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May 6th to May 8th, 1942
North Pacific
Got a couple more Jake squadrons and a ASW Lily squadron operational up here.
Nothing else to note
Central Pacific
Nothing significant to report.
South-West Pacific
The real show.
That Allied TF running to intercept my supply convoy was actually the advanced guard of a major reinforcement convoy into Suva.
It's the works here. Force Z, the USN cruiser fleet and even a carrier, which I assume to be either a British carrier or the Long Island.
I'm caught unable to intercept - the KB is low on fuel after a xAK convoy at Rabual stupidly soaked much of that bases reserve, and I don't want to fight forward with the KB on low fuel.
IJN subs make a good go at intercepting, but they do awfully. A dud on a CA, followed by stupid target selection. My favourite was the CM Abdiel, which is something like the fastest large ship in game...
On the ground, the Allies have put ashore another division. In a poorly judged move, I ordered a deliberate attack to assess respective combat strengths. It went poorly.
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Ground combat at Suva (132,160)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 26791 troops, 258 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 788
Defending force 38829 troops, 680 guns, 623 vehicles, Assault Value = 1144
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 217
Allied adjusted defense: 1159
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 5 (fort level 1)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
4035 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 488 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 49 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 59 disabled
Guns lost 72 (1 destroyed, 71 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
228 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Assaulting units:
16th Division
4th Division
62nd Naval Guard Unit
Defending units:
41st Infantry Division
24th Infantry Div /1
8th NZ Brigade
8th Marine Rgt /1
27th Infantry Division
Americal Infantry Div /1
8th Marine Defense Battalion
9th Australian Brigade
115th USAAF Base Force /1
1st RNZAF Base Force
131st Field Artillery Battalion
147th Field Artillery Regiment
148th Field Artillery Battalion
114th USAAF Base Force /1
Costly, but I've another 400 AV resting at Nadi. We also knocked the forts down to level 1, which is something - provided I can keep the Allies from re-digging it.
We're up to three US Army divisions, about a brigade of Marines and another NZ brigade. Allied fighters have appeared in Suva as well. Provided I don't get bounced out of Suva and Nadi, I reckon I can stabilize the situation.
Work is underway to develop Luganville into my forward port, tenders are on route, and fuel is about a week to ten days out from Rabual. A couple of other engineer and airbase units are moving up closer to the action, especially at Anatom - it's within extended range of Suva for the Zeros to sweep.
The KB is headed to Truk to top up from fuel stocks there before swinging by Suva to sweep away the fighter defences and hit the airbase. In the meantime, I've set the Nells at Noumea to attack the airbase at Suva at night at low level. I don't expect amazing results, but hopefully it will force Loka to split his CAP between day/night.
Force Z and the rest of the USN CA fleet smashed Nadi airbase in bombardment missions, but AFAIK the only nearby port they can reload at is Auckland. KB will visit that base in due course.
I send the CL Yura and Abukuma on a high speed run at Suva in the hopes of maybe getting in among the transports. The end up tangling with Force Z and a US cruiser force over a couple of days, which leads to the Yura getting sunk and a bunch of minor damage to other Allied ships. A IJN CA force is en-route, seeing as the Allied BB's will almost certainly need to retire to reload.
These developments are very interesting. Tracker tells me that Loka is down three carriers - York, Sara and Ent:
- Ent is a confirmed scuttle after the DEI clash with MKB.
- Sara took two torps near French Frigate Shoal on Feb 3rd, and was reported sunk a turn later. Maybe.
- York took a torp and a fuel explosion back in January, so I suspect that she's back in action by now.
My plan (thanks Bullwinkle) is to park the KB at Luganville and start the siege of Suva. This is my 1942 offensive. There's a nice haul of Allied units that I want to destroy, and I have the means to do it.
DEI
Nothing to report.
Luzon
As expected, the Allied troops poured out of Bataan, took Clark Field and blundered right into the IJA's prepared position at Manila.
The result wasn't pretty:
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Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 33479 troops, 433 guns, 362 vehicles, Assault Value = 1185
Defending force 41304 troops, 393 guns, 234 vehicles, Assault Value = 782
Allied adjusted assault: 342
Japanese adjusted defense: 2025
Allied assault odds: 1 to 5 (fort level 4)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1342 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 64 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 49 disabled
Guns lost 16 (3 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
3247 casualties reported
Squads: 104 destroyed, 271 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 77 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 52 disabled
Guns lost 58 (14 destroyed, 44 disabled)
Vehicles lost 52 (4 destroyed, 48 disabled)
The Imperial Guards, a brigade and a regiment all arrive this week, so we'll see and end to this theatre shortly, with some luck. I'm keen to get this ended, as I've earmarked all the troops currently on Luzon for Suva.
Burma
Nearly ready to throw the Allies out of Pegu…
Just a few more days...
China
We get our chance to smash the big Chinese stack outside Chungking, but we can't stop it fleeing into the city. In a horrible battle, the IJA shock attack over the river, getting a bloody nose. The Chinese then respond in kind and shock attack back. The result is mutually destructive, but very favourable to the Chinese...
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Ground combat at 77,44 (near Chungking)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 66704 troops, 634 guns, 175 vehicles, Assault Value = 1914
Defending force 92926 troops, 480 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1850
Japanese adjusted assault: 616
Allied adjusted defense: 811
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)
Japanese ground losses:
6782 casualties reported
Squads: 89 destroyed, 1009 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 51 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 77 disabled
Guns lost 94 (3 destroyed, 91 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
7156 casualties reported
Squads: 396 destroyed, 353 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 248 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 39 disabled
Guns lost 52 (13 destroyed, 39 disabled)
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Ground combat at 77,44 (near Chungking)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 77266 troops, 468 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1460
Defending force 60378 troops, 630 guns, 239 vehicles, Assault Value = 1061
Allied adjusted assault: 760
Japanese adjusted defense: 446
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
3552 casualties reported
Squads: 129 destroyed, 55 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 46 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 24 disabled
Guns lost 39 (2 destroyed, 37 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
5057 casualties reported
Squads: 102 destroyed, 410 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 26 (10 destroyed, 16 disabled)
A couple of IJA units are trashed, but the survivors are cheered to hear that they've won all expenses paid trips to a luxury Pacific island resort, so that should make the bitter pill of over ten thousand casualties much easier to digest.
VP Situation
17177 IJ to 9192 Allied.
Ration of 1.869:1
I expect that to be much higher by the end of the year. I've still big VP banks to take - Bataan, Burma, Chungking and hopefully Suva 
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RE: Christmas Update - 
Show me in an AAR where Nells have successfully attacked the Deathstar past 1942 at night or even during the daylight. 
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