DEI
Japanese are mopping up bases far from the front lines.
Daily A6M2 sweeps are causing roughly 2:1 losses in favor of the bad guys. I'll have to stop defending it soon.
Burma
Recon now reports 7 IJA units trying to enter via the backdoor.
Philippines
I haven't said much about this 'cause not much is happening. Clark Field & Bataan are bombed daily and the Japanese conduct daily bombardment attacks. There was one deliberate attack maybe a week ago that took Clark's forts down to 0.
North China
Well, Loyang has now fallen. Altogether I lost almost 2000(!) AV trying to defend the supplies there & at Chengchow. I read in AARs how poorly the Chinese did in clear terrain & how poorly they stood up to armor but I guess I had to see it to believe it. For example here are two shock attacks we exchanged on the 5th while I was attempting to relieve Loyang from the west:
Ground combat at 86,43 (near Loyang)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 1715 troops, 4 guns, 145 vehicles, Assault Value = 206
Defending force 17270 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 498
Japanese adjusted assault: 110
Allied adjusted defense: 225
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
217 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
861 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 151 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
1:2 odds for the IJA yet the Chinese take more casualties & no IJA tanks are lost. Then:
Ground combat at 86,43 (near Loyang)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 16392 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 388
Defending force 2811 troops, 4 guns, 339 vehicles, Assault Value = 173
Allied adjusted assault: 339
Japanese adjusted defense: 182
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), leaders(+)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+)
Allied ground losses:
517 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 96 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
I just miss 2:1 yet the Chinese lose 100 squads & no IJA casualties whatsoever...
The Japanese are now driving on Nanyang where I'm assembling troops.
The only good news is at Ichang where I've now successfully surrounded 18K+ Japanese and should be able to destroy them in full. I even routed a small armored car company while doing so.
