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rustysi -> RE: 11 Jan report (10/26/2019 5:52:55 PM)
quote: once my extra 2 x Divs showed up. Well, its like I always say, 'jump big or stay home'. Seriously though, I too like to reinforce the Luzon attack. Heck, IRL Japan ended up doing just that when its initial forces became bogged down.

rustysi -> RE: 11 Jan report (10/26/2019 5:59:02 PM)
quote: three exploding Dutch torpedoes while flagship of an amphibious task force. I thought she’d be a goner, but she’s “only” got 50 float damage Generally speaking the Dutch torps are not hull shattering.[:D]

jdsrae -> 12 Jan report (10/26/2019 10:48:53 PM)
The hotspots for the next few days will be Manila, Singapore and Wenchow on the ground. The Burma air war will also heat up as my Oscars now outnumber the AVG. Kido Butai has moved to the Celebes Sea, with the IJNGS planning a raid somewhere into the Coral Sea or perhaps as far as the South Pacific near Noumea/Fiji. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 12, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 223 encounters mine field at Kwajalein Island (132,115) 16 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58 – all ground forces are now in place with the 22nd Division recently arrived. This task force didn’t make it back to Shanghai, so need one day to rearm, one day to position for the bombardment run, then the next attack. Japanese Ships BB Mutsu BB Nagato DD Sanae DD Kuretake DD Wakatake DD Akigumo DD Yugumo Allied ground losses: 90 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Manpower hits 1 Fires 146 Runway hits 7 Port hits 1 E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Mutsu BB Mutsu firing at 86th Chinese Corps E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Nagato BB Nagato firing at 70th Chinese Corps DD Sanae firing at Wenchow DD Kuretake firing at 70th Chinese Corps DD Wakatake firing at 70th Chinese Corps DD Akigumo firing at Wenchow DD Yugumo firing at 86th Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cairns at 93,141 SS I-166 launches 2 torpedoes at AM Mildura AM Townsville fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Suva at 131,161 SS I-124 Allied Ships xAK Lorrain, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage SS I-124 attacking on the surface -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Cairns at 93,141 SS I-166 launches 2 torpedoes at AM Mildura -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attacks on Manila , at 79,77 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attacks on Singapore , at 50,84 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 112th Infantry Regiment, at 55,56 , near Moulmein – I’ve just moved one more Oscar group to Chiang Mai and they will fly LRCAP over this IJA force to try and ambush these Blenheims Allied aircraft Blenheim IF x 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 103rd PA Infantry Regiment, at 81,89 , near Butuan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attacks on Wenchow , at 89,58 Also attacking 49th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 50th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attacks on Singapore , at 50,84 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59 SS Seadragon is sighted by escort -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Ketapang (55,93) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 37514 troops, 402 guns, 175 vehicles, Assault Value = 2267 Defending force 42811 troops, 242 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1424 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 39536 troops, 497 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1748 Defending force 63078 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1847 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 23886 troops, 249 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 792 Defending force 35174 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1094 Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 50 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 92,38 (near Chengting) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 19411 troops, 162 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1476 Defending force 16312 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 471 Assaulting units: 1st Division 26th Division 36th Division – this Division just arrived, so I will check fatigue and a deliberate attack will go in shortly. 9th Ind.Mixed Brigade Defending units: 83rd Chinese Corps 35th Chinese Corps 3rd Prov Chinese Corps 13th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila (79,77) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 2590 troops, 162 guns, 194 vehicles, Assault Value = 1262 Fatigue has reduced to try another deliberate attack with this raw AV ratio. I don’t like doing shock attacks even in situations like this in case the die rolls go against me, but I am still keen to end the fight for Manila quickly. Defending force 19467 troops, 296 guns, 178 vehicles, Assault Value = 222 Allied ground losses: 111 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1745 troops, 159 guns, 75 vehicles, Assault Value = 1993 Defending force 31883 troops, 421 guns, 359 vehicles, Assault Value = 409 Allied ground losses: 80 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: just the combat arms. Fatigue is still >20 in two of the Divisions but is back in the teens or less for the others. With the arrival of another fresh Division and a spare Regt I’ve ordered another deliberate attack to try and end this quickly. Worst case I get another 1:1 but that should hurt the defenders more. 25th Army 4th Division 5th Division 33rd Division – new arrival in hex this turn. 56th Division 41st Infantry Regiment – new arrival in hex this turn. 1st Tank Regiment 6th Tank Regiment 4th Ind. Engineer Regiment 15th Ind. Engineer Regiment 23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tandjoengpinang (50,85) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 715 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 29 Defending force 71 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese assault odds: 15 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Tandjoengpinang !!! Assaulting units: 1st Raiding Regiment Defending units: Bintan Det. Base Force Units destroyed 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 57,89 (near Kuching) – mopping up in “west” Borneo Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1488 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Defending force 1195 troops, 6 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Japanese adjusted assault: 24 Allied adjusted defense: 13 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 Assaulting units: Sasebo 1st SNLF Defending units: Sarawak Force 2/15 Punjab Battalion 106th RN Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91) Japanese Bombardment attack – I’ll try a deliberate attack next but looks like I will need to reinforce. Attacking force 1370 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55 Defending force 1822 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 47 Assaulting units: Sasebo 2nd SNLF Defending units: VII KNIL Battalion Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion Tarakan Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manado (75,99) Japanese Bombardment attack – same here, I will try a deliberate attack next but may need to reinforce. Attacking force 1451 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60 Defending force 1536 troops, 2 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 57 Assaulting units: 15th Naval Guard Unit Defending units: Manado Garrison Battalion Manado Base Force OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 12, 42 Catbalogan is occupied by the Japanese CS Convoy TF 42 will load Oil at Hakodate for return to Ominato xAKL Tokuwa Maru sinks at sea CS Convoy TF 77 begins loading Oil at Taihoku for delivery to Kagoshima CS Convoy TF 93 begins loading Resources at Port Arthur for delivery to Fukuoka CS Convoy TF 42 will load Oil at Hakodate for return to Ominato D3A1 Val from Zuikaku-2 attacking a KVIII Class class SS at 68,97 an Allied SS is reported HIT Japanese forces CAPTURE Tandjoengpinang !!! Fusan expands port to size 8 Port Fusan is maxed out. I want to buy out as many engineers as possible to move them to build other Ports on the strategic convoy routes, but I am also trying to save PP to buy out another infantry Division. In my last game vs AI I bought them all out at this point, but I will just buy out a few to move to Hokkaido/Sakhalin and the others can take some leave for a while. DMS W-4, 5 & 6 taken out of commission to begin refit at Truk Kiyokawa Maru-1 on CS Chiyoda converting to size 24 from 9 xAK Lorrain is reported to have been sunk near Suva on Jan 12, 1942

jdsrae -> RE: 12 Jan report (10/27/2019 3:29:05 AM)
I'm just waiting for the turn to come back from C.S. so have had a bit of time to review China. This is the current situation in GEN Okamura's NCAA area of operations. The plans in this AO, from north to south are: Mongol Garrison Army: Continue to advance into North China with the 2nd IMB and the 1st and 4th Cav Bdes as far as the dot base at Ningsia. I will then send the 2 x Cav Bdes forward on recon patrols, but they don't have enough combat power to take defended positions. I've just noticed that LGEN Amakasu is still trying to run this operation from Kalgan, so he has been sent a message encouraging him to move forward. 1st Army: LGEN Iwamatsu is on the front line with 37th and 41st Divs. His 1st and 36th Divs are helping to clear the Mountain hex on the Taiyuan-Tatung railway (at A) then if the allied position does not change they will be loaned to 12th Army to help clear Tsiatso (at B). 1st Army will continue to threaten the high road to Sian to try and distract the enemy troops from moving elsewhere, and be available to advance if the allies do react and move. His other units are providing rear area security in garrison roles. 12th Army: LGEN Dobashi has 26, 27, 32 and 35 Divs under command, plus rear area garrison troops. 26th Div will help clear (A) then join him at Tsiaotso (B). 27th and 32nd Divs are clearing the open country east of Nanyang. AFter Sinyang-Nanyang are clear, they will either move back to help clear (B) or if not needed there, move to threaten Sian along the grey road from Nanyang. 20th Army: LGEN Seki has 8, 9, 10 and 11 Divs under command but has temporarily swapped his 8 and 9 Divs for 27 and 32 Divs. 20th Army has been tasked with relieving the defenders of Sinyang and driving the enemy back to Nanyang. Once Nanyang is captured, 20th Army will take over the section of the front from vic Ichang to Nanyang and push forward to maintain contact. [image]local://upfiles/34194/0803F102C5FA4497A4EDB2EFFAFF5E9F.jpg[/image]

jdsrae -> RE: 12 Jan report (10/27/2019 3:58:19 AM)
GEN Hata as GOC China Expeditionary Army has direct command of 11th, 13th and 23rd Armies in the south. The plans in this AO from north to south are: 11th Army: LGEN Watanabe commands 3, 6, 13, 34, 39 and 40 Divs. He is currently at Changsha with four of them. 20th Army is about to arrive at Sinyang (A2) and he will hand command of operations in that area over to 20th Army. 13th Div will be loaned to 20th Army, and the "Tank Division" has also been made available for the Sinyang-Nanyang operation. 20th Army will relieve both 13th and 34th Divs so that 11th Army can concentrate at Changsha. 20th Army will then maintain contact with the enemy west and north from Ichang and detach excess Divisions to theatre reserve. After the Tank Division clears Sinyang (A2) and Nanyang (B2), the Tanks will move south to join the main effort vic Changsha (at C). 13th Army: LGEN Sawada is being supervised closely by GEN Hata at Wenchow. He has 15, 17 and 22 Divs under command. GEN Hata has allocated 19 and 20 Divs from theatre reserve to the Wenchow operation (A). Once Wenchow is captured the defenders will be pushed west into rough terrain. 13th Army will then move on Chuhsien (B) before moving west to an assault river crossing to capture either Hengyang or Siangtan (C). By then the "Tank Division" and a couple of Divs detached from 20th Army should have arrived to join in. Objectives D,E,F are the plan if the enemy don't react. I will maintain contact at other parts of the front so that if the allies withdraw at any point I will keep moving the front forward. 23rd Army: LGEN Sakai is at Kukong with most of the 51st Div, waiting for more sub-units to arrive so that it can combine. 104th Div is his only other Div but it needs to garrison Canton until it can be replaced. 19th and 20th Divs may join 23rd Army after Wenchow, or GEN Hata may keep them as his theatre reserve. As it is relatively under strength, 23rd Army will seek to maintain contact and push north from Kukong if the opportunity arises. [image]local://upfiles/34194/53F7CA2B27A9470A8C1992686598CABF.jpg[/image]

jdsrae -> 13 Jan report (10/28/2019 9:36:29 AM)
Manila is captured, but there is no time for celebration until Bataan is cleared. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 13, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Hakodate at 120,54 Captain of SS Pollack elects not to launch torpedoes at this target PB Yahada Maru attacking submerged sub .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59 SS Seadragon launches 2 torpedoes at PB Shonan Maru #2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Merak , at 48,97 Clear skies over Merak. I need to recon Batavia again as my focus has been on recon over Sumatra for the last few days. If Batavia doesn’t have too many fighters the Oscars will start sweeps of Batavia to prepare for the Java invasion. Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 21 No Japanese losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 10 H81-A3 x 8 Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed H81-A3: 1 destroyed 3 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet AVG/2nd Sqn with H81-A3 (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 6 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 20000 – the H81s have the height advantage and I assume radar, so time for the defenders to intercept is quite short. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10 – but I have a large numbers advantage. I just need to keep an eye on fatigue and morale. H81-A3 x 1 No Japanese losses No Allied losses AVG/2nd Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 50th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow) Also attacking 49th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Airbase hits 2 Runway hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58 Runway hits 4 Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58 Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 14 Also attacking 14th Chinese Base Force ... Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Merak , at 48,97 Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore Fortress, at 50,84 (Singapore) Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19 Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 No allied fighters left in the skies over Toungoo. I will sweep Rangoon next as I’ve just spotted a few xAK and a TK, no doubt trying to extract oil and fuel. Recon reports about 20-30 allied fighter based at Rangoon with some of them Blenheim Is, so likely 1 x AVG Sqn and maybe a Buffalo RAF Sqn. I have Nells/Bettys flying naval search at Chumphon with HQ 21 Air Flotilla stocked with torpedoes, but don’t want to launch them until after I’ve swept some allied fighters from Rangoon. Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 32 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 18 Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Ki-21-Ic Sally x 8 Ki-32 Mary x 9 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Billiton at 52,91 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 3 – flying from Batavia Japanese Ships SC Ch 16 – there is a line of allied subs with one in each hex between Billiton and Borneo. I will move this SC Div a little further away from Batavia. 3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb – that would make a mess of a SC if it hit… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Bataan at 78,77 G3M2 Nell x 10 Allied Ships PT Q-111 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 103rd PA Infantry Regiment, at 81,89 , near Butuan A6M2 Zero x 4 G3M2 Nell x 3 Allied ground losses: 3 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 22 Airbase supply hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 112th Infantry Regiment, at 55,56 , near Moulmein Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11 Blenheim IF x 8 No Japanese losses Blenheim IF: 2 destroyed CAP engaged: 1st Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 11 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 1000 , scrambling fighters to 9000. Raid is overhead – the Blenheim IFs came in higher today than yesterday. This might make him pause on the strafing of 15th Army as it approaches Moulmein. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59 SS Seadragon SS Seadragon is located by SC CHa-13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 60619 troops, 661 guns, 469 vehicles, Assault Value = 2010 Defending force 32030 troops, 433 guns, 362 vehicles, Assault Value = 425 Japanese adjusted assault: 1248 Allied adjusted defense: 819 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) – only 1.52:1 today but good to knock a fort down. The airfield is heavily damaged so the allies won’t be able to rebuild the forts from here. Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1564 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 54 disabled – minimal damage to the infantry Divisions, but fatigue jumps back up to the 40s and 50s. The infantry will let the artillery bombard for a few days to recover before launching the next attack. The Imperial Guards Div are about to start their crossing from Johore Bahru in move mode, so I may just wait for them to arrive before attacking again. Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 32 destroyed, 33 disabled – most damage caused to the 4th IER which is now shattered. It will move back to Johore Bahru to recover and take replacements. Allied ground losses: 1998 casualties reported Squads: 48 destroyed, 79 disabled – the 2 x Aus Bdes did well again but they are being worn down. Both were reduced to about 50 raw AV each. Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 118 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 28 disabled Guns lost 69 (23 destroyed, 46 disabled) Vehicles lost 23 (2 destroyed, 21 disabled) Units destroyed 1 – I didn’t see what this unit was, possibly a militia Bn or a small AA unit. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58) BB Division 3 starts the next bombardment run from Shanghai. They should bombard two turns from now so I will hold off the next deliberate attack for one more day to try and coordinate. I want the ground attack to go in while the defenders ears are still ringing. Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 49695 troops, 507 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 2282 Defending force 42874 troops, 242 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1434 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 51365 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1749 Defending force 63093 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1848 Japanese ground losses: 66 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 27831 troops, 273 guns, 78 vehicles, Assault Value = 1472 – waiting for 20th Army and a few more infantry Divs to arrive from the NE. Defending force 61982 troops, 425 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1781 – I will keep up the daily bombardments to try and keep this Chinese force low on supplies by the time 20th Army arrives. Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 93 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 53161 troops, 446 guns, 83 vehicles, Assault Value = 1869 While the AV ratio is tipping in my favour, I have 1 x IMB and 2 x detached Regts that would likely take heavy losses if I was to launch a deliberate attack due to the terrain in this hex. Defending force 47993 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1380 About half of the defenders were forced back into this hex from Loyang so are badly beaten up. This hex is providing some supply to the Chinese defenders, but there are a lot of them so I hope they are eating it all and using the rest on bandages, leaving none for ammunition. Assaulting units: HQ NCAA and HQ 12th Army are both moving here to take command of this operation and boost the combat values for the next attack. 8th Division 9th Division 35th Division 16th Ind.Mixed Brigade – no combat engineers 74th Infantry Regiment – no combat engineers 77th Infantry Regiment – no combat engineers 5th NCPC Infantry Brigade – watching and learning from the professionals 52nd Field AA Battalion Defending units: 7th Group Army 8th Group Army 14th Group Army 15th Group Army 39th Group Army 5th New Chinese Corps 9th Chinese Corps 27th Chinese Corps 33rd Chinese Corps 34th Chinese Corps 43rd Chinese Corps 61st Chinese Corps 80th Chinese Corps 93rd Chinese Corps 98th Chinese Corps 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps 4th Chinese Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 92,38 (near Chengting) Japanese Bombardment attack A deliberate attack (DA) is ordered for tomorrow. This is a Mountain hex so I am expecting to have to grind this out for the next week or so. The defenders should be low on supply but should have dug field fortifications by now. I plan to DA then rest for a few days before the next DA to take advantage of my troops being in supply, and just grind this allied force down. Attacking force 43756 troops, 397 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 1480 Defending force 16353 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 472 Assaulting units: I’ve reviewed the “official” command assignments of these Divs and 1st Division – detached from 4th Army, which in this game means China Expeditionary Army Reserve. I will most likely allocate this Div to NCAA Reserve and use it next to help capture Tsiaotso. 26th Division – Mongol Garrison Army. Once this hex is clear, based on the summary that the Ops Staff presented to me yesterday, I am thinking about sending this Div to NW China to follow up the MGA Cavalry and keep it with HQ MGA which is now moving forward. This Division on its own may be able to capture Lanchow, but probably not Sining in the Mountains NW of it. The 26th Div would also have enough combat power to clear the far NW areas. I’m still weighing up whether the best use of this Div is with MGA, or if I should keep it with HQ NCAA on the Tsiaotso-Sian axis. As Sian is a secondary attack compared to CEA in the south, I am leaning towards sending this Div into NW China. I want to clear this Mountain hex and the railway line through it first though. 36th Division – 1st Army. Instead of moving directly to join HQ 1st Army on the high road to Sian, it will move to help capture Tsiaotso next, before staying close to HQ 1st Army after that. 9th Ind.Mixed Brigade – 1st Army. This IMB will stay an IMB for the duration of the war, as unlike some others it doesn’t get another Bde joining it to become a Div later. It isn’t needed for a city garrison role, so it will move forward and stay with HQ 1st Army. It may be used to provide flank protection by blocking a side road somewhere, or become the future Sian garrison. Defending units: 13th Group Army 35th Chinese Corps 83rd Chinese Corps 3rd Prov Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 23926 troops, 249 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 794 Defending force 35154 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1091 Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: I will leave this force on defence, protecting this flank until after Tsiaotso is captured. 1st Army 37th Division 41st Division 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 26th Fld AA Machinecannon Company Defending units: Half of this allied force has been reversed already, but they were reinforced by a couple of large fresh Corps. 4th Group Army 1st Chinese Corps 16th Chinese Corps 36th Chinese Corps 38th Chinese Corps 47th Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manila (79,77) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 45094 troops, 565 guns, 402 vehicles, Assault Value = 1282 Defending force 19532 troops, 298 guns, 178 vehicles, Assault Value = 227 Japanese adjusted assault: 1288 Allied adjusted defense: 315 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Manila !!! This is the biggest news of the day. I was expecting a win but the 4:1 ratio exceeded expectations. Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1406 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 114 disabled – casualties look to be evenly shared across the 3 x Divisions and 65th Bde, so all remain combat effective. 65th Bde will remain as the Manila garrison force while everything else that can fight is ordered to move to Clark Field. Once they are there, a coordinated advance to Bataan will commence. Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled Vehicles lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled) Allied ground losses: 19943 casualties reported Squads: 691 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1062 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 55 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 405 (405 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 190 (190 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 12 Defending units: USAFFE – GEN MacArthur surrenders, but then promptly disappeared, rumour has it to take command of HQ SWPac... II Philippine Corps 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 Ketapang (55,93) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3046 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 103 Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0 Japanese forces CAPTURE Ketapang !!! 143rd Infantry Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 57,90 (near Pontianak) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 4009 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 135 Defending force 487 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17 Japanese assault odds: 55 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 119 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 390 casualties reported Squads: 19 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled) Units retreated 3 Assaulting units: 144th Infantry Regiment Defending units: West Borneo KNIL Battalion Singkawang Base Force Sambas Base Force ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 57,89 (near Kuching) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1462 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58 Defending force 1200 troops, 6 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 44 Japanese adjusted assault: 10 Allied adjusted defense: 19 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 26 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Allied ground losses: 51 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Assaulting units: Sasebo 1st SNLF Defending units: Sarawak Force 2/15 Punjab Battalion 106th RN Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1395 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58 Defending force 1822 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 47 Japanese adjusted assault: 11 Allied adjusted defense: 31 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-). They need a rest and reinforcements. That will give me some time to bring up an AA Regt and base force to protect the oil fields once captured. Japanese ground losses: 80 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: Sasebo 2nd SNLF Defending units: VII KNIL Battalion Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion Tarakan Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manado (75,99) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1451 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60 Defending force 1530 troops, 2 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 56 Japanese adjusted assault: 49 Allied adjusted defense: 19 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1) – good work. I will check fatigue and if ok they will attack again. Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 28 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 43 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: 15th Naval Guard Unit Defending units: Manado Garrison Battalion Manado Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1004 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 45 Defending force 1336 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 51 OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 13, 42 Guiuan is occupied by the Japanese Repairs completed on DMS W-19 at Nagasaki/Sasebo, ship returned to service – depth charge upgrades are starting to complete on the DMS. They probably still don’t go deep enough but we will soon see. CS Convoy TF 42 begins loading Fuel at Ominato for delivery to Hakodate CS Convoy TF 95 begins loading Resources at Hakodate for delivery to Ominato Ki-43-Ia Oscar from 59th Sentai crashes on landing Ki-43-Ib Oscar from 64th Sentai crashes on landing Ki-15-II Babs from 76th I.F.Chutai crashes on landing Ki-32 Mary from 89th I.F.Chutai crashes on landing B5N2 Kate from Soryu-3 crashes on landing – everybody please stop crashing on landing! Repairs completed on SS I-171 at Truk, ship returned to service CS Convoy TF 57 begins loading Resources at Toyohara for delivery to Wakkanai Japanese forces CAPTURE Manila !!! Japanese forces CAPTURE Ketapang !!! Ichang expands fortifications to size 4 – that will do for forts at Ichang for now, as the Chinese have generally withdrawn to the W and NW. Jaluit expands fortifications to size 3 Maloelap expands fortifications to size 3 Clark Field expands fortifications to size 3 – that will do for forts at Clark Field for now, as the allies have shown no sign of advancing from Bataan. Karachi expands port to size 6 This prompted the IJNGS future ops cell to present an outline plan for an Indian Ocean raid. I informed them that there are higher priority tasks for KB for the foreseeable future, but I have asked them to work on it in their spare time. A deep Indian Ocean raid probably won’t be launched until after the Java invasion goes in, but a close range clearing patrol off the west coast of Java/Sumatra is possible once Singapore is captured and the minefields cleared. The aim of that patrol will be to support landings to capture NW Sumatra followed by the invasion of Java. Chiyoda-1 converting to E13A1 Jake – this is the first size 24 Jake group. This air group will stay on Chiyoda and take my best 24 >50 experience pilots from the reserve pool so that it can sail with a CVL or CVE task force to provide extra naval search. I only have about 6 more FP groups to upgrade to Jake on BB/CA/CL that are still at sea. I will upgrade those groups when the ships return to port and also upgrade the other 2 x CS-1 air groups as the next priority. After that, I will progressively upgrade the resized land based FP groups that are still putting recruits through the Naval Search Basic Course. Once trained in Naval Search, some groups will start flying operational Naval Search missions while most will continue their training on the ASW Basic Course. Device(s) upgraded in 16th Division supplied from Manila – 47mm AT guns which should come in handy at Bataan. New units: 2nd Raiding Regiment arrives at Kagoshima – Southern Army, to Thailand for use in Burma. 38th Field AA Battalion arrives at Hamamatsu – 17th Army, to Truk/Rabaul for use in the Solomons. 39th Field AA Battalion arrives at Hamamatsu – 17th Army, to Truk/Rabaul for use in the Solomons. 41st Field AA Battalion arrives at Osaka/Kyoto – 17th Army, to Truk/Rabaul for use in the Solomons. 82nd Naval Guard Unit arrives at Tokyo – SEAF, to Rabaul for future Buna garrison. 83rd Naval Guard Unit arrives at Tokyo – SEAF, to Rabaul for future Milne Bay garrison. 4th Indpt SNLF Coy arrives at Saipan – SEAF, to Rabaul to capture dot bases in the Coral Sea and Solomon Islands 5th Indpt SNLF Coy arrives at Saipan – SEAF, as above 7th Indpt SNLF Coy arrives at Truk – SEAF, as above 8th Indpt SNLF Coy arrives at Babeldaob – SEAF, as above 10th Special Base Force arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka – Southern Area Fleet, to Davao then forward to help garrison Tarakan once captured.

obvert -> RE: 12 Jan report (10/28/2019 10:45:32 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jdsrae GEN Hata as GOC China Expeditionary Army has direct command of 11th, 13th and 23rd Armies in the south. The plans in this AO from north to south are: 11th Army: LGEN Watanabe commands 3, 6, 13, 34, 39 and 40 Divs. He is currently at Changsha with four of them. 20th Army is about to arrive at Sinyang (A2) and he will hand command of operations in that area over to 20th Army. 13th Div will be loaned to 20th Army, and the "Tank Division" has also been made available for the Sinyang-Nanyang operation. 20th Army will relieve both 13th and 34th Divs so that 11th Army can concentrate at Changsha. 20th Army will then maintain contact with the enemy west and north from Ichang and detach excess Divisions to theatre reserve. After the Tank Division clears Sinyang (A2) and Nanyang (B2), the Tanks will move south to join the main effort vic Changsha (at C). 13th Army: LGEN Sawada is being supervised closely by GEN Hata at Wenchow. He has 15, 17 and 22 Divs under command. GEN Hata has allocated 19 and 20 Divs from theatre reserve to the Wenchow operation (A). Once Wenchow is captured the defenders will be pushed west into rough terrain. 13th Army will then move on Chuhsien (B) before moving west to an assault river crossing to capture either Hengyang or Siangtan (C). By then the "Tank Division" and a couple of Divs detached from 20th Army should have arrived to join in. Objectives D,E,F are the plan if the enemy don't react. I will maintain contact at other parts of the front so that if the allies withdraw at any point I will keep moving the front forward. 23rd Army: LGEN Sakai is at Kukong with most of the 51st Div, waiting for more sub-units to arrive so that it can combine. 104th Div is his only other Div but it needs to garrison Canton until it can be replaced. 19th and 20th Divs may join 23rd Army after Wenchow, or GEN Hata may keep them as his theatre reserve. As it is relatively under strength, 23rd Army will seek to maintain contact and push north from Kukong if the opportunity arises. Thanks. Very detailed. Question: Is there a reason you're driving directly at the most built up defensive points the Chinese have created all across the map? A few of your goals will be completely impossible in the short-term. While the Chines have supply Changsha will not fall if well defended. He's got 133k troops there in x2 territory with forts 2-4. Looking at your map the key to breaking open the entire Chinese position isn't even reonned (no troop marker in yellow box) and you have nothing moving toward it. The only spot you should care about right now is Pingsiang. it's a dot hex South of Changsha and once taken you have access to the clear hex crossing points through which you can bypass Changsha and move North toward your spot D. If he has nothing at D you're in luck. (I would have troops digging there). All of that stuff at Wenchow and anything else you can muster from the Shanghai area and the elements of the 51st (plus the tank division you're assembling near Amoy, if that is what it seems like down there) should move up toward Changsha, but divert to Pingsiang. Take that base and move into the clear hex next to Changsha and pick the least defended of the two clear bases. Shock over the river, then head toward D (while ideally adding a unit to the NW of Changsha that could walk back in to open the hexside and allow most of your troops through, leaving a garrison of about two IDs and change to hold the LOC there). Right now you're simply moving into the places the Chinese want to defend.

GetAssista -> RE: 13 Jan report (10/28/2019 10:47:12 AM)
Woah, loads of Chinese far forward in Sinyang. I hope you already planned to detach some small units (armored cars are great) to close the western hex sides for them. They will be cut off from their supplies and in time retreat east into the plains for you to bomb.

jdsrae -> RE: 12 Jan report (10/28/2019 1:48:19 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: obvert Thanks. Very detailed. Question: Is there a reason you're driving directly at the most built up defensive points the Chinese have created all across the map? A few of your goals will be completely impossible in the short-term. While the Chines have supply Changsha will not fall if well defended. He's got 133k troops there in x2 territory with forts 2-4. Looking at your map the key to breaking open the entire Chinese position isn't even reonned (no troop marker in yellow box) and you have nothing moving toward it. The only spot you should care about right now is Pingsiang. it's a dot hex South of Changsha and once taken you have access to the clear hex crossing points through which you can bypass Changsha and move North toward your spot D. If he has nothing at D you're in luck. (I would have troops digging there). All of that stuff at Wenchow and anything else you can muster from the Shanghai area and the elements of the 51st (plus the tank division you're assembling near Amoy, if that is what it seems like down there) should move up toward Changsha, but divert to Pingsiang. Take that base and move into the clear hex next to Changsha and pick the least defended of the two clear bases. Shock over the river, then head toward D (while ideally adding a unit to the NW of Changsha that could walk back in to open the hexside and allow most of your troops through, leaving a garrison of about two IDs and change to hold the LOC there). Right now you're simply moving into the places the Chinese want to defend. Just to clarify, the arrows are showing where the Divs currently are. My first aim was to form a front line and that is now done. Until I had made contact and established a front I didn't know what the Chinese plans were. I've only played against the AI before and last game it did a "full court press" which caught me off guard in a few places. In this game, CS did press forward into Wenchow and did try to get into the Mountains west of Taiyuan, but he didn't get there quick enough. Everywhere else it is clear he is happy to defend and wait. Now I can see which points he has chosen to defend in big stacks I can move and attack at points of my choosing. I'm not going to attack Changsha directly. I have 4 x Divisions there right now. I would have attacked if he'd not reinforced it. I also have Pingsiang recently captured by an Armoured Car Coy. I was already planning the river crossing into (C) where you mentioned, but I don't want to show too many of my cards in case he reacts. That's the main reason why I haven't reconned (D) yet too. Once I get 13th Army and the Tanks closer I will also move one or two 11th Army Divs out of Changsha to the crossing point as well. The "Tank Division" is at Sinyang, the box off the map is just showing what Regts are in it. I want to get those Tank Regts and about 8 x Infantry Divs down to vic Changsha to cross the river together and just bypass Changsha if he stays defending it. Once CS sees the movement towards the clear hexes west of Changsha he will have to choose whether to abandon Changsha or not. I need to do enough in NCAA to convince CS I am still trying to capture Sian so he doesn't move his NE China troops backwards. I also don't want to leave large pockets of enemy troops unsupervised in rear areas or they will try to break out and cut my supply lines. That's the reason for my current obsession with Wenchow and Tsiaotso as they generate supplies, but I'm massing as much force as I can before attacking them. If it takes me a little while to capture them that's ok, as I still need to capture Singapore and then move to cut the Burma Road to turn that supply tap off. At Sinyang, I am going to try and drive those Chinese troops back with the Tanks and about 4-5 infantry Divisions. I could cut them off and destroy them but I don't want them reappearing at Chungking so I am going to try and bulldoze them back past Nanyang. Anyway, that's the plan. China is slow going but I am enjoying it so far and am keen to see how this plan unfolds over the coming weeks.

GetAssista -> RE: 12 Jan report (10/28/2019 2:19:33 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jdsrae I could cut them off and destroy them but I don't want them reappearing at Chungking so I am going to try and bulldoze them back past Nanyang. You can always cut Chinese off but not destroy them. Bomb them to drain supply, close hexsides, and they will end up a surprisingly docile POW camp until the end of Chungking siege. Chinese are really weak when low on supply and on offensive against fortified units. On the contrary, when you drive them off in a series of battles you risk their destruction and revival. Goes without saying that this approach requires a rather reckless opponent, plus your own meticulous frontline policing to prevent other Chinese throwaway units from opening hexsides to the camp

rustysi -> RE: 12 Jan report (10/28/2019 4:14:22 PM)
quote: move to threaten Sian along the grey road from Nanyang. Tough nut to hoe, all x3 terrain. Your opponent can cause you grief if he has decent forces in this area.

jdsrae -> 14 Jan report (10/29/2019 12:26:31 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 14, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Darwin at 74,123 SS I-160 is located by AM Warrnambool -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Tambelan-eilanden at 54,91 SS Salmon is sighted by escort SC Ch 19 fails to find sub and abandons search SC Ch 18 fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Dutch Harbor at 171,51 SS I-16 is located by PC Morris PC Crawford fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Manado at 75,99 Japanese Ships BB Hyuga BB Ise DD Kasumi DD Arare DD Yamagumo DD Oshio DD Asashio Allied ground losses: 124 casualties reported Squads: 9 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled E8N2 Dave acting as spotter for BB Hyuga – will be upgraded to Jakes when they get back to a decent sized port -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58 – BB Div 3 arrive a night earlier than expected, failing to coordinate with the Army after the downhill run from Shanghai with a tail wind and following seas... GEN Hata is not impressed as it is now too late to change ground force orders and bring the assault forward a day. The second deliberate attack on Wenchow has been confirmed for 15 Jan, with the limited objective of reducing fortifications. An Army/Navy coordination conference will be arranged to improve coordination with the BBs prior to the next deliberate attack. Japanese Ships BB Mutsu BB Nagato DD Sanae DD Kuretake DD Wakatake DD Akigumo DD Yugumo Allied ground losses: 132 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled Manpower hits 4 Fires 1335 Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 3 Runway hits 12 Port hits 5 E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Mutsu E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Nagato DD Sanae firing at 70th Chinese Corps DD Kuretake firing at 70th Chinese Corps DD Yugumo firing at 70th Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Manado at 76,98 SS Stingray launches 4 torpedoes at DD Asashio DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Arare fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Noumea at 116,160 SS I-25 launches 4 torpedoes at AO Platte – I got excited seeing the big AO in the sights but all torpedoes miss… AOs at Noumea. Question for my Int Staff that they cannot answer: Is this just a fuel convoy building a fuel stockpile at Noumea or is this evidence of USN CVs and BBs nearby? DD Phelps attacking submerged sub .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attacks on Singapore , at 50,84 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow) Also attacking 50th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attacks on Bataan , at 78,77 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attacks on Singapore , at 50,84 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58 Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58 Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 38 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 24 H81-A3 x 19 Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed H81-A3: 2 destroyed AVG/1st Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 13 scrambling) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11 H81-A3 x 4 H81-A3: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91 A6M2 Zero x 9 Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 13 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 6 139WH-3: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 2nd/C Division, at 47,93 , near Praboemoelih – I will put some Oscars up on LRCAP to try and take down some of these pesky Dutchmen. Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 12 CW-22 Falcon x 9 9 x CW-22 Falcon bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Hengchun at 85,68 SS Porpoise is sighted by escort DD Akikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 51333 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1744 Defending force 63165 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1859 Japanese ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 67 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 27848 troops, 273 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 1472 Defending force 61982 troops, 425 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1783 Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 15 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 43773 troops, 382 guns, 83 vehicles, Assault Value = 1870 Defending force 48114 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1388 Japanese ground losses: 20 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 9 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) – this is Objective (A) in NCAA. Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 43776 troops, 397 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 1480 Defending force 16349 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 468 Japanese adjusted assault: 745 Allied adjusted defense: 325 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-). The terrain bonus more than offset by the supply, fatigue and morale factors. Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1326 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 79 disabled – fairly evenly shared across all units. Fatigue/disruption remains <10 for all units and they are all still in supply, so they will continue the attack tomorrow. The next attack should clear this hex. Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled Allied ground losses: 2911 casualties reported Squads: 119 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 51 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Units retreated 1 – three allied units remain to face another attack tomorrow. Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 1st Division 26th Division 36th Division 9th Ind.Mixed Brigade Defending units: 13th Group Army 35th Chinese Corps 83rd Chinese Corps 3rd Prov Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso) – this is the HQ 1st Army + 2 x Div stack Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 23940 troops, 249 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 795 Defending force 35199 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1092 Allied ground losses: 30 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled – despite the terrain the allies are still taking losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Djambi (48,88) – I need Djambi’s oil wells to keep Palembang’s refinery operating at full capacity, as oil at Palembang is getting a little low. I have 1 x AA Regt and 1 x IJNAF base force moving here to provide air defence. The IJNAF BF is an emergency measure as there isn’t an IJAAF BF available on Sumatra yet. It will be replaced later with air defence to be handed over to the Army. Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 675 troops, 0 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 58 Defending force 130 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7 Japanese assault odds: 56 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Djambi !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(+), preparation(-) fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Allied ground losses: 40 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 2nd Tank Regiment – I don’t want this unit moving too far into Sumatra as they are needed for the Java invasion, but I need Singapore to fall before they can be replaced. Defending units: Pakanbaroe Det. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Bombardment attack – the infantry Divisions are not bombarding, but fatigue only dropped to the 30s-40s range. The Imperial Guards are 2-3 days march away, in move mode. I think I will just wait those few days until the IG Div arrives to join the attack as that should help keep my losses down. Singapore should fall on that attack. Attacking force 1745 troops, 159 guns, 75 vehicles, Assault Value = 1908 Defending force 30252 troops, 414 guns, 359 vehicles, Assault Value = 324 Japanese ground losses: 5 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 84 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 991 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 44 Defending force 1341 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 51 OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 14, 42 Hansa Bay is occupied by the Japanese Repairs completed on DMS W-10 at Singkawang, ship returned to service CS Convoy TF 32 begins loading Oil at Muroran for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori CS Convoy TF 102 begins loading Resources at Sapporo for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori CS Convoy TF 120 begins loading Resources at Fusan for delivery to Shimonoseki CS Convoy TF 137 begins loading Resources at Muroran for delivery to Ominato Task Force 174 lays defensive minefield at Palembang ( 48 , 91) and sets course for Groot Natoena B5N2 Kate from Zuikaku-3 attacking an Allied SS at 72,94 an Allied SS is reported HIT 2LT Ohashi R. of 77th Sentai Det A is credited with kill number 4 2LT Ohashi R. of 77th Sentai Det A is credited with kill number 5 2LT Ohashi R. of 77th Sentai Det A attains ace status!! The first IJAAF ace of the war. Mr Ohashi is making a name for himself against the AVG. 3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 8th Base Force to Rabaul 8 x L3Y2 Tina transporting 8th Base Force to Rabaul 9 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting Yokosuka 3rd SNLF to San Jose CS Convoy TF 13 begins loading Oil at Shikuka for delivery to Wakkanai CS Convoy TF 131 begins loading Resources at Amami Oshima for delivery to Kagoshima Japanese forces CAPTURE Djambi !!! Palembang expands fortifications to size 3 DD Fubuki beginning refit in shipyard at Shanghai – all 9 x Fubuki Is start their ASW upgrade so the crews will enjoy 3 weeks of evening leave in the big city. 48th Division - some devices have been upgraded at Manila – 47mm AT guns SC CHa-26 arrives at Ominato – will move to the Wakkanai local ASW patrol Div in NEAF. 2nd Raiding Sentai arrives at Kagoshima – Rookie pilots need to train up before they are used on the front line. They will move to Thailand to support the Burma campaign. Day 1 admin move to Formosa. One plane crashed with the pilot killed. Thankyou for your service…

jdsrae -> 15 Jan report (10/29/2019 12:48:01 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 15, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Darwin at 74,123 SS I-160 Allied Ships AM Cairns, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage AM Warrnambool -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Ketapang at 55,93 SS Salmon SS Salmon launches 4 torpedoes at DD Maikaze DD Hagikaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Arashi fails to find sub and abandons search -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 2 No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attacks on Singapore , at 50,84 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow) Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58 Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 49th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 –clear skies over Rangoon. Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 29 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Ketapang at 55,93 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 3 Do-24K-1 x 2 139WH-3: 2 damaged 139WH-3: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships – caught without air cover trying to reload an Infantry Regt CA Mogami xAK Hokko Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 2nd/C Division, at 47,93 , near Praboemoelih Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 19 – on LRCAP Allied aircraft CW-21B Demon x 12 CW-22 Falcon x 9 CW-21B Demon: 4 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Ketapang at 55,93 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 2 139WH-3: 1 damaged 139WH-3: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships CA Kumano -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 54,53 G4M1 Betty x 21 – I rolled the dice on an unescorted Betty raid seeing as the Oscars were doing so well. Only a few xAKL but that may stop C.S. from bringing any more supply to Burma by sea. Allied Ships xAKL Hermelin xAKL Nordhval, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAKL Agnes, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAKL Ardent, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 102nd PA Infantry Regiment, at 80,90 (Malaybalay) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ketapang at 55,93 Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 4 – flying from Batavia B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged Japanese Ships CA Kumano xAK Kinkasan Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ketapang at 55,93 Allied aircraft Do-24K-1 x 2 Japanese Ships SC Ch 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Ketapang at 55,93 SS Salmon is sighted by escort SC Ch 3 fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Ketapang at 55,93 SS Salmon launches 2 torpedoes at APD Aoi APD Aoi fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Noumea at 116,160 SS I-25 is located by APD Waters DD Kennison fails to find sub and abandons search DMS Dorsey fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 61980 troops, 632 guns, 261 vehicles, Assault Value = 2092 Defending force 42878 troops, 242 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1436 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 997 Allied adjusted defense: 2374 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-). The defenders are still in supply and the BB bombardments don’t seem to be damaging morale or causing fatigue yet. Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3511 casualties reported Squads: 20 destroyed, 510 disabled – 17th Div takes most of the disablements so will be placed in reserve to recover squads. Fatigue and disruption is relatively low, max in the 20s, so maybe 2-3 days I will go again to try and make the defenders use supply quicker than the city can produce it. Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 60 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 81 disabled Guns lost 39 (3 destroyed, 36 disabled) Allied ground losses: 725 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 210 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 37 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 51493 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1760 Defending force 63143 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1857 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 27847 troops, 273 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 1472 Defending force 62070 troops, 425 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1794 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 43779 troops, 382 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1873 Defending force 48246 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1398 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 92,38 (near Chengting) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 42222 troops, 397 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 1324 Defending force 10593 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 228 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 564 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 4617 casualties reported Squads: 111 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 226 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 10 (4 destroyed, 6 disabled) Units retreated 3 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! The railway is now clear. Assaulting units: 26th Division – will wait in this hex for a day to see if it can spot allied movement before moving to NW China. 9th Ind.Mixed Brigade – will move to Tsiaotso 36th Division – will move to Tsiaotso 1st Division – will move to Tsiaotso Defending units: Pushed back into the Mountains with no road. 35th Chinese Corps 13th Group Army 83rd Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 23985 troops, 249 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 800 Defending force 35188 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1090 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1745 troops, 159 guns, 75 vehicles, Assault Value = 1940 Defending force 30593 troops, 414 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 333 Allied ground losses: 48 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 57,90 (near Pontianak) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3977 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 132 Defending force 522 troops, 2 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 25 Japanese assault odds: 55 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(-), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 366 casualties reported Squads: 32 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 144th Infantry Regiment Defending units: 2/15 Punjab Battalion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Manado (75,99) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1441 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60 Defending force 1392 troops, 2 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 50 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Manado !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 105 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 1740 casualties reported Squads: 71 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 120 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Assaulting units: 15th Naval Guard Unit Defending units: Manado Garrison Battalion Manado Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 996 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 44 Defending force 1368 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54 Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Benkoelen (45,91) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 4606 troops, 49 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 160 Defending force 946 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15 Japanese assault odds: 28 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Benkoelen !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), op mode(-), preparation(-) fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(+) Allied ground losses: 358 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 30 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 4 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 2nd/A Division Defending units: Zuid KNIL Battalion So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion Djambi Base Force Palembang Base Force OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 15, 42 Treasury Islands is occupied by the Japanese CS Convoy TF 42 will load Oil at Hakodate for return to Ominato CS Convoy TF 110 begins loading Resources at Muroran for delivery to Ominato G4M1 Betty from Kanoya Ku K-1 has spotted an Allied AMc at 54,53 a Merbaboe class AMc is reported HIT 3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 8th Base Force to Rabaul 8 x L3Y2 Tina transporting 8th Base Force to Rabaul 8 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting Yokosuka 3rd SNLF to San Jose CS Convoy TF 166 begins loading Resources at Hakodate for delivery to Ominato Japanese forces CAPTURE Manado !!! Japanese forces CAPTURE Benkoelen !!! Bangkok expands airfield to size 5 xAKL Uragami Maru arrives at Maizuru AM Cairns is reported to have been sunk near Darwin on Jan 15, 1942 xAKL Nordhval is reported to have been sunk near Rangoon on Jan 15, 1942 xAKL Agnes is reported to have been sunk near Rangoon on Jan 15, 1942 xAKL Ardent is reported to have been sunk near Rangoon on Jan 15, 1942

jdsrae -> 16 Jan report (10/30/2019 12:40:37 PM)
A bit of a slow news day. Deliberate attack ordered at Singapore for next turn. I'm expecting Singapore to be captured with the next attack, but if it isn't the 18th Division is now only 2 days march from joining in. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 16, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Dutch Harbor at 171,51 SS I-16 is located by PC Crawford -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58 Allied ground losses: 184 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Fires 67 Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attacks on Rangoon , at 54,53 – Rangoon airfield seems to have been vacated. I will send the sweeps back to Toungoo tomorrow. Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 26 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attacks on Wenchow , at 89,58 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attacks on Singapore , at 50,84 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 2nd/C Division, at 47,93 , near Praboemoelih Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 18 Allied aircraft B-339D x 1 CW-21B Demon x 6 CW-22 Falcon x 9 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 G4M1 Betty x 25 G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged HDML 1100, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Port hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 103rd PA Infantry Regiment, at 81,89 , near Butuan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Pago Pago at 149,162 SS I-21 launches 2 torpedoes AM Kingfisher fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 51511 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761 Defending force 63203 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1860 Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 71 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 27902 troops, 273 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 1479 Defending force 62246 troops, 424 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1800 Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 53192 troops, 446 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1874 Defending force 48307 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1402 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 24021 troops, 249 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 804 Defending force 35177 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1089 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 47,88 (near Djambi) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 675 troops, 0 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 58 Defending force 71 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Japanese assault odds: 43 to 1 Allied ground losses: 77 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 2nd Tank Regiment Defending units: Pakanbaroe Det. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1980 troops, 186 guns, 75 vehicles, Assault Value = 2424 – the Imperial Guards Div has arrived, so the next deliberate attack will go in tomorrow. Defending force 30679 troops, 413 guns, 362 vehicles, Assault Value = 340 Allied ground losses: 51 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,47 (near Sinyang) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 546 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26 Defending force 215 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 Allied ground losses: 107 casualties reported Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 3 disabled Assaulting units: 9th RGC Route Brigade Defending units: Lusu War Area -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 57,89 (near Kuching) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1488 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Defending force 654 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 25 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 181 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 1 disabled Units retreated 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: Sasebo 1st SNLF Defending units: Sarawak Force 106th RN Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 993 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Defending force 1408 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58 OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 16, 42 Tapul is occupied by the Japanese D3A1 Val from Zuikaku-2 attacking an Allied SS at 79,100 an Allied SS is reported HIT D3A1 Val from Hiryu-2 attacking a KXI Class class SS at 79,100 a O16 Class class SS is reported HIT 3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 8th Base Force to Rabaul 8 x L3Y2 Tina transporting 8th Base Force to Rabaul 8 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting Yokosuka 3rd SNLF to San Jose CS Convoy TF 32 begins loading Oil at Muroran for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori CS Convoy TF 42 begins loading Fuel at Ominato for delivery to Hakodate CS Convoy TF 135 begins loading Resources at Fusan for delivery to Shimonoseki CS Convoy TF 138 begins loading Resources at Sapporo for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori Rabaul expands fortifications to size 1 Device(s) upgraded in 18th Division supplied from Johore Bahru

jdsrae -> 17 Jan report (10/30/2019 9:37:03 PM)
Breaking news, Singapore attack gets 1.9895:1! The defenders hold but are worn down again... I don’t think LGEN Percival is in command any more. 18th Div over achieved and are in hex already, but fatigue is up in the 40-50s for most Divs again so I’ll give them a day to reorganise themselves. I’m assuming that the urban terrain is the main cause for high disruption and fatigue. Next attack planned in 2 days should end this. On Luzon, the whole of 14th Army plus attachments are 2 days from arriving at Bataan.

rustysi -> RE: 17 Jan report (10/30/2019 10:00:25 PM)
quote: I don’t think LGEN Percival is in command any more. Fine, from what I understand its costs a lot of PP to replace him. PP lost.

rustysi -> RE: 17 Jan report (10/30/2019 10:02:19 PM)
quote: On Malaya, the whole of 14th Army plus attachments are 2 days from arriving at Bataan. Malaya... Bataan... [&:] [:'(][8\|]

jdsrae -> RE: 17 Jan report (10/30/2019 11:51:39 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: rustysi quote: On Luzon, the whole of 14th Army plus attachments are 2 days from arriving at Bataan. Malaya... Bataan... [&:] [:'(][8\|] Corrected. The clerk made an error decoding the sitrep.

jdsrae -> RE: 17 Jan report (10/31/2019 8:49:27 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: rustysi quote: I don’t think LGEN Percival is in command any more. Fine, from what I understand its costs a lot of PP to replace him. PP lost. Confirmation from correspondence received by the Foreign Minister: "Yah, I sacked Percival. He's pretty useless. You'll regret losing that local minesweeper later on." AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 17, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Channel Islands at 220,80 – first contact off the US West Coast! The skipper of I-8 will need to explain why he didn’t aim at the TK… SS I-8 Allied Ships xAK Anglo Indian, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage TK Gulfcoast xAK Tai Yin DD Aylwin SS I-8 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Anglo Indian DD Aylwin fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,73 SS KXV is sighted by escort -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Nagai Island at 175,49 SS I-5 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Brooks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near San Francisco at 215,76 SS I-9, hits 1 SS I-9 launches 2 torpedoes at DMS Hovey DMS Elliot fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Kwajalein Island at 132,115 – the Foreign Minister reported that C.S. was praying for a working USN torpedo, and he got one! AMc Shonan Maru #7, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage SS Gar launches 2 torpedoes at AMc Shonan Maru #7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submarine attack near Pago Pago at 149,160 AG Coast Trader is sighted by SS I-21 SS I-21 launches 2 torpedoes at AG Coast Trader -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58 Allied ground losses: 70 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Muntok at 50,89 SS O24 is located by SC Ch 16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Darwin at 75,123 SS I-160 is sighted by escort AM Warrnambool fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attacks on Singapore , at 50,84 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow) Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 50th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attacks on Bataan , at 78,77 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow) Also attacking 49th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attacks on Wenchow , at 89,58 Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 28 Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 49th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 – Allied fighters are present at both Toungoo and Rangoon but they don’t want to get on the dance floor. Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 35 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 33 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Noumea at 116,160 SS I-25 is sighted by escort AM Wollongong fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 68056 troops, 765 guns, 503 vehicles, Assault Value = 2923 Defending force 30957 troops, 416 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 354 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 1900 Allied adjusted defense: 955 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1122 casualties reported Squads: 14 destroyed, 139 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 85 disabled Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1999 casualties reported Squads: 66 destroyed, 58 disabled Non Combat: 53 destroyed, 129 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 34 disabled Guns lost 55 (31 destroyed, 24 disabled) Vehicles lost 64 (12 destroyed, 52 disabled) Units destroyed 1 – missed who it was, but it was something coloured “UK brown”. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 12631 troops, 173 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 1646 Defending force 41582 troops, 241 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1282 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 51548 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1764 Defending force 63302 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 27913 troops, 273 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 1480 Defending force 62301 troops, 424 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1802 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 53214 troops, 446 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1875 Defending force 48357 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1403 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 24022 troops, 249 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 805 Defending force 35134 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083 Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58 Defending force 1781 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 42 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-) experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 981 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 41 Defending force 1409 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 57 OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 17, 42 Roxas is occupied by the Japanese Coastwatcher Report: 4 ships in port at Wenchow SS I-20 in ARD Dublon ARD at Truk CS Convoy TF 7 begins loading Resources at Port Arthur for delivery to Fukuoka CS Convoy TF 95 begins loading Resources at Hakodate for delivery to Ominato CS Convoy TF 146 begins loading Resources at Naha for delivery to Kagoshima SS I-17 in ARD Dublon ARD at Truk Seishin expands airfield to size 2 – just in case the war goes into 1945. I’m not building many airfields anywhere yet to try and save supply, but Seishin will be one of my aircrew training bases. Mare Island expands port to size 6 Seattle expands port to size 8 Tacoma expands airfield to size 5 Chumphon expands airfield to size 4 Mizuho-1 on CS Mizuho converting to size 20 from 24 – this ship will stay with the slow CVE task force to provide additional Naval Search / ASW capability so was reduced back to size 20 to fit the ship. Loss of AMc Shonan Maru #7 on Jan 17, 1942 is admitted

jdsrae -> 18 Jan report (11/1/2019 1:25:40 AM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 18, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Port Moresby at 96,133 – good shooting! I value my AV highly so I like taking out allied auxiliaries like this. The USN don’t get a lot of AVD/AVP and I don’t think they can convert any, so chipping away at their capability to provide forward support for Catalinas is a good thing. AVD William B. Preston, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SS I-123 launches 2 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Isle of Pines at 116,161 SS I-25, hits 1 SS I-25 launches 2 torpedoes at AM Wollongong – I used to cool off at North Wollongong beach on hot summer days as a kid so it’s hard to get upset at this boat landing a punch. AM Wollongong attacking submerged sub .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near San Francisco at 215,76 SS I-9 Allied Ships DM Tracy TK Emidio SS I-9 launches 2 torpedoes at DM Tracy – unable to get a clear shot at the TK, but it looks like my subs are making C.S. keep ASW assets in rear areas to protect his TK convoys. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attacks on Singapore , at 50,84 – I’ve allocated more bombers to ground attack now than airfield attack to try and increase disruption and fatigue of allied units prior to the next deliberate attack going in. Also attacking Singapore Fortress ... Also attacking 27th Australian Brigade ... Also attacking Singapore Fortress ... Also attacking 12th Indian Brigade ... Also attacking Malaya Army ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attacks on Wenchow , at 89,58 – As BB Div 3 is keeping the port and airfield heavily damaged forts shouldn’t be rebuilding. The bombers are starting to come in lower to try and get more hits on the defenders. As Chinese AA seems non existent in this hex, any aircraft that can convert to Nicks later will start strafing as some live training. 8 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 2000 feet * 8 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 2000 feet 8 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 2000 feet * 6 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 2000 feet * Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ... I’m hoping this results in fatigue and disruption increases to each ground unit attacked. Also attacking Wenchow ... Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Wenchow ... Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Wenchow ... Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attacks on Bataan , at 78,77 – working on the airfield mainly, with some ground attacks mixed in. I expect forts will be 3+ by now but we will find out for sure in a few days when the first deliberate attack goes in. Also attacking Manila Bay Defenses ... Also attacking Bataan ... Also attacking Manila Bay Defenses ... Also attacking Bataan ... Also attacking Manila Bay Defenses ... Also attacking Bataan ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58 Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Wenchow ... Also attacking 14th Chinese Base Force ... Also attacking Wenchow ... Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ... Also attacking Wenchow ... Also attacking 14th Chinese Base Force ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 272/273rd Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment, at 50,84 (Singapore) – a very specific target for a few Sallys. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore Fortress, at 50,84 (Singapore) – and Marys -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow) – and Sonias -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 103rd PA Infantry Regiment, at 81,89 , near Butuan – and Nells -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singkawang at 56,88 – I meant to move one of my 9 x Zero groups to Singkawang this turn but forgot… I bet this happens again tomorrow. Allied aircraft Do-24K-1 x 3 Japanese Ships CA Suzuya 3 x Do-24K-1 bombing from 6000 feet * Naval Attack: 2 x 300 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Noumea at 116,160 SS I-25, hits 2 – moderate damage in the 20s at turn end, but no automatic orders to return to port. I manually order I-25 to return to Truk for repairs as HMAS Wollongong seems to have the edge over her. Allied Ships AM Whyalla AM Wollongong AM Wollongong attacking submerged sub .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58) Japanese Bombardment attack – another deliberate attack ordered for tomorrow, but the most disabled Division will remain in Reserve and sit it out. I am not expecting to get 1:1 but the aim of this attack is to reduce forts to 0. Attacking force 12655 troops, 173 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 1689 Defending force 41665 troops, 241 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1285 Allied ground losses: 41 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack – I’ll keep this up as long as I have supply until 13th Army arrives to the south. Then I will move about half of this assault value SW one hex to join the assault river crossing. That’s probably a month away. Attacking force 51521 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761 Defending force 63286 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1862 Japanese ground losses: 57 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 42 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kukong (79,57) – I am itching to put a deliberate attack in at Kukong but from past experience in this war the individual Regts and Mixed Bdes don’t do well without combat engineers and armoured vehicles in support. I have RGC garrison troops moving past Wenchow now on their way to garrison roles at a few bases near Amoy that will free up the last few components of the 51st Division. It will probably take 3-4 weeks to get these troops reorganised and 51st Div reformed at Kukong, then I will test the Chinese defenders in this sector. Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16773 troops, 214 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 587 Defending force 12973 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 412 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 53251 troops, 446 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1881 Defending force 48467 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1414 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,46 (near Sinyang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 330 troops, 0 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 28 Defending force 120 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 – Tanks vs HQ Staff resulting in zero losses. I am going to let the last few remnants of HQ Lusu War Area escape to the NW and move these tanks to Sinyang. Assaulting units: 15th Tank Regiment Defending units: Lusu War Area -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 24086 troops, 249 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 809 Defending force 35137 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Bombardment attack – fatigue of the IJA Divs range from <10 up to the 40s. Based on the 10:1 raw AV ratio I’ve ordered another deliberate attack for tomorrow. Attacking force 1975 troops, 186 guns, 75 vehicles, Assault Value = 2756 Defending force 29340 troops, 388 guns, 355 vehicles, Assault Value = 277 Allied ground losses: 153 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Vehicles lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 74,82 (near Puerto Princesa) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1446 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60 Defending force 99 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2 Japanese assault odds: 50 to 1 Allied ground losses: 90 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 91st Naval Guard Unit – now that Palawan is clear, this unit will move to help capture and then provide the garrison at Cebu in the Philippine Islands. Defending units: 2nd PI Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91) Allied Bombardment attack – no damage inflicted Attacking force 981 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 41 Defending force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58 OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 18, 42 CS Convoy TF 77 begins loading Oil at Taihoku for delivery to Kagoshima CS Convoy TF 86 begins loading Resources at Port Arthur for delivery to Fukuoka Task Force 192 lays defensive minefield at Puerto Princesa ( 73 , 83) and sets course for Davao – this was my error, they must have been docked… they were meant to move to Davao to create a defensive minefield there. I wasn’t planning on creating a minefield at P.Princesa but I have an ACM there so I will keep it for now. CS Convoy TF 42 will load Oil at Hakodate for return to Ominato G3M2 Nell from Genzan Ku K-1 Det attacking an Allied SS at 50,90 an Allied SS is reported HIT G3M2 Nell from Genzan Ku K-1 Det attacking an Allied CL at 49,89 a Electric Boat S-18 class SS is reported HIT CS Convoy TF 13 begins loading Oil at Shikuka for delivery to Wakkanai Chiang Mai expands airfield to size 4 – I am getting more recon eyes into Burma and have lots of Oscars here. I will be moving some bombers up here shortly to try and reduce the AVG on the ground if they keep refusing to fly against the Oscars. Cochin expands port to size 5 – interesting development. Cochin looks like it will make a pretty good backstop port to support any move I make on Ceylon. I assume that’s what C.S. is up to in this area. 2nd Raiding Sentai at Saigon takes Ki-57-I Topsy replacements – training required so they will stay at Saigon for now, but they are planning for airborne ops into Burma based out of Chiang Mai in the near future. 11th Sentai converting to Ki-43-Ic Oscar – currently in Malaya, but once these Oscars are ready they will move north to join the Burma campaign. AVD William B. Preston is reported to have been sunk near Port Moresby on Jan 18, 1942 HDML 1100 is reported to have been sunk near Rangoon on Jan 16, 1942

obvert -> RE: 12 Jan report (11/1/2019 8:38:41 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jdsrae I also don't want to leave large pockets of enemy troops unsupervised in rear areas or they will try to break out and cut my supply lines. That's the reason for my current obsession with Wenchow and Tsiaotso as they generate supplies, but I'm massing as much force as I can before attacking them. If it takes me a little while to capture them that's ok, as I still need to capture Singapore and then move to cut the Burma Road to turn that supply tap off. I understand why you think you need to do this. The entire reason I'm writing these posts is to tell you from experience that this is not something you need to worry about. Be Soviet about it. Exploit forward opportunities to cut into the gut of your opponent and leave the rear areas to the arriving troops, garrisons and mostly, your airforce. The Chinese cripple themselves with any attempt at an offensive simply from the supply usage involved. They will also get pounded anytime they pick up and move away from fortifications, especially into the clear. You're hurting yourself in two ways here. One is reducing the number of your IJA units you send forward. The other is beating those IJA units down in a fight that will be much easier in 6-10 months when the Chinese troops have no supply (their bases can't support them, especially if bombed regularly), and making your army use use supply and time to recover, all of which add to the difficulty level in moving farther forward against the Chinese. As you've correctly observed already (not wanting to destroy units and have them reappear back in Chunking as zombies) you want Chinese units forward, out of good rear defensive terrain and away from the ultimate goal of your troops capturing Chunking/Chengtu.

jdsrae -> 19 Jan report (11/1/2019 9:42:02 PM)
Breaking news. Singapore is captured, but not before LCDR Sagara gets his PB Div sunk on its mines and CD guns, himself killed and the 5th JAAF Coy destroyed due to a destination error... That frees up 6 Infantry Divisions for their next task. 2 to Burma, 2 to Sumatra, 1 plan for Java and 1 to theatre reserve. The next deliberate attack at Wenchow fails to reduce forts. GEN Hata is prepared to reconsider his approach in China and will return to Tokyo to brief the war council on a revised plan. He will get 6 reinforcement Bdes in about 12 days and he’s been instructed not to waste them doing more of the same. I think most of them form C grade garrison divisions so I will probably allocate them as guards of the Chinese stacks in rear areas and move the A and B grade divs forward. GEN Hata has voiced an opinion that the lack of tanks at Wenchow means the infantry are getting bogged down. The impact of massed tanks supporting 4-5 Infantry divisions will be tested in about one week at Sinyang. Another factor in that upcoming battle is that I own the city and the Chinese should be low on supply, but they are still in decent defensive terrain.

jdsrae -> 19 Jan report (11/5/2019 2:45:40 PM)
I’m travelling for work this week so can’t run the next game turn until my Friday evening. We did get 4 more turns in over the past weekend with the results below. I also used the time in between turns to revise plans for China and prepare for the Burma and Java offensives. The summary is that I need more aircraft carriers and tanks! AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 19, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Muntok at 49,89 SS KXII is located by DMS W-12 DMS W-12 fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58 Allied ground losses: 91 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Light Industry hits 1 Runway hits 13 Port hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Naval Gun Fire at Singapore - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 23 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Japanese Ships – destination orders stuff up results in this massacre… Those PB are Ansyus at 10 points a pop so this mistake costs 60+ points. I keep a separate pre-save turn to review while C.S. is giving his orders so checked it for what the error was. I had ordered this Fast Transport convoy to go direct to Johore Bahru. I can’t remember the plan for them, but it was probably to take a small dot hex south of Singapore, not get themselves sunk for no gain. Singapore Fortress has a turkey shoot… PB Toyotu Maru, Shell hits 5, Mine hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Tomitu Maru, Shell hits 9, Mine hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Taiko Maru, Shell hits 2, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage PB Tokati Maru, Shell hits 11, Mine hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Taikei Maru, Shell hits 1, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage PB Taian Maru, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: 147 casualties reported – “luckily” I only had the 5th IJAAF Coy on board. They have been rebought for 1 PP and will reappear in just over 30 days. Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 275 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) – more mine hits = less for my DMS and AMc to clear. Japanese Ships PB Toyotu Maru, Mine hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Tomitu Maru, Mine hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage PB Taikei Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PB Taiko Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage PB Taian Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Japanese ground losses: Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled 3 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attacks on Singapore , at 50,84 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attacks on Wenchow , at 89,58 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore Fortress, at 50,84 (Singapore) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Also attacking Subic Bay Defenses ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Manila Bay Defenses ... Also attacking 4th Marine Regiment ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Pago Pago at 149,162 Captain of SS I-23 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target I-23 diving deep .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Port Moresby at 97,132 SS I-162 Allied Ships CL Tromp, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage. Fingers crossed she goes under. DD Witte de With SS I-162 launches 4 torpedoes at CL Tromp DD Witte de With attacking submerged sub .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Singapore (50,84) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 81142 troops, 892 guns, 551 vehicles, Assault Value = 2784 Defending force 29380 troops, 388 guns, 354 vehicles, Assault Value = 271 Japanese adjusted assault: 2199 Allied adjusted defense: 557 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Singapore !!! Allied aircraft losses Walrus II: 1 destroyed S.19 Singapore III: 1 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1229 casualties reported – minimal losses Squads: 3 destroyed, 45 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled Vehicles lost 31 (1 destroyed, 30 disabled) Allied ground losses: 17177 casualties reported Squads: 438 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3019 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 197 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 303 (303 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 513 (513 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 31 Assaulting units: 25th Army – next stop Palembang as HQ Sumatra garrison. It will plan for Colombo as a deception measure to try and spook allied SigInt. 4th Division – Southern Expeditionary Army (SEA) Reserve, will plan for Java ops which I may launch in Feb prior to the Luzon ops being complete. The forces currently on Luzon can reinforce once they are victorious at Bataan, but that may take a few weeks if forts have been built and supply was stockpiled. Imperial Guards Division – will move on paper to SEA Reserve and plan for Java ops with 4th Div. 5th Division – will split into thirds and move to capture NW Sumatra via amphibious landings asap. 18th Division – to Palembang as Palembang garrison and as reserve for Java ops or ready reaction force if something unexpected occurs. 33rd Division – under command 15th Army, is boarding amphibious ships and will assault Pegu ASAP. 56th Division – will move on paper to 15th Army and assault Pegu with 33rd Div ASAP. 41st Infantry Regiment – a part of 30th Div, it will provide the Singapore garrison force until relieved and then move to Burma. It will eventually reform into its parent Div, possibly in Burma. 1st Tank Regiment – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops 6th Tank Regiment – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops 15th Ind. Engineer Regiment – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops 23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops 1st RF Gun Battalion – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops 3rd Mortar Battalion – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops 5th Mortar Battalion – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops 31st Field AA Battalion – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops 34th Field AA Battalion – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops 21st Fld AA Gun Co – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops 26th Fld AA Gun Co – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops 20th AA Regiment – Singapore garrison 35th Field AA Battalion – Singapore garrison 35th Fld AA Gun Co – Singapore garrison 96th JAAF AF Bn – Singapore garrison Defending units: The butcher’s bill at Singapore. Some of these units may be bought back. If it were me I would buy back HQ III Corps, the 2 x RAF Group HQs and the RAF base forces as a priority. Malaya Army III Indian Corps 22nd Australian Brigade 27th Australian Brigade 12th Indian Brigade SSVF Brigade 3rd Cavalry Regiment 2/17 Dogra Battalion 1st Manchester Battalion 2nd Gordons Battalion 2nd Malay Battalion 5th Field Regiment 137/155th Field Regiment 2/215th Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment 272/273rd Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment 22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 24th NZ Pioneer Coy 1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment 2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment 3rd Heavy AA Regiment AHQ Far East 223 Group RAF 224 Group RAF Malayan Air Wing Singapore Fortress Singapore Base Force 109th RN Base Force 2nd ISF Base Force 110th RAF Base Force 111th RAF Base Force 112th RAF Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 49263 troops, 572 guns, 250 vehicles, Assault Value = 1725 Defending force 41633 troops, 241 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1277 Japanese adjusted assault: 647 Allied adjusted defense: 1834 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1) – not even close and forts weren’t reduced. The almost daily BB bombardments don’t seem to be having an impact on allied supply levels, morale or disruption. Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1856 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 304 disabled – minimal squads destroyed, but that’s about 8 x Battalions of men that need to spend time in hospital. GEN Hata and his staff have agreed to implement a revised plan based on HQ Imperial General War Council advice, bypass Wenchow/Chuhsien defenders, link up with 11th and 20th Army units and drive directly into central China. GEN Hata vows to return to crush Wenchow at a later date. Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 51 disabled Guns lost 34 (3 destroyed, 31 disabled) Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1153 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 127 disabled – not bad, but not great either as it is way less than half IJA disablements. Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 51533 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1762 Defending force 63332 troops, 335 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1862 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 53693 troops, 458 guns, 128 vehicles, Assault Value = 1884 Defending force 48582 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1424 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1478 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Defending force 2884 troops, 18 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 115 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58 Defending force 1792 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 5 (fort level 1) - not even close, but minimal losses. Reinforcements required, which will come from the SNLFs currently mopping up the Philippine Islands Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 31 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: Sasebo 2nd SNLF Defending units: VII KNIL Battalion Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion Tarakan Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91) Allied Bombardment attack – ineffective. Attacking force 1002 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Defending force 1388 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54 OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 19, 42 CS Convoy TF 42 will load Oil at Hakodate for return to Ominato CS Convoy TF 120 begins loading Resources at Fusan for delivery to Shimonoseki CS Convoy TF 166 begins loading Resources at Hakodate for delivery to Ominato G3M2 Nell from Bihoro Ku K-1 Det attacking an Allied SS at 55,93 a Dolphin class SS is reported HIT D3A1 Val from Hiryu-2 attacking an Allied SS at 97,109 a O21 Class class SS is reported HIT B5N1 Kate from Ryujo-2 attacking an Allied SS at 97,109 a KXIV Class class SS is reported HIT PB Taian Maru sinks at sea PB Taikei Maru sinks at sea PB Tokati Maru sinks at sea PB Taiko Maru sinks at sea PB Tomitu Maru sinks at sea PB Toyotu Maru sinks at sea D3A1 Val from Soryu-2 attacking an Allied SS at 97,108 a KVIII Class class SS is reported HIT D3A1 Val from Shokaku-2 attacking a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS at 97,108 a O19 Class class SS is reported HIT 5th JAAF AF Coy DISPERSES!! – a new way to say “DROWNS” CS Convoy TF 32 begins loading Oil at Muroran for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori CS Convoy TF 110 begins loading Resources at Muroran for delivery to Ominato Japanese forces CAPTURE Singapore !!! Pisanuloke expands fortifications to size 1 Ledo expands airfield to size 4 – Interesting. My previous recon about a week ago showed a single allied unit at Ledo, likely a small RAF Base Force. I have moved two more Recon airgroups to Chiang Mai and split them into thirds. That gets me eyes on 6 more allied bases in Burma and I plan to maintain constant recon over the allied airfields on the Burma Road. The allies don’t have the troops to be able to defend all bases in Burma and they seem to have 3 x Divs concentrated in the south. The 1st and 2nd Raiding Regts are moving to staging areas at Bangkok ready to move forward to Chiang Mai. IJAAF Transport Groups are also moving to staging bases like Saigon, Phnom Penh and Bangkok. I need to get some engineers to Hanoi so I can use that airfield to recon the Chinese bases from Kunming west towards Burma as one of them may be vacant and ripe for an airborne operation. Vladivostok expands port to size 7 Abadan expands port to size 5

jdsrae -> 20 Jan report (11/5/2019 2:51:44 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 20, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Dadjangas at 79,93 Japanese Ships CM Naryu, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage – sank almost immediately. This is a shame as it costs me a future Escort CM Kyosai PB Nanpo Maru SS S-37 launches 4 torpedoes at CM Naryu -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Dadjangas at 79,93 SS S-37 is sighted by escort PB Nanpo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cairns at 93,141 SS I-166, hits 1 AM Townsville attacking submerged sub .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 126 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) 70 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 140 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) 83 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 199 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) 98 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Darwin at 75,123 SS I-160 is sighted by escort AM Warrnambool fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 126 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) 32 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 140 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) 4 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Truk at 111,108 Japanese Ships DD Wakaba BB Kirishima CS Chitose DD Ariake DD Yugure SS Cachalot launches 4 torpedoes at DD Wakaba – C.S. gets a good look at this task force, but doesn’t spot the CVLs that are in it. Cachalot diving deep .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 199 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) 7 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Davao at 79,91 Japanese Ships AG Ronsan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage, sinks later. PB Kozan Maru Allied Ships SS S-37 SS S-37 launches 4 torpedoes at AG Ronsan Maru. Hopefully the S-37 is out of torpedoes as that is two kills in one day… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98 – recon shows fighters and bombers on the ground, but no allied fighters scramble. Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attacks on Wenchow , at 89,58 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Airbase hits 1 Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... Also attacking Manila Bay Defenses ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bengkalis Base Force, at 48,82 (Bengkalis) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,76 (Medan) Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,76 (Medan) Allied ground losses: 71 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled Also attacking Van Aaran Garrison Battalion ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 50,90 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 3 139WH-3: 2 damaged Japanese Ships SC Ch 1 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 2nd/C Division, at 47,94 , near Oosthaven Allied aircraft B-339D x 2 CW-21B Demon x 6 CW-22 Falcon x 9 No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 50,90 Allied aircraft PBY-5 Catalina x 2 Japanese Ships SC Ch 3 2 x PBY-5 Catalina bombing from 6000 feet Naval Attack: 4 x 250 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Pakhoi , at 72,58 B5M1 Mabel x 2 Port hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 103rd PA Infantry Regiment, at 81,89 , near Butuan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Bengkalis Base Force, at 48,82 (Bengkalis) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 50,90 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 3 139WH-3: 2 damaged Japanese Ships SC Ch 2 3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 100 feet Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1120 troops, 110 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 1464 Defending force 40926 troops, 241 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1194 Allied ground losses: 40 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 51550 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1762 Defending force 63369 troops, 335 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1862 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kukong (79,57) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16794 troops, 214 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 588 Defending force 12968 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 412 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 55882 troops, 554 guns, 340 vehicles, Assault Value = 1890 Defending force 48654 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1427 Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 137 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,46 (near Sinyang) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 330 troops, 0 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 28 Defending force 115 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese assault odds: 50 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Allied ground losses: 163 casualties reported Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 15th Tank Regiment Defending units: Lusu War Area – this unit was making a nuisance of itself by sitting on the railway, so it was exterminated. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90) Japanese Deliberate attack – not even close to winning due to the terrain and raw AV of the defenders. Reinforcements are required, but will keep up bombardments to force them into using up more supply. Attacking force 1469 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60 Defending force 2901 troops, 18 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 117 Japanese adjusted assault: 8 Allied adjusted defense: 76 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 9 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 99 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled Allied ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Assaulting units: Kure 2nd SNLF Defending units: 3rd PA Constabulary Regiment 102nd PA Infantry Regiment 1st /101st PA Battalion Cagayan USAAF Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Bacolod (79,85) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 966 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41 Defending force 1533 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 61 Assaulting units: 73rd PA Infantry Regiment Defending units: Sasebo 3rd SNLF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1002 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Defending force 1388 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54 Assaulting units: VII KNIL Battalion Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion Tarakan Base Force Defending units: Sasebo 2nd SNLF OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 20, 42 Serasan is occupied by the Japanese Repairs completed on DD Yugiri at Saigon, ship returned to service Submarine TF 61 ordered to return to Truk due to damage CS Convoy TF 42 begins loading Fuel at Ominato for delivery to Hakodate CS Convoy TF 102 begins loading Resources at Sapporo for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori Blenheim I sighted over 124th Infantry Regiment – some of the allied fighters at Rangoon are Blenheims. G3M2 Nell from Chitose Ku K-1 attacking an Allied SS at 130,115 (near Kwajalein) an Allied SS is reported HIT G4M1 Betty from Kanoya Ku K-1 Det has spotted a Basset class AMc at 54,53 (near Rangoon) an Allied SC is reported HIT B5N2 Kate from Hiryu-3 attacking a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS at 111,108 (near Truk) a 'T' War Emergency class SS is reported HIT CS Convoy TF 131 begins loading Resources at Amami Oshima for delivery to Kagoshima Manila expands port to size 6 – Manila was captured with only minor damage to industry which won’t be repaired. I’m considering an expansion of the Repair Shipyard but that’s not a high priority for now. After Bataan falls I will move a lot of the supply that is currently on Luzon forward. Chittagong expands airfield to size 2. I assume forts will be building here too. Djambi expands fortifications to size 1 – to try and help protect the oil fields Voroshilov expands airfield to size 7 Loss of CM Naryu on Jan 20, 1942 is admitted Loss of AG Ronsan Maru on Jan 20, 1942 is admitted TK Iris is reported to have been sunk near Batavia on Dec 15, 1941

jdsrae -> 21 Jan report (11/5/2019 2:54:55 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 21, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 126 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) DMS W-9 DMS W-8 DMS W-7 4 mines cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,73 SS KXV is sighted by escort PB Shinko Maru fails to find sub and abandons search PB Nanrei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search... PB Manyo Maru fails to find sub and abandons search -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,73 SS KXV is sighted by escort PB Kyo Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Pakhoi at 72,58, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships – a bit of gunnery practice for the MGBs on the South China coast MGB G-1 MGB G-2 Allied Ships xAKL Paz, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage Poor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards Range closes to 2,000 yards... CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 2,000 yards MGB G-2 fires at xAKL Paz at 2,000 yards MGB G-1 fires at xAKL Paz at 2,000 yards MGB G-2 engages xAKL Paz at 2,000 yards MGB G-1 engages xAKL Paz at 2,000 yards MGB G-2 engages xAKL Paz at 2,000 yards Range increases to 3,000 yards Allied Task Force Manages to Escape -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58 Allied ground losses: 129 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Lihue at 177,104 SS I-168 is sighted by escort DD Hammann fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Anderson fails to find sub and abandons search -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 – about 20 fighters spotted by recon on the ground, but clear skies. The only reason C.S. would be keeping these fighters here is to try and spring an ambush on unescorted bombers. I’ll keep mixing up where I attack and keep sweeping regularly in case he does set any to CAP. Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 29 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 2 Port fuel hits 1 Also attacking Subic Bay Defenses ... Also attacking Manila Bay Defenses ... Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11 Airbase hits 3 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91 A6M2 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 4 B-339D x 2 No Japanese losses B-339D: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91 A6M2 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft PBY-5 Catalina x 2 No Japanese losses No Allied losses -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 103rd PA Infantry Regiment, at 81,89 , near Butuan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91 A6M2 Zero x 9 Allied aircraft 139WH-3 x 3 139WH-3: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 51629 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1770 Defending force 63449 troops, 335 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1120 troops, 110 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 1520 Defending force 40864 troops, 241 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1188 Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 48602 troops, 502 guns, 340 vehicles, Assault Value = 1890 Defending force 48636 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1417 OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 21, 42 Batjan is occupied by the Japanese Repairs completed on DMS W-16/17/18 at Pescadores, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DMS W-1/2/3 at Cam Ranh Bay, ship returned to service SS I-20 in ARD Dublon ARD at Truk CS Convoy TF 57 begins loading Resources at Toyohara for delivery to Wakkanai CS Convoy TF 95 begins loading Resources at Hakodate for delivery to Ominato CS Convoy TF 103 begins loading Resources at Taihoku for delivery to Kagoshima CS Convoy TF 135 begins loading Resources at Fusan for delivery to Shimonoseki – CMK Resource stockpile has been reduced significantly. The large Aden convoys that I had running from Port Arthur will now replace the Limas that I had at Fusan. The Limas will now be used to provide long range troop and supply exports from Japan to Area Army / Area Fleet HQ locations. D3A1 Val from Kaga-2 attacking an Allied DD at 111,109 (near Truk) an Allied SS is reported HIT 3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 8th Base Force to Rabaul 6 x L3Y2 Tina transporting 8th Base Force to Rabaul 9 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting Yokosuka 3rd SNLF to San Jose CS Convoy TF 94 begins loading Resources at Toyohara for delivery to Wakkanai Delhi expands airfield to size 6 Akagi-3 at CV Akagi takes B5N2 Kate replacements – KB has arrived at Truk and replenished air groups to 100%. Some ships need one more day to finish refuelling, especially the escorting BB Kongos. Kongo-1 converting to E13A1 Jake Haruna-1 converting to E13A1 Jake – there aren’t many afloat FP groups left to upgrade to Jakes. Sanyo Maru-2 on CS Chitose converting to size 24 from 2 – currently at Truk. I have all 3 x CS at Truk now. They are about to move forward into 4th Fleet area to resize FP groups there, behind the cover of a KB sweep from Tarawa to Wake Island.

jdsrae -> 22 Jan report (11/5/2019 2:57:29 PM)
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 22, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Victoria at 207,54 – first contact with the RCN SS I-1 is sighted by escort KV Dawson fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,73 SS KXV is located by SC Ch 13 SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58 Allied ground losses: 130 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Bacolod (79,85) CA Kako firing at 73rd PA Infantry Regiment CA Furutaka firing at 73rd PA Infantry Regiment Amphibious Assault at Bacolod (79,85) TF 6 troops unloading over beach at Bacolod, 79,85 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Truk at 112,109 Allied Ships SS Pickerel, hits 1 SS Pickerel is located by DD Harusame DD Murasame attacking submerged sub .... DD Murasame attacking submerged sub .... DD Murasame is out of ASW ammo Allied subs are massing around my main bases, especially Palembang, Truk and Kwajalein. I am going to form a 24 x Jake group at each of these locations as a priority, and fill them out with my best available patrol pilots, which at the moment are 60+ experience with naval search training only. One third will conduct day naval search, one third night naval search and the other third will train for ASW patrols. They will be at least a month from their first operational ASW patrol… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Truk at 111,109 Allied Ships SS Cachalot SS Cachalot launches 4 torpedoes at DD Murasame DD Harusame fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Truk at 111,109 Allied Ships SS Pickerel, hits 1 SS Pickerel launches 4 torpedoes at DD Shiratsuyu DD Harusame attacking submerged sub .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 – the RAF/AVG don’t want to try and challenge my massed Oscars for some reason! Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 29 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 56 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 107th RAF Base Force, at 55,53 (Pegu) Allied ground losses: 41 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Also attacking 17th Indian Division ... recon by aerial bombardment. Also attacking 107th RAF Base Force ... no aircraft present, but I am wary of an RAF/AVG ambush so need to keep moving the bomber targets and keep trying to escort them. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,76 (Medan) – due to the coastal guns, I will land elsewhere and march to Medan to capture it. Allied ground losses: 14 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 103rd PA Infantry Regiment, at 81,89 , near Butuan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 55,53 (Pegu) – if 17th Indian Div stay in this clear hex, and I can keep the Sallys escorted, I can grind it down through aerial bombardment. 2 x Divs are loading on amphibious task forces at Singapore and will move north within days. It’s about D-7 for that landing, I haven’t crunched the numbers on the movement rate. Allied ground losses: 21 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 55,53 (Pegu) Allied ground losses: 35 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Muntok at 50,89 SS O20 is sighted by escort SC Ch 6 fails to find sub, continues to search... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Pago Pago at 149,162 Captain of SS I-23 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target AM Kingfisher attacking submerged sub .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 51655 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1770 Defending force 63613 troops, 335 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1120 troops, 110 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 1566 Defending force 40788 troops, 241 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1181 Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kukong (79,57) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 16831 troops, 214 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 590 Defending force 13012 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 414 Allied ground losses: 40 casualties reported – the defenders may not have forts yet, but I don’t think I have the raw AV or firepower available here yet to find out. Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 48631 troops, 502 guns, 340 vehicles, Assault Value = 1890 Defending force 48641 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1416 Japanese ground losses: 38 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 107 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 7 disabled – some heavy artillery and mortars have arrived which is having an impact, despite the good defensive terrain. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,31 (near Ningsia) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 5489 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 216 Defending force 170 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese assault odds: 82 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(+), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: Allied ground losses: 145 casualties reported Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 7 disabled Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 1st Cavalry Brigade 2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade Defending units: 11th Chinese Corps – this unit is all but destroyed so it is probably being sacrificed in rear guard actions as once destroyed it will return stronger than it is now for free. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 58,90 (near Kuching) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 4014 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 136 Defending force 580 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15 Japanese assault odds: 50 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(-), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Allied ground losses: 356 casualties reported Squads: 14 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 7 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 5 Assaulting units: 144th Infantry Regiment Defending units: less than 200 of all ranks left in these five units, a long way from a friendly base with no supply. 144th Regt will leave them stranded, move back to the coast to meet transports and move to the Burma front. Sarawak Force Singkawang Base Force West Borneo KNIL Battalion Sambas Base Force 106th RN Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1371 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 48 Defending force 2895 troops, 18 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 116 Assaulting units: Kure 2nd SNLF – awaiting reinforcements Defending units: 3rd PA Constabulary Regiment 102nd PA Infantry Regiment 1st /101st PA Battalion Cagayan USAAF Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58 Defending force 1794 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 44 Assaulting units: Sasebo 2nd SNLF – awaiting reinforcements Defending units: VII KNIL Battalion Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion Tarakan Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Bacolod (79,85) Japanese Bombardment attack – deliberate attack ordered for tomorrow Attacking force 3052 troops, 38 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 123 Defending force 955 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40 Assaulting units: Sasebo 3rd SNLF Sasebo 8th SNLF Defending units: 73rd PA Infantry Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Iloilo (79,84) Japanese Bombardment attack – deliberate attack ordered for tomorrow Attacking force 2642 troops, 38 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 156 Defending force 3169 troops, 53 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 124 Assaulting units: Yokosuka 4th SNLF Yokosuka 2nd SNLF Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /1 Defending units: 61st PA Infantry Division 3rd PI Base Force -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Bacolod (79,85) Allied Bombardment attack – wasting supply Attacking force 955 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40 Defending force 3052 troops, 38 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 123 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91) Allied Bombardment attack – also wasting supply Attacking force 1013 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 44 Defending force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58 OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 22, 42 Sibuyan is occupied by the Japanese CS Convoy TF 42 will load Oil at Hakodate for return to Ominato Repairs completed on DMS W-4/5/6 at Truk, ship returned to service – just in time to try their new depth charges on some nearby sub PB Tama Maru #2 collides with PB Noshiro Maru #2 at 67 , 72 – Near Cam Ranh Bay, only 4 x PB in this task force, it must be the poor skippers and inexperienced crews. Heavy damage to both ships, they will limp to Saigon for repairs. Allied Aircraft sighted over 124th Infantry Regiment – no sign of allied ground units reacting with any movement. D3A1 Val from Kaga-2 attacking a Electric Boat S-18 class SS at 111,108 (near Truk) an Allied SS is reported HIT D3A1 Val from Shokaku-2 attacking an Allied SS at 111,108 (near Truk) an Allied PG is reported HIT TF 5 observes PBY-5 Catalina at 50,84 near Singapore – I have a lot of ships in the Singapore hex now, but I haven’t disbanded many ships as the B17s might try and find a way to strike the port. CS Convoy TF 32 begins loading Oil at Muroran for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori CS Convoy TF 137 begins loading Resources at Muroran for delivery to Ominato Truk expands port to size 7 – maxed out. The construction engineers will move forward to Rabaul now, leaving fort construction to the base force engineers. Rabaul expands fortifications to size 2 Auckland expands port to size 7 – Is this the location of the allied HQ SoPac? The kiwis can now rearm allied CVs…

jdsrae -> RE: 22 Jan report (11/6/2019 9:01:08 AM)
This is the revised plan in NCAA. Not radically different in this area. NCAA Reserves will clear Sinyang and Nanyang then move into defensive posture, but be ready to move forward if the Chinese withdraw anywhere. 27 Div: NCAA, in support of 12th Army. It will help clear Sinyang-Nanyang and then push one hex N of Nanyang to maintain contact with the Chinese on the main road to Sian. 35 Div: NCAA, in support of 1st Army. It will remain at Tsiaotso to help watch the large Chinese stack there 63 Div: NCAA, Peiping garrison C grade Div, currently oversized but it has zero combat engineers so will remain as the Peiping garrison for the duration of the war. Reflecting their status, the C grade Divs will be commanded by reasonable MGEN to free up more of the best LGEN to command A and B grade Divs. 110 Div: NCAA, Tientsin garrison. As a B grade Div I will replace it with the soon to arrive C grade 69 Div. It will then move to relieve 10 Div at Loyang, and defend against the Chinese stack which would probably try to move SW out of Tsiaotso if Loyang was left vacant. Mongol Garrison Army will conduct a limited offensive into NW China. 26 Div: MGA, will move into NW China from its current position 1st Army will remain in defensive posture vic Tsiaotso and be ready to move forward if the Chinese withdraw towards Sian. Independent Bdes will block the secondary roads. 36 Div: 1st Army, will move to Tsiaotso to help watch the Chinese stack there 37 Div: 1st Army, will move to Tsiaotso to help watch the large Chinese stack there 41 Div: 1st Army, will remain on the high road to Sian 69 Div: 16 IMB will become the 69th Div in 13 days. As a C grade Div it will move to replace 110th Division as the Tientsin garrison. 12th Army will push the front line forward beyond Nanyang then move into a defensive posture. It will then watch and be ready to move forward if the Chinese withdraw along any of the roads in this area. 5th IMB (12th Army) is currently the garrison force at Tsingtao but will be replaced by 1st IMB (NCAA) after the Chinese are cleared from Sinyang and 1st IMB can move by rail from Sinyang. 32 Div: 12th Army, will help clear Sinyang-Nanyang then advance to contact on the main road to Sian 59 Div: 10th IMB will become the 59th Div in 13 days. As a C grade Div it will move to replace the 34th Div and push SW of Ichang to watch over the Chinese stack at Changteh. 11th Army Divs will be relieved and move to join the main effort SW of Changsha. 13 Div: 11th Army, it will help clear the Chinese from Sinyang and Nanyang then move SW to vic Changsha. 34 Div: 11th Army, will move to vic Changsha after it is relieved by 59 Div (12th Army). Reserves from Manchukuo (in grey) 1, 8, 9, 10, 11 Divs: Now that the NCAA front is stable, these Divs will all move to help clear Sinyang and Nanyang. This should help to convince C.S. that I am making a serious attempt at Sian so I hope it draws more Chinese units forward into the rough country SE of Sian. After Nanyang is captured these Divs will all move to join the main effort vic Changsha. 12 Div: Manchukuo garrison force assault value has risen high enough to allow 12 Div to move into China. It is moving by rail directly to Sinyang. 14 Div: Remains at Jehol in strategic move mode, ready to move by rail once another 500 AV of garrison force is available in Manchukuo. Many garrison units are still recovering their starting disablements so it might be another month before 14 Div can move. [image]local://upfiles/34194/948994CC70154BBE9821A4ABD23E259F.jpg[/image]

awaw -> RE: 22 Jan report (11/6/2019 10:19:42 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: jdsrae AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 22, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58 Allied ground losses: 130 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Is this the same 2x BB tf that has bombarded Wenchow earlier? If it is not too much of a trouble, can you list the air squadrons you have that is also detailed to suppress wenchow? I am doing some “budgeting” and will appreciate comparing to similar operations by other players. Thanks

jdsrae -> RE: 22 Jan report (11/6/2019 11:31:45 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: awaw quote: ORIGINAL: jdsrae AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 22, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58 Allied ground losses: 130 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Is this the same 2x BB tf that has bombarded Wenchow earlier? If it is not too much of a trouble, can you list the air squadrons you have that is also detailed to suppress wenchow? I am doing some “budgeting” and will appreciate comparing to similar operations by other players. Thanks Yes, the same 2xBB TF conducting almost daily bombardment runs from Shanghai. Some days they miss making it back to Shanghai for happy hour by one hex. I also have 3x AMc patrolling in the Wenchow hex to defend against allied sub laid mines, plus a SC Div sitting offshore in case allied subs want to have a go at my BBs. OK here is the Wenchow Air task force: Shanghai based: 44th and 45th Sentai, 66th IF Chutai, 8CSU all from CEA. The Myoko-1 FP group is training because CA Myoko is in the Shanghai repair yard. Taihoku based: 3rd and 4th Sentai from 1st air Div; 71st and 73rd IF Chutai from Southern Army reserves. I will eventually spend PP for all LB groups that can to become FB groups when the Nicks arrive. These groups are already conducting on the job strafe training at Wenchow. [image]local://upfiles/34194/836A2AA0CEFA4BA6B2F8FCEA58659EF4.jpg[/image]

jdsrae -> RE: 22 Jan report (11/8/2019 2:46:03 AM)
Revised South China Ops Plan 12th Army will first relieve 11th Army’s 13th and 34th Divs at Ichang and Sinyang. 11th Army will remain at Changsha until 13th and 34th Divs arrive plus the partcipating 13th and 20th Army Divs get into position. Half will remain at Changsha to attack if the Chinese withdraw, while the HQ and the other half will move to the assault river crossing point (clear hex 81,53). 13th Army will leave some garrison Divs in the rear and move the others forward to the crossing point. 60th and 70th Divs are about to be formed from reinforcement Bdes. 70th Div will free up 116th Div from Shanghai garrison duty. 116th Div will move to Wenchow to cover the Chinese there. 17th Div will cover the Chinese at Chuhsien. 15th and 22nd Divs will move forward to an assembly area at Pingsiang, which I hope is out of view of allied recon being one hex back from the crossing point. CEA reserves will be committed to the crossing. 19th and 20th Divs will also move forward to the Pingsiang assembly area. 20th Army will test out a tank/infantry combined arms attack at Sinyang shortly. I want to clear Sinyang and Nanyang before moving 20th Army to the Pingsiang assembly area. The massed Tank Regts, 1st, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Divs will cross the river and push forward along the Chihkiang-Kweiyang axis. 13th and 11th Army Divs will provide flank protection for 20th Army to keep the supply line open. 14th Div will join 20th Army as soon as it can move out of the Manchukuo garrison without risking the Soviet activation. 23rd Army will maintain contact in the SW sector. Once reformed, 51st Div with 19 IMB in support will have a go at attacking Kukong. Recent recon of Liuchow, the clear hex between Kweilin and Nanning, suggests that it is vacant so it is a potential para drop target, but the few para units have higher priority targets in the upcoming Burma and Java operations. [image]local://upfiles/34194/A2DC1F8389F749A19CBB5848A4EAB1B4.jpg[/image]

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