Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Pure nailbiting time! It looks bleak here, Japan will most likely shock attack today!

Ground combat at Rockhampton (95,152)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 29686 troops, 258 guns, 165 vehicles, Assault Value = 922

Defending force 23198 troops, 438 guns, 611 vehicles, Assault Value = 600

Japanese adjusted assault: 355

Allied adjusted defense: 234

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2072 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 123 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 44 disabled
Vehicles lost 25 (2 destroyed, 23 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
324 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 59 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 27 (3 destroyed, 24 disabled)
Vehicles lost 120 (50 destroyed, 70 disabled)

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ORIGINAL: CaptBeefheart

If memory serves, you get three infantry battalions each in Alaska and Hawaii. Your ideal atoll garrison would be one of those, a Marine defense battalion, a Stuart battalion and a USAAF or USN base force, plus coastal AAA and arty battalions. A separate inf regiment could work as well, but that would tend to crowd the place.

That said, I don't think garrisoning atolls in CenPac with an eye to defense fits your play style. If you maintain the initiative, it won't matter. By the time he has decent prep points for an invasion you'll be threatening somewhere else.

Cheers,
CB

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ORIGINAL: apbarog

There are some Canadian infantry units that are nicely sized for defending islands. They are poor quality to start out with, but they do upgrade. I used one to free up a US infantry division on Pearl Harbor, after the threat of any invasion there had passed.

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ORIGINAL: ny59giants

Many years ago when I spoke with John E (DBB developer) about the apparent lack of heavy artillery for the Allies, he told me the best units to use in that roll are the American CD units. I would ship 2 to 4 of them to Australia and use them for your push up the eastern coast. They will also be good at firing back of Nathan's bombardment TFs.

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

The infamous slow fire...probably try to limp to Calicut today and put out the one point of fire, got 200 naval support on the way. Little easier to protect at Calicut I think.

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

The Aoba was off Rockhampton, but doesn't bombard...looks like they retreated back up the coast.

Night Air attack on TF, near Rockhampton at 95,153

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Allied aircraft
TBD-1 Devastator x 4

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x TBD-1 Devastator bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Night Air attack on TF, near Rockhampton at 95,153

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
SB2U-3 Vindicator x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Aoba

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SB2U-3 Vindicator releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Will start the process of moving out of Rockhmapton today...our tanks need to recover, Japan has the coastal hexside roads, and will be content to continue pushing on Bundaberg.

We will put a combat move from the armor resting southwest of Rockhampton into Rockhampton to keep Japan guessing about our intentions here...but will begin the retreat which will take 2 days to get out.

Our troops picked up experience from 52 to 61.

Would be nice to get all the Australian infantry off militia. Plus in a week we will actually have one full strength Australian Tank unit with Grant/Lees, or Lee/Grants. You know what I mean.

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe


Are the Devastators set to torpedo or bomb? If they are set to torpedo with none available they might carry four 500 lb bombs. Or are they attacking at 5 hex range?

Since the Vindicators are not dive bombing, you might want to lower their altitude.

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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Will start the process of moving out of Rockhmapton today...our tanks need to recover, Japan has the coastal hexside roads, and will be content to continue pushing on Bundaberg.

We will put a combat move from the armor resting southwest of Rockhampton into Rockhampton to keep Japan guessing about our intentions here...but will begin the retreat which will take 2 days to get out.

Our troops picked up experience from 52 to 61.

Would be nice to get all the Australian infantry off militia. Plus in a week we will actually have one full strength Australian Tank unit with Grant/Lees, or Lee/Grants. You know what I mean.

Looks like he is replenishing his bombardment TFs at Townsville. If he does not have much land unit strength there and your unit takes Bowen, it might be able to race all the way up there and take Townsville - evicting the AKEs he must have there.

Alternately, if his fighters are busy protecting his LCUs further south, a port bombing of Townsville could pay off.

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe


Are the Devastators set to torpedo or bomb? If they are set to torpedo with none available they might carry four 500 lb bombs. Or are they attacking at 5 hex range?

Since the Vindicators are not dive bombing, you might want to lower their altitude.

The Vindicators are there for intel gathering, rather than making hits.

We will see if the Devastators carrying more ammo...although I am happy with double 500#.