Captain Cruft
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The Oscar Swarm in action ... All the planes flew from Canton in this case, but ideally I would prefer to distribute them around multiple smaller airfields. The division currently contains 300 odd planes, but by mid-1944 this should be more like 650 once all the groups have resized. Consider the result - A stack of 2500 AV of hitherto un-attacked Chinese troops has been rendered essentially combat ineffective at a cost of two damaged planes ... Of course the cost will go up drastically when flying against the Western Allies, but it's still a very cheap way to take out an objective assuming you have lots of planes and trained Air/LowG pilots in reserve. quote:
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Oct 24, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 28th New Chinese Division, at 74,54 , near Liuchow Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 260 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 1325 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 92 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 104 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 36 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 36 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 31 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 31 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 36 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 36 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 30 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 39th New Chinese Division ... Also attacking 93rd Chinese Division ... Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 8th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 46th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 31st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 52nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 64th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 39th New Chinese Division ... Also attacking 9th Group Army ... Also attacking 39th New Chinese Division ... Also attacking 28th New Chinese Division ... Also attacking 39th New Chinese Division ... Also attacking 93rd Chinese Division ... Also attacking 28th New Chinese Division ... Also attacking 39th New Chinese Division ... Also attacking 93rd Chinese Division ... Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 8th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 46th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 31st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 52nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 64th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 39th New Chinese Division ... Also attacking 9th Group Army ... Also attacking 39th New Chinese Division ... Also attacking 28th New Chinese Division ... Also attacking 39th New Chinese Division ... Also attacking 93rd Chinese Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 74,54 (near Liuchow) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 64323 troops, 390 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2553 Defending force 1350 troops, 12 guns, 192 vehicles, Assault Value = 103 Allied adjusted assault: 137 Japanese adjusted defense: 80 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), supply(-) Attacker: disruption(-), supply(-) Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 16 (9 destroyed, 7 disabled) Vehicles lost 62 (2 destroyed, 60 disabled) Allied ground losses: 932 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 113 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Assaulting units: 8th Chinese Corps 31st Chinese Corps 52nd Chinese Corps 64th Chinese Corps 28th New Chinese Division 46th Chinese Corps 59th Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Division 39th New Chinese Division 35th Group Army 7th Chinese Base Force 4th War Area 9th Group Army 57th AT Gun Regiment Defending units: 7th Ind.Tank Brigade
< Message edited by Captain Cruft -- 2/20/2012 2:07:28 PM >
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