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RE: 22 Jan report - 11/8/2019 2:46:37 AM   
jdsrae


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Status: offline 		Burma Area Army offensive operations plan
Reinforcements are moving north following the capture of Singapore, including the HQ and a large proportion of 3rd Air Division. Air groups plus supporting IJA Base Forces and AF Bns.
Chiang Mai and Uttaradit are the main air bases in NW Thailand.
Hanoi airfield (currently AF1) will be developed to AF2 or AF3 so it can support offensive operations into Yunnan from Paoshan to Kunming.
Recon of the upper Burma Road (orange arrows) will start shortly as more recon groups move forward from Singapore.
If any bases are vacant or lightly defended they will be considered for para drops by 1st and 2nd Raiding Regts.
4th Ind. Mixed Regt is available (currently moving to Hanoi) as a followup force to the paras.

HQ 15th Army is currently one hex SE of Moulmein with 55 Div (-). From previous recon and aerial bombardment, the allied Burma Div is at Moulmein with about a Div equivalent at each of Rangoon and Pegu. 17th Indian Div is at Pegu.
Oscars have achieved air superiority over Rangoon and Toungoo with allied fighters refusing to fight.
Aerial bombardments have just been ordered on the allied ground defenders in the clear at Pegu to identify who they are. Pegu is the target for a 33rd and 56th Divs amphibious assault as soon as possible.
Singapore harbour has been cleared of mines and the assault force is assembling there now, with a number of BB, CA and CL covering task forces.
KB is about to conduct a sweep into CENPAC so I need to provide air cover of the assault task forces from land bases.
124th Regt (detached from 31st Div) is moving to cut the road withdrawal route of the Moulmein defenders.
4th Thai Div/B is moving into the Jungle to surround Moulmein.

Reinforcements from Japan
54th Div will be bought out from Japan within the next week and will move to Singapore to reorganise as a followup assault force.
53rd Div will be bought out as the next priority for Political Points, but that won’t be until late Feb or possibly early Mar 42.
52nd Div will be bought out after that, but probably won’t be available until Apr 42.

Royal Thai Army
RTA Cavalry Div will push forward along the Chiang Mai to Taung Gyi road to recon that axis.
RTA 4th Div is split into thirds. 4A is the Pisanuloke garrison. 4B will surround Moulmein. 4C will cover 124th Regt’s flank.







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RE: 22 Jan report - 11/8/2019 7:40:54 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: jdsrae

Burma Area Army offensive operations plan
Reinforcements are moving north following the capture of Singapore, including the HQ and a large proportion of 3rd Air Division. Air groups plus supporting IJA Base Forces and AF Bns.
Chiang Mai and Uttaradit are the main air bases in NW Thailand.
Hanoi airfield (currently AF1) will be developed to AF2 or AF3 so it can support offensive operations into Yunnan from Paoshan to Kunming.
Recon of the upper Burma Road (orange arrows) will start shortly as more recon groups move forward from Singapore.
If any bases are vacant or lightly defended they will be considered for para drops by 1st and 2nd Raiding Regts.
4th Ind. Mixed Regt is available (currently moving to Hanoi) as a followup force to the paras.

HQ 15th Army is currently one hex SE of Moulmein with 55 Div (-). From previous recon and aerial bombardment, the allied Burma Div is at Moulmein with about a Div equivalent at each of Rangoon and Pegu. 17th Indian Div is at Pegu.
Oscars have achieved air superiority over Rangoon and Toungoo with allied fighters refusing to fight.
Aerial bombardments have just been ordered on the allied ground defenders in the clear at Pegu to identify who they are. Pegu is the target for a 33rd and 56th Divs amphibious assault as soon as possible.
Singapore harbour has been cleared of mines and the assault force is assembling there now, with a number of BB, CA and CL covering task forces.
KB is about to conduct a sweep into CENPAC so I need to provide air cover of the assault task forces from land bases.
124th Regt (detached from 31st Div) is moving to cut the road withdrawal route of the Moulmein defenders.
4th Thai Div/B is moving into the Jungle to surround Moulmein.

Reinforcements from Japan
54th Div will be bought out from Japan within the next week and will move to Singapore to reorganise as a followup assault force.
53rd Div will be bought out as the next priority for Political Points, but that won’t be until late Feb or possibly early Mar 42.
52nd Div will be bought out after that, but probably won’t be available until Apr 42.

Royal Thai Army
RTA Cavalry Div will push forward along the Chiang Mai to Taung Gyi road to recon that axis.
RTA 4th Div is split into thirds. 4A is the Pisanuloke garrison. 4B will surround Moulmein. 4C will cover 124th Regt’s flank.



If I 'm reading this and looking at the map correctly, you plan is to throw 6 IDs plus some odd extra Thai and smaller forces into Burma?

With that much force, why not throw them into Chittagong?

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RE: 22 Jan report - 11/8/2019 12:16:27 PM   
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ORIGINAL: obvert

If I 'm reading this and looking at the map correctly, you plan is to throw 6 IDs plus some odd extra Thai and smaller forces into Burma?

With that much force, why not throw them into Chittagong?


3 of the 6 IJA Divs on that sketch aren't immediately available, so I feel that a move on Chittagong now would stretch my forces too thin. I'll sleep on it, but I don't have much excess supply and I just spotted some little yellow movement ticks near Lashio, so an as yet unknown number of Chinese troops have moved into Burma.

I need to save PP for 9 more days before I can buy out the 54th Div, then add travel time, so it will be mid-late Feb before it gets to Burma.
I will then need at least +35 days (mid March) to buy out the 53rd and about another +32 days (late April) to buy out the 52nd. If those reinforcement Divs aren't needed in Burma by then I will find something else for them to do.

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23 Jan report - 11/8/2019 11:04:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 23, 42
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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 65,72
SS KXV is located by PB Hagoromo Maru
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TF 125 encounters mine field at Georgetown (49,74)
Japanese Ships
AMc Higashiyama Maru
AMc Heiyo Maru
AMc Awa Maru
AMc Ayaha Maru
38 mines cleared
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ASW attack near Lingga at 51,88
SS O21 is sighted by escort
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Sub attack near Christmas Island at 176,138
SS I-173 launches 2 torpedoes
PG Charleston fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12
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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 5
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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 22
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Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-30 Ann x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 26
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Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-36 Ida x 20
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
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Morning Air attack on 107th RAF Base Force, at 55,53 (Pegu)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 28
Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Also attacking 17th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 107th RAF Base Force ...
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10
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Morning Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,76 (Medan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Also attacking Van Aaran Garrison Battalion ...
Also attacking Medan Coastal Gun Battalion ...
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Morning Air attack on 124th Infantry Regiment, at 56,53 , near Pegu
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 1 – I’ll get more Oscars on LRCAP over 124IR.
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 15
Buffalo I x 13
Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9
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Afternoon Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21
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Afternoon Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
Ki-30 Ann x 22
Ki-36 Ida x 9
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Afternoon Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
Ki-51 Sonia x 13
Allied Ships
PT Q-111, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
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Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1900 troops, 118 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 3363 – I’m just waiting for one more Infantry Div to get into combat mode after getting off the train, then will try a deliberate attack to test whether the massed Tank Regts make a difference.
Defending force 62488 troops, 424 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1817
Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 51682 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1767
Defending force 63626 troops, 335 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1869
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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1120 troops, 110 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 1591
Defending force 40896 troops, 241 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1188
Allied ground losses: I’m starting to cause some minor casualties here for none in return, so perhaps the bombardments are slowly starting to reduce Chinese supply and increase their fatigue/disruption. I’m moving out all but the 15th and 17th Divisions for now. They will remain to slowly recover previous disablements and
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 42769 troops, 464 guns, 340 vehicles, Assault Value = 1889
Defending force 48674 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1420
Allied ground losses: Similar story here, the bombardments are starting to have some relatively minor effect, so I will keep them up while I thin out the IJA presence
93 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 11791 troops, 137 guns, 62 vehicles, Assault Value = 830
Defending force 35256 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1093
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1371 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 48
Defending force 2895 troops, 18 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 116
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
Defending force 1806 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 45
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Ground combat at Bacolod (79,85)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 3052 troops, 38 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 124
Defending force 955 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40
Japanese forces CAPTURE Bacolod !!!
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1021 casualties reported
Squads: 52 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 63 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 12 (12 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
Sasebo 3rd SNLF – will now move to capture Tacloban
Sasebo 8th SNLF – will help capture Tacloban
Defending units:
73rd PA Infantry Regiment
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Ground combat at Iloilo (79,84)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 3231 troops, 46 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 155
Defending force 3157 troops, 52 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 122
Allied ground losses: Deliberate attack ordered for next turn
21 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
Yokosuka 4th SNLF
Defending units:
61st PA Infantry Division
3rd PI Base Force

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 23, 42
Kwangchowan is occupied by the Japanese - the citizens of this city can't make up their mind. They auto-flipped back to the allies a few days ago now auto-flip back to Japan again.
TF 118 awaiting loading at Singapore – 5th Division A/B/C to NW Sumatra
TF 428 awaiting loading at Singapore – 18th Division to Palembang garrison, reserve for Java invasion.
CS Convoy TF 13 begins loading Oil at Shikuka for delivery to Wakkanai
CS Convoy TF 42 begins loading Fuel at Ominato for delivery to Hakodate
CS Convoy TF 138 begins loading Resources at Sapporo for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori
CS Convoy TF 166 begins loading Resources at Hakodate for delivery to Ominato
Japanese forces CAPTURE Bacolod !!!
Cam Ranh Bay expands port to size 7 – that will do for now. They aren’t happy about the next project, but the Naval Construction Regt there will move to Hanoi to expand the Army airfield.


< Message edited by jdsrae -- 11/8/2019 11:05:14 PM >

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24 Jan 42 report - 11/8/2019 11:17:27 PM   
jdsrae


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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 24, 42
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ASW attack near Port Moresby at 97,132
SS I-162 launches 2 torpedoes at PG Swan
PG Moresby fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58
Allied ground losses:
237 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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ASW attack near Darwin at 75,123
SS I-160, hits 6, moderate damage. Withdrawing for repairs.
Allied Ships
AM Warrnambool
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Sub attack near Davao at 79,91
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
Allied Ships
SS KX, hits 2
SS KX launches 4 torpedoes at DD Kasumi
DD Arare attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 8
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Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21
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Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-30 Ann x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 24
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Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-36 Ida x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 10
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Morning Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein)
Ki-30 Ann x 16
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Morning Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-36 Ida x 12
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Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-51 Sonia x 4
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Morning Air attack on 107th RAF Base Force, at 55,53 (Pegu)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Also attacking 17th Indian Division ...
Also attacking 107th RAF Base Force ...
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Morning Air attack on 107th RAF Base Force, at 55,53 (Pegu)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,76 (Medan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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ASW attack near Davao at 79,91
Allied Ships
SS KX
SS KX launches 4 torpedoes at CL Katori
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ASW attack near Christmas Island at 176,138
SS I-173 is located by AM Bobolink
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Sub attack near Christmas Island at 176,138
Allied Ships
AM Bobolink, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
AM Vireo
SS I-173 launches 2 torpedoes at AM Bobolink
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Amphibious Assault at Tandjoengbalai (47,78)
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Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 78204 troops, 825 guns, 310 vehicles, Assault Value = 3369
Defending force 62494 troops, 424 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1812
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 51647 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1766
Defending force 63663 troops, 335 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1868
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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 760 troops, 81 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 1558
Defending force 40749 troops, 241 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1184
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Ground combat at Kukong (79,57)
Japanese Bombardment attack – I don’t get supply to Kukong every day so only bombard about every 2-3 days, getting some minor hits on.
Attacking force 16845 troops, 214 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 591
Defending force 13012 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 409
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 27929 troops, 324 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1638
Defending force 48674 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1417
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 11850 troops, 137 guns, 62 vehicles, Assault Value = 834
Defending force 35289 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1098
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Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1380 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 49
Defending force 2900 troops, 18 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 116
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1409 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 57
Defending force 1816 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 45
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Ground combat at Iloilo (79,84)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 3665 troops, 46 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 178
Defending force 3153 troops, 52 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 123
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Iloilo !!!
Japanese ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Allied ground losses:
4666 casualties reported
Squads: 194 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 95 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 64 (64 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2
Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF – will now move to capture Cebu
Yokosuka 4th SNLF – will help capture Cebu
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF – will help capture Cebu
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy – Iloilo garrison, will remain here for the foreseeable future.
Defending units:
61st PA Infantry Division
3rd PI Base Force
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1031 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 45
Defending force 1409 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 57

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 24, 42
Repairs completed on SS I-17 at Truk, ship returned to service
CS Convoy TF 110 begins loading Resources at Muroran for delivery to Ominato
Task Force 192 lays defensive minefield at Davao – Dutch subs spotted in and near Davao so this may either get one or deter them from coming into the Davao hex.
F1M2 Pete from 19th Ku T-1 attacking an Allied SS at 131,113 (near Kwajalein) a Triton class SS is reported HIT
PBY-5 Catalina damaged by flak (near Singapore)
CS Convoy TF 77 begins loading Oil at Taihoku for delivery to Kagoshima
CS Convoy TF 95 begins loading Resources at Hakodate for delivery to Ominato
CS Convoy TF 146 begins loading Resources at Naha for delivery to Kagoshima
Japanese forces CAPTURE Iloilo !!!
Fusan expands fortifications to size 1
Ichang expands airfield to size 2 – this AF will be developed to support bombing missions of Chungking in the future.
AM Bobolink is reported to have been sunk near Christmas Island on Jan 24, 1942


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25 Jan 42 report - 11/8/2019 11:46:34 PM   
jdsrae


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Status: offline 		In other news, KB has helped to cover the relocation of Claude and Pete groups out of the 4th Fleet area back to Truk so that they can be upgraded and resize.
KB will now refuel at Truk before covering the following operations:
1. invasions of southern Borneo, to allow land based air to support the Java invasion
2. invasion of Java from the Java Sea.
3. invasions of the eastern DEI, including Timor
4. then return to the Pacific to support PNG invasion


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 25, 42
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ASW attack near Davao at 79,91
Allied Ships
SS KX
SS KX launches 2 torpedoes at DD Satsuki
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Pre-Invasion action off Bengkalis (48,82)
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Amphibious Assault at Bengkalis (48,82)
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Amphibious Assault at Lingga (50,87) – I want to drop an ACM and 150 mines in this dot hex and those around it to try and block off the Malacca Strait to allied subs.
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Invasion Support action off Bengkalis (48,82)
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ASW attack near Port Moresby at 97,131
SS I-123 is located by PG Moresby
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Sub attack near Pago Pago at 149,162
SS I-23 launches 2 torpedoes
SS I-23 eludes AM Kingfisher by diving deep
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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 16
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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9
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Morning Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 6
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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-36 Ida x 10
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 22
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 3
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11
Runway hits 5
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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
Ki-30 Ann x 25
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
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Morning Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein)
Ki-30 Ann x 16
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-51 Sonia x 14
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-32 Mary x 9
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Morning Air attack on 124th Infantry Regiment, at 56,53 , near Pegu
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 15
Buffalo I x 14
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed. I’ll move another Oscar group to this LRCAP mission, away from sweeping clear skies somewhere nearby.
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Buffalo I: 2 destroyed
15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 1000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
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Afternoon Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-30 Ann x 5
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Afternoon Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-51 Sonia x 10
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Afternoon Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Japanese aircraft
Ki-36 Ida x 12
Ki-51 Sonia x 4
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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd/C Division, at 47,95 , near Oosthaven
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 5
Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 6
CW-22 Falcon x 9
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed
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ASW attack near Davao at 79,91
Allied Ships
SS KX, hits 2
SS KX is sighted by escort
DD Arare attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Port Moresby at 97,131
SS I-123, hits 1
Allied Ships
PG Swan, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
PG Moresby
SS I-123 launches 2 torpedoes at PG Swan
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ASW attack near Davao at 79,91
SS KX launches 4 torpedoes at DD Asagao
DD Karukaya fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Invasion Support action off Bengkalis (48,82)
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 51666 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1766
Defending force 63725 troops, 335 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1869
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Ground combat at Kukong (79,57)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 16863 troops, 214 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 593
Defending force 13003 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 407
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 27929 troops, 324 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1641
Defending force 48843 troops, 314 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1432
Allied ground losses: Not sure if this indicates that the allies are starting to run low of supply around Tsiaotso or if it is just the IJA heavy and medium guns finding their range.
90 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 11836 troops, 137 guns, 62 vehicles, Assault Value = 834
Defending force 35326 troops, 199 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1104
Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1407 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 52
Defending force 2921 troops, 18 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 117
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
Defending force 1822 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 46
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OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 25, 42
Tandjoengbalai is occupied by the Japanese
CS Convoy TF 42 will load Oil at Hakodate for return to Ominato
CS Convoy TF 131 begins loading Resources at Amami Oshima for delivery to Kagoshima
Hurricane PR.II sighted over 124th Infantry Regiment – the allies don’t have many recon planes in Burma, but they are keeping 124IR well spotted.
G3M2 Nell from Genzan Ku K-1 Det attacking an Allied SS at 50,90 a KXIV Class class SS is reported HIT
Hilo expands airfield to size 3
Noumea expands port to size 3 – fair indication that Noumea has been reinforced. If I didn’t have to get KB back to support the Java landings I’d conduct a raid of SOPAC… I will bring KB back to do some serious hunting in SWPAC/SOPAC after the Java landings go in.
Chita expands airfield to size 5
CVL Shoho arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka – will stay here until an escort force becomes available to take her forward to join the other CVLs. The Fubuki Is currently refitting at Shanghai should be ready in a few days.
PT Q-111 is reported to have been sunk near Bataan on Jan 23, 1942
PG Swan is reported to have been sunk near Port Moresby on Jan 25, 1942


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RE: 22 Jan report - 11/9/2019 2:57:54 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: jdsrae
OK here is the Wenchow Air task force:

Information much appreciated, thank you!

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26 Jan report - 11/9/2019 12:44:51 PM   
jdsrae


Posts: 2716
Joined: 3/1/2010
From: Gandangara Country
Status: offline 		The Pegu/Burma invasion force is 8 hexes out so may arrive at the target next turn, but probably won't start unloading.
It feels good to get a win at Sinyang, things might start to get moving in China now.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 26, 42
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Sub attack near Phuket at 48,67
Captain of SS Trusty elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
AMc Narita Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
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ASW attack near Davao at 79,91
Allied Ships
SS KX, hits 4
SS KX is sighted by escort
PB Shinkyo Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58
Allied ground losses:
244 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 15 disabled
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Mutsu
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Nagato
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ASW attack near Truk at 112,107
SS Gudgeon is located by PB Chitose Maru
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 13
H81-A3: 4 destroyed
AVG/3rd Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 9 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 22
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 1
H81-A3: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 44
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11
Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
Ki-30 Ann x 25
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
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Morning Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein)
Ki-30 Ann x 24
Also attacking Tenasserim BAF Battalion ...
Also attacking 1st Burma Division ...
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
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Morning Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,76 (Medan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
Ki-36 Ida x 10
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-32 Mary x 9
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Morning Air attack on 124th Infantry Regiment, at 56,54 , near Moulmein
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 14
Buffalo I x 6
Blenheim IV: 4 destroyed, 8 damaged
Buffalo I: 3 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 6
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Afternoon Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-51 Sonia x 5
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Afternoon Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-51 Sonia x 4
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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd/C Division, at 47,95 , near Oosthaven
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 5
Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 4
CW-22 Falcon x 9
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed
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Sub attack near Christmas Island at 176,138
SS I-173 launches 2 torpedoes at AM Vireo
DD Allen attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Muntok at 49,89
SS KXIV launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 19
SC Ch 18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
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ASW attack near Davao at 79,91
DMS W-15
Allied Ships
SS KX, hits 7
DMS W-15 attacking submerged sub ....
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Pre-Invasion action off Langsa (46,74)
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Amphibious Assault at Langsa (46,74)
Japanese ground losses: should have taken surfing lessons… Hang on a minute, it’s the Malacca Strait, there is no surf!
83 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 88842 troops, 947 guns, 1285 vehicles, Assault Value = 3335
Defending force 31721 troops, 232 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 972
Japanese adjusted assault: 2571
Allied adjusted defense: 669
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1507 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 160 disabled – 65 of the disablements are to the 1st IMB, the rest are shared around various units so everything is still in good shape. I left the detached Regts out of the fight so they are still 100% effective. I think that’s the trick in China, use A and B grade Divisions with Tank support. Fatigue is <20 for all untis and disruption is < 10 for all units so they will attack again to rout the remainders then pursue with gusto.
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Guns lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
9657 casualties reported
Squads: 230 destroyed, 506 disabled
Non Combat: 188 destroyed, 97 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 63 (6 destroyed, 57 disabled)
Units retreated 4. 3 units are left in hex, and 10 are spotted one hex to the NW. I hadn’t seen movement out of Sinyang but 6 units must have left just before the attack. The race to Nanyang is on!
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units: Plan A is for all combat units will pursue to capture Nanyang, before 12th Army switches to a defensive role and 20th Army is released to move south. Plan B is to test the defences on the Nanyang-Sian road, but that would delay the massed Tank Regts from moving south.
12th Army
20th Army
11th Division
12th Division
13th Division
27th Division
32nd Division
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
58th Infantry Regiment
138th Infantry Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
5th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
10th Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
5th Ind. Engineer Regiment
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
10th Mortar Battalion
49th Field AA Battalion
53rd Field AA Battalion
16th Field AA Machinecannon Company
25th Field AA Machinecannon Company
27th Fld AA Gun Co
28th Fld AA Gun Co
52nd Road Const Co
8th JAAF Base Force
9th JAAF Base Force
14th RGC Temp. Division – Sinyang garrison
18th RGC Temp. Division – future Nanyang garrison
Defending units:
2nd Group Army
21st Group Army
7th Chinese Corps
30th Chinese Corps
55th Chinese Corps
77th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 51728 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1772
Defending force 63858 troops, 335 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1884
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 27916 troops, 324 guns, 287 vehicles, Assault Value = 1430
Defending force 48871 troops, 314 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1430
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 11859 troops, 137 guns, 62 vehicles, Assault Value = 835
Defending force 35339 troops, 198 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1104
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Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1407 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 52
Defending force 2921 troops, 18 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 117
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
Defending force 1822 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 46
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1037 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 46
Defending force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
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Ground combat at Bengkalis (48,82)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4444 troops, 41 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 156
Defending force 157 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese assault odds: 65 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Bengkalis !!!
Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
5th/B Division
Defending units:
Bengkalis Base Force

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 26, 42
Baybay is occupied by the Japanese
CS Convoy TF 7 begins loading Resources at Port Arthur for delivery to Fukuoka
CS Convoy TF 32 begins loading Oil at Muroran for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori
CS Convoy TF 102 begins loading Resources at Sapporo for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori
B5N2 Kate from Zuiho-2 attacking a KVIII Class class SS at 111,109 (near Truk) an Allied SS is reported HIT
AKE Kiso Maru sighted by Allied Level Bomber at 50,84 near Singapore – hmmm, he knows I have auxiliaries moving to Singapore
CS Convoy TF 42 begins loading Fuel at Ominato for delivery to Hakodate
CS Convoy TF 57 begins loading Resources at Toyohara for delivery to Wakkanai
CS Convoy TF 135 begins loading Resources at Fusan for delivery to Shimonoseki
Japanese forces CAPTURE Bengkalis !!!
Fusan expands fortifications to size 2
Brunei expands airfield to size 3
Miri expands airfield to size 4
Perth expands port to size 6
Device Aichi Ha-60 advances R&D
Shoho-1 on CVL Shoho converting to size 21 from 12 – resized with a full complement of Claudes, but I have no trained pilots in the General Reserve to add to this air group yet. I will reshuffle some pilots on the 1st of Feb.
Chitose Ku S-1 converting to A6M2 Zero at Truk
19th Ku T-2 on CS Chitose converting to size 24 from 8 at Truk


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27 Jan report - 11/10/2019 2:08:15 AM   
jdsrae


Posts: 2716
Joined: 3/1/2010
From: Gandangara Country
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 27, 42
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ASW attack near Lingga at 51,88
SS O21 is sighted by escort
SC Ch 6 attacking submerged sub ....
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Invasion Support action off Langsa (46,74)
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Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
DD Akigumo – Now that the fuel and oil are starting to flow from Palembang to Singapore, I’ve detached the 3 x DD Wakatake that were in this task force as they are needed as large TK and AO escorts. More DD Yugumo will be added to this task force when they arrive.
DD Yugumo
Allied ground losses:
238 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 18 disabled
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Pre-Invasion action off Cebu (80,86)
55 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships – 2xCA+4xDD fast transport task force
CA Furutaka firing at 81st PA Infantry Division
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Amphibious Assault at Cebu (80,86)
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Pre-Invasion action off Tacloban (81,85)
12 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Amphibious Assault at Tacloban (81,85)
TF 15 troops unloading over beach at Tacloban, 81,85
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Pre-Invasion action off Tacloban (81,85)
14 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Amphibious Assault at Tacloban (81,85)
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Type 91 Armored Car lost from landing craft during unload of Sasebo 3rd SNLF /5
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Pre-Invasion action off Cebu (80,86)
56 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Another 2xCA+3xDD fast transport task force.
CA Kinugasa firing at 81st PA Infantry Division
CA Aoba firing at 81st PA Infantry Division
DD Akebono firing at 81st PA Infantry Division
DD Amagiri firing at 81st PA Infantry Division
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Amphibious Assault at Cebu (80,86)
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Invasion Support action off Langsa (46,74)
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Pre-Invasion action off Tacloban (81,85)
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Amphibious Assault at Tacloban (81,85)
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Invasion Support action off Cebu (80,86)
DD Sagiri firing at 81st PA Infantry Division
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Invasion Support action off Tacloban (81,85)
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Invasion Support action off Tacloban (81,85)
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Invasion Support action off Cebu (80,86)
CA Kinugasa firing at 81st PA Infantry Division
DD Sazanami firing at 81st PA Infantry Division
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Invasion Support action off Langsa (46,74)
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ASW attack near Muntok at 49,89
SS KXIV is sighted by escort
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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53 – clear skies over Pegu
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 16
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Bassein at 52,50 – this task force popped up looking like it was on its way to Rangoon. I don’t think C.S. knows that I have a big amphibious force approaching.
G4M1 Betty x 13
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
xAK Hupeh, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
DE Sutlej, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Baroda, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24
Ki-30 Ann x 25
Ki-36 Ida x 10
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 22
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 destroyed by flak – some big allied AA guns still scoring hits at 20k feet
21 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein)
Ki-30 Ann x 24
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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
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Morning Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,76 (Medan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
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Morning Air attack on 107th RAF Base Force, at 55,53 (Pegu)
Ki-32 Mary x 7
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 36
Also attacking 17th Indian Division ...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91
A6M2 Zero x 9
Allied aircraft
Do-24K-1 x 3
Do-24K-1: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 24
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 46
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91
A6M2 Zero x 9
Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 3
139WH-3: 2 destroyed
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Invasion Support action off Tacloban (81,85)
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Pre-Invasion action off Pegu (55,53)
182 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. No hits were scored.
Japanese Ships
DMS W-20
APD Nadakaze
APD Shimakaze
AMC Hokoku Maru
Japanese ground losses:
152 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
DMS W-20 fired at enemy troops
APD Nadakaze fired at enemy troops
APD Shimakaze fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards
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Amphibious Assault at Pegu (55,53)
Japanese ground losses:
157 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled – unloading and surfing accidents
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Amphibious Assault at Lingga (50,87)
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Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48)
Japanese Shock attack – only the Tank Regts shock attacked, all infantry supported with deliberate attacks.
Attacking force 86269 troops, 934 guns, 1243 vehicles, Assault Value = 3247
Defending force 12631 troops, 110 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 181
Japanese adjusted assault: 2817
Allied adjusted defense: 115
Japanese assault odds: 24 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
422 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
3539 casualties reported
Squads: 520 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 123 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 44 (39 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Units retreated 3
Assaulting units:
12th Division – pursue
5th Tank Regiment – pursue
12th Tank Regiment – pursue
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade – will move by rail to Tsingtao to form the garrison there, and release 5th IMB to move NW of Ichang.
32nd Division – pursue
13th Tank Regiment – pursue
58th Infantry Regiment – will move SW to join the main effort vic Changsha, to provide flank protection to the assault Divisions
14th RGC Temp. Division – pursue, future Nanyang garrison
138th Infantry Regiment – will move SW to join the main effort vic Changsha, to provide flank protection to the assault Divisions
11th Tank Regiment – pursue
3rd Tank Regiment – pursue
10th Tank Regiment – pursue
5th Ind. Engineer Regiment – pursue
23rd Tank Regiment – pursue
9th Tank Regiment – pursue
13th Division – pursue
27th Division – pursue
11th Division – pursue
18th RGC Temp. Division – Sinyang garrison force
27th Fld AA Gun Co – pursue
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment – pursue
10th Mortar Battalion – pursue
8th JAAF Base Force – will move SW to support future air strikes vic Chungking
52nd Road Const Co - Sinyang, expand airfield a few points to improve supply storage capacity
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment – pursue
12th Army – pursue
28th Fld AA Gun Co – pursue
25th Field AA Machinecannon Company – pursue
1st Ind. Field Artillery Regiment – pursue
9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment – pursue
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment – pursue
20th Army – pursue
16th Field AA Machinecannon Company – pursue
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment – pursue
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment – pursue
49th Field AA Battalion – pursue
53rd Field AA Battalion – pursue
22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment – pursue
9th JAAF Base Force – will move SW to support future air strikes vic Chungking
Defending units:
55th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
77th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 51744 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1775
Defending force 63906 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1884
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 27924 troops, 324 guns, 287 vehicles, Assault Value = 1430
Defending force 49029 troops, 314 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1450
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Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 41078 troops, 566 guns, 337 vehicles, Assault Value = 1376
Defending force 28971 troops, 521 guns, 465 vehicles, Assault Value = 926
Japanese ground losses:
343 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 32 disabled – Allied counter battery fire is quite effective. The 3 x Infantry Divs have level 1 forts, but no other units have field fortifications yet. I will hold off on further bombardments for a few days until more units dig themselves in. I have one more Div moving from Clark Field which should arrive in a few days.
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Defending units: Here is what remains on Luzon. About half of them are fresh with the other half beaten up at Clark Field
4th Marine Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
14th PS Engineer Regiment
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion – shattered at Clark Field
194th Tank Battalion – shattered at Clark Field
Provisional GMC Grp
I Philippine Corps
21st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment
Manila Bay Defenses
Subic Bay Defenses
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
4th PA Constabulary Regiment
202nd PA Construction Battalion
Asiatic Fleet
Far East USAAF
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
201st PA Construction Battalion
301st Construction Battalion
Bataan USN Base Force
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Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1465 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 59
Defending force 2933 troops, 18 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 119
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
Defending force 1809 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 45
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Ground combat at Cebu (80,86)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2115 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 94
Defending force 1903 troops, 38 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 113
Assaulting units:
81st PA Infantry Division
Defending units: Won’t attack until 2/3/4 Yokosuka SNLF reform here.
Yokosuka 4th SNLF /8
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF /8
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1024 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 45
Defending force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
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Ground combat at Pegu (55,53)
Allied Bombardment attack – I wasn’t expecting so much of my force to land. They are in good shape so will conduct a deliberate attack tomorrow.
Attacking force 8026 troops, 97 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 379
Defending force 21046 troops, 212 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 825
Japanese ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
17th Indian Division
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
4th Burma Rifles Battalion
107th RAF Base Force
Defending units:
33rd Div /8
56th Div /5
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Ground combat at Oosthaven (48,96)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4451 troops, 43 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 154
Defending force 363 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5
Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Oosthaven !!!
I will rail in the rest of 2nd Division and supporting troops to quickly build up Oosthaven as an AF2 or AF3 to support landings on NW Java and the upcoming battle for Batavia.
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
150 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Assaulting units:
2nd/C Division
Defending units:
Teloekbetoeng Base Force – withdrew to the NW
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Ground combat at Langsa (46,74)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4570 troops, 43 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 165
Defending force 168 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese assault odds: 136 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Langsa !!!
Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
5th/A Division – will pursue SW towards Medan
Defending units:
Langsa Base Force

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 27, 42
CS Convoy TF 166 begins loading Resources at Hakodate for delivery to Ominato
CS Convoy TF 306 begins loading Fuel at Brunei for delivery to Davao
E13A1 Jake from Takao-1 has spotted an Allied SC at 54,53 an Allied AMc is reported HIT
CS Convoy TF 13 begins loading Oil at Shikuka for delivery to Wakkanai
Japanese forces CAPTURE Oosthaven !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Langsa !!!
Pagan expands fortifications to size 2
Bombay expands port to size 7
SC Ch 27 arrives at Tokyo – to Hong Kong ASW Div
SC Ch 33 arrives at Tokyo – to Manila ASW Div
DE Sutlej is reported to have been sunk near Bassein on Jan 27, 1942
xAK Baroda is reported to have been sunk near Bassein on Jan 27, 1942
xAK Hupeh is reported to have been sunk near Bassein on Jan 27, 1942


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RE: 27 Jan report - 11/10/2019 4:04:38 AM   
jdsrae


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Status: offline 		Here is a summary of my aircraft and engine production/research as at 27 Jan 42.
The supply use for setting all of this up has stabilised and supply is starting to increase at Tokyo again.
I have a spreadsheet that I will check and adjust if required on the first of each game month, but this is tracking to plan for now.

One thing I have just noticed from this is that next time I might build out the B5N1 Kates to use up the start pool of the Nakajima Hikari engines.
Maybe I considered doing this, and chose not to because the B5N1 doesn't upgrade automatically to the B5N2 so it would cost more supply to repair the factories again...




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28 Jan report - 11/11/2019 11:07:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 28, 42
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Invasion Support action off Pegu (55,53)
88 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Invasion Support action off Tacloban (81,85)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,73
Japanese Ships
SC Ch 14
SC Ch 15
Allied Ships
SS O19, hits 2
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Night Naval bombardment of Pegu at 55,53 – forgot to set the FP to recon so no spotters.
Allied ground losses:
135 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 18
Port hits 18
Port supply hits 1
BB Yamashiro firing at 17th Indian Division
BB Fuso firing at Pegu
DD Asagumo firing at Pegu
DD Minegumo firing at 17th Indian Division
DD Natsugumo firing at Pegu
DD Arashio firing at 17th Indian Division
DD Michishio firing at 17th Indian Division
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Invasion Support action off Tacloban (81,85)
3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Invasion Support action off Pegu (55,53)
61 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Invasion Support action off Tacloban (81,85)
1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Sub attack near Pago Pago at 149,162
Captain of SS I-23 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
I-23 diving deep ....
AM Kingfisher fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 18
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Morning Air attack on Pegu , at 55,53
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30
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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 7
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Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-30 Ann x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 35
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Morning Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein)
Ki-30 Ann x 20
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Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-36 Ida x 20
Ki-51 Sonia x 4
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 40
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11
Runway hits 2
Also attacking 44th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking Rangoon ...
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Morning Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,76 (Medan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Also attacking Medan Garrison Battalion ...
Also attacking Medan Coastal Gun Battalion ...
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Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)
Ki-32 Mary x 10
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Morning Air attack on 33rd Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 20
Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 5
Blenheim I: 3 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
G4M1 Betty x 14
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 10
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Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
G4M1 Betty x 14
Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 3 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
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Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 6
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Invasion Support action off Tacloban (81,85)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force
2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 51874 troops, 602 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1781
Defending force 64008 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1890
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Ground combat at Kukong (79,57)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 16872 troops, 214 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 594
Defending force 13058 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 412
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 27924 troops, 324 guns, 286 vehicles, Assault Value = 1430
Defending force 49141 troops, 314 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1456
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Ground combat at 87,32 (near Ningsia)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 6965 troops, 58 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 222
Defending force 40 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese assault odds: 192 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units: will continue to advance to the west
1st Cavalry Brigade
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
11th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Pegu (55,53)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 24495 troops, 234 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 840
Defending force 8670 troops, 119 guns, 29 vehicles, Assault Value = 366
Japanese adjusted assault: 698
Allied adjusted defense: 101
Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Pegu !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
372 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Allied ground losses:
3210 casualties reported
Squads: 134 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 159 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 31 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 28 (27 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 18 (18 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Units destroyed 2 – I didn’t see which 2, I’m assuming the 2 x Bns
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units: both moving to Rangoon next
56th Division
33rd Division
Defending units:
4th Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Gloucestershire Battalion
17th Indian Division
107th RAF Base Force
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Ground combat at Lingga (50,87)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1062 troops, 3 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 16
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Lingga !!!
Assaulting units:
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
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Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1461 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
Defending force 2956 troops, 18 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 122
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
Defending force 1803 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 44
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Ground combat at Tacloban (81,85)
Japanese Bombardment attack – deliberate attack ordered for tomorrow
Attacking force 3070 troops, 38 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 124
Defending force 905 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 34
Assaulting units:
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
Sasebo 8th SNLF
Defending units:
93rd PA Infantry Regiment
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Ground combat at Cebu (80,86)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1912 troops, 38 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 114
Defending force 2151 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 97
Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
Yokosuka 4th SNLF
Defending units:
81st PA Infantry Division
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1018 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 44
Defending force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 28, 42
Tioman Island is occupied by the Japanese
CS Convoy TF 135 begins loading Resources at Fusan for delivery to Shimonoseki
CS Convoy TF 229 begins loading Fuel at Palembang for delivery to Singapore
CS Convoy TF 42 will load Oil at Hakodate for return to Ominato
E13A1 Jake from Mikuma-1 has spotted an Allied AMc at 54,53 an Allied AMc is reported HIT
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 7th JAAF AF Coy from Kiungshan – to Hanoi to add a few more engineers and mechanics to the airfield there.
CS Convoy TF 95 begins loading Resources at Hakodate for delivery to Ominato
CS Convoy TF 131 begins loading Resources at Amami Oshima for delivery to Kagoshima
CS Convoy TF 196 begins loading Resources at Sadogashima for delivery to Niigata
Japanese forces CAPTURE Pegu !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Lingga !!!
Ichang expands airfield to size 3
Singapore expands airfield to size 7
Suva expands airfield to size 4 – I’ve got a few subs lurking off Suva but haven’t seen any allied ships for a while.
Loss of DD Tokitsukaze on Dec 08, 1941 is admitted
DD Evertsen is reported to have been sunk near Muntok on Dec 09, 1941


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29 Jan report - 11/11/2019 11:10:21 AM   
jdsrae


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Status: offline 		In Burma, I’m now seriously considering leaving any allied troops in central and north Burma to either starve or waste time doing nothing before marching slowly back to Burma or China.
The plan is to capture Rangoon next then I will try to take the other bases on the Burma coast towards Chittagong. That may be where 18th UK Div was sent so I need to keep recon planes moving forward.
I just spotted 2xCM moving west from Ramree Island so I also need to bring up some DMS or AMc.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 29, 42
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Night Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53 – let’s see how a few Oscars go flying night CAP until I can rustle up some spare Zeros, or build some Nicks...
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 2
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 1
2 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 5000 feet *
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Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58
Allied ground losses:
333 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 19 disabled
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Amphibious Assault at Cebu (80,86)
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Sub attack near Pago Pago at 149,162
Captain of SS I-23 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
I-23 diving deep ....
AM Kingfisher fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
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Morning Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein)
Also attacking 6th Burma Rifles Battalion ...
Also attacking 1st Burma Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
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Afternoon Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98
A6M2 Zero x 18
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Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
G4M1 Betty x 28
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 9
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Hollandia at 93,116
Allied aircraft
Catalina I x 2
Japanese Ships
xAKL Sakae Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 51915 troops, 602 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1782
Defending force 64020 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1888
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Ground combat at Kukong (79,57)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 16887 troops, 214 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 594
Defending force 13055 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 408
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 27924 troops, 324 guns, 286 vehicles, Assault Value = 967
Defending force 49192 troops, 314 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1458
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Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1488 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61
Defending force 2954 troops, 18 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 123
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Ground combat at Tacloban (81,85)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 3076 troops, 38 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 126
Defending force 901 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 34
Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Tacloban !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1036 casualties reported
Squads: 88 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 43 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 15 (15 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
Sasebo 3rd SNLF – to Tarakan next to help finally capture it
Sasebo 8th SNLF – to Tarakan next
Defending units:
93rd PA Infantry Regiment
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Ground combat at Cebu (80,86)
Allied Bombardment attack – deliberate attack ordered for tomorrow
Attacking force 2110 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 93
Defending force 4856 troops, 69 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 237
Assaulting units:
81st PA Infantry Division
Defending units:
Sasebo 1st SNLF
Yokosuka 4th SNLF
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
91st Naval Guard Unit
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1023 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 44
Defending force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
Assaulting units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion
Tarakan Base Force
Defending units:
Sasebo 2nd SNLF
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Ground combat at Prome (55,50) – late adjustment to the Burma offensive ops plan, this para drop on vacant Prome should have cut the Burma Road.
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 291 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Prome !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)
Assaulting units:
1st Raiding Rgt /1

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 29, 42
CS Convoy TF 42 will load Oil at Hakodate for return to Ominato
CS Convoy TF 138 begins loading Resources at Sapporo for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori
Japanese forces CAPTURE Tacloban !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Prome !!!
Wuhu expands airfield to size 1
Cam Ranh Bay expands fortifications to size 2
Spokane expands airfield to size 6
Townsville expands port to size 5
Chumphon expands airfield to size 5
Device Nakajima Ha-45 advances R&D: about 32 months until production starts, 90% research per month, so about 18 months until this engine enters production. I’ll then ramp up engine production to match my target aircraft production demand for it.


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RE: 29 Jan report - 11/12/2019 5:18:04 PM   
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quote:

One thing I have just noticed from this is that next time I might build out the B5N1 Kates to use up the start pool of the Nakajima Hikari engines.
Maybe I considered doing this, and chose not to because the B5N1 doesn't upgrade automatically to the B5N2 so it would cost more supply to repair the factories again...


I regularly do this to use up the 'free' engines. Both are essentially the same plane. Using the N1 builds and what's in the pools gets me to the Jill, so no need to build any more N2's.

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30 Jan 42 - 11/13/2019 7:13:21 PM   
jdsrae


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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 30, 42
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ASW attack near Manado at 76,98
SS S-40 is sighted by escort
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Submarine attack near Muntok at 52,89
Japanese Ships
CL Kuma
DD Nokaze
CL Kiso
CL Tama
Allied Ships
SS O16, hits 24, and is sunk
SS O16 is sighted by escort
O16 bottoming out ....
DD Nokaze attacking submerged sub ....
DD Nokaze is out of ASW ammo
SS O16 forced to surface!
CL Kiso firing on surfaced sub ....
CL Tama firing on surfaced sub ....
CL Kiso firing on surfaced sub ....
CL Tama firing on surfaced sub ....
CL Kiso firing on surfaced sub ....
CL Tama firing on surfaced sub ....
CL Kiso firing on surfaced sub ....
CL Tama firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves
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Night Air attack on Chiang Mai , at 58,53
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 6
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 2
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
2 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 5000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Pre-Invasion action off Cebu (80,86)
Amphibious Assault at Cebu (80,86)
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Pre-Invasion action off Cebu (80,86)
Amphibious Assault at Cebu (80,86)
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Pre-Invasion action off Cebu (80,86)
Amphibious Assault at Cebu (80,86)
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Invasion Support action off Cebu (80,86)
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Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 6
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Morning Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-30 Ann x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 24

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 5 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein)
Ki-30 Ann x 20
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Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-36 Ida x 20
Ki-51 Sonia x 7
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Morning Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Ki-51 Sonia x 8
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Afternoon Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98
A6M2 Zero x 18
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Afternoon Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-36 Ida x 10
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 21
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Afternoon Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
Ki-30 Ann x 25
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
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Afternoon Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,76 (Medan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10
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Sub attack near Port Moresby at 97,131
SS I-123 launches 2 torpedoes
PG Moresby fails to find sub, continues to search...
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ASW attack near Port Moresby at 97,131
SS I-123, hits 1
Allied Ships
PG Moresby
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Invasion Support action off Cebu (80,86)
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Ground combat at 85,47 (near Sinyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 75093 troops, 833 guns, 1417 vehicles, Assault Value = 2835
Defending force 51102 troops, 386 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1241
Japanese adjusted assault: 2067
Allied adjusted defense: 973
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1327 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 135 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 39 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Allied ground losses:
20164 casualties reported
Squads: 798 destroyed, 88 disabled
Non Combat: 447 destroyed, 109 disabled
Engineers: 51 destroyed, 23 disabled
Guns lost 92 (68 destroyed, 24 disabled)
Units retreated 12
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
They went NW while the IJA will move NE towards Nanyang.
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 51942 troops, 602 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1784
Defending force 64208 troops, 333 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1906
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Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1488 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61
Defending force 2962 troops, 18 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 123
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Ground combat at Cebu (80,86)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 5885 troops, 69 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 238
Defending force 2119 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 92
Japanese adjusted assault: 80
Allied adjusted defense: 19
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Cebu !!!
Japanese ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
2648 casualties reported
Squads: 72 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 165 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 43 (43 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
Sasebo 1st SNLF – will move to capture Tarakan
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF – will move to capture Malaybalay
Yokosuka 4th SNLF – will move to capture Malaybalay
91st Naval Guard Unit – will remain as Cebu garrison
Defending units:
81st PA Infantry Division
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
Defending force 1812 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 44
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Allied Bombardment attack
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 58544 troops, 309 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1901
Defending force 54581 troops, 662 guns, 215 vehicles, Assault Value = 1780
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Ground combat at 45,75 (near Medan)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4570 troops, 43 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 165
Defending force 126 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
5th/A Division
Defending units:
Langsa Base Force
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Ground combat at Medan (46,76)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 4473 troops, 41 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 157
Defending force 1946 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 70
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
5th/C Division
Defending units:
Medan Garrison Battalion
Medan Coastal Gun Battalion
Van Aaran Garrison Battalion
Medan Base Force

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 30, 42
Merak is occupied by the Japanese – the invasion of Java begins by default
Previous report of sinking of SS O16 incorrect. Ship sighted and engaged at 52, 89
23 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 1st Raiding Regiment to Prome
9 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 7th JAAF Base Force to Pegu
12 x MC-21 Sally transporting 7th JAAF Base Force to Pegu
5 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 12th JAAF AF Coy from Kiungshan
Japanese forces CAPTURE Cebu !!!
Singora expands fortifications to size 1
Manila expands port to size 7
Noumea expands port to size 4
SS O16 is reported to have been sunk near Muntok on Jan 30, 1942
Kure 3rd SNLF arrives at Hiroshima/Kure – will move to SEAF
12th Naval Construction Battalion arrives at Osaka/Kyoto – will move to SEAF


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31 Jan 42 report - 11/13/2019 7:19:29 PM   
jdsrae


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From: Gandangara Country
Status: offline 		44/45/46 Indian Bdes and the beaten up 17th Indian Div are at Rangoon. Deliberate attack dropped forts to 2 but AV is about 1:2. It will be a bit of a grind.

The CA task forces in SWAF cleared the cobwebs out of their 8" turrets.

Cebu is captured which has cleared the Philippine Islands. One base left on Mindanao.
KB has just arrived so it’s time for the 5-6 x SNLFs to capture a few allied air bases in SE Borneo and the Celebes in prep for Java landings.

Merak auto flipped so the Java invasion has already started!

The Chinese were routed NW if Sinyang with Nanyang in the clear hex next in line.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 31, 42
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ASW attack near Suva at 132,161
SS I-26 is sighted by escort
DD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Rangoon at 54,53, Range 2,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CA Mogami
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
CA Kumano
DD Maikaze
DD Amatsukaze
DD Nowaki
DD Arashi
DD Hagikaze
Allied Ships
AMc Calcutta, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
Yamazaki, Shigeaki crosses the 'T' – that was lucky!
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TF 126 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
16 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. That’s 50% hits from the shore based RN gunners…
Japanese Ships
DMS W-9, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
DMS W-8, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
DMS W-7, Shell hits 4, on fire

DMS W-9 firing at 103rd RN Base Force
103rd RN Base Force firing at DMS W-9
DMS W-8 firing at 103rd RN Base Force
103rd RN Base Force firing at DMS W-8
DMS W-7 firing at 103rd RN Base Force
103rd RN Base Force firing at DMS W-7
8 mines cleared – for 2 x DMS sunk and one heavily damaged…
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,108
SS Tuna launches 4 torpedoes at DD Minazuki
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ASW attack near Port Moresby at 97,132
SS I-123 is located by PG Moresby
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Sub attack near Kodiak at 181,40
Allied Ships
AMc Grosbeak
Captain of SS I-3 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
Sub escapes detection
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Night Naval bombardment of Port Blair at 46,58. SNLF Paras are coming soon.
Allied aircraft losses
PBY-4 Catalina: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
CA Chikuma
CA Tone
DD Hayashio
DD Natsushio
DD Hatsukaze
DD Kuroshio
Allied ground losses:
168 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 42
Port hits 14
Port supply hits 1
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Night Naval bombardment of Moulmein at 55,55
Japanese Ships
CA Chokai
CA Atago
CA Takao
DD Tanikaze
DD Hamakaze
DD Urakaze
DD Yukikaze
DD Oyashio
Manpower hits 4
Fires 915
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 1
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Chokai
CA Chokai firing at 1st Burma Division
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Atago
CA Atago firing at Moulmein
CA Takao firing at 1st Burma Division
DD Tanikaze firing at 1st Burma Division
DD Hamakaze firing at Moulmein
DD Urakaze firing at 1st Burma Division
DD Yukikaze firing at Moulmein
DD Oyashio firing at 1st Burma Division
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Night Naval bombardment of Rangoon at 54,53 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 2 damaged
Buffalo I: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
DD Hagikaze
DD Arashi
DD Nowaki
DD Amatsukaze
DD Maikaze
Allied ground losses:
158 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Manpower hits 4
Light Industry hits 1
Resources hits 1
Fires 482
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 8
Runway hits 63
Port hits 10
Port fuel hits 2
Port supply hits 1
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Kumano
CA Kumano firing at 17th Indian Division
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Suzuya
CA Suzuya firing at Rangoon
CA Mikuma firing at Rangoon
CA Mogami firing at Rangoon
DD Hagikaze firing at 103rd RN Base Force
103rd RN Base Force firing at DD Hagikaze
DD Arashi firing at 103rd RN Base Force
DD Nowaki firing at Rangoon
DD Amatsukaze firing at Rangoon
DD Maikaze firing at Rangoon
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Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58
Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
DD Akigumo
DD Yugumo
Allied ground losses:
96 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Manpower hits 2
Fires 66
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 19
Port hits 2

E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Mutsu
BB Mutsu firing at 70th Chinese Corps
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Nagato
BB Nagato firing at 86th Chinese Corps
DD Akigumo firing at Wenchow
DD Yugumo firing at 100th Chinese Corps
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ASW attack near Suva at 131,161
SS I-26
Allied Ships
DD Porter
DD Balch
DD Phelps
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ASW attack near Muntok at 49,89
Japanese Ships
PB Gamitsu Maru #1, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS KXIV
SS KXIV launches 2 torpedoes at PB Gamitsu Maru #1
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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98
A6M2 Zero x 18
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 13
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tjilatjap at 51,102
G3M2 Nell x 16
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
xAKL Soerabaja
xAKL Parigi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Massive explosion on xAKL Parigi
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Victoria Point at 50,64
Allied aircraft
PBY-4 Catalina x 2
PBY-4 Catalina: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
CA Atago
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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98
A6M2 Zero x 6
G3M2 Nell x 9
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
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Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
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Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein)
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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
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Morning Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,76 (Medan)
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Morning Air attack on 46th Indian Brigade, at 54,53 (Rangoon)
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Ground combat at 85,47 (near Sinyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 73560 troops, 833 guns, 1417 vehicles, Assault Value = 2671
Defending force 255 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese assault odds: 1648 to 1
Allied ground losses:
159 casualties reported
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Defending units:
2nd Group Army
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 52005 troops, 602 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1789
Defending force 64277 troops, 333 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1915
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Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 54404 troops, 697 guns, 383 vehicles, Assault Value = 1802
Defending force 28947 troops, 520 guns, 465 vehicles, Assault Value = 917
Japanese ground losses:
520 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 22 disabled – this was mainly the 16th Div that didn’t have field forts yet. I thought I’d set them to defend but hadn’t…
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 9 (7 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 24456 troops, 234 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 825
Defending force 17672 troops, 142 guns, 147 vehicles, Assault Value = 637
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Japanese adjusted assault: 590
Allied adjusted defense: 1309
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1437 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 129 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled
Allied ground losses:
551 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 39 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
56th Division
33rd Division
Defending units:
RM Viper Force - destroyed
44th Indian Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
46th Indian Brigade
Rangoon BAF Battalion
17th Indian Division
107th RAF Base Force
221 Group RAF
103rd RN Base Force
AVG Ground Echelon
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Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 3836 troops, 70 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 203
Defending force 9312 troops, 82 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 336
Assaulting units:
112th Infantry Regiment
55th Cavalry Regiment
55th Engineer Regiment
15th Army
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
Defending units:
Tenasserim BAF Battalion
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Burma Division
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Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1488 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61
Defending force 2979 troops, 18 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 125
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

Defending force 1812 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 44
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1023 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 44
Defending force 1409 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 57
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Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 6213 troops, 27 guns, 91 vehicles, Assault Value = 588
Defending force 23324 troops, 234 guns, 116 vehicles, Assault Value = 707
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Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8577 troops, 82 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 336
Defending force 8578 troops, 75 guns, 90 vehicles, Assault Value = 203
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 58641 troops, 309 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1911
Defending force 54668 troops, 662 guns, 215 vehicles, Assault Value = 1788
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Ground combat at Medan (46,76)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4473 troops, 41 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 157
Defending force 1908 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
Japanese adjusted assault: 139
Allied adjusted defense: 21
Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Medan !!!
Japanese ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Allied ground losses:
409 casualties reported
Squads: 31 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 38 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 4
Assaulting units:
5th/C Division
Defending units:
Medan Coastal Gun Battalion
Medan Garrison Battalion
Van Aaran Garrison Battalion
Medan Base Force

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 31, 42
Bassein is occupied by the Japanese
Japanese forces CAPTURE Medan !!!
Davao expands airfield to size 3
Chitose Ku S-1 converting to size 36 from 27
Okamoto Det converting to size 27 from 9
AG Kinesaki arrives at Osaka/Kyoto
AMc Calcutta is reported to have been sunk near Rangoon on Jan 31, 1942
SC CHa-27 arrives at Toyama
31 Ku T-1 arrives at Manila – all of these groups that can resize will be increased to 27 to start with over the next few weeks and set to training.
32nd Ku T-1 arrives at Davao
33rd Ku T-1 arrives at Oita
33rd Ku T-2 arrives at Oita
35th Ku T-1 arrives at Takao
40th Ku T-1 arrives at Chiba
40th Ku T-2 arrives at Chiba
4th Air Division arrives at Changchun - may rail to China to help support bombing of the big stacks.
52nd Infantry Brigade arrives at Shanghai – these Bdes will generally take replacements to 100% then combine to form oversized garrison Divisions.
58th Infantry Brigade arrives at Shanghai
56th Infantry Brigade arrives at Shanghai
62nd Infantry Brigade arrives at Shanghai
60th Infantry Brigade arrives at Peiping
54th Infantry Brigade arrives at Peiping
69th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Changchun – these AF Bns will remain in Manchukuo to support pilot training
99th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Changchun
201st JAAF AF Bn arrives at Changchun
205th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Changchun


< Message edited by jdsrae -- 11/15/2019 12:28:20 PM >

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1 Feb 42 - 11/15/2019 12:44:41 PM   
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Posts: 2716
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ASW attack near Canton Island at 154,142
SS I-174 is sighted by escort
DD Downes fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Sub attack near Davao at 79,91
Japanese Ships – a large local troop movement convoy with PB escort
xAK Shozan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS S-37
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
SS S-37 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Shozan Maru
Escort abandons search for sub
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Night Naval bombardment of Shortlands at 109,131 – interesting development. I am keeping KB in the DEI for the next few weeks so the allies might move forward in this area while it is there.
Allied Ships
CA Canberra
CA Australia
CA Northampton
CL Mauritius
CL Perth
CL Leander
Port hits 22
Port supply hits 8

Seagull V acting as spotter for CA Canberra
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Sub attack near Suva at 132,161
SS I-26 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Balch
DD Balch fails to find sub, continues to search...
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ASW attack near Manado at 77,100
Japanese Ships – this is my CVL task force but he doesn’t get a look at the carriers.
DD Shigure
BB Haruna
BB Kongo
DD Yudachi
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Suzukaze
DD Umikaze
DD Kawakaze
DD Yamakaze
Allied Ships
SS S-40
SS S-40 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Shigure
DD Suzukaze fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Umikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yamakaze fails to find sub and abandons search
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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98
A6M2 Zero x 18
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 18
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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98
A6M2 Zero x 6
G3M2 Nell x 9
G3M2 Nell: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
AMc Djampea, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
CM Rigel, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 31
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
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Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein)
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Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
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Morning Air attack on Van Aaran Garrison Battalion, at 45,77 , near Medan
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Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
G4M1 Betty x 28
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 damaged
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Afternoon Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
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Afternoon Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
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ASW attack near Muntok at 49,89
Captain of SS KXIV elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
SC Ch 19 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 52053 troops, 602 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1791
Defending force 64335 troops, 333 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1915
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Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 41618 troops, 566 guns, 339 vehicles, Assault Value = 1854
Defending force 28822 troops, 519 guns, 460 vehicles, Assault Value = 900
Allied ground losses: No IJA losses when the 16th Div was set to defend to allow it to build forts.
50 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1488 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 122
Defending force 2974 troops, 18 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 125
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
Kure 1st SNLF
Kure 2nd SNLF – the first reinforcements have arrived.
Defending units:
102nd PA Infantry Regiment
3rd PA Constabulary Regiment
1st /101st PA Battalion
Cagayan USAAF Base Force
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1409 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 57
Defending force 1817 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 44
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1028 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 44
Defending force 1409 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 57
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Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 6240 troops, 27 guns, 92 vehicles, Assault Value = 593
Defending force 23383 troops, 234 guns, 117 vehicles, Assault Value = 716
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8576 troops, 82 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 336
Defending force 8569 troops, 75 guns, 90 vehicles, Assault Value = 202
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 58721 troops, 308 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1915
Defending force 54662 troops, 662 guns, 215 vehicles, Assault Value = 1784
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Ground combat at Ramree Island (54,48)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 258 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Ramree Island !!!
Assaulting units:
1st Raiding Rgt /2

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Feb 01, 42
Japanese forces CAPTURE Ramree Island !!!
Hanoi expands airfield to size 2 – to support bombing and para missions into Yunnan
24th Sentai converting to Ki-43-Ic Oscar
5th/C Division - some devices have been upgraded at Medan
32nd Ku T-1 on CS Chitose converting to size 24 from 6
Sagara Maru-1 on CS Chiyoda converting to size 24 from 9
Unit '18th Ind.Mixed' changes name to '51st Infantry'
Unit '14th Ind.Mixed' changes name to '57th Infantry'
Unit '11th Ind.Mixed' changes name to '55th Infantry'
Unit '20th Ind.Mixed' changes name to '61st Infantry'
Unit '16th Ind.Mixed' changes name to '59th Infantry'
Unit '10th Ind.Mixed' changes name to '53rd Infantry'


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2 Feb 42 - 11/15/2019 12:51:55 PM   
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ASW attack near Dadjangas at 79,93
SS S-37 is sighted by escort
PB Ronsan Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
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ASW attack near Muntok at 50,89
SC Ch 4
SC Ch 6
Allied Ships
SS KXIV, hits 4
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ASW attack near Davao at 79,91
Allied Ships
SS S-37
SS S-37 is sighted by escort
TB Tomozuru fails to find sub, continues to search...
TB Hatsukari fails to find sub and abandons search
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ASW attack near Phuket at 48,68
Japanese Ships
DD Arashio
DD Michishio
DD Asagumo
DD Minegumo
Allied Ships
SS Trusty
SS Trusty launches 2 torpedoes at DD Arashio
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 18
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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98
A6M2 Zero x 6
G3M2 Nell x 8
Allied Ships
AVP Merel, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Kajang, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
xAP Poelau Bras, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
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Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein)
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Morning Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15
Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 9th Chinese Base Force ...
Also attacking 64th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on Tapanoeli Gsn Battalion, at 44,79 (Sibolga)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22
Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 44th Indian Brigade, at 54,53 (Rangoon)
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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98
A6M2 Zero x 18
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Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd/C Division, at 48,96 (Oosthaven)
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 13
Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 4
CW-22 Falcon x 9
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed
CW-22 Falcon: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 52045 troops, 602 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1788
Defending force 64494 troops, 333 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1925
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Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)
Japanese Bombardment attack – deliberate attack ordered for tomorrow to try and drop forts further.
Attacking force 41757 troops, 566 guns, 339 vehicles, Assault Value = 1882
Defending force 28714 troops, 519 guns, 460 vehicles, Assault Value = 890
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Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 2961 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 122
Defending force 2990 troops, 18 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 126
Japanese adjusted assault: 42
Allied adjusted defense: 100
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
231 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled – no permanent damage. They will recover for a few days then attack again.
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
Kure 1st SNLF
Kure 2nd SNLF
Defending units:
102nd PA Infantry Regiment
3rd PA Constabulary Regiment
1st /101st PA Battalion
Cagayan USAAF Base Force
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
Defending force 1832 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 44
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Allied Bombardment attack
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Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)
Allied Bombardment attack
Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55)
Allied Bombardment attack
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Allied Bombardment attack
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Ground combat at Sorong (82,107)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 42 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4
Defending force 80 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Sorong !!!
Allied aircraft losses
Do-24K-1: 1 destroyed
Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
112 casualties reported
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /1
Defending units:
Sorong Det. Base Force

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Feb 02, 42
6 x H6K2-L Mavis dropping Yokosuka 3rd SNLF at Sorong
27 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Pegu
8 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 15th JAAF AF Bn to Pegu
12 x MC-21 Sally transporting 17th JAAF AF Bn to Pegu
23 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ramree Island
Japanese forces CAPTURE Sorong !!!
Ichang expands airfield to size 4
Samah expands fortifications to size 2
Manila expands airfield to size 4
5th/A Division - some devices have been upgraded at Langsa
AMc Djampea is reported to have been sunk near Batavia on Feb 01, 1942


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RE: 27 Jan report - 11/15/2019 8:24:01 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: jdsrae

Here is a summary of my aircraft and engine production/research as at 27 Jan 42.
The supply use for setting all of this up has stabilised and supply is starting to increase at Tokyo again.
I have a spreadsheet that I will check and adjust if required on the first of each game month, but this is tracking to plan for now.

One thing I have just noticed from this is that next time I might build out the B5N1 Kates to use up the start pool of the Nakajima Hikari engines.
Maybe I considered doing this, and chose not to because the B5N1 doesn't upgrade automatically to the B5N2 so it would cost more supply to repair the factories again...



A few things.

The Ki-95 is not worth it. Your investment in the Ki-83 should be MUCH higher, and it's a LOT better than the Ki-95.

You don't have many Frances being researched. You'll want to make a lot of those.

You have a lot of Jills. The Grace is really your go-to late game TB and DB. There are some units that only use a TB, so you'll need some Jills, just not that many.

WAY too many Jakes going on here. Not sure what the plan is, but 30-40 a month is more than enough.

You'll need a lot of Ha-43 engines, so might gradually begin ramping those up from the 90 you have now.

Unless I missed it, I didn't spot the J7W1. A very good CAP plane. You need some.

Here is a post from early builds in Elephant Vanishes.




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RE: 27 Jan report - 11/15/2019 8:58:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		Cheers Obvert. I’ll check it all out.
Not all research factories will produce what they’re researching, like the Jill.
And the plan is to win the war before the late war fighters are needed, but if I don’t they will come into play.

The method to the Jake madness is that I need 1000+ Jakes in my planned 50x 24 land based float plane groups.
40-50 per month would never fill them all out factoring in ops losses and the odd one lost to CAP.
Even producing 180/month will take at least 6 months to upgrade all FP groups to Jakes.

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Cheers Obvert. I’ll check it all out.
Not all research factories will produce what they’re researching, like the Jill.
And the plan is to win the war before the late war fighters are needed, but if I don’t they will come into play.

The method to the Jake madness is that I need 1000+ Jakes in my planned 50x 24 land based float plane groups.
40-50 per month would never fill them all out factoring in ops losses and the odd one lost to CAP.
Even producing 180/month will take at least 6 months to upgrade all FP groups to Jakes.


No need for so many Jakes. Why?

They're a great plane, but you just don't need that many groups or planes.

Japan is about balancing need with economics, and this is an unneeded emphasis that is taking a huge opportunity cost from your economic output in production and supply to fill and fly those groups.

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Cheers Obvert. I’ll check it all out.
Not all research factories will produce what they’re researching, like the Jill.
And the plan is to win the war before the late war fighters are needed, but if I don’t they will come into play.

The method to the Jake madness is that I need 1000+ Jakes in my planned 50x 24 land based float plane groups.
40-50 per month would never fill them all out factoring in ops losses and the odd one lost to CAP.
Even producing 180/month will take at least 6 months to upgrade all FP groups to Jakes.


No need for so many Jakes. Why?

They're a great plane, but you just don't need that many groups or planes.

Japan is about balancing need with economics, and this is an unneeded emphasis that is taking a huge opportunity cost from your economic output in production and supply to fill and fly those groups.


ASW duty over the convoy routes supported by converted AV ships.
Japan needs oil and fuel to make it home above nearly everything else, and the most persistent and effective threat to the TK convoys is allied subs.
We'll see if it works or not, but countering allied subs is the reason.

And I do have 1x30 J7W1 research factory, but it's still 0(30) so isn't showing on the info screen that I cut and paste from.

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Status: offline 		With Rangoon captured the Burma coast is almost completely under IJA control.
It will be interesting to see if the remaining allies stay and fight in central/upper Burma or if they start moving overland to India.
I think at least the Chinese that I spotted moving into Burma will try to delay.
I will probably just leave them for a bit and find another coastline to invade.
To help with that, 54th Div was bought out a few days ago and is moving in fast ships and Strat mode to Singapore.
It will then reorg onto an amphibious TF for Cox’s Bazaar, or if I don’t see it reinforced, maybe Chittagong.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 03, 42
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ASW attack near Singapore at 51,84
Allied Ships
SS KXII, hits 5
SS KXII is sighted by escort
DD Karukaya attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Aparri at 84,76
SS Perch launches 4 torpedoes at DD Tachikaze
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ASW attack near Davao at 79,91
Japanese Ships
CM Kyosai
PB Nanpo Maru
Allied Ships
SS S-37, hits 9, heavy damage
SS S-37 is sighted by escort
PB Nanpo Maru is out of ASW ammo
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Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58
Allied ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
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Morning Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein)
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed on ground
Buffalo I: 2 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
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Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 54,53 (Rangoon)
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
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Afternoon Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98
A6M2 Zero x 6
G3M2 Nell x 9
Allied Ships
AMc Salak, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd/B Division, at 48,96 (Oosthaven)
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 13

Allied aircraft
CW-22 Falcon x 3
CW-22 Falcon: 2 destroyed
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ASW attack near Port Moresby at 97,131
SS I-123 is sighted by escort
AM Wollongong fails to find sub, continues to search...
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ASW attack near Port Moresby at 97,131
SS I-123, hits 4
Allied Ships
AM Colac
AM Wollongong
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ASW attack near Canton Island at 154,142
SS I-174 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Downes
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Sub attack near Pago Pago at 149,162
Captain of SS I-23 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
AM Kingfisher fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 52081 troops, 602 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1793
Defending force 64480 troops, 333 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1921
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Ground combat at Kukong (79,57)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 16932 troops, 214 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 594
Defending force 13082 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 408
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack – I’ve just spotted Chinese movement into this hex from Tsiaotso. If that is a complete evacuation of Tsiaotso then I’m happy with that as it can produce supply, but 41st Division will potentially be heavily outnumbered in terms of raw AV. One to watch and see what happens.
Attacking force 510 troops, 35 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 410
Defending force 35745 troops, 198 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1131
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
41st Division
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
Defending units:
16th Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
47th Chinese Corps
4th Group Army
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2640 troops, 108 guns, 254 vehicles, Assault Value = 1371
Defending force 49787 troops, 314 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1510 – how many of these Chinese units are moving NW remains to be confirmed. All might be moving to try and get back to Sian on the high road, which would make it 2600 raw AV against the 41st Div’s 400.
Assaulting units:
9th Division – now that the 36th Div has arrived I will move this 9th Div to join 20th Army and leave the rest here to take Tsiaotso if the Chinese do withdraw.
1st Army
35th Division
36th Division
5th NCPC Infantry Brigade
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
North China Area Army
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
52nd Field AA Battalion
Defending units:
9th Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
27th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
14th Group Army
7th Group Army
8th Group Army
39th Group Army
15th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 55549 troops, 697 guns, 472 vehicles, Assault Value = 1901
Defending force 28651 troops, 517 guns, 459 vehicles, Assault Value = 886
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Japanese adjusted assault: 956
Allied adjusted defense: 2085
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-). The defenders are running low on supply so I will keep up the deliberate attacks every 2-3 days to try and end this in the next few weeks.
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1804 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 197 disabled – spread across 4 x Divs, so they will let the artillery bombard for a few days to recover before attacking again.
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 53 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled
Guns lost 33 (1 destroyed, 32 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (3 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1763 casualties reported – most of the casualties seemed to be inflicted on Philippine Army units and not the USMC or USArmy.
Squads: 68 destroyed, 55 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 49 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 37 (2 destroyed, 35 disabled)
Vehicles lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Assaulting units:
14th Army
16th Division
21st Division
38th Division
48th Division
4th Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
45th Field AA Battalion
47th Field AA Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
48th Field AA Battalion
30th Fld AA Gun Co
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
40th Field AA Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
31st Fld AA Gun Co
Defending units:
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
Subic Bay Defenses
31st Infantry Regiment – still about 90 AV
21st PA Infantry Division
Manila Bay Defenses
14th PS Engineer Regiment
4th Marine Regiment – still 100+ AV
4th PA Constabulary Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
803rd Engineer Aviation Battalion
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Bataan USN Base Force
I Philippine Corps
202nd PA Construction Battalion
Asiatic Fleet
Provisional GMC Grp
Far East USAAF
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
301st Construction Battalion
201st PA Construction Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment
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Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 23724 troops, 234 guns, 117 vehicles, Assault Value = 753
Defending force 9117 troops, 33 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 355
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 884
Allied adjusted defense: 173
Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Rangoon !!!
Allied aircraft
no flights
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed
Buffalo I: 4 destroyed
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
586 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 60 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
3682 casualties reported
Squads: 68 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 203 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 33 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 17 (17 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 69 (51 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Units retreated 3
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
56th Division
33rd Division – 1 x RCT will remain at Rangoon as the garrison until it can be replaced. The rest will follow on the road NE.
Defending units: 17th Indian Division just escaped to the NE where the Bdes joined it following their retreat.
Rangoon BAF Battalion - destroyed
44th Indian Brigade
46th Indian Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
Defending force 1837 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 44
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Allied Bombardment attack
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Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8589 troops, 82 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 339
Defending force 8578 troops, 75 guns, 90 vehicles, Assault Value = 203
Assaulting units:
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
Tenasserim BAF Battalion
1st Burma Division
Defending units: 2 x Infantry Regts are en route to form 55th Div and the Thai unit is still moving to encircle. I want to trap and destroy this force so I don’t have to chase it through the jungle.
15th Army
112th Infantry Regiment
55th Cavalry Regiment
55th Engineer Regiment
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Allied Bombardment attack – interesting that the Chinese are starting to bombard in a few places like this, using up some of their precious supplies.
Attacking force 58844 troops, 309 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1919
Defending force 55102 troops, 710 guns, 215 vehicles, Assault Value = 1787
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Ground combat at 45,77 (near Medan)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4492 troops, 41 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 157
Defending force 1294 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 39
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
162 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Allied ground losses:
563 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 4
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
5th/C Division
Defending units:
Medan Garrison Battalion
Medan Coastal Gun Battalion
Van Aaran Garrison Battalion
Medan Base Force
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Ground combat at Namlea (76,108) – next door to Ambon to see if I can recon it from island to island.
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 42 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Namlea !!!
Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /2
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Ground combat at Port Blair (46,58)
Japanese Shock attack – more paras doing good work.
Attacking force 146 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12
Defending force 81 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Blair !!!
Allied aircraft losses
PBY-4 Catalina: 3 destroyed
Allied ground losses:
109 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 1st SNLF /1
Defending units:
Port Blair RN Det

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Feb 03, 42
Galeia is occupied by the Japanese
SS I-121 lays minefield at Cochin ( 28 , 40) and sets course for Singapore – for nuisance value and to try and keep allied resources in rear areas.
6 x H6K2-L Mavis dropping Yokosuka 3rd SNLF at Namlea
14 x L3Y2 Tina dropping Yokosuka 1st SNLF at Port Blair
26 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Pegu
9 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 15th JAAF AF Bn to Pegu – I’ll start moving JAAF AF units to Rangoon by air transport now.
11 x MC-21 Sally transporting 17th JAAF AF Bn to Pegu
21 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 1st Raiding Regiment from Prome
Japanese forces CAPTURE Rangoon !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Namlea !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Blair !!!
Anyang expands airfield to size 1 – just so I can get the flag on the map.
Guam expands airfield to size 2 – will continue
Palembang expands airfield to size 5 – will continue
AMc Salak is reported to have been sunk near Batavia on Feb 03, 1942


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RE: 3 Feb 42 report - 11/16/2019 1:43:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		jdsrae nice job getting Rangoon Port Blair very early feb 42.

It might be too late but were you going to try to get NAK-35 pool up past 500 so you get the research bonus?

I always try to get them over 500 by the time the first Rufe factory completely repairs.

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Cheers Obvert. I’ll check it all out.
Not all research factories will produce what they’re researching, like the Jill.
And the plan is to win the war before the late war fighters are needed, but if I don’t they will come into play.

The method to the Jake madness is that I need 1000+ Jakes in my planned 50x 24 land based float plane groups.
40-50 per month would never fill them all out factoring in ops losses and the odd one lost to CAP.
Even producing 180/month will take at least 6 months to upgrade all FP groups to Jakes.


No need for so many Jakes. Why?

They're a great plane, but you just don't need that many groups or planes.

Japan is about balancing need with economics, and this is an unneeded emphasis that is taking a huge opportunity cost from your economic output in production and supply to fill and fly those groups.


ASW duty over the convoy routes supported by converted AV ships.
Japan needs oil and fuel to make it home above nearly everything else, and the most persistent and effective threat to the TK convoys is allied subs.
We'll see if it works or not, but countering allied subs is the reason.

And I do have 1x30 J7W1 research factory, but it's still 0(30) so isn't showing on the info screen that I cut and paste from.


If it's ASW then you should be using the IJAAF 2Es instead of overspending on your FPs. They are a much better platform, with better range and payload.

To start just put a bunch of groups on 50 ASW, 30 train and 20 rest.

You do not need all of these Jakes. ;)

Some Jakes are great for ASW, but they tend to only damage subs while Kates and Sallys and Helens get kills. I've basically shut down the entire sub warfare of the Allies using mostly the IJAAF 2Es.

EDIT:

The G3M3 Nell is actually also a fantastic ASW platform for several reasons. Nothing can beat its range, firstly, but it has a decent bomb load and I thin gets the MAD device (as does the Kate).

In the middle war when subs are beginning to be more prevalent it's the range that helps as you can detect and hit them before they even get close to your convoy routes. Jakes are fine, and definitely use them both in small airfields/dot bases and on AVs moving with convoys, but your 2E LBA is going to be the best option.

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To help with that, 54th Div was bought out a few days ago and is moving in fast ships and Strat mode to Singapore.
It will then reorg onto an amphibious TF for Cox’s Bazaar, or if I don’t see it reinforced, maybe Chittagong.


Doing an amphibious landing from Singers to either target is a long haul and will leave your unit(s) in poor shape for such an adventure. I'd suggest a brief stay in Rangoon to recover whatever it is that they lose on long journeys (IIRC its disruption).

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jdsrae nice job getting Rangoon Port Blair very early feb 42.

It might be too late but were you going to try to get NAK-35 pool up past 500 so you get the research bonus?

I always try to get them over 500 by the time the first Rufe factory completely repairs.


The short answer is no, I'm not planning to get the Nak35 pool > 500 in the short term.
I am increasing production of the Nak35 but with the current plan the pool won't build quickly enough unless I dial back Zero and/or Oscar production - which is a possibility if CS keeps avoiding air-air combat. I will also expand Nick production once they arrive to fill out the light bomber groups that I want to convert to FB.

This graph shows the engine pool estimate for each engine.

To come up with this I've estimated:
1. engine demand from aircraft production, which changes over time as the aircraft I want to build changes
2. increasing engine production as the expanded factories repair
3. if an engine pool gets above 500, engine used by those aircraft researching at that time

Where the graph flatlines at 500 is when engines are being used to help boost aircraft research.

I could expand more Nak35 now and turn the factories off earlier in 1945.
The main reason I see for that is to try and get the A6M5c earlier with its armour to try and help protect KB fighter pilots. I'd need something like 150 engines/month more than I am planning to build now. I'll crunch some more numbers in the spreadsheet but I might give it a go.




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ASW attack near Lingga at 51,88 – this is part of the Java invasion force moving under land based air cover. A total of 9 x CA in 3 x TF are providing surface cover. KB is on the other side of Borneo supporting landings there so this is a bit risky, but I haven’t seen any major allied surface combatants and want to keep up the momentum.
Japanese Ships
CA Chokai
CA Atago
DD Yukikaze
DD Oyashio
DD Tanikaze
DD Hamakaze
Allied Ships
SS O21
SS O21 is sighted by escort
DD Tanikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hamakaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
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ASW attack near Lingga at 51,88
Japanese Ships
DD Maikaze
DD Nowaki
DD Hagikaze
DD Arashi
Allied Ships
SS O21, hits 1
SS O21 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Maikaze
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ASW attack near Lingga at 51,88
Japanese Ships
DMS W-20
AMC Awata Maru
APD Nadakaze
LSD Shinshu Maru
AK Tosan Maru
AK Kyushu Maru
AK Sakito Maru
xAK Yamasimo Maru
xAK Azumasan Maru
Allied Ships
SS O21
SS O21 launches 4 torpedoes at DMS W-20
DMS W-20 fails to find sub, continues to search...
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ASW attack near Suva at 132,161
SS I-26 is sighted by escort
I-26 diving deep ....
DD Balch fails to find sub, continues to search...
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ASW attack near Auckland at 117,184
SS I-17 is located by AM Muritai
I-17 diving deep ....
AM Muritai fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Amphibious Assault at Tarawa (136,128)
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Amphibious Assault at Buka (109,128)
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Pre-Invasion action off Moulmein (55,55)
62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Amphibious Assault at Moulmein (55,55)
Japanese ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Invasion Support action off Moulmein (55,55)
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Sub attack near Hengchun at 84,68
SS Perch launches 2 torpedoes
Perch diving deep ....
SC Ch 33 attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Davao at 79,91
Japanese Ships
DD Akebono
DD Amagiri
DD Ushio
DD Sazanami
Allied Ships
SS S-41
SS S-41 is sighted by escort
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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98
A6M2 Zero x 18
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Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 18
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Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein)
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Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein)
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Morning Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein)
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi) – flying out of Hanoi now that it is size 2
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 11
Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Also attacking 9th Chinese Base Force ...
Also attacking 64th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 67,91
A6M2 Zero x 38
Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 7
139WH-3: 4 damaged
139WH-3: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
xAP Tsingtao Maru
xAP Dairen Maru
CAP engaged: From two separate task forces, which may confuse allied sigint a bit.
Kaga-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Soryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Hiryu-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Afternoon Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 55,52 , near Rangoon
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Afternoon Air attack on Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 67,91 (Tarakan)
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Afternoon Air attack on Samarinda , at 65,96
A6M2 Zero x 53
B5N2 Kate x 58 – I thought I’d sent these to hit ships spotted in port at Balikpapan but had left them to commander’s discretion…
D3A1 Val x 108
D3A1 Val: 18 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 1 destroyed on ground
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Tarakan at 67,91
A6M2 Zero x 35
Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 3
139WH-3: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
Akagi-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Kaga-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Ryujo-1 with A6M2 Zero (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Zuiho-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Moulmein at 55,55
Allied aircraft
PBY-4 Catalina x 2 – this looked like a long range strike from somewhere like Chittagong.
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
xAK Tamagawa Maru
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ASW attack near Davao at 79,91
CM Shirakami
PB Nanpo Maru
Allied Ships
SS S-41
SS S-41 is sighted by escort
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ASW attack near Muntok at 49,89
SC Ch 19
SC Ch 18
Allied Ships
SS KXIV, hits 3
SS KXIV is located by SC Ch 19
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Sub attack near Canton Island at 154,142
SS I-174 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Downes
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ASW attack near Pago Pago at 149,162
SS I-23, hits 1
Allied Ships
AM Kingfisher
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Pre-Invasion action off Tarakan (67,91) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
80 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CA Maya, Shell hits 1
DD Inazuma, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAP Ukishima Maru
Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Allied ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
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Amphibious Assault at Tarakan (67,91)
Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Ground combat at Nanyang (85,45)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 23748 troops, 369 guns, 1292 vehicles, Assault Value = 3209 – only the Tank Regts attacked with about 500 AV, with the rest just arriving this turn.
Defending force 19539 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 673
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Japanese adjusted assault: 441
Allied adjusted defense: 463

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2)
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 92 (1 destroyed, 91 disabled) – spread across a few Regts so all still able to fight tomorrow with about 5 x infantry Divs to join in.
Allied ground losses:
3307 casualties reported
Squads: 22 destroyed, 313 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 151 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Guns lost 17 (1 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Assaulting units:
5th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
13th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
10th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
Defending units:
41st Chinese Corps
92nd Chinese Corps
5th War Area
22nd Group Army
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 14549 troops, 202 guns, 286 vehicles, Assault Value = 1387
Defending force 49801 troops, 314 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1511
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 510 troops, 35 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 412
Defending force 35771 troops, 198 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1132
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Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2895 troops, 203 guns, 195 vehicles, Assault Value = 1586 – fatigue and disruption are still fairly high so a few days until I attack again.
Defending force 27328 troops, 512 guns, 458 vehicles, Assault Value = 747
Allied ground losses:
63 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Ground combat at Tarawa (136,128)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 342 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Tarawa !!!
Assaulting units:
4th Indpt SNLF Coy
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Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 5813 troops, 76 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 224
Defending force 2954 troops, 18 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 120
Japanese adjusted assault: 69
Allied adjusted defense: 64
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
455 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 62 disabled – I didn’t wait for them to build field forts before attacking. I’ll let them recover fatigue and go again so I can move these SNLF forward to Borneo and Java.
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
178 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Assaulting units:
Kure 2nd SNLF
Kure 1st SNLF
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
Yokosuka 4th SNLF
Defending units:
102nd PA Infantry Regiment
3rd PA Constabulary Regiment
Cagayan USAAF Base Force
1st /101st PA Battalion
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1401 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 177 – deliberate attack ordered for tomorrow
Defending force 1833 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 46
Assaulting units:
Sasebo 2nd SNLF
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
Sasebo 8th SNLF
Defending units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion
Tarakan Base Force
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1049 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 46
Defending force 4396 troops, 53 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 177
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Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8579 troops, 82 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 335
Defending force 11553 troops, 99 guns, 90 vehicles, Assault Value = 304
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 58975 troops, 309 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1931
Defending force 62458 troops, 762 guns, 215 vehicles, Assault Value = 2050
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Feb 04, 42
Repairs completed on DD Fubuki at Shanghai, ship returned to service - this is all the Fubuki Is now with ASW capability.
Repairs completed on DD Shinonome at Shanghai, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Usugumo at Shanghai, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Shirakumo at Shanghai, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Isonami at Shanghai, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Shirayuki at Shanghai, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Hatsuyuki at Shanghai, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Murakumo at Shanghai, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Uranami at Shanghai, ship returned to service
Task Force 192 lays defensive minefield at Davao
CS Convoy TF 229 begins loading Fuel at Palembang for delivery to Singapore
D3A1 Val from Hiryu-2 attacking an Allied SS at 68,97 a KVIII Class class SS is reported HIT
D3A1 Val from Soryu-2 attacking a Narwhal class SS at 68,97 an Allied SS is reported HIT
B5N2 Kate from Soryu-3 attacking a Argonaut class SS at 69,96 a Narwhal class SS is reported HIT
Allied Aircraft sighted over Prome
6 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting Yokosuka 3rd SNLF to Namlea
14 x L3Y2 Tina transporting Yokosuka 1st SNLF to Port Blair
21 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 15th JAAF AF Bn to Rangoon
24 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Pegu
7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 17th JAAF AF Bn to Rangoon
11 x MC-21 Sally transporting 62nd JAAF AF Bn to Rangoon
CS Convoy TF 129 begins loading Oil at Bengkalis for delivery to Singapore
Japanese forces CAPTURE Tarawa !!!
Hankow expands airfield to size 7
Tacoma expands airfield to size 6
Oosthaven expands airfield to size 3
Noumea expands airfield to size 3
DD Kikuzuki beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore – the DD Minekaze and Mutsuki classes are all CL escorts, some with 0 ASW capability, so they will all take their first upgrade over the next few days. Some of the CLs need a few days alongside but will likely join amphib task forces with PB escorts until their regular DD escorts return in about 2-3 weeks.
DD Mikazuki beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore
DD Minekaze beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore
DD Okikaze beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore
DD Nokaze beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore
Delayed planes for the aircraft pool:
Previous report of sinking of SS O19 incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
Sanuki Maru-1 on CS Chiyoda converting to size 24 from 9
80th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Tokyo – General Defence Army, will move to Maebashi as a garrison


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Post #: 267
RE: 4 Feb 42 report - 11/17/2019 11:44:24 AM   
PaxMondo


Posts: 9750
Joined: 6/6/2008
Status: offline 		It is a dangerous strategy to pursue Ha-35 production for the bonus. The reason is that the Ha-35 engine production requirements peak in '42 for most players and then falls off precipitously. Thus you are expending supply for something that will not contribute to the mid or late war effort. building up ha-45 or ha-42 or even ha-43 (depending upon your late model choices) can be a very effective strategy though as these engine models can be in GREAT demand in the late war.

EX: Ha-45 used in Frank. Many players will boost production of this a/c in PDU ON to well over 500 by '45. Thus early production expansion to get you that 500 pool bonus can make a lot of sense as it is hard to have too many ha-45.

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5 Feb 42 report - 11/18/2019 11:16:32 AM   
jdsrae


Posts: 2716
Joined: 3/1/2010
From: Gandangara Country
Status: offline 		A few lessons learnt today about LRCAP. I hope the Dutch air force try again tomorrow.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Feb 05, 42
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Invasion Support action off Tarakan (67,91) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
7 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
BB Kirishima – detached from CVL escort duty to help suppress the CD guns
BB Hiei
CA Maya
DD Hibiki
xAP Koan Maru
xAP Ukishima Maru
Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion firing at BB Kirishima
BB Kirishima firing at Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion
Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion firing at BB Hiei
BB Hiei firing at Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion
DD Hibiki firing at VII KNIL Battalion
75mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAP Koan Maru at 8,000 yards
CA Maya firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards
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TF 199 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53)
Japanese Ships
AMc Narita Maru
AMc Kibi Maru
AMc Nichiro Maru
55 mines cleared
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Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58
Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
DD Akigumo
DD Yugumo
Allied ground losses:
243 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 17 disabled
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Night Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 5
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 2
2 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 8000 feet *
City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Pre-Invasion action off Tarakan (67,91) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
50 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships – fast transport TF to try and avoid losing too many xAK to CD guns
CA Ashigara
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
DD Shiranui
DD Isokaze
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Amphibious Assault at Tarakan (67,91)
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Amphibious Assault at Makin (136,125)
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Invasion Support action off Tarakan (67,91) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
14 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara, Shell hits 2 – not serious
CA Nachi
CA Haguro
Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion firing at CA Ashigara
CA Ashigara firing at Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion
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TF 199 encounters mine field at Rangoon (54,53)
68 mines cleared
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Morning Air attack on Mandalay , at 59,46
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Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
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Morning Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein)
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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein)
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Morning Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein)
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Morning Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
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Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 55,52 , near Rangoon
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kalidjati at 50,99 – Java amphibious assault goes ashore without any fighter cover…
Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 3
Japanese Ships – long range CAP was meant to fly from Palembang but I think I manually turned off the drop tanks thinking it was 7 hexes, when it was 8… oops
AMC Saigon Maru
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Kalidjati at 50,99
Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 8
CW-22 Falcon x 9
139WH-3: 1 damaged
139WH-3: 1 destroyed by flak
CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
AMC Awata Maru
DD Yukikaze
AK Kyushu Maru
xAK Yamasimo Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire – she is burning well…
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x CW-22 Falcon bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 50 kg GP Bomb
6 x 139WH-3 bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Oosthaven at 47,97
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 22 – flying short range LRCAP over this TF from Oosthaven. They will shift focus to help Zeros cover the Kalidjati landing tomorrow.
Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 3
139WH-3: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 1000 feet *
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98 – port attack with about 25 ships spotted in port. All look to be merchants and small auxiliaries
G3M2 Nell x 15
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
AVP Merel, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Poelau Bras, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Glenapp, Bomb hits 1
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Afternoon Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 55,52 , near Rangoon
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Afternoon Air attack on Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 67,91 (Tarakan)
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Afternoon Air attack on Padang , at 44,85 – port attack with a ship spotted there
G3M2 Nell x 9
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
xAP Van Imhoff, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
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Afternoon Air attack on Samarinda , at 65,96 – forgot to change them but it destroys a few more Dutch aircraft, bombing from 20k feet.
A6M2 Zero x 52
B5N2 Kate x 57
D3A1 Val x 106
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 14 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 1 destroyed on ground
139WH-3: 2 damaged
139WH-3: 1 destroyed on ground
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kalidjati at 50,99
Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 2
Japanese Ships
AMC Saigon Maru, Bomb hits 1
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kalidjati at 50,99
Allied aircraft
CW-22 Falcon x 7
Japanese Ships
xAK Azumasan Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires – burning brightly…
AK Kyushu Maru
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled) – a goodly portion of a Tank Regt. The ship might sink with another sizeable portion unable to offload in time…
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kalidjati at 50,99
139WH-3 x 6
139WH-3: 4 damaged
139WH-3: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
CA Takao
DD Urakaze
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ASW attack near Davao at 79,91
SS S-41 is sighted by escort
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ASW attack near Davao at 79,91 – good work from an AMc!
Allied Ships
SS S-41, hits 4
SS S-41 is sighted by escort
AMc Daitei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
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ASW attack near Suva at 131,161
SS I-26 is located by DD Phelps
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Amphibious Assault at Kalidjati (50,99)
TF 88 troops unloading over beach at Kalidjati, 50,99
Japanese ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Ground combat at Nanyang (85,45)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 87906 troops, 957 guns, 1459 vehicles, Assault Value = 3189
Defending force 16861 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 422
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Nanyang !!!
Japanese ground losses:
509 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
12728 casualties reported
Squads: 444 destroyed, 146 disabled
Non Combat: 365 destroyed, 73 disabled
Engineers: 54 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 47 (39 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Units retreated 3
Units destroyed 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating! They move NW towards Sian where one Chinese unit is already waiting in the WR terrain, I assume a decent sized Corps. I am going to pursue as the combined 12th/20th Armies with the combined Tank Regts in support are a good chance of clearing one more hex closer to Sian quite quickly. If I run into a big stack then I won’t push my luck, but I will now see how close I can get to Sian on the good road. This move might make C.S. withdraw from other areas to the NE to try and reinforce Sian which could open up other opportunities.
Defending units:
41st Chinese Corps
92nd Chinese Corps
5th War Area
22nd Group Army – destroyed
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 14557 troops, 202 guns, 286 vehicles, Assault Value = 1394
Defending force 49842 troops, 314 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1511
Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Defending units: An unknown number of these units are moving NW onto the slow/high road to Sian.
34th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
39th Group Army
8th Group Army
15th Group Army
14th Group Army
7th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force


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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 510 troops, 35 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 415
Defending force 35898 troops, 198 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1146
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Defending units: These units may be waiting until the big stack from Tsiaotso arrives. They may try an attack which could be dangerous to my lone 41st Division, or they may just try to withdraw back to Sian. I’d prefer the latter.
1st Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
47th Chinese Corps
4th Group Army
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Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)
Japanese Bombardment attack – disruption is <20 but fatigue of the infantry Divs is still 30+. Divs have recombined which shows them lacking supply, so they will get one more day before the next attack.
Attacking force 2895 troops, 203 guns, 195 vehicles, Assault Value = 1692
Defending force 27299 troops, 510 guns, 456 vehicles, Assault Value = 738
Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 6851 troops, 94 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 308
Defending force 9293 troops, 82 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 332
Assaulting units: 144th IR is moving from Singkawang past Singapore. The next attack will wait until after they’ve arrived which should be in about 4 days.
15th Army
112th Infantry Regiment
143rd Infantry Regiment
55th Cavalry Regiment
55th Engineer Regiment
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
Defending units:
1st Burma Division
6th Burma Rifles Battalion
Tenasserim BAF Battalion
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Ground combat at Makin (136,125)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 342 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Makin !!!
5th Indpt SNLF Coy
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Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90)
Japanese Bombardment attack – recovering disruption for another day or two
Attacking force 5490 troops, 76 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 181
Defending force 2786 troops, 18 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 100
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4417 troops, 53 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 182
Defending force 1788 troops, 44 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 46
Japanese adjusted assault: 45
Allied adjusted defense: 37
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
180 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled – still inflicting casualties
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
Sasebo 2nd SNLF
Sasebo 8th SNLF
Sasebo 1st SNLF /1 – these were support troops only, the fighting troops are a few days away moving from Davao. When they arrive I will attack again.
Defending units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion
Tarakan Base Force
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 952 troops, 28 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 40
Defending force 4744 troops, 53 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 166
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Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8563 troops, 82 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 330
Defending force 11593 troops, 99 guns, 90 vehicles, Assault Value = 308
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 59000 troops, 310 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1929
Defending force 62680 troops, 772 guns, 225 vehicles, Assault Value = 2056 – more troops have arrived from the NE including some more artillery.
Japanese ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
126 casualties reported – counter battery fire is having some effect
Squads: 6 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Feb 05, 42
SS I-16 reports having been sighted by the enemy at 171 , 51
Buka is occupied by the Japanese
Task Force 20 lays defensive minefield at Lingga ( 50 , 87) and sets course for Singapore
CS Convoy TF 159 begins loading Fuel at Palembang for delivery to Singapore
E13A1 Jake from Suzuya-1 has spotted an Allied xAK at 51,102 an Allied xAK is reported HIT
D3A1 Val from Hiryu-2 attacking a O21 Class class SS at 69,96 a O16 Class class SS is reported HIT
14 x L3Y2 Tina transporting Yokosuka 1st SNLF to Port Blair
24 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 15th JAAF AF Bn to Rangoon
21 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Pegu
8 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 17th JAAF AF Bn to Rangoon
10 x MC-21 Sally transporting 62nd JAAF AF Bn to Rangoon
6 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting Yokosuka 3rd SNLF from Namlea
A6M2 Zero from Akagi-1 on CV Akagi grounded due to maintenance
Japanese forces CAPTURE Nanyang !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Makin !!!
Sinyang expands airfield to size 2 – will stop there.
Wewak expands airfield to size 1
Djambi expands fortifications to size 2
Device Mitsubishi Ha-43 advances R&D
40th Ku T-2 on CVL Shoho converting to size 27 from 6 – home islands TB training unit which withdraws in about 6 months.
CL Tatsuta begins refit while under repair at Pescadores
DD Mutsuki beginning refit in shipyard at Pescadores
DD Kisaragi beginning refit in shipyard at Pescadores
DD Yayoi beginning refit in shipyard at Hakodate
DD Uzuki beginning refit in shipyard at Saigon
DD Mochizuki beginning refit in shipyard at Hakodate
DD Yuzuki beginning refit in shipyard at Saigon
DD Sawakaze beginning refit in shipyard at Hakodate
DD Hakaze beginning refit in shipyard at Hakodate
DD Akikaze beginning refit in shipyard at Pescadores
DD Yukaze beginning refit in shipyard at Pescadores
DD Namikaze beginning refit in shipyard at Saigon
DD Numakaze beginning refit in shipyard at Saigon
Shoho-1 converting to A6M2 Zero – still at Yokosuka awaiting escort to join the CVL TF
8th Sentai converting to Ki-21-IIa Sally – at Clark Field
SS I-28 arrives at Tokyo – will move to SEAF and patrol of the east coast of Aus


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RE: 5 Feb 42 report - 11/18/2019 10:25:48 PM   
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quote:

or ha-42


IIRC this engine is a non-starter, as its a one A/C engine, and one I don't intend to produce.

quote:

Ha-45 used in Frank. Many players will boost production of this a/c in PDU ON to well over 500 by '45. Thus early production expansion to get you that 500 pool bonus can make a lot of sense as it is hard to have too many ha-45.


Ain't that the truth. My Ha-45 production is approaching 600/month in Jul-43. Lots being used for the engine bonus.

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