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

[Cap Mandrake]

Sundas, All Sizes:I safely get some LCT's into Boela with supplies and then this happens.

Morning Air attack on Boela , at 80,110

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 31
G3M3 Nell x 57
G4M1 Betty x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 3 damaged

Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

[Cap Mandrake]

China: JJ is not giving up at Nikiang.

Morning Air attack on Neikiang , at 75,44

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 5
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 28

Allied aircraft
P-66 Vanguard x 3
Wellington Ic x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-66 Vanguard: 2 destroyed
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed

oops

Morning Air attack on Neikiang , at 75,44

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 5
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 2 destroyed

[Cap Mandrake]

And the heavies

Morning Air attack on Neikiang , at 75,44

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 5
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 6
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 25

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 10

[Cap Mandrake]

our guys take it in the shorts

Morning Air attack on Neikiang , at 75,44

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 5
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 20

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 4
B-25C Mitchell x 8

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 2 destroyed, 6 damaged

[Cap Mandrake]

JJ is trying to tidy up in SW China. This doesn't work.

Ground combat at 77,58 (near Canton)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 384 troops, 0 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 39

Defending force 4844 troops, 45 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 92

Japanese adjusted assault: 18

Allied adjusted defense: 19

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 24 (2 destroyed, 22 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
12th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
25th Chinese Corps
62nd Chinese Corps
16th Group Army
33rd Base Group /1

[Cap Mandrake]

Japanese recon unit hiding out with the pandas NW of Nikiang is being destroyed.

Ground combat at 73,43 (near Neikiang)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 4899 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148

Defending force 813 troops, 4 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 31

Allied adjusted assault: 117

Japanese adjusted defense: 40

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
260 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (3 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
12th Chinese Corps

Defending units:
20th Recon Regiment

[Cap Mandrake]

SE Asia: The siege of Tavoy is endless. The bastards are still getting supply somehow. I'm thinking of leaving one brigade and sending the other units around through the jungle toward Bangkok

Ground combat at Tavoy (54,60)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 26119 troops, 434 guns, 304 vehicles, Assault Value = 817

Defending force 9583 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 330

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

Assaulting units:
4th British Brigade
70th British Division
46th Indian Brigade
6th British Brigade
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
62nd Inf Group Brigade
3rd RTA/B Division

[Cap Mandrake]

Speaking of endless. The envelopment of Imperial Guards Div up near Chittagong is endless too.

Ground combat at 56,42 (near Chittagong)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6907 troops, 103 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 200

Defending force 13222 troops, 0 guns, 83 vehicles, Assault Value = 275

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

Assaulting units:
7th Indian Division
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
India Command
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
Imperial Guards Division
15th Army

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

That is quite cynical. What if your relatives are older AND richer than you?

The richer part would be a new experience. And I'm past the older part.

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Speaking of endless. The envelopment of Imperial Guards Div up near Chittagong is endless too.

Ground combat at 56,42 (near Chittagong)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6907 troops, 103 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 200

Defending force 13222 troops, 0 guns, 83 vehicles, Assault Value = 275

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

Assaulting units:
7th Indian Division
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Medium Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
India Command
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
Imperial Guards Division
15th Army

You remember - 'The Guard dies but never surrenders'.

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I knew an ENT surgeon who once said...."Money doesn't buy you happiness......but does it hurt?" [:D]

He also offered me this sage advice...."You never want your relatives to be happy when you die" [:D]

When my stepmother's oldest sister died, quite a few people attended the wake and the memorial service. No one cried, especially the children! I think that most people went just to make sure that she really was dead. [8D] She was. [:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

I tried to use the P-66 as a "force multiplier". It worked!

The number of fighters lost went up by a factor of 4!

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I knew an ENT surgeon who once said...."Money doesn't buy you happiness......but does it hurt?" [:D]

He also offered me this sage advice...."You never want your relatives to be happy when you die" [:D]

When my stepmother's oldest sister died, quite a few people attended the wake and the memorial service. No one cried, especially the children! I think that most people went just to make sure that she really was dead. [8D] She was. [:D]

[:D] Was she from the West?

[Cap Mandrake]

It looks like Junyo and Shokaku were not bluffing. Still, we got the short end of this.

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

he would shake his finger like the otolaryngologist version of Woody Allen.

I once sent him a 4 year old patient with a strange nasopharyngeal mass that proved to be a sarcoma (cancer) [:(][:(]

So much for Woody Allen.

Antabuse helps kill or slow down cancer:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/12 ... -treatment

[Cap Mandrake]

Solomons, New Guinea and New Britain

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Solomons, New Guinea and New Britain

Is that the Naval God Battalion at Lae? They should sacrifice to Poseidon before doing any operations.

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

he would shake his finger like the otolaryngologist version of Woody Allen.

I once sent him a 4 year old patient with a strange nasopharyngeal mass that proved to be a sarcoma (cancer) [:(][:(]

So much for Woody Allen.

Antabuse helps kill or slow down cancer:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/12 ... -treatment

Thats interesting. I doubt my sisters oncologist knows about it. He is a burnout who lets his PA do all of the work.[:o]

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Disco Duck

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

he would shake his finger like the otolaryngologist version of Woody Allen.

I once sent him a 4 year old patient with a strange nasopharyngeal mass that proved to be a sarcoma (cancer) [:(][:(]

So much for Woody Allen.

Antabuse helps kill or slow down cancer:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/12 ... -treatment

Thats interesting. I doubt my sisters oncologist knows about it. He is a burnout who lets his PA do all of the work.[:o]

They also found that a fungus may cause pancreatic cancer.

https://www.newser.com/story/281298/dri ... asion.html

A little more technical, but not too much:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1608-2

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Zorch
Is that the Naval God Battalion at Lae? They should sacrifice to Poseidon before doing any operations.

Poseidon? Pfft...Greek sycophant. [:-]