Act II - Uncivil Engr (J) vs. christopher1963 (A)

[Uncivil Engineer]

Feb 3 - 4

Feb 3 - Troops landed at Buitenzorg (IG Div+), Merak (48 Div--), and Kalidjati (5 Div++). Buitenzorg and Merak are vacant. Port Blair was captured; the defenders surrendered. On Luzon, Batangas was captured; the defending 51 PA Div retreated to Manila. A US CV sinks 4 supply transports at Tulagi.

Feb 4 - Buitenzorg, Merak, and Kalidjati were captured. Mataram was captured; the defenders surrendered. 18 Div arrived and began unloading at Kalidjati. 38 Div arrived at Bandjoewangi, but waits a day (for others to arrive) before unloading. Batavia is defended by only 3 units!?

[Uncivil Engineer]

Feb 5 - 7

Feb 5 - A sub put one torpedo in CV Yorktown 4 hexes SE of Tulagi; after a fuel explosion the carrier withdrew to the south. Vacant Lolobato was captured. The oil facility at Samarinda completed repairs.

Feb 6 - Vacant Busuanga and Palopo were captured. On Java, Bandjoewangi was captured and the defending base force surrendered. Vacant Munda was captured by air drop.

Feb 7 - Allied subs at Kalidjati took a beating from Japanese destroyers -

ASW attack near Kalidjati at 50,99

Japanese Ships
DD Natsugumo
DD Hishu
DD Umikaze

Allied Ships
SS KIX, hits 5

ASW attack near Kalidjati at 50,99

Japanese Ships
DD Hishu
DD Umikaze

Allied Ships
SS Sturgeon, hits 7

And Batavia took a beating from BB Ise and escorts -

Night Naval bombardment of Batavia at 49,98 - Coastal Guns Fire Back!

2 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
BB Ise
DD Kiku
DD Hatsuharu
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Hayashio

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Manpower hits 1
Fires 87
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7
Port hits 2
Port fuel hits 1

Current situation on Java -

[Uncivil Engineer]

Feb 8 - 9

First an update on ship repairs -

BB Kongo made it to Hong Kong without encountering any Allied subs. It will take 86 more days to repair in the shipyard. Enroute to Hong Kong, the TF picked up CA Chokai, which had repaired all it could at Saigon, and dropped off CAs Takao and Atago (which had been with Kongo). CA Chokai will need 124 days in the shipyard at Hong Kong for full repair. The RSY at Hong Kong had to be expanded to 51 (from 50) to accommodate BB Kongo and CA Chokai simultaneously.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Meanwhile, back at Saigon, CA Mikuma just finished repair in the shipyard, and has been replaced by CA Atago, which will require 11 days in the shipyard. When finished, Atago will be replaced by CA Takao for about 39 days (it may be less as 9 days of engine repair at pierside will occur in the interim).



Feb 8 - Mauban flipped just before an SNLF landed by Amphib TF and a parachute SNLF landing by air. Mines were confirmed at Batavia when a DD hit one. BB Hyuga TF bombarded Batavia without hitting anymore mines, then retired to Kalidjati. BB Haruna TF bombarded Moulmein. Vacant Galeia was captured. An Allied sub fired at CV Akagi traveling east from Balikpapan, but MISSED.

Feb 9 - Vacant Culion was captured. Vacant Probolinggo was captured by 8 Tank Rgt; resource is undamaged. CA Maya took 3 torpedoes (from a Dutch sub) at Banjoewangi, and SANK. Batavia was captured by 5 and IG Divs, the defenders retreated east; resource and all industry are UNDAMAGED. 41 PA Div surrendered to 16 Div at Batangas. A tank only deliberate attack at Sian went well, although did not reduce forts -

Ground combat at Sian (83,41)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 26687 troops, 242 guns, 648 vehicles, Assault Value = 1916

Defending force 30394 troops, 279 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 818

Japanese adjusted assault: 348

Allied adjusted defense: 613

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
53 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 35 (19 destroyed, 16 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1497 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 202 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 24 (7 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
116th Division
5th Armored Car Co
9th Tank Regiment
35th Division
15th Division
15th Tank Regiment
59th Infantry Brigade
3rd Tank Regiment
5th Tank Regiment
110th Division
10th Tank Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Army
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
76th Chinese Corps
13th Chinese Corps
14th Chinese Corps
12th Chinese Corps
96th Chinese Corps
29th Chinese Corps
4th Construction Regiment
48th Chinese Corps
3rd Group Army
20th Artillery Regiment
31st Group Army
Red Chinese Army
30th Chinese Corps
6th Chinese Base Force
15th Chinese Base Force
5th War Area
18th Artillery Regiment
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment

A shock attack will follow on the 10th.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Feb 10

Research on Ha-45 engines advanced to July 43.

There were several interesting (and crucial) battles -

Ground combat at Sian (83,41)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 55587 troops, 482 guns, 648 vehicles, Assault Value = 1907

Defending force 28597 troops, 214 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 659

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1 (from 3)!

Japanese adjusted assault: 2167

Allied adjusted defense: 851

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
1325 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 150 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 48 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 87 (21 destroyed, 66 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
7907 casualties reported
Squads: 117 destroyed, 112 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 105 disabled
Engineers: 15 destroyed, 85 disabled
Guns lost 119 (26 destroyed, 93 disabled)

Assaulting units:
15th Tank Regiment
116th Division
5th Tank Regiment
110th Division
15th Division
3rd Tank Regiment
59th Infantry Brigade
9th Tank Regiment
35th Division
10th Tank Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Armored Car Co
1st Army
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
14th Chinese Corps
29th Chinese Corps
96th Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
4th Construction Regiment
5th War Area
31st Group Army
Red Chinese Army
6th Chinese Base Force
48th Chinese Corps
30th Chinese Corps
12th Chinese Corps
3rd Group Army
15th Chinese Base Force

Then, we crossed the river back into Ichang -

Ground combat at Ichang (83,48)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 35333 troops, 256 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1265

Defending force 35311 troops, 195 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1028

Japanese adjusted assault: 368

Allied adjusted defense: 359

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), disruption(-)

Japanese ground losses:
4411 casualties reported
Squads: 108 destroyed, 201 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 33 disabled
Guns lost 38 (1 destroyed, 37 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2747 casualties reported
Squads: 74 destroyed, 168 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Assaulting units:
13th Ind.Mixed Brigade
13th Division
57th Infantry Brigade
51st Infantry Brigade
53rd Infantry Brigade
8th Ind. Engineer Regiment

Defending units:
68th Chinese Corps
39th Chinese Corps
32nd Chinese Corps
59th Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps

Reinforcements cross the river into Liuchow -

Ground combat at Liuchow (74,55)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 7496 troops, 72 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 259

Defending force 5159 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 100

Japanese adjusted assault: 360

Allied adjusted defense: 79

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 3)

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
420 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 35 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment

Defending units:
93rd Chinese Division
4th War Area
9th Group Army
7th Chinese Base Force

And, finally, after reinforcements land by sea -

Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19990 troops, 251 guns, 166 vehicles, Assault Value = 696

Defending force 6659 troops, 42 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 169

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 488

Allied adjusted defense: 65

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Moulmein !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 6 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
367 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled

Allied ground losses:
3344 casualties reported
Squads: 97 destroyed, 69 disabled
Non Combat: 158 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 31 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 28 (23 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Vehicles lost 55 (53 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 5
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
33rd Division
56th Engineer Regiment
II./143rd Infantry Battalion
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
112th Infantry Regiment
55th Cavalry Regiment
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Army
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion

Defending units:
45th Indian Brigade
2nd Burma Brigade
4/8th Gurkha Battalion
3/6 Ghurka Rifles Bn /1
107th RAF Base Force
9/11th Sikh Battalion (destroyed)

[Uncivil Engineer]

Feb 11 - Sian captured

Ground combat at Sian (83,41)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 54001 troops, 481 guns, 598 vehicles, Assault Value = 1753

Defending force 21771 troops, 179 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 317

Japanese adjusted assault: 1692

Allied adjusted defense: 83

Japanese assault odds: 20 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Sian !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
1165 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 75 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 56 (4 destroyed, 52 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
11073 casualties reported
Squads: 452 destroyed, 68 disabled
Non Combat: 499 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 145 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 99 (96 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 13

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Regiment
116th Division
9th Tank Regiment
35th Division
110th Division
59th Infantry Brigade
15th Division
5th Tank Regiment
10th Tank Regiment
5th Armored Car Co
1st Army
15th Tank Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
96th Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
14th Chinese Corps
29th Chinese Corps
4th Construction Regiment
31st Group Army
5th War Area
12th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
Red Chinese Army
3rd Group Army
30th Chinese Corps
6th Chinese Base Force

In addition, all the production facilities are undamaged - RES 160(0), LI 60(0), HI 11(0), OIL 20(0), and REF 20(0)

At Batavia, the mines in the harbor were cleared. Elsewhere, the vacant dot bases Loewoek and Djailolo were captured.

In China, Chuhsien was finally captured -

Ground combat at Chuhsien (88,56)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 18064 troops, 183 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 570

Defending force 11010 troops, 83 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 257

Japanese adjusted assault: 682

Allied adjusted defense: 232

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Chuhsien !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
532 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
3887 casualties reported
Squads: 183 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 146 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 28 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 17 (10 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Units retreated 3

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
56th Infantry Brigade
4th RGC Route Brigade
22nd Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
13th Army
4th Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
28th Chinese Corps
88th Chinese Corps
10th Group Army

[Uncivil Engineer]

Feb 12 - 15

Feb 12 - In China Liuchow was captured, but the resource and light industry are trashed [RES 5(105), LI 2(38)].

Feb 13 - Near Noumea a sub put 2 torpedoes into CL Detroit. Vacant dot base Gebe was captured.

Feb 14 - A carrier strike (2 CV, 1 CVL) on Rangoon sank some transports, but did little damage to the base. Kukong was captured after many days of bombardment; resource is 37(3). On Java Bandoeng was captured and the defenders surrendered; resource and light industry were undamaged [RES 20(0), LI 20(0)].

Feb 15 - At the other end of Java, Loemadjang was captured with resource intact [20(0)].

[Uncivil Engineer]

Feb 16 - 17

Feb 16 - Vacant Madjene was captured. Malang (adjacent to Soerabaja) was captured -

Ground combat at Malang (55,105)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 5069 troops, 64 guns, 49 vehicles, Assault Value = 325

Defending force 446 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Japanese adjusted assault: 157

Allied adjusted defense: 13

Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Malang !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 7 destroyed
CW-21B Demon: 3 destroyed
FK-51: 8 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
202 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1

Assaulting units:
38th/A Division
38th/C Division
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
Malang Base Force

Nothing significant about the battle, except he didn't relocate his Dutch aircraft!?

Near Sian, the Chinese are in retreat, except one unit stayed behind -

Ground combat at 84,41 (near Sian)

Japanese Shock attack (across river)

Attacking force 20729 troops, 246 guns, 345 vehicles, Assault Value = 743

Defending force 9935 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 287

Japanese adjusted assault: 1016

Allied adjusted defense: 51

Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
506 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Vehicles lost 21 (1 destroyed, 20 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
3923 casualties reported
Squads: 204 destroyed, 136 disabled
Non Combat: 164 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 15 (5 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment [crossed river from west]
37th Division [the rest crossed river from east]
12th Tank Regiment
41st Division
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
1st Chinese Corps

Feb 17 - Two Chinese corps attacked cross river into Sian -

Ground combat at Sian (83,41)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 2597 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 139

Defending force 60771 troops, 509 guns, 734 vehicles, Assault Value = 1942

Assault collapses, attacking force wiped out

Allied ground losses:
3064 casualties reported
Squads: 147 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 74 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Assaulting units:
15th Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps

Defending units:
5th Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
5th Armored Car Co
59th Infantry Brigade
116th/A Division
116th/B Division
138th Infantry Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
10th Tank Regiment
110th Division
35th Division
15th Division
116th/C Division
1st Army
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment

I know many of the Chinese units currently north of Sian were beat up pretty badly during the retreat to Sian; perhaps he's trying to kill off some of them so they respawn. I would at least consider that.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Luzon Update

I haven't talked about Luzon lately, so here's a map of the current situation -



1 Div is still in the process of being bought out from Manchuria and reassembled on Luzon. 1 Recon is at Iba; other regiments are at Clark Field. 21 Div is in the process of assembling at Clark, as well. One brigade is there now, one is enroute from Swatow (arriving at Iba on the 18th-19th), and one is still in China on garrison duty. 16 Div is at Manila with SNLF support. 48 Div is scattered. One regiment is on Sumatra marching to an east side port to ship to Luzon. Others are on Java and currently loading transports for Luzon. 14 Army HQ is on transports enroute to Luzon. South Army HQ is on Java prepping for Soerbaja. When Java is conquered, South HQ will prep for Bataan and move to Luzon.

The Allied units at Manila and Iba may not retreat, as Clark Field is the closest base controlled by the Allies, but it is occupied by Japanese troops. Most of the Allied defenders on Luzon are already at Bataan!

[Uncivil Engineer]

Feb 18 - 19

Feb 18 - A CV strike (4 CV, 1 CVL) on Rangoon followed a night aerial bombing that damaged some Hurricanes (night attack not shown) -

Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 59
B5N2 Kate x 80
D3A1 Val x 77

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 9
Hurricane IIa Trop x 11
Hurricane IIb Trop x 28

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged
D3A1 Val: 3 destroyed, 16 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 1 destroyed, 8 damaged
Buffalo I: 2 destroyed on ground
Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed, 7 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Airbase hits 11
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 46

On Java, Semarang and Tjilatjap were captured. Resource and light industry at Semarang are 20% damaged [both 16(4)].

Feb 19 - Rinse and repeat -

Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 58
B5N2 Kate x 76
D3A1 Val x 71

Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 8
Hurricane IIa Trop x 12
Hurricane IIb Trop x 23

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 5 destroyed, 4 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
D3A1 Val: 7 destroyed, 11 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Buffalo I: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12

Sampit on Borneo was captured.

In China, 2 zero AV Chinese corps have finally managed to escape across the river near Wuhan (Wuchang-Hankow), and are moving toward Changsha. Hopefully, they are sucking up replacements that could be going to other units.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Feb 20 - 21

Feb 20 - Djokjakarta was captured with industry sustaining 20% damage (resource 16(4) and light industry 16(4)). The CV TF, now back at Tavoy to refuel, hit Rangoon again, but not very effectively. A Rufe research facility at Yokohama reached 30(0) and was changed to Zero A6M5 30(0).

Feb 21 - The second Rufe research facility at Yokohama reached 30(0) and was changed to A6M5. Ha-44 engine research advanced arrival a month to April '43.

CA Atago finished repair in the Saigon shipyard and was replaced by CA Takao, which will need an additional 31 days in port.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Feb 21 (continued)

Soerabaja was captured without a long, drawn out siege -

Ground combat at Soerabaja (56,104)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15436 troops, 184 guns, 228 vehicles, Assault Value = 555

Defending force 13114 troops, 154 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 284

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 920

Allied adjusted defense: 125

Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 2)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Soerabaja !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 2 destroyed
L-212: 4 destroyed

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

Japanese ground losses:
102 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 29 (4 destroyed, 25 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
6282 casualties reported
Squads: 83 destroyed, 66 disabled
Non Combat: 286 destroyed, 57 disabled
Engineers: 59 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 104 (97 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 13
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment
38th Division
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
2nd Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion
2nd KNIL Regiment
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Semarang Base Force
Commandement Marine
Madion Base Force
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
3rd KNIL AA Battalion
ML-KNIL
Djojakarta Base Force
MLD
Soerabaja Base Force
Malang Base Force

Industry at Soerabaja sustained some damage - Oil 160(30), Refinery 143(27), Resource 68(12), Light Industry 34(6), Heavy Industry 8(1), and Repair Shipyard 7(1). Oil, HI, and RSY will be repaired/increased.

The dot base Waigao was also captured.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Feb 22 - 23

Feb 22 - On Luzon, 57 Inf Rgt reinforced Iba from China; Iba was captured and the defender surrendered having no available retreat route. Resource is undamaged.

In China near Sian -

Ground combat at 84,40 (near Sian)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 21114 troops, 248 guns, 348 vehicles, Assault Value = 760

Defending force 26064 troops, 213 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 572

Japanese adjusted assault: 343

Allied adjusted defense: 187

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
1474 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 99 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Vehicles lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
4183 casualties reported
Squads: 167 destroyed, 134 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 85 disabled
Engineers: 22 destroyed, 21 disabled
Guns lost 61 (32 destroyed, 29 disabled)

Assaulting units:
37th Division
12th Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
41st Division
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
38th Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
47th Chinese Corps
43rd Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
8th Group Army
39th Group Army
4th Group Army
7th Artillery Regiment

On Java, Soerakarta was captured; resource is 25% damaged [15(5)].

Feb 23 -

In Burma, Pegu was bombarded by battleships and Rangoon was bombed at night (ineffectively), then again by carrier air -

Night Naval bombardment of Pegu at 55,53

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIb Trop: 9 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
CL Isuzu
DD Ayanami
DD Shikinami
DD Nenohi
DD Umikaze
DD Tokitsukaze
DD Hayashio

Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 6
Port hits 15
Port supply hits 1

Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 55
B5N1 Kate x 7
B5N2 Kate x 71
D3A1 Val x 51

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 6
Hurricane IIb Trop x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 22 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 damaged
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
DD Tenedos, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 57
Port hits 1

The last 2 Allied bases on Java will be occupied by Japanese forces on the 24th, cutting the retreat route of all Allied forces on the island.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Feb 24 - Clark Field captured by the Empire

Unbelievable, but true - Clark Field fell to the Japanese on the first deliberate attack with only level 1 forts!

Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 22039 troops, 157 guns, 62 vehicles, Assault Value = 767

Defending force 7934 troops, 211 guns, 156 vehicles, Assault Value = 246

Japanese adjusted assault: 467

Allied adjusted defense: 118

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Clark Field !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
872 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 78 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2568 casualties reported
Squads: 80 destroyed, 44 disabled
Non Combat: 236 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 23 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 112 (112 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 130 (130 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 7 [to Bataan]

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
49th Infantry Regiment
1st Recon Regiment
65th Brigade
1st Engineer Regiment
1st Infantry Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
21st/A Division
14th Army
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
194th Tank Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
11th PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
Clark Field USAAF Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment

For some inexplicable reason, he's defending Manila and has already moved most of his Luzon force to Bataan. IMO, Clark Field is the MOST defensible hex on the island, with level 3 terrain.

In other action, the port of Soerabaja is being swept of mines, and a CV strike on the ground units north of Moulmein helped in retreating that stack -

Afternoon Air attack on 45th Indian Brigade, at 56,54 , near Moulmein

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 52
B5N1 Kate x 7
B5N2 Kate x 69
D3A1 Val x 48

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 3 damaged
D3A1 Val: 14 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed

Allied ground losses:
147 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled

Ground combat at 56,54 (near Moulmein)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24537 troops, 339 guns, 128 vehicles, Assault Value = 758

Defending force 5116 troops, 49 guns, 245 vehicles, Assault Value = 191

Japanese adjusted assault: 541

Allied adjusted defense: 251

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
463 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 32 (9 destroyed, 23 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1216 casualties reported
Squads: 48 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 117 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 11 (4 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 72 (55 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Units retreated 4

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
6th Tank Regiment
146th Infantry Regiment
112th Infantry Regiment
II./143rd Infantry Battalion
56th Engineer Regiment
55th Engineer Regiment
33rd Division
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
3rd Mortar Battalion
15th Army
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion

Defending units:
45th Indian Brigade
2nd Royal Tank Regiment
7th Hussars Regiment
48th Gurkha Brigade

25 Army divisions on Java change preparation from Soerabaja (recently captured) to Magwe and Mandalay.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Feb 25 - 27

Feb 25 - On Java, vacant Tjepoe and Madioen were captured; no damage to any industry at either one. And the Allied minefield at Soerabaja has been cleared. Working on getting more supply there to start fixing up stuff like OIL and RSY.

Feb 26 - An Allied sub was sunk near Tulagi by the CarDiv 1 TF (Akagi, Kaga, and a CVL); the carriers were NOT detected. Vacant Biak was captured.

Feb 27 - 48 Div began arriving on Luzon from Java and Sumatra, for the capture of Manila, then Bataan. The last elements of 1 and 21 Divs are also inbound from China. So, a full 4 divisions will be available (1, 16, 21, and 48) shortly.

The surrounded Allied stack that had been defending Soerabaja (now located 1 hex west) had 1 unit destroyed on the 24th, 3 more surrendered on the 25th, 2 surrendered on the 26th, and 5 more were destroyed or surrendered on the 27th. Two combat ineffective units remain.

[soulsilver]

looks like good progress is being made in the SRA, but IDK if trying to take Bataan/Manila this early is necessary. I Usually just leave the 65 Brigade and a Division maybe 2 and let them starve. provided that you keep some recon on Manila to make sure he does not sneak planes in he cant do a lot other than resupply subs which you can bomb. Those two extra Divisions could be used elsewhere such as an offensive into Aussi or India.

[RangerJoe]

Manila has industry that you can use.

[Q-Ball]

Are you playing with stacking limits? Another reason he might be defending Manila instead is that Clark only fits 40,000 troops, which is not enough to hold all the Allied Luzon forces.

But I agree, I would still defend Clark instead of Manila.....besides as defender the stacking limits also work in your favor as IJA can only use 2 divisions or so

[Uncivil Engineer]

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

Are you playing with stacking limits? Another reason he might be defending Manila instead is that Clark only fits 40,000 troops, which is not enough to hold all the Allied Luzon forces.

But I agree, I would still defend Clark instead of Manila.....besides as defender the stacking limits also work in your favor as IJA can only use 2 divisions or so

No stacking limits; this is the vanilla Scenario 1 game.

[Uncivil Engineer]

ORIGINAL: soulsilver

looks like good progress is being made in the SRA, but IDK if trying to take Bataan/Manila this early is necessary. I Usually just leave the 65 Brigade and a Division maybe 2 and let them starve. provided that you keep some recon on Manila to make sure he does not sneak planes in he cant do a lot other than resupply subs which you can bomb. Those two extra Divisions could be used elsewhere such as an offensive into Aussi or India.

Thanks, but two divisions would not constitute an offensive into either Australia or India. A heavy raid, maybe. Where I really could use them is Burma right now, but the 5th, 18th, and Imperial Guard will be headed there to join 33rd, 55th, and 56th as soon as they can load in a Java port. He's had a fairly large force in Rangoon until a few days ago, and I suspect it's moved north to dig in. I think I would have put up more of a fight in the big city.