JocMeister
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23rd-24th September -44 Mindanao As I wrote a short note about Erik jumped in some CAP to Cagayan. My sweeps of course decided this was the time to go in after the bombers. But the P38 and Hellcat escort intended for the "KB strike force" tagged along. I expected carnage but instead dished out some good damage on Eriks fighters and still cause some 1500 losses on the ground. This was the second of 3 really big strikes. quote:
Morning Air attack on 6th Division, at 79,89 (Cagayan) Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 15 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 52 Ki-84a Frank x 19 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 B-24D Liberator x 6 B-24D1 Liberator x 15 B-24J Liberator x 45 B-25G Mitchell x 12 F6F-3 Hellcat x 29 F6F-5 Hellcat x 38 PB4Y-1 Liberator x 48 Japanese aircraft losses N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged B-24J Liberator: 7 damaged B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged F6F-5 Hellcat: 2 destroyed PB4Y-1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged Japanese ground losses: 566 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 51 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 95 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 23 disabled Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled) When the dust settles after the day 122 Jap planes are lost for 51 allied. 14 Allied 4Es are lost but pools are holding steady. The attack goes very well. quote:
Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 47304 troops, 829 guns, 1974 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866 Defending force 24375 troops, 303 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 553 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Allied adjusted assault: 1365 Japanese adjusted defense: 1219 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 4758 casualties reported Squads: 111 destroyed, 166 disabled Non Combat: 39 destroyed, 98 disabled Engineers: 19 destroyed, 16 disabled Guns lost 92 (61 destroyed, 31 disabled) Vehicles lost 18 (16 destroyed, 2 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 214 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Vehicles lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled) Assaulting units: 192nd Tank Battalion 1st USMC Tank Battalion 38th Infantry Division 37th Infantry Division 110th Combat Engineer Battalion 754th Tank Battalion I Corps Cmbt Engineer Regiment CenPac Amphib Tank Brigade 1st Cavalry (Spec) Cavalry Division 5th USMC Tank Battalion XI US Corps 147th Field Artillery Regiment 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 15th NZ AA Bde 225th Field Artillery Battalion XI Corps Artillery X Corps Artillery 251st Field Artillery Battalion 2nd RAA Jungle Regiment 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion XIV US Corps 2nd Australian Hvy AA Regiment 33rd Medium Regiment Defending units: 48th Ind.Mixed Brigade 6th Division 56th Ind.Mixed Brigade 64th Ind.Mixed Brigade 4th Raiding Regiment 6th Garrison Unit /4 217th Naval Construction Battalion 244th JAAF AF Bn 28th Engineer Regiment 34th Ind.AA Gun Co 71st Engineer Regiment 4th RF Gun Battalion 20th Engineer Regiment 25th Ind. Engineer Regiment 188th JAAF AF Bn 89th Field AA Battalion 216th Naval Construction Battalion 74th JAAF AF Bn 1st Ind.AA Gun Co 148th JAAF AF Bn The attack continues on the 24th! quote:
Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 47104 troops, 828 guns, 1973 vehicles, Assault Value = 1833 Defending force 14690 troops, 188 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 309 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Allied adjusted assault: 958 Japanese adjusted defense: 457 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1662 casualties reported Squads: 71 destroyed, 208 disabled Non Combat: 66 destroyed, 33 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 14 disabled Guns lost 37 (25 destroyed, 12 disabled) Vehicles lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Allied ground losses: 119 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 8 destroyed, 3 disabled When looking at the replay the 6th ID just disappeared at the end of the attack. So by the looks of it it was one of the units destroyed! Even if he can buy it back it will come back empty and with 30 EXP. Huzzah! Another attack is ordered for tomorrow. Looks like Erik left the combat troops to hold for as long as possible while all the BFs hurried away. It wonīt help though as I will close the AF at Maybalay tomorrow preventing him to fly out the troops. Cagayan will be in allied hands tomorrow and the armor will immediately give chase! Looks like Mindanao is about to be wrapped up. I have the 14th US Corps landing shortly on Mindanao with 1600 AV. They will take over and do the mopping up while the SWPAC forces minus the armor returns to Cotabato to rest for the upcoming invasion of Luzon. Erik has about 100.000 troops on Luzon. If all goes well in the next month I will land 10.000 AV on Luzon in Mid November or early December. This is dependant on another operation though. Burma Reallocated the bomber command to Prome and Rangoon. With the shorter distances I will be able to up the tempo a lot. If will concentrate on attacking his supply for a while now. That massive, massive AA he has over his 250k stack must burn supply like crazy. So Iīm going to high altitude bomb him while striking ports and airfields in the rear. DEI We secured Damar without much effort. quote:
Ground combat at Damar (75,115) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 172 troops, 0 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 45 Defending force 378 troops, 0 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 6 Allied adjusted assault: 20 Japanese adjusted defense: 5 Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied forces CAPTURE Damar !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 60 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 14 (14 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 2/11th Armoured Car Battalion Defending units: 5th Armored Car Co 52nd Const Co YAP Slowly grinding him down. Last attack wasnīt stellar though. quote:
Ground combat at Yap (96,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 10652 troops, 196 guns, 616 vehicles, Assault Value = 406 Defending force 3391 troops, 40 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 92 Allied adjusted assault: 115 Japanese adjusted defense: 257 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 284 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 10 (10 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 97 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled) I did the mistake here of attacking with everything including the BFs (they have some US44 squads in them). So the "actual" losses are actually only 2 disabled Shermans. Only armor will attack tomorrow. STRAT Bombing I took another good chunk out of Miri on the 24th and its now down to 89 oil. The B29s will hit Palembang for the first time on the 25th. I donīt expect much from this though as its close to max range (30) and only half the bombload. But if I can get some fires going it might be worth the effort. The plane fatigue will be so high from this raid though that I expect the B29s will be grounded for 10-15 days after this. But I hope this will be a nice blow to Eriks moral! He seems quite distraught over losing the oil at Miri so I hope the possibility of getting Palembang wrecked will really shake him. Port Moresby Erik has decided to show up in force here again. He stationed some 100 fighters here and is jumping in bombers from time to time. Iīve decided to deal with this properly and sent the USMC Corsairs in. You can always count on the USMC! This is the first of 4 sweeps quote:
Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M3 Jack x 36 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 49 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 36 Japanese aircraft losses J2M3 Jack: 7 destroyed Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4U-1A Corsair: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 14 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 31000 feet 5 x F4U-1A Corsair sweeping at 31000 feet When the sun sets 46 Jack and Tojos are shot down for 6 Allied planes. 6 new aces and none lost! No Turn Donīt know what happened. I sent Erik a turn 24h ago and I told him I would be back in the evening. He replied saying he would have it for me by then. But none showed up during the evening and nothing this morning either. Since he has been online and didnīt email me Iīm guessing dropbox failed us and he believes he uploaded it. Sent him another mail this morning. The Fleet is on the move again!
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