A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Fiji: Japan-men carriers stop to rook at Southern Cross. Forward progress about 100 mires per day.

Have Japan-men carriers or escorts undergone significant 'system' damage from being at sea so long, Cap'n?

Except for Akagi, which have arr of toirets crogged up and have to go back to Truk, and some CA's which arso go back to Truk...not-ah too bad.

[Cap Mandrake]

Akagi ready in 8 d

Kaga arrive Truk 2 d with fast BC's...get drink..then proceed to Rabaurh.

Arr of Akagi air crews at furr strength at Rabaurh and Vals from Soryu. These can swap out for understrength
squadrons on 4 carriers in action without having to go back to Rabaurh or Truk.

Mandrake-san anxious to attack Rord Howe before Arried-mens put Marines there. This-ah exprain pace of attack.

[uncivil_servant]

Capitain Root Person - You had, and still have us worried about the trip to the hospital and the hypo-tension. I do hope you're OK and doing better and/or taking a sick leave vacation from work.

[Cap Mandrake]

It's all hands on deck at work because our group was raided by a competing hospital network and took 11 doctors so we are all trying to cover their patients.

The good news is everyone gets a raise to stop the hemorrhaging..the bad news is I do run out of gas in the afternnon. The old rule of thumb is for every day you are horizontal in the hospital you need three
days to recover (mostly because of the negative nitrogen balance).

Still, better work conditions that Kobani

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

It's all hands on deck at work because our group was raided by a competing hospital network and took 11 doctors so we are all trying to cover their patients.

The good news is everyone gets a raise to stop the hemorrhaging..the bad news is I do run out of gas in the afternnon. The old rule of thumb is for every day you are horizontal in the hospital you need three
days to recover (mostly because of the negative nitrogen balance).

Still, better work conditions that Kobani

Are your airdrops of Caffe Latte, Hendrick's and tongue depressors sufficient for now, Cap'n?

[Cap Mandrake]

Hendrick's at work! Sprendid! What-ah courd possibry go wrong?

[Cap Mandrake]

Question for SPrior-san about house rules:

Which, if any, units are we restricted from moving out of Korea or Manchuria?

[Cap Mandrake]

Everyone be sure to visit Shinto shrine or Cargo Curt artar and reave offering rike orange srices or rittah effigy of Ensign McGoo.


Japan-mens attack at Hong Kong today.

[Cap Mandrake]

************Rerigious shrine, Kowroon, January 6, 1942(d)*********


Sgt. Saito: <bows head and praces small toy airprane made from twigs and twine just berow a copper cooking pot...begins praying sirentry>

Cpl. Honda: Sergeant, does this rearry work? And what's with toy airprane?

Sgt. Saito: It-ah PBY that-ah bring Ensign McGoo to Tanna.

Cpl. Honda: Why don't Japan-mens go to Shinto shrine?

Sgt. Saito: Sgt. Saito try that arready, ask for quiet post in Nagasaki or something. Instead they send me to Hong Kong in middurh of war.

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Question for SPrior-san about house rules:

Which, if any, units are we restricted from moving out of Korea or Manchuria?

None as rong as we pay points

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Question for SPrior-san about house rules:

Which, if any, units are we restricted from moving out of Korea or Manchuria?

None as rong as we pay points

Does that incrude IJA units proper in Manchuria moving to China?

[Cap Mandrake]

***********January 6, 1942(d)**********

New and Improved New Caredonia: Austraria-mens sneak up on Japan-mens.
Nagara outgunned but puts up pretty good fight. Even so, Austraria-mens keep going.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Koumac at 113,156, Range 25,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Nagara
DD Yamagumo, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
CA Canberra, Shell hits 2
DD Le Triomphant

Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 25,000 yards
Allies open fire on surprised Japanese ships at 25,000 yards
CA Canberra fires at CL Nagara at 25,000 yards
CA Canberra fires at DD Yamagumo at 25,000 yards
Range closes to 20,000 yards
CA Canberra engages CL Nagara at 20,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Le Triomphant at 20,000 yards
Range closes to 16,000 yards
CL Nagara engages CA Canberra at 16,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Le Triomphant at 16,000 yards
Range closes to 12,000 yards
CL Nagara engages CA Canberra at 12,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Le Triomphant at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards
CA Canberra engages CL Nagara at 9,000 yards
DD Le Triomphant engages DD Yamagumo at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 13,000 yards
CL Nagara engages CA Canberra at 13,000 yards
DD Le Triomphant engages DD Yamagumo at 13,000 yards
Range increases to 15,000 yards
CA Canberra engages CL Nagara at 15,000 yards
DD Yamagumo engages DD Le Triomphant at 15,000 yards
Range increases to 19,000 yards
CL Nagara engages CA Canberra at 19,000 yards
DD Le Triomphant engages DD Yamagumo at 19,000 yards
Range increases to 23,000 yards
CA Canberra engages CL Nagara at 23,000 yards
Range increases to 27,000 yards
CA Canberra engages CL Nagara at 27,000 yards
Range increases to 30,000 yards
CL Nagara engages CA Canberra at 30,000 yards
Task forces break off...

Baaaah....baaaaah

Day Time Surface Combat, near Koumac at 113,156, Range 25,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Kuma
DD Karii, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
PB Kyo Maru #13
PB Showa Maru #3, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PB Showa Maru #5, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Himalaya Maru, Shell hits 4
xAK Nittai Maru
xAK Shinsei Maru, Shell hits 3, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Canberra, Shell hits 7, on fire
DD Le Triomphant

Japan-mens break some AA guns on Canberra but Austraria-mens sink first DD of war. This-ah make Mandrake-san angry. Time for some irrationarity.

[Cap Mandrake]

Phirripnes: Japan-mens not even remotery bring enough troops for Crark.

Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4590 troops, 82 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 658

Defending force 22741 troops, 325 guns, 141 vehicles, Assault Value = 712

Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
47th Infantry Regiment
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
48th Engineer Regiment
48th Recon Regiment
65th Brigade
7th Tank Regiment
14th Army
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
31st PA Infantry Division
41st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
4th PA Constabulary Regiment
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
I Philippine Corps
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
PAF Aviation
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
Clark Field AAF Base Force
1st PI Base Force

[Cap Mandrake]

Hong Kong: Baaah. Same probrem at Hong Kong. Nobody get memo that-ah war ovah.

Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 16290 troops, 251 guns, 179 vehicles, Assault Value = 433

Defending force 7550 troops, 115 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 202

Japanese adjusted assault: 174

Allied adjusted defense: 717

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
862 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 29 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 21 disabled
Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
362 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
38th Division
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
5th RF Gun Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
Rifles of Canada Battalion
1st Middlesex Battalion
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
Kowloon Brigade
102nd RN Base Force
Hong Kong Fortress

[Cap Mandrake]

China: Mandrake-san forget to mention on January 5, IJA capture Nanyang and brow up some P-40's on ground. [:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

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[uncivil_servant]

A Flew thingys - Mandrakesama - I hope you were able to rest over the weekend. We want you healthy to be able to continue the AAR

Rord Admirar Spriorsama - How come we don't hear from you much here where you were magnificent in the other, still going, AAR?

It seems watching you effortlessly roll over China and Southern Pacific Area that allowing Units to move out of Manchuria, where they remained there to keep the soviets from opening a second front, seems way unfair and that for added material gain (and a shorter transportation link, a sparsely defended Manchuria would've been gobbled up by Stalin once the tide turned in 43' in the west.

I'm sitting back thinking how does one stop what you're doing and I'm drawing blanks - though I'm still playing my first game vs the computer after a long health caused hiatus.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: uncivil_servant

A Flew thingys - Mandrakesama - I hope you were able to rest over the weekend. We want you healthy to be able to continue the AAR

Rord Admirar Spriorsama - How come we don't hear from you much here where you were magnificent in the other, still going, AAR?

It seems watching you effortlessly roll over China and Southern Pacific Area that allowing Units to move out of Manchuria, where they remained there to keep the soviets from opening a second front, seems way unfair and that for added material gain (and a shorter transportation link, a sparsely defended Manchuria would've been gobbled up by Stalin once the tide turned in 43' in the west.

I'm sitting back thinking how does one stop what you're doing and I'm drawing blanks - though I'm still playing my first game vs the computer after a long health caused hiatus.

+ 1 uncivil_servant - and good to see you back. I hope that signals a return to good health.

I think all of us are ready for a little more Jackspeak, with a Japanese pseudo-accent of course.
Lord Sprior seems to have less time for AARs since he took that job at the War Museum. As usual, life gets in the way of the important stuff.

[Cap Mandrake]

Most-ah rikery SPrior-san either at party on Boogis Street or might stirr be "triaging" wounded Arried sordiers.

[Cap Mandrake]

As for Manchuoko and Korea garrsions, entire Kwantang Army, except for coupurh of tank regiments, stirr in Manchuoko and Korea.

2 or 3 bomber Daitai were reflagged and brought to China proper.