SierraJuliet
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3 February 1942 AUSTRALIA Near Portsea SS I-4 gets some excellent intel on the current location of the Dutch Fleet. She sustains 3 hits for her troubles and heads back to base for some minor repairs. Allied Ships CL Tromp CL De Ruyter CL Java DD Evertsen DD Van Nes DD Van Ghent DD Piet Hein DD Kortenaer The final action from my sortie on Darwin plays out in the still night waters near Palm Island. Japanese Ships CL Kuma CL Tenryu CL Tatsuta DD Asakaze DD Matsukaze Allied Ships xAP Zealandia, Shell hits 22, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Improved night sighting under 92% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 92% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 10,000 yards xAP Zealandia sunk by DD Asakaze at 2,000 yards MALAYA/DEI Over on the other side of New Guinea my plans to deal with DD Peary come to fruition. Day Time Surface Combat, near Sidate at 75,102, Range 14,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Kinu DD Yugumo DD Sagiri Allied Ships DD Peary, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Near Makassar 11 Betty try their luck against PTs TM-10 and 14. Naturally no success. Medan is bombed – 6 casualties, 3 airbase hits, 4 airbase supply hits and 12 runway hits. Hudsons return to the fray. 3 Hudson I attempt to bomb CL Yura near Wetar – no luck for them. Japanese bombard at Soerabaja – J 61 (1 combat squad destroyed + 1 vehicle lost) to A 71 (4 combat squads destroyed) casualties. Japanese bombard at Koepang and Allies reply. Japanese deliberate attack at 57,90 near Pontianak achieves 1-1 odds – J 17 (1 combat squad destroyed) to A 12 casualties. Siaoe is occupied by the Japanese CHINA Liuchow is bombed – 4 airbase hit, 2 airbase supply hits and 14 runway hits. 88th Chinese Corps at Pucheng is bombed – 28 casualties. 99th Chinese Corps at Changsha is bombed. Japanese bombard at Changsha. Japanese bombard at Nanyang. Liuchow falls to a deliberate Japanese attack. Attacking force 14342 troops, 195 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 451 Defending force 15715 troops, 123 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 250 Japanese adjusted assault: 371 Allied adjusted defense: 91 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Liuchow !!! Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 299 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 25 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Allied ground losses: 2433 casualties reported Squads: 299 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 117 destroyed, 63 disabled Engineers: 16 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 20 (16 destroyed, 4 disabled) Units retreated 9 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 104th Division 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd RF Gun Battalion 21st Mortar Battalion 5th RF Gun Battalion Defending units: 31st Chinese Corps 62nd Chinese Corps 2nd Prov Chinese Corps 16th Group Army 35th Group Army 9th Group Army 7th Chinese Base Force 4th War Area 9th Chinese Base Force Japanese bombard Pucheng. PHILIPPINES The first deliberate attack against Manila is launched… this is not going to be any easy nut to crack. Attacking force 72474 troops, 812 guns, 890 vehicles, Assault Value = 2509 Defending force 54483 troops, 771 guns, 692 vehicles, Assault Value = 1940 Japanese adjusted assault: 1223 Allied adjusted defense: 3827 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 4) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 9338 casualties reported Squads: 18 destroyed, 471 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 49 disabled Engineers: 21 destroyed, 201 disabled Guns lost 81 (3 destroyed, 78 disabled) Vehicles lost 144 (25 destroyed, 119 disabled) Allied ground losses: 877 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 259 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 73 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 27 disabled Guns lost 56 (5 destroyed, 51 disabled) Assaulting units: 56th Division 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd Tank Regiment 48th Division 8th Tank Regiment 7th Tank Regiment Kure 1st SNLF 16th Division 4th Tank Regiment 1st Engineer Co 65th Brigade 38th Division 4th Engineer Co 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment Sasebo 1st SNLF 2nd Mortar Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Naval Construction Battalion Defending units: 1st PA Infantry Division 41st PA Infantry Division 21st PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division 14th PS Engineer Regiment 194th Tank Battalion 31st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 4th Marine Regiment 57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team 31st Infantry Regiment 192nd Tank Battalion 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 51st PA Infantry Division 11th PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constabulary Division Manila USAAF Base Force II Philippine Corps 301st Construction Battalion 1st USMC AA Battalion 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment USAFFE 803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion Clark Field USAAF Base Force I Philippine Corps 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment Far East USAAF Asiatic Fleet 86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion Cavite USN Base Force Provisional GMC Grp Repairs completed on DMS W-10 at Pescadores, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DMS W-11 at Pescadores, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DMS W-12 at Pescadores, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DMS W-19 at Batavia, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DMS W-20 at Batavia, ship returned to service DD Peary is reported to have been sunk near Sidate on Feb 03, 1942 xAP Zealandia is reported to have been sunk near Palm Island on Feb 03, 1942 The attack at Manila was particularly devastating on 56th Division. AV went from 489 to 46. By end of day only 1 combat squad was in fighting order with 307 combat squads disabled! On the other hand 38th Division has AV of 458 which is only a drop of 22 from starting strength. Total AV in hex has dropped to 1629 from around 2509. 56th Division is going to high tail it back to Clark Field for a good long break. 7th Division is on the way and the next attack will take place when this Division arrives in hex. Until then we shall continue with aerial and land bombardments to sap the strength of the enemy. Units with engineers also got smacked around a bit and sadly no drop in fort level. 1st Engineer Regiment will soon be in hex and will address the shortfall in engineer numbers.
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