Cap Mandrake
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Joined: 11/15/2002 From: Southern California Status: offline
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*******August 18********** Mindanao: Malaybalay AF runs out of AVGAS and we get whacked. quote:
Morning Air attack on Malaybalay , at 80,90 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5 Zero x 16 Ki-21-IIb Sally x 11 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 41 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 21 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 13 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIb Sally: 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40K Warhawk: 7 damaged P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground P-70 Havoc: 1 damaged P-70 Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 25 That's bad. Now we will get pounded daily just like on Luzon. Further South, at Davao..... quote:
Ground combat at Davao (79,91) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 30035 troops, 290 guns, 70 vehicles, Assault Value = 868 Defending force 6801 troops, 96 guns, 110 vehicles, Assault Value = 62 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 521 Allied adjusted defense: 139 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Davao !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 88 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 5664 casualties reported Squads: 118 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 410 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 48 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 98 (98 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 143 (143 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 7 Assaulting units: 25th Division 2nd Division 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 81st PA Infantry Division Gull Force 11th Base Group /2 Clark Field AAF Base Force Del Monte AAF Base Force Nichols Field AAF Base Force 13th MAG /1 Everyone gives up. Nobody retreats to Malaybalay. Looks the beginning of the end
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