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Uncivil Engineer wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 12:13 pm Ground combat at Nauru Island (127,128) Atoll

Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 145 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20
Defending force 893 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Allied adjusted assault: 2
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3)

Allied forces CAPTURE Nauru Island !!! How? Should only reduce forts to 1!

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

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

Assaulting units:
7th Marine Regiment
I Marine Amphib Corps /3
6th Marine Rgt /1
2nd AmphTrac Engr Bn /1

Defending units:
82nd Naval Guard Unit

Yaab wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 3:54 pm Here it is:

Attacking force 145 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20
Defending force 893 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

The unadjusted Jap AV was only 1. Seems there was only one active Jap squad, rest were disabled. The loss was inevitable. The Jap unit was really a field hospital masqeurading as a garrison.

pnzrgnral wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 3:26 pm Combat engineers. Your USMC regiments have combat (assault) engineers as part of their TO&E. Combat engineers reduce fortifications. Another factor: enemy unit disruption. If enough devices are disrupted then it's easier since those weapons don't show up for the fight.

Mike Solli wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 7:24 pm Actually, combat engineers CAN reduce fortifications. That's not a guarantee:

8.1.3 ENGINEERS
These units include Combat Engineers, Construction units (such as the famed U.S. Navy Sea
Bees), and Base Force units. All engineer squads and vehicles can construct and repair base
facilities. Combat Engineers can also destroy enemy fortifications during combat. Construction
Engineers have only the word “Engineer” in the device name. Combat Engineer units have
additional nationality and function designations (e.g. IJA Engineer Squad, Soviet Sapper Sqd,
Aus Cmbt Eng).

With level 3 fortifications that are not reduced in combat, you need a 5:1 result in a combat to take the base. What I suspect happened in this case was that the defenders were destroyed in the combat. That's how a 2:1 attack with level 2 forts managed to take the base.

dcpollay wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 8:45 pm I would guess, with only one squad, if the squad was destroyed/disabled during the turn, somewhere in the combat calculations there is a "x 0" calculation. The real final odds were 2 to 0, but I don't think the game will display zero as a result. At least I've never seen it.

With no defenses, the fort level bonus is meaningless. Again, the math is likely invisible within the combat calculations.

dcpollay wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 8:45 pm I would guess, with only one squad, if the squad was destroyed/disabled during the turn, somewhere in the combat calculations there is a "x 0" calculation. The real final odds were 2 to 0, but I don't think the game will display zero as a result. At least I've never seen it.

With no defenses, the fort level bonus is meaningless. Again, the math is likely invisible within the combat calculations.

Mike Solli wrote: Mon Jun 13, 2022 7:24 pm Actually, combat engineers CAN reduce fortifications. That's not a guarantee:

8.1.3 ENGINEERS
These units include Combat Engineers, Construction units (such as the famed U.S. Navy Sea
Bees), and Base Force units. All engineer squads and vehicles can construct and repair base
facilities. Combat Engineers can also destroy enemy fortifications during combat. Construction
Engineers have only the word “Engineer” in the device name. Combat Engineer units have
additional nationality and function designations (e.g. IJA Engineer Squad, Soviet Sapper Sqd,
Aus Cmbt Eng).

With level 3 fortifications that are not reduced in combat, you need a 5:1 result in a combat to take the base. What I suspect happened in this case was that the defenders were destroyed in the combat. That's how a 2:1 attack with level 2 forts managed to take the base.