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rustysi -> RE: 23 Dec 41 report (10/10/2019 3:21:59 PM)
quote: A waste of 15 elite DB pilots. Ouch!

jdsrae -> RE: 23 Dec 41 report (10/11/2019 4:07:07 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: rustysi quote: A waste of 15 elite DB pilots. Ouch! I told CrackSabbath it was a cunning plan to get his defenders to burn through their supply stockpile, and I hope that he is now low on supply after firing so many AA shells at my unarmoured balsa wood Vals...

jdsrae -> 24 Dec 41 report (10/11/2019 1:58:54 PM)
The Java Sea and South China Sea are packed with allied subs, but I have to keep pushing in this area. There are now allied subs off most large ports in the Home Islands, but I am starting to get some of the IJN subs into position near the obvious allied convoy detinations in my 4th Fleet and SEAF areas. The lull at Luzon is about to end with an IJA Division at each of Iba, Clark Field and Manila and another about to move into Clark. The Singapore crossing is also close with 5th Div at Johore Bahru, 4th and 56th Divs moving there from Mersing. Forces for the Palembang invasion are forming up at Cam Ranh Bay and will start reloading on amphib task forces tomorrow. USS Marblehead was spotted at Port Moresby so all USN and RAN major fleet units may have left the DEI for the Coral Sea. Mindanao is being cleared quickly with Nells based at Cagayan spotting no enemy ships along the Borneo coast. Once Mindanao is clear, SNLFs will push quickly into the Celebes and Dutch Borneo. The plan for KB over the next few weeks is for it to cover the Palembang landing then move to supoprt the Celebes/Borneo operations. COMBAT REPORTS FOR 24 DEC 41 – just a selection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kaishu at 100,48 Allied Ships SS Sargo SS Sargo is located by SC Ch 24 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Hakodate at 120,54 Allied Ships SS Pollack Captain of SS Pollack elects not to launch torpedoes at this target -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Saigon at 61,74 Japanese Ships PB Tokotsu Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Allied Ships SS KXV SS KXV launches 2 torpedoes at PB Tokotsu Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Hilo at 185,110 Japanese Ships SS I-18 Allied Ships DD Mahan, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage DD Lamson SS I-18 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Mahan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Port Moresby at 97,131 Japanese Ships SS I-123 Allied Ships CL Marblehead DD Alden SS I-123 launches 4 torpedoes at CL Marblehead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59 Allied Ships SS Seadragon SS Seadragon is located by SC CHa-13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59 Japanese Ships SC CHa-11, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage SC CHa-13 Allied Ships SS Snapper SS Snapper launches 4 torpedoes at SC CHa-11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,73 Japanese Ships SC Ch 9 Allied Ships SS Stingray, hits 1 SS Stingray is sighted by escort -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 37224 troops, 414 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1658 Defending force 61578 troops, 336 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1751 Japanese ground losses: 35 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 33 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 91,33 (near Paotow) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 5518 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 184 Defending force 4817 troops, 66 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 87 Japanese adjusted assault: 171 Allied adjusted defense: 77 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(+) Japanese ground losses: 45 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 1589 casualties reported Squads: 124 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 107 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Units retreated 3 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade Defending units: 11th Chinese Corps 81st Chinese Corps 17th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Georgetown (49,74) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 12821 troops, 106 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 460 Defending force 1511 troops, 14 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 41 Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: Imperial Guards Division Defending units: 5/14th Punjab Battalion 3rd SSVF Battalion Penang Fortress -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Malacca (49,81) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 12685 troops, 120 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 436 Defending force 1755 troops, 7 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 50 Japanese adjusted assault: 197 Allied adjusted defense: 11 Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Malacca !!! Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Allied ground losses: 778 casualties reported Squads: 21 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 30 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 33rd Division Defending units: 1st Mysore Battalion 28th Gurkha Brigade -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 53,61 (near Tavoy) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3348 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 125 Defending force 312 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 60 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 60 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 352 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 47 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 112th Infantry Regiment Defending units: 108th RAF Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Cotabato (78,90) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 3076 troops, 38 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 187 Defending force 348 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20 Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: Sasebo 8th SNLF Kure 1st SNLF Yokosuka 4th SNLF Defending units: 3rd/101st PA Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Jesselton (68,86) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 484 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Defending force 341 troops, 4 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Assaulting units: I/81st Naval Guard Unit Defending units: 108th RN Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Iba (78,75) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4713 troops, 49 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 357 Defending force 3984 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 140 Assaulting units: 48th/A Division 4th Tank Regiment 48th/C Division Defending units: 11th PA Infantry Division 31st PA Infantry Division 1st PI Base Force OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR 24 DEC 41 Itbayat Island is occupied by the Japanese CS Convoy TF 42 will load Oil at Hakodate for return to Ominato SS I-123 lays minefield at Port Moresby ( 98 , 130) and sets course for Truk CS Convoy TF 138 begins loading Resources at Sapporo for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori SS I-121 lays minefield at Tandjoengpinang ( 50 , 85) and sets course for Saigon B5N2 Kate from Soryu-3 attacking an Allied SS at 54,90 an Allied SS is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Kaga-3 attacking an Allied DD at 53,90 an Allied SS is reported HIT CS Convoy TF 146 begins loading Resources at Naha for delivery to Kagoshima Japanese forces CAPTURE Malacca !!! Kiyosumi Maru-1 at AMC Kiyosumi Maru takes E13A1 Jake replacements Kiso-1 at CL Kiso takes E13A1 Jake replacements Isuzu-1 converting to E13A1 Jake Ching Tao Det T-1 on CS Chiyoda converting to size 24 from 3 Atago-2 on CS Chitose converting to size 24 from 2 Loss of PB Tokotsu Maru on Dec 24, 1941 is admitted DD Mahan is reported to have been sunk near Hilo on Dec 24, 1941 Loss of SC CHa-11 on Dec 24, 1941 is admitted

rustysi -> RE: 24 Dec 41 report (10/11/2019 8:37:02 PM)
quote: The Java Sea and South China Sea are packed with allied subs, Lot's of shallow seas in the area. Maybe some ASW TF could do some damage?

jdsrae -> RE: 24 Dec 41 report (10/11/2019 9:22:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: rustysi quote: The Java Sea and South China Sea are packed with allied subs, Lot's of shallow seas in the area. Maybe some ASW TF could do some damage? I don’t have enough ships or float planes but here’s what I’m trying to do to counter allied subs: I’m using all SC in ASW Divs. The SC Ch boats are typically in groups of three and are either already hunting or are moving to the area. The smaller CHa boats are on ASW patrols in home waters. I’ve just had a few AG Daigen conversions finish with many more coming, so they will move to forward bases like Miri and Singkawang to rearm SC and let me base SC divs in bases forward of CRB. Im getting lots of contacts with allied subs from both planes and ships, but the main issue is that the experience levels of everything is so low they are very low % chance of getting a hit. I’m using all DD that have ASW capability as CV/BB/CA/CL escorts and a few of the older DD classes as large TK/AO escorts. Some DD classes don’t have depth charges yet. The 0 ASW ships will take their ASW upgrades as soon as they are available. I have no spare DDs for dedicated ASW groups. Details of how I plan to use the DDs follow: - DMS and APDs: old CL escorts in SNLF roles, ie: CL Katori class (1 already sunk) and the unique CL Yubari and CL Oyodo as they were not historically used as part of the main Battle Force. - DDs Momo (2), Momi (8) and Wakatake (7) to Escort Force, mainly to protect the crucial TK convoys. - DD Minekaze (13): CL escorts. As the IJN CLs are old and vulnerable on their own, I will mainly use them in SNLF fast transport roles and secondary role as surface combat task forces, generally in support of more powerful BB and CA task forces. - DD Kamikaze (9): CVE escorts. I will also use the CVEs in support of SNLF operations. - DD Mutsuki (12): CL escorts. Zero ASW capability until 2/42, so they will be used until then mixed in 2:2 with the DD Minekaze to escort my 6 x CL Fast Transport / Surface Combat task forces. - DD Fubuki I/II/III (9/10/4): CA escorts, currently in three separate CA task forces with the Fubuki II and III split into 5/5/4 DDs. The Fubuki I are mixed in with the others to add their surface combat capability until they get depth charges. - DD Hatsuharu (6): CVL escorts - all as one Div - DD Shiratsuyu (10): CV escorts - currently all together with KB - DD Asashio (10): BB Fuso and BB Ise class escorts - currently in two separate BB task forces - DD Kagero (18 - 1 sunk already): CA escorts - currently in four separate CA task forces with 5/4/4/4 DDs each. - DD Yugumo (2 +24 building): BB Nagato and BB Yamato class escorts - DD Akitsuki (16 building): will join KB as additional CV escorts - DDs Mutsu and Tachibana classes are less capable so may form DD only combat task forces, replace losses in Battle Force DDs, join the ASW Force or replace PBs on Convoy Escort duty. I am planning to build them all even though I don't want the war to continue long enough to need them! The few E that start with depth charges are helping reorganise the TKs into their convoys, but I could use them as one or two ASW groups for the next few weeks until Palembang and Singapore are captured. I’ll do that and cross my fingers I don’t lose any! I’m using PB to escort all other merchant convoys. Some conversions are close to giving me more PB. The PB I just lost to a Dutch sub was a big Ansyu, and at 10 points a pop I can’t afford to lose too many of them... they are worth more points than the USN DDs my subs have been hitting. Capturing Java will be a big help as that will force the Dutch subs to base somewhere further away like Darwin, Perth or Colombo. Here's a picture showing a bit more detail. [image]local://upfiles/34194/6560BA1E13E0495E9D1D147C1EA1F4C9.jpg[/image]

jdsrae -> 1941 Christmas Special report (10/12/2019 9:53:55 AM)
COMBAT REPORTS FOR 25 DEC 41 – just a selection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Pearl Harbor at 180,107 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-24 – this SSX is now out of ammo and damaged, scoring a hit with the last torpedo. Allied Ships xAK American, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK American is sighted by SSX Ha-24 SSX Ha-24 launches 2 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Nagasaki/Sasebo at 101,59 Japanese Ships ACM Nanei Maru Allied Ships SS Seadragon SS Seadragon launches 2 torpedoes ACM Nanei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub vs Sub: SS I-155 attacking SS Seal at 51,85 - near Tandjoengpinang Japanese Ships SS I-155 – scratch one USN sub! Allied Ships SS Seal, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SS I-155 launches 4 torpedoes at 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 G3M2 Nell x 20 Ki-27b Nate x 8 No Japanese losses Allied Ships – not much else left in Manila xAKL Corregidor, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAKL Princess of Negros, Bomb hits 1, on fire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 15th JAAF AF Bn , at 58,53 (Chiang Mai) Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 9 Blenheim I x 5 Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Blenheim I bombing from 2000 feet – this is the same altitude as yesterday. 77th Sentai with about 42 x Oscars has just moved to Chiang Mai from Bangkok and will fly CAP at 5000 feet tomorrow. Chiang Mai airfield has just reached size 2 so I will monitor fatigue in the 77th and start sweeping Rangoon in the near future. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 13111 troops, 104 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 508 Defending force 14294 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 434 – I noticed that most defenders had left to the NW towards the Mountain hex so launched a snap deliberate attack with no recon. Losses were minimal for me and disruption is low, so I will attack again tomorrow. Japanese adjusted assault: 449 Allied adjusted defense: 541 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 126 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 337 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 47 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 13th Tank Regiment 34th Division Defending units: 39th Chinese Corps 59th Chinese Corps 33rd Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack – disruption remains <5 so these bombardments will continue. Allied counter bombardments are ineffective. Attacking force 37333 troops, 414 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1667 Defending force 61621 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1751 Japanese ground losses: 26 casualties reported – none destroyed Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported – none destroyed. I am going to start level bombing again as I don’t think the Chinese Air Force or AVG will move to defend the skies over Changsha. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pucheng (86,57) Japanese Deliberate attack – Pucheng was vacant Attacking force 562 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 29 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 29 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Pucheng !!! Assaulting units: 1st RGC Route Brigade -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 92,38 (near Chengting) Japanese Bombardment attack – ineffective in Mountain terrain, but two more IJA Divisions are moving to join this battle. Attacking force 13565 troops, 120 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 464 Defending force 16146 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 454 Assaulting units: 1st Division Defending units: 35th Chinese Corps 83rd Chinese Corps 3rd Prov Chinese Corps 13th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Iba (78,75) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 9686 troops, 93 guns, 108 vehicles, Assault Value = 507 Defending force 3984 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 140 Japanese adjusted assault: 234 Allied adjusted defense: 82 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Iba !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-) morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 250 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 4860 casualties reported Squads: 257 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 298 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 84 (84 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 3 – I did not expect the defenders to surrender, but I do have troops at Clark Field now too. Assaulting units: One of the 48th Division RCTs did not attack as it had just arrived. The 48th Division will now recombine and move to Clark Field. 48th/B Division 4th Tank Regiment 48th/A Division 48th/C Division Defending units: 11th PA Infantry Division 31st PA Infantry Division 1st PI Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Georgetown (49,74) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 12840 troops, 106 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 462 Defending force 1516 troops, 14 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 41 Japanese adjusted assault: 448 Allied adjusted defense: 9 Japanese assault odds: 49 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Georgetown !!! Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(+) 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: 1129 casualties reported Squads: 26 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 65 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 11 (11 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Units destroyed 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: Imperial Guards Division – Georgetown needs a small garrison that I will fly in, likely the 1st Raiding Regiment for the short term. The IGD will pursue immediately, seeking to link up with 33rd Division moving from the south to mop up Malaya quickly. Defending units: 5/14th Punjab Battalion 3rd SSVF Battalion Penang Fortress -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Dadjangas (78,93) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3409 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 134 Defending force 355 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Japanese adjusted assault: 57 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 57 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Dadjangas !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 217 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: Kure 2nd SNLF – this unit will pursue all the way to Davao. Sasebo 2nd SNLF – this unit will hold until a small garrison force arrives to free it up for offensive ops. 9th JNAF Coy – this unit will reload on transports to take a nearby dot hex, likely Jolo with its decent airfield. Defending units: 2nd/101st PA Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Cotabato (78,90) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 4559 troops, 57 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 187 Defending force 337 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19 Japanese adjusted assault: 128 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 128 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Cotabato !!! Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 117 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Allied ground losses: 401 casualties reported Squads: 24 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: Kure 1st SNLF - this unit will reload on transports to occupy Dumanquilas to the NW. Sasebo 8th SNLF – this unit will move by road to take Davao. Yokosuka 4th SNLF – this unit will move by road to take Davao. Defending units: 3rd/101st PA Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Jesselton (68,86) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 466 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20 Defending force 345 troops, 4 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 4 Japanese adjusted assault: 4 Allied adjusted defense: 17 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 0) Assaulting units: I/81st Naval Guard Unit – reinforcements required. This unit is on its way to SEAF so I will just reload it and use it to take a few dot hexes on the way, before recombining it into the 81st NGU so it is of more use in combat. I assumed incorrectly that Jesselton was unoccupied. Defending units: 108th RN Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Allied Bombardment attack – No effect, not even on IJA fatigue or disruption. I hope they keep it up to keep burning supply. Attacking force 56271 troops, 310 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1749 Defending force 50938 troops, 518 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 1665 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 89,47 (near Kweiteh) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 4100 troops, 42 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 234 – the 32nd/C Division will arrive tomorrow and I will reform the 32nd Division. Defending force 5203 troops, 51 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 135 – movement is showing to withdraw to the west so I will keep trying deliberate attacks. Japanese ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 32nd/A Division 32nd/B Division Defending units: 48th Chinese Corps 69th Chinese Corps 89th Chinese Corps OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR 25 DEC 41 Feni Islands is occupied by the Japanese No additional repairs possible on SS I-171 using currently assigned resources at Kwajalein Island – this sub will move to the ARD at Truk to complete repairs. I’ve always wondered what the point of that ARD was, but this is the second IJN sub to need it so I’ve already answered my own question on that one twice now in two weeks of game time. 3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 13th JNAF AF Unit to Rabaul – I’m being cautious here as this was the site of the RAN victory and the USN is lurking near Port Moresby. I have just moved 6 x Jakes to Rabaul so they will start fumbling around in the darkness tomorrow to see if something jumps out and bites them. CS Convoy TF 120 begins loading Resources at Fusan for delivery to Shimonoseki Japanese forces CAPTURE Pucheng !!! Japanese forces CAPTURE Iba !!! Japanese forces CAPTURE Georgetown !!! Japanese forces CAPTURE Dadjangas !!! Japanese forces CAPTURE Cotabato !!! Chiang Mai expands airfield to size 2 – lots of IJAAF aviation support is already here with their engineers helping to scratch the airfield out of the jungle. Now open for fighter sweeps! Natori-1 converting to E13A1 Jake Yura-1 converting to E13A1 Jake Maya-2 on CS Chiyoda converting to size 24 from 2 Chokai-2 on CS Chitose converting to size 24 from 2 SS Seal is reported to have been sunk near Tandjoengpinang on Dec 25, 1941 [image]local://upfiles/34194/FCEDEAF4267C4AA690918CAED5FC030D.jpg[/image]

jdsrae -> 1941 Boxing Day Special report (10/13/2019 2:53:48 AM)
COMBAT REPORTS FOR 26 DEC 41 – just a selection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Port Moresby at 97,132 Japanese Ships SS I-123 Allied Ships DD Whipple SS I-123 is located by DD Whipple I-123 diving deep .... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Lihue at 179,104 Japanese Ships SS I-8 Allied Ships PC Taney SS I-8 launches 2 torpedoes at PC Taney I-8 diving deep .... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Balikpapan at 64,99 Japanese Ships SS RO-34 Allied Ships TK Anastasia, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage TK Anastasia is sighted by SS RO-34 SS RO-34 launches 2 torpedoes at TK Anastasia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Lahaina at 183,108 Japanese Ships SS I-170, hits 1 Allied Ships DD Schley DD Ward SS I-170 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Schley DD Ward attacking submerged sub .... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 217 encounters mine field at Port Moresby (98,130) Allied Ships xAK Cardross, Mine hits 1, heavy damage – a Pacific M Cargo. I would have preferred something bigger but I’ll take it. The allies will now know there is a minefield here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Balikpapan at 64,99 Japanese Ships SS RO-34 Allied Ships TK Anastasia, on fire, heavy damage TK Anastasia is sighted by SS RO-34 SS RO-34 launches 2 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Port Moresby at 97,131 Japanese Ships SS I-20 Allied Ships DD Whipple SS I-20 is located by DD Whipple I-20 diving deep .... SS I-20 eludes DD Whipple by diving deep Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 7 G3M2 Nell x 19 Ki-27b Nate x 15 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAKL Bisayas, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kukong , at 79,57 Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 21 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 16 – getting some good hits but they are only 30kg bombs so it probably doesn’t take much to fill in the holes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 24 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAKL Tatung, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 52,82 Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 2 – I’ve also got some Oscars that should be adding to CAP but they didn’t join in this time. Allied aircraft PBY-5 Catalina x 2 – this is a first in this game. No indication as to who is flying them. Possibly USN or possibly Dutch upgrades. No Japanese losses No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Hitati Maru Aircraft Attacking: 2 x PBY-5 Catalina bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 34710 troops, 378 guns, 157 vehicles, Assault Value = 1697 Defending force 43727 troops, 243 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1550 Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 15th Division 17th/A Division 21st RGC Temp. Division 20th Division 19th Division 17th/B Division – 17th/C Division is not far away. When it arrives I will start the deliberate attacks. 4th Mortar Battalion 15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 42nd Ind.AA Gun Co 45th Ind.AA Gun Co 19th Field AA Machinecannon Company Defending units: 21st Chinese Corps 86th Chinese Corps 50th Chinese Corps 49th Chinese Corps 70th Chinese Corps 100th Chinese Corps 32nd Group Army 23rd Group Army 25th Group Army 14th Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 13034 troops, 104 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 500 Defending force 14003 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 396 Japanese adjusted assault: 386 Allied adjusted defense: 292 – this is a significant drop from yesterday. Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 451 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 50 disabled – despite the disablements building I will attack again tomorrow as disruption and fatigue are low and I want to try and destroy a few more Chinese squads. Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Allied ground losses: 487 casualties reported Squads: 29 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 13th Tank Regiment 34th Division Defending units: 39th Chinese Corps 59th Chinese Corps 33rd Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 37366 troops, 414 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1674 Defending force 61779 troops, 335 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1765 Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 92,38 (near Chengting) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 13565 troops, 123 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 661 Defending force 16167 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 457 Assaulting units: 9th Ind.Mixed Brigade – this unit has just arrived from the SW. Two Divisions still moving in from the N and NE so I will coordinate their arrival so that they both shock attack across the river at the same time as the current troops in hex launch a deliberate attack. That will be about a week from now, so I will put in a probing deliberate attack before then to try and wear the defenders down a bit. 1st Division Defending units: 35th Chinese Corps 83rd Chinese Corps 3rd Prov Chinese Corps 13th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack – to see exactly what units are defending. I have the 38th and 48th Divisions only a few days out so I will wait until they arrive before launching a deliberate attack. This is jungle rough terrain so will give a big bonus to the defenders. Attacking force 12242 troops, 131 guns, 56 vehicles, Assault Value = 499 Defending force 12295 troops, 211 guns, 429 vehicles, Assault Value = 449 Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) – probably a truck, not a tank… Assaulting units: 21st Division 7th Tank Regiment 14th Army 47th Field AA Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 48th Field AA Battalion Defending units: 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 194th Tank Battalion – the two US tank battalions are the most dangerous units here at the moment. 192nd Tank Battalion 21st PA Infantry Division 14th PS Engineer Regiment – I’ve kept up fairly regular bombing on Clark Field so defensive forts shouldn’t be more than 2. We’ll know in a few days. Subic Bay Defenses 1st PA Constabulary Regiment Clark Field USAAF Base Force Far East USAAF 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila (79,77) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 21170 troops, 204 guns, 109 vehicles, Assault Value = 730 Defending force 21859 troops, 271 guns, 170 vehicles, Assault Value = 529 – the mouse pop up on the map shows 40-50k defenders, so if it is only 22k that is better than I was expecting. I will try a deliberate attack but ideally want to capture Clark Field before capturing Manila so that the Manila defenders can’t join the Bataan defenders. Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 65th Brigade 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 16th Division 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 56th Const Co 45th Field AA Battalion 9th Field AF Construction Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 40th Field AA Battalion 3rd Engineer Construction Battalion Defending units: USAFFE – Command HQ will add some bonuses to the defenders South Luzon Force – Same with the Corps HQ 1st PA Infantry Division – 5 x PA Divisions, but one was trashed at Batangas 41st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constabulary Regiment 1st USMC AA Battalion Manila USAAF Base Force Cavite USN Base Force PAF Aviation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Allied Bombardment attack - ineffective Attacking force 56421 troops, 311 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1764 Defending force 51004 troops, 518 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 1671 OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR 26 DEC 41 Dumanquilas is occupied by the Japanese – that’s good, saving me from having to land a small unit to capture it. SS I-154 detects surfaced submarine at 52, 84 but it immediately dives – nearly another sub on sub action. Repairs completed on AG Nanka Maru at Maizuru, ship returned to service: +10 x AG ready this turn Repairs completed on AMc Tsukikawa Maru at Nagasaki/Sasebo, ship returned to service: +13 x AMc ready this turn Repairs completed on CA Atago at Saigon, ship returned to service – all damaged repaired from the battle vs CA Houston a few weeks ago. CS Convoy TF 95 begins loading Resources at Hakodate for delivery to Ominato 3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 13th JNAF AF Unit to Rabaul CS Convoy TF 13 begins loading Oil at Shikuka for delivery to Wakkanai CS Convoy TF 42 begins loading Fuel at Ominato for delivery to Hakodate Lingayen expands airfield to size 3 – this will stop at AF3. Chita expands airfield to size 4 – the Soviets are building their air bases. I will ask the Foreign Minister to send a message to the Allies that is a waste of time as the war won’t last that long! Voroshilov expands airfield to size 5 – another Soviet airfield building. Hiei-1 converting to E13A1 Jake 15th Tank Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Chengchow. This Tank Regt only has 28 tanks, so I will use it for flank protection / screening missions rather than in major assault stacks. 36th Division - some devices have been upgraded at Paotow. Armoured cars to T97 Tankette. 5th Armored Car Co - some devices have been upgraded at Taiyuan. Armoured cars to Type 97 Tankette. Haguro-2 on CS Chitose converting to size 24 from 2 xAKL Tatung is reported to have been sunk near Singapore on Dec 26, 1941 77th Sentai Det A arrives at Chiang Mai 77th Sentai Det B arrives at Chiang Mai I/84th Naval Guard Unit arrives at Saipan – this unit is my planned Port Moresby naval guard. It will stay at Saipan until the other two sub-units arrive then reform as a full NGU. It looks like the allies are already reinforcing Port Moresby so by setting this unit to plan for Port Morseby I hope allied SigInt see that and keep a garrison there to defend against it. When I move on Port Moresby it will be with 2+ IJA Divisions plus support, but only after I get some more recon about what is defending the place. Here's a snapshot of the situation on Malaya from 25 Dec 41: [image]local://upfiles/34194/54F6ACA980454D5C90B2710917381DD7.jpg[/image]

jdsrae -> China Theatre current ops (10/13/2019 10:35:04 AM)
China Theatre, Enemy Situation and Friendly Ops Plan: A: 3 enemy units, 7500 troops. Previously defeated and pushed back from Paotow. Mongolia Garrison Army in pursuit B: 4 enemy units, 35k troops. Mountain terrain, 3 x Divisions + 1 x IMB to push this force back towards Yenan. C: 28 enemy units, 150-180k troops spread over four stacks. Tsiaotso is the largest stack that will be cut off once Loyang falls apart from withdrawing on the slow road to Sian. 1st Army needs to clear B then move to support C. Loyang should fall within 48 hours. 12th Army will be left to clear and garrison C. 20th Army will move SW immediately to help clear D. D: 13 units, 110k troops. The Chinese have made no attempt to attack Sinyang yet. The 11th Army defenders at Sinyang should hold until 20th Army can link up from the north. E: 10 enemy units, 100k+ troops. The Chinese are withdrawing to Patung and potentially further. One 11th Army Div with support is defending Ichang and pursued along the road one hex to the NW. This Div will not pursue further as it would leave Ichang exposed from the SW. An RGC unit will swap with the IJA Div and push to the Mountain hex East of Patung to set up an observation post and see what they can see from there. F: 12 enemy units, 130k troops defending Changsha. 3 more units spotted at Siangtan. IJA deliberate attacks will start shortly to try and reduce forts. I will also restart aerial bombardments to assist. The 11th Army Division from D will move here once relieved by 20th Army. G: 10 enemy units, 85k troops at Wenchow plus 6 units, 40k troops at Chuhsien. Deliberate attacks will start at Wenchow shortly. I don’t want to cut off and destroy these Chinese units so am deliberately leaving them a withdrawal route. H: Not many Chinese units spotted down here as my air recon assets are currently focussed towards F and G. Kukong has 5 units, 24k troops. Pakhoi has 3 units, 12k troops and PT or MTB protecting the harbour. From previous days recon I know that Nanning has about 5 units, about 20k troops. 23rd Army is still under strength but garrison forces are moving to the China coast so that the 51st Division can concentrate and transition to offensive ops, Kukong the likely first target. Once G is cleared, 19th and 20th Divs while transfer to 23rd Army which will allow a move on the Nanning-Liuchow-Kweilin area. Chinese Reserves. My Intelligence Staff report that the Chinese started the war with a large reserve at Chungking, but they can’t tell me where they are or what they are doing now… Those reserves could stay put to build up strength and train, move to reinforce Burma, move south to reinforce vic F or H, or move east to reinforce the Sian area. I have no idea which of the above is currently happening, so I need to get more air recon eyes looking past the front line in China and into the bases in depth. The Chinese Reserves can’t move quickly enough to help defend A,B,C or D; but they could get to F or H fairly quickly. A counter attack near E is a slim possibility, but if I can capture and hold the Mountain hex that will be my canary in central China. [image]local://upfiles/34194/AF410B9C290E4844A097B4441F408F6B.jpg[/image]

PaxMondo -> RE: China Theatre current ops (10/13/2019 3:14:38 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jdsrae Chinese Reserves. My Intelligence Staff report that the Chinese started the war with a large reserve at Chungking, but they can’t tell me where they are or what they are doing now… Those reserves could stay put to build up strength and train, move to reinforce Burma, move south to reinforce vic F or H, or move east to reinforce the Sian area. I have no idea which of the above is currently happening, so I need to get more air recon eyes looking past the front line in China and into the bases in depth. The Chinese Reserves can’t move quickly enough to help defend A,B,C or D; but they could get to F or H fairly quickly. A counter attack near E is a slim possibility, but if I can capture and hold the Mountain hex that will be my canary in central China. Well, if you have an HR requiring PP for crossing borders, most CHI units are Permamently Restricted, so they can't go into Burma. I think there are only 3 or 4 div equivalents that can change HQ to leave CHI. IF you don't have that in place … whoa … most allied players would do a major exodus into India and that creates a nightmare for the IJ. Ergo the common HR ...

jdsrae -> RE: China Theatre current ops (10/13/2019 5:14:34 PM)
The house rules are, there are no house rules! The implications are that I can (have) moved lots of troops that were relaxing in Manchukuo to active service in China, so advantage Japan early war. The flip side is that Chinese troops can move freely to Burma to help delay the Japanese there. They can also move freely to India, where if left alone with sufficient supply and time they can train up to become 700+ AV Corps, quite a few with modern US equipment. If I give the allies time to train up the British Indian Army, they too can march freely all the way to places like Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Fusan... The result, I need to try and win the war by Jan 1944 at the latest. Even though I haven’t done much by way of moving into Burma yet, it is going to be a crucial campaign. If/when I can capture Burma, I don’t think I can afford to try and sit and hold it without pushing into India, but that may depend on the points situation when I get that far.

jdsrae -> 27 Dec 41 report (10/14/2019 1:12:26 PM)
COMBAT REPORTS FOR 27 DEC 41 – just a selection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59 Japanese Ships CM Tsubame CM Sarushima PB Kamitsu Maru Allied Ships SS Snapper SS Snapper launches 4 torpedoes at CM Tsubame, one hit, no explosion Snapper diving deep .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59 Japanese Ships CM Sokuten CM Ukishima PB Nanpo Maru Allied Ships SS Snapper SS Snapper launches 4 torpedoes at CM Sokuten, another hit, no explosion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 249 encounters mine field at Port Moresby (98,130) Allied Ships AM Bunbury 1 mine cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Iba at 78,75, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Maya DD Akatsuki DD Hibiki DD Ikazuchi, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk. Not good, I need to try and meet PT boats in daylight from now on. DD Inazuma Allied Ships PT-31, Shell hits 1, and is sunk PT-32 Poor visibility due to Rain with 64% moonlight – the rain didn’t help… Maximum visibility in Rain and 64% moonlight: 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Iba at 78,75, Range 1,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Maya DD Akatsuki DD Hibiki DD Inazuma Allied Ships PT-32, Shell hits 1, and is sunk Poor visibility due to Rain with 64% moonlight Maximum visibility in Rain and 64% moonlight: 1,000 yards – after the last action I could barely watch this one! CA Maya engages PT-32 at 1,000 yards Range increases to 2,000 yards PT-32 sunk by CA Maya at 2,000 yards Task forces break off... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 G3M2 Nell x 22 Allied Ships – still a few small ships showing in Manila xAKL Paz, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27 Ki-27b Nate x 20 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18 Allied Ships HDML 1062, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Mersing at 51,82 Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 8 Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 11 Allied aircraft PBY-5 Catalina x 2 – hit them both but can’t seem to shoot them down… No Japanese losses No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 17th JAAF AF Bn , at 58,53 (Chiang Mai) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 33 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 22 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 9 Blenheim I x 8 Buffalo I x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses – the ambush came off! Morale is 99 and fatigue is low, so I’ve set a 100% sweep of Rangoon tomorrow to see how they go on offence. H81-A3: 2 destroyed Blenheim I: 2 destroyed, 3 damaged Buffalo I: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 4 x Blenheim I bombing from 2000 feet Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 77th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (3 airborne, 8 on standby, 0 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 5000 77th Sentai Det A with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 10000 77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (1 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 5000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sepandjang at 61,106 – KB is on another raid of the Java Sea but will return to cover the Palembang invasion in a few days. Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 D3A1 Val x 8 Allied Ships PC Tydeman, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk AG Deneb, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Pearl Harbor at 180,107 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-24, hits 7, and is sunk Allied Ships DM Pruitt DM Preble SSX Ha-24 forced to surface! DM Preble firing on surfaced sub .... DM Pruitt firing on surfaced sub .... Sub slips beneath the waves. That’s my last Pearl Harbour SSX sunk. At 4 points each I don’t think I’ll use them again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Balikpapan at 64,99 Japanese Ships SS RO-34 Allied Ships xAKL Don Jose, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage SS RO-34 attacking on the surface -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Loyang (87,43) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 57443 troops, 483 guns, 1013 vehicles, Assault Value = 2196 Defending force 18806 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 619 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 1625 Allied adjusted defense: 151 Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Loyang !!! Combat modifiers Defender: fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 481 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 47 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Allied ground losses: 14622 casualties reported Squads: 590 destroyed, 96 disabled Non Combat: 191 destroyed, 65 disabled Engineers: 42 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 34 (19 destroyed, 15 disabled) Units retreated 4 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! They retreated NE to Tsiaotso which is interesting. That puts them on the wrong side of the river with the only escape route along the slow road to Sian. I just realised I forgot to give the winning stack orders for tomorrow, so I will pretend I did that on purpose to give them a rest day… Assaulting units: 12th Army 3rd Tank Regiment – the “Tank Division” will break out to the SW, but I need to leave a decent garrison here to protect against a counter attack plus get some forces back over the river to push the big stack out of Tsiaotso. 5th Tank Regiment 9th Tank Regiment 10th Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment 12th Tank Regiment 23rd Tank Regiment 8th Division 10th Division 11th Division 27th Division Defending units: I spotted six Chinese units had already moved out to the SW. Lots of destroyed Chinese squads here, the massed IJA tanks really did some damage here in the open terrain. 9th Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 14th Group Army 4th Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 12614 troops, 104 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 454 Defending force 13646 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 380 Japanese adjusted assault: 381 Allied adjusted defense: 403 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: No IJA losses reported at all, so they will attack again tomorrow. Allied ground losses: 367 casualties reported Squads: 11 destroyed, 35 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 13th Tank Regiment 34th Division Defending units: 59th Chinese Corps 33rd Group Army 39th Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 37487 troops, 414 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1686 Defending force 61824 troops, 335 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1768 Japanese ground losses: 36 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 27 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kanhsien (81,57) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3516 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese assault odds: 68 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kanhsien !!! Assaulting units: 102nd Infantry Regiment, the lead elements of 51st Division occupies vacant Kanhsien. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 12235 troops, 131 guns, 56 vehicles, Assault Value = 957 Defending force 12285 troops, 211 guns, 428 vehicles, Assault Value = 448 Assaulting units: 48th Division will arrive tomorrow, then the deliberate attacks will start. 38th Division 21st Division 7th Tank Regiment 14th Army 47th Field AA Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 48th Field AA Battalion Defending units: 192nd Tank Battalion 21st PA Infantry Division Subic Bay Defenses 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 14th PS Engineer Regiment 194th Tank Battalion 1st PA Constabulary Regiment Clark Field USAAF Base Force Far East USAAF 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila (79,77) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 23489 troops, 210 guns, 125 vehicles, Assault Value = 765 Defending force 21884 troops, 269 guns, 170 vehicles, Assault Value = 530 Japanese adjusted assault: 424 Allied adjusted defense: 589 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2). Ratio was not unexpected but I was expecting to reduce forts… they will rest/bombard for a few days and see how the Clark Field attack goes before attacking again. Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 822 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 67 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 29 disabled Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Allied ground losses: 726 casualties reported Squads: 24 destroyed, 34 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 35 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Guns lost 28 (3 destroyed, 25 disabled) Assaulting units: 16th Division 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment 65th Brigade Yokosuka 3rd SNLF 56th Const Co 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 40th Field AA Battalion 45th Field AA Battalion 9th Field AF Construction Battalion 3rd Engineer Construction Battalion Defending units: 91st PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division 1st PA Infantry Division 41st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constabulary Regiment PAF Aviation Manila USAAF Base Force Cavite USN Base Force South Luzon Force USAFFE 1st USMC AA Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 50,77 (near Temuloh) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3583 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 123 Defending force 1417 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44 Japanese adjusted assault: 103 Allied adjusted defense: 58 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 – close, they will go again tomorrow. Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 107 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 69 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 55th Infantry Regiment Defending units: FMSV Brigade 8th Indian Brigade OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR 27 DEC 41 Tagbilaran is occupied by the Japanese Troops from 1st Engineer Co lost to accident during amphibious unloading from TF 62 Repairs completed on CA Takao at Saigon, ship returned to service Repairs completed on CA Chokai at Saigon, ship returned to service B5N2 Kate from Shokaku-3 has spotted a Elco 77ft PT class PT at 56,104 a Elco 77ft PT class PT is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Zuikaku-3 has spotted a TM-4 class PT at 56,104 a TM-4 class PT is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Zuikaku-3 has spotted a TM-4 class PT at 56,104 a TM-4 class PT is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Akagi-3 has spotted an Allied PT at 56,104 an Allied PT is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Kaga-3 has spotted a A class class AMc at 59,106 a Basset class AMc is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Kaga-3 has spotted a Ardjoeno class AMc at 59,106 an Allied SC is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Shokaku-3 has spotted a TM-4 class PT at 56,104 a TM-4 class PT is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Zuikaku-3 has spotted an Allied MGB at 59,106 an Allied MGB is reported HIT CS Convoy TF 7 begins loading Resources at Port Arthur for delivery to Fukuoka Japanese forces CAPTURE Loyang !!! Japanese forces CAPTURE Kanhsien !!! Abukuma-1 converting to E13A1 Jake Kuma-1 converting to E13A1 Jake Kamikawa Maru-1 on CS Chitose converting to size 24 from 6 Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Wuchow (76, 57)! Loss of DD Ikazuchi on Dec 27, 1941 is admitted PT-31 is reported to have been sunk near Iba on Dec 27, 1941 PT-32 is reported to have been sunk near Iba on Dec 27, 1941 xAKL Don Jose is reported to have been sunk near Balikpapan on Dec 27, 1941 xAKL Bisayas is reported to have been sunk near Manila on Dec 26, 1941 xAP Dominion Monarch is reported to have been sunk near Sinabang on Dec 20, 1941 PC Tydeman is reported to have been sunk near Sepandjang on Dec 27, 1941 AG Deneb is reported to have been sunk near Sepandjang on Dec 27, 1941 Loss of SSX Ha-24 on Dec 27, 1941 is admitted HDML 1062 is reported to have been sunk near Singapore on Dec 27, 1941

RangerJoe -> RE: 27 Dec 41 report (10/14/2019 4:18:18 PM)
Fighters with cannons on strafing will help take care of those PT boats. At night, make sure that there is good visibility so you don't start the engagement at 2,000 yards. You can drop those SSX at sea and give them patrol orders. They can also detect minefields at ports that you know will have them so that your big subs won't detect the minefields. But I think that four points is too much for them, maybe 1 or 2 points. To slow Chinese units moving to Burma and thence to India, use paratroopers to capture the bases along the Chinese-Burma Theatre and fly in air support to bomb the Chinese units to slow them down and use supplies. This should also cut off the Burma Road for supplies. Invade Pegu to cut off Moulmein and avoid the mines at Rangoon, plus you can have BBs there unlike Rangoon.

jdsrae -> RE: 27 Dec 41 report (10/15/2019 11:42:45 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RangerJoe Fighters with cannons on strafing will help take care of those PT boats. At night, make sure that there is good visibility so you don't start the engagement at 2,000 yards. You can drop those SSX at sea and give them patrol orders. They can also detect minefields at ports that you know will have them so that your big subs won't detect the minefields. But I think that four points is too much for them, maybe 1 or 2 points. To slow Chinese units moving to Burma and thence to India, use paratroopers to capture the bases along the Chinese-Burma Theatre and fly in air support to bomb the Chinese units to slow them down and use supplies. This should also cut off the Burma Road for supplies. Invade Pegu to cut off Moulmein and avoid the mines at Rangoon, plus you can have BBs there unlike Rangoon. Cheers Joe I'll try to find somewhere to let the Zeros strafe. It will need to be away from allied AA though. SSX on defensive patrols in base hexes might be worthwhile. I don't want to use any more of them where they don't have a withdrawal route. For Burma, Pegu currently has less allied troops than Rangoon and Moulmein so I will definitely look at landing a Div+ there. The 2x orphan Regts from 55th Div will move by ship past Singapore as soon as it is captured and the mines are cleared. They will probably land at Tavoy and walk to Moulmein. I need to move a few more recon air groups to Chiang Mai to get some eyes on the Burma/China border. I can spare them from Malaya now so will move some next turn.

jdsrae -> 28 Dec 41 report (10/15/2019 11:46:28 AM)
SUMMARY FOR 28 DEC 41 CrackSabbath lives on W coast USA, while I am on E coast of Aus. His timezone is -18 hours of mine, so quite often one of us sends the game file to the other and the other is able to take actions in game immediately. I can only open the game for up to a few hours maximum each evening, but that seems to be working quite well as I get the rest of the day to think about my next move. The latest game file was in my inbox when I work up this morning. That created one of life’s big dilemmas: make myself a coffee before running the turn and risk waking up wife and/or offspring in the process, or try and watch the replay and compute what is going on before having a coffee? I went for option one, ran the turn and saved the file. Being un-caffeinated, I sent the save game file back instead of the combat replay which was of no use. I realised just as I clicked send so followed up with an explanation and the 001 file. Here is the latest summary of the results. So far we are getting through the turns a lot quicker than I thought possible at nearly one/day, and I’m really enjoying the uncertainty that comes with playing against a human. COMBAT REPORTS FOR 28 DEC 41 – just a selection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cagayan at 79,88 Japanese Ships PB Kure Maru #5 – PBs can be effective at screening subs from the convoys they move with, but not always. Allied Ships SS Permit SS Permit is sighted by escort Permit diving deep .... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Wakkanai at 124,48 – USN subs operating in NEAF. To counter them, I currently only have one SC Div up here, with 2 x AV and a few FP groups still training up. Japanese Ships xAK Azuchi Maru PB Shonan Maru #17 Allied Ships SS Triton SS Triton launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Azuchi Maru Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59 Japanese Ships AG Shoyu Maru AG Hoki Maru AG Kanjo Maru PB Shonon Maru #11 Allied Ships SS Snapper SS Snapper launches 2 torpedoes at AG Shoyu Maru. The skipper of the USS Snapper shoots at anything that floats and moves! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59 Japanese Ships ACM Nichinan ACM Uchide Maru ACM Ryusei Maru Allied Ships SS Snapper – again! SS Snapper launches 2 torpedoes at ACM Nichinan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59 Japanese Ships ACM Saishu Maru ACM Nichinan ACM Uchide Maru ACM Ryusei Maru Allied Ships SS Seadragon Captain of SS Seadragon elects not to launch torpedoes at this target – while the skipper of the USS Seadragon seems to be looking for bigger fish to fry. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63 Japanese Ships ACM Bisaku Maru Allied Ships SS Snapper – and again, trying to fire all his torpedoes in one day! SS Snapper launches 2 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9 – a portion of the strike goes in ahead. Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 11 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed – the score at half time, 2:1 to the bad guys… Allied aircraft losses H81-A3: 1 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 5 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet CAP engaged: AVG/1st Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 5 scrambling). I have tasked the 3rd Air Division Intelligence Staff with finding out where the other two AVG Sqns are. Group patrol altitude is 15000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 G3M2 Nell x 22 Allied Ships xAKL Princess of Negros, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Corregidor, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage Massive explosion on xAKL Corregidor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 32 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 4 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses H81-A3: 1 destroyed. Looking at the Int screen after the turn, the final score looks like 7:3 in favour of the IJAAF with a few H81 kills credited to my pilots later in the day. The factories built 4 new Oscars and this group lost 3 shot down, so at least I didn’t go backwards in Oscars today. I will try to rotate these Oscars between sweep / CAP for the next week or so to stay unpredictable here and keep fatigue low / morale high. I will also hold off upgrading my next Nate group to Oscars until I have a small stockpile of Oscars to provide combat loss replacements in this active group. It feels good to finally be doing something offensive in Burma. Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet – I picked this altitude as it is the highest altitude that is still in the best manoeuvre band for Oscars. I’ve read a few threads on sweep altitudes etc but am no expert on it. I will play around with it now that I can see the patrol altitude of the H81s, but I don't expect their patrol altitude to stay constant either. 9 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet 2 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet CAP engaged: AVG/1st Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 16140 and 19140. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Madjene at 65,104 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 14 D3A1 Val x 8 Allied Ships xAKL Kwangtung, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Mataram at 59,111 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 B5N2 Kate x 13 Allied Ships AMc Ceram, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk AMc Alor, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 32 Port fuel hits 1 – don’t destroy the fuel you muppets! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 20 Repair Shipyard hits 1 – or the repair shipyard! Might be time to focus on the airfield instead… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Japanese aircraft G3M2 Nell x 12 Allied Ships HDML 1063, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 26741 troops, 259 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 920 Defending force 50421 troops, 350 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1450 – this has increased, but low risk of them taking Sinyang with this ratio. The Chinese haven’t tried to attack yet, both sides are just lobbing shells at each other. Japanese ground losses: 34 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 13th Division 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade 58th Infantry Regiment 138th Infantry Regiment 12th RGC Temp. Division 18th RGC Temp. Division 5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment – railed in. I don’t think I will send more, as the situation now looks stable and the risk of losing this base now is low. 52nd Road Const Co 53rd Field AA Battalion Defending units: 77th Chinese Corps 84th Chinese Corps 7th Chinese Corps 29th Chinese Corps 12th Chinese Corps 30th Chinese Corps 55th Chinese Corps 85th Chinese Corps 2nd Group Army 3rd Group Army 21st Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang) Japanese Bombardment attack – I thought I had ordered a deliberate attack but must have forgot. Tomorrow they will attack again if the defenders haven’t escaped first. Attacking force 12011 troops, 104 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 452 Defending force 13303 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 347 Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 13th Tank Regiment 34th Division Defending units: still showing movement to the NW, and the units in that hex movement W out of the Mountains. 59th Chinese Corps 33rd Group Army 39th Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 27727 troops, 366 guns, 228 vehicles, Assault Value = 1450 Defending force 12316 troops, 212 guns, 430 vehicles, Assault Value = 451 Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 24 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) – a few more trucks put out of action? Assaulting units: 14th Army 21st Division 38th Division 48th Division – they’ve arrived, so a deliberate attack will go in tomorrow. More than 3:1 raw AV with more artillery tubes. The terrain and US tanks are the main things that will work against me. 7th Tank Regiment – some “medium” tanks, but not as many as the US have in hex. 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Mortar Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 47th Field AA Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 48th Field AA Battalion Defending units: 14th PS Engineer Regiment 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 194th Tank Battalion 192nd Tank Battalion 21st PA Infantry Division Subic Bay Defenses 1st PA Constabulary Regiment Far East USAAF Clark Field USAAF Base Force 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila (79,77) Japanese Bombardment attack – the plan from here is to capture Clark Field first, then leave a block against Bataan, move some reinforcements from Clark to Manila to capture Manila second. Then leave 65th Bde to garrison Manila and move everything that can fight to Bataan. Attacking force 20668 troops, 204 guns, 109 vehicles, Assault Value = 705 Defending force 21434 troops, 275 guns, 172 vehicles, Assault Value = 475 Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 33 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 16th Division 65th Brigade 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment Yokosuka 3rd SNLF 56th Const Co 40th Field AA Battalion 45th Field AA Battalion 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 9th Field AF Construction Battalion 3rd Engineer Construction Battalion Defending units: USAFFE South Luzon Force 1st PA Infantry Division 41st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constabulary Regiment Cavite USN Base Force Manila USAAF Base Force PAF Aviation 1st USMC AA Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Taiping (49,75) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 12835 troops, 106 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 460 Defending force 225 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9 Japanese adjusted assault: 208 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 208 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Taiping !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), preparation(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-). I replaced the LGEN commanding the IG Div with a better one, but I assume the (-) is caused by this Division being out of range of HQ 25th Army. IG Div will continue moving south towards Kuala Lumpur to join up with 33rd Div which is pushing north. Allied ground losses: 274 casualties reported Squads: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: Imperial Guards Division Defending units: 3rd SSVF Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 50,77 (near Temuloh) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3523 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 118 Defending force 1376 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 36 Japanese adjusted assault: 105 Allied adjusted defense: 16 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(+) Japanese ground losses: 63 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 350 casualties reported Squads: 19 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Units retreated 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 55th Infantry Regiment – pushing towards Kuala Lumpur from the NE. Defending units: FMSV Brigade 8th Indian Brigade -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 50,80 (near Malacca) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 12665 troops, 120 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 434 Defending force 3405 troops, 20 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 105 Japanese adjusted assault: 358 Allied adjusted defense: 37 Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 27 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 1080 casualties reported Squads: 63 destroyed, 14 disabled Non Combat: 48 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) Units retreated 6 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 33rd Division – it was a 50:50 call while they were at sea passing CRB, but I’m glad I sent 33rd Div to Malaya and not directly to Burma. With their help, Malaya should be clear within the next week, which will let 33rd Div rail to Thailand/Burma, and free up 18th Div and IG Div for other things. 18th Div will either reinforce Palembang, or if it falls quickly move to clear northern Sumatra. The current plan is to keep the IG Div as a theatre reserve / ready reaction force based at Singapore. The main allied moves that I am detecting are into Burma so I may commit the IG Div there in the near future. I am not comfortable at the moment with all Southern Army Divisions committed, as I have no reserve to react to unexpected allied moves. I want to form a reserve based around 1 x Division, but while I have the allies on the back foot now might be too soon. I’ll ponder this some more before committing the IG Div anywhere. Defending units: 28th Gurkha Brigade 1st Hyderabad Battalion 22nd Indian Brigade 1st ISF Base Force 3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment 1st Mysore Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Zamboanga (75,89) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 2342 troops, 23 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 94 Defending force 575 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 27 Japanese adjusted assault: 35 Allied adjusted defense: 4 Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Zamboanga !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-). Some of the SNLF commanders are sub-standard, but they are low priority for PP to be spent swapping them out for better leaders as I try not to use the SNLFs against fortified positions. Japanese ground losses: 98 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Allied ground losses: 501 casualties reported Squads: 31 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 43 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Assaulting units: 1st Engineer Co 4th Engineer Co Sasebo 3rd SNLF Defending units: 4th/101st PA Battalion 4th PI Base Force OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR 28 DEC 41 Taytay is occupied by the Japanese Repairs completed on PB Yamabato Maru at Nagasaki/Sasebo, ship returned to service. About 15 other PBs finished their conversions at the same time, with more coming. CS Convoy TF 103 begins loading Resources at Taihoku for delivery to Kagoshima CS Convoy TF 137 begins loading Resources at Muroran for delivery to Ominato CS Convoy TF 42 will load Oil at Hakodate for return to Ominato SS I-124 lays minefield at Pago Pago ( 148 , 161) and sets course for Truk D3A1 Val from Shokaku-2 has spotted a Ardjoeno class AMc at 62,108 a Djember class AMc is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Shokaku-3 has spotted an Allied AMc at 59,111 a Basset class AMc is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Zuikaku-3 has spotted an Allied LST at 65,104 a Pacific S Cargo class xAKL is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Zuikaku-3 has spotted a Med.Gouv.Mar. AGP class AGP at 64,108 a Med.Gouv.Mar. AGP class AGP is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Kaga-3 has spotted AGP Aldebaran at 64,108 AGP Aldebaran is reported HIT D3A1 Val from Soryu-2 has spotted AS Janssens at 64,108 AS Janssens is reported HIT D3A1 Val from Hiryu-2 has spotted AS Janssens at 64,108 AS Janssens is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Shokaku-3 has spotted AGP Aldebaran at 64,108 AGP Aldebaran is reported HIT D3A1 Val from Zuikaku-2 has spotted AGP Wega at 64,108 AGP Wega is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Zuikaku-3 has spotted AS Janssens at 64,108 AS Janssens is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Zuikaku-3 has spotted AS Janssens at 64,108 AS Janssens is reported HIT – lots of reports of the KBs Vals/Kates flying ASW/NS respectively getting hits on fleeing Dutch auxiliaries. No indication as to the damage being caused but the allies may admit to some of these being sunk shortly. CS Convoy TF 32 begins loading Oil at Muroran for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori CS Convoy TF 57 begins loading Resources at Toyohara for delivery to Wakkanai CS Convoy TF 86 begins loading Resources at Port Arthur for delivery to Fukuoka Japanese forces CAPTURE Taiping !!! Japanese forces CAPTURE Zamboanga !!! Fusan expands port to size 7 – the resources flowing from CMK to Japan will speed up again as this port can now load larger convoys faster. Fusan will expand to P8 then I plan to buy out a lot (all?) construction engineers and move them to build up ports in Hokkaido, Sakhalin and Ominato. Kaoping expands airfield to size 1 – that will do. The main reason I did this was so I can see the base flag on the screen instead of a dot! Uttaradit expands airfield to size 2 – another air base that can be used to sweep Rangoon, on the Bangkok-Chiang Mai railway. Delhi expands airfield to size 5 – Perhaps this is the new home of the Chinese Air Force?! Kirishima-1 converting to E13A1 Jake Delayed planes for the aircraft pool: 1 (1) x E7K2 Alf, 0 (4) x F1M2 Pete, 4 (7) x Ki-15-II Babs SS I-171 available for service in damaged state at Kwajalein Island – will move to the ARD at Truk to finish repairs. Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Wuchow (76, 57)! The orphan Bn of the 33rd Regt has disembarked at Canton and will be flown to Wuchow on dodgy little transport planes SC Ch 25 arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka – This SC will join the Tsingtao ASW Div with SCs 24 and 26 that moved there a few days ago. xAKL Kwangtung is reported to have been sunk near Madjene on Dec 28, 1941 AMc Ceram is reported to have been sunk near Mataram on Dec 28, 1941

RangerJoe -> RE: 28 Dec 41 report (10/15/2019 2:19:53 PM)
I would not put the SSX in a base hex which has enemy units at the base since they will try to visit the port. I would put them in open ocean. They will not react but I have had enemy convoys run over them and they have torpedoed ships. They do need to have a patrol set for just that hex, with no patrol set they will try to return to base and only make it two hexes before they have set put up a loin cloth as a sail.

jdsrae -> 29 Dec 41 report (10/16/2019 2:14:32 AM)
COMBAT REPORTS FOR 29 DEC 41 – just a selection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Salajar at 66,107 Japanese Ships SS I-164 Allied Ships AS Janssens, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage. Reports of fuel cargo burning. The Foreign Minister sent an angry message to the Dutch telling them to cease and desist stealing fuel! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Puerto Princesa at 72,84 Japanese Ships DD Shiokaze DD Fumizuki DD Minazuki DD Yakaze Allied Ships SS Permit SS Permit is sighted by escort DD Yakaze attacking submerged sub .... DD Yakaze is out of ASW ammo – lots of noise for no effect -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tsu at 109,62 Japanese Ships SC Ch 25 – first night at sea en route to Tsingtao, first sub contact. Welcome to the war! Allied Ships SS Sculpin SS Sculpin launches 2 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tokara Retto at 99,63 Japanese Ships TB Hayabusa xAP Yoshino Maru PB Shonon Maru #10 Allied Ships SS Sealion SS Sealion launches 4 torpedoes at TB Hayabusa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Port Moresby at 97,132 Japanese Ships SS I-123 – my starting pool of sub laid mines is now empty so I will use this boat as an attack sub until there are more mines to lay. I get something like two new mines of this type per day, so my three remaining sub minelayers can drop one load about once a month between them. I will add this to my list of things to do on the 1st of each month and pick a target for one of them then. Allied Ships PT-38 PT-42 PT-36 SS I-123 cannot acquire firing solution on enemy PT Sub escapes detection -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 13 – I will move these Zeroes forward and leave CAP over Luzon to IJAAF fighters, which will remain Nates for some time yet. G3M2 Nell x 23 – I will also move these Nells to Naval Search / Naval Attack duty now. I will find some IJAAF bombers (5th Air Div) to replace them with, but most 5th Air Div bombers are currently busy hitting bases from Luzon to Wenchow in China. I need to prioritise Clark Field and Manila over other targets. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 10 Runway hits 8 – Not bad, I need to keep the airfield damaged to avoid forts being rebuilt. I might try a raid at slightly lower altitude next to see if I get more hits, but that could just bring more allied flak into play. If I get time this evening I will check the database for allied AA gun maximum ranges, but I will also just do a bit of trial and error. Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 20000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 48th Chinese Corps, at 88,47 , near Kweiteh – hitting some Chinese troops in the open as they withdraw. Japanese aircraft Ki-30 Ann x 11 Allied ground losses: 37 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kukong , at 79,57 Japanese aircraft Ki-27b Nate x 6 Ki-51 Sonia x 19 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 10000 feet – next to no flak at 10k feet gets some decent hits. 51st Division is moving in bits and pieces towards Kukong. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kukong , at 79,57 Japanese aircraft Ki-36 Ida x 21 Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 11 Aircraft Attacking: 21 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 10000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 56 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 9 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 3 Aircraft Attacking: 27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 23000 feet – I’ll drop these to 20k feet to start and maybe lower, but I already know that Singapore has oodles of AA guns. Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pakhoi , at 72,58 Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 12 No Japanese losses Allied Ships – I’ve had these ships spotted for about a week, but was concerned that it might be a trap. After some recon it didn’t look like there was any CAP, so I went for it. xAK Haraldsvang, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAKL Yat Shing, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Joan Moller, Bomb hits 1, on fire MTB 10, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk MTB 9, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAKL Halldor, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires Aircraft Attacking: 12 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 5000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb – 50kg bombs are still quite effective. It only take 1 to sink an MTB. 1 of them = heavy fires on merchants, 2+ of them equals heavy damage on an xAKL, 3+ of them equals heavy damage on an xAK. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pakhoi , at 72,58 Japanese aircraft Ki-51 Sonia x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAK Haraldsvang, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Joan Moller, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires xAKL Halldor, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Soochow, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires MTB 12, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAK Nanning, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires MTB 11, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk MTB 8, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 6 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 5000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 12690 troops, 104 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 460 Defending force 13315 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 348 Japanese adjusted assault: 406 Allied adjusted defense: 394 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 – just snuck over the 1:1 ratio. Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 287 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Allied ground losses: 224 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 18 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 13th Tank Regiment 34th Division Defending units: they are still creeping slowly to the NW, in combat mode now. 59th Chinese Corps 33rd Group Army 39th Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack – a bit of a stalemate here for now. I need more bombers and tanks here, but the “Tank Division” is probably a few weeks away from getting here. Attacking force 49209 troops, 518 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1694 Defending force 62041 troops, 335 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1784 Japanese ground losses: 47 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 42 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso) – this is on the high / slow road to Sian. 1st Army with two decent Divisions faces 5 x fresh Chinese Corps in rough terrain. I think I need another Division here before attacking. I will keep up bombardments until 1st Army rear areas are clear and I can bring up reinforcements. That might also take a few weeks. Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 23317 troops, 249 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 761 Defending force 34716 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1043 Japanese ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 38 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 37th Division 41st Division 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment North China Area Army 1st Army 26th Fld AA Machinecannon Company Defending units: 16th Chinese Corps 36th Chinese Corps 1st Chinese Corps 38th Chinese Corps 47th Chinese Corps 4th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 92,38 (near Chengting) – I want to clear this hex then concentrate 1st Army on the high road to Sian. Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 19167 troops, 161 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 659 Defending force 16298 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 468 Japanese ground losses: 11 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 9th Ind.Mixed Brigade 1st Division Defending units: 83rd Chinese Corps 35th Chinese Corps 3rd Prov Chinese Corps 13th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 90,33 (near Paotow) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 5505 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 182 Defending force 3443 troops, 64 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 63 Japanese adjusted assault: 78 Allied adjusted defense: 33 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 150 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 1615 casualties reported Squads: 82 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 84 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 15 (5 destroyed, 10 disabled) Units retreated 3 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade – two IJA Cavalry Brigades and some Mongolian Cavalry will join this IMB to pursue. They will keep pushing this Chinese force back, but if a fresh Chinese Corps reinforces this sector they won’t have enough power to push them out of the way. Defending units: 11th Chinese Corps 81st Chinese Corps 17th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) – the big battle begins on Luzon! Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 44322 troops, 509 guns, 376 vehicles, Assault Value = 1470 Defending force 12518 troops, 220 guns, 433 vehicles, Assault Value = 459 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 – good work by the combat engineers, I expect nothing less! Japanese adjusted assault: 957 Allied adjusted defense: 784 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: Fatigue and disruption are in the 20s and 30s, so the artillery will bombard for a few days while the infantry recover for round 2. 2267 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 168 disabled – spread fairly evenly over multiple units, so all units will remain in the fight. Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 44 disabled Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled) Allied ground losses: 694 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled Engineers: 11 destroyed, 27 disabled Guns lost 16 (3 destroyed, 13 disabled) Vehicles lost 23 (3 destroyed, 20 disabled) – I hope they are US tanks. Of note, no IJA tanks were even damaged. Assaulting units: 14th Army 21st Division 38th Division 48th Division 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 2nd Mortar Battalion 47th Field AA Battalion 48th Field AA Battalion 30th Fld AA Gun Co Defending units: 21st PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 194th Tank Battalion 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 14th PS Engineer Regiment 1st PA Constabulary Regiment Subic Bay Defenses Far East USAAF Clark Field USAAF Base Force 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila (79,77) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 23582 troops, 222 guns, 125 vehicles, Assault Value = 715 Defending force 21515 troops, 283 guns, 172 vehicles, Assault Value = 478 Japanese adjusted assault: 502 Allied adjusted defense: 439 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 – more good work by the sappers. Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: Disablements look bad at first glance, but they are also spread fairly evenly across attacking units so all will stay in the fight. Same plan as Clark Field, bombardment by artillery for a few days before another deliberate attack. 1592 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 110 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 60 disabled Allied ground losses: 603 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 52 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Assaulting units: 16th Division 65th Brigade 3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 21st Ind. Engineer Regiment Yokosuka 3rd SNLF – this unit lost about 50% disablements, so will switch to reserve. 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 56th Const Co 40th Field AA Battalion 45th Field AA Battalion 3rd Engineer Construction Battalion 9th Field AF Construction Battalion Defending units: USAFFE South Luzon Force 1st PA Infantry Division 41st PA Infantry Division 51st PA Infantry Division 71st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 2nd PA Constabulary Regiment Cavite USN Base Force Manila USAAF Base Force PAF Aviation 1st USMC AA Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 90,48 (near Hwainan) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 521 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26 Defending force 430 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 50 Allied adjusted defense: 4 Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: op mode(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+) Allied ground losses: 118 casualties reported Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 9th RGC Route Brigade Defending units: Lusu War Area – I just want this unit pushed back out of occupied territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Namatanai (107,125) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 402 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 – the Aussie Commando Coy may have been flown out as there were no defenders. Japanese forces CAPTURE Namatanai !!! Assaulting units: I/66th Naval Guard Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Oroquieta (78,88) – mopping up on Mindanao Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 324 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese forces CAPTURE Oroquieta !!! Assaulting units: 3rd JNAF Coy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Jolo (74,90) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 482 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 13 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese forces CAPTURE Jolo !!! Assaulting units: 9th JNAF Coy OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR 29 DEC 41 Dumaguete is occupied by the Japanese – occupation of the Philippine Islands is a lower priority, but I do want to clear it to get rid of any allied FPs or anything else that might be lurking there. CS Convoy TF 42 will load Oil at Hakodate for return to Ominato Repairs completed on PB Magane Maru at Hakodate, ship returned to service Repairs completed on AGP Genkai Maru at Nagasaki/Sasebo, ship returned to service CS Convoy TF 138 begins loading Resources at Sapporo for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori B5N2 Kate from Akagi-3 has spotted an Allied PT at 56,104 an Allied PT is reported HIT D3A1 Val from Kaga-2 has spotted an Allied PT at 56,104 an Allied PT is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Kaga-3 has spotted an Allied PT at 56,104 an Allied PT is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Kaga-3 has spotted a TM-4 class PT at 56,104 a TM-4 class PT is reported HIT D3A1 Val from Hiryu-2 has spotted PT TM-7 at 56,104 PT TM-7 is reported HIT D3A1 Val from Hiryu-2 has spotted PT TM-13 at 56,104 PT TM-13 is reported HIT D3A1 Val from Shokaku-2 has spotted a TM-4 class PT at 56,104 a TM-4 class PT is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Shokaku-3 has spotted an Allied PT at 56,104 an Allied PT is reported HIT G3M2 Nell from Bihoro Ku K-1 Det attacking an Allied SS at 55,90 an Allied SS is reported HIT – I have Nells flying ASW on a narrow arc (about 30 degrees) from Singkawang towards Palembang. There are at least 6 allied subs spotted, so there may be more. The Palembang assault force and covering forces are forming up nearby and will launch shortly. I need to sort out a few details this turn before launching the main assault fore. I may send a single AMc in to check for a minefield rather than risking any of my more precious DMS. B5N2 Kate from Hiryu-3 attacking an Allied SS at 56,104 a O16 Class class SS is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Shokaku-3 has spotted a TM-4 class PT at 56,104 a TM-4 class PT is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Zuikaku-3 has spotted an Allied PT at 56,104 an Allied PT is reported HIT CS Convoy TF 93 begins loading Resources at Port Arthur for delivery to Fukuoka CS Convoy TF 131 begins loading Resources at Amami Oshima for delivery to Kagoshima CS Convoy TF 135 begins loading Resources at Fusan for delivery to Shimonoseki Japanese forces CAPTURE Namatanai !!! Japanese forces CAPTURE Oroquieta !!! Japanese forces CAPTURE Jolo !!! Auckland expands port to size 6 – The Kiwis will be able to rearm USN Carrier task forces soon. Chumphon expands airfield to size 2 – this is the current location of the IJNAF 21st Air Flotilla HQ, with maritime patrols set to avoid allied CAP at Rangoon. I picked this base as it is one hex from Victoria Point so can cover the entrance to the Malacca Strait, is on the railway line to help keep it supplied, and is protected from allied interference as it is on the east coast of the peninsular. Kumano-2 on CS Chitose converting to size 24 from 2 AMC Akagi Maru arrives at Osaka/Kyoto – will join the Raiding Force, that I am still figuring out what to do with. AS Heian Maru arrives at Kobe - will move to SWAF to support sub ops in that area AS Janssens is reported to have been sunk near Salajar on Dec 29, 1941 AMc Alor is reported to have been sunk near Mataram on Dec 28, 1941 MTB 9 is reported to have been sunk near Pakhoi on Dec 29, 1941 MTB 10 is reported to have been sunk near Pakhoi on Dec 29, 1941

jdsrae -> 30 Dec 41 report (10/17/2019 11:45:27 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 30, 41 A relatively quiet turn as the Palembang assault force leaves the forming up point and the Singapore assault forces moves towards the causeway. Infantry on Luzon and in China will try to reduce fatigue and disruption while the artillery continues to bombard. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Truk at 111,108 SS Cachalot is sighted by escort -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Puerto Princesa at 73,84 SS Permit launches 4 torpedoes at DD Uzuki -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Djemadja at 52,83 SS O19 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Kuroshio -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Wakkanai at 124,48 SS Triton launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Taigen Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 – something new that I will need to counter. 3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 15000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Torishima at 109,70 SS Snapper is sighted by escort -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Iriomote at 89,64 Japanese Ships xAK Holland Maru, Torpedo hits 1. Two hit but only one exploded. Damage is about 45 float so she will detach from the convoy and make emergency repairs at Iriomote’s level 1 port. Allied Ships SS Searaven SS Searaven launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Holland Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Runway hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Airbase hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kukong , at 79,57 Airbase hits 7 Airbase supply hits 10 Runway hits 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kukong , at 79,57 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Port Moresby at 97,131 Japanese Ships SS I-20 Allied Ships AGP Eridanus, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage AM Eland Dubois SS I-20 launches 4 torpedoes at AGP Eridanus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 49314 troops, 518 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1700 Defending force 62077 troops, 335 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1786 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 26877 troops, 259 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 927 Defending force 50498 troops, 350 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1454 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 11887 troops, 104 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 435 Defending force 13179 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 335 Japanese adjusted assault: 352 Allied adjusted defense: 253 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 164 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 227 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 23314 troops, 249 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 759 Defending force 34692 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1043 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 92,38 (near Chengting) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 19223 troops, 162 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 663 Defending force 16314 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 470 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1987 troops, 140 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 1328 Defending force 11942 troops, 218 guns, 430 vehicles, Assault Value = 383 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila (79,77) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 900 troops, 60 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 627 Defending force 21156 troops, 283 guns, 172 vehicles, Assault Value = 428 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 79,92 (near Davao) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 4457 troops, 57 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 184 Defending force 205 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7 Japanese assault odds: 159 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 293 casualties reported Squads: 16 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Muntok (50,90) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 314 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Muntok !!! Assaulting units: 1st Raiding Rgt /1 OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Dec 30, 41 Tawi Tawi is occupied by the Japanese CS Convoy TF 13 begins loading Oil at Shikuka for delivery to Wakkanai D3A1 Val from Kaga-2 attacking an Allied SS at 55,90 an Allied SS is reported HIT D3A1 Val from Shokaku-2 attacking an Allied PT at 54,94 an Allied SS is reported HIT B5N1 Kate from Ryujo-2 attacking a Electric Boat S-42 class SS at 55,90 a KXI Class class SS is reported HIT 3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 13th JNAF AF Unit to Rabaul 19 x L3Y2 Tina transporting 13th JNAF AF Unit to Rabaul 26 x Ki-57-I Topsy dropping 1st Raiding Regiment at Muntok CS Convoy TF 95 begins loading Resources at Hakodate for delivery to Ominato Japanese forces CAPTURE Muntok !!! Hokoku Maru-1 converting to E13A1 Jake Kashii-1 converting to E13A1 Jake Okinoshima-1 converting to E13A1 Jake 18th Ku T-1 on CS Chiyoda converting to size 24 from 4 Mikuma-2 on CS Chitose converting to size 24 from 2 DD Paul Jones is reported to have been sunk near Zamboanga on Dec 07, 1941 AGP Eridanus is reported to have been sunk near Port Moresby on Dec 30, 1941 HDML 1063 is reported to have been sunk near Singapore on Dec 28, 1941 28th Mountain Gun Regiment arrives at Harbin Maizuru 2nd SNLF arrives at Kwajalein Island II/84th Naval Guard Unit arrives at Saipan Hong Kong Det arrives at Hong Kong 31st Special Base Force arrives at Takao Wotje Base Force arrives at Wotje Kwajalein Base Force arrives at Kwajalein Island Jaluit Base Force arrives at Jaluit Maloelap Base Force arrives at Maloelap 50th JNAF Coy arrives at Tokyo – will move to NE Area Fleet

rustysi -> RE: 30 Dec 41 report (10/17/2019 4:12:48 PM)
quote: Attachment (1) I too tend to reinforce the Luzon assault.

rustysi -> RE: 30 Dec 41 report (10/17/2019 4:18:46 PM)
quote: most allied players would do a major exodus into India and that creates a nightmare for the IJ. Ergo the common HR ... Yes, but OTOH, everything in China (industry, resources, oil) falls into the hands of Japan early.

rustysi -> RE: 30 Dec 41 report (10/17/2019 4:29:13 PM)
quote: To slow Chinese units moving to Burma and thence to India, use paratroopers to capture the bases along Not only that, you have some ID that are fully air mobile. Over time you could fly one or two of them in, depending on how much supply you could then move up.

jdsrae -> New Years Eve 1942 - Special Edition (10/18/2019 3:08:01 AM)
Another relatively quiet turn but that will change tomorrow! The solid Chinese defence of Wenchow was not unexpected. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 31, 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 322 encounters mine field at Port Moresby (98,130) – this suggests to me that CrackSabbath is the sort of player who attends to details within the game. Allied Ships AMc Bogor AMc Cheribon 15 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Muntok at 52,90 – there are about 10 allied subs spotted in the triangle between Singapore, Singkawang and Palembang. I am trying to keep their heads down with about 6 x SC Divisions, KB bombers are flying high % of NS and ASW, plus Nells on NS/ASW flying from Singkawang. Japanese Ships SC Ch 11 – Good work by the crew of this SC today. I will check to see if experience is increasing after these sorts of contacts. SC Ch 12 Allied Ships SS KVIII SS KVIII is located by SC Ch 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Port Moresby at 97,131 Japanese Ships SS I-20, hits 2 – barely a scratch Allied Ships AM Mildura -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Port Moresby at 97,131 Japanese Ships SS I-20 Allied Ships AM Mildura SS I-20 launches 2 torpedoes – fighting back, but firing at a small target! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 10 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 20000 feet * Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Severe storms – leads to no hits -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 3 29 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb 12 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb 12 x Ki-32 Mary bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 – I’ve spotted 2 x allied TK in port. Probably small Dutch ones but I still want to sink them. No allied air defence over Palembang. Aircraft Attacking: 12 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 20000 feet Port Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Weather in hex: Severe storms Runway hits 1 22 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-36 Ida: 1 destroyed by flak – AA at Bataan is too hot for Ida. They will join the attacks on Bataan tomorrow. Airbase hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 10 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 20000 feet Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Muntok at 52,90 SS KXVIII is located by SC Ch 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Kuching (58,88) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 22 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships DD Yugiri, Shell hits 2 xAK Arima Maru, Shell hits 1 DD Asagiri LSD Shinshu Maru DD Yugiri firing at Sarawak Force Sarawak Force firing at DD Yugiri 6" Mk V/VII Gun Battery engaging xAK Arima Maru at 7,000 yards DD Asagiri firing to suppress enemy battery at 7,000 yards 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Kuching (58,88) TF 122 troops unloading over beach at Kuching, 58,88 – 144th Infantry Regiment will help to mop up Sarawak/Sabah until Singapore is captured. After that they will move by sea to Burma. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58) – Wenchow takes out the best fireworks display for New Years Eve 1942. Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 54536 troops, 537 guns, 212 vehicles, Assault Value = 2142 Defending force 43902 troops, 243 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1564 Japanese adjusted assault: 1059 Allied adjusted defense: 1627 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 7211 casualties reported Squads: 59 destroyed, 525 disabled – 19th Division suffered the most casualties, losing about 50% infantry squads disrupted. 19th Division will move to Reserve and the other forces will bombard for a few days. HQ 13th Army is moving to this hex from two hexes north, plus HQ China Expeditionary Army. I won’t launch another deliberate attack until GEN Hata can personally reorganise the assault force and coordinate their attacks. Once those 2 x HQ units arrive on the scene that should bump my adjusted AV to at least 1:1. They are maybe 4-5 days march away. Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 35 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 67 disabled Guns lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1530 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 176 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled Guns lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled) Assaulting units: 15th Division 17th Division 19th Division 20th Division 2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment 15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 4th Mortar Battalion 19th Field AA Machinecannon Company 42nd Ind.AA Gun Co 45th Ind.AA Gun Co 6th RGC Division 15th RGC Temp. Division 21st RGC Temp. Division 26th RGC Temp. Division 5th RGC Route Brigade Defending units: 3 x big Corps and 3 x medium sized Corps. One of the mediums became combat ineffective after this attack and one of the large Corps was significantly reduced. I knew this would be a grind to capture Wenchow once he moved so much force forward. I need to keep wearing the defenders down without losing too many destroyed squads myself. I am going to leave one escape route for this Chinese force to the west, off the road so that they aren’t pushed back to join the Chushien defenders. This will probably be a a slow grind for a few weeks. 86th Chinese Corps 50th Chinese Corps 49th Chinese Corps 70th Chinese Corps 21st Chinese Corps 100th Chinese Corps 23rd Group Army 25th Group Army 32nd Group Army 14th Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 12381 troops, 104 guns, 135 vehicles, Assault Value = 425 Defending force 13031 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 320 Japanese adjusted assault: 350 Allied adjusted defense: 508 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 142 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Allied ground losses: 206 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 50 disabled – still doing some minor damage here without much to my forces, but once this Chinese force escapes I will move my troops back to Ichang for R&R. Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 13th Tank Regiment 34th Division Defending units: 59th Chinese Corps 33rd Group Army 39th Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack – attacks on hold until reinforcements arrive Attacking force 49360 troops, 518 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1700 Defending force 62121 troops, 335 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1786 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso) Japanese Bombardment attack – attacks on hold until reinforcements arrive Attacking force 23360 troops, 249 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 764 Defending force 34716 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1043 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 92,38 (near Chengting) Japanese Bombardment attack – about 3-4 days until one Division conducts an assault river crossing, with the forces in hex to launch a deliberate attack on the same day. Attacking force 19241 troops, 162 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 665 Defending force 16338 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 473 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack – fatigue is <10 but disruption is still in the 20s for most units. I am going to launch another deliberate attack tomorrow anyway to coordinate with the Manila attack, to try and reduce forts again. Attacking force 1995 troops, 140 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 1359 Defending force 11952 troops, 218 guns, 434 vehicles, Assault Value = 389 Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled) – this looked like a few tanks were hit during the replay. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila (79,77) Japanese Bombardment attack – fatigue is < 10 and disruption is in the teens so another deliberate attack is ordered for tomorrow. Attacking force 900 troops, 60 guns, 68 vehicles, Assault Value = 651 Defending force 21389 troops, 293 guns, 174 vehicles, Assault Value = 442 Japanese ground losses: Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Allied ground losses: 55 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kuching (58,88) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1138 troops, 5 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 56 Defending force 3950 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 132 Assaulting units: Sarawak Force 2/15 Punjab Battalion 106th RN Base Force Defending units: 144th Infantry Regiment – deliberate attack ordered for tomorrow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Mergui (53,62) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 796 troops, 3 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 28 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese forces CAPTURE Mergui !!! Assaulting units: RTA/B Cavalry Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Toboali (50,93) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 264 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese forces CAPTURE Toboali !!! Assaulting units: Bangka Island completely occupied by paras 1st Raiding Rgt /2 OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Dec 31, 41 Lihir is occupied by the Japanese – I wonder if they packed any metal detectors… CS Convoy TF 42 begins loading Fuel at Ominato for delivery to Hakodate – a small amount of fuel is being moved to Hokkaido to support ongoing convoy operations, with oil coming back the other way. B5N2 Kate from Zuikaku-3 attacking an Allied SS at 50,89 an Allied SS is reported HIT AMc Wa 19 detects Allied Aircraft at 48,91 near Palembang – I have 2 x AMc in separate task forces at Palembang now. No sign of enemy minefields so the assault force will continue. The first wave is half a turn away so should start to unload, with follow on forces also in bound. I plan to get land based Zeroes in the air over Palembang immediately as I’m expecting B-17s to go after the oil fields. I have a few AA Regts in the follow up force so plan to make the B-17s pay a price for visiting. 3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 13th JNAF AF Unit to Rabaul 21 x L3Y2 Tina transporting 13th JNAF AF Unit to Rabaul 25 x Ki-57-I Topsy dropping 1st Raiding Regiment at Toboali TF 12 designated as Escort and ordered to return to Iriomote – this was the damaged xAK Aden. At the end of the turn she is disbanded in port and the few points of fire have been extinguished. Japanese forces CAPTURE Mergui !!! Japanese forces CAPTURE Toboali !!! Tacoma expands airfield to size 4 Hilo expands airfield to size 2 Vladivostok expands port to size 6 Aikoku Maru-1 converting to E13A1 Jake 18th Ku T-2 on CS Chiyoda converting to size 24 from 4 – CS Chiyoda is now at Guam, about to move to Truk. Mogami-2 on CS Chitose converting to size 24 from 2 – CS Chitose remains at CRB. Low garrison leads to damage and 1 VP loss from partisan attack at Wuchow (76, 57)! The spare Bn from the 33rd Regt refuse to board transport Theresas at Canton for the second day running, so I have ordered them to walk to Wuchow. Not sure what the problem is and it isn’t important enough for me to investigate. If they don’t want to get on the plane they can walk! xAK American is reported to have been sunk near Pearl Harbor on Dec 25, 1941 xAK Cardross is reported to have been sunk near Port Moresby on Dec 26, 1941 MTB 8 is reported to have been sunk near Pakhoi on Dec 29, 1941 MTB 11 is reported to have been sunk near Pakhoi on Dec 29, 1941 MTB 12 is reported to have been sunk near Pakhoi on Dec 29, 1941 SC CHa-25 arrives at Niigata – ordered to report to the SC Div at Wakkanai in NE Area Fleet.

jdsrae -> RE: 30 Dec 41 report (10/18/2019 6:59:51 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: rustysi quote: To slow Chinese units moving to Burma and thence to India, use paratroopers to capture the bases along Not only that, you have some ID that are fully air mobile. Over time you could fly one or two of them in, depending on how much supply you could then move up. Looks like I cut it from the summary report, but some Sally “recon” ground bombing shows there is already a Chinese Div at Lashio. I need more recon eyes into Burma but CrackSabbath may have already covered the vacant bases. EDIT: Here it is. This Chinese "Division" is probably closer to a Bn in combat power, but dropping paras on it in Jungle Rough terrain sounds like something CAPT Risky would do. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 88th Chinese Division, at 62,46 (Lashio) Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

jdsrae -> Post Mortem - first day of the Battle of Wenchow (10/18/2019 10:15:53 AM)
I didn't get much of a chance to review the game before work this morning, so was wondering all day HTF so many IJA squads were disabled at Wenchow. Apart from the 50% losses to 19th Division, who I think had just arrived in hex so probably had no field forts, at first glance everyone else looked to be in pretty good shape. Fast forward to Friday evening and I get a chance to take a closer look... Following orders, COL Takeda threw the 2nd Independent Mixed Regiment at the city walls. One Bn destroyed outright, two Bns wounded. Not even a single infantry section can be mustered at 2IMR roll call that evening. Lesson learnt from this (again, because I already knew this!) is to avoid including units that lack combat engineers in assaults on fortified objectives. I can't fault the courage of these 1s and 0s, they just didn't have any sappers to follow. [image]local://upfiles/34194/DC06AFBC26CF4A788A35B76377F1A8BE.jpg[/image]

jdsrae -> 1 Jan 1942 (10/19/2019 5:50:32 AM)
1942 NEW YEARS DAY – Special Edition AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 01, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Midway Island at 159,91 Japanese Ships SS I-22, hits 1 Allied Ships DMS Trevor – I think this is meant to be spelt Trever. She had an impressive real world service record: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Trever_(DD-339) DD Litchfield SS I-22 launches 2 torpedoes at DMS Trevor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Kuching (58,88) 9 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships xAK Ayatosan Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire – no critical hits and the crew put the fires out quickly. DD Asagiri AK Hirokawa Maru LSD Shinshu Maru 6" Mk V/VII Gun Battery engaging xAK Ayatosan Maru at 8,000 yards DD Asagiri firing to suppress enemy battery at 8,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Hakodate at 120,54 SS Pollack SS Pollack launches 4 torpedoes at AG Yamamizu Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Muntok at 49,89 Allied Ships SS KXIII SS KXIII is sighted by escort -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Palembang (48,91) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 33 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. No hits on Japanese ships. 75mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAK Yamasimo Maru at 10,000 yards DMS W-1 firing to suppress enemy battery at 10,000 yards 75mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAK Amagisan Maru at 10,000 yards DMS W-2 firing to suppress enemy battery at 10,000 yards 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Hengchun at 84,68 Allied Ships SS Porpoise SS Porpoise is sighted by escort -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 115 encounters mine field at Palembang (48,91) Japanese Ships PB Ginyo Maru, Mine hits 1 – the 2 x AMc missed this minefield, but this PB found it the old fashioned way. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Adak Island at 162,53 Japanese Ships – I have an IJN sub division spread outside USN bases from the Aluetians to the Canadian West Coast. CrackSabbath has already told me via email that he hates the IJN subs. I am keen to keep them visible in all theatres so that he has to dedicate ASW assets in rear areas and try to avoid him concentrating them all in forward areas. SS I-6, hits 1 Allied Ships xAKL Nebraskan, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Nebraskan is sighted by SS I-6 SS I-6 attacking on the surface -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Airbase hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kukong , at 79,57 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kukong , at 79,57 Airbase hits 9 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 35 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Airbase hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55 2 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet. No contact with allied fighters over Moulmein, suggesting that allied CAP over Rangoon is set to range 0 or 1. I will check fatigue levels and probably try another sweep of Rangoon, or maybe a “recon” sweep of Magwe to try and see if the rest of the AVG are in central Burma. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Pakhoi , at 72,58 Allied Ships MTB 7, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk xAKL Chengtu, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires Port hits 4 Port supply hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Airbase hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91 – I have KB and 2 x CVL slightly too far away to provide CAP over the landing beaches. That will be fixed for tomorrow. Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 9 Allied aircraft losses 139WH-3: 1 damaged 139WH-3: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships DD Nowaki CA Atago CA Takao -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bangkok , at 56,62 – something new again, B-17 daylight raid Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 16 Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 5 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 5 damaged – the Intelligence Screen showed 2 as air to air kills so while the Oscars struggled to destroy them outright, two must have crashed on the way home. Aircraft Attacking: 5 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 23000 feet * City Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (5 airborne, 11 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 – I had them flying relatively low CAP compared to the raid altitude. I might put a high and low CAP up and see what happens. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 7 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 3 Allied aircraft losses 139WH-3: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CA Mikuma Aircraft Attacking: 3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 300 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55 16 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet – empty skies over Moulmein -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Port hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 50,90 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 10 No Allied losses Japanese Ships xAK Matsue Maru xAK Kogyoku Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage. Sank almost immediately. This is an Ansyu-C that would have been converted to a PB. xAK Nishimi Maru Japanese ground losses: 150 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 300 kg SAP Bomb 4 x 139WH-3 bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 300 kg SAP Bomb 3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 5000 feet Naval Attack: 3 x 300 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Palembang (48,91) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 56 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships CL Kashii, Shell hits 2 xAK Awazisan Maru, Shell hits 9, on fire, heavy damage PB Naruto Maru #3 PB Nako Maru #2 AK Kaga Maru Japanese ground losses: 34 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Sambas (57,88) 11 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships APD Aoi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 115 encounters mine field at Palembang (48,91) Japanese Ships PB Ginyo Maru PB Choko Maru #5 4 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 36656 troops, 398 guns, 171 vehicles, Assault Value = 1638 Defending force 42549 troops, 242 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1402 Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 49376 troops, 518 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1704 Defending force 62217 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1791 Japanese ground losses: 27 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 39 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 27047 troops, 259 guns, 35 vehicles, Assault Value = 944 Defending force 50493 troops, 350 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1449 Japanese ground losses: 33 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 11632 troops, 104 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 403 Defending force 12637 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 279 Japanese adjusted assault: 264 Allied adjusted defense: 184 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 279 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 261 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 23394 troops, 249 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 765 Defending force 34709 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1044 Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 64 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 92,38 (near Chengting) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 19254 troops, 162 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 666 Defending force 16345 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 474 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 43422 troops, 509 guns, 376 vehicles, Assault Value = 1387 Defending force 12108 troops, 222 guns, 430 vehicles, Assault Value = 387 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 796 Allied adjusted defense: 532 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2592 casualties reported Squads: 16 destroyed, 195 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 39 disabled Allied ground losses: 358 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 26 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 23 (2 destroyed, 21 disabled) Vehicles lost 41 (3 destroyed, 38 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila (79,77) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 22338 troops, 215 guns, 126 vehicles, Assault Value = 668 Defending force 21485 troops, 297 guns, 174 vehicles, Assault Value = 446 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 425 Allied adjusted defense: 565 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2278 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 178 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 28 disabled Allied ground losses: 451 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 68 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kuching (58,88) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3974 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 134 Defending force 1546 troops, 9 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 56 Japanese adjusted assault: 118 Allied adjusted defense: 17 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kuching !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(-), preparation(-) fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 67 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 542 casualties reported Squads: 16 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 3 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 144th Infantry Regiment Defending units: Sarawak Force 2/15 Punjab Battalion 106th RN Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Palembang (48,91) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2175 troops, 14 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 95 Defending force 19278 troops, 273 guns, 426 vehicles, Assault Value = 615 Allied ground losses: 96 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: Zuid KNIL Battalion So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion Djambi Base Force – This unit is not where the name says it should be. Djambi may be vacant, and if he moved this unit to Palembang others may also be on the way. I’ve ordered a deliberate attack for tomorrow and am really hoping there is no damage to the oil wells or refineries… Palembang Base Force Defending units: 16th Army /1 2nd Div /2 2nd Tank Regiment 8th Tank Regiment 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 16th AA Regiment – lots of AA have already landed to counter the inevitable B-17s that will try to bomb the oil/refineries. 1st Air Defense AA Regiment – the DAA Regts have been bought out from Japan. 22nd Air Defense AA Rgt /1 23rd Air Defense AA Rgt /1 44th Field AA Battalion 23rd JNAF AF Unit – ready to support Zeroes asap, with a few more JNAF AFUs on the way. I will probably also move HQ 22nd Air Flotilla to Palembang from Singkawang shortly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sambas (57,88) Allied Bombardment attack – a deliberate attack is ordered for tomorrow. Attacking force 585 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26 Defending force 3301 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 122 Assaulting units: West Borneo KNIL Battalion Singkawang Base Force Sambas Base Force Defending units: 143rd Infantry Regiment OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 01, 42 Siquijor is occupied by the Japanese CS Convoy TF 139 begins loading Resources at Sapporo for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori CS Convoy TF 166 begins loading Resources at Hakodate for delivery to Ominato D3A1 Val from Akagi-2 attacking an Allied SS at 50,89 a KXI Class class SS is reported HIT D3A1 Val from Shokaku-2 attacking SS KVIII at 52,90 SS KVIII is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Zuikaku-3 attacking a O21 Class class SS at 55,92 a Dolphin class SS is reported HIT 3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 13th JNAF AF Unit to Rabaul 19 x L3Y2 Tina transporting 13th JNAF AF Unit to Rabaul 25 x Ki-57-I Topsy dropping 1st Raiding Regiment at Muntok xAK Kogyoku Maru sinks at sea CS Convoy TF 137 begins loading Resources at Muroran for delivery to Ominato CS Convoy TF 146 begins loading Resources at Naha for delivery to Kagoshima Japanese forces CAPTURE Kuching !!! Tsugaru-1 converting to E13A1 Jake 16th Ku T-1 on CS Chiyoda converting to size 24 from 6 Myoko-2 on CS Chitose converting to size 24 from 2 xAK Toko Maru arrives at Tokyo – the last of the Tohos. I use these ships in forward areas for local troop reorganisation moves . xAKL Nebraskan is reported to have been sunk near Adak Island on Jan 01, 1942 37th JNAF AF Unit arrives at Tokyo – will move to Southern Area Fleet, likely Davao initially, to support SNLF operations into the Celebes.

obvert -> RE: 1 Jan 1942 (10/19/2019 10:53:47 AM)
You've got a lot of troops that will be ground down in Wenchow. While you're fighting and losing squads to disablements there he's digging into x3 territory. I'd advise pulling out and moving to the centre, leaving Wenchow for the Chinese and keeping it disabled as an airbase. There's nothing he can really use it for anyway. An easy China is dependent on quick movement, outrunning the Chinese hordes, and suppressing any Allied attempts to jump your bombing runs. As Japan the timing is everything. So to lose this 4 ID plus stack of troops for the next few months isn't going to help you at all.

jdsrae -> 2 Jan 1942 report (10/19/2019 12:29:01 PM)
Even though England gave the Wallabies a rugby lesson, Palembang was captured with no damage to industry! The Singapore assault force have also established a bridgehead, but have some impressively high disruption and fatigue so they won't launch another deliberate attack until they are both reduced. OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 02, 42 Basilan is occupied by the Japanese CS Convoy TF 42 will load Oil at Hakodate for return to Ominato AMc Wa 19 sinks at sea - obliterated by a single coastal defence gun hit Repairs completed on AKE Hokuzyu Maru at Hakodate, ship returned to service - 24 x Akasi AKE have been ordered and the first batch are now ready. CS Convoy TF 94 begins loading Resources at Toyohara for delivery to Wakkanai xAKL Kikuryu Maru sinks at sea CS Convoy TF 13 begins loading Oil at Shikuka for delivery to Wakkanai CS Convoy TF 32 begins loading Oil at Muroran for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori Japanese forces CAPTURE Palembang !!! Japanese forces CAPTURE Sambas !!! Japanese forces CAPTURE Davao !!! Nachi-2 on CS Chitose converting to size 24 from 2 TK Anastasia is reported to have been sunk near Balikpapan on Dec 26, 1941 MTB 7 is reported to have been sunk near Pakhoi on Jan 01, 1942 III/84th Naval Guard Unit arrives at Saipan - 84th NGU has recombined [image]local://upfiles/34194/B8EB001AC0234DD0A95C21A9B6F39C3C.jpg[/image] AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 02, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Palembang (48,91) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Palembang (48,91) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Palembang (48,91) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Sambas (57,88) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 8 encounters mine field at Palembang (48,91) - Coastal Guns Fire Back! Japanese Ships AMc Wa 19, Shell hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage. Hit by a 6 inch sniper round, she sank quickly… AMc Wa 19 firing at Palembang Base Force Palembang Base Force firing at AMc Wa 19 4 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Muntok at 50,90 Japanese Ships xAK Awazisan Maru, on fire, heavy damage SS KXIII launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Awazisan Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Palembang (48,91) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 37 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. 75mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAK Yokohama Maru at 7,000 yards CM Tsugaru firing to suppress enemy battery at 7,000 yards PB Kyo Maru #8 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 2,000 yards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Palembang (48,91) TF 4 troops unloading over beach at Palembang, 48,91 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Palembang (48,91) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 8 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. 75mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAK Kogyo Maru at 13,000 yards PB Aso Maru #7 firing to suppress enemy battery at 13,000 yards PB Choko Maru #5 fired at enemy troops PB Aso Maru #7 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Kudat (69,86) TF 350 troops unloading over beach at Kudat, 69,86 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Palembang (48,91) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 12 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. PB Kyo Maru #8 fired at enemy troops 75mm CD Gun battery firing at xAK Nishimi Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Puerto Princesa at 73,84 SS Permit launches 4 torpedoes at CM Sokuten -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Runway hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76 Airbase hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kukong , at 79,57 Airbase hits 6 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55 2 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Runway hits 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Moulmein , at 55,55 16 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91 Port hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ternate at 77,101 Allied aircraft Hudson I x 3 Japanese Ships xAKL Kikuryu Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage – one hex from Ternate which is the objective. She was carrying half of a IJNAF Coy which has taken serious casualties. The invasion force will push ahead and unload tomorrow, with a surface combat screen of cruisers to offer some AA protection. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invasion Support action off Palembang (48,91) Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force 11 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. 75mm CD Gun Battery engaging xAK Yokohama Maru at 9,000 yards PB Kyo Maru #8 fired at enemy troops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Naga (81,81) TF 82 troops unloading over beach at Naga, 81,81 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 45459 troops, 504 guns, 409 vehicles, Assault Value = 1545 Defending force 34046 troops, 417 guns, 342 vehicles, Assault Value = 650 Japanese adjusted assault: 485 Allied adjusted defense: 863 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 1845 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 193 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 45 disabled Engineers: 40 destroyed, 120 disabled Guns lost 20 (2 destroyed, 18 disabled) Vehicles lost 22 (7 destroyed, 15 disabled) Allied ground losses: 4107 casualties reported – not too bad, apart from severe disruption and fatigue the assault force is in pretty good shape. The infantry will remain in combat mode but do nothing to try and recover, while the artillery bombards for at least a few days. Squads: 117 destroyed, 178 disabled Non Combat: 78 destroyed, 76 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled Guns lost 65 (11 destroyed, 54 disabled) Vehicles lost 24 (2 destroyed, 22 disabled) Assaulting units: 25th Army 4th Division 5th Division 56th Division 1st Tank Regiment 6th Tank Regiment 4th Ind. Engineer Regiment 15th Ind. Engineer Regiment 23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 5th Mortar Battalion 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion Defending units: Malaya Army III Indian Corps 22nd Australian Brigade During the combat replay I saw that one of the Aus Bdes is at about 50% effectiveness. The other is at about 80% effectiveness. Many of the other remaining units, especially those of Bn size, were smashed trying to defend the beaches. 27th Australian Brigade 12th Indian Brigade SSVF Brigade 2nd Loyal Battalion 2nd Gordons Battalion 3rd Cavalry Regiment 1st Manchester Battalion 1st Malay Battalion 2/17 Dogra Battalion 2nd Malay Battalion 137/155th Field Regiment 2/215th Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment 272/273rd Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment 22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 5th Field Regiment 24th NZ Pioneer Coy AHQ Far East 223 Group RAF 224 Group RAF 110th RAF Base Force 111th RAF Base Force 112th RAF Base Force Malayan Air Wing 2nd ISF Base Force 1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment 2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 3rd Heavy AA Regiment Singapore Base Force 109th RN Base Force Singapore Fortress -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 36796 troops, 398 guns, 171 vehicles, Assault Value = 1662 Defending force 42643 troops, 242 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1411 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Palembang (48,91) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 16163 troops, 166 guns, 311 vehicles, Assault Value = 634 Defending force 3016 troops, 28 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 87 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 623 Allied adjusted defense: 34 Japanese assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Palembang !!! Allied aircraft losses Do-24K-1: 4 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 35 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 1344 casualties reported Squads: 59 destroyed, 25 disabled Non Combat: 54 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 9 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 23 (19 destroyed, 4 disabled) Vehicles lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 4 Assaulting units: 16th Army – will start to prepare for Java operations. Sumatra will be handed over to 25th Army once Singapore falls. 2nd Division – will follow up to the SW. I need recon on the other bases on Sumatra to see if the “Palembang Fortress” troops have been dropped somewhere on the real life south or west Sumatra coasts. 2nd Tank Regiment – both Tank Regts will start to prepare for Java operations, while helping to mop up southern Sumatra. 8th Tank Regiment 17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment – Java prep 1st Ind. Engineer Regiment – fort building and Java prep. 16th AA Regiment - garrison 44th Field AA Battalion – Java prep 42nd Road Const Co – fort building, then airfield expansion 44th Road Const Co – as above 1st Air Defense AA Regiment - garrison 22nd Air Defense AA Regiment - garrison 23rd Air Defense AA Regiment - garrison 23rd JNAF AF Unit – support the Zero and recon group until HQ 22nd Air Flotilla and follow up JNAF AFUs arrive. Defending units: All withdrew to the SW, across the river. Zuid KNIL Battalion So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion Djambi Base Force Palembang Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 49451 troops, 518 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1709 Defending force 62241 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1794 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 11394 troops, 104 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 382 Defending force 12458 troops, 77 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 260 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso) Japanese Bombardment attack – no IJA casualties Attacking force 23400 troops, 249 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 764 Defending force 34725 troops, 201 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1045 Allied ground losses: 32 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 92,38 (near Chengting) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 19287 troops, 162 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 668 Defending force 16347 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 475 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1995 troops, 140 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 1230 Defending force 11767 troops, 221 guns, 427 vehicles, Assault Value = 338 Japanese ground losses: Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 58 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 5 (4 destroyed, 1 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila (79,77) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 915 troops, 61 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 523 Defending force 21142 troops, 296 guns, 174 vehicles, Assault Value = 392 Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur (49,79) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 12750 troops, 120 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 439 Defending force 7894 troops, 45 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 297 Assaulting units: 33rd Division Defending units: 5 x Bdes in total but some have suffered a defeat or two already so should be tired with low morale. A deliberate attack is ordered. 6th Indian Brigade 15th Indian Brigade 22nd Indian Brigade 28th Gurkha Brigade 5/14th Punjab Battalion 1st Hyderabad Battalion 1st Mysore Battalion 1st ISF Base Force 3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment 109th RAF Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sambas (57,88) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3311 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 122 Defending force 936 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26 Japanese adjusted assault: 54 Allied adjusted defense: 7 Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Sambas !!! Japanese ground losses: 6 casualties reported Allied ground losses: 514 casualties reported Squads: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled) Units retreated 3 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 143rd Infantry Regiment Defending units: West Borneo KNIL Battalion Singkawang Base Force Sambas Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Davao (79,91) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 4452 troops, 57 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 184 Defending force 355 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22 Japanese adjusted assault: 132 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 132 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Davao !!! Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: Only one more allied base left on Mindanao, Malaybalay, the one in the Mountain hex. The map shows a fast road from Cagayan SE to it, but I want to push forward with my SNLF units instead of spending time here to mop these allied troops up. I will keep recon and aerial bombardment on them with small garrisons in the bases that need them on Mindanao to protect against this allied force taking any offensive action. I will clear them later, with troops yet to be identified. Kure 2nd SNLF Sasebo 2nd SNLF Yokosuka 4th SNLF Defending units: 1st /101st PA Battalion

rustysi -> RE: 2 Jan 1942 report (10/19/2019 5:10:16 PM)
quote: dropping paras on it in Jungle Rough terrain sounds like something CAPT Risky would do. No guts, no glory.[:D] If he is weak enough and you can airlift upon taking a base, the payoff maybe worth the small risk.

rustysi -> RE: Post Mortem - first day of the Battle of Wenchow (10/19/2019 5:11:46 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jdsrae I didn't get much of a chance to review the game before work this morning, so was wondering all day HTF so many IJA squads were disabled at Wenchow. Apart from the 50% losses to 19th Division, who I think had just arrived in hex so probably had no field forts, at first glance everyone else looked to be in pretty good shape. Fast forward to Friday evening and I get a chance to take a closer look... Following orders, COL Takeda threw the 2nd Independent Mixed Regiment at the city walls. One Bn destroyed outright, two Bns wounded. Not even a single infantry section can be mustered at 2IMR roll call that evening. Lesson learnt from this (again, because I already knew this!) is to avoid including units that lack combat engineers in assaults on fortified objectives. I can't fault the courage of these 1s and 0s, they just didn't have any sappers to follow. [image]local://upfiles/34194/DC06AFBC26CF4A788A35B76377F1A8BE.jpg[/image] Your unit is in 'move' mode. Not good for combat.[:-]

rustysi -> RE: Post Mortem - first day of the Battle of Wenchow (10/19/2019 5:20:20 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: rustysi quote: ORIGINAL: jdsrae I didn't get much of a chance to review the game before work this morning, so was wondering all day HTF so many IJA squads were disabled at Wenchow. Apart from the 50% losses to 19th Division, who I think had just arrived in hex so probably had no field forts, at first glance everyone else looked to be in pretty good shape. Fast forward to Friday evening and I get a chance to take a closer look... Following orders, COL Takeda threw the 2nd Independent Mixed Regiment at the city walls. One Bn destroyed outright, two Bns wounded. Not even a single infantry section can be mustered at 2IMR roll call that evening. Lesson learnt from this (again, because I already knew this!) is to avoid including units that lack combat engineers in assaults on fortified objectives. I can't fault the courage of these 1s and 0s, they just didn't have any sappers to follow. [image]local://upfiles/34194/DC06AFBC26CF4A788A35B76377F1A8BE.jpg[/image] Your unit is in 'move' mode. Not good for combat.[:-] BTW, that unit is now prime for 'buying out' (will load on ships). I find such units to be useful in defense of certain island.[:D]

rustysi -> RE: Post Mortem - first day of the Battle of Wenchow (10/19/2019 5:30:19 PM)
quote: Palembang was captured with no damage to industry! Extremely important, a big hurdle crossed. Edit: Now don't let him bomb it!!![:D]

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