Lowpe
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Chungking bombed and bombarded, a raw AV drop in the defenders of Chungking by 200 from yesterday. That is nice. I will lose a sentai of Helens at the end of the year (withdraw, and another 5 days into the New Year). Allies bomb heavily the defenders on the Bangkok to Moulmein road. They are using lousy dive bombers, which is my idea (in fact he got it from me I think), because it causes all the defenders to shoot something usually. The Allies followup land attack is at 1-9 and we actually destroy 30+ combat squads. Probably from the large Chinese Corp that is there (what a great sponge...it started around 800AV I think, and is now in the 600s several fights later). In the jungle north of Raheng, shocker! A full Yank Division plus a British Armored Brigade attack...gotta love the jungle, my hodge podge of defenders manage to nail a 1-1 and punish the Yanks more than we suffer. I might have to call off the movement out of that hex and reinforce! Once again the 33rd ID, which had been down to 2AV when the retreat begin, managed to rally back up to 50 for this latest fight. The troops here are getting supply and reinforcements. No matter what I am getting my two Tank Regiments out, they don't have tanks anymore and fighting in the jungle is no place for them. They need two weeks drinking Slushes in Singers. Looks like he wants to enter Raheng thru the jungle...and not force a river crossing north of Uttardit. Hmm... Advance on Mergui seems stopped for now. 1st Tank Division, 4th ID, and 14th ID are all on the road north of Bangkok. A mixed brigade, amphibious brigade, tank regiment and some RTA division are on the way too plus your normal artillery. It is the artillery that really makes a defensive position...and I have some 30cm and 24cm big boys squaring off against the Allies here. Worth every penny to buy out from Manchuko.
The Vinh line looks like it will be really important in this game, and I am rushing engineers to prepare the ground. There is already some reserve regiments assembling at Vinh. Sure, it can be amphibiously bypassed, but not till after Singers falls or Java or most likely the PI. This will be an important line for 1944. For a while I hope at least.
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