CLOSED The old world vs the new: Cannonfodder (Allies) vs Quixote (Japan)

[Capt. Harlock]

First long lance salvo at 1000 meters hit Le Triomphant

I'm surprised the torpedoes on either side had enough running time to arm!

[KenchiSulla]

1-11-march-1942

China

Going downhill..

Hengyang

Ground combat at Hengyang (80,53)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 100835 troops, 904 guns, 475 vehicles, Assault Value = 3353

Defending force 47823 troops, 313 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1167

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 2236

Allied adjusted defense: 366

Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Hengyang !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
2348 casualties reported
Squads: 25 destroyed, 530 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 45 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled
Guns lost 29 (1 destroyed, 28 disabled)
Vehicles lost 32 (2 destroyed, 30 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
16623 casualties reported
Squads: 626 destroyed, 115 disabled
Non Combat: 664 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 140 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 80 (50 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Units retreated 12

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
55th Infantry Brigade
17th Division
54th Infantry Brigade
116th Division
102nd Infantry Regiment
13th Tank Regiment
22nd Division
40th Division
8th Armored Car Co
34th Division
39th Division
51st Recon Regiment
27th Division
13th RGC Temp. Division
China Expeditionary Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
11th Army
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
4th Chinese Corps
50th Chinese Corps
46th Chinese Corps
100th Chinese Corps
70th Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
86th Chinese Corps
3rd New Chinese Corps
7th War Area
12th Group Army
3rd War Area
25th Group Army

But also minor blessings!

Ground combat at 70,49 (near Kunming)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 16167 troops, 45 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 665

Defending force 899 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 30

Allied adjusted assault: 1322

Japanese adjusted defense: 7

Allied assault odds: 188 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
1019 casualties reported
Squads: 62 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 30 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
39th Chinese Corps
60th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
1st Group Army

Defending units:
1st Militia Regiment

[KenchiSulla]

Air losses

[KenchiSulla]

Ship losses march

[KenchiSulla]

Ship losses summary

[KenchiSulla]

Small mercies

A battle won in India by british armour. Quixote is not pushing really hard. He either is preserving forces and digging or... ? Note the destruction of Oscars on the ground. He wasn't expecting me to push and that cost him the 64th Sentai (they were flying CAP against my Blenheim attack prior to the assault)..

Air power will be very important in India. Disrupted troops really can't defend themselves...

Ground combat at Allahabad (51,26)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2291 troops, 26 guns, 189 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Defending force 3956 troops, 40 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 126

Allied adjusted assault: 56

Japanese adjusted defense: 11

Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Allahabad !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 17 destroyed

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
1401 casualties reported
Squads: 35 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 44 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 12 (7 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
7th Armoured Brigade

Defending units:
33rd/C Division

Pacific current situation

The allied buildup continues. Won't bore you with details but it is still going according the plans laid out earlier.

Quixote is moving in support ships near Luganville. Defensive purposes?

ASW attack near Torres Islands at 118,147

Japanese Ships
DD Hayate
AD Ehime Maru
AKE Durban Maru

Allied Ships
SS Finback

[zuluhour]

As far as China goes, I will only play again with stacking limits. I used them in conjunction with Dababes mod last game and found it most satisfactory. I cannot believe I did not push for it again. On ship losses, how did you lose 22? Port attack? I missed something there. Paul did a combo Pearl Manila attack on me and I only lost 5. In India be aware of the emergency reinforcement "trigger line" in your calculations there.

[KenchiSulla]

Quixote did not attack pearl. I lost a bunch on the first day in port, a couple after due to heavy damage (couldn't move them and they were bombed again later), a couple at sea due to heavy damage (trying to evacuate the subs with a chance) and a couple due to recent depthcharge attacks..

It adds up. I'll still have enough though + all my battlewagons are undamaged.

[KenchiSulla]

12-20-march-1942

China

[KenchiSulla]

Bataan

About to fall

Java

Under siege, Quixote moved in troops from India

Pacific

We had a tense few turns. Even though my submarines warned me of the presence of KB I refused to believe he would strike toward Norfolk Island. Right now I don't know why, perhaps I was hoping he didn't want to risk planes against the islands (non existent up till now....) CAP. This blunder cost me the Canberra, Honolulu, 3 DDs and an oiler..

The presence of KB so far south forced me to empty the surrounding ports of Sydney, Auckland and Suva.

For now the situation has stabilised. KB is retreating north to refuel and rearm (out of torpedoes)and perhaps repair system damage (hopefully). The fact that KB burned through its torpedoes makes me wonder. What if the five fleet carriers can strike against a KB without torpedoes...

The landing bonus is nearly gone and with KB now having to rearm and refuel I don't believe he is going to try another landing. My patrol lanes cover the eastern coast all the way towards Midway.

The buildup continues with infantry, base forces, USAAF fighters, heavy bombers, USMC Dive bombers and fighters moving into position... If he keeps KB around at least I'll know where it is..

[KenchiSulla]

Combat reports of action at Norfolk Island

Morning Air attack on TF, near Norfolk Island at 113,170

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 83
B5N1 Kate x 19
B5N2 Kate x 71
D3A1 Val x 60

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 5 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Flusser, Bomb hits 1
CA Canberra, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DD Van Ghent
CL Helena
CL Phoenix, Bomb hits 2, on fire
CL Honolulu, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DD Hughes, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Sims, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Smith
DD Dunlap
DD Fanning

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Norfolk Island at 113,170

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 106 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 39 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 83
B5N1 Kate x 26
B5N2 Kate x 109
D3A1 Val x 95

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 8 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD Flusser, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Kortenaer
DD Sims, Bomb hits 5, and is sunk
DD Smith
DD Hughes, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Fanning, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Van Ghent
CL Honolulu, and is sunk
CL Phoenix, Bomb hits 1
AO Kurumba

These strikes were very heavily escorted. What happened here?

Or Quixote wasn't expecting a counter strike and expecting heavy CAP
Or Quixote has attached one or two light carriers to KB and was running 40% CAP

[KenchiSulla]

21-march-1942

Pacific

Moving reserve Catalina's to Auckland. Going to fly in some Aviation support to Norfolk. Enough to base two squadrons there (one elite P38E squadron).. This should at least bleed air strikes against the Island a bit.

If bombardment forces are seen moving in, I'll redeploy the fighters back to Auckland..

[zuluhour]

In China he will try and cross the rivers on your flanks. The Intel is so bad for the Chinese, it's better to think about it now. Have you considered leaving a small corp or two in his rear? Possibly hidden in the woods to haunt him later. Have you bought out any air assets from the states and transferred them to the far east?

[KenchiSulla]

I have about 1500 AV in the rear.. Sadly

The AVG has left China. Yes I am getting bombed but the threat to India was severe so I pulled them back and China is mostly without air cover (not enough supply or decent airbases left anyway).

So far I moved in three squadrons of P39s, by now converted to P40s and three squadrons of B26 Marauders to the british sector. In total the US now has 150 fighters and 30 bombers in India.. Right now I am prioritising the Pacific (as Quixote is not pushing really hard and I have a lot of british fighters and bombers available..)

[zuluhour]

After the loss of Kienko today (my war) I look through the av left in Chungking with horror. Mostly thoroughly defeated cadres from the spring battles. The av looks impressive but it take a lot of broken corps to achieve it. I'm watching what Quiote does as he is doing it faster than Paul is to me, but roughly the same way.

[KenchiSulla]

Pacific

The attack on Fiji is now underway. Losses so far are 7 AKs (ouch) and an AKV, a bunch of small dutch oilers and two DMs + assorted aircraft.. I'll post more and in more detail while it develops but I wanted to share an e-mail I sent out to Quixote today

Your making very good use of your current superiority. I am learning a lot from the way you are handling the Japanese and I have no doubt you will reach the 4:1 victory point requirement somewhere in 1942. Will be interesting to watch if you can keep it until 1943.


The impact of the mersing gambit is huge. Without it you wouldn't have had the troops available to conquer Colombo and Calcutta so early in the game and you would not have been able to expand as quickly. The allies just don't have the (trained) troops available to defend in the first few months...


The way you handle armour gamewise is fine. They are cheap to buy out (I think the tanks should be more expensive, as the strategic impact in China is huge) and the soviet trigger is based on AV, not on number of tanks.


If your goal is autovictory (it seems to be) I have a suggestion:


- I'll do my very best to prevent it

- If you achieve it - congratulations! But I would still like to continue our game to see the overal impact of the battles of 1942!



What say you?

[KenchiSulla]

The main reason for me to ask that question is the fear of fighting an over-extended empire, hanging on to far out bases trying to reach autovictory roling into 1943.. All credit to Quixote if he makes it but it would be interesting to see what the strategy would mean for the empire in 1943..

I've got a response and I think he understands my motive. He also said it is not 1943 yet - and he is right. Every month I'll get a little bit stronger and while I have suffered casualties the only really critical sector is China.

[KenchiSulla]

Pacific

Battle for the Fiji Islands current situation:





KB Estimated readiness 27-march-1942
20% of sorties expended

420323

Morning Air attack on TF, near Suva at 132,161

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
D3A1 Val x 9

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AM Jan van Amstel, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AM Eland Dubois, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

420324

Night Time Surface Combat, near Suva at 132,160, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Fuso
BB Ise
DD Harusame
DD Nenohi

Allied Ships
AO TAN 2, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
AO TAN 3, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
AO TAN 4, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
AO TAN 5, Shell hits 7, and is sunk
AO TAN 6, Shell hits 7, and is sunk

Night Naval bombardment of Suva at 132,160

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-3A Wildcat: 12 damaged
F4F-3A Wildcat: 3 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 32 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed on ground
SBD-1 Dauntless: 18 damaged
SBD-1 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground
P-400 Airacobra: 33 damaged
P-400 Airacobra: 2 destroyed on ground
PBY-5 Catalina: 21 damaged
PBY-5 Catalina: 2 destroyed on ground
SBD-3 Dauntless: 9 damaged
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Fuso

Allied ground losses:
171 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Airbase hits 25
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 44
Port hits 1

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kabara at 137,161

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 44
B5N2 Kate x 37
D3A1 Val x 34

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
AK Bellatrix, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DM Ramsay, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AK Betelgeuse, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
AKV Hammondsport, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Suva at 133,160

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
B5N2 Kate x 37
D3A1 Val x 17

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
DM Breese, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
AK Procyon, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AK Arcturus, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
AK Algorab, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk

420325

Morning Air attack on Suva , at 132,160

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 103 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 33

Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 3
P-40E Warhawk x 17

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 5 destroyed

Morning Air attack on Suva , at 132,160

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 103 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 21

Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 1
P-40E Warhawk x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 2 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2

Afternoon Air attack on Suva , at 132,160

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 111 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 41 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 13
B5N1 Kate x 16
D3A1 Val x 106

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 23 damaged
D3A1 Val: 4 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
SBD-3 Dauntless: 2 destroyed on ground
P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
SBD-1 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
AD Black Hawk, Bomb hits 1, on fire
ACM Picket, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

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

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 6

Ground combat at Kai-eilanden (81,115)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 292 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 10

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kai-eilanden !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
15th Nav Gd /2

420326

Pre-Invasion action off Nadi (131,160) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

166 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 1
CL Tenryu
CL Abukuma
CL Nagara
DD Tachikaze
DD Hatakaze
DD Kikuzuki
xAK Nissan Maru, Shell hits 5
xAKL Saiho Maru, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Sumanoura Maru

Japanese ground losses:
235 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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

Amphibious Assault at Nadi (131,160)

TF 80 troops unloading over beach at Nadi, 131,160

Japanese ground losses:
141 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Invasion Support action off Nadi (131,160) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

96 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma, Shell hits 2
CL Tenryu
CL Abukuma, Shell hits 1
CL Nagara, Shell hits 1
DD Hatakaze
DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 1
DD Mutsuki
xAK Sumanoura Maru

Pre-Invasion action off Nadi (131,160) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

98 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 6, on fire
DD Hayate
xAKL Konsan Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Shosei Maru
PB Keijo Maru
xAK Kureha Maru #3

Japanese ground losses:
179 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Amphibious Assault at Nadi (131,160)

TF 61 troops unloading over beach at Nadi, 131,160

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

420327

Afternoon Air attack on Suva , at 132,160

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 45 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 56
B5N1 Kate x 19
B5N2 Kate x 113
D3A1 Val x 102

Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 7
F4F-3A Wildcat x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
B5N1 Kate: 1 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 15 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged
P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed, 6 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed on ground
F4F-3A Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
AKE Lillian Luckenbach, Bomb hits 1, on fire

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

Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 21
Port fuel hits 1

Ground combat at Nadi (131,160)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15083 troops, 90 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 514

Defending force 1526 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 46

Japanese adjusted assault: 289

Allied adjusted defense: 27

Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Nadi !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
124 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
846 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 41 disabled
Non Combat: 30 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 46 (26 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
10th Garrison Unit
11th Garrison Unit
65th Brigade
64th Naval Guard Unit
67th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
3rd Marine Defense Battalion
Nandi Base Force

420328

Night Naval bombardment of Suva at 132,160

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 8 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
P-400 Airacobra: 4 damaged
P-400 Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground
F4F-3A Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground
Vincent I: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Fuso

Allied ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 9 (3 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 12

BB Ise firing at Suva
BB Fuso firing at 8th NZ Brigade

Morning Air attack on Suva , at 132,160

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 81 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
G4M1 Betty x 18

Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 8 damaged
P-400 Airacobra: 7 damaged
F4F-3A Wildcat: 4 damaged

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 6

[KenchiSulla]

22-27-march-1942

Bataan

Falls. A couple of divisions are trashed but mostly due to disablements... In about a month most of the units will be battle ready

Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 58180 troops, 762 guns, 271 vehicles, Assault Value = 1974

Defending force 38693 troops, 703 guns, 416 vehicles, Assault Value = 804

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 1339

Allied adjusted defense: 467

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Bataan !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
5193 casualties reported
Squads: 40 destroyed, 360 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 75 disabled
Guns lost 57 (1 destroyed, 56 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
41340 casualties reported
Squads: 1918 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3480 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 164 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 752 (752 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 432 (432 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 37

Assaulting units:
9th Division
16th Division
38th Division
6th Guards Division
21st Division
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
16th Guards Regiment
5th Guards Engineer Regiment
5th Amphibious Brigade
5th Guards Cav Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Army
3rd Mortar Battalion
6th Shipping Engineer Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Army

[Capt. Harlock]

Your making very good use of your current superiority. I am learning a lot from the way you are handling the Japanese and I have no doubt you will reach the 4:1 victory point requirement somewhere in 1942. Will be interesting to watch if you can keep it until 1943.

A valid point, but if Quixote can achieve 4:1 even without having mounted a Pearl Harbor strike, I would say he has a moral victory. IMHO the U.S. would have been willing to accept a cease-fire in early 1943 to deal with the greater threat of Nazi Germany, had there not been the universal outrage over Pearl.