Battle for New Jersey (like who would want to do that)

[RUPD3658]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/04/42


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 316142 troops, 2818 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 5489

Defending force 314736 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11018



Allied ground losses:
197 casualties reported

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/05/42



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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 317381 troops, 2839 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 5561

Defending force 314545 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11016



Allied ground losses:
188 casualties reported

[RUPD3658]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/06/42

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ASW attack at 42,44

Japanese Ships
DD Hokaze
DD Yukaze
DD Yakaze
DD Shirayuki
DD Shirakumo
DD Inazuma
DD Ikazuchi
DD Hibiki
DD Wakaba
DD Hatsushima
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsuharu
DD Kawakaze

Allied Ships
SS Barb, hits 1


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14275 troops, 466 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5647

Defending force 315036 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11029



Allied ground losses:
715 casualties reported

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/07/42


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ASW attack at 42,44

Japanese Ships
DD Hokaze
DD Yukaze
DD Yakaze
DD Shirayuki
DD Shirakumo
DD Inazuma
DD Ikazuchi
DD Hibiki
DD Wakaba
DD Hatsushima
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsuharu
DD Kawakaze

Allied Ships
SS Barb


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14286 troops, 465 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5729

Defending force 314356 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10997



Allied ground losses:
227 casualties reported

[ctangus]

A couple quick questions:

Are you posting the entire combat report or just the highlights?

Also, could one of you two post an intel screen? Thanks. [:)]

[KDonovan]

these are the entire combat report. Things are just really slow that's all. Japanese operations are switching from offensive to defensive, while Allied operations are switching from defensive to offensive. Result of which is nothing is happening at the moment. But rest assure, things won't be quiet for long [:D]

here's the intel screen as per request.

[ctangus]

Thanks KD. It's an interesting game (at least to me) that you two are playing.

[RUPD3658]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/08/42


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14303 troops, 466 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5807

Defending force 313854 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10975



Allied ground losses:
435 casualties reported

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/09/42



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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14352 troops, 467 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6211

Defending force 313913 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10971



Allied ground losses:
450 casualties reported

[RUPD3658]

I know that I am supposed to be playing defense at this point but I am predisposed towards action so I launched an attack on Midway. Just wanted to remind Kenny that I have a KB and I am not afraid to use it. [:'(]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/10/42


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14352 troops, 467 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6294

Defending force 313925 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10969



Allied ground losses:
380 casualties reported

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/11/42


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Day Air attack on Midway , at 95,61

Flak was brutal and shot down 30 Vals and Kates. I wish my AA gunners were this good. [&o]A2A and ground losses favored me. Total losses for that attack were 80 Allied vs 50 Japanese

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 67
D3A Val x 107
B5N Kate x 191

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 19
P-36A Mohawk x 18
P-39D Airacobra x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 23 destroyed, 1 damaged
D3A Val: 11 destroyed, 40 damaged
B5N Kate: 25 destroyed, 67 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 9 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-36A Mohawk: 16 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra: 16 destroyed
B-24D Liberator: 7 destroyed
Beaufort V-IX: 4 destroyed
B-25C Mitchell: 9 destroyed
LB-30 Liberator: 1 destroyed
P-38G Lightning: 4 destroyed

Allied Ships
SS Scorpion, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage (Sunk)
SS Cuttlefish, Bomb hits 1, on fire
SS Gunnel, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AV Pocomoke, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
AD Cascade, Bomb hits 1, on fire
MSW Igonish, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SS Scamp, Bomb hits 2, on fire
MSW Bobolink, Bomb hits 1, on fire
SS Nautilus, Bomb hits 1, on fire


Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 98
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14352 troops, 467 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6693

Defending force 314266 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10938



Allied ground losses:
580 casualties reported

[ny59giants]

I don't know if I would say losing almost a whole carriers worth of pilots is good for the Japanese. [&:]
Attrition almost always favors the Allies. [&o]
I guess my wonder is why KD had so many ships at Midway??

P.S. The NY Giants still enjoy beating themselves with costly mistakes rather than have the other team beat them. [:@][:@]

[KDonovan]

Flak was brutal and shot down 30 Vals and Kates

yeah haven't looked at the turn yet, but i would imagine that the Vals probably got the worst since they have to automatically drop down to 2000 feet to attack...which is brutal for AA. Usually best to keep the DB's home and set the TB's for a high altitude attack when hitting an airfield. Lucky for you though, i had a flight of 24 P38's sitting on the runway....not flying CAP this turn. Had just recently upgraded them to P38's..and was waiting for them to repair before would fly their missions. Next turn, they probably would've been on CAP. Overall good strike though

I guess my wonder is why KD had so many ships at Midway??

bad luck thats all. Didn't think the KB would come out and play, risking her precious pilots. Had a force of 7 subs there ready to sortie into the pacific in a couple days. Was just waiting for 3 more subs from Pearl to catch up. Also Tom wisely waited for bad weather and snuck in under a T-storm as my Coronado's failed to spot him until he was within striking distance

The NY Giants still enjoy beating themselves with costly mistakes rather than have the other team beat them

the Giants played a good game, were just overmatched against the veteren Payton Manning. They seem to have a good team, and i have no doubt they will be in the mix for the NFC East title. My Jets on the otherhand looked unexpectantly good. Had Nungent not missed 7 pts worth of FG's and extra pts...would've been a blow out. Pennington to my surprised looks like him oldself. Of course this was all against the Titans which aren't supposed to be good this year. But still, we are now only 9 wins away from a playoff spot now. [:D]

[WhoCares]

Just too bad you didn't hit the AS as well (if there is one anyway) to shut down Midway for submarine operations (and be it just for a short while...).
I agree with ny59giants, that the loss of experienced pilots was probably not worth these results.

[RUPD3658]

The plan was to catch the bombardment fleet that plastered Wake and to take out some LB-30s and B-24s on the ground. I had not figured on the flak being so tough.

Overall the point of the raid was to show Kenny that I am not just going to sit back and wait for his offense. Had the weather cooperated the Perth raid would have at least scored some serious points.

To paraphrase Darth Vader "Now behold the power of this fully operational KB!" [:D]

[RUPD3658]

I decided that staying near Midway was just too risky. KB is has safely disappeared back into the mist and is ready to fend off the capitalists when they violate the empire's boundries. Be afraid..be very afraid

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/12/42


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14372 troops, 467 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6756

Defending force 314079 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10909



Allied ground losses:
436 casualties reported

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/13/42



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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14314 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6838

Defending force 313615 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10903



Allied ground losses:
586 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

[RUPD3658]

Two days of clear weather allowed air raids on Chungking.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/14/42

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 52
Ki-36 Ida x 3

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
256 casualties reported

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 51

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 125

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
228 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 128


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14267 troops, 461 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6896

Defending force 312757 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10895



Allied ground losses:
250 casualties reported

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/15/42


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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49 Helen x 52
Ki-36 Ida x 5

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
75 casualties reported

Airbase hits 6
Runway hits 51

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Day Air attack on Chungking , at 43,32

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21 Sally x 159

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
200 casualties reported

Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 119


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14241 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6952

Defending force 312762 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10916



Allied ground losses:
477 casualties reported

[RUPD3658]

One more Chinese unit starved. Back down to 130

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/16/42


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14241 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7021

Defending force 312308 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10916



Allied ground losses:
226 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/17/42



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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14342 troops, 466 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7079

Defending force 311987 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10948



Allied ground losses:
205 casualties reported

[RUPD3658]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/18/42


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14342 troops, 466 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7134

Defending force 312239 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10961



Allied ground losses:
236 casualties reported
Guns lost 1

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/19/42



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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14374 troops, 465 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7184

Defending force 311769 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10941



Allied ground losses:
291 casualties reported

[RUPD3658]

After a year of running and hiding Kenny has begun the long expected counter offensive. He chose to land on southern New Guinea, a place I had not counted on. I am now scrambling to stop the offensive before it gains traction and my whole empire colapses.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/20/42

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ASW attack at 49,91

Japanese Ships
SS I-11, hits 7, on fire, heavy damage (Sunk)
This was my early warning picket in the gap between Oz and NG.

Allied Ships
DD Maury
DD McCall

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Day Air attack on Lae , at 54,87

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 57

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
123 casualties reported

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 24

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Day Air attack on Buna , at 55,90

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 64

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 38

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Day Air attack on Gili Gili , at 56,94

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 64

No Allied losses

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 43

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Day Air attack on Port Moresby , at 53,91

Allied aircraft
Wellington III x 62
P-38G Lightning x 12
B-24D Liberator x 192

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington III: 11 damaged
B-24D Liberator: 1 destroyed, 18 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
234 casualties reported
Guns lost 9

Port hits 27
Port fuel hits 6
Port supply hits 5

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TF 1005 troops unloading over beach at Thursday Island, 49,90



Allied ground losses:
609 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14338 troops, 466 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7243

Defending force 311969 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10944



Allied ground losses:
213 casualties reported

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/21/42


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TF 1005 troops unloading over beach at Thursday Island, 49,90



Allied ground losses:
660 casualties reported

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TF 1005 troops unloading over beach at Thursday Island, 49,90



Allied ground losses:
343 casualties reported

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TF 1026 troops unloading over beach at Thursday Island, 49,90



Allied ground losses:
209 casualties reported

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TF 1028 troops unloading over beach at Merauke, 47,87



Allied ground losses:
567 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14282 troops, 463 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7290

Defending force 312304 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10962



Allied ground losses:
432 casualties reported

[KDonovan]

man...

attacking the KB before June 1942......
and now launching an offensive before 1943.....

i gotta stop being so reckless as the Allies

[RUPD3658]

Hopefully next turn will show this to be true. Got some suprizes planned. [;)]

[ny59giants]

FINALLY!!![:D]
I have known about this because of PM from KD, I was getting tired of the artillery practice at Chungking. [:D]
Now we can get on with the war!![&o][&o]

[RUPD3658]

CVs retreated out of Zero/Betty range leaving the trasports easy targets. The only problem was that due to the weather I had to force them to fly at gun point. Trashed the Tfs at Merauke. Now I just have to starve them out.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/22/42

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TF 1005 troops unloading over beach at Thursday Island, 49,90



Allied ground losses:
105 casualties reported

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TF 1026 troops unloading over beach at Thursday Island, 49,90



Allied ground losses:
196 casualties reported

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TF 1028 troops unloading over beach at Merauke, 47,87



Allied ground losses:
239 casualties reported

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TF 1004 troops unloading over beach at Karachi, 21,3

This is the Dutch BF we had agreed to allow to recapture Karachi. See our house rules posted 3-4 pages back



Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported

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TF 1004 troops unloading over beach at Karachi, 21,3



Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported

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TF 1005 troops unloading over beach at Thursday Island, 49,90



Allied ground losses:
119 casualties reported

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TF 1026 troops unloading over beach at Thursday Island, 49,90



Allied ground losses:
119 casualties reported

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TF 1028 troops unloading over beach at Merauke, 47,87



Allied ground losses:
141 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 47,87

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 15

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
MSW Agra
AK Manoa, Torpedo hits 1
SC SC-699
AK West Cape


Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported

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Day Air attack on TF, near Merauke at 47,87

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 51

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 14 damaged

Allied Ships
SC SC-700
AK Florence Luckenbach
AK Memphis City, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
AK Lillian Luckenbach, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage (Sunk)
AP Ormiston, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
SC SC-699, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage (Sunk)
AK West Cape, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Manoa, Torpedo hits 1
AK Makena, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

7 out of 9 ships hit. Not too bad. Hopefully I can pick off the stragglers on their way home


Allied ground losses:
98 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14363 troops, 466 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7334

Defending force 311924 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10946



Allied ground losses:
700 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Thursday Island

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5206 troops, 60 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 131

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied max assault: 111 - adjusted assault: 138

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 138 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Thursday Island base !!!



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Ground combat at Merauke

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4900 troops, 30 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 137

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied max assault: 110 - adjusted assault: 133

Japanese max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 133 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Merauke base !!!


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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 12/23/42


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TF 1004 troops unloading over beach at Karachi, 21,3



Allied ground losses:
76 casualties reported

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TF 1004 troops unloading over beach at Karachi, 21,3



Allied ground losses:
110 casualties reported


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Ground combat at Chungking

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14321 troops, 465 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7388

Defending force 311468 troops, 17 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10923



Allied ground losses:
979 casualties reported