SqzMyLemon
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Feb. 7/42: A good turn for Japan. Australia: Seven Allied transports are sunk fleeing Brisbane. Five Allied fighters are shot down and another three are Ops losses near Wagga Wagga. One Oscar is lost. It appears Francois intends to counterattack in Australia. I'll provide a screenshot later, but a number of Allied units are spotted moving east along the rail line from Wagga Wagga towards Japanese positions. The Australian forces that were hounding my defeated forces from Rockhampton are now on the receiving end themselves. They try a counterattack near Bundaberg. A Japanese tank regiment is rushing to reinforce the 1st Recon. AAR follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 94,155 (near Bundaberg) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 1731 troops, 21 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 59 Defending force 885 troops, 4 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 35 Allied adjusted assault: 32 Japanese adjusted defense: 49 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 154 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 204 casualties reported Squads: 13 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 11th LH Motor Regiment 16th LH MG Regiment 14th LH MG Regiment 15th LH MG Regiment Rockhampton RAN Base Force Defending units: 1st Recon Regiment Sumatra: Medan falls easily with a token defence present. All good, the facilities are captured intact. IJA 38th Division will now prep for Port Blair. AAR follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Medan (46,76) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 13999 troops, 101 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 445 Defending force 4745 troops, 28 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 76 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 204 Allied adjusted defense: 17 Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Medan !!! Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 120 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 2346 casualties reported Squads: 21 destroyed, 41 disabled Non Combat: 65 destroyed, 26 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 20 (17 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 7 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 38th Division 55th Engineer Regiment Defending units: Medan Cdo Van Aarsen Cdo HQ TC Sumatra 223 Group RAF 1e-VLG-V Sup Afd Medan Defenses 11 Battery/3 HAA China: Two squadrons of Hurricanes based at Changsha sweep Hankow. No CAP is present. Allied 4E's concentrate on hammering IJA 13th Tank Regiment in open terrain near Sinyang. Bomb away, because it's better than targeting my airfields. A few ground combat AAR's follow: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 80,54 (near Hengyang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 15148 troops, 163 guns, 55 vehicles, Assault Value = 480 Defending force 5023 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 106 Japanese adjusted assault: 431 Allied adjusted defense: 14 Japanese assault odds: 30 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 71 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Units pursuing 1 Allied ground losses: 2488 casualties reported Squads: 57 destroyed, 65 disabled Non Combat: 53 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 23 (5 destroyed, 18 disabled) Units retreated 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 3rd Tank Regiment 15th Division 13th Army 21st Mortar Battalion Defending units: 65th Chinese Corps 7th War Area -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 91,33 (near Paotow) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 13192 troops, 104 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 424 Defending force 5036 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 132 Japanese adjusted assault: 189 Allied adjusted defense: 257 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 85 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 173 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 38 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 27th Division Defending units: 11th Chinese Corps Good news in China. Five LCU's from the defeated Kukong force move freely into Pingsiang. Great! I will close the remaining two hex sides, lay siege and move on. This will free up a division for offensive operations. I will now move to fully isolate Changsha by closing the west and northwest hex sides using sacrificial recon regiments. I will try to take Changteh, but not sure is two divisions will be enough. The rest of the Japanese divisions in the area will now start moving towards Kweilin. In the meantime, I am slowly moving in additional aviation support and starting to prepare a strong response to the unescorted Allied bombers in China. Thoughts: The navy is redeploying and I am putting all the pieces together to deal with the DEI. I'm organizing the forces needed for Burma from all three services.
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