SierraJuliet -> 8 October 1942 (4/14/2016 1:33:28 AM)
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8 October 1942 INDIA SS I-10 (which has been posted for an absolute age south of Deigo Garcia) comes up with a result after a long and lonely voyage. Sub attack near Diego Garcia at 5,62 Japanese Ships SS I-10 Allied Ships AO Kaskaskia, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage I do hope that is more than enough to make her burn to the waterline. No doubt she was well filled up with fuel oil so plenty there to burn. Rawalpindi is bombed 6 airbase hits, 1 airbase supply hit and 15 runway hits. Mangalore is bombed 2 airbase hits, 1 airbase supply hit and 12 runway hits. Calcutta is bombed. CHINA Japanese sweep of Kienko unopposed. Kukong is bombed 1 airbase supply hit and 7 runway hits. Tuyun is bombed 2 airbase hits, 1 airbase supply hit and 5 runway hits. 20th Chinese Corps Neikiang is bombed 222 casualties (2 non-combat squads destroyed). 71st Chinese Corps Neikiang is bombed 210 casualties (1 combat squad destroyed). Japanese sweep of Chungking unopposed. Kienko is bombed 1 airbase hit, 1 airbase supply hit and 6 runway hits. Japanese deliberate attack at Neikiang. Attacking force 79957 troops, 877 guns, 390 vehicles, Assault Value = 2886 Defending force 32642 troops, 137 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1072 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 1899 Allied adjusted defense: 214 Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Neikiang !!! Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1388 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 59 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled Allied ground losses: 6660 casualties reported Squads: 344 destroyed, 255 disabled Non Combat: 251 destroyed, 154 disabled Engineers: 72 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 57 (40 destroyed, 17 disabled) Units retreated 6 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 6th Division 12th Tank Regiment 13th Tank Regiment 27th Division 40th Division 13th Division 36th Division 26th Division 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 21st Mortar Battalion 13th Army 1st Mobile AA Battalion 2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 1st Mortar Battalion 4th Mortar Battalion 54th JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 71st Chinese Corps 20th Chinese Corps 37th Chinese Corps 72nd Chinese Corps 6th War Area 31st Group Army Japanese deliberate attack at 87,46 near Sinyang. Attacking force 12801 troops, 104 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 466 Defending force 2025 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29 Japanese adjusted assault: 217 Allied adjusted defense: 8 Japanese assault odds: 27 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), leaders(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 1088 casualties reported Squads: 29 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 42 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 2 Units destroyed 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 34th Division Defending units: 85th Chinese Corps 89th Chinese Corps Lusu War Area Japanese bombard at Kukong A 5 casualties. Attacking force 6900 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 248 Defending force 48873 troops, 358 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1637 Japanese bombard at Sining. Attacking force 5856 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211 Defending force 12159 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 473 PHILIPPINES Cebu is bombed 5 airbase hits, 2 airbase supply hits and 19 runway hits. Japanese bombard at Cebu. Attacking force 1343 troops, 18 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 52 Defending force 3545 troops, 41 guns, 51 vehicles, Assault Value = 109 MALAYA/DEI Japanese bombard at Makassar A 4 casualties. Attacking force 2075 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 87 Defending force 1534 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 59 Japanese deliberate attack at 67,92 near Tarakan. Attacking force 744 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 32 Defending force 406 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 15 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 15 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-) morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: III/66th Naval Guard Unit 8th Indpt SNLF Coy Defending units: VI KNIL Battalion Balikpapan Base Force Allied Fighter Bomber sighted over Hailar. Device NE turbojet advances R&D. AM Cowra is reported to have been sunk near Sydney on Jun 26, 1942. Many thanks too for reading this AAR. I almost lost the plot on this a few months ago and was at least 6 weeks behind the action. Today I have finally caught up after much banging away at the keyboard. I hope you have enjoyed the read so far. There is action aplenty coming up as Todd has been promising me Operation SNAFU for months now. He has hinted that it is in full operation so I expect many things to be thrown at me soon. Todd has said it is a make or break operation so we shall see which of us breaks first. As for that carrier TF
mysteriously vanished. Todd referred to it as a convoy
if so a convoy with big time escort and more importantly heading to where? Picking off that AO was a nice kick back though. And no invasion of Diego Garcia
I expect Todd had a decent snoop and saw that I currently have nothing there.. yet at least. Im not sure about the value of fighting over this chain of islands. Good news in China with the fall of Neikiang. Steady as she goes as supply really is becoming an issue. That attack was expensive and left a grand total of 1 supply point at Neikiang upon capture.
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