OK an update on what is happening at end of Jan 42
Malaya
Attacked a few times doing damage and knocking down forts but a small British Fragment cut the rail line from Bankok and I am only now bringing in the 3 fresh dvisions to deliver the coup de grace - I expect Singapore to fall within a week
PI
Clark is going to be a monumental pain I have decided to maintain the siege for now and may even pull a couple of Divisons out until later as I have better use for them elsewhere - Basically no more major attacks until supply is gone
Mindanao
major invasion en route trying the use a big hammer and you will lose less approach
PM
fell this turn but only just the plan is to pursue the garrison to extinction while my more battered Divs rest and recuperate.
Ground combat at Port Moresby (98,130)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 51716 troops, 625 guns, 185 vehicles, Assault Value = 1268
Defending force 26221 troops, 337 guns, 322 vehicles, Assault Value = 443
Japanese adjusted assault: 669
Allied adjusted defense: 333
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Port Moresby !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
2533 casualties reported
Squads: 39 destroyed, 140 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 16 (1 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
8792 casualties reported
Squads: 225 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 581 destroyed, 45 disabled
Engineers: 164 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 255 (251 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 28 (26 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 14
Units destroyed 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
44th Infantry Division
148th Infantry Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
16th Division
146th Infantry Regiment
150th Ind.Mixed Brigade
56th Recon Regiment
98th Division
142nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
5th Mortar Battalion
3rd Mortar Battalion
56th Field Artillery Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
113th Infantry Rgt /1
Defending units:
6th RAA Coastal Artillery Regiment
12th Australian Brigade
Port Moresby Brigade
18th Australian Division
49th Australian Battalion
3rd Motor Brigade
Lark Battalion
2/1st Ind Coy
Moresby Fortress
108th Tank Attack Regiment
RAAF Port Morseby Base Force
16th RAAF Base Force
15th RAAF Base Force
6th RAAF Base Force
68th RAAF Wing
CENTPAC
All quiet still need to deal with Wake at some point
WESTPAC
All PI and Line islands captured apart from Pearl Harbour which is fully suppressed - 5 Divs en route for the landing and assault on PH probably not attack until 2nd/3rd week in Feb 42
Burma
Quiet not made a big push yet
DEI
Captured Kendari but apart from that quiet
China
Mess not really focussed on it enough yet
Overall I am reasonably happy I have made mistakes and will make more but I have a feeling in this mod that ships I own will become pure target practice later in the war so would rather spend them (hopefully wisely) now.
Economy supply keeps dropping overall in the empire but I haven't captured the big resource/oil sites yet and the previous Japanese Admiral set up a very ambitious research programme that is costing me a lot at present to repair.
I am researching 5 main aircraft
A6M8 Zero (Mitsi 33) - 25 Factories - Currently due 4/44
G8 Rita (Naka 45) - 16 Factories - Currently due 2/44
Oscar IV (Naka 35) (over 500 engines in pool) - 11 Factories - Currently 2/45
Tojo IId (Mitsi 31) (over 500 engines in pool) - 8 Factories - Currently 6/44
Tojo IIb (Naka 35) (over 500 engines in pool) - 4 Factories - Currently 7/43
I was due to move the IIb's to IId's research but I may need a big cannon aircraft earlier so being a little slow in moving them.
; Julia Child
