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Your welcome!ORIGINAL: zuluhour
caught up again here, makes me think I should throw in the towel, early '45 with a precarious foothold in the PI. You have made this exceptionally easy to follow and I appreciate it.
Base forces and other support units will at once to Haichow and mostly to Chengting.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Suchow (91,47)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1152 troops, 0 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 299
Defending force 1491 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27
Allied adjusted assault: 58
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 58 to 1 (fort level 1)
Allied forces CAPTURE Suchow !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
365 casualties reported
Squads: 58 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 3
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
Provisionl Tank Brigade
2/4th Armoured Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
1st Army Tank Regiment
Defending units:
1st NCPC Infantry Brigade
3rd RGC Route Brigade
8th RGC Route Brigade
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Petropavlovsk at 137,40
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 30
F6F-3 Hellcat x 15
F6F-5 Hellcat x 35
SBD-5 Dauntless x 10
TBM-1C Avenger x 18
TBM-3 Avenger x 30
Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged
TBM-1C Avenger: 4 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAKL Tatsumi Maru, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Odatsuki Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL America Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Ichiyo Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Gozan Maru, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
AV Kimikawa Maru, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Ryusei Maru
PB Taijin Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
15 x TBM-3 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
15 x TBM-3 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
9 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
9 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AV Kimikawa Maru
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It looks like I gave the infantry divisions orders to bombard only. We have LOTS of disabled tanks, but most tank units will still participate in the next (truly) general assault. Fortifications were reduced again, and a supply(-) showed up for the defenders, but obviously just barely judging by the more than x9 final AV. Of course it does bode well for the next attack.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Hankow (85,50)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 82383 troops, 828 guns, 1398 vehicles, Assault Value = 2722
Defending force 59007 troops, 564 guns, 237 vehicles, Assault Value = 1531
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3
Allied adjusted assault: 343
Japanese adjusted defense: 14445
Allied assault odds: 1 to 42 (fort level 3)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1123 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 113 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
746 casualties reported
Squads: 57 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 115 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 27 (8 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 248 (16 destroyed, 232 disabled)
Assaulting units:
255th Indian Tank Brigade
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
17th Motorised Division
Gardner's Horse Regiment
711th Tank Battalion
7th Chinese Corps
706th Tank Battalion
1st Australian Division
18th Cavalry Regiment
775th Tank Battalion
6th New Chinese Corps
9th Australian Division
544th Field Artillery Battalion
208th Field Regiment
IV Corps RIASC Base Force
517th Field Artillery Battalion
II Australian Corps
3rd (Special Force) Division
Defending units:
83rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
18th RGC Temp. Division
13th Division
85th Ind.Mixed Brigade
64th Inf Group Brigade
86th Ind.Mixed Brigade
17th/B Division
84th Ind.Mixed Brigade
81st Ind.Mixed Brigade
82nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
87th Ind.Mixed Brigade
110th/C Division
15th AA Regiment
90th Field AA Battalion
Hankow Special Base Force
13th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
59th Construction Battalion
28th Fld AA Gun Co
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
88th Field AA Battalion
12th Army
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd South Seas Det.
29th Fld AA Gun Co
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
49th JNAF AF Unit
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witpqs: One of those Imperial rouge convoys was found.
Hehe, hehe!ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
witpqs: One of those Imperial rouge convoys was found.
An entire rouge convoy! What will the poor Japanese women wear on their faces now!
"Floating spirits - Begone!"--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Morning Air attack on TF, near Paramushiro-jima at 135,41
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft
F4U-1D Corsair x 20
F6F-5 Hellcat x 21
SBD-5 Dauntless x 10
TBM-3 Avenger x 15
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
AV Kimikawa Maru, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
PB Ryusei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
15 x TBM-3 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
6 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 10000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AV Kimikawa Maru
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Ground combat at Cebu (80,86)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1922 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 107
Defending force 671 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2
Allied adjusted assault: 50
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 50 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)
Japanese ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Assaulting units:
3rd Commando Brigade
Defending units:
I/124th Infantry Battalion
I/124th Infantry Battalion Wiped Out at Cebu by attrition!!!
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