Too much Iron in my Diet - Mundy(A) vs KenchiSulla (J)

[Mundy]

17 May 1942

Ranchi falls. I thought they would hold, but I guess not. He was able to hold back some units for pursuit, so I guess I was outnumbered a bit.

Ground combat at Ranchi (52,32)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 51108 troops, 531 guns, 330 vehicles, Assault Value = 1731

Defending force 32108 troops, 608 guns, 452 vehicles, Assault Value = 608

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 2082

Allied adjusted defense: 655

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Ranchi !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1450 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 97 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 26 disabled
Guns lost 27 (1 destroyed, 26 disabled)
Units pursuing 3

Allied ground losses:
8030 casualties reported
Squads: 244 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 581 destroyed, 44 disabled
Engineers: 127 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 200 (173 destroyed, 27 disabled)
Vehicles lost 328 (316 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Units retreated 11

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
6th Guards Division
4th Guards/A Division
5th/C Division
55th Division
4th Guards/B Division
38th/B Division
7th Ind.Tank Brigade
18th Division
4th Guards/C Division
48th Field AA Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Army
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
7th Australian Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
22nd (East African) Brigade
70th British Division
84th Indian Brigade
26th Indian Division
35th Light AA Regiment
24th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd AA Bde
85th British AT Gun Regiment
22nd Light AA Regiment

The more combat-oriented units are headed for Patna. The rest are off to Benares. I need to figure out the Indian supply logjam. It's not due to lack of fuel, as I have a constant stream of tankers coming in. I can't imagine Calcutta as the lynchpin of all Indian industry.

I had a small transport with fighters bound for Suva. I've rerouted them to Auckland. The USA 32nd Infantry Div should be there within a week or so. They'll immediately go to Nadi. I'm probably going to round up some US tankers with fuel for NZ -- supplies too. I plan to pack lots of hungry mouths there.

My subs near Moresby keep attacking the escorts. I have four near PM and another two in the straits off Milne Bay. I want CF to always be looking over his shoulder (or under it). Another USMC para battalion showed up at the East Coast, now bound for SF.

[Mundy]

19 May 1942

I've withdrawn my covered bombardment mission to Colombo. There's always the chance I wouldn't have had further attacks, but he does have plenty of escorts for his Nells.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Calicut at 28,37

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 30 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 18
G3M2 Nell x 26

Allied aircraft
Martlet II x 34

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 12 destroyed, 4 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CV Formidable
CV Illustrious

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

Fortunately, I'm none the worse for this. Buffing the fighter squadrons did make a difference, I think.

Apart from that, the same old grind in NE India. More USAAF and RAF units have arrived. Blenheims and P-40s. He's got a sub snooping the north board edge and it got the transport which took the African Rifles to India. I'll have to re-work my routes a bit. I have a 20 kt transport hauling USAAF bombers in that area right now. Hopefully, they'll speed through it.

[BBfanboy]

That's a goodly number of Nells and pilots in the water at this stage in the war - well done!

[Mundy]

Thanks.

The Intel screen showed about 25 Nells down for the day, including ops losses. I don't know the truth of that screen compared to the battle report.

The "unknown" is the difficult part to deal with. I can't be sure he has spares to send there or not, and he had a respectable amount of Zekes with them. I was down 5-6 fighters after this, so I didn't want to push my luck.

If I had a third RN CV, I would have kept going. More the reason to regret the one I lost earlier. Same for Hermes. She could have been a dedicated Fulmar carrier for this.

A bombardment there would have felt good.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Mundy

Thanks.

The Intel screen showed about 25 Nells down for the day, including ops losses. I don't know the truth of that screen compared to the battle report.

The "unknown" is the difficult part to deal with. I can't be sure he has spares to send there or not, and he had a respectable amount of Zekes with them. I was down 5-6 fighters after this, so I didn't want to push my luck.

If I had a third RN CV, I would have kept going. More the reason to regret the one I lost earlier. Same for Hermes. She could have been a dedicated Fulmar carrier for this.

A bombardment there would have felt good.

Well, even if he didn't have more squadrons within range last turn, I am sure he moved some in at the sighting of British CVs.

About the Fulmars - this fighter bomber is a compromise that does neither job well. Too slow for real fighter work and too small a bomb load to do much damage. I use it for low level attack on small or merchant ship targets, and ASW patrols.
The ASW is only because there are not enough Swordfish & Albacores available but Fulmars are plentiful.

[Mundy]

I'll keep Colombo in mind for the future.

Eventually I'll be able to flip the USAAF squadrons to P-38s, and then I can do a proper bombing campaign on Ceylon. That will be when I can most likely start bombardments or even an invasion.

First things first...

He's brought in plenty of troops to India and at this point, I'm hard pressed to keep him contained. CF's been inclined to mass his fighters in one spot at a time, leaving other areas unprotected. I've already got a couple of uncontested raids into Calcutta. (never two days in a row).

Likewise, my bombers in Chungking have been putting daily pain on the IJA to the north. I've withdrawn all the little bomber units to get three respectable sized bomber squadrons. Everything in the North's a mess from Sian westward, but I've got him stalemated everywhere else. I am taking daily poundings by air all over. If I didn't have the India invasion to deal with, I'd have had USAAF and RAF support in China proper, eating up Idas and the like. Chungking has been bombed daily, but still operational. I haven't put fighters there, due to daily massive sweeps. Another Wellington squadron is inbound from Aden. I've had plenty of fighters, but have been short on bombers. My P-40 squadron is hitting troops next turn. I've been withdrawing the AVG. Hopefully, I can buff the CAF a bit with the planes.

I'm not sure how Port Moresby's going to pan out yet. I have a feeling I'll get worn down on the supply front. If they fall, that pretty much shuts down SWPAC, regulating them to Australia defense. SPAC will be reduced to a holding action at Suva and New Zealand. I'm roughly 200k+ in fuel and supply at Suva, with more incoming. I need to seriously get stuff out to New Zealand, too. Oz doesn't have enough for the job without putting pain on units there, so from the States, it is. I've had regular fuel convoys to Perth to help.

[Sangeli]

Tough result in Ranchi. Methink it is too early to try to stand up to the Japanese; make them bleed through the forts but pull back before they can land a knockout blow. You did the first part but you didn't pull out even after the Japanese pulled off nearly a 2 to 1 AV result.

Did emergency reinforcements trigger yet? The arrival of those could be the decisive moment in the Indian campaign but getting them to the battlefield in a timely matter is not necessarily a given. Even with the amphibious bonus gone there is still opportunity for the Japanese to take Socotra and make it more difficult to bring them in. I think there is still much to play out in India before you can start pushing the Japanese back.

[BBfanboy]

The line for emergency reinforcements is quite a ways north - between Surat and Ahmedabad if I recall.

[Sangeli]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

The line for emergency reinforcements is quite a ways north - between Surat and Ahmedabad if I recall.

I'm fairly certain all of eastern India (e.g. Calcutta) is about this far north. Also I know that Panjack in his AAR had his emergency reinforcements released from moves in Eastern India but I'm not sure exactly what sparked it exactly. I would think Mundy would have already had reinforcements arrive a while ago but I'm not sure.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Sangeli

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

The line for emergency reinforcements is quite a ways north - between Surat and Ahmedabad if I recall.

I'm fairly certain all of eastern India (e.g. Calcutta) is about this far north. Also I know that Panjack in his AAR had his emergency reinforcements released from moves in Eastern India but I'm not sure exactly what sparked it exactly. I would think Mundy would have already had reinforcements arrive a while ago but I'm not sure.

In the real world you are right. The skewed map has Ahmedabad at hex line 18 and Calcutta way down at 37.

EDIT: Delayed recall (happens a lot lately) - the trigger line was the hex line below Delhi - which runs through Ahmedabad. So he can land at Surat and Bhaunaghar without triggering the reinforcements and set up shop there.

[Mundy]

Yeah, the northernmost point he's reached is Darjeeling, out in the east.

I've been getting plenty of RAF/USAAF arrivals, but no fighting troops.

I haven't really posted, since things have been static for awhile. I did get kicked back to Neikein, east of Chungking. Reinforcements are s-l-o-w-l-y making their way up from the southeast. When they arrive, I may be able to force him out of Chengtu and Kienko. I'll probably have to purge the leadership first.

With my withdrawing extra units, I have a semi-credible Chinese bomber force in Chungking right now. They've been dealing out a good amount of pain to the Japanese for the last few weeks. Three fighter squadrons there have also upgraded. One to Curtiss Hawks left over from the AVG. Another to P-43s. My memory is failing me on the last -- possibly P-66s. It's taking all three awhile to un-crate all the planes and get them ready. I'm not ready to send them against the Tojo sweeps down south, but they will help with covering my bombers when I start to hit someplace more painful. My more experienced squadrons got the goodies.

Atlanta is in Wellington, but is upgrading. Out for a week to 10 days.

KB is still sitting off of Port Moresby, hugging the coast. They haven't messed with the ground war there -- most likely guarding against any ill-advised carrier op there. [;)] Supplies are down to about 500. I've been putting 100+ casualties a turn on him, on average. That may start going down with the supply situation. IJN APDs have been showing, but I haven't seen any more troops, unless it's fragments of what's there. Possibly supply runs, which means he isn't in good shape either. We're pretty even in raw APs.

USMC artillery and other goodies have been showing on the East Coast. More Seabees, too -- restricted, of course. [:@] The USA 32nd Division should be at Fiji within a week or so. If he lands at Nadi, it will be painful. I have more supply and fuel convoys enroute. I want fuel and supplies over 200k. I haven't looked at the max there, so I hope I don't have excessive spoilage. The port's fairly big at this point.

I've moved extra Australian infantry to Geraldton and Albany, to resist any indirect invasion of Perth. My division from the Katherine expedition is at Normanton, in rest mode. Americal is reassembled at Perth, and the rest at Townsville, Brisbane and Sydney. Lots and lots of planes at Townsville and Brisbane. Weaker Oz stuff at Sydney.

I've also got another regiment at Dutch Harbor. I probably have enough troops to entertain a move at Adak at some point, and some of them are prepping for there. We'll see. My bombers up there are set to hit the troops at Adak, since airfield and port raids have accomplished little.

[Mundy]

24 May 1942

He finally had a go at Wuchang, after my disastrous attack on him there. He had the "advantage" odds-wise, but took the bigger hit.

Ground combat at Wuchang (84,51)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 53876 troops, 423 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 1632

Defending force 124092 troops, 647 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1578

Japanese adjusted assault: 1665

Allied adjusted defense: 607

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
3446 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 193 disabled
Non Combat: 38 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 28 destroyed, 23 disabled
Guns lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (6 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
1882 casualties reported
Squads: 51 destroyed, 74 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Assaulting units:
8th Ind Engineer Regiment
17th Division
3rd Division
58th Division
22nd Division
12th RGC Temp. Division
18th RGC Temp. Division
13th Army

Defending units:
73rd Chinese Corps
79th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
44th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
66th Chinese Corps
22nd Artillery Regiment
18th Chinese Corps
72nd Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment

He managed to sneak a unit behind my guys to the west, and now I can't even move my troops out of there. Changsha has almost no combat power there and the surrounding bases each have a corps for garrison purposes. I managed to get myself in a fine mess here. Maybe he'll "win" and drive me to the west.

My 1300 AP mob is passing Chungking to the north. This should deliver the mail to him up there.

I went to ground attack at Adak. Got some results there.

Morning Air attack on 83rd Naval Guard Unit, at 162,52 (Adak Island)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
A-29 Hudson x 6
B-18A Bolo x 16
LB-30 Liberator x 6
B-26 Marauder x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
149 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

[Sangeli]

Why are you attacking Wuchang? Chinese can't take well defended cities. Even defeating Japanese units in open terrain is difficult enough with the Chinese. And at a time when Chungking is severely threatened.

[HansBolter]

ORIGINAL: Sangeli

Why are you attacking Wuchang? Chinese can't take well defended cities. Even defeating Japanese units in open terrain is difficult enough with the Chinese. And at a time when Chungking is severely threatened.

One look at the map and the answer is obvious. The troops in Wuchang are in no position to have any impact on the battle raging on the plains.

While the Chinese certainly can't hope to conquer a heavily defended city with a strong garrison, they certainly can attrite the enemy when an opportunity presents itself such as on the heels of an abortive attack by the enemy that leaves him with a high level of disabled devices.

The results of the attack would seem to suopport the argument that the attack was worthwhile.

[Mundy]

What can I say...? Land combat is my blind spot. I tend to give a try once in a while to see if he's weakened things. The raw AP numbers had tempted me, as I was about 2-1 there.

I'm learning not to.

I'm decent handling my air power. I can usually run a good sub campaign. I also can sneak in an effective surface intercept at times. Ground war is difficult for me to judge. At best you get a total number of units and personnel count, and it's difficult to convert that intel into a real situation report in order to compare forces. Maybe a probe attack with a single weak unit is the only way to really tell what's there. I did laugh seeing he lost a unit from his attack.

I am hoping to club him good near Chungking, as I don't think he has the quantity there. Recently he had a stray between Tuyun and Liuchow which snuck in somehow. I did beat them handily with a single corps and drove him west into the forest. I'm guessing their supply situation was not up to snuff.

I'm content to keep Canton under siege. I'm not sure if that has any effect on any industry there.

Lack of any recon ability really hurts here. I'm dealing with little suicide units which pop up as well as stealth incursions in the north. I'm suspecting something similar in India with my supplies not distributing to my eastern bases. I've noticed a big pile-up of fuel in Karachi and Bombay. Bombay has something like 400k there. I've checked to make sure all industry is "on". I have moved units by rail to the east, so they seem clear. My recon units have been watching his bases, but I may have to do an internal sweep of my territory.

[Sangeli]

ORIGINAL: Mundy
What can I say...? Land combat is my blind spot. I tend to give a try once in a while to see if he's weakened things. The raw AP numbers had tempted me, as I was about 2-1 there.

Understandable but as many others will tell you raw AV is only part of the story and especially so with China. The Chinese infantry squads have very low soft attack and the units themselves have little artillery to aid in this regard. I'd like to think of myself as an adept Chinese player and even I struggle making any progress offensively with them. Even when I can get 4 to 1 AV advantages in 2x terrain it is not enough; I don't think I have ever forced full Japanese division to retreat except in 1x terrain. I think with China especially you first have to master the defensive aspects before you can start thinking of the offensive aspects aside from the occasional Japanese unit that strays too far from his friends.

ORIGINAL: Mundy
I did laugh seeing he lost a unit from his attack.

I think the Japanese committed some or all of those smaller units in the battle which have bad tendency of getting wrecked in combat. I'd be willing to bet most of the destroyed squads were not in the actual divisions. Works the same way with the Allies which is why I usually don't attack infantry in groups smaller than a regiment in large land battles.

ORIGINAL: Mundy
I am hoping to club him good near Chungking, as I don't think he has the quantity there. Recently he had a stray between Tuyun and Liuchow which snuck in somehow. I did beat them handily with a single corps and drove him west into the forest. I'm guessing their supply situation was not up to snuff.

Those are the types of offensive battles the Chinese can definitely win; nicely done. Let the Japanese come to you then pick them apart when they get too ambitious.

[Mundy]

25 May 1942

Some timely improvements on the ground war:

Ground combat at 84,48 (near Ichang)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 62580 troops, 288 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2022

Defending force 6070 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 236

Allied adjusted assault: 452

Japanese adjusted defense: 89

Allied assault odds: 5 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
2211 casualties reported
Squads: 74 destroyed, 115 disabled
Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Allied ground losses:
1446 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 234 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
67th Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
59th Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
45th Chinese Corps
32nd Chinese Corps
5th Chinese Cavalry Corps
26th Group Army

Defending units:
11th RGC Temp. Division
13th RGC Temp. Division

I'll be chasing them all the way back to Hankow.

The daily grind at Port Moresby:

Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14906 troops, 149 guns, 74 vehicles, Assault Value = 424

Defending force 11296 troops, 135 guns, 55 vehicles, Assault Value = 405

Japanese ground losses:
308 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
4th KNIL Regiment
Prajoda Garrison Battalion
NG Vol Rifles Battalion
Barisan KNIL Regiment
Torres Strait Battalion
49th Australian Battalion
8th Australian Division
Papuan Inf Battalion
13th Field Regiment
6th RAN Base Force
3rd RAAF Base Force
9th Avn Sup Afd
ABDA
15th RAN Base Force
Rabaul Base Force
4th Australian Lt AA Regiment

Defending units:
48th/B Division
48th/A Division
48th/C Division
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion

Lexington and Hornet have both converted over to TBFs now. KB is still hugging the New Guinea coast. I sent my B-17Ds at Townsville to hit the troops there, but it looks like KB is CAPping PM. No effect and some losses. I've flipped over one Fortress squadron to B-26s. The other will eat up what's put in the pool.

[Mundy]

30 May 1942

Things are pro(re)gressing as usual.

I've been beating up some IJA troops NW of Hankow:

Ground combat at 84,49 (near Hankow)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 61075 troops, 276 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1859

Defending force 4174 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 97

Allied adjusted assault: 452

Japanese adjusted defense: 6

Allied assault odds: 75 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
3193 casualties reported
Squads: 190 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 60 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 20 (14 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
319 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 57 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
59th Chinese Corps
67th Chinese Corps
45th Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
32nd Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
5th Chinese Cavalry Corps
26th Group Army

Defending units:
11th RGC Temp. Division
13th RGC Temp. Division

There's still one unit sitting there, so all but three of my corps will attack, with the rest in reserve. I may pile the mob into Hankow. If it's held lightly, maybe I can take it, complicating the Wuchang situation nicely.

Elsewhere, I did catch CF napping at Luganville.

Morning Air attack on Luganville , at 120,150

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed on ground
G4M1 Betty: 3 destroyed on ground
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground
H6K4 Mavis: 1 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 28

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Morning Air attack on Luganville , at 120,150

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 5
B-17E Fortress x 18
LB-30 Liberator x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed on ground
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed on ground
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed on ground

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 22

Intel screen sez that 7 Zekes and 7 Betties died, along with one Mavis. I'll hit them one more turn before training again.

I'm getting a few sub encounters each day near Port Moresby. It's always a shot against his destroyers. I'm not sure if there's a sweet spot, aggression-wise, which can temper this a bit. I'm hoping I can get lucky one of these turns and plant a fish into something that matters.

A bunch of various troops are leaving San Francisco for Pearl, mostly destined for the Marshalls campaign. They started prepping before they even left the states.

Intel Monkey says that the 20th Engineer Regiment is prepping for Suva. The USA 32nd Division is mostly at Nadi now. Their guns and some mech support are a day away. Everything's off the ships. A big load of fuel is a day out and will replace the transport TF there. If he thinks he can backdoor his way to Suva through Nadi, it won't come easy. I have ships enroute with stuff for New Zealand, so that can be prepped also. I'm pretty sure nothing will happen as long as KB remains lurking off of Port Moresby. When they decide to vanish, is when I'll have to start wondering.

The war in India is not going well. He's in Patna now and already outnumbers me greatly. My aircraft there have transferred to the two bases 4 hexes NW. I tried to do to much with what I had and my Chinese Corps and USA 27th are shells of their former selves -- mostly due to relentless air attack. I'm going to try to get them skirted around Patna to the north to a relatively "rear" area. Diampur is becoming an island in his territory. I'll try to get some quality air concentrations ringing his holdings there.

[BBfanboy]

I see you got a "Supply - " result in your combat NW of Hankow. Combat uses a lot of supply, and with the Chinese units that comes from their unit allocation.

If it ever gets down close to zero their AV will be adjusted to near zero during the combat phase. I suggest you check unit supply levels before trying to hit anything that might hit back the turn after.

[Mundy]

To be fair, they had the same this turn on the next attack. I'm not really rolling in them anywhere in China anyway.

The CAF shows it can deal out the punishment, given the chance.

Morning Air attack on 63rd Division, at 76,42 , near Chengtu

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
DB-3M x 3
H81-A3 x 7
P-43A-1 Lancer x 11
SB-III x 10

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
133 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

I've got something like 1200 APs of troops about two days away from this site.

Nautilus is continuing with her remarkable career, bagging an xAK a few days ago. She missed a tanker today.