JocMeister -> RE: Allied forces on Mindanao! (6/29/2013 9:09:03 AM)
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23rd-24th August -44 Celebes sea The second assault on Jolo also fails to capture the base. Just as predicted Erik flew in more troops. quote:
Ground combat at Jolo (74,90) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 8984 troops, 181 guns, 173 vehicles, Assault Value = 305 Defending force 4359 troops, 55 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 122 Allied adjusted assault: 152 Japanese adjusted defense: 75 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 468 casualties reported Squads: 24 destroyed, 29 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 26 (13 destroyed, 13 disabled) Allied ground losses: 274 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Assaulting units: 147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 112th Cavalry Regiment 131st Combat Engineer Regiment 30th Australian Brigade 131st Field Artillery Battalion 109th Tank Attack Regiment Defending units: 4th Bde /3 7th Garrison Unit /1 25th Ind.Mixed Regiment 25th Ind.Mixed Rgt /1 48th JAAF AF Bn Basically he flew in around 50ish AV last turn. I can make one last desperate attack tomorrow but he will have flown in enough to stop me by then. I have to retire my CVs now. Erik put up a LRCAP that chewed up a good portion of my own CV LRCAP when the strikes went in. 37 Hellcats are lost. With KB missing and the general tear of my forces staying even for one more turn is no option. Positive thing here is that I managed to lower the forts to one. This means that his troops will be vulnerable from both naval and aerial bombardments. After the attack tomorrow I´ll let the troops rest, invade the other 3 islands and then start pounding Jolo. Manado This will soon be wrapped up. Sidate is about to receive some reinforcements that will quite easily overcome what Erik has at Manado. With Cotabato secured this base has lost some of its significance but it will secure my left flank. Mindanao I´m pouring in reinforcements. Airfield at Cotabato will reach 4 next turn. I have 400 Engineers and 80 engineer vehicles already at the base. Combat troops are starting to arrive to help secure Cayugan including a USMC Division and some tanks. This time I will have to consolidate a bit before moving on. Without CV cover I will need good LBA bases to operate from. And most importantly my troops need rest and prepp. I will use Mindanao as a staging point for the Assault on Luzon itself. I´m quite confident of success. While Erik has started moving troops to the area I feel that with 12 divisions there isn´t much he can do to stop this. Next wave of assaults should be within a months depending on troop recovery. I will move both Command HQs to Cotabato to help speed things up. Burma Movement indication from both of his main stacks. Is he pulling out? [X(] OZ/DEI Shipping has started to depart for Darwin. Looks like Erik has pulled out from the fringes of the DEI. [&:] Reinforcements Convoy is now between Truk and Ponape. I forgot to lower the range on the strike planes and some got chewed up over Truk. Sarmi with its level 4 port will be used for staging and redistribution. Marianas troops will unload here and rest. Other troops will head straight for Mindanao. Hancock, Ticonderoga and Yggdrasil will depart PH in about 3 weeks together with 14 CVEs. First CVEs and a CVL is now fully repaired at Sarmi. [image]local://upfiles/32406/7586081416BD4DE395E08563E25182A0.jpg[/image]
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