| el lobo 
 
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 Joined:  7/20/2013
 From:  Khon Kaen, Thailand (orig: Sacramento, CA)
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   | Jan 28 to Feb 10, 1942, Turn Fifty-three to Sixty-six
 
 CHINA
 
 The fall of Sian is imminent.
 
 Jan 28.  I was able to get one more division into Sian.
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 Japanese Bombardment attack
 
 Attacking force 9894 troops, 700 guns, 698 vehicles, Assault Value = 2055
 
 Defending force 83887 troops, 556 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2197
 
 Allied ground losses:
 1046 casualties reported
 Squads: 37 destroyed, 48 disabled
 Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
 Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
 Guns lost 22 (8 destroyed, 14 disabled)
 
 Jan 29.  And one more.
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 Japanese Bombardment attack
 
 Attacking force 9894 troops, 700 guns, 698 vehicles, Assault Value = 2507
 
 Defending force 83163 troops, 550 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2120
 
 Japanese ground losses:
 Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
 
 Allied ground losses:
 681 casualties reported
 Squads: 20 destroyed, 60 disabled
 Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
 Engineers: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled
 Guns lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled)
 
 My unit one hex north was rudely ejected.
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 Ground combat at 83,40 (near Sian)
 
 Allied Shock attack
 
 Attacking force 28582 troops, 199 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 994
 
 Defending force 11020 troops, 102 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 314
 
 Allied adjusted assault: 498
 
 Japanese adjusted defense: 141
 
 Allied assault odds: 3 to 1
 
 Combat modifiers
 Defender: experience(-)
 Attacker: shock(+)
 
 Japanese ground losses:
 3931 casualties reported
 Squads: 105 destroyed, 53 disabled
 Non Combat: 115 destroyed, 31 disabled
 Engineers: 13 destroyed, 8 disabled
 Guns lost 22 (9 destroyed, 13 disabled)
 Units retreated 1
 
 
 Jan 30.  Letting my units re-supply.
 Jan 31.
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 Japanese Deliberate attack
 
 Attacking force 80704 troops, 1298 guns, 979 vehicles, Assault Value = 2509
 
 Defending force 82846 troops, 546 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2086
 
 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2
 
 Japanese adjusted assault: 1987
 
 Allied adjusted defense: 3584
 
 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2)
 
 Combat modifiers
 Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
 Attacker:
 
 Japanese ground losses:
 4792 casualties reported
 Squads: 6 destroyed, 239 disabled
 Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 51 disabled
 Engineers: 47 destroyed, 86 disabled
 Guns lost 24 (1 destroyed, 23 disabled)
 Vehicles lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)
 
 Allied ground losses:
 5890 casualties reported
 Squads: 317 destroyed, 244 disabled
 Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 258 disabled
 Engineers: 2 destroyed, 82 disabled
 Guns lost 106 (13 destroyed, 93 disabled)
 
 
 Feb 1.  Letting my units re-supply.  I am moving two units, a division and a regiment, back into the hex north as I want to block his retreat as much as possible.  I know the units there will not stop him but their presence may effect his thinking.  It may be working.  His movement arrow switches back and forth.  FOW or indecision on his part?
 
 Feb 2.  I'm wearing him down.
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 Ground combat at Sian (83,41)
 
 Japanese Bombardment attack
 
 Attacking force 9902 troops, 700 guns, 697 vehicles, Assault Value = 2572
 
 Defending force 77430 troops, 537 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1808
 
 Japanese ground losses:
 Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
 Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)
 
 Allied ground losses:
 1654 casualties reported
 Squads: 49 destroyed, 139 disabled
 Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 8 disabled
 Engineers: 5 destroyed, 6 disabled
 Guns lost 13 (3 destroyed, 10 disabled)
 
 Feb 3.  I might mention here that I have about thirty-two artillery units, no AA, in the hex.
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 Japanese Bombardment attack
 
 Attacking force 9915 troops, 699 guns, 696 vehicles, Assault Value = 2616
 
 Defending force 76332 troops, 534 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1694
 
 Japanese ground losses:
 Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
 
 Allied ground losses:
 404 casualties reported
 Squads: 29 destroyed, 65 disabled
 Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
 Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
 Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
 
 
 Feb 5.
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 Japanese Deliberate attack
 
 Attacking force 89175 troops, 1406 guns, 1045 vehicles, Assault Value = 2649
 
 Defending force 75915 troops, 531 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1640
 
 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1
 
 Japanese adjusted assault: 1198
 
 Allied adjusted defense: 531
 
 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1)
 
 Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1
 
 Combat modifiers
 Defender: leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
 Attacker:
 
 Japanese ground losses:
 3434 casualties reported
 Squads: 2 destroyed, 191 disabled
 Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled
 Engineers: 3 destroyed, 85 disabled
 Guns lost 17 (3 destroyed, 14 disabled)
 Vehicles lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)
 
 Allied ground losses:
 8012 casualties reported
 Squads: 82 destroyed, 558 disabled
 Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 344 disabled
 Engineers: 28 destroyed, 73 disabled
 Guns lost 62 (11 destroyed, 51 disabled)
 
 Feb 6.  My two units get back into the hex north.  I did not realize he had so much AV there.  He moved three large units into the hex from Sian.
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 Ground combat at 83,40 (near Sian)
 
 Japanese Shock attack
 
 Attacking force 13904 troops, 129 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 396
 
 Defending force 42078 troops, 280 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1145
 
 Japanese adjusted assault: 180
 
 Allied adjusted defense: 1331
 
 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 7
 
 Combat modifiers
 Defender: experience(-)
 Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
 
 Japanese ground losses:
 2691 casualties reported
 Squads: 283 destroyed, 82 disabled
 Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 52 disabled
 Engineers: 29 destroyed, 16 disabled
 Guns lost 49 (4 destroyed, 45 disabled)
 
 Allied ground losses:
 204 casualties reported
 Squads: 3 destroyed, 27 disabled
 Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
 Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
 
 
 Feb 7.  My two units are slaughtered.  They retreat with an AV of three and four.  I am lucky I did not lose them totally.
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 Ground combat at 83,40 (near Sian)
 
 Allied Shock attack
 
 Attacking force 41858 troops, 280 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1120
 
 Defending force 9017 troops, 125 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 134
 
 Allied adjusted assault: 384
 
 Japanese adjusted defense: 16
 
 Allied assault odds: 24 to 1
 
 Combat modifiers
 Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
 Attacker: shock(+), supply(-)
 
 Japanese ground losses:
 3880 casualties reported
 Squads: 195 destroyed, 60 disabled
 Non Combat: 143 destroyed, 35 disabled
 Engineers: 16 destroyed, 4 disabled
 Guns lost 32 (21 destroyed, 11 disabled)
 Units retreated 2
 
 Allied ground losses:
 1152 casualties reported
 Squads: 11 destroyed, 112 disabled
 Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
 Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
 
 Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
 
 Feb 9.
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 Japanese Bombardment attack
 
 Attacking force 9895 troops, 699 guns, 695 vehicles, Assault Value = 2466
 
 Defending force 35087 troops, 284 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 458
 
 Allied ground losses:
 1963 casualties reported
 Squads: 96 destroyed, 40 disabled
 Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 15 disabled
 Engineers: 9 destroyed, 8 disabled
 Guns lost 22 (8 destroyed, 14 disabled)
 
 
 Feb 10.   I now have a div in the hex to the west and I am moving two more divs from the Sian hex back into the hex to the north.  I am bombing the six units there heavily.  I do not want to DA him in Sian as I do not want him to retreat.  I will try to bombard him to dust.
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 Japanese Bombardment attack
 
 Attacking force 9900 troops, 699 guns, 695 vehicles, Assault Value = 2488
 
 Defending force 33832 troops, 270 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 404
 
 Allied ground losses:
 499 casualties reported
 Squads: 63 destroyed, 12 disabled
 Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 15 disabled
 Engineers: 14 destroyed, 5 disabled
 Guns lost 14 (10 destroyed, 4 disabled)
 
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