Focus Pacific: down with the Wulf ( no durnedwolf please)

[btd64]

At least he lost more Oscars than your own. Where they shot over Burma....GP

[BillBrown]

I moved some Free French air units up and I will try those to see what happens. Their aircraft are not great, but they might be effective.

[BillBrown]

April 11, 1942

More air war over Burma. I will not be able to continue much longer.
I started the bombing to try and limit his base expansion and in the
hope of gaining experience for my pilots. But the losses are too high.

[BillBrown]

April 12, 1942 to April 18, 1942

Not a lot happening.

On the 17th he did a large Naval Bombardment at Dutch Harbor
Night Naval bombardment of Dutch Harbor at 171,50 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Fuso
BB Musashi
BB Nagato
BB Kirishima
BB Hiei
BB Yashima
CA Haguro
CA Myoko
CA Chikuma
CA Tone
CL Nagara

Allied ground losses:
210 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 69 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 19 (3 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Vehicles lost 32 (3 destroyed, 29 disabled)

Port hits 25
Port fuel hits 14
Port supply hits 8
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I do not think that Dutch Harbor will hold long when he
invades, at least I expect him to invade.
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On the 18th I got this tidbit of info.
7/61st Infantry Division is planning for an attack on Cold Bay.

Guards Mixed Brigade is planning for an attack on Cold Bay.

So it looks like he will take Cold Bay also. I wonder if he will
continue on to Kodiak?
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Meanwhile, my evacuation of China is progressing nicely. He does
not seem to be moving into the vacuum very quickly.
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I discontinued my air attacks in Burma, I am not getting enough
aircraft to make up for losses. I will have to wait some. They
will start coming in larger numbers a lot quicker than a stock game.

[BillBrown]

April 19,20,and 21, 1942

Not a lot to report for the 19th and 20th. A few things happened on the 21st.

I lost an xAK off of Colombo to a sub.

I lost Cotabato on Mindanao today.

He did a Deliberate Attack at Dutch Harbor:
Ground combat at Dutch Harbor (171,50)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8156 troops, 70 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 312

Defending force 7190 troops, 94 guns, 385 vehicles, Assault Value = 190

Japanese adjusted assault: 106

Allied adjusted defense: 167

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
676 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 44 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
160 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
61st Infantry Division
Pontianak Engr Bn /1

Defending units:
87th Mountain Regiment
756th Tank Battalion
108th USN Base Force
103rd USN Base Force
154th FA Bn
2/250th Coastal Artillery Battalion

He will take Dutch Harbor, but it will probably take more troops and time.
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He also did a Deliberate Attack at Yenan in China:

Ground combat at Yenan (88,37)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 38015 troops, 318 guns, 203 vehicles, Assault Value = 1273

Defending force 36793 troops, 249 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 982

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese adjusted assault: 723

Allied adjusted defense: 1613

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1484 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 154 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled

Allied ground losses:
525 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 65 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Assaulting units:
41st Division
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Ind.Mixed Brigade
37th Division
5th Armored Car Co
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
19th Chinese Corps
22nd Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
23rd Chinese Corps
81st Chinese Corps
42nd Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Cavalry Corps
2nd War Area
18th Group Army

Again, he will take the city sometime in the future.
But right now my troops are keeping a number of troops from advancing
into Burma.

[BillBrown]

April 22, 1942

He did a Deliberate Attack at Bataan today, took the forts down to 5.

One more base he will take, but it will cost him.

Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 104390 troops, 889 guns, 198 vehicles, Assault Value = 3196

Defending force 52288 troops, 886 guns, 1264 vehicles, Assault Value = 909

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 5

Japanese adjusted assault: 1447

Allied adjusted defense: 1065

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 5

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

Japanese ground losses:
5760 casualties reported
Squads: 27 destroyed, 437 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 68 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 148 disabled
Guns lost 34 (3 destroyed, 31 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1723 casualties reported
Squads: 29 destroyed, 131 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 83 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 42 disabled
Guns lost 40 (3 destroyed, 37 disabled)
Vehicles lost 40 (2 destroyed, 38 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
54th Division
16th Division
65th Division
90th Guards Brigade
52nd Division
48th Division
44th Infantry Division
138th Brigade
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
7th Division
14th Army
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
Manila Bay Defenses
192nd Tank Battalion
194th Tank Battalion
31st Infantry Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
21st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
2nd PA Constabulary Division
Subic Bay Defenses
8th PA Infantry Division
USAFFE
Bataan USN Base Force
I Philippine Corps
202nd PA Construction Battalion
301st Construction Battalion
Clark Field Coast AA Regiment
201st Coast AA Regiment
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
Bataan Coast AA Regiment
Far East USAAF
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
201st PA Construction Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
14th PS Engineer Regiment
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Asiatic Fleet
Provisional GMC Grp
1st USAFFE Aviation
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He is landing more troops at Dutch Harbor, but he is taking a beating doing it.

Invasion Support action off Dutch Harbor (171,50)

65 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
DD Hatsuake
DD Takase
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires
AK Sasako Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
AK Kyushu Maru

Japanese ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Invasion Support action off Dutch Harbor (171,50)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

21 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
AK Sasako Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
AK Kyushu Maru
DD Hatsuake
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Invasion Support action off Dutch Harbor (171,50)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

19 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
xAP Terukuni Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
AK Kyushu Maru, Shell hits 1
AK Sasako Maru, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
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Invasion Support action off Dutch Harbor (171,50)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

23 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
AK Kyushu Maru, Shell hits 1
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There were one or two sinking sounds near the end of the turn, but
no sunk ships showed up on the sunk ship list. Maybe in a couple
of turns they will.