Japanese forces continue to roll up the Burma Road. [:(]
Ground combat at Meiktila (58,47)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1536 troops, 0 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 81
Defending force 2794 troops, 14 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 82
Japanese adjusted assault: 136
Allied adjusted defense: 21
Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Meiktila !!!
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 17 (0 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1311 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 4
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
10th Tank Regiment
Defending units:
9th Burma Rifles Battalion
2nd King Own YLI Battalion
106th RAF Base Force
AVG Ground Echelon
Ground combat at Magwe (57,47)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 4377 troops, 208 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 1133
Defending force 471 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19
Japanese adjusted assault: 262
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 262 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Magwe !!!
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
489 casualties reported
Squads: 25 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
55th Cavalry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
33rd Division
14th Tank Regiment
112th Infantry Regiment
56th Recon Regiment
10th Tank Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
55th Engineer Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
15th Army
3rd Mortar Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
84th JAAF AF Bn
Defending units:
10th Burma Rifles Battalion
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Other bases fall [:o]
Japanese forces CAPTURE Sorong, Rossel Island, Shortlands, Woodlark Island, and Djokjakarta.
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There goes the neighborhood [:@]
Ground combat at Koumac (113,156)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 3130 troops, 35 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 89
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 16
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Koumac !!!
Assaulting units:
5th Amphibious Brigade
Yokosuka Assault SNLF
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Tidbits
Hall D. of 70th OG/116th OS is promoted to 1LT
Iverson J. of 50th PG/12th PS is promoted to 2LT
Noumea expands airfield to size 3
Noumea expands port to size 3
Galbraith F. of No.700 Sqn FAA S-1 is promoted to FO
xAKL Surigao taken out of commission to begin refit at Noumea
19th BG/30th BS at San Francisco converting to B-17E Fortress
CA Houston available for service in damaged state at Sydney [X(]
