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Finished the turn, and didn't do a single offensive action...a sure sign of snow fatigue.[;)]

Hard to fight from a Cold Zone base in winter months ...

Feb 13, 1942

The Dutch hold out one more time! If Japan holds true to course, they will shock again tomorrow...but we managed to get forts up to one overnight. Perhaps we will be able to hold again?

Chinese forces hold here, but will be forced to retreat tomorrow no doubt.

Ground combat at 76,53 (near Kweilin)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 35767 troops, 233 guns, 717 vehicles, Assault Value = 1594

Defending force 26247 troops, 165 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 717

Japanese adjusted assault: 915

Allied adjusted defense: 1432

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
631 casualties reported
Squads: 28 destroyed, 107 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 31 (1 destroyed, 30 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
3062 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 239 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled)

Japan continues to bomb Cloncurry at altitude and a few major bombing raids in China.

Those Bleheims were lost flying supplies to China...will need to look at the fatigue, etc. Worst day of op losses flying to China so far.

Perth

Japan working on isolating Australia...will they invade New Zealand?

Raoul Island would be nice for a size 2 AF with Betty/Nells and Air HQ to make the trip to NZ more hazardous. The can almost reach the southern edge of the map.

Don't think he'll go for NZ

Raoul and the Cook Islands achieves his aims of cutting off without risking emergency reinforcements

Course, he might reckon that you've put all your troops into Oz, rather than NZ............

Lemme guess: You have a CA TF ready to pounce at Eua? [;)]

Cheers,
CB

Feb 14, 1942

Still being a pest around Soerabaja. Good intel...

Repulse, sitting at 70+ damage, continues to soak up hits costing Japan planes. These came from a carrier though, normally it has been Sally/Betty.

Brisbane: The Impact of a HQa at Tamworth coordinating the strikes is easily seen as the squadrons fly together.

Another invasion as expected...our transport and an AMc fled full speed prior to the invasion fleet showing up...

The Dutch hold one last time...

The Chinese hold again at 1-1, and more importantly looks like they disable quite a few vehicles...but the big fight versus the IJ tanks is yet to come, but any reduction in their fighting force is needed.

The Maryborough Line...

equal assault value, but we have better tubes. Forts are 3+ and building. The great fear is a flank invasion.

The 4th division could be in Reserve mode. But probably not as your opponent seems to want as much firepower shooting as is possible.

How about that.[:)]

Japanese OP losses continue quite high.

China

Japan has a lot of forces just north of Kweilin...16 units, very tank heavy.


We are massing our best units for a big climatic tank battle in terrain of our choosing. Using our interior lines, and transports to meet him with our best.

43rd Cavalry with Stuarts
One Chinese Artillery unit with 105mms
2 Indian Mountain Gun units (3.7 inch)
1 British 2 pounder AT unit
1 Chinese 37mm AT unit
4 US TOE Chinese Corps with healthy AT pools, plus AA and 75mm guns prioritized to them.
1 Base force for AA

Regular Chinese Corps to fill out the stacking limit...