3/28 - 4/1/42
March is over & so is the Japanese invasion bonus. Woot!
Cent Pac
On the 28th SS Gato launched 4 torps at Akagi and missed. USMC Vindicators launched against Shokaku and missed. After much pounding by KB (including Zuikaku's air group which I hadn't noticed before) and some bombardments the Japanese invade:
Ground combat at Midway Island (158,91)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 4432 troops, 29 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 152
Defending force 3418 troops, 63 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 83
Japanese adjusted assault: 0
Allied adjusted defense: 52
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 3)
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-)
fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)
Japanese ground losses:
4297 casualties reported
Squads: 187 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 72 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 30 (28 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 35 (9 destroyed, 26 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
47th Infantry Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
Defending units:
3rd Marine Raider Battalion
116th USAAF Base Force
6th Marine Defense Battalion
Not too shabby! [:)]
Northern Australia
Part of the Royal Dutch Navy intercepts an unescorted task force at Exmouth:
Day Time Surface Combat, near Exmouth at 50,129, Range 9,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
TB Tomozuru, Shell hits 1, on fire
PB Kyo Maru #2, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Nikki Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Tokusima Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Hokumai Maru, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Hokutai Maru, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Hukuzyu Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
Allied Ships
CL Java, Shell hits 1
CL Sumatra
CL Tromp
DD Tjerk Hiddes
DD Piet Hein, Shell hits 1
DD Van Ghent, Shell hits 1
The troops were unloaded, however, & Exmouth fell.
Bay of Bengal/Andaman Sea
Also on the 29th CV Formidable, while swinging around Ceylon, ate a torp from SS I-175. [:(] Currently at 16/36(29)/1.
Quixote brought a lot to the party at Port Blair (3 divisions) and it easily fell on the 30th:
Ground combat at Port Blair (46,58)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 38171 troops, 330 guns, 142 vehicles, Assault Value = 1362
Defending force 8882 troops, 171 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 198
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 1587
Allied adjusted defense: 75
Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Blair !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
1301 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 102 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
13234 casualties reported
Squads: 195 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 487 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 74 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 182 (182 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 31 (31 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 8
Assaulting units:
38th Division
21st Division
Imperial Guards Division
15th Army
Defending units:
Medan Coastal Gun Battalion
Tenasserim BAF Battalion
NS KNIL Territory Regiment
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
108th RAF Base Force
108th/2 Base Force
Port Blair RN Det
RAF 224 Group Base Force
Next door at Little Andaman started receiving bombardements. I had a couple fighter squadrons there but supply has run low, they lost their drop tanks & I was forced to disband them.
Burma
Mandalay was abandoned and fell on the 29th. We're currently building forts against the river but the Japanese aren't advancing there yet. Two IJA units are heading east towards Lashio where I have a small blocking force.
China
Lots of movement. Deserves a full update which I'll try to get done tomorrow.
With the first four months of the war done I thought I'd post the intel screen:
