Captain Cruft
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Nov 3rd 1942 Swarm tactics vindicated? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 46th Chinese Corps, at 74,54 , near Liuchow Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 259 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 16 damaged Ki-43-IIa Oscar: 3 destroyed by flak Allied ground losses: 1139 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 56 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 59 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 32 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 35 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 31 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 30 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 34 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 37 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 32 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb 24 x Ki-43-IIa Oscar bombing from 100 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 64th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 93rd Chinese Division ... Also attacking 8th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 52nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 31st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 46th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 59th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 64th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 93rd Chinese Division ... Also attacking 8th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 52nd Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 31st Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 74,54 (near Liuchow) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 34686 troops, 502 guns, 2086 vehicles, Assault Value = 1427 Defending force 40226 troops, 228 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1178 Japanese adjusted assault: 956 Allied adjusted defense: 165 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1573 casualties reported Squads: 26 destroyed, 87 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Vehicles lost 50 (1 destroyed, 49 disabled) Allied ground losses: 15000 casualties reported Squads: 664 destroyed, 154 disabled Non Combat: 232 destroyed, 19 disabled Engineers: 20 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 32 (24 destroyed, 8 disabled) Units retreated 5 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 2nd Tank Division 17th Division 1st Tank Division 7th Ind.Tank Brigade Guards Tank Division Defending units: 59th Chinese Corps 64th Chinese Corps 8th Chinese Corps 46th Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I lost 10 Oscars in the attack, out of 259 which flew. That's 3.9%, much better than last time, albeit the Chinese stack was smaller. One thing was really interesting watching the combat replay. The first several flights of Oscars suffered badly from the flak, but at some point the AA puffs of smoke completely disappeared and no further planes were damaged. I think this is because AA and other support devices are a favourite target of the ground attack routine and so at some point all the AA devices in the hex became disabled. Or in other words, the Swarm overwhelmed the defence ... What really astonished me though was the sheer number of casualties caused to the Chinese by the subsequent ground combat
< Message edited by Captain Cruft -- 2/29/2012 10:33:47 PM >
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