FatR
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June 8: Naval Battle of Car Nicobar And Other Developments
Long Lances! The report probably will speak louder than words:
Night Time Surface Combat, near Car Nicobar at 45,62, Range 6,000 Yards
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
BB Haruna
CA Takao, Shell hits 3
CA Suzuya, Shell hits 6, on fire
DD Hayashio, Shell hits 1
DD Hatsushima
DD Hatsuyuki, Shell hits 1
DD Yayoi, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Matsukaze, Shell hits 1
Allied Ships
CA Salt Lake City, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
CA Vincennes, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Leander, Shell hits 8
CL Achilles, Shell hits 2, on fire
CLAA Atlanta
CL Raleigh
CL Trenton, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
DD Conyngham
DD Preston
DD Porter
DD Nestor, Shell hits 1
Reduced sighting due to 28% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 28% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 16,000 yards...
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
Range closes to 6,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards
Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 6,000 yards
BB Haruna fires at CL Leander at 6,000 yards
CA Salt Lake City sunk by CA Takao at 6,000 yards
Judging by sinking sounds and 4 Seagulls listed as destroyed on ground, Trenton also went under. Takao did 90% of serious damage, including the opening Long Lance salvo and penetrating hits on Trenton, while Haruna mostly hanged in the back and scored only non-penetrating hits with secondary armament. Otherwise the battle developed almost perfectly, with the inital surprise salvos at short range and breakaway to distances where most of the Allied guns were unable to score penetrating hits later during following gunnery rounds.
The Japanese TF retreated in timely manner. Damage to the ships:
Planning Overwhelming! I also decided to launch a deliberate attack at Lahaina in hopes of messing up the defenders before the new landing. And looks like I won't need a new landing, after all:
Ground combat at Lahaina (182,108)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 67649 troops, 713 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 2529
Defending force 26296 troops, 541 guns, 984 vehicles, Assault Value = 616
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 4
Japanese adjusted assault: 3403
Allied adjusted defense: 1567
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 4)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
5823 casualties reported
Squads: 63 destroyed, 410 disabled
Non Combat: 29 destroyed, 323 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 66 disabled
Guns lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Vehicles lost 32 (6 destroyed, 26 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1253 casualties reported
Squads: 40 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 135 disabled
Engineers: 12 destroyed, 25 disabled
Vehicles lost 64 (8 destroyed, 56 disabled)
Units destroyed 2
Assaulting units:
40th Brigade
17th Infantry Regiment
38th Division
18th Division
77th Infantry Regiment
48th Division
24th Infantry Regiment
5th Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Division
20th Engineer Regiment
27th Electric Engineer Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
5th Division
65th Naval Guard Unit
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
2nd Marine Regiment
2nd Marine Raider Battalion
276th Coastal Artillery Battalion
54th Coastal Artillery Regiment
Americal Infantry Division
2nd USMC Engineer Regiment
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
102nd USN Base Force
118th USAAF Base Force
208th Coast AA Regiment
197th Coast AA Regiment
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
46th Construction Regiment
111th USN Base Force
811th Engineer Aviation Battalion
43rd Construction Regiment
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
Loss ratio still sucks, but with such adjusted AV we will be able to just barrel through the defences, ignoring losses, and force a swift capitulation. What could have made such a massive difference with the siege of Hilo, you might ask? Most likely 25th Army HQ and Southern Army HQ both sitting on Hawaii, fully prepared for Lahaina.
Other News: Chinese seem to be moving from the north to deblocade Sian. They are welcome to try, I think.
Yubari also tried guilttripping me for my evil and unhistorical skipbombing ways. With all due respect, no. NabB=fail, unless the plane in question is a naval torpedo bomber, or you can drop 8-10 bombs per plane. In RL early-war Betty crews were able to hit moving warships with level bombing attacks, in AE this possibility seems to be practically nonexistent, and combined with greater vulnerability of Japanese bombers this leaves me with little choice. While I feel I owe him somewhat for my unsportsmanlike behavior during the crisis point of Hawaii campaign, when the Allied surprise daylight raid and night bombing attacks destroyed over 130 Zeros on ground; sticking to the ineffective historical ways even though they were not stipulated by initial houserules and are not an engine deficiency exploit, like sending torpedo-carrying Betties to approach at their top altitude, which some Allied carrier fighters, most notably F4F-4, cannot reach, is too big of a favor. Also, I don't believe that having Japanese aviation with enough bite to make Allies a bit more reluctant to operate near major Japanese bases has a potential to warp the game ahistorically (like unlimited stratbombing early in the game, which I offered to forbid after the start in large part because it had a potential to turn China into cakewalk), but rather the opposite. So, if Yubari intends to avoid skipbombing until 1943, as ahistorical, even if I don't, that's very chivalrous, but I will stick to my plans.
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