Bring me the head of Diego Garcia...and the Mayor of Addu Atoll too!

[bradfordkay]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Meanwhile looks like JJ has invented some sort of super-explosive:

Night Naval bombardment of Exmouth at 50,129

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 17 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
F4F-4 Wildcat: 24 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed on ground
Kittyhawk IA: 5 damaged
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 10 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 2 damaged
PBY-4 Catalina: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
CA Haguro
CA Atago
CL Kuma


Allied ground losses:
491 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 88 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (6 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 31

Looks like M&M Enterprises has the franchise for Kablammo (tm) now...

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: sprior

Meanwhile looks like JJ has invented some sort of super-explosive:

Night Naval bombardment of Exmouth at 50,129

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 17 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
F4F-4 Wildcat: 24 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed on ground
Kittyhawk IA: 5 damaged
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 10 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 2 damaged
PBY-4 Catalina: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
CA Haguro
CA Atago
CL Kuma


Allied ground losses:
491 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 88 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (6 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 31

You guys must be overstacked big time there, no? It's only a level 2AF, right, how many engines you have that call(ed) Exmouth home?

Can't explain the casualties though. Open terrain, no forts, I presume?

No..busy but not overstacked. Those are all single engine aircraft except for the Cats. The P-39 squadrons were understrength. This attack could not hav helped. The annoying thing is the Allied 4 BB surface group should have arrived there at night. Bloody annoying. Not sure what happened to them.

Good die roll for them I suspect but the land combat at PH was spectacular for us.

Here are the two air to ground attacks that went in at PH today:

Morning Air attack on 6th Guards Division, at 57,129 (Port Hedland)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 42



Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 2
Bolingbroke IV x 6
B-17E Fortress x 23
B-17F Fortress x 16
LB-30 Liberator x 7
B-26B Marauder x 11


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Bolingbroke IV: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 8 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 4 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
289 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

And then the B-24's from Geraldton:

Morning Air attack on 65th Brigade, at 57,129 (Port Hedland)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 19



Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 59


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
412 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 54 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

The planned fighter sweeps from Exmouth did not happen because of the carnage from the night bombardment.

[zuluhour]

Ahnold: Ah, ya, let me tell you. Zat vas Marias fault too. Ze maid ask for a raise, zo I go to Maria who vas ze woman of ze house and I zay, "Maria, ze maid is asking for a raise." But it is zat time of ze month and Maria vas very angry and she zay, "**** ZE MAID!"

speechless............reminded me of Benny Hill as a switchboard operator with all plugs and wires, and he gets the Queen mixed up with town Harlot on the tele. Its all in the translation.

By the way Mr. Sprior I hope that gound attack result at 1:1 is somewhat of an aboration, I just sent a six corp Chinese Army into a similar situation!

[Cap Mandrake]

*********************FOB Mai Tai, Papaete, Nov 21, 1942(c)***********************

Fleet Admiral Mandrake: <reading After Action Report of combat near Exmouth> "Soupcon"? What the hell is a "soupcon"? <calls out the secretary who is attired in a short woven skirt and seashell bikini top> MOANA! Please come in and take a message for Admiral Lord Sprior!

[BrucePowers]

You need an American to English dictionary.....

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: sprior

Meanwhile looks like JJ has invented some sort of super-explosive:

Night Naval bombardment of Exmouth at 50,129

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 17 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed on ground
F4F-4 Wildcat: 24 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 4 destroyed on ground
Kittyhawk IA: 5 damaged
Kittyhawk IA: 1 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 10 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 2 damaged
PBY-4 Catalina: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka
CA Haguro
CA Atago
CL Kuma


Allied ground losses:
491 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 88 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (6 destroyed, 5 disabled)


Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 31

You guys must be overstacked big time there, no? It's only a level 2AF, right, how many engines you have that call(ed) Exmouth home?

Can't explain the casualties though. Open terrain, no forts, I presume?

No..busy but not overstacked. Those are all single engine aircraft except for the Cats. The P-39 squadrons were understrength. This attack could not hav helped. The annoying thing is the Allied 4 BB surface group should have arrived there at night. Bloody annoying. Not sure what happened to them.

Good die roll for them I suspect but the land combat at PH was spectacular for us.

Here are the two air to ground attacks that went in at PH today:

Morning Air attack on 6th Guards Division, at 57,129 (Port Hedland)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 42



Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 2
Bolingbroke IV x 6
B-17E Fortress x 23
B-17F Fortress x 16
LB-30 Liberator x 7
B-26B Marauder x 11


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Bolingbroke IV: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 8 damaged
B-17F Fortress: 1 destroyed, 13 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 4 damaged
B-26B Marauder: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
289 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

And then the B-24's from Geraldton:

Morning Air attack on 65th Brigade, at 57,129 (Port Hedland)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 19



Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 59


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
412 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 54 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

The planned fighter sweeps from Exmouth did not happen because of the carnage from the night bombardment.

600+ disablements ain't gonna help JJ's combat readiness. By the skin of your teeth, I venture you may be out of immediate danger (again). Keeping your readers riveted in between the fart jokes makes this my one stop shopping for terror, mayhem and ribald humor.

Now, about opening up a retreat path. I know, keep calm and carry on, what what, but I am a loyal voting member of the Sensible Party.

[Chickenboy]

"Soupcon"? What the hell is a "soupcon"?

Why are you shouting? Do you want us to go Defcon? [:'(]

[sprior]

This attack could not hav helped

Are you sure you didn't spend some time at St Custard's?

What the hell is a "soupcon"?

Ah yes, you probably did.

[sprior]

but I am a loyal voting member of the Sensible Party

Yes, but we're fully paid up members of the Monster Raving Loony Party.

[sprior]

By the way Mr. Sprior I hope that gound attack result at 1:1 is somewhat of an aboration

(P)lucky defenders, spirit of the blitz, stiff upper lip, blah, blah, blah.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

This attack could not hav helped

Are you sure you didn't spend some time at St Custard's?

What the hell is a "soupcon"?

Ah yes, you probably did.

No, St. Andrew's in Indianapolis, but I may have suffered brain damage when I was slapped real hard like by Sister "Pruneface" Concertina. You have to understand that we got rid of all the Frenchies in Indiana a long time ago in the battle of something or other. Our side was led by a future American President. I think it was Robert Louis Stevenson but I am not sure. At least he had three names.

I think.

[Onime No Kyo]

2 pages and not a single boob joke. This place is becoming an almost respectable AAR. [:-]

[zuluhour]

ignore the boobs in the corner

[sprior]

ignore the boobs in the corner

Karma is restored.

[zuluhour]

Actually before I place a picture of one of my all time favorite Boob, Mr Sprior, being a huge fan of Mr Hill through the years, has anyone in merry olde England risen to the task as his replacement on the tele over there?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: zuluhour

ignore the boobs in the corner

In all honestly, even with the greatest objectivity that I can muster, I don't recall Sister Concertina looking ANYTHING like that. Even more, I doubt her breastesses were that perky <makes Dominican baseball player sign>. I imagine her looking more like my grandma Hazel who I accidentally saw unrobed from the waist up once <makes Dominican baseball player sign...twice>.

[Crackaces]

Good die roll for them I suspect but the land combat at PH was spectacular for us.

Hmmmmm this makes me think maybe the IJ are reading this AAR and are now copying the famed Cap Mandrake craps uber-die command technique [&:].. or more likely they are investing in die roll R&D -- advancing the IJ die roll advantage as much as 14 months ...[8D]

[Cap Mandrake]

Here are the air losses for the turn:

We lost 2 B-17E/F, 2 Bolingbroke (yawn) and 2 P-38 over PH and 6 F4F's and 4 Hurricane on the ground at Exmouth. I think the Exmouth bombardment combat report was a bit hyperbolic. The Tojos at Port Hedrand are reproducing by binary fision. We kill 6 and now there are 46 instead of 25.

Remember 102nd Eng Rgt which was more poperly a Bn.? You know, the unit that was hogging all the field kitchens and 105 mm rounds?

Well, they are now the 102nd Engr Platoon with a strength of 46 men and 3 trucks. Even so they are ready to fight. They are tougher than Reynolds' Iron Brigade. Br. 2nd has come down just a bit in disrutption and King's African Rifles are in good shape. 32nd ID now has 15 infantrymen (men, not squads) ready for battle. They have become a hospital unit and artillery attachment.

[Cap Mandrake]

[font="Courier New"]Admiral Lord SPrior
Star and Bar, Cross, Tilde Sign etc.
Kandy House, Ceylon


My Dearest Spri;


Many thanks for the limes. Splendid soupcon you chaps had over there! Concerning the situation at Port Hedland, Mr. Roosevelt was wondering if we might somehow open an emergency escape route should are troops there chose to, well, redeploy? I am sending over another B-17 squadron from Fiji to keep the Little Yellow Bastards penned in.

With Unfeigned Tepidness;

Fleet Admiral Mandrake[/font]

[Cap Mandrake]

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