Lowpe
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March 29, 1944 No night bombing. Allies are content to sweep to Honshu; about 2 Empire ftrs lost for each Allied: 12 Jugs, 5 Spits, 6 Corsairs, 11 P38J. A lot of Japanese losses came from the P38Js which shot down 5 Rufes and 8 A6M2s which I had a little too close. Wasn't expecting Lighting sweeps, still gratified by the number of Lightnings downed by obsolete planes. The real excitement is in the far west: the 4th Tank Regiment races north to link up with the isolated 4th ID (and 6 heavy ART units). They breakthru easily, while the 1st Tank Division races north from Bangkok to reinforce the clear hex of death (and to replace 3 heavily disrupted divisions that make good their retreat to Bangkok). It was a good thing too, the clear hex of death wasn't too heavily bombed (hence my meticulous planning of troop arrivals and departures wasn't strictly needed), the AA present did a great job on protecting the troops on the ground, when surprise, surprise the Allies attack! The 1st Tank Division arrived just in time to hold the line, and inflicted over 100 AV in losses on the attacking Commonwealth troops. The Allies have 1 Division, 2 Brigades, the Marauders, and some other odds and ends there...it would be nice to counter attack and wipe them out...but for the Allied airpower. Now, the 4th ID will move south, can they get to Bangkok and relative safety? Only time will tell, there are 16 Allied units one hex north looking for payback!
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