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Rabaul[/font]
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So lets start with the good news before moving on to the bad ones.
Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 29179 troops, 585 guns, 641 vehicles, Assault Value = 1010
Defending force 27750 troops, 276 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 541
Allied adjusted assault: 1743
Japanese adjusted defense: 685
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Rabaul !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
13160 casualties reported
Squads: 361 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 157 destroyed, 55 disabled
Engineers: 44 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 148 (142 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 15 (15 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 11
Allied ground losses:
292 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Vehicles lost 31 (1 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
45k Japanese troops retreat into the Jungle. 2nd Marines are in pursuit and will hunt them down while prepping for new targets.
Will take about 2 weeks before Rabaul is operational as I have a lot of troop moving to do as the entire region will be reorganized.
24th ID will clear out the Lea area and as soon as Rabaul is operational we can start to pound Manus which have turned into a major Japanese stronghold. Rabauls level 9 AF will take care of that.
