apbarog
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18 Oct 42 30 some Zeros from Roi Namur sweep Kusaie Island and find about 22 Warhawks on CAP. It wasn't not pretty, with the Zeros dominating. 16 Warhawks were lost. Just 2 Zeros were downed, one by Lt. A. Irwin, getting his 6th kill. He was then reported KIA. 4 US KIA total. The remaining Warhawks are all damaged. And another Zero sweep arrived afterwards, from the direction of Ponape, but there weren't any US planes still flying. The lone xAK at Kusaie did unload supply, and is now disbanded back into port. It'll be lost one way or the other, but I want to try and get as much supply out of it first. The island now has a few hundred supply and all ground units have supply. Sian was clobbered from the air and on the ground. 25 Lilys, 30 Helens, 21 Sallys and 33 Sonias bombed troops, with 42 Tojos and 27 Oscars escorting. Almost 600 Chinese casualties in the bombing. Ground combat at Sian (83,41) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 66601 troops, 540 guns, 122 vehicles, Assault Value = 2081 Defending force 31727 troops, 172 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 915 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 3936 Allied adjusted defense: 322 Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Sian !!! Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 4077 casualties reported Squads: 15 destroyed, 429 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 32 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 46 disabled Vehicles lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) Allied ground losses: 11918 casualties reported Squads: 487 destroyed, 88 disabled Non Combat: 292 destroyed, 48 disabled Engineers: 67 destroyed, 10 disabled Guns lost 82 (42 destroyed, 40 disabled) Units retreated 4 Units destroyed 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 35th Division 32nd Division 9th Division 27th Division 14th Division Defending units: 1st Chinese Corps 36th Chinese Corps 61st Chinese Corps 7th Group Army 57th AT Gun Regiment At least the enemy took some disablements. The Japanese will no longer have supply issues in the Sian area. And I won't keep losing supply there with the daily bombings. The enemy has advanced into Kukong in the south. B-24s bombed Merauke's facilities, doing moderate damage. No CAP. Another Allied attack at Cox's Bazar. An enemy tank regiment reinforced. Ground combat at Cox's Bazar (54,43) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 36474 troops, 650 guns, 583 vehicles, Assault Value = 990 Defending force 16814 troops, 262 guns, 263 vehicles, Assault Value = 417 Allied adjusted assault: 1029 Japanese adjusted defense: 639 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 688 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 51 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 42 (4 destroyed, 38 disabled) Vehicles lost 19 (2 destroyed, 17 disabled) Allied ground losses: 866 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 140 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 34 (3 destroyed, 31 disabled) Vehicles lost 16 (3 destroyed, 13 disabled) Assaulting units: 32nd Infantry Division 70th British Division 7th Armoured Brigade Waziristan Division 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 2/13th Fld RAA Regiment IV Indian Corps 20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 2/11th Fld RAA Regiment 134th Field Artillery Battalion 209th Field Artillery Battalion 85th British AT Gun Regiment Defending units: 18th Division 14th Tank Regiment 26th Fld AA Gun Co 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 25th Army 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 51st Field AA Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 9th RF Gun Battalion Allied troops will rest a day while the artillery bombards. The enemy is showing movement out of Cox's Bazar. That could be just one unit or the whole stack. 2 British divisions and an armored unit have started to move around Cox's Bazar to threaten to cut it off. I don't know if they'll actually move there, we'll see. The P-38G pool is starting to slowly fill and is up to 13 aircraft now. A P-40 squadron at Townsville will take the first of the new fighters, for use in the upcoming invasions. At Sydney, all of the many heavy and light cruisers, as well as Wasp went from SYS 5 to SYS 4 as they finish up refits. Carriers Enterprise and Hornet stayed at SYS 5. So it will take a bit longer than the minimum to get everything out of refit. That's ok though. The needed invasion APs are still 8 days from getting to Townsville. Things will be picking up soon, and all at once.
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