Bullwinkle58
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September 3, 1942
Maybe Shoulda Waited
1) Attack on Moulmein, second day, didn't get good results. The disablements from Day 1 were concentrated in two LCUs, and they were on Reserve, but still I need to rest a bit now. Re-supply happened and all LUCs in attacking stack are in the green. Supply is still rushing over from Bombay where the Cape Town Express is still throwing mega-tons into the Indian railroad system. Rail to Calcutta, ship to Chittagong, and out into storm-ravaged Burma.
Two more corps coming into Moulmein from adjacent eastern hex, and a tank unit from the north. Chiang Mai shows 32 LCUs now.
Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 85170 troops, 703 guns, 406 vehicles, Assault Value = 2978
Defending force 42270 troops, 392 guns, 206 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083
Allied adjusted assault: 1155
Japanese adjusted defense: 2205
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1654 casualties reported
Squads: 26 destroyed, 100 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
6321 casualties reported
Squads: 40 destroyed, 973 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 72 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 52 disabled
Guns lost 22 (1 destroyed, 21 disabled)
Assaulting units:
76th Chinese Corps
59th Chinese Corps
7th Australian Division
65th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
71st Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
82nd Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
39th Indian Division
37th Chinese Corps
3rd New Chinese Corps
33rd Group Army
7th Group Army
24th Group Army
90th Chinese Corps
Defending units:
16th Infantry Regiment
38th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
57th Division
13th Ind.Mixed Brigade
24th Infantry Regiment
22nd Field AA Machinecannon Company
3rd Provisional Base Force
50th Field AA Battalion
1st Provisional Base Force
2) Did a bombardment at Pegu to try to burn some supply.
Ground combat at Pegu (55,53)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 34317 troops, 264 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2326
Defending force 79948 troops, 749 guns, 254 vehicles, Assault Value = 2684
Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
254 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
3) Mike's email had a beef about the bombardment below. IT's the second time this TF has bombarded and gotten zero casualties. I looked up-AAR and on July 25th a larger TF with these ships plus more hit Rangoon and only got 36 casualties. He thinks it's a bug. I sent him an email with my thoughts, basically focusing on recon at night, that these are not BBs, what was the stand-off range, and that he's bombarding a hex he owns, so my LCUs are scattered. Finally, Aussie 7th got most of the effort, and they're the best-led, best-trained unit in the stack. They don't have any local forts yet, but I think some of the Chinese do. I know for sure some of the Rangoon Allied units had local forts of '2'.
Has anyone else had experiences where naval bombardment has resulted in no enemy casualties?
Night Naval bombardment of Moulmein at 55,55
Japanese Ships
CA Myoko
CL Tama
CL Abukuma
CL Yura
CL Natori
CL Isuzu
DD Uranami
DD Shirayuki
DD Shirakumo
DD Asagumo
DD Kagero
DD Akigumo
CA Myoko firing at 7th Australian Division
CL Tama firing at 76th Chinese Corps
CL Abukuma firing at 7th Australian Division
CL Yura firing at 39th Indian Division
CL Natori firing at 7th Australian Division
CL Isuzu firing at 82nd Chinese Corps
DD Uranami firing at 7th Australian Division
DD Shirayuki firing at 59th Chinese Corps
DD Shirakumo firing at 39th Indian Division
DD Asagumo firing at 39th Indian Division
DD Kagero firing at 7th Australian Division
DD Akigumo firing at 7th Australian Division
4) Landings continue at Semarang. The Dutch defenders are hit while in strat mode, in mid-change, and booted up the track toward Batavia in that mode, the worst of both worlds. Bad, bad timing on my part.
This force can clean up Java in a matter of weeks. Only Batavia and Merak have scraps of defenders ex-Soerbaja. If he comes for Soerbaja with just two divisions it'll be bloody, although supply there is at about 4000. The internal refinery and LI supply is enough for starvation defenses, and Forts are high. I need time. But regardless, Soerbaja isn't PBang. It helps the oil problem, but it doesn't solve it. If he goes for greater Java to reap VPs so much the better.
Ground combat at Semarang (53,102)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 12815 troops, 120 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 681
Defending force 3307 troops, 60 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 139
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Japanese adjusted assault: 180
Allied adjusted defense: 18
Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Semarang !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), op mode(-), preparation(-)
Attacker: shock(+), fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1327 casualties reported
Squads: 36 destroyed, 55 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 36 (26 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
48th Division
33rd Division
Defending units:
4th KNIL Regiment
5) PBang gets its daily does. CAP from Oosthaven has been worn down again and needs rest. I ordered a small av support unit out of PBang to move to the base south of there on the RR to Oosthaven (Prabang-something?) It has anb AF 2 already, and I can LRCAP from there to PBang and complicate targeting. Should have done it weeks ago, but I was sweating Benk. I have a nest of good fighters sitting on Cocos I. waiting for a base.
6) Rabaul Forts hit Madang again for 36 casualties. The first Trans-Pac B-24 unit lands at Rabaul, tired but pretty intact. The AF is about halfway to Level 7.
7) Eniwetok is bombed. A fairly large surface TF left Pearl today for Wake to be used as a raider force for the Marshalls. BB South Dakota arrived at Pearl as well.
8) Another really weird Japanese bombardment mission with no casualties. This time on land.
Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13410 troops, 127 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 434
Defending force 7843 troops, 0 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 203
Assaulting units:
16th Division
Defending units:
101st PA Infantry Division
3rd PA Constabulary Regiment
102nd PA Infantry Division
Cagayan USAAF Base Force
III Philippine Corps
9) Took the time today to groom the TOE upgrades for all nations. A fair number overdue, mostly HQs and base forces, but some US Army infantry regiments too. About fifteen upgraded in the combatevents.txt report.
< Message edited by Bullwinkle58 -- 12/1/2013 5:29:00 PM >
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