Olorin
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Oct 12-16, 1943
Burma:
The siege of Rangoon begins! Pegu was abandoned and the Allies now control land access to Rangoon. Intense air battles result in Rangoon's airfield almost closed (but still good enough for CAP) and the air belonging to the IJAAF 3rd Air Division, thanks to the sudden and massed introduction of Mr Frank.
On the ground the Allies have 2750 AV in Rangoon and 2900 in Pegu. What will they do? I hope they go for Mulmein, which is defended by 1040 AV. Not enough to hold against a serious attack, but I can bring another 550 AV by sea. Meanwhile, 4 divisions have just left Perth heading for Singapore. More will follow soon.
On the ground:
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Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 76202 troops, 1179 guns, 1282 vehicles, Assault Value = 2790
Defending force 77443 troops, 742 guns, 790 vehicles, Assault Value = 1872
Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
431 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 11 (6 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 17 (7 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Assaulting units:
XV Corps Engineer Battalion
255th Armoured Brigade
5th Chinese Corps
25th Indian Division
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
254th Armoured Brigade
22nd (East African) Brigade
26th Indian Division
5th Indian Division
2/9th Field Regiment
95th Heavy AA Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
2/1st Med Regiment
14th Indian Light AA Regiment
III Indian Corps
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
IV Indian Corps
3rd West African AA Regiment
Defending units:
3rd Tank Division
35th Division
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
14th Division
13th Division
39th Ind Engineer Regiment
3rd Air Division
22nd Field AA Machinecannon Company
27th Fld AA Machinecannon Company
5th Field Construction Battalion
51st JNAF AF Unit
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
3rd Air Defense AA Regiment
211th Ship Eng Coy
3rd Ind.AA Gun Co
111th Ship Eng Coy
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
80th JAAF AF Bn
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Machine Cannon AA Battalion
311th Ship Eng Coy
67th JAAF AF Bn
13th Ind.AA Gun Co
Burma Area Army
3rd JAAF AF Bn
7th Field Construction Battalion
306th Ship Eng Coy
56th Field AA Battalion
7th JAAF Base Force
15th JAAF AF Bn
52nd JNAF AF Unit
6th RF Gun Battalion
1st Provisional Base Force
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Ground combat at Pegu (55,53)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 73110 troops, 824 guns, 1075 vehicles, Assault Value = 2916
Defending force 979 troops, 8 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 10
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Allied adjusted assault: 1619
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 1619 to 1 (fort level 2)
Allied forces CAPTURE Pegu !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1224 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 51 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
Gardner's Horse Regiment
20th Indian Division
39th Indian Division
50th Tank Brigade
16th Light Cavalry Regiment
2nd British Division
17th Indian Division
150th RAC Regiment
268th Motorised Brigade
6th Chinese Corps
X' Force
23rd AA Bde
XXXIII Indian Corps
16th Indian Heavy AA Regiment
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment
85th British AT Gun Regiment
17th Indian Light AA Regiment
3rd (Special Force) Division
Defending units:
40th JAAF AF Bn
The 3-day air battle:
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 32 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 42
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 24
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 24
P-51A Mustang x 25
F6F-3 Hellcat x 36
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 4 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 destroyed
P-51A Mustang: 1 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 22
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 8
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 13
P-38H Lightning x 50
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-38H Lightning: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 11
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 29
P-38H Lightning x 28
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed
The first day belongs to the Allies, but fortunately no bombers showed up. 2nd day:
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 57
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 30
P-38H Lightning x 20
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 destroyed
P-38H Lightning: 3 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 37
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 22
P-40N1 Warhawk x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 6 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 4 destroyed
P-40N1 Warhawk: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 14
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 6
Liberator II x 27
B-24D1 Liberator x 51
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 damaged
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
Liberator II: 1 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 6 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
Airbase hits 32
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 54
5 more raids of 9 Liberators each do additional damage to the airfield. At this point, I decided to throw Mr Frank into the meatgrinder, in order to avoid losing the airfield. In addition, 90 Georges rebase to Rangoon, which is still good enough for CAP in the 3rd day:
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 73
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 18
Ki-84a Frank x 69
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 15
P-40N1 Warhawk x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
P-40N1 Warhawk: 3 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 72
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 16
Ki-84a Frank x 66
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 16
P-38H Lightning x 50
P-51A Mustang x 3
F6F-3 Hellcat x 34
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 3 destroyed
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 5 destroyed
P-38H Lightning: 3 destroyed
F6F-3 Hellcat: 2 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 54
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 7
Ki-84a Frank x 60
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3
Blenheim VD x 3
Hurricane IIc Trop x 13
B-25C Mitchell x 9
B-25G Mitchell x 24
P-40N5 Warhawk x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 3 damaged
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 7 damaged
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim VD: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 5 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak
P-40N5 Warhawk: 9 destroyed
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 48
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3
Ki-84a Frank x 50
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3
Blenheim VD x 11
Liberator II x 29
Wellington Ic x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 damaged
N1K1-J George: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed
Blenheim VD: 5 destroyed, 2 damaged
Liberator II: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
Liberator II: 1 destroyed by flak
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 24
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2
Ki-84a Frank x 27
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 6 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 21
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2
Ki-84a Frank x 18
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 18
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2
Ki-84a Frank x 10
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 11
B-24D1 Liberator x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 17
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 2
Ki-84a Frank x 6
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 24
B-25G Mitchell x 12
P-40N5 Warhawk x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 1 damaged
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 10 damaged
B-25G Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 7
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Light rain
Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 4
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 1
Ki-84a Frank x 2
Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 24
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1-J George: 2 damaged
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed, 11 damaged
B-24D1 Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4
At this point my CAP was exhausted and 46 Liberators and 12 Mitchels arrive in 6 separate groups to further damage the airfield, which is finally closed. In terms of losses, I lost 130 aircraft vs 200 allied (rough estimates) in all 3 days. On Oct 16th, no allied planes flew, which is a sign that 3rd IJAAF Division won this round. The allied airforce in this theater will need resting before its next attack. Its bomber force is seriously damaged. Rangoon is operational and I have air superiority over Rangoon and control of the Andaman Sea, temporarily at least.
SE Fleet:
The struggle to keep Horn Island supplied continues. 1500 tons of supplies are barely enough. More cruisers and destroyers are needed. The Allied bombers keep the airfield fully closed.
In the Solomons, Guadalcanal is isolated, but its garrison evacuated, except a light tank company. Light air battles over Shortlands, with acceptable results for Japan.
West Australia:
Only a matter of time before 2nd Marine Div surrenders. It's out of supplies, but still causes enough squad disablements to my divisions.
Redeployments: 4 divisions have left Perth, 6 more to follow shortly.
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Western Australia counter-invaded! - 
Congratulations to the greek STRATEGOS 
100% preparation by all units, plus a proper chain of command HQs fully prepared) 
Well, evidently yes. Most of the fighting on the ground has taken place in Australia... so far. 
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