Spanking Lowpe (NJP72 vs Lowpe (A))

[Lowpe]

I can live with this...

[Lowpe]

Those tanks are heading south again?[&:] Thoroughly confused I am.

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy


I avoid that direct line to PH like the plague ...

I was thinking the same thing last turn, that I should divert north for a bit and swing around....just didn't act on it.[:(]

[Lowpe]

The Jaffna rescue:

12 x DC-2 transporting 100th Indian Brigade from Jaffna
7 x PBY-5 Catalina transporting 100th Indian Brigade from Jaffna
9 x L-18 Lodestar transporting 100th Indian Brigade from Jaffna
2 x Catalina I transporting Lark Battalion from 105,127
5 x DC-2 transporting 100th Indian Brigade from Jaffna
6 x Catalina I transporting 100th Indian Brigade from Jaffna
3 x Catalina I transporting 100th Indian Brigade from Jaffna
9 x C-47 Skytrain transporting 100th Indian Brigade from Jaffna

Just recently got two more C47 squadrons, one just left Aden, the other is unloaded at Karachi.

[Lowpe]

Holding strong hopefully at Rockhampton, moonlight 11%, 9 PT boats are going to prowl the harbor, while at Bundaberg (now totally surrounded), 4CL and 3 DD will bombard hoping to catch enemy fighters on the ground while F4Fs will sweep in the morning.

Should be exciting.

Doubled up the recon at Rockhampton to help the ground troops.

50+ Grant/Lees in the pools, can be sent to Australian tank forces in May.

[RangerJoe]

It looks like a lot of those armoured units at Rockhampton need some help but they could do some attacking - especially if the enemy is surrounded.

[Lowpe]

April 13, 1942

Combined actions on Bundaberg, PT boat ruins the aim of the crusier bombardment task force at Rockhampton, but we lose two. At least a few torpedoes were launched.

F4F sweeps go in a bit disjointed, probably equal losses.

P40s defend over Manila, probably favored Japan but not by much I think.

Four tank regiments show up at Wenchow:

Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 17459 troops, 130 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 581

Defending force 17270 troops, 81 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 342

Japanese adjusted assault: 253

Allied adjusted defense: 421

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)

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

Japanese ground losses:
389 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 40 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1325 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 94 disabled
Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 46 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Assaulting units:
138th Infantry Regiment
13th Division
23rd Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
5th Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
1st Army

Defending units:
88th Chinese Corps
100th Chinese Corps
25th Group Army
10th Group Army
23rd Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force

[Lowpe]

The Indian Front...

[Lowpe]

Air losses for the day...reasonable since I am using up the fighters in Luzon and they don't trade that well. A little disappointed with the Wildcat op losses.

[ny59giants]

China - He is probably going to shift his line of advance by moving his armor to someplace where you do not have AT weapons. Against me, he got to the plains above Chungking first.

Eastern Australia - which one of you will mine the ports first?

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: ny59giants

China - He is probably going to shift his line of advance by moving his armor to someplace where you do not have AT weapons. Against me, he got to the plains above Chungking first.

Eastern Australia - which one of you will mine the ports first?

I have four DMs close by...but haven't sent them in yet. Might mine with subs...but was looking for some torpedo hits first and to pick up downed pilots.

[Lowpe]

April 14, 1942

Here comes the expected troop convoy for Chittagong. I will let it go dark, count hexes and estimate when it will show up.

[Lowpe]

Hitting the port at Chittagong, there are 8 enemy units there for 12k troops, 30 guns, and 0 afvs.

The Blenheims only attacked the runway...and did pretty poor damage with their light bombs. Wellingtons are now at Calcutta, and can be a premier ground bomber for the British.

Japan still has 100 fighters at Dacca, 30 at Magwe, 20+ at Rangoon.

[Lowpe]

Most of the USN is still in the April upgrades, but some are coming out of it and joining the fray here. Radar subs and radar ships[:)]

[Lowpe]

Plane losses

[Lowpe]

China, need supplies, the age old problem. Moving the British Stuarts to a central position, might send them all the way to Lanchow...thinking about sending British Blenheims to Lanchow to help protect the oil from Urumchi -- such that it is. I guess no further north than Lanchow...that oil is keeping Chungking operating daily now it seems, but Kunming HI is more often than not failing.

I should think on sending some more AA up to Lanchow...

Wenchow holding on, one corp didn't even come out of reserve no pursuit.

Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 17206 troops, 130 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 550

Defending force 15856 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 271

Japanese adjusted assault: 195

Allied adjusted defense: 448

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)

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

Japanese ground losses:
123 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 26 (3 destroyed, 23 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
499 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
5th Tank Regiment
13th Division
9th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
138th Infantry Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
1st Army

Defending units:
88th Chinese Corps
100th Chinese Corps
25th Group Army
10th Group Army
23rd Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force

[Lowpe]

Diego Garcia

Formidable will transfer her planes to Diego and then retire to Mombasa. 20 Martlets should help prevent any long range air attacks on the convoy.

[Lowpe]

Moonlight is at 0, so our heavy bombers are transitioning to supplying China and Burma from Ledo.

Armor attack southwest of Rockhampton to clear the road and open up an escape route from Rockhampton...should win as I think there is only a damaged IJA armored car unit.

Should fully enclose Bundaberg and create a siege there, although for now Japan controls the seas.

Unloading reinforcements to Diego Garcia...will Japan intervene?

[Lowpe]

April 15th, 1942

Australia hangs in the balance today...Japan attacks again, without prior bombardment either by sea or by air.

The Matilda and Stuart tanks are on the forefront...along with all that wonderful artillery the Americans bring to the ball...if we fail here today Australia might very well fall!

[Lowpe]

With the artillery booming to the northeast, the Allied tank force launches their assault...it was thought the Japanese was a dispirited recon unit...but it is straight infantry...oh, how glorious war can be!

The road to Rockhampton is open, but is it too late?

We leave no survivors, our tanks are in pristine shape for Rockhampton!

Ground combat at 94,153 (near Rockhampton)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1866 troops, 9 guns, 278 vehicles, Assault Value = 144

Defending force 813 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

Allied adjusted assault: 83

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 83 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender:
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
999 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 48 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
2/5th Armoured Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
754th Tank Battalion
2/11th Armoured Car Regiment
2/10th Armoured Regiment

Defending units:
Miura Det