Mike Solli
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26 Dec 41
Sub War
The I-172 had been sitting in the Midway hex for some time. I figured Mike would eventually want to reinforce or resupply the island. Turned out it was the former. My sub torpedoed and sank an xAK and damaged another, both hauling troops.
Submarine attack near Midway Island at 158,91
Japanese Ships
SS I-172
Allied Ships
xAK Florence D., Torpedo hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
xAK Florence D. is sighted by SS I-172
SS I-172 attacking xAK Florence D. on the surface
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Submarine attack near Midway Island at 158,91
Japanese Ships
SS I-172
Allied Ships
xAK Hoegh Merchant, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
xAK Hoegh Merchant is sighted by SS I-172
SS I-172 attacking on the surface
Mike has a few subs lurking around Kwajalein. I have some ASW TFs out trying to keep them occupied but it backfired today. The Plunger torpedoed and sank the DD Oite (Kamikaze class). My ASW is worse than his torpedoes. 
5 Fleet
Nothing to report.
4 Fleet
Guam was attacked again by I/33 infantry. These guys are pathetic:
Ground combat at Guam (106,95)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 596 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22
Defending force 771 troops, 0 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 10
Japanese adjusted assault: 9
Allied adjusted defense: 9
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)
Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Assaulting units:
I./33rd Inf Regt
Defending units:
Guam USN Base Force
SE Fleet
Troops landed at Tulagi. That will be developed as a level 3 port and fighter/recon airfield.
Three Hudsons attacked an xAKL at Finschhafen, missing. That enemy airbase will be visited later by KB. KB is down south but did not find any targets today.
Namatanai was liberated. That's the dot hex just east of Rabaul.
SRA
Philippines: Most of the bomber sorties were against Manila, with a few against Bataan. There were 4 supply hits at Manila.
Mindanao: Zamboanga was liberated with next to no damage to its infrastructure. One of the two enemy units was destroyed:
Manpower: 1(1)
Resources: 20(0)
LI: 20(0)
Borneo: A pathetic attempt to take Jesselton failed miserably :
Ground combat at Jesselton (68,86)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 504 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22
Defending force 345 troops, 4 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 4
Japanese adjusted assault: 4
Allied adjusted defense: 5
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy
Defending units:
108th RN Base Force
Malaya: The lone Buffalo that rose was shot down. The bombers added to the airfield damage but got only a single supply hit.
Kuala Lumpur was liberated. That leaves only 2 bases (other than Singapore) in Allied hands in Malaya, Georgetown and the one in the middle (can't remember its name).
Java: Batavia was swept by Zeros again. Mike learned his lesson. There are no fighters there. I think it's time to start hitting that airfield with bombers. But I need to wait until Singapore is neutralized.
Other Places: Few enemy bombers still fly, but those that do still have teeth. Hudsons flying out of Singapore took out an xAKL heading to CRB.
Tobali was liberated.
Burma
I had a devious plan to sink a bunch of xAPs and TKs at Rangoon harbor. That worked out well. My Zeros and Tojos that were to sweep away the opposing fighters never bothered to fly.  My Betties and Nells flew into a buzzsaw of enemy Buffalos. Fortunately, it was no more than 5 at a time, or it would have been worse. I ended up losing 9 bombers for this result:
xAK Chilka, Bomb hits 1
xAK Floridian, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Coquina, Bomb hits 1
xAKL Hermelin, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
Really?
The 2 RTA Division is still awaiting reinforcements from the 55 Division. They did a recon bombardment:
Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 3805 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 141
Defending force 2647 troops, 12 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 101
Assaulting units:
2nd RTA Division
Defending units:
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
11th Burma Rifles Battalion
2nd Burma Brigade
107th RAF Base Force
China
I usually gloss over this AO. Just so you know, there's actually a lot of combat going on here:
Ground combat at Nanyang (85,45)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 855 troops, 0 guns, 126 vehicles, Assault Value = 71
Defending force 21424 troops, 105 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 780
Japanese adjusted assault: 13
Allied adjusted defense: 553
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 42 (fort level 2)
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 48 (1 destroyed, 47 disabled) - No actual disablements.
Allied ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
13th Tank Regiment
9th Armored Car Co
Defending units:
92nd Chinese Corps
90th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
24th Group Army
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Ground combat at 83,55 (near Nanchang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 19114 troops, 154 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 656
Defending force 11931 troops, 118 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 335
Japanese adjusted assault: 510
Allied adjusted defense: 413
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
1697 casualties reported
Squads: 56 destroyed, 51 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
933 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Assaulting units:
Kyuko Naval Guard Unit - These are the guys who got trashed. The other two units are still in good shape. Reinforcements headed here.
39th Division
11th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
28th Chinese Corps
49th Chinese Corps
50th Chinese Corps
23rd Group Army
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Ground combat at 86,43 (near Loyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 11244 troops, 94 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 392
Defending force 6992 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 212
Japanese adjusted assault: 352
Allied adjusted defense: 29
Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
4386 casualties reported
Squads: 239 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 81 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
35th Division
Defending units:
9th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 89,38 (near Yenan)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 5545 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 197
Defending force 1245 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43
Japanese adjusted assault: 187
Allied adjusted defense: 19
Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Allied ground losses:
333 casualties reported
Squads: 34 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
8th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
23rd Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 37586 troops, 331 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value = 1368
Defending force 8437 troops, 92 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 162
Japanese adjusted assault: 648
Allied adjusted defense: 94
Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
466 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 44 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
3312 casualties reported
Squads: 270 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 76 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 48 (22 destroyed, 26 disabled)
Units retreated 4 - One poor sap decided to stay behind as a rearguard. Oops.
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
5th Armored Car Co
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
41st Division
2nd NCPC Infantry Brigade
3rd NCPC Infantry Brigade
37th Division
4th NCPC Infantry Brigade
1st Army
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
33rd Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
7th Group Army
8th Group Army
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Ground combat at 92,36 (near Kweisui)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 12903 troops, 123 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 462
Defending force 3255 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 101
Japanese adjusted assault: 448
Allied adjusted defense: 5
Japanese assault odds: 89 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
morale(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)
Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1666 casualties reported
Squads: 49 destroyed, 45 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
26th Division
Defending units:
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 92,49 (near Haichow)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1066 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43
Defending force 600 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 45
Allied adjusted defense: 6
Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)
Assaulting units:
19th RGC Temp. Division
Defending units:
Lusu War Area
Really? They couldn't do anything against a HQ?!
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Ground combat at Kweiteh (90,46)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 7960 troops, 68 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 292
Defending force 1261 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 51
Japanese adjusted assault: 297
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 297 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kweiteh !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1135 casualties reported
Squads: 91 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 63 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
32nd/A Division
32nd/B Division
Defending units:
51st Chinese Corps
Other Stuff
Nothing exciting.
< Message edited by Mike Solli -- 7/6/2019 1:34:54 PM >
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RE: Mike & Mike - USS America (A) vs. Mike (J) - 
This is a game of intel. 
If he were to follow this up he might be able to get some large forces into Hankow a x3 (or is that x4 for heavy urban?) hex. It'd be a pain to repulse him from that locale. So, if you've nothing else besides the 13th ID in the neighborhood be aware. BTW the AI did exactly that in my current game, was not expecting it. Very nice touch.
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