Amis vs Aussies - World Domination(no jrcar or Tony)

[Mike Solli]

Joe,
 
What do your resource levels look like in Honshu? 

[Mike Solli]

Joe,
 
What do your resource levels look like in Honshu? 

[Mike Solli]

Joe,
 
What do your resource levels look like in Honshu? 

[fabertong]

No really......

Joe,

Just what DO your resource levels look like in Honshu?

[jwilkerson]

So will the REAL Faber please stand up!!![:D]


Uh, I don't have the exact totals memorized but several cities in Honshu have 100s of 1000s. I'll post better totals when I get home.

[jwilkerson]

12/24/1941


Resources aboard Honshu, being "literal" ... Honshu only ... we have 2,942K resources.

[jwilkerson]

12/24-25/1941

Annotated Combat Reports

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 24, 41--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Submarine attack near Sorong at 82,107

Japanese Ships
xAKL Kidokawa Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-36 Allied submarines are being terrors in this campaign ... whereas Japanese subs are merely gluging at the first chance ...

Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)



SS S-36 is sighted by xAKL Kidokawa Maru
SS S-36 launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Kidokawa Maru


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Morning Air attack on 89th Chinese Corps, at 90,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 25 We try to guess where the AVG will not be and hit every chance we get



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
146 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (5 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 3rd SSVF Battalion, at 49,75 (Taiping)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft The Allies are running away, but we will hit them still ...
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 56
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 14



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
59 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (3 destroyed, 3 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 3rd SSVF Battalion, at 49,75 (Taiping)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft Even from two hexes away, with 3rd Air HQ present all planes in the same hex as the HQ, half of our bombers arrive unescorted ... and miss ...
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 22
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 7th Group Army, at 89,41

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft All our planes in China are continually trying to out guess the AVG ... we get lucky again ...
Ki-30 Ann x 25



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
78 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 33rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Group Army ...
Also attacking 33rd Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 7th Group Army ...


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Morning Air attack on 58th Infantry Regiment, at 85,49

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft Chinese planes still can't hit much unless we are moving
SB-III x 6


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x SB-III bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x SB-III bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on TF, near Sorong at 82,107

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 3
Hudson I x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships Nik tries to do a landing "on the cheap" and ultimately pays the price ...
xAKL Kidokawa Maru, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Kashiwa Maru

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
6 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 lb SAP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on I/66th Naval Guard Unit, at 106,122 (Kavieng)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses: Allied Air near New Britian continues to pound our outpost at Kavieng
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet *
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Bayombong , at 80,75

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 1



Allied aircraft Inadvertantly our "leaky CAP" is reaching out 3 hexes and hence is subject to destruction by Allied sweeps ... over the two day turn we lose 4 Nates and 3 Zeros to 1 P40 ...
P-40E Warhawk x 18


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
14 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 6000 feet

CAP engaged:
Tainan Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 23000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on Bayombong , at 80,75

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 5
Ki-27b Nate x 2



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 21


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed



CAP engaged:
3rd Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 23000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
50th Sentai/B with Ki-27b Nate (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
Tainan Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 23000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Bayombong , at 80,75

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2
Ki-27b Nate x 1



Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 19


Japanese aircraft losses More of same ...
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 6000 feet

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai/B with Ki-27b Nate (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead
Tainan Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 23000
Raid is overhead



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Afternoon Air attack on 51st Chinese Corps, at 90,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses: Back to trying to out guess the AVG ... and getting lucky still ... but can't last forever ...
154 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sorong at 82,107

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 24 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese Ships I guess the smoke from our burning ships distrupted the Allid aim this time ...
xAKL Kidokawa Maru, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses: But some of our guys fell off the deck anyway ... [:D]
3 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 3 x 300 kg SAP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 52,77

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3



Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 6
Blenheim IV x 9
Hudson I x 12
B-17D Fortress x 6


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim I: 3 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses: Can't do much about these large raids wiping out our troops ... just press on and hope enough survives to make it to the battle...
157 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
9 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
6 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead


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Afternoon Air attack on II/66th Naval Guard Unit, at 106,122 (Kavieng)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft Our outpost at New Ireland continues to take a beating ...
Hudson I x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb



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ASW attack near Naha at 96,66

Japanese Ships Ooh, we see an Allied submarine!!!
E Tade
E Susuki

Allied Ships
SS Snapper



Snapper diving deep ....
E Tade fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tade fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Tade fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Susuki attacking submerged sub ....
E Tade fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Susuki fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 26831 troops, 278 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 727

Defending force 60965 troops, 388 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1448

Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses: Our artillery park at Sinyang continues to grow
373 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Assaulting units:
14th Ind.Mixed Brigade
116th Division
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Army
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
52nd Road Const Co
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
67th JAAF AF Coy

Defending units:
55th Chinese Corps
77th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
30th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
12th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
3rd Group Army


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Ground combat at 86,49

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6802 troops, 51 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 206

Defending force 6488 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 170


Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units: In the woods to the SE of Sinyang, we keep an eye on the Chinese ...
20th Ind.Mixed Brigade
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion

Defending units:
84th Chinese Corps
21st Group Army


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Ground combat at 89,41

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6579 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 196

Defending force 6045 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 141


Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
33rd Chinese Corps
7th Group Army


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Ground combat at 90,48

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 528 troops, 0 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

Defending force 154 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 28

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 28 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)


Allied ground losses:
229 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units: Clear terrain, central China, our armor rolls over some partisans in the open ...
15th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
89th Chinese Corps


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Ground combat at San Fernando (80,74)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14021 troops, 148 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 382

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 263

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 263 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE San Fernando !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units: We roll South aboard Luzon against no opposition ...
9th Infantry Regiment
Kanno Detachment
Tanaka Detachment
20th Infantry Regiment
14th Army
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion


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Ground combat at Taiping (49,75)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4242 troops, 26 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 182

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 114

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 114 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Taiping !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+)



Assaulting units: Allies bugging out here as well ...
42nd Infantry Regiment
5th Recon Regiment


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Ground combat at Naga (81,81)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1698 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 141

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 30

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 30 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Naga !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
Kimura Det
Kure 1st SNLF


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Ground combat at 95,38

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 3833 troops, 23 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 79

Defending force 6525 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 198

Allied adjusted assault: 1

Japanese adjusted defense: 364

Allied assault odds: 1 to 364

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), supply(-)


Allied ground losses:
2643 casualties reported
Squads: 56 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 78 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled


Assaulting units: Way up North in China, a Chinese Division conducts an ill advised river crossing against one of our blocking Brigades
35th Chinese/C Corps

Defending units:
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade


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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 25, 41

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Submarine attack near Sorong at 82,107

Japanese Ships
xAKL Kidokawa Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships Nik's unescorted landing at Sorong continues to take a major pounding ...
SS S-36



SS S-36 is sighted by xAKL Kidokawa Maru
SS S-36 launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Kidokawa Maru


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Sub attack near Takao at 83,65

Japanese Ships We see another submarine
PB Shonan Maru #17
xAK Nagara Maru
xAKL Korei Maru
PB Shonan Maru #2
PB Shonan Maru #1
PB Kyo Maru #11

Allied Ships
SS Pike



SS Pike launches 2 torpedoes at PB Shonan Maru #17
Pike diving deep ....
PB Shonan Maru #17 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonan Maru #1 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Kyo Maru #11 fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Shonan Maru #2 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Sub attack near Sorong at 82,107

Japanese Ships Nik actually does some damage this time ... as the bold Pig Boat surfaces in an attempt to finish him off ...
xAKL Kashiwa Maru, Shell hits 17, on fire

Allied Ships
SS S-36, hits 3



SS S-36 attacking on the surface
Dunsmore R. decides to submerge SS S-36 due to damage


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Morning Air attack on Bayombong , at 80,75

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 48 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 17 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 2



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 16


Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-27b Nate: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 6000 feet

CAP engaged:
50th Sentai/B with Ki-27b Nate (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes



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Morning Air attack on Bayombong , at 80,75

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft
P-40B Warhawk x 19


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
19 x P-40B Warhawk sweeping at 6000 feet



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Morning Air attack on 89th Chinese Corps, at 91,48

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 25



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 5/14th Punjab Battalion, at 49,77

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 60



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses: This Battalion was running away ... we put some hurt on them and slowed them down I suspect ...
304 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 5/14th Punjab Battalion, at 49,77

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 44 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 17



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses: Central Malaya, South of Taiping...
38 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 33rd Chinese Corps, at 89,41

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 47 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-30 Ann x 24



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
58 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 51st Chinese Corps, at 90,45

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 24



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses: Still trying to dodge the AVG in China and put some hurt on the mobs roaming around in our rear areas ...
204 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 9th Armored Car Co , at 85,49

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft Eek, Chinese bombers knocked out two of our Armored Cars SW of Sinyang!!!
SB-III x 6


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x SB-III bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb
4 x SB-III bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking 13th Tank Regiment ...


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Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 52,77

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 23 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 3



Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 8
Blenheim IV x 15
Hudson I x 18
B-17D Fortress x 9


No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 5 damaged
Hudson I: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 2 damaged

Japanese ground losses: Huge losses to the Imperial Guards South of Kota Bharu...
167 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
5 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
8 x Blenheim I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
64th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on II/66th Naval Guard Unit, at 106,122 (Kavieng)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes


Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 1


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
1 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet *
Ground Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Bayombong , at 80,75

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 41 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 2



Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 15


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed




Aircraft Attacking:
15 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 6000 feet

CAP engaged:
Tainan Ku S-1 Det A with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 23000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes



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Afternoon Air attack on II/66th Naval Guard Unit, at 106,122 (Kavieng)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 45 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes


Allied aircraft
Hudson I x 2


No Allied losses



Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb



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Submarine attack near Sorong at 82,107

Japanese Ships Nik's Sorong invasion gets the Coup De Gra from the Allied submarines ...
xAKL Kashiwa Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS S-36



SS S-36 is sighted by xAKL Kashiwa Maru
SS S-36 launches 4 torpedoes


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Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 26883 troops, 278 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 730

Defending force 60718 troops, 387 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1440

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses: Our artillery park is putting a perceptible hurt on the Chinese ... we hope ...
375 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
14th Ind.Mixed Brigade
116th Division
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
52nd Road Const Co
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Army
67th JAAF AF Coy

Defending units:
77th Chinese Corps
12th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
55th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
30th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
3rd Group Army


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Ground combat at 86,49

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6798 troops, 51 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 206

Defending force 6507 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 168

Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units: One hex SE of Sinyang ... we obviously need momre firepower here if we will continue our artillery duel
20th Ind.Mixed Brigade
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion

Defending units:
84th Chinese Corps
21st Group Army


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Ground combat at 89,41

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6619 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 196

Defending force 4837 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 135


Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units: I think this is in North China up in the hills ...
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
33rd Chinese Corps

[fabertong]

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

So will the REAL Faber please stand up!!![:D]


Uh, I don't have the exact totals memorized but several cities in Honshu have 100s of 1000s. I'll post better totals when I get home.

I am standing up..........curse these short legs........BTW......great AAR Joe.........

[Bluebook]

Watching you struggle against the USN subs has pretty much convinced me that going after Manilla on day 1 is the right strategy to use. Not only do you remove the submarine threat, you also get the KB right in the thick of the action from day 2.

In my pbem we have reached December 21 and I think I have lost the sum total of one xAKL from allied submarines, the sea-lanes between Japan - PI - Indochine - Burma feels very safe. The only allied subs in the region are the dutch and british subs operating around Singapore-Java and the occasional USN sub can be spotted around Manado. This is very comforting for me in the early game since I can escort my interior convoys very lightly with just a PB or E to prevent surface attacks from ye random submarine, and I can use most of my Es, DDs and SCs to actively hunt for submarines in the frontline regions between Saigon - Malaya - Kuching.

What are your thoughts on that Joe?

[Mike Solli]

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

12/24/1941


Resources aboard Honshu, being "literal" ... Honshu only ... we have 2,942K resources.

Joe, it looks like you're shipping in ~51k resources a day to Honshu. That's less than half of what you need to ship in. (You need about 110k.) At that rate, you'll run out of a resource reserve about 50 days from now. If you stop shipping stuff in, you run out in about 26 days.

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: Micke II

It would be certainly interesting to know more what is happening in central and south Pacific.
I hope Nik will bring his contribution in this AAR.

When something interesting happens, we might see something appear here. Right now its just crickets and dolphins. [:)]

[jwilkerson]

12/25-26/1941

Burma Front
We tried our first real "sweep" of the war - 23 Oscars over Rangoon - AVG+Beefalos and Blenheim cleaned us up nicely - we lost 4 - they lost none. Guess we don't have to worry about the "sweep bonus" being too strong!!! [:D]

Hong Kong
OMG - HK finally fell. The 38ID will start replanning for "Merek" on the NW tip of West Java.

Central China
We killed one little unit, the AVG+Chinese bombers are trying big bombing raids around Sinyang, but still not doing much. We will shift more strength SE of Sinyang and try to advance through there to Nanyang.

North China
We bashed up a little unit but didn't kill it.

South China
Ditto - we are advancing on Chuhsein.

[treespider]

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

12/25-26/1941

Burma Front
We tried our first real "sweep" of the war - 23 Oscars over Rangoon - AVG+Beefalos and Blenheim cleaned us up nicely - we lost 4 - they lost none. Guess we don't have to worry about the "sweep bonus" being too strong!!! [:D]

Try setting the Oscars for the Troposphere Altitude setting...[:D]

Hong Kong
OMG - HK finally fell. The 38ID will start replanning for "Merek" on the NW tip of West Java.

On a historical pace I see...Wonder why it took you so long?[:)] My last few starts I take it by the 11th or 13th.

Hmmm --- I enter the hex, Bombard with everyone for a day. Next day I rest the 38ID and Engineers...and on the third day I deliberate attack. All the while the AF at Canton is Ground Attacking.

[jwilkerson]

ORIGINAL: treespider

Try setting the Oscars for the Troposphere Altitude setting...[:D]

I had Oscars at 23,000 ... you think they will do better higher? The Allies seem to have been at 14,000. I would think that diferential would be fairly optimal.

On a historical pace I see...Wonder why it took you so long?[:)] My last few starts I take it by the 11th or 13th.

Hmmm --- I enter the hex, Bombard with everyone for a day. Next day I rest the 38ID and Engineers...and on the third day I deliberate attack. All the while the AF at Canton is Ground Attacking.

Nik wanted me to "hurry" so I think I shocked right after I arrived. Then continuous bombarment followed by shock every 2-3 days until finally done. Only bombed when attacking, bombers didn't seem to accomplish much regardless.

[treespider]

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson



Nik wanted me to "hurry" so I think I shocked right after I arrived. Then continuous bombarment followed by shock every 2-3 days until finally done. Only bombed when attacking, bombers didn't seem to accomplish much regardless.

Ackk....don't shock attack the British. Their firepower will take a toll...I prefer the Deliberate Attack first...possibly followed by a Shock the next day if the odds were 1-1 or better...The defender will be disorganized when the Shock hits.

[jwilkerson]

12/28/29/1941


China
In North China we trashed - but did not kill the 7th Army Group HQ, we are sending a small Armor unit to try to finish it off in clear terrain.

Around Sinyang, our artillery park is taking a toll, our reinforcements are moving up. Perhaps we can turn Sinyang into a (Chinese) killing ground, but we need to move fast, before he shows up with a "telephone phone". Oh, also, over Sinyang our Oscars shot down three AVG planes losing one of our own. Boyington, was about, but we only damaged him.

In South China, both sides bombed and repositioned. We are headed for Chushien.

Malaya
We killed a British Battalion on the West Coast with one of our Recon Battalions. In the Center we pushed back two disrupted Brigades with two of our disrupted Regiments. We unleashed our Sallys and bombed all along the front line where as the Brits concentrated their bombers on the center, but our attack worked anyway - this time.

Luzon
Empty Lingayan falls to our forces. Not sure what the American plan is on Luzon, looks like they are scattered out all over - 5 units at Clark 7 units to the East, 5 South of Manilla, not too many in Bataan or Manilla, interesting. We will send one unit over to Iba and await our last reinforcing Regiment before deciding whether or not to go after Clark next.

[jwilkerson]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 28, 41--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pre-Invasion action off Rabaul

2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships Nik going in all over the Greater Solomons area
xAK Yokohama Maru
AV Kiyokawa Maru
PB Shotoku Maru
PB Shuko Maru #5
PB Sonan Maru #6
PB Sonan Maru #5
PB Shoei Maru
PB Kyo Maru #10, Shell hits 1
PB Kyo Maru #8

Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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Amphibious Assault at Rabaul

TF 20 troops unloading over beach at Rabaul, 106,125

Japanese ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Submarine attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 65,72

Japanese Ships Oiler sunk by one 50 cal hit !!!
AO Sata, Shell hits 1, on fire

Allied Ships
SS Shark, hits 3



SS Shark is sighted by AO Sata
SS Shark attacking on the surface
Shane, L. decides to submerge SS Shark due to damage

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Morning Air attack on 1st Mysore Battalion, at 49,77

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft Our Sallys were very active along the front in Central Malaya
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 5
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
241 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
5 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 1st Mysore Battalion, at 49,77

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
144 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

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Morning Air attack on 22nd Indian Brigade, at 51,79 (Kuantan)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 21
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 4

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
114 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled


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Morning Air attack on 22nd Indian Brigade, at 51,79 (Kuantan)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)

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Morning Air attack on 8th Indian Brigade, at 50,77

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
240 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)

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Morning Air attack on 1st ISF Base Force, at 51,78

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27

No Japanese losses

Allied ground losses:
166 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled)

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Morning Air attack on 17th Division, at 88,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft Allies attack us in South China, with little result
A-29A Hudson x 5
DB-3M x 3


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A-29A Hudson bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x DB-3M bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 5 x 100 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 56th Infantry Regiment, at 50,77

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes


Allied aircraft
Blenheim I x 3
Blenheim IV x 15
Hudson I x 18
B-17D Fortress x 11


Allied aircraft losses Big Allied attack in Central Malaya, but our attack works anyway
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
301 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (0 destroyed, 8 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
15 x Blenheim IV bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Manado at 75,99

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft Allies attack Nik of Menado but no result
B-17E Fortress x 3

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CA Myoko

Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on 7th Group Army, at 90,42

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 21 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft Prep attack against Chinese unit blocking railway in North China
Ki-27b Nate x 12
Ki-30 Ann x 20

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
100 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Submarine attack near Madjene at 64,101

Japanese Ships My Japanese submarines get a rare hit in the Makassar straights
SS I-154

Allied Ships
TK Mindanao, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

SS I-154 is sighted by TK Mindanao
SS I-154 launches 8 torpedoes


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Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 27959 troops, 323 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 735

Defending force 49370 troops, 310 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1241


Allied ground losses: Our growing Artillery Park at Sinyang continues to tag the Chinese forces around the city
325 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (0 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Assaulting units:
14th Ind.Mixed Brigade
116th Division
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
11th Army
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
52nd Road Const Co
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Mortar Battalion
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
67th JAAF AF Coy

Defending units:
7th Chinese Corps
12th Chinese Corps
55th Chinese Corps
30th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
77th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
3rd Group Army


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Ground combat at 86,49

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6822 troops, 51 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 210

Defending force 6530 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 169


Allied ground losses: We continue to watch the CHinese forces SE of Sinyang
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
20th Ind.Mixed Brigade
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion

Defending units:
84th Chinese Corps
21st Group Army


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Ground combat at 89,41

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 6619 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 196

Defending force 4876 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 139

Japanese ground losses: We're watching some Chinese in North China, but our artillery rounds seem to be boomaranging back onto our own forces!!! [:D]
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled



Assaulting units:
6th Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
33rd Chinese Corps


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Ground combat at 90,42

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 14935 troops, 141 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 428

Defending force 1054 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 380

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 380 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)


Allied ground losses: THe Chinese 7th Army Group HQ was routed off its blocking postion, the rail line is open again.
1138 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 61 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
37th Division
1st Army
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
7th Group Army


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Ground combat at Lingayen (79,75)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 14031 troops, 148 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 383

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 330

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 330 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lingayen !!! Another empty town on Luzon falls

Combat modifiers
Attacker:



Assaulting units:
9th Infantry Regiment
Kanno Detachment
Tanaka Detachment
20th Infantry Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion


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Ground combat at 49,77

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1580 troops, 2 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 55

Defending force 220 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 106

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 106 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+)


Allied ground losses: Our Recon Bn destroys a Brit Bn on the West Coast of Malaya
423 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
5th Recon Regiment

Defending units:
1st Mysore Battalion


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Ground combat at 50,77

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3937 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 186

Defending force 1454 troops, 13 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 33

Japanese adjusted assault: 44

Allied adjusted defense: 4

Japanese assault odds: 11 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), disruption(-), morale(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
68 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units pursuing 1


Allied ground losses: In Central Malaya, two of our disrupted Regiments retreat two British distrupted Brigades
255 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Units retreated 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
21st Infantry Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
FMSV Brigade
8th Indian Brigade


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Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4217 troops, 31 guns, 17 vehicles, Assault Value = 218

Defending force 6759 troops, 31 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 198


Allied ground losses: Nik fires at the Philippino forces in Northern Mindanao
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment
146th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
102nd PA Infantry Regiment
3rd PA Constabulary Regiment
103rd PA Infantry Regiment
2nd/101st PA Battalion
3rd/101st PA Battalion
Cagayan USAAF Base Force
Mindanao Force Corps


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Ground combat at Tulagi (114,137)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 396 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 4

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Tulagi !!! Nik starts his "roll" in the Solomons

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
1st JNAF Coy


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Ground combat at Lae (99,126)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 404 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 4

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Lae !!! Another one in the pocket

Combat modifiers
Attacker: fatigue(-)



Assaulting units:
3rd JNAF Coy


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Ground combat at Manado (75,99)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3561 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 122

Defending force 464 troops, 2 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 10

Japanese adjusted assault: 77

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 77 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Manado !!! Over to the Celebes for another base capture ...

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)


Allied ground losses:
461 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Units destroyed 1


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
Kure 2nd SNLF
Sasebo 2nd SNLF

Defending units:
Manado Garrison Bn /1
Manado Base Force


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Ground combat at Shortlands (109,131)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 774 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 22

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 12

Allied adjusted defense: 1

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Shortlands !!! Back to the Solomons for Nik ...

Combat modifiers
Attacker: leaders(-)



Assaulting units:
II/81st Naval Guard Unit


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Ground combat at Rabaul (106,125)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 0 troops, 8 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 9

Defending force 8002 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 155



Assaulting units:
B Coy/NG Rifles
Lark Battalion
Rabaul Det. Base Force

Defending units: But probably NIk is still unloading at Rabaul
144th Infantry Regiment
15th Base Force


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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 29, 41
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TF 54 encounters mine field at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Ships I send some minesweepers to sweep Hong Kong
DMS W-12

17 mines cleared

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TF 94 encounters mine field at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Ships
DMS W-16
DMS W-15



37 mines cleared

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Morning Air attack on 22nd Indian Brigade, at 51,79 (Kuantan)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 21
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 4



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses: The Sallys are out again
36 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

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Morning Air attack on 22nd Indian Brigade, at 51,79 (Kuantan)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 31 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


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Morning Air attack on 3rd ISF Base Force, at 50,78 (Temuloh)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 52

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses: Still hitting these boys hard ...
176 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 9 (7 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)


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Morning Air attack on 17th Division, at 88,55

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes


Allied aircraft Chinese miss in Southern China attack
A-29A Hudson x 3
DB-3M x 3


No Allied losses


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Morning Air attack on 1st Ind.Mixed Brigade, at 86,48 (Sinyang)

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 5

Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 10
SB-III x 6


Japanese aircraft losses AVG escorts some Chinese bombers over Sinyan ... we get three for the loss of one ... the third one died on the way home ...
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 2 destroyed
SB-III: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x SB-III bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb
2 x SB-III bombing from 6000 feet *
Ground Attack: 3 x 100 kg GP Bomb
4 x H81-A3 sweeping at 15000 feet *

CAP engaged:
54th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Raid is overhead

Also attacking 116th Division ...


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Morning Air attack on 21st Infantry Regiment, at 50,77

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes


Allied aircraft [color=#3333FFAllies having field day in Central Malaya, fortunately mostly disruptionscolor]
Blenheim I x 9
Blenheim IV x 15
Hudson I x 18
B-17D Fortress x 10


Allied aircraft losses
Blenheim IV: 1 damaged
Hudson I: 1 damaged

Japanese ground losses:
345 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (0 destroyed, 8 disabled)

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Manado at 75,99

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes


Allied aircraft More raids miss Nik over Menado
Hudson I x 4


Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 2 damaged

Japanese Ships
CA Haguro



Aircraft Attacking:
4 x Hudson I bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 112th Infantry Regiment, at 58,56 (Rahaeng)

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes


Allied aircraft More AVG coming after our base in Western Thailand
H81-A3 x 7
Blenheim I x 14


No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Cagayan at 79,89

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes


Allied aircraft Allies try long range mission against Nik's BBs off Mindanao
B-17E Fortress x 6


Allied aircraft losses
B-17E Fortress: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
BB Hyuga



Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 4 x 500 lb SAP Bomb


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Afternoon Air attack on 7th Group Army, at 90,43

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft We kill some more squads of this beat up unit in the open in North China
Ki-27b Nate x 12
Ki-30 Ann x 20

No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Rabaul Det. Base Force, at 106,125 (Rabaul)

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 25,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft Nik tries some Betty's on a land mission ...
G4M1 Betty x 19



No Japanese losses


Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Aircraft Attacking:
19 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 23000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Naval bombardment of Cagayan at 79,89

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
No Allied losses

Japanese Ships Nik unloads some 14 inch pro-jos on the enemy - now I have to try to rearm him at Cam Ranh Bay - level-6 port will some Naval Support ...
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
BB Fuso
BB Nagato


Allied ground losses:
93 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 32
Port fuel hits 1

BB Hyuga firing at Cagayan
BB Ise firing at Cagayan
BB Fuso firing at Cagayan
BB Nagato firing at Cagayan


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Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 27993 troops, 323 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 737

Defending force 49162 troops, 310 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1234


Allied ground losses: Continuing to beat on the Chinese at Sinyang
270 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (0 destroyed, 1 disabled)


Assaulting units:
116th Division
14th Ind.Mixed Brigade
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
52nd Road Const Co
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
11th Army
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
67th JAAF AF Coy

Defending units:
55th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
12th Chinese Corps
77th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
30th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
3rd Group Army

[jwilkerson]

12/28-29/1941

China
The Chinese seem to be trying to mass more forces at Sinyang, but so are we, I think if we hurry we might be able to bounce them out of the hex. If so, this would set us up to go after Nanyang to the NW.

[jwilkerson]

12/28-29/1941

Malaya
We will try to cover cap our front line this turn to see if we can get lucky and bag a few unescorted bombers. The Nates will cover the West Coast, the Oscars, the East Coast.

Our forces will continue moving South across the entire front.

[jwilkerson]

12/28-29/1941

Production
Had to turn off the Musashi, our Naval Points took a 200 point nose dive that turn, something new must have come on line and started sucking up the naval points. We accelerated the Shoho a few turns back and promised her to Nik by Jan 21st, so we want to keep that promise.

Also had to turn off Betty's for a turn or so. There are 56 in the pool and 72 Nells, so we're not hurting for "Netty's" right now. But i am running low on HA32 engines and want to keep the Sallys comming off the line at full speed, only 14 of them in the pools. There will be over 110 HA32 Factory Capacity soon, so no problem eventually, just for a few turns there will be a pinch.