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

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

A brave crab indeed

UXB duty....uggh.


Anyone remember Danger: UXB ?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

I want some of these for Burma:

What is the "2 in bomb thrower"? Is that a politcally active tank or is that a smoke grenade discharger?

A Churchill would crush a Ronson. It's not even sporting.

[Crackaces]

What is the "2 in bomb thrower"? Is that a politcally active tank or is that a smoke grenade discharger?

I think the TC can also fire 2" HE bomblets for anti-personnel/ anti-close assult tatics weapon. Could be very effective in a Banzai attack ..

[Cap Mandrake]

I watched the Feb. 22 combat replay. I like to do that every 3 or 4 months of game time to keep current.


The Little Yellow Baaaahstards shot down 2 or 3 C-47's over Dadjangas! Either they LRCAP'ed over Dadjangas or it was just CAP spillover from Davao. Davao has both fighters and bombers. Rooks rike we have a war on...yeeehaw!

The first lot of Sea Bees and a Bn of 129th Inf Regt. are ashore at Dajangas along with most of the parachute infantry of 503rd. No sense getting more C-47's shot up so air drops will drop. Instead, the remaining troops of 503rd will move to Sidate along with the C-47's. Sidate just went to level 2 which will put Cotabato in air drop range as well. Cotabato has a level 2 airfield and I believe is ungarrisoned. If another recon today confirms this, we can drop on Cotabato tomorrow. There is, however a paved road from Cotabato to Davao so we would need to get a substantial ground unit ashore. The best candidate is 8th Marine Rgt which is amphibious embarked aboard 17 kt AP's just NE of Manado. They were prepped for Dadjangas but it would be too dangerous to land there without air cover yet.

That would make D-Day Cotabato D-Day+2 Dadjangas. [:)]

Meanwhile, at Dadjangas, we start cutting down a bunch of papaya trees for an airstrip. It's a shame but there is much more Phillipino gold to be mined with all the GI's ashore. Someone left behind some fuel from the evacuation of of the PI so the PT boats at Dadjangas have gas. Cebu USN unit landing by LCT/LCVP tonight.

Boela just went to level 4 so 5th Air Force will try to stage a raid on Davao with B-24's just arrived today.

[Cap Mandrake]

I had a brillaint idea for the "Maids a Milking" course for the soiree.......Breast shaped ice cream prepared in a custom mold which I volunteered to lovingly make myself based on an actual real life mold of one of the women that will be attending the party. It would have been fun for the other guests to try to guess who the model was. I further proposed to stick a Hershey's Kiss candy right at the strategic spot. Guests could chose chocolate, vanilla or toffee depending on their preferences.

Sadly, my idea was rejected in an entirely undemocratic fashion.

[sprior]

Sadly, my idea was rejected in an entirely undemocratic fashion.

Ah, that would be the executive veto.

[Chickenboy]

Just curious if you've given some thought to the "Geese-a-laying" aspect of the gifts. I've some suggestions there, if you're interested. [:)]

[witpqs]

Fowl porno?

[Cap Mandrake]

Here's the latest:

Lords a leaping: Champaign in "flutes"

Geese a laying: Some kind of egg thingy.

Golden Rings: Calamari

I don't know what else. All I can say is there better be a mound of calamari about 2 feet high or I am going for a steak afterwards.

This just in...White Elephant gift is some kind of sex item. [8|] I can see where this going. My guess is nobody is going to mention George Orwell or Ayn Rand..or even Karl Marx

[Chickenboy]

Bump to save from page 2 purgatory.

Cap'n-I assume that no one will discuss the relative merits of oxygen or electrical torpedo drives either? What a boring party. [:(]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Bump to save from page 2 purgatory.

Cap'n-I assume that no one will discuss the relative merits of oxygen or electrical torpedo drives either? What a boring party. [:(]

That is a lead pipe cinch but I will try to work in a discussion of the merits of the FM1.

Just in case there is an any disrobing I plan to shave the mole on my back.

[Cap Mandrake]

I am rethinking the landing at Dadjangas when we could have waited two days and landed at Cotabato which has an airfield.

Oh well, shock and awe baby, shock and awe.

We keep advancing until JJ does something about it. There are still many LYB transports at Palau. Evidently, JJ assumed we would land there.

[Cap Mandrake]

I got in trouble for flirting at the Christ...oops sorry...Holiday Party. Thing is I didn't even know I was flirting.


I have been on this planet for a loooong time and I still can't tell. How exactly do you tell when a "blonde chick" is "being nice" vs moving in on the alpha female?

[Walloc]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I have been on this planet for a loooong time and I still can't tell. How exactly do you tell when a "blonde chick" is "being nice" vs moving in on the alpha female?

When u get told later that night or bright and early the next day. Jeez Cap,

Rasmus

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I got in trouble for flirting at the Christ...oops sorry...Holiday Party. Thing is I didn't even know I was flirting.


I have been on this planet for a loooong time and I still can't tell. How exactly do you tell when a "blonde chick" is "being nice" vs moving in on the alpha female?

"Blonde chicks" are never 'being nice' to old codgers, Cap'n. Never. Hope this helps.

[sprior]

Feb 23rd:

Kitchen sink optional:

Morning Air attack on Myitkyina , at 64,42

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 13



Allied aircraft
Sea Hurricane Ib x 5
Martlet II x 8
Beaufighter VIc x 15
Hurricane IIc Trop x 9
Vengeance I x 71
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
DB-7B x 14
B-24D Liberator x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 3
P-40K Warhawk x 7


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed, 11 damaged
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground

Allied aircraft losses
Sea Hurricane Ib: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed

[sprior]

And in Oz:

Ground combat at Wyndham (70,127)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11157 troops, 105 guns, 471 vehicles, Assault Value = 645

Defending force 5089 troops, 65 guns, 186 vehicles, Assault Value = 109

Allied adjusted assault: 412

Japanese adjusted defense: 43

Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Wyndham !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
189 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 58 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 23 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 26 (13 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 128 (128 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Allied ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
3rd Motor Brigade
4th Armoured Brigade
6th Australian Brigade
2/7th Armoured Regiment
3rd Army Tank Brigade
Wyndham RAAF Base Force

Defending units:
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
21st Air Flotilla
80th JAAF AF Bn
6th Air Defense AA Regiment
3rd Provisional Base Force


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6th Air Defense AA Regiment Wiped Out at Wyndham by attrition!!!


Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Wyndham

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Allied forces CAPTURE Wyndham !!!

Oh great...more "walkers"

6th Air Defense AA Regiment Wiped Out at Wyndham by XXXXXXXXX Salties

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior
Sea Hurricane Ib x 5
Martlet II x 8
Beaufighter VIc x 15
Hurricane IIc Trop x 9
Vengeance I x 71
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
DB-7B x 14
B-24D Liberator x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 3
P-40K Warhawk x 7

That would be the 1st Anglo-Dutch-American Air Force of Assam. Were the Wapiti grounded?

[Cap Mandrake]

Ahhhh...rookie here....

Sub attack near Babeldaob at 91,95

Japanese Ships
CV Kaga
BB Haruna
CL Agano
DD Natsugumo
DD Arashio
DD Murasame
DD Shigure

Allied Ships
SS Sculpin, hits 2