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RogerJNeilson -> RE: Play up, play up and play the game.... Flashman returns (1/13/2020 6:35:05 PM)
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Flashman’s tent 11th April
Kicking his heels waiting for the flight to Seishin Flashman digested the news from the front. Not a good day to be either in the Navy or in a land unit engaged in action. Fighting at Batavia and Seishin still a slog at both, mopping up at Keijo, Ketoi Jima and Agrihan.
The navy seems to be playing a game of fly fishing where units of destroyers sail close to the the coast of Japan and invite attacks - this is wearing down the enemy who either hold on their airfields (missing possible big naval targets) or get pretty stitched with anti aircraft fire from dodging destroyers pirouetting around the water. Two destroyers have been lost to these tactics by planes ramming them directly. Otherwise the naval action is taking out Japanese MGBs. Rumour has it that a big landing has occurred on Okinawa.
Meanwhile Wilson, Keppel & Betty sit in the jeep (Flashman’s ‘affectionate’ term for his ‘section’ of bodyguards.)
Ground combat at Seishin (109,46)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4144 troops, 64 guns, 159 vehicles, Assault Value = 568
Defending force 1236 troops, 3 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 36
Allied adjusted assault: 146
Japanese adjusted defense: 40
Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 4)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
254th Armoured Brigade
255th Indian Tank Brigade
268th Motorised Brigade
Defending units:
27th Electric Engineer Regiment
Ground combat at Agrihan (111,88)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 2555 troops, 83 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 172
Defending force 1048 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Allied adjusted assault: 75
Japanese adjusted defense: 3
Allied assault odds: 25 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
88 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
4th USMC Tank Bn /9
7th Marine Regiment
1st USMC Amphb Tank Bn /9
136th USA Base Force
863rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
3rd USMC Air Wing Base Force
Defending units:
3rd Fleet
Ground combat at Batavia (49,98)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 36369 troops, 770 guns, 574 vehicles, Assault Value = 1369
Defending force 15408 troops, 71 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 301
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3
Allied adjusted assault: 748
Japanese adjusted defense: 189
Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 3)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
921 casualties reported
Squads: 60 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 55 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 5 (4 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
513 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 66 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Assaulting units:
26th Indian Division
14th Air Landing Brigade
38th Infantry Division
25th Australian Brigade
9th Australian Division
Defending units:
76th Infantry Brigade
3rd Raiding Regiment
75th Infantry Brigade
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
24th Nav Gsn Unit
22nd Air Flotilla
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Fleet
28th Army
24th Port Unit
Ground combat at Ketoi-jima (134,50)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 7822 troops, 220 guns, 74 vehicles, Assault Value = 330
Defending force 1538 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Allied adjusted assault: 151
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 151 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1614 casualties reported
Squads: 39 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 151 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
33rd Infantry Division
4th FA Bn /2
864/1913rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
202nd USAAF Base Force
182nd USAAF Base Force /2
246th USN Base Force /8
Defending units:
3rd Mixed Brigade
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Shimonoseki at 105,56
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-61-Id Tony x 14
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-61-Id Tony: 10 damaged
Allied Ships
DD Johnston, Shell hits 1
DD Spence
DD Knapp, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
DD Bullard, Kamikaze hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-61-Id Tony bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
Banzai! - Miyajima U. in a Ki-61-Id Tony is willing to die for the Emperor
Hidaka S. gives his life for the Emperor by ramming DD Bullard
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