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1942 June 18 INVADED Katherine, Changsha, Sian are invested. CHANGED OWNERSHIP Port Hedland is occupied by the Japanese Overall • No carrier sightings. West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii • All convoys report no contact. • An aircraft convoy has loaded at San Francisco and is heading for Pearl Harbor. These ships carry four recon squadrons. Pacific • Enemy sub activity near Palmyra, Niuatoputapu. • Mine layers are known to carry troops for the Empire. Either way I wish Tsugaru were far away. quote:
ASW attack near Roi-Namur at 131,113 Japanese Ships CM Tsugaru Allied Ships SS Silversides SS Silversides is sighted by escort CM Tsugaru fails to find sub, continues to search... CM Tsugaru fails to find sub, continues to search... CM Tsugaru fails to find sub, continues to search... CM Tsugaru fails to find sub, continues to search... CM Tsugaru fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain • Enemy sub activity near Utupua, Duff Islands, Brisbane. • Alice Springs airfield is size 4. • A Catalina group has moved to Carnavon where it will sweep the waters north and west of Port Hedland. The light (readL old) CL TF at Geraldton is moving to a staging area far west and a little norht of Exmouth. Fleet oiler Kurumba is positioning near Albany in case they need to sprint and refuel. If there are light carrier forces in support of the enemy's Port Hedland operation the cruiser group just might get an opportunity to get behind them if they are making to round the corner toward Perth. • I think we won the first round at Katherine. quote:
Morning Air attack on Katherine RAAF Base Force, at 76,128 (Katherine) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 21 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 21 Allied aircraft P-39D Airacobra x 12 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 9 destroyed, 3 damaged No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 2 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg SAP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb 1 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb CAP engaged: 35th FG/39th FS with P-39D Airacobra (12 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) (12 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) 12 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead Also attacking 19th Australian Battalion ... Also attacking Katherine RAAF Base Force ... quote:
Morning Air attack on 47th Infantry Regiment, at 76,128 (Katherine) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 15 P-39D Airacobra x 3 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 264 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb quote:
Morning Air attack on 47th Infantry Regiment, at 76,128 (Katherine) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 P-39D Airacobra x 2 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 38 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb quote:
Morning Air attack on 47th Infantry Regiment, at 76,128 (Katherine) Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 13 minutes Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 15 P-39D Airacobra x 6 Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 159 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb • No contact with other Imperial ground units presumed to still be making their way eastward in NW Australia. Philippines DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya China • Already things look bleak for defense of Sian. quote:
Ground combat at Sian (83,41) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 57427 troops, 603 guns, 963 vehicles, Assault Value = 2359 Defending force 87031 troops, 275 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1246 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Japanese adjusted assault: 426 Allied adjusted defense: 707 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3) Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 904 casualties reported Squads: 6 destroyed, 76 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 43 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Vehicles lost 146 (6 destroyed, 140 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2250 casualties reported Squads: 35 destroyed, 75 disabled Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 69 disabled Engineers: 5 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) Assaulting units: 9th Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 37th Division 17th Division 25th Division 36th Division 13th Tank Regiment 23rd Tank Regiment 34th Division 15th Tank Regiment 12th Tank Regiment 3rd Division 11th Tank Regiment 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 120th Red Chinese Division 33rd Chinese/B Corps 61st Chinese/C Corps 57th Chinese/B Corps 88th Chinese/A Corps 51st Chinese Corps 98th Chinese/B Corps 9th Chinese/B Corps 4th Chinese Cavalry/C Corps 88th Chinese/C Corps 16th Chinese/B Corps 27th Chinese/A Corps 33rd Chinese/C Corps 9th Chinese/C Corps 12th Chinese/B Corps 61st Chinese/B Corps 27th Chinese/B Corps 93rd Chinese/B Corps 12th Chinese/C Corps 129th Red Chinese Division 12th Chinese/A Corps 38th Chinese/B Corps 33rd Chinese/A Corps 92nd Chinese/C Corps 61st Chinese/A Corps 38th Chinese/A Corps 98th Chinese/C Corps 9th Chinese/A Corps 16th Chinese/C Corps 57th Chinese/A Corps 4th Chinese Cavalry/A Corps 4th Chinese Cavalry/B Corps 93rd Chinese/C Corps 88th Chinese/B Corps 16th Chinese/A Corps 38th Chinese/C Corps 93rd Chinese/A Corps 27th Chinese/C Corps 98th Chinese/A Corps 92nd Chinese/B Corps 92nd Chinese/A Corps 57th Chinese/C Corps 4th Group Army Red Chinese Army 13th Group Army 12th Chinese Base Force 15th Chinese Base Force India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Enemy sub activity near Diego Garcia, Karachi. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia Complete combat report attached.
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