Kitakami
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Jan 12, 1942
An interesting turn, and one that has me thinking about air losses up to this point. I do not know what my esteemed opponent has written in his AAR about this, but this question is directed at this mod's design team: is Japan losing too many planes? I do not want to speculate if the cause is tactics or if it is Japanese exp levels, but I think I have been shooting down more planes than I recall losing last time I played Japan. Granted, that was DBB, but it feels odd somehow, as it will only accentuate supply consumption on the Japanese side.
SS I-158 hit a mine near Tandjoengpinang. Don't think it sunk, but it will be out of commission for a while. Besides that, no naval combat.
Lost Lae, Madang, Lihir and Tandjoengbalai. I have used flying boats to transport troops from smaller bases to Palembang, Soerbaja, and Port Moresby. They are somewhat decently defended, and fort levels are slowly rising. Singapore, even though it has been bombed, is fort 3.4. Hope it delay the inevitable at least for a bit.
After taking a look at fort levels, supply levels, and AVs, I am hopeful that Singapore, Manila, and Palembang might still be in Allied hands by February 1st. If not all, at least two of them.
There were several land attacks of note:
Japanese Deliberate attack at Chengchow (88,44)
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2)
Japanese ground losses:
* 3956 casualties reported
*** Squads: 17 destroyed, 442 disabled
*** Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 44 disabled
*** Engineers: 1 destroyed, 51 disabled
*** Guns lost 27 (1 destroyed, 26 disabled)
*** Vehicles lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
* 1788 casualties reported
*** Squads: 80 destroyed, 52 disabled
*** Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 51 disabled
*** Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
*** Guns lost 8 (3 destroyed, 5 disabled)
I know, I know... all cities in clear hexes should be vacated asap. But I decided not to vacate those with industry in them. If my esteemed opponent wants to take them, they will be somewhat damaged when he does (or so I hope). Besides, the fact that basically a full IJN Inf Div was disabled in that attack should give me a bit of a respite.
Japanese Deliberate attack at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)
Japanese ground losses:
* 1376 casualties reported
*** Squads: 3 destroyed, 164 disabled
*** Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
*** Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Allied ground losses:
* 328 casualties reported
*** Squads: 4 destroyed, 42 disabled
*** Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
*** Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
This is a different matter. Losing Tsiatso would complicate the defense of Sian and expose Loyang's flank. I will definitely try to hold this base.
Japanese Deliberate attack at Wuchow (76,57)
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 3)
Japanese ground losses:
* 1035 casualties reported
*** Squads: 4 destroyed, 108 disabled
*** Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
*** Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Allied ground losses:
* 168 casualties reported
*** Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
*** Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
*** Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Wuchow is another one of those cities in clear hexes that should be vacated... but I decided not to without a fight. First because it buys me time, but second because it denies their supply production to the enemy. We will see how long I last.
Japanese Deliberate attack at Palembang (48,91)
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2)
Japanese ground losses:
* 1854 casualties reported
*** Squads: 25 destroyed, 158 disabled
*** Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 29 disabled
*** Engineers: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Allied ground losses:
* 380 casualties reported
*** Squads: 3 destroyed, 47 disabled
*** Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
*** Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
The only additional Japanese unit that was not present in the previous attack is 4th Inf Rgt (or 4th Ind Mixed Rgt, not sure). Anyway, current Japanese forces are not enough to dislodge me from Palembang, and fort level is climbing back up. Falken will need to reinforce with at least one full-strength division to be able to take Palembang.
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