A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere

[Cap Mandrake]

Siutation of "redeproyemnt"

[Cap Mandrake]

**************Jury 7, 1942(d)***************

Operation Vacation in Port Moresby: Betty bombahs attack Cairns but not-ah do very much at night.

Night Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 108 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 37 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 7

[Cap Mandrake]

Say Haro to rittah 18 inch gun. Seem rike Arried-dogs move fightahs out of Cairns.

Night Naval bombardment of Cairns at 92,140

Japanese Ships
BB Yamato
BB Hiei
CA Maya

Allied ground losses:
395 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)

BB Yamato firing at 11th Indian Division
F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Hiei
BB Hiei firing at 2nd Australian Division
CA Maya firing at 5th Australian Division

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Ut-oh. Here come f****** B-17's...probabry from Rockhampton. Our fightah pranes rook rike swiss cheeses with arr of 50 cariber hores.

Morning Air attack on Cooktown , at 92,137

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 21

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 44

[Cap Mandrake]

Japan-mens get serious ass kicked

Morning Air attack on Cooktown , at 92,137

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 14
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 8

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged

Airbase supply hits 1

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Good news: No attacks on Japan-mens ships

Bad news: Runway at 35% destruction and every singurh airprane except Jakes disaburhed. Time to redeproy even fastah.

1) Support AKE's head for Port-ah Moresby arong with Hiei and Yamato which out of burets
2) Three othah BB's brow up Cairns tonight and then run back to PM
3) Mandarake-san arready have AK's wait at Cooktown so road up arr of broken pranes and head back to PM
4) Support troops at Cooktown try and get out by air transport to PM
5) In case that-ah not work, barges start trip from PM to Cooktown

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Fight ovah Tonga Is. Mainry trying to kirr Arried-dogs ashore on Vava'u and Eua and deny easy airbases.

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Opposing forces Vava'u (or howevah say). Arried-dogs probabry get tired from air attacks.

Ground combat at Vava'u (141,165)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 955 troops, 42 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 102

Defending force 3053 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 93

Assaulting units:
1st Marine Raider Battalion
24th (Sep) Infantry Rgt /10
45th Base Group

Defending units:
51st Naval Guard Unit
65th Naval Guard Unit

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1 1/2 squadrons now suppried with Tojo but production stir onry 37 per month.

Compretary out of Oscar inventory and production turned off

Suppry at Tokyo go up about 10-15K per day.

Carriers compreting Jury refits except Kaga not-ah start yet because come back to HI with Junyo which-ah have unfortunate incident with torpedo

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Japan-mens try get ready for Arried-dogs offensive when vorunatarirry give back Austraria.

1) Port-ah Morseby buriding to rever 6 AF. Now with 3 forts
2) Horn Isrand buirding up.
3) Japan-mens buirding up Tagura Is (harfway between PM and Tulagi
4) Eventuarry Japan-mens give up Noumea and Norfork Is because too hard defend
5) Japan-mens arso give up Darwin eventuarry because unberievaburh numbah Arried-dogs in Austraria
6) Japan-mens buird base at Bathurst Is to cap Darwin for some time.

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

1 1/2 squadrons now suppried with Tojo but production stir onry 37 per month.

Compretary out of Oscar inventory and production turned off

Suppry at Tokyo go up about 10-15K per day.

Carriers compreting Jury refits except Kaga not-ah start yet because come back to HI with Junyo which-ah have unfortunate incident with torpedo

Hai!

Preased to terr rike-new Oscars avairabre cheap on ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/oscar-fighter-planes-rike-new-condition

[Cap Mandrake]

Perhaps Mistah Minderbinder have Oscars.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

1 1/2 squadrons now suppried with Tojo but production stir onry 37 per month.

Compretary out of Oscar inventory and production turned off

Suppry at Tokyo go up about 10-15K per day.

Carriers compreting Jury refits except Kaga not-ah start yet because come back to HI with Junyo which-ah have unfortunate incident with torpedo

Why onry 37 / month production? Prease to take screenshot of production.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

1 1/2 squadrons now suppried with Tojo but production stir onry 37 per month.

Compretary out of Oscar inventory and production turned off

Suppry at Tokyo go up about 10-15K per day.

Carriers compreting Jury refits except Kaga not-ah start yet because come back to HI with Junyo which-ah have unfortunate incident with torpedo

Why onry 37 / month production? Prease to take screenshot of production.

Actuarry, Tojo production go up to 40/month in rast day. Lowpe-san say 300,000 suppry at Tokyo dangerousry row so Mandarake-san turn off repair of one Tojo
prant to save suppry and it actuary work...suppries at Tokyo go up 10-15K tons per day. At 40/month and rising..pretty soon Japan-mens have prenty of Tojos. For now just convert backwatah Oscar squadrons to Nate to keep front rine Oscar squadrons suppried.

Japan-mens concentrate on Sam and Frank R&D rike Lowpe-san recommend.

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It-ah rike buy fancy Barbie Jeep for kids on credit card at Christmas. Everyone rearry excited then kids have fight ovah Jeep and ordest run ovah youngest and have t make up story when go to ER. Even worse, forget to make payment so interest rate go up to 39.9% and guy name Lucha show up at office.

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*************Jury 8, 1942(d)*************

Redeproyent: Everyone have party at Cairns.

Night Naval bombardment of Cairns at 92,140

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Yamashiro
BB Nagato
DD Matsukaze
DD Asakaze
DD Kagero
DD Makigumo

Allied ground losses:
269 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 4
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

[Cap Mandrake]

Damn good redeproyment. Not even barges sink.

ASW attack near Port Moresby at 96,132

Japanese Ships
LB-1008
LB-152
LB-147
LB-139
LB-501
PB Kaikei Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXIII

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B-17's send runway damage at Cooktown ovah 60% but arr of pranes arready gone. Air transports from PM get out Aviation Support Bn and part of Port support troops. No enemy fightahs. No transports rost. 800 men reft at Cooktown. Try same thing tomorrow and barges keep going in case needed.

Morning Air attack on Cooktown , at 92,137

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 13

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 13

Aircraft Attacking:
13 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 7000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Arried-dogs send P-40E's to Denpasar but Kongo and friends show up. Party ovah.

Night Naval bombardment of Denpasar at 58,108

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 8 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
PBY-5 Catalina: 3 damaged
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed on ground
CW-22 Falcon: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
CA Mogami
CL Tama
CL Abukuma
CL Isuzu
DD Yomogi
DD Inazuma
DD Ikazuchi

Allied ground losses:
739 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 45 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 46
Port hits 7

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**********Jury 9, 1942(d)**********

Arried-dogs brow up runway at Cooktown but somehow transport pranes get arr of Japan-mens in port support unit
out. Onry thing reft in area is rearguard infantry company try to reach Cooktown by back roads.