Nomonhan Redux: Seydlitz (Japan) vs. MBatch729 (Allies)

[seydlitz_slith]

Same with his third attack....
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Morning Air attack on 19th Division, at 109,25

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes


Allied aircraft
I-153 x 10
SB-2 x 22


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x SB-2 bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb

[seydlitz_slith]

His fourth attack hit the fort west of Kotou again....
Morning Air attack on 11th Border Defense Fortress, at 115,42

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
TB-3 x 6


Allied aircraft losses
TB-3: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x TB-3 bombing from 8000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 250 kg GP Bomb

[seydlitz_slith]

So did his fifth attack....

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Morning Air attack on 11th Border Defense Fortress, at 115,42

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
DB-3T x 27


Allied aircraft losses
DB-3T: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
27 x DB-3T bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb

[seydlitz_slith]

His sixth attack was a small attack on my units at Voroshilov. If they had arrived earlier my zeroes would have caught them.

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Afternoon Air attack on 9th Division, at 112,45 (Voroshilov)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft
SB-2 x 4


Allied aircraft losses
SB-2: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-2 bombing from 8000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb

[seydlitz_slith]

I flew a daylight Nell/Betty raid on Vladivostok and went in unopposed. I guess that he had all his fighters on night cap.
I hope the fighter pilots lost their rest by having to scramble into air raid shelters.

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Afternoon Air attack on Vladivostok , at 112,46

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 15
G4M1 Betty x 15



Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SB-2: 1 destroyed on ground
I-16m24: 1 destroyed on ground
I-153: 1 destroyed on ground
MBR-2: 1 destroyed on ground



Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 27

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
15 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 11000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb

[seydlitz_slith]

Then we moved to the ground phase. First I launched a bombardment attack east of Shilka. Next turn I will shock attack here.

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Ground combat at 109,25

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 26678 troops, 306 guns, 105 vehicles, Assault Value = 1310

Defending force 12221 troops, 153 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 438

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (0 destroyed, 6 disabled)


Assaulting units:...
1st Recon Regiment...
36th Infantry Regiment...
19th Division...
78th Infantry Regiment...
26th Recon Regiment...
29th Division...
30th Infantry Regiment...
6th Manchukuo Cav Brigade...
1st Ind. Field Artillery Regiment...
8th Mountain Gun Regiment...
15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment...
3rd RF Gun Battalion...
6th Army...
7th RF Gun Battalion...
...
Defending units:...
33rd Tank Battalion...
188th NKVD Regiment...
209th Rifle Division...
35th Tank Battalion...

[seydlitz_slith]

Then came my massive bombardment attack at Voroshilov.

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Ground combat at Voroshilov (112,45)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 19161 troops, 530 guns, 589 vehicles, Assault Value = 2290

Defending force 87922 troops, 1811 guns, 1232 vehicles, Assault Value = 2430

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
2173 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 57 disabled
Non Combat: 253 destroyed, 143 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 176 (134 destroyed, 42 disabled)
Vehicles lost 224 (162 destroyed, 62 disabled)

[seydlitz_slith]

He attacked back also with a bombardment attack.

Note that I didn't list the units involved because there are over 100 units from both sides involved in the combat and the list would be over a page long...

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Ground combat at Voroshilov (112,45)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 73829 troops, 1575 guns, 995 vehicles, Assault Value = 2291

Defending force 111106 troops, 1218 guns, 1305 vehicles, Assault Value = 2288

Japanese ground losses:
1320 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 29 disabled
Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 87 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 97 (21 destroyed, 76 disabled)
Vehicles lost 189 (36 destroyed, 153 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

I lost 21 tubes, but my losses were far lower than what I inflicted on him. I am convinced that this is because I put several units into reserve last turn to prevent them from taking bombardment casualties.

[seydlitz_slith]

He launched a shock attack and finally destroyed the border fort at Kotou that had been holding him up.

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Ground combat at Kotou (116,42)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 13570 troops, 206 guns, 270 vehicles, Assault Value = 406

Defending force 2903 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Allied adjusted assault: 231

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 231 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
4325 casualties reported
Squads: 148 destroyed, 101 disabled
Non Combat: 287 destroyed, 223 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 133 (132 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:...
35th Rifle Division...
5th Ussurii Tank Brigade...
181st Hvy Howitzer Regiment...
76th Cannon Regiment...
...
Defending units:...
4th Border Defense Fortress...

[seydlitz_slith]

I bombarded east of Borzya. I will shock attack here next turn.

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Ground combat at 108,27

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 30406 troops, 228 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 885

Defending force 19290 troops, 174 guns, 1285 vehicles, Assault Value = 688


Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 10 (4 destroyed, 6 disabled)


Assaulting units:...
14th Division...
23rd Division...
...
Defending units:...
61st Tank Division...
111th Tank Division...

[seydlitz_slith]

And north of Shikuka, I continued to pound away at his border fort.

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Ground combat at 127,42

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7733 troops, 68 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 222

Defending force 3585 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:...
Karafuto Mixed Brigade...
...
Defending units:...
104th Region Fortress...

[seydlitz_slith]

Here is the final sitrep for the Russian front.

[seydlitz_slith]

Here is the global sitrep units and bases.

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Global view, units only with bases not visible.

[seydlitz_slith]

Here is the weather for next turn.

[seydlitz_slith]

The points screen. I would like to thank the Philippine and Chinese Armies for all the points.

[seydlitz_slith]

Here are allied aircraft losses during the turn.

[seydlitz_slith]

Japanese aircraft losses

[seydlitz_slith]

My fighter pools

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bomber pools