Arnhem44 -> 29 Apr 1942 (6/6/2012 6:58:04 AM)
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29 Apr 1942 China Oscars on CAP over Patung (which is now a level 1 airfield) are swept aside easily by the AVG before the CAF bombers visit. Am burning supplies flying sorties but I don't know how seriously CTG is about using Patung to unhinge my defensive lines so I have to keep the pressure up. The IJA LCUs are Lanchow have been surrounded but the Chinese units there are a little too fragile to try a shock attack so they'll be steadily worn down by repeated deliberate attacks. Mouseover indicates that at least 2 units out of the list below have moved east out of Lanchow as of the current turn, I have a corps east of Lanchow so that unit will do a deliberate attack as well on the next turn. Ground combat at Lanchow (81,34) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 24171 troops, 182 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 716 Defending force 11635 troops, 85 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 114 Allied adjusted assault: 332 Japanese adjusted defense: 19 Allied assault odds: 17 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 643 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 28 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Allied ground losses: 361 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 46 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 61st Chinese Corps 81st Chinese Corps 23rd Chinese Corps 17th Chinese Corps 19th Chinese Corps 43rd Chinese Corps 98th Chinese Corps 1st Construction Regiment 2nd Construction Regiment 8th War Area 6th Group Army 8th Group Army 8th Chinese Base Force Defending units: 7th Ind.Mixed Brigade 13th Indpt Infantry Regiment 11th Indpt Infantry Regiment 12th Indpt Infantry Regiment Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Lanchow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Patung , at 81,46 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 27 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed CAP engaged: 11th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (20 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 20 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead 59th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 16 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Patung , at 81,46 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12 Allied aircraft A-29A Hudson x 9 SB-III x 44 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses A-29A Hudson: 2 destroyed SB-III: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 7 Runway hits 37 CAP engaged: 11th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 32000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 459 minutes 59th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 24000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 446 minutes SWPAC Netties visit Darwin after the Zeroes are done and catch a couple of planes on the ground, going to pull the airplanes back to Fenton and Katherine and let him bomb his heart out. Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 53 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 22 G4M1 Betty x 24 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 35 damaged P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed on ground Hudson III (LR): 12 damaged Hudson III (LR): 1 destroyed on ground Airbase hits 18 Airbase supply hits 11 Runway hits 55 This comment came with the turn "Never before has so much expensive ordnance been wasted on such trivial targets". KB is now due east of Brisbane and headed northwest. Afternoon Air attack on Brisbane , at 96,160 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 80 B5N1 Kate x 13 B5N2 Kate x 103 D3A1 Val x 105 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 22 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed B5N1 Kate: 2 damaged B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Allied Ships xAKL Lematang, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage DMS Boggs, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires PT-33, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAP Baranof, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires DMS Zane, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage PT-43, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAP North Coast, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage ML No. 310, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAKL Schouten, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage PT-45, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk PT-38, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk PT-37, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk PT-36, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk PT-44, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAK Bintang, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage PC Wilcannia, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk xAKL Silindoeng, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires AM Eland Dubois, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage AMc Gunbar, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAKL Parigi, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage PT-40, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk PT-42, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk PT-46, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk PT-34, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk ACM YP-143, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk AMc Gemas, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk HDML P 19, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk PT-39, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk AMc Jerantut, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
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