koniu
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Joined: 2/28/2011 From: Konin, Poland, European Union Status: offline
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28 June 42 This time more details. Burma Allied bombers attacking Japanese troops in entire Burma. As I holding position in jungle terrain. they do not do many damage. ID rebuild in Lashio Ambon Battle KB refuted from replenish TF. Jappanise bombers attack Ambon TF. This time without supply hits. Inf. Reg is unloading in Dili(Timor). They will march from there to Lautem to capture base. When Lautem will fall i will have full air dominance over Banda Sea. China Around 100 allied fighters from Changsha disappear. I do not know where they are now. Allied bombers attack ground troops in Wuchow killing 159 soldiers. Another attack on sieged troops north of Kukong. Ground combat at 79,55 (near Hengyang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 66672 troops, 604 guns, 293 vehicles, Assault Value = 2091 Defending force 19249 troops, 115 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 535 Japanese adjusted assault: 1398 Allied adjusted defense: 79 Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 486 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 29 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2484 casualties reported Squads: 34 destroyed, 227 disabled Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 30 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Guns lost 18 (2 destroyed, 16 disabled) From 3 chines ID only one have undisabled combat squads. I will attack tomorrow again Ndeni I had lots of serch planes in this area and when invaion begin there was no sign of allied CVs. So i have decide to use that window to attack invasion fleet. BB Fuso, 2xCL, 4xDD have order to engage and destroy enemy ships in Ndeni hex. They arrive to target on morning but where spoted by allied CA TF. After long battle allied side can claim victory. Day Time Surface Combat, near Ndeni at 120,143, Range 26,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Fuso, Shell hits 9 CL Yura, Shell hits 4 CL Kiso, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Karukaya, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Yugao, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Hasu, Shell hits 2 DD Kuri, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships CA New Orleans, Shell hits 3 CL Phoenix, Shell hits 11, heavy fires (reported as sunk) DD Patterson DD Maury DD John D. Edwards, Shell hits 2, on fire After Naval battle One of Transport TF (at lest i think it was transport) turn out to be CV TF. Morning Air attack on TF, near Ndeni at 120,143 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 Allied aircraft F2A-3 Buffalo x 4 F4F-3A Wildcat x 14 F4F-3 Wildcat x 15 SBD-2 Dauntless x 16 SBD-3 Dauntless x 32 TBD-1 Devastator x 14 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F2A-3 Buffalo: 2 destroyed F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged TBD-1 Devastator: 2 damaged Japanese Ships BB Fuso, Bomb hits 10, on fire DD Kuri, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage, and is sunk CL Kiso, on fire DD Yugao, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk DD Hasu, Bomb hits 1, on fire And Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ndeni at 120,143 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 Allied aircraft F2A-3 Buffalo x 2 F4F-3A Wildcat x 7 F4F-3 Wildcat x 13 SBD-2 Dauntless x 16 SBD-3 Dauntless x 30 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses F4F-3A Wildcat: 1 destroyed SBD-2 Dauntless: 1 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships BB Fuso, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires CL Kiso, Bomb hits 2, on fire DD Hasu, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage, and is sunk CL Yura, Bomb hits 1, on fire 4 DD lost (old class) Damage to Cruuisers and BB you can see in post earlier LCAP was given from Tulagi AF Ndeni fall. Base was defendet by Japanis mairines but they have no chance vs allied forces . Ground combat at Ndeni (120,143) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 5094 troops, 177 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 363 Defending force 1564 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 59 Allied adjusted assault: 955 Japanese adjusted defense: 5 Allied assault odds: 191 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Ndeni !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 1754 casualties reported Squads: 44 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 99 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 25 (25 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 53 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 40th Infantry Division 193rd Tank Bn /2 C Det USN Port Svc 198th Field Artillery Battalion 95th Cst AA Rgt /3 Defending units: 65th Naval Guard Unit I still think that Ambon Battle is more important for me, as capturing Ambon will secure fuel shipment from DEI. Allies still have no potential for offensive and i thing after Ndeni fall they will not move north for Guadalcanal. KB will stay on DEI to secure operations there, in Coral sea i will use MKB reinforced by Zuikaku and Shokaku but i nedd 2 weeks before they arrive there
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