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Anachro -> Feb 8-9, 1942 (8/2/2018 6:03:24 PM)
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Feb 8-9, 1942
A bad day mainly due to the expected loss of Adak. If it had held for an additional turn, I could have reinforced the garrison. As it is, it's lost and probably can't be taken for some time. Oh well, reinforcements will head back to reinforce Dutch Harbor. The interesting thing here is that a CVL or a CVE appears near Adak, with some bombers but mostly a fighter element. I have battleships and destroyers nearby...
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Ground combat at Adak Island (162,52)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 3987 troops, 56 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 166
Defending force 3280 troops, 33 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 13
Japanese adjusted assault: 93
Allied adjusted defense: 11
Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Adak Island !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
165 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
4232 casualties reported
Squads: 57 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 255 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 52 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 28 (28 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 52 (52 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 4
Elsewhere, Japanese forces begin the reduction of Sorabaja...
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Ground combat at Soerabaja (56,104)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 26184 troops, 254 guns, 113 vehicles, Assault Value = 909
Defending force 18334 troops, 184 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 458
Japanese adjusted assault: 920
Allied adjusted defense: 296
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1092 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 70 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1256 casualties reported
Squads: 24 destroyed, 59 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 20 (4 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Assaulting units:
56th Division
90th Division
Defending units:
III/IV Barisan Cdo
6th Cav Sqdn
Tjepoe Cdo
6th KNIL Regiment
Marinier Battalion
VI Landstorm Cdo
4th Cav Sqdn
III Landstorm Cdo
Groep Zud
Lijfwacht Cav Sqdn
5th Cav Sqdn
V Landstorm Cdo
II Marechausse Cdo
II Landstorm Cdo
3rd Cav Sqdn
Roodenburg Cdo
I/II Barisan Cdo /1
VkA-2 Sup Afd
A-II-Ld AA Battalion
Madoeng Defenses
NI-MLD
VLG-II Sup Groep
VLG-IV Sup Groep
Soerabaja KM Base Force
Soerabaja Defenses
HQ III KNIL Division
5th Base Group /1
In the South Pacific, John seems to have invasion forces heading for Tulagi/Guadalcanal and to the Luganville area. I have cruisers closing in, but his carriers are in the vanguard down by Luganville. He is expending a lot of fuel roving around with his carriers and its quite amazing. They started from Kwajalein, went all the way to Palmyra almost, then down towards Pago Pago, then over to Suva, then back up towards Vaitupu, and now back down towards Luganville the last two turns. They must be running low on fuel and I think I will get another opportunity to cause some havoc with my surface forces.
Allied carriers are east of Palmyra, refueled, and undetected. Rather than send them back to Pearl Harbor, I am thinking of sending them back down to Pago Pago where they can be fully refueled and primed for more raiding. Based on the last few days, he probably thinks they are heading back to Pearl and have set up his subs accordingly.
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