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SierraJuliet -> 9 December 1942 (2/13/2019 3:16:46 AM)
9 December 1942 EAST CHINA SEA SS Flying Fish launches 2 torpedoes and misses at 88,62 near Taihoku. Japanese Ships xAK Nitii Maru xAK Tatuha Maru xAK Kiyama Maru PB Okuyo Maru #2 PHILIPPINES SS Tuna is sighted by escort at 85,69 near Itbayat Island. Japanese Ships xAK Biwa Maru xAK Zyuyo Maru xAK Yamakisan Maru xAK Teiren Maru xAK Nichibi Maru xAK Daijukyo Maru TB RTN Kylongyai DEI Japanese morning Air attack on Ambon – 2 airbase hits and 2 runway hits. Japanese deliberate attack at Ambon. Attacking force 10961 troops, 76 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 216 Defending force 1368 troops, 27 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 12 Japanese adjusted assault: 81 Allied adjusted defense: 46 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 79 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 97 casualties reported Squads: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: Sasebo 5th SNLF Sasebo 6th SNLF 15th Nav Gd /1 17th Port Unit 18th Port Unit 24th Special Base Force 21st Port Unit 19th Port Unit Defending units: Molukken Cdo Ambon Defenses Civilians Tenom / Melalap is occupied by the Japanese. BURMA Japanese morning Air attack on 6th Australian Division at Moulmein. Japanese afternoon Air attack on 70th British~ Division at Moulmein. Japanese deliberate attack at Moulmein. Attacking force 50168 troops, 725 guns, 452 vehicles, Assault Value = 1470 Defending force 50078 troops, 435 guns, 1235 vehicles, Assault Value = 85 Japanese adjusted assault: 829 Allied adjusted defense: 35 Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 234 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled Allied ground losses: 1482 casualties reported Squads: 33 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 81 destroyed, 81 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 20 (17 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 40 (5 destroyed, 35 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 4th Raiding Regiment 2TD 6th Tank Regiment 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 5th Division 48th Division 55th Division 65th Brigade 14th Tank Regiment 2nd Division 4th Tank Rgt /6 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 102nd Ship Eng Coy 34th Field AA Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 12th Base Force 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 14th' Army 15th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 6th Australian Division 7th Australian Division 70th British~ Div /7 46th Indian Brigade 14ID 36th Indian Brigade 7th Armoured~ Brigade 39th Indian Division 19th Indian' Division 2/9th FA Regiment 17th Indian' Division Burma Corps~ 14ID 23rd Indian Brigade 2/1st Med Regiment 18th British Division 2/11th FA Regiment 14ID 88th Indian Bde /3 2/9th FA Regiment Wiped Out at Moulmein by attrition!!! 2/11th FA Regiment Wiped Out at Moulmein by attrition!!! 2/1st Med Regiment Wiped Out at Moulmein by attrition!!! 14ID 36th Indian Brigade Wiped Out at Moulmein by attrition!!! Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Moulmein Allied Unit(s) Wiped Out at Moulmein by attrition!!!!!! HOME ISLANDS SS Runner launches 2 torpedoes and misses at 98,61 near Kuroshima. Japanese Ships xAK Thames Maru xAK Yasuteru Maru xAK Ueizuru Maru xAK Sugiyama Maru PB Shonan Maru #17 D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking a T' War Emergency class SS at 108,94 a KV Class class SS is reported HIT D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking a Electric Boat S-42 class SS at 107,94 B5N1 Kate-Kankoh from Shoho-2 attacking a Triton class SS at 106,124 Ki-51a Sonia_ from 71st I.F.Chutai' attacking a KXI Class class SS at 85,71 an Allied SS is reported HIT G4M1 Betty-Rikko from Yokosuka Ku K-1 attacking an Allied SS at 106,124 a Grampus class SS is reported HIT G4M1 Betty-Rikko from Kanoya Ku K-1'/C has spotted an Allied LCVP at 91,132 an Allied LCVP is reported HIT Ki-48-Ib Lily-Sokei from 8th Sentai attacking a O16 Class class SS at 85,71 an Allied SS is reported HIT Ki-51a Sonia_ from 71st I.F.Chutai' attacking a Triton class SS at 85,71 Ki-51a Sonia_ from 71st I.F.Chutai' attacking an Allied SS at 85,68 a Tambor class SS is reported HIT Repairs completed on CA Kumano at Hiroshima/Kure+, ship returned to service Pondycherry expands airfield to size 7 Madurai expands airfield to size 7 Melbourne expands airfield to size 8 Oboto expands airfield to size 4 81/80 expands fortifications to size 3 Yingtan expands fortifications to size 2 DD Naganami beginning refit in shipyard at Hiroshima/Kure+ Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Suchow (91, 47)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Clark Field (79, 76)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kuching (58, 88)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Padang (44, 85)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at 88/38 (88, 38)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at 83/44 (83, 44)! Loss of CL Naka on Oct 10, 1942 is admitted 552 Ku K-1 arrives at Chiba=

SierraJuliet -> 10 December 1942 (2/13/2019 3:27:50 AM)
10 December 1942 DEI SS Pickerel launches 4 torpedoes and misses at 49,89 near Muntok. Japanese Ships DD Kasumi DD Mochizuki Japanese morning Air attack on Ambon – 1 airbase hit and 4 runway hits. Japanese deliberate attack at Ambon. Attacking force 10965 troops, 76 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 210 Defending force 1228 troops, 26 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 8 Japanese adjusted assault: 89 Allied adjusted defense: 13 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Ambon!!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 50 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 909 casualties reported Squads: 40 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 113 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 28 (28 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 3 Assaulting units: Sasebo 5th SNLF Sasebo 6th SNLF 15th Nav Gd /1 24th Special Base Force 17th Port Unit 21st Port Unit 18th Port Unit 19th Port Unit Defending units: Molukken Cdo Ambon Defenses Civilians BURMA Japanese afternoon Air attack on 70th British~ Division at Moulmein. Japanese deliberate attack at Moulmein. Attacking force 49747 troops, 721 guns, 453 vehicles, Assault Value = 1465 Defending force 45713 troops, 348 guns, 1119 vehicles, Assault Value = 72 Japanese adjusted assault: 553 Allied adjusted defense: 33 Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 198 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1310 casualties reported Squads: 15 destroyed, 44 disabled Non Combat: 60 destroyed, 124 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 16 (16 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 47 (23 destroyed, 24 disabled) Assaulting units: 5th Division 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 2TD 6th Tank Regiment 65th Brigade 14th Tank Regiment 2nd Division 55th Division 4th Raiding Regiment 48th Division 4th Tank Rgt /6 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 102nd Ship Eng Coy 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th' Army 34th Field AA Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 12th Base Force 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 15th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 6th Australian Division 70th British~ Div /7 7th Armoured~ Brigade 14ID 23rd Indian Brigade 39th Indian Division 19th Indian' Division 18th British Division Burma Corps~ 7th Australian Division 17th Indian' Division Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Moulmein PACIFIC SS Blackfish is located by escort at 108,94 near Tinian. CHINA Japanese deliberate attack at 84,59. Attacking force 35105 troops, 395 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 1420 Defending force 51 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 1148 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 1148 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE 84/59!!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+) Attacker: Allied ground losses: 51 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 58ID 52nd Infantry Brigade 39th Division 15th Division 22nd Division 13th Army 4th Mortar Battalion Defending units: #Administration Repairs completed on SS I-22_ at Hiroshima/Kure+, ship returned to service D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking an Allied SS at 107,94 an Allied SS is reported HIT D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking a Electric Boat S-18 class SS at 107,94 D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking SS S-23 at 106,95 Cairns expands airfield to size 4 Newcastle expands airfield to size 5 Luganville expands port to size 3 Dongxiang expands port to size 2 PB-32 (Aoi) beginning refit in shipyard at Kobe= PB-33 (Hagi) beginning refit in shipyard at Kobe= Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Tangshan (96, 41)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kiungshan (71, 61)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Phnom Penh (58, 69)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Pucheng (86, 57)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Padang (44, 85)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at 83/44 (83, 44)! AMc Wa-7 arrives at Shimonoseki xAK Empire Tugela is reported to have been sunk near Ramree Island on Oct 26, 1942

SierraJuliet -> 11 December 1942 (2/13/2019 3:32:04 AM)
11 December 1942 YELLOW SEA SS Trigger launches 2 torpedoes and misses at 93,56 near Shanghai. Japanese Ships PB Sumire SC Ch-15 xAK Rizan Maru xAK Shinyubari Maru xAK Tarayasu Maru xAK Tamashima Maru xAK Tamon Maru PB Yodozo Maru PACIFIC SS Blackfish is twice located by escort at 108,93 near Saipan. Japanese Ships E Otori SS Sealion launches 2 torpedoes and misses at 135,97 near Wake Island. Japanese Ships xAKL Mogami Maru #3 xAKL Hayasaki* PB Edo Maru PHILIPPINES SS Haddo launches 2 torpedoes and misses at 83,69 near Itbayat Island. Japanese Ships xAK Santos Maru #2 xAK Hakakisan Maru xAK Hakonesan Maru xAK Mikasa Maru PB Toko Maru #4 PB Tokotsu Maru BURMA Japanese morning Air attack on 6th Australian Division at Moulmein – 6 casualties. Japanese deliberate attack at Moulmein. Attacking force 49914 troops, 720 guns, 463 vehicles, Assault Value = 1463 Defending force 42292 troops, 308 guns, 1029 vehicles, Assault Value = 33 Japanese adjusted assault: 733 Allied adjusted defense: 27 Japanese assault odds: 27 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 135 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 633 casualties reported Squads: 35 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 58 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 20 (20 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 29 (1 destroyed, 28 disabled) Assaulting units: 2TD 6th Tank Regiment 65th Brigade 4th Raiding Regiment 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 55th Division 2nd Division 48th Division 5th Division 14th Tank Regiment 4th Tank Rgt /6 102nd Ship Eng Coy 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 12th Base Force 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 34th Field AA Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 14th' Army 15th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 6th Australian Division 70th British~ Div /7 18th British Division 14ID 23rd Indian Brigade 39th Indian Division 19th Indian' Division Burma Corps~ 7th Australian Division 7th Armoured~ Brigade 17th Indian' Division 7th Armoured~ Brigade Wiped Out at Moulmein by attrition!!! 14ID 23rd Indian Brigade Wiped Out at Moulmein by attrition!!! Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Moulmein DEI Japanese deliberate attack at 68,104 near Kolaka. Attacking force 552 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Defending force 334 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12 Japanese adjusted assault: 4 Allied adjusted defense: 13 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-) Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: II/81st Naval Guard Unit Defending units: Kendari Cdo Civilians D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking SS Pollack at 107,94 D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking an Allied SS at 107,94 Ki-51a Sonia_ from 71st I.F.Chutai' attacking an Allied SS at 85,71 an Allied SS is reported HIT D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking SS S-23 at 106,95 Ki-51a Sonia_ from 71st I.F.Chutai' attacking SS Bonita at 85,69 A6M3a Zero-Reisen upgrading to A6M5 Zero-Reisen at Nagoya Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kiungshan (71, 61)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kuching (58, 88)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kukong (79, 57)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Padang (44, 85)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at 83/44 (83, 44)! Loss of xAK Shinryu Maru on Jul 25, 1942 is admitted

SierraJuliet -> December 1942 (2/13/2019 3:36:41 AM)
Such a long time since I last posted the current score board but finally here it is. [image]local://upfiles/31385/0A501536D0CB4101A88A82FDDF169936.jpg[/image]

SierraJuliet -> 11 December 1942 (2/13/2019 3:45:07 AM)
Here are the current positions of units in Burma. The Allied stack at Moulmein will not exist for too much longer. 33rd Division has just moved into a blocking position in hex 54,50. They are just in time to greet the forward elements of the retreating Allied stack which had been in Rangoon not so long ago. [image]local://upfiles/31385/67D01A0CED894373A496548F9CB67135.jpg[/image]

SierraJuliet -> 11 December 1942 (2/13/2019 4:05:30 AM)
The victorious 9th Division stepping ashore in Singapore for well deserved R&R. Note that their heroics as the invaders then initial defenders at Moulmein set them up for a big boost in experience. [image]local://upfiles/31385/60EA0F8D55C54BBEA339F3C60508920C.jpg[/image]

SierraJuliet -> 12 December 1942 (2/16/2019 5:29:20 AM)
12 December 1942 MALAYA SS Trusty is sighted by escort at 48,72 near Langkawi. Japanese Ships xAP Tsingtao Maru xAP Dairen Maru xAP Huso Maru xAP Manzyu Maru xAK Kirishima Maru DD Minekaze PACIFIC SS Blackfish is located by escort at 108,93 near Saipan. Japanese Ships E Hayabusa E Otori Allied Ships SS Blackfish, hits 6 (1 penetrating hit) PHILIPPINES SS Silversides launches 2 torpedoes and misses at 81,69 near Itbayat Island. Japanese Ships xAK Kimishima Maru xAK Matsukawa Maru xAK Tenryu Maru TB Kamo CHINA Japanese morning Air attack on 85th Chinese Army Corps at Chengchow – 16 casualties. Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 23 Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 4 Allied aircraft P-66 Vanguard x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 1 destroyed No Allied losses BURMA Japanese morning Air attacks on 6th Australian Division at Moulmein – 7 casualties. Japanese deliberate attack at Moulmein. Attacking force 49888 troops, 720 guns, 464 vehicles, Assault Value = 1461 Defending force 38917 troops, 263 guns, 929 vehicles, Assault Value = 11 Japanese adjusted assault: 499 Allied adjusted defense: 27 Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 95 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 651 casualties reported Squads: 25 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 116 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 10 (7 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 38 (2 destroyed, 36 disabled) Assaulting units: 2nd Division 4th Raiding Regiment 2TD 6th Tank Regiment 55th Division 5th Division 65th Brigade 14th Tank Regiment 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 48th Division 4th Tank Rgt /6 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 14th' Army 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 12th Base Force 1st RF Gun Battalion 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 34th Field AA Battalion 102nd Ship Eng Coy 15th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 6th Australian Division 7th Australian Division 70th British~ Div /7 18th British Division 39th Indian Division Burma Corps~ 19th Indian' Division 17th Indian' Division Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Moulmein BORNEO Japanese bombardment attack at Weston/Beaufort – A 1 casualty. Attacking force 862 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 47 Defending force 1922 troops, 26 guns, 1 vehicle, Assault Value = 39 Repairs completed on CL Jintsu at Hiroshima/Kure+, ship returned to service D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking a KXI Class class SS at 107,94 a O16 Class class SS is reported HIT D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking an Allied SS at 108,94 a Electric Boat S-42 class SS is reported HIT Ki-48-Ib Lily-Sokei from 8th Sentai attacking SS Triton at 84,67 SS Triton is reported HIT Umnak Island expands airfield to size 1 Miri-Lutong expands fortifications to size 3 Borzya expands airfield to size 8 78/57 expands fortifications to size 5 Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Padang (44, 85)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at 88/38 (88, 38)! xAK Jaladuta is reported to have been sunk near Ramree Island on Oct 27, 1942 xAKL Parigi is reported to have been sunk near Ketapang on Jan 21, 1942

SierraJuliet -> 13 December 1942 (2/17/2019 5:07:08 AM)
13 December 1942 AUSTRALIA SS Gurnard launches 2 torpedoes and misses at 101,118 ner Los Negros I. Japanese Ships CMc Washizaki# DEI SS Pickerel launches 4 torpedoes and misses at 49,89 near Muntok. Japanese Ships DD Uranami CHINA Japanese morning Air attack on 13th Chinese Army Corps at Chengchow) – 10 casualties. Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 22 Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 3 Allied aircraft P-66 Vanguard x 2 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged No Allied losses BURMA Japanese morning Air attack on 7th Australian Division at Moulmein – 8 casualties. Japanese deliberate attack at Moulmein. Attacking force 51911 troops, 732 guns, 465 vehicles, Assault Value = 1463 Defending force 36597 troops, 236 guns, 876 vehicles, Assault Value = 9 Japanese adjusted assault: 411 Allied adjusted defense: 29 Japanese assault odds: 14 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 80 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 818 casualties reported Squads: 69 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 103 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 11 (9 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled) Assaulting units: 55th Division 2nd Division 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 65th Brigade 14th Tank Regiment 4th Raiding Regiment 2TD 6th Tank Regiment 48th Division 5th Division 4th Tank Rgt /6 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 14th' Army 34th Field AA Battalion 102nd Ship Eng Coy 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 12th Base Force 15th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 70th British~ Div /7 18th British Division 7th Australian Division 6th Australian Division 39th Indian Division Burma Corps~ 19th Indian' Division 17th Indian' Division Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Moulmein B5N1 Kate-Kankoh from Shoho-2 attacking an Allied SS at 106,124 an Allied SS is reported HIT Repairs completed on CL Katori at Hiroshima/Kure+, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Minegumo at Hiroshima/Kure+, ship returned to service Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kiungshan (71, 61)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Clark Field (79, 76)! CVE Chuyo arrives at Nagasaki/Sasebo=+ CL Agano arrives at Nagasaki/Sasebo=+ APD Manley is reported to have been sunk near Kirakira on Aug 09, 1942 25th Special Base Force arrives at Yokohama=+

SierraJuliet -> 14 December 1942 (2/18/2019 11:51:48 PM)
14 December 1942 PHILIPPINES SS Haddo elects not to launch torpedoes at this target at 77,77 near Bataan/Corregidor. Japanese Ships xAKL Fukuei Maru SS Haddo launches 2 torpedoes at 76,75 near Iba. Japanese Ships xAK Thames Maru, Torpedo hits 1 (+ 1 dud hit), on fire, heavy damage xAK Kyokusei Maru PB Shonan Maru #17 I have not recorded dud hits but there have been plenty during the course of this game. Now that I am current again, I will try to report on the dud hits. My days of reprieve from the Allied menace will not be much longer so the torpedoes strikes are going to go up dramatically soon. As for Thames Maru she is ablaze and suffering significant damage. She is very most unlikely to make it to Manila. I have had some good success at getting torpedoed merchant ships back to port, but I do not see Thames Maru being one of them. SS Haddo launches 2 torpedoes at 76,76 near Iba. Japanese Ships xAK Yasuteru Maru (1 dud hit) xAK Ueizuru Maru xAK Kyokusei Maru PB Shonan Maru #17 DEI SS Pickerel is located by escort at 49,89 ner Muntok. Japanese Ships DD Natsugumo DD Samidare BURMA Japanese morning Air attacks on 7th Australian Division at Moulmein – 5 casualties. Japanese deliberate attack at Moulmein. Attacking force 51915 troops, 732 guns, 465 vehicles, Assault Value = 1466 Defending force 34495 troops, 211 guns, 832 vehicles, Assault Value = 9 Japanese adjusted assault: 598 Allied adjusted defense: 29 Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 194 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Allied ground losses: 687 casualties reported Squads: 41 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 130 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 7 (5 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 51 (2 destroyed, 49 disabled) Assaulting units: 14th Tank Regiment 2nd Division 5th Division 2TD 6th Tank Regiment 65th Brigade 55th Division 48th Division 4th Raiding Regiment 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 12th Base Force 102nd Ship Eng Coy 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 34th Field AA Battalion 1st RF Gun Battalion 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 14th' Army 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 15th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 70th British~ Div /7 7th Australian Division 6th Australian Division 19th Indian' Division 18th British Division Burma Corps~ 39th Indian Division 17th Indian' Division Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Moulmein Ki-51a Sonia_ from 71st I.F.Chutai' attacking SS Triton at 84,67 D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking a Barracuda class SS at 108,94 an Allied SS is reported HIT D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking an Allied SS at 107,94 D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking SS Spearfish at 107,96 Ki-51a Sonia_ from 71st I.F.Chutai' attacking SS Triton at 84,67 88/43 expands port to size 2 Ace pilot Nomura, S. of 202 Ku S-1 Det A' is promoted to PO1 Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kiungshan (71, 61)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kuching (58, 88)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Padang (44, 85)! Loss of xAK Taigen Maru on Jan 16, 1942 is admitted 22nd Ind.Mtn Gun Battalion arrives at Canton

SierraJuliet -> 15 December 1942 (2/19/2019 10:33:06 PM)
15 December 1942 DEI SS Finback launches 2 torpedoes and misses at 79,100 near Galeia. Japanese Ships TB Kari AO Tsurumi AO Sata AO Notoro AO Naruto DD Akebono DD Shirayuki CHINA Japanese morning Air attack on Chengchow – 4 airbase hits, 1 airbase supply hit and 14 runway hits. Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16 Allied aircraft P-66 Vanguard x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged No Allied losses BURMA Japanese morning Air attack on 7th Australian Division at Moulmein. Japanese deliberate attack at Moulmein. Attacking force 51846 troops, 732 guns, 465 vehicles, Assault Value = 1474 Defending force 32353 troops, 194 guns, 789 vehicles, Assault Value = 9 Japanese adjusted assault: 470 Allied adjusted defense: 21 Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 156 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Allied ground losses: 736 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 124 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Vehicles lost 38 (11 destroyed, 27 disabled) Assaulting units: 65th Brigade 14th Tank Regiment 4th Raiding Regiment 55th Division 2nd Division 2TD 6th Tank Regiment 48th Division 5th Division 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 12th Base Force 102nd Ship Eng Coy 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 14th' Army 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 34th Field AA Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 15th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 6th Australian Division Burma Corps~ 18th British Division 39th Indian Division 17th Indian' Division 19th Indian' Division 7th Australian Division 70th British~ Div /7 Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Moulmein Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard SS I-6 D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking a Electric Boat S-18 class SS at 108,94 an Allied SS is reported HIT D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking a Electric Boat S-18 class SS at 108,94 an Allied DD is reported HIT D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking an Allied SS at 107,94 an Allied SS is reported HIT D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking an Allied SS at 108,94 G3M3 Nell-Chukou from 752 Ku K-1' attacking a Porpoise class SS at 49,89 a Electric Boat S-42 class SS is reported HIT D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking a KXI Class class SS at 108,94 Hue expands fortifications to size 1 Luangprabang expands fortifications to size 1 Bombay expands airfield to size 9 Milne Bay expands fortifications to size 4 Krasnoyarsk expands airfield to size 7 Device Nakajima Ha-45 advances R&D CL Natori beginning refit in shipyard at Singapore Previous report of sinking of DD Barton incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kukong (79, 57)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Padang (44, 85)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at 77/56 (77, 56)! And in news from the manufacturing sector the first 30 size factory capable of researching the N1K1J George-Shiden is full repaired. As expected xAK Thames Maru is lost overnight. Rather than scuttle the ship the crew fought on attempting to save her. Left on her own and still far from Manila… no one expects any survivors to be located.

SierraJuliet -> 16 December 1942 (2/21/2019 8:02:45 PM)
16 December 1942 DEI SS Pickerel is sighted by escot at 49,89 near Muntok. Japanese Ships DD Samidare Japanese bombardment attack at Makassar. Attacking force 866 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Defending force 1564 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 66 BURMA Japanese morning Air attacks on 7th Australian Division at Moulmein – 7 casualties. Japanese deliberate attack at Moulmein. Attacking force 51836 troops, 731 guns, 465 vehicles, Assault Value = 1471 Defending force 30306 troops, 179 guns, 741 vehicles, Assault Value = 8 Japanese adjusted assault: 532 Allied adjusted defense: 23 Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 172 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Allied ground losses: 827 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 166 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 35 (4 destroyed, 31 disabled) Assaulting units: 65th Brigade 4th Raiding Regiment 2TD 6th Tank Regiment 48th Division 5th Division 2nd Division 55th Division 14th Tank Regiment 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st RF Gun Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th' Army 12th Base Force 34th Field AA Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 102nd Ship Eng Coy 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 18th British Division 39th Indian Division 19th Indian' Division 7th Australian Division 17th Indian' Division 6th Australian Division Burma Corps~ 70th British~ Div /7 Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Moulmein 54/47 is occupied by the Japanese. CHINA Japanese afternoon Air attack on Chengchow – 4 runway hits. Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 13 Allied aircraft P-66 Vanguard x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged No Allied losses PHILIPPINES Japanese bombardment attack at Cebu – J 27 casualties. Attacking force 1320 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Defending force 5307 troops, 70 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 171 Repairs completed on CA Takao at Singapore, ship returned to service Repairs completed on SS I-17^ at Kobe=, ship returned to service Repairs completed on PB-32 (Aoi) at Kobe=, ship returned to service Repairs completed on PB-33 (Hagi) at Kobe=, ship returned to service Christchurch expands airfield to size 7 Kienko expands airfield to size 3 Ban Pong expands port to size 2 87/45 expands fortifications to size 1 Previous report of sinking of CL Birmingham incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kuching (58, 88)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kukong (79, 57)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Pucheng (86, 57)! xAP Morinda is reported to have been sunk near Milne Bay on Apr 02, 1942

SierraJuliet -> 17 December 1942 (2/23/2019 6:42:49 AM)
17 December 1942 PHILIPPINES SS Haddo launches 4 torpedoes and misses at Corregidor at 76,77. Japanese Ships TB RTN Takbai PB RTN Chow Praya xAKL RTN Valaya xAKL RTN Redang xAKL RTN Bhanurangsi xAKL RTN Ciann xAKL Genmei Maru DD Fuyo BURMA Japanese morning Air attack on 7th Australian Division at Moulmein – 5 casualties. Japanese deliberate attack at Moulmein. Attacking force 54578 troops, 731 guns, 525 vehicles, Assault Value = 1470 Defending force 28365 troops, 171 guns, 698 vehicles, Assault Value = 8 Japanese adjusted assault: 402 Allied adjusted defense: 19 Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 163 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 935 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 80 destroyed, 198 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 45 (17 destroyed, 28 disabled) Assaulting units: 4th Raiding Regiment 14th Tank Regiment 2nd Division 2TD 6th Tank Regiment 65th Brigade 55th Division 48th Division 5th Division 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 14th' Army 102nd Ship Eng Coy 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 34th Field AA Battalion 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 12th Base Force 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: Burma Corps~ 39th Indian Division 17th Indian' Division 7th Australian Division 6th Australian Division 18th British Division 19th Indian' Division 70th British~ Div /7 Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Moulmein 56/49 is occupied by the Japanese. CHINA Japanese afternoon sweep on Chengchow – no CAP encountered. Japanese deliberate attack at 83,59 Attacking force 35070 troops, 395 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 1416 Defending force 3141 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 130 Japanese adjusted assault: 1336 Allied adjusted defense: 229 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese forces CAPTURE 83/59!!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 140 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 3800 casualties reported Squads: 91 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 99 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Assaulting units: 15th Division 39th Division 58ID 52nd Infantry Brigade 22nd Division 13th Army 4th Mortar Battalion Defending units: 5th Guerilla Base Force #Administration D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking a Porpoise class SS at 107,94 an Allied SS is reported HIT B5N1 Kate-Kankoh from Shoho-2 attacking a KVIII Class class SS at 106,124 Ki-51a Sonia_ from 71st I.F.Chutai' attacking an Allied SS at 84,68 Eniwetok expands airfield to size 4 Stockton expands airfield to size 5 Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Suchow (91, 47)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Phnom Penh (58, 69)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Clark Field (79, 76)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kuching (58, 88)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Padang (44, 85)!

SierraJuliet -> 18 December 1942 (2/23/2019 9:53:19 PM)
18 December 1942 SOUTH CHINA SEA SS Barb attacking on the surface at 65,71 at Cam Ranh Bay. Japanese Ships TK RTN Samui, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage *This will teach me for sending out lone ships (a tanker of all things) in what I think are backwaters. Allied subs are everywhere, and we are nowhere near 1944!!* BURMA Japanese morning Air attacks on 7th Australian Division at Moulmein – 3 casualties. Japanese deliberate attack at Moulmein. Attacking force 54441 troops, 731 guns, 524 vehicles, Assault Value = 1458 Defending force 26054 troops, 161 guns, 639 vehicles, Assault Value = 8 Japanese adjusted assault: 373 Allied adjusted defense: 17 Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 118 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1412 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 195 destroyed, 53 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 60 (15 destroyed, 45 disabled) Units destroyed 1 (Surely in their final days now that the big divisions are starting to evaporate) Assaulting units: 65th Brigade 55th Division 14th Tank Regiment 5th Division 2TD 6th Tank Regiment 48th Division 4th Raiding Regiment 2nd Division 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th' Army 1st RF Gun Battalion 34th Field AA Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 102nd Ship Eng Coy 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 12th Base Force 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 15th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 6th Australian Division 39th Indian Division 18th British Division 7th Australian Division Burma Corps~ 17th Indian' Division 19th Indian' Division 70th British~ Div /7 Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Moulmein Allied Unit(s) Wiped Out at Moulmein by attrition!!!!!! CHINA Japanese afternoon sweep on Chengchow – no CAP encountered. Repairs completed on DD Usugumo at Yokohama=+, ship returned to service Ki-51a Sonia_ from 71st I.F.Chutai' attacking an Allied SS at 85,68 an Allied SS is reported HIT G4M1 Betty-Rikko from Kanoya Ku K-1'/C has spotted an Allied PT at 91,132 an Allied PT is reported HIT D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking SS Pollack at 106,94 Kaifeng expands port to size 4 Suva expands airfield to size 9 71/56 expands port to size 4 Shangrao expands fortifications to size 2 Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kiangtu (91, 51)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Suchow (91, 47)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Tangshan (96, 41)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Clark Field (79, 76)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kuching (58, 88)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Padang (44, 85)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at 88/38 (88, 38)! Loss of TK RTN Samui on Dec 18, 1942 is admitted 19th Army arrives at Tokyo=

SierraJuliet -> 19 December 1942 (2/23/2019 10:12:44 PM)
19 December 1942 PHILIPPINES SS Permit is sighted by escort at 77,69 near San Fernando. Japanese Ships xAK Yoneyama Maru xAK Izumo Maru xAK Yasukawa Maru xAK Kanko Maru PB Kyo Maru #10 AUSTRALIA Night Naval bombardment of Milne Bay – 55 casualties (1 gun lost), 10 airbase hits, 1 airbase supply hit and 37 runway hits. Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 11 damaged Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 2 destroyed on ground A6M3 Zero-Reisen: 15 damaged A6M3 Zero-Reisen: 1 destroyed on ground Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 19 damaged Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed on ground Allied Ships CL St Louis CL Sumatra DD Van Ghent DD Evertsen DD Kortenaer DD Piet Hein DD Nizam~ DD Napier~ DD Nestor~ Damage stands at Port 0, Airfield Service 11 and Airfield Runway 25. It has been some time since the Allies used Milne Bay for a bombardment run. My only counter is to have ships present ready to meet them. A difficult proposition as I don’t know when they will arrive until … oh look Allied ships lobbing shells. The other problem of course is having my ships present which make nice targets for the Allied bombers and of course the ever present sub threat. No bomber follow up to this naval bombardment. I would have thought that this would have been in order to suppress this airfield as quickly as possible. As for the Allied plans in the region… well I do wonder if something is coming soon or this is a theatre where a build up is happening, but the main event will happen in some other place. The recent behaviour of the Allied deathstar where it moved out in force towards the Marshall Islands and then promptly withdrew has me contemplating just where will the Allies push next. Their carriers are all available so is it to be the Pacific or will the Indian Ocean become the launch pad for their counter offensive. CHINA Japanese morning Air sweep on Chengchow – no CAP encountered. BURMA Japanese morning Air attacks on 6th Australian Division at Moulmein – 5 casualties. Japanese deliberate attack at Moulmein. Attacking force 54770 troops, 733 guns, 515 vehicles, Assault Value = 1454 Defending force 22838 troops, 109 guns, 580 vehicles, Assault Value = 6 Japanese adjusted assault: 406 Allied adjusted defense: 17 Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 47 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 436 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 63 destroyed, 67 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 61 (52 destroyed, 9 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 4th Raiding Regiment 14th Tank Regiment 55th Division 65th Brigade 2nd Division 48th Division 5th Division 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 102nd Ship Eng Coy 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 14th' Army 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 1st RF Gun Battalion 34th Field AA Battalion 12th Base Force 15th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 19th Indian' Division Burma Corps~ 6th Australian Division 7th Australian Division 18th British Division 17th Indian' Division Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Moulmein G4M1 Betty-Rikko from Kanoya Ku K-1'/C has spotted an Allied ML at 91,132 an Allied ML is reported HIT D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking an Allied SS at 107,94 B5N1 Kate-Kankoh from Shoho-2 attacking a Electric Boat S-42 class SS at 106,124 Ki-51a Sonia_ from 71st I.F.Chutai' attacking SS Haddo at 86,70 Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard SS I-23^ 90/52 expands port to size 2 83/59 expands port to size 2 Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Foochow (86, 60)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Clark Field (79, 76)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kuching (58, 88)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kukong (79, 57)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Padang (44, 85)! HDML P-12 is reported to have been sunk near Alor on Dec 27, 1941

RangerJoe -> RE: 19 December 1942 (2/23/2019 11:16:10 PM)
Minisubs and a minefield at Milne Bay might help. Float planes on night search might give the subs warning and increase the DL on the enemy task forces and increase the odds of a successful attack.

SierraJuliet -> RE: 19 December 1942 (2/23/2019 11:46:15 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe Minisubs and a minefield at Milne Bay might help. Float planes on night search might give the subs warning and increase the DL on the enemy task forces and increase the odds of a successful attack. Great suggestion. I have the minefield in place. Will get some minisubs organised and float planes for night time search shouldn't be too difficult to rustle up. If Ed leaves the airfield alone from aerial bombing for a bit even better.

RangerJoe -> RE: 19 December 1942 (2/24/2019 12:15:42 AM)
You could use longer ranged Mavis aircraft. If you go back and can find a pattern of how many days it is between bombardments, then you might be able to run in fast and ambush him - especially on a low visibility night before he gets radar. It does not have to be low moonlight, even just overcast not to mention storms. Then, of course, even Japanese MTBs could be a surprise. If he is still there during the daylight, low level bombers with bombs should wreck those ships, no need for torpedoes against those thin hulls. If you get float planes there, Jakes at 1000 or even 100 feet should dampen the DDs ardor for these trips. Yes, you would take losses, but you can replace planes easier than ships and while he does get a lot more ships later, he won't have them now.

SierraJuliet -> RE: 19 December 1942 (2/24/2019 12:37:19 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe You could use longer ranged Mavis aircraft. If you go back and can find a pattern of how many days it is between bombardments, then you might be able to run in fast and ambush him - especially on a low visibility night before he gets radar. It does not have to be low moonlight, even just overcast not to mention storms. Then, of course, even Japanese MTBs could be a surprise. If he is still there during the daylight, low level bombers with bombs should wreck those ships, no need for torpedoes against those thin hulls. If you get float planes there, Jakes at 1000 or even 100 feet should dampen the DDs ardor for these trips. Yes, you would take losses, but you can replace planes easier than ships and while he does get a lot more ships later, he won't have them now. I'm going to have to go back sometime but there is possibly enough bombardment runs to get a sense of how long it took between them. We have just got to the low point of moonlight visibility so brighter nights each turn for a while. Plenty of storms going on in this game. MTBs... excellent. Have to see if I can purchase them from supply. Slips my mind that does. If not they are all quite a long ways away. Ed never hangs around for daylight. I'd appreciate that but they are in and out in no time. Good food for thought and I will check things out after the next turn.

SierraJuliet -> 20 December 1942 (2/24/2019 1:30:41 AM)
20 December 1942 DEI IJ troops unloading over beach at Denpasar. CHINA Japanese morning sweep on Chengchow – no CAP encountered. SOUTH CHINA SEA SS Bonita launches 2 torpedoes at 73,72 near Paracel Islands. Japanese Ships PB Hakata Maru #2, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAKL Minami Maru xAKL Yamafuku Maru xAKL Kyokusei Maru xAKL Giyu Maru PB Hirotama Maru BURMA Japanese deliberate attack at Moulmein. Attacking force 54780 troops, 733 guns, 515 vehicles, Assault Value = 1458 Defending force 20955 troops, 102 guns, 517 vehicles, Assault Value = 5 Japanese adjusted assault: 575 Allied adjusted defense: 15 Japanese assault odds: 38 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 48 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Allied ground losses: 384 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 40 destroyed, 136 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 55th Division 5th Division 65th Brigade 2nd Division 14th Tank Regiment 4th Raiding Regiment 48th Division 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 12th Base Force 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th' Army 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 102nd Ship Eng Coy 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 34th Field AA Battalion 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 15th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 18th British Division Burma Corps~ 6th Australian Division 7th Australian Division 17th Indian' Division Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Moulmein D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking a KXIV Class class SS at 107,94 Astoria expands airfield to size 6 83/59 expands fortifications to size 1 Ace pilot Shirane, A. of Akagi-1 is promoted to LCDR Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kuching (58, 88)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Padang (44, 85)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at 88/38 (88, 38)! Loss of PB Hakata Maru #2 on Dec 20, 1942 is admitted CL Capetown is reported to have been sunk near Ramree Island on Oct 27, 1942 xAP Merkur is reported to have been sunk near Milne Bay on Apr 02, 1942 DD Lightning is reported to have been sunk near Cox's Bazar on Oct 28, 1942 KM MSD Soerbaja arrives at Kobe=

RangerJoe -> RE: 20 December 1942 (2/24/2019 1:47:48 AM)
quote: Ed never hangs around for daylight. I'd appreciate that but they are in and out in no time. But if he loses enough ops points at night, it might slow him down and he might be in range during the day. It is worth a try if you think that you can slow him down. Maybe have the subs and MTBs disbanded in port unless he is reconning it. If he is, then maybe a dot base close by. Same thing for the Jakes, flying from a dot base with aviation support flown in unless it is also being reconned. Otherwise an AV disbanded in port. Even a Naval attack at night can use up his ops points, even if there is no damage.

SierraJuliet -> 21 December 1942 (2/25/2019 11:38:53 AM)
21 December 1942 CHINA Japanese morning sweep on Chengchow – no CAP encountered. PACIFIC SS Seal is sighted by escort at 112, 108 near Truk. Japanese Ships xAK Taijima Maru xAK Syoryu Maru xAK Nitian Maru xAK Oridono Maru xAK Yamahagi Maru xAK Sumatra Maru xAK Hamburg Maru xAK Ceylon Maru PB Teibo Maru #2 PB Mikitade Maru BURMA Japanese deliberate attack at Moulmein. Attacking force 54778 troops, 733 guns, 514 vehicles, Assault Value = 1456 Defending force 19450 troops, 94 guns, 494 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Japanese adjusted assault: 493 Allied adjusted defense: 11 Japanese assault odds: 44 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 64 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 706 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 146 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 60 (7 destroyed, 53 disabled) Assaulting units: 55th Division 2nd Division 48th Division 14th Tank Regiment 65th Brigade 5th Division 4th Raiding Regiment 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 1st RF Gun Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 34th Field AA Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 102nd Ship Eng Coy 14th' Army 12th Base Force 15th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 18th British Division 7th Australian Division 6th Australian Division 17th Indian' Division Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Moulmein 53/51 is occupied by the Japanese. DEI Japanese deliberate attack at Denpasar. Attacking force 1370 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 63 Defending force 175 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 53 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 53 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Denpasar!!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), preparation(-) fatigue(-), morale(-) Attacker: Allied ground losses: 204 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: Kure 3rd SNLF Defending units: KNI Leger G3M3 Nell-Chukou from 752 Ku K-1' attacking a Electric Boat S-42 class SS at 49,89 an Allied SS is reported HIT Soerabaja expands fortifications to size 1 A6M3a Zero-Reisen upgrading to A6M5 Zero-Reisen at Maebashi Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Tangshan (96, 41)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Phnom Penh (58, 69)! DD Laforey is reported to have been sunk near Cox's Bazar on Oct 28, 1942 I expect there will be pain coming up at Buna. I have here the 17th Army, Maizuru 1st SNLF, 67th Naval Guard and 17th Naval Construction. All very good excepting that they have exhausted their supply and the Allies have a large stack camped out at Kokoda. Reinforcements in the form of 14th Division and 25th JAAF AF Bn (I badly require aerial support here) are going to be dropped off. I expect plenty of nasties to come out of PM so there is carrier support in the form of Junyo + 2 CVL and 2 CVE just to the north and air support from Milne Bay. The vaious fleets do not appear to have been sighted due to storms so the first the Allies will see of them is when they turn up at the beaches…. Hopefully. [image]local://upfiles/31385/C9329F4AFDD744A287366E9293C64DF3.jpg[/image]

RangerJoe -> RE: 21 December 1942 (2/25/2019 8:18:46 PM)
Another trick to hide the task forces is to disband them at a dot base. Unless it is reconned, they should not be seen except for SigInt.

SierraJuliet -> 22 December 1942 (2/26/2019 7:57:18 AM)
22 December 1942 DEI SS KVIII launches 2 torpedoes at 76,109 near Ambon. Japanese Ships xAK Chile Maru, Torpedo hits 1 (Damage is 15 15 03 00) xAK Hokkai Maru xAKL Toten Maru xAKL Fuyukawa Maru xAKL Uji Maru PB Takunan Maru #5 SS Salmon launches 2 torpedoes at 62,103 near Madjene. Japanese Ships xAKL Shingetsu Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PB Gamitsu Maru #1 xAK Iwaki Maru xAK Enju Maru xAK Anzan Maru #2 xAKL Junpo Maru xAKL Korei Maru xAKL Matsutan Maru PB Shonan Maru #1 PB Sonan Maru #6 SS KVIII launches 2 torpedoes and misses at 76,109 near Ambon. Japanese Ships xAK Heito Maru xAK Hokkai Maru xAK Chile Maru xAKL Toten Maru xAKL Fuyukawa Maru xAKL Uji Maru PB Takunan Maru #5 Pamekasan is occupied by the Japanese. CHINA Japanese morning sweep on Chengchow – no CAP encountered. BURMA Japanese morning Air attack on 6th Australian Division at Moulmein. Japanese deliberate attack at Moulmein. Attacking force 54098 troops, 725 guns, 508 vehicles, Assault Value = 1463 Defending force 17629 troops, 88 guns, 462 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Japanese adjusted assault: 691 Allied adjusted defense: 9 Japanese assault odds: 76 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 82 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 1606 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 250 destroyed, 120 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 33 (30 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 97 (79 destroyed, 18 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 65th Brigade 2nd Division 14th Tank Regiment 5th Division 48th Division 55th Division 4th Raiding Regiment 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 34th Field AA Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 14th' Army 1st RF Gun Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 12th Base Force 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 102nd Ship Eng Coy 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 7th Australian Division 6th Australian Division 18th British Division 17th Indian' Division Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Moulmein Repairs completed on SS I-8^ at Hiroshima/Kure+, ship returned to service SS I-121* lays minefield near Milne Bay (101, 134). G4M1 Betty-Rikko from Kanoya Ku K-1'/C has spotted an Allied ML at 91,132 (Portland Roads) an Allied ML is reported HIT D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking an Allied SS at 109,93 D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking an Allied SS at 109,93 an Allied SS is reported HIT B5N1 Kate-Kankoh from Shoho-2 attacking a Barracuda class SS at 106,124 a Triton class SS is reported HIT 83/59 expands fortifications to size 2 Ace pilot Hatekeyama, Y. of 202 Ku S-1 Det A' is promoted to CPO Ace pilot Okano H. of Hiryu-1 is promoted to PO1 Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kukong (79, 57)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Padang (44, 85)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at 88/38 (88, 38)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at 77/56 (77, 56)! Loss of xAKL Shingetsu Maru on Dec 22, 1942 is admitted KM MSD Batavia arrives at Kobe= All of the TFs at Buna are spotted during this turn. No air attacks from PM. Surprised at this. Perhaps the hornet nest will react tomorrow. Most of 14 Division is ashore and the AF Unit will start going ashore overnight. The much-needed supplies will also start unloading. 2 Catalina I and 1 PBY-5A Catalina were reported shot down today. I know that 2 of them went down over Buna where long range Zeros from Milne Bay were waiting. What was of interest was that the Zeros who claimed the kills were set for CAP at 2000’so I do wonder what those Cats were doing searching at such a low level that they became targets for the Zeros. The carrier support a couple of hexes away appears to have avoided detection this turn. Over in Burma I wonder if the Allies are attempting to remove troops or are they setting a minefield trap. Perhaps both. I have insufficient supply available to order an assault against these units… at present. A couple of small SAG TFs are ordered to the area to investigate. [image]local://upfiles/31385/1CEB9545BC2647E6818504282D6A5260.jpg[/image]

SierraJuliet -> RE: 21 December 1942 (2/26/2019 7:58:08 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe Another trick to hide the task forces is to disband them at a dot base. Unless it is reconned, they should not be seen except for SigInt. Thanks Ranger Joe I shall keep this one in mind.

LargeSlowTarget -> RE: 21 December 1942 (2/26/2019 10:25:46 AM)
Japanese assault odds: 76 to 1 - those Allied dogs at Moulmein just won't give up, eh?

SierraJuliet -> RE: 21 December 1942 (2/26/2019 5:48:31 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LargeSlowTarget Japanese assault odds: 76 to 1 - those Allied dogs at Moulmein just won't give up, eh? Superb soldiers. No doubt. One of those remaining divisions did surrender last turn but the message flashed by too quickly to make out which one was finally broken.

SierraJuliet -> 23 December 1942 (2/27/2019 11:40:04 AM)
23 December 1942 HOME ISLANDS SS Plunger is sighted by escort at 100,56 near Saishu To. Japanese Ships PB Busho Maru xAK Sanura Maru xAK Nansin Maru xAK Meisho Maru xAK Azuma Maru xAK Sydney Maru xAKL Shun Yuan DD Shikinami SS O21 is sighted by escort at 104,56 near Fukuoka Japanese Ships DD Amagiri DEI SS Scorpion launches 2 torpedoes at 56,103 near Soerabaja. Japanese Ships PB Kyo Maru #11 – 1 hit by torpedo which failed to explode PB Gamitsu Maru #1 xAK Iwaki Maru xAK Enju Maru xAK Anzan Maru #2 xAKL Junpo Maru xAKL Korei Maru xAKL Matsutan Maru PB Shonan Maru #1 PB Sonan Maru #6 BURMA Japanese morning Air attack on TF near 54/50 at 54,50 Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell-Chukou x 22 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell-Chukou: 1 damaged Allied Ships xAP Otaru xAP Japan xAP Ceylon xAP Kentung xAP Panthay xAP Marella, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage Japanese afternoon Air attack on TF near 54/50 at 54,50 Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell-Chukou x 22 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell-Chukou: 1 damaged Allied Ships xAP Panthay xAP Marella, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAP Punjab, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Ananda, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Hotspur~ Japanese deliberate attack at Moulmein. Attacking force 54088 troops, 725 guns, 508 vehicles, Assault Value = 1463 Defending force 14577 troops, 60 guns, 388 vehicles, Assault Value = 3 Japanese adjusted assault: 463 Allied adjusted defense: 7 Japanese assault odds: 66 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 1198 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 110 destroyed, 124 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 7 (3 destroyed, 4 disabled) Vehicles lost 52 (1 destroyed, 51 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 48th Division 14th Tank Regiment 2nd Division 65th Brigade 5th Division 55th Division 4th Raiding Regiment 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 34th Field AA Battalion 102nd Ship Eng Coy 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 14th' Army 1st RF Gun Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 12th Base Force 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 7th Australian Division 6th Australian Division 17th Indian' Division Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Moulmein CHINA Japanese afternoon sweep of Chengchow – no CAP encountered. Repairs completed on CL Kashima at Hiroshima/Kure+, ship returned to service D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking SS Gurnard at 107,96 D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking a KV Class class SS at 108,94 a Electric Boat S-18 class SS is reported HIT D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking SS Gurnard at 107,96 G3M2 Nell-Chukou from 701 Ku K-1 Det has spotted xAP Marella at 54,50 xAP Marella is reported HIT D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking an Allied CL at 108,94 Itbayat Island expands port to size 3 Aircraft A6M5a Zero-Reisen advances R&D DD Akigumo beginning refit in shipyard at Tokyo= Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kuching (58, 88)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kukong (79, 57)! xAKL Wafu Maru arrives at Ominato+ xAP Marella is reported to have been sunk near 54/50 on Dec 23, 1942 xAP Punjab is reported to have been sunk near 54/50 on Dec 23, 1942 xAP Ananda is reported to have been sunk near 54/50 on Dec 23, 1942 Another Catalina falls to CAP over Buna. This time from CAP operating at 8000’. No Allied aerial attack at Buna. Troops are off the ships at Buna and supplies are being dumped ashore at break neck pace. Miss Nell turns up and has some success against those Allied ships attempting to rescue the ex Rangoon based and now cut off Allied ground forces. Another division calls it a day at Moulmein. Yesterday what was left of the 18th Division surrendered.

SierraJuliet -> 24 December 1942 (2/28/2019 11:31:53 AM)
24 December 1942 DEI SS KVIII is sighted and attack by escort at 76,109 near Ambon. Japanese Ships xAK Hokkai Maru xAKL Toten Maru xAKL Fuyukawa Maru xAKL Uji Maru PB Takunan Maru #5 Allied Ships SS KVIII, hits 3 HOME ISLANDS SS Plunger launches 2 torpedoes at 99,59 near Fukue-jima. Japanese Ships xAK Kusuyama Maru – 1 torpedo hit – failed to explode xAK Tatuha Maru xAK Ryotaku Maru xAK Juko Maru PB Okuyo Maru #2 BURMA Japanese morning Air attack on TF near Akyab at 53,45 Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell-Chukou x 23 Japanese aircraft losses G3M2 Nell-Chukou: 1 damaged G3M2 Nell-Chukou: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships xAP Mysore, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Fortune~ xAP Siam, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Kobe, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Shwemyo xAP Otaru Allied ground losses: 707 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Japanese morning Air attacks on 6th Australian Division at Moulmein. Japanese deliberate attack at Moulmein. Attacking force 54151 troops, 723 guns, 508 vehicles, Assault Value = 1472 Defending force 12621 troops, 54 guns, 367 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 474 Allied adjusted defense: 5 Japanese assault odds: 94 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 62 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 516 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 198 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 99 (1 destroyed, 98 disabled) Assaulting units: 65th Brigade 55th Division 4th Raiding Regiment 2nd Division 5th Division 14th Tank Regiment 48th Division 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th' Army 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 102nd Ship Eng Coy 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 12th Base Force 34th Field AA Battalion 1st RF Gun Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 15th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 6th Australian Division 7th Australian Division Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Moulmein. *Just the shattered remains of the 2 Australian Divisions left.* 57/48 is occupied by the Japanese. CHINA Japanese morning sweep on Chengchow – no CAP encountered. AUSTRALIA Allied morning Air attack on TF near Buna at 99,129 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero-Reisen x 12 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 4 B-25C Mitchell x 3 P-40E Warhawk x 10 F4F-4 Wildcat x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero-Reisen: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Atago CA Maya, Bomb hits 1, on fire Allied morning Air attack on TF near Buna at 99,129 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero-Reisen x 3 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IA x 6 B-25C Mitchell x 13 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero-Reisen: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Teihoku Maru CA Atago, Bomb hits 1 xAK Iburi Maru CA Maya, on fire Allied morning Air attack on TF near Buna at 99,129 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero-Reisen x 1 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships CA Atago, Bomb hits 1 CA Chokai Allied morning Air attack on TF near Buna at 99,129 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 7 No Allied losses Japanese Ships CA Maya, on fire CA Chokai Allied afternoon Air attack on TF near Buna at 99,129 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero-Reisen x 8 Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 3 B-25C Mitchell x 6 F4F-4 Wildcat x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged B-25C Mitchell: 1 destroyed by flak F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships CA Maya, on fire CA Atago Allied afternoon Air attack on TF near Buna at 99,129 Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero-Reisen x 2 Allied aircraft Kittyhawk IA x 11 B-25C Mitchell x 18 P-40E Warhawk x 8 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 3 damaged Japanese Ships xAK Tarushima Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire CA Chokai CA Maya, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Ikuta Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire DD Wakaba CA Atago D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking an Allied SS at 107,94 CPO Matsumoto, Y. of 202 Ku S-1 Det A' is credited with kill number 10 CPO Okazaki, M. of 202 Ku S-1 Det A' is credited with kill number 12…. And is lost. Our 2nd hight ace gone. Damaged A6M3 Zero-Reisen from 202 Ku S-1 Det A' does not return, pilot reported killed…. Quite possibly CPO Okazaki, M. D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking a Barracuda class SS at 107,94 Ki-48-Ib Lily-Sokei from 8th Sentai attacking SS Permit at 84,68 Brunei Bay-Seria expands fortifications to size 2 Tjilatjap expands fortifications to size 1 82/51 expands port to size 4 Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kuching (58, 88)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Padang (44, 85)! xAP Siam is reported to have been sunk near Akyab on Dec 24, 1942 xAP Kobe is reported to have been sunk near Akyab on Dec 24, 1942 xAP Mysore is reported to have been sunk near Akyab on Dec 24, 1942 *The 2 bombs that hit Maya caused considerable damage. A good drop of supply has been made. Time to get out of Buna* [image]local://upfiles/31385/100708B8691D4BA8A1A3612E73C96EE1.jpg[/image]

SierraJuliet -> 25 December 1942 (3/1/2019 10:13:40 AM)
25 December 1942 BAY OF BENGAL SS I-158 is sighted by escort at 53,42 near Cox’s Bazar. Allied Ships xAP Whang Pu xAP Talifoo xAP Mindoon xAP Java DD Hotspur~ Night Time Surface Combat near Cox's Bazar at 53,42 Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Kinu, Shell hits 1 CL Kuma DD Sagiri DD Okikaze, Shell hits 3, heavy fires Allied Ships DD Fortune~, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage DD Hotspur~ PC Sutlej, Shell hits 2 xAP India xAP Katha, Shell hits 5, and is sunk xAP Japan, Shell hits 2 xAP Java xAP Ceylon xAP Otaru xAP Kabul xAP Assam xAP Mindoon xAP Kelat xAP Panthay xAP Kentung xAP Kawlin xAP Talifoo, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAP Shwemyo xAP Whang Pu, Shell hits 1 Allied ground losses: 664 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled) Low visibility due to Thunderstorms with 92% moonlight Maximum visibility in Thunderstorms and 92% moonlight: 2,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 2,000 yards DD Fortune~ collides with xAP Kelat at 53, 42 Allied Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... Allied morning Air attack on TF near Cox's Bazar at 53,42 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-IIa Oscar x 3 Allied aircraft CW-22 Falcon x 9 P-40E Warhawk x 9 DB-7B x 3 P-43 Lancer x 13 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses CW-22 Falcon: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships DD Hagikaze DD Oshio Allied morning Air attack on TF near Cox's Bazar at 53,42 Allied aircraft B-339D x 11 DB-7B x 9 P-43 Lancer x 7 No Allied losses Japanese Ships DD Hagikaze DD Oshio DD Tokitsukaze I am very torn on the prospect and chasing down this rag tag convoy. We are very close to Calcutta and I do very much fear the air power that must be here. Not to mention that Hermes may well be holed up here as well. On the other hand, getting amongst this convoy and dealing with even more of the rescued troops would be beneficial. I shall be sleeping on this before the turn goes. I so want to roll the die, but I think that prudence shall win out. Those Japanese surface forces are best kept for another day and not frittered away for the sake of some soldiers. CHINA Japanese morning sweep on Chengchow – no CAP encountered. BURMA Japanese morning Air attacks on 6th Australian Division at Moulmein – 4 casualties. Japanese deliberate attack at Moulmein. Attacking force 54193 troops, 723 guns, 508 vehicles, Assault Value = 1478 Defending force 10801 troops, 51 guns, 335 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 629 Allied adjusted defense: 5 Japanese assault odds: 125 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 638 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 227 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 56 (6 destroyed, 50 disabled) Assaulting units: 65th Brigade 55th Division 14th Tank Regiment 4th Raiding Regiment 2nd Division 48th Division 5th Division 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 102nd Ship Eng Coy 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 34th Field AA Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th' Army 12th Base Force 15th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 6th Australian Division 7th Australian Division Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Moulmein AUSTRALIA Allied afternoon Air attack on Milne Bay – 1 port hit. Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero-Reisen x 29 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 23 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 10 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 5 damaged Allied afternoon Air attack on Milne Bay Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero-Reisen x 22 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 21 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 9 P-40E Warhawk x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M3 Zero-Reisen: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged Japanese Ships xAKL Boko Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied afternoon Air attack on Milne Bay – 2 port hits and 1 port supply hit. Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero-Reisen x 10 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 17 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 9 B-24D Liberator x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 3 damaged B-24D Liberator: 5 damaged Japanese Ships ACM Eifuko Maru #15, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAKL Boko Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage Allied afternoon Air attack on Milne Bay – 4 casualties, 2 port hits. Japanese aircraft A6M3 Zero-Reisen x 3 Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 8 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 9 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged Japanese Ships ACM Eifuko Maru #15, and is sunk DEI Mataram is occupied by the Japanese. xAKL Boko Maru sinks in port Repairs completed on SS I-32^ at Soerabaja, ship returned to service Itbayat Island expands fortifications to size 1 Kunming expands airfield to size 5 Soerabaja expands fortifications to size 2 87/46 expands port to size 1 Dongxiang expands port to size 3 Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kiangtu (91, 51)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Phnom Penh (58, 69)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kukong (79, 57)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Padang (44, 85)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at 88/38 (88, 38)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at 77/56 (77, 56)! Loss of ACM Eifuko Maru #15 on Dec 25, 1942 is admitted xAP Katha is reported to have been sunk near Cox's Bazar on Dec 25, 1942 xAP Talifoo is reported to have been sunk near Cox's Bazar on Dec 25, 1942 17th Garrison Unit arrives at Kumamoto= [image]local://upfiles/31385/8310F137D26D4BB48E11A2CD025F9848.jpg[/image]

SierraJuliet -> 26 December 1942 (3/2/2019 6:06:43 AM)
26 December 1942 BAY OF BENGAL So, after sleeping on it prudence lost the day. I decided to go for daring. Set those ships to full speed and run a course along the expected route the convoy would take towards Calcutta. Give a destination of Port Blair and set a way point 2 hexes away from Calcutta. My hope is that if I do locate the convoy the full speed run will get us well away from aerial threat once daylight arrives. Night Time Surface Combat near Diamond Harbour at 52,41 Range 6,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Kinu CL Kuma, Shell hits 1 DD Sagiri Allied Ships DD Hotspur~, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage PC Sutlej, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage xAP India xAP Japan xAP Java xAP Ceylon xAP Otaru, Shell hits 2, and is sunk xAP Kabul xAP Assam xAP Mindoon, Shell hits 3, and is sunk xAP Kelat, Shell hits 3, and is sunk xAP Panthay xAP Kentung xAP Kawlin xAP Shwemyo xAP Whang Pu Allied ground losses: 620 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 30 destroyed, 19 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Low visibility due to Rain with 85% moonlight Maximum visibility in Rain and 85% moonlight: 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 Massive explosion on xAP Kelat Allied Task Force Manages to Escape Task forces break off... Night Time Surface Combat near Diamond Harbour at 52,40 Range 6,000 Yards Japanese Ships CL Kinu CL Kuma DD Sagiri Allied Ships xAP India xAP Japan, Shell hits 6, and is sunk xAP Java, Shell hits 2, and is sunk xAP Ceylon, Shell hits 3, and is sunk xAP Kabul, Shell hits 1 xAP Assam xAP Panthay xAP Kentung, Shell hits 3, and is sunk xAP Kawlin, Shell hits 6, and is sunk xAP Shwemyo, Shell hits 2, and is sunk xAP Whang Pu, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 2764 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 107 destroyed, 145 disabled Engineers: 10 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 5 (3 destroyed, 2 disabled) Poor visibility due to Rain with 85% moonlight Maximum visibility in Rain and 85% moonlight: 6,000 yards CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 6,000 yards Japanese launch Long Lance torpedoes at 6,000 yards before allies detect Japanese presence Massive explosion on xAP Shwemyo Nishio, Hidehiko orders Japanese TF to disengage Task forces break off... *Exactly the result I was hoping to execute. By end of day the Japanese warship have almost made it back to Port Blair.* SS RTN Sinsamudar launches 2 torpedoes and misses at 51,39 near Diamond Harbour. Allied Ships xAP Kabul SS I-154 launches 2 torpedoes and misses at 51,39 near Diamond Harbour. Allied Ships Sutlej, heavy fires, heavy damage PACIFIC SS I-22 is sighted by escort at 194,107 near Lahaina. Allied Ships xAK Hercules PC Girasol SS I-3 launches 2 torpedoes and misses a 181,107 near Pearl Harbour. Allied Ships DD Farenholt DD Bailey DEI SS Grampus launches 2 torpedoes at 75,98 near Manado. Japanese Ships xAK Hokkai Maru – 1 hit by torpedo which fails to explode xAK Ikushima Maru xAKL Toten Maru xAKL Fuyukawa Maru xAKL Uji Maru PB Takunan Maru #5 Japanese deliberate attack at 68,104 near Kolaka. Attacking force 552 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Defending force 151 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3 Japanese adjusted assault: 23 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(+) Allied ground losses: 38 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: II/81st Naval Guard Unit Defending units: Kendari Cdo CHINA Japanese morning Air attack on Chengchow – no CAP encountered. 83/44 is occupied by the Japanese. BURMA Japanese morning Air attack on 6th Australian Division at Moulmein – 12 casualties. Japanese deliberate attack at Moulmein. Attacking force 54424 troops, 722 guns, 508 vehicles, Assault Value = 1491 Defending force 8935 troops, 46 guns, 298 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 486 Allied adjusted defense: 3 Japanese assault odds: 162 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 77 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 1801 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 291 destroyed, 167 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 32 (31 destroyed, 1 disabled) Vehicles lost 112 (39 destroyed, 73 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 14th Tank Regiment 65th Brigade 5th Division 55th Division 2nd Division 48th Division 4th Raiding Regiment 2TD 7th Tank Regiment 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 12th Base Force 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 14th' Army 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 34th Field AA Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 102nd Ship Eng Coy 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 1st RF Gun Battalion 15th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 6th Australian Division 7th Australian Division Allied Unit(s) surrounded at Moulmein Repairs completed on DD Makinami at Yokohama=+, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Takanami at Yokohama=+, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Shiratsuyu at Yokohama=+, ship returned to service Repairs completed on TK Oita Maru at Yokohama=+, ship returned to service Repairs completed on TK Yamaoka Maru at Yokohama=+, ship returned to service Repairs completed on CV Zuikaku at Yokohama=+, ship returned to service G3M3 Nell-Chukou from 752 Ku K-1' attacking an Allied SS at 49,89 D3A1 Val-Kanbaku from Kaga-2 attacking an Allied DD at 107,94 G4M1 Betty-Rikko from Yokosuka Ku K-1 attacking an Allied SS at 106,124 an Allied SS is reported HIT B5N1 Kate-Kankoh from Shoho-2 attacking a Porpoise class SS at 106,124 Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard DD Okikaze Cocanada expands airfield to size 1 Dongxiang expands fortifications to size 1 Previous report of sinking of SS Tuna incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Clark Field (79, 76)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Kuching (58, 88)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Padang (44, 85)! Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at 83/44 (83, 44)! xAP Japan is reported to have been sunk near Diamond Harbour on Dec 26, 1942 xAP Java is reported to have been sunk near Diamond Harbour on Dec 26, 1942 xAP Ceylon is reported to have been sunk near Diamond Harbour on Dec 26, 1942 xAP Otaru is reported to have been sunk near Diamond Harbour on Dec 26, 1942 xAP Mindoon is reported to have been sunk near Diamond Harbour on Dec 26, 1942 xAP Kelat is reported to have been sunk near Diamond Harbour on Dec 26, 1942 xAP Kentung is reported to have been sunk near Diamond Harbour on Dec 26, 1942 xAP Kawlin is reported to have been sunk near Diamond Harbour on Dec 26, 1942 xAP Shwemyo is reported to have been sunk near Diamond Harbour on Dec 26, 1942 xAP Whang Pu is reported to have been sunk near Diamond Harbour on Dec 26, 1942 xAK Tjibesar is reported to have been sunk near Rangoon on Oct 11, 1942 67th Sentai arrives at Kushiro AH Muro Hospital arrives at Yokohama=+ [image]local://upfiles/31385/0C6892750FC14AB7A3228783375A4A57.jpg[/image]

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