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DEI: [/font] On the day the Japanese lose around 74 airframes on the ground. It may not seem like a big deal considering Japanese production capabilities in game, but they haven't yet ramped up and A6M2 pools are not huge to start. I think production numbers are around 56/month to start. So this could be almost a month's production with a bunch more on the ground to take as we want over the next few turns.
Balikpapan will not recover quickly. Not only did the base take a huge hit but ground troops were decimated by the big guns. Accumulated hits listed below:
Airbase hits 35
Runway hits 86
Port hits 1
Troops took a pounding and airframe servicing will not be functioning at a high level for weeks, I'd guess. Here are the totals destroyed with many more disabled over the three bombardments:
Squads: 4 destroyed
Non Combat: 57 destroyed
Engineers: 3 destroyed
Guns lost 38 destroyed
Samarinda suffered much more to it's port, and even had an oil hit (taking three points off) from bombardment by three USN CAs during the day. I think only his regiment is in base though so it may be out of commission even longer than Balikpapan, and those planes on the ground will be targeted heavily in coming turns:
Oil hits 1
Airbase hits 21
Runway hits 42
Port hits 14
Now will be the real test. Can the RN big boys escape the wrath of the IJN? Will the USN CAs make it out? How will the Brooklyns do against IJN CAs rushing from port?
Another bombardment at Batavia. He hit some industry this time again. This is good for the Allies as the more he wipes out there the less he'll be able to use when he gets the base.
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SUBS: [/font] Dutch subs converge on Balikpapan are in anticipation of major action next turn.
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PACIFIC: [/font] Still chasing the KB which is still near Rabaul.
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CHINA: [/font] Japanese troops at Amkang managed to hold at a 1:1, but the Chinese will shock tomorrow.
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 31, 41
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Night Naval bombardment of Batavia at 49,98
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 5 damaged
139WH-3: 4 damaged
B-339D: 5 damaged
B-339D: 1 destroyed on ground
Japanese Ships
CA Maya
Allied ground losses:
283 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Light Industry hits 1
Manpower hits 1
Fires 348
Airbase hits 7
Runway hits 6
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1
F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for CA Maya
CA Maya firing at Batavia
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Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Ki-27b Nate x 16
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 19
Ki-51 Sonia x 10
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
ARD YFD-1 Dewey, Bomb hits 4, on fire
YO-42, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
Port hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
13 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 10000 feet *
Port Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb
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Ground combat at Ankang (82,42)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 11050 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 350
Defending force 1305 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 51
Allied adjusted assault: 221
Japanese adjusted defense: 112
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
117 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 16 (2 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
55th Chinese Corps
77th Chinese Corps
Defending units:
1st Raiding Regiment
16th Field AA Machinecannon Company
54th JAAF AF Bn /1
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[font="Trebuchet MS"]Lots of planes in flames on the ground! This also could have hit some aces in their bunks. Many times I lose pilots in a bombardment, so hopefully a few of the good ones were lost there for him. [/font]
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
