soulsilver
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24th March the day began with massed air attacks against Chinese troops at Shaoyang Morning Air attack on 79th Chinese Corps, at 80,52 (Shaoyang) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 30 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 G3M2 Nell x 33 G4M1 Betty x 62 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged Allied ground losses: 461 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 33 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 32 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 5 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 25 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 33 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb A follow up attack deals a further 60 casualties to the defenders for no loss. Normal air attacks in bataan to destroy supply got some supply hits Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 5 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 8 damaged Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 4 Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb The biggest event of the day was sweeps on Calcutta. The first sweep went well trading favourably. By the end 2 zeros were shot down and 3 were write offs. I am unsure exactly how many planes they shot down but overall results were quite favorable. Tracker says that 21 Hurricanes of various types were shot down by both the Zeros and the K-43s that came afterward. Afternoon Air attack on Calcutta , at 52,37 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 Allied aircraft Hurricane I Trop x 16 Hurricane IIa Trop x 15 Hurricane IIb Trop x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane I Trop: 2 destroyed Hurricane IIa Trop: 2 destroyed Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed Second wave Afternoon Air attack on Calcutta , at 52,37 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 24 Allied aircraft Hurricane I Trop x 1 Hurricane IIa Trop x 9 Hurricane IIb Trop x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses Hurricane I Trop: 1 destroyed Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 10000 feet The day ended with Carrier Division 3 finding and destroying the 2 cargo ships spotted yesterday. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near North Male at 20,37 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 26 D3A1 Val x 21 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAK Durenda, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires AKV Athene, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 6 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb 10 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring xAK Durenda Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AKV Athene Tracker counts 31 p-39s destroyed on the ground and 8 PBYs. Overall plane losses for the day are 61 to 12, BANZAI!!!! The day was finished off by an attack on surrounded British Indian troops in Burma. Ground combat at 54,47 (near Ramree Island) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 32559 troops, 293 guns, 88 vehicles, Assault Value = 953 Defending force 8911 troops, 62 guns, 45 vehicles, Assault Value = 250 Japanese adjusted assault: 756 Allied adjusted defense: 51 Japanese assault odds: 14 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 295 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Allied ground losses: 1344 casualties reported Squads: 81 destroyed, 38 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled) Assaulting units: 38th Division 19th Ind Engineer Regiment 4th Division 20th Ind Engineer Regiment 144th Infantry Regiment 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Defending units: 46th Indian Brigade 16th Indian Brigade BFF Brigade 48th Gurkha Brigade Another Central Philiphine Island garrison surrenders Ground combat at Tacloban (81,85) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3624 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 135 Defending force 905 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24 Japanese adjusted assault: 56 Allied adjusted defense: 3 Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Tacloban !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Allied ground losses: 950 casualties reported Squads: 52 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 49 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 90th Infantry Regiment 8th Indpt SNLF Coy 16th Army Defending units: 93rd PA Infantry Regiment
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