Cap Mandrake
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Joined: 11/15/2002 From: Southern California Status: offline
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Solomons: Medium bombers at Kirakira switch over to ground attack at Lunga and we turn loose 2nd Marine Div. We manage a 2:1 and take down 1 fort level. Very gratifying but I think the LYB's managed to get much of 18 Div out by air. This shouldn't take too long. quote:
round combat at Lunga (114,138) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 26928 troops, 411 guns, 301 vehicles, Assault Value = 884 Defending force 10618 troops, 142 guns, 92 vehicles, Assault Value = 208 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Allied adjusted assault: 319 Japanese adjusted defense: 113 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2123 casualties reported Squads: 38 destroyed, 72 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 87 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 38 (23 destroyed, 15 disabled) Vehicles lost 13 (3 destroyed, 10 disabled) Allied ground losses: 946 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 121 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Guns lost 29 (1 destroyed, 28 disabled) Assaulting units: 102nd Cmbt Engineer Regiment 2nd Marine Division 53rd (Sep) Infantry Regiment 164th Infantry Regiment 22nd Marine Regiment 5th Marine Regiment 1st USMC Tank Battalion 14th NZ Brigade 225th Field Artillery Battalion 226th Field Artillery Battalion 249th Field Artillery Battalion 181st Field Artillery Battalion 4th Field Artillery Battalion 168th Field Artillery Battalion 97th Field Artillery Battalion 1st Pioneer Battalion Defending units: Sasebo 5th SNLF 41st Naval Guard Unit 86th Naval Guard Unit 14th Naval Guard Unit 10th Garrison Unit Yokosuka 5th SNLF /1 17th JAAF AF Bn /1 3rd Mortar Battalion Maizuru 3rd SNLF /1 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion III/19th Naval Guard Unit 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 18th Div /1
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