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Breaking news from the South Seas: - Bettys with Zero escort fight their way through heavy USN/USMC CAP and plant two torpedoes on an old US BB. Heavy damage but no fires reported. - the Battle of Katherine gets 4:1 odds against level 3 forts, dropping them to 2. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 07, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Luganville (120,150) 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships APD Kilty DD Stuart Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tulagi at 114,137 AMc Heimei Maru Allied Ships SS S-31 SS S-31 is sighted by escort -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Chittagong at 55,41 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CA Kinugasa CA Aoba Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Chittagong Fortress firing at CA Kinugasa CA Kinugasa firing at Chittagong Fortress E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Aoba CA Aoba firing at 7th Australian Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Amchitka Island at 158,52 Allied Ships – allied BBs in the Aleutians. I will try to ambush them when I run the next reinforcement task force to the Aleutians. BB Warspite BB Colorado Japanese ground losses: 128 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 7 Port hits 3 Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Warspite BB Warspite firing at Amchitka Island BB Colorado firing at 52nd Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Luganville (120,150) 3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships – an allied scratch force of old expendable CLs. CL Adelaide CL Tromp CL Sumatra APD Lawrence DD Russell CL Adelaide firing at 89th Naval Guard Unit CL Tromp firing at 89th Naval Guard Unit CL Sumatra firing at 89th Naval Guard Unit Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Luganville (120,150) TF 307 troops unloading over beach at Luganville, 120,150 Allied ground losses: Looks like they were reasonably well prepared as they take relatively light losses on landing. 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) 8 Naval Support troops accidentally lost during unload of F Det USN Port Svc /3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Luganville (120,150) 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships APD Lawrence DD Russell Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Lunga at 114,138 CA Chokai DD Tanikaze DD Natsushio DD Oyashio Allied Ships SS S-31 SS S-31 is sighted by escort -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tulagi at 114,137 AMc Heimei Maru Allied Ships SS S-18 SS S-18 launches 2 torpedoes S-18 bottoming out .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 120,150 A6M2 Zero x 20 G4M1 Betty x 21 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 17 F4F-4 Wildcat x 3 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 8 damaged – My strike rate of 0 from lots of Betty launched torpedoes continues… G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships BB Pennsylvania – this BB popped out of nowhere, having not bombarded with these same CLs earlier in the day. CL Adelaide CL Sumatra CL Tromp APD Pillsbury Aircraft Attacking: 14 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo CAP engaged: USN CVs are located a few hexes to the east, providing bleed over CAP to the USMC units that are flying LRCAP from somewhere nearby. VF-2 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-3 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes VMF-121 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VMF-223 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes VF-8 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10 Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 6 Also attacking Emery Point Fortress ... Also attacking Darwin ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on A/B Battery Heavy Coastal Artillery Regiment, at 76,124 (Darwin) Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8 Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Ki-30 Ann x 25 Ki-32 Mary x 8 Ki-51 Sonia x 17 Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 8 Runway hits 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Ki-32 Mary x 12 Ki-51 Sonia x 4 Ki-32 Mary: 1 damaged Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed by flak Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Ki-21-Ic Sally x 9 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 4 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6 Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Barisan KNIL Regiment, at 57,105 (Pamekasan) Ki-30 Ann x 19 Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 56th Chinese Corps, at 76,45 (Chungking) Ki-30 Ann x 20 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6 Ki-30 Ann: 2 destroyed by flak – flak losses “spike” today with about 5 lost in China, from memory. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 10th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha) Ki-36 Ida x 20 Ki-51 Sonia x 10 Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Ki-21-Ic Sally x 11 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan) Ki-21-IIa Sally x 36 Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 48 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15 Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16 Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Airbase hits 6 Runway hits 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24 Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged Airbase hits 4 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 89th Chinese Corps, at 75,47 , near Chungking Ki-32 Mary x 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 95th Chinese Corps, at 81,40 , near Tienshui Ki-51 Sonia x 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 120,150 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 G4M1 Betty x 12 Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 13 – Only about 20 fighters on CAP, so I will stand down the Betty unit and send the Zero unit to conduct an all-planes sweep form Ndeni to try and knock down a few USN carrier based fighter pilots. F4F-4 Wildcat x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed Allied Ships BB Pennsylvania, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage – finally some hits! The Bettys fight their way through heavy rain and CAP. BB Pennsylvania is listed as sunk on the Intel screen but no allied float planes are reported lost, so I bet she’s still afloat. Multiple IJN subs are moving in to try and cover the most likely withdrawal routes, to Noumea or Fiji. I figure it will take a few more sub launched torpedoes to sink her, but with heavy damage that should put her out of action for a while and divert a few ASW capable ships to escort her to safety. APD Pillsbury Aircraft Attacking: 10 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo CAP engaged: VF-3 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 4 planes vectored on to bombers VF-8 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes VMF-121 with F4F-3 Wildcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes VMF-212 with F4F-4 Wildcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Raid is overhead VMF-223 with F4F-4 Wildcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 13000. Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 35th Chinese Corps, at 88,37 (Yenan) Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 89th Naval Guard Unit, at 120,150 (Luganville) Weather in hex: Heavy rain – strange now that I have time to think about it, it should be the dry season down here at this time of year. Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Some useful intelligence here for later reference. USN TBs are coming in at 6k’ while the DBs are probably at 15k’. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 38 F4F-4 Wildcat x 46 SBD-3 Dauntless x 18 TBF-1 Avenger x 15 Japanese ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 14 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 15 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 89th Naval Guard Unit, at 120,150 (Luganville) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft F4F-3 Wildcat x 2 F4F-4 Wildcat x 10 SBD-3 Dauntless x 16 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 7 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb 1 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 89th Naval Guard Unit, at 120,150 (Luganville) Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 9 B-17E Fortress x 6 F4F-3 Wildcat x 2 F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Maizuru 3rd SNLF, at 158,52 (Amchitka Island) Allied aircraft B-18A Bolo x 6 B-26 Marauder x 3 Japanese ground losses: 79 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-18A Bolo bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 89th Naval Guard Unit, at 120,150 (Luganville) Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 9 F4F-3 Wildcat x 3 F4F-4 Wildcat x 1 Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59 SC CHa-13 Allied Ships SS Sculpin SS Sculpin is located by SC CHa-13 Sculpin diving deep .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tulagi at 114,137 AMc Heimei Maru Allied Ships SS S-18 SS S-18 is sighted by escort S-18 bottoming out .... AMc Heimei Maru attacking submerged sub .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Luganville (120,150) 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships APD Lawrence DD Russell Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Imphal (60,40) Japanese Bombardment attack – a few more days and HQ 15th Army will join this stack to hopefully provide a bonus to the deliberate attack when it goes in. I am also moving troops to try and cut the road out of Imphal, but the allies have moved a force there to counter. An interesting game of chess here with a front line forming along the jungle roads. I’ll try to post a zoom in picture of this front in the next few days. Attacking force 30871 troops, 270 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1069 Defending force 7549 troops, 140 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 363 Assaulting units: 54th Division 53rd Division 33rd/A Division Defending units: 14th British Brigade 16th British Brigade 23rd British Brigade 25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 31044 troops, 246 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1204 Defending force 73625 troops, 330 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2572 Japanese ground losses: 30 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 76,46 (near Chungking) Japanese Bombardment attack – I might need to track the numbers here like I am doing in the NCAA Mountain Hex, to check if I am winning the battle of attrition or not. I may just wait until 13th Div moves here to join in, as that would give me about 3:1 raw AV. Attacking force 1025 troops, 127 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1033 Defending force 20081 troops, 97 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 560 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chuhsien (88,56) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15592 troops, 122 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 584 Defending force 21988 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 743 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 12994 troops, 112 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 1012 Defending force 44933 troops, 203 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1349 Assaulting units: 37th Division – ordered to move W then NW, before attacking back along the road. 36th Division 5th NCPC Infantry Brigade 1st Army – will move with 37th Div to try and close all hex sides to the Chinese units below, leave 1 x Div as the POW camp guards and unlock the other IJA forces from this sector. Defending units: 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 33rd Chinese Corps 27th Chinese Corps 34th Chinese Corps 9th Chinese Corps 98th Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 5th New Chinese Corps 14th Group Army 39th Group Army 7th Group Army 15th Group Army 4th Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso) Japanese Bombardment attack – to achieve the above, I will need to move HQ 1st Army and 37th Div into this hex from the west, then win a battle in this hex. These defenders should withdraw cross-country to the NW. Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 445 Defending force 38127 troops, 187 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1172 Assaulting units: 41st Division 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 1st Chinese Corps 47th Chinese Corps 36th Chinese Corps 38th Chinese Corps 16th Chinese Corps 61st Chinese Corps 4th Group Army 8th Group Army 43rd Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang) Japanese Deliberate attack – I wasn’t expecting much out of this due to the raw AV shortfall, but the defenders aren’t in good shape so I will allow 5th IMB to recover then attack again, probably at about 1 week intervals. Attacking force 5671 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 191 Defending force 9684 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 345 Japanese adjusted assault: 47 Allied adjusted defense: 151 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 84 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Allied ground losses: 180 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 5th Ind.Mixed Brigade Defending units: 12th Chinese Corps 85th Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Katherine (76,128) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 28962 troops, 342 guns, 234 vehicles, Assault Value = 1010 Defending force 6494 troops, 94 guns, 269 vehicles, Assault Value = 280 Japanese adjusted assault: 658 Allied adjusted defense: 163 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 3). 4.03:1 to be precise, so I was fortunate to just tick over to 4:1. Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 – the attackers are a bit short on supply so won’t attack again tomorrow. Lucky for me the IJA supply line from Wyndham is so good, it should only take a few days to replenish. It is the dry season at this time of year in the NT, so the “road” as it was back then would be trafficable, but in real life there would be no way that the IJA could move all the supplies and fuel that they need to support this force so far from Wyndham. Let’s not let those sort of details get in the way of a good game though! Combat modifiers Defender: experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 416 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Vehicles lost 16 (3 destroyed, 13 disabled) Allied ground losses: 585 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 54 disabled – that’s more than a whole Battalion disabled, so once supply arrives I should get another 4:1 result to capture Katherine. Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 18 (3 destroyed, 15 disabled) Vehicles lost 61 (8 destroyed, 53 disabled) – I’m assuming that these were still improvised training tanks, to take that much damage from IJA infantry Divs and one Tank Regt with relatively light tanks. Assaulting units: The 2 x Infantry Divs are actually prepared for Darwin, so once Katherine is captured I may not need to land the reserve 4th Infantry Div by amphibious assault to capture Darwin. Once Katherine is captured, I will pursue south with 2 x Tank Regts and move the 2 x Infantry Divs north to attack Darwin. 38th Division 2nd Tank Regiment 2nd Division 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 16th Army 44th Field AA Battalion Defending units: 6th Aus Cav Brigade 2/10th Armoured Regiment 2/9th Armoured Regiment 2/6th Armoured Regiment 2/5th Armoured Regiment 19th Australian Battalion 108th Tank Attack Regiment 109th Tank Attack Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kunming (69,48) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 3722 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 130 Defending force 2429 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Luganville (120,150) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 1278 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 74 Defending force 498 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Allied adjusted assault: 27 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 27 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Luganville !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 103 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 1st Marine Raider Battalion 2nd Marine Raider Battalion F Det USN Port Svc 220th USN Base Force /3 Defending units: 89th Naval Guard Unit – surrounded, they will be destroyed in short order, except for the squads I managed to evacuate to Tulagi. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Howland Island (148,135) – an attempt to try and draw the attention of the USN away from SOPAC, and keep them guessing about whether I will continue to advance out here in my 4th Fleet area of operations. Japanese Shock attack Japanese forces CAPTURE Howland Island !!! Assaulting units: Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Gardner Island (149,144) Japanese Shock attack Japanese forces CAPTURE Gardner Island !!! Assaulting units: Yokosuka 1st SNLF /2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nukufetau (138,146) Japanese Shock attack Japanese forces CAPTURE Nukufetau !!! Assaulting units: Yokosuka 1st SNLF /3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Luganville OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 07, 42 Repairs completed on CS Mizuho at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service Repairs completed on CVE Taiyo at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service Repairs completed on CVE Hosho at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service Repairs completed on AV Yamahagi Maru at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service – the first AV Husimi class conversions are available. They will join ASW Divs supporting FP units at various bases. Repairs completed on AV Tonan Maru at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service Repairs completed on AV Mikage Maru at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service Repairs completed on BB Kongo at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service Repairs completed on CS Chiyoda at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking an Allied PG at 100,59 an Allied SS is reported HIT – this is my first reasonably well trained IJA ASW unit. 3rd Sentai are flying ASW missions west from the base just south of Sasebo to try and protect TK and resources convoys on their way in with their precious cargo, and troop/supply convoys on their way out. Lots of contact reports then this hit report. CPO Okamoto, J. of 3rd Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 4 1 x H6K2-L Mavis dropping Yokosuka 1st SNLF at Howland Island 1 x H6K2-L Mavis dropping Yokosuka 1st SNLF at Gardner Island 1 x H6K2-L Mavis dropping Yokosuka 1st SNLF at Nukufetau 20 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Kalemyo 14 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 89th Naval Guard Unit from Luganville – the last evacuees… 7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to 16th 7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to 44th 7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to 44th 8 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting supplies to Kunming 7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting supplies to Kunming 7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham 6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham 7 x MC-21 Sally transporting supplies to Kalemyo Repairs completed on DD Yamakaze at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Isokaze at Truk, ship returned to service Allied forces CAPTURE Luganville !!! Japanese forces CAPTURE Howland Island !!! Japanese forces CAPTURE Gardner Island !!! Japanese forces CAPTURE Nukufetau !!! Ichang expands fortifications to size 5 – stopped Mombasa expands airfield to size 7 Calgary expands airfield to size 6 Tsuyung expands fortifications to size 1 Sabang expands airfield to size 3 – stopped Tezpur expands airfield to size 4 Tateyama Ku T-1 on CV Akagi converting to size 81 from 71 TK Ayazono Maru arrives at Maizuru – 2 x medium sized tankers arrive. They will move south to help reduce the Palembang fuel stockpile that still sits at about 100k TK Manei Maru arrives at Nagasaki/Sasebo
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