Osaka/Kyoto.
Godzilla {J: Andav} vs. Rodan {A: witpqs}
Moderators: wdolson, MOD_War-in-the-Pacific-Admirals-Edition
RE: 1945 January 19
1945 January 19
Osaka/Kyoto.
Osaka/Kyoto.
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RE: 1945 January 18
Well that does make a difference! [:D]ORIGINAL: witpqs
Hong Kong, not Singapore. [:)]ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
witpqs: The RN battleships and cruisers will move from Sabang to Tandjoengbalai, which is 6 hexes from Singapore. As soon as Batu Pahat is under control they will sortie against the airfields at Singapore.
Your intel says the IJN carriers and BBs are at Singapore. They can easily travel the six hexes to hit the British Fleet at Tandjoengbalai and return the same day, or just move one hex from Singers to launch aircraft at the Brits. Can the British Fleet resist that much power?
I plead 'too early for my coffee to kick in' syndrome!
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RE: 1945 January 20
1945 January 20
INVADED
INVESTED
Saigon
Soerabaja
Palembang
Singkawang
Nanning
Cagayan
CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Mersing is occupied by the Allies
Overall
• Strategic points: 10,822
• B29's reporting ready: 152
• +/- VP today: +65
• Enemy carriers and battleships are at Hong Kong.
West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
Pacific
• Still almost 18,000 remain.
New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Assault at Soerabaja tomorrow.
• More recovery at Palembang.
Philippines
• Missed!
China
• Assault at Nanning tomorrow.
India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Nighttime stuff.
• The B-29 sweeps went even better than yesterday. The raids were pretty good but not as good as yesterday.
• The crews need rest and the bombers need maintenance; the groups will stand down.
Complete combat report attached.
INVADED
INVESTED
Saigon
Soerabaja
Palembang
Singkawang
Nanning
Cagayan
CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Mersing is occupied by the Allies
Overall
• Strategic points: 10,822
• B29's reporting ready: 152
• +/- VP today: +65
• Enemy carriers and battleships are at Hong Kong.
West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
Pacific
• Still almost 18,000 remain.
000068 Ground combat 1945-01-20 Truk 112,108
Ground combat at Truk (112,108)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 11998 troops, 202 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 330
Defending force 10612 troops, 20 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 135
Allied adjusted assault: 145
Japanese adjusted defense: 13
Allied assault odds: 11 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
661 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 45 disabled
Non Combat: 32 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
7th Infantry Division
2nd Fleet Advn Base Force
ComAirSoPac
VII US Fighter Cmnd
Defending units:
16th Division
31st Army
Truk Naval Fortress
New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Assault at Soerabaja tomorrow.
• More recovery at Palembang.
Philippines
• Missed!
000001 Sub vs Sub: 1945-01-20 66,79
Sub vs Sub: SS Jallao attacking SS I-21 at 66,79
Japanese Ships
SS I-21
Allied Ships
SS Jallao
SS Jallao launches 2 torpedoes at 3,000 yards
China
• Assault at Nanning tomorrow.
India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Nighttime stuff.
AIR NIGHT STRIKES
4 x 9th BG/1st BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
5 x 6th BG/24th BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
5 x 40th BG/25th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 19th BG/30th BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 40th BG/45th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night
6 x 29th BG/52nd BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 39th BG/60th BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 39th BG/62nd BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
4 x 330th BG/458th BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 505th BG/482nd BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 505th BG/483rd BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
5 x 444th BG/676th BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 444th BG/678th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night
6 x 462nd BG/768th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night
8 x 468th BG/792nd BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 468th BG/794th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night
6 x 497th BG/870th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 497th BG/871st BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 499th BG/877th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night
000002 Night Air attack 1945-01-20 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61
Night Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 8
J2M5 Jack x 25
J7W1 Shinden x 20
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 5
Ki-102b Randy x 5
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 4
B-29-25 Superfort x 15
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed
J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed
J7W1 Shinden: 1 destroyed
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak
B-29-25 Superfort: 6 damaged
Manpower hits 8
Fires 13297
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-316 Hikotai with J7W1 Shinden (0 airborne, 14 on standby, 2 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
302 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 2 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 3000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
S-317 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 2 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
7 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
4th Sentai Det B with Ki-102b Randy (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 1 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
16th I.F.Chutai Det with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 4000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000003 Night Air attack 1945-01-20 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61
Night Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 7
J2M5 Jack x 18
J7W1 Shinden x 17
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 3
Ki-102b Randy x 5
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3
B-29-25 Superfort x 11
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 6 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak
Manpower hits 10
Fires 17619
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
6 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-316 Hikotai with J7W1 Shinden (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 11 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
302 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 3000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
S-317 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
16 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
4th Sentai Det B with Ki-102b Randy (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
16th I.F.Chutai Det with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 4000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000004 Night Air attack 1945-01-20 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61
Night Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 7
J2M5 Jack x 14
J7W1 Shinden x 17
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 3
Ki-102b Randy x 5
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged
Manpower hits 5
Fires 19323
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-316 Hikotai with J7W1 Shinden (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
15 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
302 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 3000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
S-317 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Raid is overhead
4th Sentai Det B with Ki-102b Randy (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
16th I.F.Chutai Det with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 4000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000005 Night Air attack 1945-01-20 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61
Night Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 37 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 6
J2M5 Jack x 11
J7W1 Shinden x 17
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 2
Ki-102b Randy x 3
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 2 destroyed
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-316 Hikotai with J7W1 Shinden (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
15 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
302 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 3000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
S-317 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Raid is overhead
4th Sentai Det B with Ki-102b Randy (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 2000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
16th I.F.Chutai Det with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 4000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000006 Night Air attack 1945-01-20 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61
Night Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 15 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
J2M5 Jack x 8
J7W1 Shinden x 17
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 1
Ki-102b Randy x 3
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak
Manpower hits 3
Fires 15668
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-316 Hikotai with J7W1 Shinden (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
15 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
302 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 3000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
S-317 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Raid is overhead
4th Sentai Det B with Ki-102b Randy (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 2000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
16th I.F.Chutai Det with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 4000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 58 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000007 Night Air attack 1945-01-20 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61
Night Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 28 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
J2M5 Jack x 8
J7W1 Shinden x 17
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 1
Ki-102b Randy x 3
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged
Manpower hits 2
Fires 16316
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-316 Hikotai with J7W1 Shinden (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
15 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
302 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 3000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
S-317 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Raid is overhead
4th Sentai Det B with Ki-102b Randy (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 3000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
16th I.F.Chutai Det with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 4000 , scrambling fighters to 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000008 Night Air attack 1945-01-20 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61
Night Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
J2M5 Jack x 8
J7W1 Shinden x 17
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 1
Ki-102b Randy x 3
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged
Manpower hits 1
Fires 16640
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-316 Hikotai with J7W1 Shinden (15 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
15 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
302 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 3000 , scrambling fighters to 27600.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
S-317 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Raid is overhead
4th Sentai Det B with Ki-102b Randy (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 3000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
16th I.F.Chutai Det with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 4000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000009 Night Air attack 1945-01-20 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61
Night Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 26 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
J2M5 Jack x 8
J7W1 Shinden x 16
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 1
Ki-102b Randy x 3
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 5
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 5 damaged
Manpower hits 1
Fires 16964
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-316 Hikotai with J7W1 Shinden (14 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
14 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
302 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 3000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
S-317 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Raid is overhead
4th Sentai Det B with Ki-102b Randy (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
16th I.F.Chutai Det with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 4000 , scrambling fighters to 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000010 Night Air attack 1945-01-20 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61
Night Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 49 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
J2M5 Jack x 8
J7W1 Shinden x 16
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 1
Ki-102b Randy x 3
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-316 Hikotai with J7W1 Shinden (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
9 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 5 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
302 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 3000 , scrambling fighters to 27600.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 63 minutes
S-317 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Raid is overhead
4th Sentai Det B with Ki-102b Randy (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
16th I.F.Chutai Det with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 4000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000011 Night Air attack 1945-01-20 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61
Night Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
J2M5 Jack x 7
J7W1 Shinden x 13
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 1
Ki-102b Randy x 2
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 8
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
J7W1 Shinden: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 5 damaged
Manpower hits 1
Fires 23691
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-316 Hikotai with J7W1 Shinden (11 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
302 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 3000 , scrambling fighters to 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
S-317 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Raid is overhead
4th Sentai Det B with Ki-102b Randy (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
16th I.F.Chutai Det with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 4000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000012 Night Air attack 1945-01-20 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61
Night Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
J2M5 Jack x 6
J7W1 Shinden x 10
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 1
Ki-102b Randy x 2
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
J2M5 Jack: 1 destroyed
J7W1 Shinden: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged
Manpower hits 1
Fires 24135
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-316 Hikotai with J7W1 Shinden (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
302 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 3000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 56 minutes
S-317 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Raid is overhead
4th Sentai Det B with Ki-102b Randy (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
16th I.F.Chutai Det with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 4000 , scrambling fighters to 3000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000013 Night Air attack 1945-01-20 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61
Night Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
J2M5 Jack x 5
J7W1 Shinden x 9
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 1
Ki-102b Randy x 2
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
J7W1 Shinden: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-316 Hikotai with J7W1 Shinden (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
302 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 3000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
S-317 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Raid is overhead
4th Sentai Det B with Ki-102b Randy (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
16th I.F.Chutai Det with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 4000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000014 Night Air attack 1945-01-20 Yokohama/Yokosuka 113,61
Night Air attack on Yokohama/Yokosuka , at 113,61
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
J2M5 Jack x 5
J7W1 Shinden x 8
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 1
Ki-102b Randy x 2
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
J7W1 Shinden: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-316 Hikotai with J7W1 Shinden (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
302 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 3000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
S-317 Hikotai with J2M5 Jack (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 9000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Raid is overhead
4th Sentai Det B with Ki-102b Randy (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
16th I.F.Chutai Det with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 4000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
• The B-29 sweeps went even better than yesterday. The raids were pretty good but not as good as yesterday.
• The crews need rest and the bombers need maintenance; the groups will stand down.
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1945 January 20
Crikey!
Crikey!
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RE: 1945 January 21
1945 January 21
INVADED
INVESTED
Saigon
Soerabaja
Palembang
Singkawang
Nanning
Cagayan
CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Overall
• Strategic points: 10,822
• B29's reporting ready: 124
• +/- VP today: +18
• Enemy carriers and battleships at Hong Kong.
West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
Pacific
• Enemy losses are falling but their overall resistance is cracking.
New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Now this is progress!
• Recovery and swapping out a Bde with high casualties at Soerabaja.
• The British 18th Division at Palembang is struggling to draw enough ammo for the next assault. The Bde to the SW will cross the river in 2 days so I will have to postpone that crossing if enough ammo doesn't flow in.
• Semarang will be seized tomorrow.
•
•
Philippines
• Two days until the next assault at Cagayan.
China
• Resistance is yielding at Nanning.
• The troops will recover at Nanning, but meanwhile there are now 2 enemy units just to the east. Are they moving to reinforce the city or set up a secondary defensive line behind Nanning?
India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• In a week or less all will be in place for the next assault at Saigon.
Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• 417 Fires at Yokohama/Yokosuka. Not sure why no additional strategic bombing damage showed up today.
• The upgraded carriers are about 3 days out.
Complete combat report attached.
INVADED
INVESTED
Saigon
Soerabaja
Palembang
Singkawang
Nanning
Cagayan
CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Overall
• Strategic points: 10,822
• B29's reporting ready: 124
• +/- VP today: +18
• Enemy carriers and battleships at Hong Kong.
West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
Pacific
• Enemy losses are falling but their overall resistance is cracking.
000045 Ground combat 1945-01-21 Truk 112,108
Ground combat at Truk (112,108)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 12005 troops, 202 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 331
Defending force 10000 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 102
Allied adjusted assault: 307
Japanese adjusted defense: 7
Allied assault odds: 43 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
291 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
7th Infantry Division
ComAirSoPac
2nd Fleet Advn Base Force
VII US Fighter Cmnd
Defending units:
16th Division
Truk Naval Fortress
New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Now this is progress!
000001 Night Naval bombardment 1945-01-21 Soerabaja 56,104
Night Naval bombardment of Soerabaja at 56,104
Allied Ships
CA Canberra
CL Achilles
CL Leander
Japanese ground losses:
76 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Manpower hits 2
Fires 200
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2
Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 1
CA Canberra firing at 13th Division
CL Achilles firing at Soerabaja
CL Leander firing at Soerabaja
000046 Ground combat 1945-01-21 Soerabaja 56,104
Ground combat at Soerabaja (56,104)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 35308 troops, 533 guns, 329 vehicles, Assault Value = 1088
Defending force 17750 troops, 133 guns, 86 vehicles, Assault Value = 262
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 5
Allied adjusted assault: 996
Japanese adjusted defense: 253
Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 5)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 5
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1728 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 118 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 53 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 29 (3 destroyed, 26 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1055 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 167 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Guns lost 28 (1 destroyed, 27 disabled)
Assaulting units:
19th Australian Brigade
1st Marine Division
2nd Marine Division
1st Aus Para Battalion
14th Australian Brigade
131st Field Artillery Battalion
Aus II Corps
260th Field Artillery Battalion
148th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd RAA Jungle Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
13th Division
4th Tank Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
207th Ship Eng Coy
107th Ship Eng Coy
55th JNAF AF Unit
56th JNAF AF Unit
13th Air Flotilla
307th Ship Eng Coy
8th Fleet
6th Fleet
21st JAAF AF Bn
• Recovery and swapping out a Bde with high casualties at Soerabaja.
• The British 18th Division at Palembang is struggling to draw enough ammo for the next assault. The Bde to the SW will cross the river in 2 days so I will have to postpone that crossing if enough ammo doesn't flow in.
• Semarang will be seized tomorrow.
•
•
Philippines
• Two days until the next assault at Cagayan.
China
• Resistance is yielding at Nanning.
000047 Ground combat 1945-01-21 Nanning 72,55
Ground combat at Nanning (72,55)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 81809 troops, 1247 guns, 1632 vehicles, Assault Value = 2772
Defending force 19636 troops, 182 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 430
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 0
Allied adjusted assault: 1148
Japanese adjusted defense: 839
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2526 casualties reported
Squads: 149 destroyed, 32 disabled
Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 54 disabled
Engineers: 14 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 25 (11 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Allied ground losses:
579 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 54 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 17 (4 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 47 (14 destroyed, 33 disabled)
Assaulting units:
255th Indian Tank Brigade
19th Motorised Division
3rd New Chinese Corps
18th Cavalry Regiment
50th Tank Brigade
20th Indian Division
254th Armoured Brigade
5th Indian Division
2/13th Fld RAA Regiment
2/2nd Hy AA Regiment
86th Medium Regiment
2/1st Lt AA Regiment
2/11th Fld RAA Regiment
163rd Light AA Regiment
77th Heavy AA Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
87th Medium Regiment
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
85th Medium Regiment
88th Medium Regiment
2/9th Fld RAA Regiment
8th Belfast Heavy Regiment
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units:
8th Ind.Infantry Brigade
62nd Infantry Brigade
8th Division
52nd Field Const Co
28th RGC Temp. Division
• The troops will recover at Nanning, but meanwhile there are now 2 enemy units just to the east. Are they moving to reinforce the city or set up a secondary defensive line behind Nanning?
India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• In a week or less all will be in place for the next assault at Saigon.
Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• 417 Fires at Yokohama/Yokosuka. Not sure why no additional strategic bombing damage showed up today.
• The upgraded carriers are about 3 days out.
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RE: 1945 January 22
1945 January 22
INVADED
INVESTED
Saigon
Taiping
Kluong
Kuala Lumpur
Soerabaja
Palembang
Singkawang
Nanning
Cagayan
CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Semarang is occupied by the Allies
Overall
• Strategic points: 10,874
• B29's reporting ready: 143
• +/- VP today: +76
• Enemy battleships and carriers are at Hong Kong.
West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
Pacific
• The dentist's drill keeps whining.
New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Cleanup on Borneo continues.
• Attacks tomorrow at Taiping, Kuala Lumpur, Kluong, and Palembang.
• One more day of recovery at Soerabaja (I want to minimize friendly casualties and preserve those units for upcoming invasions).
Philippines
• We are bringing in an NZ armored Sqn to help crack Imperial defenses at Cagayan.
China
• Buggers! Pakhoi already has fortification level 2.
• One more day until ordering the next assault at Nanning.
• It looks like there is a division just east of Nanning.
• Kiungshan will be mined from the air again to combat IJN bombardments.
India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• Attack on stragglers near Dalat tomorrow. We hope to destroy them before they are pushed into Cam Ranh Bay.
• Attack at Lao Cai tomorrow. The majority of the enemy retreated in this direction has already crossed the boarder into China.
Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• The CVE are heading back to Guam to replenish aircraft. After that the Daito Shoto invasion will head out.
• Fires 66 at Yokohama/Yokosuka. Strategic points are accumulating again.
Complete combat report attached.
INVADED
INVESTED
Saigon
Taiping
Kluong
Kuala Lumpur
Soerabaja
Palembang
Singkawang
Nanning
Cagayan
CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Semarang is occupied by the Allies
Overall
• Strategic points: 10,874
• B29's reporting ready: 143
• +/- VP today: +76
• Enemy battleships and carriers are at Hong Kong.
West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
Pacific
• The dentist's drill keeps whining.
000056 Ground combat 1945-01-22 Truk 112,108
Ground combat at Truk (112,108)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 11995 troops, 202 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 329
Defending force 9598 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
Allied adjusted assault: 155
Japanese adjusted defense: 7
Allied assault odds: 22 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
413 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 44 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
7th Infantry Division
2nd Fleet Advn Base Force
ComAirSoPac
VII US Fighter Cmnd
Defending units:
16th Division
Truk Naval Fortress
000058 surrounded 1945-01-22 Truk 112,108
Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Truk
New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Cleanup on Borneo continues.
000057 Ground combat 1945-01-22 62,98 Bandjermasin
Ground combat at 62,98 (near Bandjermasin)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 3187 troops, 44 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 96
Defending force 175 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Allied adjusted assault: 89
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 89 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), morale(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
180 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
22nd Australian Brigade
Defending units:
35th JAAF AF Bn
• Attacks tomorrow at Taiping, Kuala Lumpur, Kluong, and Palembang.
• One more day of recovery at Soerabaja (I want to minimize friendly casualties and preserve those units for upcoming invasions).
Philippines
• We are bringing in an NZ armored Sqn to help crack Imperial defenses at Cagayan.
China
• Buggers! Pakhoi already has fortification level 2.
000001 Night Naval bombardment 1945-01-22 Pakhoi 72,58
Night Naval bombardment of Pakhoi at 72,58
Japanese Ships
CA Atago
CA Takao
CA Chikuma
DD Akishimo
DD Hayashimo
DD Asashimo
DD Fujinami
Allied ground losses:
179 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Atago
CA Atago firing at 23rd Indian Division
CA Takao firing at 23rd Indian Division
CA Chikuma firing at 23rd Indian Division
DD Akishimo firing at 23rd Indian Division
DD Hayashimo firing at Pakhoi
DD Asashimo firing at 23rd Indian Division
DD Fujinami firing at 23rd Indian Division
• One more day until ordering the next assault at Nanning.
• It looks like there is a division just east of Nanning.
• Kiungshan will be mined from the air again to combat IJN bombardments.
India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• Attack on stragglers near Dalat tomorrow. We hope to destroy them before they are pushed into Cam Ranh Bay.
• Attack at Lao Cai tomorrow. The majority of the enemy retreated in this direction has already crossed the boarder into China.
Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• The CVE are heading back to Guam to replenish aircraft. After that the Daito Shoto invasion will head out.
• Fires 66 at Yokohama/Yokosuka. Strategic points are accumulating again.
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RE: 1945 January 23
1945 January 23
INVADED
INVESTED
Saigon
Soerabaja
Palembang
Singkawang
Kuantan
Nanning
Cagayan
CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Djokjakarta is occupied by the Allies
Allied forces CAPTURE Kuala Lumpur !!!
Allied forces CAPTURE Kluong !!!
Allied forces CAPTURE Taiping !!!
Overall
• Strategic points: 10,874
• B29's reporting ready: 147
• +/- VP today: +88
• Enemy carriers and battleships are about 7 hexes SW of Hong Kong.
West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
Pacific
• Very little unadjusted AV remaining.
New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Palembang defenses are tough!
• The Bdes will pull out of Palembang to recover. One of them will move to Oosthaven in case that place can be seized outright.
• A base force is unloading at Benkoelen and will move to Praboemoelih to support operations at Palembang.
• Our smaller forces continue to move westward across Java.
• The 82nd (West African) Division is pursuing the enemy into Johore Bahru.
• Kuala Lumpur should be cleared within a few days.
• Attack at Soerabaja tomorrow.
• The fleet carriers at Makassar will move through the Java Sea to a point east of Palembang to await the arrival of the IJN carriers. I am hoping Batu Pahat capitulates tomorrow, after which our battleships will close Singapore's airfields.
Philippines
• The armored unit for Cagayan is on its way to Mindanao. We will see if enemy carriers force a delay.
• A supply convoy at Balabac is fleeing the approach of enemy carriers.
• We have moved 90 Corsairs to Cotabato to supplement the fighters already there in case a KB ventures through the Sulu Sea.
China
• Assault at Nanning tomorrow.
• Enemy cruisers are in hex (coastal) with our Bde and a trapped enemy unit just NW of Pakhoi, presumably to bombard our Bde. Aerial mining of Kiungshan was accomplished so their way home will be dangerous.
India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• Done near Dalat, lancing into Lao Cai.
• Our units in and near Dalat will invest Cam Ranh Bay.
Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Fires 10 at Yokohama/Yokosuka.
Complete combat report attached.
INVADED
INVESTED
Saigon
Soerabaja
Palembang
Singkawang
Kuantan
Nanning
Cagayan
CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Djokjakarta is occupied by the Allies
Allied forces CAPTURE Kuala Lumpur !!!
Allied forces CAPTURE Kluong !!!
Allied forces CAPTURE Taiping !!!
Overall
• Strategic points: 10,874
• B29's reporting ready: 147
• +/- VP today: +88
• Enemy carriers and battleships are about 7 hexes SW of Hong Kong.
West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
Pacific
• Very little unadjusted AV remaining.
000054 Ground combat 1945-01-23 Truk 112,108
Ground combat at Truk (112,108)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 11993 troops, 202 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 330
Defending force 8946 troops, 14 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25
Allied adjusted assault: 156
Japanese adjusted defense: 4
Allied assault odds: 39 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
341 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
7th Infantry Division
ComAirSoPac
2nd Fleet Advn Base Force
VII US Fighter Cmnd
Defending units:
16th Division
Truk Naval Fortress
000061 surrounded 1945-01-23 Truk 112,108
Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Truk
New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Palembang defenses are tough!
000057 Ground combat 1945-01-23 Kuala Lumpur 49,79
Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur (49,79)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 480 troops, 0 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 55
Defending force 927 troops, 8 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 10
Allied adjusted assault: 24
Japanese adjusted defense: 9
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Kuala Lumpur !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)
Japanese ground losses:
60 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Assaulting units:
8th KGV Light Cav Regiment
Defending units:
28th JAAF AF Bn
000058 Ground combat 1945-01-23 Palembang 48,91
Ground combat at Palembang (48,91)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 24769 troops, 512 guns, 236 vehicles, Assault Value = 664
Defending force 16676 troops, 169 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 459
Allied adjusted assault: 86
Japanese adjusted defense: 1681
Allied assault odds: 1 to 19 (fort level 5)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
205 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1028 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 277 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 42 disabled
Guns lost 42 (2 destroyed, 40 disabled)
Assaulting units:
46th Indian Brigade
45th Indian Brigade
44th Indian Brigade
18th British Division
6th Mixed A/T Mtr Regiment
85th British AT Gun Regiment
134th Medium Regiment
Defending units:
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /1
13th Div /1
4th Tank Rgt /1
I/81st Naval Guard Unit
47th Infantry Regiment
91st Naval Guard Unit
Yokosuka 4th SNLF /1
47th Field AA Battalion
48th Field AA Battalion
113th JAAF AF Bn
25th JNAF AF Unit
Southeast Area Fleet
12th Port Unit
9th Port Unit
11th JAAF AF Bn
000059 Ground combat 1945-01-23 Kluong 50,82
Ground combat at Kluong (50,82)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 10772 troops, 149 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 380
Defending force 1923 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 60
Allied adjusted assault: 166
Japanese adjusted defense: 9
Allied assault odds: 18 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Kluong !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)
Japanese ground losses:
915 casualties reported
Squads: 25 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 15 (9 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
82nd (West African) Division
Defending units:
Kure 3rd SNLF
000060 Ground combat 1945-01-23 Taiping 49,75
Ground combat at Taiping (49,75)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 17629 troops, 266 guns, 152 vehicles, Assault Value = 615
Defending force 1359 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 9
Allied adjusted assault: 552
Japanese adjusted defense: 7
Allied assault odds: 78 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Taiping !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1889 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 71 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 12 (12 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
2nd British Division
14th Army Engineer Battalion
48th Gurkha Brigade
3rd (Special Force) Division
Defending units:
18th JNAF AF Unit
• The Bdes will pull out of Palembang to recover. One of them will move to Oosthaven in case that place can be seized outright.
• A base force is unloading at Benkoelen and will move to Praboemoelih to support operations at Palembang.
• Our smaller forces continue to move westward across Java.
• The 82nd (West African) Division is pursuing the enemy into Johore Bahru.
• Kuala Lumpur should be cleared within a few days.
• Attack at Soerabaja tomorrow.
• The fleet carriers at Makassar will move through the Java Sea to a point east of Palembang to await the arrival of the IJN carriers. I am hoping Batu Pahat capitulates tomorrow, after which our battleships will close Singapore's airfields.
Philippines
• The armored unit for Cagayan is on its way to Mindanao. We will see if enemy carriers force a delay.
• A supply convoy at Balabac is fleeing the approach of enemy carriers.
• We have moved 90 Corsairs to Cotabato to supplement the fighters already there in case a KB ventures through the Sulu Sea.
China
• Assault at Nanning tomorrow.
• Enemy cruisers are in hex (coastal) with our Bde and a trapped enemy unit just NW of Pakhoi, presumably to bombard our Bde. Aerial mining of Kiungshan was accomplished so their way home will be dangerous.
India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• Done near Dalat, lancing into Lao Cai.
000055 Ground combat 1945-01-23 64,70 Dalat
Ground combat at 64,70 (near Dalat)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 14293 troops, 250 guns, 163 vehicles, Assault Value = 603
Defending force 671 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Allied adjusted assault: 439
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 439 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), disruption(-)
fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
778 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 97 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
44th (Support) Battalion
17th Australian Brigade
150th RAC Regiment
50th Indian Para Brigade
111th LRP Brigade
14th Air Landing Brigade
Defending units:
37th/A Division
000056 Ground combat 1945-01-23 Lao Cai 68,53
Ground combat at Lao Cai (68,53)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 7492 troops, 131 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 250
Defending force 3182 troops, 53 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 57
Allied adjusted assault: 184
Japanese adjusted defense: 100
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: morale(-)
Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
20th Australian Brigade
26th Australian Brigade
Defending units:
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
23rd JAAF AF Bn
• Our units in and near Dalat will invest Cam Ranh Bay.
Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Fires 10 at Yokohama/Yokosuka.
Complete combat report attached.
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RE: 1945 January 24
1945 January 24
INVADED
INVESTED
Saigon
Palembang
Singkawang
Kuantan
Nanning
Cagayan
CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Allied forces CAPTURE Soerabaja !!!
Overall
• Strategic points: 10,874
• B29's reporting ready: 169
• +/- VP today: +95
• Enemy carriers and battleships are 8 hexes west of Iba.
West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
Pacific
• They should roll downhill quickly now.
• Tomorrow the CVE will be at Guam to replenish aircraft.
New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• A shipyard!
Philippines
• Will the IJN fleet come this way?
China
• Two divisions were added to the defense at Nanning, the 27th Division and the 26th Division.
• Without those two additional divisions we might have captured Nanning this day, as last time the Empire's unadjusted AV was 430, and they suffered large losses.
• We have two additional divisions and a light tank unit we can commit to Nanning if need be as soon as the Bde NW of Pakhoi is destroyed.
• More enemy units are moving west from Liuchow toward Nanning.
• I don't know what became of the IJN cruisers in hex just NW of Pakhoi, perhaps they were delivering supply.
India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• We will probably capture Lao Cai tomorrow.
• We are quickly building the airbase at Lang Son and have many more engineers on the way there now that Phnom Penh is fully built.
• An Imperial straggler has marched thousands or perhaps millions of kilometers through the jungle and now sits on top of the road and rail net SW of Hanoi/W of Haiphong. We have a Bde 1 hex to the SW moving to clear them out before they can hitchhike a ride to Tokyo.
• Approximately 3 days until the next attack at Saigon.
Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• B-29 target: Kobe Manpower, night, 5,000 ft. This will be the last B-29 strategic raid before the invasion of Daito Shoto, when the B-29's will be committed to shutting down the airfields at Naha and Nago.
Complete combat report attached.
INVADED
INVESTED
Saigon
Palembang
Singkawang
Kuantan
Nanning
Cagayan
CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Allied forces CAPTURE Soerabaja !!!
Overall
• Strategic points: 10,874
• B29's reporting ready: 169
• +/- VP today: +95
• Enemy carriers and battleships are 8 hexes west of Iba.
West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
Pacific
• They should roll downhill quickly now.
000057 Ground combat 1945-01-24 Truk 112,108
Ground combat at Truk (112,108)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 11999 troops, 202 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 331
Defending force 8656 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 10
Allied adjusted assault: 144
Japanese adjusted defense: 7
Allied assault odds: 20 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1075 casualties reported
Squads: 30 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 60 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
7th Infantry Division
2nd Fleet Advn Base Force
ComAirSoPac
VII US Fighter Cmnd
Defending units:
16th Division
Truk Naval Fortress
• Tomorrow the CVE will be at Guam to replenish aircraft.
New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• A shipyard!
000058 Ground combat 1945-01-24 Soerabaja 56,104
Ground combat at Soerabaja (56,104)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 33963 troops, 479 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1030
Defending force 16316 troops, 121 guns, 86 vehicles, Assault Value = 138
Allied adjusted assault: 634
Japanese adjusted defense: 64
Allied assault odds: 9 to 1 (fort level 5)
Allied forces CAPTURE Soerabaja !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
750 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 82 disabled
Non Combat: 59 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 30 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 57 (48 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 75 (71 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
690 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 72 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Assaulting units:
2nd Marine Division
1st Marine Division
1st Aus Para Battalion
503rd Parachute Regiment
14th Australian Brigade
Aus II Corps
131st Field Artillery Battalion
260th Field Artillery Battalion
148th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd RAA Jungle Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
13th Division
4th Tank Regiment
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
307th Ship Eng Coy
107th Ship Eng Coy
6th Fleet
56th JNAF AF Unit
207th Ship Eng Coy
13th Air Flotilla
55th JNAF AF Unit
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Fleet
21st JAAF AF Bn
000061 Ground combat 1945-01-24 Kuala Lumpur 49,79
Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur (49,79)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 480 troops, 0 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 55
Defending force 807 troops, 8 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 8
Allied adjusted assault: 46
Japanese adjusted defense: 3
Allied assault odds: 15 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Assaulting units:
8th KGV Light Cav Regiment
Defending units:
28th JAAF AF Bn
Philippines
• Will the IJN fleet come this way?
China
• Two divisions were added to the defense at Nanning, the 27th Division and the 26th Division.
000059 Ground combat 1945-01-24 Nanning 72,55
Ground combat at Nanning (72,55)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 81877 troops, 1244 guns, 1628 vehicles, Assault Value = 2777
Defending force 45958 troops, 417 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 1284
Allied adjusted assault: 1499
Japanese adjusted defense: 2455
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1740 casualties reported
Squads: 25 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 103 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 21 (5 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1891 casualties reported
Squads: 56 destroyed, 72 disabled
Non Combat: 36 destroyed, 79 disabled
Engineers: 14 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 44 (33 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 178 (71 destroyed, 107 disabled)
Assaulting units:
50th Tank Brigade
255th Indian Tank Brigade
254th Armoured Brigade
3rd New Chinese Corps
18th Cavalry Regiment
19th Motorised Division
20th Indian Division
5th Indian Division
8th Belfast Heavy Regiment
2/9th Fld RAA Regiment
2/2nd Hy AA Regiment
2/1st Lt AA Regiment
88th Medium Regiment
163rd Light AA Regiment
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/13th Fld RAA Regiment
85th Medium Regiment
86th Medium Regiment
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
77th Heavy AA Regiment
2/11th Fld RAA Regiment
87th Medium Regiment
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units:
8th Ind.Infantry Brigade
62nd Infantry Brigade
27th Division
28th RGC Temp. Division
26th Division
8th Division
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
• Without those two additional divisions we might have captured Nanning this day, as last time the Empire's unadjusted AV was 430, and they suffered large losses.
• We have two additional divisions and a light tank unit we can commit to Nanning if need be as soon as the Bde NW of Pakhoi is destroyed.
• More enemy units are moving west from Liuchow toward Nanning.
• I don't know what became of the IJN cruisers in hex just NW of Pakhoi, perhaps they were delivering supply.
India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• We will probably capture Lao Cai tomorrow.
000060 Ground combat 1945-01-24 Lao Cai 68,53
Ground combat at Lao Cai (68,53)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 7474 troops, 131 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 247
Defending force 3110 troops, 52 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 51
Allied adjusted assault: 174
Japanese adjusted defense: 88
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
morale(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
171 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
20th Australian Brigade
26th Australian Brigade
Defending units:
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
23rd JAAF AF Bn
• We are quickly building the airbase at Lang Son and have many more engineers on the way there now that Phnom Penh is fully built.
• An Imperial straggler has marched thousands or perhaps millions of kilometers through the jungle and now sits on top of the road and rail net SW of Hanoi/W of Haiphong. We have a Bde 1 hex to the SW moving to clear them out before they can hitchhike a ride to Tokyo.
• Approximately 3 days until the next attack at Saigon.
Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• B-29 target: Kobe Manpower, night, 5,000 ft. This will be the last B-29 strategic raid before the invasion of Daito Shoto, when the B-29's will be committed to shutting down the airfields at Naha and Nago.
Complete combat report attached.
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RE: 1945 January 24
Did the Japanese expand the Soerabaja shipyard beyond size 7?
No matter how bad a situation is, you can always make it worse. - Chris Hadfield : An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth
RE: 1945 January 24
No, but I have some engineers marching from 2 hexes away and even more going in to amphibiously unload along with a fleet advanced naval base force say the day after tomorrow. The base is basically 100% damaged in all respects, so it will take a few turns to get all that engineering power in place.ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
Did the Japanese expand the Soerabaja shipyard beyond size 7?
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RE: 1945 January 25
1945 January 25
INVADED
INVESTED
Saigon
Cam Ranh Bay
Palembang
Singkawang
Kuantan
Nanning
Cagayan
CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Batu Pahat is occupied by the Allies
Overall
• Strategic points: 11,002
• B29's reporting ready: 147
• +/- VP today: +145
• Enemy carriers and battleships are 6 hexes about SE of Cam Ranh Bay.
West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
Pacific
• Somewhat more than 15,000 enemy remain according to recon.
New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Still about 20,000 enemy at Soerabaja.
• Repair of all industries at Soerabaja has been enabled, instantly winning the adulation of the populace.
• Attack at Singkawang tomorrow.
• There have been a bunch of small TF's at Singapore all along, but today one is sighted as 9 ships, with these displayed: BB BB BB BB CL CL PG PG. Batu Pahat is ours, and I would like to send in some surface groups to hit Singapore's airfields. But I also don't want our battleships to be vulnerable in bombardment mode if they run into major IJN surface combat assets. We are sending in a small TF with 3x CL and 3x DD, the objective being to see if there really are any heavy ships there and shake up the riff raff.
• The USN fleet carriers operating in the DEI will be on station 4 hexes east of Palembang tomorrow.
• We will bring a bunch of construction units to Sumatra to develop bases near Palembang.
Philippines
China
• One or more enemy units are moving east out of Nanning.
• Our units at Nanning need to recover Disruption before going on the attack again.
India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• This steadfast defense was coordinated with a CAP ambush of our Thunderbirds hitting troops to the north.
• The assault will continue tomorrow at Lao Cai.
• Tomorrow a Bde will arrive in hex with the wandering Imperials near Hanoi and Haiphong, then expel them from the rail line.
• I want to get Lang Son airfields built up as fast as possible and with all the nearby distractions possible. My hope is to get B-24's in there and immediately sweep and bomb the port of Hong Kong, which recon says has well over 100 ships and search and recon show as having many destroyers.
• The various forces moving into Cam Ranh Bay are doing so by routes that will close all hex sides.
• Tomorrow the last of the additional divisions will have entered Saigon, assault the day after.
• 32 submarines will sortie from Bangkok and patrol across the South China Sea between Indochina and Borneo to imperil the IJN carriers on their return from waters near Singapore (should they continue). We just deployed another 11 subs right in the area of the IJN fleet (they arrived in a group for dispersal), and there of course are already a number of subs (approximately 23) on patrol in the South China Sea.
Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Nighttime stuff.
• Great looking raid with Fires maxing out at 104,517! Fires are currently 19,225. The crews look okay for another night.
• The fleet carriers are moving to Iwo-jima. The CVE are at Guam and will leave in another day.
Complete combat report attached.
INVADED
INVESTED
Saigon
Cam Ranh Bay
Palembang
Singkawang
Kuantan
Nanning
Cagayan
CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Batu Pahat is occupied by the Allies
Overall
• Strategic points: 11,002
• B29's reporting ready: 147
• +/- VP today: +145
• Enemy carriers and battleships are 6 hexes about SE of Cam Ranh Bay.
West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
Pacific
• Somewhat more than 15,000 enemy remain according to recon.
000053 Ground combat 1945-01-25 Truk 112,108
Ground combat at Truk (112,108)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 11998 troops, 202 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 331
Defending force 7831 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5
Allied adjusted assault: 303
Japanese adjusted defense: 4
Allied assault odds: 75 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
693 casualties reported
Squads: 63 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
7th Infantry Division
ComAirSoPac
2nd Fleet Advn Base Force
VII US Fighter Cmnd
Defending units:
16th Division
New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Still about 20,000 enemy at Soerabaja.
000054 Ground combat 1945-01-25 Soerabaja 56,104
Ground combat at Soerabaja (56,104)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 33476 troops, 479 guns, 287 vehicles, Assault Value = 968
Defending force 14338 troops, 82 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 37
Allied adjusted assault: 345
Japanese adjusted defense: 23
Allied assault odds: 15 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1281 casualties reported
Squads: 99 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 71 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 21 (7 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Vehicles lost 17 (7 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
503rd Parachute Regiment
2nd Marine Division
1st Aus Para Battalion
1st Marine Division
14th Australian Brigade
148th Field Artillery Battalion
Aus II Corps
131st Field Artillery Battalion
260th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd RAA Jungle Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
13th Division
4th Tank Regiment
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF
107th Ship Eng Coy
207th Ship Eng Coy
56th JNAF AF Unit
6th Fleet
55th JNAF AF Unit
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Fleet
307th Ship Eng Coy
13th Air Flotilla
21st JAAF AF Bn
000057 Wiped Out 1945-01-25 Soerabaja 56,104
4th Tank Regiment Wiped Out at Soerabaja by attrition!!!
107th Ship Eng Coy Wiped Out at Soerabaja by attrition!!!
207th Ship Eng Coy Wiped Out at Soerabaja by attrition!!!
307th Ship Eng Coy Wiped Out at Soerabaja by attrition!!!
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment Wiped Out at Soerabaja by attrition!!!
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF Wiped Out at Soerabaja by attrition!!!
55th JNAF AF Unit Wiped Out at Soerabaja by attrition!!!
56th JNAF AF Unit Wiped Out at Soerabaja by attrition!!!
000056 Ground combat 1945-01-25 Kuala Lumpur 49,79
Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur (49,79)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 480 troops, 0 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 53
Defending force 807 troops, 8 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 8
Allied adjusted assault: 11
Japanese adjusted defense: 5
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
8th KGV Light Cav Regiment
Defending units:
28th JAAF AF Bn
• Repair of all industries at Soerabaja has been enabled, instantly winning the adulation of the populace.
• Attack at Singkawang tomorrow.
• There have been a bunch of small TF's at Singapore all along, but today one is sighted as 9 ships, with these displayed: BB BB BB BB CL CL PG PG. Batu Pahat is ours, and I would like to send in some surface groups to hit Singapore's airfields. But I also don't want our battleships to be vulnerable in bombardment mode if they run into major IJN surface combat assets. We are sending in a small TF with 3x CL and 3x DD, the objective being to see if there really are any heavy ships there and shake up the riff raff.
• The USN fleet carriers operating in the DEI will be on station 4 hexes east of Palembang tomorrow.
• We will bring a bunch of construction units to Sumatra to develop bases near Palembang.
Philippines
China
• One or more enemy units are moving east out of Nanning.
• Our units at Nanning need to recover Disruption before going on the attack again.
India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• This steadfast defense was coordinated with a CAP ambush of our Thunderbirds hitting troops to the north.
000055 Ground combat 1945-01-25 Lao Cai 68,53
Ground combat at Lao Cai (68,53)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 7462 troops, 131 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 246
Defending force 2950 troops, 52 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 42
Allied adjusted assault: 168
Japanese adjusted defense: 136
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
116 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
20th Australian Brigade
26th Australian Brigade
Defending units:
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
23rd JAAF AF Bn
• The assault will continue tomorrow at Lao Cai.
• Tomorrow a Bde will arrive in hex with the wandering Imperials near Hanoi and Haiphong, then expel them from the rail line.
• I want to get Lang Son airfields built up as fast as possible and with all the nearby distractions possible. My hope is to get B-24's in there and immediately sweep and bomb the port of Hong Kong, which recon says has well over 100 ships and search and recon show as having many destroyers.
• The various forces moving into Cam Ranh Bay are doing so by routes that will close all hex sides.
• Tomorrow the last of the additional divisions will have entered Saigon, assault the day after.
• 32 submarines will sortie from Bangkok and patrol across the South China Sea between Indochina and Borneo to imperil the IJN carriers on their return from waters near Singapore (should they continue). We just deployed another 11 subs right in the area of the IJN fleet (they arrived in a group for dispersal), and there of course are already a number of subs (approximately 23) on patrol in the South China Sea.
Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Nighttime stuff.
AIR NIGHT STRIKES
5 x 6th BG/24th BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
4 x 40th BG/44th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 40th BG/45th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 39th BG/60th BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 39th BG/62nd BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
4 x 19th BG/93rd BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 330th BG/457th BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 505th BG/482nd BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 505th BG/483rd BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
6 x 462nd BG/768th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 468th BG/794th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 498th BG/875th BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
4 x 499th BG/878th BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 499th BG/879th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 500th BG/882nd BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night
000001 Night Air attack 1945-01-25 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 23
N1K5-J George x 22
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 11
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 10
B-29-25 Superfort x 27
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 2 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 7 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak
Manpower hits 94
Fires 28272
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 3 scrambling)
11 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 34880.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (0 airborne, 16 on standby, 2 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 11 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000002 Night Air attack 1945-01-25 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 16
N1K5-J George x 13
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 11
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 6 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak
Manpower hits 1
Fires 26334
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K5-J George (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000003 Night Air attack 1945-01-25 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 10
N1K5-J George x 10
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 4
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 3 damaged
Manpower hits 17
Fires 37380
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 5 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 34880.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 5 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000004 Night Air attack 1945-01-25 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 27 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 8 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 10
N1K5-J George x 10
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 1
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 5
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged
Manpower hits 27
Fires 45360
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K5-J George (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 52 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (8 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
8 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 27600.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 59 minutes
106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Raid is overhead
Some CAP have air radar
000005 Night Air attack 1945-01-25 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 9
N1K5-J George x 9
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 1
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K5-J George (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (7 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Raid is overhead
Some CAP have air radar
000006 Night Air attack 1945-01-25 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 47 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 6
N1K5-J George x 8
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K5-J George (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 2000 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 27000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 45 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000007 Night Air attack 1945-01-25 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 17 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 5
N1K5-J George x 6
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K5-J George (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 49 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000008 Night Air attack 1945-01-25 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 13 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 3
N1K5-J George x 4
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K5-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 1000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000009 Night Air attack 1945-01-25 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 3
N1K5-J George x 4
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 3 damaged
Manpower hits 1
Fires 45780
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K5-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 2000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000010 Night Air attack 1945-01-25 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 46 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 3
N1K5-J George x 3
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 3 damaged
Manpower hits 1
Fires 46200
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 2000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000011 Night Air attack 1945-01-25 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 2
N1K5-J George x 3
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 3
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Manpower hits 31
Fires 44016
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 1000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 7000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000012 Night Air attack 1945-01-25 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 2
N1K5-J George x 3
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged
Manpower hits 30
Fires 69678
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 9000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000013 Night Air attack 1945-01-25 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 2
N1K5-J George x 3
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged
Manpower hits 32
Fires 82467
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 2000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000014 Night Air attack 1945-01-25 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 2
N1K5-J George x 3
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 3
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Manpower hits 4
Fires 63840
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 47 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000015 Night Air attack 1945-01-25 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 2
N1K5-J George x 3
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged
Manpower hits 26
Fires 94374
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 33 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000016 Night Air attack 1945-01-25 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Heavy cloud
Raid detected at 31 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 9 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 2
N1K5-J George x 3
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged
Manpower hits 25
Fires 104517
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-302 Kokutai with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 11000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
• Great looking raid with Fires maxing out at 104,517! Fires are currently 19,225. The crews look okay for another night.
• The fleet carriers are moving to Iwo-jima. The CVE are at Guam and will leave in another day.
Complete combat report attached.
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RE: 1945 January 25
Just a general impression, but it looks as if your B-29s are getting better at night bombing raids - fewer straying (fragmenting the attacks) and fires building higher than before. Average squadron experience must be over 60 now?
No matter how bad a situation is, you can always make it worse. - Chris Hadfield : An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth
RE: 1945 January 26
1945 January 26
INVADED
INVESTED
Saigon
Cam Ranh Bay
Palembang
Nanning
Cagayan
CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Allied forces CAPTURE Singkawang !!!
Allied forces CAPTURE Lao Cai !!!
Allied forces CAPTURE Kuantan !!!
Overall
• Strategic points: 11,160
• B29's reporting ready: 117
• +/- VP today: +340
• Although we do not have a direct sighting of the enemy carriers and battleships, it seems they are among a line of IJN TFs from 3 to 7 hexes east of Mersing. They have fallen right into our evil trap.
West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
Pacific
• Down to less than 14,000.
New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Cruisers, but no battleships. Cruisers were bad enough. Their torpedoes were better than our torpedoes.
• Banzai!
• Loads of engineers and a fleet advance base force unloading at Soerabaja.
• Let's see what the IJN battle fleet does.
Philippines
• 3rd NZ Armored Sqn is unloading at Cotabato.
China
• Last combat there were 7 enemy units at Nanning. Now there are 4, plus 4 units 1 hex to the east. I assume 3 have pulled out (movement seen yesterday) and 1 more is on the way in (but no movement is seen by recon in the hex to the east).
India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• Now to pursue.
• 3,781 AV at Saigon. Assault tomorrow.
Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Nighttime stuff.
• Kobe has Fires 15,979.
• The B-29's will stand down to recover as much as possible before the strikes on Okinawa.
Complete combat report attached.
INVADED
INVESTED
Saigon
Cam Ranh Bay
Palembang
Nanning
Cagayan
CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Allied forces CAPTURE Singkawang !!!
Allied forces CAPTURE Lao Cai !!!
Allied forces CAPTURE Kuantan !!!
Overall
• Strategic points: 11,160
• B29's reporting ready: 117
• +/- VP today: +340
• Although we do not have a direct sighting of the enemy carriers and battleships, it seems they are among a line of IJN TFs from 3 to 7 hexes east of Mersing. They have fallen right into our evil trap.
West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
Pacific
• Down to less than 14,000.
000039 Ground combat 1945-01-26 Truk 112,108
Ground combat at Truk (112,108)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 11998 troops, 202 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 331
Defending force 7251 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2
Allied adjusted assault: 159
Japanese adjusted defense: 7
Allied assault odds: 22 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
149 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
7th Infantry Division
ComAirSoPac
2nd Fleet Advn Base Force
VII US Fighter Cmnd
Defending units:
16th Division
000046 surrounded 1945-01-26 Truk 112,108
Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Truk
New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Cruisers, but no battleships. Cruisers were bad enough. Their torpedoes were better than our torpedoes.
000001 Night Time Surface Combat 1945-01-26 50,84 Singapore
Night Time Surface Combat, near Singapore at 50,84, Range 8,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
CL Sendai
CL Naka, Shell hits 1
CL Jintsu
CL Kuma, Shell hits 2
DD Shiratsuyu, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Shigure, Shell hits 1
DD Murasame, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Yudachi, Shell hits 1
Allied Ships
CL Hobart, Shell hits 1
CL Emerald
CL Ceylon, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Rapid, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Roebuck
DD Undine, Shell hits 1
Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Japanese TF begins to get underway
Improved night sighting under 96% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions and 96% moonlight: 11,000 yards
Range closes to 24,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 24,000 yards
Range closes to 18,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 18,000 yards
Range closes to 12,000 yards...
Range closes to 8,000 yards...
CONTACT: Allies radar detects Japanese task force at 8,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese radar detects Allied task force at 8,000 yards
Shibuya, Kiyomi crosses the 'T'
CL Naka engages CL Ceylon at 8,000 yards
CL Emerald engages CL Naka at 8,000 yards
CL Naka engages CL Hobart at 8,000 yards
DD Undine engages DD Shigure at 8,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages DD Undine at 8,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages DD Rapid at 8,000 yards
DD Undine engages DD Shigure at 8,000 yards
DD Shiratsuyu engages DD Rapid at 8,000 yards
Range closes to 6,000 yards
DD Murasame collides with CL Sendai at 50 , 84
CL Kuma engages CL Ceylon at 6,000 yards
CL Emerald engages CL Kuma at 6,000 yards
CL Hobart engages CL Naka at 6,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Emerald at 6,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages DD Roebuck at 6,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Undine at 6,000 yards
DD Shigure engages CL Ceylon at 6,000 yards
DD Shiratsuyu engages DD Rapid at 6,000 yards
Range increases to 7,000 yards
CL Kuma engages CL Ceylon at 7,000 yards
CL Jintsu engages CL Ceylon at 7,000 yards
CL Hobart engages CL Jintsu at 7,000 yards
CL Sendai engages DD Undine at 7,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages DD Undine at 7,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Rapid at 7,000 yards
DD Rapid sunk by DD Shigure at 7,000 yards
CL Ceylon engages CL Kuma at 7,000 yards
CL Emerald engages CL Kuma at 7,000 yards
CL Naka engages CL Hobart at 7,000 yards
DD Undine engages DD Murasame at 7,000 yards
DD Undine engages DD Yudachi at 7,000 yards
DD Undine engages DD Murasame at 7,000 yards
DD Shigure engages DD Undine at 7,000 yards
DD Undine engages DD Shiratsuyu at 7,000 yards
Range increases to 8,000 yards
CL Ceylon engages CL Kuma at 8,000 yards
CL Jintsu engages CL Ceylon at 8,000 yards
CL Emerald engages CL Naka at 8,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Undine at 8,000 yards
DD Undine engages DD Yudachi at 8,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Undine at 8,000 yards
DD Undine engages DD Shigure at 8,000 yards
DD Shiratsuyu engages DD Undine at 8,000 yards
Range increases to 9,000 yards
CL Kuma engages CL Hobart at 9,000 yards
CL Kuma engages CL Emerald at 9,000 yards
CL Hobart engages CL Kuma at 9,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Undine at 9,000 yards
DD Roebuck engages DD Yudachi at 9,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Undine at 9,000 yards
DD Shigure engages DD Undine at 9,000 yards
DD Shiratsuyu engages DD Undine at 9,000 yards
Range increases to 11,000 yards
CL Ceylon engages CL Kuma at 11,000 yards
CL Emerald engages CL Kuma at 11,000 yards
CL Kuma engages CL Hobart at 11,000 yards
CL Ceylon engages CL Sendai at 11,000 yards
DD Roebuck engages DD Murasame at 11,000 yards
DD Undine engages DD Murasame at 11,000 yards
DD Shigure engages DD Roebuck at 11,000 yards
DD Undine engages DD Shiratsuyu at 11,000 yards
Range increases to 12,000 yards
CL Ceylon engages CL Kuma at 12,000 yards
CL Jintsu engages CL Emerald at 12,000 yards
CL Hobart engages CL Kuma at 12,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages DD Undine at 12,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages DD Roebuck at 12,000 yards
DD Roebuck engages DD Shigure at 12,000 yards
DD Shiratsuyu engages DD Undine at 12,000 yards
Range increases to 14,000 yards
CL Ceylon engages CL Kuma at 14,000 yards
CL Kuma engages CL Emerald at 14,000 yards
CL Sendai engages CL Ceylon at 14,000 yards
DD Undine engages DD Yudachi at 14,000 yards
DD Shigure engages DD Undine at 14,000 yards
DD Shiratsuyu engages DD Undine at 14,000 yards
CL Kuma engages CL Ceylon at 14,000 yards
CL Jintsu engages CL Ceylon at 14,000 yards
CL Naka engages CL Hobart at 14,000 yards
CL Sendai engages DD Undine at 14,000 yards
DD Yudachi engages DD Roebuck at 14,000 yards
DD Murasame engages DD Roebuck at 14,000 yards
DD Shigure engages DD Roebuck at 14,000 yards
DD Shiratsuyu engages DD Roebuck at 14,000 yards
Task forces break off...
000013 Sub attack 1945-01-26 53,82 Djemadja
Sub attack near Djemadja at 53,82
Japanese Ships
PB Choun Maru #18
PB Nichi Maru #1
Allied Ships
SS Tudor
SS Tudor launches 2 torpedoes at PB Choun Maru #18
Tudor bottoming out ....
PB Nichi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Nichi Maru #1 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
• Banzai!
000038 Ground combat 1945-01-26 Soerabaja 56,104
Ground combat at Soerabaja (56,104)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 6480 troops, 34 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 17
Defending force 41028 troops, 482 guns, 331 vehicles, Assault Value = 999
Japanese adjusted assault: 0
Allied adjusted defense: 867
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 0)
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
6092 casualties reported
Squads: 200 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 158 destroyed, 156 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 21 (21 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Assaulting units:
13th Division
8th Fleet
13th Air Flotilla
6th Fleet
21st JAAF AF Bn
Defending units:
503rd Parachute Regiment
2nd Marine Division
1st Aus Para Battalion
1st Marine Division
14th Australian Brigade
30th USN Naval Const Rgt /3
148th Field Artillery Battalion
131st Field Artillery Battalion
260th Field Artillery Battalion
Aus II Corps
46th US Naval Const Bn /2
2nd RAA Jungle Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force /2
000040 Ground combat 1945-01-26 Soerabaja 56,104
Ground combat at Soerabaja (56,104)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 33334 troops, 479 guns, 287 vehicles, Assault Value = 999
Defending force 5517 troops, 26 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 9
Allied adjusted assault: 629
Japanese adjusted defense: 3
Allied assault odds: 209 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
921 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 70 destroyed, 62 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
2nd Marine Division
1st Marine Division
1st Aus Para Battalion
503rd Parachute Regiment
14th Australian Brigade
260th Field Artillery Battalion
148th Field Artillery Battalion
2nd RAA Jungle Field Artillery Regiment
30th USN Naval Const Rgt /3
Aus II Corps
131st Field Artillery Battalion
46th US Naval Const Bn /2
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force /2
Defending units:
13th Division
8th Fleet
13th Air Flotilla
6th Fleet
21st JAAF AF Bn
000041 Ground combat 1945-01-26 Singkawang 56,88
Ground combat at Singkawang (56,88)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 984 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41
Defending force 265 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3
Allied adjusted assault: 37
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 37 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Singkawang !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
NG Vol Rifles Battalion
Defending units:
10th JAAF AF Coy
000043 Ground combat 1945-01-26 Kuala Lumpur 49,79
Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur (49,79)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 480 troops, 0 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 52
Defending force 831 troops, 8 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 8
Allied adjusted assault: 49
Japanese adjusted defense: 7
Allied assault odds: 7 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)
Japanese ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
8th KGV Light Cav Regiment
Defending units:
28th JAAF AF Bn
000044 Ground combat 1945-01-26 Kuantan 51,79
Ground combat at Kuantan (51,79)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1044 troops, 0 guns, 195 vehicles, Assault Value = 110
Defending force 979 troops, 8 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 10
Allied adjusted assault: 48
Japanese adjusted defense: 19
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Kuantan !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), morale(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
101 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Assaulting units:
11th PAVO Regiment
Guides Cavalry Regiment
Defending units:
96th JAAF AF Bn
000045 Wiped Out 1945-01-26 Soerabaja 56,104
21st JAAF AF Bn Wiped Out at Soerabaja by attrition!!!
• Loads of engineers and a fleet advance base force unloading at Soerabaja.
• Let's see what the IJN battle fleet does.
Philippines
• 3rd NZ Armored Sqn is unloading at Cotabato.
China
• Last combat there were 7 enemy units at Nanning. Now there are 4, plus 4 units 1 hex to the east. I assume 3 have pulled out (movement seen yesterday) and 1 more is on the way in (but no movement is seen by recon in the hex to the east).
India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• Now to pursue.
000042 Ground combat 1945-01-26 Lao Cai 68,53
Ground combat at Lao Cai (68,53)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 7458 troops, 131 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 245
Defending force 2867 troops, 50 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 38
Allied adjusted assault: 174
Japanese adjusted defense: 46
Allied assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Lao Cai !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-)
fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1118 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 38 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 21 (21 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (16 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Allied ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
20th Australian Brigade
26th Australian Brigade
Defending units:
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade
23rd JAAF AF Bn
• 3,781 AV at Saigon. Assault tomorrow.
Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Nighttime stuff.
AIR NIGHT STRIKES
4 x 40th BG/45th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 19th BG/93rd BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 9th BG/99th BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
4 x 330th BG/457th BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 468th BG/792nd BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
4 x 468th BG/794th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 497th BG/870th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night
4 x 498th BG/875th BS B-29-25 Superfort stray due to night
6 x 499th BG/879th BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night
3 x 500th BG/882nd BS B-29-1 Superfort stray due to night
000002 Night Air attack 1945-01-26 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 78 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 14
N1K5-J George x 20
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 24
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 6
B-29-25 Superfort x 45
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 3 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 2 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 18 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak
Manpower hits 189
Fires 82980
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
5 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
7 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-312 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 13 on standby, 1 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (0 airborne, 10 on standby, 1 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes
106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 21 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000003 Night Air attack 1945-01-26 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 79 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 24 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 12
N1K5-J George x 13
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 19
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 7
B-29-25 Superfort x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 2 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak
B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged
Manpower hits 10
Fires 66357
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
4 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
2 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-312 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 10 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 25 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000004 Night Air attack 1945-01-26 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 64 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 19 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 7
N1K5-J George x 11
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 14
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 4 destroyed
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah: 2 destroyed
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-312 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
10 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 10000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 23 minutes
106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (13 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
13 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000005 Night Air attack 1945-01-26 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 33 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 7
N1K5-J George x 5
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah x 4
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 4
Japanese aircraft losses
J1N1-Sa Irving: 1 destroyed
Ki-46-III KAI Dinah: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 damaged
B-29-1 Superfort: 1 destroyed by flak
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
106th Sentai with Ki-46-III KAI Dinah (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 5000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 5000.
Raid is overhead
S-312 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 34880.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (6 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
6 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000006 Night Air attack 1945-01-26 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 48 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 4
N1K5-J George x 4
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 3
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged
Manpower hits 1
Fires 80025
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-312 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 10000 and 34000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000007 Night Air attack 1945-01-26 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 1
N1K5-J George x 2
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged
Manpower hits 3
Fires 64610
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-312 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 4000 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 42 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000008 Night Air attack 1945-01-26 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 1
N1K5-J George x 2
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Manpower hits 3
Fires 83193
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-312 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 4000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000009 Night Air attack 1945-01-26 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 1
N1K5-J George x 2
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged
Manpower hits 2
Fires 66482
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-312 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 5000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 1000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 51 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000010 Night Air attack 1945-01-26 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 1
N1K5-J George x 1
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Manpower hits 20
Fires 39513
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-312 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000011 Night Air attack 1945-01-26 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 16 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 1
N1K5-J George x 1
Allied aircraft
B-29-25 Superfort x 4
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
B-29-25 Superfort: 2 damaged
Manpower hits 6
Fires 73658
Aircraft Attacking:
4 x B-29-25 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-312 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 1000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
000012 Night Air attack 1945-01-26 Kobe 108,59
Night Air attack on Kobe , at 108,59
Weather in hex: Clear sky
Raid detected at 25 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 1
N1K5-J George x 1
Allied aircraft
B-29-1 Superfort x 3
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Manpower hits 28
Fires 44559
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-29-1 Superfort bombing from 5000 feet *
City Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
S-312 Hikotai with N1K5-J George (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes
352 Ku S-3 with J1N1-Sa Irving (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
Some CAP have air radar
• Kobe has Fires 15,979.
• The B-29's will stand down to recover as much as possible before the strikes on Okinawa.
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RE: 1945 January 25
I don't know but I made a serious effort to make certain all arriving squadrons had top pilots released from long experience elsewhere, and all replacement pilots are the same. Performance in the B-24's and other groups has suffered.ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
Just a general impression, but it looks as if your B-29s are getting better at night bombing raids - fewer straying (fragmenting the attacks) and fires building higher than before. Average squadron experience must be over 60 now?
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RE: 1945 January 27
1945 January 27
INVADED
INVESTED
Saigon
Cam Ranh Bay
Palembang
Nanning
Cagayan
CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Tjilatjap is occupied by the Allies
Overall
• Strategic points: 11,252
• B29's reporting ready: 100
• Total B-29's on operating flight lines: 188
• No more B-29 groups will arrive until more than a month from now when the B-29B enters service. Until then we have only the 40 per month replacements of the B-29-25, and our loss rate far exceeds that.
• +/- VP today: +202
• Enemy carriers and battleships are 5 hexes east of Singapore. They are in hex with a large number of merchants and other non-warships.
• CV Ticonderoga will go to Truk for January '45 AA upgrade and miss the Daito Shoto invasion.
• One course of action I considered (over the last several turns) is sending the fleet carriers in the Marianas into the northern South China Sea to trap the IJN battle fleet and destroy it. But I think it is more timely to get into Okinawa and then get at the Home Islands with land forces and additional (shorter ranged) bomber forces. Basically, I've decided to keep focus on the main strategy and deal with the IJN battle fleet's activities with smaller USN concentrations (4 fleet carriers, 3 CVL, 2 battleships, etc.) and the RN. We might take losses which we would not otherwise take, but those must be compared with the consequences if we delay the advance on the Home Islands.
West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
Pacific
• Down to less than 12,000.
• The escort carriers and Daito Shoto invasion convoys depart for the Iwo-jima area.
New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Assets like this AO are heading NE with ASW screens paving the way.
• Soerabaja clearing continues even as engineers are at work; clearing completed at Singkawang; clearing continues at Kuala Lumpur, Kuantan, and on southern Borneo.
• About 5,000 enemy remain at Soerabaja. Base repairs might finish tomorrow. Then, with plenty of supply on hand, I suppose the facilities (such as the shipyard) will begin repairing. Maxing out the port size will be the build priority.
• The opposing carrier forces are 7 hexes apart. Two of our carrier pilots there became aces today as 26 Jakes on search missions were shot down.
• A larger RN CL TF will raid surface shipping at Singapore. If the IJN battle fleet puts in there then they will run into heavy units. The RN battleships and heavy cruisers will wait at Tandjoengbalai, and the RN carriers will depart Sabang and take up station 1 hex to the east. We do have a problem rearming warships in the strait.
• The USN carriers will take up station 1 hex west of Singkawang.
• The subs dispatched from Bangkok will make their turns SE and sweep across the South China Sea, crisscrossing the paths of others already on patrol.
• Kuching airfield will be raided by B-24's as a precaution.
• Enemy knowledge: The USN carriers, et al are sighted; the RN battleships and cruisers are not sighted but there location is probably understood; the RN carriers' location is not known to the Empire.
• Tomorrow Australian B-24's at Soerabaja will begin strikes on Palembang's airfields. The airfield at Soerabaja is size 4 but it's a start.
Philippines
• Additional units for the renewed assault should be in Cagayan in 2 or 3 days.
China
• The troops at Nanning are recovering well.
• In two more days we will have forces in places to begin the reduction of the trapped Bde NW of Pakhoi.
• Base building in northern Indochina continues, but with the IJN battle fleet relying on Hong Kong the time to strike is now. We have plenty of air support in place and adequate space to sweeps Hong Kong with more than the 118 fighters the defense can muster, and to strike the port with about 72 B-24 (more if some gone into maintenance after the transfer flight come ready in time).
India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• Good results at Saigon; we cleared the rail line in the north.
• 3,549 AV at Saigon. Disruption is low enough that the assault will continue tomorrow to take advantage of what is surely much higher Disruption among the enemy.
Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Fires at Kobe are 3,323.
Complete combat report attached.
INVADED
INVESTED
Saigon
Cam Ranh Bay
Palembang
Nanning
Cagayan
CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Tjilatjap is occupied by the Allies
Overall
• Strategic points: 11,252
• B29's reporting ready: 100
• Total B-29's on operating flight lines: 188
• No more B-29 groups will arrive until more than a month from now when the B-29B enters service. Until then we have only the 40 per month replacements of the B-29-25, and our loss rate far exceeds that.
• +/- VP today: +202
• Enemy carriers and battleships are 5 hexes east of Singapore. They are in hex with a large number of merchants and other non-warships.
• CV Ticonderoga will go to Truk for January '45 AA upgrade and miss the Daito Shoto invasion.
• One course of action I considered (over the last several turns) is sending the fleet carriers in the Marianas into the northern South China Sea to trap the IJN battle fleet and destroy it. But I think it is more timely to get into Okinawa and then get at the Home Islands with land forces and additional (shorter ranged) bomber forces. Basically, I've decided to keep focus on the main strategy and deal with the IJN battle fleet's activities with smaller USN concentrations (4 fleet carriers, 3 CVL, 2 battleships, etc.) and the RN. We might take losses which we would not otherwise take, but those must be compared with the consequences if we delay the advance on the Home Islands.
West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
Pacific
• Down to less than 12,000.
000033 Ground combat 1945-01-27 Truk 112,108
Ground combat at Truk (112,108)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 11982 troops, 202 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 331
Defending force 6456 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Allied adjusted assault: 308
Japanese adjusted defense: 4
Allied assault odds: 77 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
156 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Assaulting units:
7th Infantry Division
ComAirSoPac
2nd Fleet Advn Base Force
VII US Fighter Cmnd
Defending units:
16th Division
000043 surrounded 1945-01-27 Truk 112,108
Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Truk
• The escort carriers and Daito Shoto invasion convoys depart for the Iwo-jima area.
New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
DEI, Dutch New Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Assets like this AO are heading NE with ASW screens paving the way.
000001 ASW attack 1945-01-27 58,80 Groot Natoena
ASW attack near Groot Natoena at 58,80
Japanese Ships
AO Iro
E Miyake
Allied Ships
SS Thorough, hits 1
SS Thorough is sighted by escort
Thorough bottoming out ....
E Miyake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Miyake attacking submerged sub ....
E Miyake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Miyake fails to find sub, continues to search...
E Miyake fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
000002 Sub attack 1945-01-27 58,79 Groot Natoena
Sub attack near Groot Natoena at 58,79
Japanese Ships
DD Hagikaze
DD Kasumi
Allied Ships
SS Thorough, hits 7
SS Thorough launches 2 torpedoes at DD Hagikaze
Thorough bottoming out ....
DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Kasumi attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
• Soerabaja clearing continues even as engineers are at work; clearing completed at Singkawang; clearing continues at Kuala Lumpur, Kuantan, and on southern Borneo.
000034 Ground combat 1945-01-27 Soerabaja 56,104
Ground combat at Soerabaja (56,104)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 33328 troops, 479 guns, 287 vehicles, Assault Value = 999
Defending force 3685 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4
Allied adjusted assault: 517
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 517 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1817 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 261 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 2
Assaulting units:
1st Aus Para Battalion
1st Marine Division
503rd Parachute Regiment
2nd Marine Division
14th Australian Brigade
46th US Naval Construction Battalion
863rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
30th USN Naval Construction Regiment
Aus II Corps
148th Field Artillery Battalion
131st Field Artillery Battalion
2nd RAA Jungle Field Artillery Regiment
260th Field Artillery Battalion
3rd Fleet Advn Base Force /2
Defending units:
8th Fleet
13th Air Flotilla
6th Fleet
13th Div /2
000035 Ground combat 1945-01-27 Singkawang 56,88
Ground combat at Singkawang (56,88)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 978 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40
Defending force 265 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3
Allied adjusted assault: 18
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 18 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), morale(-)
supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)
Japanese ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
NG Vol Rifles Battalion
Defending units:
10th JAAF AF Coy
000038 Ground combat 1945-01-27 Kuala Lumpur 49,79
Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur (49,79)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 480 troops, 0 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 53
Defending force 791 troops, 8 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 9
Allied adjusted assault: 23
Japanese adjusted defense: 5
Allied assault odds: 4 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
8th KGV Light Cav Regiment
Defending units:
28th JAAF AF Bn
000039 Ground combat 1945-01-27 Kuantan 51,79
Ground combat at Kuantan (51,79)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1044 troops, 0 guns, 195 vehicles, Assault Value = 110
Defending force 835 troops, 8 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 9
Allied adjusted assault: 47
Japanese adjusted defense: 7
Allied assault odds: 6 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), morale(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Assaulting units:
11th PAVO Regiment
Guides Cavalry Regiment
Defending units:
96th JAAF AF Bn
000040 Ground combat 1945-01-27 62,97 Balikpapan
Ground combat at 62,97 (near Balikpapan)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 3187 troops, 44 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 96
Defending force 554 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Allied adjusted assault: 44
Japanese adjusted defense: 4
Allied assault odds: 11 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)
Japanese ground losses:
239 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
22nd Australian Brigade
Defending units:
1st Ship Engineer Regiment
000041 Wiped Out 1945-01-27 Singkawang 56,88
10th JAAF AF Coy Wiped Out at Singkawang by attrition!!!
000042 surrounded 1945-01-27 Soerabaja 56,104
Japanese Unit(s) surrounded at Soerabaja
• About 5,000 enemy remain at Soerabaja. Base repairs might finish tomorrow. Then, with plenty of supply on hand, I suppose the facilities (such as the shipyard) will begin repairing. Maxing out the port size will be the build priority.
• The opposing carrier forces are 7 hexes apart. Two of our carrier pilots there became aces today as 26 Jakes on search missions were shot down.
• A larger RN CL TF will raid surface shipping at Singapore. If the IJN battle fleet puts in there then they will run into heavy units. The RN battleships and heavy cruisers will wait at Tandjoengbalai, and the RN carriers will depart Sabang and take up station 1 hex to the east. We do have a problem rearming warships in the strait.
• The USN carriers will take up station 1 hex west of Singkawang.
• The subs dispatched from Bangkok will make their turns SE and sweep across the South China Sea, crisscrossing the paths of others already on patrol.
• Kuching airfield will be raided by B-24's as a precaution.
• Enemy knowledge: The USN carriers, et al are sighted; the RN battleships and cruisers are not sighted but there location is probably understood; the RN carriers' location is not known to the Empire.
• Tomorrow Australian B-24's at Soerabaja will begin strikes on Palembang's airfields. The airfield at Soerabaja is size 4 but it's a start.
Philippines
• Additional units for the renewed assault should be in Cagayan in 2 or 3 days.
China
• The troops at Nanning are recovering well.
• In two more days we will have forces in places to begin the reduction of the trapped Bde NW of Pakhoi.
• Base building in northern Indochina continues, but with the IJN battle fleet relying on Hong Kong the time to strike is now. We have plenty of air support in place and adequate space to sweeps Hong Kong with more than the 118 fighters the defense can muster, and to strike the port with about 72 B-24 (more if some gone into maintenance after the transfer flight come ready in time).
India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• Good results at Saigon; we cleared the rail line in the north.
000036 Ground combat 1945-01-27 Saigon 60,71
Ground combat at Saigon (60,71)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 115647 troops, 1644 guns, 944 vehicles, Assault Value = 3800
Defending force 33053 troops, 274 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 668
Allied adjusted assault: 2167
Japanese adjusted defense: 1391
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 3)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
3807 casualties reported
Squads: 25 destroyed, 270 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 129 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 21 disabled
Guns lost 29 (5 destroyed, 24 disabled)
Vehicles lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
2308 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 236 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 25 disabled
Guns lost 36 (1 destroyed, 35 disabled)
Assaulting units:
16th LRP Brigade
6th New Chinese/C Corps
9th Indian Division
22nd (East African) Brigade
6th New Chinese/A Corps
39th Indian Division
6th New Chinese/B Corps
25th Indian/B Division
81st (West African) Division
25th Indian/A Division
11th (East African) Division
25th Australian Brigade
7th Indian Division
Gardner's Horse Regiment
25th Indian/C Division
56th Heavy Regiment
55th Heavy Regiment
134th (East Ang) Regiment
208th Field Regiment
Defending units:
41st Division
2nd Guards Division
Yokosuka 1st SNLF
Cape St.Jaques Fortress
56th Engineer Regiment
38th Army
26th Air Flotilla
43rd Const Co
33rd Army
30th JNAF AF Unit
55th Air Division
51st Field AA Battalion
3rd Naval Construction Battalion
90th JAAF AF Bn
000037 Ground combat 1945-01-27 67,57 Haiphong
Ground combat at 67,57 (near Haiphong)
Allied Shock attack
Attacking force 2484 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 117
Defending force 1129 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7
Allied adjusted assault: 216
Japanese adjusted defense: 1
Allied assault odds: 216 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
443 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 12 (12 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
BFF Brigade
Defending units:
23rd JNAF AF Unit
• 3,549 AV at Saigon. Disruption is low enough that the assault will continue tomorrow to take advantage of what is surely much higher Disruption among the enemy.
Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Fires at Kobe are 3,323.
Complete combat report attached.
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RE: 1945 January 27
1945 January 27
The IJN battle fleet is in the highlighted hex, our fleet carriers are 4 hexes east of Palembang. The route which evacuees and the IJN battle fleet plan to follow back to Hong Kong is obvious.
Near Soc Trang you can see the subs recently sortied from Bangkok. Timing looks good. Cross your fingers!
The IJN battle fleet is in the highlighted hex, our fleet carriers are 4 hexes east of Palembang. The route which evacuees and the IJN battle fleet plan to follow back to Hong Kong is obvious.
Near Soc Trang you can see the subs recently sortied from Bangkok. Timing looks good. Cross your fingers!
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RE: 1945 January 27
1945 January 27
The IJN battle fleet hopes to escape with all this shark bait. Because all of these TF have a reported heading of SW it looks like these ones in hex with the battle fleet came with it from Hong Kong to pick up fuel and perhaps excess supply or even troops.
The IJN battle fleet hopes to escape with all this shark bait. Because all of these TF have a reported heading of SW it looks like these ones in hex with the battle fleet came with it from Hong Kong to pick up fuel and perhaps excess supply or even troops.
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RE: 1945 January 27
Looking forward to the fireworks!
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No matter how bad a situation is, you can always make it worse. - Chris Hadfield : An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth
RE: 1945 January 27
Phase I complete. Turn orders in progress. [:)]ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
Looking forward to the fireworks!
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RE: 1945 January 27
ORIGINAL: witpqs
Phase I complete. Turn orders in progress. [:)]ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
Looking forward to the fireworks!
Only the barrel on that machine gun moves like that if the tripod is secure. Otherwise the tripod itself may move as well.
Seek peace but keep your gun handy.
I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!
“Illegitemus non carborundum est (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”).”
; Julia Child
I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing!
“Illegitemus non carborundum est (“Don’t let the bastards grind you down”).”
; Julia Child