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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
We could start a thread on "the war room" for people to rant about things that really frost them at times. [:@] [:)]
ORIGINAL: SqzMyLemon
Sept. 15/42:
Excellent progress today. The IJA 2nd Tank Rgt. at Tezpur is wiped out from bombing with 86 vehicles destroyed. IJA 4th Tank Rgt. quickly follows by being destroyed near Rangpur. Then comes the debacle. With 2nd Tank Rgt. destroyed, the ground attack orders for 308th BG's B-24's changes from it as a target, to 'Commander Decision' and wait for it...targets Calcutta instead. Ten bombers are lost on the day.
ORIGINAL: tiemanj
Could it simply be a trip wire, or a scout base to prevent (or provide early warning) for a Mr Kane like invasion of Java? The NW corner of Oz really has no value except as a scout / tripwire.
ORIGINAL: SqzMyLemon
Sept. 17/42:
Not much to report other than an update on Tezpur and a number of air actions today.
India:
Two American divisions arrive at Tezpur. They are joined by some armour, engineer, anti-aircraft and aviation support units. The move towards Dimapur has begun. One note of caution. Despite a modest supply request for Tezpur, after the second day of Allied control the base only has 20 supply. Moving forward, I may start to encounter the supply crunch BBfanboy warned about earlier. I'll follow the supply issue closely over the next few days.
Japanese bombers targeted Commonwealth forces in the woods southwest of Tezpur. The first and largest raid consisted of 109 bombers, but Allied CAP was unable to interdict this attack. A second raid of 17 Sally's was interdicted, thanks to a post-air attack phase, and 14 bombers were recorded as lost today. These raids were unescorted and there were no Allied fighter losses. Ground units losses were light.
Australia:
The two Japanese NGU's at Exmouth are starting to really catch it from Allied bombing attacks. Over 500 casualties were recorded today and the airbase was also hit by B-17's. Airbase damage is shown at 19%.
Two Jakes were indicated as ground losses today and I heard sinking sounds during the replay. I hope this means the CA Nachi hit the other day at Exmouth sank. That would make it five Japanese CA's lost so far. [8D]
Thoughts:
I'm assembling the shipping required for the Exmouth amphibious operation and will begin to load up the troops in a few days. I have zero prep, but I hope the bombing attacks will offset the lack of planning. In India, I'm massively sweeping the hex where IJA 4th Tank Rgt. is located. I will follow up with a small force of B-25 Mitchell's to hit the armour. I expect to find Japanese CAP, but hope the numbers of Allied fighters will simply swamp the defence.
I was able to free up 10 valuable P-38E's from a restricted squadron in the U.S. I should have enough replacements to keep my lone un-restricted squadron in India topped up for some time, barring a rough day of air losses.
ORIGINAL: JocMeister
Don´t land with low prepp. You will ruin your troops and most of them (like 95-100%) will land disabled and with massive disruption.
ORIGINAL: SqzMyLemon
ORIGINAL: JocMeister
Don´t land with low prepp. You will ruin your troops and most of them (like 95-100%) will land disabled and with massive disruption.
Hi Jocke. I don't think I have a choice here. I don't have anything prepped for Exmouth and I can't wait a month or more to launch this operation. I'm prepared for the worst, but think I may be able to make the defenders combat ineffective before I even land. I'm using one of the U.S. (SEP) Infantry Regiments that eventually withdraws, so if it gets trashed it won't be a huge loss in the grand scheme of things.
On another note, if the landing doesn't go well and it encourages Andre to send naval assets in support of the base, I may have an opportunity to spring a trap.
ORIGINAL: SqzMyLemon
So far, just the two Naval Guard Units are present.
I'll just be using CA's and DD's to bombard, as I don't want to tip my hand that I have four old BB's in Australia yet. The continuous bombing missions should have as much of an impact as any battleship bombardment would.
The reason I want to retake Exmouth so quickly, is to mask my main objective of landing at Broome. The last thing I need is a Japanese outpost at Exmouth that could detect my main amphibious TF's forming up at Perth.
I should be able to land within a week.
ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
Just catching up on reading. Looks to me like those NGUs were just landed to bait your carriers into the area for a lurking KB or MKB. As you say, there is no sincere attempt to take territory or build a solid base for long term use.
