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Heck, needed or not, I would drop those Chindits just to raise their experience level!

I am working on reconing other bases, he has a habit of not really defending bases, I might find another that is better.

August 7, 1943

No land or naval combat.

In the air all of my airstrikes were grounded by weather.

In China Xargun bombed my troops in the hex between Nanning and Liuchow.
The Chinese air force intervened, not as successful as before, but they did well

Morning Air attack on 53rd Chinese Corps, at 73,55 , near Nanning

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-36 Ida x 9

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 2
P-66 Vanguard x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-36 Ida: 1 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 destroyed
P-66 Vanguard: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 8000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 30 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
5th FG/27th FS CAF with P-66 Vanguard (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
11th FG/41st FS CAF with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes

Also attacking 28th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 53rd Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on 99th Chinese Corps, at 73,55 , near Nanning

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
Ki-30 Ann x 9

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 5
P-66 Vanguard x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed
Ki-30 Ann: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
5th FG/27th FS CAF with P-66 Vanguard (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Raid is overhead
11th FG/41st FS CAF with H81-A3 (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 17000.
Raid is overhead

Also attacking 25th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 99th Chinese Corps ...

They shot down 9 A6M2 Zero fighters and 4 Ki-30 Ann bombers while losing 2 H81-A3 and 2 P-66 Vanguard fighters.
Plus, the Chinese only suffered one pilot KIA.
A kill ratio of 3.33 to 1 is acceptable coupled with the single pilot loss.

I am always happy to shoot down IJN aircraft, more possible pilot losses.

August 8, 1943

Not much. I bombed his troops at Aitape and another Brigade will land tomorrow.

I bombed Myitkyina today and found only the 1st RTA/A and the 29th JAAF AF Coy.
Recon does show 2 units there. I will bomb Shwebo tomorrow to see what is there.
I am lining up my targets.

August 9, 1943

Not a lot. Ran into a CAP trap over Shwebo, lost some Wellington 1cs

August 10, 1943

O23 was run over and sunk by a surface combat TF West of Rangoon

More troops are landing at Aitape

Troops at Aitape bombed by both B-24s and B-25s

August 11, 1943

Not a lot.

First DA at Lashio by the Chinese

Ground combat at Lashio (62,46)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 17154 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 640

Defending force 3657 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 166

Allied adjusted assault: 545

Japanese adjusted defense: 136

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3

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

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

Allied ground losses:
149 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
8th Chinese Corps

Defending units:
7th Burma Militia Regiment
3rd RTA/A Division

I will do it again tomorrow, with some scheduled air bombing.

All my troops have unloaded at Aitape and will DA tomorrow.

Xargun bombed my troops moving South on the Coast road in Burma, he didn't do any real damage
but did lose 8 bombers to flak

August 12, 1943

In the air over Lashio it appears that the K-84r Frank is not the world beater Xargun thinks it is.

Morning Air attack on Lashio , at 62,46

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84r Frank x 8

Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-84r Frank: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40K Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x P-40K Warhawk sweeping at 11000 feet *

CAP engaged:
999th Ku T-1 with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 6000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes

The lost tally was 7 Franks downed to 5 Warhawks lost. I lost 3 Warhawk pilots.

He did successfully bomb my troops and caused enough disruption to keep me from taking the base
But the forts were reduced, that will help. My troops are considerably fatigued and disrupted, they need
to rest a few turns. I have a mortar unit four turns out.

Ground combat at Lashio (62,46)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 16974 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 620

Defending force 3522 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 145

Allied adjusted assault: 145

Japanese adjusted defense: 76

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
195 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
162 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
8th Chinese Corps

Defending units:
7th Burma Militia Regiment
3rd RTA/A Division

At Aitape grinding the enemy down

Ground combat at Aitape (95,118)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6321 troops, 86 guns, 171 vehicles, Assault Value = 221

Defending force 1997 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 39

Allied adjusted assault: 146

Japanese adjusted defense: 45

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
295 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
171 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
6th Aus Cav Brigade
12th NZ Brigade

Defending units:
12th Garrison Unit

I have a lot of B-24s and B-25s bombing, mostly disablements are the result. I will
wait a couple of turns to let my troops recover a bit and bomb some more and try again.
The forts are being reduced, that will help.

Here is the current situation and future actions in Burma

The green arrow is 3 Australian Divisions with support advancing on Warazup and then on to Myitkyina.
From there they will move to Lashio and then on down South on the minor road towards Chang Mai.

The Blue arrow is 4-5 Indian divisions with support advancing on Katha and then they will
move to take the bases in the clear/developed valley and on to Taung Gyi and Toungoo.
and eventually moving to Pegu.

The red arrow is the 2 British divisions, 2-3 Indian divisions and a lot of armor moving to take Prome and then
Rangoon.

The Yellow boxes and line are the 19th Indian Division that is loading now on LSIL attack transports and will
land at Ramree Island. I have the British CVs and a CVL that will cover this operation along with LRCAP
from Akyab. The ACTF has 152 Corsair IIs and 28 Martlet IIs. I have 125 P47D2s available at Akyab for LRCAP
I hope it will be enough. One thing is that he can not sweep his own base, so he has to send in bombers
with escorts, I hope I can shoot down enough. Plus the LSILs will unload in two or less turns, so I do not have
to stick around long.

The light blue box is the Chinese attacking at Lashio.

August 13, 1943

Xargun sent an LCU across the river 2 hexes NW of Nanning.

Ground combat at 71,53 (near Nanning)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1935 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 651

Defending force 31545 troops, 164 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1036

Assault collapses, survivors seek cover

Japanese ground losses:
2341 casualties reported
Squads: 114 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 108 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
138th Infantry Regiment
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
36th Division
2nd Militia Regiment

Defending units:
9th Prov Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
2nd Prov Chinese Corps

He has now unblocked his units there.

In the air he tried bombing my troops at Akyab, no damage taken, 8 Helen bombers lost, 5 to flak and 3 to ops.

August 14, 1943

At Gove I had a support TF show up and promptly get smashed by a surface combat task force

Day Time Surface Combat, near Gove at 82,127, Range 20,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai
DD Makigumo
DD Fubuki, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Kikuzuki
DD Tachekaze
DD Suresushio

Allied Ships
AD Hamul, Shell hits 22, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
SC-703, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
SC-707, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
SC-709, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
AKE Maine, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
AKE Timber Rush, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 22,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 22,000 yards
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
CL Sendai engages SC-709 at 20,000 yards
CL Sendai engages SC-707 at 20,000 yards
Range closes to 18,000 yards
CL Sendai engages SC-709 at 18,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages SC-707 at 18,000 yards
DD Fubuki engages AKE Maine at 18,000 yards
DD Tachekaze engages AKE Maine at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 17,000 yards
DD Kikuzuki engages SC-707 at 17,000 yards
DD Tachekaze engages AD Hamul at 17,000 yards
DD Kikuzuki engages AD Hamul at 17,000 yards
DD Fubuki engages AD Hamul at 17,000 yards
DD Tachekaze engages AKE Maine at 17,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards
AD Hamul , AKE Timber Rush screened from combat
- escorted by SC-709 , SC-707 , SC-703
CL Sendai engages AKE Maine at 15,000 yards
DD Tachekaze engages AKE Maine at 15,000 yards
DD Kikuzuki engages AKE Maine at 15,000 yards
DD Fubuki engages AKE Maine at 15,000 yards
Range closes to 11,000 yards
CL Sendai engages AKE Timber Rush at 11,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages AD Hamul at 11,000 yards
DD Kikuzuki engages AD Hamul at 11,000 yards
DD Fubuki engages AD Hamul at 11,000 yards
DD Makigumo engages AD Hamul at 11,000 yards
Range closes to 10,000 yards
AKE Maine sunk by CL Sendai at 10,000 yards
Massive explosion on SC-707
SC-707 sunk by CL Sendai at 10,000 yards
DD Fubuki engages AD Hamul at 10,000 yards
DD Fubuki engages AKE Timber Rush at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
CL Sendai engages SC-709 at 7,000 yards
DD Fubuki engages AD Hamul at 7,000 yards
DD Kikuzuki engages AKE Timber Rush at 7,000 yards
DD Fubuki engages AD Hamul at 7,000 yards
DD Makigumo engages AKE Timber Rush at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
SC-709 sunk by CL Sendai at 6,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages AKE Timber Rush at 6,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages AD Hamul at 6,000 yards
DD Kikuzuki engages AKE Timber Rush at 6,000 yards
DD Fubuki engages AD Hamul at 6,000 yards
DD Makigumo engages AKE Timber Rush at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages AD Hamul at 7,000 yards
DD Tachekaze engages AKE Timber Rush at 7,000 yards
DD Kikuzuki engages AKE Timber Rush at 7,000 yards
DD Fubuki engages AD Hamul at 7,000 yards
DD Makigumo engages AKE Timber Rush at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
CL Sendai engages SC-703 at 6,000 yards
DD Kikuzuki engages AD Hamul at 6,000 yards
DD Kikuzuki engages AD Hamul at 6,000 yards
DD Fubuki engages AD Hamul at 6,000 yards
AKE Timber Rush sunk by DD Makigumo at 6,000 yards
CL Sendai engages SC-703 at 6,000 yards
DD Kikuzuki engages AD Hamul at 6,000 yards
DD Fubuki engages AD Hamul at 6,000 yards
DD Makigumo engages AD Hamul at 6,000 yards
AD Hamul sunk by CL Sendai at 6,000 yards
DD Suresushio engages SC-703 at 6,000 yards
SC-703 sunk by DD Makigumo at 6,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...

In the air phase my Attack Bombers take some revenge

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Gove at 82,127

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft
B-25D1 Mitchell x 28
P-47D2 Thunderbolt x 13

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
DD Kikuzuki, Shell hits 9, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
CL Sendai, Shell hits 13, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
DD Suresushio, Shell hits 7
DD Makigumo, Shell hits 10, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Fubuki, Shell hits 9
DD Tachekaze, Shell hits 7, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
15 x B-25D1 Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Naval Attack: 6 x 500 lb SAP Bomb

Magazine explodes on CL Sendai

I move the attack bombers up to Gove and added some, maybe we can hit them again.

At Hami we take the base and push his tanks back

Ground combat at Hami (81,17)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 42022 troops, 194 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1497

Defending force 585 troops, 0 guns, 76 vehicles, Assault Value = 39

Allied adjusted assault: 968

Japanese adjusted defense: 7

Allied assault odds: 138 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Hami !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 73 (56 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Allied ground losses:
143 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
29th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps

Defending units:
3rd Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment

Out side of Ramree Island my attack did not go that well

Ground combat at 55,48 (near Ramree Island)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 56371 troops, 1007 guns, 1041 vehicles, Assault Value = 2022

Defending force 19034 troops, 179 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 664

Allied adjusted assault: 1351

Japanese adjusted defense: 1408

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
1966 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 152 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 40 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1527 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 173 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 40 disabled
Vehicles lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2nd British Division
18th British Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
B Sqn 3rd Hussars Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
9th Indian Division
5th Indian Division
Pathan Construction Battalion
RAF 222 Group Base Force
35th Light AA Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
48th Light AA Regiment
6th Heavy AA Regiment
77th Heavy AA Regiment
III Indian Corps
Sikh Construction Battalion

Defending units:
5th Guards Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment

Troops will land at Ramree Island today.

There is an enemy SCTF 6 hexes West of Ramree Island. I am not sure what his plan is, but
I have SCTFs in the area and my bombers on my covering ACTF have naval attack orders with a range of 4 to keep them out of Rangoon.

I will attack at Lashio this turn after a few turns of bombing there. I am also attacking at Aitape.

His attacks on my troops outside of Ramree Island cost him some bombers. 19 Nell and 10 Helen bombers were lost.

August 15, 1943

This was a bit of a mixed bag type of turn.

In the night, Xargun used 3 DDs to bombard Gove, doing little damage.

Night Naval bombardment of Gove at 82,127 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
B-25D1 Mitchell: 3 damaged
B-25D1 Mitchell: 1 destroyed on ground
Catalina I: 2 damaged

5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
DD Suresushio
DD Fubuki
DD Makigumo

Airbase hits 2

DD Suresushio firing at Gove
DD Fubuki firing at Gove
15th RAAF Base Force firing at DD Makigumo
DD Makigumo firing at 15th RAAF Base Force

But I was frustrated that even with multiple PAs on search, both day and night, my B-25D1 did not launch, and there
are two TFs within their range.

On New Guinea Aitape was taken

Ground combat at Aitape (95,118)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6338 troops, 86 guns, 171 vehicles, Assault Value = 219

Defending force 1670 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

Allied adjusted assault: 95

Japanese adjusted defense: 3

Allied assault odds: 31 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Aitape !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
909 casualties reported
Squads: 63 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1

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

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
6th Aus Cav Brigade
12th NZ Brigade

Defending units:
12th Garrison Unit

In Burma I did not succeed in taking Lashio, but I am close

Ground combat at Lashio (62,46)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 16863 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 605

Defending force 3213 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 116

Allied adjusted assault: 129

Japanese adjusted defense: 40

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

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

Allied ground losses:
131 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
8th Chinese Corps

Defending units:
7th Burma Militia Regiment
3rd RTA/A Division

The 8th Chinese Corps is low on supply, so I have about 340 transports dropping supply there tomorrow and the 8th will do another DA.

I did darken the skies a bit

Morning Air attack on 3rd RTA/A Division, at 62,46 (Lashio)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 10
Wellington Ic x 24

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 3rd RTA/A Division, at 62,46 (Lashio)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 9

No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on 3rd RTA/A Division, at 62,46 (Lashio)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25B Mitchell x 7

No Allied losses

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Morning Air attack on 3rd RTA/A Division, at 62,46 (Lashio)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25B Mitchell x 7

No Allied losses

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Morning Air attack on 3rd RTA/A Division, at 62,46 (Lashio)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 3

No Allied losses


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Morning Air attack on 7th Burma Militia Regiment, at 62,46 (Lashio)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
A-29A Hudson x 9
Hurricane IIb Trop x 16
Liberator II x 3
Wellington Ic x 45
B-24D Liberator x 14
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
B-25B Mitchell x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 24

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

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Morning Air attack on 7th Burma Militia Regiment, at 62,46 (Lashio)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 3
Wellington Ic x 28
B-17F Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 7
B-24D1 Liberator x 4
B-25B Mitchell x 9
B-25C Mitchell x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 7th Burma Militia Regiment, at 62,46 (Lashio)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 9

No Allied losses

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Morning Air attack on 7th Burma Militia Regiment, at 62,46 (Lashio)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 6
B-25C Mitchell x 6

No Allied losses

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Morning Air attack on 7th Burma Militia Regiment, at 62,46 (Lashio)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 7

No Allied losses

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Morning Air attack on 7th Burma Militia Regiment, at 62,46 (Lashio)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 4

No Allied losses

And there were a number of sweeps that flew

The entire 19th Indian Infantry Division was unloaded today at Ramree Island, the TF will unload its remaining 1645 supply
and head back to Chittagong. The 19th will do a DA today.
The Japanese bombardment attack

Ground combat at Ramree Island (54,48)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1626 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 63

Defending force 10323 troops, 88 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 380

Assaulting units:
86th Naval Guard Unit
7th JAAF AF Coy
12th JAAF AF Coy

Defending units:
19th Indian Division

I am still chasing Japanese units in Northern China, they are hard to pin down, he has mostly armored units and I have only infantry,
big difference in movement speed.

August 16, 1943

SS KXVII is able to hit an IJN D with a torpedo

ASW attack near Mergui at 50,61

Japanese Ships
DD Akigumo, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
CL Kashii
DD Kagero
DD Tachikaze
DD Hatakaze

Allied Ships
SS KXVII

SS KXVII launches 4 torpedoes at DD Akigumo

Only one hit, but the Cutch 53.3cm W1 torpedo is powerful, I can hope.
DD Akigumo is on the sunk ship list, but we all know how that works.

Lashio falls to the Chinese after a huge bombing raid

Ground combat at Lashio (62,46)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 17326 troops, 126 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 596

Defending force 3126 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 104

Allied adjusted assault: 131

Japanese adjusted defense: 13

Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Lashio !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
662 casualties reported
Squads: 30 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 2

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

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
8th Chinese Corps
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment

Defending units:
7th Burma Militia Regiment
3rd RTA/A Division

In Mandalay there is one or more LCUs that have a movement arrow pointing East.
If they are on the railroad trying to reinforce Lashio I might have a chance to do some damage.
I have sent all my Medium and Heavy bombers to there along with a large number of fighters to both sweep and escort.

Ramree Island did not fall, but it will soon

Ground combat at Ramree Island (54,48)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10329 troops, 88 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 380

Defending force 1878 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 63

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 172

Japanese adjusted defense: 121

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
488 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

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

Assaulting units:
19th Indian Division

Defending units:
86th Naval Guard Unit
7th JAAF AF Coy
12th JAAF AF Coy

I will be bombing the 12th Garrison Unit next to Aitape to see if I can eliminate it with air power, hopefully I will do a better job of it that Goring did in France.
It has a movement arrow toward a coastal hex, he is probably trying to get it to where he can pick up the pieces with PA aircraft.

All of my units in the hex East of Ramree Island are back in supply and will do a DA again today.

August 17, 1943

Ramree Island is captured by the Allies

Ground combat at Ramree Island (54,48)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1421 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 42

Defending force 10278 troops, 88 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 376

Assaulting units:
86th Naval Guard Unit
12th JAAF AF Coy

Defending units:
19th Indian Division


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Ground combat at Ramree Island (54,48)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10278 troops, 88 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 376

Defending force 1529 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 42

Allied adjusted assault: 79

Japanese adjusted defense: 7

Allied assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Ramree Island !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
450 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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

Assaulting units:
19th Indian Division

Defending units:
86th Naval Guard Unit
12th JAAF AF Coy

Fighting in the hex East of Ramree Island is fierce.

Ground combat at 55,48 (near Ramree Island)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 55303 troops, 1007 guns, 1041 vehicles, Assault Value = 1841

Defending force 17818 troops, 179 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 540

Allied adjusted assault: 1395

Japanese adjusted defense: 1033

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1331 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 115 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 43 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
558 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 65 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Vehicles lost 58 (35 destroyed, 23 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
B Sqn 3rd Hussars Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
9th Indian Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
2nd British Division
18th British Division
5th Indian Division
48th Light AA Regiment
III Indian Corps
RAF 222 Group Base Force
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Heavy AA Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
35th Light AA Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
77th Heavy AA Regiment
Pathan Construction Battalion
Sikh Construction Battalion

Defending units:
5th Guards Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment

The unit that was destroyed was the B Sqn 3rd Hussars Regiment, 16 General Grant tanks and 14 Motorized Support.
The units there will now have to wait for supply to catch up.

In the air my Mandalay bombing missions were scrubbed due to weather, they will try again.

During the night Xargun tried night bombing Chittagong and Tezpur, but there was no damage except his bombers shot down by flak.
I did lose 2 Buffalo 1 fighters that were on night cap, they were writeoffs.

August 18, 1943

Oops, it looks like the memo to the bombers at Tezpur got lost. They were supposed to change from bombing
troops outside of Lashio to transporting supply to Lashio. Then they ran into a cap trap, and lost a number of
medium bombers. It looks like 14 B-25B, 13 B-25C, and 6 A-29A bombers were lost.

Ramree Island is cleared of all enemy forces.

Ground combat at Ramree Island (54,48)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1129 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

Defending force 10237 troops, 88 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 370

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

Assaulting units:
86th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
19th Indian Division


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Ground combat at Ramree Island (54,48)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10237 troops, 88 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 370

Defending force 1120 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Allied adjusted assault: 78

Japanese adjusted defense: 3

Allied assault odds: 26 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
331 casualties reported
Squads: 55 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
19th Indian Division

Defending units:
86th Naval Guard Unit
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86th Naval Guard Unit Wiped Out at Ramree Island by attrition!!!

Xargun tried a DA in the hex between Nanning and Liuchow, I don't think he liked the result

Ground combat at 73,55 (near Nanning)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 46298 troops, 362 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1152

Defending force 61601 troops, 306 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1814

Japanese adjusted assault: 440

Allied adjusted defense: 3679

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 8

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

Japanese ground losses:
5643 casualties reported
Squads: 241 destroyed, 626 disabled
Non Combat: 46 destroyed, 96 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 66 disabled
Guns lost 25 (6 destroyed, 19 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
921 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 126 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Assaulting units:
58th Infantry Brigade
39th Division
58th Division
58th Infantry Regiment
64th Division
61st Infantry Brigade
23rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Indpt Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
28th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
25th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps

His LCU stack shows a movement arrow to the SE, I am going to do my own counter DA attack and see what happens.

Bombing of units at Mandalay shows a number of disablements

Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 48
B-25C Mitchell x 3
P-38E Lightning x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
205 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 7th RTA/B Division ...
Also attacking 35th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 55th Division ...
Also attacking 80th Garrison Battalion ...
Also attacking 55th Division ...
Also attacking 7th RTA/B Division ...
Also attacking 55th Division ...


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Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 12

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 23

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
11 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 24
P-38E Lightning x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 6

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 9

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 15
B-17F Fortress x 12
B-24D Liberator x 15
B-24D1 Liberator x 3
P-38E Lightning x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 80th Garrison Battalion ...
Also attacking 55th Division ...


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Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 6
B-24D Liberator x 12
B-24D1 Liberator x 6
P-38E Lightning x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 35th JAAF AF Bn , at 59,46 (Mandalay)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 9

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 35th JAAF AF Bn , at 59,46 (Mandalay)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 6

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

I will continue the bombing, it is a clear terrain hex so I should get some results

August 19, 1943

A pleasant turn for me, I assume Xargun did not find it enjoyable.

On the ground in China, the hex between Nanning and Liuchow.

Ground combat at 73,55 (near Nanning)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 60796 troops, 306 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1718

Defending force 39324 troops, 356 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 588

Allied adjusted assault: 872

Japanese adjusted defense: 851

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
2796 casualties reported
Squads: 121 destroyed, 94 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1808 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 221 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled)

Assaulting units:
28th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
25th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps

Defending units:
58th Infantry Regiment
58th Division
23rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
61st Infantry Brigade
39th Division
64th Division
13th Indpt Infantry Regiment
58th Infantry Brigade

Units are ordered to attack again tomorrow.

And in the hex just East of Ramree Island

Ground combat at 55,48 (near Ramree Island)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 54783 troops, 1007 guns, 1011 vehicles, Assault Value = 1769

Defending force 16469 troops, 179 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 399

Allied adjusted assault: 1178

Japanese adjusted defense: 526

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
5372 casualties reported
Squads: 99 destroyed, 62 disabled
Non Combat: 84 destroyed, 38 disabled
Engineers: 27 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 51 (20 destroyed, 31 disabled)
Vehicles lost 19 (9 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
925 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 150 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Vehicles lost 17 (2 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
18th British Division
2nd British Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
7th Armoured Brigade
9th Indian Division
5th Indian Division
35th Light AA Regiment
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
6th Heavy AA Regiment
III Indian Corps
48th Light AA Regiment
RAF 222 Group Base Force
77th Heavy AA Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Pathan Construction Battalion
Sikh Construction Battalion

Defending units:
5th Guards Division
17th Indpt Guards Regiment

Very interesting, the 5th Guards Division is the unit that retreated, so attacking again tomorrow.

Xargun sent Nicks against the 19th Indian Division at Ramree Island

Morning Air attack on 19th Indian Division, at 54,48 (Ramree Island)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 36

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 129
Martlet II x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 13 destroyed

No Allied losses

Tracker says 27 Nicks were lost( 24 air-2-air and 3 ops )

He did a bit better sending night bombers to Lashio, I lost 5 P-400 and 3 Hurricane IIb fighters there
I put the Hurricanes on night patrol, but he probably will not bomb again.

A lot of my bombers hit troops at Mandalay, some destroyed devices, so disabled devices.

August 20, 1943

In China, in the hex between Nanning and Liuchow

Ground combat at 73,55 (near Nanning)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 59311 troops, 305 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1544

Defending force 37123 troops, 355 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 427

Allied adjusted assault: 877

Japanese adjusted defense: 757

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1964 casualties reported
Squads: 116 destroyed, 79 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 18 (10 destroyed, 8 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1887 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 105 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled

Assaulting units:
53rd Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
28th Chinese Corps
25th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps

Defending units:
58th Infantry Regiment
64th Division
58th Division
61st Infantry Brigade
39th Division
23rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Indpt Infantry Regiment
58th Infantry Brigade

In the hex just East of Ramree Island

Ground combat at 55,48 (near Ramree Island)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 36440 troops, 682 guns, 372 vehicles, Assault Value = 1682

Defending force 3402 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 57

Allied adjusted assault: 788

Japanese adjusted defense: 55

Allied assault odds: 14 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
844 casualties reported
Squads: 35 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 40 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 14 (10 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Units pursuing 5

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
7th Armoured Brigade
9th Indian Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
18th British Division
2nd British Division
5th Indian Division
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
III Indian Corps
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Pathan Construction Battalion
6th Heavy AA Regiment
48th Light AA Regiment
35th Light AA Regiment
77th Heavy AA Regiment
RAF 225 Group Base Force
RAF 222 Group Base Force
23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Sikh Construction Battalion

Defending units:
17th Indpt Guards Regiment

Ramree Island now has a over abundance of supply and it seems to be
moving out. All my units nearby are completely supplied. The airfield is building
and will be a level 1 in two turns.

In the air over Mandalay, lots of bombers, mostly disabled devices. That should change soon as more are disabled, the destroyed number should go up.
This is what it looks like

Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 9
Wellington Ic x 61

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
405 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
10 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
9 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 7th RTA/B Division ...
Also attacking 35th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 80th Garrison Battalion ...
Also attacking 55th Division ...
Also attacking 80th Garrison Battalion ...
Also attacking 55th Division ...
Also attacking 7th RTA/B Division ...
Also attacking 35th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 55th Division ...
Also attacking 80th Garrison Battalion ...
Also attacking 55th Division ...


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Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 6

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 6
B-17F Fortress x 6
B-24D Liberator x 9
B-24D1 Liberator x 3

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

Also attacking 80th Garrison Battalion ...
Also attacking 35th JAAF AF Bn ...
Also attacking 55th Division ...


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Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Allied aircraft
Liberator II x 6
B-24D Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Liberator II bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 9

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-25C Mitchell x 6

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 4000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17F Fortress x 6

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17F Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 55th Division, at 59,46 (Mandalay)

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 6

No Allied losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-24D1 Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb

August 21, 1943

On the ground in the hex between Nanning and Liuchow

Ground combat at 73,55 (near Nanning)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 57959 troops, 308 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2064

Defending force 35712 troops, 350 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 354

Allied adjusted assault: 769

Japanese adjusted defense: 573

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
2304 casualties reported
Squads: 22 destroyed, 174 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1365 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 119 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled

Assaulting units:
26th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
28th Chinese Corps
25th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps

Defending units:
64th Division
39th Division
23rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
58th Division
58th Infantry Regiment
61st Infantry Brigade
13th Indpt Infantry Regiment
58th Infantry Brigade

He bombed my troops here so my disruption is up a bit. I am resting my units a turn or two.

In the air over Mandalay he put up some LRCAP of Ki-84r Franks. Unfortunately m y P-38 sweepers were not able to deal with them.
I lost 8 - P-38F Lightning fighters( 7 air-2-air and 2 ops) along with 10 Wellington Ic bombers( 8 air-2-air and 2 ops)
I lost some USAAF bombers to ops, but I do not know if they were from here or not. Xargun lost 2 Franks( 1 air-2-air and 1 ops )
Xargun bombed a number of my troops at various locations. Some damage taken and he lost 9 G3M3 Nells ( 7 flak and 2 ops )
Not a good day in the air, but this is the fate of the Allies at this time with the variants Xargun took. It will be a few months before
I have the P-47D25 available in numbers to overcome his Frank advantage. But I am losing older models of aircraft and not too many pilots
so things are not terrible bad.

August 22, 1943

One question I had was how well the first model of CV capable Corsairs would do. The first encounter says they will do fine.
I have no idea why he has he Judys bombing from 16,000 feet, they will not dive bomb from that altitude.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 54,48

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 36
D4Y4 Judy x 40
Ki-84r Frank x 36

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 130
Martlet II x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 12 destroyed
D4Y4 Judy: 26 destroyed, 1 damaged
D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed by flak
Ki-84r Frank: 5 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet II: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CVL Hermes
CV Victorious

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x D4Y4 Judy bombing from 16000 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.882 Sqn FAA/A with Corsair II (4 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
No.800 Sqn FAA/A with Corsair II (0 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
No.800 Sqn FAA/B with Corsair II (0 airborne, 17 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
No.800 Sqn FAA/C with Corsair II (0 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
No.882 Sqn FAA/B with Corsair II (0 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 18000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes
No.882 Sqn FAA/C with Corsair II (0 airborne, 17 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers
No.888 Sqn FAA with Martlet II (0 airborne, 20 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
4 planes vectored on to bombers



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ramree Island at 54,48

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 9
D4Y4 Judy x 5
Ki-84r Frank x 9

Allied aircraft
Corsair II x 122
Martlet II x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 4 destroyed
D4Y4 Judy: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
No.882 Sqn FAA/A with Corsair II (4 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 21000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
18 planes vectored on to bombers
No.800 Sqn FAA/A with Corsair II (4 airborne, 17 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
8 planes vectored on to bombers
No.800 Sqn FAA/B with Corsair II (3 airborne, 14 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
10 planes vectored on to bombers
No.800 Sqn FAA/C with Corsair II (4 airborne, 18 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
22 planes vectored on to bombers
No.882 Sqn FAA/B with Corsair II (3 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 16000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
No.882 Sqn FAA/C with Corsair II (4 airborne, 17 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 18000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
13 planes vectored on to bombers
No.888 Sqn FAA with Martlet II (3 airborne, 16 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 8000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers

Here are the air losses for today The Frank is not the Sam, but they are very comparable. Some normal bombing by both sides

August 23, 1943

An enjoyable turn on the ground, no real action at sea or in the air, just a bit of bombing by both sides.

First, in the hex between Nanning and Liuchow

Ground combat at 73,55 (near Nanning)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 74350 troops, 386 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1970

Defending force 34413 troops, 350 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 219

Allied adjusted assault: 1627

Japanese adjusted defense: 443

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
12186 casualties reported
Squads: 339 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 382 destroyed, 130 disabled
Engineers: 27 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 93 (50 destroyed, 43 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (5 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 8

Allied ground losses:
1064 casualties reported
Squads: 60 destroyed, 39 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
28th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
25th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps

Defending units:
61st Infantry Brigade
23rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
64th Division
58th Infantry Regiment
58th Division
39th Division
13th Indpt Infantry Regiment
58th Infantry Brigade

My troops will push SE and try and engage again.

At Katha

Ground combat at Katha (61,43)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 17655 troops, 268 guns, 236 vehicles, Assault Value = 1021

Defending force 1542 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 56

Allied adjusted assault: 107

Japanese adjusted defense: 11

Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied forces CAPTURE Katha !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
678 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
106 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units pursuing 1

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
20th Indian Division
14th Indian Division
98th Indian Brigade
221 Group RAF
Burma Corps

Defending units:
85th Naval Guard Unit

Also Warazup flips without combat.

I am still trying to engage his forces in Northern China, I just can not move fast enough