13 Aug 1943
Indicators and Warnings
Subs
Burma
In a suprise move we bomb Warzup then try an attack... we are then thrown out.
Ground combat at Warazup (63,41)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 1188 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 35
Defending force 1183 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61
Japanese adjusted assault: 0
Allied adjusted defense: 69
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 0)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
448 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
112th Infantry Regiment
Defending units:
111th Chindit Bde /1
36th Chinese Div /1
Andrew attacks two div we have digging i in central Burma. We suffer a lot of casulties, only the first raid is shown. We know this will happen, but don't want to abandon central Burma yet...
Morning Air attack on 24th Division, at 58,46 , near Meiktila
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 3
Wellington B.X x 14
B-17E Fortress x 21
B-17F Fortress x 11
B-24D1 Liberator x 72
B-25C Mitchell x 98
B-25D1 Mitchell x 15
B-26 Marauder x 6
P-40N1 Warhawk x 24
Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
1215 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 77 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 96 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
DEI
Bloody mines, another ship gone
TF 193 encounters mine field at Sabang (44,70)
Japanese Ships
E Hayabusa, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
Some good hits on Little Andaman.
Morning Air attack on Little Andaman , at 44,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 17
Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 26
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 49
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 2 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 4 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Catalina I: 4 damaged
Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground
F6F-3 Hellcat: 16 damaged
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 14
OZ
We catch some LCT resupplying Groote
Night Time Surface Combat, near Groote Eylandt at 82,130, Range 8,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CL Noshiro
Allied Ships
LCT-128, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
LCT-129, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
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Morning Air attack on Little Andaman , at 44,59
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 20
G4M1 Betty x 32
Allied aircraft
no flights
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 6 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
F6F-3 Hellcat: 9 damaged
F6F-3 Hellcat: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 26
Pacific
Another repulsed attack at Wake, huge losses in the engineers. Our strength is going down too, but he has shot is bolt now, we doubt there is the reserve force that would take the island...
Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4662 troops, 122 guns, 148 vehicles, Assault Value = 123
Defending force 3056 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 86
Allied adjusted assault: 17
Japanese adjusted defense: 48
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5)
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker: disruption(-)
Japanese ground losses:
678 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 60 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
909 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 46 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 13 (5 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 23 (7 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Assaulting units:
151st Combat Engineer Regiment
22nd Marine Regiment
4th USMC Tank Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
10th Marine Def Bn /1
Defending units:
46th Naval Guard Unit
Maizuru 2nd SNLF /1
3rd South Seas Gsn /4
49th JNAF AF Unit
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
50th JNAF Coy
7th JNAF Coy /1
China
We are moving in to position to hit a group with two armoured divs...
In the Pacific our CV force should get a strike on the ships off Wake unless he pulls back.
Heavy Industry is going up nicely at 5000k a turn... but we have a long way to go. Oil and fuel remain stable.
