Rumble in the Southwest witpqs-A vs Andav-J 2011-11-29 to 2017-02-08

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

witpqs:

The Allies captured:
Laoag is occupied by the Allies
Allied forces CAPTURE Nanking !!!

What! Still no victory at Hankow??!! Boooo! We want our money back! .......
Oh, wait - we never paid to watch - nm !

I thought I would substitute with a massive strike on Tokyo to keep the viewers interested! [:D]

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

witpqs:

Defending units:
3rd RGC Capital Division
71st Infantry Brigade
1st RGC Capital/B Division
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
18th JAAF AF Bn
5th RGC Division
39th Ind Engineer Regiment
85th Field AA Battalion
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
China Expeditionary Army
68th Ind.Infantry Battalion
1st RGC Capital/A Division


68th Ind.Infantry Battalion Wiped Out at Nanking by attrition!!!
85th Field AA Battalion Wiped Out at Nanking by attrition!!!
5th RGC Division Wiped Out at Nanking by attrition!!!
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion Wiped Out at Nanking by attrition!!!
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion Wiped Out at Nanking by attrition!!!
39th Ind Engineer Regiment Wiped Out at Nanking by attrition!!!
18th JAAF AF Bn Wiped Out at Nanking by attrition!!!
1st RGC Capital/A Division Wiped Out at Nanking by attrition!!!
1st RGC Capital/B Division Wiped Out at Nanking by attrition!!!
Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Nanking
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Our troops need to rest but the cleanup of about 20,000 Imperial troops should be quick once our boys are ready.

With 10 of 12 units wiped out I can't see there being 20,000 troops left at Nanking. Looks like 71st Inf. Bde. and China Expeditionary Army (minus all the vehicles).

I've come to suspect that often the Recon tally of troops is more or less a day behind. Or it could just be the total number seen, not the 'effective' number of troops that gets shown in the combat report.

At any rate, comparing the two lists gives these remaining.
3rd RGC Capital Division
71st Infantry Brigade
5th RGC Division
China Expeditionary Army

It's possible that one or two of those had their destruction reported in the "surrounded" message.

5th RGC is on the wiped out list. 3rd RGC is almost certainly the one surrounded - the RGC units give up first chance they get!
HQs always seem to be the last to be eliminated. Seems they keep ordering their troops to run interference while they run away!

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

witpqs:

The Allies captured:
Laoag is occupied by the Allies
Allied forces CAPTURE Nanking !!!

What! Still no victory at Hankow??!! Boooo! We want our money back! .......
Oh, wait - we never paid to watch - nm !

I thought I would substitute with a massive strike on Tokyo to keep the viewers interested! [:D]

Sounds good .... but leave the Ginza out of your bombing plans!

[witpqs]

1945 March 25

The Empire captured:


The Allies captured:
Kaoping is occupied by the Allies

There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:


There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:


Imperial Naval Bombardments


Allied Naval Bombardments:
Allied Ships Bombarding Cebu


Our subs are conducting secret activities.

We lost 98 B-29 variants, the vast majority during the daytime strikes. Thank goodness the bombers went in before the sweeps, or we might have lost more valuable fighters and pilots. BTW, the nighttime sweeps did not fly at all - does anybody know for certain if nighttime sweeps work? They were done in real life but that doesn't mean they would be a big factor.

Our bombers did amass 291 Manpower hits on Tokyo. Up to 1,000 strategic points were added (did not snapshot yesterday), and Fires at Tokyo should add more in succeeding days. Some points were certainly accounted for by Heavy Industry hits at Nagasaki/Sasebo, and there is more work to be done at that target.

Cleanup proceeds at Chengtu.

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Ground combat at Chengtu (75,41)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 133891 troops, 983 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 2969

Defending force 17815 troops, 88 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 122

Allied adjusted assault: 5245

Japanese adjusted defense: 35

Allied assault odds: 149 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
7480 casualties reported
Squads: 512 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 215 destroyed, 119 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 39 (30 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
224 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
6th Australian Division
11th (East African) Division
76th Chinese Corps
120th Red Chinese Division
54th Chinese Corps
49th Chinese Corps
23rd Indian Division
63rd Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
14th Chinese Corps
35th Chinese Corps
70th Chinese/C Corps
1st Group Army
5th Chinese Base Force
26th Group Army
22nd Artillery Regiment
7th War Area
NCAC
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment
3rd Chinese Base Force
11th Group Army
19th Chinese Base Force

Defending units:
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
55th Infantry Brigade
36th/B Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
13th RGC Temp. Division
8th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Kanno
15th RGC Temp. Division


Kanno Wiped Out at Chengtu by attrition!!!
13th RGC Temp. Division Wiped Out at Chengtu by attrition!!!
36th/B Division Wiped Out at Chengtu by attrition!!!
Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Chengtu
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Recon says there are almost 24,000 more troops there.

China west.

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China east.

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Home Islands west.

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Home Islands east.

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Home Islands east.

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The complete Combat report in case you want to look over the B-29 raids.

[BBfanboy]

witpqs:

Defending units:
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
55th Infantry Brigade
36th/B Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
13th RGC Temp. Division
8th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Kanno
15th RGC Temp. Division


Kanno Wiped Out at Chengtu by attrition!!!
13th RGC Temp. Division Wiped Out at Chengtu by attrition!!!
36th/B Division Wiped Out at Chengtu by attrition!!!
Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Chengtu

Wow! This Kanno guy was a unit all by himself - Japan's Rambo I guess! What will Ho-Ri Wood do for an action hero now!??

[witpqs]

Processing the next turn now. Left the night fighters on Sweep, but again no nighttime sweeps flew. Do they *not* work?

[witpqs]

Forgot to post this pick of Tokyo.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

Processing the next turn now. Left the night fighters on Sweep, but again no nighttime sweeps flew. Do they *not* work?

Don't look at me - I don't know either! [&:]

[witpqs]

1945 March 26

The Empire captured:


The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:


There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:
Cebu

Imperial Naval Bombardments


Allied Naval Bombardments:
Allied Ships Bombarding enemy troops at Cagayan
Allied Ships Bombarding Cebu
Allied Ships Bombarding Shanghai


Our subs are conducting secret activities.

We got some Light Industry hits at Nagasaki/Sasebo.

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Ground combat at Nanking (91,52)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 77672 troops, 1382 guns, 898 vehicles, Assault Value = 2435

Defending force 10776 troops, 37 guns, 57 vehicles, Assault Value = 26

Allied adjusted assault: 1842

Japanese adjusted defense: 89

Allied assault odds: 20 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2032 casualties reported
Squads: 155 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 71 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 15 (8 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
7th Australian Division
46th Chinese/A Corps
32nd Infantry Division
81st Infantry Division
31st Infantry Division
96th Infantry Division
I Corps Engr Grp
5th Australian Division
3rd Prov Chinese/B Corps
208th Coast AA Regiment
87th Medium Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
2nd Medium Regiment
1st Indian Light AA Regiment
163rd Light AA Regiment
12th Indian Heavy AA Regiment
18th SP Field Artillery Regiment
251st Field Artillery Battalion
85th Medium Regiment
XXIV US Corps
134th Medium Regiment

Defending units:
71st Infantry Brigade
3rd RGC Capital Division
China Expeditionary Army


3rd RGC Capital Division Wiped Out at Nanking by attrition!!!
Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Nanking
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Ground combat at 93,40 (near Chengting)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 683 troops, 0 guns, 90 vehicles, Assault Value = 54

Defending force 2448 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 106

Allied adjusted assault: 10

Japanese adjusted defense: 24

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), leaders(-)
Attacker: disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
3rd Carabiniers Regiment

Defending units:
102nd NCPC Route Brigade
2nd NCPC Infantry Brigade


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Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Chengtu
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About 12,000 Imperial troops remain at Nanking, >14,000 at Chengtu. In the north, we will assault Chengting tomorrow (the 3rd Carabiniers Regiment cut the road/rail just to the east). Cleanup will also continue at Nanking and resume at Chengtu.

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Ground combat at Cebu (80,86)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1205 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40

Defending force 1946 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 111

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

Assaulting units:
I/124th Infantry Battalion
55th Const Co

Defending units:
3rd Commando Brigade


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Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 16204 troops, 186 guns, 170 vehicles, Assault Value = 542

Defending force 2985 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26

Allied adjusted assault: 246

Japanese adjusted defense: 3

Allied assault odds: 82 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
1984 casualties reported
Squads: 119 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Allied ground losses:
85 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
1st Regiment
24th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
15th NZ Brigade
158th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
8th NZ Brigade
1059th Port Construction Battalion

Defending units:
Maizuru 1st SNLF
16th Naval Guard Unit
2nd South Seas Det. /1
23rd Air Flotilla


Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Cagayan
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Our troops rest at both places tomorrow.

China west.

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China east.

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Philippines.

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Home Islands west.

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Home Islands east.

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Tokyo.

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Intel screen. For the first time we have passed the Empire in LCU points.