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Q-Ball -> RE: Another India (3/14/2009 3:12:59 PM)
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Combat Report
April 15, 1942
John has been busy on his other AAR, and I have been busy with real life, so AAR updates have been few and far between lately. We can't let it fall to page 2 though, so here is the latest:
India
Our opponents have done a good job of defense so far, or maybe we have made a hash of the landing. Either way, we're not making the progress I would like, and welcome any suggestions.
At Cuttack, we have approx. 2 div + facing a large force of troops accross the river. This is blocking the direct route to the Northeast.
At Raipur, they have a collection of units blocking about 3+ divisions; the units are deadlocked, we have not gotten better than 0 to 1 attacks.
Madras fell a couple days ago, and we do have a bit of a breaktout here; we have a large force marching due north on the map (actually west by the compass), and they appear to be pulling out of southern India
Not sure if John mentioned, but in a large surface action 5 days ago, a Dutch TF attacked my cruisers protecting Vizingapatam. In a very unequal fight, our 4 CA's led by Tanaka sank 3 Dutch CLs and 3 DDs with nary a scratch. The IJN rules the night!
Although they got some licks in on empty transports, the surface commitment in the IO eventually proved futile for the Allies, as they lost 5 cruisers in the process (including 2 E-Class RN ones, more useful than the Dutch)
I have scouted Chittagong, and there is only a small base force there. I have a Division, Bde, and some SNLF available in about a week or two; I intend to land there if we are still deadlocked.
New Zealand
The other area we are advancing is New Zealand. Given the initial success, we committed more troops; John now has 56th Div, South Seas, a Mixed Bde, and other troops, about 750 AV in all gathered at Hamilton, for the final push on Auckland. Once that falls, we still have the strength to clear South Island.
Elsewhere
John and I are on the defensive elsewhere, and expecting a major USN countermove to take the pressure off India. To protect our eastern empire, we are:
1. Moving Car Div 2 back to the Pacific, and including the 2 Zuihos and Ryujo.
2. Keeping 6 Daitai of Bettys on alert and resting at all times; no more ground bombing by the IJN. Also escorting Zeros.
3. Moving Nav Gd units, CD units, and building forts accross the perimeter.
4. As soon as Cebu falls, I am moving 65th Bde to Truk as a mobile in theater reserve. (It's also really banged up, and needs tropical R&R anyway)
Basically, with the IJA tied up in India, we need to rely on our Air power to secure the Pacific. That should be enough through mid-42 anyway.
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