Rook749 vs Lam0ttePicquet (DBB028-C)

[Lowpe]

You don't have the infrastructure to do a lot right away, don't overcrowd your airfields or your aviation support, but I would do both...start right away with a good rest percentage and work on training pilots and building runways.

If you keep Ledo you can really be flying in the supplies by late 42.

I think bombers don't suffer nearly as badly as does the skytrain from op losses.

But you will have to measure it and do what works for you. Watch plane fatigue, pilot fatigue etc.

[rook749]

KB and Subs at Pearl

Overall this is a good thing, the KB is one hex east of their AO fleet (just off the image here). The large number of submarines are providing good training for the DD that are now on ASW work.

[rook749]

10 and 11 December 1942 Executive Summary

BB Oklahoma fires increase from to 26. Some of the DD running from Manila did not make it but more on that later.

Raiding
Submarine attack near Billiton at 53,93 Japanese Ships SS I-166 // Allied Ships CM Kung Wo, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
Submarine attack near Pearl Harbor at 180,107 Japanese Ships SSX Ha-18 // Allied Ships AG Vega, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Submarine attack near Port Swettenham at 48,80 Japanese Ships SS I-164 // Allied Ships xAK Erinpura, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
Sub attack near Calayan at 82,71 Japanese Ships xAK Kamoi Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage // Allied Ships SS Seadragon


Allied Naval Forces
Fleet of Doom: USN CAR DIV 1 (Enterprise), USN CAR DIV 2 (Lexington) are in route to a location southwest of Christmas Island. USN CAR DIV 3 (Saratoga) in route to join them. Replenishment taffey also inbound.

KB and Mini-KB
KB retiring west after the Pearl Port Strike.
Mini-KB Location, unknown. Last seen December 10th off the eastern Philippines.

China
A mess of units moving to hold x3 locations and establish a line to hold forward, expect this is a mistake but I am going to give it a shot.

Japanese Amphibious Landings:
Amphibious Assault at Aparri (82,73)
Amphibious Assault at Tarawa (136,128)
Amphibious Assault at Vigan (80,73)
Amphibious Assault at Kavieng (106,122)
Amphibious Assault at Legaspi (82,82)
Amphibious Assault at Lingayen (79,75)
Amphibious Assault at Wake Island (136,98)

Japan Conquerors the Following Bases:
Tarawa
Kwangchowan
Aparri
Vigan


Allies Amphibious Landings:
None.

Allies Conquerors the Following Bases:
None.

[rook749]

Force Z Could See Some Action

Day Time Surface Combat, near Miri at 64,84, Range 25,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Chokai
DD Fubuki
DD Usugumo
DD Shirayuki
DD Hatsuyuki, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Sagiri
TB Kasasagi

Allied Ships
DD John D. Ford, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Peary
DD Pillsbury, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage (sinks)
DD Pope, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage (sinks)

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Force Z and the Dutch CL + DDs will move to engage the this IJN Force at sea and then withdraw.

[rook749]

With the Loss of....

Seems we came out ahead with Force Z but I not with the Fog of War what he really lost. However, Lam0ttePicquet reported it a very bad day. We also had a very good day hunting sub off of Pearl.

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Night Time Surface Combat, near Miri at 65,83, Range 9,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Chokai, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
DD Fubuki
DD Usugumo
DD Shirayuki
DD Hatsuyuki, Shell hits 1
DD Sagiri
TB Kasasagi, Shell hits 2, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BB Prince of Wales, Shell hits 2, on fire
BC Repulse, Shell hits 1
DD Vampire
DD Vendetta
DD Van Ghent
DD Tenedos
DD Electra, Shell hits 1
DD Express
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[rook749]

Would someone have a listing of the Divisions Japan has unrestricted in Sen 28? And then a listing of Division that can be released/formed so I can start tracking where they are on the board.

[rook749]

Quick Note on Strategy vs Tactics

Most of what you will see in the AAR here will be the review of tactics that support the over reaching strategic goal - of running Japan's economy into the ground. The strategic goal of all the tactical moves are to burn fuel, supply and force the commitment of air units to prevent pilot training.

Air War
Force Japan to fight on three fronts as we move into 1943. Burma, Southwest Pacific and North/Central. As Japan can out build the Allies - we need to ensure that we bring all of the force pools to bear for depth. Also Pilot training will be maxes so all fighters by mid-1942 are 70 air, 70 def 60 xp. All Bombers are 70 Nav or Gnd and 60 xp. Make him build more early and mid war planes then he wants to slow down the engine bonus and burn HI/Supply.

Sub War
Force him to use his convey escorts to burn fuel. Force him to use some of his air force for ASW and not pilot training.

At Sea
As we did this turn if we can locate the KB and mini-KB strike aggressively and then run fast.

[rook749]

12 December 1941 Executive Summary

BB Oklahoma fires increase from to 34, looks like I may have to sink her at some point [:@]. We managed a nice ambush as noted above of a landing force.
Raiding
Sub vs Sub: SS I-17 attacking SS Tautog at 177,105 - near Lihue Japanese Ships SS I-17 // Allied Ships SS Tautog, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage sinks
Various ASW hits near Pearl Harbor.

Allied Naval Forces
Fleet of Doom: USN CAR DIV 1 (Enterprise), USN CAR DIV 2 (Lexington) are in route to a location southeast of Christmas Island. USN CAR DIV 3 (Saratoga) in route to join them. Replenishment taffey also inbound.

KB and Mini-KB
KB retiring appears to have replenished off northwest of Johnson island and it appears will meet with the Mini-KB. They are up to something but what?
Mini-KB Location, Moved from eastern Philippines and appears to be in route to meet the KB, spotted by xAK American Leader at 97,79.

Day Time Surface Combat, near Daito Shoto at 97,79, Range 21,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CVE Hosho
DD Karukaya

Allied Ships
xAK American Leader

Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
Range increases to 21,000 yards...
Both Task Forces evade combat

China
A mess of units moving to hold x3 locations and establish a line to hold forward, expect this is a mistake but I am going to give it a shot.

Ground combat at Ichang (83,48)

Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 38973 troops, 188 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 991
Defending force 14825 troops, 116 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 401
Allied adjusted assault: 1083
Japanese adjusted defense: 166
Allied assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 2)
Allied forces CAPTURE Ichang !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
6287 casualties reported
Squads: 87 destroyed, 93 disabled
Non Combat: 126 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 33 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 68 (54 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 23 (23 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Allied ground losses:
700 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 86 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled

Japanese Amphibious Landings:
Amphibious Assault at Aitape (95,118)
Amphibious Assault at Guam (106,95)
Amphibious Assault at Wewak (96,119)

Japan Conquerors the Following Bases:
Legaspi
Lingayen

Allies Amphibious Landings:
None.

Allies Conquerors the Following Bases:
Ichang

Hong Kong
Not long for this world, 1st attack just went off at 1:2.

Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 20353 troops, 289 guns, 181 vehicles, Assault Value = 549
Defending force 8200 troops, 132 guns, 72 vehicles, Assault Value = 234
Japanese adjusted assault: 267
Allied adjusted defense: 281
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
506 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled

Allied ground losses:
670 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 46 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Assaulting units:
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
38th Division
66th Infantry Regiment
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
2nd RF Gun Battalion
5th RF Gun Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
1st Middlesex Battalion
Rifles of Canada Battalion
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
Kowloon Brigade
102nd RN Base Force
Hong Kong Fortress

Singapore
Forts 0(10%) all damage now repaired so fort building should begin. Supplies ~62K all forces falling back to this hex. Kota Bharu has just fallen no other landings at this time.

Philippines
Forts 0(10%) at Clark and Manila - 2(8%) at Bataan. Bataan is held by one ENG LCU and one CD LCU at this time building forts. Clark is held by 24k/40k troops with more in route. Manila is held by 20K of troops. The goal is two move LCU's from Manila to Clark and from Clark to Bataan (rotate) as long as possible. If we are lucky we can hold for a little longer in x3 at Clark and then fall back to our forts at Bataan. Not sure why he has not smashed the port/airfield at Bataan but not going to complain either. [:D]

[rook749]

Philippines

[rook749]

ORIGINAL: rook749

The real question I am trying to determine is what objective is he going after that would require the Mini-KB and KB? Fiji (maybe), Pago Pago (maybe), Pearl (unlikely) the NoPAC area (why would be near Johnston Island then)?

The Line Islands similar to what happened in my last game?

[rook749]

13 & 14 December 1941 Executive Summary

BB Oklahoma was scuttled. Not sure where is major effort is going to be at this point. I have had a idea/exact the location of the KB and Mini-KB all game. It looks like they are going to merge west of Johnston Island.... But to what purpose....

Raiding
Allied Ships
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AKL Princess of Cebu, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage sinks
TK British Judge, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires sinks
CM Prins van Oranje, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage sinks
xAKL Princess of Cebu, Shell hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage sinks
xAK Bantam, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage sinks
xAP Kedah, Torpedo hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage sinks

Japanese Ships
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SS I-156, hits 2
SS I-158, hits 1

Various ASW hits from the air near Pearl Harbor.

Allied Naval Forces
Fleet of Doom: USN CAR DIV 1 (Enterprise), USN CAR DIV 2 (Lexington) and USN CAR DIV 3 (Saratoga) are southeast of Christmas Island. Replenishment taffey also inbound.

KB and Mini-KB
===> KB appears to have replenished off northwest of Johnson island and is under active observation. Appears the KB will meet with the Mini-KB. They are up to something but what? He has to know he has been under observation for the last five days, is this simply to convince me not to reinforce Wake as I did in my last AAR?

==>Mini-KB Location, last seen heading east for Iwo-jima on the 12th of December.

China
A mess of units moving to hold x3 locations and establish a line to hold forward, expect this is a mistake but I am going to give it a shot.

I am moving to hold the line and send some units with no AV that start in the rear to block supply lines to slow him down until they are destroyed.

Air lifting of supplies to China is now in process.

Japanese Amphibious Landings:
Amphibious Assault at Brunei (65,87)
Amphibious Assault at Tabiteuea (137,134)

Japan Conquerors the Following Bases:
Burias
Victoira Point
Buin
San Fernadno
Tuguegarao
Calayan
Tabiteuea

Allies Amphibious Landings:
None.

Allies Conquerors the Following Bases:
None.

Hong Kong
Not long for this world, Attacks are going off at 1:1.


Singapore
Forts at 2(09%). Supplies ~66K all forces falling back to this hex. Trying to figure out if a Leader swap is the way to go or not here for the III Corps and the Army HQ.

Philippines
Forts 0(10%) at Clark and 1(09%)Manila - 2(21%) at Bataan. Forts and expanding at Manila and Bataan. Clark is held by 29k/40k troops with more in route. Manila is held by 15K of troops. The goal is to move LCU's from Manila to Clark and from Clark to Bataan (rotate) as long as possible. If we are lucky we can hold for a little longer in x3 at Clark and then fall back to our forts at Bataan. Not sure why he has not smashed the port/airfield at Bataan but not going to complain either.

NEI
I am assuming the task force I smashed with Force Z was to grab a forward base for air recon and for naval bombers. As he is in the process of grabbing Berunei he will at least have a base for naval search to make a repeat harder. Also note there is one multi-BB taffey and one multi-CA taffey operating to cover this landing.

Air Losses to Date
Japan - 195
Allies - 188

[rook749]

Seems I was Wrong about the Mini-KB....

Thought it was going to meet the main KB, but it seems I am wrong. It shows up four hexes from a task force built around the Boise that has not been detected.....

CL Boise
CL Tromp
CL Marblehead
DD Jupiter

All forces set to engage the enemy....
[X(][X(][X(]



Seems we missed in the night

[rook749]

15 – 31st December 1941 Executive Summary

After missing our small shot at the Mini-KB, the Mini-KB withdraws along with his Slow and Fast BB force provides support Borneo and NEI cleanup.

Raiding
Allied Ships
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xAKL Regulus, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage sinks
xAKL Buijskes, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage sinks
xAP Van Swoll, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage sinks
xAK Ravnaas, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
BC Repulse, Torpedo hits 2 after running off the second landing at Northern Borneo - almost to Colombo damage not too bad at all
xAKL Malama, Shell hits 21, heavy fires, heavy damage
DM Stronghold, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage sinks
SS Seawolf, hits 2


Japanese Ships
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PB Shonan Maru #17, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAKL Kuramasan Maru, Shell hits 6
SS I-154, hits 2
SS I-158, hits 2
PB Naruto Maru #3, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Nanko Maru, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
xAKL Bokuei Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SS I-24, hits 4
SSX Ha-14, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
SSX Ha-3, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage


Allied Naval Forces
Fleet of Doom: USN CAR DIV 1 (Enterprise), USN CAR DIV 2 (Lexington) and USN CAR DIV 3 (Saratoga) are southeast Pago Pago Replenishment taffey also inbound. We are covering the landing of two Marine Regiments and other assorted toys.

KB and Mini-KB
===> KB stuck at Brisbane with two days of Port Strikes and then retired north hitting ports as withdrew. Several AMs, XAKLs and Minor xAPs were sunk, no other targets within his range. Some AMs and minor xAPs hide in port, the one light AA unit is deployed to this base. I think he was looking for the Oz Surface forces or my CV’s but they were not near the area. Last seen January 1st heading towards Rabaul.
==>Mini-KB Location, in the Borneo area.
China
A mess of units moving to hold x3 locations and establish a line to hold forward, expect this is a mistake but I am going to give it a shot. We have caused him some issues with some of the mobile units in reserve and his advance to Changsha is on hold until he can reopen his supply lines. I tried an attack as he moved a unit out to open his retreat path but timed it poorly and did not get a good roll. I am moving to hold the line and send some units with no AV that start in the rear to block supply lines to slow him down until they are destroyed. Air lifting of supplies to China continues, only one ACU in action air lifting supplies.

Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 86829 troops, 388 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2249
Defending force 43929 troops, 464 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1127
Allied adjusted assault: 1871
Japanese adjusted defense: 2947
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
2678 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 120 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 24 destroyed, 23 disabled
Vehicles lost 12 (5 destroyed, 7 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
10872 casualties reported
Squads: 520 destroyed, 177 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 96 disabled
Engineers: 29 destroyed, 21 disabled
Guns lost 47 (6 destroyed, 41 disabled)

Assaulting units:
10th Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
44th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
9th War Area
27th Group Army
29th Group Army
19th Group Army
17th Chinese Base Force

Defending units:
13th Division
2nd Ind Engineer Regiment
3rd/A Division
8th Ind Engineer Regiment
3rd/B Division
6th Division
3rd/C Division
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Mortar Battalion
11th Army
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion

The only good news is that the losses fell on three corps one of the was bought out and is in route to India currently.

Japanese Amphibious Landings:
Amphibious Assault at Dadjangas (78,93)
Amphibious Assault at Kudat (69,86)
Amphibious Assault at Davao (79,91)
Amphibious Assault at Manokwari (85,109)
Amphibious Assault at Miri (64,87)
Amphibious Assault at Kuching (58,88)
Amphibious Assault at Singkawang (56,88)
Amphibious Assault at Manus (101,119)
Amphibious Assault at Ternate (78,102)
Amphibious Assault at Finschhafen (100,126)
Amphibious Assault at Ocean Island (130,130)
Amphibious Assault at Manado (75,99)

Japan Conquerors the Following Bases:
Laoag
Brunei
Cabanatuan
Bayombong
Dadjangas
Caminguin
Kudat
Baler
Catanduanes
Kavieng
Atimonan
Masbate
Georgetown
Daveo
Sibuyan
Miri
Hwaiyin
Manokwari
Alor Star
Taiping
Jesselton
Kuching
Hong Kong
Barangas
Manus
Singkawang
Choiseul Bay
Tenate
Lubang
Tulagi
Mauban
Moulmein
Sorong
Banggi
Finschhafen
Iba
Catblogan
Ocean Island
Polilo
Digos
Boac
Rossel Island
Mando
Kuala Lumput

Allies Amphibious Landings:
None.

Allies Conquerors the Following Bases:
None.

Hong Kong
Has fell on the 23rd of December. Not great but not too bad given all he brought to the party here.

Singapore
Forts at 3(16%). Supplies ~70K all forces falling back to this hex. Trying to figure out if a Leader swap is the way to go or not for the III Corps and the Army HQ.

Philippines
Forts 2(15%) at Clark and 2(63%)Manila - 3(09%) at Bataan. Forts and expanding at all locations and supply ~53K between all three. Clark is held by 42k/40k troops. Manila is held by 20k of troops and Bataan 15k.. The goal is to move LCU's from Manila to Clark and from Clark to Bataan (rotate) as long as possible. If we are lucky we can hold for a little longer in x3 at Clark and then fall back to our forts at Bataan. Orders have been issued to Die in Place (DIP).

NEI
I am assuming the task force I smashed with Force Z was to grab a forward base for air recon and for naval bombers. Also note there is one multi-BB taffey and one multi-CA taffey operating to cover this landing plus the Mini-KB

Air Losses to Date
Japan - 359 vs Allies - 270

[rook749]

From
CICPAC
to
POTUS

As the war approaches it’s first month, please find a brief appreciation summary of current situation as of January 1st 1942.

NEI
We expect this area to fall completely to the Japanese over the next ninety days. While Force Z has won a major navel victory early on and was able to blunt two more quick thrust for loss of only two Dutch CL’s the Repulse will be under repair in India for the next sixty days, the remaining forces in Java can delay for a while but will be overwhelmed.

PHI
When supplies run out in the next ninety days, it will fall and no relief is possible. While we hold Manila, Clark and Bataan it is only a matter of time until our forces are reduced to the fall back on Bataan. The good news is that air campaign here has paused allowing our forces to rebuild and expand there fortifications.

Singapore
We may be able to hold this area longer than it appears, all forces are falling back and diggings in. We have some supply convoys in route and several have made it through. The Air Force is holding but we expect this to be reduced in the air over the coming week.

LOC to Australia
A. Johnson Island has been reinforced and should be able to hold.
B. Christmas Island is held in force and will require a major operation to be reduced and taken by Japan.
C. Penrhyn Island, Midway Island and Palmyra are help and additional reinforcements are in route to all three locations.
D. Pago Pago is now held in force by the Marines and will require a major operation to be reduced and taken by Japan.
E. Suva is now held by two NZ Brigades and US Forces and will require a major operation to be reduced and taken by Japan.
F. The NEI was stripped of as much fuel, oil and supplies and moved to Australia as possible. It does not appear at this time any additional resources can be moved out of the NEI.
G. Minor Australian LCU’s are now in Espiritu Santo and New Hebrides.
The 18th UK Infantry Division is located at Perth and its location withheld from the citizens of Australia, a US Infantry Division should arrive in the next week weeks in Melbourn. Should Japan advance here they should be in for quite a surprise.

Burma
The 1st Burma Division and server armored ACU’s are forward deployed to Pegu to hold the river crossing. The 17th Indian Division is forming at Rangoon along with additional armored units inbound with larger amounts of supply, The AVG along with British ACU’s are providing air cover. We may not be able to hold Burma but we hope to by until May or June until we are forced back into India.

Air War
Allied high command has come to the conclusion that outside of the Hurricane all allied fighters are inferior to the Japanese Zero. The F4F-3/4, P-40E and P-39 can meet the Zero but are at a disadvantage unless layered CAP is in use and properly trained pilots are used (70 A2A, 70 DEF, 50+EXP). Pilot training is in full swing but won’t meet our needs for 120 days at the earliest.

We are concerned we will not be able to gain control of anyone one front until January of 1943 given the current projected projection allocation to this theater of war. To offset this we propose following notes –

1. AA can help offset this both sea based and land based.
2. We need to leverage all of the airframes of our allies – to this effect Canadian Fighter and Bomber units are now in route to India.
3. Chinese ACU’s were transferred to the China Task Force HQ and are now training in India.
4. One Marine Fighter ACU is now in route to India.
5. AUS and NZ Bomber and Fighter ACU’s will need to be utilized as soon as possible.

Offensive Operations
Given the imbalance of Naval Forces we do not foresee offensive options on a general front until the end of August or September of this year. We in the process of identifying small local offensive options in each command that can be launched should the location of the KB be defined. But being honest until the front stabilizes we will not be able to define these.

As always……

[rook749]

Know Location of Japanese Forces

PHI
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20th Recon Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
2nd Formosa Inf. Regiment
47th Infantry Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
14th Army
48th Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Malaya
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Imperial Guards Division
5th Engineer Regiment
11th Infantry Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
5th Recon Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
25th Army
5th Field Artillery Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment
4th Ind Engineer Regiment
21st Infantry Regiment
15th Ind Engineer Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
42nd Infantry Regiment
23rd Ind Engineer Regiment
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
31st Field AA Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
55th Const Co
12th Engineer Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment

Hong Kong (as of the 23rd of December)
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67th Ind.Infantry Battalion
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
1st Ind.Inf.Group
38th Division
66th Infantry Regiment
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
2nd RF Gun Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
5th RF Gun Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Anyone have a listing of all of the divisions that start off unrestricted for Japan and a listing of all of the restricted so I can start tracking them?

[rook749]

Air Losses for All Sides

[rook749]

Air Losses for All Sides - Totals

[rook749]

From
SOPAC
to
CINCPACFLT

After all of areas of reasonability for this area command below is a summary of forces currently assigned and recommendation for an active defense.

Fiji
Suva is 3P /// 2AF /// 3-07% Fort with 9700 supplies. It is held by 148th UIS FAB, 45th Bae Group, 1st Fiji BN, 8th NZ BDGE Suva Navel BF & 35th NZ Bty. One Hudson ACU and one Vincent ACU is based out of this location for naval searches.

Nadi is 1P /// 1AF /// 2-14% Fort with 1300 supplies. It is held by 147th FAB, 131st FAB, 2nd Fiji BN, 1st NZ Base Force, 14th NZ BDGE & 37th NZ Bty.

Pago Pago
Pago Pago is 2P /// 1AF /// 2-84% Fort with 20000 supplies. It is held by 104th USN Bae Force, 2nd USMC Rgt, 8th USMC Rgt, 2nd USMC Para BN, 2nd USMC Pioneer BN & 7th USMC Def BN. Additional support services are in route. One PBY ACU is based out of this location for naval searches.

Auckland, NZ
The fortifications and Port are both under upgrade as this will area is projected to be our initial supply and fuel hub for the area until sufficient naval and air forces can be based out of Fiji or Samoa. Supplies are at ~15K and fuel at ~17K. A supply convoy of 40K and a fuel convoy of 140K are in route.

At this time we are looking at sending several Fighter ACU’s to cover this port along with sending all of the mobile ARDs and ARs. Once we are confidante of the safety of Sydney these will relocate to this area as the largest remaining shipyard west of Pearl Habor.

Penrhyn Island
Penrhyn Island is 1P /// 0AF /// 1-20% Fort with 3900 supplies. It is held by 3rd Port Maint Engt BN & 3rd USMC Def BN. Additional support services are in route. One PBY ACU is will be based out of this location for naval searches once an AVP arrived on location.

Active Defense
Given the imbalance of Naval Forces we do not foresee offensive options on a general front until the end of August or September of this year. However, we are looking to concentrate forces for small local counter attacks as the situation warrants. Fiji and Samoa will be the areas where these forces are concentrated on this front.

The current plan is to base 150 – 300 Fighters and any available bombers on Pago Pago (this may shift to Fiji), supported by a large mine field, costal batteries, PT Boats and large surface force built around four to six of the slow BB’s. This surface force will sit under fighter cover and not venture forth but should provide the needed added protection against the use of enemy surface forces shutting down the airfields with bombardment.

As always……

[rook749]

From
CINCPACFLT
to
POTUS

The status of the United States Pacific Fleet as of January 5th 1942. In a little less than one month we have been able to restore some of the Battle Fleet to operation status though repairs.

Battle Fleet
One Task Force will be built around four to six of the slow Battleships. Battleships will be added as the receive surface and air radar upgrades. This taskforce size will not exceed fifteen ships and will be filled out by DD’s and CL’s which also have received surface and air radar upgrades

Carrier Divisions
Each Carrier will form the core of small taskforce of eight to twelve ships. CA’s, CL’s and DD’s will be added as need to flush out the taskforces. Ideally all ships will have had their surface and air radar upgrades. Given the lessons learned to date we are proposing the following changes to each carrier until the arrival of the Avenger Torpedo Bombers. Each US Carrier will exchange their TB ACU for a USMC DB ACU. In addition, one USMC Fighter ACU will be added to each Carrier to provide additional fighter cover and bring the approximate number of aircraft on each carrier to 99 planes.

USN CV DIV 1
USS Enterprise, southeast of Pago Pago and in route back to Pearl Harbor. Needs to replenish its carrier plane strength.

USN CV DIV 2
USS Lexington, southeast of Pago Pago and in route back to Pearl Harbor. Needs to replenish its carrier plane strength.

USN CV DIV 3
USS Saratoga, southeast of Pago Pago and in route back to Pearl Harbor. Needs to replenish its carrier plane strength.

USN CV DIV 4
USS Yorktown, southeast of Pago Pago and in route back to Pearl Harbor. Needs to replenish its carrier plane strength.

Oklahoma
Scuttled after Pearl Harbor.

Maryland
Leaving Pearl Harbor for the west coast, Sys Damage 02 Float Damage 37(37).

Tennessee
Leaving to leave Pearl Harbor in two days for the west coast, Sys Damage 40 Float Damage 35(35).

California
Leaving to leave Pearl Harbor in two days for the west coast, Sys Damage 21 Float Damage 20(20).

Nevada
About to enter a 21-day upgrade, Sys Damage 04 Float Damage 15(15).

Pennsylvania
About to enter a 38-day upgrade, Sys Damage 03 Float Damage 14(14) Engine 5(5).

West Virginia
In Route to Pearl Harbor needs a 68-day upgrade, currently part of the core of the USN 1st BAT DIV.

Arizona
In Route to Pearl Harbor, currently part of the core of the USN 1st BAT DIV.

Colorado
Will leave Seattle in three days for Pearl Harbor.

Warspite
Will leave Seattle in three days for Pearl Harbor.

As always……

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Manila has fallen, the first leg in the Triangle defense of the island has been removed. None of the forces in Manila were able to get out, however we fully expect the forces from Clark Field to be able to fall back to Bataan when the time comes.

Battle of Manila
Ground combat at Manila (79,77)
Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 23893 troops, 305 guns, 263 vehicles, Assault Value = 722
Defending force 16452 troops, 80 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 113

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 621
Allied adjusted defense: 185

Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Manila !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
191 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 38 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Allied ground losses:
8720 casualties reported
Squads: 340 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1247 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 45 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 89 (89 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 12

Assaulting units:
21st Ind Engineer Regiment
47th Infantry Regiment
20th Recon Regiment
9th Infantry Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
Kimura Det
2nd Formosa Inf. Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
48th Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
71st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
2nd Constabulary Regiment
27th Avn Sup
Far East USAAF
4th PAAC Avn Sup
US Forces Far East
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
II Corps
11th PAAC Avn Sup
Clark Field AAF Base Force
Cavite USN Base Force

Clark Field
Held by 42k/40k troops. Infantry 14225, Vehicles 173, Guns 422, Second Line Troops 25037 with an assault strength of 1122. The Forts are 2-09% and building with 2.8K of supply.

Bataan
Held by 15k/45k troops. Infantry 2236, Vehicles 29, Guns 167, Second Line Troops 9117 with an assault strength of 179. The Forts are 3-07% and building with 48K of supply.

As always……