Cap Mandrake
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Joined: 11/15/2002 From: Southern California Status: offline
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Derby: JJ had previously had taken Broome with Yokusuka 4th SNLF. We tried for a while to shut down the airfield with B-17's from Darwin and then the 17's were needed on N&IC. About a week ago, JJ started marching East on Derby and, humorously, Broome flipped back to Australian control the second they left. Today, they crossed the saltie-infested river and attacked Derby and just completely crushed 251st Recce Bn. Another unit began landing today but would not have participated in the attack. This was a disappointing performance by 251 Recce Ground combat at Derby (64,127) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1935 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 121 Defending force 1183 troops, 16 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 24 Japanese adjusted assault: 70 Allied adjusted defense: 7 Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Derby !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 1 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 104 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 960 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 63 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 9 (9 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 24th Nav Gsn Unit Yokosuka 4th SNLF Defending units: 251st Recce Battalion Derby RAN Stn Base Force 305th Base Sqdn /2
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