Home Islands west. A good day!
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Ground combat at Matsuyama (105,59)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 23641 troops, 404 guns, 255 vehicles, Assault Value = 1374
Defending force 9672 troops, 153 guns, 19 vehicles, Assault Value = 128
Allied adjusted assault: 601
Japanese adjusted defense: 181
Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Matsuyama !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1027 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 22 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 66 (58 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (14 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
113 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
25th Infantry Division
77th Infantry Division
37th Infantry Division
2nd Marine Division
Defending units:
66th Ind.Mixed Brigade
95th Field AA Battalion
89th Field AA Battalion
96th Field AA Battalion
140th JAAF AF Bn
Naikai JNAF Base Force
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Ground combat at Takamatsu (107,59)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 28796 troops, 663 guns, 666 vehicles, Assault Value = 954
Defending force 10768 troops, 100 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 253
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Allied adjusted assault: 858
Japanese adjusted defense: 238
Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2265 casualties reported
Squads: 77 destroyed, 45 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 39 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 22 (16 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
213 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Assaulting units:
40th Infantry Division
6th USMC Tank Battalion
5th USMC Tank Battalion
3rd Regiment
43rd Infantry Division
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn
88th Mortar Battalion
145th Field Artillery Battalion
4th Field Artillery Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
85th Mortar Battalion
98th Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
90th Naval Guard Unit
55th Depot Division
Shikoku Naval Base Force
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At Matsuyama our divisions will again rotate. They are in good shape so the rotation will surely wipe out the defenders before long. Takamatsu was an easier target and, barring intervention, will fall to us tomorrow.
Our carriers (all CVE) heading north to support the Saishu To operation had a little action.
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 102,58
Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 87
TBM-1C Avenger x 16
Allied aircraft losses
TBM-1C Avenger: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
CMc Kuroshima
CM Saishu, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CMc Katashima
CM Kyosai, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
8 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp.
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Always good to sink mine layers.
The last of the Kumamoto convoys loading in the Marianas has completed that task and all are heading for Nago, hence loading of troops closer to the target will now begin.
796 transport aircraft will drop the USA 11th Airborne Division and 503rd Parachute Regiment on Saishu To tomorrow. 8 old USB BB will bombard, several groups of B-24J will strike defensive positions from 5,000 ft, and all the CVE borne torpedo bombers embarked with the mission will do the same. Saishu To looks like a soft target for air strikes as only 27 guns have been spotted by long term recon. Most support units for Saishu To have completed loading and are putting to sea.
There has been tremendous amount of mine clearing activity at Osaka/Kyoto and Kobe, but our mine fields are still in place there and at Hiroshima/Kure.
