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1944 November 03
The Empire captured:
The Allies captured:
Kalidjati is occupied by the Allies
Allied forces CAPTURE Alor Star !!!
There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:
There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:
Imperial Naval Bombardments
Allied Naval Bombardments:
Allied Ships Bombarding enemy troops at Daito Shoto
Allied Ships Bombarding Naha
Allied Ships Bombarding Nago
Our subs scored against an enemy sub in the Okinawa region again. But they are only holding their lead over the surface navy in torpedoing enemy submarines.
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Sub vs Sub: SS Batfish attacking SS RO-111 at 97,69 - near Daito Shoto
Japanese Ships
SS RO-111, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Allied Ships
SS Batfish
SS Batfish launches 4 torpedoes at 4,000 yards
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Submarine attack near Daito Shoto at 100,71
Japanese Ships
SS RO-110, hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
Allied Ships
DD Evans
DD Dortch
DD Dashiell
SS RO-110 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Evans
RO-110 diving deep ....
DD Evans fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Evans fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Evans attacking submerged sub ....
SS RO-110 forced to surface!
DD Dortch firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Dashiell firing on surfaced sub ....
DD Evans firing on surfaced sub ....
Sub slips beneath the waves
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There's something you don't see every day!
The P-51 sweeps over Kweilin went very well. It's a surprise that the Empire has not tried to interdict our troops in the open making their end around. The two Australian divisions at Kwangchowan (7th, 2nd) will start moving direct for the wooded hex just across the river from Wuchow. It will take them a while to back out of Kwangchowan but the timing should serve well enough. A Bn is being flown in from Hanoi to relieve them (heavy equipment will march) and an AA Bn and a base force are nearing Kwangchowan now. The four P-51 groups that went hunting over Kweilin today will prowl the skies over Canton tomorrow.
Defenses at Alor Star were steamrolled as predicted.
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Ground combat at Alor Star (49,73)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 55066 troops, 826 guns, 2002 vehicles, Assault Value = 2027
Defending force 13428 troops, 112 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 258
Allied adjusted assault: 1635
Japanese adjusted defense: 81
Allied assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 2)
Allied forces CAPTURE Alor Star !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
5559 casualties reported
Squads: 44 destroyed, 93 disabled
Non Combat: 85 destroyed, 38 disabled
Engineers: 48 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 68 (60 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 41 (41 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 15
Allied ground losses:
1689 casualties reported
Squads: 25 destroyed, 67 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 27 disabled
Guns lost 30 (1 destroyed, 29 disabled)
Vehicles lost 74 (10 destroyed, 64 disabled)
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
20th Indian Division
255th Indian Tank Brigade
254th Armoured Brigade
150th RAC Regiment
18th Cavalry Regiment
50th Tank Brigade
268th Motorised Brigade
Gardner's Horse Regiment
26th Indian Division
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
5th Indian Division
3rd (Special Force) Division
Defending units:
15th Garrison Unit
3rd Raiding Regiment
11th/A Division
63rd Inf Group Brigade
104th/C Division
13th Field Construction Battalion
7th Field Construction Battalion
89th JAAF AF Bn
18th Field Construction Battalion
29th Army
3rd Naval Construction Battalion
15th Ind Engineer Regiment
15th Army
34th Field Const Co
11th/C Division
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All units will pursue at full speed, but a shock attack is very taxing and they will move slower as a result. We want at least the armor to hit the fleeing enemy and retreat them into Georgetown where we might trap them. Alor Star's port will be built as quickly as possible to replace Victoria Point as arrival port for supply convoys because it is on the rail line. No river crossing on Sumatra; tomorrow for sure. Two carrier attacks on the cruisers near Singapore.
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes
Allied aircraft
Albacore I x 4
Avenger II x 11
Barracuda II x 13
Corsair II x 9
Hellcat I x 6
Seafire IIC x 4
Wildcat V x 17
Allied aircraft losses
Albacore I: 2 damaged
Avenger II: 1 damaged
Barracuda II: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
CL Abukuma
CA Mikuma
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Barracuda II launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
5 x Barracuda II launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
4 x Albacore I launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
11 x Avenger II bombing from 5000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singapore at 50,84
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid detected at 12 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Allied aircraft
Avenger II x 18
Corsair II x 15
Seafire IIC x 4
Martlet II x 11
Allied aircraft losses
Avenger II: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
CL Abukuma, Torpedo hits 1
CA Mikuma
CA Suzuya
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Avenger II launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 18in Mk XII Torpedo
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Rawlings will move to 2 hexes NW of Benkoelen and work against warships at Palembang.
The grind at Lang Son.
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Ground combat at Lang Son (70,56)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2634 troops, 236 guns, 220 vehicles, Assault Value = 1824
Defending force 27681 troops, 258 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 282
Japanese ground losses:
273 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Assaulting units:
23rd LRP Brigade
111th LRP Brigade
27th Australian Brigade
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
3rd New Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
96th Chinese Division
88th Chinese Division
22nd Australian Brigade
I Corps Engr Grp
36th Chinese Division
9th Australian Division
14th RAAF M/W Sqn
134th (East Ang) Regiment
2/1st Med Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
1st Medium Regiment
87th Medium Regiment
2nd Medium Regiment
85th Medium Regiment
417th Base Group
2/9th Field Regiment
312th Base Group
IV Indian Corps
II Australian Corps
251st Field Artillery Battalion
18th SP Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
27th Division
37th Division
58th Infantry Regiment
59th Infantry Brigade
34th/A Division
2nd Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Mobile AA Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
11th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
8th Recon Regiment
31st Mountain Gun Regiment
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One more day for a key division to recover. The Imperial death gliders continue to try and penetrate our CAP over Lang Son, which we have strengthened. They came out slightly on the losing side.
With Kalidjati in our hands the larger units (Rgts/Bdes) will rail in. Together with Bn/Coy sized units, the USA 158th IR will invest and cut off Bandoeng while all other units assault Batavia.
At Daito Shoto the weak ground attack was surprisingly successful, aided by the naval bombardment and heavy aerial bombardments.
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Ground combat at Daito Shoto (98,69)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1686 troops, 102 guns, 261 vehicles, Assault Value = 885
Defending force 14302 troops, 165 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 161
Allied adjusted assault: 94
Japanese adjusted defense: 46
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
203 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 18 (11 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 46 (7 destroyed, 39 disabled)
Assaulting units:
1st Marine Division
2nd Arm Amphib Battalion
102nd Cmbt Engineer Regiment
93rd Infantry Division
1st Arm Amphib Battalion
112th Cavalry Regiment
3rd Marine Division
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn
29th Marine Regiment
198th Field Artillery Battalion
22nd Marine Regiment
225th Field Artillery Battalion
III Amphib Corps
4th Marine Regiment
4th Pioneer Battalion
Defending units:
6th Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
37th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Daito-jima Naval Guard Unit
2nd Medium Mortar Battalion
1st Amph.Bde Tank Battalion
30th Special Base Force
16th Field Construction Battalion
Kure 6th SNLF
30th Field Artillery Regiment
36th Ind.Mixed Brigade
25th Special Base Force
59th Field AA Battalion
19th JAAF AF Bn
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Tomorrow one division and one regiment will join the armor to continue the attack. PacAO will begin unloading tonight. The base forces and construction engineers convoys will arrive tomorrow but likely not begin unloading until the day after. With only 9% damage to the port - all other damage at the base repaired earlier than anticipated - loading and unloading should speed up. But it's still only a size 1 port. The bombardment of Nago went well, but Naha fought back!
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TF 392 encounters mine field at Nago (95,65)
Allied Ships
DD Tsuyung, Mine hits 1
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Night Naval bombardment of Daito Shoto at 98,69
Allied Ships
CA Astoria
CA Portland
Japanese ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Astoria
CA Astoria firing at 37th Ind.Mixed Brigade
CA Portland firing at 37th Ind.Mixed Brigade
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Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
46 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Allied Ships
CA Salt Lake City
CA Northampton, Shell hits 7, on fire
Japanese ground losses:
195 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Salt Lake City
CA Salt Lake City firing at 75th Infantry Brigade
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Northampton
Okinawa Naval Base Force firing at CA Northampton
CA Northampton firing at Okinawa Naval Base Force
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Night Naval bombardment of Nago at 95,65
Allied Ships
CL Kalao
CL Cleveland
Japanese ground losses:
184 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 35
Port hits 15
CL Kalao firing at Nago
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Cleveland
CL Cleveland firing at Nago
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And of course you don't see mines catch bombarding ships very often. Tsuyung has 17(10)% flotation damage, will make temporary repairs in port at Daito Shoto, then head to a shipyard. Northampton's damage is 11-1-2(1)-0. We will hold off on further bombardments for one day until the ammunition ships pull into Daito Shoto to rearm the cruisers.
The P-47 groups did indeed run LRCAP from Daito Shoto over Naha. In fact they had an exceptionally busy day, joining more numerous carrier fighters in smashing the air fleets sent against our troop positions. Only two or three times did small numbers of planes make it through to make runs. Our troops at Naha look much better: 4x divisions have disruption only in the 50s, 1x division in the 40s, and 1x division has reduced all the way to 33%! AV is 2,685. The closer of the two supply convoys is about three days out., and the battleships are about that far away from being able to add their more resolute voices to the ship to shore battery conversations.
One fleet carrier TF is heading back to Guam to replenish and bring the damaged CV with them. The CVE has disbanded at Daito Shoto for temporary repairs. The CVE damaged earlier is still on the way to Guam for temporary repairs.
China. Notice that there is now enemy movement westward out of Canton, possibly to block our southern armor movement or to reinforce the woods before Wuchow.
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