wobbly
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Joined: 10/16/2002 From: Christchurch, New Zealand Status: offline
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Trimcommalee invaded. Dimapur liberated. Another bombing run on the BBs at Diamond harbour. It's all happening. Hi Gentlemen. Thanks for all the support and sorry about the late update - the lady of the house has decided WitP is getting in the way of 'us' so I've had to lower the amount of time i can dedicate to it.. The invasion of Kwajelein is indeed a brash move. He can move those Betties from half way across the globe, in doing so he can seriously hurt any invasion I have planned. Andy you may be right and Kwajalein is out of my reach. Instead i may look at Tarawa first. I get the feeling he is doing an India or bust approach and it is really working. The reason for hitting Kwajalein was it's importance - without it he is without the Marshals. I get the 5th Division in 25 days and the spits start appearing in mid-may. His attack on Trimcommalee is a terrible blow - he will have an awesome base there - it is loaded with supplies and fuel. Tadpub - yep, Herb and I lock horns again. As with this current game I am pretty reactive to begin with. I have ben a little more fortunate against him. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 04/19/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval bombardment of Trimcomalee, at 15,25 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses No Allied losses 62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CL Kuma, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage CA Kumano CA Mikuma CA Maya CA Atago CA Takao BB Kirishima, Shell hits 3 BB Hiei BB Haruna BB Kongo Allied Ships AK Poelau Bras, Shell hits 1 AK Empire Raven, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage TK Empire Onyx, Shell hits 1 Allied ground losses: 190 casualties reported Guns lost 11 Vehicles lost 1 Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 20 Port hits 2 Port supply hits 1 Trim has some very potent CD defenses, they manage to ruin the Kuma's day. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Diamond Harbor , at 28,23 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 28 G4M1 Betty x 17 Allied aircraft Lysander I x 10 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed, 15 damaged Allied aircraft losses Lysander I: 13 destroyed Allied Ships BB Ramilles, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage BB Revenge, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 1 More strife for the BBs at Diamond harbour. 800kg bombs rain down but the damage is slight. He losses 5 Betties to flak in this raid so it wasn't for nothing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Calcutta , at 29,23 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 26 G3M Nell x 11 Allied aircraft Hurricane II x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Hurricane II: 7 destroyed, 1 damaged Hmm - it appears the hurricanes I have in India are being flown by targets rather than pilots. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 24 B-17E Fortress x 19 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 7 destroyed B-17E Fortress: 11 damaged Japanese ground losses: 54 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 I don't seem to be able to really put Lae to the sword. The zeros are just too powerful smashing my P-40s. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coastal Guns at Trimcomalee, 15,25, firing at TF 87 TF 87 troops unloading over beach at Trimcomalee, 15,25 202 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships AP Amakusa Maru, Shell hits 10, on fire, heavy damage PC Ch 5, Shell hits 8, on fire, heavy damage AP Yoshida Maru #3 PG Okuyo Maru Japanese ground losses: 351 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Well I have reasonable CD units at Trim but they don't really take a toll of the landing troops. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kungchang Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 30482 troops, 379 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 77220 troops, 533 guns, 0 vehicles Allied ground losses: 65 casualties reported Kunchang is almost ready to be attacked proper by the Japs. There are hundreds of thousands of units on their way here. It is only a matter of time. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 47,27 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 8196 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 1222 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles Japanese assault odds: 157 to 1 Allied ground losses: 1188 casualties reported A Chinese unit - cut off and out of supplies - surrenders. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Lunga Allied Shock attack Attacking force 4931 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 2037 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 183 casualties reported Guns lost 6 Japanese units that are cut off and out of supply don't appear to have to worry. Look at the damage I encounter trying to hurt them. It is not worth continuing the attack. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Dimapur Allied Shock attack Attacking force 6094 troops, 34 guns, 255 vehicles Defending force 5703 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Dimapur base !!! Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied ground losses: 251 casualties reported Guns lost 7 Vehicles lost 7 Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! I have managed to open the road to Burma again. The airbase of Dimapur has been retaken by an Indian tank unit. The Japs move back towards Dacca and may eventually end up adding to my woes there. The enemy troops retreated across a river so I can't follow as I will be up to my eyeballs in disruption moving into their hex. Instead the tanks take another route around. I am pleased with this as I did not expect to take it from him again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Trimcomalee Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 4820 troops, 56 guns, 0 vehicles Defending force 8222 troops, 106 guns, 5 vehicles Japanese ground losses: 21 casualties reported Guns lost 2 One day of landings and I am already out numbered 2 to 1. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trimcomalee is a disaster. Not 2 days before I moved the 18th out he has moved forces there himself. I have left one regiment but that wont be enough. Trim only has forts of size 4. He will take those down faster than I can blink. Dakotas move to Madras to fly troops into Columbo but I wavered at this as I thought I might just be better to retreat. He knew I had the 18th at Trim so he will have bought enough to take out a division. To add insult to injury Trim is loaded with supplies and fuel - loaded. Dacca must get attacked today - it has size 4 forts with 97% completion on the next level. I have set most of the RAF to ground attack. The force at Dacca is so large it will make little difference but I have to try. My reinforcement engineers are making good time trying to get into position. In Darwin a TF comes together to load the Aussie 2nd Division. They will go to beleagured India. Threading the needle of the KB may be hard but I have to try and alleviate this terrible attack I am under. China is also about to turn sour with Kungchang about to be attacked. To try and throw a spanner in the works I move a 3,500 assault point army towards Sian. He will be expecting this but the size might make him hop. In Noumea my carriers - with recouperated air wings - head to Pearl via Lunga where they will cover the landings of a base unit and supplies. Operation Rapier is slowly coming together although PzB has pretty much worked out where it will strike.
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