Mike Solli
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5 Jun 43
Sub War
The Haddock has been hanging around a deep hex just off Soerabaja. I have an ASW TF with 3x SCs that have spent most of the war guarding that patch of water. The Haddock fired a full dozen torpedoes at them before finally hitting one. She lingered off most of the day before finally sinking. Her two surviving sisters used up most of their depth charges killing fish (not haddock) and retired to port to replenish.
5 Fleet
The long awaited shock attack went off without a hitch. Here are the details:
Ground combat at Adak Island (162,52)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 37825 troops, 479 guns, 316 vehicles, Assault Value = 1197
Defending force 14770 troops, 280 guns, 311 vehicles, Assault Value = 351
Japanese adjusted assault: 794
Allied adjusted defense: 271
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
958 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 136 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1008 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 88 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 46 (3 destroyed, 43 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (2 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Assaulting units:
19th Division
71st Division
4th Garrison Unit
Maizuru 3rd SNLF
23rd Tank Regiment
67th Naval Guard Unit
22nd Ind. Engineer Regiment
38th Field AA Machinecannon Company
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Mortar Regiment
35th Const Co
7th Base Force
39th Field AA Machinecannon Company
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Medium FA Rgt /1
Defending units:
41st Infantry Division
58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
153rd(Sep) Infantry Regiment
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
There's some good intel there. They are short supply and they're fatigued. Also, my losses were lower than reported. My total losses for both attacks are 8 infantry, 3 engineer, 3 HMG squads and 4 tanks. My disruption and fatigue are all no higher than 10 with the exception of 16 disruption for the 4 Garrison unit. I also came very close to 3:1 odds. I'm not sure if it makes any difference when the defender doesn't own the base, but I know Allied troops will surrender more easily than Japanese troops when in that situation. We'll see.
I like to track the AV during attacks. Yes, it can be FOW, but it still gives a general trend. The engineer regiment was trashed (AV = 0) after the deliberate attack and was still 0 for the shock attack. The two infantry brigades ended the shock attack at 38 and 35 AV and the 41 Division ended the shock attack at 7 AV. I am going to shock attack again tomorrow and I'm throwing in my reserves, the Naval Guard and SNLF units, an additional 122 fresh AV.
It's interesting to note that there are 2 Allied TFs in Adak's hex, totaling 3 ships if my intel is correct. I have 2 midget subs and a MTB sitting in Adak's hex and they are just watching them. Also, my Judy chutai didn't attack and they're set for naval attack. Not to mention the mines in the hex..... 
I wonder if he's trying to get a slice of some of the units out to rebuild them. Anyway, MKB was sailing south to Truk but I turned them around to come back just in case they can catch some of those ships. I made sure to keep them out of range of Unmak. I want them to go after ships, not enemy planes. They were spotted heading south. I hope Ted thinks they're leaving the AO. Could be a fun surprise for him.
4 Fleet
My SNLF on Canton Island is resting one more day. I have Glen subs surrounding the area and there's nothing spotted coming to their rescue.
SE Fleet
Ted bombarded Tassafronga with 2 CA and 3 CL and quite a few land based planes, along with the carrier planes, doing little damage (there's not much there to kill). I let the air attack go at normal speed. Sometimes you can get info on the air units attacking and I was not disappointed. The two I saw were VRF2T and VT37. Anyone have an idea who they belong to?
I am setting up another ambush down here. A couple of days ago, I sent the Shokaku, Zuikaku and Ryujo (Soryu is still repairing some accumulated damage) on a wide arc east then south to surprise the US carriers from the east. They total 102 Zeros, 36 Vals and 54 Kates. The US carriers (I think there are 2- CV & CVE) are focused on bombing Tassafronga. My will be in range tomorrow so it may be interesting down there. My carriers have not been spotted yet.
I pulled the fighters out of Gasmata. They were slowly being worn down (number wise) and their morale has been dropping. I also fear an invasion. The bombardment from a couple days ago may just have been a sightseeing visit however. Rabaul is in great shape with no damage. Bring em on!
My first George daitai will be fully repaired at Truk and available for deployment tomorrow. I've never used a George before and am excited at the opportunity it affords.  Can you guys remind me of what the George should be deployed against? Fighters or bombers? What altitude? You know, all that good stuff. 
SRA
Burma
Nothing to report.
China
Not much to report here either. I made 3 deliberate attacks against renegade Chinese units scattered around the map, trashing them all. The important area is Chungking. I now have all the units in the area pushed into Chungking with 2 of my 4 major armies adjacent to that base. The other two are enroute. Chungking is effectively surrounded (with 620k troops there  ).
Other Stuff
The A6M5c R&D advanced to 10/43 (expected to become operational in 7/43).
Ted has the turn and is off today. Expecting it soon!
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