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June 9, 1942 The big news on the day is that the Allies take Kuala Lumpur easily. The Allies lose no squads and wreck the small Thai cavalry battalion defending, plus get a very interesting pursuit from a recce unit all of the way to Temuloh through the jungle! That creates a potential problem since I don't know what he has waiting there. Lets see if the 48 numbers of this semi-armorer unit can take the hit and hold their ground. All other units will be in hot pursuit along the road system. The first should be there within 3 days. I'd ideally like to take Temuloh to isolate Kuantan from the rest of the Malayan bases. If his block is too much in the x3 territory there I'll change course and move North toward Taiping. I should be able to bring about 1,000 AV of tanks and good infantry toward that base, well supported by engineers, arty and AA. The KB has moved toward Indochina, possibly retiring to the shadows. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR June 9, 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TF 382 encounters mine field at Kuantan (51,79) Allied Ships SS KXVI, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Malacca , at 49,81 Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Raid detected at 70 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 20 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 9 damaged Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 destroyed by flak Allied Ships ML No. 187, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk AMc Cheribon, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 2 Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 4000 feet Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 16th Naval Guard Unit, at 47,83 , near Bengkalis Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Allied aircraft B-25C Mitchell x 16 B-26 Marauder x 16 Allied aircraft losses B-25C Mitchell: 2 damaged B-26 Marauder: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 206 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-25C Mitchell bombing from 4000 feet Ground Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur (49,79) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 9627 troops, 115 guns, 536 vehicles, Assault Value = 559 Defending force 1892 troops, 9 guns, 5 vehicles, Assault Value = 37 Allied adjusted assault: 334 Japanese adjusted defense: 5 Allied assault odds: 66 to 1 (fort level 1) Allied forces CAPTURE Kuala Lumpur !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1696 casualties reported Squads: 28 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 9 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 8 (5 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 121 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Units pursuing 1 Defeated Japanese Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 7th Marine Regiment 16th Light Cavalry Regiment 754th Tank Battalion 2nd USMC Tank Battalion 255th Armoured Brigade 6th Cav Recce Regiment 2nd Cav Recce Regiment Kowloon Bde /2 2/11th Fld RAA Regiment 2/2nd Hy AA Regiment 2/15 Punjab Bn /1 2/13th Fld RAA Rgt /2 Defending units: RTA/C Cavalry Division 53rd Const Co 22nd JAAF AF Bn --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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