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

[Cap Mandrake]

How would that work? A large transport force is spotted moving toward Trunk. The IJN carriers react but likely stay NW or W of Truk to use their range advantage. Perhaps the transports move to Truk covered by LRCAP from the carriers 3-4 hexes back so the IJN attack is concentrated on the transports. The LRCAP downs many IJN A/C. Day 2...the USN carriers close range.

Many things could go wrong. [:D]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Now that Clark has fallen I am beginning to wonder if it is advisable to push urgently toward Luzon or to wait for the arrival of two more CV's and 3 CVL's in the next 50 days? The nurses in the Malinta Tunnel and MacArthur will be POW's by then, I suspect.

The massive size of IJN carrier raids is terrifying. One option perhaps is to try to draw the IJN carriers into a battle with a fake landing at Truk with empty transports and a prewar BB. The Allied carrier force would be 5 CV's and 9 CVE's and leaving Long Island as a Replenishment carrier

Won't you have CVLs too, or is that the 9 number. That seems too low for a CVE count.

[RangerJoe]

It might be costly but you could have a lot of 4Es on Naval Attack to wear down the enemy CAP. Have lots of subs to blanket where you think his carriers might hang out.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

It might be costly but you could have a lot of 4Es on Naval Attack to wear down the enemy CAP. Have lots of subs to blanket where you think his carriers might hang out.

Subs would work but I doubt the IJN will go anywhere near Rabaul or Kavieng or Mussau. Mussau is the closest at 13 hexes

[Cap Mandrake]

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GENERAL ORDER/SOUPAC
08:22 ZULU:07/06/43
RABAUL


EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY ANY UNIT ORDERED TO MOVE ANYWHERE WILL POWER DOWN SCR-270 RADAR UNITS AND WEATEHRPOOF ANY FITTINGS AND IS ORDERED TO LEAVE THE UNIT IN A WATERTIGHT
BUILDING WITH A SIGN THAT SAYS "SCR-270 HERE". SOUPAC HAS EXPERIENCED AN SURGE IN DISABILITY CLAIMS ASSOCIATED WITH MOVEMENT OF THE SCR-270 UNITS. PLUS, IT IS VERY LIKELY THE ARRIVING UNIT WILL NOT HAVE THEIR SCR-270 EITHER AND WILL NEED ONE. IF THE DEPARTING UNIT IS EVACUATING A REAR AREA BASE WITH NO FOLLOW-ON UNITS PLANNED THE CO SHALL DRAFT A LETTER GIFTING THE UNIT TO THE LOCAL CHIEFTAN. THE SALUTATION SHALL READ "COMPLIMENTS OF BIG CHIEFTAN FDR AND ENSIGN MCGOO"


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[Alfred]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

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GENERAL ORDER/SOUPAC
08:22 ZULU:07/06/43
RABAUL


EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY ANY UNIT ORDERED TO MOVE ANYWHERE WILL POWER DOWN SCR-270 RADAR UNITS AND WEATEHRPOOF ANY FITTINGS AND IS ORDERED TO LEAVE THE UNIT IN A WATERTIGHT
BUILDING WITH A SIGN THAT SAYS "SCR-270 HERE". SOUPAC HAS EXPERIENCED AN SURGE IN DISABILITY CLAIMS ASSOCIATED WITH MOVEMENT OF THE SCR-270 UNITS. PLUS, IT IS VERY LIKELY THE ARRIVING UNIT WILL NOT HAVE THEIR SCR-270 EITHER AND WILL NEED ONE. IF THE DEPARTING UNIT IS EVACUATING A REAR AREA BASE WITH NO FOLLOW-ON UNITS PLANNED THE CO SHALL DRAFT A LETTER GIFTING THE UNIT TO THE LOCAL CHIEFTAN. THE SALUTATION SHALL READ "COMPLIMENTS OF BIG CHIEFTAN FDR AND ENSIGN MCGOO"


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Having trouble unloading the radar?

Try using an Amphibious TF using AKA ships. That will give the best load/unload rates.

Alfred

[Disco Duck]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

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GENERAL ORDER/SOUPAC
08:22 ZULU:07/06/43
RABAUL


EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY ANY UNIT ORDERED TO MOVE ANYWHERE WILL POWER DOWN SCR-270 RADAR UNITS AND WEATEHRPOOF ANY FITTINGS AND IS ORDERED TO LEAVE THE UNIT IN A WATERTIGHT
BUILDING WITH A SIGN THAT SAYS "SCR-270 HERE". SOUPAC HAS EXPERIENCED AN SURGE IN DISABILITY CLAIMS ASSOCIATED WITH MOVEMENT OF THE SCR-270 UNITS. PLUS, IT IS VERY LIKELY THE ARRIVING UNIT WILL NOT HAVE THEIR SCR-270 EITHER AND WILL NEED ONE. IF THE DEPARTING UNIT IS EVACUATING A REAR AREA BASE WITH NO FOLLOW-ON UNITS PLANNED THE CO SHALL DRAFT A LETTER GIFTING THE UNIT TO THE LOCAL CHIEFTAN. THE SALUTATION SHALL READ "COMPLIMENTS OF BIG CHIEFTAN FDR AND ENSIGN MCGOO"


FLEET ADMIRAL MANDRAKE[/font]

For those who don't get the reference. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Magoo

[Cap Mandrake]

**************June 5, 1943(e)*************

Forest Base of Endeh: Arr of Nerrs back at Kendari. Good. They can't do any real damage there. We just rebuild the bases so the Japs can attack them again.

Morning Air attack on Endeh , at 65,113

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 62
G3M3 Nell x 66

No Japanese losses

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

Airbase hits 18
Airbase supply hits 12
Runway hits 37

[Cap Mandrake]

Borneo: IJN Naval Guard unit landing at Samarinda. Too late. I think the understrength platoon of 503rd PI that landed there has evaporated. Maybe the Shinto boys will take out some the Royal Dutch Shell property

Amphibious Assault at Samarinda (65,96)

TF 87 troops unloading over beach at Samarinda, 65,96

Japanese ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (0 destroyed, 6 disabled)

17 troops of a SNLF Inf Squad 43 lost overboard during unload of 89th Nav Gd

[Cap Mandrake]

Malaysia: Raid on Alor Star.

Morning Air attack on Alor Star , at 49,73

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 3

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 3
B-24D Liberator x 10
B-24D1 Liberator x 14

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 2 damaged

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

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 21

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator II bombing from 12000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 12000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 12000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 12000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 12000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
59th Sentai with Ki-43-IIb Oscar (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 11000.
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Alor Star , at 49,73

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 2

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 4
B-24D Liberator x 4
B-24D1 Liberator x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 12

[Cap Mandrake]

Marshalls: Some of the USMC paras that reconned Wotje survived and the small naval fortress has no infantry so we will just wait for the USAAF from Makin to incinerate them.

Morning Air attack on Wotje Naval Fortress, at 135,115 (Wotje)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 6

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 500 lb GP Bomb

[Cap Mandrake]

*******************June 6, 1943(e)*****************

I forget what happened.

Japs bomb Bataan AF.

We bomb Truk and Ponape and Wotje and Manokwari.

We find Eniweetok unguarded and some Marine paras take the place from 2 PBY's.

[Cap Mandrake]

*******************June 7, 1943(e)**************

Burma: The Royal Thai Army regiment that snuck up to Prome gets pulverized by air. This is only part of it.

Morning Air attack on 6th RTA/B Division, at 55,50 (Prome)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
Blenheim VD x 18
Hudson IIIa x 9
Liberator II x 6
Wellington GR.VIII x 6
Anson I x 3
Beaufort VIII x 3
B-17F Fortress x 2
B-24D Liberator x 13
B-24D1 Liberator x 23
B-25C Mitchell x 12
B-25D1 Mitchell x 12

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
610 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 47 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

[Cap Mandrake]

New Guinea: Manokwari gets reduced by air. No CAP anymore.

Morning Air attack on 62nd Infantry Brigade, at 85,109 (Manokwari)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 51
B-25D1 Mitchell x 13

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
146 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

[Cap Mandrake]

Caroline Is: Sneaky bastards sneak some Vals into Wolei so we turn the B24's lose. Multiple waves. The next day they move the Vals back out.

Morning Air attack on Woleai , at 101,103

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

Runway hits 5

[Cap Mandrake]

******************June 8 1943(e)****************

Marshalls: No planes at Roi Namur or anywhere in the Marshalls that I can tell. The Naval "Fortress" at Wotje has ceased to exist. Every last man. The Marines attack tomorrow. Engineers and some fighters o their way from Pearl. A few P-38 fly in to Eniweetok nto cover the landing of engineers coming up from Kusai Is.

[Cap Mandrake]

PI: Two AK's reach Leyte and start unloading supplies to be ferried to Bataan by sub. First Jap land unit reaches Bataan

[Cap Mandrake]

USN: Essex joins the CV's. The rest of the CVE's coming down from Midway area.

Jap CV's have disappeared again save for a couple of small carriers are Soerabaja

[Cap Mandrake]

*****************June 9, 1943(e)*************

New Guinea: Shortland gets crushed again right after we manage to get some supply in by LCT. We are building up Sansapor 1 hex to the East because it is out of Zeke range from Kendari

Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 31
G3M3 Nell x 59

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 8 damaged
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

Airbase hits 16
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 59

Aircraft Attacking:
32 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
27 x G3M3 Nell bombing from 6000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Sorong , at 82,107

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 69

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 13 damaged
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 26

[Cap Mandrake]

Manokwari getting pounded by B-25's from Hollandia and remainder of 147th IR comes ashore by LCT.

Afternoon Air attack on 42nd JNAF AF Unit , at 85,109 (Manokwari)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 11

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on 42nd JNAF AF Unit , at 85,109 (Manokwari)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 23

No Allied losses

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