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1943 January 12
INVADED
Kunming, Paoshan, Urumchi are invested.
CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Overall
No carrier sightings. It appears KB is still in the northwest Marshall Islands.
Our new strategy is to attrite the IJN one destroyer-equivalent per day.
West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
No enemy sub activity detected. Enemy sub activity near Johnston Island.
All convoys report no contacts.
Practice.
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Johnston Island at 159,113
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid spotted at 1 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes
Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 19
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
DD Oite, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
7 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
4 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Oite
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Johnston Island at 159,113
Weather in hex: Thunderstorms
Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Allied aircraft
SBD-3 Dauntless x 19
Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Oite, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
1 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
6 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000'
Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring DD Oite
The fleet will move about 4 hexes south. The support TF's east of Johnston Island will move east a few hexes.
Pacific
No enemy sub activity detected. Enemy sub activity near Howland Island, Pago Pago.
All convoys report no contacts.
Keep them looking.
quote:
ASW attack near Truk at 113,109
Japanese Ships
PB Toshi Maru #3
PB Tama Maru #8
Allied Ships
SS Growler
SS Growler is sighted by escort
Growler diving deep ....
PB Tama Maru #8 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Tama Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tama Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tama Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tama Maru #8 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
KB seems to be somewhere SE of Eniwetok.
We finally have decent recon of Tarawa, @ DL 8/9: 1 unit, 960 troops, 5 guns, 0 AFV.
Suva base hax maxed out at port 5 airfield 9 and now represents 1,725 VP for Japan and 23 VP for the Allies.
New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
No enemy sub activity detected. Enemy sub activity near Brisbane, Perth.
All convoys report no contacts.
Philippines
DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
China
We hold!
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Ground combat at 70,45 (near Kunming)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 35941 troops, 385 guns, 86 vehicles, Assault Value = 1016
Defending force 32276 troops, 73 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 780
Japanese adjusted assault: 236
Allied adjusted defense: 298
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
3600 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 209 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 29 disabled
Guns lost 38 (4 destroyed, 34 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
911 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 100 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
11th Division
36th Division
34th/B Division
24th/A Division
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
14th Chinese/B Corps
79th Chinese/B Corps
14th Chinese/A Corps
30th Chinese/C Corps
79th Chinese/C Corps
14th Chinese/C Corps
77th Chinese/A Corps
77th Chinese/B Corps
30th Chinese/A Corps
79th Chinese/A Corps
30th Chinese/B Corps
77th Chinese/C Corps
1st Chinese Base Force
Speed bump.
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Ground combat at 69,47 (near Kunming)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4356 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127
Defending force 256 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 132
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 132 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), morale(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)
Allied ground losses:
200 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
102nd Infantry Regiment
Defending units:
50th Chinese Corps
About half or more of the 77th LRP Bde has airlifted into Kunming.
India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
No enemy sub activity detected.
We continue building pressure in Burma and the IJA keeps getting forces in front of ours.
Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
Complete combat report attached.
 Attachment (1)
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