soulsilver
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November 7th Another attack on Karachi today, this time the Naval and air bombardment was coordinated with the attack. Fatigue was in the low teens for most units, my forts in the hex were at level 2. despite the increased fire support, casualties were still high. I'm gonna need more troops , and more Arty, as even without forts, I'm not sure that I can ever muster enough AV to take the city. At the very least my Units are gaining a ton of experience during the siege. The two Tank Divisions have around 70 exp now up from their initial 55 at the start. Night Naval bombardment of Karachi at 40,8 Japanese Ships BB Hyuga BB Ise BB Yamashiro BB Fuso CA Kumano CL Oi CL Sendai Allied ground losses: 1232 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 47 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 9 disabled Guns lost 19 (5 destroyed, 14 disabled) Vehicles lost 32 (14 destroyed, 18 disabled) Airbase hits 19 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 49 Port hits 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Karachi (40,8) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 194400 troops, 2074 guns, 2129 vehicles, Assault Value = 6236 Defending force 179069 troops, 2417 guns, 1842 vehicles, Assault Value = 4079 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 3386 Allied adjusted defense: 11441 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 29741 casualties reported Squads: 319 destroyed, 1626 disabled Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 377 disabled Engineers: 147 destroyed, 207 disabled Guns lost 195 (7 destroyed, 188 disabled) Vehicles lost 234 (44 destroyed, 190 disabled) Allied ground losses: 8089 casualties reported Squads: 56 destroyed, 362 disabled Non Combat: 71 destroyed, 428 disabled Engineers: 10 destroyed, 126 disabled Guns lost 138 (9 destroyed, 129 disabled) Vehicles lost 105 (16 destroyed, 89 disabled) Units destroyed 1 (probably some base force) In other news it appears that Dean is attempting to resupply his troops on Adak using C-47 skytrains and B-17Es and without sweeping my fighters beforehand. He loses 8 B-17s and 4 C-47s for his trouble. In the Solomons some damned PBYs attack cargo ships re-deploying troops to Milne Bay. Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Allied aircraft Catalina I x 3 PBY-5 Catalina x 5 PBY-5A Catalina x 2 Allied aircraft losses PBY-5A Catalina: 1 damaged PBY-5A Catalina: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships xAK Sinno Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Nittai Maru CA Maya xAK Zyuyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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