The Empire captured:
The Allies captured:
Endeh
There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:
There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:
Imperial Naval Bombardments
Allied Naval Bombardments:
Allied Ships Bombarding Ternate
Allied Ships Bombarding Ternate
Allied Ships Bombarding Cotabato
Our subs got 2x xAKL, both west of Hong Kong.
Quiet on the ground in China. Our sweeps over Chungking got one or two defenders. The B-29s got almost three dozen LI hits. See the pic below. Hopefully even more damage shows up in succeeding days, but damaged plants are known to absorb hits proportionately.
More of just air action and ground movement on the SEAC front. The armour moving south from Chumphon is stopping to smell the roses about every 1/4 mile. I've grown impatient with that and the three divisions already in contact with the Imperials will attack tomorrow. Aside from those near Chiang Mai hunting down holdouts, the entire Chinese Army outside of China disembarked at Victoria Point today and man were they hungry - I mean the base is now seriously over crowded. They will move as quickly as possibly to Chumphon to board trains for Indochina.
The attack at Vinh went very well, as did the one near Hanoi.
The results at Vinh are quite impressive. All but three armored units will attack tomorrow as the infantry swore no booze until the battle is won, got to bed early and made an amazing recovery. The Empire invested in several air strikes on our troops near Hanoi and in CAP over their own. Our LRCAP of crack pilots in P-51B models from Uttaradit had difficulty holding them back for the distance from their base but took a bite out of them. On the flip side out escorts of various P-38 and P47 marks were plenty a match for the enemy CAP.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ground combat at Vinh (65,59)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 3714 troops, 70 guns, 609 vehicles, Assault Value = 1103
Defending force 22573 troops, 154 guns, 53 vehicles, Assault Value = 462
Allied adjusted assault: 363
Japanese adjusted defense: 1005
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 2)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), fatigue(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
604 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 82 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 7 (3 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 70 (6 destroyed, 64 disabled)
Assaulting units:
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
22nd Australian Brigade
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
81st Infantry Division
503rd Parachute Regiment
2/5th Armoured Regiment <-- Attacked today.
775th Tank Battalion
1st Army Tank Regiment <-- Attacked today.
2/6th Armoured Regiment
124th Cavalry Regiment
754th Tank Battalion <-- Attacked today.
23rd Australian Brigade
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion <-- Attacked today.
27th Australian Brigade
251st Field Artillery Battalion
XXIV US Corps
1st Medium Regiment
II Australian Corps
2nd Medium Regiment
Defending units:
16th Recon Regiment
83rd Infantry Brigade
51st Infantry Brigade
66th Infantry Brigade
11th Indpt Infantry Regiment
22nd/B Division
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Ground combat at 67,57 (near Haiphong)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 510 troops, 0 guns, 104 vehicles, Assault Value = 266
Defending force 3628 troops, 60 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7
Allied adjusted assault: 3
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 3 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1400 casualties reported
Squads: 73 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 85 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 20 (20 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
192nd Tank Battalion
706th Tank Battalion
711th Tank Battalion
2/4th Armoured Regiment <-- Only unit to attack.
Defending units:
22nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
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Near Hanoi the 2/4th Armoured Regiment attacked alone and still got 3 to 1 odds! Even better, only one unit was retreated so the other one can be attacked by an even greater force tomorrow. Air strikes coupled with the combat have heavily disrupted the 2/4th and air attacks alone heavily disrupted the 192nd, so both will sit out tomorrow's battle. The 706th and 711th will make a deliberate attack. The two infantry divisions will arrive during the day, too late for the attack.
Hue airfield has built to size 9 and a whole mess of engineer units are switching to strategic move mode for the anticipated ride to Vinh.
Ternate defenses could be seen cracking today.
The fortification level is the only thing holding that garrison together. Steady attacks will take them down within two to three weeks.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Night Naval bombardment of Ternate at 78,102
Allied Ships
CA Prome
CA Baltimore
Japanese ground losses:
117 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 5
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Prome
CA Prome firing at 12th Garrison Unit
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Baltimore
CA Baltimore firing at Ternate
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Night Naval bombardment of Ternate at 78,102
Allied Ships
CA Boston
CA Northampton
Japanese ground losses:
50 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Runway hits 1
Port hits 1
CA Boston firing at 12th Garrison Unit
CA Northampton firing at Ternate
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Ground combat at Ternate (78,102)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4573 troops, 178 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 120
Defending force 6485 troops, 35 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 140
Allied adjusted assault: 44
Japanese adjusted defense: 199
Allied assault odds: 1 to 4 (fort level 5)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), morale(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
149 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
31st Infantry Regiment
260th Field Artillery Battalion
147th Field Artillery Battalion
205th Field Artillery Battalion
148th Field Artillery Battalion
131st Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
Defending units:
12th Garrison Unit
11th Special Base Force
70th JAAF AF Bn
2nd JNAF AF Unit
72nd JAAF AF Bn
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Indochina. It looks like a division has taken position between Hanoi and Lang Son. The only unit seen in Hanoi is moving east, and must be the one just retreated. A small, ~1,600 troops, unit is still the only one seen in Haiphong. A likely AT unit is in the jungle east of Lang Son and another appears to be joining it from the east. In Lang Son itself we see 6 units, totaling less than 4,000 troops. Two units of 1,700 troops at Lao Cai.
I have a few, let's see how many you feel like answering [:D]
Though I know it's not very strong units, aside from AV. Is there any particular reasons you left them prepped for Tsuyung, Taichow and Kunming?