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Strategic Outlook 1945-02-01 Home Islands Gaining a foot hold on the main Home Islands as soon as possible is the main goal. Even if ground advance from invasion targets is thwarted, those bases themselves plus nearby island bases will bring much more air power to bear. The vector of advance is Daito Shoto, then to Okinawa (Naha, Nago) and a few surrounding islands (Amami Oshima, Okinoerabushima, Tokunoshima), then to Kanoya with two nearby islands for support (Tanegashima, Yakushima), followed quickly by Kochi. I consider Kochi as having the best chance of land advance. A command HQ will be allocated to Kochi. Daito Shoto will be secured prior to invasions of Okinawa and nearby islands, and will host command HQs for Naha and Nago. 13 days from now all forces will be 100% prepared for Okinawa, et al. We are currently repositioning assigned forces to facilitate the operation as soon as possible after Daito Shoto is secured. Okinawa (at least, not necessarily the nearby islands) will be secured before the Home Islands invasions. 76 days from now all forces will be 100% prepared (time spent in transit might delay that; no preparation accumulates while aboard ship). It should take long than that for us to get through Daito Shoto then Okinawa. Repositioning those forces will be prioritized as soon as the Okinawa forces are all in place. China We have two vectors of advance in China, and several distractions. Forces allocated are limited and will be until Singapore is secured. The main goal here is to threaten (and be able to carry out) a fast advance, thereby holding a substantial commitment of Imperial ground forces. The main spearhead is currently besieging Nanning. Restricted Chinese Army forces which were ejected from China first to Burma then to India are reentering China directly from Burma. The Empire has committed only minor, delaying forces so far. While Paoshan is liberated, the road ahead favors the defense and the strong Chinese Army units will be bottled up for some time to come. In addition to some units marching off road past Paoshan, one strong unit is marching through the jungle toward the long road stub which leads to Mengtze and Kunming. Two Australian Bdes are moving into China from Lao Cai to harry retreating Imperial forces, and might later coordinate with the unit just mentioned above. One Australian Bde is all the way to the end of the road NW of Nanning and is marching cross country into the mountain to the NE to gain the road there and impede Imperial logistics and movement, perhaps aiding the Chinese Army advance from Burma. DEI Palembang will be taken with forces currently assigned plus increased air support. Singapore will be taken with the help of RN battleship support and heavy air support. Some of the assigned ground forces are currently in Indochina where they will help with ex-Saigon Imperial forces and with Cam Ranh Bay. The rest of Java is being cleaned up, as is Oosthaven. Enemy positions are currently unknown. Brunei and Miri will be taken soon with one airborne division landing amphibiously. The rest of Borneo will be cleaned up with small commitments. Philippines Only 2 Bdes are being prepared for an invasion of Luzon, namely Legaspi, the idea being to gain a foothold and then use forces conveniently available. The rest of the Philippines will be liberated on a similar, low-commitment basis.

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 01 (10/26/2021 1:44:44 AM)
1945 February 01 INVADED INVESTED Cam Ranh Bay Palembang Johore Bahru Nanning CHANGED OWNERSHIP Overall • Strategic points: 11,304 • B29's reporting ready: 117 • +/- VP today: +161 • Enemy battleships and carriers are 8 hexes just south of a line to the east of Cam Ranh Bay. West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii Pacific • Still over 6,000. quote: 000094 Ground combat 1945-02-01 Truk 112,108 Ground combat at Truk (112,108) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 12126 troops, 202 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 348 Defending force 3756 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Allied adjusted assault: 159 Japanese adjusted defense: 4 Allied assault odds: 39 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 134 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 7th Infantry Division ComAirSoPac 2nd Fleet Advn Base Force VII US Fighter Cmnd Defending units: 16th Division New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya • These B-24's frightened enemy shipping, quite so! quote: 000062 Morning Air attack 1945-02-01 56,80 Terempa Morning Air attack on TF, near Terempa at 56,80 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Japanese Ships DD Hagikaze DD Kasumi Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 000083 Morning Air attack 1945-02-01 56,80 Terempa Morning Air attack on TF, near Terempa at 56,80 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 4 No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Kasumi Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 000086 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-01 56,80 Terempa Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Terempa at 56,80 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 5 No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Urakaze Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet Naval Attack: 5 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 000087 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-01 50,84 Singapore Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 10 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese Ships E Tsuga PB Nichi Maru #1 E Etoforu Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 000088 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-01 56,80 Terempa Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Terempa at 56,80 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 61 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese Ships DD Kasumi Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 000089 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-01 50,84 Singapore Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Allied losses Japanese Ships E Etoforu E Tsuga Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 000092 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-01 56,80 Terempa Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Terempa at 56,80 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 29 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 2 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese Ships DD Kasumi Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb • The B-24's (at Phnom Penh) will take possibly a couple or a few days rest before commencing steady airfield strikes against Singapore. It's possible the first day will be a port strike. • More than 300,000 additional supply needed to repair all the facilities at Soerabaja. Making arrangements to get lots onto Java direct from the US West Coast. Philippines • Wearing them down. quote: 000095 Ground combat 1945-02-01 Cagayan 79,89 Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 25830 troops, 434 guns, 442 vehicles, Assault Value = 787 Defending force 12566 troops, 80 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 190 Allied adjusted assault: 367 Japanese adjusted defense: 21 Allied assault odds: 17 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1172 casualties reported Squads: 36 destroyed, 46 disabled Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 11 (6 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 276 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 20 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled) Assaulting units: 1st Tank Battalion 14th NZ Brigade 30th Australian Brigade 8th NZ Brigade 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 28th Australian Battalion 16th Australian Battalion 7th Australian Brigade 29th Australian Brigade 27th Australian Brigade 147th Field Artillery Battalion 1st RAA Med Arty Regiment 2nd RAA Med Arty Regiment Defending units: 35th Division 146th Infantry Regiment 79th JAAF AF Bn 21st Air Flotilla 4th Field Construction Battalion 14th JAAF AF Coy China • Got two (including one twice)! I included locations close to Formosa because it's all one battle. Our subs are getting hit hard as a result of concentrating in obvious choke points; we lost 3. quote: 000003 ASW attack 1945-02-01 82,63 Pescadores ASW attack near Pescadores at 82,63 Japanese Ships E W-30 Allied Ships SS Tench SS Tench is sighted by escort E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000004 Submarine attack 1945-02-01 84,62 Pescadores Submarine attack near Pescadores at 84,62 Japanese Ships CL Kashima Allied Ships SS Bluegill CL Kashima is sighted by SS Bluegill SS Bluegill launches 4 torpedoes at CL Kashima 000007 Sub attack 1945-02-01 84,62 Pescadores Sub attack near Pescadores at 84,62 Japanese Ships xAK Awajisan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Bluegill SS Bluegill launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Awajisan Maru 000008 Sub attack 1945-02-01 80,65 Swatow Sub attack near Swatow at 80,65 Japanese Ships E Kamo E W-26 Allied Ships SS Steelhead SS Steelhead launches 2 torpedoes at E Kamo Steelhead diving deep .... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000009 Submarine attack 1945-02-01 85,62 Pescadores Submarine attack near Pescadores at 85,62 Japanese Ships xAK Awajisan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Harder xAK Awajisan Maru is sighted by SS Harder SS Harder launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Awajisan Maru 000011 Submarine attack 1945-02-01 82,64 Swatow Submarine attack near Swatow at 82,64 Japanese Ships E Daito E Okinawa E Shonan Allied Ships SS Gabilan, hits 36, heavy fires, heavy damage SS Gabilan is located by E Daito Gabilan bottoming out .... E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Okinawa attacking submerged sub .... E Okinawa attacking submerged sub .... E Okinawa is out of ASW ammo SS Gabilan forced to surface! E Daito firing on surfaced sub .... E Shonan firing on surfaced sub .... E Daito firing on surfaced sub .... E Shonan firing on surfaced sub .... E Daito firing on surfaced sub .... E Shonan firing on surfaced sub .... E Daito firing on surfaced sub .... E Shonan firing on surfaced sub .... E Daito firing on surfaced sub .... E Shonan firing on surfaced sub .... E Okinawa firing on surfaced sub .... E Daito firing on surfaced sub .... E Shonan firing on surfaced sub .... E Okinawa firing on surfaced sub .... E Daito firing on surfaced sub .... E Shonan firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves 000012 ASW attack 1945-02-01 80,63 Swatow ASW attack near Swatow at 80,63 Japanese Ships PB Rokko Maru SC Ch 10 Allied Ships SS Scorpion, hits 1 SS Scorpion is located by PB Rokko Maru Scorpion bottoming out .... PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Rokko Maru attacking submerged sub .... PB Rokko Maru is out of ASW ammo PB Rokko Maru is out of ASW ammo PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000013 ASW attack 1945-02-01 82,63 Pescadores ASW attack near Pescadores at 82,63 Japanese Ships E No.68 E No.67 Allied Ships SS Pompon, hits 22, heavy damage SS Pompon is sighted by escort Pompon bottoming out .... E No.68 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.67 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.68 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.68 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.68 attacking submerged sub .... E No.68 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000014 Sub attack 1945-02-01 84,64 Takao Sub attack near Takao at 84,64 Japanese Ships E No.31, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage E No.39 E No.36 E No.30 Allied Ships SS Muskallunge, hits 29, and is sunk SS Muskallunge launches 2 torpedoes at E No.31 Muskallunge bottoming out .... E No.39 attacking submerged sub .... E No.39 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.39 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.39 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.39 attacking submerged sub .... SS Muskallunge forced to surface! E No.36 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.30 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.36 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.30 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.36 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.30 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.36 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.30 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.36 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.30 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.39 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.36 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.30 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.39 firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves 000097 Ground combat 1945-02-01 71,57 Pakhoi Ground combat at 71,57 (near Pakhoi) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 9848 troops, 84 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 295 Defending force 6041 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 139 Allied adjusted assault: 227 Japanese adjusted defense: 183 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 163 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 357 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 35 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 24th Australian Brigade 96th Chinese Division Defending units: 55th Infantry Brigade 000099 Ground combat 1945-02-01 67,44 Tsuyung Ground combat at 67,44 (near Tsuyung) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 16846 troops, 35 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 667 Defending force 14102 troops, 159 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 427 Allied adjusted assault: 329 Japanese adjusted defense: 2650 Allied assault odds: 1 to 8 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-), supply(-) Japanese ground losses: 485 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 4746 casualties reported Squads: 224 destroyed, 168 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 59 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 12 (5 destroyed, 7 disabled) Assaulting units: 36th Chinese Division 7th New Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Division Defending units: 40th Division 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 3rd Mortar Battalion • Near Pakhoi we will bring in more force to destroy the 55th Infantry Brigade. • The cross-river shock attack near Paoshan went much as expected. It will be 5 days until the first reinforcements arrive, so we must hope there is no counterattack in the meantime. • Our forces at Nanning are recovered but we will hold for now. • Air strikes against Canton damaged the base and destroyed ASW aircraft. • Tomorrow the B-24's will raid Liuchow aided by fighter sweeps. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Give a little, get a little. Surprisingly we only lost a destroyer and a light cruiser against an enemy destroyer, but we will lose another destroyer to fires. The B-24 attacks burned precious Imperial fighter fuel. quote: 000001 Night Time Surface Combat 1945-02-01 65,77 Cam Ranh Bay Night Time Surface Combat, near Cam Ranh Bay at 65,77, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Yukikaze DD Isokaze, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Arashio, Shell hits 14, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships CA Canberra, Shell hits 1 CL Leander CL Achilles DD Voyager, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Vampire, Shell hits 1 DE Electra DE Express Improved night sighting under 78% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 78% moonlight: 12,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 12,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Arashio at 12,000 yards DD Arashio engages CL Achilles at 12,000 yards CL Leander engages DD Isokaze at 12,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Vampire at 12,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Voyager at 12,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards CA Canberra engages DD Arashio at 5,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Vampire at 5,000 yards CL Leander engages DD Isokaze at 5,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Vampire at 5,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Voyager at 5,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DE Express at 5,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards CA Canberra engages DD Isokaze at 3,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Vampire at 3,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Voyager at 3,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DE Express at 3,000 yards Terumichi, A. orders Japanese TF to disengage Range increases to 5,000 yards DD Vampire engages DD Arashio at 5,000 yards CL Achilles engages DD Isokaze at 5,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Voyager at 5,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Voyager at 5,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DE Express at 5,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DE Electra at 5,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Voyager at 4,000 yards DD Yukikaze engages DD Vampire at 4,000 yards DD Vampire engages DD Arashio at 4,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Voyager at 4,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DE Express at 4,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DE Electra at 4,000 yards CA Canberra engages DD Isokaze at 4,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DD Voyager at 4,000 yards DD Vampire engages DD Yukikaze at 4,000 yards DD Arashio engages DD Voyager at 4,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DE Express at 4,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards CA Canberra engages DD Arashio at 6,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Isokaze at 6,000 yards CL Leander engages DD Yukikaze at 6,000 yards DD Arashio sunk by DD Voyager at 6,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DE Express at 6,000 yards CA Canberra engages DD Isokaze at 6,000 yards CL Achilles engages DD Isokaze at 6,000 yards CL Leander engages DD Isokaze at 6,000 yards DD Vampire engages DD Isokaze at 6,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DE Express at 6,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards CA Canberra engages DD Isokaze at 8,000 yards CL Achilles engages DD Isokaze at 8,000 yards DD Vampire engages DD Isokaze at 8,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DE Electra at 8,000 yards Range increases to 13,000 yards CA Canberra engages DD Isokaze at 13,000 yards CL Achilles engages DD Isokaze at 13,000 yards CL Leander engages DD Isokaze at 13,000 yards DD Isokaze engages DE Electra at 13,000 yards Terumichi, A. orders Japanese TF to disengage Task forces break off... 000002 Night Time Surface Combat 1945-02-01 65,77 Cam Ranh Bay Night Time Surface Combat, near Cam Ranh Bay at 65,77, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Yamato BB Musashi, Shell hits 1 CA Maya CA Myoko, Shell hits 3 DD Akigumo DD Makigumo DD Yamagumo DD Minegumo DD Shigure Allied Ships CA Canberra, Shell hits 1 CL Leander, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage CL Achilles, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Voyager, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Vampire, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DE Electra, Shell hits 1 DE Express Improved night sighting under 78% moonlight Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 78% moonlight: 12,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 12,000 yards Kirkpatrick A. crosses the 'T' CA Myoko engages CA Canberra at 12,000 yards CL Leander engages CA Myoko at 12,000 yards CA Myoko engages DD Vampire at 12,000 yards CA Myoko engages DD Voyager at 12,000 yards DD Makigumo engages DD Vampire at 12,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards BB Musashi engages CL Leander at 8,000 yards BB Yamato engages CL Achilles at 8,000 yards CA Myoko engages CL Leander at 8,000 yards CA Maya engages DD Vampire at 8,000 yards BB Yamato engages DD Voyager at 8,000 yards DD Vampire engages DD Minegumo at 8,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DE Electra at 8,000 yards DD Vampire engages DD Makigumo at 8,000 yards DD Akigumo engages DD Vampire at 8,000 yards BB Musashi engages CL Leander at 8,000 yards CA Maya engages CL Achilles at 8,000 yards CL Leander engages CA Myoko at 8,000 yards DD Akigumo engages DD Vampire at 8,000 yards DD Shigure engages DD Voyager at 8,000 yards DD Minegumo engages DD Voyager at 8,000 yards CA Maya engages DE Electra at 8,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Makigumo at 8,000 yards Kirkpatrick A. orders Allied TF to disengage Range closes to 6,000 yards CA Maya engages CA Canberra at 6,000 yards BB Yamato engages CL Leander at 6,000 yards CA Maya engages CL Leander at 6,000 yards DD Shigure engages DD Vampire at 6,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Makigumo at 6,000 yards DD Vampire sunk by DD Minegumo at 6,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Yamagumo at 6,000 yards Range increases to 7,000 yards BB Musashi engages CL Achilles at 7,000 yards BB Yamato engages CL Leander at 7,000 yards CL Leander engages CA Myoko at 7,000 yards CA Maya engages CL Leander at 7,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Shigure at 7,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Voyager at 7,000 yards DD Makigumo engages DD Voyager at 7,000 yards DD Akigumo engages DD Voyager at 7,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards CA Myoko engages CA Canberra at 11,000 yards BB Yamato engages CL Leander at 11,000 yards CA Myoko engages CL Leander at 11,000 yards CA Maya engages CA Canberra at 11,000 yards DD Shigure engages DE Express at 11,000 yards DD Minegumo engages DD Voyager at 11,000 yards DD Makigumo engages DD Voyager at 11,000 yards DD Akigumo engages DD Voyager at 11,000 yards Range increases to 13,000 yards BB Musashi engages CL Achilles at 13,000 yards BB Yamato engages CL Achilles at 13,000 yards CA Canberra engages CA Myoko at 13,000 yards CA Maya engages CL Leander at 13,000 yards DD Shigure engages DD Voyager at 13,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Yamagumo at 13,000 yards DD Makigumo engages DD Voyager at 13,000 yards DD Akigumo engages DE Express at 13,000 yards Range increases to 14,000 yards BB Musashi engages CL Achilles at 14,000 yards CA Myoko engages CL Achilles at 14,000 yards CA Myoko engages CL Leander at 14,000 yards DD Voyager engages DD Makigumo at 14,000 yards DD Shigure engages DD Voyager at 14,000 yards CA Maya engages DE Electra at 14,000 yards DD Yamagumo engages DD Voyager at 14,000 yards DD Akigumo engages DD Voyager at 14,000 yards Task forces break off... 000005 Sub attack 1945-02-01 68,76 Cam Ranh Bay Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 68,76 Japanese Ships DD Isokaze, on fire Allied Ships SS Growler SS Growler launches 2 torpedoes at DD Isokaze Growler diving deep .... DD Isokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Isokaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000010 Sub attack 1945-02-01 69,76 Cam Ranh Bay Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,76 Japanese Ships DD Shigure BB Musashi BB Yamato CA Myoko CA Maya DD Yamagumo DD Makigumo DD Akigumo DD Minegumo Allied Ships SS Trusty, hits 2 SS Trusty launches 2 torpedoes at DD Shigure DD Shigure fails to find sub and abandons search DD Minegumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Minegumo attacking submerged sub .... DD Minegumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Minegumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Minegumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Minegumo fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000090 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-01 71,73 Cam Ranh Bay Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 71,73 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 68 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged Japanese Ships BB Fuso Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb SAP Bomb CAP engaged: 951 Ku S-2 with A7M2 Sam (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes Akagi-1 with A7M2 Sam (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes Soryu-1 with A7M2 Sam (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes Shokaku-1 with A7M2 Sam (3 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 11000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes Zuikaku-1 with A7M2 Sam (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes Hosho-1 with A7M2 Sam (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes Taiho-1 with A7M2 Sam (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes Unryu-1 with A7M2 Sam (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes Amagi-1 with A7M2 Sam (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes Omori, S. in a A7M2 Sam makes head on attack ... forces B-24J Liberator out of formation 000091 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-01 71,73 Cam Ranh Bay Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 71,73 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 53 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese Ships TK Huzisan Maru Aircraft Attacking: 2 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 951 Ku S-2 with A7M2 Sam (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Raid is overhead Akagi-1 with A7M2 Sam (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes Soryu-1 with A7M2 Sam (4 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes Shokaku-1 with A7M2 Sam (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 10 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Raid is overhead Zuikaku-1 with A7M2 Sam (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Raid is overhead Hosho-1 with A7M2 Sam (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Raid is overhead Taiho-1 with A7M2 Sam (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Raid is overhead Unryu-1 with A7M2 Sam (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Raid is overhead Amagi-1 with A7M2 Sam (4 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 000093 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-01 71,73 Cam Ranh Bay Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 71,73 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Japanese aircraft A7M2 Sam x 46 Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Japanese Ships TK San Ramon Maru Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 12000 feet Naval Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 951 Ku S-2 with A7M2 Sam (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes Akagi-1 with A7M2 Sam (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 9000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes Soryu-1 with A7M2 Sam (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes Shokaku-1 with A7M2 Sam (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Raid is overhead Zuikaku-1 with A7M2 Sam (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Raid is overhead Hosho-1 with A7M2 Sam (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Raid is overhead Taiho-1 with A7M2 Sam (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes Unryu-1 with A7M2 Sam (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters to 12000. Raid is overhead Amagi-1 with A7M2 Sam (4 airborne, 2 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes Asada G. in a A7M2 Sam makes head on attack ... forces B-24J Liberator out of formation Kamihira S. in a A7M2 Sam makes head on attack ... forces B-24J Liberator out of formation 000096 Ground combat 1945-02-01 60,72 Saigon Ground combat at 60,72 (near Saigon) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 111686 troops, 1627 guns, 943 vehicles, Assault Value = 3513 Defending force 13132 troops, 154 guns, 78 vehicles, Assault Value = 50 Allied adjusted assault: 2194 Japanese adjusted defense: 6 Allied assault odds: 365 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 11115 casualties reported Squads: 449 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 759 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 35 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 80 (80 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 80 (80 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 6 Units destroyed 4 Allied ground losses: 105 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 22nd (East African) Brigade 25th Indian/A Division 39th Indian Division 81st (West African) Division 9th Indian Division Gardner's Horse Regiment 6th New Chinese/A Corps 7th Indian Division 6th New Chinese/B Corps 25th Indian/B Division 11th (East African) Division 6th New Chinese/C Corps 25th Australian Brigade 25th Indian/C Division 56th Heavy Regiment 55th Heavy Regiment 134th (East Ang) Regiment 208th Field Regiment Defending units: 41st Division 2nd Guards Division 30th JNAF AF Unit 26th Air Flotilla 38th Army 33rd Army 55th Air Division 51st Field AA Battalion 3rd Naval Construction Battalion 90th JAAF AF Bn 000098 Ground combat 1945-02-01 57,63 Bangkok Ground combat at 57,63 (near Bangkok) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 3264 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148 Defending force 443 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 244 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 244 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: morale(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 660 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 39 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: Lushai Brigade Defending units: 67th JNAF AF Unit • Enemy in the open smashed near Saigon. Rinse and repeat. • Near Bangkok another holdout vanquished! • Lots of base building in northern Indochina to support operations in China. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. quote: 000006 Night Air attack 1945-02-01 111,74 Chichi-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 9 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 2 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships AM Saunter Aircraft Attacking: 9 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy bombing from 3000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 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 (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes 421st NFS with P-61A Black Widow (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes Some CAP have air radar • We sent the old CL's to Daito Shoto to raid enemy shipping delivering last minute supplies. Senior staff badly screwed up the timing. Heads will roll. One CL and two DD lost. Despite the number of hits she took, Marblehead should make port as is. quote: 000025 Morning Air attack 1945-02-01 98,69 Daito Shoto Morning Air attack on TF, near Daito Shoto at 98,69 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 32 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 10 destroyed A6M5c Zero: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships CL Richmond, Kamikaze hits 4, on fire CL Marblehead, Kamikaze hits 8, on fire DD Balch Aircraft Attacking: 32 x A6M5c Zero flying as kamikaze Kamikaze: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Marblehead Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Richmond 000028 Morning Air attack 1945-02-01 98,69 Daito Shoto Morning Air attack on TF, near Daito Shoto at 98,69 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-49-IIa Helen x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 destroyed Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships CL Marblehead, on fire DD Balch CL Richmond, Kamikaze hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Selfridge Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Ki-49-IIa Helen flying as kamikaze Kamikaze: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Marblehead Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Richmond 000029 Morning Air attack 1945-02-01 98,69 Daito Shoto Morning Air attack on TF, near Daito Shoto at 98,69 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 5 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 damaged Allied Ships DD Selfridge CL Richmond, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp 000030 Morning Air attack 1945-02-01 98,69 Daito Shoto Morning Air attack on TF, near Daito Shoto at 98,69 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-84a Frank x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-84a Frank: 5 destroyed Allied Ships DD Selfridge, Kamikaze hits 4, on fire, heavy damage CL Marblehead, on fire CL Richmond, Kamikaze hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Balch, Kamikaze hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 14 x Ki-84a Frank flying as kamikaze * Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Marblehead Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CL Richmond • The invasion fleet will be 1 hex from Daito Shoto tomorrow, landings the day after. Ships with 5 artillery units and 4 pioneer Bns did not make it into the round up. They will land later as needed, which might be easier on them. • The B-29's will stand down. There are no more aircraft seen at Naha or Nago, although no doubt the Empire will repair those bases as fast as possible. • Daito Shoto recon: 15 Units; 32,920 Troops; 326 Guns; 89 AFV. • Fires 2 at Kobe. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 02 (10/27/2021 5:10:23 PM)
1945 February 02 INVADED Brunei INVESTED Cam Ranh Bay Palembang Johore Bahru Nanning CHANGED OWNERSHIP Tioman Island is occupied by the Allies Allied forces CAPTURE Kalidjati !!! Overall • Strategic points: 11,304 • B-29's reporting ready: 69 • Total B-29's deployed: 201 • +/- VP today: +90 • IJN carriers and battleships 5 hexes about SW of Hong Kong. West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii Pacific • Less than 6,000. quote: 000050 Ground combat 1945-02-02 Truk 112,108 Ground combat at Truk (112,108) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 12132 troops, 202 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 349 Defending force 3669 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Allied adjusted assault: 335 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 335 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1180 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 154 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 7th Infantry Division 2nd Fleet Advn Base Force ComAirSoPac VII US Fighter Cmnd Defending units: 16th Division 000053 surrounded 1945-02-02 Truk 112,108 Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Truk New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya • Got five! quote: 000003 Pre-Invasion action 1945-02-02 Brunei 65,87 Pre-Invasion action off Brunei (65,87) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DD Bache APA Knox DD Bache firing at 37th Army DD Bache fired at enemy troops 000004 Amphibious Assault 1945-02-02 Brunei 65,87 Amphibious Assault at Brunei (65,87) TF 446 troops unloading over beach at Brunei, 65,87 Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (0 destroyed, 3 disabled) 000015 Morning Air attack 1945-02-02 50,84 Singapore Morning Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft Mosquito FB.VI x 7 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAP Tatsuta Maru xAP Hakozaki Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Mosquito FB.VI bombing from 2000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 000016 Morning Air attack 1945-02-02 50,84 Singapore Morning Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 51 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 8 Vildebeest III x 13 P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 17 Allied aircraft losses Vildebeest III: 1 damaged Japanese Ships E Etoforu, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires SC Ch 4, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage E Tsuga, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk SC Ch 7 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Vildebeest III bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring E Etoforu Heavy smoke from fires obscuring E Tsuga 000042 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-02 50,84 Singapore Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 50 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft Mosquito FB.VI x 7 P-51B Mustang x 17 Allied aircraft losses Mosquito FB.VI: 1 damaged Mosquito FB.VI: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships xAP Katori Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAP Hikawa Maru, Bomb hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 7 x Mosquito FB.VI bombing from 2000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 000043 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-02 50,84 Singapore Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 51 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 8 Vildebeest III x 13 Allied aircraft losses Vildebeest III: 1 damaged Japanese Ships E Aotaka SC Ch 2 E Kamome Aircraft Attacking: 13 x Vildebeest III bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000052 Ground combat 1945-02-02 Kalidjati 50,99 Ground combat at Kalidjati (50,99) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 897 troops, 17 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 67 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 45 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 45 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Kalidjati !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: 11th LH Motor Regiment 1/532nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion • Recon of Batavia is just beginning but there are at least 2 enemy units there. • Tomorrow we will have forces in place to clear the enemy out of Johore Bahru. • A Bde is closing in on Oosthaven. No enemy spotted so far. • The three Bdes on Sumatra, including the one closing in on Oosthaven, need lots more recovery before resuming operations against enemy defenses at Palembang. The division, still at Palembang with the artillery, is also recovering but in much better shape. Philippines • Still 20,000 enemy troops at Cagayan but they look closer to collapse. quote: 000051 Ground combat 1945-02-02 Cagayan 79,89 Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 25626 troops, 434 guns, 442 vehicles, Assault Value = 767 Defending force 11440 troops, 69 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 137 Allied adjusted assault: 407 Japanese adjusted defense: 11 Allied assault odds: 37 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 875 casualties reported Squads: 34 destroyed, 47 disabled Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 8 (5 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 226 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 14th NZ Brigade 28th Australian Battalion 7th Australian Brigade 8th NZ Brigade 30th Australian Brigade 16th Australian Battalion 1st Tank Battalion 29th Australian Brigade 27th Australian Brigade 2nd RAA Med Arty Regiment 14th RAAF Construction Battalion 1st RAA Med Arty Regiment 842nd Aviation Engineer Battalion 43rd Construction Regiment 147th Field Artillery Battalion 1st RAAF Construction Battalion Defending units: 35th Division 146th Infantry Regiment 79th JAAF AF Bn 21st Air Flotilla 4th Field Construction Battalion 14th JAAF AF Coy • Engineer units are beginning to arrive at Cagayan, and they have a lot of work to do. China • Got one! Getting shots at carriers too. quote: 000001 ASW attack 1945-02-02 88,62 Taihoku ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,62 Japanese Ships E Hato Allied Ships SS Gunnel SS Gunnel is sighted by escort Gunnel diving deep .... 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 000002 Sub attack 1945-02-02 72,69 Samah Sub attack near Samah at 72,69 Japanese Ships CV Amagi DD Tsubaki Allied Ships SS Ray SS Ray launches 6 torpedoes at CV Amagi Ray diving deep .... DD Tsubaki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tsubaki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tsubaki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Tsubaki attacking submerged sub .... DD Tsubaki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000005 Sub attack 1945-02-02 83,66 Takao Sub attack near Takao at 83,66 Japanese Ships E No.42, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage E W-34 Allied Ships SS Dace SS Dace launches 2 torpedoes at E No.42 Dace diving deep .... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000006 Sub attack 1945-02-02 80,63 Swatow Sub attack near Swatow at 80,63 Japanese Ships xAK Kusuyama Maru xAK Hokutai Maru xAK Hokusei Maru E No.56 Allied Ships SS Cero, hits 17 SS Cero launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Kusuyama Maru E No.56 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.56 attacking submerged sub .... E No.56 attacking submerged sub .... E No.56 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.56 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • We destroyed 24x George and 4x Sam on the ground at Liuchow. Try for more tomorrow. • Enemy airfields at Liuchow, Canton, and Hong Kong are all damaged. The port at Hong Kong has light damage. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • These destroyers look to be transiting so we might not get a chance at them tomorrow. quote: 000039 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-02 62,76 Cam Ranh Bay Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 62,76 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft Albacore I x 6 Allied aircraft losses Albacore I: 1 damaged Japanese Ships DD Kasumi DD Urakaze Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Albacore I launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo 000049 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-02 62,76 Cam Ranh Bay Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 62,76 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft Albacore I x 6 Allied aircraft losses Albacore I: 1 damaged Albacore I: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships DD Urakaze DD Hagikaze Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Albacore I launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo • The troops ex-Saigon, who shock attacked yesterday, are high in Disruption but made 10 miles toward the next shock attack. • The B-24's at Phnom Penh are doing deep maintenance, which should result in fewer ops losses when they are ready to commence operations against Singapore. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Must have been a rogue wing commander. quote: 000008 Morning Air attack 1945-02-02 99,69 Daito Shoto Morning Air attack on TF, near Daito Shoto at 99,69 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M5c Zero x 4 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 F4U-1D Corsair x 267 F6F-3 Hellcat x 82 F6F-5 Hellcat x 177 Japanese aircraft losses A6M5c Zero: 3 destroyed No Allied losses CAP engaged: VF-17 with F4U-1D Corsair (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 18 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 31820. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes VF-7 with F6F-5 Hellcat (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 18 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes VBF-17 with F4U-1D Corsair (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 31820. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 32370. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 3000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes VF-31 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes VF-32 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes VF-50 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes VF-51 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes VC(F)-27 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead VC(F)-33 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. Raid is overhead VF-35 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead VC(F)-39 with F6F-5 Hellcat (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes VC(F)-42 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. Raid is overhead VF-1 with F6F-5 Hellcat (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 33050. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes VBF-1 with F4U-1D Corsair (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes VF-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes VBF-5 with F4U-1D Corsair (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes VF-6 with F6F-5 Hellcat (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 33050. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes VBF-6 with F4U-1D Corsair (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 20000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes Training flight from VF-16 has been caught up in attack • Landings at Daito Shoto tomorrow. The enemy carriers are 26 hexes away, so they can not interfere at all on D-Day. Complete combat report attached.

BBfanboy -> RE: 1945 February 02 (10/27/2021 6:10:06 PM)
quote: witpqs: Landings at Daito Shoto tomorrow. The enemy carriers are 26 hexes away, so they can not interfere at all on D-Day. Seems to me they could sprint 19 hexes and launch a seven hex strike - if they discern at the end of the current turn that you are going for DS.

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 02 (10/27/2021 8:33:55 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy quote: witpqs: Landings at Daito Shoto tomorrow. The enemy carriers are 26 hexes away, so they can not interfere at all on D-Day. Seems to me they could sprint 19 hexes and launch a seven hex strike - if they discern at the end of the current turn that you are going for DS. I'm sure he knows Daito Shoto is tomorrow. I am really skeptical they could make 19 hexes. But even so, their air groups would not be adequate to get through carrier CAP, even with a bunch of LBA. How much LBA could they bring to bear?

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 02 (10/27/2021 8:49:33 PM)
Just got the turn. Included was this: "Tokyo Rose was in rare form today. Normally, I play with the sound muted. I know I miss sinking noises and such but what ever. I happened to have my headphones plugged in and I could hear her yammering away about sinking CVs." I wonder...

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 03 (10/27/2021 11:05:01 PM)
1945 February 03 INVADED Landing Craft TF 94 offshore of Daito Shoto Landing Craft TF 205 offshore of Daito Shoto Amphibious TF 211 offshore of Daito Shoto Landing Craft TF 219 offshore of Daito Shoto Landing Craft TF 254 offshore of Daito Shoto Landing Craft TF 274 offshore of Daito Shoto Amphibious TF 391 offshore of Daito Shoto Amphibious TF 431 offshore of Daito Shoto Amphibious TF 446 unloading at Brunei Amphibious TF 470 offshore of Daito Shoto Amphibious TF 529 offshore of Daito Shoto Landing Craft TF 531 offshore of Daito Shoto INVESTED Cam Ranh Bay Palembang Johore Bahru Nanning CHANGED OWNERSHIP Allied forces CAPTURE Brunei !!! Overall • Strategic points: 11,304 • B-29's reporting ready: 86 • Total B-29's deployed: 201 • +/- VP today: -153 • Enemy carriers and battleships are at Hong Kong. West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii Pacific • Fini! quote: 000128 Ground combat 1945-02-03 Truk 112,108 Ground combat at Truk (112,108) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 12132 troops, 202 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 349 Defending force 1965 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 161 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 161 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2574 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 242 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 7th Infantry Division 2nd Fleet Advn Base Force ComAirSoPac VII US Fighter Cmnd Defending units: 16th Division • Now the 7th Infantry Division can focus on making ready for the Home Islands. New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya • Brunei landings were only supply today. Got a bunch of small ones! quote: 000001 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Brunei 65,87 Invasion Support action off Brunei (65,87) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DE Engstrom DE Duffy DE Donaldson AM Dash APA Knox Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled DE Engstrom fired at enemy troops DE Duffy fired at enemy troops DE Donaldson fired at enemy troops AM Dash fired at enemy troops000002 Night Time Surface Combat 1945-02-03 50,84 Singapore Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Kyo Maru #2, Shell hits 6, and is sunk PB Takuna Maru #7, Shell hits 3, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Sumatra CL Tromp CL Perth DD Piet Hein DD Kortenaer DD Evertsen DD Witte de With Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 60% moonlight: 12,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 12,000 yards Waller, H.M.L. crosses the 'T' CL Perth engages PB Takuna Maru #7 at 12,000 yards DD Piet Hein engages PB Kyo Maru #2 at 12,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards CL Perth engages PB Takuna Maru #7 at 6,000 yards PB Kyo Maru #2 sunk by CL Perth at 6,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards PB Takuna Maru #7 sunk by CL Perth at 2,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... 000004 ASW attack 1945-02-03 50,84 Singapore ASW attack near Singapore at 50,84 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-D-102 Allied Ships DD Evertsen, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Witte de With SSX Ha-D-102 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Evertsen DD Witte de With fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Witte de With fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Witte de With fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Witte de With fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Witte de With fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000006 Night Time Surface Combat 1945-02-03 50,84 Singapore Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Choun Maru #18, Shell hits 5, and is sunk PB Kyo Maru #13, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PB Nichi Maru #1, Shell hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Sumatra CL Tromp CL Perth DD Piet Hein DD Kortenaer DD Witte de With Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 50% moonlight: 11,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards PB Nichi Maru #1 sunk by DD Witte de With at 8,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages PB Choun Maru #18 at 8,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards PB Kyo Maru #13 sunk by CL Perth at 4,000 yards PB Choun Maru #18 sunk by CL Perth at 4,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... 000007 Night Time Surface Combat 1945-02-03 50,84 Singapore Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 12,000 Yards Japanese Ships PB Takunan Maru #2, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PB Heizan Maru, Shell hits 10, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Sumatra CL Tromp CL Perth DD Piet Hein DD Kortenaer DD Witte de With Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 50% moonlight: 12,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... Range closes to 26,000 yards... Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 22,000 yards... Range closes to 20,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 16,000 yards... Range closes to 14,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 12,000 yards Allies open fire on surprised Japanese ships at 12,000 yards DD Witte de With fires at PB Heizan Maru at 12,000 yards DD Kortenaer fires at PB Heizan Maru at 12,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards CL Perth engages PB Heizan Maru at 10,000 yards CL Tromp engages PB Heizan Maru at 10,000 yards DD Witte de With engages PB Heizan Maru at 10,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages PB Heizan Maru at 10,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards PB Heizan Maru sunk by CL Perth at 6,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards CL Perth engages PB Takunan Maru #2 at 4,000 yards DD Witte de With engages PB Takunan Maru #2 at 4,000 yards Massive explosion on PB Takunan Maru #2 PB Takunan Maru #2 sunk by DD Piet Hein at 4,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... 000008 Night Time Surface Combat 1945-02-03 50,84 Singapore Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese Ships SC Ch 2, Shell hits 8, and is sunk SC Ch 17, Shell hits 7, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Sumatra CL Tromp CL Perth DD Piet Hein DD Kortenaer DD Witte de With Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 50% moonlight: 10,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... Range closes to 26,000 yards... Range closes to 24,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 24,000 yards Range closes to 22,000 yards... Range closes to 20,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 16,000 yards... Range closes to 14,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards CL Perth engages SC Ch 17 at 10,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages SC Ch 17 at 10,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards CL Perth engages SC Ch 2 at 11,000 yards CL Perth engages SC Ch 2 at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards CL Perth engages SC Ch 2 at 10,000 yards CL Tromp engages SC Ch 2 at 10,000 yards CL Sumatra engages SC Ch 2 at 10,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards CL Perth engages SC Ch 2 at 8,000 yards CL Tromp engages SC Ch 2 at 8,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages SC Ch 17 at 8,000 yards CL Perth engages SC Ch 17 at 8,000 yards CL Perth engages SC Ch 2 at 8,000 yards Massive explosion on SC Ch 17 DD Piet Hein engages SC Ch 17 at 8,000 yards SC Ch 2 sunk by CL Perth at 8,000 yards DD Kortenaer engages SC Ch 17 at 8,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards SC Ch 17 sunk by CL Perth at 7,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... 000031 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Brunei 65,87 Invasion Support action off Brunei (65,87) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DE Engstrom DE Duffy DE Donaldson AM Dash APA Knox DE Engstrom fired at enemy troops DE Duffy fired at enemy troops DE Donaldson fired at enemy troops AM Dash fired at enemy troops 000049 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Brunei 65,87 Invasion Support action off Brunei (65,87) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DE Engstrom DE Duffy DE Donaldson AM Dash APA Knox DE Engstrom fired at enemy troops DE Duffy fired at enemy troops DE Donaldson fired at enemy troops AM Dash fired at enemy troops 000122 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Brunei 65,87 Invasion Support action off Brunei (65,87) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DE Engstrom DE Duffy DE Donaldson AM Dash APA Knox DE Engstrom fired at enemy troops DE Duffy fired at enemy troops DE Donaldson fired at enemy troops AM Dash fired at enemy troops 000129 Ground combat 1945-02-03 Brunei 65,87 Ground combat at Brunei (65,87) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 9103 troops, 138 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 277 Defending force 2504 troops, 0 guns, 60 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 126 Japanese adjusted defense: 13 Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Brunei !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+) Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 599 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 68 destroyed, 75 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 62 (48 destroyed, 14 disabled) Units retreated 1 Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 11th Airborne Division Defending units: 37th Army • Disappointed to lose DD Evertsen that way. • The 11th Airborne Division will now move on Miri and Beaufort. • We have a USN Naval Construction Rgt at Benkoelen to build the port facilities, which should go much faster now. • Attack at Johore Bharu tomorrow. • Philippines • A good chunk of the enemy's remaining AV was chipped away today. quote: 000130 Ground combat 1945-02-03 Cagayan 79,89 Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 25435 troops, 434 guns, 442 vehicles, Assault Value = 745 Defending force 10430 troops, 62 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 85 Allied adjusted assault: 408 Japanese adjusted defense: 9 Allied assault odds: 45 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 522 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 33 disabled Non Combat: 37 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 69 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 8th NZ Brigade 30th Australian Brigade 16th Australian Battalion 14th NZ Brigade 7th Australian Brigade 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 29th Australian Brigade 1st Tank Battalion 28th Australian Battalion 27th Australian Brigade 43rd Construction Regiment 842nd Aviation Engineer Battalion 147th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd RAA Med Arty Regiment 1st RAA Med Arty Regiment 14th RAAF Construction Battalion 857th Aviation Engineer Battalion 855th Aviation Engineer Battalion 1st RAAF Construction Battalion Defending units: 35th Division 21st Air Flotilla 79th JAAF AF Bn 146th Infantry Regiment 4th Field Construction Battalion 14th JAAF AF Coy 000132 Wiped Out 1945-02-03 Cagayan 79,89 4th Field Construction Battalion Wiped Out at Cagayan by attrition!!! 79th JAAF AF Bn Wiped Out at Cagayan by attrition!!! Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Cagayan • • China • Imperial ASW now has the benefit of carrier search aircraft. quote: 000005 ASW attack 1945-02-03 82,62 Swatow ASW attack near Swatow at 82,62 Japanese Ships SC Ch 10 PB Rokko Maru Allied Ships SS Bonefish SS Bonefish is sighted by escort Bonefish bottoming out .... PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000009 Sub attack 1945-02-03 85,62 Pescadores Sub attack near Pescadores at 85,62 Japanese Ships E No.6 Allied Ships SS Harder SS Harder launches 2 torpedoes at E No.6 Harder diving deep .... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000051 ASW attack 1945-02-03 80,63 Swatow ASW attack near Swatow at 80,63 Japanese Ships PC Nire Allied Ships SS Toro, hits 1 SS Toro is sighted by escort PC Nire attacking submerged sub .... PC Nire is out of ASW ammo PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • I think bad weather hid the enemy warships making their way northeast toward Hong Kong from our air strikes. quote: 000052 Sub attack 1945-02-03 63,76 Cam Ranh Bay Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,76 Japanese Ships E No.215 E Sagi E Otori Allied Ships SS Tactician, hits 4, heavy damage SS Tactician launches 2 torpedoes at E No.215 Tactician diving deep .... E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Otori attacking submerged sub .... E Sagi fails to find sub and abandons search E Otori fails to find sub, continues to search... E Otori fails to find sub, continues to search... E Otori fails to find sub, continues to search... E Otori attacking submerged sub .... E Otori is out of ASW ammo E Otori is out of ASW ammo E Otori is out of ASW ammo E Otori is out of ASW ammo E Otori fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000053 ASW attack 1945-02-03 63,75 Cam Ranh Bay ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,75 Japanese Ships E Otori E Sagi Allied Ships SS Tradewind SS Tradewind is located by E Otori E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000131 Ground combat 1945-02-03 67,56 Hanoi Ground combat at 67,56 (near Hanoi) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 2484 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 117 Defending force 425 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 192 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 192 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 355 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: BFF Brigade Defending units: 23rd JNAF AF Unit • The BFF Brigade must chase them some more! • Our troops ex-Saigon are still extremely high in Disruption. They are moving at only 10 miles per day, so 3 more days before their next shock attack. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. quote: 000003 Night Air attack 1945-02-03 111,74 Chichi-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 6 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 18 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 2 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships AM Saunter AM Salute Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy bombing from 3000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 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 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000. Raid is overhead 418th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters to 6000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 421st NFS with P-61A Black Widow (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000010 Night Naval bombardment 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Night Naval bombardment of Daito Shoto at 98,69 Japanese Ships ACM Banshu Maru #52, Shell hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships BB Oklahoma BB Nevada Japanese ground losses: 208 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Port hits 11 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Oklahoma BB Oklahoma firing at 79th Brigade OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Nevada BB Nevada firing at Daito Shoto 000011 Night Naval bombardment 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Night Naval bombardment of Daito Shoto at 98,69 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied Ships BB West Virginia BB Colorado BB Maryland Japanese ground losses: 140 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Port hits 2 BB West Virginia firing at 79th Brigade OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Colorado BB Colorado firing at Kure 7th SNLF Kure 7th SNLF firing at BB Colorado BB Maryland firing at Daito Shoto 000012 Night Naval bombardment 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Night Naval bombardment of Daito Shoto at 98,69 Allied Ships BB Tennessee BB Pennsylvania Japanese ground losses: 207 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled BB Tennessee firing at 79th Brigade BB Pennsylvania firing at 79th Brigade 000013 Night Naval bombardment 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Night Naval bombardment of Daito Shoto at 98,69 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied Ships BB New York BB Arizona Japanese ground losses: 57 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 10 (4 destroyed, 6 disabled) Port hits 5 Port fuel hits 3 Port supply hits 3 BB New York firing at Kure 7th SNLF Kure 7th SNLF firing at BB New York BB Arizona firing at Daito Shoto 000014 Night Naval bombardment 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Night Naval bombardment of Daito Shoto at 98,69 Allied Ships BB Mississippi BB New Mexico BB Idaho Japanese ground losses: 170 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Port hits 3 Port supply hits 1 BB Mississippi firing at Daito Shoto OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB New Mexico BB New Mexico firing at 34th Ind.Mixed Brigade BB Idaho firing at Daito Shoto 000015 Night Naval bombardment 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Night Naval bombardment of Daito Shoto at 98,69 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 1 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships BB Texas BB Arkansas Japanese ground losses: 128 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled BB Texas firing at 34th Ind.Mixed Brigade BB Arkansas firing at Kure 7th SNLF Kure 7th SNLF firing at BB Arkansas 000016 Pre-Invasion action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Pre-Invasion action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 71 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-637, Shell hits 12, heavy fires SC-647 LST-638, Shell hits 4, on fire LST-640 LST-639 LST-642 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-637 at 3,000 yards SC-647 firing to suppress enemy battery at 3,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LST-638 at 3,000 yards SC-647 firing to suppress enemy battery at 3,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LST-637 at 3,000 yards SC-647 firing to suppress enemy battery at 3,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-637 at 3,000 yards SC-647 firing to suppress enemy battery at 3,000 yards SC-647 fired at enemy troops 12cm/45 T10 DP battery firing at LST-637 8cm/40 T88 DP battery firing at LST-637 8cm/40 T88 DP battery firing at LST-637 000017 Pre-Invasion action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Pre-Invasion action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 338 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LCI-66, Shell hits 2 LCI-70 LCI(G)-77 LCI-69 LCI-68 LCI(G)-76 LCI-67 LCI-529 AM Force LCI-527 LCI-533 LCI-531 Japanese ground losses: 61 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled) 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LCI-66 at 6,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI-66 at 6,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LCI-66 at 6,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI-66 at 6,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI-66 at 6,000 yards LCI(G)-77 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-76 fired at enemy troops LCI-70 fired at enemy troops LCI-69 fired at enemy troops LCI-68 fired at enemy troops LCI-67 fired at enemy troops LCI-66 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards 000018 Amphibious Assault 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Amphibious Assault at Daito Shoto (98,69) TF 205 troops unloading over beach at Daito Shoto, 98,69 000019 Pre-Invasion action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Pre-Invasion action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 351 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DD Anthony LST-78 LST-83 LST-82 Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 74 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled DD Anthony firing at 34th Ind.Mixed Brigade DD Anthony fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards 000020 Amphibious Assault 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Amphibious Assault at Daito Shoto (98,69) TF 211 troops unloading over beach at Daito Shoto, 98,69 Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 000021 Pre-Invasion action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Pre-Invasion action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 82 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-584, Shell hits 3 PF Machias LST-582, Shell hits 5 LST-583 LST-585 LST-588 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-584 at 6,000 yards PF Machias firing to suppress enemy battery at 6,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LST-582 at 6,000 yards PF Machias firing to suppress enemy battery at 6,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-583 at 6,000 yards PF Machias firing to suppress enemy battery at 6,000 yards PF Machias fired at enemy troops 28cm Howitzer battery firing at LST-585 75mm T90 Field Gun battery firing at LST-582 12cm/45 T10 DP battery firing at LST-582 8cm/40 T88 DP battery firing at LST-582 8cm/40 T88 DP battery firing at LST-582 000022 Amphibious Assault 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Amphibious Assault at Daito Shoto (98,69) TF 219 troops unloading over beach at Daito Shoto, 98,69 000023 Pre-Invasion action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Pre-Invasion action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 363 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-24 DE Baron DE Acree LST-42 LST-41 LST-70 LST-44 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-24 at 10,000 yards DE Acree firing to suppress enemy battery at 10,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-42 at 10,000 yards DE Acree firing to suppress enemy battery at 10,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-41 at 10,000 yards DE Acree firing to suppress enemy battery at 10,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LST-41 at 10,000 yards DE Acree firing to suppress enemy battery at 10,000 yards DE Baron firing to suppress enemy battery at 10,000 yards DE Acree firing to suppress enemy battery at 10,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-24 at 10,000 yards DE Baron firing to suppress enemy battery at 10,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-41 at 10,000 yards DE Baron firing to suppress enemy battery at 10,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-41 at 10,000 yards DE Baron fired at enemy troops DE Acree fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards 000024 Amphibious Assault 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Amphibious Assault at Daito Shoto (98,69) TF 254 troops unloading over beach at Daito Shoto, 98,69 000025 Pre-Invasion action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Pre-Invasion action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 357 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships SC-701 SC-635 LCI-775 LCI-776 LCI-778 LCI-777 Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 17 (3 destroyed, 14 disabled) SC-701 fired at enemy troops SC-635 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards 000026 Amphibious Assault 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Amphibious Assault at Daito Shoto (98,69) TF 274 troops unloading over beach at Daito Shoto, 98,69 000027 Pre-Invasion action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Pre-Invasion action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 363 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LSD Carter Hall DD Laws DD Albert Grant DE Charles R. Greer DE Gilmore DE Dempsey AM Chief APA Feland Japanese ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Vehicles lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled) 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LSD Carter Hall at 15,000 yards DE Charles R. Greer fired at enemy troops DE Gilmore fired at enemy troops DE Dempsey fired at enemy troops AM Chief fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 5,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards 000028 Amphibious Assault 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Amphibious Assault at Daito Shoto (98,69) TF 391 troops unloading over beach at Daito Shoto, 98,69 Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 5 (0 destroyed, 5 disabled) 15 Support troops lost in surf during unload of XXIV US Corps /2 000029 Pre-Invasion action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Pre-Invasion action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 324 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DE Mack DE Edwin A. Howard DE Albert T. Harris DE Howard F. Clark APA Butte Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 161 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled DE Mack fired at enemy troops DE Edwin A. Howard fired at enemy troops DE Albert T. Harris fired at enemy troops DE Howard F. Clark fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards 000030 Amphibious Assault 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Amphibious Assault at Daito Shoto (98,69) TF 431 troops unloading over beach at Daito Shoto, 98,69 Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) 14 troops of a USMC 44 Aslt Eng Sq lost overboard during unload of 6th Marine Div Motorized Support lost overboard during unload of 6th Marine Div /10 000032 Pre-Invasion action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Pre-Invasion action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 343 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DE Silverstein DE Chester T. O'Brien DE Douglas A. Munro APA Gage Allied ground losses: 127 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled DE Silverstein fired at enemy troops DE Chester T. O'Brien fired at enemy troops DE Douglas A. Munro fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards 000033 Amphibious Assault 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Amphibious Assault at Daito Shoto (98,69) TF 470 troops unloading over beach at Daito Shoto, 98,69 Allied ground losses: Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled) 15 Support troops lost from landing craft during unload of 37th Infantry Div /4 000034 Pre-Invasion action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Pre-Invasion action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 316 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DE Charles J. Kimmel DE Kenneth M. Willet DE Walter C. Wann DE Tabberer AM Engage AM Daring APA Bingham Allied ground losses: 172 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled DE Charles J. Kimmel fired at enemy troops DE Kenneth M. Willet fired at enemy troops DE Walter C. Wann fired at enemy troops DE Tabberer fired at enemy troops AM Engage fired at enemy troops AM Daring fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards 000035 Amphibious Assault 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Amphibious Assault at Daito Shoto (98,69) TF 529 troops unloading over beach at Daito Shoto, 98,69 Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) M8 Armored Car accidentally lost during unload of 98th Infantry Div 15 Support troops lost overboard during unload of 98th Infantry Div /5 13 troops of a USA 44 Rifle Squad lost in surf during unload of 77th Infantry Div /3 13 troops of a USA 44 Rifle Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 98th Infantry Div /9 000036 Pre-Invasion action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Pre-Invasion action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 62 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships SC-1061 SC-1060 LST-269 LST-85 LST-249 LST-268 SC-1061 fired at enemy troops SC-1060 fired at enemy troops 75mm T90 Field Gun battery firing at LST-85 12cm/45 T10 DP battery firing at LST-249 8cm/40 T88 DP battery firing at LST-85 8cm/40 T88 DP battery firing at LST-268 000037 Amphibious Assault 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Amphibious Assault at Daito Shoto (98,69) TF 531 troops unloading over beach at Daito Shoto, 98,69 000038 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 197 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LCI-66, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage LCI(G)-76 LCI(G)-77 LCI-67 LCI-70 LCI-69 LCI-68 LCI-527 AM Force LCI-529 LCI-531 Japanese ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 32 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled) 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI-66 at 4,000 yards LCI(G)-77 firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI-66 at 4,000 yards LCI(G)-77 firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LCI-66 at 4,000 yards LCI(G)-76 firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards LCI-67 firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards LCI(G)-77 firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LCI-66 at 4,000 yards Massive explosion on LCI-66 Massive explosion on LCI-66 LCI(G)-77 firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards LCI(G)-77 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-76 fired at enemy troops LCI-70 fired at enemy troops LCI-69 fired at enemy troops LCI-68 fired at enemy troops LCI-67 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards 000039 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 199 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DE Coolbaugh LST-78 DD Anthony LST-83 LST-82 LST-84 Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled) DE Coolbaugh fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards 000040 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 210 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-41, Shell hits 5 LST-24, Shell hits 3 DE Baron DE Acree LST-42 LST-70 LST-43 LST-44 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LST-41 at 9,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-41 at 9,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-24 at 9,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LST-41 at 9,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-41 at 9,000 yards DE Baron fired at enemy troops DE Acree fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards 000041 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 172 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LCI-777, Shell hits 2 LCI-775, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage LCI-776, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage SC-635 LCI-778 SC-701 Allied ground losses: Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled) Vehicles lost 11 (4 destroyed, 7 disabled) 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LCI-777 at 6,000 yards Massive explosion on LCI-777 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI-775 at 6,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI-776 at 6,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LCI-775 at 6,000 yards SC-635 fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards 000042 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 339 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DD Laws DD Albert Grant LSD Carter Hall, Shell hits 2, on fire DE Charles R. Greer DE Gilmore APA Feland Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 241 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 34 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled DD Albert Grant firing at 34th Ind.Mixed Brigade 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LSD Carter Hall at 14,000 yards DE Gilmore firing to suppress enemy battery at 14,000 yards DD Albert Grant fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards 000043 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 192 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DE Silverstein DE Chester T. O'Brien DE Douglas A. Munro APA Gage Allied ground losses: 60 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled DE Silverstein fired at enemy troops DE Chester T. O'Brien fired at enemy troops DE Douglas A. Munro fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards 000044 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 224 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DE Charles J. Kimmel DE Kenneth M. Willet DE Walter C. Wann DE Tabberer AM Engage AM Daring APA Bingham Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 263 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 32 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled DE Charles J. Kimmel fired at enemy troops DE Kenneth M. Willet fired at enemy troops DE Walter C. Wann fired at enemy troops DE Tabberer fired at enemy troops AM Engage fired at enemy troops AM Daring fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards 000045 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 40 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-639, Shell hits 1 SC-647 LST-638, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage LST-637, heavy fires 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LST-639 at 4,000 yards SC-647 firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-638 at 4,000 yards SC-647 firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards SC-647 fired at enemy troops 000046 Amphibious Assault 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Amphibious Assault at Daito Shoto (98,69) TF 94 troops unloading over beach at Daito Shoto, 98,69 000047 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 41 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-582, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage PF Machias LST-583 LST-585 LST-587 LST-584 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-582 at 3,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LST-582 at 3,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-582 at 3,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LST-582 at 3,000 yards PF Machias fired at enemy troops 000048 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 30 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DE Mack DE Edwin A. Howard DE Albert T. Harris DE Howard F. Clark APA Butte DE Mack fired at enemy troops DE Edwin A. Howard fired at enemy troops DE Albert T. Harris fired at enemy troops DE Howard F. Clark fired at enemy troops 000050 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 48 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-249, Shell hits 8, heavy fires SC-1061 SC-1060 LST-85, Shell hits 3 LST-274 LST-270 LST-269 LST-268 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LST-249 at 3,000 yards SC-1060 firing to suppress enemy battery at 3,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LST-249 at 3,000 yards SC-1060 firing to suppress enemy battery at 3,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-85 at 3,000 yards SC-1061 firing to suppress enemy battery at 3,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-85 at 3,000 yards SC-1061 firing to suppress enemy battery at 3,000 yards SC-1061 fired at enemy troops SC-1060 fired at enemy troops • The bombardments went very well, I think. • Yet more brutal gunfire against our ships. quote: 000114 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 41 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-637, Shell hits 2, heavy damage SC-647 LST-640, Shell hits 1 LST-638, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage LST-639 LST-643 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LST-637 at 3,000 yards SC-647 firing to suppress enemy battery at 3,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-640 at 3,000 yards SC-647 firing to suppress enemy battery at 3,000 yards SC-647 firing to suppress enemy battery at 3,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-638 at 3,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-638 at 3,000 yards 000115 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 82 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LCI-67, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage LCI(G)-76 LCI-69 LCI-68 LCI-527 LCI-529 AM Force LCI-533 LCI-537 LCI-531 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LCI-67 at 7,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI-67 at 7,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI-67 at 7,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI-67 at 7,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI-67 at 7,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LCI-67 at 7,000 yards LCI(G)-76 fired at enemy troops LCI-69 fired at enemy troops LCI-68 fired at enemy troops 75mm T90 Field Gun battery firing at LCI-527 12cm/45 T10 DP battery firing at LCI-527 75mm T41 Rgt Gun battery firing at LCI-527 8cm/40 T88 DP battery firing at LCI-527 8cm/40 T88 DP battery firing at LCI-529 000116 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 27 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DE Coolbaugh LST-82 LST-78 LST-84 LST-83 DE Coolbaugh fired at enemy troops 000117 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 51 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-582, Shell hits 8, heavy damage LST-585, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage PF Machias LST-583 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-582 at 9,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LST-582 at 9,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-585 at 9,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-585 at 9,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LST-585 at 9,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-582 at 9,000 yards PF Machias fired at enemy troops 000118 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 55 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-24, Shell hits 15, on fire LST-42, Shell hits 1 LST-41, Shell hits 1 DE Baron DE Acree LST-43 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-24 at 3,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-24 at 3,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LST-24 at 3,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-24 at 3,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-42 at 3,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LST-24 at 3,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-24 at 3,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-41 at 3,000 yards DE Baron fired at enemy troops DE Acree fired at enemy troops 000119 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 46 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LCI-777, Shell hits 4, on fire, heavy damage SC-701 SC-635 LCI-778, Shell hits 6, on fire, heavy damage LCI-780, Shell hits 2 LST-220 LST-126 LCI-781 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LCI-777 at 4,000 yards SC-635 firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI-778 at 4,000 yards SC-635 firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI-778 at 4,000 yards SC-635 firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI-780 at 4,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LCI-777 at 4,000 yards SC-635 firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI-777 at 4,000 yards SC-635 firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI-777 at 4,000 yards LST-220 fired at enemy troops LST-126 fired at enemy troops 000120 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 38 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LSV Ozark, Shell hits 3 DE Charles R. Greer DE Gilmore DE Dempsey AKA Algorab AM Chief APA Feland 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LSV Ozark at 11,000 yards DE Gilmore firing to suppress enemy battery at 11,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LSV Ozark at 11,000 yards DE Dempsey firing to suppress enemy battery at 11,000 yards DE Dempsey firing to suppress enemy battery at 11,000 yards AM Chief firing to suppress enemy battery at 11,000 yards DE Charles R. Greer fired at enemy troops DE Gilmore fired at enemy troops DE Dempsey fired at enemy troops AM Chief fired at enemy troops 000121 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 30 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DE Mack DE Edwin A. Howard DE Albert T. Harris DE Howard F. Clark APA Butte DE Mack fired at enemy troops DE Edwin A. Howard fired at enemy troops DE Albert T. Harris fired at enemy troops DE Howard F. Clark fired at enemy troops 000123 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 63 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DE Silverstein DE Chester T. O'Brien DE Douglas A. Munro APA Gage, Shell hits 3, heavy fires Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled DE Silverstein fired at enemy troops DE Chester T. O'Brien fired at enemy troops DE Douglas A. Munro fired at enemy troops 28cm Howitzer battery firing at APA Gage 75mm T90 Field Gun battery firing at APA Gage 12cm/45 T10 DP battery firing at APA Gage 75mm T41 Rgt Gun battery firing at APA Gage 8cm/40 T88 DP battery firing at APA Gage 8cm/40 T88 DP battery firing at APA Gage 000124 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 33 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DE Charles J. Kimmel DE Kenneth M. Willet DE Walter C. Wann DE Tabberer AM Engage AM Daring APA Bingham Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled DE Charles J. Kimmel fired at enemy troops DE Kenneth M. Willet fired at enemy troops DE Walter C. Wann fired at enemy troops DE Tabberer fired at enemy troops AM Engage fired at enemy troops AM Daring fired at enemy troops 000125 Invasion Support action 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 56 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LST-249, Shell hits 7, heavy damage LST-85, Shell hits 10, heavy fires SC-1061 SC-1060 LST-268 LST-275 Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LST-249 at 7,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-85 at 7,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-85 at 7,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-85 at 7,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-249 at 7,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LST-85 at 7,000 yards SC-1061 fired at enemy troops SC-1060 fired at enemy troops • The good news is that all troops are ashore and more than 170,000 tons of supply. The convoys will cease unloading and depart. Fresh LST convoys will load up with supply for any future needs. • This is the first time in long memory that a large Allied landing has faced an enemy landing-triggered bombardment which out gunned the landing forces. Those 5 additional field artillery Bns on the way are definitely needed. quote: 000126 Ground combat 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Ground combat at Daito Shoto (98,69) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 10417 troops, 148 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 704 Defending force 70949 troops, 1121 guns, 1764 vehicles, Assault Value = 2130 Japanese ground losses: 166 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 19 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 426 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 22 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled) Vehicles lost 34 (11 destroyed, 23 disabled) Assaulting units: 6th Indpt SNLF Coy 1st South Seas Det. 80th Infantry Brigade Det. 3rd Special Base Force Sasebo 5th SNLF 79th Brigade 34th Ind.Mixed Brigade Kure 7th SNLF Daito-jima Naval Guard Unit 62nd Field AA Battalion 61st Field AA Battalion 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 12th RF Gun Battalion 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 39th JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 98th Infantry Division 711th Tank Battalion 6th Marine Division I Corps Engr Grp 77th Infantry Division 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion 37th Infantry Division 819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion 34th Infantry Regiment 776th Amphib Tank Battalion 706th Tank Battalion 815th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion 2/4th Armoured Regiment 251st Field Artillery Battalion 8th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 198th Field Artillery Battalion 536th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 223rd Field Artillery Battalion XXIV US Corps 727th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion 602nd Field Artillery Battalion Sixth US Army 5th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 4th Field Artillery Battalion 601st Field Artillery Battalion 9th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 000127 Ground combat 1945-02-03 Daito Shoto 98,69 Ground combat at Daito Shoto (98,69) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 65352 troops, 1119 guns, 1510 vehicles, Assault Value = 2073 Defending force 25647 troops, 336 guns, 93 vehicles, Assault Value = 684 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5 Allied adjusted assault: 844 Japanese adjusted defense: 592 Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 5) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 5 Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 1743 casualties reported Squads: 30 destroyed, 164 disabled Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 37 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Guns lost 71 (9 destroyed, 62 disabled) Vehicles lost 41 (16 destroyed, 25 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 6767 casualties reported Squads: 234 destroyed, 147 disabled Non Combat: 183 destroyed, 192 disabled Engineers: 24 destroyed, 26 disabled Guns lost 180 (127 destroyed, 53 disabled) Vehicles lost 468 (343 destroyed, 125 disabled) Assaulting units: 711th Tank Battalion 819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion I Corps Engr Grp 37th Infantry Division 776th Amphib Tank Battalion 706th Tank Battalion 34th Infantry Regiment 98th Infantry Division 815th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion 6th Marine Division 77th Infantry Division 2/4th Armoured Regiment Sixth US Army 601st Field Artillery Battalion 4th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion 223rd Field Artillery Battalion 8th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 602nd Field Artillery Battalion 198th Field Artillery Battalion 536th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion XXIV US Corps 727th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 5th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 251st Field Artillery Battalion 9th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion Defending units: 6th Indpt SNLF Coy 79th Brigade Kure 7th SNLF Det. 3rd Special Base Force 1st South Seas Det. 34th Ind.Mixed Brigade Sasebo 5th SNLF 80th Infantry Brigade Daito-jima Naval Guard Unit 61st Field AA Battalion 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 62nd Field AA Battalion 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 12th RF Gun Battalion 39th JNAF AF Unit • We took more ground casualties in the mandatory shock attack than I expected, but so did the defending Imperial forces. Further consolation is the 1 to 1 final odds; I never expected that. • The units on Daito Shoto are all very high in Disruption, but they have supplies piled on high and the Imperials should be unable to mount a counter attack, so they will recover. I'll give them the full week until the rest of the artillery arrives. The next assault will coincide with the additional units landings. • 25 additional subs have just broken out from a large TF and are assigned to patrol routes in and east of the Formosa Strait. • 1,542 AV on Daito Shoto. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 04 (10/29/2021 12:05:19 AM)
1945 February 04 INVADED INVESTED Cam Ranh Bay Palembang Nanning Daito Shoto CHANGED OWNERSHIP Allied forces CAPTURE Johore Bahru !!! Overall • Strategic points: 11,304 • B-29's reporting ready: 105 • Total B-29's deployed: 201 • +/- VP today: +101 • Enemy carriers and battleships are not spotted by search. But both due to heavy and very effective ASW activity and sighting of BB Kongo by a submarine, I believe they are currently transiting the Formosa Strait. • It was a hard day for submarines on both sides. 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 got some! St Louis will be fine with some modest yard time. quote: 000004 ASW attack 1945-02-04 65,86 Miri ASW attack near Miri at 65,86 Japanese Ships SS I-55, hits 6 Allied Ships DD Hall BB Alabama BB Massachusetts DD Young DD Cushing DD Maury DD Craven DD Monssen SS I-55 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Hall I-55 bottoming out .... DD Cushing attacking submerged sub .... DD Maury fails to find sub and abandons search DD Craven fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Monssen fails to find sub and abandons search DD Cushing fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Craven fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Cushing fails to find sub and abandons search DD Craven fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Craven fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Craven fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Craven fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000008 Night Time Surface Combat 1945-02-04 50,84 Singapore Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 6,000 Yards Japanese Ships AMc Wa 13, Shell hits 1, and is sunk AMc Wa 18, Shell hits 3, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Arunta DD Warramunga DD Napier DD Rocket Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 39% moonlight: 6,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... Range closes to 26,000 yards... Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 22,000 yards... Range closes to 20,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 16,000 yards... Range closes to 14,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 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 Range increases to 7,000 yards DD Rocket engages AMc Wa 18 at 7,000 yards DD Warramunga engages AMc Wa 18 at 7,000 yards Massive explosion on AMc Wa 18 AMc Wa 18 sunk by DD Arunta at 7,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards AMc Wa 13 sunk by DD Rocket at 4,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... 000009 Night Time Surface Combat 1945-02-04 50,84 Singapore Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 10,000 Yards Japanese Ships SC Ch 1, Shell hits 19, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Arunta DD Warramunga DD Napier DD Rocket Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 39% moonlight: 10,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... Range closes to 26,000 yards... Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 22,000 yards... Range closes to 20,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 16,000 yards... Range closes to 14,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards DD Arunta engages SC Ch 1 at 10,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards DD Rocket engages SC Ch 1 at 9,000 yards Range closes to 6,000 yards DD Arunta engages SC Ch 1 at 6,000 yards DD Napier engages SC Ch 1 at 6,000 yards Range closes to 4,000 yards DD Rocket engages SC Ch 1 at 4,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards DD Rocket engages SC Ch 1 at 2,000 yards DD Rocket engages SC Ch 1 at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards DD Napier engages SC Ch 1 at 3,000 yards DD Napier engages SC Ch 1 at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards SC Ch 1 sunk by DD Napier at 2,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... 000010 ASW attack 1945-02-04 50,84 Singapore ASW attack near Singapore at 50,84 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-D-101, hits 5, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Warramunga DD Arunta DD Rocket DD Napier SSX Ha-D-101 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Warramunga Ha-D-101 bottoming out .... DD Rocket fails to find sub and abandons search DD Napier attacking submerged sub .... Massive explosion on SSX Ha-D-101 Sounds of submarine breaking up detected! Escort abandons search for sub 000013 Submarine attack 1945-02-04 55,82 Terempa Submarine attack near Terempa at 55,82 Japanese Ships TK San Pedro Maru, Torpedo hits 1 Allied Ships SS Thrasher TK San Pedro Maru is sighted by SS Thrasher SS Thrasher launches 2 torpedoes 000014 Sub attack 1945-02-04 65,86 Miri Sub attack near Miri at 65,86 Japanese Ships SS I-12, hits 4 Allied Ships CL St. Louis, Torpedo hits 1 DD Terry DD William Porter SS I-12 launches 6 torpedoes at CL St. Louis DD Terry fails to find sub, continues to search... DD William Porter fails to find sub and abandons search DD Terry attacking submerged sub .... DD Terry fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Terry fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Terry fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Terry fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000016 ASW attack 1945-02-04 65,86 Miri ASW attack near Miri at 65,86 Japanese Ships SS I-55, hits 11, heavy damage Allied Ships CL Biloxi CL Miami CLAA San Diego DD Preston II DD Benham II DD Cushing II DD Preston SS I-55 is sighted by escort DD Preston II attacking submerged sub .... DD Benham II fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Cushing II fails to find sub and abandons search DD Preston fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Preston II fails to find sub and abandons search DD Benham II attacking submerged sub .... DD Preston fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Benham II fails to find sub and abandons search DD Preston fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Preston fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Preston fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Preston fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000040 Morning Air attack 1945-02-04 56,80 Terempa Morning Air attack on TF, near Terempa at 56,80 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft Mosquito FB.VI x 5 Allied aircraft losses Mosquito FB.VI: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAP Suwa Maru xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 8, Bomb hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Mosquito FB.VI bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 000065 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-04 56,80 Terempa Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Terempa at 56,80 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 3 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 0 minutes Allied aircraft Mosquito FB.VI x 4 Allied aircraft losses Mosquito FB.VI: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAP Argentina Maru, Shell hits 2, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Mosquito FB.VI bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 500 lb SAP Bomb 000066 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-04 56,80 Terempa Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Terempa at 56,80 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufighter TF.X x 2 Allied aircraft losses Beaufighter TF.X: 1 damaged Japanese Ships xAP Buenos Aires Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 2 x Beaufighter TF.X launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo 000067 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-04 50,84 Singapore Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 51 minutes Allied aircraft Spitfire VIII x 8 Vildebeest III x 12 No Allied losses Japanese Ships TK Manei Maru, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Vildebeest III bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK Manei Maru 000072 Submarine attack 1945-02-04 65,86 Miri Submarine attack near Miri at 65,86 Japanese Ships SS I-12, hits 19, and is sunk Allied Ships CL Santa Fe CL Montpelier CLAA San Juan DD Heywood Edwards DD Yarnall DD Wickes DD The Sullivans DD David Taylor SS I-12 is sighted by escort DD Yarnall fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Wickes fails to find sub and abandons search DD The Sullivans attacking submerged sub .... SS I-12 forced to surface! DD The Sullivans firing on surfaced sub .... DD David Taylor firing on surfaced sub .... DD Yarnall firing on surfaced sub .... DD Wickes firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves 000073 Submarine attack 1945-02-04 55,82 Terempa Submarine attack near Terempa at 55,82 Japanese Ships TK Fujisan Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Thrasher TK Fujisan Maru is sighted by SS Thrasher SS Thrasher attacking on the surface 000075 Ground combat 1945-02-04 Johore Bahru 50,83 Ground combat at Johore Bahru (50,83) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 30169 troops, 473 guns, 204 vehicles, Assault Value = 948 Defending force 4838 troops, 29 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 33 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Allied adjusted assault: 786 Japanese adjusted defense: 31 Allied assault odds: 25 to 1 (fort level 3) Allied forces CAPTURE Johore Bahru !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: leaders(+), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 1458 casualties reported Squads: 25 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 92 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 12 (8 destroyed, 4 disabled) Vehicles lost 47 (47 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 4 Allied ground losses: 69 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 28th (East African) Brigade 82nd (West African) Division 2nd British Division Defending units: Kure 3rd SNLF 24th Air Flotilla 17th JAAF AF Bn 3rd Air Division 93rd JAAF AF Bn • The RN battleships will bombard Singapore tonight and withdraw toward Soerabaja. I hope to base them at Batavia with those hundreds of Naval Support squads in units which arrived at Sydney. The units have been aboard transports and will pull into Soerabaja tomorrow, ready to rail into Batavia as soon as we have it. • With good recon, Batavia appears to be defended by 2 units with 5,300 troops, 17 guns, and 88 AFV. Clearly no division is present, so I hope to capture Batavia without too much delay. We will have troops in Batavia in a few days; Soerabaja and Bandoeng will operate tactical support aircraft. • The USN carriers will move north to intercept shipping escaping Singapore. Alas, they have very few strike aircraft, but the CL TF will angle to intercept. Philippines • Ever closer to finishing them. quote: 000074 Ground combat 1945-02-04 Cagayan 79,89 Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 25367 troops, 434 guns, 442 vehicles, Assault Value = 735 Defending force 9224 troops, 60 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 47 Allied adjusted assault: 372 Japanese adjusted defense: 5 Allied assault odds: 74 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-) preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 752 casualties reported Squads: 23 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 28th Australian Battalion 16th Australian Battalion 8th NZ Brigade 1st Tank Battalion 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 30th Australian Brigade 7th Australian Brigade 14th NZ Brigade 29th Australian Brigade 27th Australian Brigade 855th Aviation Engineer Battalion 857th Aviation Engineer Battalion 43rd Construction Regiment 2nd RAA Med Arty Regiment 147th Field Artillery Battalion 14th RAAF Construction Battalion 842nd Aviation Engineer Battalion 1st RAA Med Arty Regiment 1st RAAF Construction Battalion Defending units: 35th Division 21st Air Flotilla 146th Infantry Regiment 000076 surrounded 1945-02-04 Cagayan 79,89 Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Cagayan • Torpedo bombers will begin operating from Balabac tomorrow. China • Ouch. quote: 000001 ASW attack 1945-02-04 81,63 Swatow ASW attack near Swatow at 81,63 Japanese Ships PB Toshi Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Toro SS Toro is sighted by escort PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000005 Sub attack 1945-02-04 79,63 Swatow Sub attack near Swatow at 79,63 Japanese Ships E W-5 E Hiburi E Asagao Allied Ships SS Toro, hits 16, on fire, heavy damage SS Toro launches 2 torpedoes at E W-5 Toro bottoming out .... E W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-5 attacking submerged sub .... SS Toro forced to surface! E Hiburi firing on surfaced sub .... E Asagao firing on surfaced sub .... E W-5 firing on surfaced sub .... E Hiburi firing on surfaced sub .... E Asagao firing on surfaced sub .... E Hiburi firing on surfaced sub .... E Asagao firing on surfaced sub .... E Hiburi firing on surfaced sub .... E Asagao firing on surfaced sub .... E W-5 firing on surfaced sub .... E Hiburi firing on surfaced sub .... E Asagao firing on surfaced sub .... E W-5 firing on surfaced sub .... E Hiburi firing on surfaced sub .... E Asagao firing on surfaced sub .... E W-5 firing on surfaced sub .... E Hiburi firing on surfaced sub .... E Asagao firing on surfaced sub .... Contact with submarine is lost 000007 Sub attack 1945-02-04 82,62 Swatow Sub attack near Swatow at 82,62 Japanese Ships SC Ch 6 SC Ch 5 SC Ch 11 Allied Ships SS Bonefish SS Bonefish launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 6 SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000012 ASW attack 1945-02-04 78,62 Hong Kong ASW attack near Hong Kong at 78,62 Japanese Ships DD Susuzuki BB Kongo CA Haguro CLAA Nagara DD Teruzuki DD Hatsuzuki Allied Ships SS Tench SS Tench launches 2 torpedoes at DD Susuzuki DD Hatsuzuki fails to find sub and abandons search DD Susuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Susuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Susuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Susuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Susuzuki attacking submerged sub .... DD Susuzuki is out of ASW ammo DD Susuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • B-24's in northern Indochina will begin striking the airfield at Tsuyung tomorrow. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Got one! quote: 000002 Sub attack 1945-02-04 63,76 Cam Ranh Bay Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,76 Japanese Ships DD Wakaba DD Yugure Allied Ships SS Truculent SS Truculent launches 4 torpedoes at DD Wakaba Truculent diving deep .... DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yugure fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000011 ASW attack 1945-02-04 68,72 Cam Ranh Bay ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 68,72 Japanese Ships E Sagi Allied Ships SS Chub, hits 5 SS Chub is located by E Sagi E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sagi attacking submerged sub .... E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sagi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000064 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-04 67,73 Cam Ranh Bay Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 67,73 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Allied aircraft Beaufighter TF.X x 16 No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Wakaba, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Yugure Aircraft Attacking: 16 x Beaufighter TF.X launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo • The shipyard at Colombo is past full, but all damaged warships made it there. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. quote: 000003 ASW attack 1945-02-04 83,65 Takao ASW attack near Takao at 83,65 Japanese Ships E W-30 Allied Ships SS Dace SS Dace is sighted by escort Dace diving deep .... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000006 Night Air attack 1945-02-04 111,74 Chichi-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 3 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged No Allied losses Allied Ships AM Salute Aircraft Attacking: 1 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: 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 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000. Raid is overhead 418th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters to 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes 421st NFS with P-61A Black Widow (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes Some CAP have air radar • Ouch. quote: 000015 Submarine attack 1945-02-04 85,62 Pescadores Submarine attack near Pescadores at 85,62 Japanese Ships E No.63 E No.68 E No.67 Allied Ships SS Piper, hits 33, and is sunk SS Piper is located by E No.63 E No.68 attacking submerged sub .... E No.67 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.68 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.67 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.67 attacking submerged sub .... SS Piper forced to surface! E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.68 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.68 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.67 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves 000071 Sub attack 1945-02-04 83,63 Pescadores Sub attack near Pescadores at 83,63 Japanese Ships E W-5 Allied Ships SS Bluegill SS Bluegill launches 2 torpedoes at E W-5 E W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • The enemy carriers and battleships, if they are where I believe they are, will move right across the concentration of fresh subs we just dispersed into that area. • Extra recon has been brought into Iwo-jima (means fewer fighters could sweep at once) because 4E recon of Nago and Naha has gone offline at a bad time. • 1,590 AV on Daito Shoto. The units are highly Disrupted but are recovering. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 04 (10/29/2021 12:06:30 AM)
Anybody know for sure if Saigon is considered upriver? In other words, any restriction on the size of ship which can use the port? I would like to rearm battleships there when I get it built up.

BBfanboy -> RE: 1945 February 04 (10/29/2021 1:37:21 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs Anybody know for sure if Saigon is considered upriver? In other words, any restriction on the size of ship which can use the port? I would like to rearm battleships there when I get it built up. It is in an estuary. 15K tons max displacement applies.

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 04 (10/29/2021 1:33:54 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs Anybody know for sure if Saigon is considered upriver? In other words, any restriction on the size of ship which can use the port? I would like to rearm battleships there when I get it built up. It is in an estuary. 15K tons max displacement applies. Darn! But at least it will take the cruisers that need modest yard time.

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 05 (10/29/2021 8:57:34 PM)
1945 February 05 INVADED INVESTED Cam Ranh Bay Palembang Nanning Daito Shoto CHANGED OWNERSHIP Oosthaven is occupied by the Allies Allied forces CAPTURE Buitenzorg !!! Overall • Strategic points: 11,304 • B-29's reporting ready: 115 • Total B-29's deployed: 201 • +/- VP today: +429 • IJN battleships and carriers not sighted, but battleships were sighted in the Formosa Strait by submarines. This leaves us not knowing which side of the Formosa Strait they will end up on, because they could have reversed course to engage the smaller USN carrier force operating in the South China Sea. Our naval air search does not cover the Formosa Strait. • A good day for us although tough on our subs again as we lost 2 more today (adding to the 3 we lost yesterday). A further 7 LST sank, 3 of those helped along by 2 IJN submarines. 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 shooting our subs did could have been more accurate. We got a bunch with combined arms. quote: 000002 Submarine attack 1945-02-05 55,82 Terempa Submarine attack near Terempa at 55,82 Japanese Ships AO Naruto Allied Ships SS Tantivy AO Naruto is sighted by SS Tantivy SS Tantivy launches 4 torpedoes 000006 Submarine attack 1945-02-05 53,82 Djemadja Submarine attack near Djemadja at 53,82 Japanese Ships AR Akashi Allied Ships SS Thule AR Akashi is sighted by SS Thule SS Thule launches 4 torpedoes 000011 Submarine attack 1945-02-05 53,82 Djemadja Submarine attack near Djemadja at 53,82 Japanese Ships AS Chogei Allied Ships SS Thule AS Chogei is sighted by SS Thule SS Thule launches 4 torpedoes 000015 ASW attack 1945-02-05 50,84 Singapore ASW attack near Singapore at 50,84 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-D-102, hits 5, heavy damage Allied Ships BB Prince of Wales BC Renown DD Nepal DD Kempenfelt SSX Ha-D-102 is sighted by escort Ha-D-102 bottoming out .... DD Kempenfelt attacking submerged sub .... Underwater explosion, debris and oil appear on surface! Escort abandons search for sub 000016 Sub attack 1945-02-05 55,81 Terempa Sub attack near Terempa at 55,81 Japanese Ships xAP Buenos Aires Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Thrasher xAP Buenos Aires Maru is sighted by SS Thrasher SS Thrasher launches 4 torpedoes 000018 Night Naval bombardment 1945-02-05 Singapore 50,84 Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 33 damaged Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 2 destroyed on ground Ki-84r Frank: 1 damaged Japanese Ships DD Murakumo, Shell hits 2 SS I-11, hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships BB King George V BB Howe BB Prince of Wales BC Renown BC Repulse Japanese ground losses: 526 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Vehicles lost 14 (8 destroyed, 6 disabled) Airbase hits 32 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 53 Port supply hits 1 BB King George V firing at 5th Division BB Howe firing at 1st Division BB Prince of Wales firing at Singapore BC Renown firing at Singapore BC Repulse firing at Singapore 000019 Night Naval bombardment 1945-02-05 Singapore 50,84 Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-83: 1 damaged Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 9 damaged Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 1 destroyed on ground Allied Ships BB Queen Elizabeth BB Valiant Japanese ground losses: 210 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 19 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 8 Runway hits 10 BB Queen Elizabeth firing at Singapore Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Valiant BB Valiant firing at 1st Division 000021 Day Time Surface Combat 1945-02-05 60,79 Groot Natoena Day Time Surface Combat, near Groot Natoena at 60,79, Range 22,000 Yards Japanese Ships xAK Melbourne Maru, Shell hits 12, and is sunk xAK Johore Maru, Shell hits 19, and is sunk xAP Asama Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires xAP Tatsuta Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Kamakura Maru, Shell hits 30, and is sunk xAP Haruna Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Husimi Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Suwa Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Rakuyo Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Horai Maru Allied Ships CL St. Louis CL Nashville DD Hudson DD McNair DD William Porter DD Terry Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 30,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... Range closes to 26,000 yards... Range closes to 24,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 24,000 yards Range closes to 22,000 yards... CL Nashville engages xAP Haruna Maru at 22,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Husimi Maru at 22,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Tatsuta Maru at 22,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAK Johore Maru at 22,000 yards Range closes to 21,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 21,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 21,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Husimi Maru at 21,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Tatsuta Maru at 21,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Asama Maru at 21,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAK Johore Maru at 21,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAK Melbourne Maru at 21,000 yards Range closes to 20,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Husimi Maru at 20,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Haruna Maru at 20,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 20,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Tatsuta Maru at 20,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Asama Maru at 20,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAK Johore Maru at 20,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAK Melbourne Maru at 20,000 yards Range closes to 17,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 17,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 17,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 17,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Haruna Maru at 17,000 yards DD Hudson engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 17,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Tatsuta Maru at 17,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Asama Maru at 17,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAK Johore Maru at 17,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAK Melbourne Maru at 17,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Suwa Maru at 15,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Husimi Maru at 15,000 yards DD McNair engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 15,000 yards DD Hudson engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 15,000 yards DD Hudson engages xAP Tatsuta Maru at 15,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Asama Maru at 15,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAK Johore Maru at 15,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 11,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Rakuyo Maru at 11,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Suwa Maru at 11,000 yards DD McNair engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 11,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Tatsuta Maru at 11,000 yards DD Hudson engages xAP Asama Maru at 11,000 yards DD McNair engages xAK Johore Maru at 11,000 yards DD Hudson engages xAK Melbourne Maru at 11,000 yards Kitts, W. orders Allied TF to disengage Range closes to 8,000 yards DD Hudson engages xAP Horai Maru at 8,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 8,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 8,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Husimi Maru at 8,000 yards DD McNair engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 8,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 8,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Tatsuta Maru at 8,000 yards DD McNair engages xAP Asama Maru at 8,000 yards DD Hudson engages xAK Johore Maru at 8,000 yards DD McNair engages xAK Melbourne Maru at 8,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 12,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 12,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 12,000 yards DD McNair engages xAP Haruna Maru at 12,000 yards DD Hudson engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 12,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Asama Maru at 12,000 yards DD McNair engages xAK Johore Maru at 12,000 yards DD McNair engages xAK Melbourne Maru at 12,000 yards Range increases to 17,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Horai Maru at 17,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 17,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Suwa Maru at 17,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Husimi Maru at 17,000 yards DD McNair engages xAP Horai Maru at 17,000 yards DD Hudson engages xAP Asama Maru at 17,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAK Johore Maru at 17,000 yards DD Hudson engages xAK Melbourne Maru at 17,000 yards Range increases to 21,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Rakuyo Maru at 21,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Haruna Maru at 21,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Asama Maru at 21,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAK Melbourne Maru at 21,000 yards Range increases to 26,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Asama Maru at 26,000 yards Range increases to 30,000 yards Task forces break off... • The bombardment of Singapore went very well, but I will take measures against the SSX for the next run. • The surface intercept above was a follow on to the one shown later which was slightly closer to Indochina. • The failure of the civil government in Buitenzorg to capitulate shows there is some enemy combat strength at Batavia. quote: 000083 Ground combat 1945-02-05 Buitenzorg 48,99 Ground combat at Buitenzorg (48,99) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 432 troops, 0 guns, 76 vehicles, Assault Value = 37 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 20 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied forces CAPTURE Buitenzorg !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Assaulting units: 708th Amphib Tank Battalion 000084 Ground combat 1945-02-05 Johore Bahru 50,83 Ground combat at Johore Bahru (50,83) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 30072 troops, 473 guns, 204 vehicles, Assault Value = 939 Defending force 502 troops, 0 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 306 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 306 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 257 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 10 (10 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 82nd (West African) Division 28th (East African) Brigade 2nd British Division 222 Group RAF 381st Base Group Defending units: 3rd Air Division • And still they hold this side of the river at Johore Bharu! • We are rebasing the RN carriers to Java but they will go around Sumatra. Philippines • Stubborn they are. quote: 000035 Sub attack 1945-02-05 69,77 Balabac Sub attack near Balabac at 69,77 Japanese Ships E Ukishima E Kamome Allied Ships SS Pintado SS Pintado launches 2 torpedoes at E Ukishima Pintado diving deep .... E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamome attacking submerged sub .... E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000082 Ground combat 1945-02-05 Cagayan 79,89 Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 25299 troops, 434 guns, 442 vehicles, Assault Value = 729 Defending force 8475 troops, 59 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Allied adjusted assault: 332 Japanese adjusted defense: 3 Allied assault odds: 110 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 462 casualties reported Squads: 18 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 14th NZ Brigade 1st Tank Battalion 28th Australian Battalion 8th NZ Brigade 16th Australian Battalion 29th Australian Brigade 7th Australian Brigade 30th Australian Brigade 27th Australian Brigade 2nd RAA Med Arty Regiment 147th Field Artillery Battalion 855th Aviation Engineer Battalion 14th RAAF Construction Battalion 857th Aviation Engineer Battalion 43rd Construction Regiment 1st RAA Med Arty Regiment 842nd Aviation Engineer Battalion 1st RAAF Construction Battalion Defending units: 35th Division 21st Air Flotilla 146th Infantry Regiment 000085 surrounded 1945-02-05 Cagayan 79,89 Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Cagayan China • Our subs had a hard day here. The trouble with the sightings, especially in light of yesterday's sightings, is that I cannot tell which direction they were moving. quote: 000005 ASW attack 1945-02-05 83,62 Amoy ASW attack near Amoy at 83,62 Japanese Ships CA Haguro CLAA Nagara DD Susuzuki DD Hatsuzuki Allied Ships SS Spadefish SS Spadefish is sighted by escort Spadefish bottoming out .... DD Hatsuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hatsuzuki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000008 ASW attack 1945-02-05 74,67 Hong Kong ASW attack near Hong Kong at 74,67 Japanese Ships E No.215 Allied Ships SS Hoe SS Hoe is located by E No.215 Hoe diving deep .... E No.215 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.215 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.215 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.215 attacking submerged sub .... E No.215 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000028 ASW attack 1945-02-05 83,62 Amoy ASW attack near Amoy at 83,62 Japanese Ships E Ikuna Allied Ships SS Dace, hits 17, on fire, heavy damage SS Dace is sighted by escort Dace bottoming out .... E Ikuna attacking submerged sub .... E Ikuna fails to find sub, continues to search... E Ikuna attacking submerged sub .... E Ikuna is out of ASW ammo E Ikuna is out of ASW ammo E Ikuna is out of ASW ammo E Ikuna is out of ASW ammo E Ikuna attacking submerged sub .... E Ikuna is out of ASW ammo E Ikuna is out of ASW ammo E Ikuna is out of ASW ammo E Ikuna is out of ASW ammo E Ikuna fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000034 Submarine attack 1945-02-05 90,60 Wenchow Submarine attack near Wenchow at 90,60 Japanese Ships E No.68 E No.67, Shell hits 2 E No.63, Shell hits 4 Allied Ships SS Bang, hits 21, and is sunk SS Bang is sighted by escort Bang bottoming out .... E No.68 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.67 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.68 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.67 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.68 attacking submerged sub .... SS Bang forced to surface! E No.67 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.68 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.67 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.68 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.67 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.68 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.67 firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves 000081 Sub attack 1945-02-05 88,59 Wenchow Sub attack near Wenchow at 88,59 Japanese Ships PB Toshi Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Scabbardfish SS Scabbardfish launches 2 torpedoes Scabbardfish bottoming out .... PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • One of our two reinforcement units has crossed the river on the road NE of Paoshan. • Tsuyung airfield is about closed. Raids will continue with the aim of destroying supply for Imperial ground forces in the area. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • The surface intercept here dashed the hopes many Imperial captains had of escaping to Japan. quote: 000009 ASW attack 1945-02-05 60,78 Soc Trang ASW attack near Soc Trang at 60,78 Japanese Ships xAP Huzi Maru xAP Haruna Maru xAP Hie Maru xAP Asama Maru xAK Johore Maru xAK Nako Maru xAK Melbourne Maru E Aotaka Allied Ships SS Storm SS Storm is sighted by escort Storm 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 000010 ASW attack 1945-02-05 63,77 Cam Ranh Bay ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,77 Japanese Ships E Kamome E Ukishima Allied Ships SS Guardfish SS Guardfish is located by E Kamome Guardfish diving deep .... E Ukishima attacking submerged sub .... E Ukishima fails to find sub, continues to search... E Ukishima attacking submerged sub .... E Ukishima is out of ASW ammo E Ukishima is out of ASW ammo E Ukishima attacking submerged sub .... E Ukishima is out of ASW ammo E Ukishima is out of ASW ammo E Ukishima is out of ASW ammo E Ukishima is out of ASW ammo E Ukishima is out of ASW ammo E Ukishima fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000013 Sub attack 1945-02-05 63,77 Cam Ranh Bay Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,77 Japanese Ships E Kamome E Ukishima Allied Ships SS Guardfish SS Guardfish launches 2 torpedoes at E Kamome Guardfish diving deep .... E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kamome fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000020 Day Time Surface Combat 1945-02-05 60,78 Soc Trang Day Time Surface Combat, near Soc Trang at 60,78, Range 22,000 Yards Japanese Ships AK Sado Maru, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk AK Tosan Maru, Shell hits 31, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAK Melbourne Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire AMC Kiyosumi Maru, Shell hits 39, and is sunk xAK Nako Maru, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Johore Maru xAP Asama Maru, Shell hits 1 xAP Tatsuta Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire xAP Kamakura Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire xAP Brazil Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Hie Maru, Shell hits 3, heavy fires xAP Haruna Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire xAP Husimi Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire xAP Suwa Maru, Shell hits 2 xAP Miike Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire xAP Rakuyo Maru, Shell hits 4, on fire xAP Huzi Maru, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Horai Maru, Shell hits 3 xAP Huso Maru, Shell hits 16, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP Teikyo Maru, Shell hits 2, heavy fires E Aotaka, Shell hits 11, and is sunk Allied Ships CL St. Louis CL Nashville DD Hudson, Shell hits 1 DD McNair DD William Porter DD Terry Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 28,000 yards Range closes to 26,000 yards... Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 22,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 22,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Huso Maru at 22,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Husimi Maru at 22,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Hie Maru at 22,000 yards Range closes to 19,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Husimi Maru at 19,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Haruna Maru at 19,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Hie Maru at 19,000 yards Range closes to 16,000 yards CL Nashville engages E Aotaka at 16,000 yards AMC Kiyosumi Maru engages DD Hudson at 16,000 yards AMC Kiyosumi Maru engages DD Terry at 16,000 yards AMC Kiyosumi Maru engages DD Hudson at 16,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Huzi Maru at 16,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Miike Maru at 16,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards CL Nashville engages AMC Kiyosumi Maru at 15,000 yards AMC Kiyosumi Maru engages DD William Porter at 15,000 yards AMC Kiyosumi Maru engages DD McNair at 15,000 yards DD Hudson engages xAP Huso Maru at 15,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Horai Maru at 15,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Husimi Maru at 15,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Brazil Maru at 15,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards CL Nashville engages AMC Kiyosumi Maru at 12,000 yards CL St. Louis engages AMC Kiyosumi Maru at 12,000 yards DD Hudson engages AK Tosan Maru at 12,000 yards AMC Kiyosumi Maru engages DD William Porter at 12,000 yards DD McNair engages AMC Kiyosumi Maru at 12,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Huso Maru at 12,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Miike Maru at 12,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Haruna Maru at 12,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards CL Nashville engages AMC Kiyosumi Maru at 9,000 yards DD Terry engages AMC Kiyosumi Maru at 9,000 yards DD William Porter engages AK Tosan Maru at 9,000 yards DD Hudson engages AK Sado Maru at 9,000 yards DD McNair engages AMC Kiyosumi Maru at 9,000 yards DD Hudson engages AMC Kiyosumi Maru at 9,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Asama Maru at 9,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards CL Nashville engages AMC Kiyosumi Maru at 11,000 yards DD William Porter engages AMC Kiyosumi Maru at 11,000 yards DD Terry engages AMC Kiyosumi Maru at 11,000 yards DD William Porter engages AMC Kiyosumi Maru at 11,000 yards DD McNair engages xAP Rakuyo Maru at 11,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards CL Nashville engages AMC Kiyosumi Maru at 8,000 yards DD Terry engages AMC Kiyosumi Maru at 8,000 yards DD William Porter engages AK Tosan Maru at 8,000 yards DD William Porter engages AMC Kiyosumi Maru at 8,000 yards DD McNair engages AMC Kiyosumi Maru at 8,000 yards DD McNair engages xAP Huso Maru at 8,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Huzi Maru at 8,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 8,000 yards DD Hudson engages xAK Nako Maru at 8,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Teikyo Maru at 9,000 yards AMC Kiyosumi Maru sunk by CL St. Louis at 9,000 yards DD McNair engages AK Tosan Maru at 9,000 yards DD William Porter engages AK Sado Maru at 9,000 yards DD Hudson engages xAP Huso Maru at 9,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Miike Maru at 9,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Hie Maru at 9,000 yards DD Hudson engages xAK Nako Maru at 9,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards CL Nashville engages AK Tosan Maru at 10,000 yards DD William Porter engages AK Tosan Maru at 10,000 yards DD Hudson engages AK Sado Maru at 10,000 yards DD William Porter engages AK Tosan Maru at 10,000 yards DD McNair engages AK Tosan Maru at 10,000 yards DD Hudson engages AK Tosan Maru at 10,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Huzi Maru at 10,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Suwa Maru at 10,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Asama Maru at 10,000 yards DD Terry engages xAK Nako Maru at 10,000 yards DD McNair engages xAK Melbourne Maru at 10,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards CL St. Louis engages E Aotaka at 7,000 yards CL St. Louis engages AK Sado Maru at 7,000 yards DD William Porter engages AK Tosan Maru at 7,000 yards DD McNair engages AK Tosan Maru at 7,000 yards DD Hudson engages AK Tosan Maru at 7,000 yards DD Hudson engages xAP Huzi Maru at 7,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Miike Maru at 7,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Hie Maru at 7,000 yards DD McNair engages xAP Brazil Maru at 7,000 yards DD McNair engages xAK Melbourne Maru at 7,000 yards CL St. Louis engages AK Tosan Maru at 7,000 yards DD Terry engages AK Tosan Maru at 7,000 yards DD William Porter engages AK Tosan Maru at 7,000 yards DD McNair engages AK Tosan Maru at 7,000 yards DD McNair engages xAP Tatsuta Maru at 7,000 yards DD Hudson engages xAK Nako Maru at 7,000 yards Range closes to 5,000 yards CL Nashville engages E Aotaka at 5,000 yards CL St. Louis engages AK Tosan Maru at 5,000 yards DD William Porter engages AK Sado Maru at 5,000 yards DD McNair engages AK Tosan Maru at 5,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Rakuyo Maru at 5,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Husimi Maru at 5,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Hie Maru at 5,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Tatsuta Maru at 5,000 yards Range increases to 6,000 yards CL Nashville engages AK Tosan Maru at 6,000 yards AK Sado Maru sunk by CL Nashville at 6,000 yards DD William Porter engages AK Tosan Maru at 6,000 yards DD McNair engages xAP Huso Maru at 6,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Horai Maru at 6,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Huzi Maru at 6,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Suwa Maru at 6,000 yards DD McNair engages xAP Haruna Maru at 6,000 yards DD Hudson engages xAP Brazil Maru at 6,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Asama Maru at 6,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAK Nako Maru at 6,000 yards CL St. Louis engages E Aotaka at 6,000 yards AK Tosan Maru sunk by CL St. Louis at 6,000 yards DD Hudson engages xAP Teikyo Maru at 6,000 yards DD Hudson engages xAP Huso Maru at 6,000 yards DD McNair engages xAP Horai Maru at 6,000 yards DD McNair engages xAP Husimi Maru at 6,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Haruna Maru at 6,000 yards DD Hudson engages xAP Hie Maru at 6,000 yards DD McNair engages xAP Tatsuta Maru at 6,000 yards DD Terry engages xAK Nako Maru at 6,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards CL Nashville engages E Aotaka at 11,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Huso Maru at 11,000 yards E Aotaka sunk by DD William Porter at 11,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Huzi Maru at 11,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Rakuyo Maru at 11,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Haruna Maru at 11,000 yards DD Terry engages xAK Melbourne Maru at 11,000 yards Range increases to 16,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 16,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 16,000 yards DD William Porter engages xAP Huzi Maru at 16,000 yards DD McNair engages xAP Rakuyo Maru at 16,000 yards DD Hudson engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 16,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Haruna Maru at 16,000 yards DD Terry engages xAP Asama Maru at 16,000 yards Range increases to 20,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 20,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Huso Maru at 20,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Tatsuta Maru at 20,000 yards Range increases to 26,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 26,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Huso Maru at 26,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAP Horai Maru at 26,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Huzi Maru at 26,000 yards CL Nashville engages xAP Kamakura Maru at 26,000 yards CL St. Louis engages xAK Johore Maru at 26,000 yards Task forces break off... 000029 Sub attack 1945-02-05 68,73 Cam Ranh Bay Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 68,73 Japanese Ships DD Yugure Allied Ships SS Trusty SS Trusty launches 2 torpedoes at DD Yugure 000033 Day Time Surface Combat 1945-02-05 60,78 Soc Trang Day Time Surface Combat, near Soc Trang at 60,78, Range 30,000 Yards Japanese Ships xAP Hikawa Maru xAP Katori Maru xAP Kachidoki Maru Allied Ships CL St. Louis CL Nashville DD Hudson DD McNair DD William Porter DD Terry Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards Range increases to 30,000 yards... Both Task Forces evade combat 000076 Morning Air attack 1945-02-05 68,73 Cam Ranh Bay Morning Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 68,73 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-5 Hellcat x 11 SBD-5 Dauntless x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Yugure Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 000077 Morning Air attack 1945-02-05 62,79 Cam Ranh Bay Morning Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 62,79 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 11 TBF-1 Avenger x 5 No Allied losses Japanese Ships TK Kyoie Maru, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 5 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp. 000079 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-05 63,77 Cam Ranh Bay Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,77 Weather in hex: Light rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-5 Hellcat x 11 SBD-5 Dauntless x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships TK Takane Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring TK Takane Maru • Very few strike aircraft aboard these carries. • Another river crossing shock attack ex-Saigon tomorrow. Will this destroy the enemy formation completely or will they retreat to Soc Trang for another go? Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. quote: 000001 ASW attack 1945-02-05 87,62 Taihoku ASW attack near Taihoku at 87,62 Japanese Ships E No.30 E No.39 Allied Ships SS Ronquil SS Ronquil launches 2 torpedoes at E No.30 Ronquil diving deep .... E No.39 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.39 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.39 attacking submerged sub .... E No.39 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.39 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000003 ASW attack 1945-02-05 87,62 Taihoku ASW attack near Taihoku at 87,62 Japanese Ships E W-24 E W-30 Allied Ships SS Harder SS Harder is located by E W-24 Harder diving deep .... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000004 ASW attack 1945-02-05 87,62 Taihoku ASW attack near Taihoku at 87,62 Japanese Ships E W-30 Allied Ships SS Trepang SS Trepang is located by E W-30 E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000007 Sub attack 1945-02-05 87,61 Taihoku Sub attack near Taihoku at 87,61 Japanese Ships E Niizaki Allied Ships SS Atule SS Atule launches 2 torpedoes Atule diving deep .... E Niizaki fails to find sub, continues to search... E Niizaki fails to find sub, continues to search... E Niizaki attacking submerged sub .... E Niizaki fails to find sub, continues to search... E Niizaki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000012 Sub attack 1945-02-05 84,62 Pescadores Sub attack near Pescadores at 84,62 Japanese Ships DD Akizuki DD Yamagumo Allied Ships SS Bluegill, hits 2 SS Bluegill launches 2 torpedoes at DD Akizuki Bluegill diving deep .... DD Yamagumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yamagumo attacking submerged sub .... DD Yamagumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yamagumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yamagumo fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000014 ASW attack 1945-02-05 88,62 Taihoku ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,62 Japanese Ships E Tomozuru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage E W-30 Allied Ships SS Sea Owl SS Sea Owl launches 2 torpedoes at E Tomozuru Sea Owl diving deep .... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000017 Sub attack 1945-02-05 87,62 Taihoku Sub attack near Taihoku at 87,62 Japanese Ships PB Toshi Maru #2 PC Nire Allied Ships SS Cabezon SS Cabezon launches 2 torpedoes at PB Toshi Maru #2 Cabezon diving deep .... PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • We got a small one. • The first team for ASW. quote: 000022 ASW attack 1945-02-05 85,62 Pescadores ASW attack near Pescadores at 85,62 Japanese Ships DD Akizuki DD Yukikaze Allied Ships SS Trepang, hits 1 SS Trepang is located by DD Akizuki Trepang diving deep .... DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yukikaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000023 Sub attack 1945-02-05 87,61 Taihoku Sub attack near Taihoku at 87,61 Japanese Ships PC Nire Allied Ships SS Sea Poacher Captain of SS Sea Poacher elects not to launch torpedoes at this target PC Nire attacking submerged sub .... PC Nire is out of ASW ammo PC Nire is out of ASW ammo PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... PC Nire fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000024 ASW attack 1945-02-05 84,62 Pescadores ASW attack near Pescadores at 84,62 Japanese Ships DD Minegumo BB Musashi BB Yamato CA Myoko CA Maya DD Makigumo DD Akigumo DD Shigure Allied Ships SS Harder, hits 8, heavy damage SS Harder launches 2 torpedoes at DD Minegumo DD Shigure attacking submerged sub .... DD Minegumo fails to find sub and abandons search DD Shigure attacking submerged sub .... DD Shigure fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000025 Sub attack 1945-02-05 85,62 Pescadores Sub attack near Pescadores at 85,62 Japanese Ships DD Akizuki DD Yukikaze Allied Ships SS Threadfin SS Threadfin launches 2 torpedoes at DD Akizuki Threadfin diving deep .... DD Yukikaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Yukikaze is out of ASW ammo DD Yukikaze is out of ASW ammo DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yukikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Yukikaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Yukikaze is out of ASW ammo DD Yukikaze is out of ASW ammo DD Yukikaze is out of ASW ammo DD Yukikaze is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub 000026 Sub attack 1945-02-05 87,61 Taihoku Sub attack near Taihoku at 87,61 Japanese Ships PC Nire, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage PB Toshi Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Pipefish SS Pipefish launches 2 torpedoes at PC Nire Pipefish diving deep .... PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Toshi Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000027 Submarine attack 1945-02-05 89,61 Taihoku Submarine attack near Taihoku at 89,61 Japanese Ships E Shonan E Okinawa E Daito Allied Ships SS Bumper, hits 21, and is sunk SS Bumper is located by E Shonan E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Okinawa attacking submerged sub .... SS Bumper forced to surface! E Daito firing on surfaced sub .... E Shonan firing on surfaced sub .... E Okinawa firing on surfaced sub .... E Daito firing on surfaced sub .... E Shonan firing on surfaced sub .... E Daito firing on surfaced sub .... E Shonan firing on surfaced sub .... E Daito firing on surfaced sub .... E Shonan firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves 000030 Submarine attack 1945-02-05 102,72 Daito Shoto Submarine attack near Daito Shoto at 102,72 Japanese Ships SS I-47 Allied Ships LST-584, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage LST-584 is sighted by SS I-47 SS I-47 launches 2 torpedoes at LST-584 000031 Sub attack 1945-02-05 102,72 Daito Shoto Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 102,72 Japanese Ships SS I-168 Allied Ships LST-85, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage SS I-168 launches 2 torpedoes at LST-85 000032 Sub attack 1945-02-05 89,61 Taihoku Sub attack near Taihoku at 89,61 Japanese Ships E Sanae E W-34 Allied Ships SS Queenfish, hits 1 SS Queenfish launches 2 torpedoes at E Sanae Queenfish diving deep .... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000080 Sub attack 1945-02-05 102,72 Daito Shoto Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 102,72 Japanese Ships SS I-47 Allied Ships LST-608, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage SS I-47 launches 2 torpedoes at LST-608 • 1,635 AV on Daito Shoto. The units are still quite Disrupted, but still recovering well. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 06 (11/1/2021 5:36:58 PM)
1945 February 06 INVADED INVESTED Cam Ranh Bay Palembang Nanning Daito Shoto CHANGED OWNERSHIP Overall • Strategic points: 11,304 • B-29's reporting ready: 126 • Total B-29's deployed: 201 • +/- VP today: +179 • Enemy battleships and carriers not sighted, whereabouts unknown. • VP ratio has reached 1.3 to 1. 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 • Got one here. quote: 000010 Submarine attack 1945-02-06 58,79 Groot Natoena Submarine attack near Groot Natoena at 58,79 Japanese Ships AG Kureha Maru #3, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Shakespeare, hits 2 SS Shakespeare is sighted by AG Kureha Maru #3 SS Shakespeare attacking on the surface 000023 Sub attack 1945-02-06 60,79 Groot Natoena Sub attack near Groot Natoena at 60,79 Japanese Ships TK San Pedro Maru Allied Ships SS Sirdar SS Sirdar launches 2 torpedoes 000072 Ground combat 1945-02-06 Johore Bahru 50,83 Ground combat at Johore Bahru (50,83) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 30054 troops, 473 guns, 204 vehicles, Assault Value = 936 Defending force 207 troops, 0 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 438 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 438 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 181 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 28th (East African) Brigade 82nd (West African) Division 2nd British Division 222 Group RAF 381st Base Group Defending units: 3rd Air Division • 3rd Air Division deserves kudos for not evaporating or retreating. • We managed to transfer some DB and TB squadrons to the USN fleet carriers in the South China sea to boost their anti-shipping strikes until they can get back to port and replenish their own squadrons. • RN fast battleships have rearmed at Soerabaja and will head for Singapore. • Two DD groups, ASW and Surface Combat, will sweep the waters off Singapore with the aim of clearing the SSX. • Singapore's airfields are essentially closed at 76% damage. Airfield strikes will continue unabated to reduce supply present and make the runways totally impassable. • In about 2 days our first troops will enter Batavia; tomorrow amphibious armor will roll into Merak. Son of Krakatoa will soon be in Allied hands. Philippines • 14,500 enemy remain, all in 1 units. quote: 000070 Ground combat 1945-02-06 Cagayan 79,89 Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 25310 troops, 434 guns, 442 vehicles, Assault Value = 728 Defending force 7816 troops, 56 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17 Allied adjusted assault: 436 Japanese adjusted defense: 3 Allied assault odds: 145 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 523 casualties reported Squads: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 7th Australian Brigade 8th NZ Brigade 29th Australian Brigade 16th Australian Battalion 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 1st Tank Battalion 30th Australian Brigade 14th NZ Brigade 28th Australian Battalion 27th Australian Brigade 43rd Construction Regiment 147th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd RAA Med Arty Regiment 1st RAA Med Arty Regiment 857th Aviation Engineer Battalion 855th Aviation Engineer Battalion 842nd Aviation Engineer Battalion 14th RAAF Construction Battalion 1st RAAF Construction Battalion Defending units: 35th Division 146th Infantry Regiment 000073 Wiped Out 1945-02-06 Cagayan 79,89 146th Infantry Regiment Wiped Out at Cagayan by attrition!!! • A number of bases on Mindanao will be used as marshalling points for forces preparing to invade the Ryukyus and the Home Islands. China • Win some, lose some. quote: 000003 Submarine attack 1945-02-06 81,63 Swatow Submarine attack near Swatow at 81,63 Japanese Ships E Kume, Shell hits 1, on fire E Fukue, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage E Ikuna Allied Ships SS Scorpion, hits 27, on fire, heavy damage SS Scorpion is sighted by escort Scorpion bottoming out .... E Kume attacking submerged sub .... SS Scorpion forced to surface! E Kume firing on surfaced sub .... E Fukue firing on surfaced sub .... E Ikuna firing on surfaced sub .... E Kume firing on surfaced sub .... E Fukue firing on surfaced sub .... E Ikuna firing on surfaced sub .... E Fukue firing on surfaced sub .... E Ikuna firing on surfaced sub .... E Ikuna firing on surfaced sub .... E Kume firing on surfaced sub .... E Fukue firing on surfaced sub .... E Ikuna firing on surfaced sub .... E Kume firing on surfaced sub .... E Fukue firing on surfaced sub .... E Ikuna firing on surfaced sub .... E Kume firing on surfaced sub .... E Fukue firing on surfaced sub .... E Ikuna firing on surfaced sub .... E Kume firing on surfaced sub .... E Fukue firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves 000009 Submarine attack 1945-02-06 80,63 Swatow Submarine attack near Swatow at 80,63 Japanese Ships E Fukue, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Amberjack E Fukue is sighted by SS Amberjack SS Amberjack launches 2 torpedoes 000012 Sub attack 1945-02-06 72,71 Samah Sub attack near Samah at 72,71 Japanese Ships DD Yugure Allied Ships SS Burrfish SS Burrfish launches 2 torpedoes 000015 Submarine attack 1945-02-06 73,70 Samah Submarine attack near Samah at 73,70 Japanese Ships DD Yugure Allied Ships SS Ray DD Yugure is sighted by SS Ray SS Ray launches 2 torpedoes 000017 Sub attack 1945-02-06 89,60 Wenchow Sub attack near Wenchow at 89,60 Japanese Ships xAK Taian Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage xAK Hokutai Maru Allied Ships SS Spot SS Spot launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Taian Maru Spot bottoming out .... Sub escapes detection 000019 Submarine attack 1945-02-06 73,70 Samah Submarine attack near Samah at 73,70 Japanese Ships DD Yugure Allied Ships SS Piranha DD Yugure is sighted by SS Piranha SS Piranha launches 4 torpedoes 000020 Submarine attack 1945-02-06 74,68 Hong Kong Submarine attack near Hong Kong at 74,68 Japanese Ships DD Yugure Allied Ships SS Jack DD Yugure is sighted by SS Jack SS Jack launches 2 torpedoes 000024 Sub attack 1945-02-06 74,68 Hong Kong Sub attack near Hong Kong at 74,68 Japanese Ships DD Yugure, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Jack DD Yugure is sighted by SS Jack SS Jack launches 2 torpedoes 000069 Sub attack 1945-02-06 89,59 Wenchow Sub attack near Wenchow at 89,59 Japanese Ships xAK Hokutai Maru xAK Hokusei Maru Allied Ships SS Atule SS Atule launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Hokutai Maru Sub escapes detection • Two Aus Bdes have crossed into China from Lao Cai and are ready to engage the base force which was expelled from that base. • Up near Paoshan our two reinforcement units have crossed the river. Luckily the five units there are within stacking limits; they will hold fast while supplies build in Paoshan and other units maneuver. • Two units crossed the river into the mountains east of paoshan and will spend the next three weeks (2 miles per day!) moving onto the road to the east to cut off the enemy units holding near the river. • Other Chinese Army units are moving to Paoshan and adjacent road hexes. • The Aus Bde crossing the river between road ends 4 hexes NW of Nanning is just over halfway across. No sign of enemy opposition so far. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Won here too. quote: 000006 Submarine attack 1945-02-06 63,78 Cam Ranh Bay Submarine attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,78 Japanese Ships xAP Miike Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Jallao xAP Miike Maru is sighted by SS Jallao SS Jallao launches 4 torpedoes 000016 Sub attack 1945-02-06 65,75 Cam Ranh Bay Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 65,75 Japanese Ships xAP Katori Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Spark SS Spark launches 4 torpedoes at xAP Katori Maru 000018 Submarine attack 1945-02-06 66,78 Cam Ranh Bay Submarine attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 66,78 Japanese Ships xAP Horai Maru, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Torbay, hits 1 xAP Horai Maru is sighted by SS Torbay SS Torbay attacking on the surface 000021 Submarine attack 1945-02-06 64,76 Cam Ranh Bay Submarine attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,76 Japanese Ships AS Chogei, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Lamprey AS Chogei is sighted by SS Lamprey SS Lamprey launches 4 torpedoes 000025 Morning Air attack 1945-02-06 64,76 Cam Ranh Bay Morning Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,76 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft Albacore I x 6 Allied aircraft losses Albacore I: 2 damaged Japanese Ships AR Akashi Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Albacore I launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo 000026 Morning Air attack 1945-02-06 66,76 Cam Ranh Bay Morning Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 66,76 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 6 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft Avenger II x 12 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAP Hikawa Maru, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk xAP Kachidoki Maru, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Avenger II launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo 000027 Morning Air attack 1945-02-06 66,77 Cam Ranh Bay Morning Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 66,77 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 30 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 12 TBF-1 Avenger x 19 Allied aircraft losses TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CA Ashigara, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage CA Nachi, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 19 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp. 000043 Morning Air attack 1945-02-06 65,75 Cam Ranh Bay Morning Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 65,75 Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 2 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-5 Hellcat x 10 SBD-5 Dauntless x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAP Katori Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 000045 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-06 64,76 Cam Ranh Bay Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,76 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 4,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft Albacore I x 6 Allied aircraft losses Albacore I: 2 damaged Japanese Ships AR Akashi Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Albacore I launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo 000048 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-06 66,77 Cam Ranh Bay Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 66,77 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 36 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 12 TBF-1 Avenger x 17 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships CA Nachi, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk CA Ashigara, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 17 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp. 000067 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-06 65,75 Cam Ranh Bay Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 65,75 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 9 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-5 Hellcat x 10 SBD-5 Dauntless x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAP Katori Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 000071 Ground combat 1945-02-06 59,72 Soc Trang Ground combat at 59,72 (near Soc Trang) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 2172 troops, 94 guns, 215 vehicles, Assault Value = 3570 Defending force 1243 troops, 28 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Allied adjusted assault: 7 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 7 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), morale(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 768 casualties reported Squads: 64 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 19 (19 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 11th (East African) Division Gardner's Horse Regiment 6th New Chinese/A Corps 25th Indian/B Division 25th Australian Brigade 81st (West African) Division 6th New Chinese/C Corps 22nd (East African) Brigade 6th New Chinese/B Corps 25th Indian/A Division 7th Indian Division 9th Indian Division 39th Indian Division 25th Indian/C Division 55th Heavy Regiment 56th Heavy Regiment 134th (East Ang) Regiment 208th Field Regiment Defending units: 2nd Guards Division Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. Win some, lose some. quote: 000001 ASW attack 1945-02-06 101,70 Daito Shoto ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 101,70 Japanese Ships SS I-47, hits 12 Allied Ships DD Haggard DD Dortch DD Remey DD Hailey SS I-47 is located by DD Haggard DD Remey fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hailey fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hailey fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hailey fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Hailey attacking submerged sub .... DD Hailey attacking submerged sub .... DD Hailey is out of ASW ammo DD Hailey is out of ASW ammo DD Hailey is out of ASW ammo DD Hailey is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub 000002 ASW attack 1945-02-06 86,62 Taichu ASW attack near Taichu at 86,62 Japanese Ships E W-5 Allied Ships SS Atule SS Atule is located by E W-5 Atule bottoming out .... E W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000004 ASW attack 1945-02-06 100,70 Daito Shoto ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 100,70 Japanese Ships SS I-168, hits 3 Allied Ships DD Haggard DD Dortch DD Remey SS I-168 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Haggard DD Remey fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Remey fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Remey attacking submerged sub .... DD Remey fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Remey attacking submerged sub .... DD Remey is out of ASW ammo DD Remey is out of ASW ammo DD Remey is out of ASW ammo DD Remey is out of ASW ammo DD Remey is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub 000005 ASW attack 1945-02-06 88,61 Taihoku ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,61 Japanese Ships E No.39, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage E No.36 Allied Ships SS Bugara SS Bugara launches 4 torpedoes at E No.39 Bugara diving deep .... E No.36 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.36 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.36 attacking submerged sub .... E No.36 attacking submerged sub .... E No.36 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000007 ASW attack 1945-02-06 87,61 Taihoku ASW attack near Taihoku at 87,61 Japanese Ships E Okinawa Allied Ships SS Spot SS Spot is sighted by escort Spot diving deep .... E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Okinawa attacking submerged sub .... E Okinawa is out of ASW ammo E Okinawa is out of ASW ammo E Okinawa is out of ASW ammo E Okinawa is out of ASW ammo E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000008 ASW attack 1945-02-06 88,62 Taihoku ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,62 Japanese Ships E No.68 E No.67 E No.63 Allied Ships SS Harder, hits 3, heavy damage SS Harder is sighted by escort E No.68 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.67 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.68 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.67 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.68 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.67 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.68 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.67 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.68 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.67 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.68 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.67 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.68 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.67 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves 000011 Sub attack 1945-02-06 87,61 Taihoku Sub attack near Taihoku at 87,61 Japanese Ships E Hayabusa E Hato Allied Ships SS Threadfin SS Threadfin launches 4 torpedoes at E Hayabusa Threadfin diving deep .... 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 000013 Submarine attack 1945-02-06 86,62 Taichu Submarine attack near Taichu at 86,62 Japanese Ships E No.7 E No.27 E No.20 E No.14 Allied Ships SS Redfish, hits 26, and is sunk SS Redfish is sighted by escort Redfish bottoming out .... E No.27 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 attacking submerged sub .... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 attacking submerged sub .... E No.20 is out of ASW ammo SS Redfish forced to surface! E No.14 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.27 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.14 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.27 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.14 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.27 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.14 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.27 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.20 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.14 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.27 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.20 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.14 firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves 000014 ASW attack 1945-02-06 99,70 Daito Shoto ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 99,70 Japanese Ships SS I-168, hits 13, heavy damage Allied Ships BB Arkansas DD Maddox DD Lang DD Stack DD Warrington SS I-168 is sighted by escort DD Lang attacking submerged sub .... DD Stack attacking submerged sub .... DD Warrington fails to find sub and abandons search Escort abandons search for sub 000022 Sub attack 1945-02-06 83,63 Pescadores Sub attack near Pescadores at 83,63 Japanese Ships E No.30 E No.36 Allied Ships SS Tench SS Tench launches 2 torpedoes at E No.30 Tench diving deep .... E No.36 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.36 attacking submerged sub .... SS Tench eludes ASW attack from E No.36 E No.36 cannot reach attack position over SS Tench SS Tench eludes ASW attack from E No.36 SS Tench eludes ASW attack from E No.36 E No.36 cannot establish contact with SS Tench E No.36 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.36 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.36 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • Here we have a problem: "estimated altitude 34,514 feet". quote: 000068 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-06 98,68 Daito Shoto Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Daito Shoto at 98,68 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 34,514 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 5 Allied aircraft F4U-1A Corsair x 18 F4U-1D Corsair x 267 F6F-3 Hellcat x 70 F6F-5 Hellcat x 173 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 3 destroyed by flak No Allied losses Allied Ships BB Missouri BB Wisconsin Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: VF-1 with F6F-5 Hellcat (5 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 33050. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes VF-42 with F6F-5 Hellcat (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 33050. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes VF-6 with F6F-5 Hellcat (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 33050. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes VF-7 with F6F-5 Hellcat (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 17 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes VF-11 with F6F-5 Hellcat (5 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 33050. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes VF-12 with F6F-5 Hellcat (5 airborne, 10 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes VF-13 with F4U-1A Corsair (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 31690. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes VF-16 with F6F-5 Hellcat (5 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) (1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 33050. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-82 with F6F-5 Hellcat (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 33050. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-24 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 32370. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes VF-30 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 32370. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 19 minutes VF-31 with F6F-3 Hellcat (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 32370. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes VF-32 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 32370. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes VF-50 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 32370. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes VF-51 with F6F-3 Hellcat (4 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) (4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 24000 and 32370. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes VC(F)-39 with F6F-5 Hellcat (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling) (3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 24000 and 33000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes VF-17 with F4U-1D Corsair (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 18 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 31820. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 57 minutes VBF-1 with F4U-1D Corsair (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes VBF-5 with F4U-1D Corsair (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 31820. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes VBF-6 with F4U-1D Corsair (6 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling) 6 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 31820. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes • It looks like the remaining units to land on Daito Shoto will be on station in 3 days. If so they could land coincident with an assault on the 4th day from now, however I also want to land a block of supply at the same time. Those LST are loading at Pagan. Also, while most units will probably be ready for an assault by then, there are two units which are still at Disruption 59 and 60. • Kagoshima and Kanoya recon as having build ups of fighters and bombers, presumably kamikaze. The B-29's will hit those airfields tomorrow. Each will be swept by 2 squadrons of P-51D from Iwo-jima. • 1,712 AV on Daito Shoto. Disruption still coming down well. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 07 (11/2/2021 1:22:33 AM)
1945 February 07 INVADED INVESTED Cam Ranh Bay Palembang Nanning Daito Shoto CHANGED OWNERSHIP Tandjoengpinang is occupied by the Allies Overall • Strategic points: 11,304 • B-29's reporting ready: 132 • Total B-29's deployed: 199 • +/- VP today: +232 • No sighting or Intel on IJN battleships or carriers. • Tandjoengpinang is 2 hexes from Johore Bharu but only 1 hex from Singapore; it switching sides indicates weakness AV-wise of Singapore's defenders. We had only about 930 AV at Johore Bharu when the switch occurred. 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 • Johore Bharu is cleared. quote: 000012 ASW attack 1945-02-07 50,84 Singapore ASW attack near Singapore at 50,84 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-D-103 Allied Ships DD Arunta DD Rocket DD Napier SSX Ha-D-103 is sighted by escort DD Rocket fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Napier fails to find sub and abandons search DD Rocket fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Rocket fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000073 Ground combat 1945-02-07 Johore Bahru 50,83 Ground combat at Johore Bahru (50,83) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 30054 troops, 473 guns, 204 vehicles, Assault Value = 959 Defending force 56 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 801 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 801 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 44 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 209th Cmbt Engineer Battalion 28th (East African) Brigade 82nd (West African) Division 2nd British Division Southeast Asia 222 Group RAF 381st Base Group Defending units: 3rd Air Division 000074 Ground combat 1945-02-07 61,97 Bandjermasin Ground combat at 61,97 (near Bandjermasin) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 3187 troops, 44 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 96 Defending force 84 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Allied adjusted assault: 156 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 156 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 66 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 2 Assaulting units: 22nd Australian Brigade Defending units: 1st Ship Engineer Regiment 4th Port Unit • The RN OBB have rearmed at Soerabaja and will head for Singapore. Philippines • Got more. quote: 000061 Morning Air attack 1945-02-07 72,77 Taytay Morning Air attack on TF, near Taytay at 72,77 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 11 TBF-1 Avenger x 4 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AR Akashi, Bomb hits 2, on fire Aircraft Attacking: 4 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000069 Afternoon Air attack 1945-02-07 72,77 Taytay Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Taytay at 72,77 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-5 Hellcat x 11 SBD-5 Dauntless x 3 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AR Akashi, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 000070 Ground combat 1945-02-07 Cagayan 79,89 Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 25324 troops, 434 guns, 442 vehicles, Assault Value = 728 Defending force 6946 troops, 51 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3 Allied adjusted assault: 472 Japanese adjusted defense: 3 Allied assault odds: 157 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-) fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1176 casualties reported Squads: 133 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 13 (13 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 16th Australian Battalion 7th Australian Brigade 30th Australian Brigade 14th NZ Brigade 1st Tank Battalion 28th Australian Battalion 29th Australian Brigade 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 8th NZ Brigade 27th Australian Brigade 857th Aviation Engineer Battalion 147th Field Artillery Battalion 842nd Aviation Engineer Battalion 1st RAA Med Arty Regiment 855th Aviation Engineer Battalion 2nd RAA Med Arty Regiment 14th RAAF Construction Battalion 43rd Construction Regiment 1st RAAF Construction Battalion Defending units: 35th Division 000075 surrounded 1945-02-07 Cagayan 79,89 Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Cagayan • Cagayan defenders giving up in large blocks now. China • Fierce doings. quote: 000003 Sub attack 1945-02-07 81,63 Swatow Sub attack near Swatow at 81,63 Japanese Ships E Hato Allied Ships SS Tench, hits 8 SS Tench launches 2 torpedoes at E Hato E Hato fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hato fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hato attacking submerged sub .... E Hato fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hato fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000004 ASW attack 1945-02-07 79,63 Swatow ASW attack near Swatow at 79,63 Japanese Ships E Hayabusa Allied Ships SS Tullibee SS Tullibee is sighted by escort E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000009 Sub attack 1945-02-07 79,63 Swatow Sub attack near Swatow at 79,63 Japanese Ships E No.61 E No.68 E No.67 Allied Ships SS Tullibee SS Tullibee launches 2 torpedoes at E No.61 Tullibee bottoming out .... E No.68 fails to find sub and abandons 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... 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 000013 ASW attack 1945-02-07 81,63 Swatow ASW attack near Swatow at 81,63 Japanese Ships E Ikuna Allied Ships SS Bonefish, hits 8 SS Bonefish is located by E Ikuna E Ikuna fails to find sub, continues to search... E Ikuna fails to find sub, continues to search... E Ikuna fails to find sub, continues to search... E Ikuna fails to find sub, continues to search... E Ikuna attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000017 ASW attack 1945-02-07 90,59 Wenchow ASW attack near Wenchow at 90,59 Japanese Ships DD Kasumi Allied Ships SS Sea Poacher, hits 3 SS Sea Poacher is sighted by escort Sea Poacher 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 attacking submerged sub .... DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000018 ASW attack 1945-02-07 90,59 Wenchow ASW attack near Wenchow at 90,59 Japanese Ships E Daito E Okinawa Allied Ships SS Sea Poacher SS Sea Poacher is located by E Daito E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000072 Ground combat 1945-02-07 68,52 Lao Cai Ground combat at 68,52 (near Lao Cai) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 7392 troops, 131 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 236 Defending force 907 troops, 8 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 10 Allied adjusted assault: 213 Japanese adjusted defense: 7 Allied assault odds: 30 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 451 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 9 (5 destroyed, 4 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: 20th Australian Brigade 26th Australian Brigade Defending units: 23rd JAAF AF Bn • Next up our two Bdes will pursue forces much greater in number than themselves, and possibly with superior combat power. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Got several! quote: 000001 Sub attack 1945-02-07 63,75 Cam Ranh Bay Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,75 Japanese Ships AS Chogei, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Tradewind SS Tradewind launches 4 torpedoes 000008 Sub attack 1945-02-07 62,78 Cam Ranh Bay Sub attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 62,78 Japanese Ships TK San Pedro Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Stonehenge SS Stonehenge attacking on the surface 000010 encounters mine field 1945-02-07 Saigon 60,71 TF 147 encounters mine field at Saigon (60,71) Allied Ships AM Robin AM Tern AM Quail 37 mines cleared 000015 Day Time Surface Combat 1945-02-07 66,77 Cam Ranh Bay Day Time Surface Combat, near Cam Ranh Bay at 66,77, Range 28,000 Yards Japanese Ships AR Yamabiko Maru, Shell hits 18, and is sunk Allied Ships BB Massachusetts BB Alabama DD Fletcher DD Capps DD Hall DD Young DD Monssen DD Craven DD Maury DD Cushing Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 28,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 28,000 yards Range closes to 27,000 yards BB Alabama engages AR Yamabiko Maru at 27,000 yards Range closes to 25,000 yards BB Alabama engages AR Yamabiko Maru at 25,000 yards Range closes to 22,000 yards BB Alabama engages AR Yamabiko Maru at 22,000 yards Range closes to 20,000 yards BB Alabama engages AR Yamabiko Maru at 20,000 yards BB Massachusetts engages AR Yamabiko Maru at 20,000 yards Range closes to 17,000 yards BB Alabama engages AR Yamabiko Maru at 17,000 yards DD Hall engages AR Yamabiko Maru at 17,000 yards Range closes to 16,000 yards BB Alabama engages AR Yamabiko Maru at 16,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards BB Alabama engages AR Yamabiko Maru at 15,000 yards DD Cushing engages AR Yamabiko Maru at 15,000 yards DD Young engages AR Yamabiko Maru at 15,000 yards Range closes to 12,000 yards BB Alabama engages AR Yamabiko Maru at 12,000 yards DD Fletcher engages AR Yamabiko Maru at 12,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards AR Yamabiko Maru sunk by BB Alabama at 10,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... 000019 Submarine attack 1945-02-07 69,75 Cam Ranh Bay Submarine attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 69,75 Japanese Ships AO Naruto, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Springer, hits 1 AO Naruto is sighted by SS Springer SS Springer attacking on the surface 000060 Morning Air attack 1945-02-07 71,74 Cam Ranh Bay Morning Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 71,74 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 28 minutes Allied aircraft F4U-1D Corsair x 12 F6F-5 Hellcat x 28 SBD-3 Dauntless x 22 SBD-5 Dauntless x 3 Allied aircraft losses SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CA Ashigara, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Murasame Aircraft Attacking: 3 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 12 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring a Furutaka class CA 000062 Morning Air attack 1945-02-07 71,74 Cam Ranh Bay Morning Air attack on TF, near Cam Ranh Bay at 71,74 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 66 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 31 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-5 Hellcat x 7 TBF-1 Avenger x 2 No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Murasame Aircraft Attacking: 2 x TBF-1 Avenger bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000071 Ground combat 1945-02-07 59,72 Soc Trang Ground combat at 59,72 (near Soc Trang) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 112750 troops, 1627 guns, 943 vehicles, Assault Value = 3604 Defending force 693 troops, 14 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 1988 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 1988 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 867 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 96 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 16 (16 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 6th New Chinese/B Corps 39th Indian Division Gardner's Horse Regiment 22nd (East African) Brigade 81st (West African) Division 7th Indian Division 25th Indian/A Division 25th Indian/B Division 6th New Chinese/A Corps 25th Australian Brigade 11th (East African) Division 9th Indian Division 6th New Chinese/C Corps 25th Indian/C Division 56th Heavy Regiment 55th Heavy Regiment 134th (East Ang) Regiment 208th Field Regiment Defending units: 2nd Guards Division • A Bde will move on Soc Trang. • Most of the forces which took Saigon will head for Cam Ranh Bay, but some will head directly for Johore Bharu. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. quote: 000002 Sub attack 1945-02-07 94,62 Nago Sub attack near Nago at 94,62 Japanese Ships E Aguni, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage E No.44 Allied Ships SS Guitarro, hits 7, heavy damage SS Guitarro launches 2 torpedoes at E Aguni Guitarro diving deep .... 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 attacking submerged sub .... E No.44 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000005 Sub attack 1945-02-07 90,62 Taihoku Sub attack near Taihoku at 90,62 Japanese Ships E No.40 E No.44 Allied Ships SS Cabezon Captain of SS Cabezon elects not to launch torpedoes at this target Cabezon diving deep .... 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 000006 Night Air attack 1945-02-07 111,74 Chichi-jima Night Air attack on TF, near Chichi-jima at 111,74 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy x 4 Allied aircraft P-61A Black Widow x 14 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 2 destroyed No Allied losses Allied Ships AM Salute Aircraft Attacking: 3 x Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp CAP engaged: 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 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000. Raid is overhead 418th NFS with P-61A Black Widow (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters to 4000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 14 minutes 421st NFS with P-61A Black Widow (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 15 minutes Some CAP have air radar 000007 Sub attack 1945-02-07 85,62 Pescadores Sub attack near Pescadores at 85,62 Japanese Ships E Yaku Allied Ships SS Shark II Captain of SS Shark II elects not to launch torpedoes at this target Shark II diving deep .... 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 fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yaku fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • Sub are earning their hazard pay recently. • And more. quote: 000011 ASW attack 1945-02-07 85,63 Taichu ASW attack near Taichu at 85,63 Japanese Ships SC Ch 14 Allied Ships SS Gunnel, hits 3 SS Gunnel is located by SC Ch 14 Gunnel bottoming out .... SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 14 attacking submerged sub .... SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000014 Sub attack 1945-02-07 83,63 Pescadores Sub attack near Pescadores at 83,63 Japanese Ships E Shinnan E Yaku Allied Ships SS Bluegill, hits 1 Captain of SS Bluegill elects not to launch torpedoes at this target Bluegill diving deep .... E Yaku fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yaku attacking submerged sub .... E Yaku attacking submerged sub .... SS Bluegill eludes ASW attack from E Yaku E Yaku loses contact with SS Bluegill E Yaku cannot establish contact with SS Bluegill E Yaku fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yaku fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000016 ASW attack 1945-02-07 86,62 Taichu ASW attack near Taichu at 86,62 Japanese Ships E W-34 Allied Ships SS Gunnel, hits 5 SS Gunnel is sighted by escort Gunnel bottoming out .... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000020 ASW attack 1945-02-07 86,62 Taichu ASW attack near Taichu at 86,62 Japanese Ships E W-41 Allied Ships SS Scabbardfish SS Scabbardfish is sighted by escort 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 • 1,740 AV on Daito Shoto. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 08 (11/2/2021 4:07:30 PM)
1945 February 08 INVADED INVESTED Cam Ranh Bay Palembang Nanning Daito Shoto CHANGED OWNERSHIP Siquijor is occupied by the Allies Allied forces CAPTURE Merak !!! Overall • Strategic points: 11,304 • B-29's reporting ready: 120 • Total B-29's deployed: 193 • +/- VP today: +88 • No info on IJN carrier or battleship whereabouts. 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 • Constricting Singapore; the Sunda Strait is open. quote: 000005 ASW attack 1945-02-08 50,84 Singapore ASW attack near Singapore at 50,84 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-60, hits 3, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Arunta DD Rocket SSX Ha-60 is sighted by escort DD Rocket attacking submerged sub .... Large oil slick appears over area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub 000007 ASW attack 1945-02-08 50,84 Singapore ASW attack near Singapore at 50,84 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-D-104 Allied Ships DD Arunta DD Rocket DD Napier SSX Ha-D-104 is sighted by escort Ha-D-104 bottoming out .... DD Rocket fails to find sub and abandons search DD Napier fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000073 Ground combat 1945-02-08 Merak 48,97 Ground combat at Merak (48,97) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 432 troops, 0 guns, 76 vehicles, Assault Value = 37 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 38 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 38 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied forces CAPTURE Merak !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: leaders(+) Assaulting units: 708th Amphib Tank Battalion • The RN fast battleships will bombard Singapore tonight. • Singapore's airfields recon as 100% damaged, so the B-24 horde will target the port for a few days. Recon shows 12 ships, which in recent days has included multiple CA and CVE. • Tightening up on Batavia. We will wait until all assigned land forces are in place, then the first assault will be aided by tactical sir support and naval gunfire. • The Bdes for Palembang have lots of recovery still needed, the division (at Palembang) is in good shape. Soon tactical air support will be operating from Praboemoelih. Philippines • Around 10,000 left. quote: 000072 Ground combat 1945-02-08 Cagayan 79,89 Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 25310 troops, 434 guns, 442 vehicles, Assault Value = 724 Defending force 5293 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 271 Japanese adjusted defense: 3 Allied assault odds: 90 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1131 casualties reported Squads: 102 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 49 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 17 (17 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 16th Australian Battalion 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 14th NZ Brigade 29th Australian Brigade 30th Australian Brigade 28th Australian Battalion 1st Tank Battalion 8th NZ Brigade 7th Australian Brigade 27th Australian Brigade 1st RAA Med Arty Regiment 147th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd RAA Med Arty Regiment 14th RAAF Construction Battalion 857th Aviation Engineer Battalion 842nd Aviation Engineer Battalion 43rd Construction Regiment 855th Aviation Engineer Battalion 1st RAAF Construction Battalion Defending units: 35th Division 000074 surrounded 1945-02-08 Cagayan 79,89 Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Cagayan China • Our subs are still getting knocked around. quote: 000008 Sub attack 1945-02-08 87,60 Foochow Sub attack near Foochow at 87,60 Japanese Ships SC Ch 11 SC Ch 6 SC Ch 5 Allied Ships SS Ronquil, hits 7 SS Ronquil launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 11 SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 attacking submerged sub .... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 attacking submerged sub .... SC Ch 11 is out of ASW ammo SC Ch 11 is out of ASW ammo SC Ch 11 is out of ASW ammo SC Ch 11 is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub 000010 Sub attack 1945-02-08 80,66 Swatow Sub attack near Swatow at 80,66 Japanese Ships E No.30 E No.36 Allied Ships SS Bonefish, hits 16, on fire, heavy damage SS Bonefish launches 2 torpedoes at E No.30 Bonefish diving deep .... E No.36 attacking submerged sub .... E No.36 attacking submerged sub .... SS Bonefish forced to surface! E No.36 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.30 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.36 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.30 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.30 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.30 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.36 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.30 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.36 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.30 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.36 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.30 firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves 000012 ASW attack 1945-02-08 92,58 Shaohing ASW attack near Shaohing at 92,58 Japanese Ships E W-30 Allied Ships SS Cabrilla, hits 1 SS Cabrilla is located by E W-30 Cabrilla bottoming out .... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 attacking submerged sub .... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000014 Submarine attack 1945-02-08 75,67 Hong Kong Submarine attack near Hong Kong at 75,67 Japanese Ships E No.68 E No.63 E No.61 Allied Ships SS Thornback, hits 20, heavy fires, heavy damage SS Thornback launches 4 torpedoes at E No.68 E No.68 attacking submerged sub .... E No.68 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.68 attacking submerged sub .... E No.68 is out of ASW ammo E No.68 is out of ASW ammo SS Thornback forced to surface! E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.61 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.68 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.61 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.61 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.68 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.61 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.61 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.68 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.61 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.68 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.63 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.61 firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves 000016 ASW attack 1945-02-08 89,59 Wenchow ASW attack near Wenchow at 89,59 Japanese Ships E Okinawa Allied Ships SS Atule SS Atule is located by E Okinawa E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000018 ASW attack 1945-02-08 89,59 Wenchow ASW attack near Wenchow at 89,59 Japanese Ships E Kume Allied Ships SS Atule SS Atule is sighted by escort Atule bottoming out .... E Kume fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kume fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kume fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kume fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kume fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • The Empire made a small air strike on our forces off-road in the mountains near Paoshan to slow their movement. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. quote: 000001 ASW attack 1945-02-08 84,62 Pescadores ASW attack near Pescadores at 84,62 Japanese Ships E Kume Allied Ships SS Spadefish SS Spadefish is located by E Kume Spadefish diving deep .... E Kume fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kume fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kume fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kume fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kume fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000002 ASW attack 1945-02-08 87,62 Taihoku ASW attack near Taihoku at 87,62 Japanese Ships E W-5 Allied Ships SS Segundo, hits 6 SS Segundo is sighted by escort E W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-5 attacking submerged sub .... E W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000003 Sub attack 1945-02-08 89,62 Taihoku Sub attack near Taihoku at 89,62 Japanese Ships E W-34 Allied Ships SS Trepang, hits 6 SS Trepang launches 2 torpedoes at E W-34 Trepang bottoming out .... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 attacking submerged sub .... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000004 Sub attack 1945-02-08 87,62 Taihoku Sub attack near Taihoku at 87,62 Japanese Ships E No.6 Allied Ships SS Sea Poacher SS Sea Poacher launches 2 torpedoes at E No.6 E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000006 ASW attack 1945-02-08 87,62 Taihoku ASW attack near Taihoku at 87,62 Japanese Ships E No.6 Allied Ships SS Sea Owl, hits 2 SS Sea Owl is sighted by escort Sea Owl diving deep .... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.6 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000009 ASW attack 1945-02-08 89,62 Taihoku ASW attack near Taihoku at 89,62 Japanese Ships E W-34 Allied Ships SS Spadefish SS Spadefish is located by E W-34 Spadefish bottoming out .... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • Counter-strike! quote: 000011 ASW attack 1945-02-08 86,62 Taichu ASW attack near Taichu at 86,62 Japanese Ships E Sagi E Otori Allied Ships SS Threadfin SS Threadfin is sighted by escort E Sagi fails to find sub and abandons search E Otori fails to find sub, continues to search... E Otori fails to find sub, continues to search... E Otori fails to find sub, continues to search... E Otori fails to find sub, continues to search... E Otori fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000013 Sub attack 1945-02-08 85,62 Pescadores Sub attack near Pescadores at 85,62 Japanese Ships E Niizaki Allied Ships SS Sea Poacher SS Sea Poacher launches 2 torpedoes E Niizaki fails to find sub, continues to search... E Niizaki fails to find sub, continues to search... E Niizaki fails to find sub, continues to search... E Niizaki fails to find sub, continues to search... E Niizaki fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000015 ASW attack 1945-02-08 91,62 Iriomote ASW attack near Iriomote at 91,62 Japanese Ships E W-34 Allied Ships SS Spadefish SS Spadefish is located by E W-34 E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000017 Sub attack 1945-02-08 85,62 Pescadores Sub attack near Pescadores at 85,62 Japanese Ships E Kamo E W-26 Allied Ships SS Sea Owl SS Sea Owl launches 2 torpedoes at E Kamo E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000019 ASW attack 1945-02-08 83,63 Pescadores ASW attack near Pescadores at 83,63 Japanese Ships E No.6 Allied Ships SS Threadfin, hits 1 SS Threadfin is located by E No.6 Threadfin diving deep .... E No.6 attacking submerged sub .... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000020 Day Time Surface Combat 1945-02-08 98,69 Daito Shoto Day Time Surface Combat, near Daito Shoto at 98,69, Range 24,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Minekaze, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Sawakaze, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Okikaze, Shell hits 6, heavy fires DD Tachikaze, Shell hits 12, and is sunk DD Nokaze, Shell hits 24, and is sunk DD Namikaze, Shell hits 4, and is sunk Allied Ships CA New Orleans CA Astoria CA Wichita, Shell hits 2 DD Smith DD Cummings, Shell hits 2 DD Lamson, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Case DD Flusser CA Canberra II, Shell hits 1 Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions: 30,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 30,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 24,000 yards CA Canberra II engages DD Namikaze at 24,000 yards CA Wichita engages DD Namikaze at 24,000 yards CA Wichita engages DD Sawakaze at 24,000 yards Range closes to 19,000 yards CA Canberra II engages DD Namikaze at 19,000 yards CA Wichita engages DD Namikaze at 19,000 yards CA Canberra II engages DD Tachikaze at 19,000 yards Range closes to 18,000 yards CA Canberra II engages DD Okikaze at 18,000 yards CA Wichita engages DD Tachikaze at 18,000 yards CA Astoria engages DD Sawakaze at 18,000 yards CA New Orleans engages DD Tachikaze at 18,000 yards DD Flusser engages DD Okikaze at 18,000 yards DD Case engages DD Minekaze at 18,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Cummings at 18,000 yards DD Tachikaze engages DD Smith at 18,000 yards Range closes to 15,000 yards DD Namikaze engages DD Flusser at 15,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Flusser at 15,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Flusser at 15,000 yards DD Case engages DD Okikaze at 15,000 yards DD Lamson engages DD Sawakaze at 15,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Cummings at 15,000 yards DD Smith engages DD Sawakaze at 15,000 yards Range closes to 13,000 yards CA Canberra II engages DD Nokaze at 13,000 yards CA Wichita engages DD Nokaze at 13,000 yards CA Astoria engages DD Okikaze at 13,000 yards DD Sawakaze engages DD Flusser at 13,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Smith at 13,000 yards DD Lamson engages DD Okikaze at 13,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Cummings at 13,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Smith at 13,000 yards Range closes to 9,000 yards DD Namikaze engages DD Smith at 9,000 yards CA Wichita engages DD Okikaze at 9,000 yards CA Astoria engages DD Sawakaze at 9,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Case at 9,000 yards DD Sawakaze engages DD Case at 9,000 yards DD Sawakaze engages DD Case at 9,000 yards DD Lamson engages DD Sawakaze at 9,000 yards DD Cummings engages DD Minekaze at 9,000 yards DD Nokaze engages DD Smith at 9,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards CA Canberra II engages DD Nokaze at 12,000 yards CA Wichita engages DD Okikaze at 12,000 yards DD Tachikaze engages DD Lamson at 12,000 yards CA New Orleans engages DD Sawakaze at 12,000 yards DD Sawakaze engages DD Flusser at 12,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Case at 12,000 yards DD Lamson engages DD Nokaze at 12,000 yards DD Nokaze engages DD Cummings at 12,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Smith at 12,000 yards CA Canberra II engages DD Sawakaze at 12,000 yards CA Wichita engages DD Sawakaze at 12,000 yards CA Astoria engages DD Okikaze at 12,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Cummings at 12,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Flusser at 12,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Smith at 12,000 yards DD Lamson engages DD Okikaze at 12,000 yards DD Cummings engages DD Nokaze at 12,000 yards DD Smith engages DD Okikaze at 12,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards DD Namikaze engages DD Flusser at 8,000 yards DD Namikaze sunk by CA Wichita at 8,000 yards CA Astoria engages DD Okikaze at 8,000 yards CA New Orleans engages DD Nokaze at 8,000 yards DD Smith engages DD Sawakaze at 8,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Case at 8,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Lamson at 8,000 yards DD Sawakaze engages DD Cummings at 8,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Smith at 8,000 yards Izutsu, H. orders Japanese TF to disengage Range closes to 7,000 yards CA Canberra II engages DD Nokaze at 7,000 yards DD Tachikaze engages DD Cummings at 7,000 yards DD Cummings engages DD Sawakaze at 7,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Cummings at 7,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Case at 7,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Cummings at 7,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Smith at 7,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards DD Cummings engages DD Nokaze at 8,000 yards DD Smith engages DD Tachikaze at 8,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Lamson at 8,000 yards DD Sawakaze engages DD Case at 8,000 yards DD Flusser engages DD Okikaze at 8,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Cummings at 8,000 yards DD Smith engages DD Minekaze at 8,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards DD Cummings engages DD Nokaze at 10,000 yards CA Wichita engages DD Nokaze at 10,000 yards DD Flusser engages DD Okikaze at 10,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Lamson at 10,000 yards DD Sawakaze engages DD Case at 10,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards DD Smith engages DD Nokaze at 12,000 yards CA Wichita engages DD Nokaze at 12,000 yards CA Astoria engages DD Nokaze at 12,000 yards DD Case engages DD Minekaze at 12,000 yards DD Case engages DD Minekaze at 12,000 yards DD Lamson engages DD Okikaze at 12,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Cummings at 12,000 yards DD Smith engages DD Nokaze at 12,000 yards CA Canberra II engages DD Nokaze at 12,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Smith at 12,000 yards CA New Orleans engages DD Sawakaze at 12,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Case at 12,000 yards DD Case engages DD Okikaze at 12,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Lamson at 12,000 yards DD Cummings engages DD Nokaze at 12,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Smith at 12,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards CA Wichita engages DD Nokaze at 11,000 yards CA Astoria engages DD Nokaze at 11,000 yards CA New Orleans engages DD Nokaze at 11,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Flusser at 11,000 yards DD Lamson engages DD Tachikaze at 11,000 yards DD Cummings engages DD Okikaze at 11,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Smith at 11,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards CA Canberra II engages DD Nokaze at 7,000 yards CA Astoria engages DD Sawakaze at 7,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Flusser at 7,000 yards DD Nokaze engages DD Case at 7,000 yards DD Lamson engages DD Minekaze at 7,000 yards DD Cummings engages DD Sawakaze at 7,000 yards DD Smith engages DD Tachikaze at 7,000 yards CA Canberra II engages DD Nokaze at 7,000 yards CA Wichita engages DD Nokaze at 7,000 yards DD Lamson engages DD Okikaze at 7,000 yards CA New Orleans engages DD Nokaze at 7,000 yards DD Okikaze engages DD Flusser at 7,000 yards DD Case engages DD Minekaze at 7,000 yards DD Sawakaze engages DD Cummings at 7,000 yards DD Smith engages DD Minekaze at 7,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards DD Nokaze sunk by CA Canberra II at 8,000 yards CA Astoria engages DD Okikaze at 8,000 yards DD Case engages DD Tachikaze at 8,000 yards DD Cummings engages DD Minekaze at 8,000 yards DD Smith engages DD Tachikaze at 8,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards DD Tachikaze sunk by CA Canberra II at 9,000 yards DD Sawakaze engages DD Smith at 9,000 yards DD Lamson engages DD Minekaze at 9,000 yards DD Minekaze engages DD Case at 9,000 yards DD Sawakaze engages DD Lamson at 9,000 yards Range increases to 13,000 yards CA Canberra II engages DD Okikaze at 13,000 yards CA Wichita engages DD Okikaze at 13,000 yards DD Case engages DD Okikaze at 13,000 yards DD Cummings engages DD Minekaze at 13,000 yards Range increases to 19,000 yards CA Canberra II engages DD Okikaze at 19,000 yards Massive explosion on DD Sawakaze CA Wichita engages DD Sawakaze at 19,000 yards CA Canberra II engages DD Minekaze at 19,000 yards CA New Orleans engages DD Okikaze at 19,000 yards Range increases to 23,000 yards CA Canberra II engages DD Minekaze at 23,000 yards CA New Orleans engages DD Okikaze at 23,000 yards Range increases to 28,000 yards CA Canberra II engages DD Okikaze at 28,000 yards CA Canberra II engages DD Sawakaze at 28,000 yards CA Astoria engages DD Minekaze at 28,000 yards CA New Orleans engages DD Okikaze at 28,000 yards Task forces break off... 000053 Morning Air attack 1945-02-08 97,69 Daito Shoto Morning Air attack on TF, near Daito Shoto at 97,69 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft F6F-3 Hellcat x 22 F6F-5 Hellcat x 51 SB2C-3 Helldiver x 9 SBD-5 Dauntless x 9 TBF-1 Avenger x 10 TBM-1C Avenger x 10 Allied aircraft losses SB2C-3 Helldiver: 1 damaged SBD-5 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships DD Minekaze, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Okikaze, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk DD Sawakaze, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 4 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 10 x TBF-1 Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp. 5 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb 10 x TBM-1C Avenger launching torpedoes at 200 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 22.4in Mk 13 Torp. 5 x SBD-5 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 4 x SB2C-3 Helldiver releasing from 10000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Minekaze Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Okikaze Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Sawakaze • Covering forces did their job. DD Lamson is in tough shape but is heading for Iwo-jima to pump out before moving on for more extensive repairs. • An AE group is heading to Daito Shoto to rearm ships on scene. • 1,761 AV on Daito Shoto. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 09 (11/3/2021 7:32:30 PM)
1945 February 09 INVADED INVESTED Cam Ranh Bay Palembang Batavia Nanning Daito Shoto CHANGED OWNERSHIP Overall • Strategic points: 11,304 • B-29's reporting ready: 118 • Total B-29's deployed: 193 • +/- VP today: +134 • No information on IJN battleships or carriers. 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 port of Singapore is now empty of ships as seen by recon. quote: 000007 Night Naval bombardment 1945-02-09 Singapore 50,84 Night Naval bombardment of Singapore at 50,84 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 23 damaged Ki-67-Ia (T) Peggy: 2 destroyed on ground Japanese Ships AO Ashizuri, Shell hits 3 SS I-11, hits 2, on fire, heavy damage ACM Himejima Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Murakumo, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Shirayuki, Shell hits 3, on fire E No.19, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage E No.28, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage E No.54, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage SC Ch 7, Shell hits 1, heavy damage ACM Shawa Maru #10, Shell hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships BB King George V BB Howe BB Prince of Wales BC Renown BC Repulse Japanese ground losses: 613 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) Vehicles lost 11 (3 destroyed, 8 disabled) Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 30 Port hits 1 BB King George V firing at 5th Division BB Howe firing at Singapore BB Prince of Wales firing at Singapore BC Renown firing at Singapore BC Repulse firing at Singapore 000014 Morning Air attack 1945-02-09 Singapore 50,84 Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 21 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 21 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 35000 feet 000022 Morning Air attack 1945-02-09 Singapore 50,84 Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 66 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships DD Murakumo, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk DD Shirayuki, Bomb hits 10, and is sunk SS I-11, Bomb hits 11, and is sunk AO Ashizuri, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage ACM Kyo Maru #3, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk E No.28, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk Repair Shipyard hits 2 Port hits 24 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 14 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Massive explosion on DD Shirayuki 000023 Morning Air attack 1945-02-09 Singapore 50,84 Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 73 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 25 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 25 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 12 damaged Japanese Ships AO Ashizuri, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage Port hits 14 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000025 Morning Air attack 1945-02-09 Singapore 50,84 Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 53 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 13 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged Japanese Ships AO Ashizuri, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Port hits 13 Aircraft Attacking: 13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000026 Morning Air attack 1945-02-09 Singapore 50,84 Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 15 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged Japanese Ships AO Ashizuri, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk Repair Shipyard hits 11 Port hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 7 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000027 Morning Air attack 1945-02-09 Singapore 50,84 Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 22 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 15 damaged Repair Shipyard hits 7 Port hits 19 Port supply hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 13 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000028 Morning Air attack 1945-02-09 Singapore 50,84 Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 76 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 9 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged Port hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 9 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000029 Morning Air attack 1945-02-09 Singapore 50,84 Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 69 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 23 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged Port hits 7 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000032 Morning Air attack 1945-02-09 Singapore 50,84 Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 1 damaged Port hits 16 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000033 Morning Air attack 1945-02-09 Singapore 50,84 Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 27 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 11 damaged Port hits 22 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000034 Morning Air attack 1945-02-09 Singapore 50,84 Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 43 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 14 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 8 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 2 damaged Port hits 5 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 8 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000035 Morning Air attack 1945-02-09 Singapore 50,84 Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged Port hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000036 Morning Air attack 1945-02-09 Singapore 50,84 Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 26 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 10 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 5 damaged Port hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000041 Morning Air attack 1945-02-09 Singapore 50,84 Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 63 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Allied aircraft B-24J Liberator x 12 Allied aircraft losses B-24J Liberator: 6 damaged B-24J Liberator: 1 destroyed by flak Port hits 10 Aircraft Attacking: 12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000043 Morning Air attack 1945-02-09 Singapore 50,84 Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 17 minutes Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 3 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 35000 feet • We will hold off on further naval bombardments of Singapore until we have ground troops ready to cross onto the island. Before going back to airfield strikes to deplete the defenders' supplies, the B-24's will aim to take out the rest of the Industry in Singapore to prevent supply production. • The RN carriers will pass through the Sunda Strait tonight and tomorrow morning. • It looks like all units will be in place in 5 days for the assault on Batavia. Philippines • Cleared! quote: 000055 Ground combat 1945-02-09 Cagayan 79,89 Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 25311 troops, 434 guns, 442 vehicles, Assault Value = 726 Defending force 3718 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3 Allied adjusted assault: 433 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 433 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 5056 casualties reported Squads: 53 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 446 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 20 (20 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 8th NZ Brigade 16th Australian Battalion 1st Tank Battalion 30th Australian Brigade 3rd NZ Armoured Sqn 29th Australian Brigade 14th NZ Brigade 28th Australian Battalion 7th Australian Brigade 27th Australian Brigade 43rd Construction Regiment 857th Aviation Engineer Battalion 14th RAAF Construction Battalion 855th Aviation Engineer Battalion 2nd RAA Med Arty Regiment 1st RAA Med Arty Regiment 842nd Aviation Engineer Battalion 147th Field Artillery Battalion 1st RAAF Construction Battalion Defending units: 35th Division China • Got one! quote: 000002 ASW attack 1945-02-09 79,64 Hong Kong ASW attack near Hong Kong at 79,64 Japanese Ships E Shinnan E Yaku Allied Ships SS Puffer SS Puffer is located by E Shinnan Puffer diving deep .... 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 fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yaku fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000003 Sub attack 1945-02-09 92,59 Shaohing Sub attack near Shaohing at 92,59 Japanese Ships E Ikuna, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage E Kume Allied Ships SS Cabrilla SS Cabrilla launches 2 torpedoes at E Ikuna E Kume fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kume fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kume fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kume fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kume fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000005 Sub attack 1945-02-09 79,65 Swatow Sub attack near Swatow at 79,65 Japanese Ships E No.14 E No.27 E No.20 Allied Ships SS Steelhead, hits 1 SS Steelhead launches 2 torpedoes at E No.14 Steelhead diving deep .... E No.27 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000008 ASW attack 1945-02-09 84,68 Hengchun ASW attack near Hengchun at 84,68 Japanese Ships E No.30 Allied Ships SS Tinosa, hits 4 SS Tinosa is located by E No.30 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 attacking submerged sub .... E No.30 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000009 ASW attack 1945-02-09 80,63 Swatow ASW attack near Swatow at 80,63 Japanese Ships E Kamo E W-26 Allied Ships SS Amberjack SS Amberjack is located by E Kamo E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000010 ASW attack 1945-02-09 79,64 Hong Kong ASW attack near Hong Kong at 79,64 Japanese Ships E No.27 E No.20 Allied Ships SS Trutta, hits 3 SS Trutta is sighted by escort E No.27 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000012 ASW attack 1945-02-09 79,62 Hong Kong ASW attack near Hong Kong at 79,62 Japanese Ships E Kamo E W-26 Allied Ships SS Amberjack SS Amberjack is located by E Kamo Amberjack bottoming out .... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000053 Sub attack 1945-02-09 80,65 Swatow Sub attack near Swatow at 80,65 Japanese Ships E No.30 Allied Ships SS Steelhead, hits 4 SS Steelhead launches 2 torpedoes at E No.30 E No.30 attacking submerged sub .... E No.30 is out of ASW ammo 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 • As they become available, 4EB will begin systematically destroying Light Industry in China to deny supply to the Imperials. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Assault on Soc Trang tomorrow. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. Got one! quote: 000001 Sub attack 1945-02-09 90,62 Taihoku Sub attack near Taihoku at 90,62 Japanese Ships E Sanae E W-34 Allied Ships SS Spadefish, hits 2 SS Spadefish launches 2 torpedoes at E Sanae E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 attacking submerged sub .... E W-34 is out of ASW ammo E W-34 is out of ASW ammo E W-34 is out of ASW ammo E W-34 is out of ASW ammo E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-34 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000004 Submarine attack 1945-02-09 87,61 Taihoku Submarine attack near Taihoku at 87,61 Japanese Ships E No.67, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Atule E No.67 is sighted by SS Atule SS Atule launches 2 torpedoes 000006 ASW attack 1945-02-09 88,62 Taihoku ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,62 Japanese Ships E No.47 E No.55 E No.51 Allied Ships SS Segundo, hits 2 SS Segundo is located by E No.47 Segundo diving deep .... E No.55 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.51 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.51 attacking submerged sub .... E No.51 attacking submerged sub .... E No.51 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.51 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000011 ASW attack 1945-02-09 86,62 Taichu ASW attack near Taichu at 86,62 Japanese Ships E No.51 E No.55 Allied Ships SS Shark II SS Shark II is located by E No.51 E No.55 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.51 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.55 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.51 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.51 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.51 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.51 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • We lost Renshaw. quote: 000013 Sub attack 1945-02-09 98,68 Daito Shoto Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 98,68 Japanese Ships SS I-17, hits 6 Allied Ships DD Renshaw, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD John Hood DD Sproston DD Owen SS I-17 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Renshaw I-17 diving deep .... DD Sproston fails to find sub and abandons search DD Owen fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Owen attacking submerged sub .... DD Owen attacking submerged sub .... DD Owen is out of ASW ammo DD Owen is out of ASW ammo DD Owen fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Owen fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000051 Submarine attack 1945-02-09 98,68 Daito Shoto Submarine attack near Daito Shoto at 98,68 Japanese Ships SS I-38, hits 24, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Gregory DD Sproston DD Owen DD John Hood SS I-38 is sighted by escort DD Sproston fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Sproston attacking submerged sub .... SS I-38 forced to surface! DD Sproston firing on surfaced sub .... DD Owen firing on surfaced sub .... DD John Hood firing on surfaced sub .... DD Sproston firing on surfaced sub .... DD Owen firing on surfaced sub .... DD John Hood firing on surfaced sub .... DD Owen firing on surfaced sub .... DD John Hood firing on surfaced sub .... DD Owen firing on surfaced sub .... DD John Hood firing on surfaced sub .... DD Sproston firing on surfaced sub .... DD Owen firing on surfaced sub .... DD John Hood firing on surfaced sub .... DD Sproston firing on surfaced sub .... DD Owen firing on surfaced sub .... DD John Hood firing on surfaced sub .... DD Sproston firing on surfaced sub .... DD Owen firing on surfaced sub .... DD John Hood firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves 000052 ASW attack 1945-02-09 98,68 Daito Shoto ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 98,68 Japanese Ships SS I-45, hits 9 Allied Ships CA Baltimore CA Chicago CLAA Reno DD Hunt DD Lewis Hancock DD Saufley DD Luce DD LaVallette DD Knapp SS I-45 is sighted by escort DD Saufley fails to find sub and abandons search DD Luce attacking submerged sub .... DD LaVallette fails to find sub and abandons search DD Knapp fails to find sub and abandons search Escort abandons search for sub 000054 ASW attack 1945-02-09 98,68 Daito Shoto ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 98,68 Japanese Ships SS I-45, hits 15, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Brown BB Indiana BB North Carolina DD Hickox DD Smalley DD Picking DD Killen DD Howorth SS I-45 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Brown DD Smalley fails to find sub and abandons search DD Picking fails to find sub and abandons search DD Killen attacking submerged sub .... DD Howorth attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub • Recon shows a large number of destroyers at Kagoshima, perhaps 12. Tomorrow all the B-29's will hit that port from 8,000 ft. P-51's will sweep. • 1,823 AV on Daito Shoto. Only two units are still recovering Disruption and they are well on their way to full readiness. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 10 (11/4/2021 6:07:45 AM)
1945 February 10 INVADED INVESTED Cam Ranh Bay Palembang Batavia Nanning Daito Shoto CHANGED OWNERSHIP Overall • Strategic points: 11,322 • B-29's reporting ready: 112 • Total B-29's deployed: 193 • +/- VP today: +49 • Recon reports some IJN BB in port at Nagasaki/Sasebo. 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 • Got one. Two more are active. quote: 000001 ASW attack 1945-02-10 50,84 Singapore ASW attack near Singapore at 50,84 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-D-105, hits 7, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Undine SSX Ha-D-105 is sighted by escort Ha-D-105 bottoming out .... DD Undine attacking submerged sub .... Debris floats to surface in area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub Philippines China India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. Easy come, easy go. quote: 000002 ASW attack 1945-02-10 98,68 Daito Shoto ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 98,68 Japanese Ships SS I-17, hits 12, heavy damage Allied Ships CL Phoenix CL Honolulu DD Samuel Moore DD Beatty II DD Laffey II DD Walke II DD John W. Weeks SS I-17 is sighted by escort DD Beatty II attacking submerged sub .... DD Laffey II fails to find sub and abandons search DD Walke II fails to find sub and abandons search DD John W. Weeks fails to find sub and abandons search DD Beatty II attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000003 Submarine attack 1945-02-10 88,61 Taihoku Submarine attack near Taihoku at 88,61 Japanese Ships E Sanae E W-34 Allied Ships SS Gunnel, hits 16, and is sunk SS Gunnel is located by E Sanae E W-34 attacking submerged sub .... SS Gunnel forced to surface! E W-34 firing on surfaced sub .... E Sanae firing on surfaced sub .... E W-34 firing on surfaced sub .... E Sanae firing on surfaced sub .... E W-34 firing on surfaced sub .... E Sanae firing on surfaced sub .... E Sanae firing on surfaced sub .... E W-34 firing on surfaced sub .... E Sanae firing on surfaced sub .... E W-34 firing on surfaced sub .... E Sanae firing on surfaced sub .... E W-34 firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves • Turned out there were no destroyers there, all the combatants were smaller. quote: 000004 Morning Air attack 1945-02-10 Kagoshima 102,60 Morning Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft J2M5 Jack x 2 N1K5-J George x 4 Ki-84r Frank x 6 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 25 Japanese aircraft losses J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-84r Frank: 2 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 23 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 37000 feet * CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-1 with N1K5-J George (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 5 minutes 951 Ku S-1 with J2M5 Jack (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 2 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 11000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 11000. Raid is overhead 105th Sentai with Ki-84r Frank (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (6 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes 000005 Morning Air attack 1945-02-10 Kagoshima 102,60 Morning Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 43,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K5-J George x 2 Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 25 Japanese aircraft losses N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 25 x P-51D Mustang sweeping at 37000 feet * CAP engaged: 352 Ku S-1 with N1K5-J George (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 37000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes 000006 Morning Air attack 1945-02-10 Kagoshima 102,60 Morning Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 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 * 000010 Morning Air attack 1945-02-10 Kagoshima 102,60 Morning Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 17 B-29-25 Superfort x 54 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAKL Hakko Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk E Habushi, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk ACM Choun Maru #8, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk AG Arasaki, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk MTB G-554, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAKL P-88, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk PB Pa-134, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAKL P-142, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk APD T-18, Bomb hits 9, and is sunk PB Pa-65, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk MTB G-544, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Repair Shipyard hits 3 Port hits 17 Port fuel hits 6 Port supply hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port 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 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port 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 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb Massive explosion on E Habushi 000019 Morning Air attack 1945-02-10 Kagoshima 102,60 Morning Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 24 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 20 B-29-25 Superfort x 10 No Allied losses Port hits 18 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000035 Morning Air attack 1945-02-10 Kagoshima 102,60 Morning Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 15 minutes Allied aircraft B-29-1 Superfort x 3 No Allied losses Port hits 5 Port fuel hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 8000 feet * Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb 000036 Morning Air attack 1945-02-10 Kagoshima 102,60 Morning Air attack on Kagoshima , at 102,60 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 41,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft P-51D Mustang x 25 No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: • 1,849 AV on Daito Shoto. The troops are in good shape. The supply convoy will be on station tomorrow, so the additional landings and general assault will take place the day after. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 10 (11/5/2021 2:28:40 PM)
Does Heavy Industry produce supply?

Nomad -> RE: 1945 February 10 (11/5/2021 2:36:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs Does Heavy Industry produce supply? Yes, 2 supply per HI.

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 10 (11/5/2021 3:40:12 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Nomad quote: ORIGINAL: witpqs Does Heavy Industry produce supply? Yes, 2 supply per HI. Thanks. I'll start hitting them at Singapore too.

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 11 (11/5/2021 3:40:45 PM)
1945 February 11 INVADED INVESTED Cam Ranh Bay Palembang Batavia Nanning Daito Shoto CHANGED OWNERSHIP Allied forces CAPTURE Soc Trang !!! Overall • Strategic points: 11,322 • B-29's reporting ready: 107 • Total B-29's deployed: 203 • +/- VP today: +196 • IJN battleships are in port at Nagasaki/Sasebo. No sign of the carriers, perhaps they are in port at Shanghai making repairs? 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 • Got another one. One more to go. quote: 000003 ASW attack 1945-02-11 50,84 Singapore ASW attack near Singapore at 50,84 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-D-103, hits 5, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Undine SSX Ha-D-103 is sighted by escort DD Undine fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Undine attacking submerged sub .... Large oil slick appears over area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub 000007 ASW attack 1945-02-11 50,84 Singapore ASW attack near Singapore at 50,84 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-D-104 Allied Ships DD Roebuck DD Undine SSX Ha-D-104 is located by DD Roebuck DD Undine fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • The USN carriers are withdrawing to repair and then rejoin the main fleet against the Home Islands. Philippines China • Sighted! quote: 000014 ASW attack 1945-02-11 87,60 Foochow ASW attack near Foochow at 87,60 Japanese Ships PB Rokko Maru Allied Ships SS Pipefish SS Pipefish is sighted by escort PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Rokko Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Assault will continue. The high fortification level probably kept the defenders from being destroyed outright. quote: 000045 Ground combat 1945-02-11 Soc Trang 58,73 Ground combat at Soc Trang (58,73) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 5346 troops, 88 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 130 Defending force 660 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 108 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 108 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied forces CAPTURE Soc Trang !!! Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 289 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 14 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 22nd (East African) Brigade Defending units: 21th JNAF AF Unit 000046 surrounded 1945-02-11 Soc Trang 58,73 Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Soc Trang Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. quote: 000001 ASW attack 1945-02-11 99,62 Tokara Retto ASW attack near Tokara Retto at 99,62 Japanese Ships PB Kinsyo Maru #2 PB Kyo Maru #10 PB Tomitu Maru Allied Ships SS Sea Devil SS Sea Devil launches 2 torpedoes at PB Kinsyo Maru #2 Sea Devil diving deep .... PB Tomitu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tomitu Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000002 Sub vs Sub: 1945-02-11 99,62 Tokara Retto Sub vs Sub: SS Paddle attacking SS I-45 at 99,62 - near Tokara Retto Japanese Ships SS I-45, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Paddle SS Paddle launches 2 torpedoes at 2,000 yards 000004 ASW attack 1945-02-11 88,62 Taihoku ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,62 Japanese Ships E W-5 Allied Ships SS Threadfin, hits 1 SS Threadfin is located by E W-5 Threadfin diving deep .... E W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-5 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-5 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000005 Sub attack 1945-02-11 86,62 Taichu Sub attack near Taichu at 86,62 Japanese Ships SC Ch 13 SC Ch 14 Allied Ships SS Atule SS Atule launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 13 SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000006 Sub attack 1945-02-11 87,62 Taihoku Sub attack near Taihoku at 87,62 Japanese Ships E Kamo E W-26 Allied Ships SS Sea Owl Captain of SS Sea Owl elects not to launch torpedoes at this target Sea Owl diving deep .... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • Got three! quote: 000008 Sub vs Sub: 1945-02-11 100,60 Koshiki-jima Retto Sub vs Sub: SS Haddo attacking SS I-45 at 100,60 - near Koshiki-jima Retto Japanese Ships SS I-45, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS Haddo SS Haddo launches 2 torpedoes at 1,000 yards 000009 Sub attack 1945-02-11 90,62 Taihoku Sub attack near Taihoku at 90,62 Japanese Ships E Shonan, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage E Okinawa Allied Ships SS Besugo, hits 5, heavy damage SS Besugo launches 2 torpedoes at E Shonan Besugo diving deep .... E Okinawa attacking submerged sub .... E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000010 Sub attack 1945-02-11 85,62 Pescadores Sub attack near Pescadores at 85,62 Japanese Ships E W-34 E Sanae Allied Ships SS Shark II SS Shark II launches 2 torpedoes at E W-34 E Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000011 Sub attack 1945-02-11 85,62 Pescadores Sub attack near Pescadores at 85,62 Japanese Ships E W-34, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage E Sanae Allied Ships SS Atule SS Atule launches 2 torpedoes at E W-34 E Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000012 ASW attack 1945-02-11 82,63 Pescadores ASW attack near Pescadores at 82,63 Japanese Ships E Hato Allied Ships SS Sea Poacher, hits 9 SS Sea Poacher is sighted by escort Sea Poacher bottoming out .... E Hato fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hato fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hato attacking submerged sub .... E Hato attacking submerged sub .... E Hato is out of ASW ammo E Hato is out of ASW ammo E Hato is out of ASW ammo E Hato is out of ASW ammo E Hato fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000013 ASW attack 1945-02-11 83,63 Pescadores ASW attack near Pescadores at 83,63 Japanese Ships E No.27 E No.20 Allied Ships SS Threadfin, hits 5 SS Threadfin is sighted by escort Threadfin diving deep .... E No.27 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 attacking submerged sub .... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • 1,848 AV on Daito Shoto. Assault tomorrow coincident with landing of the late arriving units and some additional supply. The additional units are 5 USMC artillery units and 4 USMC Pioneer Bns (108 AV total). The OBB will bombard. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 11 (11/6/2021 4:38:41 PM)
1945 February 12 INVADED INVESTED Cam Ranh Bay Palembang Batavia Nanning Daito Shoto CHANGED OWNERSHIP Overall • Strategic points: 11,322 • B-29's reporting ready: 115 • Total B-29's deployed: 208 • +/- VP today: -73 • Enemy battleships at Nagasaki/Sasebo. Enemy carriers not seen. 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 • Recon bombardment at Batavia tomorrow. • Kuching will be seized tomorrow. • One RN CVE is in port at Soerabaja for repairs. • Despite a few Light Industry hits on Singapore, recon continues to show LI as 4. I thought about switching the 4EB to Heavy Industry, currently 10, but the payoff seems less than just getting some supplies hits with 500 pound bombs and destroying lots of supply that way. • The USN carriers have offloaded those extra squadrons (1x TB, 3x DB, all USMC) and the DB squadrons will target the port at Cam Ranh Bay which recon every day shows as having a CA. Philippines China • Ouch. quote: 000016 Sub attack 1945-02-12 88,60 Foochow Sub attack near Foochow at 88,60 Japanese Ships E No.47 E No.55 E No.51 Allied Ships SS Bugara, hits 18, heavy damage SS Bugara launches 2 torpedoes at E No.47 E No.55 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.51 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.51 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.51 attacking submerged sub .... E No.51 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.51 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.51 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000023 ASW attack 1945-02-12 79,63 Swatow ASW attack near Swatow at 79,63 Japanese Ships E No.27 E No.7 E No.20 Allied Ships SS Amberjack, hits 12, heavy damage SS Amberjack is located by E No.27 E No.27 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 attacking submerged sub .... E No.20 is out of ASW ammo E No.20 is out of ASW ammo E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000058 Ground combat 1945-02-12 71,57 Pakhoi Ground combat at 71,57 (near Pakhoi) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 40316 troops, 581 guns, 356 vehicles, Assault Value = 1242 Defending force 6178 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 155 Allied adjusted assault: 1072 Japanese adjusted defense: 43 Allied assault odds: 24 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1439 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 104 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Allied ground losses: 292 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 36 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Assaulting units: 24th Australian Brigade 23rd Indian Division 36th British Division 96th Chinese Division Defending units: 55th Infantry Brigade • Now with vastly superior force, a good start at reducing the 55th Infantry Brigade in spite of terrain favorable to the defense. • Our Bde deep NW of Nanning needs only a couple of days before making the road stub n the other side and still no sign of detection. • Now 3 enemy units, up from 1, holding the road behind those holding the river crossing near Paoshan. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Done. quote: 000059 Ground combat 1945-02-12 Soc Trang 58,73 Ground combat at Soc Trang (58,73) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 5328 troops, 88 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 127 Defending force 294 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 98 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 98 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), morale(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 320 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 22nd (East African) Brigade Defending units: 21th JNAF AF Unit • There is only one straggler unit in the jungle up near Hanoi. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. Got one! quote: 000001 ASW attack 1945-02-12 101,59 Nagasaki/Sasebo ASW attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59 Japanese Ships E No.15 Allied Ships SS Haddo SS Haddo is sighted by escort E No.15 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.15 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.15 fails to find sub, continues to search... 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 000002 ASW attack 1945-02-12 101,59 Nagasaki/Sasebo ASW attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59 Japanese Ships E No.26 Allied Ships SS Paddle SS Paddle is sighted by escort Paddle 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 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000003 Sub attack 1945-02-12 101,59 Nagasaki/Sasebo Sub attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59 Japanese Ships E No.26 Allied Ships SS Sea Devil SS Sea Devil launches 2 torpedoes at E No.26 Sea Devil 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 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000004 ASW attack 1945-02-12 101,59 Nagasaki/Sasebo ASW attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59 Japanese Ships E Nasami Allied Ships SS Haddo SS Haddo is sighted by escort Haddo diving deep .... E Nasami attacking submerged sub .... E Nasami fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nasami fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nasami fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nasami fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000005 ASW attack 1945-02-12 86,62 Taichu ASW attack near Taichu at 86,62 Japanese Ships E Hayabusa Allied Ships SS Trepang SS Trepang is sighted by escort E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Hayabusa fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000006 Sub attack 1945-02-12 100,58 Fukue-jima Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,58 Japanese Ships SC CHa-3 SC CHa-12 Allied Ships SS Kingfish Captain of SS Kingfish elects not to launch torpedoes at this target Kingfish diving deep .... SC CHa-12 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-12 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-12 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-12 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC CHa-12 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000007 Sub attack 1945-02-12 100,60 Koshiki-jima Retto Sub attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 100,60 Japanese Ships E Nasami Allied Ships SS Grayling SS Grayling launches 2 torpedoes at E Nasami Grayling diving deep .... E Nasami fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nasami fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nasami fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nasami fails to find sub, continues to search... E Nasami fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000008 ASW attack 1945-02-12 99,61 Kuroshima ASW attack near Kuroshima at 99,61 Japanese Ships DD Asanagi Allied Ships SS Hammerhead SS Hammerhead is sighted by escort Hammerhead diving deep .... 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 000009 ASW attack 1945-02-12 97,57 Saishu To ASW attack near Saishu To at 97,57 Japanese Ships E No.44, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage E No.40 Allied Ships SS Grampus, hits 10 SS Grampus launches 2 torpedoes at E No.44 Grampus bottoming out .... E No.40 attacking submerged sub .... E No.40 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.40 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.40 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.40 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000010 Night Naval bombardment 1945-02-12 Daito Shoto 98,69 Night Naval bombardment of Daito Shoto at 98,69 Allied Ships BB Oklahoma BB Nevada Japanese ground losses: 356 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Port hits 4 Port fuel hits 1 OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Oklahoma BB Oklahoma firing at Daito Shoto OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB Nevada BB Nevada firing at 103rd Division 000011 Night Naval bombardment 1945-02-12 Daito Shoto 98,69 Night Naval bombardment of Daito Shoto at 98,69 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Allied Ships BB West Virginia BB Colorado BB Maryland Japanese ground losses: 260 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled) Port hits 5 OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for BB West Virginia Kure 7th SNLF firing at BB West Virginia BB West Virginia firing at Kure 7th SNLF BB Colorado firing at 103rd Division BB Maryland firing at Daito Shoto 000012 Night Naval bombardment 1945-02-12 Daito Shoto 98,69 Night Naval bombardment of Daito Shoto at 98,69 Allied Ships BB Tennessee BB Pennsylvania Japanese ground losses: 411 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled BB Tennessee firing at 103rd Division BB Pennsylvania firing at Kure 7th SNLF 000013 Night Naval bombardment 1945-02-12 Daito Shoto 98,69 Night Naval bombardment of Daito Shoto at 98,69 Allied Ships BB New York BB Arizona Japanese ground losses: 267 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled BB New York firing at 103rd Division BB Arizona firing at 103rd Division 000014 Night Naval bombardment 1945-02-12 Daito Shoto 98,69 Night Naval bombardment of Daito Shoto at 98,69 Allied Ships BB Mississippi BB New Mexico BB Idaho Japanese ground losses: 400 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled) BB Mississippi firing at Kure 7th SNLF BB New Mexico firing at 103rd Division BB Idaho firing at 103rd Division 000015 Night Naval bombardment 1945-02-12 Daito Shoto 98,69 Night Naval bombardment of Daito Shoto at 98,69 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 5 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships BB Texas BB Arkansas Japanese ground losses: 241 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled BB Texas firing at Kure 7th SNLF Kure 7th SNLF firing at BB Texas BB Arkansas firing at 103rd Division • Very good naval bombardments. • Gunfire support craft took some serious damage. quote: 000017 Pre-Invasion action 1945-02-12 Daito Shoto 98,69 Pre-Invasion action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 58 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DD Mugford LCI(G)-452, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage DE Deede LCI(G)-455 LCI(G)-454 LCI(G)-453 LST-177 LST-202 LST-179 LST-204 LST-205 Japanese ground losses: 334 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled DD Mugford firing at 34th Ind.Mixed Brigade 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI(G)-452 at 7,000 yards DE Deede firing to suppress enemy battery at 7,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI(G)-452 at 7,000 yards DE Deede firing to suppress enemy battery at 7,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI(G)-452 at 7,000 yards DE Deede firing to suppress enemy battery at 7,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI(G)-452 at 7,000 yards DE Deede firing to suppress enemy battery at 7,000 yards LCI(G)-455 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-454 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-453 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-452 fired at enemy troops 28cm Howitzer battery firing at LST-177 12cm/45 T10 DP battery firing at LST-177 75mm T41 Rgt Gun battery firing at LST-204 8cm/40 T88 DP battery firing at LST-177 8cm/40 T88 DP battery firing at LST-179 000018 Amphibious Assault 1945-02-12 Daito Shoto 98,69 Amphibious Assault at Daito Shoto (98,69) TF 79 troops unloading over beach at Daito Shoto, 98,69 000019 Pre-Invasion action 1945-02-12 Daito Shoto 98,69 Pre-Invasion action off Daito Shoto (98,69) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 319 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DD Dunlap DD Henley APA Catron Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled DD Dunlap firing at Kure 7th SNLF Kure 7th SNLF firing at DD Dunlap Kure 7th SNLF firing at DD Henley DD Henley firing at Kure 7th SNLF DD Dunlap fired at enemy troops Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 6,000 yards Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 1,000 yards 000020 Amphibious Assault 1945-02-12 Daito Shoto 98,69 Amphibious Assault at Daito Shoto (98,69) TF 379 troops unloading over beach at Daito Shoto, 98,69 000021 Invasion Support action 1945-02-12 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 22 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LCI(G)-452, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage DE Deede DMS Hovey DMS Wasmuth LCI(G)-455 LCI(G)-454 LCI(G)-453 LST-179 LST-177 Japanese ground losses: 24 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI(G)-452 at 6,000 yards DMS Hovey firing to suppress enemy battery at 6,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI(G)-452 at 6,000 yards DMS Hovey firing to suppress enemy battery at 6,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI(G)-452 at 6,000 yards DMS Hovey firing to suppress enemy battery at 6,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI(G)-452 at 6,000 yards DMS Wasmuth firing to suppress enemy battery at 6,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LCI(G)-452 at 6,000 yards DMS Wasmuth firing to suppress enemy battery at 6,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI(G)-452 at 6,000 yards DMS Wasmuth firing to suppress enemy battery at 6,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI(G)-452 at 6,000 yards DMS Wasmuth firing to suppress enemy battery at 6,000 yards LCI(G)-455 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-454 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-453 fired at enemy troops 000022 Invasion Support action 1945-02-12 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 51 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships DD Dunlap DD Hammann AKA Libra, Shell hits 1 DE William Seiverling DE Kendall C. Campbell APA Catron Japanese ground losses: 48 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled DD Hammann firing at Kure 7th SNLF Kure 7th SNLF firing at DD Hammann 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging AKA Libra at 13,000 yards DE Kendall C. Campbell firing to suppress enemy battery at 13,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging AKA Libra at 13,000 yards DE Kendall C. Campbell firing to suppress enemy battery at 13,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging AKA Libra at 13,000 yards DE Kendall C. Campbell firing to suppress enemy battery at 13,000 yards DD Dunlap fired at enemy troops 000024 ASW attack 1945-02-12 89,62 Taihoku ASW attack near Taihoku at 89,62 Japanese Ships E Sanae Allied Ships SS Cabezon, hits 2 SS Cabezon is located by E Sanae Cabezon bottoming out .... E Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sanae attacking submerged sub .... E Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000025 Sub attack 1945-02-12 83,65 Takao Sub attack near Takao at 83,65 Japanese Ships E W-24 E W-30 Allied Ships SS Tigrante SS Tigrante launches 2 torpedoes at E W-24 E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-30 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000026 ASW attack 1945-02-12 85,62 Pescadores ASW attack near Pescadores at 85,62 Japanese Ships SC Ch 6 SC Ch 5 SC Ch 11 Allied Ships SS Spadefish SS Spadefish is sighted by escort Spadefish diving deep .... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000027 Sub attack 1945-02-12 85,62 Pescadores Sub attack near Pescadores at 85,62 Japanese Ships SC Ch 5 SC Ch 6 SC Ch 11 Allied Ships SS Spadefish SS Spadefish launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 5 Spadefish diving deep .... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 attacking submerged sub .... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000055 Invasion Support action 1945-02-12 Daito Shoto 98,69 Invasion Support action off Daito Shoto (98,69) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 29 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships LCI(G)-453, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage DMS Hovey DMS Wasmuth DMS Chandler LCI(G)-455 LCI(G)-454 LST-205 LST-177 LST-204 LST-179 LST-217 Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LCI(G)-453 at 4,000 yards DMS Wasmuth firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards DMS Hovey firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards DMS Wasmuth firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards DMS Hovey firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards DMS Wasmuth firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards 12cm/45 T10 DP Battery engaging LCI(G)-453 at 4,000 yards DMS Wasmuth firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI(G)-453 at 4,000 yards DMS Wasmuth firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI(G)-453 at 4,000 yards DMS Wasmuth firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards 8cm/40 T88 DP Battery engaging LCI(G)-453 at 4,000 yards DMS Chandler firing to suppress enemy battery at 4,000 yards LCI(G)-455 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-454 fired at enemy troops LCI(G)-453 fired at enemy troops • Holy crap, I forgot this could happen on a subsequent landing when the attackers artillery was superior. This is a a nuclear counter-bombardment like we saw some of quite a while ago and I completely forgot about them. quote: 000056 Ground combat 1945-02-12 Daito Shoto 98,69 Ground combat at Daito Shoto (98,69) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 20732 troops, 237 guns, 95 vehicles, Assault Value = 557 Defending force 71916 troops, 1223 guns, 1717 vehicles, Assault Value = 1993 Japanese ground losses: 1587 casualties reported Squads: 24 destroyed, 113 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 29 (7 destroyed, 22 disabled) Vehicles lost 7 (3 destroyed, 4 disabled) Allied ground losses: 109 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 10 (5 destroyed, 5 disabled) Assaulting units: 103rd Division Sasebo 5th SNLF Det. 3rd Special Base Force Kure 7th SNLF 1st South Seas Det. 34th Ind.Mixed Brigade Daito-jima Naval Guard Unit 62nd Field AA Battalion 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 61st Field AA Battalion 12th RF Gun Battalion 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 39th JNAF AF Unit Defending units: 711th Tank Battalion 37th Infantry Division 98th Infantry Division 706th Tank Battalion 776th Amphib Tank Battalion 819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion 34th Infantry Regiment 77th Infantry Division 815th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion 6th Marine Division I Corps Engr Grp 2/4th Armoured Regiment 251st Field Artillery Battalion 10th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion 4th Field Artillery Battalion 223rd Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion 602nd Field Artillery Battalion 11th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 198th Field Artillery Battalion 12th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 9th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion Sixth US Army 536th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 3rd Pioneer Battalion 1st Pioneer Battalion 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 727th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 8th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 8th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 601st Field Artillery Battalion XXIV US Corps 5th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 4th Pioneer Battalion 000057 Ground combat 1945-02-12 Daito Shoto 98,69 Ground combat at Daito Shoto (98,69) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 66375 troops, 1223 guns, 1472 vehicles, Assault Value = 1979 Defending force 22378 troops, 335 guns, 92 vehicles, Assault Value = 451 Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4 Allied adjusted assault: 1604 Japanese adjusted defense: 304 Allied assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4 Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), disruption(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 2722 casualties reported Squads: 92 destroyed, 81 disabled Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 76 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 61 (12 destroyed, 49 disabled) Vehicles lost 30 (13 destroyed, 17 disabled) Allied ground losses: 3205 casualties reported Squads: 213 destroyed, 104 disabled Non Combat: 65 destroyed, 54 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 62 (43 destroyed, 19 disabled) Vehicles lost 129 (73 destroyed, 56 disabled) Assaulting units: 776th Amphib Tank Battalion 819th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion 6th Marine Division 670th Tank Destroyer Battalion 706th Tank Battalion 37th Infantry Division 815th Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion 711th Tank Battalion I Corps Engr Grp 98th Infantry Division 34th Infantry Regiment 77th Infantry Division 2/4th Armoured Regiment 601st Field Artillery Battalion 4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 536th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion XXIV US Corps 9th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 223rd Field Artillery Battalion 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 8th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 4th Field Artillery Battalion 3rd Pioneer Battalion Sixth US Army 602nd Field Artillery Battalion 8th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 10th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 5th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion 12th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 1st Pioneer Battalion 11th USMC Field Artillery Battalion 198th Field Artillery Battalion 251st Field Artillery Battalion 727th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 4th Pioneer Battalion Defending units: 1st South Seas Det. 103rd Division 34th Ind.Mixed Brigade Det. 3rd Special Base Force Kure 7th SNLF Sasebo 5th SNLF Daito-jima Naval Guard Unit 12th RF Gun Battalion 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 61st Field AA Battalion 62nd Field AA Battalion 39th JNAF AF Unit • 1,759 AV on Daito Shoto. Disruption is up so the troops will rest, but except for the units which landed today it's not so bad as on D-Day. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 13 (11/8/2021 2:33:21 PM)
1945 February 13 INVADED INVESTED Cam Ranh Bay Palembang Batavia Nanning Daito Shoto CHANGED OWNERSHIP Tagbilaran is occupied by the Allies Allied forces CAPTURE Kuching !!! Overall • Strategic points: 11,322 • B-29's reporting ready: 124 • Total B-29's deployed: 208 • +/- VP today: +19 • No sightings of enemy battleships or carriers. • I offered a redo on the turn with the obscene counter-bombardment but Walter turned that down. We didn't discuss it, but I think what I will do is wait an additional 5 days after whenever I feel the troops on Daito Shoto are ready to attack again. West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii Pacific • Sanders sunk. quote: 000003 ASW attack 1945-02-13 110,93 Saipan ASW attack near Saipan at 110,93 Japanese Ships SS I-54 Allied Ships DE Sanders, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SS I-54 launches 2 torpedoes at DE Sanders I-54 diving deep .... Escort abandons search for sub New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya • With almost no effective AV in Batavia I am hoping we can capture it with no damage. Tomorrow the last Bde will arrive on scene. quote: 000031 Ground combat 1945-02-13 Batavia 49,98 Ground combat at Batavia (49,98) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 789 troops, 73 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 340 Defending force 4720 troops, 10 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 11 Japanese ground losses: 32 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 708th Amphib Tank Battalion 503rd Parachute Regiment 14th Australian Brigade 11th LH Motor Regiment 534th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 131st Field Artillery Battalion 1/532nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion 260th Field Artillery Battalion 148th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd RAA Jungle Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 25th Army 24th JNAF AF Unit 000032 Ground combat 1945-02-13 Kuching 58,88 Ground combat at Kuching (58,88) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 204 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Allied adjusted assault: 10 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Kuching !!! Combat modifiers Attacker: Assaulting units: Torres Str Lt Inf Philippines China • Tough day for Pipefish. quote: 000004 Sub attack 1945-02-13 80,64 Swatow Sub attack near Swatow at 80,64 Japanese Ships SC Ch 11 SC Ch 6 SC Ch 5 Allied Ships SS Sunfish SS Sunfish launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 11 Sunfish diving deep .... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000005 Submarine attack 1945-02-13 87,60 Foochow Submarine attack near Foochow at 87,60 Japanese Ships SC Ch 14 SC Ch 13 Allied Ships SS Pipefish, hits 12, and is sunk SS Pipefish is sighted by escort SC Ch 14 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 14 attacking submerged sub .... SC Ch 14 attacking submerged sub .... SS Pipefish forced to surface! SC Ch 13 firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves 000006 ASW attack 1945-02-13 79,64 Hong Kong ASW attack near Hong Kong at 79,64 Japanese Ships SC Ch 11 SC Ch 6 SC Ch 5 Allied Ships SS Puffer SS Puffer is located by SC Ch 11 Puffer diving deep .... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC Ch 11 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000033 Ground combat 1945-02-13 71,57 Pakhoi Ground combat at 71,57 (near Pakhoi) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 40110 troops, 581 guns, 356 vehicles, Assault Value = 1212 Defending force 5151 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 57 Allied adjusted assault: 946 Japanese adjusted defense: 15 Allied assault odds: 63 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1105 casualties reported Squads: 93 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled) Allied ground losses: 240 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Assaulting units: 23rd Indian Division 24th Australian Brigade 36th British Division 96th Chinese Division Defending units: 55th Infantry Brigade • Still lots of enemy troops near Pakhoi. • One more mile for our Bde far northwest of Nanning to cross the river. After that they will move to clock the road and supply movement between Kweiyang and Kunming. • Our troops in the mountains just east of Paoshan have not been bothered by enemy air strikes since the B-24's got down to business. • Our troops southeast of Lashio will make the road in China in a few more days, then they will move to the fork between Kunming and Mengtze. Which way they go after that will be dictated by the situation. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • We have a unit closing in on the straggler near Hanoi, shock attack day after tomorrow. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. quote: 000001 Sub attack 1945-02-13 99,61 Kuroshima Sub attack near Kuroshima at 99,61 Japanese Ships PB Senyo Maru Allied Ships SS Triton SS Triton launches 2 torpedoes at PB Senyo Maru Triton 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 000002 ASW attack 1945-02-13 100,60 Koshiki-jima Retto ASW attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 100,60 Japanese Ships E Kuretake E No.26 Allied Ships SS Becuna SS Becuna is located by E Kuretake Becuna 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 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • Tough day for our subs. quote: 000007 ASW attack 1945-02-13 86,62 Taichu ASW attack near Taichu at 86,62 Japanese Ships E Shinnan E Yaku Allied Ships SS Shark II, hits 16, heavy damage Captain of SS Shark II elects not to launch torpedoes at this target 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 fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yaku attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000008 ASW attack 1945-02-13 83,63 Pescadores ASW attack near Pescadores at 83,63 Japanese Ships E No.30 E No.36 Allied Ships SS Bluegill SS Bluegill is located by E No.30 Bluegill diving deep .... E No.36 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.36 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.36 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.36 attacking submerged sub .... E No.36 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000009 ASW attack 1945-02-13 101,59 Nagasaki/Sasebo ASW attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59 Japanese Ships E No.26 Allied Ships SS Sea Devil, hits 2 SS Sea Devil is located by E No.26 Sea Devil diving deep .... E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.26 attacking submerged sub .... E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.26 attacking submerged sub .... E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • 1,798 AV on Daito Shoto.

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 13 (11/8/2021 2:33:45 PM)
1945 February 13 China. The advance by the forces near Pakhoi is what I am considering for after they finish reducing the 55th Infantry Brigade, all of the other yellow arrows are movements underway. [image]local://upfiles/14248/180BD94F4E764578B45BED8585929E08.jpg[/image]

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 14 (11/8/2021 6:16:16 PM)
1945 February 14 INVADED INVESTED Cam Ranh Bay Palembang Batavia Nanning Daito Shoto CHANGED OWNERSHIP Overall • Strategic points: 11,322 • B-29's reporting ready: 134 • Total B-29's deployed: 208 • +/- VP today: +90 • No sightings of enemy carriers or battleships. West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii Pacific • That pesky sub east of the Marianas has been spotted. ASW is moving in. New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya • Last one! quote: 000001 Submarine attack 1945-02-14 50,84 Singapore Submarine attack near Singapore at 50,84 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-D-104, hits 8, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Undine DD Rotherham DD Roebuck SSX Ha-D-104 is sighted by escort DD Undine fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Undine attacking submerged sub .... DD Undine is out of ASW ammo DD Undine is out of ASW ammo DD Undine is out of ASW ammo DD Undine is out of ASW ammo SSX Ha-D-104 forced to surface! DD Undine firing on surfaced sub .... DD Rotherham firing on surfaced sub .... DD Roebuck firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves • Assault on the garrison at Ketapang tomorrow. • Shock attack at Batavia tomorrow. • Building forces at Johore Bharu for a Singapore crossing but it will wait until Cam Ranh Bay is taken and most of the reinforcements are already on the way. • The Palembang forces are recuperating more quickly now that they have ample supply. Philippines • Located; diving deep! quote: 000006 ASW attack 1945-02-14 77,68 San Fernando ASW attack near San Fernando at 77,68 Japanese Ships E No.46 E No.55 E No.51 Allied Ships SS Tinosa, hits 3 SS Tinosa is located by E No.46 Tinosa diving deep .... E No.55 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.51 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.51 attacking submerged sub .... E No.51 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.51 attacking submerged sub .... SS Tinosa eludes ASW attack from E No.51 E No.51 cannot establish contact with SS Tinosa E No.51 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.51 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • The ground campaign here will slow down for a while. China • Done sooner than expected! quote: 000034 Ground combat 1945-02-14 71,57 Pakhoi Ground combat at 71,57 (near Pakhoi) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 40031 troops, 581 guns, 356 vehicles, Assault Value = 1205 Defending force 3909 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6 Allied adjusted assault: 958 Japanese adjusted defense: 3 Allied assault odds: 319 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 4456 casualties reported Squads: 139 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 286 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 24 (24 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 23rd Indian Division 36th British Division 24th Australian Brigade 96th Chinese Division Defending units: 55th Infantry Brigade • The Australian 18th Bde has crossed the river and is heading for the road between Kweiyang and Kunming. If all goes well, they will proceed to the where the primary road forks in the mountains between Kunming, Kweiyang, and Chungking. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Shock attack near Hanoi tomorrow. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. quote: 000002 ASW attack 1945-02-14 100,59 Fukue-jima ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59 Japanese Ships E No.15 Allied Ships SS Haddo, hits 5 SS Haddo launches 2 torpedoes at E No.15 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... 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 000003 ASW attack 1945-02-14 90,62 Taihoku ASW attack near Taihoku at 90,62 Japanese Ships E No.27 E No.20 Allied Ships SS Threadfin SS Threadfin is sighted by escort Threadfin diving deep .... E No.27 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000004 Sub attack 1945-02-14 101,59 Nagasaki/Sasebo Sub attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59 Japanese Ships E No.37 E No.132 Allied Ships SS Paddle, hits 2 SS Paddle launches 4 torpedoes at E No.37 Paddle diving deep .... E No.132 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.132 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.132 attacking submerged sub .... E No.132 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.132 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000005 ASW attack 1945-02-14 90,62 Taihoku ASW attack near Taihoku at 90,62 Japanese Ships E No.27 E No.20 Allied Ships SS Threadfin, hits 3, heavy damage SS Threadfin is sighted by escort Threadfin diving deep .... E No.27 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 attacking submerged sub .... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • 1,824 AV on Daito Shoto. Next assault will be 5 days from tomorrow. Only one small unit, a pioneer Bn, has Disruption in the teens, all other units are in single digits. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 15 (11/9/2021 9:30:42 PM)
1945 February 15 INVADED INVESTED Cam Ranh Bay Palembang Batavia Nanning Daito Shoto CHANGED OWNERSHIP Allied forces CAPTURE Batavia !!! Overall • Strategic points: 11,322 • B-29's reporting ready: 149 • Total B-29's deployed: 216 • +/- VP today: +535 • No sightings of enemy carriers or battleships. 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 • A shock attack at Batavia was just right. quote: 000008 Night Naval bombardment 1945-02-15 Ketapang 55,93 Night Naval bombardment of Ketapang at 55,93 Allied Ships BB Queen Elizabeth BB Valiant Japanese ground losses: 173 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Port hits 5 Port supply hits 2 BB Queen Elizabeth firing at Ketapang Walrus II acting as spotter for BB Valiant BB Valiant firing at Yokosuka 2nd SNLF 000031 Ground combat 1945-02-15 Batavia 49,98 Ground combat at Batavia (49,98) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 13561 troops, 237 guns, 287 vehicles, Assault Value = 445 Defending force 4704 troops, 10 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 11 Allied adjusted assault: 440 Japanese adjusted defense: 55 Allied assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 4) Allied forces CAPTURE Batavia !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 889 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 61 disabled Engineers: 12 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 74 (58 destroyed, 16 disabled) Allied ground losses: 61 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 708th Amphib Tank Battalion 14th Australian Brigade 503rd Parachute Regiment 19th Australian Brigade 11th LH Motor Regiment 148th Field Artillery Battalion 534th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 260th Field Artillery Battalion 131st Field Artillery Battalion 1/532nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion 2nd RAA Jungle Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 25th Army 24th JNAF AF Unit 000032 Ground combat 1945-02-15 Ketapang 55,93 Ground combat at Ketapang (55,93) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 1120 troops, 12 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 41 Defending force 1628 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 49 Allied adjusted assault: 8 Japanese adjusted defense: 13 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 39 casualties reported Squads: 1 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: 11th Australian Battalion Defending units: Yokosuka 2nd SNLF • With the aid of air and sea support, I think 11th Australian Battalion can overcome Yokosuka 2nd SNLF at Ketapang. • A USN construction Rgt waiting 1 hex away in landing craft will get to work on Batavia right away. • Assault at Miri tomorrow by two Rgts of USA 11th Airborne Div. • Assault at Beaufort tomorrow by one Rgt of USA 11th Airborne Div. Philippines China • Same game. quote: 000004 Sub attack 1945-02-15 79,64 Hong Kong Sub attack near Hong Kong at 79,64 Japanese Ships E No.30 E No.36 Allied Ships SS Trutta SS Trutta launches 2 torpedoes at E No.30 Trutta diving deep .... E No.36 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.36 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.36 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.36 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.36 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000009 Sub attack 1945-02-15 79,65 Swatow Sub attack near Swatow at 79,65 Japanese Ships E No.118 E No.207 Allied Ships SS Puffer SS Puffer launches 2 torpedoes at E No.118 E No.207 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.207 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.207 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.207 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.207 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • Kunming Light Industry has been reduced to 29(52). Strikes continue tomorrow. • 4 units have left Kunming heading east and an unknown number of additional units are doing so. Air strikes will aim to slow their movement so our Bde can get to defensive positions in the mountains on the road to Kweiyang. • B-24's out of Lang Son will begin hitting Hong Kong Light Industry tomorrow, currently 218(3). Many of their squadron mates are still repairing and transferring in from the Philippines and DEI. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • BFF Bde cross the river into the straggler unit's hex without combat, which means the stragglers have no AV. Shock attack tomorrow. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. Got one! quote: 000001 Sub attack 1945-02-15 99,61 Kuroshima Sub attack near Kuroshima at 99,61 Japanese Ships PB Kyo Maru #10 PB Tomitu Maru PB Kinsyo Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Triton SS Triton launches 2 torpedoes at PB Kyo Maru #10 Triton diving deep .... PB Tomitu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fails to find sub and abandons search PB Tomitu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tomitu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tomitu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tomitu Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Tomitu Maru attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000002 ASW attack 1945-02-15 90,62 Taihoku ASW attack near Taihoku at 90,62 Japanese Ships E No.7 E No.27 E No.20 Allied Ships SS Cabezon, hits 3 SS Cabezon is located by E No.7 Cabezon diving deep .... E No.27 fails to find sub and abandons search E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 attacking submerged sub .... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.20 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000003 ASW attack 1945-02-15 90,62 Taihoku ASW attack near Taihoku at 90,62 Japanese Ships E No.43 Allied Ships SS Cabezon, hits 7 SS Cabezon is located by E No.43 E No.43 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.43 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.43 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.43 attacking submerged sub .... E No.43 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000005 Sub attack 1945-02-15 99,61 Kuroshima Sub attack near Kuroshima at 99,61 Japanese Ships E No.26 Allied Ships SS Kingfish, hits 1 SS Kingfish launches 2 torpedoes at E No.26 Kingfish diving deep .... E No.26 attacking submerged sub .... 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 000006 Sub attack 1945-02-15 100,60 Koshiki-jima Retto Sub attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 100,60 Japanese Ships E Nasami, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage E Yaeyama Allied Ships SS Sabalo SS Sabalo launches 4 torpedoes at E Nasami Sabalo diving deep .... E Yaeyama fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yaeyama fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yaeyama fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yaeyama fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yaeyama fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000007 ASW attack 1945-02-15 100,59 Fukue-jima ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59 Japanese Ships E Iki E No.40 Allied Ships SS Tilefish, hits 2 SS Tilefish is located by E Iki Tilefish diving deep .... E No.40 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.40 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.40 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.40 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.40 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub • Watch out! quote: 000010 Sub attack 1945-02-15 99,70 Daito Shoto Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 99,70 Japanese Ships SS I-56, hits 9 Allied Ships AV Albemarle SC-699 SS I-56 launches 2 torpedoes at AV Albemarle I-56 diving deep .... SC-699 attacking submerged sub .... SC-699 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC-699 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC-699 fails to find sub, continues to search... SC-699 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • 1,894 AV on Daito Shoto. Next assault will be 4 days from tomorrow. Complete combat report attached.

BBfanboy -> RE: 1945 February 15 (11/9/2021 11:54:28 PM)
Your subs are taking a beating while challenging those Es. A TF of 3 or 4 Fletchers can clean up a lot of Es while dodging most air attacks ...[sm=fighting0056.gif] How did Batavia turn out for base and industry damage?

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 15 (11/10/2021 12:01:56 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: BBfanboy Your subs are taking a beating while challenging those Es. A TF of 3 or 4 Fletchers can clean up a lot of Es while dodging most air attacks ...[sm=fighting0056.gif] How did Batavia turn out for base and industry damage? Resources has 1 damage and Light Industry has 2 damage. Not yet enough supply at the base for repairs. The port is 100% damaged, airfields services 1%, and runways were around 25% or 30%.

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 16 (11/10/2021 3:13:12 PM)
1945 February 16 INVADED INVESTED Cam Ranh Bay Palembang Nanning Daito Shoto CHANGED OWNERSHIP Allied forces CAPTURE Miri !!! Allied forces CAPTURE Beaufort !!! Overall • Strategic points: 11,322 • B-29's reporting ready: 156 • Total B-29's deployed: 216 • +/- VP today: +68 • No sign of enemy carriers or battleships. We are so lucky that a number of our 4E recon groups are in maintenance all at once. 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 • More than 2,000 enemy troops still at Batavia, but they are falling apart fast. quote: 000050 Ground combat 1945-02-16 Batavia 49,98 Ground combat at Batavia (49,98) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 13538 troops, 237 guns, 287 vehicles, Assault Value = 480 Defending force 3502 troops, 9 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 6 Allied adjusted assault: 378 Japanese adjusted defense: 19 Allied assault odds: 19 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 313 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 19th Australian Brigade 708th Amphib Tank Battalion 503rd Parachute Regiment 14th Australian Brigade 11th LH Motor Regiment 2nd RAA Jungle Field Artillery Regiment 131st Field Artillery Battalion 534th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 260th Field Artillery Battalion 1/532nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion 148th Field Artillery Battalion 26th USN Naval Construction Regiment Defending units: 25th Army 24th JNAF AF Unit 000052 Ground combat 1945-02-16 Miri 64,87 Ground combat at Miri (64,87) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 6104 troops, 94 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 188 Defending force 3575 troops, 6 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Allied adjusted assault: 55 Japanese adjusted defense: 23 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Miri !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 1374 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 67 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 18 (18 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 4 Allied ground losses: 80 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 11th Airborne/A Division 11th Airborne/B Division Defending units: 553rd Ind.Infantry Battalion 37th Army 8th Field Construction Battalion 8th JAAF AF Coy 000053 Ground combat 1945-02-16 Beaufort 66,87 Ground combat at Beaufort (66,87) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 3033 troops, 46 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 93 Defending force 603 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21 Allied adjusted assault: 76 Japanese adjusted defense: 28 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Beaufort !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), morale(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 135 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 11th Airborne/C Division Defending units: III/81st Naval Guard Unit 000054 Wiped Out 1945-02-16 Batavia 49,98 24th JNAF AF Unit Wiped Out at Batavia by attrition!!! Philippines China • It looks like we got 26 LI hits at Hong Kong and 30 LI hits at Kunming. Kunming shows LI 6(75) so all but one squadron will switch to Heavy Industry, currently 52(0). Hong Kong LI is 159(62) and requires more attention. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Fini. quote: 000051 Ground combat 1945-02-16 67,55 Hanoi Ground combat at 67,55 (near Hanoi) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 2484 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 117 Defending force 14 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 218 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 218 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+) Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: BFF Brigade Defending units: 23rd JNAF AF Unit Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. Got four! quote: 000001 ASW attack 1945-02-16 98,61 Kuroshima ASW attack near Kuroshima at 98,61 Japanese Ships E Yaeyama Allied Ships SS Tunny, hits 3 SS Tunny is sighted by escort Tunny diving deep .... E Yaeyama fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yaeyama fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yaeyama attacking submerged sub .... E Yaeyama fails to find sub, continues to search... E Yaeyama attacking submerged sub .... E Yaeyama is out of ASW ammo E Yaeyama is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub 000002 Sub attack 1945-02-16 99,61 Kuroshima Sub attack near Kuroshima at 99,61 Japanese Ships E No.24, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage E No.26 Allied Ships SS Hammerhead, hits 4 SS Hammerhead launches 2 torpedoes at E No.24 Hammerhead diving deep .... E No.26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.26 attacking submerged sub .... 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 .... E No.26 is out of ASW ammo E No.26 is out of ASW ammo E No.26 is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub 000003 ASW attack 1945-02-16 88,62 Taihoku ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,62 Japanese Ships E No.6 Allied Ships SS Spadefish, hits 3 SS Spadefish is sighted by escort Spadefish diving deep .... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.6 attacking submerged sub .... E No.6 attacking submerged sub .... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000004 Sub attack 1945-02-16 100,60 Koshiki-jima Retto Sub attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 100,60 Japanese Ships E No.26 E Kuretake Allied Ships SS Haddo, hits 1 SS Haddo launches 2 torpedoes at E No.26 Haddo diving deep .... E Kuretake attacking submerged sub .... E Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kuretake fails to find sub, continues to search... E Kuretake attacking submerged sub .... E Kuretake is out of ASW ammo E Kuretake is out of ASW ammo E Kuretake is out of ASW ammo E Kuretake is out of ASW ammo Escort abandons search for sub 000005 ASW attack 1945-02-16 98,69 Daito Shoto ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 98,69 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-3, hits 10, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships DE Chaffee CL Wilkes-Barre DE Daniel A. Joy DD Franks SSX Ha-3 launches 2 torpedoes at DE Chaffee DD Franks attacking submerged sub .... Sounds of submarine breaking up detected! Escort abandons search for sub 000006 Submarine attack 1945-02-16 98,69 Daito Shoto Submarine attack near Daito Shoto at 98,69 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-4, hits 19, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Boyd CL Vincennes II DD Chevalier DD Bryant DD Bennion DD Bearss DD Izard DD Hoel DD Harrison DD Halford SSX Ha-4 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Boyd DD Izard fails to find sub and abandons search DD Hoel fails to find sub and abandons search DD Harrison fails to find sub and abandons search DD Halford attacking submerged sub .... SSX Ha-4 forced to surface! DD Halford firing on surfaced sub .... DD Izard firing on surfaced sub .... DD Hoel firing on surfaced sub .... DD Harrison firing on surfaced sub .... DD Halford firing on surfaced sub .... DD Izard firing on surfaced sub .... DD Hoel firing on surfaced sub .... DD Harrison firing on surfaced sub .... DD Izard firing on surfaced sub .... DD Hoel firing on surfaced sub .... DD Harrison firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves 000007 Sub attack 1945-02-16 88,62 Taihoku Sub attack near Taihoku at 88,62 Japanese Ships E Inagi E Hato Allied Ships SS Spadefish, hits 1 SS Spadefish launches 2 torpedoes at E Inagi Spadefish diving deep .... 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 attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub 000008 ASW attack 1945-02-16 81,66 Takao ASW attack near Takao at 81,66 Japanese Ships E Daito E Okinawa Allied Ships SS Tigrone SS Tigrone is located by E Daito E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... E Okinawa fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000009 Sub attack 1945-02-16 97,62 Amami Oshima Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 97,62 Japanese Ships PB Kiso Maru PB Okuyo Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Grenadier SS Grenadier launches 2 torpedoes at PB Kiso Maru 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 attacking submerged sub .... PB Okuyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000010 Sub attack 1945-02-16 99,68 Daito Shoto Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 99,68 Japanese Ships MTB G-17 MTB G-20 Allied Ships SS Bowfin SS Bowfin cannot acquire firing solution on enemy MTB Bowfin diving deep .... Sub escapes detection • Got one! quote: 000011 Day Time Surface Combat 1945-02-16 98,69 Daito Shoto Day Time Surface Combat, near Daito Shoto at 98,69, Range 27,000 Yards Japanese Ships MTB G-16 MTB G-17 MTB G-18 MTB G-19 MTB G-20 Allied Ships DE Bright DE Tills AO Merrimac AO Winooski AO Kankakee AO Monongahela AO Kennebago AO Cahaba Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards Range closes to 26,000 yards... Range closes to 25,000 yards... Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 23,000 yards... Range increases to 25,000 yards... Range increases to 27,000 yards... Both Task Forces evade combat 000012 ASW attack 1945-02-16 98,69 Daito Shoto ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 98,69 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-23, hits 14, heavy damage Allied Ships DD Duncan SSX Ha-23 is sighted by escort DD Duncan fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Duncan fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Duncan attacking submerged sub .... Debris floats to surface in area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub 000013 Sub attack 1945-02-16 98,69 Daito Shoto Sub attack near Daito Shoto at 98,69 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-D-106, hits 5, heavy damage Allied Ships CVE Marcus Island DE Wesson DE Swearer DD Bailey DD Welles DD Gwin DD Wilkes SSX Ha-D-106 launches 2 torpedoes at CVE Marcus Island DD Bailey fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Welles fails to find sub and abandons search DD Gwin fails to find sub and abandons search DD Wilkes fails to find sub and abandons search DD Bailey attacking submerged sub .... Debris floats to surface in area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub • Those torpedo boats are still nearby so some destroyers will try to intercept them. • We got lucky with both the torpedo boats vs the AO and the SSX vs CVE Marcus island. • 1,901 AV on Daito Shoto. Next assault will be 3 days from tomorrow. Complete combat report attached.

witpqs -> RE: 1945 February 17 (11/10/2021 5:56:11 PM)
1945 February 17 INVADED INVESTED Cam Ranh Bay Palembang Nanning Daito Shoto CHANGED OWNERSHIP Allied forces CAPTURE Ketapang !!! Overall • Strategic points: 11,322 • B-29's reporting ready: 160 • Total B-29's deployed: 216 • +/- VP today: +14 • No sightings of enemy carriers or battleships. 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 • Ketapang fell quickly. quote: 000013 Night Naval bombardment 1945-02-17 Ketapang 55,93 Night Naval bombardment of Ketapang at 55,93 Allied Ships CL Perth CL Tromp CL Sumatra DD Witte de With DD Kortenaer DD Piet Hein Japanese ground losses: 68 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Port hits 7 Port supply hits 3 CL Perth firing at Ketapang CL Tromp firing at Ketapang CL Sumatra firing at Yokosuka 2nd SNLF DD Witte de With firing at Ketapang DD Kortenaer firing at Yokosuka 2nd SNLF DD Piet Hein firing at Yokosuka 2nd SNLF 000057 Ground combat 1945-02-17 Batavia 49,98 Ground combat at Batavia (49,98) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 13544 troops, 237 guns, 287 vehicles, Assault Value = 480 Defending force 2219 troops, 0 guns, 37 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 235 Japanese adjusted defense: 3 Allied assault odds: 78 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 270 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 65 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled) Assaulting units: 503rd Parachute Regiment 14th Australian Brigade 19th Australian Brigade 708th Amphib Tank Battalion 11th LH Motor Regiment 260th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd RAA Jungle Field Artillery Regiment 1/532nd Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion 131st Field Artillery Battalion 148th Field Artillery Battalion 534th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion 26th USN Naval Construction Regiment Defending units: 25th Army 000058 Ground combat 1945-02-17 Ketapang 55,93 Ground combat at Ketapang (55,93) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 1120 troops, 12 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 41 Defending force 1363 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 30 Allied adjusted assault: 6 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Ketapang !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), morale(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 229 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 1 Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 11th Australian Battalion Defending units: Yokosuka 2nd SNLF • The Bdes recovering before resuming operations at Palembang are doing so nicely, but all three still have dozens of disabled squads. Philippines China • A few damaged ASW ships in port at Hong Kong, but our air assets are busy at the moment. quote: 000016 ASW attack 1945-02-17 73,64 Kiungshan ASW attack near Kiungshan at 73,64 Japanese Ships E W-26 Allied Ships SS Trutta, hits 2 SS Trutta is sighted by escort Trutta diving deep .... E W-26 attacking submerged sub .... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... E W-26 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • 14 LI hits at Hong Kong, now 121(100); 24 HI hits at Kunming, now 36(16). Kunming LI now 3(78). • If we can keep enemy units moving out of Kunming (now at 2 hexes east) suppressed, then our Bde could make it's mountain position in 2 days, provided they are not spotted and attacked from the air themselves. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • There is a small enemy convoy just 1 hex SW of Samah, heading west. It could be bringing supply to Samah or it could be a small spoiler commando invasion to cut the rail line along the Indochina coast. Destroyers will investigate and strike aircraft are on the prowl. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Nighttime stuff. Got a bunch, but lost one too. quote: 000001 Night Time Surface Combat 1945-02-17 97,69 Daito Shoto Night Time Surface Combat, near Daito Shoto at 97,69, Range 3,000 Yards Japanese Ships MTB G-16, Shell hits 1 MTB G-17 MTB G-18 MTB G-19 MTB G-20 Allied Ships DD Gregory, Shell hits 1 DD John Hood DD Owen DD Sproston Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 32% moonlight: 3,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... Range closes to 26,000 yards... Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 22,000 yards... Range closes to 20,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 16,000 yards... Range closes to 14,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 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... Range closes to 5,000 yards... Range closes to 4,000 yards... Range closes to 3,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 3,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 3,000 yards DD Owen engages MTB G-20 at 3,000 yards DD Sproston engages MTB G-18 at 3,000 yards DD Gregory engages MTB G-20 at 3,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards DD Sproston engages MTB G-18 at 2,000 yards DD Owen engages MTB G-19 at 2,000 yards DD Gregory engages MTB G-18 at 2,000 yards DD Gregory engages MTB G-18 at 2,000 yards DD Gregory engages MTB G-16 at 2,000 yards Range increases to 5,000 yards DD Sproston engages MTB G-20 at 5,000 yards DD Sproston engages MTB G-19 at 5,000 yards DD Gregory engages MTB G-18 at 5,000 yards DD Gregory engages MTB G-16 at 5,000 yards DD Sproston engages MTB G-16 at 5,000 yards DD Gregory engages MTB G-19 at 5,000 yards DD John Hood engages MTB G-20 at 5,000 yards DD Gregory engages MTB G-20 at 5,000 yards DD Sproston engages MTB G-16 at 5,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards DD John Hood engages MTB G-20 at 9,000 yards DD Owen engages MTB G-16 at 9,000 yards DD Gregory engages MTB G-18 at 9,000 yards Task forces break off... 000002 Night Time Surface Combat 1945-02-17 96,69 Daito Shoto Night Time Surface Combat, near Daito Shoto at 96,69, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships MTB G-16, Shell hits 2, and is sunk MTB G-17, Shell hits 1, and is sunk MTB G-18 MTB G-19, Shell hits 3, and is sunk MTB G-20, Shell hits 1, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Gregory DD John Hood DD Owen DD Sproston Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 32% moonlight: 8,000 yards Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 8,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards Endo W. gains tactical advantage DD Sproston engages MTB G-20 at 8,000 yards DD Owen engages MTB G-20 at 8,000 yards DD John Hood engages MTB G-20 at 8,000 yards DD Gregory engages MTB G-20 at 8,000 yards Range closes to 3,000 yards MTB G-16 collides with MTB G-19 at 96 , 69 MTB G-20 sunk by DD Sproston at 3,000 yards MTB G-19 sunk by DD John Hood at 3,000 yards MTB G-17 sunk by DD Owen at 3,000 yards DD John Hood engages MTB G-16 at 3,000 yards MTB G-16 sunk by DD Gregory at 3,000 yards orders Japanese TF to disengage Range increases to 4,000 yards Range increases to 8,000 yards DD Gregory engages MTB G-18 at 8,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards DD Sproston engages MTB G-18 at 10,000 yards DD John Hood engages MTB G-18 at 10,000 yards Range increases to 12,000 yards DD Sproston engages MTB G-18 at 12,000 yards DD Owen engages MTB G-18 at 12,000 yards DD Gregory engages MTB G-18 at 12,000 yards Range closes to 11,000 yards DD Sproston engages MTB G-18 at 11,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards DD Owen engages MTB G-18 at 10,000 yards Range closes to 7,000 yards DD Sproston engages MTB G-18 at 7,000 yards DD Owen engages MTB G-18 at 7,000 yards DD John Hood engages MTB G-18 at 7,000 yards DD Gregory engages MTB G-18 at 7,000 yards Range increases to 9,000 yards DD Sproston engages MTB G-18 at 9,000 yards DD Gregory engages MTB G-18 at 9,000 yards Range increases to 11,000 yards DD Owen engages MTB G-18 at 11,000 yards DD Owen engages MTB G-18 at 11,000 yards DD John Hood engages MTB G-18 at 11,000 yards Range increases to 13,000 yards DD Sproston engages MTB G-18 at 13,000 yards Range increases to 14,000 yards DD Owen engages MTB G-18 at 14,000 yards DD John Hood engages MTB G-18 at 14,000 yards Range increases to 15,000 yards DD Sproston engages MTB G-18 at 15,000 yards DD John Hood engages MTB G-18 at 15,000 yards DD Gregory engages MTB G-18 at 15,000 yards Range closes to 14,000 yards DD Sproston engages MTB G-18 at 14,000 yards Range closes to 10,000 yards DD Sproston engages MTB G-18 at 10,000 yards DD Gregory engages MTB G-18 at 10,000 yards Range closes to 8,000 yards DD Gregory engages MTB G-18 at 8,000 yards DD Owen engages MTB G-18 at 8,000 yards Range increases to 10,000 yards DD Sproston engages MTB G-18 at 10,000 yards DD John Hood engages MTB G-18 at 10,000 yards DD Gregory engages MTB G-18 at 10,000 yards Task forces break off... 000003 Night Time Surface Combat 1945-02-17 95,69 Naha Night Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,69, Range 9,000 Yards Japanese Ships MTB G-18, Shell hits 5, and is sunk Allied Ships DD Gregory DD John Hood DD Owen DD Sproston Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 32% moonlight: 9,000 yards Range closes to 28,000 yards... Range closes to 26,000 yards... Range closes to 24,000 yards... Range closes to 22,000 yards... Range closes to 20,000 yards... Range closes to 18,000 yards... Range closes to 16,000 yards... Range closes to 14,000 yards... Range closes to 12,000 yards... Range closes to 11,000 yards... Range closes to 10,000 yards... Range closes to 9,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 9,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 9,000 yards Doubleman, E.D. crosses the 'T' DD Sproston engages MTB G-18 at 9,000 yards DD Owen engages MTB G-18 at 9,000 yards DD John Hood engages MTB G-18 at 9,000 yards DD Gregory engages MTB G-18 at 9,000 yards DD Sproston engages MTB G-18 at 9,000 yards MTB G-18 sunk by DD John Hood at 9,000 yards Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk... 000004 ASW attack 1945-02-17 98,68 Daito Shoto ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 98,68 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-D-108, hits 15, heavy damage Allied Ships DE Riley AE William S. Colley AE Fusto Arosemena AE Titan AE Ruth Alexander AE Harpoon SSX Ha-D-108 launches 2 torpedoes at DE Riley Ha-D-108 diving deep .... DE Riley attacking submerged sub .... Large oil slick appears over area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub 000005 Sub attack 1945-02-17 99,62 Tokara Retto Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,62 Japanese Ships E No.124 E No.132 E No.37 Allied Ships SS Kingfish, hits 36, and is sunk SS Kingfish launches 2 torpedoes at E No.124 E No.132 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.132 attacking submerged sub .... E No.132 attacking submerged sub .... SS Kingfish forced to surface! E No.124 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.37 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.132 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.124 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.37 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.124 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.37 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.124 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.37 firing on surfaced sub .... E No.132 firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves 000006 Sub attack 1945-02-17 100,60 Koshiki-jima Retto Sub attack near Koshiki-jima Retto at 100,60 Japanese Ships E No.150 E No.213 Allied Ships SS Grayling SS Grayling launches 2 torpedoes at E No.150 Grayling diving deep .... E No.213 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.213 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.213 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.213 attacking submerged sub .... E No.213 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000007 ASW attack 1945-02-17 98,62 Amami Oshima ASW attack near Amami Oshima at 98,62 Japanese Ships PB Tomitu Maru PB Kyo Maru #10 PB Kinsyo Maru #2 Allied Ships SS Roncador SS Roncador launches 2 torpedoes at PB Tomitu Maru PB Tomitu Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Kinsyo Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000008 Sub attack 1945-02-17 99,61 Kuroshima Sub attack near Kuroshima at 99,61 Japanese Ships E Kuretake E No.26 Allied Ships SS Triton SS Triton 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 000009 ASW attack 1945-02-17 100,59 Fukue-jima ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59 Japanese Ships E No.132 Allied Ships SS Sea Devil SS Sea Devil is sighted by escort E No.132 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.132 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.132 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.132 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.132 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000010 ASW attack 1945-02-17 98,68 Daito Shoto ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 98,68 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-D-109, hits 13, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships CL Phoenix CL Honolulu DD Waldron DD Beatty II DD Laffey II DD Walke II SSX Ha-D-109 is sighted by escort DD Beatty II fails to find sub and abandons search DD Laffey II fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Walke II attacking submerged sub .... Underwater explosion, debris and oil appear on surface! Escort abandons search for sub 000011 ASW attack 1945-02-17 98,68 Daito Shoto ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 98,68 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-D-107, hits 9, heavy damage Allied Ships AE William S. Colley AE Fusto Arosemena AE Titan AE Santa Isabel AE Red Jacket DE Riley SSX Ha-D-107 is sighted by escort DE Riley fails to find sub, continues to search... DE Riley attacking submerged sub .... Underwater explosion, debris and oil appear on surface! Escort abandons search for sub 000012 ASW attack 1945-02-17 86,62 Taichu ASW attack near Taichu at 86,62 Japanese Ships E No.6 Allied Ships SS Sea Owl, hits 1 SS Sea Owl is located by E No.6 Sea Owl bottoming out .... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.6 attacking submerged sub .... E No.6 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub • And more. quote: 000014 Sub attack 1945-02-17 89,62 Taihoku Sub attack near Taihoku at 89,62 Japanese Ships E Sanae Allied Ships SS Trepang, hits 3 SS Trepang launches 2 torpedoes Trepang bottoming out .... E Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sanae attacking submerged sub .... E Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search... E Sanae fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000015 ASW attack 1945-02-17 85,62 Pescadores ASW attack near Pescadores at 85,62 Japanese Ships E No.43 Allied Ships SS Sea Owl SS Sea Owl is sighted by escort Sea Owl diving deep .... E No.43 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.43 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.43 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.43 fails to find sub, continues to search... E No.43 fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub 000017 ASW attack 1945-02-17 98,69 Daito Shoto ASW attack near Daito Shoto at 98,69 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-D-110, hits 10, heavy damage Allied Ships DE Raymond DD Endicott DD Doyle DD Carmick SSX Ha-D-110 is sighted by escort Ha-D-110 bottoming out .... DD Endicott fails to find sub and abandons search DD Doyle fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Carmick fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Doyle fails to find sub and abandons search DD Carmick attacking submerged sub .... Debris floats to surface in area of attack! Escort abandons search for sub • 1,907 AV on Daito Shoto. Next assault will be 2 days from tomorrow. Complete combat report attached.

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