Slitherine

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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 71200 troops, 1151 guns, 997 vehicles, Assault Value = 1960

Defending force 37036 troops, 452 guns, 370 vehicles, Assault Value = 960

Allied adjusted assault: 3742

Japanese adjusted defense: 2037

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2566 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 114 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 97 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 31 disabled
Guns lost 74 (16 destroyed, 58 disabled)
Vehicles lost 22 (2 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Units destroyed 1 A tiny fragment left behind

Allied ground losses:
3767 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 382 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 62 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 29 disabled
Guns lost 112 (25 destroyed, 87 disabled)
Vehicles lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled)

Assaulting units:
641st Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
2nd Australian Division
24th Infantry Division
3rd Army Tank Brigade
5th Australian Division
25th Infantry Division
2/10th Armoured Regiment
4th Armoured Brigade
32nd Infantry Division
3rd Motor Brigade
3rd Australian Brigade
Northern Territory
95th Coast AA Regiment
2nd Medium Regiment
2nd Australian Hvy AA Regiment
1st Medium Regiment
III Australian
13th Field Regiment
21/22 Field Regiment
109th Anti Tank Regiment
II Australian
108th Anti Tank Regiment
94th Coast AA Regiment
2/16th Field Regiment
208th Coast AA Regiment
13th Australian Hvy AA Regiment

Defending units:
48th Division
56th Engineer Regiment
16th Division
14th Tank Regiment
1st Ind Engineer Regiment
12th Ind.AA Gun Co
31st Ind.AA Gun Co
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
31st Field AA Battalion
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
205th Ship Eng Coy
5th Air Defense AA Regiment
88th JAAF AF Coy
47th Const Co /1
13th Ind.AA Gun Co
11th Ind.AA Gun Co
21st Ind.AA Gun Co
110th Ship Eng Coy
14th Army
21st Fld AA Gun Co
310th Ship Eng Coy
28th JNAF AF Unit /1

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ORIGINAL: Spidery

I am sending some cruisers and battleships to near Saumlaki. I will try and bombard Darwin with these. If I get lucky and hit him at the same time he launches an attack it could cause enough disruption for an attack to fail. I have some fighters that should be able to give some protection.

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

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ORIGINAL: Spidery

I am sending some cruisers and battleships to near Saumlaki. I will try and bombard Darwin with these. If I get lucky and hit him at the same time he launches an attack it could cause enough disruption for an attack to fail. I have some fighters that should be able to give some protection.

Drive those ships up onto the beaches to bombard when you do....but those guys are doomed, unfortunately.

Holding Darwin is tough!

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

I am so envious of your well thought out R&D plans.

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Ground combat at 65,42 (near Myitkyina)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13875 troops, 130 guns, 77 vehicles, Assault Value = 492

Defending force 3125 troops, 6 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 121

Japanese adjusted assault: 410

Allied adjusted defense: 22

Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1322 casualties reported
Squads: 36 destroyed, 50 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (6 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
104th Division
46th Naval Guard Unit
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
84th Indian Brigade

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Ground combat at Darwin (76,124)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 69257 troops, 1130 guns, 995 vehicles, Assault Value = 1735

Defending force 36520 troops, 444 guns, 370 vehicles, Assault Value = 939

Allied adjusted assault: 2956

Japanese adjusted defense: 2391

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2214 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 24 destroyed, 20 disabled
Guns lost 80 (15 destroyed, 65 disabled)
Vehicles lost 27 (11 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
5093 casualties reported
Squads: 38 destroyed, 475 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 110 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 35 disabled
Guns lost 92 (3 destroyed, 89 disabled)
Vehicles lost 42 (2 destroyed, 40 disabled)

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Allies reduce forts at Darwin to 3

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ORIGINAL: setloz

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Allies reduce forts at Darwin to 3

Yes, but at what costs? The equivalent of a division is trashed...and unless he supplies Darwin by sea, he will take a long time to recover this losses.
I'd say this goes well towards your goal of delaying Darwin as much as possible.

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

How is the morale of your troops at Darwin?

He attacked three days after your bombardment;7 days from his last attack. You might have 7 days...depends as you rightly point out the dispersal of damage done to Allied troops.

I would definitely try to get another bombardment in if you can.

            Japan  Allies
Overall VP:  +868   +530
Base:        -139    +57
Air:         +277   +319
Land:        +529    +86
Ship:        +201    +72

Oil:      -112,131
Fuel:     +184,983
Supply:   +170,601
HI:        +61,588
Vehicles:   +4,865
Armaments:  -2,283

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Ground combat at 63,45 (near Bhamo)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19899 troops, 340 guns, 114 vehicles, Assault Value = 578

Defending force 13326 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 446

Japanese adjusted assault: 277

Allied adjusted defense: 457

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
730 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 76 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled

Allied ground losses:
173 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
39th Division
38th/A Division
26th Field Artillery Regiment
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
10th Mortar Battalion
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
60th Chinese Corps
5th Burma Battalion

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Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 53
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 18
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 23
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 37
Ki-45 KAIb Nick x 2

Allied aircraft
P-38G Lightning x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 3 destroyed
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-44-IIc Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-38G Lightning: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x P-38G Lightning sweeping at 39000 feet

CAP engaged:
204 Ku S-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 15 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
26th Sentai/C with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
5th Sentai/C with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters to 35200.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
Zuikaku-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
Hosho-1 with A6M5 Zero (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 38500.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 35200.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
54th Sentai with Ki-44-IIc Tojo (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
246th Sentai with Ki-44-IIa Tojo (0 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 36740.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
Spc.Attck.Unit with Ki-45 KAIb Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes

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Ground combat at 63,45 (near Bhamo)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 17323 troops, 423 guns, 164 vehicles, Assault Value = 544

Defending force 13084 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 424

Japanese adjusted assault: 321

Allied adjusted defense: 742

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), morale(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
688 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Allied ground losses:
136 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
39th Division
38th/A Division
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
26th Field Artillery Regiment
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
13th Mortar Battalion
10th Mortar Battalion
14th JNAF AF Unit

Defending units:
60th Chinese Corps
5th Burma Battalion

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Ground combat at 70,45 (near Kunming)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 33350 troops, 439 guns, 192 vehicles, Assault Value = 929

Defending force 19263 troops, 121 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 629

Japanese adjusted assault: 754

Allied adjusted defense: 1561

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1896 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 168 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
392 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
24th Division
8th Division
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
28th Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
21st Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps