SierraJuliet
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22 December 1942 HOME ISLANDS Another Soviet sub attack. This time against SC Cha-17 at 106,56 near Hiroshima. Again the torpedoes miss. The Japanese ships return fire. They know not which nationality the crew hails from but they do know the sub fired upon them. They fling depth charges harmlessly until they run out. Japanese Ships SC CHa-17 SC CHa-27 Allied Ships SS L-9 INDIA US sub attack against DD Nagatsuki at 28,48 near Colombo 2 torpedoes miss. Japanese Ships DD Nagatsuki Allied Ships SS Haddock Haddock backs up and shoots and misses against DD Samidare. Japanese Ships DD Samidare DD Karukaya DD Fubuki Allied Ships SS Haddock Srinagar is bombed 6 runway hits. Calcutta is bombed 1 port hit. Colombo is bombed 1 Ki-49-IIa lost to flak. Japanese deliberate attack at Srinagar. Attacking force 630 troops, 0 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 53 Defending force 849 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29 Japanese adjusted assault: 12 Allied adjusted defense: 40 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-) Allied ground losses: 51 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 4th Tank Regiment Defending units: 1st Mahzbi Sikh Battalion 6/18th Royal Garwal Battalion Allies bombard at Colombo A 28 casualties. Attacking force 3835 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 883 Defending force 87213 troops, 863 guns, 418 vehicles, Assault Value = 2833 Koggala is occupied by the Japanese. CHINA Kukong is bombed 2 airbase hits, 1 airbase supply hit and 13 runway hits. Chengtu is bombed 7 casualties, 4 airbase hits, 4 airbase supply hits and 23 runway hits. Kienko is bombed 11 airbase hits, 3 airbase supply hits and 26 runway hits. Chungking is bombed 4 airbase hits and 27 runway hits. 62nd Chinese Corps at Tuyun is bombed. Tuyun is bombed 3 runway hits. Sining is bombed 5 airbase hits, 1 airbase supply hit and 7 runway hits. Japanese deliberate attack at Chengtu. Attacking force 103735 troops, 1109 guns, 410 vehicles, Assault Value = 3676 Defending force 68802 troops, 322 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1762 Japanese adjusted assault: 2032 Allied adjusted defense: 3693 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3029 casualties reported Squads: 25 destroyed, 716 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 32 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 95 disabled Guns lost 34 (1 destroyed, 33 disabled) Allied ground losses: 4274 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 151 disabled Non Combat: 66 destroyed, 171 disabled Engineers: 65 destroyed, 49 disabled Guns lost 13 (4 destroyed, 9 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 27th Division 6th Division 37th Division 12th Tank Regiment 34th Division 40th Division 116th Division 36th Division 26th Division 2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 4th Mortar Battalion 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Mortar Battalion 13th Army 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 21st Mortar Battalion Defending units: 5th Construction Regiment 14th Construction Regiment 38th Chinese Corps 13th Construction Regiment 81st Chinese Corps 37th Chinese Corps 17th Chinese Corps 20th Chinese Corps 71st Chinese Corps 72nd Chinese Corps 30th Chinese Corps 73rd Chinese Corps 24th Chinese Corps 9th Chinese Corps 8th Construction Regiment 3rd Chinese Base Force 19th Group Army 6th War Area 10th Group Army 7th Construction Regiment 10th Chinese Base Force 31st Group Army 3rd Construction Regiment 15th Chinese Base Force 4th Construction Regiment Japanese bombard at Kukong. Attacking force 6900 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 248 Defending force 47409 troops, 272 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1578 Japanese bombard at Sining. Attacking force 5856 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211 Defending force 11965 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 458 AUSTRALIA 15th RAAF Base Force at 97,129 near Port Moresby is bombed 5 casualties. CM Hatsutaka lays defensive minefield at Merak. Repairs completed on AO Ken'yo Maru at Truk, ship returned to service. Repairs completed on CA Nachi at Trincomalee, ship returned to service. DD Makinami beginning refit in shipyard at Tokyo. DD Naganami beginning refit in shipyard at Tokyo. DD Tokitsukaze beginning refit in shipyard at Tokyo. Allied Aircraft sighted over Seishin. Allied Recon sighted over Heiho. Ace pilot Hide, M. of 202 Ku S-1 Det B is promoted to CPO. 251 Ku S-1 Det A attains carrier trained status on Hosho.
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