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1942 October 23 INVADED Paoshan, Mengtze, Urumchi are invested. CHANGED OWNERSHIP Japanese forces CAPTURE Kweiyang !!! Overall No carrier sightings. With the ground campaign in NW Australia entering a cleanup phase B-24 replacements will henceforth be allocated to CBI. West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii Enemy sub activity near Pearl Harbor, Lanai, Dutch Harbor All convoys report no contacts. Hammering away. quote:
ASW attack near Pearl Harbor at 178,109 Japanese Ships SS I-24 Allied Ships DD Fanning DD Dunlap DD Smith DD Mahan SS I-24 is located by DD Fanning I-24 diving deep .... DD Smith fails to find sub and abandons search DD Mahan fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Mahan attacking submerged sub .... DD Mahan fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Mahan attacking submerged sub .... DD Mahan is out of ASW ammo DD Mahan fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Mahan fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub quote:
Sub attack near Pearl Harbor at 178,109 Japanese Ships SS I-171 Allied Ships DD Wilson DD Lang SS I-171 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Wilson DD Lang fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Lang fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Lang fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Lang fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Lang fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub quote:
Sub attack near Pearl Harbor at 179,110 Japanese Ships SS I-172, hits 3 Allied Ships DD McCall DD Maury SS I-172 launches 2 torpedoes at DD McCall DD Maury fails to find sub and abandons search DD McCall attacking submerged sub .... DD McCall fails to find sub, continues to search... DD McCall fails to find sub, continues to search... DD McCall fails to find sub, continues to search... DD McCall fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub quote:
ASW attack near Pearl Harbor at 179,110 Japanese Ships SS I-176, hits 1 Allied Ships DD Dunlap DD Smith SS I-176 is located by DD Dunlap I-176 diving deep .... DD Smith attacking submerged sub .... DD Smith attacking submerged sub .... DD Smith is out of ASW ammo DD Smith is out of ASW ammo DD Smith is out of ASW ammo DD Smith is out of ASW ammo DD Smith fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Smith fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Smith fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub We've formed another ASW TF so there is a large scale sub-ASW battle taking place in the water south of Pearl Harbor. Pacific No enemy sub activity detected. Enemy sub activity near All convoys report no contacts. New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain Enemy sub activity near Duff Islands All convoys report no contacts. 26th Air Flotilla will be wiped out soon. All three units will attack tomorrow. quote:
Ground combat at Darwin (76,124) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 942 troops, 0 guns, 74 vehicles, Assault Value = 118 Defending force 84 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Allied adjusted assault: 35 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 35 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 32 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 1st Tank Battalion 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion 2/6th Armoured Regiment 32nd Aus Lt AA Regiment Defending units: 26th Air Flotilla B-24's out of Cloncurry will hit the unit in the swamp to the west of Darwin tomorrow. We sent subs to the mouth of the estuary, but the transports lifting out the Rgt at Wyndham got away, so our armor will only find a base force or two opposing them when they arrive the day after tomorrow. Philippines DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya Tankers! quote:
Sub attack near Balikpapan at 66,98 Japanese Ships TK Gen'yo Maru DD Oboro Allied Ships SS Snapper SS Snapper launches 4 torpedoes at TK Gen'yo Maru Snapper diving deep .... DD Oboro fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Oboro fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Oboro attacking submerged sub .... DD Oboro is out of ASW ammo DD Oboro fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Oboro fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub quote:
Sub attack near Balikpapan at 66,97 Japanese Ships TK Gen'yo Maru Allied Ships SS Snapper SS Snapper launches 4 torpedoes at TK Gen'yo Maru Snapper diving deep .... Sub escapes detection China A big hit. quote:
Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 40612 troops, 559 guns, 518 vehicles, Assault Value = 1229 Defending force 74784 troops, 215 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1275 Japanese adjusted assault: 919 Allied adjusted defense: 297 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kweiyang !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-) supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 2575 casualties reported Squads: 12 destroyed, 194 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 15 disabled Guns lost 18 (1 destroyed, 17 disabled) Vehicles lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled) Allied ground losses: 13649 casualties reported Squads: 908 destroyed, 34 disabled Non Combat: 1293 destroyed, 30 disabled Engineers: 84 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 43 (42 destroyed, 1 disabled) Units retreated 31 Units destroyed 4 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 9th Division 51st Recon Regiment 19th Division 1st Tank Division 102nd Infantry Regiment 104th/C Division 13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st Mortar Battalion 51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 58th Chinese Corps 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps 70th Chinese Corps 5th Chinese Cavalry Corps 34th Separate Brigade 88th Chinese Corps 46th Chinese Corps 89th Chinese Corps 59th Chinese Corps 48th Chinese Corps 87th Chinese Corps 49th Chinese Corps 25th Chinese Corps 37th Chinese Corps 65th Chinese Corps 2nd Chinese Corps 57th Chinese Corps 99th Chinese/A Corps 7th War Area 75th Chinese/A Corps 1st Group Army 9th Group Army 2nd Chinese Base Force 4th War Area 4th Chinese Corps 9th Chinese Base Force 75th Chinese/C Corps 12th Group Army 75th Chinese/B Corps 17th Chinese Base Force 99th Chinese/B Corps 33rd Group Army 16th Group Army 32nd Group Army 99th Chinese/C Corps The orderly withdrawal continues. quote:
Ground combat at 81,40 (near Ankang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 40030 troops, 390 guns, 152 vehicles, Assault Value = 984 Defending force 52743 troops, 159 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1000 Japanese adjusted assault: 110 Allied adjusted defense: 160 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: disruption(-) Japanese ground losses: 2159 casualties reported Squads: 17 destroyed, 151 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled Vehicles lost 25 (4 destroyed, 21 disabled) Allied ground losses: 767 casualties reported Squads: 113 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 31 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled) Assaulting units: 17th Division 17th Tank Regiment 3rd Division 25th Division 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 11th Chinese Corps 30th Chinese Corps 76th Chinese Corps 7th Chinese Corps 95th Chinese Corps 1st Chinese Corps 41st Chinese Corps 96th Chinese Corps 36th Group Army Jingcha War Area 98th Chinese Corps 8th Group Army 7th Group Army 39th Group Army Zombies rising. quote:
Ground combat at 81,41 (near Ankang) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 21067 troops, 177 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 606 Defending force 5887 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 100 Japanese adjusted assault: 376 Allied adjusted defense: 58 Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 447 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 45 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 843 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 76 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 25 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 61st Infantry Brigade 15th Ind.Mixed Brigade 34th/B Division 9th Armored Car Co 41st/A Division 10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 47th Chinese Corps 35th Chinese Corps 14th Group Army 15th Group Army The only movement seen at Kweiyang is toward Chungking, exactly where we want the Imperials to continue their drive. India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina Enemy sub activity near Karachi, Colombo. Is there another naval bombardment inbound? quote:
ASW attack near Rangoon at 52,55 Japanese Ships CA Nachi CA Haguro DD Minegumo DD Tokitsukaze DD Murakumo DD Shirakumo DD Shinonome Allied Ships SS O21, hits 1 SS O21 is sighted by escort DD Murakumo attacking submerged sub .... DD Shirakumo fails to find sub and abandons search DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Murakumo fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Murakumo fails to find sub and abandons search DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Shinonome fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub The three fighter squadrons have moved from Chittagong. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia Complete combat report attached.
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