SqzMyLemon
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April 9/42:
Pegu falls easily. As a bonus, roughly 100 AV that was at Moulmein was caught in rail mode reinforcing Pegu. I've ordered all shipping to withdraw, but forgot to reset LRCAP over the TF. If anything happens tomorrow it's on me. AAR follows:
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Ground combat at Pegu (55,53)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 26810 troops, 211 guns, 121 vehicles, Assault Value = 873
Defending force 4534 troops, 24 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 165
Japanese adjusted assault: 825
Allied adjusted defense: 8
Japanese assault odds: 103 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Pegu !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
96 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
2447 casualties reported
Squads: 83 destroyed, 73 disabled
Non Combat: 79 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (9 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 3
Units destroyed 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
5th Division
Defending units:
1st Burma Brigade
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
11th Burma Rifles Battalion
2nd Burma Brigade
Allied bombers try to disrupt the attack against Pegu. In what I think was an uncoordinated raid, Allied fighters arrived first and three H81-A3's were shot down. The 15 Blenheim bombers that followed were all shot down. Japan loses 1 Oscar and 3 Zero fighters. British HDML's sortie from Rangoon to try and disrupt the unloading of my transports, but two Japanese DD's sink all five enemy motor launches.
A secondary river assault near Toungoo didn't go well. I had poor recon and faced two Indian Bde.'s that held the line. My troops are heavily disrupted and if Francois counterattacks here, I could be thrown back. AAR follows:
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Ground combat at 56,51 (near Toungoo)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 5544 troops, 55 guns, 181 vehicles, Assault Value = 266
Defending force 5931 troops, 12 guns, 88 vehicles, Assault Value = 235
Japanese adjusted assault: 61
Allied adjusted defense: 249
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 4
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 43 (2 destroyed, 41 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
600 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 72 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Assaulting units:
14th Tank Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
4th RTA Division
1st RF Gun Battalion
Defending units:
44th Indian Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
A sloppy invasion, but I've now cut the Burma rail line and split the enemy forces. I hope the effectiveness of my fighters might scare away the bombers for the moment, but 53 enemy fighters are still indicated at Rangoon. They can now sweep my position to clear the CAP. I'm worried though as not enough supply was unloaded and I'm in a vulnerable position. The next few days will be tense as I try to hold my position. If Francois counterattacks at Pegu I could be in trouble. It will be a week until I can land additional reinforcements.
China:
The first assault against Tuyun is checked. I may regret not prepping any units for the base. The two armour units were not part of the assault. AAR follows:
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Ground combat at Tuyun (74,51)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 29614 troops, 259 guns, 169 vehicles, Assault Value = 967
Defending force 6580 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 232
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 433
Allied adjusted defense: 553
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
312 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Allied ground losses:
453 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 61 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment
51st Division
3rd Tank Regiment
104th Division
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
23rd Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
Defending units:
6th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Base Force
I've ordered another assault for tomorrow and I hope the armour carries the day. I've set LRCAP to try and interdict the daily enemy 4E raids, but expect heavy resistance from 50+ fighters based at Kweiyang. I can't linger here long, Chinese reinforcements are en route from Chihkiang, Changteh and even Changsha. Now the real fighting in China begins, as I think Francois must have finally come to the realization my main push is from the southeast.
Thoughts:
I'm rushing things now somewhat, but so far it's working. Lack of fuel for my transports in the DEI is slowing down my operations. I need to secure Makassar so I can LRCAP the route to Balikpapan so my shipping can refuel. I'm taking a risk tomorrow with KB, moving her west to where I should have a few days ago. The Allied SCTF continues to remain at Denpasar, so I hope to attack it tomorrow. Using KB in the DEI always makes me nervous. I try and provide some more screens soon to make the current situation clear.
< Message edited by SqzMyLemon -- 5/24/2016 4:08:12 PM >
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RE: Insert witty AAR title here - Sqz(J) vs. fcharton (A) - 
. Francois switches from Changsha to targets of opportunity often. As mentioned before, I'm going to set a CAP trap if I can to try and neuter the 4E's temporarily. Nick's will go into production soon, and I plan on producing 60/month initially to try and take the fight to the heavy bombers. The Nick can't be available soon enough in China. Luckily, Francois uses the 4E's to target ground troops and leaves my airbases alone. 
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