Continental Clash - Cuttlefish (J) vs castor troy (A)

[castor troy]

Hi

I am back at it and a Babeslite scen 26B campaign has just been started against cuttlefish. I'm honored cuttlefish took up my opponent needed request as he's a well known member of our so great community. It's Oregon (US) vs Tirol (Austria) hence the AAR title. All the luck to him and a little bit more for us. [:D]


Settings:

Realism options:

FOW ON
advanced Weather OFF
Allied damage control ON
PDU ON
historical first turn OFF
Dec 7 surprise ON
reliable USN torps OFF
realistic R&D OFF
no unit withdrawels OFF
reinforcements VARIABLE +/- 60 days

Game options:

combat reports ON
auto sub ops OFF
TF move radius ON
plane move radius ON
facilities expand OFF
auto upgrade ships and airgroups OFF
air and ground replacements OFF
turn cycle 1 TURN


House rules:

no new Allied TFs on turn 1
only one Japanese aerial port strike on turn 1
cease fire in China until 1 Feb 42
no Allied strategic bombing of occupied Allied territory at any time, Allied strategic bombing only allowed on Japanese held territory of 12/7/41
no Japanese strat bombing in China
no Allied 4E bombers on naval attack below 10.000ft. Valid for Army 4Es, not valid for Allied NAVY heavy bombers at any time
as realistic R&D is turned OFF, no overabuse of this function. Means to not produce any aircraft earlier than 3-4 months of their normal arrival
paying pp for restricted units crossing borders


Orders were given and I am about to look at the first turn this afternoon. I truly hate the first couple of turns just because of all the endless clicking around. First turn my airforce was organized and a training programme started, my ground units have been ordered to move into position, base expansion started where needed. Next turn will see me creating a horrible high number of task forces to move the ships where I need them. After about four to five weeks I usually end up in the situation to have everything where I want it and then things start to become routine works.

Game on!

This is a restricted Allied AAR so

NO CUTTLEFISH BEYOND THIS POINT! [;)]

[cantona2]

Oops [:D]

[Andav]

Let the Amphibious Bonus rants begin! [:D]

I am glad you found a partner the caliber of Cuttlefish. You should be in for a good fight!

Wa

[castor troy]

lol cantona

yeah Andav, Cuttlefish should be a tough one, I expect a nice fight. Amphib bonus? Oh well... [;)]

[Dan Nichols]

Rants start here.

[EUBanana]

Someone who will be a challenge and go the distance too, this will be fascinating, I am sure.

Let the ranting begin. [:D]

[Captain Cruft]

Coolio [:)]

[Empire101]

[Olorin]

Good match.

[Dan Nichols]

Where are the rants? I want more rants!! [:)]

[PaxMondo]

RANTING!!!!
 
[;)]

[EUBanana]

Just noticed advanced weather off, interesting. I thought most people left it on.

Sick of playing Storms in the Pacific?

[desicat]

Save Wake Island. It tends to have a 50% chance to hold off the first IJN invasion and when it does the Japanese player normally has to scramble to redirect assets from its "scripted" opening to take it.

If it holds off the first invasion and you do reinforce it the second IJN assault will fail and their timeline in that theater will be totally off kilter.

[crsutton]

Check to make sure about the advanced weather thing. During my testing when I turned it off, even though I got a weather prediction of partial clouds for every day, when we actually got into combat the weather was always there. So, I am not sure it is working to turn it off.

Cuttlefish should give you a good game. You might get to go pretty deep for a change. Glad to see you found a good player. Oddly enough, I miss the rants..[;)]

[Andav]

Does anyone else think there is not near enough ranting in this AAR? [&:]


Wa

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: Andav


Does anyone else think there is not near enough ranting in this AAR? [&:]


Wa

rants about to start soon, the game is progressing very well but haven't had time for the AAR so far.

[Puhis]

ORIGINAL: crsutton

Check to make sure about the advanced weather thing. During my testing when I turned it off, even though I got a weather prediction of partial clouds for every day, when we actually got into combat the weather was always there. So, I am not sure it is working to turn it off.

Turning advanced weather off gives always same prediction, but the actual in-game weather do vary. Prediction have some impact to actual weather, so playing advanced weather off gives generally slightly better, but still random weather. That option is working as it as is should, turning weather off does not mean that weather is partial cloud all the time. You can check the manual.

[HansBolter]

PDU on and Realistic R&D off........didn't realize you were masochistic enough to WANT to face jets in '43 Castor.

At least we should see some very entertaining rants once they arrive.[;)]

[castor troy]

ORIGINAL: HansBolter

PDU on and Realistic R&D off........didn't realize you were masochistic enough to WANT to face jets in '43 Castor.

At least we should see some very entertaining rants once they arrive.[;)]

as realistic R&D is turned OFF, no overabuse of this function. Means to not produce any aircraft earlier than 3-4 months of their normal arrival

not really, see hr:

as realistic R&D is turned OFF, no overabuse of this function. Means to not produce any aircraft earlier than 3-4 months of their normal arrival

[castor troy]

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 07, 41
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Submarine attack near Kota Bharu at 53,77

Japanese Ships
SS I-166

Allied Ships
xAKL Dai Tung, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage



xAKL Dai Tung is sighted by SS I-166
SS I-166 attacking on the surface
SS I-166 low on gun ammo, Katagi R. breaks off surface engagement and submerges

the war begins... usually it's one of my subs that scores the first hit but this time an IJN sub shells and sinks one of my small freighters... official declaration of war shortly after...

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ASW attack near Kota Bharu at 51,75

Japanese Ships
DD Uranami
DMS W-3
xAK Asakasan Maru
DD Ayanami
DD Shikinami
PB Tatsumiya Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXII



SS KXII is sighted by escort
KXII bottoming out ....
DD Ayanami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shikinami fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Patani at 52,72

Japanese Ships
CM Hatsutaka, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
AK Kyushu Maru
xAK Nako Maru
xAK Kashii Maru
DD Yugiri

Allied Ships
SS KXVII, hits 2

a Dutch sub being the first to fight back sinking a big IJN minelayer...

SS KXVII launches 2 torpedoes at CM Hatsutaka
KXVII bottoming out ....
DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugiri fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yugiri attacking submerged sub ....
Escort abandons search for sub


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Morning Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 119 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 44 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 68
B5N2 Kate x 144
D3A1 Val x 126



Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 8 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 8 damaged
D3A1 Val: 3 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
A-20A Havoc: 19 damaged
B-18A Bolo: 34 damaged
B-18A Bolo: 2 destroyed on ground
PBY-5 Catalina: 12 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 8 damaged
P-36A Mohawk: 24 damaged
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed on ground
O-47A: 3 damaged
O-47A: 1 destroyed on ground
C-33: 2 damaged
SBD-1 Dauntless: 28 damaged
R3D-2: 1 damaged
SOC-1 Seagull: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 10, Torpedo hits 1
BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Chew, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
BB Maryland, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BB California, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Detroit, Torpedo hits 1
BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, on fire
CL Raleigh, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Shaw, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CL St. Louis, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk


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


Airbase hits 25
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 52
Port hits 18
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1

today's main event... I wasn't sure if Cuttlefish would go the conventional way of attacking PH or going after Manila... in contrast to WITP, it seems there are more ppl going with a PH attack, which surprises me in so far as subs should be more of a threat in AE than WITP... damage done on the BB looks horrible when reading the combat report only but watching the replay showed quite a lot of 250kg bomb hits as 40+ Vals were going after the ships in port... modern light cruiser St. Louis blew up as a torp hit ignited her magazins but that was the only ship to be sunk instantly during the attack... BB California is surely done with BB Tennessee being also hit hard but not on fire anymore so I am sure being able to save her but I fully expect another strike tomorrow so any follow on damage may see her sunk also... damage on the other BB is light because even very high sys damage can be repaired fairly fast in a big port like Pearl Harbour and all those bomb hits mostly caused sys damage... not to forget, this is Babeslite with bomb effect greatly reduced... aircraft losses were absolutely light for both sides, I can not understand why IJ players are afraid of flak (no matter if day one, two or three) as it is nothing more than totally pathetic...







Aircraft Attacking:
12 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 15000 feet
5 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 15000 feet
8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
18 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
27 x B5N2 Kate launching torpedoes at 200 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 18in Type 91 Torpedo
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
27 x B5N2 Kate bombing from 9000 feet
Port Attack: 1 x 800 kg AP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
11 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
13 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
13 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
7 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Port Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
9 x D3A1 Val releasing from 1000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
11 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
8 x D3A1 Val releasing from 2000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x D3A1 Val releasing from 3000'
Airfield Attack: 1 x 250 kg GP Bomb

Magazine explodes on CL St. Louis

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Morning Air attack on Iba , at 78,75

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 27,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 37
G4M1 Betty x 27



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7

not sure what those Betties wanted to hit at Iba, especially as they bomb from 23000 ft...

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



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Morning Air attack on Iba , at 78,75

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 27



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 25

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 27 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 33
G3M2 Nell x 27
G4M1 Betty x 27



Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-35A: 12 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 2 damaged



Airbase hits 14
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 46

here comes the Clark Field attack... none of the enemy strikes will be opposed as I ordered all my fighters to stay grounded, same goes for my bombers... no Allied aircraft will fly any combat mission today...

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x G4M1 Betty bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb
27 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Tuguegarao , at 82,74

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 16 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 27



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Alor Star , at 49,73

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 7,200 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 52
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 24



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 13
Runway hits 44

Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 1200 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
31 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 1200 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on 102nd RN Base Force, at 77,61 (Hong Kong)

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 116 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 40 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 7
Ki-36 Ida x 27
Ki-44 Tojo x 6
Ki-51 Sonia x 24



No Japanese losses



Aircraft Attacking:
24 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb
27 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 9000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb

Also attacking Hong Kong Fortress ...
Also attacking 102nd RN Base Force ...
Also attacking Hong Kong Fortress ...
Also attacking 102nd RN Base Force ...
Also attacking Hong Kong Fortress ...
Also attacking 102nd RN Base Force ...
Also attacking Hong Kong Fortress ...
Also attacking 102nd RN Base Force ...
Also attacking Hong Kong Fortress ...
Also attacking 102nd RN Base Force ...
Also attacking Hong Kong Fortress ...


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Morning Air attack on Georgetown , at 49,74

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 1 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 12

the IJAAF flies several strikes against various targets on Malaya, doing no real notable damage...

Aircraft Attacking:
27 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kota Bharu , at 51,75

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 19

Aircraft Attacking:
22 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kuantan , at 51,79

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 25



Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged



Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 23

Aircraft Attacking:
25 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Morning Air attack on Kota Bharu , at 51,75

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-27b Nate x 25
Ki-48-Ib Lily x 30



No Japanese losses



Airbase hits 21
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 32

Aircraft Attacking:
30 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 9000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 100 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Clark Field , at 79,76

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 21,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 27
G3M2 Nell x 9



Allied aircraft
no flights

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-40B Warhawk: 1 damaged
P-35A: 9 damaged



Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 11

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb



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Afternoon Air attack on Lingayen , at 79,75

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 6
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18



No Japanese losses



Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 7

Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb



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ASW attack near Kota Bharu at 51,75

Japanese Ships
DD Isonami
DMS W-2
xAK Ayatosan Maru
DD Ayanami
DD Shikinami
PB Tatsumiya Maru

Allied Ships
SS KXI



SS KXI is sighted by escort
KXI bottoming out ....
DD Ayanami fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Shikinami fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Tatsumiya Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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ASW attack near Kota Bharu at 51,75

Japanese Ships
CL Jintsu
DD Oshio
DD Hibiki
DD Akatsuki
DD Arashio

Allied Ships
SS KXI

all my subs in the area have been ordered to operate against landings on enemy operations on Malaya's East coast...

SS KXI is sighted by escort
DD Hibiki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Akatsuki fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Arashio fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arashio fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Naval bombardment of Wake Island at 136,98

Japanese Ships
CL Tatsuta
CL Tenryu
DD Mochizuki
DD Yayoi
DD Kisaragi
DD Mutsuki



CL Tatsuta firing at 1st Marine Defense Battalion
CL Tenryu firing at Wake Island
DD Mochizuki firing at 1st Marine Defense Battalion
DD Yayoi firing at 1st Marine Defense Battalion
DD Kisaragi firing at 1st Marine Defense Battalion
DD Mutsuki firing at Wake Island


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Pre-Invasion action off Kota Bharu (51,75)

30 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
CL Sendai
DD Ayanami
DD Isonami
PB Tatsumiya Maru
SC Ch 9
SC Ch 7
AK Sasako Maru
DD Shikinami

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Allied ground losses:
266 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled


CL Sendai firing at 8th Indian Brigade
DD Ayanami firing at 8th Indian Brigade
DD Isonami firing at 8th Indian Brigade
PB Tatsumiya Maru fired at enemy troops
SC Ch 9 fired at enemy troops
SC Ch 7 fired at enemy troops
DD Ayanami fired at enemy troops
DD Isonami fired at enemy troops
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 4,000 yards
Defensive Guns fire at approaching troops in landing craft at 2,000 yards


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Amphibious Assault at Kota Bharu (51,75)

TF 85 troops unloading over beach at Kota Bharu, 51,75

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



19 troops of a IJA Infantry Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 56th Infantry Rgt /2
16 troops of a IJA Engineer Squad accidentally lost during unload of 12th Engr Rgt