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RE: 1944 September 28 - 12/15/2015 10:27:38 PM

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Fully understand, by the time I crossed the border into China from Lao Cai there was little left to stop me running along the main road Nanning - Liuchow - Kweilin - Hengyang. Pakhoi therefore was a backwater. Troops dropped at Haiphong could strat move into the interior fast. Kwangochowan was useful as a MSW and DD base to raid up river to Canton and also to clear the minefields at Hong Kong.

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RE: 1944 September 28 - 12/15/2015 10:39:20 PM

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Fully understand, by the time I crossed the border into China from Lao Cai there was little left to stop me running along the main road Nanning - Liuchow - Kweilin - Hengyang. Pakhoi therefore was a backwater. Troops dropped at Haiphong could strat move into the interior fast. Kwangochowan was useful as a MSW and DD base to raid up river to Canton and also to clear the minefields at Hong Kong.

Roger

You know, I bet that DAW HQ is looking at that very fact - the strategic road movement available to many Allies - and that in part is shaping the defense. But we shall fool them!

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RE: 1944 September 28 - 12/15/2015 10:50:22 PM

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One thing that I found out was a nice surprise is that although the Chinese, who by 1944 are not at all bad at fighting, are perfectly fine railroading around - so the Tsuyung, Liuchow, Kweilin, Hengyang, Changsha, Piungsiang and Kukong Railroad is pretty nifty.

Shame there is not a line from Changsha to Wuchang...

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1944 September 29 - 12/16/2015 1:45:31 AM

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1944 September 29

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:
Banjoewangi
Ketapang

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.

Quiet in China.

More progress near Chiang Mai, another good start on the Malay Peninsula.

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Ground combat at Nakhon Si Thammarat (51,70)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14771 troops, 112 guns, 1397 vehicles, Assault Value = 996

Defending force 20165 troops, 199 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 435

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Allied adjusted assault: 514

Japanese adjusted defense: 627

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), preparation(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1256 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 109 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 34 (3 destroyed, 31 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
294 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 46 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled

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

Defending units:
3rd INA Azad Regiment
63rd Inf Group Brigade
4th Raiding Regiment
11th/A Division
2nd INA Gandhi Regiment
11th/C Division
112th Infantry Regiment
104th/C Division
15th Army
29th Army
3rd Naval Construction Battalion
13th Field Construction Battalion
32nd Field AA Battalion
18th Field Construction Battalion

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Ground combat at 60,51 (near Chiang Mai)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 21822 troops, 393 guns, 242 vehicles, Assault Value = 478

Defending force 5406 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 317

Japanese adjusted defense: 4

Allied assault odds: 79 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
658 casualties reported
Squads: 57 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 35 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 9404 troops, 110 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 314

Defending force 5918 troops, 0 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 4

Allied adjusted assault: 218

Japanese adjusted defense: 4

Allied assault odds: 54 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
887 casualties reported
Squads: 83 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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

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

Defending units:
53rd Division

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Our units at Nakhon Si Thammarat will rest a day to recover disruption before attacking again. Quite possibly the first of the infantry will arrive in the meantime.

One last day of same-old north of Saigon.

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Ground combat at 61,65 (near Pakse)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6086 troops, 92 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 186

Defending force 2557 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 63

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 1719 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 16

Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 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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Tomorrow will see an attack 4 hexes straight north of Saigon, not shown in the bombardments above.

It looks as though all our forces (except late comers that started in Hanoi itself) will arrive in Lang Son tomorrow. The first attack will be the following day. Look at all this attention for the lucky 4th Armoured Brigade!

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Morning Air attack on 4th Armoured Brigade, at 69,53 , near Lao Cai

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 28

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 19000 feet

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Morning Air attack on 4th Armoured Brigade, at 69,53 , near Lao Cai

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 28

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
28 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 19000 feet

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Morning Air attack on 4th Armoured Brigade, at 69,53 , near Lao Cai

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 35

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
35 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 19000 feet

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Morning Air attack on 4th Armoured Brigade, at 69,53 , near Lao Cai

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 16

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 19000 feet

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Morning Air attack on 4th Armoured Brigade, at 69,53 , near Lao Cai

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 35

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 7000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
12 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 7000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 7000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 4th Armoured Brigade, at 69,53 , near Lao Cai

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 36

No Japanese losses

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

Aircraft Attacking:
36 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 7000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 4th Armoured Brigade, at 69,53 , near Lao Cai

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 1 damaged

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

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 7000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 4th Armoured Brigade, at 69,53 , near Lao Cai

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 42 NM, estimated altitude 22,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-84a Frank x 33

No Japanese losses

Aircraft Attacking:
33 x Ki-84a Frank sweeping at 19000 feet

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While they harry the 4th, Lang Son will be taken.

Ketapang is liberated.

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Ground combat at Ketapang (55,93)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 702 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 28

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

Allied adjusted assault: 21

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 0)

Allied forces CAPTURE Ketapang !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:

Assaulting units:
2/7 Commando Battalion

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And Banjoewangi lowered the Imperial colors. It seems that Allied air power destroyed so much of what was stationed on the eastern end of Java that any remnants were withdrawn. Malang looks empty, so one of the two para Bn at Probolinggo is moving there. Soerabaja will await the arrival of more substantial forces.

Indochina.

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RE: 1944 September 29 - 12/16/2015 1:46:03 AM

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Malay Peninsula & Sumatra.

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RE: 1944 September 29 - 12/16/2015 1:46:31 AM

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Java Sea. I am not sure if that is the same convoy we hit with sir strikes that is now in the Indian Ocean. There is still a single ship for our hunters to catch.

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1944 September 30 - 12/18/2015 7:36:06 AM

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1944 September 30

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 took a shot at CA Furutaka only 2 hexes from Singkawang.

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Sub attack near Singkawang at 55,86

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka

Allied Ships
SS Saury

SS Saury launches 4 torpedoes at CA Furutaka
Saury bottoming out ....
Sub escapes detection

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Quiet in China.

More progress near Chiang Mai.

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Ground combat at 59,53 (near Chiang Mai)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10468 troops, 126 guns, 61 vehicles, Assault Value = 316

Defending force 5266 troops, 0 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 94

Japanese adjusted defense: 4

Allied assault odds: 23 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
579 casualties reported
Squads: 31 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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

Defending units:
53rd Division

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But the 29th Division has slipped across the river deeper into Burma and must be caught all over again. Two infantry divisions have caught up to the armour at Nakhon Si Thammarat and a general attack will be made tomorrow.

One straggler eliminated north of Saigon.

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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 2566 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 63

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 3318 troops, 68 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 94

Defending force 1664 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

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

Assaulting units:
11th Airborne/C Division
27th Indian Field Artillery Battalion

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

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Ground combat at 60,67 (near Kompong Chhnang)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6916 troops, 91 guns, 345 vehicles, Assault Value = 274

Defending force 196 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 213

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 213 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
197 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
754th Tank Battalion
2/11th Armoured Car Regiment
11th PAVO Regiment
28th (East African) Brigade

Defending units:
47th Infantry Regiment

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Artillery are getting into position to increase bombardments on another trapped unit. The armor involved in today's reduction will move to the next target while infantry seals the escape routes.

The 4th Arm Bde (an infantry unit, go figure) is really beat up by those massive Imperial air strikes, now sporting 70% disruption. The enemy units have both made Lao Cai and so might just rout the 4th when it arrives. But the 4th is moving slowly now, and two tank regiments racing to the 4th's position should be able to arrive at Lao Cai with the 4th.

The first attack at Lang Son is tomorrow. Heavy CAP will be overhead in case DAW HQ re-tasks the Imperial Death Glider Legions from the defense of Lao Cai to the defense of Lang Son. Approximately 360 P-47/Thunderbolts, P-51, and Spitfire VIII will be on the job. There are also three AA units at Lang Son, two light (40 mm) and one heavy (3.7 inch)

Furutaka and Oyodo were chased to Singapore by the daring Cpt Blokzijl.

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 4
CL Oyodo, Shell hits 4

Allied Ships
CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 4
DD Piet Hein
DD Evertsen, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Witte de With, Shell hits 1
DD Van Nes, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Banckert
DD Van Ghent

Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages CA Furutaka at 12,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages CL De Ruyter at 12,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Witte de With at 12,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Evertsen at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 7,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CL De Ruyter at 7,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages CL De Ruyter at 7,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Van Nes at 7,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Evertsen at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Van Ghent at 10,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Banckert at 10,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Evertsen at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages CL Oyodo at 12,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Van Ghent at 12,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Banckert at 12,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Piet Hein at 12,000 yards
Range increases to 14,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CL De Ruyter at 14,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages CL De Ruyter at 14,000 yards
Range increases to 18,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CL De Ruyter at 18,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Van Nes at 18,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Witte de With at 18,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Evertsen at 18,000 yards
Range increases to 20,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CL De Ruyter at 20,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Van Ghent at 20,000 yards
Massive explosion on DD Van Nes
CA Furutaka engages DD Van Nes at 20,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Witte de With at 20,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Piet Hein at 20,000 yards
Range increases to 23,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages CA Furutaka at 23,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Van Ghent at 23,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Evertsen at 23,000 yards
Range increases to 26,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CL De Ruyter at 26,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Van Ghent at 26,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Banckert at 26,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Witte de With at 26,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Evertsen at 26,000 yards
Range increases to 29,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages CL De Ruyter at 29,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages CL De Ruyter at 29,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Banckert at 29,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Witte de With at 29,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Piet Hein at 29,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Chokai Maru, Shell hits 11, and is sunk
PB Chohakusan Maru, Shell hits 10, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
PB Yokae Maru, Shell hits 13, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL De Ruyter
DD Piet Hein
DD Evertsen, on fire
DD Witte de With
DD Van Nes, on fire
DD Banckert
DD Van Ghent

Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 15,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
CL De Ruyter engages PB Yokae Maru at 9,000 yards
DD Van Ghent engages PB Yokae Maru at 9,000 yards
DD Banckert engages PB Yokae Maru at 9,000 yards
DD Witte de With engages PB Yokae Maru at 9,000 yards
DD Piet Hein engages PB Yokae Maru at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
DD Banckert engages PB Yokae Maru at 3,000 yards
DD Van Nes engages PB Yokae Maru at 3,000 yards
DD Witte de With engages PB Yokae Maru at 3,000 yards
PB Yokae Maru sunk by DD Evertsen at 3,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
DD Van Nes engages PB Chohakusan Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Piet Hein engages PB Chokai Maru at 2,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages PB Chohakusan Maru at 2,000 yards
DD Van Ghent engages PB Chohakusan Maru at 2,000 yards
PB Chohakusan Maru sunk by DD Banckert at 2,000 yards
Massive explosion on PB Chokai Maru
DD Piet Hein engages PB Chokai Maru at 2,000 yards
Fujise, I. orders Japanese TF to disengage
PB Chokai Maru sunk by CL De Ruyter at 2,000 yards
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
E Sarushima, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
E Sokuten, Shell hits 8, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CL De Ruyter
DD Piet Hein
DD Evertsen, on fire
DD Witte de With
DD Van Nes, on fire
DD Banckert
DD Van Ghent

Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 15,000 yards
Range closes to 9,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 9,000 yards
Vanden Broek I. crosses the 'T'
DD Van Ghent engages E Sarushima at 9,000 yards
DD Evertsen engages E Sokuten at 9,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages E Sarushima at 3,000 yards
DD Banckert engages E Sokuten at 3,000 yards
DD Van Nes engages E Sokuten at 3,000 yards
DD Witte de With engages E Sokuten at 3,000 yards
Massive explosion on E Sokuten
DD Piet Hein engages E Sokuten at 3,000 yards
Sanami, O. orders Japanese TF to disengage
Range increases to 6,000 yards
Massive explosion on E Sokuten
E Sokuten sunk by CL De Ruyter at 6,000 yards
DD Van Ghent engages E Sarushima at 6,000 yards
DD Banckert engages E Sarushima at 6,000 yards
DD Evertsen engages E Sarushima at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
DD Van Ghent engages E Sarushima at 7,000 yards
DD Evertsen engages E Sarushima at 7,000 yards
CL De Ruyter engages E Sarushima at 7,000 yards
DD Van Ghent engages E Sarushima at 7,000 yards
DD Van Nes engages E Sarushima at 7,000 yards
DD Witte de With engages E Sarushima at 7,000 yards
E Sarushima sunk by DD Piet Hein at 7,000 yards
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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TF 249 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84)

Allied Ships
CL De Ruyter, Mine hits 1
DD Van Ghent, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Witte de With, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Evertsen, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

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The mine field did more damage than anything else. Cdr Burke (85 aggression) followed suit in pursuit.

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
PB Kyo Maru #10, Shell hits 32, and is sunk
PB Myoken Maru, Shell hits 41, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Aulick
DD Conner
DD Conway
DD Albert Grant, Shell hits 1
DD Irwin
DD O'Bannon
DD John Rodgers
DD Trathen

Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
DD Trathen engages PB Myoken Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Albert Grant engages PB Myoken Maru at 12,000 yards
DD Conner engages PB Myoken Maru at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
DD Conner engages PB Myoken Maru at 6,000 yards
DD Conway engages PB Kyo Maru #10 at 6,000 yards
DD Aulick engages PB Kyo Maru #10 at 6,000 yards
Shimose, G. orders Japanese TF to disengage
Range closes to 5,000 yards
DD Trathen engages PB Myoken Maru at 5,000 yards
DD John Rodgers engages PB Kyo Maru #10 at 5,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
DD Albert Grant engages PB Myoken Maru at 3,000 yards
DD Albert Grant engages PB Kyo Maru #10 at 3,000 yards
DD O'Bannon engages PB Myoken Maru at 3,000 yards
DD Irwin engages PB Myoken Maru at 3,000 yards
DD Irwin engages PB Myoken Maru at 3,000 yards
DD John Rodgers engages PB Kyo Maru #10 at 3,000 yards
DD Irwin engages PB Kyo Maru #10 at 3,000 yards
DD Albert Grant engages PB Kyo Maru #10 at 3,000 yards
DD Conway engages PB Kyo Maru #10 at 3,000 yards
DD Conner engages PB Myoken Maru at 3,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards
DD Trathen engages PB Myoken Maru at 2,000 yards
PB Kyo Maru #10 sunk by DD Trathen at 2,000 yards
DD Conner engages PB Myoken Maru at 2,000 yards
PB Myoken Maru sunk by DD Trathen at 2,000 yards
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 11

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 9 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Irwin
DD John Rodgers
DD Trathen
DD Aulick

Aircraft Attacking:
11 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 6
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 4 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Irwin

Aircraft Attacking:
4 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 45cm Type 91 Torp

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Day Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DMS W-17, Shell hits 17, and is sunk
DMS W-18, Shell hits 16, and is sunk

Allied Ships
DD Aulick
DD Conner
DD Conway
DD Albert Grant
DD Irwin
DD O'Bannon
DD John Rodgers
DD Trathen, Shell hits 1

Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 15,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 12,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 12,000 yards
DD Trathen engages DMS W-18 at 12,000 yards
DD Trathen engages DMS W-17 at 12,000 yards
DD Albert Grant engages DMS W-18 at 12,000 yards
Massive explosion on DMS W-17
DD Aulick engages DMS W-17 at 12,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
DD Trathen engages DMS W-17 at 6,000 yards
DD John Rodgers engages DMS W-18 at 6,000 yards
DD Conway engages DMS W-18 at 6,000 yards
Takehito, C. orders Japanese TF to disengage
DD Aulick engages DMS W-18 at 6,000 yards
DD Albert Grant engages DMS W-17 at 6,000 yards
DD Albert Grant engages DMS W-17 at 6,000 yards
DD Aulick engages DMS W-17 at 6,000 yards
DD Trathen engages DMS W-17 at 6,000 yards
DD Trathen engages DMS W-17 at 6,000 yards
DD O'Bannon engages DMS W-17 at 6,000 yards
DD Irwin engages DMS W-17 at 6,000 yards
DD Conway engages DMS W-18 at 6,000 yards
DD John Rodgers engages DMS W-18 at 6,000 yards
DD Irwin engages DMS W-17 at 6,000 yards
DD Albert Grant engages DMS W-18 at 6,000 yards
Massive explosion on DMS W-18
DD Conner engages DMS W-18 at 6,000 yards
DD Aulick engages DMS W-17 at 6,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards
DMS W-18 sunk by DD Trathen at 5,000 yards
DMS W-17 sunk by DD O'Bannon at 5,000 yards
Combat ends with last Japanese ship sunk...

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The USN destroyers should disengage during the night. The Dutch ships will have a tougher job while protecting cripples.

Probolinggo now has an airfield and CAP of 24x Spitfire Mk VIII will be in the skies tomorrow. But so far not so much as an Imperial butterfly has been seen in the vicinity.

A whole mess of air units changed their names today, and many of them and many others increased in size. The US pilot talent pools will be spread wider but thinner from now on.

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The Dutch task force. One DD went down today.

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Today's ships sunk.

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Nice job getting rid of that Anti-sub riff-raff! And you swept a few of his mines too!

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If I may add some "spice".

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RE: 1944 September 30 - 12/18/2015 4:18:59 PM

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If I may add some "spice".

Interesting!

Turn underway...

Furutaka rides - no more!

The Dutch Royal navy uses its ships to smash Japan's kamikazes!

Defenders at Lang Son are stubborn, but the progress is clear. Will they reinforce?

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Defenders at Lang Son are stubborn, but the progress is clear. Will they reinforce?

Is that a joke? I would think you would be praying for them to reinforce.

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1944 October 01 - 12/18/2015 6:26:58 PM

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1944 October 01

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:
Malang

There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:

There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:

Imperial Naval Bombardments

Allied Naval Bombardments:

Our subs conducted important oceanographic research.

Quiet in China.

The cleanup in SEAC and the drive into the Imperial SRA trap continues.

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Ground combat at Nakhon Si Thammarat (51,70)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 40987 troops, 581 guns, 1861 vehicles, Assault Value = 1998

Defending force 19369 troops, 210 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 334

Allied adjusted assault: 643

Japanese adjusted defense: 651

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(+), preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2282 casualties reported
Squads: 70 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 50 disabled
Engineers: 21 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 50 (28 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
365 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 58 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 42 (3 destroyed, 39 disabled)

Assaulting units:
18th Cavalry Regiment
268th Motorised Brigade
150th RAC Regiment
254th Armoured Brigade
Gardner's Horse Regiment
255th Indian Tank Brigade
26th Indian Division
20th Indian Division
50th Tank Brigade
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
5th Indian Division
3rd (Special Force) Division

Defending units:
11th/A Division
11th/C Division
4th Raiding Regiment
112th Infantry Regiment
2nd INA Gandhi Regiment
3rd INA Azad Regiment
63rd Inf Group Brigade
104th/C Division
13th Field Construction Battalion
29th Army
32nd Field AA Battalion
3rd Naval Construction Battalion
15th Army
18th Field Construction Battalion

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Ground combat at 59,53 (near Chiang Mai)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 7600 troops, 108 guns, 61 vehicles, Assault Value = 206

Defending force 4803 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 107

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 107 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
212 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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

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

Defending units:
53rd Division

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They will rest a day before attacking again at Nakhon Si Thammarat. Meanwhile on Sumatra the 81st WA Div will attack tomorrow at Langsa.

The first attack at Lang Son goes well and shows the defenders' resolve.

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Ground combat at Lang Son (70,56)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 68273 troops, 1154 guns, 1775 vehicles, Assault Value = 2432

Defending force 42838 troops, 455 guns, 284 vehicles, Assault Value = 1361

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Allied adjusted assault: 1048

Japanese adjusted defense: 5137

Allied assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 2)

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

Japanese ground losses:
1460 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 114 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Vehicles lost 25 (5 destroyed, 20 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2100 casualties reported
Squads: 60 destroyed, 123 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 59 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Guns lost 44 (12 destroyed, 32 disabled)
Vehicles lost 205 (33 destroyed, 172 disabled)

Assaulting units:
775th Tank Battalion
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2/6th Armoured Regiment
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
5th Australian Division
706th Tank Battalion
711th Tank Battalion
96th Infantry Division
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
2/4th Armoured Regiment
1st Australian Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
31st Infantry Division
9th Australian Division
134th (East Ang) Regiment
2/1st Med Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
1st Medium Regiment
2nd Medium Regiment
85th Medium Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
251st Field Artillery Battalion
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
87th Medium Regiment
163rd Light AA Regiment
12th Indian Heavy AA Regiment

Defending units:
59th Infantry Brigade
27th Division
15th Tank Regiment
37th Division
58th Infantry Regiment
8th Recon Regiment
34th/A Division
2nd Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
11th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
3rd Mobile AA Battalion
31st Mountain Gun Regiment

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Ground combat at 62,66 (near Pakse)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4458 troops, 156 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 98

Defending force 1608 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14

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

Assaulting units:
11th Airborne/C Division
30th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
27th Indian Field Artillery Battalion
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

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

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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 2541 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61

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

Defending units:
17th Ind.Mixed Brigade

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One or two days of rest is called for at Lang Son. The Empire placed strong CAP over Lang Son, but our escort & LRCAP blasted it aside without the aid of sweepers. The first Chinese Army unit has arrived at Hanoi. A small unit, the 2nd Reserve Division with only 85 AV will head straight NE past Lao Cai and take up a blocking position in the jungle just beyond the road. This will lengthen the journey of units retreating from the Lao Cai area, including one defeated SW of Mengtze. The 2/5th Arm Rgt and 1st Army Tk Rgt have caught up to and passed the 4th Arm Bde heading into Lao Cai. The 4th was not struck from the air today and is beginning to recover disruption. There were no air strikes on our troops at Lang Son, so I figure that the extremely heavy CAP we have up kept them from venturing in.

The USN destroyers were caught on the surface. Too bad for the hunters! The Dutch had a worse day of it than I hoped.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E13A1 Jake: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CA Furutaka, Shell hits 11, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
CL Oyodo, Shell hits 5

Allied Ships
DD Aulick
DD Conner
DD Conway, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Albert Grant, Shell hits 1
DD Irwin, Shell hits 3
DD O'Bannon
DD John Rodgers, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Trathen

Improved night sighting under 100% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 100% moonlight: 8,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 8,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Conner at 8,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD John Rodgers at 8,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD O'Bannon at 8,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Albert Grant at 8,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Conway at 8,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Conner at 8,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Aulick at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 4,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Conner at 4,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD John Rodgers at 4,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Albert Grant at 4,000 yards
DD Albert Grant engages CA Furutaka at 4,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD John Rodgers at 4,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD O'Bannon at 4,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Irwin at 4,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Albert Grant at 4,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Aulick at 4,000 yards
Araki, Tsutao orders Japanese TF to disengage
Range closes to 2,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Conway at 2,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Irwin at 2,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Irwin at 2,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Conway at 2,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Aulick at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD Trathen at 4,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD John Rodgers at 4,000 yards
CA Furutaka engages DD O'Bannon at 4,000 yards
DD Irwin engages CA Furutaka at 4,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Aulick at 4,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Trathen at 3,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD O'Bannon at 3,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Albert Grant at 3,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Conway at 3,000 yards
Range increases to 6,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD John Rodgers at 6,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Albert Grant at 6,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Conner at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
DD Trathen engages CL Oyodo at 8,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD John Rodgers at 8,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Conway at 8,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Aulick at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 13,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Trathen at 13,000 yards
CL Oyodo engages DD Irwin at 13,000 yards
Task forces break off...

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Terempa at 54,82

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 33,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 18 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar x 42

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIIa Oscar: 19 destroyed

Allied Ships
DD Banckert, Kamikaze hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
DD Evertsen, Kamikaze hits 2, and is sunk
DD Van Nes, Kamikaze hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
CL De Ruyter, Kamikaze hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Van Ghent, Kamikaze hits 1, and is sunk
DD Piet Hein

Aircraft Attacking:
42 x Ki-43-IIIa Oscar flying as kamikaze
Kamikaze: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Heavy smoke from fires obscuring an Allied CL

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Another USN DD TF is on the way to protect Kuching while this one repairs. Only Piet Hein escaped. She will be joined by another Dutch DD in a few days at Saigon to continue operations. I think there is at least one more in the Indian Ocean, but the proud Dutch fleet is almost gone.

Malang threw off their Yoke. The commandos are moving on to Tjepoe to hold the port for a Rgt to land there.

Remaining units for Daito Shoto are already in the process of loading and moving to space available in the Marianas to stage for amphibious loading. Still waiting for the additional assault transport to arrive for the Okinawa invasion.

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Java Sea.

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Today's ship losses. A little present has shown up!

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Today's air losses.

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RE: 1944 October 01 - 12/18/2015 6:32:45 PM

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Defenders at Lang Son are stubborn, but the progress is clear. Will they reinforce?

Is that a joke? I would think you would be praying for them to reinforce.

Not a joke; the defense went well enough that DAW HQ might decide to strengthen or eventually rotate in fresh defenders. The biggest mitigation against that is the 4 divisions moving past Lang Son through the jungle.

Yes, I would like them to reinforce. I can bring more air power to bear than is currently striking. More Imperial troops would be farther forward when later events take place. Our fighter strength is growing, despite USA P-47 models being out of production.

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Well, Lang son seems a not trivial obstacle. Nice :P

Air war went really well these last two turns. A pity for the dutch fleet instead, but he's probably going to miss the VP of his own sunk ships more. I wonder how many ships are still at Singapore... And which ships too. Do you have some recon/report or anything?

It seems instead that the Java sea is now completely empty. Juicy VP targets ready for picking, if only you did have the transports and troops to do it :) Guess it will take a while

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RE: 1944 October 01 - 12/18/2015 7:47:17 PM

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Well, Lang son seems a not trivial obstacle. Nice :P

Air war went really well these last two turns. A pity for the dutch fleet instead, but he's probably going to miss the VP of his own sunk ships more. I wonder how many ships are still at Singapore... And which ships too. Do you have some recon/report or anything?

It seems instead that the Java sea is now completely empty. Juicy VP targets ready for picking, if only you did have the transports and troops to do it :) Guess it will take a while

I am guessing that he has some pretty good troops at Lang Son. Hopefully we can destroy that tank regiment.

Yamato looks like it sunk from wounds inflicted by Richelieu. Surprised it made it all the way to Singapore to sink, but maybe one of those bombing raids put the finishing touch on it?

I took a chance in letting the whole Dutch TF try to get out while protecting the two cripples. Bad idea!

Singapore port is down to showing 28 ships in port (was 40 for a long time, before some recent battles), with a bunch showing as "BB". Not terribly helpful, that. I do suspect there might be a damaged Kongo there, but I'm going from memory and would really need to look up what is on the sunk ships list, last battle reports in the Indian Ocean, and so on. Additional cruisers... maybe. I do see several CA indicated at Formosa, waiting to sprint to Okinawa I'm sure. Where the IJN gets a very limited number of CA with no new construction, there might not be any more at Singers. Or maybe something with heavy damage? I'm not going to hit the shipyard there any more because I want to capture it and repair it.

I've got plenty of small (landing craft and APD) transport available for Java, and non-assault ships ('x' AP, AK, and AKL) are bringing in the following on forces quite nicely. I will have at least 3 regiments on Java plus a bunch of 105 mm artillery. With air support that should be plenty. A chunk of the Rgt that took Dili is landing now at Probolinggo.

About 12k troops at Soerabaja and 6k at Batavia, plus some smaller places we haven't seen yet. Plus we have supply and they don't (only a little production).

Still slow loading up the conquerors of Ternate because the port is trashed.

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RE: 1944 October 01 - 12/18/2015 8:41:24 PM

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Nice boost at Lang Son, adjusting the IJA troops upwards.

Pity the forts are only 2. I am thinking, that Andav must have built some pretty impressive forts somewhere, & I am hoping the somewhere turns out to be Okinawa.

Vinh, Lang Son are all pretty predictable choke points, and really should have had better forts.

Unopposed Kamikazes are pretty darn good. What is left of the Dutch ships?

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1944 October 02 - 12/18/2015 9:08:42 PM

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1944 October 02

The Empire captured:

The Allies captured:
Tambelan-eilanden
Langsa

There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:

There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:
Phuket

Imperial Naval Bombardments

Allied Naval Bombardments:

Our subs are keeping the fish hopping along the China coast.

Quiet in China.

Finally! And Langsa, too.

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Ground combat at Langsa (46,74)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10689 troops, 144 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 377

Defending force 395 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15

Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Allied adjusted assault: 357

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 357 to 1 (fort level 1)

Allied forces CAPTURE Langsa !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
521 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

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

Assaulting units:
81st (West African) Division

Defending units:
8th Indpt SNLF Coy

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Ground combat at 59,53 (near Chiang Mai)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9924 troops, 128 guns, 73 vehicles, Assault Value = 208

Defending force 4499 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 134

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

Allied assault odds: 134 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
3780 casualties reported
Squads: 58 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 476 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

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

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

Defending units:
53rd Division

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Another day of rest is needed at Nakhon Si Thammarat.

An accidental bombardment at Lang Son.

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Ground combat at 61,65 (near Pakse)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6079 troops, 92 guns, 36 vehicles, Assault Value = 185

Defending force 2527 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61

Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 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 Lang Son (70,56)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2640 troops, 241 guns, 220 vehicles, Assault Value = 2166

Defending force 41781 troops, 455 guns, 282 vehicles, Assault Value = 1238

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

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 26 (14 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (4 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Assaulting units:
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2/4th Armoured Regiment
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
775th Tank Battalion
96th Infantry Division
1st Australian Division
31st Infantry Division
711th Tank Battalion
5th Australian Division
706th Tank Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
2/6th Armoured Regiment
9th Australian Division
2/9th Field Regiment
1st Medium Regiment
163rd Light AA Regiment
134th (East Ang) Regiment
85th Medium Regiment
57th Australian Lt AA Regiment
87th Medium Regiment
12th Indian Heavy AA Regiment
2nd Medium Regiment
251st Field Artillery Battalion
2/1st Med Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
18th SP Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
58th Infantry Regiment
59th Infantry Brigade
15th Tank Regiment
27th Division
8th Recon Regiment
37th Division
34th/A Division
11th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Mobile AA Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
31st Mountain Gun Regiment

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Ground combat at 62,66 (near Pakse)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4743 troops, 178 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 99

Defending force 1542 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

Assaulting units:
11th Airborne/C Division
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
32nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
27th Indian Field Artillery Battalion
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
30th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

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

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Damn staff! From the looks of things, at least two more days of recovery required at Lang Son. The Empire swept the skies over our troops SE of Lang Son, then sent in clouds of bombers. Few will fly again. So many came that some got through, but the two divisions attacked only switched out of move mode and were not otherwise affected. See air losses below. The two Arm Rgts have arrived at Lao Cai and the 4th Arm Bde should arrive tomorrow but will need additional time to recover.

Elements of the 30th Aus Bde are moving from Probolinggo to Malang. They will wait there until the remainder of the brigade is lifted to Java and joins them.

Indochina.

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Malay Peninsula & Sumatra.

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Java Sea.

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Air losses.

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RE: 1944 October 02 - 12/18/2015 9:18:06 PM

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Nice boost at Lang Son, adjusting the IJA troops upwards.

Pity the forts are only 2. I am thinking, that Andav must have built some pretty impressive forts somewhere, & I am hoping the somewhere turns out to be Okinawa.

Vinh, Lang Son are all pretty predictable choke points, and really should have had better forts.

Unopposed Kamikazes are pretty darn good. What is left of the Dutch ships?

I am 100% certain Okinawa has top fortifications. That's one reason why I planned the whole area to be taken while any given island battle is still underway.

As for the rest, every place the Empire decides to build forts is a number of other places where they decide not to build forts. Sure Vinh and Lang Son are predictable choke points, but only if you predict the Allies are going to break through to them within a certain time frame when they matter as choke points. I had a good bypass plan for Vinh and an even stronger one for Lang Son to mitigate the time impact.

Only one Dutch DD from that TF, and with no damage. Another is joining her at Saigon in a week or so. There is at least one other with the British, maybe two. I think there is also a CLAA repairing at Colombo. Not much left, but good ROI on those guys!

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RE: 1944 October 02 - 12/18/2015 10:17:58 PM

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Terrible day in the air for japan

I wonder how Andav feels about that. I mean, he obviously risked it, but he probably didn't think he'd find so much CAP!

It will be nice when all those jungle pockets are actually cleared. They are distracting... Though probably they take little of your time, it's us readers that perceive them a bigger entity than they are in truth.

Now if only this pace can be kept, then we can have a nice christmas present in the form of an Okinawa invasion. I know, I know not going to happen. but it sure would be cool

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