Midway (november 28th - 29th 1942)
Things toned down a bit from initial shockwave.
KB remained in position south of Midway and it is quite obviously trying to perform an welcoming committee to anykind of US naval intervention here.
The enemy carrier force launched an strike againts Midway on 29th...
Afternoon Air attack on 6th Marine Defense Battalion, at 158,91 (Midway Island)
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 160 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 60 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 15
D3A1 Val x 116
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed, 42 damaged
Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
As you can see the raid did not amount to much and I expect these to continue.
I did mention that US marines were set on ground assault last turn. Things went well if you view these in the bigger picture.
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Ground combat at Midway Island (158,91)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1233 troops, 53 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 70
Defending force 7376 troops, 108 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 192
Allied adjusted assault: 14
Japanese adjusted defense: 4
Allied assault odds: 3 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: disruption(-)
Japanese ground losses:
4234 casualties reported
Squads: 127 destroyed, 65 disabled
Non Combat: 89 destroyed, 109 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 46 (31 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Units destroyed 2
Allied ground losses:
457 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
116th USAAF Base Force
6th Marine Defense Battalion
Defending units:
67th Naval Guard Unit
144th Infantry Regiment
47th Naval Guard Unit
65th Naval Guard Unit
Guards Mixed Bde /6
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Ground combat at Midway Island (158,91)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 863 troops, 53 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 42
Defending force 4908 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 121
Allied adjusted assault: 0
Japanese adjusted defense: 6
Allied assault odds: 1 to 99
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: disruption(-)
Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
549 casualties reported
Squads: 30 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Assaulting units:
116th USAAF Base Force
6th Marine Defense Battalion
Defending units:
144th Infantry Regiment
Guards Mixed Brigade
47th Naval Guard Unit
Not bad at all. The total of +4500 enemy troops reported wounded/killed and we lost 1000 men.
We might lose this base BUT this was an very good performance in terms of casualties inflicted.
Our submarines were unable to attack any naval forces he has here but I will continue the aggressive use of them here.
Dave did withdraw his transports too which was the only thing to do after the casualties inflicted here.
Intresting to see what he has in store here though.
At Pearl Harbour the fleet is ready allthough at the moment no orders are given.
The lba fighters/bombers are also in combat mode here.
