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Turn 145 - Axis Turn
4th February 1942
Right there were 17 actions - 3 land attacks, 13 bombardments and the furball (not including any pre-combat attacks).
The first air attack is a strange one as it is made against a lone company of infantry from the Royal Fusiliers heading along the coastal path near El Alamein. 46 bombers fly, escorted by 12 Italian fighters.
The infantry losses are 4 rifle/machine gun squads and 2 mortars (the unit is also reorganising now). 28 Hurricane fighters fly to assist and lose 4 (0 destroyed). The cost to the Axis was 8 aircraft (2 destroyed).
The first land attack, against a company of the 3rd/2nd Punjab Battalion, was another debacle for the Allied air force. 16 German fighters and 23 Italian biplanes assisted the attackers against 20 Blenheims and 28 Hurricanes. No prizes for guessing what happened next  As always the Hurricanes and Blenheim suffer, losing 13 aircraft (3 destroyed) while the Axis air forces lose just 5 (and only 1 biplane destroyed). Really, really unimpressed by this. The bombers cleared didn't even get through as the Indians retreated almost destroyed while there was not a single loss to Italian ground troops....
In the last land attack that saw the Royal Fusilier company retreat (prior to being destroyed presumably on pre-attack combat) and it was pleasing to see the Germans actual lose two tanks (1 x PzKw IV destroyed). There was more air action too. 46 bombers were escorted by 41 Italian fighters. 41 fighters were sent to intercept. The British lost 8 (4 destroyed) while the Germans lost 22 (6 destroyed).
As expected the CW artillery losses are prohibitive - one hex lost a quarter of its 25-pounders in one barrage, while in another, more than one third of the 30 field guns were lost....
In an air strike in the southwest corner 48 Italian bombers were sent to attack, supported by 9 Me-110 and 36 biplanes. 72 CW fighters were called in to assist. That has to be carnage for the Axis right? Well not really. The attack got through and 15 squads were lost as well as a quarter of the 41 field guns. The Loss Report numbers for the aircraft don't actually add up (I will take the individual numbers and ignore the false(?) total losses column). On that basis if I add the disabled and destroyed columns together I get 11 losses (6 destroyed). For the Axis the numbers (which also don't add up) are 33 losses (but just 7 destroyed). Given the aircraft being flown, 1 more destroyed aircraft for the CW forces is really, really disappointing.
In the final air battle 30 Hurricanes try and intercept 24 Italian bombers that are escorted by 41 Italian fighters (one third biplanes). The bombers fail to get through at a cost of 6 aircraft (just two destroyed). The CW suffer the same number of losses (1 destroyed).
< Message edited by warspite1 -- 3/11/2018 7:50:06 AM >
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