44. The invasion, part 19
(16th - 31st January 1943)
On 17th January Santa Fe was finally secured by Imperial Japanese Army and valuable airfield directly on the front was obtained which led to immediate rebase of Japanese aircraft in order to get closer to units that went to far to found themselves out of Japanese air cover (there were few ground attacks executed by USAAF on Pecos which was out of range of Japanese aircraft).
After IJA was defeated by three Canadian divisions in Baltimore attack on Billings showed Canadians that they are not as successful on all places where they fight as in Baltimore. During short skirmish where two Japanese cavalry divisions and one Canadian cavalry division was engaged only 23 men fell on the Japanese side while Canadian army suffered 723 casualties.
Even during severe winter in the north IJA is still pressing the attack - US militias stationed in Shelby and Chinook were simultaneously attacked. Decisive superiority of IJA was evident during both attacks and it was no surprise that both battles were won by Imperial Japanese Army.
Lone Canadian infantry division found itself almost surrounded in Carlsbad and it was almost immediately forced to retreat - unlike the defenders of Clayton, province bordering with Santa Fe. Defenders in Clayton were determinated to hold Clayton at all costs which forced the battle there to be bloody - over 2,000 Japanese soldiers died there and US Army lost two times more men.
I was minding my own business, Kicking Americans asses but then suddenly:
Germany decided to launch operation Sealion at most unexpected time - during winter. German armies managed to land in Brighton and Italian expeditionary army took over control of Aldershot. London is close and if invasions forces manage to grab port either in Dover or in Portsmouth there's no doubt that London will fall.
Blanca Peak, on of the last mountainous provinces before Great Plains can be entered was attacked. Almost even forces fought there (our forces held qualitative superiority, however US army had plenty of time to dig in there) which meant another bloody battle but it was reasonable price to pay given the fact that next battles will be fought in Great Plains where US army won't be to use terrain as a weapon.
Libby in the north, neighboring Sandpoint - place which was under continuous ground attacks last few weeks, was attack in order to surround Sandpoint as much as possible before mounting any real attack there. Even in almost -10°C Japanese Army is doing great job and Canadians are about to be expelled from there (the battle was still raging when I've ended my game session).
German invasion forces managed to seize control of Portsmouth, level 10 port, and it also looks like British forces are already fleeing from Dover. Conquest of these two ports means that German and Italian forces will be able to ship reinforcements into British Isles without any trouble as Royal Navy is resting at the bottom of the seas.
Casualties:
Causality ratio has risen from 3.41 to 3.45 and after destruction of the Allied sub packs no convoys were lost during this update.
Detailed information about every event can be found in this Google docs spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q_g63z2AukTXzsBXtEoxhE7lhIOtfjT7zyzA8WNl3dA/edit?usp=sharing
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I will be on vacation next week and most likely without any stable Internet connection (only crappy mobile data) so please don't weep if I don't answer immediately. If HPP 3.3.4 will be available when I return from vacation it's most likely that I will start another AAR
(16th - 31st January 1943)
On 17th January Santa Fe was finally secured by Imperial Japanese Army and valuable airfield directly on the front was obtained which led to immediate rebase of Japanese aircraft in order to get closer to units that went to far to found themselves out of Japanese air cover (there were few ground attacks executed by USAAF on Pecos which was out of range of Japanese aircraft).
After IJA was defeated by three Canadian divisions in Baltimore attack on Billings showed Canadians that they are not as successful on all places where they fight as in Baltimore. During short skirmish where two Japanese cavalry divisions and one Canadian cavalry division was engaged only 23 men fell on the Japanese side while Canadian army suffered 723 casualties.
Even during severe winter in the north IJA is still pressing the attack - US militias stationed in Shelby and Chinook were simultaneously attacked. Decisive superiority of IJA was evident during both attacks and it was no surprise that both battles were won by Imperial Japanese Army.
Lone Canadian infantry division found itself almost surrounded in Carlsbad and it was almost immediately forced to retreat - unlike the defenders of Clayton, province bordering with Santa Fe. Defenders in Clayton were determinated to hold Clayton at all costs which forced the battle there to be bloody - over 2,000 Japanese soldiers died there and US Army lost two times more men.
I was minding my own business, Kicking Americans asses but then suddenly:
Germany decided to launch operation Sealion at most unexpected time - during winter. German armies managed to land in Brighton and Italian expeditionary army took over control of Aldershot. London is close and if invasions forces manage to grab port either in Dover or in Portsmouth there's no doubt that London will fall.
Blanca Peak, on of the last mountainous provinces before Great Plains can be entered was attacked. Almost even forces fought there (our forces held qualitative superiority, however US army had plenty of time to dig in there) which meant another bloody battle but it was reasonable price to pay given the fact that next battles will be fought in Great Plains where US army won't be to use terrain as a weapon.
Libby in the north, neighboring Sandpoint - place which was under continuous ground attacks last few weeks, was attack in order to surround Sandpoint as much as possible before mounting any real attack there. Even in almost -10°C Japanese Army is doing great job and Canadians are about to be expelled from there (the battle was still raging when I've ended my game session).
German invasion forces managed to seize control of Portsmouth, level 10 port, and it also looks like British forces are already fleeing from Dover. Conquest of these two ports means that German and Italian forces will be able to ship reinforcements into British Isles without any trouble as Royal Navy is resting at the bottom of the seas.
Casualties:
| JAP (this update) | JAP (total) | USA (this update) | USA (total) | Allies (this update) | Allies (total) | |
| Bombing | 601 | 9957 | 6691 | 120396 | 6691 | 125372 |
| Combat | 7314 | 131761 | 16791 | 316292 | 17849 | 363810 |
| Total | 7915 | 141718 | 23482 | 436688 | 24540 | 489182 |
Detailed information about every event can be found in this Google docs spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q_g63z2AukTXzsBXtEoxhE7lhIOtfjT7zyzA8WNl3dA/edit?usp=sharing
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I will be on vacation next week and most likely without any stable Internet connection (only crappy mobile data) so please don't weep if I don't answer immediately. If HPP 3.3.4 will be available when I return from vacation it's most likely that I will start another AAR
