Richard III
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The Ground Combat system always surprises me. I would have though, even with their Tanks & Eng., that would be a tough nut to crack with Lv 5 Forts and your guys with 0 fatigue/disruption at attacker 2:1 troop odds, and a terrain bonus ( I think ? ) How is your LCU supply levels ? quote:
ORIGINAL: Captain Cruft 04 Mar 1944 The first Deliberate Attack at Soerabaja. Good casualties caused, forts reduced to 5. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Soerabaja (56,104) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 24748 troops, 351 guns, 460 vehicles, Assault Value = 1008 Defending force 14592 troops, 141 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 539 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5 Allied adjusted assault: 319 Japanese adjusted defense: 1564 Allied assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 5) Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1635 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 118 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Guns lost 29 (2 destroyed, 27 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2655 casualties reported Squads: 22 destroyed, 211 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 34 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 63 disabled Guns lost 36 (3 destroyed, 33 disabled) Assaulting units: 8th Australian Division 1st USMC Tank Battalion 102nd Combat Engineer Regiment 5th Australian Division 134th Field Artillery Battalion II Australian 82nd Mortar Battalion Defending units: 4th Division 11th Militia Regiment 11th RF Gun Battalion
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