Back from holiday. Had a good week's walking. Only 1 wet day which is a success for The Lake District!
Malaya:
More troops are ashore at Malacca (about 2/3 of them now). Malacca was easily taken and the 1st Raiding Rgt was destroyed in it's capture wiping out 450 enemies. Engineers are commencing work on the AF's (currently level 1) and forts. Fighters should be landed and active within 2 days.
Interestingly SS Cero spotted a probable CV TF heading west past Luzon. They'll probably be on the scene within 2-3 days. By then potentially 100 x P47/P51 will be active from Malacca to bolster my CV fighters. Could be fun
A small 2 x DD TF was also located off Batavia and attacked by an SBD Sqn from Oosthaven. DD Fujinami was reported heavily damaged by a bomb hit.
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Mariana's:
The Japs continue to resist on both Tinian and Guam:
Ground combat at Tinian (108,94)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 61203 troops, 1386 guns, 1343 vehicles, Assault Value = 1894
Defending force 34036 troops, 354 guns, 262 vehicles, Assault Value = 670
Allied adjusted assault: 2188
Japanese adjusted defense: 2457
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2433 casualties reported
Squads: 43 destroyed, 93 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 46 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 33 disabled
Guns lost 43 (2 destroyed, 41 disabled)
Vehicles lost 25 (10 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
993 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 152 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 48 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 51 (2 destroyed, 49 disabled)
Vehicles lost 87 (20 destroyed, 67 disabled)
And:
Ground combat at Guam (106,95)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 59926 troops, 1333 guns, 1512 vehicles, Assault Value = 2051
Defending force 31108 troops, 250 guns, 228 vehicles, Assault Value = 805
Allied adjusted assault: 858
Japanese adjusted defense: 1023
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2664 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 260 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 50 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 36 disabled
Guns lost 51 (4 destroyed, 47 disabled)
Vehicles lost 38 (22 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
2118 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 212 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 46 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 62 (5 destroyed, 57 disabled)
Vehicles lost 63 (3 destroyed, 60 disabled)
Tinian should capitulate within a week at this rate though.
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Submarine Warfare:
1 x dud/missed attack.
SS Cero attacked and damaged CA Nachi (from the probable CV TF) with 2 torpedoes west of Luzon.
