Heavy air combat at Roi-Namur, the A6M2 squadron aided from LRCAP from Kwajalein result in 44 USN planes losses vs 3 A6M2. All Zero units withdraw towards Truk, since it appears surface forces are incoming.
Americal Div lands at Kwajalein !
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Pre-Invasion action off Kwajalein Island - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
248 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CL Honolulu, Shell hits 13, on fire
CL Nashville, Shell hits 11
xAK Arkansan, Shell hits 6, on fire
Allied ground losses:
924 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 171 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 69 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 69 (0 destroyed, 69 disabled)
Vehicles lost 61 (1 destroyed, 60 disabled)
13 troops of a USA Rifle Squad lost in surf during unload of Americal Infantry Div /2
Motorized Support lost from landing craft during unload of Americal Infantry Div /4
The resulting shock attack is favorable to the Empire !
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Ground combat at Kwajalein Island (132,115)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 5021 troops, 151 guns, 113 vehicles, Assault Value = 222
Defending force 3751 troops, 56 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 65
Allied adjusted assault: 3
Japanese adjusted defense: 42
Allied assault odds: 1 to 14 (fort level 4)
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)
Japanese ground losses:
239 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1890 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 121 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 82 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 22 disabled
Vehicles lost 46 (3 destroyed, 43 disabled)
Assaulting units:
Americal Infantry Div /9
Defending units:
Nimur Naval Fortress
Maizuru 2nd SNLF
65th Nav Gd /1
64th Nav Gd /1
6th Fleet
Kwajalein Base Force
Kwajalein will fall next turn, KB is 4 days so both Kwajalein and Roi-Namur are gone. Need to maintain Maloeap and the Lv4 airfied for Betty antishipping strikes.
I`m pretty confident that I can evict the Allies from Kwajalein in a couple of weeks, good thing it`s that Harry has to commit their USN forces near of my main base of the sector (Truk) and far away from PH. Only need an Air HQ and 20,000 supplies in the Lv4 airbases remaining in the Marshalls
50% of the complement of 1 USN CV is shot down this turn over Roi-Namur
