AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 02/09/42
Another day of massive losses for both sides. 163 Allied planes, 56 Japanese planes and 7 enemy ships ( including 3 DMS) are destroyed. At the end of the day the entire Soviet fighter force defending Shikula has been cleared from the skies. It will be replaced but the number of planes available for continued replacement continues to fall. If things go according to plan Soon my bombers will be able to range over Shikula with impunity and pound it into the dust, freeing KB for operations elsewhere.
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ASW attack at 20,59
Japanese Ships
PC Ch 17
PC Ch 16
PC Ch 15
PC Ch 14
PC Ch 13
PC Ch 12
PC Ch 11
PC Ch 10
PC Ch 6
PC Ch 5
PC Ch 3
PC Ch 2
APD Patrol Boat No. 39
Allied Ships
SS SHCH113, hits 10
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ASW attack at 35,61
Japanese Ships
DD Satsuki
DD Sazanami
DD Inazuma
DD Akatsuki
DD Wakaba
DD Hatsushimo
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsuharu
Allied Ships
SS SHCH112
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TF 3 troops unloading over beach at Malang [Java], 22,66
Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported
TF 3 troops unloading over beach at Malang [Java], 22,66
Japanese ground losses:
80 casualties reported
This is my solution to the Javan problem... combined airborne and amphibious assaults behind the enemy forces at Madoien, cutting them off from Soerabaja and allowing my forces stalled at Madoien to pass through the now surrounded Allies to take Soerabaja "on the cheap".
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ASW attack at 39,58
Japanese Ships
DD Satsuki
DD Sazanami
DD Inazuma
Allied Ships
SS SHCH115, hits 2
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Day Air attack on Heiho [Chosen] , at 66,25
Allied aircraft
IL-2 Shturmovik x 53
Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 7 destroyed, 11 damaged
Resources hits 11
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Day Air attack on Changchun [MNCHKO] , at 63,30
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 40
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 24
Hudson IV x 8
SB-2M x 98
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 3 destroyed, 7 damaged
Hudson IV: 3 damaged
SB-2M: 1 destroyed, 26 damaged
Resources hits 5
The Nates don't down many enemy planes BUT they do manage to damage a lot of them and turn 2/3rds of the raid home. This was another Jadfluger special wherein he uses the fact that the Allies go 2nd ( and thus know which of my bases contain planes and roughly how many they contain) to bomb a base which contains no planes --- but which MAY be LRCAPed [:D]
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Day Air attack on Shikuka [Sakhalin] , at 74,31
Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 44
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 4
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 50
Me-109E-4 Mike x 18
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VB x 14
I-16 Type 24 x 23
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 1 destroyed
A6M2-N Rufe-FF: 2 destroyed
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged
Me-109E-4 Mike: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VB: 11 destroyed
I-16 Type 24: 28 destroyed
The Mikes absolutely massacre the enemy CAP over Shikula. 39 enemy planes are destroyed in return for 9 of mine.
Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 17
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Day Air attack on Kalgan [Cent China] , at 54,27
Japanese aircraft
A5M4 Claude x 16
Ki-43-I Oscar x 27
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 63
Ki-48-I Lily x 55
Ki-21-II Sally x 29
Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 3
Allied aircraft
no flights
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
IL-2 Shturmovik: 3 destroyed
Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 172
Killed a few more Shturmoviks at Kalgan. I think that'll be the end of what was left at Kalgan though.
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Day Air attack on Kaifeng [Cent China] , at 51,32
Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-I Oscar x 42
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 12
Ki-21-II Sally x 32
Ki-49 -I Helen x 11
No Japanese losses
Resources hits 16
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Day Air attack on Manila/Cavite [PH] , at 43,52
Japanese aircraft
D4Y1-C Judy x 5
Ki-27 Nate x 4
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann x 173
Ki-48-I Lily x 17
Ki-21-II Sally x 30
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-32/30 Mary/Ann: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
127 casualties reported
Guns lost 5
Vehicles lost 4
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 43
Manilla became a Level 4 airfield yesterday so I was expecting Jagdfluger to base planes from it today. He didn't disappoint me but unfortunately both our raids were in the air at the same time so I didn't manage to destroy any on the ground.
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Day Air attack on Angeles/Clark [PH] , at 43,51
Japanese aircraft
Ki-27 Nate x 36
Allied aircraft
A-20B Boston x 47
B-25C/D Mitchell x 23
Blenheim I x 3
F.K.51 x 2
Hudson IV x 8
Martin 139/B-10 x 8
IL-4C/DB-3F x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27 Nate: 2 destroyed, 4 damaged
D4Y1-C Judy: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
A-20B Boston: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
B-25C/D Mitchell: 9 damaged
Hudson IV: 4 damaged
Martin 139/B-10: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
IL-4C/DB-3F: 3 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Vehicles lost 4
Airbase hits 10
Runway hits 41
Just under 100 Allied bombers bomb my field. They don't do much and with all of the engineers present the airfield is in almost perfect shape.
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Day Air attack on Aparri/Tuguegarao , at 45,49
Japanese aircraft
E8N2 Dave x 41
No Japanese losses
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Day Air attack on Pearl Harbor [Oahu] , at 114,72
Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 31
Ki-48-I Lily x 38
Ki-21-II Sally x 25
Allied aircraft
P-36A Mohawk x 1
P-39D Airacobra x 29
P-40B Tomahawk x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 12
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 8 destroyed, 1 damaged
Ki-48-I Lily: 3 destroyed
Ki-21-II Sally: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 13 destroyed, 3 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 4 destroyed, 3 damaged
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 13
Hmm, maybe time to conduct a few sweeps instead.
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Day Air attack on Vladivostok [AMUR] , at 65,33
Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 25
G3M2/Ki-42 Nell x 10
Me-109E-4 Mike x 27
Allied aircraft
Brewster 339D/F2A x 1
CW-21B Demon x 5
I-16 Type 24 x 31
Japanese aircraft losses
Me-109E-4 Mike: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Brewster 339D/F2A: 1 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 3 destroyed
I-16 Type 24: 23 destroyed
Gotta love the Mikes. Against such obsolescent opposition they managed to destroy 27 enemy planes at no cost to friendly forces.
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Day Air attack on Suchan [AMUR] , at 66,34
Japanese aircraft
G3M2/Ki-42 Nell x 13
Ki-15II/C5M2 Babs x 1
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 7
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Day Air attack on Petropavlovsk [KAM] , at 85,32
Japanese aircraft
Me 264 Angel x 33
Allied aircraft
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
Me 264 Angel: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
Allied Ships
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 6
DD Crosby, Bomb hits 1
Port supply hits 1
Interesting, there's ANOTHER BB here. The Me-264s hit it with several 100Kg bombs and managed to destroy at least 3 x dual purpose 5 inch mounts and a 1.1 inch AAA mount. That ought to help when it is time for KB to call.
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Day Air attack on TF at 80,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 16
Allied aircraft
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 21
TBF/TBM-1 Avenger x 24
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 4 destroyed
TBF/TBM-1 Avenger: 8 destroyed, 6 damaged
Japanese Ships
CV Kaga
16 of the TBMs launch at the Kaga but, fortunately, the Kaga manages to avoid them all. I think I'll take it out of range tomorrow and continue to pick around the edges of the fleeing ships.
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Day Air attack on TF at 74,34
Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 9
Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 2
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Day Air attack on TF, near Toyohara [Sakhalin] at 73,33
Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 21
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 9
Me-109E-4 Mike x 33
Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 14
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 1 destroyed
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Day Air attack on TF, near Toyohara [Sakhalin] at 73,33
Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 21
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 9
Me-109E-4 Mike x 33
Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 2 destroyed
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Day Air attack on TF, near Shikuka [Sakhalin] at 74,31
Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 9
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 12
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VB x 6
I-16 Type 24 x 1
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VB: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Allied Ships
AK Henry S Grove, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF, near Shikuka [Sakhalin] at 74,31
Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 5
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VB x 5
I-16 Type 24 x 1
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
AK San Lucas, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF, near Shikuka [Sakhalin] at 74,31
Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 3
D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 11
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VB x 5
I-16 Type 24 x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A2 Val/Ki-52: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
I-16 Type 24: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
BB New Mexico, Bomb hits 9, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 84,42
Japanese aircraft
B4Y1 Jean x 6
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 9
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Mokihana, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 84,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 2
D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 23
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 24
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
DMS Hovey
DMS Trevor, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DMS Boggs, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DMS Chandler, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Kaga might have gotten into some trouble with the TBMs but I managed to catch what I thought was a destroyer flotilla - turned out to be 4 DMS running for home.... Now 1 DMS running for home.
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Day Air attack on TF at 80,35
Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 15
Allied aircraft
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat x 17
TBF/TBM-1 Avenger x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4/FM-1 Wildcat: 5 destroyed
TBF/TBM-1 Avenger: 3 destroyed
Japanese Ships
CV Kaga
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Day Air attack on TF at 74,34
Japanese aircraft
Me-109E-4 Mike x 9
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VB x 3
Pe-2 x 16
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VB: 2 destroyed
Pe-2: 2 destroyed
Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima, Bomb hits 5, on fire
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Day Air attack on TF, near Toyohara [Sakhalin] at 73,33
Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 23
A6M2-N Rufe-FF x 4
Allied aircraft
Pe-2 x 17
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Pe-2: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
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Day Air attack on TF at 79,34
Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 2
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 2
Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate: 1 destroyed
Allied Ships
AP Henderson
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Day Air attack on TF at 78,35
Japanese aircraft
D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 23
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AP U.S. Grant, Bomb hits 11, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 77,34
Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 2
D3A2 Val/Ki-52 x 2
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Jeff Davis, Bomb hits 2, on fire
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Day Air attack on TF, near Shikuka [Sakhalin] at 74,31
Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 14
G3M2/Ki-42 Nell x 3
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty x 7
Allied aircraft
Spitfire VB x 7
I-16 Type 24 x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke: 2 destroyed
G4M1/Ki-50 Betty: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Spitfire VB: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
I-16 Type 24: 2 destroyed
Allied Ships
AK Tennessean
AK Exmoor
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Day Air attack on TF at 101,43
Japanese aircraft
A6M2/Ki-65 Zeke x 2
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 12
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AK Asia, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
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Day Air attack on TF at 79,35
Japanese aircraft
B5N2/Ki-47 Kate x 22
No Japanese losses
Allied Ships
AP Crescent City, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Coastal Guns at Lae [New Guinea], 56,90, firing at TF 43
TF 43 troops unloading over beach at Lae [New Guinea], 56,90
20 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
MSW W.17
Japanese ground losses:
294 casualties reported
This is another good landing. The troops are ashore, in good order and in overwhelming force.
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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 53982 troops, 1089 guns, 439 vehicles, Assault Value = 1186
Defending force 77900 troops, 1625 guns, 795 vehicles, Assault Value = 2621
Allied ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
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Ground combat at Poona [India]
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 51975 troops, 719 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 1389
Defending force 22035 troops, 482 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 664
Japanese max assault: 2810 - adjusted assault: 972
Allied max defense: 694 - adjusted defense: 844
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2
Japanese ground losses:
5056 casualties reported
Guns lost 88
Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Hmm, not a good attack.
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Ground combat at Madicen [Java]
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 45773 troops, 720 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 1490
Defending force 23317 troops, 331 guns, 81 vehicles, Assault Value = 650
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at Balikpapan [Borneo]
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 6689 troops, 98 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 168
Defending force 2429 troops, 32 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 49
Japanese max assault: 294 - adjusted assault: 224
Allied max defense: 47 - adjusted defense: 37
Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Balikpapan [Borneo] base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
160 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Allied ground losses:
1143 casualties reported
Guns lost 2
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Ground combat at 20,13
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 13232 troops, 207 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 354
Defending force 787 troops, 0 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 38
Japanese max assault: 696 - adjusted assault: 634
Allied max defense: 24 - adjusted defense: 2
Japanese assault odds: 317 to 1
Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 5
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
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Ground combat at 23,49
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1662 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 86
Defending force 2837 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 37
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Ground combat at Manila/Cavite [PH]
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 60329 troops, 1319 guns, 414 vehicles, Assault Value = 2618
Defending force 56976 troops, 1093 guns, 439 vehicles, Assault Value = 1186
Allied max assault: 9 - adjusted assault: 0
Japanese max defense: 1182 - adjusted defense: 4781
Allied assault odds: 0 to 1
Allied ground losses:
224 casualties reported
Guns lost 12
Vehicles lost 1
He's definitely going to try a full-scale Shock Attack someday soon.
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Ground combat at 38,37
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 11653 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 747
Defending force 7499 troops, 100 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 242
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Guns lost 1
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Ground combat at 50,39
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5696 troops, 94 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 294
Defending force 11216 troops, 143 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 288
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Ground combat at Kiukiang [S China]
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 6104 troops, 95 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 321
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Allied max assault: 296 - adjusted assault: 136
Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 136 to 1 (fort level 3)
Allied forces CAPTURE Kiukiang [S China] base !!!
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Ground combat at Bombay [India]
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 10487 troops, 241 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 238
Defending force 8196 troops, 31 guns, 499 vehicles, Assault Value = 225
Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Vehicles lost 1
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Ground combat at Moulmein [Burma]
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1287 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 254
Defending force 7176 troops, 101 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 249
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Ground combat at Lae [New Guinea]
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 709 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 30
Defending force 3012 troops, 21 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 104
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Ground combat at Malang [Java]
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 64 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 51
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese max assault: 2 - adjusted assault: 2
Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Malang [Java] base !!!
