JocMeister
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1st August -42 ______________________________________________________________________________ A new turn and a new month! Aircraft wise August is a pretty awesome months. P38F (40/mo), B17F (24/mo) and B25-C (25/mo) to name a few. Nice! ------------------------ NORPAC ------------------------ Quiet here. The expected sweeps never happened. ------------------------ India ------------------------ British bombers sortie to hit the retreating Japanese troops in the North. I stupidly assumed Jeff wouldn´t waste CAP this far out. I was wrong and paid for it. quote:
Morning Air attack on 18th/C Division, at 53,27 , near Gorakhpur Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero x 4 Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 4 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 6 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 35 Wellington Ic x 3 B-25C Mitchell x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Blenheim IV: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 43 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Obviously not good for the already depleted British pools. I´ll try to sweep with some Hurricanes tomorrow and see if I can get some revenge. At least the ground forces spearheaded by then 255th Armored brigade cross the river in good order! quote:
Ground combat at 53,27 (near Gorakhpur) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 4644 troops, 15 guns, 208 vehicles, Assault Value = 221 Defending force 1878 troops, 26 guns, 38 vehicles, Assault Value = 77 Allied adjusted assault: 54 Japanese adjusted defense: 23 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 1020 casualties reported Squads: 47 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 8 (6 destroyed, 2 disabled) Units retreated 3 Allied ground losses: 175 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 255th Armoured Brigade 44th Indian Brigade Defending units: 14th Tank Regiment 3rd RTA/A Division 35th Field AA Battalion ------------------------ SOPAC ------------------------ By the looks of it Jeff is pulling back from Noumea. We get some TTs off against a DD and CL Katori but no hits. Allied CVs will refuel and keep position South of Noumea.
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