4/26-4/27/42
FORTRESS BATAVIA
Ground and aerial bombardments continue at Batavia:
Ground combat at Batavia (49,98)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 15728 troops, 271 guns, 227 vehicles, Assault Value = 2732
Defending force 45376 troops, 503 guns, 238 vehicles, Assault Value = 1353
Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Assaulting units:
2nd Division
21st Division
5th Division
16th Recon Regiment
33rd Division
20th Infantry Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
16th Naval Guard Unit
18th Division
80th Garrison Battalion
8th Tank Regiment
4th Div /7
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
Van Altena Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion
SE Borneo KNIL Battalion
1st Regt Cavalerie
Samarinda KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Landstorm Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
1st KNIL Regiment
Mobiele Eenheid Battalion
VII KNIL Battalion
Manado Garrison Battalion
Barisan KNIL Regiment
Marinier Battalion
Afdeling Ritman
Prajoda Garrison Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
2nd KNIL Regiment
6th KNIL Regiment
Kendari Garrison Battalion
VI KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
Roodenburg Battalion
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
1st KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Makassar Garrison Battalion
Djojakarta Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
Batavia Base Force
Madion Base Force
Bandoeng Base Force
Commandement Marine
Tjilitap Base Force
3rd KNIL AA Battalion
Soerabaja Base Force
Loemafjang Base Force
ABDA
Merak Base Force
KNIL Army Command
ML-KNIL
MLD
Banjoewangi Base Force
Malang Base Force
Dave now has 2700 AV at Batavia.....over 7 divisions. Add to that the 2 1/2 divisions in the PI and 56th Division in Burma and thats pretty much all the SAA.
Batavia is now down to 4000 supplies.
SUBS
SS KXIII sinks xAK Tosei Maru off Vigan.
SS I-156 sinks xAKL Minnipa near Exmouth.
CBI
The Allies now have over 2000 AV of troops massing on the Indo-Burmese frontier.
In China.....Japan launches two 1:1 assaults at Canton but the Chinese defenders manage to hang on:
Ground combat at Canton (77,59)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 39952 troops, 493 guns, 1176 vehicles, Assault Value = 1485
Defending force 23963 troops, 192 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 987
Japanese adjusted assault: 1599
Allied adjusted defense: 1141
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1155 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 71 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 105 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 65 (4 destroyed, 61 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
750 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 150 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 140 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment
9th Armored Car Co
23rd Tank Regiment
Sasebo 8th SNLF
7th Tank Regiment
20th Recon Regiment
1st Recon Regiment
Yokosuka 4th SNLF
26th Recon Regiment
10th Tank Regiment
104th Division
3rd Tank Regiment
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
2nd Tank Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
1st Ind.Inf.Group
8th Recon Regiment
III/81st Naval Guard Unit
48th Field AA Battalion
26th Fld AA Gun Co
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
21st Fld AA Gun Co
16th AA Regiment
35th Fld AA Gun Co
1st JAAF AF Coy
23rd Army
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
31st Field AA Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
44th Field AA Battalion
40th Field AA Battalion
47th JAAF AF Bn
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
21st Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th RF Gun Battalion
35th Field AA Battalion
51st Air Defense AA Regiment
51st Ind.AA Gun Co
45th Field AA Battalion
Canton Special Base Force
2nd Mortar Battalion
47th Field AA Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd JAAF AF Coy
Defending units:
79th Chinese Corps
62nd Chinese Corps
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
49th Chinese/A Corps
16th Group Army
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
Ground combat at Canton (77,59)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 39101 troops, 493 guns, 1177 vehicles, Assault Value = 1436
Defending force 22530 troops, 192 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 877
Japanese adjusted assault: 1366
Allied adjusted defense: 1033
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1384 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 77 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 145 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Vehicles lost 85 (2 destroyed, 83 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1257 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 138 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 107 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Assaulting units:
Sasebo 8th SNLF
20th Recon Regiment
1st Recon Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
1st Ind.Inf.Group
11th Tank Regiment
Yokosuka 4th SNLF
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
8th Recon Regiment
104th Division
10th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
26th Recon Regiment
9th Armored Car Co
III/81st Naval Guard Unit
2nd RF Gun Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
23rd Army
26th Fld AA Gun Co
21st Mortar Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
47th Field AA Battalion
35th Fld AA Gun Co
51st Ind.AA Gun Co
44th Field AA Battalion
21st Fld AA Gun Co
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
35th Field AA Battalion
Canton Special Base Force
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st JAAF AF Coy
16th AA Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
48th Field AA Battalion
47th JAAF AF Bn
51st Air Defense AA Regiment
45th Field AA Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
1st RF Gun Battalion
40th Field AA Battalion
5th RF Gun Battalion
31st Field AA Battalion
2nd JAAF AF Coy
Defending units:
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
79th Chinese Corps
62nd Chinese Corps
49th Chinese/A Corps
16th Group Army
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
Unfortunately it will take another turn for the Chinese to complete their withdrawal from Canton and I dont think that I have that much time.
SOPAC
Things are starting to heat up in SOPAC. Dave staged several squadrons of A6M2s up to Guadalcanal and swept Luganville with 71 Zeros:
Morning Air attack on Luganville , at 120,150
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 32
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 45
P-40E Warhawk x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 7 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 9 on standby, 9 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
50th PG/11th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 15 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 32100.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes
35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 32000 and 32100.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
35th PG/40th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 28000 and 30000.
Raid is overhead
Morning Air attack on Luganville , at 120,150
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 33
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 31
P-40E Warhawk x 14
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 6 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
9 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 31000 feet *
CAP engaged:
50th PG/11th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 32810.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 27000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes
35th PG/40th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 30000 and 31000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes
24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling)
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Luganville , at 120,150
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 120 NM, estimated altitude 35,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 14
P-40E Warhawk x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 30000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
35th PG/40th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 31810 and 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes
50th PG/11th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 25000 and 35810.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 107 minutes
24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
Afternoon Air attack on Luganville , at 120,150
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 32 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 23
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 26
P-40E Warhawk x 14
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 31000 feet *
CAP engaged:
24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 6 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 29000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
50th PG/11th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 28000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 31000 and 32100.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
35th PG/40th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 24000 and 32100.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on Luganville , at 120,150
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 19
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 11
P-40E Warhawk x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
11 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 31000 feet *
CAP engaged:
50th PG/11th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 32810.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
35th PG/39th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 19000 and 32810.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
35th PG/40th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 24000 and 32000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
When the smoke clears Japan has lost 53 AC to 36 Allied AC. In A2A....the Japanese lose 34 AC to 23 Allied AC. Individual plane losses by type include 49 A6M2s, 12 P-39Ds and 17 P-40Es.
Looks like the P-40Ds held their own against the A6M2s sweeping at high altitude. Moral of the story is that the Zero suffers heavy operational losses following A2A combat at extreme range(12 hexes).
USAAF HEAVY BOMBER RESERVE
I initially formed a heavy bomber reserve at the level 7 AF at Nandi on Fiji to cover the Allied buildup on New Caledonia and Tanna. Their main purpose was to nuke Japanese AFs if Dave invaded at Efate or Luganville. The Japanese invasion never happened.....and the 4Es have mostly been training for ground bombing over the last 3 months.
The heavy bomber reserve will be committed next turn in first Allied bombing mission of the war with massed 4Es. Some 80 B-17s and LB-30s are staged to the new level 5 AF at Luganville this turn. Japan has all their fighters in the Solomons stacked at Lunga.....so the USAAF heavies will hit the Netties parked on the level 4 AF at Munda.
I think that next turn Dave will get his first whiff of the upcoming change in which side hold the initiative.
