Bullwinkle58
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June 13, 1942
Was This a Friday? I Call BS!!
I've had better days.
First the good stuff.
1) DD Foxhound, alone but with DCs again, corners I-30 near Cox's Bazar. Six penetrating hits, forced to surface, bang bang, you're dead. SS Trusty sinks SC Ch 22 near Langsa. CM Abdidel lays a decent mine field at Sabang at the last possible moment.
2) Japan tries again at Bataan. Nope.
Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 61091 troops, 591 guns, 446 vehicles, Assault Value = 2085
Defending force 45622 troops, 536 guns, 601 vehicles, Assault Value = 1214
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 1238
Allied adjusted defense: 765
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
6721 casualties reported
Squads: 26 destroyed, 503 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 89 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 102 disabled
Guns lost 39 (6 destroyed, 33 disabled)
Vehicles lost 77 (8 destroyed, 69 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
3091 casualties reported
Squads: 30 destroyed, 116 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 157 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 32 disabled
Guns lost 61 (4 destroyed, 57 disabled)
Vehicles lost 31 (1 destroyed, 30 disabled)
3) Japan tries again at Chengtu. Nope.
Ground combat at Chengtu (75,41)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 12979 troops, 150 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 3520
Defending force 34675 troops, 181 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1078
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3
Japanese adjusted assault: 136
Allied adjusted defense: 6925
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 50 (fort level 3)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1141 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 89 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Now the bad news.
4) Sabang falls. The Dutch surrender wholesale.
Ground combat at Sabang (44,70)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 13378 troops, 114 guns, 141 vehicles, Assault Value = 445
Defending force 6177 troops, 121 guns, 34 vehicles, Assault Value = 132
Japanese adjusted assault: 338
Allied adjusted defense: 50
Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Sabang !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
237 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 34 (3 destroyed, 31 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
6495 casualties reported
Squads: 285 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 438 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 26 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 120 (120 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 42 (42 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 6
5) And this one. Are you kidding me?! Seven lumbering Mavis, no escorts, daylight, against a battleship and multiple cruisers? Are you freakin' kidding me?
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Nikunau at 142,134
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes
Japanese aircraft
H6K4 Mavis x 7
Japanese aircraft losses
H6K4 Mavis: 7 damaged
Allied Ships
BB New Mexico, Torpedo hits 6, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x H6K4 Mavis launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
6) West of the travesty above, some kind of light carrier TF appears. Don't know where based; Truk, Kwaj, Ponape are clean. Maybe all the way back to the Marianas or Babel-de-bob? Don't know. There were no squadron IDs on any of the planes.
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Nikunau at 142,134
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
B5N1 Kate x 14
B5N2 Kate x 5
D3A1 Val x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
CA Vincennes
CA Salt Lake City, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage
And then the Magic Mavises have time to reload and come back. This time they miss.
Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Nikunau at 142,134
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes
Japanese aircraft
H6K4 Mavis x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
CL Raleigh
CA Vincennes
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x H6K4 Mavis bombing from 7000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
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This does tell me that Japan, for some reason, very much values the Canton/Baker region. An Air HQ? I want those two islands as staging bases for SNAGGLEPUSS, but there are other options. I have an AKE and fuel inbound to Canton. These are probably not tenable now without air cover I don't have to spare. I still don't know where the KB is, but at least some carrier help is available in mid-Pac in the near future.
< Message edited by Bullwinkle58 -- 7/7/2013 9:15:10 PM >
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