We have only 2 divisions attacking (the imperial has just landed and is not partecipating to today battle)... with insufficient artillery and support...
BUT THE GODS OF WAR SMILED upon the Empire!!!
Ground combat at Geraldton (49,141)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 33040 troops, 336 guns, 242 vehicles, Assault Value = 1332
Defending force 19413 troops, 236 guns, 310 vehicles, Assault Value = 606
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Japanese adjusted assault: 634
Allied adjusted defense: 155
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Geraldton !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
539 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 52 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Allied ground losses:
6231 casualties reported
Squads: 186 destroyed, 65 disabled
Non Combat: 463 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 61 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 116 (111 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 230 (228 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 11
Units destroyed 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
7th Tank Regiment
4th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
56th Division
5th Amphibious Brigade
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
16th Army
4th Air Division
5th Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
754th Tank Battalion
5th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
13th Australian Brigade
4th Aus Cav Brigade
10th Cav Recce Regiment
6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
Torres Strait Battalion
182nd Infantry Regiment
132nd Infantry Regiment
Geraldton Fortress
Western Command
Geraldton RAN Base Force
The enemy is mauled and pushed back to Perth... and now the big chase begins! 100 Fighters and 150 bombers are already based at Geralton, while the KB moves down for the last Landing...[:D]