Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: Spidery

I think his pools were generally running low so he redirected the Liberators to help support the ground offensive as that conserves planes and he can use them later on day light raids once he has Thunderbolts able to sweep the bases.

Or he may have decided he doesn't need to destroy the oilfields at Balikpapan and Palembang because he can take them by ground before the end of the year.

Now that he has tried a few night raids against air bases, I think if I started another game I would be inclined to propose a house rule to avoid these - not because of the damage and air-air losses but the massive morale hit even almost ineffective bombing has on groups.

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Ground combat at Batavia (49,98)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3669 troops, 366 guns, 282 vehicles, Assault Value = 3273

Defending force 39600 troops, 269 guns, 162 vehicles, Assault Value = 901

Japanese ground losses:
195 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
30th Australian Brigade
40th Infantry Division
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
194th Tank Battalion
27th Infantry Division
193rd Tank Battalion
24th Infantry Division
32nd Infantry Division
641st Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
7th Infantry Division
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
767th Tank Battalion
25th Infantry Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment
766th Tank Battalion
9th Australian Division
2nd US Naval Construction Battalion
205th Field Artillery Battalion
131st Field Artillery Battalion
I US Corps
2nd Medium Regiment
109th Anti Tank Regiment
168th Field Artillery Battalion
30th Field Artillery Regiment
Sixth US Army
108th Anti Tank Regiment
181st Field Artillery Battalion
260th Field Artillery Battalion
1st Medium Regiment
86th Coast AA Regiment
134th Field Artillery Battalion
208th Coast AA Regiment
226th Field Artillery Battalion
225th Field Artillery Battalion
65th Coast AA Regiment
249th Field Artillery Battalion
216th Coast AA Regiment
183rd Field Artillery Battalion
2nd RAA Jungle Regiment
148th Field Artillery Battalion
22nd US Naval Construction Battalion

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Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 83366 troops, 1208 guns, 1411 vehicles, Assault Value = 2943

Defending force 19 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 4287

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 4287 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Akyab !!!

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Just remember, the Allies always move faster than Japan.

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ORIGINAL: Spidery

a question of relative fatigue and the possibility of air strikes fatiguing and slowing down movement? Also, they always seem to move first when it is a race to get through a hexside.

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TF 437 encounters mine field at Rabaul (106,125) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

57 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
YMS-113, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
YMS-120
YMS-119, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
YMS-99, Shell hits 2, on fire
YMS-97, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
YMS-95, Shell hits 1, on fire
YMS-94, Shell hits 1, on fire
YMS-86, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
YMS-85

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Allied Ships
CA Vincennes, Shell hits 7
CA Quincy, Shell hits 1
CA Astoria
CA Indianapolis
APA Doyen
DE Lawrence

Japanese ground losses:
256 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 36 (3 destroyed, 33 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

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TF 430 troops unloading over beach at Wake Island, 136,98

Allied ground losses:
1060 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 189 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 90 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 50 (1 destroyed, 49 disabled)
Vehicles lost 40 (1 destroyed, 39 disabled)

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Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 9415 troops, 206 guns, 123 vehicles, Assault Value = 274

Defending force 4995 troops, 53 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 132

Allied adjusted assault: 5

Japanese adjusted defense: 76

Allied assault odds: 1 to 15 (fort level 4)

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

Japanese ground losses:
272 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1357 casualties reported
Squads: 114 destroyed, 99 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 42 (18 destroyed, 24 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (4 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Assaulting units:
3rd Marine Div /7

Defending units:
113th Infantry Regiment
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
85th JAAF AF Bn

        Japan	Allies
Total:   +491    +1336
Base:    -169     +487
Air:     +345     +400
Land:    +289     +331
Sea:      +26     +118