SierraJuliet
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8 February 1942 Malaya Air: At Singapore 21 Nell, 34 Sally and 24 Lily bomb Singapore. 1 Buffalo, 1 Vildebeest, 4 Blenheim and 1 Swordfish are destroyed on the ground. Allied forces report 59 casualties while the airbase takes 14 hits, airbase supply takes 4 hits and the runway is hit 73 times. A second raid of Singapore by 20 Nell, 30 Sally and 29 Lily destroys 2 Blenheim and 1 Vildebeest on the ground, causes 38 casualties and scores 12 airbase hits, 5 airbase supply hits and 75 runway hits. Land: At Singapore a Japanese shock attack reduces the forts to level 5 and achieves assault odds of 7 to 1 and the base is captured. 4 Blenheim and 1 Veldebeest are destroyed on the ground. Japanese forces report 2139 casualties and 41 guns and 1 vehicle lost. 92 108 Allied forces surrender along with 316 guns and 7 vehicles lost. The allied forces surrendering include Malaya Army, 223 & 224 Group RAF, SSVF Brigade, 1st & 2nd ISF Base Forces, 6th, 12th, 15th, 22nd & 28th Indian Brigades, 22nd & 27th Australian Brigades, Singapore Fortress, 1st & 2nd Malaya Brigades, MAF Aviation, No. 101 & 109 RN Base Forces, and No. 110, 111, 112 & 113 RAF Base Forces. Burma Air: 35 Sally and 24 Helen bomb Taung Gyi and obtain 2 airbase hits, 3 airbase supply hits and 11 runway hits. Land: At Taung Gyi Japanese bombardment results in 8 Allied casualties with the return Allied bombardment causing 2 Japanese casualties and 1 gun lost. China Land: At Hengchow Japanese bombardment results in 362 Chinese casualties and 4 guns lost. Air: Some 100 miles west of Wuchow 21 Sonia and 6 Sally bomb 28th Chinese Corps and cause 23 casualties. On the road 100 miles southwest of Changsha 6 Sonia and 9 Ann bomb 168th Chinese Division and cause 8 casualties. Philippines Air: At Bataan 63 Betty cause 81 casualties, 3 airbase hits, 3 airbase supply hits and 23 runway hits. Land: At Naga Japanese bombardment results in 13 Japanese casualties and 2 guns lost to 13 Allied casualties and 2 guns lost. At Bataan Japanese bombardment results in 162 Allied casualties and 2 guns lost. South Eastern Pacific Land: Troops are ashore at Torokina. Sea: Here are the raw figures for the Battle of Goodenough Bay. Night Time Surface Combat, near Gili Gili at 56,94 Japanese Ships BB Mutsu, Shell hits 6 CL Katori, Shell hits 4, on fire CL Tenryu, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CL Tatsuta, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Shiokaze, Shell hits 4, on fire DD Wakatake, Shell hits 1 DD Kuretake DD Sanae Allied Ships CA Australia, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage CA Canberra, Shell hits 3 CL Leander, Shell hits 2 CL Achilles, Shell hits 3 CL Perth, Shell hits 1 DD Alden DD Barker DD Bulmer, Shell hits 5, on fire, heavy damage DD Stuart, Shell hits 1 DD Voyager, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Le Triomphant Followed by the assault on the transports. Night Time Surface Combat, near Gili Gili at 56,94 Japanese Ships DD Hatsuharu, Shell hits 1 DD Nenohi, Shell hits 21, and is sunk DD Hatsushima, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Wakaba, Shell hits 7, on fire, heavy damage AP Buenos Aires Maru AP Ceylon Maru AP Kanayamasan Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AP Kyosei Maru AP Mitsu Maru #3 AP Nissen Maru #3 AP Otori Maru AP Sumiyoshi Maru AP Takuei Maru AP Takunan Maru AP Tsuruga Maru AP Shinyo Maru Allied Ships CA Australia, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CA Canberra CL Leander CL Achilles CL Perth, Shell hits 1 DD Alden, Shell hits 3, on fire, heavy damage DD Barker DD Bulmer, Shell hits 1, on fire, heavy damage DD Stuart DD Voyager, on fire DD Le Triomphant At the end of this action there are some serious damage issues going on for my ships. At the end of the day damage is as follows: BB Mutsu 05 00 00 (this is what she started out with) CL Katori 18 03 09 CL Tenryu 58 65 18 CL Tatsuta 62 68 18 DD Shiokaze 55 34 28 DD Wakatake 03 00 00 DD Hatsuharu 01 00 00 DD Hatsushima 35 11 05 DD Wakaba 66 48 27 AP Kanayamasan Maru 69 58 16 In a postscript to the battle SS RO-61 gets CA Australia in her sights but fails to record a hit. 3 Hudson find AP Arabia Maru and land 1 bomb on her causing 24 02 09 damage. DEI Sea: Hyuga, Ise and CL Sendai bombard Balikpapan and cause 709 casualties, 4 guns and 2 vehicles lost, 2 airbase hits, 19 runway hits, 1 port hit, 4 port fuel hits and 2 port supply hits. Air: Mini KB sends out 15 Val and 33 Kate to bomb Balikpapan and for the loss of 1 Val cause 5 airbase hits, 1 airbase supply hit and 23 runway hits. Subs No reported action Naval Losses for the Day DD Nenohi Comments Singapore in the bag. Happy with this as it is before the real time loss of Singapore. At Goodenough Bay not too bad a result given I put CL Katori in a surface fleet it had no place being in. Several ships are going to need a slice of luck to stay afloat. On the positive side the transports were saved and that was the whole point of having the surface action task force there… in that regard they did their job and if the combat reports are reliable CA Australia may not make it back to a safe port. Mutsu and company also came as a surprise to Todd as he had not picked them up with his recon.
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Kido Butai, although powerful, was a raiding force, and this is exactly how the Japanese understood its usage. 'Shattered Sword'
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