Destruction of Burma Corps

[Technopiper]

Historically, the Brits torched Rangoon before fleeing north as soon as the Japanese showed up on 7 March 1942. I made sure that Burma Road was closed and no route of escape was available. In order to achieve that, my progress fell way behind that of the Japanese army, but afterwards nothing stood between me and the Road to Mandalay where the flying fishes played.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 25, 42
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Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 45526 troops, 377 guns, 154 vehicles, Assault Value = 1284

Defending force 21549 troops, 263 guns, 359 vehicles, Assault Value = 429

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 1704

Allied adjusted defense: 505

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Rangoon !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
2690 casualties reported
Squads: 84 destroyed, 127 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 37 disabled
Guns lost 17 (5 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
21208 casualties reported
Squads: 538 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1011 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 66 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 368 (368 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 187 (187 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 25

Assaulting units:
55th Infantry Regiment
I./213th Infantry Battalion
215th Infantry Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment
143rd Infantry Regiment
214th Infantry Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
III./213th Infantry Battalion
1st Tank Regiment
55th Engineer Regiment
112th Infantry Regiment
146th Infantry Regiment
118th Infantry Regiment
113th Infantry Regiment
33rd Engineer Regiment
22nd Recon Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
148th Infantry Regiment
26th Engineer Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
55th Division
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
33rd Division
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Army
33rd Mountain Gun Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment
18th Division
51st Field AA Battalion

Defending units:
48th Gurkha Brigade
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
1st West Yorkshire Battalion
16th Indian Brigade
1st Burma Brigade
7th Hussars Regiment
Railway BAF Battalion
2nd Burma Brigade
Rangoon BAF Battalion
1st Cameronians Battalion
13th Indian Brigade
63rd Indian Brigade
2nd Royal Tank Regiment
17th Indian Div
28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
221 Group RAF
11th Burma Rifles Battalion
4th Burma Rifles Battalion
27th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Anti-Tank Regiment
103rd RN Base Force
1st Burma Div
8th HAA Bty
1st Iniskilling's Battalion
3rd LAA Bty

[Bif1961]

He did invest some defense for Rangoon and I am sure some of those units will be missed. I would imagine the Japanese lost some much because they had too many broken down Divisions into Rgts. If he would combine them into whole divisions then Burma and India and western China might be in big trouble.

[Technopiper]

ORIGINAL: Bif1961

He did invest some defense for Rangoon and I am sure some of those units will be missed. I would imagine the Japanese lost some much because they had too many broken down Divisions into Rgts. If he would combine them into whole divisions then Burma and India and western China might be in big trouble.

How do I merge regiments into a Division? I have all sub units in the same hex as their parent divisional HQ, but I see no "merge" command anywhere.

[GetAssista]

ORIGINAL: Technopiper
How do I merge regiments into a Division? I have all sub units in the same hex as their parent divisional HQ, but I see no "merge" command anywhere.

Sub units should be at the same hex, have same HQ, same movement mode, and same upgrade phase of their devices. Then the option "rebuild unit" is accessible in the lower left corner

[HansBolter]

ORIGINAL: Technopiper

ORIGINAL: Bif1961

He did invest some defense for Rangoon and I am sure some of those units will be missed. I would imagine the Japanese lost some much because they had too many broken down Divisions into Rgts. If he would combine them into whole divisions then Burma and India and western China might be in big trouble.

How do I merge regiments into a Division? I have all sub units in the same hex as their parent divisional HQ, but I see no "merge" command anywhere.

There are no parent divisional HQs in the game. When you divide a division it divides into three regiments with no HQ unit.

Regiments can only be recombined if they all have the same devices. If 'upgrades' was left on when the division was divided, there is a risk that one or more regiments will upgrade a device without all of them upgrading because the device pool runs dry.

Always, always, ALWAYS turn OFF upgrades when dividing divisions.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: GetAssista

ORIGINAL: Technopiper
How do I merge regiments into a Division? I have all sub units in the same hex as their parent divisional HQ, but I see no "merge" command anywhere.

Sub units should be at the same hex, have same HQ, same movement mode, and same upgrade phase of their devices. Then the option "rebuild unit" is accessible in the lower left corner

There is a drawback to combining the sub-units into a division while in movement mode - you lose all the current movement and go back to 0 miles. Better to combine while staying in a hex.
Also check the leader after forming a division - frequently (more than 50% IME) of the time the poorest leader of the sub-units becomes the leader of the Division. You then have no choice but to spend PP to put in a decent leader.

[tarkalak]

I believe he is playing SCEN 19, which is a regiment size scenario.

As such the divisions are represented as their constituent regiments, some artillery, HQ, etc. as separate units.

[Bif1961]

There you go.

[Technopiper]

ORIGINAL: tarkalak

I believe he is playing SCEN 19, which is a regiment size scenario.

As such the divisions are represented as their constituent regiments, some artillery, HQ, etc. as separate units.

Exactly! I checked with grand campaign and realized that it works differently with the customized Burma Campaign. Mysterey solved.