ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
ORIGINAL: GreyJoy
ORIGINAL: ny59giants
The end of Japanese landing bonus for you. I hope you don't have any planned against a defended base.
No Micheal, not anymore. I lost too much time and now it's time to consider to shift to a defensive posture.
The only bases that i still need to invade is Balikapan and Cocos Island...but i'll wait to have at least 2 divisions fully prepped for those objectives
Is Cocos Island an atoll? If so, the new stacking limits can play havoc with an invasion if you bring too much to the party. See koniu's post in the War Room section [unless you are DOCUP]
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Edited to correct spelling of koniu's name
Thanks mate, i have taken note of what is said there, however it doesn't seem to be consensus on what has caused that distruption.
Think those who believe it hasn't anything to do with overstacking are right. If not, not even the allies would have any chance of taking small atolls, cause you surely cannot land with 6,000 men and hope to dislodge a well dug in company of 6000 infantrymen.
btw, just in case, i'm prepping 2 full divisions, 2 indipendent engineers unit and 1 tank rgt (probably i'll place one more tank rgt).
we'll see... I'm not that convinced, however, that it will be wise to break my horns against Cocos... should have done it way before[:o]
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 01-04, 42
Nothing much important happened. We conquered Derby and Broome in Northern Oz and Katherine south of Darwin, inflicting several casualties to the fleeing Australian Army which will probably run all the way till Alice.
Sosarbaja finally fell and now we are able to concentrate on Batavia (where he recently brought in 30 fighters, probably from Luzon).
The 4th division has just arrived in Java and should help finish it out.
Bad news are coming from Burma, where he has statlemated me west of Katha with a huge army. He has also massed 200 bombers at Calcutta and more 200 fighters are ready to run havoc over my troops in Burma... he's also concentrating several strong units north of Akyab near Cox Bazar.... and i have very few supplies and a very tiny air force to counter these moves...
One Guards divisions, along with 25k supplies is moving towards Rangoon, while we're consolidating in the Adamans and in northern Sumatra (already thinking of the inevitable future allied offensives here).
In China he also managed to stop me everywhere. The mongol Army HQ fought his way for a couple of more hexes north, towards Langchow, but then it had to stop, cause the 1st army failed to clear the road north of Sian, achieving several 1-1 and 1-2....
Luckly "hawk" operation is almost ready to start, with nearly 130 crack zeros assembling in the chinese aerodromes. These guys must clear the skies over Central China, in order to wipe out the enemy fighters and so give a chance, to the bomber army, to suppress the enemy stacks
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Ground combat at 82,39 (near Sian)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 63345 troops, 559 guns, 120 vehicles, Assault Value = 1336
Defending force 38506 troops, 209 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 440
Japanese adjusted assault: 566
Allied adjusted defense: 603
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 [X(]
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1314 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 154 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1993 casualties reported
Squads: 94 destroyed, 147 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Guns lost 46 (2 destroyed, 44 disabled)
Assaulting units:
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
41st Division
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Ind.Mixed Brigade
37th Division
32nd Division
15th Ind.Mixed Brigade
53rd Infantry Brigade
1st Army
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
11th Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
57th AT Gun Regiment
36th Group Army
15th Group Army
43rd Chinese Corps
14th Group Army
Jingcha War Area
10th Chinese Base Force
we're finally able to research the Tojo IIa...the first R&D factory is now working...and, in 5 days, we should reach the 500 engine bonus... Let's see.
Helens production will be postponed till the end of April not to interfere with the Ha-34 stockpiling process