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

[capmandrake2]

Nice, level 4 AF in the mountains. No garrison. Will be hard to get supply here however.

Ground combat at Madioen (54,104)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 167 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12

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

Allied adjusted assault: 4

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Madioen !!!

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

Assaulting units:
503rd Parachute Rgt /4

[capmandrake2]

Sumatra: RN raids Medan harbour.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Medan at 46,76, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Nikkai Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire
PB Shotoku Maru, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA Suffolk
CL Emerald
DD Warramunga
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Quadrant
DD Racehorse
DD Redoubt
DD Relentless
DD Rotherham

and

Night Time Surface Combat, near Medan at 46,76, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Nikkai Maru, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
PB Shotoku Maru, Shell hits 12, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Suffolk
CL Emerald
DD Warramunga
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Quadrant
DD Racehorse
DD Redoubt
DD Relentless
DD Rotherham

and

Night Time Surface Combat, near Medan at 46,76, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Keishin Maru, Shell hits 12, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Suffolk
CL Emerald
DD Warramunga
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Quadrant
DD Racehorse
DD Redoubt
DD Relentless
DD Rotherham

and
Night Naval bombardment of Medan at 46,76

Allied Ships
CA Suffolk
CL Emerald

Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

[capmandrake2]

Big furball over Medan. P-47's move up and lay on the timber. We win.

Afternoon Air attack on 5th Division, at 46,76 (Medan)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 18
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17
Ki-84a Frank x 9

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 4
B-24D Liberator x 3
B-24D1 Liberator x 33
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 3 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
P-47D2 Thunderbolt: 1 destroyed

Japanese ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

[capmandrake2]

Airdrops in white. Trannies approaching from South

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[anarchyintheuk]

By ra way, chicken nuggets with ranch are the favorite food of kids with autism. I tell kids who don't eat any veggies that chicken nuggets are "chicken sawdust they sweep off the floor". This is only a slight exaggeration. They usually keep eating the things anyway because there is something in the breading that goes right to the hypothalamic pleasure centers.

So as a kid, if I only liked mcnuggets w/ bbq sauce, did that mean I was only mildly autistic?

[capmandrake2]

By ra way, chicken nuggets with ranch are the favorite food of kids with autism. I tell kids who don't eat any veggies that chicken nuggets are "chicken sawdust they sweep off the floor". This is only a slight exaggeration. They usually keep eating the things anyway because there is something in the breading that goes right to the hypothalamic pleasure centers.

So as a kid, if I only liked mcnuggets w/ bbq sauce, did that mean I was only mildly autistic?

Yes, perhaps an autistic kid from Texas or a nerdy wargamer

[capmandrake2]

***********************************September 8******************************

Java, D-Day +1: We try to get some supplies in at Tepjoe on the Java Sea side. No go.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Tjepoe at 55,102, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Yukikaze
E Kuretake
E Yugao
E Hishu
E Kiku
E Etoforu
E Hayabusa

Allied Ships
xAK Admiral Halstead, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

[capmandrake2]

Not going to be worth very much anyway.

Night Naval bombardment of Tjepoe at 54,103

Japanese Ships
DD Yukikaze
E Hayabusa
E Etoforu
E Kiku
E Hishu
E Yugao
E Kuretake

Refinery hits 1
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 19
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 4
Port supply hits 1

[capmandrake2]

No fighters over Soerabaja

Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 45 NM, estimated altitude 28,440 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Allied aircraft
P-38H Lightning x 17

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 25440 feet *

[capmandrake2]

Effective attack on Soerabaja AF

Morning Air attack on Soerabaja , at 56,104

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 30
PB4Y-1 Liberator x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 40

[capmandrake2]

Ships trying to get out of Soerabaja. Good surprise it seems. Carriers on the other side of the island.

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bima at 62,108

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

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

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 60
SBD-5 Dauntless x 36

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
AK Tokai Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Tsukuba Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
AK Hakkai Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Tonan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires
xAP Argentina Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Ishikari Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Taito Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
AK Manila Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
8 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

[capmandrake2]

Turns out there is only a company of the Shinto Boys at Loemedjang so we turn lose the TBF's from 7000 ft. and order an air drop. Damned effective.

Afternoon Air attack on 4th Indpt SNLF Coy , at 56,106 (Loemadjang)

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Allied aircraft
Martlet IV x 4
FM-1 Wildcat x 12
F6F-3 Hellcat x 68
TBF-1 Avenger x 76

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 3 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
375 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

[capmandrake2]

Damn, something substantial already transiting the Makassar St. I didn't think they would get here that fast.

ASW attack near Donggala at 69,96

Japanese Ships
DD Shimakaze
CA Chikuma
CL Isuzu
CL Oyodo
DD Niizuki
DD Matsukaze
DD Kamikaze
DD Kisaragi
DD Naganami

Allied Ships
SS O23

[capmandrake2]

We land some troops at Tjilitjap which is too far from Samba for airdrops.

[Pre-Invasion action off Tjilatjap (51,102)

Allied Ships
APD Dickerson

APD Dickerson fired at enemy troops


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Amphibious Assault at Tjilatjap (51,102)

TF 309 troops unloading over beach at Tjilatjap, 51,102

Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled/quote]

[capmandrake2]

145th IR coming ashore at Loemadjang in case the paras don't succeed. 145th is unprepped so they have a lot of swimming injuries and jellyfish stings. Several brigades and regiments stay on the ships until the place is captured.

Amphibious Assault at Loemadjang (56,106)

TF 350 troops unloading over beach at Loemadjang, 56,106

Allied ground losses:
306 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 50 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 58 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 35 (0 destroyed, 35 disabled)
Vehicles lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled)

Motorized Support lost overboard during unload of 145th Infantry Rgt

[capmandrake2]

Jap Tank unit at Banjowanga attacks. 2nd Para has not AT guns, just some crappy PIATs

Ground combat at Banjoewangi (57,107)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 378 troops, 0 guns, 70 vehicles, Assault Value = 35

Defending force 552 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

Japanese adjusted assault: 15

Allied adjusted defense: 2

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)

Allied ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
15th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
2nd British Para Bde /4

[capmandrake2]

3rd Raiding Rgt counterattacks at Probolinggo...and it actually works. Baaahstards. Big drop of almost 400 troops

Ground combat at Probolinggo (56,105)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 395 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Defending force 52 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

Japanese adjusted assault: 17

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Probolinggo !!!

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

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

Assaulting units:
3rd Raiding Rgt /2

Defending units:
2nd British Para Bde /7

[capmandrake2]

Jap paras counterattack at Tjepjoe and THAT works too!

Ground combat at Tjepoe (54,103)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 185 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13

Defending force 86 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Japanese adjusted assault: 11

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tjepoe !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 2

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /2

Defending units:
503rd Parachute Rgt /3
2nd Fleet Advn Base Force /2

[capmandrake2]

503rd takes Banjermasin, which has a level 3 AF but no garrison.

Ground combat at Bandjermasin (60,99)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 97 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

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

Allied adjusted assault: 2

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Bandjermasin !!!

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

Assaulting units:
503rd Parachute Rgt /5

[capmandrake2]

167 men of 503rd PIR also take Loemadjang. Level 4 AF. Super important. Huzzah!

Ground combat at Loemadjang (56,106)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 167 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 98

Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 11

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Loemadjang !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender:
Attacker: shock(+)

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

Assaulting units:
503rd Parachute Rgt /7
145th Infantry Rgt /2
25th Australian Bde /1
1/532nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion

Defending units:
4th Indpt SNLF Coy