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Spidery -> RE: Castles in the Sand - Spidery(J) vs MrKane(A) no MrKane please (7/27/2014 5:01:24 PM)
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March 6th 1943
Air Losses: 41 Japanese, 7 Allied, 12 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:
Subs
Lots of ineffective sub action from both sides.
Marshalls
Quiet
Solomons, etc.
Corsairs and Lightnings sweep Buka. There are Ki-44-IIc and N1K1-J on CAP all at their ceiling.
The Corsairs come in first in two groups of 13. It is bloody and the Lightnings hit a weakened CAP and the N1k1-J have been brought down and don't get the dive on the Lightnings. 25 Ki-44-IIc and 11 N1K1-J are traded for 6 F4U-1[:@]. Bloody but it does represent a good start on thinning out the Corsairs[:)]. Surprisingly, a lot of my pilots are lost[:(].
Allied forces are unloading at Torkina without CAP. Unfortunately, the morning sees Severe Storms. Variously, Nells, Vals, Nicks (at 1000 feet) and Kates attack, all un-coordinated. First up are 12 Nells, no hits (surprise!). Then 9 Vals (1 hit) followed by 12 more Vals (4 hits[:)]). Then 12 Nicks come in and score 6 bomb hits and 2 shell hits[8D]. Lastly 9 Kates manage to put a single torpedo into APD Stringham that has already taken 7 bombs and a massive explosion and sink her. Sinking sounds confirm at least one more APD sunk[:)]. No troop lost messages reported[:(].
Burma area
Continue bombarding at Warazup:
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Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 14921 troops, 375 guns, 933 vehicles, Assault Value = 913
Defending force 47092 troops, 833 guns, 1293 vehicles, Assault Value = 1283
Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
This is only a small effect but (ignoring FOW) it is trading VP roughly 1 each per turn. Also, the defenders are British and Indian troops so I'm not sure how large their pools are. Eventually, I expect to add more artillery and 2 infantry divisions and see if that can do some good. I have two months before the monsoon.
China
The inability to force Chinese forces to surrender is getting silly[:@]. Does a shock attack increase the chance of a surrender more than just as results from increasing the odds ratio by 1?
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Ground combat at 63,45 (near Bhamo)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 17369 troops, 440 guns, 193 vehicles, Assault Value = 425
Defending force 7823 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 188
Allied adjusted defense: 4
Japanese assault odds: 47 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Allied ground losses:
351 casualties reported
Squads: 76 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
14th Division
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Mortar Battalion
26th Field Artillery Regiment
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
13th Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
60th Chinese Corps
Australia
Quiet
Engineering
Quiet
R&D
D4Y4 to 6/43.
Reinforcements
E W-25
Other
Managed to get enough supply to Urumchi to fix another point of oil. I think I now have a way that can fix a point each week.
There is now 314000 supply at Port Arthur. However, for the first time for a long time there are no yellow or red shrieks in Burma or China.
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