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1943 May 18
The Empire captured:
The Allies captured:
Daly Waters
There were Imperial amphibious operations at:
There were Allied amphibious operations at:
The night began with another bombardment of Ramree Island, affecting none of our plans. Through the day our bombers pounded the Imperial positions NW of Toungoo, including the 2EB! The P-39 group from Magwe was notably absent from escort duty, but their morale is still in the 70s. The attack is ordered for tomorrow, with these forces in place:
AA
77th Heavy AA Rgt
21st Light AA Rgt
ARM
754th Tank Bn
2/10th Armoured Rgt
3rd Carabiniers Rgt
150th RAC Rgt
ART
2/9th Field Rgt (25 pounder guns)
2/11th Field Rgt (25 pounder guns)
2/1st Med Rgt (60 pounder guns)
22nd Indian Mtn Gun Rgt
INF
USA 27th Infantry Div
23rd Indian Div
14th Indian Div
17th Indian Div
9th Australian Div
Opposing forces are scouted as 8 units comprised of 39,860 troops, 260 guns, and 80 AFV. Let's see what our combined arms attack yields. Today the attack near Mandalay still cam up short, but is on track to grind down the defenders.
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Ground combat at 60,46 (near Mandalay)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 12866 troops, 178 guns, 135 vehicles, Assault Value = 353
Defending force 5374 troops, 41 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 172
Allied adjusted assault: 140
Japanese adjusted defense: 454
Allied assault odds: 1 to 3
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
532 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1039 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 89 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled
Guns lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Assaulting units:
22nd (East African) Brigade
Kowloon Brigade
26th Indian Brigade
27th Indian Field Artillery Battalion
3rd (Special Force) Division
Defending units:
III./143rd Infantry Battalion
21st/A Division
Meanwhile we learned that our forces at Taung Gyi, even without the 19th Indian Division which will arrive on scene tomorrow, are superior to the enemy forces.
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Ground combat at Taung Gyi (59,48)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 17382 troops, 295 guns, 306 vehicles, Assault Value = 733
Defending force 25048 troops, 244 guns, 160 vehicles, Assault Value = 521
Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
268th Motorised Brigade
2nd British Division
29th British Brigade
IV Indian Corps
48th Light AA Regiment
Defending units:
146th Infantry Regiment
53rd Division
55th Engineer Regiment
39th Field AA Machinecannon Company
21st Air Flotilla
25th Army
48th JNAF AF Unit
44th Field AA Battalion
20th AA Regiment
43rd Const Co
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
18th Field Construction Battalion
33rd JAAF AF Coy
The first attack will be made the day after tomorrow when all forces are in place. I anticipate a stout defense.
Over in China there were several Imperial attacks, some seemed to be armor-only and yielded only Allied casualties despite severe negative odds.
The Empire is pulling troops (we think) out of Darwin. Gove is providing a base to interdict the evacuation. The first attack of the day delivered no hits, but the second did.
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Darwin at 76,124
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
Beaufighter Ic x 15
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAP Tsingtao Maru
xAK Reiyo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Tango Maru
xAP Taizan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Atutasan Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Beaufighter Ic bombing from 3000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
Dive bombers are being brought in to replace the fighter-bombers. Air support at Gove is limited, so they will only be able to make it to Darwin without escort. Our forces liberated Daly Waters, but as the attack was driven home one of the two Imperial units made its escape.
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Ground combat at Daly Waters (76,131)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1152 troops, 0 guns, 212 vehicles, Assault Value = 394
Defending force 638 troops, 3 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 15
Allied adjusted assault: 89
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 89 to 1 (fort level 4)
Allied forces CAPTURE Daly Waters !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
477 casualties reported
Squads: 32 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 19 (19 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
22nd Australian Brigade
2/6th Armoured Regiment
2/5th Armoured Regiment
27th Australian Brigade
Defending units:
48th Recon Regiment
The chase continues!
The mid-Solomons invasion forces are all on station west of Rennell Island, with the exception of those slow battleships which had to rearm at Noumea. They need at least one day to catch up, possibly two. As they are key to the bombardment plan for Rabaul, the rest of the fleet will wait for them. Meanwhile, the southern Solomons bases continue to build and 4EB continue to recover fatigue.
Here is a look at NW Australia.
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1943 May 12 - 
We're a little slow lately. The Devious one is off to RL for a couple of days so I'm camping on the turn, trying to squeeze the life out of it!
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