Slitherine

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Ground combat at 88,41 (near Kaoping)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 29327 troops, 263 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 865

Defending force 15775 troops, 129 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 398

Japanese adjusted assault: 385

Allied adjusted defense: 514

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
1021 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 110 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled

Allied ground losses:
376 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 99 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
41st Division
37th Division
5th Armored Car Co
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
34th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
7th Group Army

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1/33rd Division is loaded on a Japanese xAP moving to Truk

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Don't those SB III's drop hand grenades?

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1/33rd Division is loaded on a Japanese xAP moving to Truk

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

He will go for Cocos quickly and hit it hard. Against a quality opponent, it doesn't make sense try to send anything there. Lots of players know that it can hurt a Japanese player if left alone too long.

Reminder - spend some PPs and ensure that you buy out the two big Dutch BFs (100 Aviation Support). Fly a fragment out of each to India and Australia for rebuilding. You are always short of Aviation Support and these two are worth the price.

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

He will go for Cocos quickly and hit it hard. Against a quality opponent, it doesn't make sense try to send anything there. Lots of players know that it can hurt a Japanese player if left alone too long.

Reminder - spend some PPs and ensure that you buy out the two big Dutch BFs (100 Aviation Support). Fly a fragment out of each to India and Australia for rebuilding. You are always short of Aviation Support and these two are worth the price.

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ORIGINAL: offenseman

DBB cut AS down by half or so. If you are looking for 100 AS units, you might find them as 50 AS units. Maybe... have not seen Alloed side of DBB

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ORIGINAL: JocMeister
Thanks! Seems like in DBB they arn´t even "buyable". Its the BF units in Batavia and Soerebaja it seems? Not only are they permanently restricted but they also have the *garrison* attribute.

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Ground combat at 85,46 (near Nanyang)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 504 troops, 0 guns, 103 vehicles, Assault Value = 43

Defending force 10038 troops, 85 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 246

Japanese adjusted assault: 25

Allied adjusted defense: 150

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 6

Combat modifiers
Defender: morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 27 (3 destroyed, 24 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
13th Tank Regiment
9th Armored Car Co

Defending units:
55th Chinese Corps
77th Chinese Corps[/size]

Probably just motorized support. But still it feels good to finally do something against the Japanese Tiger tanks(?)

The happy day is short live as disaster hits us east of Sian.

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Ground combat at 88,41 (near Kaoping)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 28208 troops, 263 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 740

Defending force 15188 troops, 128 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 323

Japanese adjusted assault: 667

Allied adjusted defense: 328

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
347 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 56 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
6512 casualties reported
Squads: 258 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 191 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 12 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 25 (21 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units retreated 4

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
41st Division
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
37th Division
5th Armored Car Co
1st Army
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
33rd Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
7th Group Army

This is a major disaster. I already have troops moving in to strengthen the flank (see screen). But this is the last reserve. If he breaks through quickly Sian and the entire Chinese Eastern front will collapse. I need to stall him for at least 2 weeks to get more troops into Sian.

I don´t have a good feeling about it...

The Chinese liberate Itchang but it has no strategic or tactical value at this point.

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Ground combat at Ichang (83,48)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 35067 troops, 145 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 992

Defending force 3196 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 125

Allied adjusted assault: 1456

Japanese adjusted defense: 64

Allied assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Ichang !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
844 casualties reported
Squads: 30 destroyed, 54 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
165 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
68th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps

Defending units:
13th RGC Temp. Division

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(in reply to JocMeister)

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ORIGINAL: EHansen

I believe that the hex you have highlighted is only a X2 terrain hex.

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ORIGINAL: obvert

Ultimately, as I found out, I don't think that road to Sian can be held effectively early on. You can stall there, but those troops will eventually fold. However, if you can get a bunch of your troops back there, you can hold Sian. You just have to get some through to the mountain hexes beyond as well to hold those very low SL hexes and a few behind Sian in the wooded hills.

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ORIGINAL: JocMeister

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ORIGINAL: obvert

Ultimately, as I found out, I don't think that road to Sian can be held effectively early on. You can stall there, but those troops will eventually fold. However, if you can get a bunch of your troops back there, you can hold Sian. You just have to get some through to the mountain hexes beyond as well to hold those very low SL hexes and a few behind Sian in the wooded hills.

Problem is I really don´t have that much for Sian. And with Ankang in Japanese hands I may risk losing everything that end up in Sian. Its a dangerous time right now!

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ORIGINAL: Cribtop

What are y'all's thoughts on retaining Lanchow even if Sian falls? Lanchow's Oil sets up Manchukuo industry to rock on without imports late into the war.

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ORIGINAL: Cribtop

What are y'all's thoughts on retaining Lanchow even if Sian falls? Lanchow's Oil sets up Manchukuo industry to rock on without imports late into the war.

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

I actually prefer to defend Ankang instead of Sian as the Allies. Better terrain and not as exposed, though it doesn't have the same capacity for internal supply generation that Sian does.

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 51,82

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11

Allied aircraft
Swordfish I x 3
Vildebeest III x 5

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Swordfish I: 2 destroyed
Vildebeest III: 3 destroyed

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Ground combat at 86,45 (near Nanyang)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 11567 troops, 98 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 341

Defending force 22102 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 696

Japanese adjusted assault: 84

Allied adjusted defense: 389

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 4

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+)

Japanese ground losses:
1600 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 135 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled

Allied ground losses:
205 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 58 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

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Ground combat at 86,45 (near Nanyang)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 21693 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 646

Defending force 10211 troops, 98 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 201

Assaulting units:
85th Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps

Defending units:
35th Division