentais with new pilots and planes...
we'll see....our 4Es will bomb Russell in combination with a 2BBs 2 CAs 3 CLs Task Force...let's see if my 6th sense is good and if i can anticipate him for once

An IJ DD at the Panama Canal Zone portal entrance? Man, that stinks to me. He's taking advantage of the fact that he can calculate the exact hex of entry, knowing that you (as a relatively new player) won't expect this. To me it's akin to the land march across the Owen Stanleys to recpature Port Moresby. Okay, the game allows it, but it stinks to do it, especially against a newcomer.

probably wearing a thong to show off his "naturally hairy" anatomy

Just cause you run the court doesn't mean you can't be brought before it. Watch it mister

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

An IJ DD at the Panama Canal Zone portal entrance? Man, that stinks to me. He's taking advantage of the fact that he can calculate the exact hex of entry, knowing that you (as a relatively new player) won't expect this. To me it's akin to the land march across the Owen Stanleys to recpature Port Moresby. Okay, the game allows it, but it stinks to do it, especially against a newcomer.

No CR, i don't agree with you here. The move is a bold one imho. It wasn't exactly on the exit point...close but not there...and he managed to get there with a good plan obviously....moving AOs where i could not spot him...
These moves help me to keep my focus and my attention high...i can never relax, not even in my backyard! and that's a good thing imho

What combat ships do you have at Pearl and/or US West Coast? Send them out, find the AO and sink it!

Night Time Surface Combat, near San Diego at 220,118, Range 4,000 Yards

Did you strip the West Coast of all of its Search planes? If so, Shame on You. Raids on the West Coast are s.o.p. for all of the aggressive Japanese players. Didn't you already find the KB lurking around the North Pacific some time back? That should have warned you.

220,118 is a little bit south of Panama...none of my search planes can get there...

and i do have catalinas and hudsons on WC, along with Catalinas at PH and Midway...he probably moved right in the black spot between WC and PH to get there...don't think i made any mistake there...i just should have waited for some escort for those precious transports..

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

220,118 is a little bit south of Panama...none of my search planes can get there...

and i do have catalinas and hudsons on WC, along with Catalinas at PH and Midway...he probably moved right in the black spot between WC and PH to get there...don't think i made any mistake there...i just should have waited for some escort for those precious transports..

If you send your ships to San Diego first, instead of out into the Pacific directly, he can't get at them without running into your Air Search/Naval Attack in San Diego, LA and the rest of Southern California. Spend a few extra days and save some ships. It sounds like a good idea to me.

yes, for sure. Usually i do that...but i wanted those APAs asap...but i learnt another lesson today! never relax!

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

ORIGINAL: Wirraway_Ace

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

I just returned from three nights camping in the frigid mountains and find that GreyJoy is in some South Seas thatched hut (probably wearing a thong to show off his "naturally hairy" anatomy). I thought he just returned from a three-week vacation about three weeks ago? What is this?

There is only one likely answer to this conundrum of multiple three week vacations nearly back-to-back....He is European. And here I thought his misspellings were the product of poor public education in either Queensland or Texas.

ahahahah...you imply that the european mispell like the texans and the australian? [:)]

Dont worry Cobber, mate, Sport,

Most Americans wouldnt know where Zanzibar was, even adding Africa throws them a bit!

Sorry about the Tsunami line,

Think PIRATES!!

sep 10, 11 1943

Another Turkey shot...

I was right...Rader was setting a trap for our BBs....we ate the bait but then we broke it and swallowed it along with the fisherman [:D]

Seriously now.... 50 planes shot down for me....360 for Rader over Tulagi...BB Indiana ate a torp but only 7 flt major damage...she can still make 24 knots...i'm not happy but it could go worse...the KB moved close to Shortland and only my good star made her being under severe storms for 2 days in a row...not launching a single a/c [:D]

Our bombardments at Russell that was supposed to be empty was a great one...caught more than 80 planes on the ground and closed his most important AF...the nearest to Tulagi...

Now it's very late...but tomorrow i'll make a comprehensive update

Lost a sub in exchange of a E class....and got that damned DD near Panama with my CVs....

see u tomorrow...

and yes Jeff, Zanzibar is the isle of Pirates....and usually pirates are hairy, right? [:D]...at least that's how i dream of them[;)]

and got that damned DD near Panama with my CVs

It's late 43, lots of the stuff coming out of that worm hole can eat a DD for lunch. Seems a big logistic stretch for little gain. Don't think you will see that again and he might not be short on DD's but he can't have that many extras

ORIGINAL: JohnDillworth

and got that damned DD near Panama with my CVs

It's late 43, lots of the stuff coming out of that worm hole can eat a DD for lunch. Seems a big logistic stretch for little gain. Don't think you will see that again and he might not be short on DD's but he can't have that many extras

Of course, it could have been the scout for a larger force... [X(]