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Breaking news from the South Seas:
- Bettys with Zero escort fight their way through heavy USN/USMC CAP and plant two torpedoes on an old US BB. Heavy damage but no fires reported.
- the Battle of Katherine gets 4:1 odds against level 3 forts, dropping them to 2.
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jun 07, 42
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Invasion Support action off Luganville (120,150)
1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
APD Kilty
DD Stuart
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards
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ASW attack near Tulagi at 114,137
AMc Heimei Maru
Allied Ships
SS S-31
SS S-31 is sighted by escort
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Night Naval bombardment of Chittagong at 55,41 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CA Kinugasa
CA Aoba
Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Chittagong Fortress firing at CA Kinugasa
CA Kinugasa firing at Chittagong Fortress
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Aoba
CA Aoba firing at 7th Australian Division
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Night Naval bombardment of Amchitka Island at 158,52
Allied Ships – allied BBs in the Aleutians. I will try to ambush them when I run the next reinforcement task force to the Aleutians.
BB Warspite
BB Colorado
Japanese ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 7
Port hits 3
Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Warspite
BB Warspite firing at Amchitka Island
BB Colorado firing at 52nd Division
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Pre-Invasion action off Luganville (120,150)
3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships – an allied scratch force of old expendable CLs.
CL Adelaide
CL Tromp
CL Sumatra
APD Lawrence
DD Russell
CL Adelaide firing at 89th Naval Guard Unit
CL Tromp firing at 89th Naval Guard Unit
CL Sumatra firing at 89th Naval Guard Unit
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards
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Amphibious Assault at Luganville (120,150)
TF 307 troops unloading over beach at Luganville, 120,150
Allied ground losses: Looks like they were reasonably well prepared as they take relatively light losses on landing.
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
8 Naval Support troops accidentally lost during unload of F Det USN Port Svc /3
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Invasion Support action off Luganville (120,150)
1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
APD Lawrence
DD Russell
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards
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ASW attack near Lunga at 114,138
CA Chokai
DD Tanikaze
DD Natsushio
DD Oyashio
Allied Ships
SS S-31
SS S-31 is sighted by escort
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Sub attack near Tulagi at 114,137
AMc Heimei Maru
Allied Ships
SS S-18
SS S-18 launches 2 torpedoes
S-18 bottoming out ....
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 120,150
A6M2 Zero x 20
G4M1 Betty x 21
Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 17
F4F-4 Wildcat x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 8 damaged – My strike rate of 0 from lots of Betty launched torpedoes continues…
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed by flak
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
BB Pennsylvania – this BB popped out of nowhere, having not bombarded with these same CLs earlier in the day.
CL Adelaide
CL Sumatra
CL Tromp
APD Pillsbury
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
CAP engaged: USN CVs are located a few hexes to the east, providing bleed over CAP to the USMC units that are flying LRCAP from somewhere nearby.
VF-2 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-3 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes
VMF-121 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
VMF-223 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
VF-8 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6
Also attacking Emery Point Fortress ...
Also attacking Darwin ...
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Morning Air attack on A/B Battery Heavy Coastal Artillery Regiment, at 76,124 (Darwin)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-30 Ann x 25
Ki-32 Mary x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 17
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 42
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-32 Mary x 12
Ki-51 Sonia x 4
Ki-32 Mary: 1 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 18
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 9
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 4
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5
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Morning Air attack on Barisan KNIL Regiment, at 57,105 (Pamekasan)
Ki-30 Ann x 19
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 56th Chinese Corps, at 76,45 (Chungking)
Ki-30 Ann x 20
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6
Ki-30 Ann: 2 destroyed by flak – flak losses “spike” today with about 5 lost in China, from memory.
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Morning Air attack on 10th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha)
Ki-36 Ida x 20
Ki-51 Sonia x 10
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 11
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 36
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 9
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 1
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Morning Air attack on 89th Chinese Corps, at 75,47 , near Chungking
Ki-32 Mary x 10
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Morning Air attack on 95th Chinese Corps, at 81,40 , near Tienshui
Ki-51 Sonia x 8
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 120,150
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
G4M1 Betty x 12
Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 13 – Only about 20 fighters on CAP, so I will stand down the Betty unit and send the Zero unit to conduct an all-planes sweep form Ndeni to try and knock down a few USN carrier based fighter pilots.
F4F-4 Wildcat x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
BB Pennsylvania, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage – finally some hits! The Bettys fight their way through heavy rain and CAP. BB Pennsylvania is listed as sunk on the Intel screen but no allied float planes are reported lost, so I bet she’s still afloat. Multiple IJN subs are moving in to try and cover the most likely withdrawal routes, to Noumea or Fiji. I figure it will take a few more sub launched torpedoes to sink her, but with heavy damage that should put her out of action for a while and divert a few ASW capable ships to escort her to safety.
APD Pillsbury
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
CAP engaged:
VF-3 with F4F-3 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
VF-8 with F4F-4 Wildcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
VMF-121 with F4F-3 Wildcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 13000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes
VMF-212 with F4F-4 Wildcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Raid is overhead
VMF-223 with F4F-4 Wildcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 13000.
Raid is overhead
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Afternoon Air attack on 35th Chinese Corps, at 88,37 (Yenan)
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18
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Afternoon Air attack on 89th Naval Guard Unit, at 120,150 (Luganville)
Weather in hex: Heavy rain – strange now that I have time to think about it, it should be the dry season down here at this time of year.
Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Some useful intelligence here for later reference. USN TBs are coming in at 6k’ while the DBs are probably at 15k’.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 38
F4F-4 Wildcat x 46
SBD-3 Dauntless x 18
TBF-1 Avenger x 15
Japanese ground losses:
36 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
14 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
15 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on 89th Naval Guard Unit, at 120,150 (Luganville)
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2
F4F-4 Wildcat x 10
SBD-3 Dauntless x 16
No Allied losses
Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
1 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Ground Attack: 1 x 1000 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on 89th Naval Guard Unit, at 120,150 (Luganville)
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9
B-17E Fortress x 6
F4F-3 Wildcat x 2
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Maizuru 3rd SNLF, at 158,52 (Amchitka Island)
Allied aircraft
B-18A Bolo x 6
B-26 Marauder x 3
Japanese ground losses:
79 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-18A Bolo bombing from 7000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 7000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on 89th Naval Guard Unit, at 120,150 (Luganville)
Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 9
F4F-3 Wildcat x 3
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-13
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin
SS Sculpin is located by SC CHa-13
Sculpin diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Tulagi at 114,137
AMc Heimei Maru
Allied Ships
SS S-18
SS S-18 is sighted by escort
S-18 bottoming out ....
AMc Heimei Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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Invasion Support action off Luganville (120,150)
1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
APD Lawrence
DD Russell
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards
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Ground combat at Imphal (60,40)
Japanese Bombardment attack – a few more days and HQ 15th Army will join this stack to hopefully provide a bonus to the deliberate attack when it goes in. I am also moving troops to try and cut the road out of Imphal, but the allies have moved a force there to counter. An interesting game of chess here with a front line forming along the jungle roads. I’ll try to post a zoom in picture of this front in the next few days.
Attacking force 30871 troops, 270 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1069
Defending force 7549 troops, 140 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 363
Assaulting units:
54th Division
53rd Division
33rd/A Division
Defending units:
14th British Brigade
16th British Brigade
23rd British Brigade
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 31044 troops, 246 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1204
Defending force 73625 troops, 330 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2572
Japanese ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 76,46 (near Chungking)
Japanese Bombardment attack – I might need to track the numbers here like I am doing in the NCAA Mountain Hex, to check if I am winning the battle of attrition or not. I may just wait until 13th Div moves here to join in, as that would give me about 3:1 raw AV.
Attacking force 1025 troops, 127 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1033
Defending force 20081 troops, 97 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 560
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Ground combat at Chuhsien (88,56)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15592 troops, 122 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 584
Defending force 21988 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 743
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 12994 troops, 112 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 1012
Defending force 44933 troops, 203 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1349
Assaulting units:
37th Division – ordered to move W then NW, before attacking back along the road.
36th Division
5th NCPC Infantry Brigade
1st Army – will move with 37th Div to try and close all hex sides to the Chinese units below, leave 1 x Div as the POW camp guards and unlock the other IJA forces from this sector.
Defending units:
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
14th Group Army
39th Group Army
7th Group Army
15th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack – to achieve the above, I will need to move HQ 1st Army and 37th Div into this hex from the west, then win a battle in this hex. These defenders should withdraw cross-country to the NW.
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 445
Defending force 38127 troops, 187 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1172
Assaulting units:
41st Division
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
1st Chinese Corps
47th Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
4th Group Army
8th Group Army
43rd Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang)
Japanese Deliberate attack – I wasn’t expecting much out of this due to the raw AV shortfall, but the defenders aren’t in good shape so I will allow 5th IMB to recover then attack again, probably at about 1 week intervals.
Attacking force 5671 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 191
Defending force 9684 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 345
Japanese adjusted assault: 47
Allied adjusted defense: 151
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Allied ground losses:
180 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
5th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
12th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Katherine (76,128)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 28962 troops, 342 guns, 234 vehicles, Assault Value = 1010
Defending force 6494 troops, 94 guns, 269 vehicles, Assault Value = 280
Japanese adjusted assault: 658
Allied adjusted defense: 163
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 3). 4.03:1 to be precise, so I was fortunate to just tick over to 4:1.
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 – the attackers are a bit short on supply so won’t attack again tomorrow. Lucky for me the IJA supply line from Wyndham is so good, it should only take a few days to replenish. It is the dry season at this time of year in the NT, so the “road” as it was back then would be trafficable, but in real life there would be no way that the IJA could move all the supplies and fuel that they need to support this force so far from Wyndham. Let’s not let those sort of details get in the way of a good game though!
Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
416 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Vehicles lost 16 (3 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
585 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 54 disabled – that’s more than a whole Battalion disabled, so once supply arrives I should get another 4:1 result to capture Katherine.
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 18 (3 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Vehicles lost 61 (8 destroyed, 53 disabled) – I’m assuming that these were still improvised training tanks, to take that much damage from IJA infantry Divs and one Tank Regt with relatively light tanks.
Assaulting units: The 2 x Infantry Divs are actually prepared for Darwin, so once Katherine is captured I may not need to land the reserve 4th Infantry Div by amphibious assault to capture Darwin. Once Katherine is captured, I will pursue south with 2 x Tank Regts and move the 2 x Infantry Divs north to attack Darwin.
38th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
2nd Division
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
16th Army
44th Field AA Battalion
Defending units:
6th Aus Cav Brigade
2/10th Armoured Regiment
2/9th Armoured Regiment
2/6th Armoured Regiment
2/5th Armoured Regiment
19th Australian Battalion
108th Tank Attack Regiment
109th Tank Attack Regiment
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Ground combat at Kunming (69,48)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 3722 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 130
Defending force 2429 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14
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Ground combat at Luganville (120,150)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1278 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 74
Defending force 498 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4
Allied adjusted assault: 27
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 27 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Luganville !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
1st Marine Raider Battalion
2nd Marine Raider Battalion
F Det USN Port Svc
220th USN Base Force /3
Defending units:
89th Naval Guard Unit – surrounded, they will be destroyed in short order, except for the squads I managed to evacuate to Tulagi.
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Ground combat at Howland Island (148,135) – an attempt to try and draw the attention of the USN away from SOPAC, and keep them guessing about whether I will continue to advance out here in my 4th Fleet area of operations.
Japanese Shock attack
Japanese forces CAPTURE Howland Island !!!
Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1
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Ground combat at Gardner Island (149,144)
Japanese Shock attack
Japanese forces CAPTURE Gardner Island !!!
Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /2
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Ground combat at Nukufetau (138,146)
Japanese Shock attack
Japanese forces CAPTURE Nukufetau !!!
Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /3
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Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Luganville
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jun 07, 42
Repairs completed on CS Mizuho at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on CVE Taiyo at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on CVE Hosho at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on AV Yamahagi Maru at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service – the first AV Husimi class conversions are available. They will join ASW Divs supporting FP units at various bases.
Repairs completed on AV Tonan Maru at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on AV Mikage Maru at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on BB Kongo at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on CS Chiyoda at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking an Allied PG at 100,59 an Allied SS is reported HIT – this is my first reasonably well trained IJA ASW unit. 3rd Sentai are flying ASW missions west from the base just south of Sasebo to try and protect TK and resources convoys on their way in with their precious cargo, and troop/supply convoys on their way out. Lots of contact reports then this hit report.
CPO Okamoto, J. of 3rd Ku S-1 is credited with kill number 4
1 x H6K2-L Mavis dropping Yokosuka 1st SNLF at Howland Island
1 x H6K2-L Mavis dropping Yokosuka 1st SNLF at Gardner Island
1 x H6K2-L Mavis dropping Yokosuka 1st SNLF at Nukufetau
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Kalemyo
14 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 89th Naval Guard Unit from Luganville – the last evacuees…
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to 16th
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to 44th
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to 44th
8 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting supplies to Kunming
7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting supplies to Kunming
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting supplies to Kalemyo
Repairs completed on DD Yamakaze at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Isokaze at Truk, ship returned to service
Allied forces CAPTURE Luganville !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Howland Island !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Gardner Island !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Nukufetau !!!
Ichang expands fortifications to size 5 – stopped
Mombasa expands airfield to size 7
Calgary expands airfield to size 6
Tsuyung expands fortifications to size 1
Sabang expands airfield to size 3 – stopped
Tezpur expands airfield to size 4
Tateyama Ku T-1 on CV Akagi converting to size 81 from 71
TK Ayazono Maru arrives at Maizuru – 2 x medium sized tankers arrive. They will move south to help reduce the Palembang fuel stockpile that still sits at about 100k
TK Manei Maru arrives at Nagasaki/Sasebo
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All they're good for is target practice until they have proper escort/air dominance. I he wants to 'raid' he should only put the much faster vessels 'in harm's way'. Provided he has enough of 'em to do so.
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