RUPD3658 -> Homan Falls! (6/13/2006 6:24:31 AM)
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Finally made progress in China: AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/15/42 TF 125 encounters mine field at Yanam (22,21) TF 125 troops unloading over beach at Yanam, 22,21 Japanese Ships AP Meiyo Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire (I have lost more ships to mines than anything else) Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Japanese ground losses: 1834 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 128 encounters mine field at Yanam (22,21) TF 128 troops unloading over beach at Yanam, 22,21 Japanese ground losses: 393 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 139 encounters mine field at Yanam (22,21) TF 139 troops unloading over beach at Yanam, 22,21 Japanese ground losses: 497 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Soerabaja, at 22,65 Japanese Ships BB Hyuga BB Kongo BB Yamashiro Allied ground losses: 761 casualties reported Guns lost 45 Vehicles lost 1 Runway hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 122 troops unloading over beach at Norfolk Island, 60,119 Just another deep raid to keep Kenny on his toes Japanese ground losses: 128 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 125 encounters mine field at Yanam (22,21) TF 125 troops unloading over beach at Yanam, 22,21 Japanese Ships AP Gokoku Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire[:@] Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Japanese ground losses: 610 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 128 encounters mine field at Yanam (22,21) TF 128 troops unloading over beach at Yanam, 22,21 Japanese ground losses: 150 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 139 encounters mine field at Yanam (22,21) TF 139 troops unloading over beach at Yanam, 22,21 Japanese ground losses: 268 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 166 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 67 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 97 Port hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Yanam at 22,21 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 115 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 3 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Yanam at 22,21 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 114 Allied aircraft B-17C Fortress x 3 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-17C Fortress: 2 destroyed Japanese Ships MSW Takasago Maru Aircraft Attacking: 1 x B-17C Fortress bombing at 6000 feet (114 Zeros bounce 3 B-17s and one gets through? Man I hate 4E bombers) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 22,23 Allied aircraft Blenheim IV x 15 Martin 139 x 6 B-17C Fortress x 3 B-17E Fortress x 41 IL-4c x 4 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged Japanese Ships AK Boston Maru AK Nitiryu Maru AK Sagara Maru AK Tyoko Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Atlas Maru AK Tosei Maru, Bomb hits 1 AK Tamon Maru AK Yosida Maru #1 AK Sasako Maru AK Burma Maru AK Yamahagi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Uyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire AK Bangkok Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire AK Yasukawa Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire AK Borneo Maru AK Nissyo Maru AK Azumasan Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire My TF commander ignored "Do not retire" orders and made a run for home without air cover. The only regret is that he will not make it to a friendly base where I could have him shot. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Yanam at 22,21 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 113 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 3 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Yanam Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 14608 troops, 142 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3227 Defending force 2252 troops, 10 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Japanese max assault: 576 - adjusted assault: 446 Allied max defense: 3 - adjusted defense: 3 Japanese assault odds: 148 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Yanam base !!! Japanese ground losses: 4 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 407 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Vehicles lost 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! (A Dutch BF was here. makes me wonder who else is in India) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Soerabaja Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 165195 troops, 1303 guns, 88 vehicles, Assault Value = 2725 Defending force 26034 troops, 109 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 503 Japanese max assault: 1682 - adjusted assault: 1183 Allied max defense: 425 - adjusted defense: 783 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Japanese ground losses: 713 casualties reported Guns lost 39 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 751 casualties reported Guns lost 21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Norfolk Island Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 4110 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127 Defending force 230 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese max assault: 212 - adjusted assault: 180 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 180 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Norfolk Island base !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses PBY Catalina: 6 destroyed Allied ground losses: 130 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Homan Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 147423 troops, 1124 guns, 263 vehicles, Assault Value = 2122 Defending force 41190 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1065 Japanese max assault: 1174 - adjusted assault: 557 Allied max defense: 852 - adjusted defense: 283 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Japanese ground losses: 671 casualties reported Guns lost 20 Vehicles lost 2 Allied ground losses: 1063 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 48,30 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 21114 troops, 171 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 540 Defending force 23283 troops, 74 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 738 Allied ground losses: 2 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 44,39 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22764 troops, 266 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 495 Defending force 56733 troops, 174 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1594 Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 43,40 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 33292 troops, 402 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 651 Defending force 39215 troops, 126 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1241 Allied ground losses: 47 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sian Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 138566 troops, 1616 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 2838 Defending force 99926 troops, 496 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2508 Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 36,27 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 22411 troops, 229 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 476 Defending force 5308 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44 Japanese max assault: 766 - adjusted assault: 1312 Allied max defense: 38 - adjusted defense: 17 Japanese assault odds: 77 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 57 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied ground losses: 3341 casualties reported Three Base Forces surrendered. I am guessing the 2 remainig units are Burma Rifles. After they are cleared the road to Ledo is open. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Nanning Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1465 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 5 - adjusted assault: 12 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Nanning base !!! The units threatening Hanoi disappeared. At one point I was worried since I only had a base force with lvl 1 fort holding Hanoi and I spotted 4 units across the river. Forts are now 7 and extra units were brought in to shore up the defences. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kohima Allied Shock attack Attacking force 25828 troops, 243 guns, 726 vehicles, Assault Value = 617 Defending force 10679 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 159 Allied max assault: 1194 - adjusted assault: 663 Japanese max defense: 145 - adjusted defense: 139 Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 159 casualties reported Guns lost 11 Allied ground losses: 242 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Pushed back into the jungle. Burma is a b!tch to take overland. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Madras Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 10322 troops, 156 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 127 Defending force 1244 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 57 Allied max assault: 130 - adjusted assault: 178 Japanese max defense: 53 - adjusted defense: 85 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 50 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 230 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Airborne units from Bangalore repulsed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Trivandrum Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 660 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 0 - adjusted assault: 2 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Trivandrum base !!! Air drop was successful. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Imphal Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 30 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 0 - adjusted assault: 4 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Imphal base !!! Air drop -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 03/16/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 9 encounters mine field at Yanam (22,21) Japanese Ships MSW Takasago Maru MSW Shonan Maru #8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 1039 encounters mine field at Midway (95,61) Allied Ships MSW Bayfield -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Soerabaja , at 22,65 Japanese aircraft Ki-21 Sally x 161 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21 Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 137 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 118 Port hits 10 Port supply hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 22,25 Allied aircraft Martin 139 x 3 B-17E Fortress x 14 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AK Uyo Maru, Bomb hits 8, on fire, heavy damage AK Tyoko Maru, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Yanam at 22,21 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 119 Allied aircraft B-17C Fortress x 3 B-17E Fortress x 8 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 5 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-17C Fortress: 2 destroyed B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged Japanese Ships AK Kinka Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Soerabaja Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 164623 troops, 1291 guns, 89 vehicles, Assault Value = 2689 Defending force 25824 troops, 102 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 473 Japanese max assault: 1899 - adjusted assault: 1249 Allied max defense: 413 - adjusted defense: 1169 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Japanese ground losses: 1125 casualties reported Guns lost 39 Vehicles lost 1 Allied ground losses: 770 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Vehicles lost 1 Hopefully the defenders are ready to surrender. My troops are needed elsewhere -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Homan Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 147459 troops, 1147 guns, 261 vehicles, Assault Value = 2074 Defending force 39701 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1010 Japanese max assault: 1126 - adjusted assault: 810 Allied max defense: 800 - adjusted defense: 295 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Homan base !!! Japanese ground losses: 785 casualties reported Guns lost 8 Vehicles lost 2 Allied ground losses: 58182 casualties reported Guns lost 164 [sm=00000436.gif][sm=00000436.gif] Finally fell! The sad thing is that nearly 60K Chinese troops are only worth 500VPs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 48,30 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 21193 troops, 173 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 540 Defending force 23281 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 741 Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Guns lost 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 44,39 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 22752 troops, 267 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 494 Defending force 82785 troops, 234 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 2210 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 43,40 Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 33401 troops, 406 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 657 Defending force 39002 troops, 124 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1226 Allied ground losses: 80 casualties reported Guns lost 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sian Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 138851 troops, 1628 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 2848 Defending force 99847 troops, 489 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2501 Allied ground losses: 43 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 36,27 Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 22456 troops, 237 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 568 Defending force 3104 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 39 Japanese max assault: 768 - adjusted assault: 369 Allied max defense: 35 - adjusted defense: 13 Japanese assault odds: 28 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Guns lost 1 Allied ground losses: 131 casualties reported
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