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1944 December 05
The Empire captured:
The Allies captured:
Mersing is occupied by the Allies
There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:
There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:
San Jose
Imperial Naval Bombardments
Allied Naval Bombardments:
Allied Ships Bombarding Amami Oshima
Allied Ships Bombarding Amami Oshima
Allied Ships Bombarding Nago
Allied Ships Bombarding Amami Oshima
Allied Ships Bombarding Nago
Allied Ships Bombarding Amami Oshima
Our subs are looking sharp.
The road from Liuchow to Wuchow is clear.
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Ground combat at 76,55 (near Kweilin)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1230 troops, 3 guns, 189 vehicles, Assault Value = 118
Defending force 1160 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19
Allied adjusted assault: 116
Japanese adjusted defense: 7
Allied assault odds: 16 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
539 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 19 destroyed, 5 disabled
Units retreated 1
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2/5th Armoured Regiment
Defending units:
26th Engineer Regiment
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Two more infantry divisions have arrived at Canton. There are three enemy units between Canton and Hong Kong, in clear terrain, so the 2EB and some fighters will hit them tomorrow. We now have units at Kweilin, about equal in troop strength to those seen defending. First assault will wait several days for additional forces to arrive.
Kota Bharu will take a bit of time. No hurry.
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Ground combat at Kuantan (51,79)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 2461 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 89
Defending force 2951 troops, 20 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 51
Allied adjusted assault: 74
Japanese adjusted defense: 43
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)
Japanese ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
43 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
50th Indian Para Brigade
Defending units:
4th INA Nehru Regiment
4th Field Construction Battalion
43rd Const Co
36th JAAF AF Bn
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Mersing capitulated. The armour is at Jahore Bahru and will await the infantry's arrival tomorrow before attacking. Empty Benkoelen (Sumatra) has been reached and will be secured.
Excitement in the Indian Ocean!
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Cocos Islands at 33,98, Range 10,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
E Karukaya
E Hato, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
Allied Ships
CV Victorious
CV Indomitable
CVL Hermes
CVE Battler
CVE Begum, Shell hits 2
CVE Shah
CVE Rajah
CVE Ranee
CA London
CL Nigeria
CL Swiftsure
CLAA Argonaut
CLAA Black Prince
CLAA Van Heemskerck
DD Napier
DD Nizam
DD Isaac Sweers
DD Pathfinder
DE Tisdale
DE Flamingo
DE Cauvery
DE Kistna
Improved night sighting under 71% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Clear Conditions and 71% moonlight: 12,000 yards
Range closes to 25,000 yards...
Range closes to 20,000 yards...
Range closes to 15,000 yards...
Range closes to 10,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 10,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 10,000 yards
Tokunaga, K. crosses the 'T'
E Hato engages CVE Begum at 10,000 yards
E Karukaya engages CVE Begum at 10,000 yards
Range closes to 5,000 yards
E Hato engages CV Indomitable at 5,000 yards
E Hato engages CVE Begum at 5,000 yards
E Hato engages CLAA Argonaut at 5,000 yards
DD Pathfinder engages E Karukaya at 5,000 yards
Range closes to 3,000 yards
E Hato engages CV Victorious at 3,000 yards
E Hato engages CVE Ranee at 3,000 yards
E Hato engages DD Isaac Sweers at 3,000 yards
Range increases to 4,000 yards
E Hato engages CV Indomitable at 4,000 yards
E Karukaya engages CVE Begum at 4,000 yards
DD Napier engages E Hato at 4,000 yards
DE Tisdale engages E Hato at 4,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
DE Tisdale engages E Hato at 7,000 yards
E Hato engages CVL Hermes at 7,000 yards
CLAA Argonaut engages E Hato at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 10,000 yards
CV Indomitable screened from combat
- escorted by DD Pathfinder , DD Isaac Sweers , DD Nizam ,
DD Napier , DE Kistna , DE Cauvery ,
DE Flamingo , DE Tisdale
E Hato engages CVE Begum at 10,000 yards
E Karukaya engages CV Victorious at 10,000 yards
Range increases to 14,000 yards
CV Indomitable , CV Victorious , CVL Hermes ,
CVE Ranee , CVE Rajah , CVE Shah ,
CVE Begum , CVE Battler screened from combat
- escorted by DD Pathfinder , DD Isaac Sweers , DD Nizam ,
DD Napier , DE Kistna , DE Cauvery ,
DE Flamingo
CA London engages E Hato at 14,000 yards
CL Swiftsure engages E Hato at 14,000 yards
CLAA Argonaut engages E Hato at 14,000 yards
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
Task forces break off...
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Afternoon Air attack on Cocos Islands , at 33,101
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
Albacore I x 12
Avenger II x 42
Barracuda II x 17
Corsair II x 40
Hellcat I x 6
Seafire IIC x 28
Martlet II x 11
Wildcat V x 4
Allied aircraft losses
Albacore I: 4 damaged
Barracuda II: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
PB Hakka Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Delagoa Maru, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Shinkoku Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kasuga Maru #2, Bomb hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
APD Nadakaze, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Belgium Maru, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires
xAK Tatuno Maru, Bomb hits 2, on fire
xAK Hasuna Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Atlantic Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Kyuma Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Teisen Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Monji Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Hakodate Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
Port hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Barracuda II bombing from 5000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x Barracuda II bombing from 5000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
18 x Avenger II bombing from 5000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Albacore I bombing from 5000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Avenger II bombing from 5000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
12 x Avenger II bombing from 5000 feet
Port Attack: 2 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Begum is fine, the carriers will remain on station and continue launching strikes. The wrecked Bn embarked without incident and will go someplace quiet and with lots of supply to rebuild.
The entire Bde is ashore at San Jose.
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Ground combat at San Jose (78,84)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 499 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25
Defending force 4521 troops, 42 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 151
Japanese ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
1st Sasebo SNLF Coy
108th JAAF AF Bn
Defending units:
14th NZ Brigade
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First assault tomorrow. That strike by P-38L at Manila did some pretty serious damage to the airfield, showing 36% already! The B-24 that struck seemed to arrive in worse weather and do much less. The P-38L group will support the ground attack tomorrow. The Dadjangas invasion is loading supply.
The bombardments were just OK, and the weather a general problem at Nago. Then some staff idiot forgot to order the ground attack. Heads are gonna roll! The bombardments of Amami Oshima were decent. So, tomorrow we will attack at both Nago and Amami Oshima. The support breakdown will be like this. Nago: B-29 groups, CVE Avengers, B-25H, P-38L, all bombarding cruiser TF. Amami Oshima: all fast BB (but they all have ops points used), all old BB. The weather tomorrow might be better.
There is an LST convoy on the way to Amami Oshima with 37k supply. The troops have plenty for now, but recovery is better with even higher levels and the issue might be drawn out. More supply drops will follow. We have 22x large tankers disbanded at Naha to act as milch cows.
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