Game without a name - Uncivil Engineer (J) vs. krishub1492 (A)

[Uncivil Engineer]

Movement in Malaya last 5 days -

[Uncivil Engineer]

Dec 26, 1941

Bases assaulted today: Dadjangas and Tarakan

Bases captured today: Port Swettenham, Zamboanga (RES 20(0), LI 20(0)), and Tawau (vacant)

Dutch bombers at Balikpapan attacked the Japanese transports at Tarakan but missed. On Luzon Zeroes sank another PT boat at Bataan. SB2Us based at Port Moresby attacked Japanese battleships leading transports into Milne Bay but had no hits. CV Agaki will provide LRCAP from KB until Milne Bay and Port Moresby are taken.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Dec 27, 1941

Bases assaulted today: Shortlands

Bases captured today: Shortlands (vacant), Dadjangas (vacant), Kanhsien (vacant), and Mauban (flipped)

Subs put torpedoes in 2 transports departing San Diego and sank one of them. Zeroes sank another PT boat at Bataan.
Kido Butai sank several xAKL in the Coral Sea and an xAP at Port Moresby -



This picture shows one of several attacks. Ten torpedo hits from 13 Kates! Sitting ducks.

A shock attack at Palembang reduced forts to 0 -

Ground combat at Palembang (48,91)

Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 5541 troops, 111 guns, 66 vehicles, Assault Value = 155
Defending force 3935 troops, 24 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 96
Japanese adjusted assault: 83
Allied adjusted defense: 46
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
368 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 42 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
312 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
47th Infantry Regiment
48th Recon Regiment
48th Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
Palembang Cdo
Djambi Cdo
I Landstorm Cdo
Lahat Cdo
Riouw Cdo
Palembang ML Base Force
PBg-Ld AA Afd
24th NZ Pioneer Coy

A second regiment of 48 Div will arrive tomorrow.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Dec 28, 1941

Bases assaulted and captured today: Basilan (vacant, by paradrop)

Allied subs found some torpedoes that work - a CM out of Takao was sunk heading to Luzon and a YO was sunk returning home empty from Paramushiro. But Japanese torpedoes work, too - a transport and tanker were hit near San Diego.

The 1 Formosa Rgt reinforced our position at Palembang. Dutch bombers again attacked the transports and got 1 bomb hit.

Two attacks in China gained ground -

Ground combat at 85,44 (north of Nanyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 27224 troops, 224 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 866
Defending force 8231 troops, 55 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 179
Japanese adjusted assault: 505
Allied adjusted defense: 250
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
115 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
3087 casualties reported
Squads: 86 destroyed, 31 disabled
Non Combat: 90 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 11 (5 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Units retreated 2

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
5th Tank Regiment
6th Division
3rd Division
10th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
40th Chinese Corps
24th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force

Since only 2 of the Chinese units retreated the next attack will be with the tank regiments in pursuit mode. And -

Ground combat at 84,46 (northeast of Ichang)

Japanese Shock attack across river
Attacking force 12428 troops, 130 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 357
Defending force 21595 troops, 113 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 420
Japanese adjusted assault: 382
Allied adjusted defense: 105
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
730 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 67 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
8020 casualties reported
Squads: 176 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 493 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 9 (8 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 3

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
13th Division
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
13th Chinese Corps
29th Chinese Corps
31st Group Army

And our attack at Tarakan reduced the forts to zero.

The Japanese CVL task force arrived at Yokohama enroute to the Aleutian Islands and Ryujo upgraded her fighters from A5M4 Claude to A6M2 Zero. We also replaced RADM Takagi (naval rating 55, air rating 44) with RADM Yamaguchi (naval rating 55, air rating 76) as TF commander. I forgot to check the individual ship captains, so will do that before the TF departs east.

Edit to add: No better ship captains are currently available for CVLs Ryujo and Zuiho, so the current captains will remain in command. This will be checked again in about a month.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Dec 29, 1941

Bases assaulted today: Milne Bay, Sambas, Gasmata, Cape Gloucester, and Ulak Is.

Bases captured today: Port Dickson, Palembang (RES 20(0), OIL 900(0), Ref 750(0)), Ulak Is. (vacant), and Digos (vacant)

Submarine actions: CA Nachi took a sub torpedo at Tandjoengselor and will retire to Saigon to fix the damage. Two xAKs out of San Diego were hit with 5 and 2 torpedoes; the first sank. An American DD near Pearl Harbor was torpedoed.

Zeroes swept Singapore from Kota Bharu and downed 10 Buffaloes for loss of 1 Zero. Zeroes on Luzon sank another PT boat at Bataan. Oscars flying LRCAP over Mersing from Kuantan downed 3 of 6 Vildebeest; none got through to the transports.

The British/Indian defenders at Port Dickson surrendered to 1 Tank Rgt.

Before the ground attack at Palembang, a CL TF bombarded the base doing little damage -

Night Naval bombardment of Palembang at 48,91

Japanese Ships
CL Kiso
DD Yomogi
DD Tsuta
DD Okikaze
DD Kamikaze
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsuharu

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

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 5
Port hits 1
Port supply hits 1

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Ground combat at Palembang (48,91)

Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 9179 troops, 136 guns, 66 vehicles, Assault Value = 262
Defending force 3669 troops, 23 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 68
Japanese adjusted assault: 246
Allied adjusted defense: 28
Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Palembang !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
630 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 52 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2006 casualties reported
Squads: 46 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 23 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 13 (13 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 8

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
47th Infantry Regiment
48th Recon Regiment
48th Field Artillery Regiment
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
Lahat Cdo
Palembang Cdo
Djambi Cdo
I Landstorm Cdo
Riouw Cdo
PBg-Ld AA Afd
Palembang ML Base Force
24th NZ Pioneer Coy

And in China, 48 Chinese Corps suffered heavy casualties from a cross river attack by 9 Tank Rgt -

Ground combat at 88,48 (near Hwainan)

Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 384 troops, 0 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 28
Defending force 1523 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6
Japanese adjusted assault: 42
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 42 to 1

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

Allied ground losses:
981 casualties reported
Squads: 40 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 54 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 16 (16 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
9th Tank Regiment

Defending units:
48th Chinese Corps

On the road to Sian the rearguard Chinese HQ unit surrendered, so pursuit did not occur.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Dec 30, 1941

Bases assaulted today: Tandjoengselor, Soebi-besar, Tulagi, and Manado

Bases captured today: Milne Bay (vacant), Cape Gloucester (vacant), Gasmata (vacant), and Kiska (flipped)

Kido Butai sank 2 AM in the Coral Sea and bombed Townsville -

Afternoon Air attack on Townsville, at 92,144

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid detected at 115 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 49 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 75
B5N2 Kate x 128
D3A1 Val x 125

Allied aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 5 damaged
Wirraway: 1 destroyed on ground
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 10 damaged
SB2U-3 Vindicator: 1 destroyed on ground
Catalina I: 1 damaged
Catalina I: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase hits 30
Airbase supply hits 18
Runway hits 42

The 8 Indian Bde surrendered at Temuloh in Malaya.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Dec 31, 1941

Bases assaulted today: Groot Natoena

Bases captured today: Manila (RES 39(1), LI 96(4), RSY 20(0)), Cabanatuan (vacant), Tulagi (vacant), Soebi-besar (vacant), Tandjoengselor (vacant), and Tarakan (OIL 61(29), Refinery 61(29))

The repair shipyard at Manila will be expanded to 30; only the oil at Tarakan will be repaired.

I-168 sank an xAK at Pago Pago and a US sub sank an xAK carrying supply to Paramushiro.

The 48 Chinese Corps surrendered near Sinyang.

Kido Butai bombed Port Moresby -

Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby, at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 77
B5N2 Kate x 128
D3A1 Val x 125

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 3 damaged

Airbase hits 15
Airbase supply hits 10
Runway hits 44

[Uncivil Engineer]

Jan 1, 1942

We resume the game after a pause for my opponent to deal with health issues concerning his wife.

Bases captured today: Malacca (RES 79(21)), Praboemoelih, Mergui (vacant, RES 10(0)), Namatanai (vacant), Groot Natoena (vacant), and Kluong (vacant)

Several minesweepers cleared Palembang harbor of mines, followed by several large tankers to load oil and fuel.

US subs are detected at Milne Bay - one puts a torpedo in an xAK loading 144 Rgt before taking 5 ASW hits; the other attacks but fails and also takes 5 ASW hits. Neither is likely in danger of sinking and Sydney is not that far away.

The attack at Praboemoelih -

Ground combat at Praboemoelih (48,92)

Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 4272 troops, 78 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 109
Defending force 2345 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 28
Japanese adjusted assault: 98
Allied adjusted defense: 5
Japanese assault odds: 19 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Praboemoelih !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
639 casualties reported
Squads: 30 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 41 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 7
Units destroyed 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
48th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
I Landstorm Cdo
Palembang Cdo
Djambi Cdo
Riouw Cdo
PBg-Ld AA Afd
Palembang ML Base Force
Lahat Cdo
24th NZ Pioneer Coy surrendered

[Uncivil Engineer]

Jan 2, 1942

Bases assaulted today: Tabiteuea (vacant) and Sidate (vacant)

Bases captured today: Tabiteuea

Tarakan is being swept of mines. A US sub found a working torpedo and sank an escort PB off Ominato.

Dutch bombers (all of them?) tried to bomb Palembang, losing 13 but failing to hit anything. Here's the first of 3 attacks -

Morning Air attack on Palembang , at 48,91

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 18

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 15
B-339D x 3

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 6 destroyed, 5 damaged
B-339D: 1 destroyed

[Uncivil Engineer]

Jan 3, 1942

Bases assaulted today: Djemadja (dot base east of Singapore)

Bases captured today: Tagbilaran (flipped, dot base in the Philippines), Sidate (vacant, adjacent to Manado), Davao (RES 20(0)), Djambi (vacant, OIL 245(5)), and Manado.

Georgetown is being swept of mines. I sent a flock of DMS past Singapore from Palembang. There are no longer any Allied air assets at Singapore and his combat shipping has departed or sunk.

KB bombed Port Moresby from 8 hexes even though all the air units were set to a range of 7!? -

Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby, at 98,130

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid spotted at 34 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 77
B5N2 Kate x 128

No Japanese losses

Airbase hits 17
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 46

The attack at Davao resulted in minimal casualties for the Empire as the Philippino troops quickly surrendered -

Ground combat at Davao (79,91)

Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4770 troops, 33 guns, 75 vehicles, Assault Value = 241
Defending force 3738 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 86
Japanese adjusted assault: 62
Allied adjusted defense: 19
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Davao !!!

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

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

Allied ground losses:
4448 casualties reported
Squads: 173 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 178 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 33 (33 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units surrendered 8

Assaulting units:
Kure 2nd SNLF
8th Tank Regiment
4th/C Division

Defending units:
3rd Constabulary Regiment
103rd PA Infantry Regiment
102nd PA Infantry Regiment
101st PA Infantry Regiment
Agusan Constab Battalion
305th Base Sqdn
205th Base Sqdn
505th Base Sqdn

The first attack on the main road to Sian was not as fortunate -

Ground combat at 84,43 (near Nanyang) in wood rough terrain (x3)

Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 52357 troops, 424 guns, 229 vehicles, Assault Value = 1682
Defending force 44546 troops, 164 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1158
Japanese adjusted assault: 815
Allied adjusted defense: 868
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
2863 casualties reported
Squads: 18 destroyed, 219 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 48 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 36 (2 destroyed, 34 disabled)
Vehicles lost 79 (5 destroyed, 74 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
1482 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 98 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled

Assaulting units:
3rd Division
110th Division
20th Recon Regiment
5th Tank Regiment
35th Division
6th Division
23rd Tank Regiment
10th Tank Regiment
12th Army

Defending units:
90th Chinese Corps
41st Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
92nd Chinese Corps
5th War Area
1st War Area
22nd Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
10th Chinese Base Force

Edit to add: We also started increasing HI in the outer provinces: +10 at Bangkok, Saigon, Peiping, Nanking, and Harbin and +20 at Port Arthur.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Jan 4, 1942

Bases assaulted today: Terempa (dot base east of Singapore)

Bases captured today: Guiuan (flipped, on Samar in Philippines), Sidate (vacant), and Djemadja (vacant)

Search had detected several non-combatant TFs sitting at Busuanga in the Philippines, so CPT Sasaki's cruiser TF made a quick run down from Vigan to check it out - a YO and an ACM were sunk.

Nine Vals from KB sank an xAKL off Port Moresby and heavily damaged another before the full weight of the carrier air descended on Port Moresby -

Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby, at 98,130

Weather in hex: Light cloud

Raid spotted at 35 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 65
B5N2 Kate x 127
D3A1 Val x 108

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 5 damaged

Airbase hits 12
Airbase supply hits 11
Runway hits 24

Since the capture of Manila the Betties and Nells at Takao have concentrated on Clark Field keeping it unusable and preventing fortification of the ground force.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Jan 5, 1942

Bases assaulted today: Samarinda

Bases captured today: Great Sitkin (flipped), Lahat, Pontianak (RES 20(0)), and Terempa (vacant)

Our battleship TF was unable to escort the invasion force into Samarinda because the ships are too big to go up the river, so it took up station to block interference by an Allied naval force -



which it did. Two of the Dutch cruisers were sunk, but 3 of our destroyers are limping away and the battleships are out of ammunition. Because our recently converted AKE are still in Japan the battleships need to go to Hong Kong to rearm. Even with 3 naval HQ at Cam Ranh Bay, the level 5 port cannot rearm a battleship.

Our carriers again attacked Port Moresby. On Luzon, 16 Div marched into Clark Field to be followed by 65 Bde tomorrow. An artillery bombardment will show us the composition of the 26 Allied units defending there.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Jan 6, 1942

Bases assaulted today: Green Is.

Bases captured today: Siquijor (flipped), Samarinda (OIL 81(19)), Green Is. (vacant), and Johore Bharu (RES 99(1))

An Allied naval force was spotted near Samarinda, where the amphib TF was still unloading; it was unknown whether this was the defeated Dutch TF or another. But since the battleships were out of ammo from yesterday's engagement, they retired. The amphib TF finished unloading and was then attacked by the Allied TF; it was NOT the Dutch -

Night Time Surface Combat, near Samarinda at 65,96, Range 8,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome, Shell hits 2
DD Shirakumo
SC Ch 18
AK Tosan Maru
xAK Keisho Maru
xAK Hokuan Maru, Shell hits 4
xAK Maya Maru, Shell hits 4
xAP Manzyu Maru, Shell hits 2
xAP Kobe Maru

Allied Ships
CA Houston
CL Marblehead
CL Boise
DD John D. Ford
DD Stewart
DD Peary, Shell hits 2
DD Pillsbury
DD Pope
DD Piet Hein
DD Kortenaer
DD Van Nes

And when the sun came up they finished the job -

Day Time Surface Combat, near Balikpapan at 65,97, Range 19,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Shirakumo, Shell hits 4, on fire
SC Ch 18, Shell hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage, sank later
AK Tosan Maru, Shell hits 6, on fire
xAK Keisho Maru, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Hokuan Maru, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage, sank later
xAK Maya Maru, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage, sank later
xAP Manzyu Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage, sank later
xAP Kobe Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire, sank later

Allied Ships
CA Houston
CL Marblehead
CL Boise
DD John D. Ford, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Stewart, Shell hits 1
DD Peary
DD Pillsbury
DD Pope, Shell hits 2, heavy fires
DD Piet Hein
DD Kortenaer, Shell hits 2, reported sunk
DD Van Nes

The ground attack at Samarinda sustained few casualties, but the defenders retreated -

Ground combat at Samarinda (65,96)

Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 5026 troops, 34 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 151
Defending force 803 troops, 11 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 22
Japanese adjusted assault: 62
Allied adjusted defense: 2
Japanese assault odds: 31 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Samarinda !!!

Allied aircraft
no flights

Allied aircraft losses
B-339D: 2 destroyed
139WH-3: 2 destroyed

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

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

Allied ground losses:
341 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2 to Balikpapan

Assaulting units:
19th Ind Engineer Regiment
38th/A Division

Defending units:
I Samarinda Cdo
1e-VLG-I Sup Afd

The artillery bombardment at Clark Field disclosed a sizeable defense -

Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 14944 troops, 142 guns, 59 vehicles, Assault Value = 708
Defending force 40646 troops, 398 guns, 99 vehicles, Assault Value = 1021

Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 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:
16th Division
65th Brigade
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
51st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regiment
35th Avn Sup
11th PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
71st PA Infantry Division
45th PS Infantry Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
US Forces Far East
I Corps
1st USMC AA Battalion
11th PAAC Avn Sup
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
Far East USAAF
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
24th PS FA Regiment
Cavite USN Base Force
27th Avn Sup
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
Clark Field AAF Base Force
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp

Ha-43 engines (Sam, Ki-83) now have 4 R&D sites at 30(0) so will advance 1 month every 25 days (as long as supply is available).
Ha-45 engines (Frank, George, Frances, Grace, and Peggy(T)) now have 5 R&D sites at 30(0) so will advance 1 month every 20 days.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Jan 7, 1942

Bases assaulted today: Buin

Bases captured today: Masbate (flipped) and Tavoy (RES 10(0))

I-6 put a torpedo in a DD off San Diego.

The CA Houston TF bombarded Samarinda and did some damage -

Night Naval bombardment of Samarinda at 65,96

Allied Ships
CA Houston
CL Boise
CL Marblehead
DD Van Nes
DD Pope
DD Pillsbury
DD Peary
DD Stewart

Japanese ground losses:
457 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled

Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 19
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 1

Now she's out of ammo (or very low), but I have no ships in the vicinity to attack. A Japanese battleship TF heading that way went through Busuanga and sank an AM.

Oscars at Palembang successfully defended against a Dutch bomber strike there -

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 30

Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 18
B-339D x 8
Hudson I x 9

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
139WH-3: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
B-339D: 1 destroyed
Hudson I: 3 damaged

Japanese Ships
CL Kiso
DD Yomogi
TK Nihon Maru
TK Kaizyo Maru
DD Kamikaze
TK Tatibana Maru

In China a tank attack forced a Chinese corps to retreat, leaving a HQ to defend alone while sustaining only disablements to the attacking force -

Ground combat at 85,43 (near Loyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8922 troops, 54 guns, 260 vehicles, Assault Value = 344
Defending force 6328 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 136
Japanese adjusted assault: 298
Allied adjusted defense: 79
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1963 casualties reported
Squads: 66 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 73 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
3rd Tank Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade (bombarded only)
5th Armored Car Co
1st Recon Regiment
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment

Defending units:
96th Chinese Corps retreated
36th Group Army

A surrounded Chinese force near Sinyang suffered significant casualties while the attackers only had disablements -

Ground combat at 86,49 (near Sinyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 26309 troops, 194 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 794
Defending force 13355 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 294
Japanese adjusted assault: 382
Allied adjusted defense: 167
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

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

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

Allied ground losses:
1141 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 97 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Assaulting units:
20th Ind.Mixed Brigade
116th Division
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
7th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
21st Group Army

In Malaya the FMSV Bde was destroyed -

Ground combat at 50,77 (near Temuloh)

Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 14926 troops, 154 guns, 66 vehicles, Assault Value = 467
Defending force 292 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 456
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 456 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:

Allied ground losses:
365 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 30 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1

Assaulting units:
18th Division
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
FMSV Brigade

[Uncivil Engineer]

Jan 8, 1942

Bases assaulted today: Tioman Is. and Lingga

Bases captured today: Polillo (flipped), Lingayen, and Buin (vacant)

DD Shinonome, heavily damaged in the naval engagement days ago near Samarinda, sank before reaching port.

A Japanese cruiser TF bombarded Lingayen before a tank and artillery attack captured the base -

Ground combat at Lingayen (79,75)

Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1302 troops, 58 guns, 139 vehicles, Assault Value = 44
Defending force 4260 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 118
Japanese adjusted assault: 38
Allied adjusted defense: 12
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Lingayen !!!

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

Allied ground losses:
1572 casualties reported
Squads: 44 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 51 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 30 (30 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
21st PA Infantry Division

A Japanese sub put 2 torpedoes into an xAK near San Diego. The xAK may have sunk.

The daily bombing of the Clark Field airbase continued. Unescorted Sallies attacked Rangoon and 7 were lost (that's what happens when you leave it to the local commander's discretion).

[Uncivil Engineer]

Jan 9, 1942

Bases assaulted today: Torokina, Billiton, Ternate, Arorae

Bases captured today: Treasury Is. (flipped), Batu Pahat (surrounded defenders surrendered), Arorae (vacant), Lingga (vacant), and Tioman Is. (vacant)

S-38 put a torpedo in a troop-laden xAK entering Palembang harbor.

S-39 sustained 9 ASW hits in 2 ASW attacks at Ternate.

Not much other action today.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Jan 10, 1942

Bases assaulted today: Toboali

Bases entered today: Moulmein

Bases captured today: Topul (flipped), Billiton (vacant), and Ternate (vacant)

KB struck Port Moresby again -

Afternoon Air attack on Port Moresby , at 98,130

Weather in hex: Overcast
Raid spotted at 39 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 73
B5N2 Kate x 126
D3A1 Val x 124

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 3 damaged

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

Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 32

East of Sian on the minor road a shock attack in the mountains pushed the Chinese back with heavy losses -

Ground combat at 88,41 (near Kaoping)

Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 12240 troops, 131 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 357
Defending force 9043 troops, 75 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 182
Japanese adjusted assault: 280
Allied adjusted defense: 121
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
489 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled

Allied ground losses:
3269 casualties reported
Squads: 97 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 110 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Units retreated 3
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
41st Division
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
33rd Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
7th Group Army

And near Sinyang the surrounded Chinese suffer more casualties; their ultimate demise is not far in the future -

Ground combat at 86,49 (near Sinyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 25999 troops, 194 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 758
Defending force 11086 troops, 66 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 123
Japanese adjusted assault: 417
Allied adjusted defense: 19
Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
674 casualties reported
Squads: 72 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (3 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
20th Ind.Mixed Brigade
116th Division
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
7th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
21st Group Army

[Uncivil Engineer]

Jan 11, 1942

Bases assaulted today: Muntok and Port Moresby

Bases captured today: Bengkalis (flipped, OIL 40(0)) and Toboali (vacant, RES 16(4))

I-168 put a torpedo in an xAP at Pago Pago.

The amphibious force did some minesweeping on the way into Port Moresby.

Nothing else of significance.

[Uncivil Engineer]

Jan 12, 1942

Bases assaulted today: Tabar Is.

Bases captured today: Choiseul Bay (flipped), Moulmein, Torokina (vacant), and Muntok (vacant)

Bases bombarded: Port Moresby

Night Naval bombardment of Port Moresby at 98,130

Japanese Ships
BB Yamashiro
BB Mutsu
CA Kako
CA Furutaka
CA Kinugasa
CL Kitakami
DD Yuzuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Uzuki
DD Oboro

Allied ground losses:
323 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 3
Port hits 13
Port supply hits 2

BB Yamashiro firing at Port Moresby
F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Mutsu
BB Mutsu firing at 30th Australian Brigade

Submarine action:

O-20 put 3 torpedoes into an empty xAP leaving Palembang and sank her.
KXII put 2 torpedoes into an empty xAK leaving Palembang and sank her.
I-16 had 23 shell hits on an xAKL near Syndey

The first Japanese attack at Wenchow went reasonably well although there were a very large number of disablements -

Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)

Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 29361 troops, 224 guns, 55 vehicles, Assault Value = 930
Defending force 15631 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 445
Japanese adjusted assault: 577
Allied adjusted defense: 760
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1)

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

Japanese ground losses:
836 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 236 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
677 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 84 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled

Assaulting units:
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
21st/B Division
21st/C Division
22nd Division
15th/B Division

Defending units:
100th Chinese Corps
25th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force

26 Div near Paotow did much better, suffering minimal casualties and pushing the Chinese back -

Ground combat at 91,33 (near Paotow)

Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 14616 troops, 123 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 466
Defending force 8430 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 222
Japanese adjusted assault: 438
Allied adjusted defense: 95
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
2510 casualties reported
Squads: 114 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 98 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 14 (12 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Units retreated 3

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
26th Division

Defending units:
11th Chinese Corps
81st Chinese Corps
17th Group Army

[Uncivil Engineer]

Jan 13, 1942

Bases captured today: Tassafaronga (flipped) and Tabar Is. (vacant)

Bases entered today: Iba (by 4 Tk Rgt, defended by 2 units, one a PA Div retreated from Lingayen) and Benkoelen (by 48 Recon Rgt, defended by 7 combat ineffective Dutch units)

The surrounded Chinese near Sinyang have fought their last (until they respawn at Chungking) -

Ground combat at 86,49 (near Sinyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 25935 troops, 194 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 750
Defending force 8484 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 14
Japanese adjusted assault: 593
Allied adjusted defense: 3
Japanese assault odds: 197 to 1

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

Allied ground losses:
11538 casualties reported
Squads: 378 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 705 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 48 (48 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units surrendered 3

Assaulting units:
116th Division
20th Ind.Mixed Brigade
1st Ind.Mixed Brigade

Defending units:
7th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
21st Group Army

A shock attack at Kukong reduced the forts to zero, but with a Chinese base force there level 1 can be restored in short order. 4 Div has arrived at Ambon on transports and will assault the base tomorrow.