GJ (Allies) - Mr.Kane (Japan) - The allies declare their defeat

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: crsutton

Well, you are at the point where he won't be able to run much supply into Singapore. So it does not matter where you fight him on the peninsula. It is going to burn up his supply.

... or where you aerial bombard/naval bombard on the peninsula, same thing.

[GreyJoy]

August 20, 1944

After 20 days of harsh fightings, the III Indian Corp managed to conquer Singora, thus completely defeating the 29th Jap Army, that has been pushed back from Alor Star all the way to Singora. Now the Peninsula is really cut in two
and we have a small but important sea access on the easter side of Malaya.
The last days of fightings saw a desperate attempt by a strong SAG led by BB Fuso to support the demolished 29th Army. Despite the heavy bombings, the allied troops managed to hold their own and, also supported by 200 medium bombers (lost 35 due to flak in 4 days![X(])
we gave them a very good hit


round combat at Singora (51,72)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 41693 troops, 856 guns, 651 vehicles, Assault Value = 1155

Defending force 47766 troops, 1242 guns, 974 vehicles, Assault Value = 639

Allied adjusted assault: 1042

Japanese adjusted defense: 505

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Singora !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
14811 casualties reported
Squads: 246 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 803 destroyed, 44 disabled
Engineers: 185 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 743 (740 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 854 (854 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 8

Allied ground losses:
354 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 92 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
37th Infantry Division
754th Tank Battalion
25th Indian Division
IV Corps Engineer Battalion
26th Indian Division
III Indian Corps
18th SP Field Artillery Regiment
168th Field Artillery Battalion
88th Medium Regiment
209th Cmbt Engineer Battalion
33rd Medium Regiment
2nd Indian Field Regiment
8th Mahratta AT Gun Regiment

Defending units:
5th Guards Division
10th Exped.Force
2nd Tank Division
Guards Tank Division
2nd Machine Cannon AA Battalion
7th RF Gun Battalion
22nd Fld AA Gun Co
1st Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
11th Mortar Battalion
170th JAAF AF Bn


North of Kotha Baru, our armies are facing another strong Japanese Army

Ground combat at 51,74 (near Kota Bharu)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1773 troops, 116 guns, 88 vehicles, Assault Value = 734

Defending force 43100 troops, 1045 guns, 114 vehicles, Assault Value = 851

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

Assaulting units:
81st (West African) Division
38th Infantry Division
72nd British Brigade
134th (East Ang) Regiment
122nd British AT Gun Regiment
86th Medium Regiment
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
87th Medium Regiment
3rd (Special Force) Division
XXI Indian Corps

Defending units:
29th Division
55th Division
37th Ind.Mixed Brigade
2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
31st Ind.AA Gun Co
45th Ind.AA Gun Co
2nd Medium Mortar Battalion

While the 3 divisions the Japs had at Taiping fell back towards Kuala Lumpur last turn...


Near Palembang we're pretty exposed to enemy's aerial attacks cause we still don't have enough AV support in the area....But I hope to be able to estabilish the air supremacy over Southern Sumatra within the next month.
However Palembang will be a very tough nut to crack... 800 AVs behind 7 forts in swamp terrain?...[8|]



Another big plan is undergoing.... more infos soon....

[Mike McCreery]

Another POW Camp!!!

You need like 300 AV to hold them there. The better to invade the HI with ;]

[Sangeli]

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy
However Palembang will be a very tough nut to crack... 800 AVs behind 7 forts in swamp terrain?...[8|]

Luckily you don't need to crack it because AFAIK in DBB refineries do not produce supply. If you can prevent him from extracting fuel from Palembang which if it has not happened will happen soon, Palembang is worthless to Japan. Other than it's oil and refineries it's pretty strategically insignificant. Because of that I would simply bypass and ignore Palembang.

If I'm wrong about the supply production then taking it down will be tough - in that case I'd probably just destroy the refinery and still bypass it. No sense getting bogged down in 3x terrain of a level 7 fort of a base if you don't have to.

[witpqs]

Depends on the version. In more recent versions they did things with daily supply and/or industry to make up for that at many locations due to unintended consequences.

[crsutton]

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

August 20, 1944

After 20 days of harsh fightings, the III Indian Corp managed to conquer Singora, thus completely defeating the 29th Jap Army, that has been pushed back from Alor Star all the way to Singora. Now the Peninsula is really cut in two
and we have a small but important sea access on the easter side of Malaya.
The last days of fightings saw a desperate attempt by a strong SAG led by BB Fuso to support the demolished 29th Army. Despite the heavy bombings, the allied troops managed to hold their own and, also supported by 200 medium bombers (lost 35 due to flak in 4 days![X(])
we gave them a very good hit


round combat at Singora (51,72)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 41693 troops, 856 guns, 651 vehicles, Assault Value = 1155

Defending force 47766 troops, 1242 guns, 974 vehicles, Assault Value = 639

Allied adjusted assault: 1042

Japanese adjusted defense: 505

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Singora !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
14811 casualties reported
Squads: 246 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 803 destroyed, 44 disabled
Engineers: 185 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 743 (740 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 854 (854 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 8

Allied ground losses:
354 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 92 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
37th Infantry Division
754th Tank Battalion
25th Indian Division
IV Corps Engineer Battalion
26th Indian Division
III Indian Corps
18th SP Field Artillery Regiment
168th Field Artillery Battalion
88th Medium Regiment
209th Cmbt Engineer Battalion
33rd Medium Regiment
2nd Indian Field Regiment
8th Mahratta AT Gun Regiment

Defending units:
5th Guards Division
10th Exped.Force
2nd Tank Division
Guards Tank Division
2nd Machine Cannon AA Battalion
7th RF Gun Battalion
22nd Fld AA Gun Co
1st Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
11th Mortar Battalion
170th JAAF AF Bn


North of Kotha Baru, our armies are facing another strong Japanese Army

Ground combat at 51,74 (near Kota Bharu)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1773 troops, 116 guns, 88 vehicles, Assault Value = 734

Defending force 43100 troops, 1045 guns, 114 vehicles, Assault Value = 851

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

Assaulting units:
81st (West African) Division
38th Infantry Division
72nd British Brigade
134th (East Ang) Regiment
122nd British AT Gun Regiment
86th Medium Regiment
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
87th Medium Regiment
3rd (Special Force) Division
XXI Indian Corps

Defending units:
29th Division
55th Division
37th Ind.Mixed Brigade
2nd Ind.AA Gun Co
31st Ind.AA Gun Co
45th Ind.AA Gun Co
2nd Medium Mortar Battalion

While the 3 divisions the Japs had at Taiping fell back towards Kuala Lumpur last turn...


Near Palembang we're pretty exposed to enemy's aerial attacks cause we still don't have enough AV support in the area....But I hope to be able to estabilish the air supremacy over Southern Sumatra within the next month.
However Palembang will be a very tough nut to crack... 800 AVs behind 7 forts in swamp terrain?...[8|]



Another big plan is undergoing.... more infos soon....

GJ why bother? Just bomb the oil. Palembang serves no real strategic value. In fact, once you are established on the Malay peninsula there is no real need for anything but a few bases in Java. Singapore is the big objective because of it's valuable shipyard. Java never really played into my plans and I just let it rot. I did not even bother with Indonesia save to bomb the oil. Singapore opens the potential to drive East. Indochina is a trap for Japanese forces and you can easily move up the coast of China towards Formosa.

[GreyJoy]

There's a peculiarity in this game that, probably, I wasn't able to describe or explain much: we do not have any air superiority anywhere, not even over our own bases.
We've been able to conquer that part of Malaya with gamble. Para-drops and fast transports. But my TFs aren't safe anywhere. Not even at Sebang, where I have 1700 Aviation support and 300 fighters... Hordes of KI-84r come sweeping at 38,830 feet whenever I try to raise my CAP and everything get slaughtered.
The 4Es cannot bomb anything which is protected.
Singapore has 600 3rd generation fighters and more than 1300 of them are based between Kotha Baru and Jahore Baru and SInga.
I tried. God knows I tried to bomb Singapore or Kotha Baru. 250 P-47s on sweep at 42,000, followed by 90 B-29s and some 200 Liberators "J". Fun, right?
No. For 5 days I've tried that.
For five days I got slaughtered.
More than 80 planes shot down by flak (flying between 15 and 20k), 200 bombers lost in A2A. P-47s often shown up after the bombers (despite taking off from the same "super" base of Sebang). 200 Hellcats lost on escort...and, above all, Singa was always operative. Damages were minimal.

Then I tried the combo: Naval bombing + 4Es... same results. Several ships sunk due to mines or CD guns. The AF never closed...and the following morning my 4Es got slaughtered again.

So, the problem is... Palembang is the only possible port on the other side of Sumatra. If I don't get it, I cannot bypass Singapore. Having reached the sea at Singora and Pantani worths nothing because my ships can't get there. We can't bypass Singa and we can't reach Palembang by sea.

He can keep on sending convoys full of supplies to Singa. I simply cannot avoid it. My subs are sunk constantly or rendered useless. I even tried fast DD raids...but I can't pass Singapore... if I don't get sunk by mines+CD guns (already lost a complete TF composed of 3 CL+8DDs in that way), I got sunk by his dive bombers the very next morning.

If I could get Palembang then i'll have a port south of Singapore and I could start to move eastwards... Untill that moment, the door to the east is blocked

[Lokasenna]

ORIGINAL: GreyJoy

There's a peculiarity in this game that, probably, I wasn't able to describe or explain much: we do not have any air superiority anywhere, not even over our own bases.
We've been able to conquer that part of Malaya with gamble. Para-drops and fast transports. But my TFs aren't safe anywhere. Not even at Sebang, where I have 1700 Aviation support and 300 fighters... Hordes of KI-84r come sweeping at 38,830 feet whenever I try to raise my CAP and everything get slaughtered.
The 4Es cannot bomb anything which is protected.
Singapore has 600 3rd generation fighters and more than 1300 of them are based between Kotha Baru and Jahore Baru and SInga.
I tried. God knows I tried to bomb Singapore or Kotha Baru. 250 P-47s on sweep at 42,000, followed by 90 B-29s and some 200 Liberators "J". Fun, right?
No. For 5 days I've tried that.
For five days I got slaughtered.
More than 80 planes shot down by flak (flying between 15 and 20k), 200 bombers lost in A2A. P-47s often shown up after the bombers (despite taking off from the same "super" base of Sebang). 200 Hellcats lost on escort...and, above all, Singa was always operative. Damages were minimal.

Then I tried the combo: Naval bombing + 4Es... same results. Several ships sunk due to mines or CD guns. The AF never closed...and the following morning my 4Es got slaughtered again.

So, the problem is... Palembang is the only possible port on the other side of Sumatra. If I don't get it, I cannot bypass Singapore. Having reached the sea at Singora and Pantani worths nothing because my ships can't get there. We can't bypass Singa and we can't reach Palembang by sea.

He can keep on sending convoys full of supplies to Singa. I simply cannot avoid it. My subs are sunk constantly or rendered useless. I even tried fast DD raids...but I can't pass Singapore... if I don't get sunk by mines+CD guns (already lost a complete TF composed of 3 CL+8DDs in that way), I got sunk by his dive bombers the very next morning.

If I could get Palembang then i'll have a port south of Singapore and I could start to move eastwards... Untill that moment, the door to the east is blocked

I just want to say that it's refreshing to read about these kinds of results from an Allied dog (even if you have played Japan in other games, you're an Allied dog in this one!) without a defeatist tone. It sounds like you're drawing up a new plan.

If I were in your position, I'd probably thrust at Balikpapan while maintaining enough forces in Malaya to try again there if he moves things east for defense. It sounds like he has so much stuff at Singapore that he might be a bit thing elsewhere.

[CaptBeefheart]

Boy, with seemingly everything Japanese tied up in that theater (AAA, LCUs, av support, fighters, etc.), I wonder how a NorPac or CenPac thrust would work. Of course, you can't just switch your axis of advance on a dime.

Cheers,
CC

[GreyJoy]

Been to a party.... The theme was: james bonds and bod girls.... I was miss Money Penny [:D]

[GreyJoy]

[&o]

[zuluhour]

? who

[X(][:D][:D][:D]

I was going say something like that woman looks like a brute......but I refrained, thinking it was some body's mom.[:D][:D][:D][X(]

[witpqs]

Good God! I need some real Bond Girls as eyewash! [:D]

[obvert]

Can you at least show us a pic of Valentina as Bond to cleanse our sight? [X(][:D][:D]

You look pretty serious about that lipstick, Nic! [:-]

[GreyJoy]

ORIGINAL: obvert

Can you at least show us a pic of Valentina as Bond to cleanse our sight? [X(][:D][:D]

You look pretty serious about that lipstick, Nic! [:-]

Lol:-)

Here we are...however i was, obviously, the coolest girl of the party![:D]

[obvert]

Ha! Always so modest! [:D]

[GreyJoy]

Ok guys, think I owe you an update...

The game reached December 2, 1944.

So since august, 4 more months have passed.

The situation:

The allies landed in the Mollucces (Makassar and such) with an Australian Army (2 IDs and several tanks and infantry Bdes). The place was easily conquered...defended by the 42th IJA ID, destroyed in the process.
Then we landed at Koggala (near Kendari) with an USMC Div... but the KB showed up and sunk several CVEs, along with an old battlewagon. The Marines were then stopped at Kendari, where a full division, behind forts, managed to hold well...

Then it started a long defensive phase of the war. The Japs fielded several hundreds of KI-83s and KI-48r that started to sweep the skies over Makassar. I thought I could face them with F6F-5s, P47Ds and P-51Ds... WRONG!
Those bastards always arrive en masse from Sosarbaja and Balikapan and I'm suffering 1-2 loss ratio at best... my pools are getting dry and I'm unable to defend my skies.
At the same time my B29s can't touch their starting bases, defended by several hundreds fighters on CAP (N2K5s, KI-100IIs and KI-84rs) and heavy DBB flak... losses have been brutal and I had to stop the process without achieving much.

In Malaya we managed to advance up until Kotha Baru after Singora. Long months of fightings and we finally dislodged the 2 IDs that were defending the wooden hex NW of Kotha Baru... just to find out that we couldn't do anything more.
Once we reached the base with an army of 89,000 men, we've found 7 forts, several artillery regiments (both AA and Field ones), and 3 Divisions... 800 fighters on CAP prevented any attempt to bomb the base.
The first Artillery bombardment costed me 7 (SEVEN) US Arty Units (the precious ones with 155mm long barrelled guns)....completely destroyed in a single run...[X(]
The only good note on the Malayan campaign is that we managed to advance to Kualalumpur, conquering it and completely dividing Kotha Baru from Singapore... but both are kept supplies by sea by the Japs... my subs are not able to do much and he has the total dominion of the air space.
My bases in Malaya can't really be defend by air... any CAP I put there, no matter which plane, which altitude set, is swept away by his sweeps. Only the allied flak prevents the Japs from turning my bases into dust.
Bankoleng, Sebang etc are all constantly swept by his KI-83s... really the best plane around.

In Sumatra we managed to conquer Djambi, now leaving only Palembang as the only base in Japanese hands... a base which is now completely isolated (I think not a single convoy has reached or left Palembang in the last 5 months)... but impossible to conquer.
I've been bombing it with 100/150 4Es every day since July 1944...and flak remains powefull... those 7 forts are really a blessing in keeping supplies!

we've now landed at Merak... last turn... December 1st 1944... I need to have a port on the other side of the strait in order to start penetrating towards Borneo and, at the same time, isolating Java once for good.

However I'm late. Mr.Kane managed to really put a great defence, using at best stacking limits, 2nd altitude mnvr HR, DBB flak and forts. Once he decides to defend a base there's no way I can conquer it.
Kotha Baru is a good example: despite being in a clear hex, forts, AA, heavy jap artillery and superior fighters prevent the allies any chance. The only way to get there is to use naval bombardments...but if you cannot reach the base by sea, you better forget it.

Intel says Luzon is being built a lot. Not less than 8 divisions are reported there now... his second line of defence seems really great...and I'm still far away from there

KB remains formidable and intact.

Japan has superior planes...think we'll soon see the KI-94....[X(]

The oil embargo doesn't seem to hurt his ability to outproduce me...and supplies never seem a problem for him.

In Burma we're stuck at Toungoo with no hope of any further advance. In China the front is stabilized, but I cannot do anything to advance.

All in all, Japan is winning this match easily... Mr.Kane is really teaching me a good lesson[&o]

[obvert]

What a tough game! You'll get there though.

The oil is the key. Keep hammering. Also, he can't have 3-4 divisions everywhere, and supply everywhere. You'll find the weak spots up North I'm sure.

Japan likely has 4-6 months reserve without oil flowing in once it's stopped. Stop it at any cost. [;)]

[JocMeister]

Revert back to 1942 tactics in the air. Its the only option I think...

Where are all your LCUs? 8 IDs on Luzon shouldn´t be that much of an obstacle and 3 Japanese divisions should only be a speed bump by now regardless of forts? Are you holding 20 IDs back for Hokkaido? [:D]

[GreyJoy]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

Revert back to 1942 tactics in the air. Its the only option I think...

Where are all your LCUs? 8 IDs on Luzon shouldn´t be that much of an obstacle and 3 Japanese divisions should only be a speed bump by now regardless of forts? Are you holding 20 IDs back for Hokkaido? [:D]

Joc, with all due respect, I think you've played too much without SLs... in a SL game, if the japs are kept supplied and cannot be bombed by sea, it' impossible to dislodge them from a well defended base.
Attacking in an overstacked condition, means incredible losses and very little effect. I've tried, mind you, but results were so horrible I had to move back my overstacking units and resume the understacking attacks... which means that, against heavy forts and flak, with CAP present, it's not a possible and credible task.
Even the Marines fail to accomplish that job against a well entrenched jap division.

Obvert is right: I have to look for other places... the problem is that Mr.Kane is very wise in chosing where to defend... and all the key bases are not conquerable at the moment.

However I do see some lights...

On Dec 03, 44, the landings at Merak went unopposed against the 43rd ID... sub laid mines (more than 150 in a single turn!) costed me 4 DDs... but naval bombings went fine...

At the same time a Japanese BBTF moved from Northern Borneo... in order to attack my landings...
A brave DD TF was dispatched to cover those advancing sealanes and slowed it down...
During the afternoon my unseen CVs arrived west of Merak and attacke the basterds near Kalidati....

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Ketapang at 55,92, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato, Shell hits 3
BB Fuso, Shell hits 4
DD Kagero, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Hatsukaze
DD Hayashio
DD Maikaze
DD Shiranui
DD Urakaze
DD Hamakaze
DD Hagikaze
DD Tachekaze

Allied Ships
DD Sterett, Shell hits 1
DD Paladin, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
DD Petard, Shell hits 8, on fire
DD Rapid, Shell hits 17, and is sunk

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sampit at 55,97

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1A Corsair x 24
F6F-3 Hellcat x 48
SB2C-3 Helldiver x 29

Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
xAP Kongo Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Syoan Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK London Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Saipan Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Syohei Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Tango Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Kitano Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
xAP Teiritsu Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires


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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kalidjati at 52,99

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 53
F6F-5 Hellcat x 48
SB2C-3 Helldiver x 26
TBM-1C Avenger x 17
TBM-3 Avenger x 17

Allied aircraft losses
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 5 damaged
SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 destroyed by flak
TBM-1C Avenger: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 1
DD Hayashio
BB Fuso, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
DD Hagikaze

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
17 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
17 x TBM-3 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
9 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
12 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kalidjati at 52,99

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 29 minutes

Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 115
SBD-5 Dauntless x 58
TBM-1C Avenger x 17

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 16 damaged
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak
TBM-1C Avenger: 1 damaged
TBM-1C Avenger: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
DD Hagikaze, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
BB Nagato, Bomb hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires
BB Fuso, Bomb hits 9, on fire, heavy damage
DD Tachekaze
DD Hayashio, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Kagero


Then the Merak espeditionary force did a great job conquering easily the base. Now the strait is ours and our fleet can move towards Borneo... and Batavia is in sight


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Ground combat at Merak (48,97)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 48374 troops, 841 guns, 1018 vehicles, Assault Value = 1626

Defending force 18121 troops, 366 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 506

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 2058

Japanese adjusted defense: 40

Allied assault odds: 51 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Merak !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), op mode(-), disruption(-), preparation(-)
fatigue(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
7174 casualties reported
Squads: 129 destroyed, 173 disabled
Non Combat: 79 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 41 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 230 (204 destroyed, 26 disabled)
Vehicles lost 29 (29 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
1389 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 81 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 42 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Vehicles lost 65 (4 destroyed, 61 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
767th Tank Battalion
11th NZ Brigade
193rd Tank Battalion
158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
2nd NZ Brigade
Provisionl Tank Brigade
15th NZ Brigade
77th Infantry Division
3rd Australian Division
1st NZ Brigade
708th Amphib Tank Battalion
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn
715th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion
4th Pioneer Battalion
4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
3rd RNZAF Base Force
14th Marine Defense Battalion
1 Group RNZAF
1/542nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion
1st KNIL AA Battalion
V Amphib Corps
8th Port Maint Engineer Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
XI US Corps
82nd Mortar Battalion
5th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion
1st Pioneer Battalion
5th RNZAF Base Force
1st Medium Regiment
147th Field Artillery Battalion
602nd Field Artillery Battalion
601st Field Artillery Battalion
85th British AT Gun Regiment

Defending units:
4th Engineer Co
43rd Division
Det. 3rd Special Base Force