米酋有心反击查特斯堡,却派出了一个不伦不类的阵容,拉出了核心战力澳军第八师,却又不给任何重炮战车高炮的加强,汤斯维尔几万人在后面看戏,明知有日军有强大的装甲集群,如果实实在在的反击则兵力严重不足,作为骚扰却又兵力过剩了。结果先是几百架舰攻的狂轰滥炸然后被2个战车师团轻松打成崩溃状态。一个主力师白白葬送掉了。Morning Air attack on 8th Australian Division, at 91,145 (Charters Towers)
+ ?" N1 t: D+ PWeather in hex: Light cloud
5 l' I2 h. r* J G. ~Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
/ `8 j. D6 w3 E( ?) Q% \Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
0 @% ]+ U8 M% kJapanese aircraft, e8 Y% L7 H( d
B5N2 Kate x 1329 M& f, U4 p8 q7 ]2 d% B0 B
No Japanese losses/ I$ ~! J4 O1 u1 v
Allied ground losses:( t/ x. k8 R% \2 N. Y+ X l
271 casualties reported k# C7 X8 c/ w$ ~& K" M+ P
Squads: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
/ s7 d( F: `' H5 @' p& B, Y Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 38 disabled
8 X6 x" u: F# J d( b Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled' r1 [, N7 B+ v6 r
Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)! x; V9 ~: m5 U- v
Vehicles lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)
: }/ ` V9 e2 @, G* i* QMorning Air attack on 39th Australian Battalion, at 91,145 (Charters Towers)( M5 A. I) S) W
Weather in hex: Light cloud4 ~+ u/ S* j" l' i: [4 _6 z) T
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
/ \) ]# I. |2 u: O1 r2 ?Estimated time to target is 6 minutes/ _( h; j' w: S- b
Japanese aircraft
, `+ ]2 _1 d0 t Ki-49-IIa Helen x 80
: u+ N' Z2 a( B9 h6 o; u I# GJapanese aircraft losses
: K1 S9 O* A" ~. B* k Ki-49-IIa Helen: 32 damaged4 f1 r. z- c5 f1 l1 q! f6 [& l
Allied ground losses:3 k; N/ _! }8 {0 U' D
142 casualties reported& i6 Y! Z3 j0 h* y% k
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled/ s- O0 ?2 }3 e3 G! E( W# d
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
; @6 ?# B1 l) W Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
. @( [+ M* ^9 h: G. e Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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7 o% \) ^, `/ g2 f s9 C& M2 [Morning Air attack on 39th Australian Battalion, at 91,145 (Charters Towers)
0 [$ a# p' j0 M. c& BWeather in hex: Light cloud# {( l1 ]) q4 P: @* }
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.3 P+ i7 _* p* Z' t& C1 e
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
+ e/ ]) s4 K P, P$ jJapanese aircraft
) T" o2 l& K% W5 ^; e' ] B5N2 Kate x 64
; d: @: l- Y; S8 N& o2 n1 EJapanese aircraft losses
; ~, n6 d* X& }; t B5N2 Kate: 3 damaged9 t2 l: u0 P1 H
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak2 y/ P* g5 Z3 {/ K, g
Allied ground losses:2 [' N1 l( l7 |5 z/ e3 x
270 casualties reported9 _+ }; I% [0 \% O: M- k
Squads: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled5 R; h3 M& s' s8 g7 J! r* N) d
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled2 }; L2 c9 g( z5 N; B- j+ x8 E
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled' ]7 h0 m- Z5 C9 h" u# K
* S0 \+ Z/ J9 A) v, lMorning Air attack on 1st Motor Brigade, at 91,145 (Charters Towers)2 h% r$ ^8 x2 a. t* w, ^) D/ r
Weather in hex: Light cloud
8 b" S! w, e, ]. E) sRaid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet.
3 |3 p+ s/ d+ L L. r7 w$ F( j) LEstimated time to target is 6 minutes
4 B" A9 F' f0 U g N8 TJapanese aircraft
+ P7 f% Z+ r" } B6N2 Jill x 2011 D3 a* c: y" M5 A% B
N1K2-J George x 14! H& M2 K9 n0 z b7 P7 Z6 l
Japanese aircraft losses
+ L4 h' n! k6 I7 u+ c B6N2 Jill: 10 damaged) b& T) `8 @6 ?7 T9 `: t
B6N2 Jill: 1 destroyed by flak
0 `' W% `0 f ^( u, J" f N1K2-J George: 2 damaged
3 Q/ O* w+ O; qAllied ground losses:
4 u) ~6 g% Z* ]1 Y 582 casualties reported
+ U+ o( ^ ?: {, x. o6 Y& w Squads: 4 destroyed, 52 disabled6 q2 D- ~" U b3 o* h' A
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 31 disabled& e' t! F$ S- @$ m( \
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
: f6 y* G+ @2 x* y/ I8 @ Guns lost 15 (2 destroyed, 13 disabled)
8 U$ u$ |. t2 O1 h* h Vehicles lost 30 (3 destroyed, 27 disabled)
; b+ L9 p5 p* t- h$ _$ k1 W- R2 yGround combat at Charters Towers (91,145)5 _! Z) I+ I1 b6 e
Japanese Shock attack
2 c2 j2 k f l# u3 z* Q3 |. AAttacking force 17439 troops, 242 guns, 1340 vehicles, Assault Value = 811
& N3 H9 _% U" l- f# C3 JDefending force 8286 troops, 118 guns, 228 vehicles, Assault Value = 314
7 c. M( |8 |2 XJapanese adjusted assault: 649
: W$ A1 H8 n9 V" k4 M# E7 nAllied adjusted defense: 8
! w, X2 y- s: g% oJapanese assault odds: 81 to 1 (fort level 0)
6 |4 n) @2 z1 bJapanese forces CAPTURE Charters Towers !!!
- K- ?- J3 G7 g- S& w. d8 [$ |- pCombat modifiers: n" [& |8 o7 z o
Defender: leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-), supply(-)
* E- z2 W/ a) A5 [+ T* @! wAttacker: shock(+)
) V% A% e8 b% l7 x( C: ~Japanese ground losses:
5 C+ i$ o2 k+ O- n$ N* ~0 u4 O8 [ 93 casualties reported$ x# i8 T/ M2 C) l. q: Z$ T* L3 E
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
! Q* `+ U$ Q+ m! B0 K Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled# h U! f; ~) V# g u4 e! ~
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled, d8 {% Q- f2 h7 ^
Allied ground losses:1 z/ k2 c1 q& p4 l" l$ u, t0 N
1957 casualties reported
3 O: F( k. _# b# N0 q( R- m' H Squads: 79 destroyed, 93 disabled
% }6 W+ T0 T8 G( r3 B% ]3 n. j0 \ Non Combat: 208 destroyed, 9 disabled. R$ ]) H! J9 J+ y) b- O! ?
Engineers: 24 destroyed, 0 disabled
( j4 b4 ~6 Y" @+ o3 e* w& C- s Guns lost 62 (58 destroyed, 4 disabled) ]+ G/ }$ B9 f) d. D
Vehicles lost 156 (156 destroyed, 0 disabled), h6 d/ N% x& R u
Units retreated 3
2 {* @& r% e! G& O4 xDefeated Allied Units Retreating!; D5 s9 l8 A2 U" ?. U
Assaulting units:
0 O7 `7 q7 I- G 1st Tank Division1 Q( {6 ~% j+ J6 R$ y& N+ m+ Q7 K
15th Tank Regiment
* p) n& L) R" V+ {+ f; k 4th Tank Regiment7 U. h: [& }& X& I* g9 w
3rd Tank Division. q S# s5 Y' x- T- H% D8 C# M; k
18th Tank Regiment
1 E( Q( t$ y$ t8 n. R8 _Defending units:
$ J; u/ O! G9 _8 x 8th Australian Division
7 w/ p& S7 d2 `$ W 1st Motor Brigade% h* j9 ~3 h; E, Z1 d3 @
39th Australian Battalion |