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Colombo...the destruction continues. Zeroes on NF duty now.

April 22, 1942

The IJN sorties from Colombo, Ceylon all the way to Cochin...where they are rudely met.

Daytime...now, and it looks like the IJN has broken up their raiding task force...

Newcastle puts on a definitive show...

The the IJN Heavy Cruisers run into a light cruiser squadron around Triv...which just got a fresh minefield.

The IJN bombard Rockhampton twice, and then attack...oh my![X(]

Pure nailbiting time! It looks bleak here, Japan will most likely shock attack today!

Ground combat at Rockhampton (95,152)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 29686 troops, 258 guns, 165 vehicles, Assault Value = 922

Defending force 23198 troops, 438 guns, 611 vehicles, Assault Value = 600

Japanese adjusted assault: 355

Allied adjusted defense: 234

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2072 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 123 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 44 disabled
Vehicles lost 25 (2 destroyed, 23 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
324 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 59 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 27 (3 destroyed, 24 disabled)
Vehicles lost 120 (50 destroyed, 70 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2nd Recon Regiment
2nd Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
4th Brigade
21st Infantry Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
8th Tank Regiment
4th Div /1
45th Field AA Battalion
35th JNAF AF Unit
48th Field Artillery Regiment
48th Field AA Battalion
47th Field AA Battalion
22nd Air Flotilla
97th JAAF AF Bn

Defending units:
193rd Tank Battalion
2/7th Armoured Regiment
2/5th Armoured Regiment
182nd Infantry Regiment
754th Tank Battalion
2/6th Armoured Regiment
41st Infantry Division
13th Australian Brigade
97th Coast AA Regiment
2nd Medium Regiment
108th Anti Tank Regiment
I Australian Corps
21/22 Field Regiment

American artillery bombarding to great effect!

Japan bringing in supplies...

Looking messy!

Seems like a major withdraw from Bundaberg! On April 18th there was 38,900 troops spotted at Bundaberg. Bundaberg also now empty of planes...it is a size 3 runway slightly damaged.

Ceylon...

Butchers bill...

Ashigara was left with heavy fires, heavy damage, 1 torpedo hit, 68 shell hits. What a beast to still be afloat.

Bloodbath...hard to see Ashigara surviving.

Air losses sorted...

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Butchers bill...

Ashigara was left with heavy fires, heavy damage, 1 torpedo hit, 68 shell hits. What a beast to still be afloat.

The Ashigara may not be afloat if you consider the float plane ground losses. If she sank, you won the naval battles that turn.

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Daytime...now, and it looks like the IJN has broken up their raiding task force...

Newcastle puts on a definitive show...

[:)]

Newcastle is one of my favorite ships, and in most long-running games i've followed she just gets unceremoniously sunk at one point. This is very nice to see (regardless of future events)!

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

The Ashigara may not be afloat if you consider the float plane ground losses. If she sank, you won the naval battles that turn.

Very true.[:)] I think she may have been scuttled.

ORIGINAL: ushakov

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Daytime...now, and it looks like the IJN has broken up their raiding task force...

Newcastle puts on a definitive show...

[:)]

Newcastle is one of my favorite ships, and in most long-running games i've followed she just gets unceremoniously sunk at one point. This is very nice to see (regardless of future events)!

12 6" guns did good work![:)]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Air losses sorted...

A lot of interesting numbers there. Japanese total losses to date is about 33% higher than the Allies. A very good result this early in the war when Allied aircraft have performance problems. [:)]

And half of the Betty losses are to Ops - one of the drawbacks of using that long range too much!

Losses of Vals and both Kate models are good too!

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

ORIGINAL: ushakov

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Daytime...now, and it looks like the IJN has broken up their raiding task force...

Newcastle puts on a definitive show...

[:)]

Newcastle is one of my favorite ships, and in most long-running games i've followed she just gets unceremoniously sunk at one point. This is very nice to see (regardless of future events)!

12 6" guns did good work![:)]

Like Mauritius, Newcastle comes with experience. [:)]

Many years ago when I spoke with John E (DBB developer) about the apparent lack of heavy artillery for the Allies, he told me the best units to use in that roll are the American CD units. I would ship 2 to 4 of them to Australia and use them for your push up the eastern coast. They will also be good at firing back of Nathan's bombardment TFs.