ORIGINAL: Lowpe
In relatively good shape...those guys can really dig with their shovels! They must have blundered into abandoned defensive structures? Don't think I ever saw that before.
Woah, this is really something О_о
I've never seen anything like that either. Need to find that way to get insta-forts
ORIGINAL: Lowpe
instead an Allied shock attack attack on the beach head!
Why, aargh?! Shooting themselves in the foot...
He knows well enough what is landing. Why batter yourself on the incoming mass of troops
ORIGINAL: Lowpe
instead an Allied shock attack attack on the beach head!
Why, aargh?! Shooting themselves in the foot...
He knows well enough what is landing. Why batter yourself on the incoming mass of troops
Wargamr has been pretty consistent in instantly attacking beach heads, so I pare the invasion down to invite it.
55th Division is loading at Attu and will comprise a fair amount of the 2nd wave in a day or two or three.
Yamato will arrive close to Adak this next turn, beefing up my forces significantly. She will prowl once more, looking to react/attack surging Allied naval forces.
Always interesting.
I wonder if the 100% Prep had anything to do with the fast forts.
Good luck with the second wave.
The Commander's job is to orchestrate and direct the three major dimensions of combat - space, time and force. Shattered Sword, the Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
A small supply convoy arrives, with a last minute addition of troops on board a slow merchantman, and the supplies are unloaded, but the troops gets punished...I wonder if it is both troops on the beach or just on the merchantman (as there are nowhere near that number on the merchant)?
Losses in that situation would mostly be while unloading over the beach, but some could be from fires on ships hit previously too.
No matter how bad a situation is, you can always make it worse. - Chris Hadfield : An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth
CA Kinugasa firing at 25th Infantry Division
CA Aoba firing at 2nd Marine Defense Battalion
2nd Marine Defense Battalion firing at CA Aoba
CA Nachi firing at 25th Infantry Division
CA Chokai firing at 25th Infantry Division
CL Agano firing at 25th Infantry Division
DD Asashio firing at 25th Infantry Division
DD Amagiri firing to suppress enemy battery at 6,000 yards
CA Kinugasa firing to suppress enemy battery at 6,000 yards
PB Taian Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Shotoku Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Shosei Maru fired at enemy troops
PB Chiyo Maru #4 fired at enemy troops
DD Asashio fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards
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Amphibious Assault at Adak Island (162,52)
TF 52 troops unloading over beach at Adak Island, 162,52
Japanese ground losses:
718 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 89 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 16 (0 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost in surf during unload of 55th Div /7
17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 55th Div /19
17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad accidentally lost during unload of 55th Div /25
17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost overboard during unload of 55th Div /28
17 troops of a IJA Inf Squad lost overboard during unload of 55th Div /37
15 Support troops accidentally lost during unload of 55th Div /39
ORIGINAL: Lowpe
instead an Allied shock attack attack on the beach head!
Why, aargh?! Shooting themselves in the foot...
He knows well enough what is landing. Why batter yourself on the incoming mass of troops
Wargamr has been pretty consistent in instantly attacking beach heads, so I pare the invasion down to invite it.
55th Division is loading at Attu and will comprise a fair amount of the 2nd wave in a day or two or three.
Yamato will arrive close to Adak this next turn, beefing up my forces significantly. She will prowl once more, looking to react/attack surging Allied naval forces.
Agreed, surprising to see the shock attack … his troops weren't in condition to do so, and it really helped you.
Might not invade here...just bombard, pull back set up better search. Depends what I can determine the defenders are. No rush.
]I think Cocos has too much potential as a long range recon base that you'd be better off taking it. Just isolate it, guard against resupply, then crush it.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
Might not invade here...just bombard, pull back set up better search. Depends what I can determine the defenders are. No rush.
]I think Cocos has too much potential as a long range recon base that you'd be better off taking it. Just isolate it, guard against resupply, then crush it.
My invasion force is currently not prepped well, so I am going to pull back let it develop some more prep, and start reducing the island.
With the VP margin where it is at currently, I don't want to accidentally gift the Allies VP.
Game is going very slowly recently due to real life on both sides...
VP ratio is 3.892 to 1.
Paoshan is taken, Allies seem to be evacuating Umnak, Dutch Harbor and points east in the north pacific. Invasion fleets are underway, some fast transport, some regular, and some paratroop landings scheduled to take place over the next few days.
The end is very close unless the Allies pull off a surprise counter attack and I really blunder.
Not sure if the Allies have written this one off or are setting the stage for a kitchen sink counter attack in the north.
