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witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 14 (8/27/2021 2:03:50 PM)
1944 December 14 INVADED INVESTED Quinhon Davao Haha-jima LangSon CHANGED OWNERSHIP Port Swettenham is occupied by the Allies Overall • Strategic points: 7,746 • B29's reporting ready: 203 • +/- VP today: +22 • Enemy carriers and battleships seen at Hong Kong. • The continuing efforts of the Empire to move fuel and/or oil from Palembang to Singapore indicates plans for future fleet sorties to that area. • On January 1, 1945 a number of fighter squadrons will arrive on US fleet carriers. If we don't have room for them I'm afraid many aircraft will be pushed overboard, so we will get a squadron moved off of each fleet carrier before that date. West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii • A fast BB TF with 3 Iowa class BB's is leaving Pearl Harbor for the Marianas. Pacific New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya • They were not patrol craft! quote: 000002 Night Time Surface Combat 1944-12-14 49,90 Palembang Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 49,90, Range 28,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Fuji Maru #4 TK Akatuki Maru TK Amatsu Maru TK Fujisan Maru TK Kaijo Maru TK Kanze Maru TK Mirii Maru TK Nichiei Maru TK Nikkoku Maru TK Ose Maru TK Shoyo Maru TK Terukawa Maru TK Toen Maru Allied Ships DM Breese DM Tracy DM Pruitt DM Sicard DM Gamble DM Ramsay DM Montgomery Reduced sighting due to 0% moonlight Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 0% moonlight: 7,000 yards Range closes to 26,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 26,000 yards Range increases to 28,000 yards... Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape Japanese Tanker TF evades combat 000003 ASW attack 1944-12-14 52,84 Tioman Island ASW attack near Tioman Island at 52,84 Japanese Ships E Hiyodori E W-27 Allied Ships SS O20 SS O20 is located by E Hiyodori E W-27 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-27 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-27 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-27 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-27 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000006 Night Naval bombardment 1944-12-14 Soerabaja 56,104 Night Naval bombardment of Soerabaja at 56,104 Allied Ships CL Nashville CL St. Louis Japanese ground losses: 328 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 29 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Manpower hits 4 Heavy Industry hits 2 Fires 474 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 6 Port hits 7 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 1 SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Nashville CL Nashville firing at Soerabaja CL St. Louis firing at 13th Division • Mines were laid in the swamp hex NE of Palembang. • We should have forces in Soerabaja in about two days. • The secret negotiations to win the loyalty of Port Swettenham have succeeded. We will get combat units in there to secure the location as soon as possible. • Soerabaja is now surrounded and our ground units are moving in. We will have significantly less in the way of numbers than the defenders, but it looks like the defenders have limited combat power. We shall see. Tactical bombing of the defenses begins tomorrow. • We have light forces loading/underway to seize the undefended bases at Bandjermasin and Pontianak. Additional forces will then be transported to Pontianak to march on bases to the north. • Tomorrow two squadrons of P-51D will sweep Singapore. • Units which had been prepared for the amphibious invasion of Semarang are instead being picked up for administrative landings at other ports on java. Philippines • Ouch! Cisco is heading for Haiphong to make emergency repairs. quote: 000011 Submarine attack 1944-12-14 75,70 Iba Submarine attack near Iba at 75,70 Japanese Ships E No.67 E No.61 Allied Ships SS Cisco, hits 17, heavy damage SS Cisco is sighted by escort E No.67 attacking submerged sub .... E No.67 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.67 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.67 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.67 attacking submerged sub .... E No.67 is out of ASW ammo SS Cisco forced to surface! E No.61 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.61 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.61 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.61 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.61 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.67 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.61 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.67 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.61 firing on surfaced sub .... Contact with submarine is lost China • Located. quote: 000010 ASW attack 1944-12-14 73,69 Samah ASW attack near Samah at 73,69 Japanese Ships DD Akatsuki Allied Ships SS Blueback, hits 3 SS Blueback is located by DD Akatsuki DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Akatsuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Akatsuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Akatsuki is out of ASW ammo DD Akatsuki is out of ASW ammo DD Akatsuki is out of ASW ammo DD Akatsuki is out of ASW ammo DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • Our first assault in China to liberate the country will take place tomorrow just east of LangSon. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Fitting that the BFF Bde should end the Burma Area Army. quote: 000057 Ground combat 1944-12-14 62,55 Luangprabang Ground combat at 62,55 (near Luangprabang) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 2350 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 96 Defending force 449 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 23 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 23 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), morale(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 547 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 49 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: BFF Brigade Defending units: Burma Area Army • Next battle on the peninsula tomorrow. • We have 17 RN subs at Bangkok making minor repairs before commencing operations in the South China Sea. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. Got one! quote: 000004 ASW attack 1944-12-14 98,69 Daito Shoto ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 98,69 Japanese Ships PB Kiso Maru PB Suyozai Maru PB Okuyo Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Ronquil, hits 2 SS Ronquil is sighted by escort PB Suyozai Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Suyozai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub and abandons search PB Suyozai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Suyozai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Suyozai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Suyozai Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000005 Night Air attack 1944-12-14 110,75 Haha-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 18 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 6 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 6 F6F-3N Hellcat x 7 F6F-5N Hellcat x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 3 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships DE Gilmore DE Dempsey Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: VMF(N)-533 with F6F-3N Hellcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead VMF(N)-534 with F6F-3N Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead VMF(N)-541 with F6F-3N Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead VMF(N)-542 with F6F-5N Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead 15th FG/6th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead 18th FG/419th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar 000007 Night Naval bombardment 1944-12-14 Haha-jima 110,75 Night Naval bombardment of Haha-jima at 110,75 Allied Ships CL Marblehead CL Richmond DD Balch DD Selfridge Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Port hits 6 SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Marblehead CL Marblehead firing at Haha-jima SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Richmond CL Richmond firing at 12th Garrison Unit DD Balch firing at 12th Garrison Unit DD Selfridge firing at Haha-jima 000008 Sub attack 1944-12-14 110,66 Torishima Sub attack near Torishima at 110,66 Japanese Ships E No.18, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage E No.32 Allied Ships SS Cavalla, hits 2 SS Cavalla launches 2 torpedoes at E No.18 Cavalla diving deep .... E No.32 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.32 attacking submerged sub .... E No.32 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.32 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.32 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000009 Sub attack 1944-12-14 98,67 Daito Shoto Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 98,67 Japanese Ships PB Kiso Maru PB Suyozai Maru PB Okuyo Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Moray SS Moray launches 2 torpedoes at PB Kiso Maru Moray diving deep .... PB Suyozai Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • 95 AV, but behind level 6 fortifications. quote: 000056 Ground combat 1944-12-14 Haha-jima 110,75 Ground combat at Haha-jima (110,75) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4014 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 95 Defending force 15236 troops, 248 guns, 424 vehicles, Assault Value = 360 Assaulting units: 12th Garrison Unit 52nd JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 6th Australian Brigade 2/5th Armoured Regiment 2/9th Armoured Regiment 2/6th Armoured Regiment 1st Australian Brigade 5th LH Motor Regiment 28th Australian Brigade 101st LH Motor Regiment • 391 AV on Haha-jima. With the fortification level so high, we will be patient here and let our forces rebuild AV while seeking to destroy supply via naval bombardments. • Tomorrow's B-29 target: Maebashi, daylight, 8,000 ft, factories for Frank 61, Sam 31, Frank 51, Sam 31, Ki-83 31. • Maebashi has 148 fighters present and will be swept by 4 squadrons of P-51D. One hex away are more than 400 enemy fighters. • Engineers are on Chichi-jima and have repaired the base; they will expand the airfield from size 2 to the maximum of size 3. We are beginning to lift combat forces off of Chichi-jima. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 14 (8/27/2021 2:07:06 PM)
1944 December 14 Tokyo. Fires: 3. Heavy Industry showing more damage. [image]local://upfiles/14248/874EEBAFA6DC4D2A9CD0013F30DA2930.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 14 (8/27/2021 2:07:22 PM)
1944 December 14 Maebashi. That mountain is just spitting out aircraft. [image]local://upfiles/14248/A0AB144E54184547B1DD264968EDCB5F.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 15 (8/28/2021 12:33:25 PM)
1944 December 15 INVADED INVESTED Quinhon Davao Haha-jima LangSon CHANGED OWNERSHIP Allied forces CAPTURE Nakhon Si Thammarat !!! Overall • Strategic points: 8,088 • B29's reporting ready: 201 • +/- VP today: +359 • Enemy carriers and battleships sighted at Hong Kong. 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 • Fighter sweeps of Singapore were thwarted by weather. • Those many small tankers are heading back from Palembang to Singapore. It seems out minefield was evaded. Philippines China • Good start! quote: 000054 Ground combat 1944-12-15 71,56 Lang Son Ground combat at 71,56 (near Lang Son) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 31719 troops, 269 guns, 441 vehicles, Assault Value = 1221 Defending force 27895 troops, 242 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 865 Allied adjusted assault: 893 Japanese adjusted defense: 913 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1459 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 117 disabled Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Guns lost 45 (25 destroyed, 20 disabled) Vehicles lost 37 (22 destroyed, 15 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 1154 casualties reported Squads: 23 destroyed, 36 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 73 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 16 (10 destroyed, 6 disabled) Vehicles lost 80 (8 destroyed, 72 disabled) Assaulting units: 255th Indian Tank Brigade 18th Cavalry Regiment 3rd New Chinese Corps 31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 8th Belfast Heavy Regiment 163rd Light AA Regiment 33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Defending units: 64th Division 8th Tank Regiment 8th Division 13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 92nd JAAF AF Bn • The troops will recover before going again. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Next! quote: 000055 Ground combat 1944-12-15 Nakhon Si Thammarat 51,70 Ground combat at Nakhon Si Thammarat (51,70) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 8893 troops, 116 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 681 Defending force 973 troops, 8 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 10 Allied adjusted assault: 174 Japanese adjusted defense: 9 Allied assault odds: 19 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied forces CAPTURE Nakhon Si Thammarat !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 372 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 1 Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 2nd British Division 28th (East African) Brigade 48th Gurkha Brigade 3rd (Special Force) Division Defending units: 31st JAAF AF Bn • March down the peninsula continues. • Assault at LangSon tomorrow. • Tomorrow Tourane will be surrounded. • Our maneuvering prior to investing is proceeding without incident. • Most of the various Chinese Army units in Burma are moving to Lashio to stage for an advance through the mountains back into China. The will rely mainly on the Imperial forces withdrawing before them as Allies advance into China from Indochina. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. quote: 000001 Night Naval bombardment 1944-12-15 Haha-jima 110,75 Night Naval bombardment of Haha-jima at 110,75 Allied Ships CL Marblehead CL Richmond DD Balch DD Selfridge Japanese ground losses: 50 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 11 Port hits 4 CL Marblehead firing at Haha-jima CL Richmond firing at Haha-jima DD Balch firing at Haha-jima DD Selfridge firing at Haha-jima 000002 Night Air attack 1944-12-15 110,75 Haha-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 6 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 11 F6F-3N Hellcat x 6 F6F-5N Hellcat x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 3 damaged Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships CL Marblehead Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: VMF(N)-533 with F6F-3N Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead VMF(N)-534 with F6F-3N Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead VMF(N)-541 with F6F-3N Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead VMF(N)-542 with F6F-5N Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead 15th FG/6th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead 418th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead 18th FG/419th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar 000003 Night Air attack 1944-12-15 110,75 Haha-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 6 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 11 F6F-3N Hellcat x 6 F6F-5N Hellcat x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Allied Ships CL Richmond Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: VMF(N)-533 with F6F-3N Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead VMF(N)-534 with F6F-3N Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead VMF(N)-541 with F6F-3N Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead VMF(N)-542 with F6F-5N Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 3000. Raid is overhead 15th FG/6th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 3000. Raid is overhead 418th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 3000. Raid is overhead 18th FG/419th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar • Those Imperial pilots are persistent. • The day began with a couple of good sweeps by our fighters. quote: 000006 Morning Air attack 1944-12-15 Maebashi 113,59 Morning Air attack on Maebashi , at 113,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 37 Ki-84a Frank x 76 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 4 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51D Mustang: 4 destroyed CAP engaged: 1st Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (27 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 18 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes 5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (37 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 24 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 19th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 22 on standby, 17 scrambling) 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 31514. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 39 minutes 000007 Morning Air attack 1944-12-15 Maebashi 113,59 Morning Air attack on Maebashi , at 113,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 20 Ki-84a Frank x 58 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 24 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 3 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 8 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51D Mustang: 7 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 2 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 37000 feet * CAP engaged: 1st Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes 5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 13 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 19th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 11 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 20 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 31514. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes 000017 Morning Air attack 1944-12-15 Maebashi 113,59 Morning Air attack on Maebashi , at 113,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 12 Ki-84a Frank x 33 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 37 B-29-25 Superfort x 49 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Ki-84r Frank factory hits 20 Ki-83 factory hits 4 A7M2 Sam factory hits 5 Ki-84r Frank factory hits 21 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 1st Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 3 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 19th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 17 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 31514. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 000019 Morning Air attack 1944-12-15 Maebashi 113,59 Morning Air attack on Maebashi , at 113,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 6 Ki-84a Frank x 16 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 15 B-29-25 Superfort x 13 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 4 damaged B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak Ki-84r Frank factory hits 4 Ki-84r Frank factory hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 19th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 12730. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes 5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 1st Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes 000020 Morning Air attack 1944-12-15 Maebashi 113,59 Morning Air attack on Maebashi , at 113,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 3 Ki-84a Frank x 7 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 8 B-29-25 Superfort x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged A7M2 Sam factory hits 1 Ki-84r Frank factory hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes 19th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 12730. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 000026 Morning Air attack 1944-12-15 Maebashi 113,59 Morning Air attack on Maebashi , at 113,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 2 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged Ki-83 factory hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 19th Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes 000044 Morning Air attack 1944-12-15 Maebashi 113,59 Morning Air attack on Maebashi , at 113,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000045 Morning Air attack 1944-12-15 Maebashi 113,59 Morning Air attack on Maebashi , at 113,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 8 No Allied losses Ki-84r Frank factory hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000047 Morning Air attack 1944-12-15 Maebashi 113,59 Morning Air attack on Maebashi , at 113,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 8 No Allied losses Ki-84r Frank factory hits 8 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000048 Morning Air attack 1944-12-15 Maebashi 113,59 Morning Air attack on Maebashi , at 113,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 57 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 8 No Allied losses A7M2 Sam factory hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000049 Morning Air attack 1944-12-15 Maebashi 113,59 Morning Air attack on Maebashi , at 113,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 23 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 37000 feet * 000050 Morning Air attack 1944-12-15 Maebashi 113,59 Morning Air attack on Maebashi , at 113,59 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 25 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 37000 feet * • While our first two sweeps finished with clear advantage, they were not overwhelmingly dominant. They did a great job reducing the number of enemy fighters available to intercept our bombers; perfectly on mission. • We increase, they decrease. quote: 000053 Ground combat 1944-12-15 Haha-jima 110,75 Ground combat at Haha-jima (110,75) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4005 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 94 Defending force 15663 troops, 253 guns, 432 vehicles, Assault Value = 399 Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 12th Garrison Unit 52nd JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 1st Australian Brigade 2/6th Armoured Regiment 2/9th Armoured Regiment 28th Australian Brigade 5th LH Motor Regiment 2/5th Armoured Regiment 6th Australian Brigade 101st LH Motor Regiment • 409 AV on Haha-jima. • We have 4 old BB TF's on scene, and they will bombard one after another. Probably the ground troops will make an assault in concert with the final bombardment. After the battleships begin arriving back on station we will repeat the process, subject to the condition of the ground troops. • The B-29's and P-51's are standing down. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 15 (8/28/2021 12:34:00 PM)
1944 December 15 Tokyo. No fires. [image]local://upfiles/14248/3FA3EB2446CF40178F6784F9EFFD1B44.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 15 (8/28/2021 12:34:20 PM)
1944 December 15 Maebashi. Even the first reports show a very successful raid! [image]local://upfiles/14248/3AA78335E0AD4FD8BF6CDBEC3BBC6E80.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 15 (8/28/2021 12:34:39 PM)
1944 December 15 Recon of total production in the Home Islands. Compared to yesterday we reduced Frank production by 30%. [image]local://upfiles/14248/98D2243F3E2342D8B2C067CA637072A9.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 15 (8/28/2021 12:34:58 PM)
1944 December 15 Air losses. I can only hope a lot of their best fighter pilots were KIA. [image]local://upfiles/14248/C15DFC01783E4213BE181898505FA3AD.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 16 (8/29/2021 5:17:43 PM)
1944 December 16 INVADED INVESTED Quinhon Davao Haha-jima LangSon Soerabaja CHANGED OWNERSHIP Overall • Strategic points: 8,088 • B29's reporting ready: 176 • +/- VP today: -10 • Imperial carriers and battleships at Hong Kong. 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 • We have Soerabaja invested. • Lots of traffic between Palembang and Singapore. Philippines China • Missed! quote: 000002 Sub attack 1944-12-16 72,71 Samah Sub attack near Samah at 72,71 Japanese Ships DD Natsushio DD Isonami Allied Ships SS Icefish SS Icefish launches 2 torpedoes at DD Natsushio Icefish diving deep .... DD Isonami attacking submerged sub .... DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • Next assault east of LangSon tomorrow. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • In the alternate reality (sync bug!) our forces blasted through the defenses at LangSon and inflicted heavy casualties on a retreating enemy. quote: 000052 Ground combat 1944-12-16 Lang Son 70,56 Ground combat at Lang Son (70,56) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 57713 troops, 1065 guns, 1157 vehicles, Assault Value = 1800 Defending force 8684 troops, 70 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 217 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Allied adjusted assault: 1201 Japanese adjusted defense: 495 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), op mode(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1583 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 122 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 24 (2 destroyed, 22 disabled) Allied ground losses: 586 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 46 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled) Assaulting units: 20th Indian Division 50th Tank Brigade 19th Indian Division 63rd Indian Brigade 24th Australian Brigade Provisionl Tank Brigade 5th Indian Division 2/9th Fld RAA Regiment 2/11th Fld RAA Regiment 85th Medium Regiment 2/13th Fld RAA Regiment 87th Medium Regiment 86th Medium Regiment 88th Medium Regiment Defending units: 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade 143rd Infantry Regiment • The assault will continue tomorrow. • Units moving into Tourane now. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. quote: 000001 Night Naval bombardment 1944-12-16 Haha-jima 110,75 Night Naval bombardment of Haha-jima at 110,75 Allied Ships BB Mississippi BB Idaho Japanese ground losses: 92 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 3 Port hits 1 OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Mississippi BB Mississippi firing at 12th Garrison Unit OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Idaho BB Idaho firing at Haha-jima • No night air strikes on our ships! • Using up more supply. That's what we like. quote: 000051 Ground combat 1944-12-16 Haha-jima 110,75 Ground combat at Haha-jima (110,75) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4006 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 95 Defending force 15782 troops, 253 guns, 432 vehicles, Assault Value = 417 Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 12th Garrison Unit 52nd JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 2/9th Armoured Regiment 6th Australian Brigade 28th Australian Brigade 5th LH Motor Regiment 1st Australian Brigade 2/6th Armoured Regiment 2/5th Armoured Regiment 101st LH Motor Regiment • 418 AV at Haha-jima. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 16 (8/29/2021 5:41:40 PM)
1944 December 16 Maebashi. A little more damage evident with today's recon. [image]local://upfiles/14248/D7923191119F4EE99FD48C5EAC07764A.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 17 (8/30/2021 12:58:32 PM)
1944 December 17 INVADED INVESTED Quinhon Davao Haha-jima Soerabaja CHANGED OWNERSHIP Allied forces CAPTURE Lang Son !!! Overall • Strategic points: 8,088 • B29's reporting ready: 196 • +/- VP today: +59 • Enemy carriers and battleships formerly at Hong Kong were not sighted today. There is minor indication they might have move south into the South China Sea. Daytime naval search of Hong Kong is perilous. 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 • We have a Bde in Benkoelen. Philippines China • Good performance but terrain and defending tanks hold the position. quote: 000053 Ground combat 1944-12-17 71,56 Lang Son Ground combat at 71,56 (near Lang Son) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 30805 troops, 258 guns, 436 vehicles, Assault Value = 1101 Defending force 25657 troops, 216 guns, 133 vehicles, Assault Value = 741 Allied adjusted assault: 861 Japanese adjusted defense: 1121 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 318 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 37 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 74 (10 destroyed, 64 disabled) Allied ground losses: 942 casualties reported Squads: 19 destroyed, 68 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 38 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Vehicles lost 94 (7 destroyed, 87 disabled) Assaulting units: 18th Cavalry Regiment 255th Indian Tank Brigade 3rd New Chinese Corps 31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 8th Belfast Heavy Regiment 163rd Light AA Regiment 33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Defending units: 8th Tank Regiment 64th Division 8th Division • Additional forces are now available from LangSon. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Today's combat in LangSon was more of what was expected. quote: 000001 Sub attack 1944-12-17 71,71 Quinhon Sub attack near Quinhon at 71,71 Japanese Ships E Shinnan E Yaku Allied Ships SS Blackfin, hits 7 SS Blackfin launches 2 torpedoes at E Shinnan E Yaku fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yaku fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yaku fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yaku attacking submerged sub .... E Yaku fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000052 Ground combat 1944-12-17 Lang Son 70,56 Ground combat at Lang Son (70,56) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 57418 troops, 1064 guns, 1157 vehicles, Assault Value = 1759 Defending force 7415 troops, 69 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 98 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Allied adjusted assault: 1311 Japanese adjusted defense: 47 Allied assault odds: 27 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied forces CAPTURE Lang Son !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3402 casualties reported Squads: 177 destroyed, 19 disabled Non Combat: 73 destroyed, 25 disabled Engineers: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 54 (41 destroyed, 13 disabled) Vehicles lost 12 (12 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Allied ground losses: 286 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 31 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 63rd Indian Brigade 20th Indian Division 19th Indian Division 24th Australian Brigade Provisionl Tank Brigade 50th Tank Brigade 5th Indian Division 87th Medium Regiment 85th Medium Regiment 86th Medium Regiment 2/11th Fld RAA Regiment 2/9th Fld RAA Regiment 2/13th Fld RAA Regiment 88th Medium Regiment Defending units: 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade 143rd Infantry Regiment • One division and one brigade will go north to pursue and further attrite the retreated forces; one Bde will garrison LangSon (with so many enemy formations in the area), all other forces will head east into China. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. quote: 000002 Night Naval bombardment 1944-12-17 Haha-jima 110,75 Night Naval bombardment of Haha-jima at 110,75 Allied Ships BB Tennessee BB Pennsylvania Japanese ground losses: 162 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Port hits 1 Port supply hits 1 OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Tennessee BB Tennessee firing at Haha-jima OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Pennsylvania BB Pennsylvania firing at 12th Garrison Unit 000003 Sub attack 1944-12-17 108,66 Torishima Sub attack near Torishima at 108,66 Japanese Ships E No.41 E No.49 Allied Ships SS Harder Captain of SS Harder elects not to launch torpedoes at this target 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 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • We now have 444 AV on Haha-jima. quote: 000051 Ground combat 1944-12-17 Haha-jima 110,75 Ground combat at Haha-jima (110,75) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4025 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 95 Defending force 15956 troops, 253 guns, 434 vehicles, Assault Value = 426 Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 12th Garrison Unit 52nd JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 28th Australian Brigade 2/9th Armoured Regiment 2/5th Armoured Regiment 2/6th Armoured Regiment 1st Australian Brigade 5th LH Motor Regiment 6th Australian Brigade 101st LH Motor Regiment • Two more days until the next assault on Haha-jima. • Chichi-jima is building from airfield size 2 to size 3 at less than 1% per day. More engineers are being brought in. • Rain is forecast over the Home Islands tomorrow. More time for B-29's to make ready. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 18 (8/31/2021 1:27:18 PM)
1944 December 18 INVADED INVESTED Quinhon Davao Haha-jima Soerabaja Saigon Tourane CHANGED OWNERSHIP Benkoelen is occupied by the Allies Overall • Strategic points: 8,088 • B29's reporting ready: 214 • +/- VP today: +15 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 • The IJN has begun aggressively clearing the waters around Singapore and down to Palembang. quote: 000003 ASW attack 1944-12-18 48,81 Malacca ASW attack near Malacca at 48,81 Japanese Ships PB Takuna Maru #7 PB Kyo Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Truant, hits 4, heavy damage SS Truant is sighted by escort PB Takuna Maru #7 firing on surfaced sub .... PB Kyo Maru #2 firing on surfaced sub .... PB Takuna Maru #7 firing on surfaced sub .... PB Kyo Maru #2 firing on surfaced sub .... PB Takuna Maru #7 firing on surfaced sub .... PB Kyo Maru #2 firing on surfaced sub .... PB Takuna Maru #7 firing on surfaced sub .... PB Kyo Maru #2 firing on surfaced sub .... PB Takuna Maru #7 firing on surfaced sub .... PB Kyo Maru #2 firing on surfaced sub .... PB Takuna Maru #7 firing on surfaced sub .... PB Kyo Maru #2 firing on surfaced sub .... PB Takuna Maru #7 firing on surfaced sub .... PB Kyo Maru #2 firing on surfaced sub .... Contact with submarine is lost 000005 ASW attack 1944-12-18 51,89 Muntok ASW attack near Muntok at 51,89 Japanese Ships E Hiyodori E W-27 Allied Ships SS S-28 SS S-28 is located by E Hiyodori S-28 bottoming out .... E W-27 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-27 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-27 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-27 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-27 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • I had planned for the two Bde's farthest advanced in the march down Sumatra to cut off Palembang from the SW and west after securing outlying locations while the division, and other forces approach from the NW. But Palembang has only 9,900 troops, 87 guns, and 23 AFV. I am wondering if there is even a substantial combat unit. So, I will send in from the NW the two Bdes and the A/T and artillery units and we will see what is there. The closest units are at Benkoelen. One Bde is nearing Djambi. Philippines • More forces are landing on Mindanao. China • The background war at sea. quote: 000004 Sub attack 1944-12-18 72,70 Samah Sub attack near Samah at 72,70 Japanese Ships E No.61 E No.67 Allied Ships SS Lagarto, hits 4 SS Lagarto launches 2 torpedoes at E No.61 E No.67 attacking submerged sub .... E No.67 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.67 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.67 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.67 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • Additional forces from LangSon beginning to arrive, meanwhile our troops in place are well recovered. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Those pesky imperials interposed troops between Hanoi and LangSon. Good thing we kept a Bde there. Tomorrow a large armored unit from Hanoi will join them, while at the same time the Bde performs recon by bombardment. • The various other encirclements and movements continue. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. quote: 000001 Sub attack 1944-12-18 98,69 Daito Shoto Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 98,69 Japanese Ships PB Kinsyo Maru #4 PB Suyozai Maru PB Okuyo Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Blower SS Blower launches 2 torpedoes at PB Kinsyo Maru #4 Blower bottoming out .... PB Suyozai Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000002 Night Naval bombardment 1944-12-18 Haha-jima 110,75 Night Naval bombardment of Haha-jima at 110,75 Allied Ships BB West Virginia BB Colorado BB Maryland Japanese ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 2 OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB West Virginia BB West Virginia firing at Haha-jima OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Colorado BB Colorado firing at 12th Garrison Unit BB Maryland firing at 12th Garrison Unit • Time for the next go. quote: 000033 Ground combat 1944-12-18 Haha-jima 110,75 Ground combat at Haha-jima (110,75) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 3999 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 94 Defending force 16143 troops, 256 guns, 438 vehicles, Assault Value = 452 Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 12th Garrison Unit 52nd JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 1st Australian Brigade 2/5th Armoured Regiment 6th Australian Brigade 2/9th Armoured Regiment 28th Australian Brigade 5th LH Motor Regiment 2/6th Armoured Regiment 101st LH Motor Regiment • 455 AV on Haha-jima. Assault tomorrow. • B-29 target: Yokohama/Yokohama, daylight, 8,000 ft. Recon reports 638 guns at the target, so this will be a real test. Aircraft from Guam will target the Frank factory = 61, while the strikes from Tinian and Saipan will target Light Industry = 363. • Four squadrons of P-51D will sweep Yokohama/Yokohama. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 18 (8/31/2021 1:27:41 PM)
1944 December 18 Yokohama/Yokosuka. [image]local://upfiles/14248/71BEAA02001D4A368D29B16F407FC47E.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 19 (9/1/2021 3:02:41 PM)
1944 December 19 INVADED Amphibious TF 111 offshore of Bandjermasin INVESTED Quinhon Davao Haha-jima Soerabaja Saigon Tourane CHANGED OWNERSHIP Overall • Strategic points: 8,288 • B29's reporting ready: 153 • +/- VP today: +165 • The coordination of B-29 raids from the Marianas with fighter sweeps from the Bonins is so difficult I think I am going to stop trying and just sweep as often as I can. • CV Soryu is reported as not sunk, and CV Katsuragi is reported as sunk (in it's place?). 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 • Harassment of our subs continues. quote: 000001 ASW attack 1944-12-19 51,86 Tandjoengpinang ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,86 Japanese Ships PB Shonan Maru #2 Allied Ships SS KXV SS KXV is located by PB Shonan Maru #2 KXV bottoming out .... PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000002 ASW attack 1944-12-19 51,86 Tandjoengpinang ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,86 Japanese Ships PB Nichi Maru #1 Allied Ships SS KXV, hits 1 SS KXV is located by PB Nichi Maru #1 KXV bottoming out .... PB Nichi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Nichi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Nichi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Nichi Maru #1 attacking submerged sub .... PB Nichi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000003 ASW attack 1944-12-19 51,86 Tandjoengpinang ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,86 Japanese Ships E W-27 Allied Ships SS KXVIII, hits 7 SS KXVIII is sighted by escort KXVIII bottoming out .... E W-27 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-27 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-27 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-27 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-27 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000011 Amphibious Assault 1944-12-19 Bandjermasin 60,99 Amphibious Assault at Bandjermasin (60,99) TF 111 troops unloading over beach at Bandjermasin, 60,99 Allied ground losses: 30 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled • The carriers have refueled. More surface groups are on the way and they will refuel as soon as they meet up with the carriers. • Tomorrow a combat Eng Bn will land at Port Swettenham, which was brought to our side by some Allied agent code name "Flashman". Who is that guy? Whoever he is, we owe him drinks and dinner at Raffles. LRCAP and surface cover is being provided. • Landing at Singkawang in two or three days. • After tomorrow Bandjermasin will provide for naval search in the gap near Singapore. Philippines • Land forces unloading at Dadjangas over the next few days. China • Pesky ASW. quote: 000004 ASW attack 1944-12-19 75,66 Hong Kong ASW attack near Hong Kong at 75,66 Japanese Ships E Hato Allied Ships SS Atule SS Atule is located by E Hato E Hato fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hato fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hato fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hato fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hato fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000010 ASW attack 1944-12-19 75,66 Hong Kong ASW attack near Hong Kong at 75,66 Japanese Ships E Tsushima Allied Ships SS Atule SS Atule is sighted by escort E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • Assault east of LangSon tomorrow. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • It looks as though a small unit at Saigon made a recon attack. Over near Hanoi and Haiphong, our own recon revealed a speed bump. quote: 000072 Ground combat 1944-12-19 Saigon 60,71 Ground combat at Saigon (60,71) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 30127 troops, 252 guns, 64 vehicles, Assault Value = 917 Defending force 8517 troops, 114 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 360 Japanese adjusted assault: 8 Allied adjusted defense: 229 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 28 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 663 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled Engineers: 49 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 7 (3 destroyed, 4 disabled) Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Guards Division 56th Engineer Regiment 41st Division Yokosuka 1st SNLF Cape St.Jaques Fortress 26th Air Flotilla 3rd Naval Construction Battalion 43rd Const Co 30th JNAF AF Unit 51st Field AA Battalion 38th Army 55th Air Division 33rd Army 90th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 39th Indian Division 000075 Ground combat 1944-12-19 69,56 Haiphong Ground combat at 69,56 (near Haiphong) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3750 troops, 66 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 125 Defending force 874 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18 Assaulting units: 18th Australian Brigade Defending units: 65th Naval Guard Unit • Assault between Hanoi and LangSon tomorrow. • Assault at Tourane tomorrow. • Enemy forces at Saigon, revealed to us by the Empire (surely as blusterous propaganda) are much stronger than anticipated. No doubt their forces at Cam Ranh Bay are even stronger. We are rushing in other infantry units assigned so the 39th Indian Division is not overwhelmed by a shock attack, however they are on their own tomorrow. Close air support will try to compensate. • Assault on fleeing enemy NW of LangSon tomorrow. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. quote: 000005 Night Air attack 1944-12-19 110,75 Haha-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 113 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 31 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 14 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 3 F6F-3N Hellcat x 15 F6F-5N Hellcat x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 7 damaged Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships BB Nevada BB Oklahoma BB Arizona Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: VMF(N)-533 with F6F-3N Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VMF(N)-534 with F6F-3N Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes VMF(N)-541 with F6F-3N Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes VMF(N)-542 with F6F-5N Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes 418th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes 18th FG/419th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000006 ASW attack 1944-12-19 75,66 Hong Kong ASW attack near Hong Kong at 75,66 Japanese Ships E Fukue E Tsushima Allied Ships SS Atule SS Atule is located by E Fukue Atule diving deep .... E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000007 Night Naval bombardment 1944-12-19 Haha-jima 110,75 Night Naval bombardment of Haha-jima at 110,75 Allied Ships BB Arizona BB Oklahoma BB Nevada Japanese ground losses: 87 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Arizona BB Arizona firing at 12th Garrison Unit BB Oklahoma firing at 12th Garrison Unit BB Nevada firing at 12th Garrison Unit 000008 Night Naval bombardment 1944-12-19 Haha-jima 110,75 Night Naval bombardment of Haha-jima at 110,75 Allied Ships CL Marblehead CL Richmond DD Balch DD Selfridge Japanese ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Runway hits 1 Port hits 1 CL Marblehead firing at 12th Garrison Unit SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Richmond CL Richmond firing at Haha-jima DD Balch firing at 12th Garrison Unit DD Selfridge firing at Haha-jima 000009 Night Naval bombardment 1944-12-19 Haha-jima 110,75 Night Naval bombardment of Haha-jima at 110,75 Allied Ships BB West Virginia BB Colorado BB Maryland Japanese ground losses: 147 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 2 Port hits 5 BB West Virginia firing at Haha-jima BB Colorado firing at Haha-jima BB Maryland firing at Haha-jima • The night strikes returned! • Good bombardments, considering the high level of fortification. • A costly raid. quote: 000027 Morning Air attack 1944-12-19 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61 Morning Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 20 Ki-83 x 41 Ki-84a Frank x 18 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 38 B-29-25 Superfort x 44 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-83: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 3 destroyed, 15 damaged B-29-25 Superfort: 4 destroyed, 11 damaged Ki-84r Frank factory hits 14 Light Industry hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 1st Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (18 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 18 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes 5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (22 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 9 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 48th Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 18 on standby, 17 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36600 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 36600. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes Notomi H. in a Ki-83 makes head on attack ... forces B-29-25 Superfort out of formation 000029 Morning Air attack 1944-12-19 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61 Morning Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 15 Ki-83 x 28 Ki-84a Frank x 12 Ki-102b Randy x 3 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 17 B-29-25 Superfort x 15 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak Light Industry hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 1 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 16th Sentai with Ki-102b Randy (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes 1st Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes 5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 76 minutes 48th Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 28 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36600 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes 000036 Morning Air attack 1944-12-19 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61 Morning Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 7 Ki-83 x 10 Ki-84a Frank x 6 Ki-102b Randy x 2 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 9 B-29-25 Superfort x 12 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-83: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 7 damaged B-29-25 Superfort: 7 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 9 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 1st Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 79 minutes 16th Sentai with Ki-102b Randy (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 48th Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36600 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes 000039 Morning Air attack 1944-12-19 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61 Morning Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 6 Ki-83 x 5 Ki-84a Frank x 6 Ki-102b Randy x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-83: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 14 damaged Ki-84r Frank factory hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 1st Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes 5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 16th Sentai with Ki-102b Randy (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes 48th Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36600 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 000040 Morning Air attack 1944-12-19 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61 Morning Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 1 Ki-84a Frank x 4 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 1st Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 107 minutes 5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 000052 Morning Air attack 1944-12-19 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61 Morning Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 3 damaged Ki-84r Frank factory hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 1st Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 000060 Morning Air attack 1944-12-19 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61 Morning Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 72 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 4 damaged B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak Light Industry hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 1st Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes 000061 Morning Air attack 1944-12-19 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61 Morning Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000062 Morning Air attack 1944-12-19 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61 Morning Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 5 damaged Light Industry hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000063 Morning Air attack 1944-12-19 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61 Morning Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged Light Industry hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000066 Afternoon Air attack 1944-12-19 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61 Afternoon Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 6 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 12 Ki-83 x 2 Ki-84a Frank x 10 Ki-102b Randy x 1 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 4 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 4 destroyed Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51D Mustang: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 12 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 37000 feet * CAP engaged: Hiyo-1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 6 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 1st Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 9 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes 16th Sentai with Ki-102b Randy (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Raid is overhead 48th Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 36600 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 36600. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes 000067 Afternoon Air attack 1944-12-19 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61 Afternoon Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 6 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 2 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 25 Japanese aircraft losses A7M2 Sam: 3 destroyed Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 24 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 37000 feet * CAP engaged: Hiyo-1 with A7M2 Sam (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 13390 and 37514. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes 1st Sentai with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 35200. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes 5th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 37200. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 000070 Afternoon Air attack 1944-12-19 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61 Afternoon Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 38,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 25 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 37000 feet * 000071 Afternoon Air attack 1944-12-19 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61 Afternoon Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 25 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 37000 feet * • CAP was effective. I think the bomber altitude was too low for the target, which had batter flak protection than Maebashi. • The B-29's are standing down for what will likely be a longer recovery period than after the Maebashi strikes. • Good results from the assault on Haha-jima. quote: 000073 Ground combat 1944-12-19 Haha-jima 110,75 Ground combat at Haha-jima (110,75) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 3918 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 83 Defending force 16241 troops, 256 guns, 438 vehicles, Assault Value = 463 Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 12th Garrison Unit 52nd JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 28th Australian Brigade 5th LH Motor Regiment 2/6th Armoured Regiment 2/5th Armoured Regiment 1st Australian Brigade 6th Australian Brigade 2/9th Armoured Regiment 101st LH Motor Regiment 000074 Ground combat 1944-12-19 Haha-jima 110,75 Ground combat at Haha-jima (110,75) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 16236 troops, 256 guns, 438 vehicles, Assault Value = 462 Defending force 4701 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 83 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5 Allied adjusted assault: 246 Japanese adjusted defense: 46 Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 5) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 5 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 241 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 29 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 847 casualties reported Squads: 18 destroyed, 84 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled) Vehicles lost 30 (2 destroyed, 28 disabled) Assaulting units: 1st Australian Brigade 6th Australian Brigade 2/5th Armoured Regiment 2/9th Armoured Regiment 5th LH Motor Regiment 2/6th Armoured Regiment 28th Australian Brigade 101st LH Motor Regiment Defending units: 12th Garrison Unit 52nd JNAF AF Unit • Our units are in good shape, except for several with a poor ratio of enabled to disabled squads. the assault will continue tomorrow to take advantage of the defenders' condition, and it will be a shock attack. • With air support now in place on Chichi-jima, two squadrons of USMC dive bombers have been flown in to support tomorrow's ground action on Haha-jima. • The fighters need to recover, and even with 150 P-51D being produced each month we are still emptying the pool. After Haha-jima is cleared we have another two squadrons of P-51D which will move to Chichi-jima in place of the dive bombers. • Is Torishima worth seizing as a fighter base? Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 19 (9/1/2021 3:03:10 PM)
1944 December 19 Yokohama/Yokosuka. A large raid less effective than hoped. [image]local://upfiles/14248/45C592EF2FC04EA08B1CE43A3ABD60F6.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 19 (9/1/2021 3:03:28 PM)
1944 December 19 Air losses. [image]local://upfiles/14248/0683835010F74FC6A81F5246CC19CC4A.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 20 (9/2/2021 3:22:01 PM)
1944 December 20 INVADED INVESTED Quinhon Davao Haha-jima Soerabaja Saigon Tourane CHANGED OWNERSHIP Bandjermasin is occupied by the Allies Allied forces CAPTURE Haha-jima !!! Overall • Strategic points: 8,288 • B29's reporting ready: 107 • +/- VP today: +165 • Enemy carriers and battleships are a few hexes SE of Hainan Island. How far will they go? Will they seek engagement with our fleet carrier force in the Java Sea? 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 • Naval search from Bandjermasin does not quite close the gap around Singapore so will be advanced to Pontianak when we have that place, or perhaps sooner to Ketapang. • Additional troops will begin landing on Java in 3 days. • The convoy with the combat engineer Bn is at Port Swettenham is there and will begin unloading tonight. Philippines • Two fresh Bdes are marching to Davao. More troops will land at Dadjangas tomorrow. • We now have air support at Cotabato. China • Tough defense in favorable terrain. quote: 000055 Ground combat 1944-12-20 71,56 Lang Son Ground combat at 71,56 (near Lang Son) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 65685 troops, 983 guns, 1405 vehicles, Assault Value = 2188 Defending force 25915 troops, 216 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 765 Allied adjusted assault: 1395 Japanese adjusted defense: 1079 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 378 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 52 disabled Non Combat: 38 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled) Vehicles lost 125 (117 destroyed, 8 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 1160 casualties reported Squads: 39 destroyed, 28 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 9 disabled Guns lost 16 (9 destroyed, 7 disabled) Vehicles lost 56 (22 destroyed, 34 disabled) Assaulting units: 50th Tank Brigade Provisionl Tank Brigade 19th Indian Division 18th Cavalry Regiment 3rd New Chinese Corps 255th Indian Tank Brigade 5th Indian Division 2/13th Fld RAA Regiment 86th Medium Regiment 26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 8th Belfast Heavy Regiment 31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 2/9th Fld RAA Regiment 163rd Light AA Regiment 85th Medium Regiment 87th Medium Regiment 2/11th Fld RAA Regiment 88th Medium Regiment 33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Defending units: 8th Tank Regiment 64th Division 34th Tank Regiment 8th Division • The troops will rest while we bring in another large armor unit and an infantry division, both newly arrived on the scene. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • All good. quote: 000009 Sub attack 1944-12-20 70,74 Cam Ranh Bay Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 70,74 Japanese Ships DD Hokaze Allied Ships SS Tilefish SS Tilefish launches 2 torpedoes at DD Hokaze Tilefish diving deep .... DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hokaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Hokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000052 Ground combat 1944-12-20 Saigon 60,71 Ground combat at Saigon (60,71) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 26591 troops, 231 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 873 Defending force 8489 troops, 114 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 354 Assaulting units: Yokosuka 1st SNLF 41st Division 2nd Guards Division Cape St.Jaques Fortress 56th Engineer Regiment 33rd Army 38th Army 3rd Naval Construction Battalion 55th Air Division 51st Field AA Battalion 43rd Const Co 26th Air Flotilla 30th JNAF AF Unit 90th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 39th Indian Division 000054 Ground combat 1944-12-20 Tourane 66,65 Ground combat at Tourane (66,65) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 18193 troops, 323 guns, 296 vehicles, Assault Value = 744 Defending force 7601 troops, 64 guns, 70 vehicles, Assault Value = 242 Allied adjusted assault: 397 Japanese adjusted defense: 249 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 711 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 80 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Guns lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled) Vehicles lost 35 (17 destroyed, 18 disabled) Allied ground losses: 221 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 475th USA Regiment 3rd Carabiniers Regiment 50th Indian Para Brigade 150th RAC Regiment 21st Australian Brigade 17th Australian Brigade 44th (Support) Battalion 14th Air Landing Brigade Defending units: 37th/B Division 19th Tank Regiment 37th/C Division 000057 Ground combat 1944-12-20 69,56 Haiphong Ground combat at 69,56 (near Haiphong) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 3750 troops, 66 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 334 Defending force 882 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 18 Allied adjusted assault: 29 Japanese adjusted defense: 5 Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 386 casualties reported Squads: 23 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 12 (4 destroyed, 8 disabled) Units retreated 1 Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 18th Australian Brigade 254th Armoured Brigade Defending units: 65th Naval Guard Unit 000058 Ground combat 1944-12-20 69,55 Lang Son Ground combat at 69,55 (near Lang Son) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 18326 troops, 274 guns, 146 vehicles, Assault Value = 508 Defending force 4733 troops, 48 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 37 Allied adjusted assault: 286 Japanese adjusted defense: 29 Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1594 casualties reported Squads: 56 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 70 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 10 (6 destroyed, 4 disabled) Units retreated 2 Allied ground losses: 122 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 20th Indian Division 63rd Indian Brigade Defending units: 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade 143rd Infantry Regiment • We will have many more troops in place tomorrow at Saigon. • The assault at Tourane continues tomorrow. • NW of LangSon the enemy retreated through the jungle onto the road to Lao Cai. Our 20th Indian Division and 63rd Indian Brigade will march into China for the river crossing north of Nanning. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. quote: 000001 Night Air attack 1944-12-20 110,75 Haha-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 115 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 31 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 6 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 16 F6F-3N Hellcat x 21 F6F-5N Hellcat x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 3 damaged Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships CVE Salamaua CVE Bismarck Sea Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: VMF(N)-533 with F6F-3N Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes VMF(N)-534 with F6F-3N Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 2 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes VMF(N)-541 with F6F-3N Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes VMF(N)-542 with F6F-5N Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 418th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes 421st NFS with P-61A Black Widow (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes 15th FG/6th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000002 Night Naval bombardment 1944-12-20 Haha-jima 110,75 Night Naval bombardment of Haha-jima at 110,75 Allied Ships BB Arizona BB Oklahoma BB Nevada Japanese ground losses: 48 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 8 Port hits 8 Port supply hits 1 OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Arizona BB Arizona firing at Haha-jima BB Oklahoma firing at Haha-jima OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Nevada BB Nevada firing at 52nd JNAF AF Unit 000003 Night Naval bombardment 1944-12-20 Haha-jima 110,75 Night Naval bombardment of Haha-jima at 110,75 Allied Ships CL Marblehead CL Richmond DD Balch DD Selfridge Japanese ground losses: 33 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 3 Port hits 1 SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Marblehead CL Marblehead firing at 12th Garrison Unit CL Richmond firing at Haha-jima DD Balch firing at Haha-jima DD Selfridge firing at 12th Garrison Unit 000004 Night Naval bombardment 1944-12-20 Haha-jima 110,75 Night Naval bombardment of Haha-jima at 110,75 Allied Ships BB West Virginia BB Colorado BB Maryland Japanese ground losses: 169 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 Port hits 1 BB West Virginia firing at 12th Garrison Unit BB Colorado firing at Haha-jima BB Maryland firing at Haha-jima 000005 Night Naval bombardment 1944-12-20 Haha-jima 110,75 Night Naval bombardment of Haha-jima at 110,75 Allied Ships BB Mississippi BB Idaho Japanese ground losses: 183 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 5 Port hits 2 BB Mississippi firing at Haha-jima BB Idaho firing at Haha-jima 000006 Sub attack 1944-12-20 100,65 Amami Oshima Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 100,65 Japanese Ships E No.26 Allied Ships SS Bowfin SS Bowfin launches 2 torpedoes at E No.26 E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000007 Sub attack 1944-12-20 100,65 Amami Oshima Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 100,65 Japanese Ships E Kuretake E No.26 Allied Ships SS Blower SS Blower launches 2 torpedoes at E Kuretake E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000008 ASW attack 1944-12-20 110,65 Aogashima ASW attack near Aogashima at 110,65 Japanese Ships E No.17 Allied Ships SS Cobia SS Cobia is sighted by escort E No.17 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.17 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.17 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.17 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.17 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • The Peggy flight was met by overwhelming CAP but they pressed on. • Missed. quote: 000051 Sub attack 1944-12-20 99,68 Daito Shoto Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 99,68 Japanese Ships E Hishu E W-41 Allied Ships SS Bowfin SS Bowfin launches 2 torpedoes at E Hishu Bowfin diving deep .... E W-41 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-41 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-41 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-41 attacking submerged sub .... E W-41 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • There is a push to get supplies into Daito Shoto. • Ours! quote: 000053 Ground combat 1944-12-20 Haha-jima 110,75 Ground combat at Haha-jima (110,75) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 3599 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 53 Defending force 15592 troops, 255 guns, 436 vehicles, Assault Value = 383 Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 12th Garrison Unit 52nd JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 6th Australian Brigade 28th Australian Brigade 5th LH Motor Regiment 2/5th Armoured Regiment 1st Australian Brigade 2/6th Armoured Regiment 2/9th Armoured Regiment 101st LH Motor Regiment 000056 Ground combat 1944-12-20 Haha-jima 110,75 Ground combat at Haha-jima (110,75) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 15592 troops, 255 guns, 436 vehicles, Assault Value = 383 Defending force 3963 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 50 Allied adjusted assault: 200 Japanese adjusted defense: 10 Allied assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 5) Allied forces CAPTURE Haha-jima !!! Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 801 casualties reported Squads: 24 destroyed, 22 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 12 (11 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1210 casualties reported Squads: 33 destroyed, 37 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 45 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 14 disabled Guns lost 53 (4 destroyed, 49 disabled) Vehicles lost 57 (9 destroyed, 48 disabled) Assaulting units: 28th Australian Brigade 2/9th Armoured Regiment 5th LH Motor Regiment 1st Australian Brigade 2/6th Armoured Regiment 6th Australian Brigade 2/5th Armoured Regiment 101st LH Motor Regiment Defending units: 12th Garrison Unit 52nd JNAF AF Unit 000059 Wiped Out 1944-12-20 Haha-jima 110,75 52nd JNAF AF Unit Wiped Out at Haha-jima by attrition!!! • The troops on Haha-jima are in good enough shape to make an assault tomorrow, which hopefully will hit the now unfortified defenders hard. • The rotation of combat troops off of Chichi-jima and engineers onto Chichi-jima continues. No matter what, it will take well over a month to build the airfield to size 3. We are still at 1% per day (5% now) but have a lot more engineers on the way. • The B-29's continue recovery, likely for several more days. There are 30 of them in transit, and 265 in theater, and 9 in the pools for a total of 304. • Three squadrons of P-51D will sweep Yokohama/Yokosuka. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 20 (9/3/2021 1:03:04 AM)
I've decided #1 strategic bombing priority is to virtually eliminate Ki-84r Frank production. The production centers identified so far: Yokohama/Yokosuka 14 Hamamatsu 11 Tokyo 61 Maebashi 10 (8, 2) Gifu 61 Osaka/Kyoto 22 Hiroshima/Kure 51 There are also a total of 156 unidentified aircraft factories in various cities. The tactic will be to saturate the factory and assign excess B-29's to other targeted aircraft factories (A7M2 Sam, N1K5-J George, Ki-84b Frank, J7W1 Shinden, Ki-83) or Light Industry depending upon what is avaialble.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 21 (9/5/2021 3:36:35 AM)
1944 December 21 INVADED INVESTED Quinhon Davao Soerabaja Saigon Tourane CHANGED OWNERSHIP Overall • Strategic points: 8,288 • B29's reporting ready: 126 • +/- VP today: +6 • Enemy carriers and battleships are about 8 to 10 hexes south of Hainan Island. 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 • Lost one, but got one! quote: 000002 ASW attack 1944-12-21 51,84 Singapore ASW attack near Singapore at 51,84 Japanese Ships DD Hagikaze DD Kasumi Allied Ships SS Tally Ho SS Tally Ho launches 2 torpedoes at DD Hagikaze DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000005 ASW attack 1944-12-21 50,86 Tandjoengpinang ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 50,86 Japanese Ships PB Choun Maru #18 PB Nichi Maru #1 Allied Ships SS Zwaardvisch SS Zwaardvisch is located by PB Choun Maru #18 Zwaardvisch bottoming out .... PB Nichi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Nichi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Nichi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Nichi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Nichi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000006 ASW attack 1944-12-21 50,87 Lingga ASW attack near Lingga at 50,87 Japanese Ships E No.35 E No.37 Allied Ships SS Trespasser, hits 22, heavy damage SS Trespasser is located by E No.35 E No.37 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.37 attacking submerged sub .... E No.37 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.37 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000011 Sub attack 1944-12-21 50,86 Tandjoengpinang Sub attack near Tandjoengpinang at 50,86 Japanese Ships TK Nichiei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage TK Kanze Maru PB Fuji Maru #4 Allied Ships SS Zwaardvisch SS Zwaardvisch launches 2 torpedoes at TK Nichiei Maru Zwaardvisch 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 000016 Sub attack 1944-12-21 50,88 Singkep Sub attack near Singkep at 50,88 Japanese Ships E No.35 E No.37 Allied Ships SS S-28, hits 9, heavy damage SS S-28 launches 2 torpedoes at E No.35 E No.37 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.37 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.37 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.37 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.37 attacking submerged sub .... E No.37 is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub 000018 ASW attack 1944-12-21 49,89 Muntok ASW attack near Muntok at 49,89 Japanese Ships E No.35 Allied Ships SS KXV SS KXV is sighted by escort KXV bottoming out .... E No.35 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.35 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000021 ASW attack 1944-12-21 50,88 Singkep ASW attack near Singkep at 50,88 Japanese Ships PB Shonan Maru #2 Allied Ships SS KXV, hits 2 SS KXV is sighted by escort PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shonan Maru #2 attacking submerged sub .... PB Shonan Maru #2 is out of ASW ammo PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Shonan Maru #2 attacking submerged sub .... PB Shonan Maru #2 is out of ASW ammo PB Shonan Maru #2 is out of ASW ammo PB Shonan Maru #2 is out of ASW ammo PB Shonan Maru #2 is out of ASW ammo PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000022 ASW attack 1944-12-21 56,82 Terempa ASW attack near Terempa at 56,82 Japanese Ships DD Kasumi Allied Ships SS Angler SS Angler is located by DD Kasumi DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000027 Sub attack 1944-12-21 49,89 Muntok Sub attack near Muntok at 49,89 Japanese Ships TK Kanze Maru TK Kaijo Maru PB Fuji Maru #4 Allied Ships SS O20 SS O20 launches 2 torpedoes at TK Kanze Maru 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 • Troops unloaded at Port Swettenham and already they are building fortifications against he enemy unit at Kuala Lumpur. • The Dutch navy will ride into Palembang tonight. Philippines • All additional troops landed and on their way to Davao. China • Still they harass us. quote: 000001 ASW attack 1944-12-21 72,71 Samah ASW attack near Samah at 72,71 Japanese Ships E No.6 E No.30 Allied Ships SS Blueback SS Blueback is located by E No.6 Blueback diving deep .... 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 000023 ASW attack 1944-12-21 72,71 Samah ASW attack near Samah at 72,71 Japanese Ships DD Isonami Allied Ships SS Billfish SS Billfish launches 2 torpedoes at DD Isonami Billfish diving deep .... DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isonami attacking submerged sub .... DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isonami attacking submerged sub .... DD Isonami is out of ASW ammo DD Isonami is out of ASW ammo DD Isonami is out of ASW ammo DD Isonami is out of ASW ammo DD Isonami is out of ASW ammo DD Isonami is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub • Tomorrow the additional division plus armor should be in place for assault the day after. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Got one! quote: 000003 ASW attack 1944-12-21 72,72 Cam Ranh Bay ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 72,72 Japanese Ships DD Akatsuki Allied Ships SS Blueback, hits 2 SS Blueback launches 2 torpedoes at DD Akatsuki DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Akatsuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Akatsuki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000017 Sub attack 1944-12-21 68,74 Cam Ranh Bay Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 68,74 Japanese Ships DD Hakaze, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage DD Sawakaze Allied Ships SS Icefish SS Icefish launches 4 torpedoes at DD Hakaze DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sawakaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000025 ASW attack 1944-12-21 71,71 Quinhon ASW attack near Quinhon at 71,71 Japanese Ships CL Kuma CL Sendai DD Shiratsuyu DD Yudachi DD Murasame DD Shigure Allied Ships SS Gunnel SS Gunnel is sighted by escort DD Yudachi fails to find sub and abandons search DD Murasame fails to find sub and abandons search DD Shigure fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shigure fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000026 Sub attack 1944-12-21 70,71 Quinhon Sub attack near Quinhon at 70,71 Japanese Ships E No.134 Allied Ships SS Aspro Captain of SS Aspro elects not to launch torpedoes at this target Aspro diving deep .... E No.134 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.134 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.134 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.134 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.134 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000064 Ground combat 1944-12-21 Saigon 60,71 Ground combat at Saigon (60,71) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 26632 troops, 231 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 874 Defending force 19505 troops, 272 guns, 139 vehicles, Assault Value = 727 Japanese ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 41st Division 2nd Guards Division Yokosuka 1st SNLF Cape St.Jaques Fortress 55th Air Division 38th Army 30th JNAF AF Unit 3rd Naval Construction Battalion 43rd Const Co 51st Field AA Battalion 26th Air Flotilla 33rd Army 56th Engineer Regiment 90th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 22nd (East African) Brigade 3rd Commando Brigade 25th Australian Brigade 39th Indian Division 000066 Ground combat 1944-12-21 Tourane 66,65 Ground combat at Tourane (66,65) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 18051 troops, 323 guns, 296 vehicles, Assault Value = 719 Defending force 6821 troops, 61 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 153 Allied adjusted assault: 459 Japanese adjusted defense: 143 Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 2) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 465 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 45 disabled Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Vehicles lost 52 (52 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 213 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 150th RAC Regiment 17th Australian Brigade 21st Australian Brigade 50th Indian Para Brigade 3rd Carabiniers Regiment 475th USA Regiment 44th (Support) Battalion 14th Air Landing Brigade Defending units: 19th Tank Regiment 37th/B Division 37th/C Division • Tourane might fall tomorrow. • At least one enemy unit is seen moving NE out of Cam Ranh Bay. We have a motorized Inf Rgt in position to cut them off. • Engineers are rushing into Phnom Penh to build the airfield large enough to hold all the close air support fighters which will support the Saigon reduction. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. quote: 000004 ASW attack 1944-12-21 98,69 Daito Shoto ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 98,69 Japanese Ships PB Suyozai Maru PB Okuyo Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Blower SS Blower is sighted by escort Blower bottoming out .... PB Suyozai Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000007 ASW attack 1944-12-21 99,68 Daito Shoto ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 99,68 Japanese Ships E Kuretake E No.26 Allied Ships SS Sealion II, hits 2 SS Sealion II is located by E Kuretake Sealion II diving deep .... E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.26 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000008 ASW attack 1944-12-21 99,68 Daito Shoto ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 99,68 Japanese Ships E No.26 Allied Ships SS Moray, hits 1 SS Moray is located by E No.26 Moray diving deep .... E No.26 attacking submerged sub .... SS Moray eludes E No.26 by diving deep E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000009 Night Air attack 1944-12-21 110,75 Haha-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 5 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 16 F6F-3N Hellcat x 15 F6F-5N Hellcat x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 2 damaged Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships CVE Kalinin Bay CVE White Plains Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: VMF(N)-533 with F6F-3N Hellcat (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes VMF(N)-542 with F6F-5N Hellcat (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes 418th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead 421st NFS with P-61A Black Widow (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead VMF(N)-534 with F6F-3N Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes VMF(N)-541 with F6F-3N Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes 15th FG/6th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar 000010 Night Air attack 1944-12-21 110,75 Haha-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 43 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 6 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 16 F6F-3N Hellcat x 15 F6F-5N Hellcat x 4 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships CVE Kitkun Bay CVE Natoma Bay Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: VMF(N)-533 with F6F-3N Hellcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes VMF(N)-542 with F6F-5N Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead 15th FG/6th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead 418th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead 421st NFS with P-61A Black Widow (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead VMF(N)-534 with F6F-3N Hellcat (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 14000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes VMF(N)-541 with F6F-3N Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar 000012 ASW attack 1944-12-21 98,69 Daito Shoto ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 98,69 Japanese Ships E W-41 Allied Ships SS Sealion II SS Sealion II is sighted by escort Sealion II bottoming out .... E W-41 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-41 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-41 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-41 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-41 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000013 ASW attack 1944-12-21 98,69 Daito Shoto ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 98,69 Japanese Ships E No.15 Allied Ships SS Sealion II, hits 16, heavy damage SS Sealion II is sighted by escort Sealion II bottoming out .... E No.15 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.15 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.15 attacking submerged sub .... E No.15 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.15 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000014 Night Naval bombardment 1944-12-21 Haha-jima 110,75 Night Naval bombardment of Haha-jima at 110,75 Allied Ships BB Tennessee BB Pennsylvania Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Tennessee BB Tennessee firing at 12th Garrison Unit BB Pennsylvania firing at 12th Garrison Unit 000015 Night Naval bombardment 1944-12-21 Haha-jima 110,75 Night Naval bombardment of Haha-jima at 110,75 Allied Ships BB New York BB New York firing at 12th Garrison Unit • No subs hit; a good day. quote: 000019 ASW attack 1944-12-21 107,61 Kobe ASW attack near Kobe at 107,61 Japanese Ships DD Kashi DD Sakura Allied Ships SS Harder SS Harder is located by DD Kashi DD Sakura fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sakura fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sakura fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sakura fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sakura fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000020 Sub attack 1944-12-21 99,68 Daito Shoto Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 99,68 Japanese Ships E Aguni E No.44 Allied Ships SS Bowfin Captain of SS Bowfin elects not to launch torpedoes at this target E No.44 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.44 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.44 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.44 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.44 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000024 ASW attack 1944-12-21 98,67 Daito Shoto ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 98,67 Japanese Ships DD Asanagi Allied Ships SS Blower SS Blower is sighted by escort DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Asanagi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • The fighter sweeps over Yokohama/Yokosuka were hard fought, with about 1 to 1 results. We lost 40x P-51D on the day. We are already behind on making good losses, so I found three squadrons of P-51D not on Iwo-jima or Chichi-jima and changed them to P-47D25. That will give us 75 to make up losses and keep up the pressure as soon as they make ready into the pool. • They throw rocks! quote: 000065 Ground combat 1944-12-21 Haha-jima 110,75 Ground combat at Haha-jima (110,75) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2993 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6 Defending force 14884 troops, 253 guns, 435 vehicles, Assault Value = 282 Japanese ground losses: 30 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 12th Garrison Unit Defending units: 1st Australian Brigade 2/5th Armoured Regiment 6th Australian Brigade 5th LH Motor Regiment 2/6th Armoured Regiment 28th Australian Brigade 2/9th Armoured Regiment 101st LH Motor Regiment 000067 Ground combat 1944-12-21 Haha-jima 110,75 Ground combat at Haha-jima (110,75) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 14884 troops, 253 guns, 435 vehicles, Assault Value = 282 Defending force 2972 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Allied adjusted assault: 156 Japanese adjusted defense: 4 Allied assault odds: 39 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 686 casualties reported Squads: 69 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 2/9th Armoured Regiment 6th Australian Brigade 2/5th Armoured Regiment 1st Australian Brigade 28th Australian Brigade 2/6th Armoured Regiment 5th LH Motor Regiment 101st LH Motor Regiment Defending units: 12th Garrison Unit 000068 surrounded 1944-12-21 Haha-jima 110,75 Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Haha-jima • Haha-jima should be cleared soon. • The Shinden factory at Hamamatsu is being repaired; was 5, is now 14. Complete combat report attached.

Lowpe -> RE: 1944 December 21 (9/5/2021 12:36:27 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs • The Shinden factory at Hamamatsu is being repaired; was 5, is now 14. Interesting!

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 21 (9/6/2021 2:16:52 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lowpe quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs • The Shinden factory at Hamamatsu is being repaired; was 5, is now 14. Interesting! Now 15!

Lowpe -> RE: 1944 December 21 (9/6/2021 3:14:57 PM)
It is always difficult to know what the state of Japan's economy is as the Allies...and what to concentrate on destroying.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 22 (9/6/2021 3:44:54 PM)
1944 December 22 INVADED INVESTED Davao Quinhon Saigon Soerabaja CHANGED OWNERSHIP Temuloh is occupied by the Allies Allied forces CAPTURE Tourane !!! Overall • Strategic points: 8,288 • B29's reporting ready: 143 • +/- VP today: +77 • Enemy carriers and battleships 5 hexes SSW of Cam Ranh Bay, heading west. Search reports about 40 carriers but only 94 fighters, 170 bombers, and 20 auxiliary types. • Our USN fleet carriers need to have a squadron of at least 18 aircraft offloaded by 9 days from now to make room for arriving Corsair squadrons. We will reshuffle squadrons just after. Operations near Iwo-jima should not be affected, operations in the Java Sea maybe so but I anticipate only minor interruptions. West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii Pacific • Merging some B-29 squadrons in the Marianas to fill out the squadrons while keeping the squadron count down. Will probably keep doing this as more groups are available than bombers to fill out the groups. New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya • Got a bunch! quote: 000001 ASW attack 1944-12-22 50,88 Singkep ASW attack near Singkep at 50,88 Japanese Ships E Ukishima E Aotaka Allied Ships SS KXV SS KXV is sighted by escort KXV bottoming out .... E Aotaka fails to find sub, continues to search... E Aotaka fails to find sub, continues to search... E Aotaka fails to find sub, continues to search... E Aotaka fails to find sub, continues to search... E Aotaka fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000002 ASW attack 1944-12-22 49,89 Muntok ASW attack near Muntok at 49,89 Japanese Ships E No.35 Allied Ships SS KXVIII, hits 9 SS KXVIII is located by E No.35 KXVIII bottoming out .... E No.35 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.35 attacking submerged sub .... E No.35 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.35 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.35 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000003 Night Time Surface Combat 1944-12-22 50,89 Muntok Night Time Surface Combat, near Muntok at 50,89, Range 6,000 Yards Japanese Ships SC Ch 1 SC Ch 3, Shell hits 9, and is sunk SC Ch 4, Shell hits 1 Allied Ships CL Sumatra CL Tromp DD Piet Hein DD Kortenaer DD Evertsen DD Witte de With Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 53% moonlight: 6,000 yards Range closes to 25,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 25,000 yards Range closes to 23,000 yards... Range closes to 21,000 yards... Range closes to 19,000 yards... Range closes to 17,000 yards... Range closes to 15,000 yards... Range closes to 13,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... Range closes to 7,000 yards... Range closes to 6,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 6,000 yards CL Tromp engages SC Ch 4 at 6,000 yards CL Sumatra engages SC Ch 3 at 6,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages SC Ch 3 at 6,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards CL Tromp engages SC Ch 4 at 8,000 yards CL Sumatra engages SC Ch 4 at 8,000 yards DD Witte de With engages SC Ch 3 at 8,000 yards DD Evertsen engages SC Ch 4 at 8,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages SC Ch 4 at 8,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards CL Tromp engages SC Ch 4 at 6,000 yards DD Evertsen engages SC Ch 1 at 6,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages SC Ch 3 at 6,000 yards DD Evertsen engages SC Ch 3 at 6,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages SC Ch 3 at 6,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages SC Ch 3 at 6,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards CL Tromp engages SC Ch 4 at 8,000 yards CL Sumatra engages SC Ch 3 at 8,000 yards DD Evertsen engages SC Ch 4 at 8,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages SC Ch 4 at 8,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards CL Tromp engages SC Ch 4 at 10,000 yards SC Ch 3 sunk by CL Sumatra at 10,000 yards CL Sumatra engages SC Ch 1 at 10,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages SC Ch 1 at 10,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards CL Sumatra engages SC Ch 4 at 8,000 yards CL Sumatra engages SC Ch 4 at 8,000 yards DD Witte de With engages SC Ch 4 at 8,000 yards Task forces break off... 000004 Night Time Surface Combat 1944-12-22 48,91 Palembang Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 5,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Akitsui Maru, Shell hits 7, and is sunk PB Chohakusan Maru, Shell hits 24, and is sunk PB Kantori Maru, Shell hits 22, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Sumatra CL Tromp DD Piet Hein DD Kortenaer DD Evertsen DD Witte de With Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 53% moonlight: 6,000 yards Range closes to 21,000 yards... Range closes to 15,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... Range closes to 5,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 5,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 5,000 yards Willinge, J.J.L. crosses the 'T' DD Kortenaer engages PB Kantori Maru at 5,000 yards Kawazoe, C. orders Japanese TF to disengage Range closes to 2,000 yards CL Sumatra engages PB Kantori Maru at 2,000 yards DD Witte de With engages PB Kantori Maru at 2,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages PB Kantori Maru at 2,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages PB Kantori Maru at 2,000 yards PB Kantori Maru sunk by CL Sumatra at 2,000 yards CL Sumatra engages PB Akitsui Maru at 2,000 yards CL Tromp engages PB Chohakusan Maru at 2,000 yards Kawazoe, C. orders Japanese TF to disengage Range increases to 3,000 yards CL Tromp engages PB Chohakusan Maru at 3,000 yards CL Sumatra engages PB Akitsui Maru at 3,000 yards DD Evertsen engages PB Chohakusan Maru at 3,000 yards CL Tromp engages PB Akitsui Maru at 3,000 yards DD Witte de With engages PB Akitsui Maru at 3,000 yards DD Evertsen engages PB Chohakusan Maru at 3,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages PB Chohakusan Maru at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards Massive explosion on PB Chohakusan Maru Massive explosion on PB Chohakusan Maru CL Sumatra engages PB Chohakusan Maru at 2,000 yards PB Chohakusan Maru sunk by CL Sumatra at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards CL Sumatra engages PB Akitsui Maru at 3,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages PB Akitsui Maru at 3,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... 000006 Night Time Surface Combat 1944-12-22 48,91 Palembang Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Fuji Maru #4, Shell hits 1, on fire PB Kyo Maru #11 PB Shonan Maru #2 TK Akatuki Maru TK Amatsu Maru TK Fujisan Maru TK Kaijo Maru TK Kanze Maru TK Mirii Maru TK Nikkoku Maru, Shell hits 1 TK Ose Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire TK Shoyo Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire TK Terukawa Maru TK Toen Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships CL Sumatra CL Tromp DD Piet Hein DD Kortenaer DD Evertsen DD Witte de With Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 64% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards CL Tromp engages PB Shonan Maru #2 at 11,000 yards CL Sumatra engages TK Ose Maru at 11,000 yards CL Tromp engages PB Kyo Maru #11 at 11,000 yards CL Tromp engages TK Shoyo Maru at 11,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages TK Ose Maru at 11,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages TK Nikkoku Maru at 11,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards CL Tromp engages PB Kyo Maru #11 at 8,000 yards CL Tromp engages PB Fuji Maru #4 at 8,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages TK Terukawa Maru at 8,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages TK Shoyo Maru at 8,000 yards CL Tromp engages TK Amatsu Maru at 8,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards CL Tromp engages TK Toen Maru at 5,000 yards CL Tromp engages PB Kyo Maru #11 at 5,000 yards CL Tromp engages PB Fuji Maru #4 at 5,000 yards CL Tromp engages TK Toen Maru at 5,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages TK Shoyo Maru at 5,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages TK Nikkoku Maru at 5,000 yards CL Tromp engages PB Fuji Maru #4 at 5,000 yards DD Evertsen engages TK Toen Maru at 5,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages TK Toen Maru at 5,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages TK Shoyo Maru at 5,000 yards Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... 000007 Night Time Surface Combat 1944-12-22 48,91 Palembang Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Kyo Maru #11, Shell hits 2, and is sunk PB Shonan Maru #2 TK Akatuki Maru, Shell hits 1 TK Amatsu Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire TK Fujisan Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire TK Kaijo Maru, Shell hits 4 TK Kanze Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage TK Mirii Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire TK Nikkoku Maru TK Ose Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage TK Shoyo Maru, Shell hits 3, and is sunk TK Terukawa Maru, Shell hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Sumatra CL Tromp DD Piet Hein, Shell hits 2 DD Kortenaer DD Evertsen DD Witte de With Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 64% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 25,000 yards... Range closes to 23,000 yards... Range closes to 21,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 21,000 yards Range closes to 19,000 yards... Range closes to 17,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 17,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards... Range closes to 13,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards CL Tromp engages TK Kanze Maru at 11,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards CL Tromp engages TK Terukawa Maru at 8,000 yards CL Sumatra engages TK Terukawa Maru at 8,000 yards DD Witte de With engages TK Ose Maru at 8,000 yards CL Tromp engages TK Kanze Maru at 8,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards CL Tromp engages TK Terukawa Maru at 6,000 yards CL Sumatra engages TK Terukawa Maru at 6,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages TK Terukawa Maru at 6,000 yards DD Witte de With engages TK Shoyo Maru at 6,000 yards CL Sumatra engages TK Ose Maru at 6,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages TK Nikkoku Maru at 6,000 yards DD Witte de With engages TK Kanze Maru at 6,000 yards DD Witte de With engages TK Fujisan Maru at 6,000 yards DD Witte de With engages TK Akatuki Maru at 6,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards CL Tromp engages TK Kaijo Maru at 4,000 yards PB Kyo Maru #11 sunk by CL Tromp at 4,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages TK Terukawa Maru at 4,000 yards TK Shoyo Maru sunk by DD Witte de With at 4,000 yards TK Terukawa Maru sunk by DD Piet Hein at 4,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages TK Mirii Maru at 4,000 yards DD Witte de With engages TK Kanze Maru at 4,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages TK Kaijo Maru at 4,000 yards DD Witte de With engages TK Fujisan Maru at 4,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages TK Akatuki Maru at 4,000 yards Range increases to 7,000 yards DD Witte de With engages TK Ose Maru at 7,000 yards DD Evertsen engages TK Kaijo Maru at 7,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages TK Mirii Maru at 7,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages TK Mirii Maru at 7,000 yards DD Evertsen engages TK Fujisan Maru at 7,000 yards DD Witte de With engages TK Amatsu Maru at 7,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards CL Sumatra engages TK Amatsu Maru at 12,000 yards DD Witte de With engages TK Fujisan Maru at 12,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages TK Mirii Maru at 12,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages TK Kanze Maru at 12,000 yards DD Evertsen engages TK Kaijo Maru at 12,000 yards DD Evertsen engages TK Fujisan Maru at 12,000 yards DD Evertsen engages TK Amatsu Maru at 12,000 yards Range increases to 14,000 yards DD Evertsen engages TK Ose Maru at 14,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages TK Mirii Maru at 14,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages TK Fujisan Maru at 14,000 yards DD Witte de With engages TK Amatsu Maru at 14,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages TK Akatuki Maru at 14,000 yards Japanese Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... 000008 Night Time Surface Combat 1944-12-22 48,91 Palembang Night Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 11,000 Yards Japanese Ships TK Amatsu Maru, heavy fires TK Kaijo Maru, Shell hits 8, and is sunk TK Kanze Maru, and is sunk TK Mirii Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage TK Ose Maru, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships CL Sumatra CL Tromp DD Piet Hein DD Kortenaer DD Evertsen DD Witte de With Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 64% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 25,000 yards... Range closes to 23,000 yards... Range closes to 21,000 yards... Range closes to 19,000 yards... Range closes to 17,000 yards... Range closes to 15,000 yards... Range closes to 13,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 11,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 11,000 yards Willinge, J.J.L. crosses the 'T' Range closes to 10,000 yards CL Sumatra engages TK Kaijo Maru at 10,000 yards CL Sumatra engages TK Kaijo Maru at 10,000 yards Willinge, J.J.L. orders Allied TF to disengage Range closes to 8,000 yards CL Tromp engages TK Kaijo Maru at 8,000 yards CL Tromp engages TK Mirii Maru at 8,000 yards DD Witte de With engages TK Kaijo Maru at 8,000 yards DD Evertsen engages TK Mirii Maru at 8,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards CL Sumatra engages TK Kaijo Maru at 10,000 yards DD Evertsen engages TK Kaijo Maru at 10,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards CL Tromp engages TK Mirii Maru at 11,000 yards Massive explosion on TK Kaijo Maru TK Kaijo Maru sunk by CL Sumatra at 11,000 yards DD Evertsen engages TK Mirii Maru at 11,000 yards Range increases to 14,000 yards DD Witte de With engages TK Mirii Maru at 14,000 yards DD Evertsen engages TK Amatsu Maru at 14,000 yards DD Evertsen engages TK Mirii Maru at 14,000 yards DD Evertsen engages TK Mirii Maru at 14,000 yards Task forces break off... 000011 Day Time Surface Combat 1944-12-22 49,90 Palembang Day Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 49,90, Range 27,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Shonan Maru #2 TK Akatuki Maru TK Fujisan Maru TK Nikkoku Maru Allied Ships CL Sumatra CL Tromp DD Piet Hein DD Kortenaer DD Evertsen DD Witte de With Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 27,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 27,000 yards Both TF attempt to withdraw! Range increases to 27,000 yards... Both Task Forces evade combat 000012 Sub attack 1944-12-22 49,85 Singapore Sub attack near Singapore at 49,85 Japanese Ships PB Heizan Maru Allied Ships SS Zwaardvisch SS Zwaardvisch launches 2 torpedoes at PB Heizan Maru Zwaardvisch bottoming out .... PB Heizan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Heizan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Heizan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Heizan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Heizan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000013 ASW attack 1944-12-22 49,85 Singapore ASW attack near Singapore at 49,85 Japanese Ships PB Heizan Maru Allied Ships SS Trident SS Trident is sighted by escort PB Heizan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Heizan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Heizan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Heizan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Heizan Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000017 ASW attack 1944-12-22 51,86 Tandjoengpinang ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,86 Japanese Ships E Tsuga SC Ch 7 E Etoforu Allied Ships SS Tally Ho, hits 11 SS Tally Ho is located by E Tsuga Tally Ho bottoming out .... E Etoforu attacking submerged sub .... E Etoforu fails to find sub, continues to search... E Etoforu fails to find sub, continues to search... E Etoforu fails to find sub, continues to search... E Etoforu attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000054 Amphibious Assault 1944-12-22 Pontianak 56,90 Amphibious Assault at Pontianak (56,90) TF 362 troops unloading over beach at Pontianak, 56,90 Allied ground losses: 31 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled • Now the problem: to get in there ASAP, the short ranged Dutch warships made full speed, and now most of them are out of fuel. A USN CL/DD TF is moving in to provide emergency fuel to get them to the tankers. But the IJN carriers are only 20 hexes from our carriers. Philippines China • Get you next time! quote: 000016 ASW attack 1944-12-22 73,69 Samah ASW attack near Samah at 73,69 Japanese Ships DD Okinami Allied Ships SS Blueback, hits 1 SS Blueback is located by DD Okinami Blueback diving deep .... DD Okinami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Okinami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Okinami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Okinami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Okinami attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub • Just east of LangSon the additional units have arrived; we have 2,817 AV including lots of tanks and artillery. Assault tomorrow. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Dang! quote: 000009 Sub attack 1944-12-22 68,76 Cam Ranh Bay Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 68,76 Japanese Ships CV Soryu BB Kongo CA Haguro CLAA Nagara DD Hatsuzuki DD Susuzuki Allied Ships SS Aspro, hits 2 SS Aspro launches 6 torpedoes at CV Soryu Aspro diving deep .... DD Hatsuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Susuzuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hatsuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuzuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Hatsuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuzuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Hatsuzuki is out of ASW ammo DD Hatsuzuki is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub 000010 ASW attack 1944-12-22 67,76 Cam Ranh Bay ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 67,76 Japanese Ships DD Arashio Allied Ships SS Tang SS Tang is sighted by escort Tang diving deep .... DD Arashio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Arashio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Arashio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Arashio fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Arashio attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000014 ASW attack 1944-12-22 67,76 Cam Ranh Bay ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 67,76 Japanese Ships DD Samidare DD Yamakaze DD Kikuzuki DD Uzuki DD Shirakumo Allied Ships SS Tang SS Tang launches 2 torpedoes at DD Samidare Tang diving deep .... DD Kikuzuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Uzuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Shirakumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shirakumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shirakumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shirakumo attacking submerged sub .... DD Shirakumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shirakumo attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000055 Ground combat 1944-12-22 Saigon 60,71 Ground combat at Saigon (60,71) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 26670 troops, 231 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 876 Defending force 26267 troops, 324 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 992 Japanese ground losses: 33 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Guards Division Yokosuka 1st SNLF 41st Division Cape St.Jaques Fortress 56th Engineer Regiment 30th JNAF AF Unit 33rd Army 55th Air Division 26th Air Flotilla 43rd Const Co 51st Field AA Battalion 38th Army 3rd Naval Construction Battalion 90th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 22nd (East African) Brigade 39th Indian Division 3rd Commando Brigade 25th Australian Brigade 23rd LRP Brigade 16th Indian Brigade 000057 Ground combat 1944-12-22 Tourane 66,65 Ground combat at Tourane (66,65) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 17978 troops, 322 guns, 296 vehicles, Assault Value = 713 Defending force 6269 troops, 61 guns, 21 vehicles, Assault Value = 107 Allied adjusted assault: 394 Japanese adjusted defense: 67 Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied forces CAPTURE Tourane !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1240 casualties reported Squads: 17 destroyed, 67 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 36 (36 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 21 (21 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 122 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 17th Australian Brigade 21st Australian Brigade 50th Indian Para Brigade 150th RAC Regiment 3rd Carabiniers Regiment 475th USA Regiment 44th (Support) Battalion 14th Air Landing Brigade Defending units: 37th/B Division 37th/C Division 000059 Ground combat 1944-12-22 50,71 Singora Ground combat at 50,71 (near Singora) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 22924 troops, 354 guns, 201 vehicles, Assault Value = 682 Defending force 719 troops, 8 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 9 Allied adjusted assault: 659 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 659 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1039 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 34 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd British Division 28th (East African) Brigade 48th Gurkha Brigade 3rd (Special Force) Division Defending units: 31st JAAF AF Bn • The assault at Tourane will continue tomorrow to clean out resistance. • The enemy unit from Cam Ranh Bay apparently railed to Quinhon as our mechanized Bde made only 45 miles. They will move to Dalat as previously planned. • The march on Singora itself now commences. • We will bring more forces into Saigon before beginning to reduce fortifications. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. quote: 000005 Night Air attack 1944-12-22 110,75 Haha-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 5 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 20 F6F-3N Hellcat x 17 F6F-5N Hellcat x 5 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships CVE Anzio Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: VMF(N)-533 with F6F-3N Hellcat (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 70 minutes VMF(N)-534 with F6F-3N Hellcat (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes VMF(N)-541 with F6F-3N Hellcat (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes VMF(N)-542 with F6F-5N Hellcat (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes 15th FG/6th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead 418th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead 18th FG/419th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead 421st NFS with P-61A Black Widow (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar • Our LBA night fighters will split between 10,000 ft and 20,000 ft. • They don't like our plane guard. quote: 000015 Sub attack 1944-12-22 110,65 Aogashima Sub attack near Aogashima at 110,65 Japanese Ships DD Sakura Allied Ships SS Cobia, hits 4 SS Cobia launches 2 torpedoes at DD Sakura DD Sakura fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sakura fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sakura fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sakura attacking submerged sub .... DD Sakura fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • Clean up goes well, with recon showing nearly 40% fewer hold outs today. quote: 000056 Ground combat 1944-12-22 Haha-jima 110,75 Ground combat at Haha-jima (110,75) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2194 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Defending force 15018 troops, 252 guns, 435 vehicles, Assault Value = 306 Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 12th Garrison Unit Defending units: 2/9th Armoured Regiment 5th LH Motor Regiment 6th Australian Brigade 1st Australian Brigade 2/5th Armoured Regiment 2/6th Armoured Regiment 28th Australian Brigade 101st LH Motor Regiment 000058 Ground combat 1944-12-22 Haha-jima 110,75 Ground combat at Haha-jima (110,75) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 15018 troops, 252 guns, 435 vehicles, Assault Value = 306 Defending force 2178 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 192 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 192 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 462 casualties reported Squads: 25 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 2/6th Armoured Regiment 2/5th Armoured Regiment 5th LH Motor Regiment 1st Australian Brigade 6th Australian Brigade 2/9th Armoured Regiment 28th Australian Brigade 101st LH Motor Regiment Defending units: 12th Garrison Unit 000060 surrounded 1944-12-22 Haha-jima 110,75 Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Haha-jima • Lots of engineers are on Chichi-jima and the remaining combat forces will be lifted off over the next few days. • The fighter strip on Haha-jima is clear, but the base facilities and the port are unrecognizable. • It is possible that Torishima is undefended. It's a 0(0) 0(0) base, but if we could build it to operate P-47's that would increase our sweep strength. At the right time, a Torishima invasion might be a good operation to bait and destroy Imperial anti-shipping strikes prior to invading the main Home Islands themselves. • We have six P-51D squadrons on Iwo-jima, five of which are at full strength (although making ready aircraft). One is both on a delay and is awaiting more to flow into the pool (7 needed). We have two P-51D squadrons on Chichi-jima. • No date is set for Daito Shoto landings, but certainly January. Nago and Naha will come as soon after that as I can manage. At sea replenishment via AE auxiliaries should be a great help. • Items being repaired as seen by recon of Home Island production facilities: J7W1 Shinden Mitsubishi Ha-43 Mitsubishi Ha-32 Toka • I am adding the Toka to my watch list/opportunity target list. 91 factories (that I can see) working on Toka, and 127 working on J7W1 Shinden. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 23 (9/7/2021 4:11:16 AM)
1944 December 23 INVADED INVESTED Davao Quinhon Saigon Soerabaja CHANGED OWNERSHIP Pontianak is occupied by the Allies Overall • Strategic points: 8,288 • B29's reporting ready: 187 • +/- VP today: +1 (Take that!) • Enemy carriers and battleships 7 hexes SE of Soc Trang. 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 • We have lots of subs looking for their carriers and their tankers. quote: 000001 ASW attack 1944-12-23 49,89 Muntok ASW attack near Muntok at 49,89 Japanese Ships PB Takuna Maru #7 Allied Ships SS KXVII SS KXVII is sighted by escort KXVII bottoming out .... PB Takuna Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takuna Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takuna Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takuna Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Takuna Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000009 ASW attack 1944-12-23 60,108 Mataram ASW attack near Mataram at 60,108 Japanese Ships SS I-20 Allied Ships DD Black DD Cowell SS I-20 is located by DD Black I-20 bottoming out .... DD Cowell fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Cowell fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Cowell fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Cowell fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Cowell fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000046 Sub attack 1944-12-23 53,84 Djemadja Sub attack near Djemadja at 53,84 Japanese Ships xAK Azumasan Maru xAK Arima Maru E Iki Allied Ships SS Bluefish SS Bluefish launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Azumasan Maru Bluefish bottoming out .... E Iki fails to find sub, continues to search... E Iki fails to find sub, continues to search... E Iki fails to find sub, continues to search... E Iki fails to find sub, continues to search... E Iki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000047 ASW attack 1944-12-23 56,80 Terempa ASW attack near Terempa at 56,80 Japanese Ships DD Kasumi Allied Ships SS Thorough SS Thorough is sighted by escort Thorough bottoming out .... DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000048 ASW attack 1944-12-23 60,108 Mataram ASW attack near Mataram at 60,108 Japanese Ships SS I-20, hits 8 Allied Ships DD Cowell SS I-20 is sighted by escort DD Cowell attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000049 ASW attack 1944-12-23 56,80 Terempa ASW attack near Terempa at 56,80 Japanese Ships DD Urakaze DD Kasumi Allied Ships SS Thorough SS Thorough is located by DD Urakaze DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • The enemy carriers closed very slowly on the Java Sea. They are now 18 hexes from our carriers, which moved only 3 hexes overnight. • Our fighters swept Singapore again and scored about 4 to 3 in their favor, hardly overwhelming but enough to thin out any aid to their carriers. Philippines China • Decent results but not quite 2 to 1. Squads disabled to are in our favor. quote: 000052 Ground combat 1944-12-23 71,56 Lang Son Ground combat at 71,56 (near Lang Son) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 83180 troops, 1258 guns, 1822 vehicles, Assault Value = 2838 Defending force 25495 troops, 216 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 728 Allied adjusted assault: 1558 Japanese adjusted defense: 799 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1696 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 203 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 39 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled Guns lost 24 (1 destroyed, 23 disabled) Vehicles lost 60 (37 destroyed, 23 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1388 casualties reported Squads: 69 destroyed, 52 disabled Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 17 (7 destroyed, 10 disabled) Vehicles lost 24 (12 destroyed, 12 disabled) Assaulting units: 23rd Indian Division 254th Armoured Brigade 255th Indian Tank Brigade 3rd New Chinese Corps 19th Indian Division 18th Cavalry Regiment Provisionl Tank Brigade 50th Tank Brigade 5th Indian Division 86th Medium Regiment 2/11th Fld RAA Regiment 31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 85th Medium Regiment 88th Medium Regiment 2/13th Fld RAA Regiment 8th Belfast Heavy Regiment 2/9th Fld RAA Regiment 163rd Light AA Regiment 26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 87th Medium Regiment 33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment Defending units: 64th Division 34th Tank Regiment 8th Division • The infantry must rest for probably at least 2 days. We are over stacked and so recover less quickly. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Waiting for resistance to collapse at Tourane. quote: 000050 Ground combat 1944-12-23 Saigon 60,71 Ground combat at Saigon (60,71) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 26566 troops, 231 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 874 Defending force 26314 troops, 324 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 999 Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 4 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Guards Division Yokosuka 1st SNLF 41st Division Cape St.Jaques Fortress 26th Air Flotilla 38th Army 55th Air Division 33rd Army 3rd Naval Construction Battalion 30th JNAF AF Unit 43rd Const Co 56th Engineer Regiment 51st Field AA Battalion 90th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 39th Indian Division 25th Australian Brigade 23rd LRP Brigade 22nd (East African) Brigade 3rd Commando Brigade 16th Indian Brigade 000051 Ground combat 1944-12-23 Tourane 66,65 Ground combat at Tourane (66,65) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 17865 troops, 322 guns, 296 vehicles, Assault Value = 698 Defending force 5165 troops, 28 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 32 Allied adjusted assault: 394 Japanese adjusted defense: 7 Allied assault odds: 56 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 760 casualties reported Squads: 49 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 73 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 17th Australian Brigade 3rd Carabiniers Regiment 150th RAC Regiment 21st Australian Brigade 44th (Support) Battalion 50th Indian Para Brigade 475th USA Regiment 14th Air Landing Brigade Defending units: 37th/B Division 37th/C Division • Looking to build Phnom Penh as quickly as possible; went from 4 + 0% to 4 + 20% today. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. quote: 000002 Night Air attack 1944-12-23 111,74 Chichi-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 6 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 12 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships AM Salute Aircraft Attacking: 4 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: 418th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 421st NFS with P-61A Black Widow (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000003 Night Air attack 1944-12-23 111,74 Chichi-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 99 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 27 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 3 damaged Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships APA Winged Arrow APA Ormsby DD Laws DD Albert Grant AM Chief APA Herald of Morning APA Storm King Aircraft Attacking: 26 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: 418th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes 421st NFS with P-61A Black Widow (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar 000004 Night Air attack 1944-12-23 111,74 Chichi-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 128 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 35 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 6 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships DD Laws LSV Ozark Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: 418th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 421st NFS with P-61A Black Widow (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000005 Night Air attack 1944-12-23 110,75 Haha-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 15 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 10 F6F-3N Hellcat x 16 F6F-5N Hellcat x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 destroyed, 9 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships CVE Natoma Bay CVE Kitkun Bay Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: VMF(N)-533 with F6F-3N Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes VMF(N)-534 with F6F-3N Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes VMF(N)-541 with F6F-3N Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 16000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes VMF(N)-542 with F6F-5N Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 17000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes 15th FG/6th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes 18th FG/419th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar 000006 Night Air attack 1944-12-23 111,74 Chichi-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 112 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 10 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships APA Doyen APA Ormsby Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: 418th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 421st NFS with P-61A Black Widow (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000007 Night Air attack 1944-12-23 111,74 Chichi-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 8 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 9 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 3 damaged G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships AM Chief APA Storm King Aircraft Attacking: 8 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: 418th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead 421st NFS with P-61A Black Widow (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar 000008 Night Air attack 1944-12-23 110,75 Haha-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 6 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 12 F6F-3N Hellcat x 14 F6F-5N Hellcat x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 2 damaged Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships CVE White Plains Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: VMF(N)-533 with F6F-3N Hellcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes VMF(N)-534 with F6F-3N Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead VMF(N)-541 with F6F-3N Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead VMF(N)-542 with F6F-5N Hellcat (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 17000. Raid is overhead 15th FG/6th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead 18th FG/419th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar • So the night strikes are back and in greater numbers than seen before. • Steady attrition. quote: 000053 Ground combat 1944-12-23 Haha-jima 110,75 Ground combat at Haha-jima (110,75) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 15132 troops, 252 guns, 436 vehicles, Assault Value = 320 Defending force 1726 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 248 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 248 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 324 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 80 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 6th Australian Brigade 2/9th Armoured Regiment 1st Australian Brigade 5th LH Motor Regiment 2/6th Armoured Regiment 2/5th Armoured Regiment 28th Australian Brigade 101st LH Motor Regiment Defending units: 12th Garrison Unit 000054 surrounded 1944-12-23 Haha-jima 110,75 Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Haha-jima • Lots of ships all over are moving to pick up units assigned to Daito Shoto. • B-29 target: Okayama Shinden factory [31], daylight, 8,000 ft. Two squadrons of P-51D from Chichi-jima will sweep for the bombers from Saipan. • B-29 target: Hiroshima/Kure Frank-r factory [37] and Light Industry [181], daylight, 12,000 ft. Four squadrons of P-51D from Iwo-jima will sweep for the bombers from Tinian and Guam. • B-29 target: Kagoshima Light Industry [53], daylight, 8,000 ft. These will be B-29-1 models which cannot reach the other targets from Tinian. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 24 (9/8/2021 1:56:44 AM)
1944 December 24 INVADED INVESTED Davao Quinhon Saigon Soerabaja CHANGED OWNERSHIP Overall • Strategic points: 8,344 • B29's reporting ready: 171 • +/- VP today: +98 • Enemy carriers and battleships 4 hexes north of Kuching. 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 • They are again trying to sanitize the waters. quote: 000001 Sub attack 1944-12-24 55,81 Terempa Sub attack near Terempa at 55,81 Japanese Ships DD Urakaze DD Kasumi Allied Ships SS Angler SS Angler launches 2 torpedoes at DD Urakaze Angler bottoming out .... DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000003 Sub attack 1944-12-24 53,82 Djemadja Sub attack near Djemadja at 53,82 Japanese Ships DD Kasumi Allied Ships SS Thule, hits 4 SS Thule launches 2 torpedoes at DD Kasumi DD Kasumi attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000004 Sub attack 1944-12-24 49,89 Muntok Sub attack near Muntok at 49,89 Japanese Ships SC Ch 1 SC Ch 4 Allied Ships SS KXV SS KXV launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 1 SC Ch 4 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 4 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 4 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 4 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 4 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000014 ASW attack 1944-12-24 53,82 Djemadja ASW attack near Djemadja at 53,82 Japanese Ships E Etoforu SC Ch 7 Allied Ships SS Thule SS Thule is located by E Etoforu E Etoforu fails to find sub, continues to search... E Etoforu fails to find sub, continues to search... E Etoforu fails to find sub, continues to search... E Etoforu fails to find sub, continues to search... E Etoforu fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000015 ASW attack 1944-12-24 50,88 Singkep ASW attack near Singkep at 50,88 Japanese Ships E Ukishima E Aotaka Allied Ships SS KXVII, hits 4 SS KXVII is located by E Ukishima KXVII bottoming out .... E Aotaka fails to find sub, continues to search... E Aotaka fails to find sub, continues to search... E Aotaka fails to find sub, continues to search... E Aotaka attacking submerged sub .... E Aotaka attacking submerged sub .... E Aotaka is out of ASW ammo E Aotaka is out of ASW ammo E Aotaka is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub 000018 Submarine attack 1944-12-24 53,86 Tandjoengpinang Submarine attack near Tandjoengpinang at 53,86 Japanese Ships xAKL Higari Maru Allied Ships SS Thule xAKL Higari Maru is sighted by SS Thule SS Thule attacking on the surface Mars, A. decides to submerge SS Thule due to damage • Obviously I don't know what the IJN battle forces will do. They could simply be heading for Singapore as they did on their last outing. They are proceeding through a net of subs which just arrived on all their respective stations just for their arrival. • Tomorrow a Bde will seize Djambi, and within about 6 days from now they and another Bde should be in Palembang. Philippines China • Our troops are recovering well and might need only one more day. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • With their carriers heading for Singapore, maybe we can hit these close ASW groups with LBA? quote: 000002 ASW attack 1944-12-24 69,71 Quinhon ASW attack near Quinhon at 69,71 Japanese Ships E Fukue E Tsushima Allied Ships SS Tang SS Tang is located by E Fukue Tang diving deep .... E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Tsushima fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000019 Sub attack 1944-12-24 66,70 Quinhon Sub attack near Quinhon at 66,70 Japanese Ships DD Natsushio DD Isonami Allied Ships SS Lionfish SS Lionfish launches 4 torpedoes at DD Natsushio Lionfish diving deep .... DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isonami fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000067 Ground combat 1944-12-24 Saigon 60,71 Ground combat at Saigon (60,71) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 26666 troops, 231 guns, 58 vehicles, Assault Value = 880 Defending force 26315 troops, 324 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 998 Japanese ground losses: 33 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 2nd Guards Division 41st Division Yokosuka 1st SNLF Cape St.Jaques Fortress 56th Engineer Regiment 3rd Naval Construction Battalion 43rd Const Co 51st Field AA Battalion 33rd Army 38th Army 30th JNAF AF Unit 26th Air Flotilla 55th Air Division 90th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 3rd Commando Brigade 22nd (East African) Brigade 39th Indian Division 25th Australian Brigade 23rd LRP Brigade 16th Indian Brigade 000068 Ground combat 1944-12-24 Tourane 66,65 Ground combat at Tourane (66,65) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 17834 troops, 322 guns, 296 vehicles, Assault Value = 692 Defending force 4573 troops, 24 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 21 Allied adjusted assault: 359 Japanese adjusted defense: 5 Allied assault odds: 71 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 775 casualties reported Squads: 53 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 17th Australian Brigade 21st Australian Brigade 3rd Carabiniers Regiment 44th (Support) Battalion 150th RAC Regiment 475th USA Regiment 50th Indian Para Brigade 14th Air Landing Brigade Defending units: 37th/B Division 37th/C Division • Tourane hold outs keep weakening and I keep saying that. • We will have well over 2 to 1 at Saigon when we are ready to begin. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. quote: 000005 Night Air attack 1944-12-24 111,74 Chichi-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 62 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft G3M3 Nell x 6 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 12 Japanese aircraft losses G3M3 Nell: 1 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships DD Albert Grant APA Herald of Morning Aircraft Attacking: 6 x G3M3 Nell launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: 418th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes 421st NFS with P-61A Black Widow (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 8 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000006 Night Air attack 1944-12-24 111,74 Chichi-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 119 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 32 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 13 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 6 damaged Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships APA La Salle AM Chief APA Pierce DD Laws Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: 418th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes 421st NFS with P-61A Black Widow (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000007 Night Air attack 1944-12-24 110,75 Haha-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 3 Allied aircraft F6F-3N Hellcat x 14 F6F-5N Hellcat x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 destroyed Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships CVE Admiralty Island Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: VMF(N)-534 with F6F-3N Hellcat (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes VMF(N)-542 with F6F-5N Hellcat (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes VMF(N)-533 with F6F-3N Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes VMF(N)-541 with F6F-3N Hellcat (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000008 Night Air attack 1944-12-24 110,75 Haha-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Haha-jima at 110,75 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 24 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 10 F6F-3N Hellcat x 14 F6F-5N Hellcat x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 7 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships CVE Thetis Bay CVE Makassar Strait CVE Takanis Bay Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: VMF(N)-534 with F6F-3N Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VMF(N)-542 with F6F-5N Hellcat (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 3000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes 18th FG/419th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Raid is overhead VMF(N)-533 with F6F-3N Hellcat (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 60 minutes VMF(N)-541 with F6F-3N Hellcat (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 3000. Raid is overhead 15th FG/6th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar 000009 Night Air attack 1944-12-24 111,74 Chichi-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 6 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 3 damaged Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships APA Feland DD Albert Grant Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: 418th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead 421st NFS with P-61A Black Widow (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar 000010 Night Air attack 1944-12-24 111,74 Chichi-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 14 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 12 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships APA Herald of Morning APA Storm King APA Pierce Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: 418th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead 421st NFS with P-61A Black Widow (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 14000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar 000011 Night Air attack 1944-12-24 111,74 Chichi-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 6 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 3 damaged Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships APA Winged Arrow APA Doyen Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: 418th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 7000. Raid is overhead 421st NFS with P-61A Black Widow (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 7000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar 000012 Night Air attack 1944-12-24 111,74 Chichi-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 8 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 4 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships APA Pierce APA La Salle Aircraft Attacking: 8 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: 421st NFS with P-61A Black Widow (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar 000013 Night Air attack 1944-12-24 111,74 Chichi-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 4 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 1 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships DD Laws Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy bombing from 8000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 421st NFS with P-61A Black Widow (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Raid is overhead Some CAP have air radar • We had lots of intercepts including one really good one. The AA gunners keep earning their pay. • They have good flak. quote: 000016 ASW attack 1944-12-24 100,66 Amami Oshima ASW attack near Amami Oshima at 100,66 Japanese Ships PB Senyo Maru Allied Ships SS Ronquil SS Ronquil is sighted by escort Ronquil diving deep .... PB Senyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Senyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Senyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Senyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Senyo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000017 Sub attack 1944-12-24 101,64 Tanegashima Sub attack near Tanegashima at 101,64 Japanese Ships SC CHa-22 Allied Ships SS Bowfin SS Bowfin launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-22 Bowfin diving deep .... SC CHa-22 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-22 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-22 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-22 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-22 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000022 Morning Air attack 1944-12-24 Hiroshima/Kure 106,58 Morning Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M5 Jack x 12 Ki-83 x 49 Ki-84r Frank x 33 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-83: 4 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 3 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51D Mustang: 5 destroyed CAP engaged: 332 Ku S-1 with J2M5 Jack (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 4 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 34010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 56th Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 22 on standby, 17 scrambling) 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 14000 and 36600. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 101st Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 11 on standby, 17 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 33910. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 000023 Morning Air attack 1944-12-24 Hiroshima/Kure 106,58 Morning Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M5 Jack x 11 Ki-83 x 38 Ki-84r Frank x 26 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 21 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-83: 3 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51D Mustang: 2 destroyed CAP engaged: 332 Ku S-1 with J2M5 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes 56th Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 6 on standby, 14 scrambling) 9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 36600. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes 101st Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (3 airborne, 2 on standby, 9 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 33910. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 000030 Morning Air attack 1944-12-24 Hiroshima/Kure 106,58 Morning Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M5 Jack x 11 Ki-83 x 31 Ki-84r Frank x 19 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 32 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-83: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 5 destroyed, 16 damaged B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak Ki-84r Frank factory hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 332 Ku S-1 with J2M5 Jack (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 34010. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 101st Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) 10 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 33910. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 56th Sentai with Ki-83 (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 17 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 38212. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes 000038 Morning Air attack 1944-12-24 Hiroshima/Kure 106,58 Morning Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 58 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M5 Jack x 7 Ki-83 x 14 Ki-84r Frank x 11 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 332 Ku S-1 with J2M5 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes 101st Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 80 minutes 56th Sentai with Ki-83 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 13 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 55 minutes 000049 Morning Air attack 1944-12-24 Hiroshima/Kure 106,58 Morning Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M5 Jack x 5 Ki-83 x 13 Ki-84r Frank x 9 Allied aircraft B-29-25 Superfort x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-83: 1 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 332 Ku S-1 with J2M5 Jack (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes 101st Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 56th Sentai with Ki-83 (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (5 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 000055 Morning Air attack 1944-12-24 Hiroshima/Kure 106,58 Morning Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 22 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M5 Jack x 5 Ki-83 x 9 Ki-84r Frank x 8 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 21 Japanese aircraft losses J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed Ki-83: 6 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 3 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 17 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 37000 feet * CAP engaged: 332 Ku S-1 with J2M5 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes 101st Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 33910. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 56th Sentai with Ki-83 (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 14000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes 000056 Morning Air attack 1944-12-24 Hiroshima/Kure 106,58 Morning Air attack on Hiroshima/Kure , at 106,58 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 24 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 24 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 37000 feet * 000039 Morning Air attack 1944-12-24 Okayama 108,58 Morning Air attack on Okayama , at 108,58 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 33 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 32 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 20 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (6 airborne, 15 on standby, 11 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes Chikami L. in a Ki-45 KAIc Nick makes head on attack ... forces B-29-1 Superfort out of formation Kuroe, Y. in a Ki-45 KAIc Nick makes head on attack ... forces B-29-1 Superfort out of formation 000052 Morning Air attack 1944-12-24 Okayama 108,58 Morning Air attack on Okayama , at 108,58 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 18 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 13 damaged J7W1 Shinden factory hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 18 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes 000053 Morning Air attack 1944-12-24 Okayama 108,58 Morning Air attack on Okayama , at 108,58 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 13 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 11 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes 000054 Morning Air attack 1944-12-24 Okayama 108,58 Morning Air attack on Okayama , at 108,58 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 10 Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 7 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged Aircraft Attacking: 7 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 12000 feet * City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 000059 Afternoon Air attack 1944-12-24 Okayama 108,58 Afternoon Air attack on Okayama , at 108,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K5-J George x 9 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 11 Ki-84r Frank x 27 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 25 Japanese aircraft losses N1K5-J George: 2 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 4 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51D Mustang: 3 destroyed CAP engaged: S-312 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (9 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes 103rd Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 7 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes 200th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 204th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 9000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes 21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 4 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 31200. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 000060 Afternoon Air attack 1944-12-24 Okayama 108,58 Afternoon Air attack on Okayama , at 108,58 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 40,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K5-J George x 3 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 9 Ki-84r Frank x 12 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 25 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIc Nick: 3 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 5 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-51D Mustang: 2 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 7 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 37000 feet * CAP engaged: 21st Sentai with Ki-45 KAIc Nick (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes 204th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes S-312 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 103rd Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes 200th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 11000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes • Kagoshima had extreme overcast and strikes there were cancelled. • Our sweeps did well but our bombers aim was poor. Perhaps flak overall is getting better and 8,000 feet should not be used in daylight unless the target is believed especially soft. • Secured! quote: 000069 Ground combat 1944-12-24 Haha-jima 110,75 Ground combat at Haha-jima (110,75) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 15282 troops, 253 guns, 438 vehicles, Assault Value = 342 Defending force 1022 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 248 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 248 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1103 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 133 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 5th LH Motor Regiment 2/5th Armoured Regiment 2/6th Armoured Regiment 1st Australian Brigade 6th Australian Brigade 28th Australian Brigade 2/9th Armoured Regiment 101st LH Motor Regiment Defending units: 12th Garrison Unit • Hiroshima/Kure Frank-r is down to 32. Okayama Shinden is down to 29. • Our fighters and bombers will stand down to recover. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 24 (9/8/2021 1:57:13 AM)
1944 December 24 Air losses. Including B-29's we were close to even. Our fighters by themselves did okay, and actually helped the bombers they got in front of. I'm pleased we got so many of what must be excellent pilots making those night strikes on our shipping. [image]local://upfiles/14248/BC8FD876DD894D9595ADCE4ECA11F59F.jpg[/image]

BBfanboy -> RE: 1944 December 24 (9/8/2021 4:04:09 AM)
Your Black Widows are getting better at shooting down the interlopers. What Experience and Air Skill do those pilots have?

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 24 (9/8/2021 4:09:30 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy Your Black Widows are getting better at shooting down the interlopers. What Experience and Air Skill do those pilots have? 60's and 70's for Exp, Air skill is mostly in the 70's. I'll double check next turn. I changed the altitude of one group too when it looked like they were trying to approach above the CAP coverage.

anarchyintheuk -> RE: 1944 December 24 (9/8/2021 6:15:52 PM)
Have the Peggy raids ever zeroed out your aa ammunition on any task forces?

witpqs -> RE: 1944 December 24 (9/8/2021 10:10:42 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk Have the Peggy raids ever zeroed out your aa ammunition on any task forces? Not so far. They will replenish soon anyway, and on Jan 1 will be able to do so at sea.

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