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Operation Cyclone / October 30th - November 2nd 1944
Allied launched another ground assault at Kanoya which was repulsed. The base is falling steadily though.
At Kumamato japanese held the line againts allied ground assault and as you can see brough in reinforcements...
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Ground combat at Kumamoto (102,59)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 103921 troops, 1625 guns, 2381 vehicles, Assault Value = 3358
Defending force 140506 troops, 1580 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 2006
Allied adjusted assault: 909
Japanese adjusted defense: 1824
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 4)
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
5988 casualties reported
Squads: 45 destroyed, 223 disabled
Non Combat: 201 destroyed, 140 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 51 disabled
Guns lost 153 (55 destroyed, 98 disabled)
Vehicles lost 57 (41 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Units destroyed 3
Allied ground losses:
8873 casualties reported
Squads: 276 destroyed, 528 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 286 disabled
Engineers: 85 destroyed, 39 disabled
Guns lost 265 (12 destroyed, 253 disabled)
Vehicles lost 401 (18 destroyed, 383 disabled)
Assaulting units:
6th Infantry Division
33rd Infantry Division
44th Tank Battalion
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
96th Infantry Division
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
5th USMC Tank Battalion
3rd Arm Amphib Battalion
711th Tank Battalion
1st Marine Division
780th Amphib Tank Battalion
1st Army Tank Regiment
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
5th Marine Division
93rd Infantry Division
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment
716th Tank Battalion
775th Tank Battalion
706th Tank Battalion
50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
710th Tank Battalion
31st Infantry Division
2nd Australian Division
147th Field Artillery Battalion
Tenth US Army
85th Mortar Battalion
602nd Field Artillery Battalion
7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
260th Field Artillery Battalion
88th Mortar Battalion
11th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
Defending units:
15th Ind.Mixed Regiment
1st Ind.Tank Brigade
38th Ind.Mixed Brigade
109th Division
48th Division
52nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
44th Division
86th Division
46th Division
65th Ind.Mixed Brigade
16th Ind.Mixed Regiment
6th Depot Division
57th Ind.Mixed Brigade
93rd Division
17th Ind.Mixed Regiment
47th Ind.Mixed Brigade
84th Division
70th Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Ind.Mixed Regiment
61st Ind.Mixed Brigade
Maizuru 3rd SNLF
4th Depot Division
59th Ind.Mixed Brigade
54th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Guards Depot Division
64th Inf Group Brigade
80th Infantry Brigade
3rd Depot Division
4th Tank Division
56th Ind.Mixed Brigade
56th Naval Guard Unit
60th Ind.Mixed Brigade
51st Depot Division
Tachibana-wan Fortress
205th Naval Construction Battalion
103rd AA Regiment
164th JAAF AF Bn
26th JNAF AF Unit
206th Naval Construction Battalion
36th Army
6th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
165th JAAF AF Bn
131st Naval Construction Battalion
Waifu JAAF Base Force
44th IMB Artillery Battalion
22nd Ind.AA Gun Co
227th Naval Construction Battalion
107th JAAF AF Bn
Maizuru 2nd SNLF /18
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Ground combat at Kumamoto (102,59)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1473 troops, 117 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 3445
Defending force 170723 troops, 1850 guns, 172 vehicles, Assault Value = 3048
Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
253 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 69 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 53 (41 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Vehicles lost 15 (14 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units destroyed 2
Assaulting units:
706th Tank Battalion
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
5th Marine Division
98th Infantry Division
1st Army Tank Regiment
50th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
710th Tank Battalion
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
711th Tank Battalion
38th Infantry Division
780th Amphib Tank Battalion
775th Tank Battalion
31st Infantry Division
3rd Arm Amphib Battalion
93rd Infantry Division
131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
716th Tank Battalion
5th USMC Tank Battalion
96th Infantry Division
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
44th Tank Battalion
1st Marine Division
2nd Australian Division
147th Field Artillery Battalion
85th Mortar Battalion
Tenth US Army
260th Field Artillery Battalion
7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
88th Mortar Battalion
11th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
Defending units:
47th Ind.Mixed Brigade
49th Ind.Mixed Brigade
59th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Tank Division
55th Ind.Mixed Brigade
80th Infantry Brigade
93rd Division
Guards Depot Division
16th Ind.Mixed Regiment
54th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Depot Division
48th Division
52nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
84th Division
86th Division
9th Ind.Mixed Regiment
61st Ind.Mixed Brigade
57th Ind.Mixed Brigade
65th Ind.Mixed Brigade
64th Inf Group Brigade
56th Naval Guard Unit
38th Ind.Mixed Brigade
17th Ind.Mixed Regiment
Maizuru 3rd SNLF
3rd Depot Division
44th Division
56th Ind.Mixed Brigade
70th Ind.Mixed Brigade
6th Depot Division
5th Depot Division
1st Guards Division
109th Division
46th Division
60th Ind.Mixed Brigade
51st Depot Division
44th IMB Artillery Battalion
103rd AA Regiment
26th JNAF AF Unit
Tachibana-wan Fortress
205th Naval Construction Battalion
227th Naval Construction Battalion
164th JAAF AF Bn
6th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
131st Naval Construction Battalion
206th Naval Construction Battalion
36th Army
165th JAAF AF Bn
107th JAAF AF Bn
22nd Ind.AA Gun Co
Waifu JAAF Base Force
There are couple of things and questions that this tells me...
a) He has still too much supplies stockpiled there! The question is how much can he have and what is the quickest way to drain it?
b) He has committed a lot of troops into this battle! How much more does he have in the reserve and can he build those units that were toasted back up?
c) He has still tons of aircraft and quality pilots...
The first naval bombardment of HI was also made when allied battleships visited Kumamato...
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Night Naval bombardment of Kumamoto at 102,59 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
34 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
BB Mississippi
BB New Mexico
BB Idaho
BB Nevada, Shell hits 1
CA Quincy, Shell hits 1
CA Portland
CL Perth
CL Leander
Japanese ground losses:
318 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 14 (5 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Japanese keep on putting stiff resistance at airwar and bombers and escorting fighters are taking their toll.
I need to swap second set of squadrons into frontlines soon and push these back for a bit rest... Not in an rush though.
As you can see a lot of fighting to be done before we conquer more land here... fun though.. very much fun and I think my opponent is enjoying making my life as hard as it can be...
To summarize.. "We want Tokyo but we are not there yet...." [;)]
