DEI
The Japanese invest Batavia and launch their 1st bombardment of the city:
Ground combat at Batavia (49,98)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 18862 troops, 205 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 1201
Defending force 42827 troops, 491 guns, 180 vehicles, Assault Value = 1273
Japanese ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Assaulting units:
33rd Infantry Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
18th Division
33rd Division
9th Infantry Regiment
4th Div /7
Defending units:
4th KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Tjilatjap KNIL Battalion
VI KNIL Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
Prajoda Garrison Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
6th KNIL Regiment
Manado Garrison Battalion
Barisan KNIL Regiment
Afdeling Ritman
Mobiele Eenheid Battalion
Batavia Coastal Gun Battalion
1st KNIL Regiment
Samarinda KNIL Battalion
2nd KNIL Regiment
Van Altena Battalion
Marinier Battalion
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
SE Borneo KNIL Battalion
VII KNIL Battalion
Kendari Garrison Battalion
Makassar Garrison Battalion
ABDA
Loemafjang Base Force
Madion Base Force
3rd KNIL AA Battalion
1st KNIL AA Battalion
KNIL Army Command
Soerabaja Base Force
Djojakarta Base Force
ML-KNIL
Commandement Marine
Bandoeng Base Force
MLD
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
Tjilitap Base Force
Batavia Base Force
Malang Base Force
Looks like Dave brought 18th and 33rd Divisions here in addition to elements of the 4th and 16th Divisions. I think that I should be able to hold out here for a bit.....it just depends on how effective the upcoming naval bombardments are.
The Japanese are thrown back in 1:2 assaults at Buitenzorg and Tilatjap.
I withdrew thew remainder of the Dutch air forces on Java this turn....it was just becoming too easy for Japan to score points by destroying Dutch AC.
On Sumatra.....Japan captures Djambi and closes in on Palembang.
CBI
The Japanese armor in the south finally breaks through and defeats the Chinese in 3x terrain:
Ground combat at 85,56
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 23987 troops, 116 guns, 980 vehicles, Assault Value = 1103
Defending force 8900 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 214
Japanese adjusted assault: 993
Allied adjusted defense: 226
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
4060 casualties reported
Squads: 245 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 147 destroyed, 43 disabled
Engineers: 14 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 6
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
11th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
20th Recon Regiment
12th Ind.Mixed Brigade
3rd Tank Regiment
58th Infantry Regiment
8th Recon Regiment
1st Recon Regiment
9th Armored Car Co
10th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
55th Infantry Brigade
26th Recon Regiment
Defending units:
88th Chinese/B Corps
86th Chinese/A Corps
88th Chinese/C Corps
88th Chinese/A Corps
86th Chinese/B Corps
10th Group Army
It looks as if the Japanese armor will continue to drive SE towards Pucheng.....both sides have troops approaching Pucheng in all directions. This is becoming an interesting development as 1200 Chinese AV will shock attack into Nanchang next turn.....and then there is really nothing in the way to prevent me from securing the Nanchang/Hankow highway and that should put the IJA troops around Pucheng out of supply.
Just SW of Nanchang, the IJA 40th Division launches an ill advised shock attack:
Ground combat at 84,55
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 11645 troops, 104 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 390
Defending force 17616 troops, 103 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 710
Japanese adjusted assault: 72
Allied adjusted defense: 591
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 8
Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), disruption(-)
Japanese ground losses:
2072 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 114 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 85 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Allied ground losses:
319 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 29 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
40th Division
Defending units:
53rd Chinese/B Corps
3rd New Chinese/B Corps
53rd Chinese/A Corps
21st Chinese/B Corps
3rd New Chinese/A Corps
53rd Chinese/C Corps
32nd Group Army
Losing a shock attack is about the worst thing you can do in AE. I had bombed 40th Division for 4 days so they were pretty disrupted....and next turn 900 Chinese AV will assault them and put them out of their misery. Crushing 40th Division and taking Nanchang should open up a huge hole in the rear of the Japanese in south central China..
In central China, 3600 Chinese AV capture Nanyang in a human wave assault:
Ground combat at Nanyang (85,45)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 99805 troops, 607 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3857
Defending force 1354 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 51
Allied adjusted assault: 5307
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 5307 to 1 (fort level 3)
Allied forces CAPTURE Nanyang !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
1773 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 35 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 54 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 10 (9 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 3
Allied ground losses:
960 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 40 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 72 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
30th Chinese/C Corps
1st Chinese/C Corps
59th Chinese/C Corps
1st Chinese Cavalry/ Corps
45th Chinese/A Corps
45th Chinese/C Corps
57th Chinese/A Corps
57th Chinese/B Corps
36th Chinese/C Corps
77th Chinese Corps
92nd Chinese Corps
57th Chinese/C Corps
55th Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Cavalry/ Corps
90th Chinese/B Corps
1st Chinese/B Corps
30th Chinese/A Corps
30th Chinese/B Corps
36th Chinese/A Corps
1st Chinese/A Corps
48th Chinese Corps
59th Chinese/A Corps
36th Chinese/B Corps
59th Chinese/B Corps
1st Chinese Cavalry/ Corps
45th Chinese/B Corps
67th Chinese Corps
90th Chinese/C Corps
21st Group Army
22nd Group Army
4th Group Army
2nd Group Army
5th War Area
33rd Group Army
Defending units:
8th Engineer Regiment
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Bn /5
The 2400 AV of the Chinese Ichang army advance adjacent to Hankow:
Ground combat at 84,49
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 68166 troops, 387 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2379
Defending force 2280 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 105
Allied adjusted assault: 1426
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 1426 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(-), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2426 casualties reported
Squads: 69 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 76 destroyed, 38 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Allied ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
18th Chinese/C Corps
8th Chinese/C Corps
13th Chinese/C Corps
13th Chinese/B Corps
18th Chinese/A Corps
8th Chinese/B Corps
13th Chinese/A Corps
29th Chinese/C Corps
7th Chinese/C Corps
85th Chinese/B Corps
85th Chinese/A Corps
2nd Chinese/B Corps
18th Chinese/B Corps
2nd Chinese/A Corps
85th Chinese/C Corps
7th Chinese/A Corps
7th Chinese/B Corps
8th Chinese/A Corps
29th Chinese/B Corps
2nd Chinese/C Corps
26th Group Army
20th Group Army
3rd Group Army
31st Group Army
Defending units:
11th RGC Temp. Division
I have another 2500 Chinese AC approaching Wuchang from Changsha so that makes over 5000 Chinese AV threatening to invest Wuchang/Hankow.....and currently there are only 1300 troops in Hankow. Dave moved 5 LCUs out to meet my Ichang army and keep me from entering Hankow next turn. I will attempt to destroy the 5 LCUs next turn...I think Dave just wanted to delay me here so his 150,000 strong army up in Tsiaotso can be railed into Hankow/Wuchang next turn.
Just to keep things interesting for Japan I moved another 2100 Chinese AV adjacent to Loyang.....so that should give Dave some options as to where to deploy his 3600 IJA AV in Tsiaotso.
