Godzilla {J: Andav} vs. Rodan {A: witpqs}

[witpqs]

So it looks like the new forum does not allow .txt attachments. The really good news is that it allows lots of file types the old forum did not allow. So, I've attached the combat report inside a .zip file. I just tested looking at it and it works fine.

[witpqs]

1945 June 05

INVADED

INVESTED
Singapore
Naha

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Baler is occupied by the Allies
Allied forces CAPTURE Nago !!!
Allied forces CAPTURE Lucena !!!
Allied forces CAPTURE Hong Kong !!!



Overall

• Strategic points: 14,472

• +/- VP today: +1,082

• Possible sighting of IJN fleet 2 hexes SE of Rashin/2 hexes SW of Vladivostok.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii


Pacific


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain


DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya

• I hope all this back and forth helps.

000002 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-05 Singapore 50,84

Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84

Allied Ships
CL Newcastle
CL Swiftsure
CL Tromp
CL Sumatra
DD Witte de With
DD Kortenaer
DD Piet Hein

Japanese ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Fires 2
Runway hits 10
Port hits 1

CL Newcastle firing at 21st Division
CL Swiftsure firing at 5th Division
CL Tromp firing at Singapore
CL Sumatra firing at Singapore
DD Witte de With firing at 1st Division
DD Kortenaer firing at 11th Division
DD Piet Hein firing at 33rd Division


000008 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-05 Singapore 50,84

Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84

Allied Ships
CA Exeter
CA Cornwall
CA Cumberland
CA Suffolk
CA London
CA Dorsetshire
CA Canberra
DD Queensborough
DD Jupiter
DD Warramunga
DD Arunta

Japanese ground losses:
197 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

CA Exeter firing at 1st Division
CA Cornwall firing at 1st Division
CA Cumberland firing at 1st Division
CA Suffolk firing at 1st Division
CA London firing at 5th Division
CA Dorsetshire firing at 5th Division
CA Canberra firing at 21st Division
DD Queensborough firing at 1st Division
DD Jupiter firing at 5th Division
DD Warramunga firing at 38th Division
DD Arunta firing at 11th Division

• 4 of 6 regiments upgraded.

• 4,731 AV at Singapore.


Philippines

• More speed bumps.

000066 Ground combat 1945-06-05 Lucena 79,79

Ground combat at Lucena (79,79)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11079 troops, 178 guns, 163 vehicles, Assault Value = 378

Defending force 1387 troops, 12 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

Allied adjusted assault: 233

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 233 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Lucena !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-)
morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
896 casualties reported
Squads: 30 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 9 (9 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
19th Australian Brigade
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn
14th Australian Brigade
22nd Australian Brigade

Defending units:
4th South Seas Det.
1st Naval Construction Battalion

• Moving on to Batangas.



China

• Success!

000003 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-05 Hong Kong 77,61

Night Naval bombardment of Hong Kong at 77,61

Allied Ships
CL Nashville
CL St. Louis
DD Black

Japanese ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 9
Port hits 5

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Nashville
CL Nashville firing at Hong Kong
CL St. Louis firing at 6th Division
DD Black firing at 1st Tank Division


000005 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-05 Hong Kong 77,61

Night Naval bombardment of Hong Kong at 77,61

Allied Ships
CL Nigeria
CL Newfoundland
CL Kenya
CL Emerald
CL Hobart
DD John Rodgers
DD Ringgold
DD Daly
DD Bullard

Japanese ground losses:
203 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Manpower hits 5
Fires 489
Airbase hits 5
Runway hits 49
Port hits 14
Port supply hits 2

CL Nigeria firing at Hong Kong
CL Newfoundland firing at Hong Kong
CL Kenya firing at Hong Kong
CL Emerald firing at 6th Division
CL Hobart firing at Hong Kong
DD John Rodgers firing at 1st Tank Division
DD Ringgold firing at 1st Tank Division
DD Daly firing at 6th Division
DD Bullard firing at 1st Tank Division


000013 ASW attack 1945-06-05 96,58 Shanghai

ASW attack near Shanghai at 96,58

Japanese Ships
E No.11

Allied Ships
SS Tinosa, hits 8

SS Tinosa is located by E No.11
Tinosa bottoming out ....
E No.11 attacking submerged sub ....
E No.11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


000067 Ground combat 1945-06-05 Hong Kong 77,61

Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 109077 troops, 1769 guns, 1995 vehicles, Assault Value = 3579

Defending force 22611 troops, 269 guns, 463 vehicles, Assault Value = 478

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 10285

Japanese adjusted defense: 729

Allied assault odds: 14 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Hong Kong !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
3035 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 106 disabled
Non Combat: 218 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 52 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 171 (160 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 291 (291 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
682 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 89 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 27 (6 destroyed, 21 disabled)

Assaulting units:
50th Tank Brigade
18th Cavalry Regiment
3rd New Chinese Corps
36th British Division
19th Motorised Division
23rd Indian Division
254th Armoured Brigade
20th Indian Division
255th Indian Tank Brigade
5th Indian Division
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/13th Fld RAA Regiment
2/9th Fld RAA Regiment
8th Belfast Heavy Regiment
85th Medium Regiment
88th Medium Regiment
2/11th Fld RAA Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
86th Medium Regiment
IV Indian Corps
87th Medium Regiment
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
6th Division
1st Tank Division
18th Tank Regiment
75th Field AA Battalion
112th Infantry Regiment
11th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
9th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
Hong Kong Special Base Force

• Enemy withdrawal from Tsuyung continues.

• With additional forces bearing down on the Chungking plain our large Chinese Army 28th Corps will move to solidify the roadblock against the overwhelming numbers the enemy is pushing down the road from Tsuyung.

• Assault tomorrow on the 1st Raiding Regiment east of the road junction between Kweiyang and Tuyun.

• Hong Kong finally ran out of supplies for the defenders which is what caused such a precipitous collapse. Our troops will take advantage by continuing before submarines can land any ammo for the defenders.

• Hong Kong's port is only lightly damaged so a convoy with base forces will arrive tomorrow.

• A supply convoy from LA bound for Haiphong is being diverted to Hong Kong with 83,000 tons of supply. It should be there in about 3 days. Another, smaller supply convoy is leaving Manus now.

• Warships are rebasing from Kwangchowan to Hong Kong.

• TF Amoy will attack the unidentified unit which has caught up with it from the NW, hoping to retreat it back in that direction.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina

• Many supply convoys will still unload at Haiphong because the road/rail net to the interior of China from there is more developed than the route from Hong Kong, at least until more areas are liberated.


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia

Nighttime Stuff
• The home stretch.

000001 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-05 Nago 95,65

Night Naval bombardment of Nago at 95,65

Allied Ships
BB Richelieu
BB King George V
BB Howe
BB Prince of Wales
BC Renown
BC Repulse

Japanese ground losses:
409 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 26 (6 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 26
Port hits 5
Port supply hits 1

BB Richelieu firing at 24th Division
BB King George V firing at Nago
BB Howe firing at Nago
BB Prince of Wales firing at 8th Area Army
BC Renown firing at Nago
BC Repulse firing at 24th Division


000004 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-05 Nago 95,65

Night Naval bombardment of Nago at 95,65

Allied Ships
BB West Virginia
BB Colorado
BB Maryland

Japanese ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Runway hits 2
Port hits 2

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB West Virginia
BB West Virginia firing at 24th Division
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Colorado
BB Colorado firing at Nago
BB Maryland firing at 24th Division


000006 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-05 Nago 95,65

Night Naval bombardment of Nago at 95,65

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee
BB Pennsylvania

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

BB Tennessee firing at 24th Division
BB Pennsylvania firing at 24th Division


000007 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-05 Nago 95,65

Night Naval bombardment of Nago at 95,65

Allied Ships
BB Nelson
BB Mississippi
BB New Mexico
BB Idaho

Japanese ground losses:
377 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (3 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 5
Port hits 11

BB Nelson firing at 24th Division
BB Mississippi firing at Nago
BB New Mexico firing at 24th Division
BB Idaho firing at Nago


000009 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-05 Naha 95,66

Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Texas
BB Arkansas

Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)

BB Texas firing at Okinawa Naval Base Force
Okinawa Naval Base Force firing at BB Texas
Okinawa Naval Base Force firing at BB Arkansas
BB Arkansas firing at Okinawa Naval Base Force

Daytime Stuff
• Got 2.

000010 Sub attack 1945-06-05 94,53 Tungchow

Sub attack near Tungchow at 94,53

Japanese Ships
xAKL Koyu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Angler

SS Angler launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Koyu Maru


000011 ASW attack 1945-06-05 99,53 Moppo

ASW attack near Moppo at 99,53

Japanese Ships
E Kuretake
E Hishu

Allied Ships
SS Amberjack, hits 6

SS Amberjack is located by E Kuretake
E Hishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hishu attacking submerged sub ....
E Hishu is out of ASW ammo
E Hishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hishu fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hishu attacking submerged sub ....
E Hishu is out of ASW ammo
E Hishu is out of ASW ammo
E Hishu is out of ASW ammo
E Hishu is out of ASW ammo
E Hishu is out of ASW ammo
E Hishu is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub


000012 Submarine attack 1945-06-05 94,53 Tungchow

Submarine attack near Tungchow at 94,53

Japanese Ships
xAKL Gyokurei Maru

Allied Ships
SS Angler

xAKL Gyokurei Maru is sighted by SS Angler
SS Angler launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Gyokurei Maru


000013 ASW attack 1945-06-05 96,58 Shanghai

ASW attack near Shanghai at 96,58

Japanese Ships
E No.11

Allied Ships
SS Tinosa, hits 8

SS Tinosa is located by E No.11
Tinosa bottoming out ....
E No.11 attacking submerged sub ....
E No.11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.11 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


000014 Sub attack 1945-06-05 94,53 Tungchow

Sub attack near Tungchow at 94,53

Japanese Ships
xAK Taigen Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Angler

SS Angler launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Taigen Maru



000064 Submarine attack 1945-06-05 94,53 Tungchow

Submarine attack near Tungchow at 94,53

Japanese Ships
xAK Taigen Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Angler

xAK Taigen Maru is sighted by SS Angler
SS Angler attacking on the surface

• Hooray!

000065 Ground combat 1945-06-05 Nago 95,65

Ground combat at Nago (95,65)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 39890 troops, 644 guns, 981 vehicles, Assault Value = 1296

Defending force 22926 troops, 239 guns, 254 vehicles, Assault Value = 364

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 1707

Japanese adjusted defense: 253

Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Nago !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1853 casualties reported
Squads: 23 destroyed, 39 disabled
Non Combat: 148 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 40 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 154 (148 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 175 (174 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
835 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 81 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 23 (6 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Vehicles lost 60 (13 destroyed, 47 disabled)

Assaulting units:
41st Infantry Division
193rd Tank Battalion
6th Infantry Division
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment
1st USMC Tank Battalion
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
713th Flame Tank Battalion
27th Infantry Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
X US Corps
New Guinea Force

Defending units:
3rd Tank Regiment
24th Division
Nakagusuko-wan Fortress
70th Field AA Battalion
33rd JNAF AF Unit
101st Machine Canno AA Battalion
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
17th Army
2nd RF Gun Battalion
8th Area Army
25th Air Flotilla
38th JNAF AF Unit

• Assault at Naha will continue for now, as will minimal naval bombardments.

• 1,606 AV at Naha. Assault in 2 days.


Complete combat report attached.

[witpqs]

Can't resist trying out pics.

Here is a look at China.

The size limit on files is now 250KB. The old forum AAR was 1MB, while the rest of the forum was 500KB. This is making it awkward for map pics.

This is a test! It allowed me to attach 4 files, each smaller than the limit but all together larger than the limit. For 3 of the 4 it has buttons "Place Inline" and "Delete", for 1 of the 4 it has the button "Delete". I am submitting this with none of them marked as inline.

[witpqs]

Here is 1 of 4.

[witpqs]

Here is 2 and 3 of 4.

Note: It seems to reverse the order!

[witpqs]

Here is 4 of 4.

[witpqs]

Now here is a re-do of trying the large attachment, because during this process the notation changed to say "10MiB" per attachment.

[BBfanboy]

Allied anti-armour in 1944-45 is awesome. Just check out the Japanese vehicle losses at HK and Nago!

[witpqs]

Allied anti-armour in 1944-45 is awesome. Just check out the Japanese vehicle losses at HK and Nago!

Wow! I had not even looked closely, pretty epic.

Both of those places have a substantial investment of Allied tanks in addition to all the anti-tank goodies build into the later Allied squads.

The same for Naha. That one will be coming up soon.

[anarchyintheuk]

The adjusted assault values you had on your last 3 attacks at HK were pretty legendary as well. Who's in charge of that stack?

[witpqs]

The adjusted assault values you had on your last 3 attacks at HK were pretty legendary as well. Who's in charge of that stack?

Well, they got HQ and command HQ. Command HQ is Christisin, Alex FP, who has good stats. The regular (corps) HQ is Slim, and his stats are outstanding. The thing is I don't remember seeing Leader(+) benefits. The troop stats are good but not great. I think another contributor is the Disruption malus on the enemy. With that, they were not as able to suppress the attackers.

I just guessing.

[witpqs]

1945 June 06

INVADED

INVESTED
Singapore
Naha

CHANGED OWNERSHIP



Overall

• Strategic points: 14,472

• +/- VP today: +672

• No sign of the IJN battle fleet.

• Throughout the long transit expanses of the West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii region and the Pacific region convoy routing has already been modified to deal with the enemy submarine menace. Vigilance will be maintained in the face of possible IJN carrier and warship raids.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii


Pacific


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain


DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya

• These look good on paper.

000003 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-06 Singapore 50,84

Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84

Allied Ships
CL Ceylon
CL Perth
CL Gambia
DD Wager
DD Vigilant
DD Ulster
DD Quality

Japanese ground losses:
170 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17
Port hits 4

CL Ceylon firing at 1st Division
CL Perth firing at Singapore
CL Gambia firing at Singapore
DD Wager firing at 5th Division
DD Vigilant firing at 1st Division
DD Ulster firing at 5th Division
DD Quality firing at 2nd Tank Division

• 5 of 6 regiments upgraded.

• 4,775 AV at Singapore.


Philippines


China

• Got one!

000002 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-06 Hong Kong 77,61

Night Naval bombardment of Hong Kong at 77,61

Allied Ships
CL Nashville
CL St. Louis
CL Marblehead
DD Terry
DD Rowe
DD Ross
DD William Porter
DD McNair
DD Hudson
DD Cowell
DD Cony
DD Black

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Nashville
CL Nashville firing at 1st Tank Division
CL St. Louis firing at 1st Tank Division
CL Marblehead firing at 1st Tank Division
DD Terry firing at 6th Division
DD Rowe firing at 6th Division
DD Ross firing at 1st Tank Division
DD William Porter firing at 1st Tank Division
DD McNair firing at 1st Tank Division
DD Hudson firing at 1st Tank Division
DD Cowell firing at 6th Division
DD Cony firing at 6th Division
DD Black firing at 1st Tank Division


000004 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-06 Hong Kong 77,61

Night Naval bombardment of Hong Kong at 77,61

Allied Ships
CL Nigeria
CL Newfoundland
CL Kenya
CL Emerald
CL Hobart
DD John Rodgers
DD Ringgold
DD Daly
DD Bullard

Japanese ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

CL Nigeria firing at 1st Tank Division
CL Newfoundland firing at 6th Division
CL Kenya firing at 1st Tank Division
CL Emerald firing at 1st Tank Division
CL Hobart firing at 1st Tank Division
DD John Rodgers firing at 6th Division
DD Ringgold firing at 6th Division
DD Daly firing at 1st Tank Division
DD Bullard firing at 6th Division000006 Submarine attack 1945-06-06 98,50 Tsingtao

Submarine attack near Tsingtao at 98,50

Japanese Ships
xAK Yamura Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Stickleback

xAK Yamura Maru is sighted by SS Stickleback
SS Stickleback launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Yamura Maru

• Good all around.

000092 Ground combat 1945-06-06 Hong Kong 77,61

Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 108629 troops, 1768 guns, 1991 vehicles, Assault Value = 3512

Defending force 18697 troops, 141 guns, 192 vehicles, Assault Value = 215

Allied adjusted assault: 6968

Japanese adjusted defense: 93

Allied assault odds: 74 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2355 casualties reported
Squads: 32 destroyed, 106 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 38 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 29 (16 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 71 (24 destroyed, 47 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
261 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Vehicles lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Assaulting units:
50th Tank Brigade
20th Indian Division
23rd Indian Division
36th British Division
19th Motorised Division
3rd New Chinese Corps
254th Armoured Brigade
18th Cavalry Regiment
255th Indian Tank Brigade
5th Indian Division
85th Medium Regiment
2/11th Fld RAA Regiment
2/13th Fld RAA Regiment
8th Belfast Heavy Regiment
IV Indian Corps
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
86th Medium Regiment
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
87th Medium Regiment
88th Medium Regiment
2/9th Fld RAA Regiment
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
1st Tank Division
6th Division
11th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
9th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
18th Tank Regiment
112th Infantry Regiment
75th Field AA Battalion
Hong Kong Special Base Force


000093 Ground combat 1945-06-06 82,60 Chaochow

Ground combat at 82,60 (near Chaochow)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10374 troops, 116 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 430

Defending force 615 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24

Allied adjusted assault: 284

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 284 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender:
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
805 casualties reported
Squads: 35 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
Guides Cavalry Regiment
24th Australian Brigade
BFF Brigade
99th Indian Brigade
XXXIII Indian Corps

Defending units:
23rd RGC Temp. Division


000094 Ground combat 1945-06-06 76,50 Tuyun

Ground combat at 76,50 (near Tuyun)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 3652 troops, 39 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 132

Defending force 823 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27

Allied adjusted assault: 113

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 113 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
448 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
100th Indian Brigade

Defending units:
1st Raiding Regiment


000095 Wiped Out 1945-06-06 Hong Kong 77,61

75th Field AA Battalion Wiped Out at Hong Kong by attrition!!!
9th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion Wiped Out at Hong Kong by attrition!!!
11th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion Wiped Out at Hong Kong by attrition!!!
18th Tank Regiment Wiped Out at Hong Kong by attrition!!!
Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Hong Kong

• Enemy withdrawal from Tsuyung continues.

• The para division will add to the road block from Tsuyung.

• Neikiang is building but still a size 1 airfield.

• Additional forces should begin arriving on the Chungking plain tomorrow. When sufficient are present, Chungking will be invested.

• The 1st Raiding Regiment was swatted; the 100th Indian Brigade will pursue and do it again.

• TF Amoy is successful and will now move SE, adjacent to Amoy.

• Hong Kong base repairing nicely, only 1 or 2 more days to go. Base forces are beginning to unload now. Fuel is on the way. Supply is on the way.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia

Nighttime Stuff
• Oklahoma is back on duty after lengthy repairs and upgrades.

000001 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-06 Nago 95,65

Night Naval bombardment of Nago at 95,65

Allied Ships
BB Oklahoma
BB Nevada
DD Drayton
DD Benham
DD Gridley
DD Bagley
DD Abner Read

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Oklahoma
BB Oklahoma firing at 24th Division
BB Nevada firing at 24th Division
DD Drayton firing at 24th Division
DD Benham firing at 24th Division
DD Gridley firing at 24th Division
DD Bagley firing at 24th Division
DD Abner Read firing at 24th Division


000005 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-06 Naha 95,66

Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

35 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB New York
BB Arizona
DD Tingey
DD Halsey Powell
DD Melvin
DD Bush

Japanese ground losses:
383 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 19 (9 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Manpower hits 3
Fires 3360
Runway hits 5
Port hits 5

BB New York firing at 19th Division
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Arizona
BB Arizona firing at Naha
Okinawa Naval Base Force firing at DD Tingey
DD Tingey firing at Okinawa Naval Base Force
Okinawa Naval Base Force firing at DD Halsey Powell
DD Halsey Powell firing at Okinawa Naval Base Force
DD Melvin firing at Naha
DD Bush firing at Okinawa Naval Base Force
Okinawa Naval Base Force firing at DD Bush

• Clean up off to a good start.

000091 Ground combat 1945-06-06 Nago 95,65

Ground combat at Nago (95,65)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 39330 troops, 645 guns, 972 vehicles, Assault Value = 1210

Defending force 20437 troops, 147 guns, 96 vehicles, Assault Value = 304

Allied adjusted assault: 1495

Japanese adjusted defense: 157

Allied assault odds: 9 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1485 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 87 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 21 (13 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 13 (5 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
567 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 61 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 54 (8 destroyed, 46 disabled)

Assaulting units:
1st USMC Tank Battalion
193rd Tank Battalion
6th Infantry Division
131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
713th Flame Tank Battalion
41st Infantry Division
27th Infantry Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
X US Corps
New Guinea Force

Defending units:
24th Division
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
25th Air Flotilla
33rd JNAF AF Unit
70th Field AA Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
101st Machine Canno AA Battalion
Nakagusuko-wan Fortress
17th Army
8th Area Army
38th JNAF AF Unit

• The B-29's formerly targeted at Nago airbase made disparate runs on the Home Islands. We were lucky to only have a few ops losses. And actually did some significant base and supply damage to Chiba!

• We are dispatching sub to the area east and northeast of Tokyo as scouts to watch for the IJN fleet.

• Nago repairs proceeding, might be done after a week. If I remember what I saw yesterday the Repair Shipyard has begun repairs (I wasn't sure if the base had to be repaired before industries would repair).

• 1,642 AV at Naha. Assault tomorrow.


Complete combat report attached.

[witpqs]

1945 June 07

INVADED

INVESTED
Singapore
Naha

CHANGED OWNERSHIP



Overall

• Strategic points: 14,472

• +/- VP today: +22

• No sign of the IJN fleet.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii


Pacific


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain


DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya

• No sleep for the wicked.

000004 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-07 Singapore 50,84

Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84

Allied Ships
CL Newcastle
CL Swiftsure
CL Tromp
CL Sumatra
DD Witte de With
DD Kortenaer
DD Piet Hein

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

CL Newcastle firing at 21st Division
CL Swiftsure firing at 2nd Tank Division
CL Tromp firing at 5th Division
CL Sumatra firing at 33rd Division
DD Witte de With firing at 1st Division
DD Kortenaer firing at 5th Division
DD Piet Hein firing at 33rd Division

• Both divisions upgraded and on their way to Singapore.

• 4,834 AV at Singapore. Should be 3 days until the next assault. 867 AV in those 2 divisions is moving into Singapore, so we should be over 5,700 AV for the next assault.


Philippines

• Our troops should march into Batangas tomorrow.


China

• Near clearing Hong Kong, I think.

000005 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-07 Hong Kong 77,61

Night Naval bombardment of Hong Kong at 77,61

Allied Ships
CL Nashville
CL St. Louis
CL Marblehead
DD Terry
DD Rowe
DD Ross
DD William Porter
DD McNair
DD Hudson
DD Cowell
DD Cony
DD Black

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Nashville
CL Nashville firing at 1st Tank Division
CL St. Louis firing at 6th Division
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Marblehead
CL Marblehead firing at 6th Division
DD Terry firing at 6th Division
DD Rowe firing at 6th Division
DD Ross firing at 6th Division
DD William Porter firing at 6th Division
DD McNair firing at 6th Division
DD Hudson firing at 1st Tank Division
DD Cowell firing at 1st Tank Division
DD Cony firing at 6th Division
DD Black firing at 1st Tank Division


000007 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-07 Hong Kong 77,61

Night Naval bombardment of Hong Kong at 77,61

Allied Ships
CL Nigeria
CL Newfoundland
CL Kenya
CL Emerald
CL Hobart
DD John Rodgers
DD Ringgold
DD Daly
DD Bullard

Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

CL Nigeria firing at 1st Tank Division
CL Newfoundland firing at 6th Division
CL Kenya firing at 1st Tank Division
CL Emerald firing at 6th Division
CL Hobart firing at 1st Tank Division
DD John Rodgers firing at 6th Division
DD Ringgold firing at 6th Division
DD Daly firing at 6th Division
DD Bullard firing at 6th Division


000092 Ground combat 1945-06-07 Hong Kong 77,61

Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 108578 troops, 1770 guns, 1991 vehicles, Assault Value = 3520

Defending force 16198 troops, 115 guns, 165 vehicles, Assault Value = 54

Allied adjusted assault: 6904

Japanese adjusted defense: 41

Allied assault odds: 168 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1182 casualties reported
Squads: 136 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 108 destroyed, 88 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 41 (36 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 51 (51 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
19th Motorised Division
255th Indian Tank Brigade
20th Indian Division
3rd New Chinese Corps
23rd Indian Division
50th Tank Brigade
36th British Division
18th Cavalry Regiment
254th Armoured Brigade
5th Indian Division
8th Belfast Heavy Regiment
IV Indian Corps
2/11th Fld RAA Regiment
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
85th Medium Regiment
507th Base Group
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/13th Fld RAA Regiment
86th Medium Regiment
87th Medium Regiment
2/9th Fld RAA Regiment
88th Medium Regiment
112th RN Base Force /2

Defending units:
1st Tank Division
6th Division
112th Infantry Regiment
Hong Kong Special Base Force


000093 surrounded 1945-06-07 Hong Kong 77,61

Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Hong Kong

• An Indian engineer unit from Paoshan will arrive at Tsuyung in 2 or 3 days to help finally repair the place, then work to increase increase daily land supply limit. Kunming, with a USA engineer unit from Mengtze on site, has already repaired and is building fortifications to increase the daily limit.

• Imperial Tsuyung withdrawal continues.

• The first of our blocking forces have reached the Tsuyung roadblock position.

• A lot more AV will enter the Chungking plain in (I think) 2 days. One large unit will move into Neikiang to upgrade squads. After that we will move forces into Chungking with enough strength to defend themselves. It will still be a week or two before enough additional forces arrive to begin liberating Chungking.

• Our small advance toward Chihkiang continues but awaits the arrival of larger forces still on the road before we will attack the enemy there.

• Enemy in Hong Kong is down to 3 units, 24,700 troops, 104 guns, 159 AFV, according to recon.

• TF Amoy continues moving but is on a secondary road.

• 4EB and fighters are basing in Hong Kong. The 4EB will target Pescadores airfield.

• After cleanup in Hong Kong is finished, most of the army there will head along the primary road for Kanhsien as part of a general drive toward Shanghai. Taking Kanhsien will give us a primary road supply route to Amoy, and Kanhsien is lightly defended (~10,000). The more substantial enemy forces in Kukong (~44,000) and Kweilin (~22,000) will have to withdraw to fight elsewhere or be cleaned up later without supply to aid their defense.

• Two destroyers are the first to make use of the liberated shipyard at Hong Kong.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia

Nighttime Stuff
• Good bombardments but a couple of the RN battleships are getting tired and need some work.

000001 Submarine attack 1945-06-07 99,52 Moppo

Submarine attack near Moppo at 99,52

Japanese Ships
xAKL Heiku Maru

Allied Ships
SS Albacore

xAKL Heiku Maru is sighted by SS Albacore
SS Albacore launches 2 torpedoes at xAKL Heiku Maru


000002 Sub attack 1945-06-07 99,56 Saishu To

Sub attack near Saishu To at 99,56

Japanese Ships
E Iki
E No.3

Allied Ships
SS Albacore

SS Albacore launches 2 torpedoes at E Iki
E No.3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


000003 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-07 Naha 95,66

Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Richelieu
BB King George V
BB Howe
BB Prince of Wales
BC Renown
BC Repulse

Japanese ground losses:
488 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 33 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 32 (16 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (5 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Manpower hits 2
Fires 3599
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7
Port hits 7
Port supply hits 4

BB Richelieu firing at Naha
BB King George V firing at Okinawa Naval Base Force
Okinawa Naval Base Force firing at BB King George V
BB Howe firing at Naha
BB Prince of Wales firing at Okinawa Naval Base Force
BC Renown firing at 19th Division
Okinawa Naval Base Force firing at BC Repulse
BC Repulse firing at Okinawa Naval Base Force


000006 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-07 Naha 95,66

Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66

Allied Ships
BB West Virginia
BB Colorado
BB Maryland

Japanese ground losses:
295 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 17 (5 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Manpower hits 1
Fires 5470
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2
Port hits 1

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB West Virginia
BB West Virginia firing at Naha
BB Colorado firing at Naha
BB Maryland firing at Naha


000008 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-07 Nago 95,65

Night Naval bombardment of Nago at 95,65

Allied Ships
BB Tennessee
BB Pennsylvania

Japanese ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Tennessee
BB Tennessee firing at 24th Division
BB Pennsylvania firing at 24th Division


000009 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-07 Naha 95,66

Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied Ships
BB Nelson
BB Mississippi
BB New Mexico
BB Idaho

Japanese ground losses:
561 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 38 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 30 (8 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 12

BB Nelson firing at Okinawa Naval Base Force
Okinawa Naval Base Force firing at BB Nelson
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Mississippi
BB Mississippi firing at 19th Division
BB New Mexico firing at Naha
BB Idaho firing at Naha


000010 Night Naval bombardment 1945-06-07 Naha 95,66

Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
BB Texas
BB Arkansas

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

BB Texas firing at Okinawa Naval Base Force
Okinawa Naval Base Force firing at BB Texas
BB Arkansas firing at Okinawa Naval Base Force
Okinawa Naval Base Force firing at BB Arkansas

Daytime Stuff
• Got two.

000011 Sub attack 1945-06-07 101,56 Nakadori-jima

Sub attack near Nakadori-jima at 101,56

Japanese Ships
xAK Enzyu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Pargo

SS Pargo launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Enzyu Maru


000089 Sub attack 1945-06-07 125,47 Toyohara

Sub attack near Toyohara at 125,47

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 37, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SC Ch 39
SC Ch 35
TK Shinfuku Maru
TK Yuho Maru
TK Nissho Maru
E W-17
SC Ch 51
SC Ch 45

Allied Ships
SS Hoe

SS Hoe launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 37
E W-17 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 51 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 45 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 45 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 45 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 45 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 45 fails to find sub, continues to search...
SC Ch 45 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

• Very nearly captured Naha.

000090 Ground combat 1945-06-07 Naha 95,66

Ground combat at Naha (95,66)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 59429 troops, 1493 guns, 1581 vehicles, Assault Value = 1670

Defending force 34735 troops, 547 guns, 232 vehicles, Assault Value = 703

Allied adjusted assault: 2141

Japanese adjusted defense: 749

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
2300 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 118 disabled
Non Combat: 97 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 70 (29 destroyed, 41 disabled)
Vehicles lost 61 (46 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
1813 casualties reported
Squads: 155 destroyed, 77 disabled
Non Combat: 65 destroyed, 120 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 24 disabled
Guns lost 106 (66 destroyed, 40 disabled)
Vehicles lost 67 (21 destroyed, 46 disabled)

Assaulting units:
58th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
4th USMC Tank Battalion
766th Tank Battalion
710th Tank Battalion
185th Infantry Regiment
716th Tank Battalion
32nd Infantry Division
763rd Tank Battalion
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
81st Infantry Division
XIV Corps Engr Grp
5th Marine Division
158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
108th Infantry Regiment
754th Tank Battalion
762nd Tank Battalion
531st Field Artillery Battalion
3rd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
9th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
98th Mortar Battalion
532nd Field Artillery Battalion
5th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
XIV US Corps
85th Mortar Battalion
Eighth US Army
88th Mortar Battalion
225th Field Artillery Battalion
5th Pioneer Battalion

Defending units:
9th Tank Regiment
15th Ind.Mixed Regiment
19th Division
35th Ind.Mixed Brigade
32nd Army
31st Special Base Force
68th Field AA Battalion
3rd Medium Mortar Battalion
102nd Machine Canno AA Battalion
80th Field AA Battalion
40th JNAF AF Unit
10th RF Gun Battalion
69th Field AA Battalion
79th Field AA Battalion
Okinawa Naval Base Force
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
100th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
81st Field AA Battalion
Nansei Shoto JNAF Base Force


000091 Ground combat 1945-06-07 Nago 95,65

Ground combat at Nago (95,65)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 38841 troops, 643 guns, 964 vehicles, Assault Value = 1139

Defending force 19337 troops, 134 guns, 91 vehicles, Assault Value = 225

Allied adjusted assault: 1145

Japanese adjusted defense: 136

Allied assault odds: 8 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1417 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 52 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 29 (20 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 13 (10 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
510 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 45 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 6 (3 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 75 (26 destroyed, 49 disabled)

Assaulting units:
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
6th Infantry Division
713th Flame Tank Battalion
27th Infantry Division
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
131st Cmbt Engineer Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
41st Infantry Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
X US Corps
New Guinea Force

Defending units:
24th Division
101st Machine Canno AA Battalion
17th Army
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
70th Field AA Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
Nakagusuko-wan Fortress
25th Air Flotilla
33rd JNAF AF Unit
8th Area Army
38th JNAF AF Unit

• The units at Naha are Disrupted, but I figure enemy Disruption is higher.

• Our units at Nago are also very Disrupted but the hold outs are putting up less of a fight every day.

• 1,522 AV at Naha. Assault continues tomorrow.


Complete combat report attached.

[Lowpe]

Allied anti-armour in 1944-45 is awesome. Just check out the Japanese vehicle losses at HK and Nago!

At this point in the game, I normally use IJA tanks only as fire brigades and never really sit them in a hex to fight day after day as they are very brittle. That is if the Allies let me!

[Lowpe]

How are you inserting portions of your combat reports?

[witpqs]

Allied anti-armour in 1944-45 is awesome. Just check out the Japanese vehicle losses at HK and Nago!

At this point in the game, I normally use IJA tanks only as fire brigades and never really sit them in a hex to fight day after day as they are very brittle. That is if the Allies let me!

Hong Kong and Nago had no retreat for the Empire; they put 'em there they stay there!

[witpqs]

How are you inserting portions of your combat reports?

Text files you can zip up and attach the .zip. I have 7-zip installed so for me it's an easy cadence: delete the previous turn's .zip attachment from the SAVE folder, Right-Click on the combatreport.txt, select 7-zip, select add to combatreport.zip. Then I attach that.

[witpqs]

How are you inserting portions of your combat reports?

Text files you can zip up and attach the .zip. I have 7-zip installed so for me it's an easy cadence: delete the previous turn's .zip attachment from the SAVE folder, Right-Click on the combatreport.txt, select 7-zip, select add to combatreport.zip. Then I attach that.

Or if you meant in-line, those are just standard bracket-quote-bracket then bracket-/quote-bracket.

[Lowpe]

How are you inserting portions of your combat reports?

Text files you can zip up and attach the .zip. I have 7-zip installed so for me it's an easy cadence: delete the previous turn's .zip attachment from the SAVE folder, Right-Click on the combatreport.txt, select 7-zip, select add to combatreport.zip. Then I attach that.

Or if you meant in-line, those are just standard bracket-quote-bracket then bracket-/quote-bracket.

That is what I meant. Why bother with the quotes...so they stand out more?

I use 7zip to, for years and years.

[witpqs]

Text files you can zip up and attach the .zip. I have 7-zip installed so for me it's an easy cadence: delete the previous turn's .zip attachment from the SAVE folder, Right-Click on the combatreport.txt, select 7-zip, select add to combatreport.zip. Then I attach that.

Or if you meant in-line, those are just standard bracket-quote-bracket then bracket-/quote-bracket.

That is what I meant. Why bother with the quotes...so they stand out more?

I use 7zip to, for years and years.

Right! I think that quoting things like battle reports or other snippets of info help the eye to set things off from each other quickly and makes it more relaxed to read. At least for me.