Uncivil Engineer -> RE: Act III - DBB-C Uncivil Engineer (J) vs. christopher 1963 (A) (11/8/2021 9:54:19 AM)
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Jul 2, 1942 Bases captured today: Dili and Nanning (RES 5(35), LI 3(17)) In the DEI, the CA TF covering the carriers stopped following and attempted to attack the Allied ships at Lautem, which turned out to be the 4 remaining PT boats, which managed to evade combat. BB Kongo detached from ADM Tanaka's TF and formed a bombardment TF at Dili and hit the base (gently), after getting 4 hits on a Dutch sub - quote:
Night Naval bombardment of Dili at 71,115 Japanese Ships BB Kongo CA Atago DD Arare DD Nowaki DD Maikaze DD Kagero Allied ground losses: 127 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 2 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 On the ground at Dili, after reinforcements arrived, it was no contest - quote:
Ground combat at Dili (71,115) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 8172 troops, 142 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 304 Defending force 1751 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Japanese adjusted assault: 99 Allied adjusted defense: 23 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Dili !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-39D Airacobra: 8 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), morale(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 165 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 1415 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 54 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 25 (21 destroyed, 4 disabled) Units retreated 2 Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: Yokosuka 2nd SNLF 8th Tank Regiment 48th/B Division 2nd Tank Rgt /1 48th/C Division 48th/A Div /1 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Base Force 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 4th JNAF AF Unit /1 Defending units: Sparrow Force /1 VLG-I Sup Groep SW Pacific Theater /3 The battle at Nanning was not much of a fight as most of the Chinese units had already retired north - quote:
Ground combat at Nanning (72,55) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 60533 troops, 584 guns, 375 vehicles, Assault Value = 1433 Defending force 12285 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 190 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 (reduced twice, forts were 2 after previous combat) Japanese adjusted assault: 1846 Allied adjusted defense: 145 Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Nanning !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-) fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 767 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 72 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Vehicles lost 18 (2 destroyed, 16 disabled) Allied ground losses: 4788 casualties reported Squads: 161 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 191 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 14 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 25 (14 destroyed, 11 disabled) Units retreated 3 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 15th Division 8th Armored Car Co 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment 11th Tank Regiment 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade 13th Tank Regiment 22nd/A Division 66th Infantry Regiment 60th Division 22nd/B Division 104th Division 22nd/C Division Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 23rd Army 4th Mortar Battalion 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment Defending units: 52nd Chinese Corps 64th Chinese Corps 35th Group Army In Burma, Tojos swept a reinforced CAP at Moulmein, losing 5 planes to 7 Allied shot down. Then Oscars escorted Sallies in to bomb the airfield, which was totally ineffective. A ground attack followed, again reducing the forts - quote:
Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 57489 troops, 661 guns, 269 vehicles, Assault Value = 1671 Defending force 40194 troops, 837 guns, 836 vehicles, Assault Value = 1024 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 852 Allied adjusted defense: 3003 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3788 casualties reported Squads: 39 destroyed, 220 disabled Non Combat: 50 destroyed, 27 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 36 disabled Guns lost 17 (5 destroyed, 12 disabled) Vehicles lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 1074 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 100 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 20 disabled Guns lost 61 (1 destroyed, 60 disabled) Vehicles lost 31 (1 destroyed, 30 disabled) Assaulting units: 41st Guard Battalion destroyed 56th Division Imperial Guards Division 1st Tank Regiment 15th Ind Engineer Regiment 4th Division 33rd Division 55th Engineer Regiment III./143rd Infantry Battalion 5th Mortar Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 25th Army 55th Mountain Gun Regiment 35th Field AA Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 21th JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 18th Australian Brigade 7th Armoured Brigade 18th British Division 26th Indian Brigade 16th Australian Brigade 63rd Indian Brigade 2/1st Lt AA Regiment 77th Heavy AA Regiment IV Indian Corps 6th Medium Regiment 2/2nd Hy AA Regiment 1st Burma Auxiliary AA Regiment 27th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 108th RAF Base Force 101st RAF Base Force 1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment 2/11th Fld RAA Regiment 2/9th Fld RAA Regiment Pathan Construction Battalion 85th British AT Gun Regiment 108th RN Base Force I had a 2 battleship TF near Tavoy ready to bombard Moulmein prior to this attack, but subs detected a British battleship TF also heading in that direction, so the bombardment was cancelled. The carriers, retiring toward Soerabaja for replenishment, made 2 raids on Koepang - quote:
Morning Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 68,116 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 43 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 32 A6M5 Zero x 24 B5N1 Kate x 5 B5N2 Kate x 27 D3A1 Val x 41 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 10 P-39D Airacobra x 12 P-400 Airacobra x 15 P-40E Warhawk x 16 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 13 destroyed A6M5 Zero: 5 destroyed B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak D3A1 Val: 4 damaged D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed P-400 Airacobra: 2 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Allied Ships xAK Cape Alava, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Meredith xAP Chaumont, Bomb hits 1 xAK Montanan CM Gouden Leeuw, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires AK Alcyon, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage AK Algorab, Bomb hits 3 xAK American, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage PC Tiger Finally fly with an escort and the escort gets chewed up! quote:
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 68,116 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 49 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 18 A6M5 Zero x 15 B5N1 Kate x 5 B5N2 Kate x 38 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 3 P-39D Airacobra x 8 P-400 Airacobra x 5 P-40E Warhawk x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed A6M5 Zero: 4 destroyed B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Allied Ships AK Alcyon, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk DD Mahan xAK American, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk AK Algorab, Bomb hits 1 xAK Montanan, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Meredith PC Tiger CM Gouden Leeuw, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Chaumont, Bomb hits 1 OUCH! The quality of the carrier fighter pilots needs to be checked; it's probably not good. Having arrived at Singapore, Hiryu and Soryu auto convert their air complement to 23 fighters, 23 dive bombers, and 15 torpedo bombers. Then these were manually converted to 32 fighters, 19 dive bombers, and 12 torpedo bombers. Since they carry 36 torpedoes, they will be able to launch at least 3 strikes with torpedoes. Hiryu and Soryu also began their 15-day upgrade. Junyo converted to 19, 19, 13 (auto), then was manually converted to 27 fighters, 20 dive bombers, and 6 torpedo bombers (carries only 18 torpedoes). In a previous post I said that Junyo had 32 fighters - that was incorrect; it's Ryujo that has 32 fighters.
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