December 22nd 1942
Air Losses: 9 Japanese, 6 Allied, 4 Pilots
Japanese occupy:
Allies occupy:
Japanese land at:
Allies land at:
Pacific
My CA task force does a number on some Allied transports off-loading at Munda:
Japanese Ships
CA Maya
CA Chokai
CA Haguro
CA Aoba, Shell hits 1
CA Kinugasa
DD Shigure
DD Murasame
DD Hayate
Allied Ships
DE Barker
DE Pope, Shell hits 2
DE Talbot, Shell hits 9, and is sunk
DE Crosby, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
AM Skylark, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
AM Swallow, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
SC-517
SC-519, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
SC-520
SC-521
SC-522, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
SC-637
SC-699
SC-703, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
SC-707, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
SC-708, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
SC PC-578, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
xAP West Point, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAP Empress ' Asia, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Moreton Bay, Shell hits 2, on fire
xAP Devonshire, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 5, and is sunk
Allied ground losses:
Vehicles lost 39 (18 destroyed, 21 disabled)
Mostly small stuff, but xAP West Point is a 21000 ton ship and worth 39 VP. Empress' Asia looks like it may have got away.
Catalinas try a night attack on my cruisers and are as (in)effective as my Nells.
A PB on picket duty near Marcus Island is attacked by a sub ineffectively.
SS Spearfish puts a dud torpedo into a freighter on the Sakkhalin run.
Burma area
Myitikyna is bombed and some Tojo on LRCAP over Paoshan join in and are lost.
China
Paoshan is proving a tough nut to crack:
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 18536 troops, 522 guns, 1290 vehicles, Assault Value = 763
Defending force 22472 troops, 195 guns, 96 vehicles, Assault Value = 344
Japanese adjusted assault: 1120
Allied adjusted defense: 898
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
851 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 46 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 24 (5 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 44 (5 destroyed, 39 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1612 casualties reported
Squads: 35 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 62 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 14 (4 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 17 (2 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Kunming is bombed again.
Australia
A small strike at Darwin and a larger one at Horn Island.
Engineering
Taihoku airfield to 6, will continue to 8.
Pagan forts to 4, Moulmein forts to 4, both will continue at least to 6.
Allies expand Tulagi to 3.
R&D
Quiet
The West Point, RIP:
