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10 Dec 42
Flying Fish fired 2 torpedoes at xAK Taizin Maru on the western coast of Korea. Cargo task forces from Keijo have been hugging the coast as they headed south to Japan. OPilot knows this. I'm not changing my route here. Instead, I have multiple ASW task forces looking for the subs. In the shallow water, I'll get them eventually. I also have Bettys on ASW duty from Keijo south to Nagasaki.
RO-61 spotted a US task force with at least 5 APDs and a DD just east of Tanna. The enemy ships went to Tanna with an unknown mission. Could be dropping off supply. I've bombed the port at Tanna and it is damaged about 25%. No airfield there yet. There weren't engineers there but there may be now.
9 Vals from Lakatoro, 6 hexes from Tanna, bombed the ships at Tanna in the morning, getting one 250kg hit on APD Rathburne. 27 Vals from Luganville, 7 hexes from Tanna, then bombed the ships.
Morning Air attack on TF, near Tanna at 120,157
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 27
Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 3 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied Ships
APD Kane, Bomb hits 2, on fire
APD Rathburne, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Stringham, Bomb hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Allen, Bomb hits 2, on fire
APD John D. Edwards, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
6 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000' *
Naval Attack: 2 x 60 kg GP Bomb
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD Stringham
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring APD John D. Edwards
These hits were with smaller bombs, due to the extended range, but there were lots of hits.
In the afternoon, 6 Vals returned to attack again, and got another 250kg hit on John D. Edwards and Stringham. Audio says that 2 ships sunk.
My first attack at Kunming went better than expected. How much did the Chinese Expeditionary HQ help, having switched its prep from Tuyun to Kunming? Not sure, but it didn't hurt. It is prepped around 33 for Kunming, so not a lot, but it's something.
Ground combat at Kunming (69,48)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 20443 troops, 264 guns, 476 vehicles, Assault Value = 741
Defending force 39500 troops, 82 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 878
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Japanese adjusted assault: 1132
Allied adjusted defense: 490
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
530 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 52 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1217 casualties reported
Squads: 40 destroyed, 43 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Assaulting units:
1st Tank Division
56th Division
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
14th Army
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion
Defending units:
90th Chinese Corps
54th Chinese Corps
92nd Chinese Corps
81st Chinese Corps
23rd Chinese Corps
4th Chinese Cavalry Corps
11th Group Army
NCAC
6th Group Army
2nd War Area
22nd Group Army
Forts reduced, good odds and more losses for the enemy. I need to wait for resupply to attack again. Hopefully just a one day wait.
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