November 3rd 1942
Air Losses: 13 Japanese, 7 Allied, 3 Pilots
Japanese occupy: Tsuyung
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:
Pacific
Lightnings sweep Rabaul, 9 Ki-43-IIb and 4 Ki-44-IIa lost to 3 P-38E (not even the best model!). Rabaul CAP was reduced because some fighters were covering the transit of 3 BB through the Torres Strait. They are now available to defend the South Pacific.
Burma
Quiet
China
Tsuyung falls[8D]:
Ground combat at Tsuyung (68,46)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 18233 troops, 379 guns, 467 vehicles, Assault Value = 915
Defending force 13329 troops, 121 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 135
Japanese adjusted assault: 405
Allied adjusted defense: 199
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Tsuyung !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
168 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
6220 casualties reported
Squads: 65 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 429 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 34 (34 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Units destroyed 1
Now have to push down the minor road, hope the road blocks aren't too bad. Unfortunately, probably see some enemy air action.
At Chungking now have a raw 2::1 AV value. Could attack now but 4 divisions are approaching and will arrive in three days:
Ground combat at Chungking (76,45)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 9435 troops, 664 guns, 615 vehicles, Assault Value = 3791
Defending force 174150 troops, 579 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1883
Allied ground losses:
634 casualties reported
Squads: 87 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Try an attack by the tanks in the mountains:
Ground combat at 70,45 (near Kunming)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 12403 troops, 226 guns, 837 vehicles, Assault Value = 569
Defending force 13929 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 433
Japanese adjusted assault: 502
Allied adjusted defense: 1228
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker: leaders(+), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
752 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Vehicles lost 43 (1 destroyed, 42 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
472 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 50 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Why isn't that a 1::3 result? Won't take too long to recover but having some supply problems. Niekiang and Chungking are becoming big supply soaks and 40,000 supply is sitting on the docks at Hankow.
In the mountains near Chengtu a single infantry group needs to hold for 2 days against the out of supply Chinese to hold the encirclement.
Australia
The fast transport goes off without fault but fails to deliver supply to the AA unit[:(] (wish I had been doing this earlier). The Allied bombing is horrendous as a result[:@]. Will try again. Also moving some of the Kiso PB to try that.
Engineering
Lots of Allied expansions, Tassafaronga, Fenton, Chittagong port, etc.
R&D
Quiet
Other
Two turns in a row have failed to get fuel to run the HI at Kunming. Can't see anything I can do to encourage this. There is a 96 point supply route from Magwe so might be able to get some from there.
Zuihaku and Hiryu are both now at Singapore under repair. Hiryu has 13 days to complete repair and refit. Zuihaku has 89 days to fix in the shipyard but I am expanding the yard by 2 points so I can set it on High priority and trim some days from that.
