Yava
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Joined: 7/21/2006 From: Poland/Kolobrzeg Status: offline
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Gents, sorry for the lack of updates and so on but the Internet provider had some problems and I was virtually cut off so to say. Anyways here's the report for the last two days. The truth that is, not the Jap propaganda. DEI Batavia had fallen on the 5th of February, we have seen this coming, Dixie had more men, equipment and most of all he controlled the skies. Our efforts to bomb the hell out of enemy soldiers were too weak and uncoordinated. Range to the base from Soerabaja also played a role here. I just hope we managed to destroy as much as possible before retreating. Ground combat at Batavia Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 51428 troops, 248 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 979 Defending force 20732 troops, 68 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 328 Japanese max assault: 837 - adjusted assault: 921 Allied max defense: 256 - adjusted defense: 176 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Batavia base !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Martin 139: 1 destroyed Japanese ground losses: 464 casualties reported Guns lost 5 Vehicles lost 2 Allied ground losses: 1433 casualties reported Guns lost 8 Vehicles lost 1 Next day saw the fall of Raba and the sinking of AK Kinrei Maru by SS Porpoise. According to our intel it could have been one of the ships transporting another construction Bn to Makassar. As for the other targets in the region we bet on two... Koepang and Lombok. In order to surprise Dixie a bit the earlier mentioned Brit CV is going to take position W of Lombok in order to intercept any possible landings. Malaya Nothing special. Dixie lost a few bombers over Singapore. Burma Jap ground forces are moving towards Mandalay and his fighters are sweeping Akyab. On the 5th I have almost thrown out my laptop... Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,28 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 14 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed rock on! OZ and Solomons Not much happening over the place. It's too quiet I would say. Something is cooking apart from my soldiers kicked out of Wau. Central Pacific Dixie had been really really busy in the region, at least his scout planes were. This combined with the lack of KB contact in a while makes me think that something is on the way. Enemy recon base in Nukufetau was hit but it seems that japs managed to run away. Last bit not least we managed to hit a sub between Midway and PH. ASW attack at 101,64 Japanese Ships SS I-169, hits 15, on fire Allied Ships DMS Dorsey DMS Hopkins DMS Southard DMS Elliot DD Talbot
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Art by Dixie.
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