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The KB has moved South, presumably to cut off communication to Noumea from Suva. They are carefully staying out of range of the SBD's at
Suva and now, Noumea.

2 Arty units, a tank Bn, and a USMC Para Bn still disembarking at Noumea. Another tank Bn and USMC Pioneer Bn will try to land at La Foa. I have a feeling something is going to get broken..but it might be their stuff...as well.

Warspite and 4 USN DD's were slated to arrive at Suva today. Now they have to go South and try to loop around to Noumea.

3 BB's spotted at Rabaul. I am surprised they haven't been back yet. I wonder if they have no AKE in Rabaul or Oz?

That red TF with the ? could be KB oilers, or more troops for Koumac. Worth checking out if your heroic DD has any ammo.

As for the 3 BB & AKEs at Rabaul, one AKE will often run out of ops points if trying to replenish ammo on more than one BB. It might take them three days to rearm. I doubt that he neglected to put any AKEs or AEs in the area.

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

That red TF with the ? could be KB oilers, or more troops for Koumac. Worth checking out if your heroic DD has any ammo.

As for the 3 BB & AKEs at Rabaul, one AKE will often run out of ops points if trying to replenish ammo on more than one BB. It might take them three days to rearm. I doubt that he neglected to put any AKEs or AEs in the area.

Hey..didn't think about the oilers. That is a good thought. Mouseover shows two "CVE" and something else with 3 planes. Maybe a CS or CL with 3 seaplanes and some oilers or a cruiser and some DD's?

Be careful how you deploy Warspite....I thought this was a bit lopsided but,......
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 13, 42
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Attu Island at 153,49, Range 2,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
     DD Arashi, Shell hits 1
     DD Yamagumo

Allied Ships
     BB Warspite, Shell hits 17, Torpedo hits 2,  heavy damage
     CL Helena, Shell hits 1
     DD Bagley


wife wonders why I can't quit smoking.....BAH!

"Are you in charge of those hippos?" a guy asked me at the zoo.

"Yes," I said.

"Well they're undernourished, they need cleaned, one is limping and another has a tooth infection," he said.

Some people are so hypocritical.

It took me 90 minutes to get the joke. I thought it was some insider thing about Engrish dentistry or something.

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

It took me 90 minutes to get the joke. I thought it was some insider thing about Engrish dentistry or something.

I also did not get it the first time that I read it.

So I read it a 2nd time, then a 3rd time, and then the light bulb went on and I got the joke.
(considerably less than 90 minutes [;)] )

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

It took me 90 minutes to get the joke. I thought it was some insider thing about Engrish dentistry or something.

Your medical training made you pronounce the "y" in hypo as a long "I", so the hippo was not coming through. Lots of things we learn make us oblivious to alternate interpretations/ideas.

ORIGINAL: chijohnaok

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

It took me 90 minutes to get the joke. I thought it was some insider thing about Engrish dentistry or something.

I also did not get it the first time that I read it.

So I read it a 2nd time, then a 3rd time, and then the light bulb went on and I got the joke.
(considerably less than 90 minutes [;)] )

Right, that's essentially what I did..just that the second read was 90 minutes after the first. [:)]

At first I am scrolling through the standards..racist...no...ethnic..no..anti-muslim...no, it would be funnier...a fat joke, maybe? Tooth joke? Class stratification joke?

Maybe it's a speciesist joke?

So a termite walks into a bar and asks "Is the bartender here?"

A baby harp seal walks into a club....

**********Situation, 1-29-42(e)**************

KB has swung South to cut off reinforcements and perhaps to blow things up.

Norfolk Is.: Good news..we find the KB. Bad news..they blow something up..2 9 pt AK's and a PC and a few guns of an AA Bn. Norfolk is secure for now with a RCT, aviation support and AAA. Auckland has no fighters so we send some from Norfolk and Noumea and back fill from Suva.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Norfolk Island at 113,170

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
B5N2 Kate x 9
D3A1 Val x 9

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAK Shooting Star, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK James Lykes, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
PC Cahoone

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 10 (6 destroyed, 4 disabled)

La Foa: JJ has moved the beat up 33rd Div to La Foa. We are having trouble getting the tanks and USMC Pioneer Bn ashore there as the landing is opposed and Pioneer Bn is prepped to land in Santa Monica.
[:)] CO of Pioneer Bn is still aboard the transports in his bathrobe. No hope of capturing La Foa with these forces. We will give up and unload the rest of the tanks at Noumea. Nominally, JJ could crush the small force at La Foa and then move North and take Koumac for a safer landing spot for the reinforcements they will need.
JJ has these forces at La Foa. Their bombardment is inept. USN crusiers and HMAS Australia will bombard La Foa tonight.

Ground combat at La Foa (114,159)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1663 troops, 21 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 338

Defending force 1372 troops, 42 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Assaulting units:
33rd Division
Maizuru 2nd SNLF
24th Special Base Force
21st Air Flotilla
25th JNAF AF Unit

Defending units:
2nd USMC Tank Bn /2
2nd Marine Defense Battalion
2nd Pion Bn /1

Noumea: I think this leaves the even more beat up 4th Div and a SNLF at Noumea. Jap heavies 480 miles N of Koumac...probably headed for a night bombardment of Noumea. The 3 cruisers aren't going to be enough. Warpsite can't join easily because of the position of the KB. Looks like a night battle is in the works the night of 30/31. The CA need to (in order of priority):

1) Stop a shore bombardment by making the Jap heavies use up their ammo
2) Sink or put out of action the Jap heavies.
3) Not get sunk

If the airfield is intact, Jap cripples will be vulnerable to the SBD's...very Guadalcanalish.

Oz: JJ has reached Toowoomba and is 80 miles North of Brisbane on the coast road.

First fight at Toowoomba looks promising though they do take down our fort and beat up our P-40's in the air overhead.
2 understrength inf brigades arriving Toowoomba tonight.

Ground combat at Toowoomba (94,159)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8896 troops, 58 guns, 88 vehicles, Assault Value = 307

Defending force 3285 troops, 51 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 87

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 63

Allied adjusted defense: 91

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
227 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
232 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Assaulting units:
146th Infantry Regiment
8th Tank Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Armoured Brigade
21st Cav Recce Regiment
20th LH Motor Regiment
21st Fld RAA Regiment
16th RAAF Base Sqdn

***************January 29, 1942(e)***********

Good day for the USN/RN

A Jap convoy was spotted 2 d ago heading SE near Ambon. They appeared to be well escorted. Landing at Ambon (which was beign heavily suppressed by air)?

The frist day they passed Ambon..well maybe a landing at Merauke then?

Yesterday, they ran into a Dutch AVP retreating from Ambon...hmmm..I wonder if that stripped off soem of the escort? Well, the Darwin Squadron was loitering to the SW of their route..figure 160 miles or so of progress during the night..they have to go south of one of the Medium and Lesser Sundas...there...the Darwin Squadron needs to be about ......there. [X(]

Day Time Surface Combat, near Taberfane at 82,119, Range 23,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Murasame, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Shinonome
DD Shirakumo, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Tokusima Maru, Shell hits 23, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Hokumai Maru, Shell hits 17, and is sunk
xAK Hokutai Maru, Shell hits 16, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Hukusei Maru, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Hukuzyu Maru, Shell hits 15, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kosei Maru #4, Shell hits 14, and is sunk
xAK Yamagiku Maru, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
xAK Daigen Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
xAK Argun Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
xAK Kotohira Maru, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships
CL Mauritius, Shell hits 2
DD Whipple, Shell hits 2
DD Parrott, Shell hits 1
DD Encounter, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Isis
DD Jupiter

Japanese ground losses:
12498 casualties reported
Squads: 146 destroyed, 285 disabled
Non Combat: 247 destroyed, 247 disabled
Engineers: 28 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 137 (87 destroyed, 50 disabled)
Vehicles lost 39 (28 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 25,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 25,000 yards
Range closes to 23,000 yards...
CL Mauritius engages xAK Tokusima Maru at 23,000 yards
Range closes to 22,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Jupiter at 22,000 yards
CL Mauritius engages xAK Yamagiku Maru at 22,000 yards
CL Mauritius engages xAK Kosei Maru #4 at 22,000 yards
CL Mauritius engages xAK Hokumai Maru at 22,000 yards
CL Mauritius engages xAK Tokusima Maru at 22,000 yards
Range closes to 21,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages CL Mauritius at 21,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages DD Shinonome at 21,000 yards
CL Mauritius engages xAK Argun Maru at 21,000 yards
CL Mauritius engages xAK Hukuzyu Maru at 21,000 yards
CL Mauritius engages xAK Hokumai Maru at 21,000 yards
CL Mauritius engages xAK Tokusima Maru at 21,000 yards
Range closes to 18,000 yards
CL Mauritius engages DD Shirakumo at 18,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages DD Encounter at 18,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages DD Isis at 18,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Whipple at 18,000 yards
CL Mauritius engages xAK Yamagiku Maru at 18,000 yards
CL Mauritius engages xAK Hukuzyu Maru at 18,000 yards
CL Mauritius engages xAK Tokusima Maru at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 16,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages CL Mauritius at 16,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages DD Jupiter at 16,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Isis at 16,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages DD Parrott at 16,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages DD Whipple at 16,000 yards
DD Isis engages xAK Yamagiku Maru at 16,000 yards
DD Whipple engages xAK Kosei Maru #4 at 16,000 yards
DD Encounter engages xAK Hokutai Maru at 16,000 yards
DD Isis engages xAK Hokumai Maru at 16,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards
CL Mauritius engages DD Murasame at 15,000 yards
DD Whipple engages DD Shinonome at 15,000 yards
DD Isis engages DD Shirakumo at 15,000 yards
DD Isis engages xAK Kotohira Maru at 15,000 yards
DD Whipple engages xAK Argun Maru at 15,000 yards
DD Whipple engages DD Murasame at 15,000 yards
DD Isis engages xAK Yamagiku Maru at 15,000 yards
DD Whipple engages xAK Kosei Maru #4 at 15,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages xAK Hukusei Maru at 15,000 yards
DD Encounter engages xAK Hokutai Maru at 15,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages xAK Hokumai Maru at 15,000 yards
Range closes to 13,000 yards
xAK Kotohira Maru screened from combat
CL Mauritius engages DD Shirakumo at 13,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages DD Jupiter at 13,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Jupiter at 13,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Encounter at 13,000 yards
DD Whipple engages xAK Yamagiku Maru at 13,000 yards
DD Isis engages xAK Kosei Maru #4 at 13,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages xAK Hukuzyu Maru at 13,000 yards
DD Encounter engages xAK Hukusei Maru at 13,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages xAK Hokutai Maru at 13,000 yards
DD Whipple engages xAK Hokumai Maru at 13,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards
CL Mauritius engages xAK Kotohira Maru at 11,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Jupiter at 11,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Isis at 11,000 yards
DD Encounter engages DD Murasame at 11,000 yards
DD Whipple engages xAK Argun Maru at 11,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages xAK Daigen Maru at 11,000 yards
DD Whipple engages xAK Hukuzyu Maru at 11,000 yards
DD Whipple engages xAK Hukusei Maru at 11,000 yards
DD Whipple engages xAK Hokutai Maru at 11,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages xAK Hokumai Maru at 11,000 yards
DD Whipple engages xAK Tokusima Maru at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
xAK Kotohira Maru , xAK Argun Maru , xAK Daigen Maru ,
xAK Yamagiku Maru , xAK Kosei Maru #4 , xAK Hukuzyu Maru ,
xAK Hukusei Maru , xAK Hokutai Maru , xAK Hokumai Maru screened from combat
- escorted by DD Shirakumo , DD Shinonome
DD Murasame engages DD Whipple at 9,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages xAK Tokusima Maru at 9,000 yards
DD Encounter engages DD Murasame at 9,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Whipple at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
xAK Kotohira Maru , xAK Argun Maru , xAK Daigen Maru ,
xAK Yamagiku Maru , xAK Kosei Maru #4 screened from combat
- escorted by DD Shirakumo
DD Encounter engages DD Shinonome at 10,000 yards
DD Encounter engages DD Murasame at 10,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages xAK Hukuzyu Maru at 10,000 yards
DD Encounter engages xAK Hukusei Maru at 10,000 yards
DD Encounter engages xAK Hokutai Maru at 10,000 yards
DD Isis engages xAK Hokumai Maru at 10,000 yards
CL Mauritius engages xAK Tokusima Maru at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
DD Encounter engages DD Shirakumo at 7,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages DD Jupiter at 7,000 yards
DD Isis engages DD Murasame at 7,000 yards
DD Encounter engages DD Shinonome at 7,000 yards
DD Isis engages xAK Argun Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Isis engages xAK Daigen Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages xAK Kosei Maru #4 at 7,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages xAK Hukuzyu Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages xAK Hukusei Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages xAK Hokutai Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Whipple engages xAK Tokusima Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Isis at 7,000 yards
DD Isis engages DD Shinonome at 7,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Isis at 7,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Encounter at 7,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Parrott at 7,000 yards
DD Parrott engages xAK Daigen Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Encounter engages xAK Hukuzyu Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages xAK Hokumai Maru at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards
xAK Kotohira Maru , xAK Argun Maru , xAK Daigen Maru screened from combat
- escorted by DD Shirakumo
CL Mauritius engages xAK Tokusima Maru at 5,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages DD Jupiter at 5,000 yards
DD Encounter engages xAK Yamagiku Maru at 5,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages xAK Kosei Maru #4 at 5,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages DD Parrott at 5,000 yards
DD Isis engages xAK Hukusei Maru at 5,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages xAK Hokutai Maru at 5,000 yards
DD Whipple engages xAK Hokumai Maru at 5,000 yards
DD Encounter engages xAK Tokusima Maru at 5,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
xAK Kotohira Maru , xAK Argun Maru , xAK Daigen Maru ,
xAK Yamagiku Maru screened from combat
- escorted by DD Shinonome
DD Jupiter engages DD Shirakumo at 6,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Jupiter at 6,000 yards
DD Isis engages xAK Kosei Maru #4 at 6,000 yards
DD Encounter engages xAK Hukuzyu Maru at 6,000 yards
DD Shirakumo engages DD Parrott at 6,000 yards
DD Whipple engages DD Murasame at 6,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages xAK Tokusima Maru at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
xAK Kotohira Maru , xAK Argun Maru , xAK Daigen Maru ,
xAK Yamagiku Maru , xAK Kosei Maru #4 , xAK Hukuzyu Maru ,
xAK Hukusei Maru screened from combat
- escorted by DD Shirakumo , DD Shinonome
CL Mauritius engages DD Murasame at 7,000 yards
DD Encounter engages xAK Tokusima Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Encounter engages xAK Hokutai Maru at 7,000 yards
DD Parrott engages DD Murasame at 7,000 yards
DD Whipple engages DD Murasame at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
xAK Kotohira Maru , xAK Argun Maru , xAK Daigen Maru screened from combat
- escorted by DD Shirakumo
DD Encounter engages DD Shinonome at 6,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages DD Murasame at 6,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages xAK Yamagiku Maru at 6,000 yards
DD Parrott engages xAK Kosei Maru #4 at 6,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages xAK Hukuzyu Maru at 6,000 yards
DD Whipple engages xAK Hukusei Maru at 6,000 yards
CL Mauritius engages xAK Hokutai Maru at 6,000 yards
DD Whipple engages xAK Tokusima Maru at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
xAK Kotohira Maru , xAK Argun Maru , xAK Daigen Maru ,
xAK Kosei Maru #4 , xAK Hukuzyu Maru , xAK Hukusei Maru ,
xAK Hokutai Maru screened from combat
- escorted by DD Shirakumo , DD Shinonome
DD Murasame engages DD Isis at 10,000 yards
DD Whipple engages xAK Tokusima Maru at 10,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Parrott at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 14,000 yards
CL Mauritius engages DD Shirakumo at 14,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages DD Isis at 14,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Whipple at 14,000 yards
DD Encounter engages DD Shinonome at 14,000 yards
DD Whipple engages DD Murasame at 14,000 yards
DD Encounter engages xAK Kosei Maru #4 at 14,000 yards
DD Encounter engages xAK Hukuzyu Maru at 14,000 yards
DD Parrott engages xAK Hukusei Maru at 14,000 yards
DD Isis engages xAK Hokutai Maru at 14,000 yards
DD Parrott engages xAK Tokusima Maru at 14,000 yards
Range increases to 19,000 yards
xAK Kotohira Maru , xAK Argun Maru , xAK Daigen Maru ,
xAK Hukuzyu Maru , xAK Hukusei Maru , xAK Hokutai Maru screened from combat
DD Shinonome engages DD Isis at 19,000 yards
DD Jupiter engages DD Murasame at 19,000 yards
DD Shinonome engages DD Whipple at 19,000 yards
Range increases to 24,000 yards
CL Mauritius engages DD Shirakumo at 24,000 yards
Task forces break off...

That's got to be a whole freaking division! No way would they send that much for Merauke. It must have been headed for Oz or N&IC.

It would take months to do that on land. Anyway, no celebrating yet. Long war.

N&IC: The cruisers bombard La Foa fairly effectively.

Night Naval bombardment of La Foa at 114,159

Allied Ships
CA Australia
CA Chicago
CA Chester
DD King
DD Stuart
DD Helm

Japanese ground losses:
199 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Port hits 2



Not enough. They push back the Marines. I presume they retreated North. Perhaps if we used the SBD's. Too late now.

Ground combat at La Foa (114,159)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11027 troops, 129 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 330

Defending force 1404 troops, 42 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 39

Japanese adjusted assault: 191

Allied adjusted defense: 55

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
194 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
366 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 3

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
33rd Division
Maizuru 2nd SNLF
24th Special Base Force
21st Air Flotilla
25th JNAF AF Unit

Defending units:
2nd USMC Tank Bn /2
2nd Pioneer Battalion
2nd Marine Defense Battalion

Noumea: Test bombardment at Noumea....hmmm...I wonder if we should attack before they send help back down from La Foa? It's pretty good terrain for the defense. Why did JJ divide the 4th Div into regiments like that? Doesn't that remove some heavy weapons?

Ground combat at Noumea (115,160)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 9604 troops, 158 guns, 117 vehicles, Assault Value = 386

Defending force 9466 troops, 93 guns, 14 vehicles, Assault Value = 294

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

Assaulting units:
193rd Tank Battalion
2nd Marine Regiment
8th Marine Regiment
2nd USMC Parachute Battalion
2nd USMC Tank Bn /1
804th Aviation Engineer Battalion
147th Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Marine Defense Battalion
21st MAG
64th Coast AA Regiment
Noumea Base Force
260th Field Artillery Battalion
198th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Pion Bn /2

Defending units:
4th/A Division
4th/B Division
4th/C Division