ORIGINAL: Yakface
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 21, 42
Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 94716 troops, 1755 guns, 629 vehicles, Assault Value = 2784
Defending force 43705 troops, 753 guns, 414 vehicles, Assault Value = 1376
Japanese adjusted assault: 3334
Allied adjusted defense: 2683
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
7451 casualties reported
Squads: 46 destroyed, 760 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 74 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 87 disabled
Guns lost 61 (5 destroyed, 56 disabled)
Vehicles lost 24 (2 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1570 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 125 disabled
Non Combat: 50 destroyed, 51 disabled
Engineers: 35 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 36 (7 destroyed, 29 disabled)
Vehicles lost 38 (23 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Assaulting units:
18th Division
16th Division
Imperial Guards Division
8th Tank Regiment
38th Division
54th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
56th Division
48th Division
7th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
14th Army
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
The next day another attack - with the same units
ORIGINAL: Yakface
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 22, 42
Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 83355 troops, 1650 guns, 588 vehicles, Assault Value = 2584
Defending force 41916 troops, 747 guns, 394 vehicles, Assault Value = 1233
Japanese adjusted assault: 2146
Allied adjusted defense: 4402
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
4411 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 342 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 73 disabled
Guns lost 34 (1 destroyed, 33 disabled)
Vehicles lost 18 (4 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
2264 casualties reported
Squads: 116 destroyed, 99 disabled
Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 61 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 65 (37 destroyed, 28 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (2 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Assaulting units:
56th Division
48th Division
8th Tank Regiment
18th Division
16th Division
38th Division
Imperial Guards Division
54th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
14th Army
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
I've always found the combat reports to be fairly accurate - declared AV in the hex to be within a few points and the casualties announced leading to the same sort of drop in the next turns AV in hex - within 10 or 20%
However the combat on the 21st should have resulted in 800-850 AV drop if it is to be believed. The next attack came in with only a 200pt drop. I can believe some FOW but it seems to be over-reporting by a factor of 4.
Watching the replay the 18th division seemed to get a good whack in the first battle (down to 0 AV), but on the second day it was one of the least damaged.
I am wondering whether this is a sync issue? or is the result within FOW uncertainty? Would really appreciate the opinion of people who have played for a long time, with experience of these things.
EDIT added the missing unit to the first days attack as pointed out by witpqs