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1st of May -42 [/font]
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At least some things are starting to go my way! Good news above the skies in OZ.
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China
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As predicted Tom shock attacks into Kienko without much problems. He will break through here tomorrow.
Ground combat at Kienko (78,41)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 40781 troops, 699 guns, 635 vehicles, Assault Value = 939
Defending force 48583 troops, 216 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1229
Japanese adjusted assault: 512
Allied adjusted defense: 347 [8|]
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
2361 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 200 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Allied ground losses:
4272 casualties reported
Squads: 96 destroyed, 145 disabled
Non Combat: 61 destroyed, 66 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Things in the woods are not looking better...
Ground combat at 81,42 (near Ankang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 38134 troops, 830 guns, 569 vehicles, Assault Value = 782
Defending force 49005 troops, 233 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 678
Japanese adjusted assault: 642
Allied adjusted defense: 919
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
250 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 12 (3 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
3562 casualties reported
Squads: 249 destroyed, 54 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 16 (11 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Ground combat at 81,42 (near Ankang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 6474 troops, 505 guns, 407 vehicles, Assault Value = 766
Defending force 50937 troops, 248 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 781
Allied ground losses:
2555 casualties reported [X(]
Squads: 125 destroyed, [X(] 14 disabled
Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 13 (9 destroyed, 4 disabled)
These are just a fraction of all the attacks in China right now. Its just painful to watch. Supply at all Japanese bases including Chungking is now 0. (Actually 20 in Chunking).
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OZ
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Some better news here as I manage to ambush Tom with a big CAP over Sydney. Manage to outsmart him for once. I moved the fighters in to LRCAP Newcastle which had been visited the previous day. This failed as Tom shifted target. But I knew Tom wouldn´t miss the fighters so I took a chance and stood them down. This worked well as 150 Zeroes strato swept the following day. I then put the CAP back up and sure enough the bombers came in the following day. [:)]
Morning Air attack on Sydney , at 90,167
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 132
G3M2 Nell x 35
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 11
Kittyhawk IA x 11
P-39D Airacobra x 122
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
G3M2 Nell: 14 destroyed, 1 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
In the replay two more strikes came in getting chewed up. Sadly this was just sync bug...still 22 Nells and 15 Zeroes for 7 own losses.
Two days later Tom was back at Newcastle. Unfortunately for Tom I had just snuck in some US Heavy AA into OZ... [:'(]
Morning Air attack on Newcastle , at 92,166
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 69
G3M2 Nell x 36
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 11 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 6 destroyed by flak
Resources hits 18
Morning Air attack on Newcastle , at 92,166
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 56 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 45
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 18 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 3 destroyed by flak
Resources hits 11
Morning Air attack on Newcastle , at 92,166
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 36
Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 10 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 3 destroyed by flak
Resources hits 13
33 Nells are shot down. Nice. [:)]
Tom has now lost about 300 Nells/Betties over OZ. Sadly this is dwarfed by the 5000 Strat points he has taken.
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KB
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Once I got NavS up over Noumea again Tom started plastering everything in sight while scurrying out with the KB. Got conformation that they are returning via SIGINT this turn. Very rare! [:)]
a Shokaku class CV is moving to Noumea (115,160).
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OP. Something Something
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Tom should spot me tomorrow. I hope I´ll catch him a bit off guard!
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