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December 29th to 30th - 41
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A small breather in China
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DEI
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A extremely rare sub success outside Singers.
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Sub attack near Mersing at 52,82
Japanese Ships
xAK Manyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AS Nagoya Maru
xAK Nihonka Maru
xAK Kotohira Maru
xAK Koto Maru
xAKL Kaisho Maru
SC Ch 23
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin
Sinking sound are heard at the end of the turn. With most of the subs sunk at Manila port I have less then 10 subs in total around the DEI. So any sinkings are a welcome event.
A 40 plane Zero Sweep hit Batavia completely obliterating the air defense there. Whats left of the British/Dutch fighter force is either disbanded or pulled further back. Yuck. Not even a single zero shot down. 
Japanese land at base south of Medan unopposed.
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Philippines
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I try to sortie the P26s against naval targets again. But Tom doesn´t do any mistakes and a big Oscar CAP is up shooting down every single attacker. Was worth a try.
Bombardments continue at Clark. Tom has brought more in but its still not enough.
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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2751 troops, 203 guns, 196 vehicles, Assault Value = 945
Defending force 26002 troops, 415 guns, 238 vehicles, Assault Value = 800
Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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CENTPAC
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Allies begin to reinforce Christmas Island. Give me 2 more weeks and he will need 2-3 IDs to clear it out. Pago Pago is next.
Yorktown arrives at San Diego. 
Rabaul is lost in the first attack. Like a true IDIOT I forget to fly out the Catalinas based there. Stupid, stupid stupid! 
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China
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A miracle happens at the lone Chinese Corps manages to hold against the Japanese force moving for Ankang!
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Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 14500 troops, 242 guns, 107 vehicles, Assault Value = 427
Defending force 15961 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 393
Japanese adjusted assault: 211 
Allied adjusted defense: 262
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
132 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
502 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 58 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
13th Division
13th Tank Regiment
9th Armored Car Co
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
11th Army
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Mortar Battalion
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
Defending units:
59th Chinese Corps
33rd Group Army
On the 30th another Corps enter the hex and boosts the AV to almost 800. But considering the Arty Tom has brought he will break through here soon.
A Japanese Panzeer Armee wrecks some a Chinese stack caught in the open. I hate stuff like this but if I can make it to 43 the roles will be somewhat reserved.
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Ground combat at 86,43 (near Loyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 2048 troops, 4 guns, 255 vehicles, Assault Value = 375
Defending force 45897 troops, 168 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 960
Japanese adjusted assault: 80
Allied adjusted defense: 233
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 30 (2 destroyed, 28 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1379 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 94 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
5th Tank Regiment
35th Division
1st Recon Regiment
Defending units:
93rd Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
3rd Construction Regiment
27th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
7th Construction Regiment
36th Group Army
1st War Area
15th Group Army
39th Group Army
Jingcha War Area
10th Chinese Base Force
Overall the situation is absolutely critical. I have no reserves to fill any gaps or plug any breakthroughs around the Sian sector. Tom used his knowledge of the Chinese starting positions to the fullest. I have already sent whatever reserves was at the Central plains towards Sian. They are already on the frontlines. I have pulled a lot of troops from the Changsha sector but they are weeks if not months away.
The feeling of doom is strong right now! The only positive thing is that except 2 very small Corps and 2 HQ units ALL Chinese units managed to escape entrapment. Thats a first...
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