Cap Mandrake
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Joined: 11/15/2002 From: Southern California Status: offline
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Geelong (the main event): Look at all these damn torpedo bombers Afternoon Air attack on 6th Australian Brigade, at 81,170 (Geelong) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 3 A6M2 Zero x 48 B5N1 Kate x 9 B5N2 Kate x 99 Japanese aircraft losses B5N1 Kate: 1 damaged B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 145 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B5N1 Kate bombing from 11000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb I think the idiots of 7th Brigade drove through the battle area in march mode. Damnit! You would think the AI would plot unoccupied hexes if a choice existed. What a waste. Ground combat at Geelong (81,170) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 41165 troops, 386 guns, 270 vehicles, Assault Value = 1433 Defending force 5953 troops, 91 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 164 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 1954 Allied adjusted defense: 19 Japanese assault odds: 102 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Geelong !!! Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 166 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Allied ground losses: 2968 casualties reported Squads: 130 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 104 destroyed, 27 disabled Engineers: 27 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 55 (47 destroyed, 8 disabled) Vehicles lost 49 (47 destroyed, 2 disabled) Units retreated 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 20th Ind Engineer Regiment 19th Ind Engineer Regiment 5th Division 16th Division 8th Tank Regiment 18th Division 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 23rd JAAF AF Bn 36th JAAF AF Bn 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 16th Army 12th JAAF AF Coy Defending units: 6th Australian Brigade 7th Australian Brigade
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