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RE: 1944 September 19 - 12/2/2015 7:55:09 PM

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So that portion would change to:

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RE: 1944 September 21 - 12/3/2015 4:00:23 AM

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1944 September 21

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:
Surat Thani

There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:

There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:

Imperial Naval Bombardments

Allied Naval Bombardments:

Our subs were locked out.

Quiet in China.

Surat Thani is ours. Both pockets near Chiang Mai are taking damage.

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Ground combat at Surat Thani (51,68)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 40813 troops, 714 guns, 789 vehicles, Assault Value = 1667

Defending force 11937 troops, 119 guns, 63 vehicles, Assault Value = 125

Allied adjusted assault: 979

Japanese adjusted defense: 121

Allied assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Surat Thani !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
4319 casualties reported
Squads: 109 destroyed, 38 disabled
Non Combat: 112 destroyed, 44 disabled
Engineers: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 60 (55 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 46 (46 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 5

Allied ground losses:
81 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
50th Tank Brigade
26th Indian Division
20th Indian Division
18th Cavalry Regiment
Gardner's Horse Regiment
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
150th RAC Regiment
254th Armoured Brigade
5th Indian Division
3rd (Special Force) Division

Defending units:
11th/A Division
11th/C Division
32nd Field AA Battalion
29th Army
112th Infantry Regiment
2nd INA Gandhi Regiment

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Ground combat at 60,51 (near Chiang Mai)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21897 troops, 394 guns, 242 vehicles, Assault Value = 479

Defending force 10075 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 186

Allied adjusted assault: 440

Japanese adjusted defense: 4

Allied assault odds: 110 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), morale(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1186 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 86 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
96 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Assaulting units:
23rd Indian Division
17th Indian Division

Defending units:
29th Division

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Ground combat at 59,53 (near Chiang Mai)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12827 troops, 145 guns, 73 vehicles, Assault Value = 322

Defending force 8853 troops, 12 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 166

Allied adjusted assault: 209

Japanese adjusted defense: 7

Allied assault odds: 29 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)
morale(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
329 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
147 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
22nd (East African) Brigade
1st Burma Brigade
2nd Burma Brigade
2/15 Punjab Battalion
2/17 Dogra Battalion
14th LRP Brigade

Defending units:
53rd Division

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All of our units are pursuing SE of Surat Thani. Other units will rail in as they exit. The attacks on the pockets near Chiang Mai will continue tomorrow.

And still maneuvering against trapped units north of Saigon.

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Ground combat at 62,66 (near Pakse)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3033 troops, 46 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 93

Defending force 1908 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
11th Airborne/C Division

Defending units:
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
33rd Division

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Either three or all four infantry divisions at Haiphong will cross the river tomorrow. A second unit, with guns only, has appeared at our crossing hex NE of Hanoi. Our artillery will arrive tomorrow and all units will attack the day after. I suspect that this is an effort to use the Empire's best AT weapons so artillery and infantry support will be massive.

Ternate is secured!

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Ground combat at Ternate (78,102)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4381 troops, 178 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 99

Defending force 3107 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Allied adjusted assault: 78

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 78 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
318 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
31st Infantry Regiment
134th Field Artillery Battalion
260th Field Artillery Battalion
131st Field Artillery Battalion
148th Field Artillery Battalion
147th Field Artillery Battalion
205th Field Artillery Battalion
871st Aviation Engineer Battalion

Defending units:
12th Garrison Unit

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Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Ternate

Finally!!!

It's starting to look like I might have enough attack transport to lift all of the Nago and Naha invasion forces at the same time. It'll be tight, but I think we can do it. Loading will be during the first week in October, with about a 1 week journey to Okinawa.

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RE: 1944 September 21 - 12/3/2015 4:00:53 AM

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Malay Peninsula & Sumatra.

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RE: 1944 September 21 - 12/3/2015 6:29:53 AM

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Its a long jump without Luzon! Good luck!

PS. I found it really difficult to stage a full fledged bombing campaign from the Okinawas. And I could easily rotate units in and out from level 9 AFs on Luzon. You really need a level 9 AF within normal B29 range from the HI. Even better would be one within B24 range.

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RE: 1944 September 21 - 12/3/2015 6:44:52 AM

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Its a long jump without Luzon! Good luck!

PS. I found it really difficult to stage a full fledged bombing campaign from the Okinawas. And I could easily rotate units in and out from level 9 AFs on Luzon. You really need a level 9 AF within normal B29 range from the HI. Even better would be one within B24 range.

Thanks - but it will be a bit before they can load up and shove off.

I think that Formosa will provide size 9 airfields even closer than Luzon. I agree that the area covered by the Okinawa operation is not super airfield territory. I think only Naha can go to size 8; everything else is smaller to one degree or another (I think, the details slip my mind). But it does provide a lot of airfields in a good spot. Good to some degree for bombing the Home Islands, but also for really cutting the SLOC west of Japan and for supporting the invasion of the HI. Once the other airfields are built up to handle fighters, recon, search, and anti-shipping duties, Naha could be dedicated to B-24s. Maybe even another airfield. That would spread out the CAP.

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RE: 1944 September 21 - 12/3/2015 12:18:15 PM

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Thanks - but it will be a bit before they can load up and shove off.

I think that Formosa will provide size 9 airfields even closer than Luzon. I agree that the area covered by the Okinawa operation is not super airfield territory. I think only Naha can go to size 8; everything else is smaller to one degree or another (I think, the details slip my mind). But it does provide a lot of airfields in a good spot. Good to some degree for bombing the Home Islands, but also for really cutting the SLOC west of Japan and for supporting the invasion of the HI. Once the other airfields are built up to handle fighters, recon, search, and anti-shipping duties, Naha could be dedicated to B-24s. Maybe even another airfield. That would spread out the CAP.

Yeah, Formosa is real nice. Lots of 50 VP multipliers for the Allies too.

It will be a very tight fit on Okinawa. I severely overstacked my bomber bases on many, many occasions. I would look at Formosa and/or Luzon. Not only do you need big AFs you will need a big port pretty soon. You will need to ship in about 1 million supply per month once things really take off. And for that you need a big port close at hand! Manila is very nice to have with its repair yard.

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RE: 1944 September 21 - 12/3/2015 3:29:48 PM

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It will be a very tight fit on Okinawa. I severely overstacked my bomber bases on many, many occasions. I would look at Formosa and/or Luzon. Not only do you need big AFs you will need a big port pretty soon. You will need to ship in about 1 million supply per month once things really take off. And for that you need a big port close at hand! Manila is very nice to have with its repair yard.

I think witpqs plans to take Pescadores along with Formosa - big port, airfield and shipyards!

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RE: 1944 September 21 - 12/3/2015 3:39:05 PM

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And Hong Kong!*

* When I get there...

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RE: 1944 September 21 - 12/3/2015 6:21:54 PM

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I've put up a new version of that LCU invasion planning tool. Only made changes to the headers and to the documentation. In the doc file there is a summary of the unload rates noted in the manual.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByVleYydeDVcQW5NVFc4V0g1Qkk

Four files, but the .py file is optional (only if you want to see the source code).

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RE: 1944 September 21 - 12/3/2015 6:32:32 PM

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And Hong Kong!*

* When I get there...

Let's make things simple. You plan to present us a global map with only green dots. Right?

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RE: 1944 September 21 - 12/3/2015 6:47:38 PM

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Shanghai for the win!

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1944 September 22 - 12/4/2015 3:28:36 AM

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1944 September 22

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

Allied Naval Bombardments:

Our subs were invisible.

Quiet in China.

Both progress and tough slogging near Chiang Mai.

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Ground combat at 60,51 (near Chiang Mai)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21787 troops, 393 guns, 242 vehicles, Assault Value = 468

Defending force 8955 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 88

Allied adjusted assault: 276

Japanese adjusted defense: 4

Allied assault odds: 69 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
morale(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
401 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 39 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
131 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Assaulting units:
23rd Indian Division
17th Indian Division

Defending units:
29th Division

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Ground combat at 59,53 (near Chiang Mai)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 12807 troops, 145 guns, 73 vehicles, Assault Value = 321

Defending force 8533 troops, 8 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 134

Allied adjusted assault: 166

Japanese adjusted defense: 7

Allied assault odds: 23 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
morale(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
457 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
391 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 45 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled

Assaulting units:
2/15 Punjab Battalion
2/17 Dogra Battalion
2nd Burma Brigade
22nd (East African) Brigade
1st Burma Brigade
14th LRP Brigade

Defending units:
53rd Division

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Who ARE those guys?? The two Bn against the 53rd Division will stand down, and one Bde is near ready to. Trying to keep too many disabled squads from being in combat because those are the ones most likely to be destroyed. At least the 53rd Division is totally surrounded and can be worn down as slowly as need be. The 29th Division is still moving but is disintegrating much faster.

The crossing east of Haiphong went quite well.

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Ground combat at 62,66 (near Pakse)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3033 troops, 46 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 93

Defending force 1872 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Assaulting units:
11th Airborne/C Division

Defending units:
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
33rd Division

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Ground combat at 69,57 (near Haiphong)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 48479 troops, 754 guns, 438 vehicles, Assault Value = 1457

Defending force 9231 troops, 42 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 269

Allied adjusted assault: 1572

Japanese adjusted defense: 331

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
3821 casualties reported
Squads: 103 destroyed, 29 disabled
Non Combat: 67 destroyed, 62 disabled
Engineers: 16 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 21 (15 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Units retreated 3

Allied ground losses:
390 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 47 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
32nd Infantry Division
7th Australian Division
81st Infantry Division
2nd Australian Division

Defending units:
13th Ind.Infantry Brigade
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
58th Infantry Regiment

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Now our hand has been shown it seems DAW HQ has ordered a withdrawal from in front of Lang Son. Our main body, NE of Hanoi, will clear the small blocking force tomorrow, then move SE down the road and attack east into Lang Son. The four divisions that just crossed the river will march east, two trying to get behind Lang Son and two will move through the jungle to Pakhoi. It will not be quiet in China much longer.

The invasion of Sandakan is boarding at Beaufort. There might be a starving armoured units there, but the Torres Strait Bn is equal to the task.

A batch of 10x CVE that have just finished AA upgrades is leaving Pearl Harbor for Guam. A batch of 9x CVE is about a week away from Pearl Harbor for their upgrades.

Indochina.

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RE: 1944 September 22 - 12/4/2015 3:29:16 AM

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RE: 1944 September 22 - 12/4/2015 3:29:52 AM

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Intel screen.

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RE: 1944 September 22 - 12/4/2015 7:43:14 AM

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Who ARE those guys??

Look on the bright side: You prefer fighting that kind of division isolated and out of supply in the middle of nowhere, instead of e.g. on Okinawa.

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RE: 1944 September 22 - 12/4/2015 3:09:52 PM

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Who ARE those guys??

Look on the bright side: You prefer fighting that kind of division isolated and out of supply in the middle of nowhere, instead of e.g. on Okinawa.

Oh, yeah, that's for sure! Might have been some like them on Truk. Not good for timetables, casualty counts, device pools, supply, air ops losses...

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1944 September 23 - 12/5/2015 12:00:23 AM

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1944 September 23

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

Allied Naval Bombardments:

Our subs had no action again.

Quiet in China, but over China was a different story. P-51B and P-47 D25 sweeps of Canton took down between 3 and 4 times as many enemy planes as were lost.

More progress near Chiang Mai.

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Ground combat at 60,51 (near Chiang Mai)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21714 troops, 393 guns, 242 vehicles, Assault Value = 461

Defending force 8511 troops, 27 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60

Allied adjusted assault: 346

Japanese adjusted defense: 4

Allied assault odds: 86 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), morale(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
291 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 52 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
23rd Indian Division
17th Indian Division

Defending units:
29th Division

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Ground combat at 59,53 (near Chiang Mai)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10769 troops, 114 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 288

Defending force 8179 troops, 7 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 100

Allied adjusted assault: 174

Japanese adjusted defense: 4

Allied assault odds: 43 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
778 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 56 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
2/15 Punjab Battalion
2nd Burma Brigade
2/17 Dogra Battalion
22nd (East African) Brigade
1st Burma Brigade
14th LRP Brigade

Defending units:
53rd Division

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The 81st West African Division has made contact with the ex-Sabang Imperials and will attack tomorrow. South of Surat Thani the Sherman V equipped 18th Cavalry Rgt is first to catch the withdrawing enemy units there and will attack alone tomorrow to get the ball rolling.

Our main body is on the move.

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Ground combat at 62,66 (near Pakse)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3025 troops, 46 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 93

Defending force 1870 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Assaulting units:
11th Airborne/C Division

Defending units:
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
33rd Division

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Ground combat at 68,55 (near Hanoi)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 67731 troops, 1153 guns, 1775 vehicles, Assault Value = 2567

Defending force 558 troops, 21 guns, 86 vehicles, Assault Value = 41

Allied adjusted assault: 1382

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 1382 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 20 (20 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 44 (44 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 34 (11 destroyed, 23 disabled)

Assaulting units:
192nd Tank Battalion
31st Infantry Division
706th Tank Battalion
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
2/4th Armoured Regiment
5th Australian Division
2/6th Armoured Regiment
775th Tank Battalion
4th Armoured Brigade
124th Cavalry Regiment
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st Australian Division
96th Infantry Division
711th Tank Battalion
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
9th Australian Division
2/1st Med Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
85th Medium Regiment
87th Medium Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
1st Medium Regiment
2nd Medium Regiment
251st Field Artillery Battalion
134th (East Ang) Regiment

Defending units:
13th Tank Regiment
17th RF Gun Battalion

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The main body will head SE to the hex between Hanoi and Lang Son, then into Lang Son. Smaller units will free Lao Cai and keep the two IJA infantry Rgts withdrawing in that direction from getting comfortable.

Recon shows that Probolinggo, our chosen entry point onto Java, is empty. The 44% prepared 1st Australian Para Bn will begin dropping there tomorrow from a small group of 12x C-47 transports. Ships are scrambling to go pickup other units but so much transport being thrown into the Okinawa operation has limited available options.

Indochina.

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RE: 1944 September 23 - 12/5/2015 12:00:49 AM

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RE: 1944 September 23 - 12/5/2015 12:01:08 AM

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Today's air losses.

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RE: 1944 September 23 - 12/5/2015 11:35:17 AM

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Coupe de main south of Lang Son! Oh my!

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1944 September 24 - 12/8/2015 3:35:35 AM

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1944 September 24

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:
Probolinggo

There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:

There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:
Probolinggo

Imperial Naval Bombardments

Allied Naval Bombardments:

Our subs recorded weather data and sparred with ASW forces near the Formosa Strait.

Quiet in China.

Good attacks all around in the SEAC areas. The 29th is now being cut down. Our lone tank unit on the Peninsula harried the retreating Imperials and there will be 6 of them doing more serious work tomorrow. The 81st West African cleared the road to Langsa. The 53rd is still recalcitrant but is completely surrounded.

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Ground combat at 60,51 (near Chiang Mai)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21715 troops, 393 guns, 242 vehicles, Assault Value = 461

Defending force 7898 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7

Allied adjusted assault: 324

Japanese adjusted defense: 4

Allied assault odds: 81 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), morale(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
722 casualties reported
Squads: 58 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
23rd Indian Division
17th Indian Division

Defending units:
29th Division

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Ground combat at 51,69 (near Nakhon Si Thammarat)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 920 troops, 0 guns, 104 vehicles, Assault Value = 685

Defending force 8040 troops, 72 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

Allied adjusted assault: 29

Japanese adjusted defense: 67

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), morale(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
150th RAC Regiment
50th Tank Brigade
18th Cavalry Regiment
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
254th Armoured Brigade
Gardner's Horse Regiment

Defending units:
112th Infantry Regiment
11th/A Division
2nd INA Gandhi Regiment
11th/C Division
29th Army
32nd Field AA Battalion

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Ground combat at 44,71 (near Sabang)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10639 troops, 144 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 370

Defending force 1064 troops, 22 guns, 8 vehicles, Assault Value = 6

Allied adjusted assault: 168

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 168 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)

Japanese ground losses:
777 casualties reported
Squads: 55 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 86 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 15 (15 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (10 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
81st (West African) Division

Defending units:
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
35th JAAF AF Bn

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Ground combat at 59,53 (near Chiang Mai)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10686 troops, 114 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 285

Defending force 7600 troops, 4 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 52

Allied adjusted assault: 146

Japanese adjusted defense: 4

Allied assault odds: 36 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
morale(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
162 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
133 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
2/15 Punjab Battalion
22nd (East African) Brigade
2/17 Dogra Battalion
2nd Burma Brigade
1st Burma Brigade
14th LRP Brigade

Defending units:
53rd Division

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Illustrious has made it to Colombo and the news is bad: 167 days estimate. There are still 6 more minor engine damage points to sort out, so she will remain ready at Colombo for a few days to try and increase her speed for the journey to the larger yard at Cape Town.

Still taking time to gather force before attacking stragglers north of Saigon so we destroy them rather than allow them to snake their way into the jungle again.

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Ground combat at 62,66 (near Pakse)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3025 troops, 46 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 93

Defending force 1863 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Assaulting units:
11th Airborne/C Division

Defending units:
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
33rd Division

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Those massive movements are still underway in SWPac's drive on China. The first of the Chinese Army units has reached Saigon and is boarding trains for the journey to Hanoi.

Probolinggo was indeed empty and is ours. Now to keep it!

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Ground combat at Probolinggo (56,105)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 127 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 11

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 11 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Probolinggo !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
1st Australian Para Bn /1

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We weren't really ready for Probolinggo, but what are we going to do, give it back?! Two convoys are loading with support units to get that airbase built and operating. Another will begin loading with another paratroops Bn the day after, and more troops will follow. Recon will (I hope) find all adjacent enemy. Air groups begin striking known targets nearby tomorrow. D-Day at Sandakan is tomorrow or possibly tonight.

All of the B-29s are back in the Marianas. The last big group of APA will get back to Guam in about 4 days. At that time we will take a close accounting of the attack transport capacity there and see if we form convoys to load or wait a few more days.

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RE: 1944 September 24 - 12/8/2015 3:36:28 AM

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RE: 1944 September 24 - 12/8/2015 3:37:45 AM

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ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Coupe de main south of Lang Son! Oh my!

I figure they will get away on account of the road and promptly starting once our plan became apparent. But maybe we'll get to retreat them at least once?

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1944 September 25

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:

There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:

There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:
Sandakan

Imperial Naval Bombardments

Allied Naval Bombardments:

Our subs tangled with a convoy evacuating Medan and making for Singapore. They also spotted the infamous DD Hamanami just west of Hong Kong. Is she on another bombardment run? A CL TF patrol has been shifted north from Hue to stand just SE of Haiphong.

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ASW attack near Tandjoengbalai at 47,79

Japanese Ships
PB Kaisho Maru
PB Hakka Maru
APD Nadakaze
APD Shimakaze
AK Amagisan Maru
AK Sado Maru
xAK Toryu Maru
xAK Ujigawa Maru
xAK Hakodate Maru
xAK Atlantic Maru
xAK Turuga Maru
xAK Kasagi Maru
xAK Akasisan Maru
xAK Kimishima Maru
xAK Melbourne Maru
E Hato
E Karukaya
E Asagao

Allied Ships
SS Zwaardvisch, hits 3

SS Zwaardvisch is sighted by escort
Zwaardvisch bottoming out ....
E Hato fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Karukaya fails to find sub and abandons search
E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Hato fails to find sub and abandons search
E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Asagao attacking submerged sub ....
E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Asagao fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Sub attack near Hong Kong at 76,61

Japanese Ships
DD Hamanami

Allied Ships
SS Runner

SS Runner launches 4 torpedoes
Runner bottoming out ....
DD Hamanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hamanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hamanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hamanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Hamanami fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

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Quiet in China. Just SW of Mengtze the single enemy unit that has been entrenched on the Chinese Army's right flank is now seen to be withdrawing. Our forces will attack tomorrow. The increased flow of supplies into Mengtze enabled by the new airfield and availability of more transports dedicated to that base is feeding units long starved within the base. And making more supply available to those outside the base, such as those that will attack tomorrow.

Another leg on the peninsula road is open and continued goodies near Chiang Mai.

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Ground combat at 51,69 (near Nakhon Si Thammarat)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 8742 troops, 36 guns, 956 vehicles, Assault Value = 1000

Defending force 8174 troops, 79 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 66

Allied adjusted assault: 476

Japanese adjusted defense: 71

Allied assault odds: 6 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), morale(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
3111 casualties reported
Squads: 74 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 167 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 18 (16 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 6

Allied ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
255th Indian Tank Brigade
254th Armoured Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
150th RAC Regiment
268th Motorised Brigade
18th Cavalry Regiment
50th Tank Brigade
Gardner's Horse Regiment

Defending units:
112th Infantry Regiment
11th/A Division
2nd INA Gandhi Regiment
11th/C Division
29th Army
32nd Field AA Battalion

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Ground combat at 60,51 (near Chiang Mai)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21737 troops, 393 guns, 242 vehicles, Assault Value = 463

Defending force 7241 troops, 21 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 313

Japanese adjusted defense: 4

Allied assault odds: 78 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), morale(-), supply(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)

Japanese ground losses:
764 casualties reported
Squads: 92 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
23rd Indian Division
17th Indian Division

Defending units:
29th Division

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Ground combat at 59,53 (near Chiang Mai)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9344 troops, 110 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 281

Defending force 7470 troops, 3 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 38

Allied adjusted assault: 76

Japanese adjusted defense: 4

Allied assault odds: 19 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)
morale(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
299 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
2nd Burma Brigade
2/17 Dogra Battalion
22nd (East African) Brigade
2/15 Punjab Battalion
1st Burma Brigade
14th LRP Brigade

Defending units:
53rd Division

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The armour will proceed to Nakhon Si Thammarat and begin attacking while the infantry catches up.

A change of plan with Illustrious. She will move into the shipyard at Colombo. Considering the travel time, the 80 kton versus 40 kton shipyard might not be a net savings.

Just a few more days of movement near Saigon before reduction begins.

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Ground combat at 61,65 (near Pakse)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6093 troops, 92 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 187

Defending force 2636 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 68

Japanese ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
11th Airborne/A Division
11th Airborne/B Division

Defending units:
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade

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Ground combat at 62,66 (near Pakse)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 3033 troops, 46 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 93

Defending force 1859 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Assaulting units:
11th Airborne/C Division

Defending units:
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
33rd Division

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The first of the armored units has contacted the Imperial main defense just east of Hanoi and the rest will arrive tomorrow. Already their lead elements are in Lang Son. Our divisions east of Haiphong are coming under IJA air strikes to slow their progress. CAP is being rearranged and with today's successful sweeps of Canton, tomorrow could be a bad day for IJA bombers.

If the Empire is pulling back through Lang Son, which appears to be the case, then all 4 divisions east of Haiphong will move on Pakhoi instead of 2 of them moving to block the road behind Lang Son. They would not be in time anyway and support units can be quickly brought into Pakhoi from Haiphong by small craft.

The Torres Strait Bn is ashore at Sandakan and resistance looks light as there was no bombardment. They attack tomorrow. More troops dropped on Probolinggo while other transports dropped supplies. Help is on the way.

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RE: 1944 September 25 - 12/8/2015 6:40:39 PM

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RE: 1944 September 25 - 12/8/2015 6:41:05 PM

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RE: 1944 September 25 - 12/8/2015 6:41:33 PM

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Java. Reinforcements and support units are on the way, either at sea already or loading at the sources indicated.

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RE: 1944 September 25 - 12/8/2015 6:42:00 PM

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It looks like today's sweeps of Canton were about 32 to 4 in our favor. About half of our arriving flights did not find any opposition but all are tired. They will hit the skies over Hong Kong tomorrow. A planned sweep of Manila was scrubbed by weather at both ends.

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RE: 1944 September 25 - 12/8/2015 7:13:13 PM

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You are playing the air mod right, where those Georges are real screamers?

I feel strongly now that Japan in a PBEM, needs the Jack moreso than the George although my favored approach is produce both but put the emphasis on Jack. The earlier arrival dates are so key & the engine being in production from Dec 7 are two advantages that are hard to overlook! However, it is the opposite, most JFBs go for George heavily. Most, not all.

Anyhow, it is nice to see the next George model fighting, I think it has a SR2 in this mod.

Here we come Hong Kong and Canton. All those IJA troops formed up against the Chinese are in deep trouble.

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