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tsimmonds -> Example of Ground Combat (5/17/2005 4:27:57 AM)
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Here is an example of multi-day ground combat that may serve to illustrate some of the points discussed above.
May 23, 1942 -- With considerable help (and sacrifice) from IJN, IJA has taken Trincomalee, and has advanced to Colombo.
Probing attacks by the IJA 4th and 21st Divisions, plus attached armor, engineers and artillery have determined that a
considerable Commonwealth force, consisting of the 18th UK Division, plus elements of the 2nd UK Division and
the 44th and 45th Indian Brigades, is defending.
There is also an IJA Army HQ as well as the two Base Force units you see in the combat animation; these are there to provide
support squads, which will help the combat units recover disruption and fatigue each turn.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/23/42
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Day Air attack on Colombo , at 14,24
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 34
G4M1 Betty x 26
Ki-27 Nate x 5
Ki-21 Sally x 16
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
Ki-21 Sally: 9 damaged
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 22
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
14 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
11 x G4M1 Betty bombing at 6000 feet
2 x Ki-21 Sally bombing at 6000 feet
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Ground combat at Colombo
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 96415 troops, 660 guns, 152 vehicles
Defending force 18216 troops, 155 guns, 4 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 4
Japanese ground losses:
705 casualties reported
Guns lost 29
Allied ground losses:
646 casualties reported
Guns lost 22
This doesn't really tell you all that you need to know. If you had watched the
entire ground combat animation for the IJ deliberate assault at Colombo, you
would have gleaned the following additional information:
Japanese max assault: 1726 ~ Adjusted assault: 1403
Allied max defense: 160 ~ Adjusted defense: 1165
This tells you that although you have a preponderance of raw force to the tune of
more than 5 to 1, the Allied player posesses defensive advantages that largely
negate your numerical superiority. For example, you are prepped to about 50% for
Colombo; you have to assume that the defender will be at 100%. You have just marched
120 miles, while the allied player has had several days of rest. There are 5 fort levels
at Colombo. On the other hand you can see that 18th UK/A is at 0 strength, and 18th UK/B
is at 7. This is probably the cumulative result of the earlier combat for Trincomalee, plus
your ground support air strike from this turn. His main LCU is hurting, your supply is in
the green, your 1 to 1 was solid, you took his forts down a notch, so you decide to launch
another deliberate assault next turn.
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