27 Dec 1941
Subs
Ships fleeing from Sydney?
Submarine attack near Portsea at 81,172
Japanese Ships
SS I-169
Allied Ships
xAK Admiral Halstead, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Westcoast
Sub attack near San Clemente Island at 224,81
Japanese Ships
SS I-21
Allied Ships
xAK Ewa, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
Burma
We pull back from our succesful para drop, only a couple of support squads to go. There are some enemy advancing on Tougoo... Also 21 B-17 bomb the base... interesting...
The attacks on Rangoon begin... there are no longer ships in the area, I think we have broken them here already.
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Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Weather in hex: Partial cloud
Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 8
G3M2 Nell x 17
G4M1 Betty x 10
Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
H81-A3: 1 damaged
H81-A3: 1 destroyed on ground
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 21
Malaya
No change, we are almost at Kuala Lumpur
DEI
Well the raid into Sorebaya was certainly interesting! We loose a DD, have 5 badly banged up and 4 BB's with light to medium damage... The bombardment was a fizzle as a result, although the BC Repulse is reported sunk, even though it wasn't in any of the engagements... They may have scuttled her after damage from last turn, figuring it would cost less points wise... although she is listed as 202 VP's.
They sent out all their combat ships, but there are still over 50 ships bottled up in Harbour... we may be able to keep them trapped there yet...
A series of prelim battles with PT's sees no damage to us, but 3 Dutch and 3 UK boats are sunk.
TF 20 encounters mine field at Soerabaja (56,104)
Japanese Ships
CL Kitakami, Mine hits 1, on fire
DD Kuretake, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
DD Wakatake, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
Night Time Surface Combat, near Soerabaja at 56,104, Range 6,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
BB Mutsu
BB Fuso, Torpedo hits 1
BB Yamashiro
BB Ise, Shell hits 1
BB Hyuga
CL Oi
DD Kamikaze
DD Sawakaze
DD Okikaze
DD Yakaze
DD Yukaze
DD Hokaze, Shell hits 1
Allied Ships
DD Alden
DD Banckert, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Evertsen
DD Van Ghent, Shell hits 1
TF 139 encounters mine field at Soerabaja (56,104)
Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga, Mine hits 1
BB Yamashiro, Mine hits 1
BB Fuso, Mine hits 1
BB Mutsu, Mine hits 1
BB Nagato, Mine hits 1
CL Oi, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
DD Hokaze, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yukaze, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Yakaze, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Okikaze, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Sawakaze, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
Night Naval bombardment of Soerabaja at 56,104 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
6 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships
BB Ise
BB Mutsu
Allied ground losses:
141 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Their also attacks our several TF but does no real damage. We need to get a fighter base that is closer!
Philippines
Continued air sweeps whittle away the opposition, the bombing isbecoming marginally more effective. A div has arrived in Manila. IOt should fall, then they will move on Clark.
China
I had a question last turn, can a Japanese Tank Regiment take on an attrited, disrupted Chinese corps in the open...
Ground combat at 85,46 (near Nanyang)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 630 troops, 0 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 53
Defending force 6683 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 190
Japanese adjusted assault: 41
Allied adjusted defense: 17
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)
Allied ground losses:
2441 casualties reported
Squads: 69 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 117 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
13th Tank Regiment
Defending units:
92nd Chinese Corps
2nd Group Army
Elsewhere we continue to clean up our rail links...
Ground combat at 87,46 (near Sinyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 960 troops, 0 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 81
Defending force 825 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 84
Allied adjusted defense: 6
Japanese assault odds: 14 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: op mode(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)
Allied ground losses:
239 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
12th Tank Regiment
Defending units:
3rd Group Army
Pakhoi falls, which is nice as it frees up 2 SNLF to go for Tarakan and Balikpapan
Ground combat at Pakhoi (72,58)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 4317 troops, 43 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 179
Defending force 4059 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 131
Japanese adjusted assault: 114
Allied adjusted defense: 5
Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Pakhoi !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
2064 casualties reported
Squads: 48 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 80 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 4th SNLF
15th Naval Guard Unit
16th Naval Guard Unit
Defending units:
64th Chinese Corps
Cheers
Rob
Tony has been carefully using the torpedoes and we are still at around 50%, but it is time to head back. A real pity.
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