Moderators: wdolson, MOD_War-in-the-Pacific-Admirals-Edition
Just remember, the Allies always move faster than Japan.
ORIGINAL: Spidery
a question of relative fatigue and the possibility of air strikes fatiguing and slowing down movement? Also, they always seem to move first when it is a race to get through a hexside.
TF 437 encounters mine field at Rabaul (106,125) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
57 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
YMS-113, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
YMS-120
YMS-119, Shell hits 3, heavy fires
YMS-99, Shell hits 2, on fire
YMS-97, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
YMS-95, Shell hits 1, on fire
YMS-94, Shell hits 1, on fire
YMS-86, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
YMS-85
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Allied Ships
CA Vincennes, Shell hits 7
CA Quincy, Shell hits 1
CA Astoria
CA Indianapolis
APA Doyen
DE Lawrence
Japanese ground losses:
256 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 36 (3 destroyed, 33 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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TF 430 troops unloading over beach at Wake Island, 136,98
Allied ground losses:
1060 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 189 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 90 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 50 (1 destroyed, 49 disabled)
Vehicles lost 40 (1 destroyed, 39 disabled)
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Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 9415 troops, 206 guns, 123 vehicles, Assault Value = 274
Defending force 4995 troops, 53 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 132
Allied adjusted assault: 5
Japanese adjusted defense: 76
Allied assault odds: 1 to 15 (fort level 4)
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)
Japanese ground losses:
272 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1357 casualties reported
Squads: 114 destroyed, 99 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 42 (18 destroyed, 24 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (4 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Assaulting units:
3rd Marine Div /7
Defending units:
113th Infantry Regiment
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
85th JAAF AF Bn
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Japan Allies
Total: +491 +1336
Base: -169 +487
Air: +345 +400
Land: +289 +331
Sea: +26 +118
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Oil: -35,012
Fuel: +54,112
Supply: +142,468
HI: +114,163
Veh: +3,591
Arms: +5,411
