February 10, 1942
I spoiled someone's party
Sub attack near Lingga at 51,87
Japanese Ships
xAK Hokumai Maru, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Hukuzyu Maru
xAK Hokutai Maru
DD Minegumo
Allied Ships
SS S-37
Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
SS S-37 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Hokumai Maru
S-37 bottoming out ....
DD Minegumo fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub
Well, I will not be able to hold at Tsiaotso. I will try and move to Loyang, there is a major road there so I might be able to move in 2 days.
Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 87668 troops, 857 guns, 1510 vehicles, Assault Value = 3293
Defending force 48660 troops, 277 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 985
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 1518
Allied adjusted defense: 1219
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2040 casualties reported
Squads: 10 destroyed, 166 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Vehicles lost 113 (11 destroyed, 102 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
4370 casualties reported
Squads: 151 destroyed, 242 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 80 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 26 disabled
Guns lost 20 (3 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Assaulting units:
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
15th Tank Regiment
8th Armored Car Co
59th Infantry Brigade
9th Tank Regiment
35th Division
13th Indpt Infantry Regiment
12th Indpt Infantry Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
12th Division
5th Armored Car Co
10th Tank Regiment
20th Recon Regiment
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
5th Tank Regiment
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
11th Tank Regiment
8th Recon Regiment
14th Division
3rd Tank Regiment
1st Recon Regiment
24th Division
26th Recon Regiment
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
NCPC Army
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
41st Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
27th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
96th Chinese Corps
92nd Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
15th Group Army
36th Group Army
The one thing the defenders did do was to make him move a lot of troops there, take time and take some losses.
And, I did not lose anywhere near what the combat report says. My Assault Value at the time of the Attack was 985 and it is now 763.
At Wenchow he did a Deliberate attack
Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 41188 troops, 332 guns, 111 vehicles, Assault Value = 1511
Defending force 31695 troops, 138 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 911
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2
Japanese adjusted assault: 948
Allied adjusted defense: 3013
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 2)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2606 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 298 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 27 disabled
Allied ground losses:
540 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 81 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Assaulting units:
116th Division
22nd Division
36th Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
Defending units:
100th Chinese Corps
88th Chinese Corps
28th Chinese Corps
16th Construction Regiment
3rd War Area
25th Group Army
10th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force
He will take Wenchow sometime, but again he is using assets, time and will take losses.
A Shock Attack takes Tarakan
Undefended Mandalay falls.
My B-17Es attacked oil at Samarinda but did not get any hits. He had Oscars on night CAP