Speedysteve
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Joined: 9/11/2001 From: Reading, England Status: offline
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Hi all, Still pretty quiet as forces move before the next round. Only actions to note are that Salamaua fell on New Guinea to a US Para Rgt, 3 x Allied K's were sunk by Betties on their way back from Ambon and Oosthaven fell to Allied forces on the 25th: Ground combat at Oosthaven (48,96) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 47723 troops, 1018 guns, 711 vehicles, Assault Value = 1388 Defending force 6459 troops, 55 guns, 76 vehicles, Assault Value = 162 Allied adjusted assault: 905 Japanese adjusted defense: 6 Allied assault odds: 150 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Oosthaven !!! Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2213 casualties reported Squads: 146 destroyed, 28 disabled Non Combat: 166 destroyed, 19 disabled Engineers: 12 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 50 (42 destroyed, 8 disabled) Vehicles lost 68 (68 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 3 Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 172 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled ------------------- Submarine Warfare: 3 x dud/missed attacks. SS Cisco sank AKL Awaji Maru west of Japan on the 24th. SS Grouper sank AKL Kurenai Maru from the same convoy. SS Trigger sank E W-39 off Sakhalin on the 25th. SS Wahoo sank AK Nanman Maru with 2 torpedoes south of Okinawa. SS Blackfin sank AKL Taiten Maru with a torpedo SW of Japan. On the other side SS Albacore was sunk by an ASW TF south of Japan. SS Archerfish was damaged by ASW force sand is returning to base.
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