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Japanese attack on Batavia was not a stellar success...but, I think end of Dutch resistance is near.


Ground combat at Batavia (49,98)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15160 troops, 211 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 872

Defending force 26227 troops, 265 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 687

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 102

Allied adjusted defense: 1905

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 18 (fort level 2)

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

Japanese ground losses:
1110 casualties reported
Squads: 37 destroyed, 127 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Guns lost 36 (14 destroyed, 22 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
396 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
32nd Nav Gsn Unit
10th Tank Regiment
2nd Engineer Regiment
4th Engineer Co
36th Infantry Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
30th Infantry Regiment
1st Ind. Engineer Regiment
4th Infantry Regiment
2nd Recon Regiment
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
5th Tank Regiment
8th Tank Rgt /2
28th Shipping Engineer Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
28th Mountain Gun Regiment
16th Army
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
1st Regt Cavalerie
1st KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion
1st KNIL Regiment
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
2nd KNIL Regiment
4th KNIL Regiment
4th KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Roodenburg Battalion
Merak Base Force
1st KNIL AA Battalion
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
ABDA
ML-KNIL
KNIL Army Command
Batavia Base Force

ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

5th AUS Div got good news that happy times are over and PM is now AUS territory where they should serve. I hope they are bringing mosquito and cannibal repellents.

Historically, CMF units were not required to serve outside AUS.

Lookig at their TOE, with 36 AT guns, they are better suited for defense of Australia proper against a Jap invasion involving tanks.

ORIGINAL: Yaab

ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

5th AUS Div got good news that happy times are over and PM is now AUS territory where they should serve. I hope they are bringing mosquito and cannibal repellents.

Historically, CMF units were not required to serve outside AUS.

Lookig at their TOE, with 36 AT guns, they are better suited for defense of Australia proper against a Jap invasion involving tanks.

True, but there are plenty of other units...and they are now available. [8D] Not wanting to ship more units from USA to PM.

Note:

I am posting only some highlights, no full review of every turns.

Monthly saves are available for those interested.

Noumea getting bit more love:

5th AUS Div now on the way to Port Moresby. (Track on map is for TF taking another base force to Noumea).

Noumea remains contested:

Night Time Surface Combat, near Noumea at 115,160, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga, Shell hits 42, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA Atago, Shell hits 1
CA Kako, Shell hits 1
DD Makigumo
DD Hakaze
DD Shiokaze, Shell hits 1

Allied Ships
CA Chicago, Shell hits 1
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
CA Astoria, Shell hits 7, on fire
CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 12, heavy fires, heavy damage
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Java
CL Adelaide, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL Marblehead, Shell hits 1
DD Woodworth
DD Russell
DD Gridley
DD Alden, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Barker, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
DD Bulmer, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Edsall

I doubt she'd sink, even with all hammering...and I lost CL and DD...

Morning Air attack on TF, near Belep Islands at 114,153

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 3
B-26 Marauder x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga, Bomb hits 3, heavy damage
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Not to mention damaged ones...

ORIGINAL: Yaab

Looking at their TOE, with 36 AT guns, they are better suited for defense of Australia proper against a Jap invasion involving tanks.

Another thing is, they draw from CMF squad pool, not from AIF squad pool, latter will be stretched with 4 AIF divisions drawing from it. CMF pool with only 1 div in possible combat should be enough.

As usual, July 31 1942 save is here (slot 18):

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4j25uc027dw6g ... 8.pws?dl=0

I have suspicion that IJ AI is not going to succeed in these 2 places...by the way, I really hate this auto-bombardment, especially when playing 2-day turns...

Ground combat at Port Blair (46,58)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2815 troops, 6 guns, 44 vehicles, Assault Value = 138

Defending force 1071 troops, 22 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 32

Assaulting units:
84th Indian Brigade
RAF 222 Group Base Force

Defending units:
Sasebo 8th SNLF


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Ground combat at Pakhoi (72,58)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6409 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 243

Defending force 3567 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 123

Assaulting units:
64th Chinese Corps

Defending units:
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy
81st Naval Guard Unit
Ikaiei SNLF

Intel screen:

The Adelaide is so slow I don't like embedding it in a fast combat TF.

I typically operate it in a TF on its own with a couple of destroyers or embed it in a slow BB TF.

Your cruiser TF really peppered Hyuga though, so well done.

Burma...IJ has been thrown back near Pegu..and doubt it'll succeed at Pot Blair vs Indian Brigade and Base Force with mere SNLF..

China:

Not much change. IJA is losing lot of planes against upgraded CAF (they are using now P-66 Vanguards, P-43 Lancers and H81-A3s, latter is leftovers from AVG)

China:

DEI is lost:

Top aces:

Port Moresby: