crsutton
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ORIGINAL: GreyJoy August 20, 1944 After 20 days of harsh fightings, the III Indian Corp managed to conquer Singora, thus completely defeating the 29th Jap Army, that has been pushed back from Alor Star all the way to Singora. Now the Peninsula is really cut in two and we have a small but important sea access on the easter side of Malaya. The last days of fightings saw a desperate attempt by a strong SAG led by BB Fuso to support the demolished 29th Army. Despite the heavy bombings, the allied troops managed to hold their own and, also supported by 200 medium bombers (lost 35 due to flak in 4 days!) we gave them a very good hit round combat at Singora (51,72) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 41693 troops, 856 guns, 651 vehicles, Assault Value = 1155 Defending force 47766 troops, 1242 guns, 974 vehicles, Assault Value = 639 Allied adjusted assault: 1042 Japanese adjusted defense: 505 Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied forces CAPTURE Singora !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 14811 casualties reported Squads: 246 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 803 destroyed, 44 disabled Engineers: 185 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 743 (740 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 854 (854 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 8 Allied ground losses: 354 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 92 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 37th Infantry Division 754th Tank Battalion 25th Indian Division IV Corps Engineer Battalion 26th Indian Division III Indian Corps 18th SP Field Artillery Regiment 168th Field Artillery Battalion 88th Medium Regiment 209th Cmbt Engineer Battalion 33rd Medium Regiment 2nd Indian Field Regiment 8th Mahratta AT Gun Regiment Defending units: 5th Guards Division 10th Exped.Force 2nd Tank Division Guards Tank Division 2nd Machine Cannon AA Battalion 7th RF Gun Battalion 22nd Fld AA Gun Co 1st Ind. Field Artillery Battalion 11th Mortar Battalion 170th JAAF AF Bn North of Kotha Baru, our armies are facing another strong Japanese Army Ground combat at 51,74 (near Kota Bharu) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 1773 troops, 116 guns, 88 vehicles, Assault Value = 734 Defending force 43100 troops, 1045 guns, 114 vehicles, Assault Value = 851 Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 81st (West African) Division 38th Infantry Division 72nd British Brigade 134th (East Ang) Regiment 122nd British AT Gun Regiment 86th Medium Regiment 28th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment 87th Medium Regiment 3rd (Special Force) Division XXI Indian Corps Defending units: 29th Division 55th Division 37th Ind.Mixed Brigade 2nd Ind.AA Gun Co 31st Ind.AA Gun Co 45th Ind.AA Gun Co 2nd Medium Mortar Battalion While the 3 divisions the Japs had at Taiping fell back towards Kuala Lumpur last turn... Near Palembang we're pretty exposed to enemy's aerial attacks cause we still don't have enough AV support in the area....But I hope to be able to estabilish the air supremacy over Southern Sumatra within the next month. However Palembang will be a very tough nut to crack... 800 AVs behind 7 forts in swamp terrain?... Another big plan is undergoing.... more infos soon.... GJ why bother? Just bomb the oil. Palembang serves no real strategic value. In fact, once you are established on the Malay peninsula there is no real need for anything but a few bases in Java. Singapore is the big objective because of it's valuable shipyard. Java never really played into my plans and I just let it rot. I did not even bother with Indonesia save to bomb the oil. Singapore opens the potential to drive East. Indochina is a trap for Japanese forces and you can easily move up the coast of China towards Formosa.
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