JocMeister
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3rd December -44 ______________________________________________________________________________ Allied heavy sweeps take their toll. ------------------------ Airwar ------------------------ A general sweep offensive is ordered over Luzon and Thailand. 66 Japanese planes are shot down for only 10 allied. Most of the Japanese losses are Jacks and Tojos though. 8 British Thunderbolts are lost. This is fine as the British pools are in great shape with over 300 Thuds in the pool. 1 6 kill ace KIA 1 5 kill ace MIA 2 Aces WIA (9 and 5 kills) -------------------- 8 new aces 6 new double aces Can´t really complain about that. ------------------------ Thailand ------------------------ Remember the clear hex it seems like Erik is trying to defend? (See screenshot). We struck that with the 4Es today. The British Thuds go in and clear the way for the bombers. I think this strike rendered the units in the hex completely combat effective. quote:
Japanese ground losses: 555 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 63 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled) Japanese ground losses: 285 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled Japanese ground losses: 123 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Japanese ground losses: 141 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Another 2-300 losses are inflicted in small strikes. Erik should realize by now that this hex is undefendable. Judging by the troops present (only two RGT and lots of engineers) I will continue the crossing. In other news the first deliberate attack was ordered today on Eriks superstack. It went so-so. Looks like Erik has outsmarted me. I have kept a close eye on his surrounding bases to see if he flies in any transports. He has only 120 of them in Saigon. But it looks like he has been using bombers to transport supplies. So he has been able to drop supplies to the troops and they didn´t even get a negative modifier. This I will have to deal with next turn. First of all I´m going to set up a LRCAP and see if I can nail his transports. I have done so for two turns now but range and/or weather might be preventing an intercept. I´ll also try something quite risky...stay tuned for next turn. Here are the result. Not too good. But Erik will most likely have severe problems recovering the losses while I won´t have. Most is Chinese troops and I have 4500 squads in the pool. One of the Chindits BDEs was almost completely wiped out but they are due to withdraw in 25 days. quote:
Ground combat at 55,59 (near Tavoy) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 153662 troops, 2417 guns, 1332 vehicles, Assault Value = 5877 Defending force 198108 troops, 2490 guns, 3043 vehicles, Assault Value = 6243 Allied adjusted assault: 1992 Japanese adjusted defense: 12880 Allied assault odds: 1 to 6 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 6511 casualties reported Squads: 35 destroyed, 468 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 216 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 69 disabled Guns lost 194 (11 destroyed, 183 disabled) Vehicles lost 163 (15 destroyed, 148 disabled) Allied ground losses: 11198 casualties reported Squads: 233 destroyed, 1275 disabled Non Combat: 193 destroyed, 91 disabled Engineers: 49 destroyed, 142 disabled Guns lost 132 (56 destroyed, 76 disabled) Vehicles lost 26 (1 destroyed, 25 disabled) Assaulting units: 77th Chindit Brigade 2nd New Chinese Corps 9th Indian Division 6th New Chinese Corps 11th (East African) Division 3rd New Chinese Corps 20th Indian Division 14th Indian Division 26th Indian Division 45th Indian Brigade 81st (West African) Division 5th Indian Division 28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 8th Medium Regiment XXXIII Indian Corps 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment NCAC 86th Medium Regiment IV Indian Corps 33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 85th British AT Gun Regiment 24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 87th Medium Regiment X' Force 8th Belfast Heavy Regiment 6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment 8th Mahratta AT Gun Regiment 6th Medium Regiment Provisional GMC Grp Defending units: 2nd Guards Division 29th Ind.Mixed Brigade 22nd Tank Regiment 24th Ind.Mixed Brigade 38th Division 16th Division 21st Division 55th Division 75th Infantry Brigade 39th Division 33rd Division 2nd Tank Division 5th Division 79th Brigade 3rd Tank Division 2nd Division 18th Division 1st Ind.Mixed Regiment 2nd Army 56th Field AA Battalion 14th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion 68th Field AA Battalion 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 2nd Medium Mortar Battalion 21st AA Regiment 51st Field AA Battalion 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 41st Ind.AA Gun Co 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 43rd Const Co 32nd Field AA Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 1st Art.Mortar Regiment 15th Army 1st RF Gun Battalion 34th Field AA Battalion 49th AA Machinecannon Company 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd RF Gun Battalion 14th Mortar Battalion 39th Field AA Battalion 28th Army 50th Field AA Battalion 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 69th Field AA Battalion 115th AA Regiment 8th RF Gun Battalion 2nd Area Army 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Air Defense AA Regiment 19th Army 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 25th Army 70th Field AA Battalion Burma Area Army 20th AA Regiment 5th Mortar Battalion 27th Fld AA Gun Co 11th Mortar Battalion 52nd Field AA Battalion 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 3rd Medium Mortar Battalion 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 33rd Road Const Co 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 40th Field AA Battalion 10th RF Gun Battalion 11th RF Gun Battalion 38th Field AA Battalion 7th JAAF Base Force Hopefully his AA guns too a big hit. ------------------------ Luzon ------------------------ We are still getting everything into position. It will be a few more days before everything is in place. Then I need to build up a good sized AF, get a CAP up and then dump the remaining troops before the siege of Manilla can begin. I have a good 3000 AV in place but I lack the heavy artillery coming in from the Marianas. I don´t want to start the assault without them. This will also let the SOPAC HQ and "buddy HQ" to get to 100 prep (currently 86). ------------------------ CV Fleet ------------------------ TF 238 and its accompanying Fast CV TFs TF108 and 256 have reached their secret location and will begin their 14 days refit bumping AA from 1150 to 1460. I have detached 6 P47 and 4 Spit VII groups for base CAP. While Erik havn´t had a recon plane over the base for months I don´t want to take any chances.
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