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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 1/3/2018 9:02:17 PM   
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We've had a bit of a hiatus in the past few days. The family here was getting over jet lag and I had to get antibiotics for a chest infection. Not so fun.

In addition, now, once I got back into it all and was running the latest turn, my laptop crashed. I lost that and to top it off it looks like it’s toast. No sign of life.

So … I need to figure out what to do next. I’ll try to get bootcamp and Windows going on my Mac finally and play on there if possible. If that doesn’t work I’ll need to get another game laptop. It might a day or two before I can get this going again.

That machine is the only one I’ve played WITP and WITP:AE on, so it was due a retirement!! It served me well!

I just wish I’d put it out to pasture in a planned way instead of unexpectedly seeing it topple over and die.

I do have a few updates still to make here, and some interesting action going on. I'll catch up and try to get this back on track soon.

So the Japanese Special Weapons program finally got a virus that could stop the Allies!

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 1/4/2018 2:15:19 AM   
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That machine is the only one I’ve played WITP and WITP:AE on, so it was due a retirement!! It served me well!

I just wish I’d put it out to pasture in a planned way instead of unexpectedly seeing it topple over and die.


That's actually an impressive lifespan for a laptop. RIP.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 1/5/2018 8:39:16 AM   
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That machine is the only one I’ve played WITP and WITP:AE on, so it was due a retirement!! It served me well!

I just wish I’d put it out to pasture in a planned way instead of unexpectedly seeing it topple over and die.


That's actually an impressive lifespan for a laptop. RIP.


It is, and I was suspecting some issues recently, and should have started contingency plans earlier! Oh, well. Maybe my hard rive needed a break as well!

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 1/8/2018 12:36:45 AM   
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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 1/8/2018 3:47:29 PM   
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Your computer troubles are really cutting into my airport reading, Obvert.

haha! sorry.

I hope to get moving again in the next few days. Always so difficult to get all of this stuff reworked and installed.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 1/9/2018 9:30:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ok. Got a basic install working.

Can anyone give me a quick run down on installing the DBB files again? I've misplaced my saved notes, and I can't remember exactly the stuff I need to copy and paste to make it work correctly.

Thanks!

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 1/10/2018 6:38:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ok. Got it all sorted. I’d set it all up and the turn didn’t run earlier, but realized I hadn’t installed the newer patch on that game version. Once loaded all seems to be working.

So disregard the above

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 1/11/2018 8:47:51 PM   
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Ok. So back to the reporting. I've sent Jeff the turn and he's run the latest with no problems.

The last days saw the Allies trying to put an end to the Mutsu, but it's still afloat as SS KIX spots her near Singkawang today. Five hits so far, but not under.

Other action is shown below.

The Allies though are planning to land on Malaya at Port Dickson, and the troops there, a tank regiment, are being decimated by air and sea bombardments. An Aussie brigade will arrive in a few days and should be able to take the base. Another brigade will follow at Patu Palat, where there appears t one only a Port Unit.

The goals here are to cut the rail and move on middle Malayan bases around Georgetown.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR April 23, 1942
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ASW attack near Singkawang at 53,87

Japanese Ships
DD Oyashio
BB Mutsu, heavy damage
DD Shiranui
DD Asanagi
DD Oite
DD Shigure

Allied Ships
SS KIX

SS KIX launches 2 torpedoes at DD Oyashio
KIX bottoming out ....

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ASW attack near Kuching at 58,87

Japanese Ships
DD Hokaze
BB Kongo
CA Mikuma
DD Akikaze

Allied Ships
SS Dolphin

SS Dolphin launches 4 torpedoes at DD Hokaze
Dolphin bottoming out ....

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Night Naval bombardment of Port Dickson at 49,80

Allied Ships
CA Exeter
CA Canberra
CL Glasgow
CL Mauritius

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 40 (13 destroyed, 27 disabled)

Port hits 33
Port fuel hits 5
Port supply hits 5

Walrus II acting as spotter for CA Exeter
CA Exeter firing at 6th Tank Regiment

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Ground combat at 88,57 (near Wenchow)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22859 troops, 215 guns, 124 vehicles, Assault Value = 479

Defending force 12813 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 186

Japanese adjusted assault: 143

Allied adjusted defense: 199

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
148 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
17th Division
8th Armored Car Co
32nd Division

Defending units:
88th Chinese Corps
100th Chinese Corps
3rd War Area
25th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force


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Ground combat at Manado (75,99)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3656 troops, 31 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 118

Defending force 2112 troops, 17 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 63

Japanese adjusted assault: 71

Allied adjusted defense: 53

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
186 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
345 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
48th Naval Guard Unit
Sasebo 3rd SNLF

Defending units:
Manado RK Cdo
Manado Mil'ie Cdo

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Ground combat at 105,31 (near Hailar)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 1770 troops, 18 guns, 228 vehicles, Assault Value = 114

Defending force 2064 troops, 36 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 28

Allied adjusted assault: 98

Japanese adjusted defense: 6

Allied assault odds: 16 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
902 casualties reported
Squads: 26 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 6

Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
1st Ussurii Tank Brigade

Defending units:
4th Manchukuo Cav Brigade
6th Manchukuo Cav Brigade
55th Field AA Battalion
40th Const Co
49th Const Co
51st JAAF AF Bn

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Ground combat at Heiho (113,33)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 76524 troops, 1282 guns, 2920 vehicles, Assault Value = 2978

Defending force 23735 troops, 258 guns, 169 vehicles, Assault Value = 592

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4

Allied adjusted assault: 2782

Japanese adjusted defense: 2145

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 4)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1238 casualties reported
Squads: 75 destroyed, 29 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 55 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 42 (29 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 19 (2 destroyed, 17 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1622 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 214 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 61 (3 destroyed, 58 disabled)
Vehicles lost 158 (19 destroyed, 139 disabled)

Assaulting units:
61st Tank Division
126th Rifle Division
73rd Tank Brigade
12th Rifle Division
77th Tank Brigade
3rd Rifle Division
3rd Amurskaya Tank Brigade
111th Tank Division
36th Motor Rifle Division
94th Rifle Division
114th Hvy Howitzer Regiment
42nd Cannon Regiment
192nd OM Gun Battalion
1120th Cannon Regiment
147th Howitzer Regiment
36th Army
1140th Cannon Regiment
216th Howitzer Regiment
624th Cannon Regiment
1129th Hvy Howitzer Regiment
411th Howitzer Regiment
550th BM Howitzer Regiment
390th Cannon Regiment

Defending units:
8th Garrison Unit
6th Border Defense Fortress
1st Division
9th Tank Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
3rd Garrison Unit
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
52nd Field AA Battalion
45th Ind.AA Gun Co
2nd Air Division
18th Fld AA Machinecannon Company

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 1/11/2018 9:29:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		Heiho looks promising too given that the Japanese suffered far more destroyed squads, so the assault value ratio will swing in your favour once some of your disablements recover.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 1/12/2018 8:36:02 AM   
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Heiho looks promising too given that the Japanese suffered far more destroyed squads, so the assault value ratio will swing in your favour once some of your disablements recover.


Yeah, and the forts are going down! That is key since the x3 terrain here is tough.

I can rotate tank brigades in and out quickly, and the IJA is cut off so should be nearly out of supply.

The 1st is one tough IJA division, but it's not going to be soon. This will be a good haul of destroyed troops unless he sends massive reinforcements right now, and even those would have to break through the 1,500AV guarding the approaches and resting up.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 1/12/2018 11:53:57 AM   
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Sabang is crushed by another bombardment from Ashigara and company. I thought I'd damaged these ships a bit but apparently not enough to stop them from operating. Once the Port Dickson and Batu Paalat landings are finished I'll be able to turn the 4Es loose and hit Georgetown and Alor Star, where these ships can base.

Troop ships move to Singers and prepare for the invasion at Port Dickson. The Batu Palat troops are loading at Palembang.

Air strikes make a dent in the troops at Malacca and Port Dickson, but can't do anything with Batu Palat.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR April 24, 1942
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Night Naval bombardment of Sabang at 44,70

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 6 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 16 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara
CL Abukuma
DD Susuki
DD Karukaya
DD Minazuki
DD Shinonome
DD Kawakaze

Allied ground losses:
229 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 22 (2 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (3 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 34
Port hits 7
Port fuel hits 7
Port supply hits 3

F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for CA Ashigara
CA Ashigara firing at Sabang

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Night Naval bombardment of Port Swettenham at 48,79

Allied Ships
CL Caledon
CL Colombo
CL Ceres

Runway hits 9
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 5

CL Caledon firing at Port Swettenham
CL Colombo firing at Port Swettenham
CL Ceres firing at Port Swettenham

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Night Naval bombardment of Malacca at 49,81

Allied Ships
CA Portland
CL Hobart
CL Achilles

Japanese ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Runway hits 8
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Portland

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Night Naval bombardment of Port Dickson at 49,80

Allied Ships
CA Exeter
CL Glasgow
CL Mauritius

Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 2

Walrus II acting as spotter for CA Exeter
CA Exeter firing at Port Dickson

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Morning Air attack on 6th Tank Regiment, at 49,80 (Port Dickson)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 20

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 6th Tank Regiment, at 49,80 (Port Dickson)

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 5
P-400 Airacobra x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 55th/B Division, at 49,81 (Malacca)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 6
B-17E Fortress x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
274 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Wellington Ic bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 55th/B Division, at 49,81 (Malacca)

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 6

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
145 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at 88,57 (near Wenchow)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22820 troops, 215 guns, 124 vehicles, Assault Value = 471

Defending force 12701 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 159

Japanese adjusted assault: 233

Allied adjusted defense: 244

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
235 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
17th Division
8th Armored Car Co
32nd Division

Defending units:
88th Chinese Corps
100th Chinese Corps
3rd War Area
25th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force

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A few new airframes start production in May and we get our first Il-2 groups arriving. Should be interesting. I'm not sure how the armor 2 will act in game, but I'll certainly give them a try at low level ground bombing to see if it makes a difference!




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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 1/12/2018 2:53:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		The IL-2s are decent close support aircraft, but I can never scrape up enough Soviet pilots for the number of IL-2s available.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 1/12/2018 4:43:19 PM   
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The IL-2s are decent close support aircraft, but I can never scrape up enough Soviet pilots for the number of IL-2s available.


A very weak aircraft in game terms. Pitiful range and very weak bomb load. This does not reflect how effective they really were in real life. I find strafing to be quite impotent in the game (bombs are much more effective) and later versions of this aircraft don't get the improved ordinance that they actually had. (rockets for example). They probably were devastating when they got into action against Japan. Difficult for Japanese fighters or AA to bring down.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 1/12/2018 7:26:50 PM   
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The IL-2s are decent close support aircraft, but I can never scrape up enough Soviet pilots for the number of IL-2s available.

A very weak aircraft in game terms. Pitiful range and very weak bomb load. This does not reflect how effective they really were in real life. I find strafing to be quite impotent in the game (bombs are much more effective) and later versions of this aircraft don't get the improved ordinance that they actually had. (rockets for example). They probably were devastating when they got into action against Japan. Difficult for Japanese fighters or AA to bring down.

What crsutton said. Game does not do justice to IL-2
Had a lot of experience against Ironman AI. I'm using ILs as AA sponge on cut off AI stacks to deplete their supply, nothing more. It is not resilient enough to do strafing despite armor 2. Bombing from some height is fine though, lots of damaged planes but very few taken down. Damage to LCUs is pitiful even in clearer terrain - 100kg bombs suck.
First model does not have defensive armament and is helpless against fighters. Armor does not save them from Oscars. Was also the problem in RL, hence second model was rushed

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 1/12/2018 8:43:48 PM   
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The IL-2s are decent close support aircraft, but I can never scrape up enough Soviet pilots for the number of IL-2s available.


A very weak aircraft in game terms. Pitiful range and very weak bomb load. This does not reflect how effective they really were in real life. I find strafing to be quite impotent in the game (bombs are much more effective) and later versions of this aircraft don't get the improved ordinance that they actually had. (rockets for example). They probably were devastating when they got into action against Japan. Difficult for Japanese fighters or AA to bring down.


The range is a big drawback for sure. I'm hoping they can conserve the 2E and hit bases I'd like to work on without too many losses of pilots or the longer range, more valuable planes. A lot of the areas we're fighting in are tight enough that 2-3 hexes can still be useful.

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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 1/13/2018 10:25:17 AM   
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Some very odd, but pleasing, night battles this turn against IJN DDs. Lowpe sends in the small TFs, one of 5 DD to Singkep, but this decides not to engage an AM sent to minesweeper here. Interesting.

Then, 3 DD are sent to Palembang to raid the am-hubs in port. One DD stands in their way; Isis.

The first battle is over without a shot fired again. Then things get interesting. Outnumbered and outgunned, commander C.S.B Swinley using his maneuverability and lands one decisive shot on the bridge of DD Minegumo. Not sure what effect this has on the capabilities of the ship in later battles, but it seems that she didn't really play a part in subsequent battles and had a raging fire going throughout.

The next encounter sees Isis land two shots on DD Ayanami, again without taking a hit.

Next, Isis devastates the older, smaller DD Mikazuki with 29 hits, sinking her outright. Another single 4.7" shell lands on Minegumo, pushing her fires to 'heavy.' Again, the IJN cannot land a return shot.

Finally in the last battle of the night, Isis puts 29 hits onto DD Ayanami, sinking her, and three more on inegumo, putting her into danger with 'heavy fires, heavy damage.' This time Isis takes five hits from the beleaguered Japanese, leaving her with moderate damage, but no active fires after the turn. She'll head to a victory celebration and repair at Singers next turn.

In other news our troops begin to land at Port Dickson after bombardments further weakened IJA units there. I'll suspend unloading and let the ones on the ground attack tomorrow in case there is a reaction by LBA or the KB.

Allied troops finally take Djambi as part of the 4th division is there and I didn't want them to be flown back to combine again with the element at Malacca. They retreat back to the North out of harm's way. I'll let them sit there and wither slowly.

At Heiho another DA gets forts to 3 but only a 1:2 adjustment. I bet the next will be even or positive though, and then it'll be a steady road to annihilation of these IJA forces.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR April 11, 1942
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Singkep at 49,87, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Oyashio
DD Shiranui
DD Arashi
DD Shigure
DD Oite
DD Asanagi

Allied Ships
AM Pieter de Bitter

Improved night sighting under 75% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 75% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards...
Range increases to 12,000 yards...
Both Task Forces evade combat

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Minegumo
DD Ayanami
DD Mikazuki

Allied Ships
DD Isis

Improved night sighting under 75% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 75% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
Swinley, C.S.B. crosses the 'T'
Range closes to 6,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Minegumo, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Ayanami
DD Mikazuki

Allied Ships
DD Isis

Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 82% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Minegumo, on fire
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 2
DD Mikazuki

Allied Ships
DD Isis

Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 82% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
DD Mikazuki engages DD Isis at 8,000 yards

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Minegumo, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
DD Ayanami, on fire
DD Mikazuki, Shell hits 29, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Isis

Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 82% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
Range closes to 7,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 7,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 7,000 yards
DD Isis engages DD Ayanami at 7,000 yards

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Minegumo, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Ayanami, Shell hits 25, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Isis, Shell hits 5, on fire

Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 82% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yard

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Morning Air attack on 55th/B Division, at 49,81 (Malacca)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 9
B-17E Fortress x 22

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
460 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 42 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Djambi (48,88)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10669 troops, 126 guns, 262 vehicles, Assault Value = 337

Defending force 5784 troops, 50 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 89

Allied adjusted assault: 211

Japanese adjusted defense: 61

Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Djambi !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2179 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 77 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 42 (31 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 15 (15 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 4

Allied ground losses:
853 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 93 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
13th Australian Brigade
25th Australian Brigade
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
45th Indian Brigade

Defending units:
4th/A Division
4th/B Division
36th Field AA Battalion
35th Field AA Battalion
35th JAAF AF Bn

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Ground combat at Heiho (113,33)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 71985 troops, 1245 guns, 2450 vehicles, Assault Value = 2570

Defending force 22759 troops, 232 guns, 159 vehicles, Assault Value = 547

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Allied adjusted assault: 1983

Japanese adjusted defense: 2987

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1600 casualties reported
Squads: 62 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 78 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 32 (15 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Vehicles lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1345 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 185 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Vehicles lost 70 (6 destroyed, 64 disabled)

Assaulting units:
126th Rifle Division
36th Motor Rifle Division
61st Tank Division
77th Tank Brigade
111th Tank Division
12th Rifle Division
3rd Rifle Division
94th Rifle Division
1120th Cannon Regiment
1129th Hvy Howitzer Regiment
192nd OM Gun Battalion
411th Howitzer Regiment
147th Howitzer Regiment
216th Howitzer Regiment
550th BM Howitzer Regiment
624th Cannon Regiment
1140th Cannon Regiment
36th Army
42nd Cannon Regiment
114th Hvy Howitzer Regiment
390th Cannon Regiment

Defending units:
6th Border Defense Fortress
8th Garrison Unit
1st Division
1st Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
3rd Garrison Unit
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
18th Fld AA Machinecannon Company
52nd Field AA Battalion
45th Ind.AA Gun Co
2nd Air Div /1

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Huzzah for Isis - a great showing! IIR her crew has great experience and she is very effective in an ASW TF as well.







Exactly! Not sure what she was before but her crew is probably the best in the Allied fleet now! After this one they're 81/75!!

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Things didn't go to plan today. One, I wanted to stop unloading and retire the Port Dickson invasion TF, but didn't click it to stop. Second, my LR CAP was over the xAKLs I had moved into the area to set up a CAP trap. So, the KB moved in and instead of hitting a large LR CAP over low value ships, hit some CLs, a few decent xAP and a lot of small transports. Overall, it's not a disaster, but not what I needed when I had the opportunity to hit those planes hard.

The Aussies did take Port Dickson and the tank regiment was destroyed outright. So that's positive.

We also take Padang. That armoured brigade will now move on to the NW part of Sumatra.

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Dickson at 49,80

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 52 NM, estimated altitude 32,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 9
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 18

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 2
P-39D Airacobra x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 2

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 4 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CL Caledon
xAP Maori, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CL Ceres

Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Dickson at 49,80

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 33 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 52
B5N1 Kate x 27
B5N2 Kate x 53
D3A1 Val x 41

Allied aircraft
P-38E Lightning x 2
P-39D Airacobra x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N1 Kate: 1 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 4 damaged
D3A1 Val: 6 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CL Hobart, Torpedo hits 1
CA Portland, Torpedo hits 1
xAP Perak, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
CL Ceres, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CL Colombo, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage
xAP Kinta, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Stuart
PG Herald, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Van Swoll, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CL Caledon, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DD Tenedos, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Klang, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Rochussen, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
CL Achilles
xAK Nora Moller, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Suva, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Barwon
xAP Le Maire, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
xAP Maori, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Port Dickson at 49,80

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Stuart
CL Ceres, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK City of Agra, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Colombo, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

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Ground combat at Port Dickson (49,80)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 2359 troops, 57 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 87

Defending force 120 troops, 0 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 38

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 38 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Port Dickson !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 71 (71 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
16th Australian Brigade

Defending units:
6th Tank Regiment

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Ground combat at Padang (44,85)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2258 troops, 26 guns, 217 vehicles, Assault Value = 147

Defending force 1683 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 50

Allied adjusted assault: 116

Japanese adjusted defense: 49

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Padang !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
492 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
7th Armoured Brigade

Defending units:
16th Naval Guard Unit

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Ground combat at 105,30 (near Hailar)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 1758 troops, 17 guns, 228 vehicles, Assault Value = 116

Defending force 1710 troops, 35 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 26

Allied adjusted assault: 45

Japanese adjusted defense: 7

Allied assault odds: 6 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
699 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 37 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 5

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
1st Ussurii Tank Brigade

Defending units:
4th Manchukuo Cav Brigade
6th Manchukuo Cav Brigade
55th Field AA Battalion
49th Const Co
40th Const Co
51st JAAF AF Bn

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Hard to lose two of these for nothing here, even though they're old. I like them for the missions I don't want to send amore valuable ship on.




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Port Dickson? Must be a mod base, never heard of it!


Yes, on the side of Malaya NW of Malacca. Also I think Port Swettenham may be a DBB base, just to the North of Port Dickson.

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Lowpe sends a lot of night striking TB every turn. None have had any success yet, but Have no NF, so one day it may payoff. At Singers the Flak gets one this turn.

Our landing at Batu Palat does land effectively, with only about 25% disablement of the Aussie brigade. At 30% prep, that's not bad! There does appear to be a lot more here now though, with an infantry battalion and tank regiment plus the port unit, and I don't think this unit will take the base soon. I'l need to bombard by sea and air for a good while here, while moving to take Malacca with the other unit from Port Dickson, then move it in too.

I have an Indian ID queued up and ready to land at a base that we own, but need the KB to back off before I risk that move. It's still sitting off of Malaya, and seems to have sent about 35 Vals to their doom today, with no escort. I'll take it! Especially with KB pilots on board.

The air war is good today, with no efforts to stop our work against Malacca or Batu Palat, and the destroyed bombers. Lowpe did sink a couple of small TK at Medan.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR April 27, 1942
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Night Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 66 NM, estimated altitude 26,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 22 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Fortune
CA Canberra

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Batu Pahat at 49,82

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 9

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 33
P-400 Airacobra x 7
P-40E Warhawk x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 5 destroyed

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
24th PG/3rd PS with P-40E Warhawk (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Raid is overhead
18th PG/6th PS with P-39D Airacobra (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Raid is overhead
49th PG/7th PS with P-40E Warhawk (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Raid is overhead
49th PG/8th PS with P-400 Airacobra (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 12000.
Raid is overhead
24th PG/20th PS with P-39D Airacobra (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Raid is overhead
15th PG/46th PS with P-39D Airacobra (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Raid is overhead
58th PG/68th PS with P-40E Warhawk (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Raid is overhead

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Batu Pahat at 49,82

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 24

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 44
P-400 Airacobra x 15
P-40E Warhawk x 40

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 14 destroyed

No Allied losses

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Medan at 46,76

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 19
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
TK Petronella, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Haiyang
TK Aletta, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 250 kg SAP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on II/124th Infantry Battalion, at 49,82 (Batu Pahat)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11
B-26 Marauder x 10
P-39D Airacobra x 24
P-400 Airacobra x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 30

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 6th RTA/B Division, at 49,81 (Malacca)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 5

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 6th RTA/B Division, at 49,81 (Malacca)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 28 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 8

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
8 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 16th Naval Guard Unit, at 45,84 , near Padang

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 24

Allied aircraft losses
B-26 Marauder: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x B-26 Marauder bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on 55th/B Division, at 49,81 (Malacca)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 9
B-17E Fortress x 8

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
188 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Wellington Ic bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at Batu Pahat (49,82)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1345 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 79

Defending force 958 troops, 20 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 56

Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment
II/124th Infantry Battalion
9th Port Unit

Defending units:
21st Australian Bde /2

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This shows the position of the KB and our subs in pursuit. The ships at Batu will aim to complete their upload tomorrow with good LR CAP over the top and bombardments going in all over the area.




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The 28th sees the rest of the Aussie brigade successfully land at Batu Palat. Now for some naval work on the troops there. I'll wait about a week to even think about attacking, and bombard nightly. Nice and close to Singers.

I have some troops I'm going to try to steak into Sibolga on Sumatra to walk across to Medan and other bases. I need to fortify and have the bases build over there.

Got a nice haul of Oscars for nothing over Malacca as my LR CAP did a job on the lower IJA fighters. Surprised how well my pilots are doing with early war Allied planes.

At Heiho we get a good 1:1 and forts go to 2, so now the fall is imminent. This is going to be a good haul of IJA troops and VPs. Over 21k of decent units including a very good ID and two tank regiments plus the other supporting units and an HQ.

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Night Naval bombardment of Malacca at 49,81

Allied Ships
CA Cornwall
CA Dorsetshire

Japanese ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Manpower hits 1
Fires 266
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3
Port hits 1

Walrus II acting as spotter for CA Cornwall
CA Cornwall firing at 55th/B Division

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Night Naval bombardment of Batu Pahat at 49,82

Allied Ships
CA Astoria
CL Hobart
CL Achilles

Japanese ground losses:
329 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Port hits 16
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 2

SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Astoria
CA Astoria firing at II/124th Infantry Battalion

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Morning Air attack on 10th Division, at 113,36 , near Lungchen

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Allied aircraft
I-16m24 x 11
SB-2 x 55

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
280 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
10 x SB-2 bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on II/124th Infantry Battalion, at 49,82 (Batu Pahat)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 5
P-39D Airacobra x 20
P-400 Airacobra x 10
P-40E Warhawk x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 5 destroyed

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb


Ground combat at Batu Pahat (49,82)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1261 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

Defending force 2101 troops, 68 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 85

Japanese ground losses:
37 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment
II/124th Infantry Battalion
9th Port Unit

Defending units:
21st Australian Brigade

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Ground combat at Heiho (113,33)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 69503 troops, 1228 guns, 2217 vehicles, Assault Value = 2350

Defending force 21740 troops, 217 guns, 158 vehicles, Assault Value = 534

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 1301

Japanese adjusted defense: 1037

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2146 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 163 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 73 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 18 disabled
Guns lost 61 (6 destroyed, 55 disabled)
Vehicles lost 47 (27 destroyed, 20 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1335 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 193 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled

Assaulting units:
126th Rifle Division
12th Rifle Division
111th Tank Division
36th Motor Rifle Division
3rd Rifle Division
61st Tank Division
94th Rifle Division
114th Hvy Howitzer Regiment
1120th Cannon Regiment
36th Army
1140th Cannon Regiment
411th Howitzer Regiment
147th Howitzer Regiment
550th BM Howitzer Regiment
1129th Hvy Howitzer Regiment
192nd OM Gun Battalion
42nd Cannon Regiment
216th Howitzer Regiment
624th Cannon Regiment
390th Cannon Regiment

Defending units:
1st Division
9th Tank Regiment
8th Garrison Unit
1st Tank Regiment
3rd Garrison Unit
6th Border Defense Fortress
52nd Field AA Battalion
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
18th Fld AA Machinecannon Company
45th Ind.AA Gun Co
2nd Air Div /1

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CV Illustrious arrives at Capetown! This brings our IO CV fleet to four RN CVs, (if you include Hermes in that) and I'll be using them soon more regularly. The USN CV fleet is nearly ready to start moving again, and I've also got designs on the Russian bases Japan captured and has been kindly building up for us.




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I have some troops I'm going to try to steak into Sibolga on Sumatra ...


You're going to cut them into slabs and send them to the hungry Japanese? I think there are some flaws in that plan!
Or maybe you meant to type "speak", so you will BS your way into Sibolga, pretending to be traveling minstrels or arms merchants?

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I have some troops I'm going to try to steak into Sibolga on Sumatra ...


You're going to cut them into slabs and send them to the hungry Japanese? I think there are some flaws in that plan!
Or maybe you meant to type "speak", so you will BS your way into Sibolga, pretending to be traveling minstrels or arms merchants?


They have numerous sides of beef. It'll all be fine.

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Sorry for the lack of updates. Busy RL stuff plus a slower than normal pace here. I think Jeff must be busy too, although I haven't heard much about the delay. We used to get 1/day back and forth, but lately it's 1/two-three days.

Subs drop mines near Batu Palat but our industrious Fairmile B MLs find the field before bombardment TFs move through in the night.

Zeros sweep Sabang again, but this time the defending P-40E have the bounce and knock down four of the IJN’s best. He seems reluctant to play the altitude game and that’s fine, as 25k wins out this time. He does lose a lot at higher altitudes with the A6M2 so I get it.

Night strikes and daytime 4E strikes went ofr Singkawang, where Mutsu is holed up. I decided to try for the fields and port, and did get some damage on each, including 3 500lb bomb hits to Mutsu. Not bad, but I suspect this will be the best chance for a while. More groups will be added in now.

The 4Es and 2Es have other business to attend to anyway, but I want Lowpe o have to protect both Pontiniak where CA Maya is holed up and Singkawang. That should leave more leeway to hit troops along the Malayan coast and make sure the lower Malaya airfields are damaged. I’ll then try to get more troops in and go for the middle Malayan bases. Georgetown is the goal.

Up in Soviet territory Heiho drops another fort lever and the DA gets a 2:1. Nearly done here. IJAAF bombers hit tanks in a Mongolian desert area, and I’ll have to retreat there. Too far from airbases to defend.

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TF 16 encounters mine field at 49,83

Allied Ships
ML No. 191
ML No. 187

3 mines cleared

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TF 288 encounters mine field at 49,83

Allied Ships
KV Jasmine
KV Thyme

2 mines cleared


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Morning Air attack on Sabang , at 44,70

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
20 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet

CAP engaged:
24th PG/17th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 25000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes

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Morning Air attack on Singkawang , at 56,88

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 22

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 11

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged

Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Singkawang , at 56,88

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Runway hits 2

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Singkawang , at 56,88

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 12
LB-30 Liberator x 6

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu, Bomb hits 3, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5

Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at 45,84 (near Padang)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2258 troops, 26 guns, 217 vehicles, Assault Value = 147

Defending force 1240 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 31

Allied adjusted assault: 114

Japanese adjusted defense: 22

Allied assault odds: 5 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
423 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
7th Armoured Brigade

Defending units:
16th Naval Guard Unit


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Ground combat at 104,30 (near Choybalsan)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 1782 troops, 17 guns, 228 vehicles, Assault Value = 116

Defending force 1513 troops, 35 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

Allied adjusted assault: 162

Japanese adjusted defense: 7

Allied assault odds: 23 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
426 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 4

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
1st Ussurii Tank Brigade

Defending units:
4th Manchukuo Cav Brigade
6th Manchukuo Cav Brigade
49th Const Co
55th Field AA Battalion
51st JAAF AF Bn

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Ground combat at Heiho (113,33)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 68726 troops, 1228 guns, 2218 vehicles, Assault Value = 2220

Defending force 19213 troops, 205 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 326

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Allied adjusted assault: 2066

Japanese adjusted defense: 841

Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1959 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 93 destroyed, 43 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 71 (70 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
945 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 162 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 52 (3 destroyed, 49 disabled)

Assaulting units:
126th Rifle Division
111th Tank Division
36th Motor Rifle Division
12th Rifle Division
61st Tank Division
3rd Rifle Division
94th Rifle Division
42nd Cannon Regiment
36th Army
1129th Hvy Howitzer Regiment
216th Howitzer Regiment
411th Howitzer Regiment
1120th Cannon Regiment
624th Cannon Regiment
114th Hvy Howitzer Regiment
192nd OM Gun Battalion
1140th Cannon Regiment
147th Howitzer Regiment
550th BM Howitzer Regiment
390th Cannon Regiment

Defending units:
1st Tank Regiment
8th Garrison Unit
1st Division
3rd Garrison Unit
45th Ind.AA Gun Co
6th Border Defense Fortress
18th Fld AA Machinecannon Company
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
52nd Field AA Battalion
2nd Air Div /1
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I don't really believe these totals anymore, but 631 A6M2 downed would be a LOT for May 1 of this campaign if that is true. That would be about 125/month lost. He might be making more soon with R & D finishing on next models and changing those to production, but This means likely he has lost more than he's produces so far.




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The end of April and the Allied position is stronger than ever in the DEI. Singers is nearing forts 6 and has increased field size to 7. The Allies have now established a firm hold along the SW Malay coastline with two bases held and a third in contention. I'll attack at Batu Palat in a few days.

If the Aussies can get a hold of the rail lines I'll land tanks, base forces, an Indian ID and other useful bits and pieces for a drive to the NW Malay bases around Georgetown. I worry that the IJA will leave Singers, bringing 6 strong divisions into play here, but the Allies are bringing more in every day, and with good defensive terrain, there is a chance the Addition of another Brit ID could be enough to hold in x3 terrain in middle Malaya.

Sumatra is building and growing in importance for the Allies. Oosthaven is the port of entry for dozens of new Allied units and airgroups arriving in the next two weeks and beyond. Palembang is developing into a strong airfield, close to maxing out, and Paebemolih and Benkolen are good supporting fields.

I'll also begin devoting the recently conquered island bases between Sumatra and Malaya, and eventually make the jump to Borneo, where in about a month I'd like to develop a base for sweeping the NW coast of Borneo.

On the 30th bombardments hit the Malay coastline again. More mines are picked off by the passing TF DDs and dedicated minesweepers. The I-boats strike against some small transports at Sabang and Medan.

The big news is that the IJN releases the Netties for the first time en masse. Luckily they reach out to hit a relatively unimportant TF landing troops at Sibolga on the NW Sumatran coast. Several ships are sunk, which is not great, but the troops all land with only minimal losses. These are base forces, remnants of other units left in the first stages of transport from India, and other engineer and support units to beef up Medan and bases on the East side of Sumatra.

I have to be careful even close to Singers now. If I can get up and take Georgetown, Alor Star and surrounding bases in a few weeks it will really diminish strike possibilities against landing and supplying troops in Northern Sumatra and middle Malaya.

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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR April 30, 1942
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Sub attack near Singkep at 49,86

Japanese Ships
SS I-158, hits 1

Allied Ships
TK Angelina, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
ML No. 189

SS I-158 launches 2 torpedoes at TK Angelina
Escort abandons search for sub

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Submarine attack near Sabang at 44,70

Japanese Ships
SS I-121, hits 2

Allied Ships
xAKL Chungking, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

xAKL Chungking is sighted by SS I-121
SS I-121 attacking on the surface
Massive explosion on xAKL Chungking

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Night Naval bombardment of Batu Pahat at 49,82

Allied Ships
CA Cornwall
CA Dorsetshire

Japanese ground losses:
89 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Port hits 11
Port fuel hits 11
Port supply hits 7

Walrus II acting as spotter for CA Cornwall
CA Cornwall firing at Batu Pahat

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Night Naval bombardment of Malacca at 49,81

Allied Ships
BB Resolution
BB Ramillies
BB Royal Sovereign
BB Revenge

Japanese ground losses:
261 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Runway hits 2

Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Resolution
BB Revenge firing at Malacca

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Night Naval bombardment of Batu Pahat at 49,82

Allied Ships
CA Exeter
CA Canberra
CL Glasgow
CL Mauritius

Japanese ground losses:
166 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Port hits 43
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 7

CA Exeter firing at Batu Pahat

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Sibolga at 44,79

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 44
G3M2 Nell x 34

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Indira
xAK Silvermaple, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
xAP Moreton Bay
xAK Lavington Court, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Madras City
xAP Esperance Bay
xAK Industria, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
xAP Chilka, Torpedo hits 1

Allied ground losses:
66 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
34 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Morning Air attack on Johore Bahru , at 50,83

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 15
B-25C Mitchell x 10
B-26 Marauder x 5

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 26

Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on Kuantan , at 51,79

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 10

Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 7000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sibolga at 44,79

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 28,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 44
G3M2 Nell x 31

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships
AMC Pansy
xAK Silvermaple, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Indira
xAP Doumer, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Industria, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Largs Bay, Torpedo hits 1
xAP Khandalla, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Lavington Court, and is sunk

Allied ground losses:
196 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 15 (9 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
31 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

Massive explosion on xAP Doumer

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sibolga at 44,79

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 31,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 12
G3M2 Nell x 15
G4M1 Betty x 16

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged

Allied Ships
xAP Chilka, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Doumer, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAP Moreton Bay, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AMC Pansy, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAP Khandalla, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Ozarda, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
AM Poole, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Arawa, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied ground losses:
103 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 8 (3 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp
15 x G3M2 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

Poole dead in the water ...

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Ground combat at Heiho (113,33)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 14412 troops, 466 guns, 929 vehicles, Assault Value = 2069

Defending force 17421 troops, 200 guns, 86 vehicles, Assault Value = 290

Japanese ground losses:
306 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (14 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
12th Rifle Division
126th Rifle Division
36th Motor Rifle Division
111th Tank Division
3rd Rifle Division
61st Tank Division
94th Rifle Division
42nd Cannon Regiment
147th Howitzer Regiment
411th Howitzer Regiment
550th BM Howitzer Regiment
216th Howitzer Regiment
1120th Cannon Regiment
192nd OM Gun Battalion
1140th Cannon Regiment
114th Hvy Howitzer Regiment
1129th Hvy Howitzer Regiment
36th Army
624th Cannon Regiment
390th Cannon Regiment

Defending units:
1st Division
3rd Garrison Unit
9th Tank Regiment
18th Fld AA Machinecannon Company
8th Garrison Unit
6th Border Defense Fortress
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
45th Ind.AA Gun Co
52nd Field AA Battalion
2nd Air Div /1
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His strikes started high, so I have to be careful of where LR defensive CAP is set here. This is also an opportunity to get a lot of IJN planes shot down, so I'll think of how to set some traps here. It'll help to get some more support units to Medan, the biggest airfield in central Sumatra.




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It is May! The P-38E beings production!!!

More night bombardments of Batu Palat hit all of the units there for some damage. I'll attack in a day or two with the well rested Aussies.

The 2E and some 4E hit Johore Baru hard. It should be closed. I just want to make sure since it is decent size 4 base that he doesn't drop some fighters here to support strikes against Singers or nearby bases. We also hit size 2 Kuantan airfield for about 20-30 damage.

Up North Heiho Falls! About 3k more IJA troops are disabled or destroyed, and another 18-20k will be captured and sent to the Gulags soon. This is a huge marker for the Soviets. There is still time to move on the central Manchurian plains area, but first I'll let some units rest and reallocate some forces to make sure we're ready for the loss of air parity coming soon. A few units withdraw soon, but also some brigades will be arriving.

Near Palembang the troops herding the former defenders get a 1:1 DA and gain a lot of experience right away. I added lower EXP troops here to grind it out with the IJA, who should have very little if any supply. This is another 9-10k about to be turned into VPs, including a split 4th ID, one of the first to cross the causeway into Singers and taking huge losses then. It's not been their war.

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Morning Air attack on Johore Bahru , at 50,83

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 3
B-25C Mitchell x 22
B-26 Marauder x 20
P-39D Airacobra x 11

Allied aircraft losses
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged
B-26 Marauder: 5 damaged

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 44

Aircraft Attacking:
7 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb

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Ground combat at 47,91 (near Palembang)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 11144 troops, 87 guns, 78 vehicles, Assault Value = 433

Defending force 9632 troops, 106 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 211

Allied adjusted assault: 281

Japanese adjusted defense: 155

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
716 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 64 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 24 (3 destroyed, 21 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
552 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 78 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled

Assaulting units:
17th Australian Brigade
182nd Infantry Regiment
10th LH Cav Regiment
44th Indian Brigade

Defending units:
Sasebo 8th SNLF
4th/B Div /1
4th/C Division
Yokosuka 4th SNLF
4th/A Div /2
23rd Ind Engineer Regiment
4th Ind Engineer Regiment
11th Garrison Unit /1
7th Field Construction Battalion
34th Field Const Co
34th Field AA Battalion
31st Field AA Battalion
9th JAAF AF Coy
102nd Ship Eng Coy
43rd Nav Gd /1
202nd Ship Eng Coy
26th Fld AA Gun Co
2nd Ship Engineer Regiment
15th Const Co
3rd Air Division
302nd Ship Eng Coy
33rd JAAF AF Coy
47th Const Co
41st Nav Gd /1

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Ground combat at Heiho (113,33)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 68092 troops, 1228 guns, 2217 vehicles, Assault Value = 2103

Defending force 16935 troops, 188 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 269

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Allied adjusted assault: 2717

Japanese adjusted defense: 99

Allied assault odds: 27 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Heiho !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2983 casualties reported
Squads: 35 destroyed, 128 disabled
Non Combat: 50 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 27 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 76 (61 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Vehicles lost 59 (59 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Allied ground losses:
441 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 66 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 29 (2 destroyed, 27 disabled)

Assaulting units:
126th Rifle Division
111th Tank Division
3rd Rifle Division
12th Rifle Division
61st Tank Division
36th Motor Rifle Division
94th Rifle Division
42nd Cannon Regiment
1129th Hvy Howitzer Regiment
147th Howitzer Regiment
411th Howitzer Regiment
1140th Cannon Regiment
36th Army
216th Howitzer Regiment
114th Hvy Howitzer Regiment
624th Cannon Regiment
192nd OM Gun Battalion
1120th Cannon Regiment
550th BM Howitzer Regiment
390th Cannon Regiment

Defending units:
1st Division
3rd Garrison Unit
52nd Field AA Battalion
6th Border Defense Fortress
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Garrison Unit
18th Fld AA Machinecannon Company
45th Ind.AA Gun Co
2nd Air Div /1
9th Tank Rgt /1

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Status: offline 		CV Yorktown is a few days from being all fixed up after taking a torpedo near the HI a while back. I'll be sending the 3 USN CVs out together. I think the KB is split and the smaller bit is in the Northern area. Could be good hunting up there!

The air groups from Enterprise and Lexington are now almost all bought back. This should provide us both with some flexibility about how to set up the CVs as well as some good pilot training. Always trying to look on the bright side here.





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RE: Beans, Bullets and Black Oil :: obvert (A) vs Lowpe... - 1/27/2018 6:17:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		Wait! Did Heiho get a US star after changing hands? How did Stalin allow the American observer to claim the base?

And what are the model P-28E beings? Do they resemble humans? Are you cloning them or using more traditional methods of production?

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