RE: 1945 February 13
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2016 3:46 pm
Thanks guys! But way too kind. [:)]
Hey - just this minute got a turn!
Hey - just this minute got a turn!
The Empire captured:
The Allies captured:
Dinagat is occupied by the Allies
Allied forces CAPTURE Nias !!!
There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:
There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:
Nias
Imperial Naval Bombardments
Allied Naval Bombardments:
Our subs are conducting secret activities.
Chengtu was a tough go.
More tomorrow at Chuhsien. Recovery at Chengtu plus movement to impede supply from Chungking, and bring up more forces.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Chengtu (75,41)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 46567 troops, 825 guns, 441 vehicles, Assault Value = 1668
Defending force 31570 troops, 208 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 947
Allied adjusted assault: 704
Japanese adjusted defense: 3411
Allied assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 3)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
712 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 73 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 23 (2 destroyed, 21 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1898 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 220 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 40 disabled
Guns lost 59 (5 destroyed, 54 disabled)
Assaulting units:
6th Australian Division
54th Chinese Corps
11th (East African) Division
120th Red Chinese Division
23rd Indian Division
95th Chinese Corps
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment
1st Group Army
272/273rd Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment
26th Group Army
11th Group Army
NCAC
7th War Area
22nd Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
55th Infantry Brigade
13th RGC Temp. Division
15th RGC Temp. Division
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
Kanno
8th Ind.Mixed Brigade
36th/B Division
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Ground combat at Chuhsien (88,56)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 9146 troops, 290 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 207
Defending force 2048 troops, 26 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 63
Allied adjusted assault: 176
Japanese adjusted defense: 178
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
131 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
176 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
46th Indian Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
32nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
27th Indian Field Artillery Battalion
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Indian Heavy AA Regiment
30th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
70th Coast AA Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units:
2nd Mobile Infantry Regiment
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All the armor exited the hex of contact at the main spearhead and the 3x infantry divisions will do so tomorrow. Two of the remaining uses took damage as they issued out of supply messages in the Operations Report, and stacking is still >200% until they do. But then a miracle happened. The various measures we took yesterday plus almost all of that 108k supply convoy unloading at Hong Kong made a huge difference. The main spearhead is now fully supplied. We will continue with the alternate tactics because the Imperial line there is now strong with the element of surprise lost, and it will save us mountains of supply to reduce stacking where we cannot break through in timely fashion.
Trying to wear down the enemy at Mauban.
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Ground combat at Mauban (80,78)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 5787 troops, 65 guns, 221 vehicles, Assault Value = 205
Defending force 8321 troops, 62 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 225
Allied adjusted assault: 100
Japanese adjusted defense: 239
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
184 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 19 (3 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Assaulting units:
1st Regiment
2nd Regiment
Torres Strait Battalion
29th British Brigade
Defending units:
27th Tank Regiment
66th Infantry Regiment
39th/A Division
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The PBJ-1D at Nago assigned to hit the B7A2 Grace factories at Nagasaki/Sasebo reported 9 hits. Recon shows those factories at 4(27), nearly all off line! Fighter opposition was heavy and took a toll of the Corsair escorts and the PBJs, because... all... the... sweeps... came... later. Doh!
Five USA Base Groups unloaded from a transport TF at Kushiro today and are unpacking. Air support is now almost covered (and more is on the way), a goodly number of engineers are on site (more on the way).
The USA 93rd ID is prepared for Asahikawa and is en route to Kushiro. Two of the APA have had a serious collision and are splitting off to plod along without slowing down the whole convoy as their combined speed now is about 5 knots. The two damaged ships will unload at Pagan and replacement transport will pick up the troops.
Those two DD TF assigned to patrol out of Kushiro into the enemy bases on Hokkaido to the west both sprinted to their assignments and engaged patrol types last night and today. Then suffered numerous air attacks without cover, and they are a day early. They got much the better of the death glider attackers, until finally a destroyer in one TF was torpedoed and a destroyer in the other TF was hit by 3x kamikaze. One DD lost, one almost certainly will not make port.
The Hakodate invasion has orders to land tomorrow. A DMS mine sweeping TF will move into the hex and hopefully be protected from the 109 guns there by three BB TF and one CA TF bombardments. The CVE and several CA and CL TF will also enter the hex to provide cover for the convoy. Three fleet CV TF will be one hex to the east, just SE of Muroran, along with several other surface combat TF and two old BB TF held back to bombard the following day. The convoy itself is loaded fairly shallow with the remaining space filled with supply. The convoy totals 44 ships including 1x CB, 7x DD, 3x DE, 2x DMS, 2x AM, 21x APA, 6x AKA, and 2x LSD. Recon shows 6 units with 7,120 troops, 109 guns, and 27 AFV.
There appear to be about 100 fewer fighters based at Osaka/Kyoto than previously, even with strong DL, so I think the air losses to the west and the east are causing the Empire to shift fighter assets away from the center of the Home Islands to some degree.
China west.
