Act III - DBB-C Uncivil Engineer (J) vs. christopher 1963 (A)

[Uncivil Engineer]

Getting way behind again; traveling doesn't help!

Aug 15, 1942

Vals flying from Tarawa sank an Allied YMS at Tabiteuea.

The first deliberate Allied attack at Amchitka reduced forts -

Ground combat at Amchitka Island (158,52)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6232 troops, 87 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 200

Defending force 3110 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44

Allied adjusted assault: 125

Japanese adjusted defense: 124

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
513 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 30 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
208 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled

Assaulting units:
134th Cmbt Engineer Battalion
87th Mountain Regiment
37th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
1st AmphTrac Engineer Battalion
198th FA Bn /1

Defending units:
I./4th Infantry Battalion
6th Indpt SNLF Coy
5th Fleet
5th JNAF AF Unit

Aug 16, 1942

Brit cruisers bombarded Tavoy.

A brigade of 4 Div loaded transports and departed Mergui (2 hexes south of Tavoy) without incident.

Oro Bay was recaptured by paradrop (it had flipped back to Allies).

Forts at Amchitka were reduced again -

Ground combat at Amchitka Island (158,52)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6106 troops, 87 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 188

Defending force 2715 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19

Allied adjusted assault: 72

Japanese adjusted defense: 37

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

Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
551 casualties reported
Squads: 22 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
82 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled

Assaulting units:
134th Cmbt Engineer Battalion
37th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
87th Mountain Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
1st AmphTrac Engineer Battalion
198th FA Bn /1

Defending units:
I./4th Infantry Battalion
6th Indpt SNLF Coy
5th Fleet
5th JNAF AF Unit

Aug 17, 1942

Bases assaulted today: Great Nicobar (vacant)

Bases lost today: Amchitka -

Ground combat at Amchitka Island (158,52)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 6073 troops, 87 guns, 140 vehicles, Assault Value = 180

Defending force 2420 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Allied adjusted assault: 141

Japanese adjusted defense: 37

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Amchitka Island !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
573 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 15 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
75 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled

Assaulting units:
134th Cmbt Engineer Battalion
37th (Sep) Infantry Regiment
87th Mountain Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
1st AmphTrac Engineer Battalion
198th FA Bn /1

Defending units:
I./4th Infantry Battalion
6th Indpt SNLF Coy
5th Fleet
5th JNAF AF Unit

An Allied sub fired at CV Hiryu near Makin, but missed. BUT, surprise by the CV TF in the Gilberts is lost!

Brit BB PoW bombarded Tavoy, followed by Wellingtons bombing the base.

A Chinese base force and headquarters that had been chased out of Yenan some time ago, surrendered.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Aug 18, 1942

Bases captured today: Great Nicobar

For reasons unknown to me the Allies decided to attack at Changsha -

Ground combat at Changteh (81,50)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 60853 troops, 218 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2006

Defending force 27145 troops, 251 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 780

Allied adjusted assault: 1228

Japanese adjusted defense: 1861

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
915 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 60 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
2367 casualties reported
Squads: 63 destroyed, 374 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 33 disabled
Guns lost 18 (6 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Assaulting units:
94th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
44th Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
72nd Chinese Corps
6th Construction Regiment
6th War Area
20th Group Army
2nd Chinese Base Force

Defending units:
39th Division
68th Division
1st Mortar Battalion
13th Army
57th Field AA Battalion

Aug 19, 1942

CVs Akagi and Kaga arrived at Singapore and began their July upgrades. The RSY at Singapore, currently 30, resumed further improvement to facilitate major repair of these ships.


Aug 20, 1942

Judy research at Tokyo and Tony research at Gifu reached 30(0). Tony aircraft will advance from Oct '42 to Sep '42 within a week, so will become available Sep 1.

BBs Kirishima and Kongo bombarded Taberfane, doing insignificant damage. BBs Nagato and Mutsu escorted a PB fast transport supply ship into Koepang. One of the destroyers in the TF hit a mine and sank.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Aug 21, 1942

Bases assaulted today: Car Nicobar (vacant)

BBs Nagato and Mutsu bombarded Koepang and retired.

CV Hiyo's air groups attacked several targets near Adak sustaining considerable casualties to sink one xAP transport. Land-based TBFs counterattacked Hiyo -

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kiska Island at 158,49

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 29 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 4

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 13
TBF-1 Avenger x 18

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
TBF-1 Avenger: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
CV Hiyo, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
DD Harusame
DD Amatsukaze

Ammo storage explosion on CV Hiyo
Heavy smoke from fires obscuring CV Hiyo

Aug 22, 1942

CV Hiyo successfully evaded Allied surface forces in pursuit, but with fires raging at 83%, burned up before reaching Paramushiro. Poor TF routing the preceding 2 turns lead to this. I had intended to target Allied ships reinforcing Amchitka, and should have stayed 7 hexes west of that island to stay out of range of Allied land-based aircraft with naval attack capability.


Aug 23, 1942

Nothing to report


Aug 24, 1942

A6M5c Zero research advanced a month from Aug '44 to Jul '44.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Aug 25, 1942

A US CVE is sighted by subs operating in the Aleutian Islands.

A Japanese sub hit 2 mines at Arorae and sank.


Aug 26, 1942

CVs Hiryu and Soryu arrived at Truk for repair of lots of system and engine damage to the entire task force (~10 days total).

Betties flying from Victoria Point attacked 2 British TF near Tavoy, but scored no torpedo hits.

Irving J1N1-C research advanced from Nov to Oct '42.


Aug 27, 1942

Allied forces assaulted Attu -

Pre-Invasion action off Attu Island (153,49)

9 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
APD Stringham
APD Manley

Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

...

Amphibious Assault at Attu Island (153,49)

TF 477 troops unloading over beach at Attu Island, 153,49

Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

...

Ground combat at Attu Island (153,49)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 929 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 35

Defending force 192 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 11

Assaulting units:
16th Infantry Regiment
I./4th Infantry Bn /2
5th JNAF AF Unit /1

Defending units:
1/297th Infantry Bn /1

This type of piecemeal assault has been the Allied practice at Amchitka and Adak before this landing at Attu. My hope is that it continues when the atolls in the Gilberts and Marshalls are his objectives. He's creeping ever closer to Tarawa and Makin.

A Japanese sub sank an xAP off Cairns.

Tony R&D has been completed (for Sep '42 availability); 4 of the 5 research sites were changed to the Ib model.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Aug 28, 1942

British CLs bombarded Tavoy, followed by the Prince of Wales doing the same.


Aug 29, 1942

Nothing to report


Aug 30, 1942

A Japanese sub put 2 torpedoes in CL Caradoc near Port Blair.

A Japanese sub put 3 torpedoes in an xAP at Attu sinking it.

Allied forces assaulted vacant Munda in the Solomon Islands.

Five Wellington bombers were shot down bombing Port Blair -

Morning Air attack on Port Blair , at 46,58

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 10

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Runway hits 3

...

Morning Air attack on Port Blair , at 46,58

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

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

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 10

Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wellington Ic: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged

British CLs bombarded Port Blair -

Naval bombardment of Port Blair at 46,58

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-46-II Dinah: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Birmingham
CL Mauritius
CL Ceres
CL Dauntless

Japanese ground losses:
139 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 54
Port hits 1

The Allies assaulted Port Blair -

Pre-Invasion action off Port Blair (46,58)
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

96 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Allied Ships
CA Devonshire
AMC Corfu
PC Jumna
PC Yarra

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

...

Ground combat at Port Blair (46,58)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1792 troops, 49 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 108

Defending force 1259 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 65

Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
5th Recon Regiment
I./143rd Infantry Battalion
34th Field Const Co
5th Field Artillery Regiment
18th JNAF AF Unit

Defending units:
Brockville Rifles Battalion
1st Irish Fusiliers Bn /1
Edmonton Fusiliers Bn /1

The last defending Japanese unit fragment at Amchitka was destroyed.

Judy R&D advanced from Jan '43 to Dec '42 (they can't arrive soon enough)! Vals are crap.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Aug 31, 1942

An offensive push at Changteh is coming; units to reinforce (and overstack) the current position are on the move from Changsha. To clear the way for bombing of the base (and city) Nicks and Tojos swept the airfield, downing 8 Warhawks for the loss of 2 Nicks.

As the Brits continue to unload troops at Port Blair, Betties from Victoria Point attacked. But, 7 Betties are shot down without hitting anything.

CV Shokaku left Singapore yesterday enroute to Soerabaja to join CV Zuikaku. Transports left Soerabaja loaded with 4 Div(-), and escorted by a 2 battleship TF for Koepang.

Ha-45 engine research advanced from Feb to Jan '43.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Sep 1, 1942

The Brits continue to unload at Port Blair; 6 Brit CLs bombarded followed by the BB Prince of Wales; AV is approaching parity.

A Japanese sub put a torpedo in CVE Long Island near Kiska.

Zeroes and other fighters swept Changteh downing 1 Warhawk (only 3 flew CAP). Helens and Sallies bombed Changteh with moderate result. The overstack of reinforcements will arrive soon.

Escorted Betties attacked CA Houston at Roti (adjacent to Koepang) with no hits and BBs Pennsylvania and Oklahoma at Koepang, also with no hits.

The Judy R&D site at Okayama reached 30(0); making it the 5th of 6 sites.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Sep 2, 1942

While the Brits continued to unload troops at Port Blair, and the combat ships appeared to leave for rearming, a lone Japanese supply transport in port departed for Victoria Point. All was well until it was intercepted by a sub.

One of several transports loading the regiment at Car Nicobar was sunk by a Dutch sub.

Japanese fighters swept Changteh in turn (Zeroes, Tojos, Oscars) losing 2 Zeroes and a Tojo for 8 Airacobras. Then Helens and Sallies bombed the place.

CVs Soryu and Junyo departed Truk for the Tarawa area. CVs Hiryu and Ryujo are still at Truk repairing damage.

Bangkok's airfield reached level 6.

A 2nd (of 6) Jill R&D site (at Maebashi) reached 30(0).

[Uncivil Engineer]

Sep 3, 1942

This chart shows the plan for today -


The 4 Div(-) transports will back track a little and join the reinforcing engineers before proceeding to Koepang later. BBs Kongo and Kirishima (just repaired) will depart Soerabaja to cover the assault transports near Mataram. BBs Nagato and Mutsu will advance through the island where a lone CA was detected, to Roti, then retire. The carriers will advance to within 7 hexes of Roti to cover the BBs and attack any Allied naval assets there or any Allied naval assets that sortie from Koepang. Two AKEs arrive at Mataram to rearm any ships needing ammo. Zeroes from Kendari will sweep Koepang.

What happened? BBs Nagato and Mutsu encountered 3 Dutch TM, both sides fired and the Dutch withdrew. The Zero sweep lost 7 fighters to 3 Allied (Airacobras and Warhawks). No Allied combatant ships are now detected near Koepang.

Tomorrow, Nagato and Mutsu (ADM Tanaka) will bombard Koepang and retire to Ruteng as the AKEs move there. The other BBs will advance toward Koepang covering the assault force and covered by the 2 CVs (Shokaku and Zuikaku).

The last of 6 Judy R&D sites (at Hiroshima) reached 30(0). Judy's (D4Y1) should become operational on or about Oct 4, 1942. I plan to build 90 per month and convert the other 3 sites to the D4Y2, then D4Y3. The D4Y2 appears to be identical to the D4Y1; the D4Y3 has the same combat capabilities, but SR of 1 instead of the SR 3 of the D4Y1 and D4Y2. The current Val production site at Nagoya making 60 Vals per month will convert to Judy D4Y1 (or something else) mid-October.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Sep 4, 1942

The Allies continued unloading at Port Blair and Attu. The troop count does not appear to be changing much, so it may be just supply.

Our 2 battleships bombarded Koepang, then sank all 4 TM in 2 separate actions -

Night Naval bombardment of Koepang at 68,116

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 6 damaged
P-400 Airacobra: 6 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 2 damaged
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 damaged
B-25C Mitchell: 1 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
CA Chokai
CA Maya
CA Atago
DD Tachikaze
DD Yunagi
DD Harukaze
DD Kamikaze
DD Nagatsuki
DD Yayoi
DD Hayashio
DD Oyashio

Allied ground losses:
439 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 41 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 13 (4 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Airbase hits 27
Airbase supply hits 7
Runway hits 41
Port hits 16

I'm somewhat surprised no mines were hit. I know they're there, but not how many. The invasion TF has 4 or 5 DMS in it.

An Allied TF at Munda was attacked by aircraft based at Rabaul -

Morning Air attack on TF, near Munda at 111,134

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 8 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 36
G3M2 Nell x 6
G4M1 Betty x 12

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 9
F4F-4 Wildcat x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 2 destroyed
G3M2 Nell: 1 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
G4M1 Betty: 2 destroyed, 2 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
AVD William B. Preston
xAKL Kindur
xAKL Karuah

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Munda at 111,134

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 15
G3M2 Nell x 5

Allied aircraft
F4F-4 Wildcat x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
F4F-4 Wildcat: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
APD Waters
AVD William B. Preston

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Munda at 111,134

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 15
G4M1 Betty x 12

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 8
F4F-4 Wildcat x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 1 destroyed
G4M1 Betty: 4 destroyed, 1 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAKL Karuah, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Noora, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

An Allied TF at Ocean Is. was attacked by carrier air -

Morning Air attack on TF, near Ocean Island at 130,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 74 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 27 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 22
B5N2 Kate x 12
D3A1 Val x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 7 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Morris
AVP Teal, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
BB Idaho, Bomb hits 6, Torpedo hits 1, on fire

But, this did not prevent the invasion and capture of the vacant base -

Ground combat at Ocean Island (130,130)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 50 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 3

Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0

Allied adjusted assault: 2

Japanese adjusted defense: 1

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

Allied forces CAPTURE Ocean Island !!!

Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)

Assaulting units:
2nd/102nd Infantry Bn /1

Tojos swept and Helens and Sallies bombed Changteh, doing little damage, before the attack -

Ground combat at Changteh (81,50)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 67618 troops, 569 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 2081

Defending force 77815 troops, 301 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1632

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3

Japanese adjusted assault: 2109

Allied adjusted defense: 2609

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
4679 casualties reported
Squads: 12 destroyed, 561 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 46 disabled

Allied ground losses:
2645 casualties reported
Squads: 62 destroyed, 151 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 58 disabled
Engineers: 15 destroyed, 31 disabled
Guns lost 59 (20 destroyed, 39 disabled)

Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment
68th Division
39th Division
8th Ind Engineer Regiment
12th Ind.Mixed Brigade
104th Division
60th/A Division
13th Tank Regiment
3rd Division
60th/C Division
57th Field AA Battalion
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
1st Mortar Battalion
13th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
58th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
72nd Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
6th Construction Regiment
20th Group Army
6th War Area
30th Group Army
2nd Chinese Base Force

[Uncivil Engineer]

Sep 5, 1942

A sub put a torpedo in CL Dauntless at Port Blair and another Brit CL bombarded the base.

Our fast BBs (Kongo and Kirishima) led the invasion TF into Koepang sinking 2 Dutch TMs in the process. Unloading will begin tomorrow. Betties bombed the airfield and Nells bombed the port. The area around Koepang is crawling with Allied subs, but they have largely been subdued.

Our small CV TF found BB Idaho again and I'm more confident that she sank -

Morning Air attack on TF, near Kuria at 133,132

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 71 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 26 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 35
B5N2 Kate x 9
D3A1 Val x 19

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 10 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
DD Mustin
BB Idaho, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

An afternoon attack found only destroyers, so the BB may be toast. Allied bases are in range for the float planes to divert, so the reports won't help. The BB was reported sunk yesterday after only 1 torpedo, but I knew that was bogus.

At Changteh the forts were again reduced, but at heavy cost -

Ground combat at Changteh (81,50)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 63586 troops, 569 guns, 288 vehicles, Assault Value = 1674

Defending force 75796 troops, 287 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1466

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2

Japanese adjusted assault: 1201

Allied adjusted defense: 2551

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
5746 casualties reported
Squads: 16 destroyed, 514 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 49 disabled
Engineers: 22 destroyed, 25 disabled
Guns lost 21 (2 destroyed, 19 disabled)
Vehicles lost 17 (5 destroyed, 12 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1814 casualties reported
Squads: 89 destroyed, 110 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 58 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 38 disabled
Guns lost 33 (2 destroyed, 31 disabled)

Assaulting units:
39th Division
104th Division
8th Ind Engineer Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
68th Division
60th/A Division
12th Ind.Mixed Brigade
3rd Division
13th Tank Regiment
60th/C Division
57th Field AA Battalion
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
1st Mortar Battalion
13th Army
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
94th Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
72nd Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
6th Construction Regiment
6th War Area
20th Group Army
30th Group Army
58th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Base Force

Bombing has kept the airfield damaged, so they won't be able to re-entrench.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Sep 6, 1942

4 Div(-) plus separate engineers unloaded at Koepang along with a decent amount of supply. The covering BB TF sank the last TM there (for now). The 2 CV TF, the recently replenished slow BB TF, and the AKEs relocated to Endeh (closer to Koepang than Ruteng).

Zeroes (and Army fighters) swept Changteh, downing a Lightning and Warhawk for 2 Zeroes. The Army sweepers found empty skies. Helens and Sallies bombed the airfield to keep it damaged. A bombardment attack gave the overstacked assault force a breather.

The 2 CVs TF operating near Tarawa attacked Allied ships at Tabiteuea -

Morning Air attack on TF, near Tabiteuea at 137,134

Weather in hex: Thunderstorms

Raid detected at 42 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 11
D3A1 Val x 9

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 9
F4F-3 Wildcat x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M5 Zero: 7 destroyed
D3A1 Val: 3 destroyed, 2 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
AM Tanager

[Uncivil Engineer]

Playing catch up again -

Sep 7, 1942

A minefield sweeper TF began clearing mines at Koepang, but a destroyer in another TF hit one anyway.

A sub torpedo missed CV Zuikaku!

Some transports at Koepang that finished unloading were sent to Lautem with a BB TF escort to pick up the last of 48 Div.

Carrier Zeroes shot down 6 of 9 SBDs attacking the TFs at Koepang.

B-17s bombed Canton and Hong Kong, killing 2 HI at Canton and the remaining RSY at Hong Kong.

A third Jill R&D site (at Tsu) reached 30(0).


Sep 8, 1942

Bases LOST today - Attu

A sub torpedo missed BB Hiei in the Malacca Strait.

BBs Mutsu and Nagato bombarded Koepang, then retired to Endeh to rearm.

BB Prince of Wales bombarded Pt Blair.

Ha-43 engine research advanced from May to Apr '45; Ha-44 engine research advanced from Jan '43 to Dec '42.


Sep 9, 1942

British light cruisers bombarded Tavoy.

4 Div/C arrived at Koepang and unloaded in disarray (many disablements).

A sub sighted BB Oklahoma at Babar; a later carrier air attack sighted BBs Pennsylvania and Maryland, but had no hits.

Oscars swept Koepang, followed by Nells and Betties bombing the port and airfield respectively.

Tojos swept Changteh downing 1 Lightning and 2 Warhawks for 1 of their own.

The carrier air strike on the BB TF at Babar ran into heavy CAP and sustained considerable loss, mostly to fighters (and their inexperienced pilots).

The brigade of 48 Div at Lautem finished loading onto transports.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Sep 10, 1942

BBs Mutsu and Nagato bombarded Koepang and retired TOWARD Waingapoe (they would have made it all the way to Waingapoe had I not put the slow mine sweepers in the TF; because of the turn sequence the TF was not at Koepang during the mine sweep phase (my bad)) -

Night Naval bombardment of Koepang at 68,116

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
CA Chokai
CA Maya
CA Atago
DD Tachikaze
DD Yunagi
DD Harukaze
DD Kamikaze
DD Nagatsuki
DD Yayoi
DD Hayashio
DD Oyashio
DMS W-20
DMS W-16
DMS W-10
DMS W-9

Allied ground losses:
203 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 12 (8 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (2 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 20
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 2

Fast tranport supply arrived at Koepang along with the reinforcements from Lautem (escorted by the BB Kongo/Kirishima TF); the Japanese now have a slight AV superiority at Koepang, but will need constant naval bombardment to degrade Allied supply.

I-171 sank an xAKL at Tulagi; I-162 put 2 torpedoes in BB Maryland at Babar, but took 11 hits from ASW.

The CV Shokaku/Zuikaku TF retired toward Soerabaja after losing a lot of fighters yesterday. CV Hiryu joined Soryu, Junyo, and Ryujo at Ebon.

At Changteh some units have been withdrawn to recoup and relieve the overstack; the units remaining will continue to bombard as long as the base is damaged and cannot be refortified.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Sep 11, 1942

I-34 put a torpedo in DD Gridley near Cairns; the DD is reported sunk, but I didn't hear any sinking sounds, and it's very close to port.

A sweep of Changteh by Zeroes and Tojos downed 2 Airacobras and 3 Warhawks for the loss of 1 Zero. Bombing by Sallies and Helens kept the base damaged.

A sweep of Koepang by Oscars, and bombing by Nells kept the base damaged.

The Shokaku/Zuikaku TF moved closer to Timor as Allied TFs from around Babar had been detected closer to Lautem. The second of 2 strikes had modest success -

Morning Air attack on TF, near Koepang at 69,120

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 80 NM, estimated altitude 5,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 34 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 5
B5N2 Kate x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 5 damaged
B5N2 Kate: 3 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
BB Pennsylvania
CA Quincy
BB Oklahoma, Torpedo hits 1

Several DMS ships are now in the amphib TF, so mine clearing at Koepang happened. They will retire with the amphibs as they are not expendable. The third brigade of 48 Div, loaded at Lautem, has landed at Koepang.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Sep 12, 1942

I-32 sank an xAK off Calcutta; I-3 sank an xAK near Tabby.

The fighther sweep of Changteh downed 4 Warhawks for the cost of 2 Tojos. The airfield remains damaged with daily bombing by Sallies and Helens. The ground troops at Changteh are partially in reserve mode to rest; those that have pulled back to Changsha are full rest.

Koepang is getting the same treatment as Changteh, but with fewer air assets.

B-17s bombed the repair shipyard at Shanghai getting 2 hits and reducing RSY by 7.

The first Japanese attack at Koepang showed we got a tough nut to crack -

Ground combat at Koepang (68,116)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 24356 troops, 265 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 684

Defending force 24083 troops, 342 guns, 330 vehicles, Assault Value = 546

Japanese adjusted assault: 421

Allied adjusted defense: 3581

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 8 (fort level 3)

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

Japanese ground losses:
3840 casualties reported
Squads: 149 destroyed, 49 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 30 disabled
Engineers: 31 destroyed, 27 disabled
Guns lost 24 (17 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Vehicles lost 10 (4 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1199 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 86 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Vehicles lost 17 (2 destroyed, 15 disabled)

Assaulting units:
48th Division
4th Ind Engineer Regiment
38th Division
4th Division
23rd Ind Engineer Regiment
4th Engineer Co
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Army
18th Port Unit

Defending units:
32nd Infantry Division
6th Cav Sqdn
4th KNIL Regiment
1st Cav Sqdn
II Marechausse Cdo
Timor Cdo
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Sparrow Force
147th Field Artillery Battalion
A-II-Ld AA Battalion
43rd Construction Regiment
205th Field Artillery Battalion
1e-VLG-III Sup Afd
2e-VLG-V Sup Afd
KNI Zeemacht
A-III-Ld AA Battalion
42nd Base Group
VkA-1 Sup Afd
3rd US Naval Construction Battalion
197th Coast AA Regiment
SW Pacific Theater /2

The Allied troops are disrupted from periodic naval bombardments, but the presence of MacArthur greatly aids the defense! The minefield has been cleared. The Allied supply situation is unknown, but he can't draw supplies from other bases on Timor as the Japanese control them all. I was glad to see the forts at only 3, as I expected they would be at least 4, possibly 5.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Sep 13, 9142

BB Nagato TF bombarded Koepang and retired to Waingapoe to rearm -

Night Naval bombardment of Koepang at 68,116

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 damaged
PBY-5 Catalina: 1 destroyed on ground

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
CA Kako
CA Chokai

Allied ground losses:
469 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 12
Port hits 2

E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Nagato

Zeroes swept Koepang and downed 2 Airacobras.

A sweep of Changteh found no Allied CAP. The Sallies and Helens conducted their daily bombing runs.

The last fragment of 16 Rgt was wiped out at Attu. The Allies have recaptured all of the Aleutian Islands.

The current situation in the battle for Timor -


BBs Nagato and Mutsu, in separate TFs, intend to continually bombard Koepang, while BBs Kongo and Kirishima provide overwatch. More engineers and a tank regiment are enroute, but still a LONG way away. A couple AV ships are enroute to put ASW air assets in dot bases near Timor.

[Uncivil Engineer]

We resume after a weeklong thaw out vacation for the Allied commander.

Sep 14, 1942

A US sub tried to interfere with operations at Waingapoe and took 4 ASW hits in return; later the same sub (SS Trout) fired at and missed an AKE, then took 2 more ASW hits from a DD escort.

The BB Nagato TF bombarded Koepang -

Night Naval bombardment of Koepang at 68,116

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
CA Kako
CA Mogami
CA Chokai

Allied ground losses:
220 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 16 (2 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Runway hits 9

Followed by BB Mutsu -

Night Naval bombardment of Koepang at 68,116

Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu

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

A British TF bombarded Port Blair, having little success -

Night Naval bombardment of Port Blair at 46,58

Allied Ships
CA Devonshire
CL Birmingham
CL Mauritius
CL Danae
CL Enterprise

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

In China, fighter sweeps of Changteh by Zeroes, Tojos, and Nick escorts downed 4 Warhawks for the loss of 1 Zero.

BB Ise finished repair and will depart Nagasaki for the DEI. BB Yamato needs another week at Hiroshima.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Sep 15, 1942

BB Nagato TF bombarded Koepang -

Night Naval bombardment of Koepang at 68,116

Japanese Ships
BB Nagato
CA Kako
CA Mogami
CA Chokai

Allied ground losses:
217 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 6
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1

Vals stationed on Makin attacked a US recon TF -

Morning Air attack on TF, near Makin at 136,125

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
D3A1 Val x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 4 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CL Detroit, Bomb hits 2

A carrier TF searching out prey near Palmyra found some -

Morning Air attack on TF, near Palmyra at 167,133

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 30
D3A1 Val x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Exhibitor, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
SC PC-579, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

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Morning Air attack on TF, near Palmyra at 168,132

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 7 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 11
B5N2 Kate x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
TK Halo, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk

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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Palmyra at 167,133

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 4 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M5 Zero x 22
D3A1 Val x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 3 damaged

Allied Ships
xAK Exhibitor, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage

A large tanker carrying fuel for our operations at Timor was found by a sub and sunk near Waingapoe.

Allied troops landed SE of Lautem at a non-base hex. Lautem is occupied by a fragment of a JAAF, only to keep it from flipping back to the Allies.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Sep 16, 1942

A Japanese sub put 2 torpedoes in a US AV at Ocean Is. and sinking sounds were heard!

Mitchells flying from Chihkiang(?) bombed the HI factory at Canton getting 2 hits; this reduced HI at Canton by 17!

Supply PBs and an xAK arrived at Koepang; the transport took a sub torpedo hit. Supply there is not short but is needed to get 48 Div back up to some semblance of combat effective.

The Brits finally conducted an attack at Port Blair. Three battalions landed there on Aug 30; they were reinforced by a HQ on Sep 1, then a Recce Rgt (tanks) on Sep 7, an artillery regiment on Sep 12, a base force on Sep 14, and another battalion on Sep 15 -

Ground combat at Port Blair (46,58)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 4187 troops, 59 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 175

Defending force 4248 troops, 62 guns, 69 vehicles, Assault Value = 108

Allied adjusted assault: 60

Japanese adjusted defense: 121

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
273 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 33 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Assaulting units:
1st Irish Fusiliers Battalion
7th Cav Recce Regiment
Edmonton Fusiliers Battalion
Brockville Rifles Battalion
1st Gloucestershire Bn /1
6th Medium Regiment
Port Blair Adv Base Force
III Indian Corps /2

Defending units:
5th Recon Regiment
I./143rd Infantry Battalion
5th Field Artillery Regiment
34th Field Const Co
18th JNAF AF Unit

Continuous bombing has kept the base damaged, so the search aircraft there (Dinahs) fly intermittently, and supply is less than twice that required.