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1944 September 19 The Empire captured: The Allies captured: There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at: There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at: Imperial Naval Bombardments Japanese Ships Bombarding Haiphong Allied Naval Bombardments: Our subs contacted DD Hamanami on its way back to Hong Kong. Quiet in China. More Progress at Surat Thani. Those divisions trapped near Chiang Mai are going to take a long time to wipe out. quote:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 60,51 (near Chiang Mai) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 22118 troops, 395 guns, 242 vehicles, Assault Value = 496 Defending force 11197 troops, 48 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 296 Allied adjusted assault: 318 Japanese adjusted defense: 25 Allied assault odds: 12 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 655 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 69 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 249 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Assaulting units: 23rd Indian Division 17th Indian Division Defending units: 29th Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 59,53 (near Chiang Mai) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 13404 troops, 146 guns, 73 vehicles, Assault Value = 403 Defending force 9957 troops, 17 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 260 Allied adjusted assault: 229 Japanese adjusted defense: 13 Allied assault odds: 17 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) morale(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 550 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 45 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 325 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 36 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled) Assaulting units: 1st Burma Brigade 2nd Burma Brigade 22nd (East African) Brigade 2/15 Punjab Battalion 2/17 Dogra Battalion 14th LRP Brigade Defending units: 53rd Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Surat Thani (51,68) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 14747 troops, 300 guns, 323 vehicles, Assault Value = 988 Defending force 12978 troops, 124 guns, 63 vehicles, Assault Value = 181 Allied adjusted assault: 160 Japanese adjusted defense: 301 Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 574 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 13 (4 destroyed, 9 disabled) Allied ground losses: 155 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Assaulting units: 20th Indian Division 26th Indian Division 5th Indian Division 3rd (Special Force) Division Defending units: 11th/A Division 2nd INA Gandhi Regiment 11th/C Division 29th Army 32nd Field AA Battalion 112th Infantry Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The attacks near Chiang Mai will continue but supplies are an issue in the jungle up there so attacks might not be continuous. The divisions at Surat Thani will switch off again. Two armoured units should arrive tomorrow to help the day following. Illustrious continues to make only trivial repairs on the slow journey to Colombo, but I think the movie projector is working again. Action NE of Hanoi and at Haiphong! quote:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Haiphong at 68,57 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses P-47D25 Thunderbolt: 12 damaged P-39N2 Airacobra: 2 damaged Thunderbolt I: 3 damaged Japanese Ships DD Hamanami Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 10 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 16 Port hits 6 DD Hamanami firing at Haiphong -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 62,66 (near Pakse) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 3033 troops, 46 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 93 Defending force 1911 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 21 Japanese ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 11th Airborne/C Division Defending units: 2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade 33rd Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 68,55 (near Hanoi) Allied Shock attack Attacking force 62824 troops, 931 guns, 1115 vehicles, Assault Value = 2110 Defending force 9221 troops, 72 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 280 Allied adjusted assault: 2072 Japanese adjusted defense: 75 Allied assault odds: 27 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 7592 casualties reported Squads: 205 destroyed, 70 disabled Non Combat: 70 destroyed, 105 disabled Engineers: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 31 (23 destroyed, 8 disabled) Units retreated 3 Allied ground losses: 748 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 114 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Guns lost 17 (2 destroyed, 15 disabled) Vehicles lost 20 (1 destroyed, 19 disabled) Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 96th Infantry Division 2/6th Armoured Regiment 1st Australian Division 192nd Tank Battalion 2/4th Armoured Regiment 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 640th Tank Destroyer Battalion 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 5th Australian Division 31st Infantry Division 9th Australian Division Defending units: 1st Ind.Infantry Brigade 2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment 31st Mountain Gun Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There was no aerial interdiction of our troops, yet four of our armored units did not make the crossing. All units that did cross are pretty beat up in fatigue and disruption and will recover in place. The remaining armor will be on site tomorrow and lots of large artillery pieces will cross the river over the days following. The Imperial stack E of Hanoi still shows a NW movement marker but that might be a feint now that our strength there has been shown. Two units of >11,000 troops are on the rail line to Lao Cai NW of the crossing hex and are now heading into Lao Cai, so that base will be defended after all. Those might be units that were defeated at the crossing point but I don't know. Whoops! It's in the Combat Events Report. quote:
1st Ind.Infantry Brigade RETREATING towards Lao Cai 2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment RETREATING towards Lao Cai 31st Mountain Gun Regiment RETREATING towards Lang Son So maybe fortuitous in splitting up the enemy forces to be attacked piecemeal. Our four divisions at Haiphong are moving E to cross the river there, one day in move mode thereafter in combat mode. Imperial units opposing them now show eastward movement. All Allied 4EB will now target them to slow them down for ground troops to catch up and attack them. The light bombardment of Haiphong, while very effectives in the combat result, seemed to have no impact on air operations. It did, however, stop the base from building to a size 4 airfield this turn. A squadron of PT boats has been rehydrated for harbor defense. Success on Borneo, but Ternate is a grind like Chiang Mai. quote:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 56,89 (near Pontianak) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 3477 troops, 48 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 113 Defending force 818 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7 Allied adjusted assault: 23 Japanese adjusted defense: 3 Allied assault odds: 7 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), morale(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 286 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled) Units retreated 1 Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment Defending units: 21th JNAF AF Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ternate (78,102) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 4417 troops, 178 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 100 Defending force 3371 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 45 Allied adjusted assault: 81 Japanese adjusted defense: 4 Allied assault odds: 20 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 154 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 31st Infantry Regiment 147th Field Artillery Battalion 148th Field Artillery Battalion 260th Field Artillery Battalion 205th Field Artillery Battalion 131st Field Artillery Battalion 134th Field Artillery Battalion Defending units: 12th Garrison Unit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 147th will head into Pontianak on assumption that the 21th JNAF AF Unit will do the same but with the benefit of a road. They are in the open now so air strikes might slow them to a crawl. Ternate again tomorrow. The sweeps of Manila went well enough, but the first group in had a hard time. quote:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 18 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 23 Ki-84a Frank x 20 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses P-38J Lightning: 4 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 5 x P-38J Lightning sweeping at 21000 feet CAP engaged: S-301 Hikotai Det A with N1K2-J George (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (10 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 7 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes S-301 Hikotai Det B with N1K2-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes 13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (23 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 10 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 5th Sentai/B with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 7 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 12000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes 5th Sentai/C with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 1 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters between 17000 and 24000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 39,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 15 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 15 Ki-84a Frank x 15 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 22 Japanese aircraft losses N1K2-J George: 3 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 4 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 3 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 12 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet CAP engaged: 5th Sentai/B with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 21000 and 31514. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes S-301 Hikotai Det A with N1K2-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 19000 , scrambling fighters between 21000 and 24000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes S-301 Hikotai Det B with N1K2-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 22848. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes 5th Sentai/C with Ki-84a Frank (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes 13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 12 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 22 NM, estimated altitude 34,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 5 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 6 Ki-84a Frank x 7 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 22 Japanese aircraft losses N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Ki-84a Frank: 3 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 11 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 5th Sentai/B with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 33276. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes S-301 Hikotai Det A with N1K2-J George (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 19000 , scrambling fighters to 23000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 20 minutes S-301 Hikotai Det B with N1K2-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 27000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes 5th Sentai/C with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 17000 , scrambling fighters to 26000. Raid is overhead 13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 26000 and 33276. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 18 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 2 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft P-38J Lightning x 3 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed No Allied losses CAP engaged: 5th Sentai/B with Ki-84a Frank (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 12000 , scrambling fighters to 31000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes S-301 Hikotai Det A with N1K2-J George (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 19000 , scrambling fighters to 30000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes 13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 23000 and 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes S-301 Hikotai Det B with N1K2-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 29000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 68 NM, estimated altitude 42,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft N1K2-J George x 2 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1 Ki-84a Frank x 1 Allied aircraft P-47D25 Thunderbolt x 3 Japanese aircraft losses N1K2-J George: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-47D25 Thunderbolt sweeping at 37000 feet CAP engaged: 5th Sentai/B with Ki-84a Frank (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 12000 , scrambling fighters to 25000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes S-301 Hikotai Det A with N1K2-J George (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 19000 , scrambling fighters to 26000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes S-301 Hikotai Det B with N1K2-J George (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 15000 , scrambling fighters to 34000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes 13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (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 15000 , scrambling fighters to 24000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 52 NM, estimated altitude 37,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1 Allied aircraft P-38H Lightning x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 3 x P-38H Lightning sweeping at 31000 feet CAP engaged: 13th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (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 15000 , scrambling fighters to 33276. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We got about a 3 to 1 ratio in our favor. I just discovered that I set the wrong altitude - 21,000 ft instead of 31,000 ft - for the P-38 group that had such a tussle. Self inflicted! Indochina.
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