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

[Lowpe]

I don't think they fought much till maybe the last wave.

[witpqs]

Can I see a VP screen? Pretty please.

Do you mean in-game or Tracker? Let me know and will do next turn.

[witpqs]

I think the Shinden's are mainly on night CAP. I don't remember see too many fighting the sweeps. Hopefully they will be destroyed or damaged by the B-24 raids so the B-29 strikes the following night get an easier time.

[Lowpe]

Can I see a VP screen? Pretty please.

Do you mean in-game or Tracker? Let me know and will do next turn.

In game, plz.

[witpqs]

[witpqs]

1945 August 07

INVADED

INVESTED
Manila
Wenchow
Shikuka

CHANGED OWNERSHIP



Overall

• Strategic points: 20,064

• +/- VP today: +202

• Allies VP: 94,656

• Japan VP: 54,250

• VP ratio Allies/Japan: 1.745 : 1

• IJN fleet not sighted.


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


Philippines

• 1,223 AV at Manila.

China

• The Soviet 68th Mountain Rifle Division has entered the map 3 hexes NW of Wasu and continues marching for that enemy outpost.

• 1 enemy units near Kunming.

• 11 enemy units on/near the Chungking plain.

• We have a unit in-hex with 1 of those 11, just west of Chengtu. Attack tomorrow.

• Our units continue streaming off the Chungking plain.

• Enemy units passing through Changteh heading toward Ichang.

• Ops at and around Changsha continue.

• Sinyang has 48 fighters. It's been a while since I've seen enemy fighters deployed in China.

• Foochow op continues.

• Wenchow op continues.

• The bulk of our Spearhead should enter Shanghai tomorrow.

• We have assigned 3 brigades to capture Soochow (NW Shanghai) to trap the defenders of Shanghai.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia

Nighttime Stuff
• Quiet, considering.

000001 encounters mine field 1945-08-07 Wakkanai 122,48

TF 8 encounters mine field at Wakkanai (122,48)

Japanese Ships
AMc Hino Maru
AMc Yoshitomo Maru
AMc Toshi Maru #8

11 mines cleared


000002 Night Naval bombardment 1945-08-07 Kume-jima 94,65

Night Naval bombardment of Kume-jima at 94,65

Allied Ships
CA Oregon City
DD Gainard
DD Douglas Fox
DD Compton

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

Port hits 14
Port supply hits 2

CA Oregon City firing at Kume-jima
DD Gainard firing at 1st Ind Engineer Regiment
DD Douglas Fox firing at Kume-jima
DD Compton firing at 170th JAAF AF Bn

Daytime Stuff
• The skies over Nagasaki/Sasebo were swarming with fighters, all of them ours.

• All the assigned B-24's found airfields at Nagasaki/Sasebo packed with enemy planes and struck accordingly.

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• The way to Rashin is open.

000081 Ground combat 1945-08-07 110,45 Rashin

Ground combat at 110,45 (near Rashin)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 63722 troops, 1288 guns, 1120 vehicles, Assault Value = 6359

Defending force 0 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 1605

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 1605 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 12 (12 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
378th Guards SU Regiment
371st Rifle Division
187th Rifle Division
277th Rifle Division
333rd Guards SU Regiment
190th Rifle Division
479th Guards SU Regiment
480th Guards SU Regiment
97th Rifle Division
47th Engr-Sapper Bde
395th Guards SU Regiment
159th Rifle Division
478th Guards SU Regiment
184th Rifle Division
157th Rifle Division
144th Rifle Division
13th Naval Infantry Brigade
258th Rifle Division
215th Rifle Division
335th Rifle Division
63rd Rifle Division
218th Tank Brigade
5th Army
107th Hvy.Howitzer Brigade
26th/42nd Gd.Mortar Regiment
15th Guards Cannon Brigade
26th Guards Mortar Brigade
2nd/307th Gd.Mortar Regiment
17th Guards Mortar Brigade
72nd/74th Gd.Mortar Regiment
20th Guards Mortar Brigade
119th Hvy.Howitzer Brigade
283rd Guards Mortar Regiment
100th OM Howitzer Battalion

Defending units:
9th Border Defense Fortress


000082 Ground combat 1945-08-07 111,43 Mutankiang

Ground combat at 111,43 (near Mutankiang)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 57512 troops, 807 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1892

Defending force 1959 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43

Allied adjusted assault: 1083

Japanese adjusted defense: 16

Allied assault odds: 67 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1191 casualties reported
Squads: 39 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 8 (7 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
366th Rifle Division
386th Rifle Division
384th Rifle Division
105th Rifle Division
40th Rifle Division
393rd Rifle Division
25th Army

Defending units:
2nd Border Defense Fortress

• The road to Mutankiang requires more work. It seems those frontier fortifications are tough enough to take 2 days no matter the force brought to bear on them.

• Our forces are moving west from Mishan.

• Our large force NE of Rashin will split up, one group will move on Rashin while another, smaller group moves on Yenki. A small contingent will move NE to clear what I assume is another enemy border fortress. Some of the divisions assigned to the Rashin Salient will hold in place to spread out and reduce over stacking.

• 631 AV at Shikuka (on Sakhalin Island). 9 enemy units present, so we are going to try and get some aerial recon before attacking.

• River crossing toward (unoccupied) Lopei is underway.

• River crossing toward Sunwu underway.

• River crossing toward Kotou underway.

• Op toward Hailar underway.

• The large armored spearhead is now 3 hexes from Fusin. Much infantry is following in their path.

• The general advance out of Mongolia into Manchuria and China proper continues.

• Fires at Osaka/Kyoto are 186.

• Nagasaki/Sasebo shows very few fighters now based there, so clearly most were moved out by train. The airfield is 56% damaged in any event.

• Tonight the B-29's will target Nagasaki/Sasebo Manpower from 5,000 ft.

• Tomorrow our fighter sweeps over Nagasaki/Sasebo will continue.

• Tomorrow the B-24's in the Ryukyu Islands will target Nagasaki/Sasebo Heavy Industry. If it looks advantages to continues strikes the following day, they will then switch to Light Industry.

• Assault forces for Yakushima, Tanegashima, and Kanoya are beginning to load.

VP Screen, as requested!

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Complete combat report attached.

[BBfanboy]

Those border forts do not have great AA capability. I bombed them for a couple of weeks before attacking, but that was when I had the whole war to work with. You can't wait that long, but you can hurt them before you attack with LCUs. I found the Russian OM and BM artillery the best means of smashing the forts.

[witpqs]

1945 August 08

INVADED

INVESTED
Manila
Wenchow
Shanghai
Shikuka

CHANGED OWNERSHIP



Overall

• Strategic points: 20,362

• +/- VP today: +706

• Allies VP: 95,378

• Japan VP: 54,266

• VP ratio Allies/Japan: 1.758 : 1

• IJN fleet not sighted. 9 ships including 4x DD 1 hex NW of Moppo, heading SW.


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


Philippines

• 1,236 AV at Manila.

China

• An enemy unit near Kunming.

• Probably all the same enemy units near/on the Chungking plain, but we are losing recon of some of them.

• Oh, that's a big formation!

000084 Ground combat 1945-08-08 74,41 Chengtu

Ground combat at 74,41 (near Chengtu)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6472 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 216

Defending force 13888 troops, 122 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 425

Allied adjusted assault: 95

Japanese adjusted defense: 545

Allied assault odds: 1 to 5

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

Japanese ground losses:
94 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1104 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 109 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
200th Chinese Division

Defending units:
18th Division

• Help is on the way.

• Movements out of the Chungking plain continue.

• The Changsha operation continues.

• Foochow op continues. Enemy Bde has moved 1 hex west, now trapped by our Bde.

• Wenchow op continues.

• 2,146 AV at Shanghai. Reinforcements are on the way. They are facing 25 enemy units with 118,720 troops with 1,045 guns and 640 AFV.

• Mangan will be seized by Soviet forces tomorrow.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia

Nighttime Stuff
• Ouch.

000001 ASW attack 1945-08-08 113,49 Nakhodka

ASW attack near Nakhodka at 113,49

Japanese Ships
E Kusagaki

Allied Ships
SS ShCh-129, hits 14

SS ShCh-129 is located by E Kusagaki
E Kusagaki attacking submerged sub ....
E Kusagaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kusagaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kusagaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Kusagaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


000002 ASW attack 1945-08-08 104,56 Shimonoseki

ASW attack near Shimonoseki at 104,56

Japanese Ships
E Kozu
E No.11

Allied Ships
SS ShCh-111, hits 17, heavy damage

SS ShCh-111 is located by E Kozu
ShCh-111 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 attacking submerged sub ....
E No.11 attacking submerged sub ....
E No.11 is out of ASW ammo
E No.11 is out of ASW ammo
E No.11 is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub


000003 Night Naval bombardment 1945-08-08 Kume-jima 94,65

Night Naval bombardment of Kume-jima at 94,65

Allied Ships
CA Oregon City
DD Gainard
DD Douglas Fox
DD Compton

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Port hits 1

CA Oregon City firing at 10th Exped.Force
DD Gainard firing at 1st Ind Engineer Regiment
DD Douglas Fox firing at Kume-jima
DD Compton firing at 170th JAAF AF Bn

• The B-29's did not fly against, Nagasaki/Sasebo, likely due to bad weather at night (overcast was predicted).

Daytime Stuff
• The fighters and B-24's had clear skies over Nagasaki/Sasebo.

HI Hits
53
18
17
18
8
2

• Recon shows only 2 HI remain at the target. I assume that is the well known phantom 2.

• The defense of the century, right here.

000083 Ground combat 1945-08-08 111,43 Mutankiang

Ground combat at 111,43 (near Mutankiang)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 57684 troops, 829 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1902

Defending force 988 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 1683

Japanese adjusted defense: 4

Allied assault odds: 420 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
600 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 65 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
386th Rifle Division
366th Rifle Division
40th Rifle Division
384th Rifle Division
105th Rifle Division
393rd Rifle Division
25th Army

Defending units:
2nd Border Defense Fortress

• Movement into Rashin over a backward trail is painfully slow.

• Armored spearhead 2 hexes from Fusin.

• Attack just west of Mishan tomorrow.

• All other advances proceeding.

• B-29 orders are changing to Fukuoka Manpower, night, 5,000 feet.

• The B-24's flying against Nagasaki/Sasebo will switch to Light Industry.

• Troops for for invasions.


Complete combat report attached.

[Lowpe]

The air war is what really talks to me....I think the losses are low, given the date, and also in Japans favor!

Can you talk a little about the airwar over the course of the war? What worked and what didn't for you and Japan....

Thanks!

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[witpqs]

Our air casualties tend to run lower. I usually have an advantage there and I did for mot of this game. Lately I've been using air power on ground attacks, and spending it on heavily defended ground positions. Of course the B-29 losses often occur in the dozens per day when hitting heavily defended strategic targets, and at 2 points per 4EB (IIRC) that adds up too.

[witpqs]

1945 August 09

INVADED

INVESTED
Manila
Wenchow
Shanghai
Shikuka

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Mangan is occupied by the Allies



Overall

• Strategic points: 20,572

• +/- VP today: +207

• Allies VP: 95,655

• Japan VP: 54,336

• VP ratio Allies/Japan: 1.760 : 1

• The VP screen in-game now says "Major Victory".

• IJN fleet appears to be 1 hex SE of Nakhodka.


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


Philippines

• 1,241 AV at Manila.

• More than 600 AV, including tanks, unpacking at Batangas and moving on Manila.

• Naval bombardments resume tonight.

China

• Stragglers in the mountains and on/near the Chungking plain.

• Chungking plain exodus continues and will for some time.

• Changsha operation underway as strong units detraining at Hengyang prepare to march on Changsha.

• Nanchang/Wuchang operation underway.

• Foochow operation.

• Wenchow operation. 126 AV at Wenchow.

• 2,166 AV at Shanghai. Lots more on the way.

• A mountain rifle division should be in Wasu in 3 days.

• A small motorized spearhead is marching from Mangan (just capitulated) to Kalgan.

• Brigades have arrived at Hangchow and are organizing to move out for Soochow.

• A bunch of naval traffic at Shanghai. Destroyers will investigate.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia

Nighttime Stuff
• Routine visit.

000001 ASW attack 1945-08-09 117,50 Olga

ASW attack near Olga at 117,50

Japanese Ships
DD Hagikaze
DD Tanikaze

Allied Ships
SS ShCh-128

SS ShCh-128 is located by DD Hagikaze
ShCh-128 diving deep ....
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


000002 Night Naval bombardment 1945-08-09 Kume-jima 94,65

Night Naval bombardment of Kume-jima at 94,65

Allied Ships
CA Oregon City
DD Gainard
DD Douglas Fox
DD Compton

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

Port hits 4

CA Oregon City firing at 10th Exped.Force
DD Gainard firing at 1st Ind Engineer Regiment
DD Douglas Fox firing at Kume-jima
DD Compton firing at 10th Exped.Force

• Weather (heavy rain) seems to have washed out the B-29 mission against Fukuoka. B-29 orders for Fukuoka remain in place.

Daytime Stuff
• Nagasaki/Sasebo B-24 results:

Light Industry Hits
13
8
4
16
7
2
5

• They will keep at it tomorrow.

• We lost one of two.

000003 ASW attack 1945-08-09 115,48 Olga

ASW attack near Olga at 115,48

Japanese Ships
DD Tanikaze

Allied Ships
SS ShCh-117, hits 5, heavy damage

SS ShCh-117 is located by DD Tanikaze
ShCh-117 diving deep ....
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tanikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Tanikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tanikaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Tanikaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Tanikaze is out of ASW ammo
DD Tanikaze is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub


000004 ASW attack 1945-08-09 114,48 Nakhodka

ASW attack near Nakhodka at 114,48

Japanese Ships
DD Kaede

Allied Ships
SS ShCh-120

SS ShCh-120 is sighted by escort
ShCh-120 diving deep ....
DD Kaede fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kaede fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kaede fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kaede fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kaede fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


000005 Submarine attack 1945-08-09 113,48 Nakhodka

Submarine attack near Nakhodka at 113,48

Japanese Ships
DD Kaede
DD Kaya
DD Maki

Allied Ships
SS ShCh-137, hits 19, and is sunk

SS ShCh-137 is located by DD Kaede
DD Kaede attacking submerged sub ....
SS ShCh-137 forced to surface!
DD Kaede firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Kaya firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Maki firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Kaede firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Kaya firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Maki firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Kaede firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves


000006 ASW attack 1945-08-09 113,48 Nakhodka

ASW attack near Nakhodka at 113,48

Japanese Ships
DD Tanikaze
DD Hagikaze

Allied Ships
SS ShCh-109, hits 1

SS ShCh-109 is located by DD Tanikaze
ShCh-109 diving deep ....
DD Hagikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hagikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hagikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hagikaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Hagikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


000007 ASW attack 1945-08-09 113,48 Nakhodka

ASW attack near Nakhodka at 113,48

Japanese Ships
E No.22

Allied Ships
SS ShCh-136

SS ShCh-136 is sighted by escort
E No.22 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.22 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.22 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.22 fails to find sub, continues to search...
E No.22 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

• One fortress cleared, one fortress holds.

000106 Ground combat 1945-08-09 113,42 Mishan

Ground combat at 113,42 (near Mishan)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3960 troops, 36 guns, 468 vehicles, Assault Value = 266

Defending force 1951 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43

Allied adjusted assault: 197

Japanese adjusted defense: 17

Allied assault odds: 11 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
271 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

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

Assaulting units:
75th Tank Brigade
77th Tank Brigade

Defending units:
10th Border Defense Fortress


000107 Ground combat 1945-08-09 111,43 Mutankiang

Ground combat at 111,43 (near Mutankiang)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 60813 troops, 1101 guns, 171 vehicles, Assault Value = 1962

Defending force 459 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 1180

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 1180 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
527 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 43 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
40th Rifle Division
105th Rifle Division
366th Rifle Division
384th Rifle Division
393rd Rifle Division
386th Rifle Division
46th Engr-Sapper Bde
61st Anti-Tank Brigade
221st Corps Art Brigade
1590th AA Regiment
56th Hvy.Mortar Brigade
25th Army
215th Howitzer Regiment
386th Howitzer Regiment
219th Corps Art Brigade
59th/721st AA Battalion

Defending units:
2nd Border Defense Fortress

• Our forces will attack Hailar in 3 days.

• A spearhead is moving on Mutankiang.

• Yenki appears abandoned and will be attacked tomorrow the lone unit which arrived today.

• Our first units will arrive at Rashin in 3 days.

• Lopei will be seized tomorrow.

• River-crossing against Kotou within the next several days.

• River-crossings against Heiho and Sunwu underway.

• 631 AV at Shikuka. Need good recon before assaulting. Given the IJN local supremacy we would have a hard time getting reinforcements to Sakhalin. I would prefer to have aerial recon so the Imperials do not get intel from that as to our strength on the ground. A rifle division will begin marching from Okha but with 3 hexes through trackless forest that will take some time.

• Some small Soviet tankers will try to get oil from both Petropavlovsk and Okha to Komsomolsk.

• Loading for the for Home Islands targets is going well.


Complete combat report attached.

[Nomad]

You crossed the 1.75 VP ratio needed for a Major victory( the manual lists it as a Decisive Victory)
You still need the 2:1 to force an automatic victory or the game goes on and on .....

[witpqs]

1945 August 10

INVADED

INVESTED
Manila
Wenchow
Shanghai
Shikuka

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Arshaan is occupied by the Allies
Allied forces CAPTURE Lopei !!!
Allied forces CAPTURE Yenki !!!



Overall

• Strategic points: 20,806

• +/- VP today: +556

• Allies VP: 96,239

• Japan VP: 54,364

• VP ratio Allies/Japan: 1.770 : 1

• IJN fleet not sighted.


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


Philippines

• Here we go!

000016 Night Naval bombardment 1945-08-10 Manila 79,77

Night Naval bombardment of Manila at 79,77

Japanese Ships
ACM Seki Maru, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
ARD Meyungs ARD, Shell hits 1, heavy fires

Allied Ships
CL Duguay Trouin
CL Georges Leygues
CL Belfast
CL Jamaica
CL Ceylon
CL Perth
CL Gambia
DD Wizard
DD Wager
DD Vigilant
DD Tumult

Japanese ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (3 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Repair Shipyard hits 1
Manpower hits 1
Fires 119
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 7
Port hits 2

CL Duguay Trouin firing at 2nd Division
CL Georges Leygues firing at 39th Division
CL Belfast firing at Manila
CL Jamaica firing at 2nd Division
CL Ceylon firing at 39th Division
CL Perth firing at 116th Division
CL Gambia firing at Manila
DD Wizard firing at Manila
DD Wager firing at 116th Division
DD Vigilant firing at 34th Division
DD Tumult firing at 2nd Division

• 1,570 AV at Manila. More on the way, then we will try an attack.

China

• The Allied troops pulled up in lawn chairs to watch the nice fireworks!

000017 Night Naval bombardment 1945-08-10 Shanghai 92,55

Night Naval bombardment of Shanghai at 92,55

Japanese Ships
DD Isonami
DD Shirakumo
DD Usugumo
DD Shinonome
DD Ikazuchi
DD Kawakaze
DD Kasumi
DD Asagumo
DD Minegumo
DD Yamagumo
DD Yukikaze
DD Yoizuki

Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

DD Isonami firing at 20th Indian Division
DD Shirakumo firing at 5th Indian Division
DD Usugumo firing at 5th Indian Division
DD Shinonome firing at 5th Indian Division
DD Ikazuchi firing at 20th Indian Division
DD Kawakaze firing at 20th Indian Division
DD Kasumi firing at 19th Motorised Division
DD Asagumo firing at 5th Indian Division
DD Minegumo firing at 19th Motorised Division
DD Yamagumo firing at 20th Indian Division
DD Yukikaze firing at 23rd Indian Division
DD Yoizuki firing at 20th Indian Division

• Just getting into the hex.

000107 Ground combat 1945-08-10 74,41 Chengtu

Ground combat at 74,41 (near Chengtu)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2728 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 226

Defending force 13730 troops, 122 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 410

Allied adjusted assault: 20

Japanese adjusted defense: 501

Allied assault odds: 1 to 25

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

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
669 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 71 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
120th Red Chinese Division
200th Chinese Division

Defending units:
18th Division

• Stragglers in the mountains and on/near the Chungking plain.

• Chungking plain exodus.

• Changsha operation.

• Nanchang/Wuchang operation.

• Foochow operation.

• 228 AV at Wenchow. Assault tomorrow.

• Soochow operation.

• 2,634 AV at Shanghai. All of the units have literally 0 disruption, to the lawn chair display in the face of enemy 'fire' did the trick!

• Naval support will be brought into Hangchow (port size 3) to rearm light cruisers. The next IJN visit to Shanghai will be contested.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia

Nighttime Stuff
• There's just got to be a pony (carrier) around here somewhere!

000001 ASW attack 1945-08-10 113,48 Nakhodka

ASW attack near Nakhodka at 113,48

Japanese Ships
DD Keyaki

Allied Ships
SS ShCh-136, hits 3

SS ShCh-136 is sighted by escort
ShCh-136 diving deep ....
DD Keyaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Keyaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Keyaki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Keyaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Keyaki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

• Fukuoka B-29 results, but without the benefit of the massive bombloads of the B-29B groups at Amoy. Presumably adverse weather there overnight.

Fires
73188
110103
117165
168888
166278
205344
187785
195810
198378
207045
225342
247812
267714
271245

• 40,560 Fires at Fukuoka.

• Orders remain in place for the B-29's.

Daytime Stuff
• The B-24's had difficult aiming conditions today.

Light Industry Hits
6
7
2

• The B-24's will keep on keeping on.

• So they get intel because the stupid mayor of Lopei made us break into city hall. That's OK, the information will just frighten them anyway.

000104 Ground combat 1945-08-10 Lopei 114,39

Ground combat at Lopei (114,39)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4716 troops, 211 guns, 256 vehicles, Assault Value = 1388

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

Allied adjusted assault: 55

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 55 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Lopei !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:

Assaulting units:
44th NKVD Regiment
388th Rifle Division
255th Rifle Division
34th Rifle Division
165th Tank Brigade
171st Tank Brigade
1648th AA Regiment
52nd Cannon Regiment
470th Mortar Regiment
145th Howitzer Regiment
183rd Mortar Regiment
15th Army
424th Hvy Howitzer Regiment
1633rd AT Gun Regiment
1637th Howitzer Regiment
1121st Cannon Regiment
1632nd AT Gun Regiment
46th/302nd AA Battalion


000105 Ground combat 1945-08-10 Yenki 110,44

Ground combat at Yenki (110,44)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 330 troops, 0 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 28

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

Allied adjusted assault: 30

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 30 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Yenki !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(+)

Assaulting units:
378th Guards SU Regiment


000106 Ground combat 1945-08-10 113,42 Mishan

Ground combat at 113,42 (near Mishan)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5250 troops, 153 guns, 546 vehicles, Assault Value = 1072

Defending force 1707 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Allied adjusted assault: 166

Japanese adjusted defense: 13

Allied assault odds: 12 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
392 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled

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

Assaulting units:
75th Tank Brigade
39th Rifle Division
22nd Rifle Division
77th Tank Brigade
50th Cannon Regiment
182nd Howitzer Regiment
1138th Cannon Regiment
87th Howitzer Regiment
1124th Cannon Regiment
43rd/44th AA Battalion
45th/103rd AA Battalion

Defending units:
10th Border Defense Fortress

• Today near Mishan only the tanks were in place to attack, tomorrow: everybody!

• A spearhead has reached Fusin. 2,127 AV will attack tomorrow. Recon is absent but our forces only see 1 enemy unit there.

• All other movements as previously noted.

• Loading for HI-1 targets is proceeding.


Complete combat report attached.

[witpqs]

You crossed the 1.75 VP ratio needed for a Major victory( the manual lists it as a Decisive Victory)
You still need the 2:1 to force an automatic victory or the game goes on and on .....

1947, here we come!

[BBfanboy]

You crossed the 1.75 VP ratio needed for a Major victory( the manual lists it as a Decisive Victory)
You still need the 2:1 to force an automatic victory or the game goes on and on .....

1947, here we come!

You're delaying the baby boom! This is unacceptable!

[Nomad]

You crossed the 1.75 VP ratio needed for a Major victory( the manual lists it as a Decisive Victory)
You still need the 2:1 to force an automatic victory or the game goes on and on .....

1947, here we come!

You're delaying the baby boom! This is unacceptable!

Yeah, hurry up and win so dad can come home and I can get born.

[witpqs]

1945 August 11

INVADED

INVESTED
Manila
Wenchow
Shanghai
Shikuka

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Shaoyang is occupied by the Allies
Allied forces CAPTURE Fusin !!!



Overall

• Strategic points: 20,964

• +/- VP today: +273

• Allies VP: 96,469

• Japan VP: 54,321

• VP ratio Allies/Japan: 1.776 : 1

• IJN warships SE of Nakhodka.


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


Philippines

• Good progress.

000020 Night Naval bombardment 1945-08-11 Manila 79,77

Night Naval bombardment of Manila at 79,77

Japanese Ships
ARD Meyungs ARD, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CL Duguay Trouin
CL Georges Leygues
CL Belfast
CL Jamaica
CL Ceylon
CL Perth
CL Gambia
DD Wizard
DD Wager
DD Vigilant
DD Tumult

Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Light Industry hits 1
Manpower hits 1
Fires 82
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 3
Port hits 7

CL Duguay Trouin firing at 34th Division
CL Georges Leygues firing at 2nd Division
CL Belfast firing at 116th Division
CL Jamaica firing at 34th Division
CL Ceylon firing at Manila
CL Perth firing at 34th Division
CL Gambia firing at 2nd Division
DD Wizard firing at Manila
DD Wager firing at 39th Division
DD Vigilant firing at Manila
DD Tumult firing at 39th Division

• 1,691 AV at Manila. More should be on site in 2 days, and battleships are standing by to assist the next ground assault.

China

• Much stronger defense at Wenchow than anticipated.

000094 Ground combat 1945-08-11 Wenchow 89,58

Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4625 troops, 44 guns, 188 vehicles, Assault Value = 230

Defending force 21145 troops, 109 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 623

Allied adjusted assault: 129

Japanese adjusted defense: 1117

Allied assault odds: 1 to 8 (fort level 3)

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

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

Allied ground losses:
249 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled

Assaulting units:
Provisionl Tank Brigade
99th Indian Brigade

Defending units:
132nd Division
6th Ind.Infantry Brigade
Nanking Naval Guard Unit
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
3rd Indpt SNLF Coy
48th JNAF AF Unit
14th JAAF AF Bn


000095 Ground combat 1945-08-11 85,60 Foochow

Ground combat at 85,60 (near Foochow)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2478 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 116

Defending force 3531 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 79

Allied adjusted assault: 26

Japanese adjusted defense: 16

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
BFF Brigade

Defending units:
115th Infantry Regiment

• Stragglers in the mountains and on/near the Chungking plain.

• Chungking plain exodus.

• The enemy is abandoning sites west of Changsha. Guerillas and refugees are swarming the roads, hampering our planned movements.

• We might have our first units in Changsha in 4 days, certainly by 5 days.

• Nanchang/Wuchang operation underway.

• 114 AV at Foochow. We will be ready to seize the city in a few days, then destroy the brigade trapped to the west.

• 198 AV at Wenchow. Disruption is only modestly elevated after today's attack so they will be able to defend themselves quite strongly against any counter attack. AV on site will about double in 2 or 3 days but we might need even more to dislodge the defenders.

• 2,657 AV at Shanghai. More is on the way, of course, plus a lot more will come from Singapore.

• Soochow operation underway (to cut off defenders at Singapore).

• Enemy shipping/destroyers moving west toward Ningpo and Shanghai. Our destroyers will patrol those two harbors.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia

Nighttime Stuff
• Fukuoka.

Fires
587056
664756
680110
699832
717154
789919
817936
889420
895192
899188
909871
991984
1001158
1012183
1091440
1107868

• Fires at Fukuoka are 119,769. Peaking at more than 1.1 million, does that trigger a firestorm?

• B-29 orders remain.

• Continuing.

000021 Night Naval bombardment 1945-08-11 Kume-jima 94,65

Night Naval bombardment of Kume-jima at 94,65

Allied Ships
CA Oregon City
DD Gainard
DD Douglas Fox
DD Compton

Japanese ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Port hits 7

CA Oregon City firing at Kume-jima
DD Gainard firing at 10th Exped.Force
DD Douglas Fox firing at 170th JAAF AF Bn
DD Compton firing at 170th JAAF AF Bn


000022 Sub attack 1945-08-11 116,48 Olga

Sub attack near Olga at 116,48

Japanese Ships
DD Kaede

Allied Ships
SS ShCh-123, hits 1

SS ShCh-123 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Kaede
ShCh-123 diving deep ....
DD Kaede fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kaede attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kaede fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kaede fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kaede fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Daytime Stuff
• Nagasaki/Sasebo.

Light Industry Hits
8
4

• B-24 orders remain.

• With the Soviet navy essentially out of action, this has turned into a small war.

000093 ASW attack 1945-08-11 114,48 Nakhodka

ASW attack near Nakhodka at 114,48

Japanese Ships
DD Kaede

Allied Ships
SS ShCh-114, hits 1

SS ShCh-114 is sighted by escort
ShCh-114 diving deep ....
DD Kaede attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kaede is out of ASW ammo
DD Kaede is out of ASW ammo
DD Kaede fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kaede fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kaede attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kaede is out of ASW ammo
DD Kaede is out of ASW ammo
DD Kaede is out of ASW ammo
DD Kaede is out of ASW ammo
DD Kaede is out of ASW ammo
DD Kaede is out of ASW ammo
DD Kaede fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

• Another stubborn frontier fortress; Fusin is ours.

000096 Ground combat 1945-08-11 113,42 Mishan

Ground combat at 113,42 (near Mishan)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 28455 troops, 447 guns, 546 vehicles, Assault Value = 1071

Defending force 1348 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 503

Japanese adjusted defense: 3

Allied assault odds: 167 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1142 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 58 disabled
Engineers: 14 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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

Assaulting units:
75th Tank Brigade
39th Rifle Division
22nd Rifle Division
77th Tank Brigade
1138th Cannon Regiment
43rd/44th AA Battalion
87th Howitzer Regiment
1124th Cannon Regiment
50th Cannon Regiment
182nd Howitzer Regiment
45th/103rd AA Battalion

Defending units:
10th Border Defense Fortress


000097 Ground combat 1945-08-11 Fusin 102,40

Ground combat at Fusin (102,40)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 47046 troops, 930 guns, 3582 vehicles, Assault Value = 2134

Defending force 959 troops, 0 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Allied adjusted assault: 1378

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 1378 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Fusin !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender:
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1374 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 63 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 22 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
5th Guards Tank Corps
9th Guards Mechanized Corps
7th Guards Mechanized Corps
735th SU Regiment
8th Gd.Motorcycle Regiment
927th SU Regiment
1197th SU Regiment

Defending units:
60th Construction Battalion

• The spearhead at Fusin will be at Chinchow in 2 days and cut the rail line from China Proper to Manchuria and Korea.

• Soviet tac air will make it's first appearance against defenders at Hailar tomorrow.

• Other movements as previously noted.

• We will soon have oil laden tankers moving upriver to Komsomolsk.

• We have 3x LST at Nikolaevsk, although of decadent western design they still might serve a purpose. A tank unit is moving up there from Sovetskava Gavan, and the LST's will transport it to Alexandrovsk. From there the tanks will aid in the siege of Shikuka.

• 350 AV at Wasu. Assault tomorrow.

• The last assault units for the main HI-1 target, Kanoya (second wave target), are now loading at Hansa Bay. All units for the other HI-1 targets (first wave targets) are underway.


Complete combat report attached.

[BBfanboy]

I suspect your troops in Soochow will not do much to keep Singapore troops from escaping, because you meant Shanghai!

[witpqs]

I suspect your troops in Soochow will not do much to keep Singapore troops from escaping, because you meant Shanghai!

It's a travel papers scam. They are routing through Soochow and officials there refuse to cooperate so we have to send in troops.

[witpqs]

1945 August 12

INVADED

INVESTED
Manila
Foochow
Wenchow
Shanghai
Shikuka
Mutankiang
Hailar

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Wasu is occupied by the Allies
Allied forces CAPTURE Kotou !!!



Overall

• Strategic points: 21,276

• +/- VP today: +549

• Allies VP: 97,057

• Japan VP: 54,360

• VP ratio Allies/Japan: 1.785 : 1

• Enemy fleet not sighted. 9x destroyers bearing down on Shanghai (formerly known as Singapore) from the NE.


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


Philippines

• 1,821 AV at Manila. More on the way.

China

• Enemy division near Chengtu wrecked! And now they are in the open.

000086 Ground combat 1945-08-12 85,60 Foochow

Ground combat at 85,60 (near Foochow)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2444 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 112

Defending force 3495 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 76

Allied adjusted assault: 23

Japanese adjusted defense: 10

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
177 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
BFF Brigade

Defending units:
115th Infantry Regiment


000090 Ground combat 1945-08-12 74,41 Chengtu

Ground combat at 74,41 (near Chengtu)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 28019 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 807

Defending force 13579 troops, 122 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 397

Allied adjusted assault: 583

Japanese adjusted defense: 119

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
4379 casualties reported
Squads: 122 destroyed, 86 disabled
Non Combat: 121 destroyed, 38 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 37 (18 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (6 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
354 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
99th Chinese Corps
120th Red Chinese Division
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
2nd Prov Chinese Corps
200th Chinese Division

Defending units:
18th Division

• Western China operation underway.

• Stragglers in the mountains and on/near the Chungking plain.

• Chungking plain exodus.

• We should have garrison to Shaoyang tomorrow.

• Nanchang/Kiukiang op underway.

• 115 AV at Foochow.

• 198 AV at Wenchow.

• 2,672 AV at Shanghai.

• Lots of sealift of troops from Singapore is underway, including large amphibious convoys which will unload directly at Hangchow to aid the Shanghai siege.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia

Nighttime Stuff
• Located.

000001 ASW attack 1945-08-12 112,48 Nakhodka

ASW attack near Nakhodka at 112,48

Japanese Ships
DD Kaede
DD Kaya

Allied Ships
SS ShCh-114

SS ShCh-114 is located by DD Kaede
DD Kaya fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kaya fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kaya fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kaya fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kaya fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub000010 Night Naval bombardment 1945-08-12 Kume-jima 94,65

Night Naval bombardment of Kume-jima at 94,65

Allied Ships
CA Oregon City
DD Gainard
DD Douglas Fox
DD Compton

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

CA Oregon City firing at 10th Exped.Force
DD Gainard firing at 10th Exped.Force
DD Douglas Fox firing at 170th JAAF AF Bn
DD Compton firing at 1st Ind Engineer Regiment

• Fukuoka

Fires
281284
479645
386242
424492
433978
441016

• B-29 orders remain in place tomorrow.

Daytime Stuff
• Nagasaki/Sasebo. Better!

Light Industry Hits
22
4
6
9
6
2
3

• Much better!

• B-24 orders remain in place tomorrow.

• With destroyers here there must be major units nearby.

000011 ASW attack 1945-08-12 113,48 Nakhodka

ASW attack near Nakhodka at 113,48

Japanese Ships
DD Makigumo
DD Naganami

Allied Ships
SS ShCh-126

SS ShCh-126 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Makigumo
DD Naganami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

• Tough fortress will take time to clear; another rough fortress cleared; Kotou seized by coup de main but the fortress fights on.

000087 Ground combat 1945-08-12 111,44 Yenki

Ground combat at 111,44 (near Yenki)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6414 troops, 96 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 222

Defending force 4689 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 133

Allied adjusted assault: 228

Japanese adjusted defense: 883

Allied assault odds: 1 to 3

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
Attacker:

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

Allied ground losses:
33 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
13th Naval Infantry Brigade
283rd Guards Mortar Regiment

Defending units:
1st Border Defense Fortress


000088 Ground combat 1945-08-12 113,42 Mishan

Ground combat at 113,42 (near Mishan)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 28443 troops, 447 guns, 546 vehicles, Assault Value = 1070

Defending force 493 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 900

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 900 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
537 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 91 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 17 (17 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
75th Tank Brigade
39th Rifle Division
22nd Rifle Division
77th Tank Brigade
43rd/44th AA Battalion
87th Howitzer Regiment
182nd Howitzer Regiment
50th Cannon Regiment
1124th Cannon Regiment
1138th Cannon Regiment
45th/103rd AA Battalion

Defending units:
10th Border Defense Fortress


000089 Ground combat 1945-08-12 Kotou 116,42

Ground combat at Kotou (116,42)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 24909 troops, 330 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 827

Defending force 6141 troops, 84 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 125

Allied adjusted assault: 780

Japanese adjusted defense: 61

Allied assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Kotou !!!

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 1 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
926 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 54 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 50 (43 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

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

Assaulting units:
35th Rifle Division
264th Rifle Division

Defending units:
15th Border Defense Fortress
86th JAAF AF Bn

• 405 AV at Hailar. Attack tomorrow including a division which will make a river crossing.

• 396 AV at Mutankiang. More on the way.

• 629 AV at Shikuka.

• Other movements underway as previously noted.

• Assault troops for Kanoya almost completely loaded.

• Invasion fleets for Yakushima and Tanegashima proceeding to refueling point.


Complete combat report attached.