Rennell Island falls!!
Kalgoorlie sees troops surrender. [:(]
Key: TT = Torpedo; bb = ground bombardment; c = casualties; b = base hits; s = supply hits; r = runway hits; p = port hits; f = fuel hits; AV = Assault Value; DC = Depth Charged; (*) = destroyed aircraft; If odds are underlined, they are the Allies; BG = Bomber Group of 48 planes (4 x 12 bomber squadrons); FG fighter group = 25 fighter planes if American
Subs:
Paddle sinks a small TK off Shikuka
CVs:
Mine are headed back to Luganville
Burma:
5 hexes SSE of Lashio has a Chinese Corp in it - Up to 15 Sally attack.
Prome -
25th - Massive sweeps by Tojo IIc. Only leaky CAP from Ramree. 25 Tojo vs 20 Hurricanes = 1 plane lost each; 25 more Tojo = 1 Hurricane lost; a third group of 25 Tojo face just 3 Hurricanes and I lose one; 49 Tojo find the skies empty; Oscars escort in a total of 95 Helens to attack my troops, but my flak gets 6 of them; minor casualties to troops.
Toungoo - base is now empty!![X(]
China:
Sining - Chinese Corp 1 east of base attacked by 12 Sally.
Wuchow - AF hit by 23 Helens
Australia:
Horn Island -
25th -
26th - 3 CL & 8 DDs face 10 PT Boats = 1 PT sunk (in response, I send 2 CAs & 8 DDs from Luganville). 18 Hellcats followed by 3 groups of P-38s sweep before massive bomber attacks. The first wave of 113 B-24s hit the AF. Smaller groups follow bring in another 77 B-24s. The 2e bombers come in after - 63 PV-1, 33 Mitchells.
Kalgoorlie -
25th - Troops at base attacked by 32 Vals, 38 Kates, 114 Helens. The base has a deliberate attack while the two bases to west have just ground bb attacks.
Ground combat at Kalgoorlie (56,147)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 71695 troops, 708 guns, 767 vehicles, Assault Value = 2145
Defending force 24681 troops, 517 guns, 389 vehicles, Assault Value = 175
Japanese adjusted assault: 2019
Allied adjusted defense: 21
Japanese assault odds: 96 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
453 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
16844 casualties reported
Squads: 544 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 1000 destroyed, 88 disabled
Engineers: 128 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 370 (326 destroyed, 44 disabled)
Vehicles lost 253 (236 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Units destroyed 7
Assaulting units:
5th Guards Division
48th Division
2nd Tank Division
4th Guards Division
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
18th Division
Guards Tank/C Division
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
45th Field AA Battalion
1st Ind.AA Gun Co
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
14th Army
25th JNAF AF Unit
21st Ind.AA Gun Co
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th JAAF AF Bn
14th JAAF AF Bn
Defending units:
32nd Infantry Division
6th Australian Division
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
70th Coast AA Regiment
34th Cmbt Engineer Regiment
1st Medium Regiment
181st Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Medium Regiment
II Australian Corps
1st RAA Jungle Regiment
All but the Aussie HQ surrender today with the HQ surrendering on 26th.
26th - The troops two hexes to west sees 35 Vals, 38 Kates and a ground bb attack. The stack one hex to west sees one massive attack by 116 Helens and a ground bb attack.
2nd Marine stack at 3 NW of Esperance - moving 4 or 5 miles/day (38/46). Troops are headed towards this hex and may cut off any form of retreat.
New Guinea:
Merauke -
South Pacific & Solomons:
Rennell Island -
25th - 204 Avengers and 180 SBDs attack SNLF before shock attack.
Ground combat at Rennell Island (113,140)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 7118 troops, 41 guns, 170 vehicles, Assault Value = 201
Defending force 1522 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 29
Allied adjusted assault: 222
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 222 to 1 (fort level 2)
Allied forces CAPTURE Rennell Island !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
2130 casualties reported
Squads: 67 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 68 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 26 (26 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Allied ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
298th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
3rd USMC Tank Battalion
3054th Port Construction Battalion
16th USN Special Construction Battalion
25th USN Special Construction Battalion
46th US Naval Construction Battalion
11th MAG
873rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
90th Base Group
260th Coast AA Regiment
872nd Aviation Engineer Battalion
3052nd Port Construction Battalion
19th USN Naval Construction Regiment
Defending units:
Maizuru 1st SNLF
Munda -
Tulagi -
Lunga -
26th - 64 B-25s hit the troops.
Engineering: Seward F5; Meiktila AF4; Ndeni AF6; Mornibngton F3;
Notes:
Western Australia - The first stack surrenders at Kalgoorlie - two divisions. The other three stacks will surrender over the next few weeks with no hope of escaping.
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