Chickenboy
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Joined: 6/29/2002 From: San Antonio, TX Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake Unadjusted JJ assault strength at PH is now 952. Nearly 30K WJD. We are going to need another division. 20 days until Yorktown is ready. We will need to keep Broome and PH airfields down and attrit his gound forces there. Note also their conterbattery fire is still strong (altough AAA is waaay down) Ground combat at Port Hedland (57,129) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 20150 troops, 593 guns, 399 vehicles, Assault Value = 641 Defending force 29114 troops, 244 guns, 178 vehicles, Assault Value = 953 Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 56 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Assaulting units: 32nd Infantry Division 102nd Combat Engineer Regiment 22nd (East African) Brigade 2nd British Division 34th Aviation Base Force 7th RAN Base Force 14th USN Naval Construction Battalion 10th USN Naval Construction Battalion 2nd Medium Regiment Defending units: 56th Recon Regiment 56th Engineer Regiment 4th Ind. Engineer Regiment 65th Brigade 5th Division 4th Infantry Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 9th Field AF Construction Battalion 30th Fld AA Gun Co 22nd Air Flotilla 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 51st JNAF AF Unit The IJA 5th Division is a tough customer. IIRC, it's the best IJA ID by unit experience. They start bayonette practice shortly after weaning. I'll have to check later as I'm "at work". This may be one of those instances that looking at raw AV will be misleading. I think the Emperor's crack sons of heaven will be able to produce better results than your raw Yankee and East African troops, however. Being as you haven't taken PH and are on the defensive there, you'll be relying on the negligible terrain benefits afforded you from PH defensive terrain. I'd expect a shock attack within the next couple turns, after JJ can reduce some of the disruption from the landing. That will push you off PH into the desert and wreck your infantry. Can you forestall this by having your heavies attack ground troops at PH? The heavies do a fairly good job of disrupting ground troops, even if they don't kill 'em. Hey-look at the bright side: you won't have to rush in another infantry division to take PH! Chin up what what.
< Message edited by Chickenboy -- 10/24/2011 8:10:42 PM >
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