Rob Brennan UK
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Joined: 8/24/2002 From: London UK Status: offline
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28th and 29th Dec 1942 Its been a slow time again for the game, both action wise and soon to be players on various vacations and work schedules , we will try and keep some semblance of pace but no promises. If as I suspect it slows to a crawl in the next week or two I'll do an in-depth look at the Commonwealth and Chinese situations . The news today however is that Java still holds on by its fingernails ! despite relentless Japanese bombing and new ground assaults the plucky Dutch hold out once again vs superior ground forces. There was a plan to fly up the new Australian Beaufort VIc's from Broome to Christmas island ( allowable due to their phenomenal transfer range compared to the older Beaufort I's) . However Japan spotted them landing and has since flown sweeps over Java with large Oscar formations. It was decided to withdraw the new planes for LRCAP ops when we go for New guinea (soon) and not risk losing them without a free hit on the bombers. It would have been nice to hack a few more helens from the sky but eagle eyed Ofenceman spotted us. the 2 ground assaults today resulted in a Dutch hold ! , much to my surprise and who know we might even make it into 43 , not bad for just the dutch holdouts in redoubt Madeoin , Bataan looks like a short stay weekend holiday compared to this place 28th Dec Ground combat at Madioen (54,104) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 55049 troops, 707 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 1800 Defending force 25902 troops, 363 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value = 455 Japanese adjusted assault: 580 Allied adjusted defence: 385 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1707 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 34 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 83 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Vehicles lost 10 (2 destroyed, 8 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1932 casualties reported Squads: 62 destroyed, 52 disabled Non Combat: 43 destroyed, 74 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 15 (7 destroyed, 8 disabled) Units destroyed 1 On the 29th the assault continued with little hope for the Allies. Ground combat at Madioen (54,104) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 54016 troops, 707 guns, 178 vehicles, Assault Value = 1726 Defending force 23853 troops, 353 guns, 123 vehicles, Assault Value = 384 Japanese adjusted assault: 193 Allied adjusted defence: 271 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 968 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 56 disabled Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 56 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled Vehicles lost 10 (10 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1992 casualties reported Squads: 25 destroyed, 74 disabled Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 159 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled Japan must have had a FUBAR command die roll for the adjusted assault to drop by so much in one attack. We aren't complaining in London however .. 3 cheers for the Dutch ! hip hip hoorah etc. Once Madeoin falls I expect Japanese attention to switch to Christmas island , which is why we have launched 2 more amphibious groups to drop off more support troops and supply to this new front line Island. AT guns / Artillery / AA guns and some smaller Aussie HMG groups shipping in to help the defence. WE have 725 AV behind level 5 forts (75k supply) so its not going to be easy to assault. and even if Japan manages that then cocos island is even more heavily defended further out into the Indian ocean. I would imagine Japan will just use us as bombing practise while we try and slip in more supply. More later folks. Java , the beginning of the end , or is that the end of the beginning ? , must ask Winnie about this one
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sorry for the spelling . English is my main language , I just can't type . and i'm too lazy to edit :)
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