JocMeister
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January 2nd and 3rd 1942
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More good news in China
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Singapore/Malaya
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The Japanese recover quickly and launches two bombardments. The next attack will take the base for sure.
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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 2162 troops, 194 guns, 75 vehicles, Assault Value = 1314
Defending force 32302 troops, 365 guns, 220 vehicles, Assault Value = 383
Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
The Imperial Guards also appear at Georgetown of all places...
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Ground combat at Georgetown (49,74)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 372 troops, 0 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 528
Defending force 1926 troops, 15 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 25
Japanese adjusted assault: 14
Allied adjusted defense: 8
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Combat modifiers
Defender: morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
95 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Assaulting units:
14th Tank Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
91st Naval Guard Unit
Defending units:
5/14th Punjab Battalion
3rd SSVF Battalion
Penang Fortress
109th RAF Adv Base Force
Pretty happy to see the ID here and not racing to Burma. Will be at least 2-3 weeks before he can get them there.
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Burma
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A Japanese force captures an empty Moulmein on the 2nd.
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Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 5373 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 177
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 160
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 160 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Moulmein !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker:
Assaulting units:
112th Infantry Regiment
55th Engineer Regiment
15th Army
Its not enough to capture Rangoon (400 AV level 3 forts). So instead of pulling out I will remain there for now. Every day the Burma road is open is a good day.
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Java
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The Japanese land on Java. Crappy allied Naval search means I miss the chance to hit the transports with troops on. Turns out it didn´t matter as the Dutch air force SUCK at hitting stuff.  Despite getting almost all of the bombers through the CAP this is the only success during the 3rd.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Merak at 48,97
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 8
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 8
139WH-3 x 21
B-339D x 12
L-212 x 9
Hudson I x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed
139WH-3: 5 damaged
B-339D: 3 destroyed
L-212: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Eli Maru
xAP Tsingtao Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAK Victoria Maru
xAP Kanzyu Maru
xAK Ryoka Maru
xAK Kiyama Maru
xAP Hie Maru
xAP Ukishima Maru
xAK Utide Maru
Allied aircraft losses isn´t that bad with only 14 planes lost. This means I can have another go later on. This is what Tom sent to Java.
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Ground combat at Merak (48,97)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 13857 troops, 107 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 423
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 342
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 342 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Merak !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+)
Assaulting units:
2nd Engineer Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
II./4th Infantry Battalion
I./4th Infantry Battalion
2nd Recon Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Regiment
This is far from enough to capture Java. But he will soon have 3 IDs freed up from Singers. Two of them will most likely head to Java. I´ll hold at Batavia for now (300 AV level 3 forts).
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Philippines
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Tom turn the air force on Clark field. He has been bombing heavily here for 3 days straight. Bombers are covered by LRCAP from Lingayen. Can´t do anything about that. A small SNLF enter Manila and is quickly evicted.
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Ground combat at Manila (79,77)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 20500 troops, 232 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 737
Defending force 1725 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61
Allied adjusted assault: 464
Japanese adjusted defense: 25
Allied assault odds: 18 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
557 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 46 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 13 (3 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Allied ground losses:
368 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 59 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
1st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
71st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
Asiatic Fleet
USAFFE
1st USMC AA Battalion
II Philippine Corps
Cavite USN Base Force
Defending units:
Kure 1st SNLF
A mistake on Toms part? Or something else?
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China
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I manage to time things perfectly on the road block to Ankang. On the 2nd the Japanese launch another attack here.
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Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 41566 troops, 464 guns, 115 vehicles, Assault Value = 1239
Defending force 26822 troops, 113 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 716
Japanese adjusted assault: 637
Allied adjusted defense: 466
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1811 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 143 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1099 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 112 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
This result prompts Tom to try again on the 3rd. But I managed to reinforce with another 250 AV Corps racing down from Ankang. They make it in the nick of time!  Paying the PP price to exchange a poor leader in the HQ unit also pays dividends!
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Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 40340 troops, 465 guns, 115 vehicles, Assault Value = 1122
Defending force 35674 troops, 150 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 888
Japanese adjusted assault: 104
Allied adjusted defense: 1258
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 12
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
3422 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 380 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Guns lost 19 (1 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Vehicles lost 41 (7 destroyed, 34 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
337 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Should be safe from more attacks here for at least a week. I need reserves here though. But they are lacking and Tom will wear me down eventually.
The Panzer Armee rests on the 2nd but launch another devastating attack on the 3rd. 
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Ground combat at 86,43 (near Loyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 2615 troops, 4 guns, 377 vehicles, Assault Value = 364
Defending force 42489 troops, 160 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 732
Japanese adjusted assault: 80
Allied adjusted defense: 159
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
45 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 68 (51 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1359 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 129 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
At least I´m hitting back some.
Tom also launch across the river toward Yenan. I had left a small rear guard here that is crushed under Corp sized attack.
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 39871 troops, 304 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 1211
Defending force 6332 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 139
Japanese adjusted assault: 1638
Allied adjusted defense: 27
Japanese assault odds: 60 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
387 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
3844 casualties reported
Squads: 201 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 38 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 42 (25 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade
15th Division
17th Division
8th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
19th Chinese Corps
6th Group Army
This will become a dangerous thrust. I don´t really have the troops to plug this gap and terrain along this route is only x2. I desperately need more troops or to shorten the line. But shorting the line means abandoning the approaches to Sian and with that Sian itself.
Moving the British PRU was a good move. Finally got some solid info on Ankang. 2 units, 2300 men and only 17 guns. I need to keep the AF closed though which is hard since the bombers only fly about 20% of the days.
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