Slitherine

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Ground combat at Kienko (78,41)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 40781 troops, 699 guns, 635 vehicles, Assault Value = 939

Defending force 48583 troops, 216 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1229

Japanese adjusted assault: 512

Allied adjusted defense: 347

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
2361 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 200 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled

Allied ground losses:
4272 casualties reported
Squads: 96 destroyed, 145 disabled
Non Combat: 61 destroyed, 66 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

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Ground combat at 81,42 (near Ankang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 38134 troops, 830 guns, 569 vehicles, Assault Value = 782

Defending force 49005 troops, 233 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 678

Japanese adjusted assault: 642

Allied adjusted defense: 919

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
250 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 12 (3 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
3562 casualties reported
Squads: 249 destroyed, 54 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 16 (11 destroyed, 5 disabled)

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Ground combat at 81,42 (near Ankang)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6474 troops, 505 guns, 407 vehicles, Assault Value = 766

Defending force 50937 troops, 248 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 781

Allied ground losses:
2555 casualties reported
Squads: 125 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 13 (9 destroyed, 4 disabled)

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Morning Air attack on Sydney , at 90,167

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 132
G3M2 Nell x 35

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 11
Kittyhawk IA x 11
P-39D Airacobra x 122

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
G3M2 Nell: 14 destroyed, 1 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground

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Morning Air attack on Newcastle , at 92,166

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 69
G3M2 Nell x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 11 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 6 destroyed by flak

Resources hits 18

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Morning Air attack on Newcastle , at 92,166

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 56 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 45

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 18 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 3 destroyed by flak

Resources hits 11

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Morning Air attack on Newcastle , at 92,166

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 36

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 10 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 3 destroyed by flak

Resources hits 13

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a Shokaku class CV is moving to Noumea (115,160).

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2/48th Division is planning for an attack on Upolu.
14th Army is planning for an attack on Pago Pago.

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ORIGINAL: Cribtop

Toowoomba! That's just fun to say! Nice little Op. Is re-taking Brisbane the immediate goal or just a harassing move for now?

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Ground combat at Toowoomba (94,159)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 3729 troops, 0 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 208

Defending force 1767 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

Allied adjusted assault: 292

Japanese adjusted defense: 58

Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Toowoomba !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
435 casualties reported
Squads: 22 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 12 (6 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

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

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

That's am awesomely low casualty total for the attacker in a shock attack. You had them disrupted and divined their lack of AT weapons! Good job!

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

I love the humble P-39. I've even beaten Zero stratosweeps with it. It probably does better because it has a cannon, while the P-40s just have machine guns . Cannons = good.

Just beware that you're not moving prematurely here. It could hurt to lose a bunch of Australian devices from your LCUs.

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4/21st Ind.Mixed Brigade is loaded on xAK Meiu Maru moving to Noumea.
10/48th Division is loaded on a Japanese xAK moving to Rabaul.

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EDIT: Can´t find the 5th, 16th or 55th in our SCEN?

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

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EDIT: Can´t find the 5th, 16th or 55th in our SCEN?

5th ID - lands in Malaya along with 18th ID

16th ID - loaded on transports at Amami Oshima and usually lands in southern Luzon

55th ID - most of it starts SE of Bangkok with the 144th Rgt going to Guam and/or Rabaul. It takes a while to get the components back together and usually ends up in Burma.

EDIT - all start broken down into components and need to be rebuilt. Maybe Mr Kane hasn't do so with these divisions yet.

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Using the new DBB air stats, I think the P-39s do best in 10 to 15k band while the P-40s do best in the 16k to 20k band. The P-39s have gotten a poor rep, but they are not as bad as some players thing. The cannon helps them destroy lots of Japanese bombers.

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ORIGINAL: JocMeister

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

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EDIT: Can´t find the 5th, 16th or 55th in our SCEN?

5th ID - lands in Malaya along with 18th ID

16th ID - loaded on transports at Amami Oshima and usually lands in southern Luzon

55th ID - most of it starts SE of Bangkok with the 144th Rgt going to Guam and/or Rabaul. It takes a while to get the components back together and usually ends up in Burma.

EDIT - all start broken down into components and need to be rebuilt. Maybe Mr Kane hasn't do so with these divisions yet.

Thanks Michealm. Havn´t found a trace of any of those in the logs so it must be as you say that he hasn´t rebuilt them!

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ORIGINAL: offenseman
Some of the wayward divisions have regiments that are not in the same HQ as the rest of the units. Not only do they have to reunite to recompose, but those regiments need ~509 pp at full strength to change HQ first. For me, that is the real problem; trying to find 500 pp to buy out a perfectly good regiment in an already non-restricted HQ. Personally, I think it is good to wait to recombine those divisions until pp are bountiful later in the war. In the meantime there are plenty of whole division he can buy out and of course use to buy armor, which he has done, and perhaps arty as well.

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1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment is planning for an attack on Pago Pago.

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ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

....is Brisbane actually empty of IJA LCUs?

Also, even though they don't start free, the 20th ID is very high XP as nygiants has said and starts in Korea. Also consider that the 53rd and 54th IDs (or maybe it's 52nd and 54th?) start in Japan, and though restricted he could have bought both by now.

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TF 1 encounters mine field at Noumea (115,160)

Japanese Ships
CV Akagi, Mine hits 1

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ORIGINAL: Cribtop

Tee-hee. Don't be so sure that mine hit didn't cause issues. With IJN damage control and the lack of nearby shipyards, you may have just detached a CV from KB for a while.

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Morning Air attack on 8th Tank Regiment, at 94,158 , near Toowoomba

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 86

Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 12
B-17D Fortress x 5
B-17E Fortress x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 8 destroyed
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 2 destroyed, 15 damaged

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Other than the disaster that is China, I am starting to sense a momentum change in this AAR. Selective reporting?