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1944 November 20 INVADED INVESTED Quinhon Hue Davao CHANGED OWNERSHIP Allied forces CAPTURE Malang !!! Overall • 1,998 strategic points. • No carrier or battleship sightings. • 237 B-29's report ready. West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii Pacific New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya • Now the 19th Australian Brigade has to camp out, there are too many enemy at Soerabaja. quote:
000001 Sub attack 1944-11-20 49,89 Muntok Sub attack near Muntok at 49,89 Japanese Ships TK Arima Maru #4 TK Kanze Maru TK Akatuki Maru PB Fuji Maru #4 Allied Ships SS S-27 SS S-27 launches 4 torpedoes at TK Arima Maru #4 S-27 bottoming out .... PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Fuji Maru #4 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000052 Ground combat 1944-11-20 Malang 55,105 Ground combat at Malang (55,105) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 3742 troops, 66 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 125 Defending force 562 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21 Allied adjusted assault: 56 Japanese adjusted defense: 10 Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Malang !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 146 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 19th Australian Brigade Defending units: Yokosuka 3rd SNLF • Philippines • It's a start. quote:
000050 Ground combat 1944-11-20 Davao 79,91 Ground combat at Davao (79,91) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 8253 troops, 181 guns, 139 vehicles, Assault Value = 263 Defending force 5042 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 132 Allied adjusted assault: 97 Japanese adjusted defense: 346 Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 4) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 176 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 259 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) Assaulting units: 30th Australian Brigade 8th NZ Brigade 1st RAA Med Arty Regiment 147th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd RAA Med Arty Regiment Defending units: Kure 2nd SNLF 16th Naval Guard Unit 37th JNAF AF Unit • I did not expect the fortifications to be that developed. We will have more air support on line for the next assault. China • Missed. quote:
000004 Sub attack 1944-11-20 76,64 Hong Kong Sub attack near Hong Kong at 76,64 Japanese Ships E No.22 E No.30 Allied Ships SS Atule SS Atule launches 2 torpedoes at E No.22 E No.30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.30 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Got five! quote:
000038 Afternoon Air attack 1944-11-20 59,78 Soc Trang Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Soc Trang at 59,78 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft Mosquito FB.VI x 7 Allied aircraft losses Mosquito FB.VI: 2 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Kazuura Maru, Shell hits 3, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAK Nissyu Maru, Shell hits 2, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Mosquito FB.VI bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 000039 Afternoon Air attack 1944-11-20 59,78 Soc Trang Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Soc Trang at 59,78 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufighter TF.X x 16 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Nitiran Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Tatuharu Maru, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAK Kosei Maru xAK Kamogawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Beaufighter TF.X launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo 000051 Ground combat 1944-11-20 Hue 66,64 Ground combat at Hue (66,64) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 15564 troops, 323 guns, 245 vehicles, Assault Value = 580 Defending force 4485 troops, 32 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 154 Allied adjusted assault: 351 Japanese adjusted defense: 237 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 160 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 33 (15 destroyed, 18 disabled) Allied ground losses: 428 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 50 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Assaulting units: 17th Australian Brigade 20th Australian Brigade 21st Australian Brigade 50th Indian Para Brigade 150th RAC Regiment 44th (Support) Battalion Defending units: 19th Tank Regiment 37th/C Division 000053 Ground combat 1944-11-20 Chumphon 52,66 Ground combat at Chumphon (52,66) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 22762 troops, 354 guns, 302 vehicles, Assault Value = 674 Defending force 4227 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Allied adjusted assault: 348 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 348 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3738 casualties reported Squads: 50 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 75 destroyed, 171 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 28th (East African) Brigade 11th PAVO Regiment 2nd British Division 48th Gurkha Brigade 3rd (Special Force) Division III/221 Gp Forward Base Force III/224 Gp Forward Base Force Defending units: 11th Division 000054 surrounded 1944-11-20 Chumphon 52,66 Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Chumphon • The large Chinese Army unit, with two tank units and artillery, is moving eastward from Haiphong to cross the river into the enemy unit blocking the road there. • The troops at Hue will continue their attack tomorrow with 529 AV. Various B-25 marks are moving forward to Pakse to provide support. Another 103 AV will arrive to late to participate. • Less than 5,200 enemy left fleeing Chumphon. • Our CVE TF is 3 hexes NW of Balabac, 9 hexes SE of Cam Ranh Bay. With torpedo and naval strike trained bombers at Kratie and Bien Hoa we have any convoys passing through the area in a vise. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Talk about a wimpy raid, but they got hits. quote:
AIR NIGHT STRIKES 3 x 462nd BG/768th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night 5 x 500th BG/882nd BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night 000002 Night Air attack 1944-11-20 Kagoshima 102,60 Night Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Manpower hits 8 Fires 2424 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000003 Night Air attack 1944-11-20 Kagoshima 102,60 Night Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 5 No Allied losses Manpower hits 1 Fires 2781 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000005 ASW attack 1944-11-20 107,61 Kobe ASW attack near Kobe at 107,61 Japanese Ships E No.49 Allied Ships SS Trigger, hits 6 SS Trigger is located by E No.49 E No.49 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.49 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.49 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.49 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.49 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub • Rain is forecast for Japan tomorrow, so definitely no B-29 strikes. Complete combat report attached.
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