Rumble in the Southwest witpqs-A vs Andav-J 2011-11-29 to 2017-02-08

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Tokyo.

[jwolf]

The fight near Chengtu seems incredible -- how can the Japanese have taken so few casualties?

Regarding supply in China, have you been able to get supply moving up from Singapore? Or by any other method or route?

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ORIGINAL: jwolf

The fight near Chengtu seems incredible -- how can the Japanese have taken so few casualties?

Regarding supply in China, have you been able to get supply moving up from Singapore? Or by any other method or route?

Near Chengtu, last turn the Chinese unit crossed the river and went into this turn with 41% disruption. I'm sure the disruption was the reason for their performance. Under more usual circumstances that kind of disruption would allow the enemy to pummel them, but the trapped unit has no fight left in it. The Chinese unit will just keep attacking and I assume disruption will go down every turn anyway. I forgot to check it this turn.

I have managed to get 76,000 supply to move to a point on Malaya with the SoPac Command HQ, but no more. And worse, not all of that came from Singapore! So I have some shipping starting to chip away at it on cargo runs.

In hindsight, only a big horde with attendant Command HQ would have done it, the same as got the supply there.

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1945 April 23

The Empire captured:


The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:


There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:


Imperial Naval Bombardments


Allied Naval Bombardments:



Our subs are conducting secret activities.

Question answered near Chengtu!

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Ground combat at 72,41 (near Chengtu)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6578 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 218

Defending force 1579 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 151

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 151 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)

Japanese ground losses:
2084 casualties reported
Squads: 101 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 180 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
5th Chinese Cavalry Corps

Defending units:
116th/C Division


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The Indian 8th Division is just leaving Hong Kong for Hankow after upgrading its British infantry squads to '44 standard. A fresh and high quality division, they will participate in the next attack on Imperial positions at Hankow.

China west. We will now send units after the other, larger, zombie pocket. That will take our troops two hexes away from roads.

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China east. The British and French battleships are redeploying nearer to Hangchow in preparation for the next attack, but it is still s number of days away.

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China frontier. Chefoo tomorrow.

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Philippines. Probably in two days we will order the assault at Cabanatuan.

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Home Islands west. All units are now loaded, some convoys are still loading supplies. The Tokara Retto invasion will go in just before the Kochi invasion, mostly just to provide more data for DAW HQ to process.

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Home Islands east. The fleet march continues.

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Tokyo.

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1945 April 24

The Empire captured:


The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:


There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:


Imperial Naval Bombardments


Allied Naval Bombardments:



Our subs are conducting secret activities.

Chefoo.

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Ground combat at Chefoo (98,46)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1128 troops, 3 guns, 194 vehicles, Assault Value = 114

Defending force 3009 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 69

Allied adjusted assault: 74

Japanese adjusted defense: 36

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender:
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
239 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2/4th Armoured Regiment

Defending units:
Ikaiei SNLF
RGCN Weihaiwei Base Force

Supplies are slow to follow out here, so the attack tomorrow might not go as well.

China west.

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China east.

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China frontier.

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Philippines. Attack at Cabanatuan tomorrow.

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Home Islands west. All convoys have finished loading supplies and on the way to Daito Shoto.

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Home Islands east. Additional escorts have met up with the fast carriers. The fleet movement continues.

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Tokyo. The Fires have almost died out.

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1945 April 25

The Empire captured:


The Allies captured:
Ansi is occupied by the Allies
Allied forces CAPTURE Cabanatuan !!!
Allied forces CAPTURE Chefoo !!!

There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:


There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:


Imperial Naval Bombardments


Allied Naval Bombardments:
Allied Ships Bombarding Tokara Retto


Our subs are conducting secret activities.

IJN sortie!

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 109,72

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 28
F6F-5 Hellcat x 15
SBD-5 Dauntless x 11
TBM-3 Avenger x 15

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 3 damaged
TBM-3 Avenger: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Tanigiri
DD Hatakaze

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
15 x TBM-3 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
2 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 109,72

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 23 minutes

Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 28
F6F-5 Hellcat x 15
SBD-5 Dauntless x 10
TBM-3 Avenger x 15

Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 2 damaged
TBM-3 Avenger: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
DD Hatakaze, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Tanigiri, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
15 x TBM-3 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
2 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Hatakaze


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They took a stab at our repositioning fleet, hoping to avoid surface combat ships and find carriers. They found neither. There is also a larger force of PT and E types just east of Torishima.

Chefoo is free.

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Ground combat at Chefoo (98,46)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1128 troops, 3 guns, 194 vehicles, Assault Value = 114

Defending force 2693 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43

Allied adjusted assault: 87

Japanese adjusted defense: 10

Allied assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Chefoo !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1198 casualties reported
Squads: 22 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 37 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 24 (24 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2/4th Armoured Regiment

Defending units:
Ikaiei SNLF
RGCN Weihaiwei Base Force


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The pursuit is on!

Cabanatuan freed makes only 3 enemy bases left on Luzon.

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Ground combat at Cabanatuan (80,76)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 20170 troops, 282 guns, 319 vehicles, Assault Value = 881

Defending force 6858 troops, 8 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 576

Japanese adjusted defense: 23

Allied assault odds: 25 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Cabanatuan !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
3079 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 66 disabled
Engineers: 103 destroyed, 26 disabled
Vehicles lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
186 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Assaulting units:
30th Australian Brigade
81st (West African) Division
2nd Regiment
1st Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
72nd British Brigade
134th Field Artillery Battalion
147th Field Artillery Battalion
Provisional GMC Grp

Defending units:
1st Engineer Regiment
52nd Construction Battalion
55th Construction Battalion
51st Construction Battalion
38th Field Const Co
12th Naval Construction Battalion
17th Naval Construction Battalion


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These zombies should expire very quickly.

China west.

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China east.

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China frontier.