All of this power and their national will seems to be stronger than ours

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27 January 1942

PACIFIC

During the night time near Pagan the following TFs catch sight of each other. Trinity, a survivor of Manila, is clearing making a northern route run. If it had not been for this chance encounter she would have been too far east by the time I would have spotted her. She has a head start but I have hatched a plan to deploy Kaga, Hiryu and Soryu, currently at Truk, to pursue her. Akagi will remain at Truk to repair her sys 5 damage.

Japanese Ships

DD Hatsuharu
DD Nenohi
DD Hatsushima
DD Wakaba
xAK Burma Maru
xAK Clyde Maru
xAK Izan Maru
xAK Nisso Maru
xAK Nagisan Maru
xAKL Hiyori Maru
xAKL Naruo Maru
xAK Shinfuku Maru
AMC Aikoku Maru

Allied Ships

AO Trinity

Troops unloading over beach at Buna.

CHINA

Liuchow is bombed – 4 airbase hits, 6 airbase supply hits and 22 runway hits.

Wenchow is bombed – 7 casualties, 2 airbase hits and 20 runway hits.

70th Chinese Corps at Changsha is bombed.

Loyang is bombed – 2 airbase hits, 4 airbase supply hits and 11 runway hits.

Japanese deliberate attack at Loyang achieves 2-1 odds (fort level 2) and forts dropped to level 1. J 2025 (5 combat squads and 1 engineer squad destroyed) to A 2606 (18 combat squads and 5 non-combat squads destroyed) casualties.

Japanese bombard at Changsha.

Japanese deliberate attack at Wenchow takes the base.

Attacking force 32525 troops, 324 guns, 124 vehicles, Assault Value = 1019

Defending force 19252 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 511

Japanese adjusted assault: 1031

Allied adjusted defense: 469

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

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

Japanese ground losses:

2348 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 171 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled

Allied ground losses:

6210 casualties reported
Squads: 281 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 440 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 76 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 19 (11 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Units retreated 5
Units destroyed 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:

12th Ind.Mixed Brigade
17th Division
15th Division
22nd/B Division
13th Army
4th Mortar Battalion

Defending units:

28th Chinese Corps
100th Chinese Corps
16th Construction Regiment
3rd War Area
25th Group Army
14th Chinese Base Force

Japanese bombard at Liuchow – 7 casualties.

Japanese bombard at Pucheng – J 10 casualties.

Japanese deliberate attack at 87,48 near Sinyang achieves 4-1 odds J 219 to A 1779 (99 combat squads, 45 non-combat squads and 1 engineer squad destroyed + 1 gun lost) casualties. 48th Chinese Corps retreats from the attack by 2nd Ind. Mixed Regiment and RGC Tax Police Regiment.

PHILIPPINES

Manila is bombed – 2 airbase hit, 3 airbase supply hits and 16 runway hits.

Japanese bombard at Manila – J 225 (1 combat squad destroyed + 1 vehicle lost) to A 103 (2 combat squads and 1 non-combat squad destroyed + 1 gun lost) casualties.

Oroquieta is occupied by the Japanese

BURMA

Japanese bombard at Rangoon – J 17 casualties.

Japanese deliberate attack at Kweiteh achieves 3-1 odds – J 30 (1 combat squad destroyed) to A 352 (9 combat squads and 7 non-combat squads destroyed) casualties. 51st Chinese Corps retreats… a good result from 6th RCG/A and B Division.


Repairs completed on DMS W-13 at Pescadores, ship returned to service.
Repairs completed on DMS W-14 at Pescadores, ship returned to service.
Repairs completed on DMS W-15 at Pescadores, ship returned to service.
Repairs completed on DMS W-16 at Pescadores, ship returned to service.
Repairs completed on DD Shinonome at Saigon, ship returned to service.

SC Ch 27 arrives at Tokyo.

xAK Nanning is reported to have been sunk near Hong Kong on Dec 08, 1941.

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28 January 1942

MALAYA/DEI

Mine field cleared at Singapore – 128 mines.

Night time near Billiton and DDs Shiratsuyu, Shigure and Yugure locate and dispatch xAKL Marudu with 20 shell hits.

Night time at Makaassar and Cl Oi and DD Yugao locate MTB 10 but this quarry eludes my hunters.

SS KXIII shots and misses at DD Minekaze near Kalidjati. The ASW combat reports 2 hits on the submarine.

At Semarang 4 B-339D and 5 CW-22 Falcon are greeted by 11 Oscar. 2 B-339 are reported destroyed.

Carrier Div 5 has been ordered to move towards Darwin to sniff out what might be lurking there. Enroute the newly arrived CL Sumatra is located at Roti. 13 Val escorted by 17 Zero pay her a visit once the report of the sighting is received. 8 bombs are recorded as hitting the cruiser and the planes leave the scene reporting the ship suffering heavy damage and under a pall of smoke from heavy fires. Oddly enough the intel screen claims that CL Java is sunk this turn instead of Sumatra.

The Nates are still pestering ML No. 423 near Mergui. They score 1 shell hit today.

Allies bombard at Ambon.

CHINA

Liuchow is bombed – 6 airbase hits, 1 airbase supply hit and 31 runway hits.

88th Chinese Corps at Pucheng is bombed – 6 casualties.

Loyang is bombed – 1 airbase hit, 1 airbase supply hit and 10 runway hits.

70th Chinese Corps at Changsha is bombed.

Japanese bombard at Loyang – A 28 casualties (1 combat squad destroyed).

Japanese bombard at Changsha – J 11 casualties (1 gun lost).

Japanese bombard at Liuchow – J 10 (1 gun lost) to A 33 (1 non-combat squad destroyed) casualties.

Japanese bombard at Pucheng.

PHILIPPINES

Manila is bombed – 7 airbase hits, 4 airbase supply hits and 43 runway hits.

Japanese bombard at Manila – J 143 (2 combat squads destroyed + 1 vehicle lost) to A 66 (1 combat squad and 1 engineer squad destroyed) casualties.

BURMA

Rangoon is bombed – 2 airbase hits, 3 airbase supply hits and 1 runway hit.

Japanese bombard at Rangoon – A 13 (1 combat squad destroyed) casualties.

PACIFIC

Japanese capture Buna.

Auki is occupied by the Japanese.


WO Iwashita V. of 64th Sentai Det is credited with kill number 5 and attains ace status!!
2LT Kikuchi A. of 64th Sentai Det is credited with kill number 4 and 5 and attains ace status!!

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29 January 1942

MALAYA/DEI

Mine field at Singapore is cleared - 15 mines.

SS KVII scores 1 torpedo hit on AO Notoro at 55,97 near Sampit. Notoro was fully loaded with fuel from Miri and was en route to provide replenishment for Carrier Div 5. She swiftly goes down after briefly imitating the cauldron fires of hell. This may put a crimp on the operations of Carrier Div 5 in and around Darwin… we shall see. In the meantime fuel will be shipped from Babel to Ambon as a backup supply. The escorts claim 5 hits on the submarine…. Wounded no doubt but I expect to see her harassing me again in the future.

2 139WH-3, 2 B-339D and 4 CW-22 Falcon attempt to bomb a DD ASW TF near Soerabaja. DD Namikaze dodges the bombs. After lunch 2 B-339D and 4 CW-22 Falcon make a run on the same TF. This time it is the turn of DD Shiratsuyu to dodge the bombs.

Medan is bombed – 3 airbase supply hits and 14 runway hits.

4 Nell escorted by 9 Oscar make a raid on a TF near Soerabaja. They deal with 2 B-339D, 1 CW-21B Demon and 1 75A-7 Hawk (1 B-339 and 1 Hawk claimed as destroyed) before launching a torpedo attack on …. PT TM-11. We miss of course and 4 Nell pilots will be getting lectures tonight on wasting torpedoes against miniscule vessels.

Troops unload over beach at Bandjermasin.

Japanese deliberate attack at Ambon achieves 2-1 odds (fort level 0) and the base is captured. J 86 to A 1945 (85 combat squads, 109 non-combat squads and 12 engineer squads destroyed + 31 guns lost) casualties. The following units have been eliminated.

Molukken Garrison Battalion
4th Coastal Gun Battalion
Ambon Base Force

HOME ISLANDS

SS Saury launches 2 torpedoes and misses against TK Juko Maru at 126,46 near Toyohara.

PHILIPPINES

Manila is bombed – 3 airbase hits, 3 airbase supply hits and 12 runway hits.

Japanese bombard at Manila – J 137 to A 100 (1 combat squad destroyed) casualties.

CHINA

10th Group Army at Pucheng is bombed – 18 casualties.

Loyang is bombed – 4 airbase hits, 2 airbase supply hits and 13 runway hits.

Liuchow is bombed – 2 airbase hits, 1 airbase supply hit and 17 runway hits.

Japanese deliberate attack at Loyang achieves 4-1 odds (fort level 0) and the base is captured. J 651 (1 combat squad destroyed) to A 11458 (238 combat squads, 477 non-combat squads and 66 engineer squads destroyed + 41 guns lost) casualties. 1 Chinese unit destroyed and the following retreat.

93rd Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
80th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
Jingcha War Area
14th Group Army
15th Group Army
36th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force

Japanese bombard at Changsha.

Japanese deliberate attack at Kaifeng achieves 60-1 odds – A 322 (22 combat squads destroyed and 2 guns lost) casualties on 51st Chinese Corps.

Japanese bombard at Liuchow – A 64 casualties.

Japanese bombard at Pucheng.

AUSTRALIA

Carrier Div 5 launches at attack on Port Darwin.

Japanese aircraft

A6M2 Zero x 21
B5N1 Kate x 11
B5N2 Kate x 44

Japanese aircraft losses

B5N1 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

No damage at all to report and perhaps that can be attributed to launching this attack in heavy monsoonal rain. There is shipping about so perhaps tomorrow we may catch something.

BURMA

Japanese deliberate attack at Rangoon achieves 3-1 odds after engineers had reduced the forts to level 2. J 768 (2 combat squads destroyed) to A 538 (17 combat squads and 1 non-combat squad destroyed) casualties.

PACIFIC

Japanese deliberate attack at Nadzab achieves 16-1 odds (fort level 0) and the base is captured – A 62 (3 combat squads and 1 non-combat squad destroyed) casualties. A Coy/NG Rifles retreats.


CM Naryu lays defensive minefield at Wakkanai.
CM Sokuten lays defensive minefield at Sapporo.

DD Isonami beginning refit in shipyard at Pescadores.
DD Uranami beginning refit in shipyard at Pescadores.

DMS W-2 taken out of commission to begin refit at Batavia.
DMS W-10 taken out of commission to begin refit at Pescadores.
DMS W-11 taken out of commission to begin refit at Pescadores.
DMS W-12 taken out of commission to begin refit at Pescadores.
DMS W-19 taken out of commission to begin refit at Batavia.
DMS W-20 taken out of commission to begin refit at Batavia.

SC Ch 33 arrives at Tokyo.

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30 January 1941

CHINA

Liuchow is bombed – 3 airbase hits, 1 airbase supply hit and 14 runway hits.

88th Chinese Corps at Pucheng is bombed – 34 casualties.

74th Chinese Corps at Changsha is bombed.

Japanese bombard at Changsha – J 1 gun lost to A 5 casualties.

Japanese deliberate attach at 89,45 near Kaifeng achieves 33-1 odds – A 121 (15 non-combat squads destroyed) casualties. Today Ankei SNLF finished the job started yesterday and completes the utter destruction of 51st Chinese Corps.

Japanese bombard at Nanyang – J 87 (1 combat squad destroyed) to A 7 casualties.

Japanese deliberate attack at Liuchow achieves 1-1 odds (just…. 373 adjusted assault to 373 adjusted defense!!) and forts are dropped to level 1. J 596 (4 combat squads destroyed) to A 1102 (7 combat squads and 2 non-combat squads destroyed) casualties.

Japanese bombard at Pucheng – J 23 casualties.

PHILIPPINES

Manila is bombed – 9 airbase hits, 4 airbase supply hits and 17 runway hits.

Japanese bombard at Manila – J 74 (1 combat squad destroyed) to A 79 (1 combat squad and 1 engineer squad destroyed + 1 gun lost) casualties.

Roxas is occupied by the Japanese.

AUSTRALIA

Carrier Div 5 directs attention towards Darwin for a second day.

Japanese aircraft

A6M2 Zero x 21
D3A1 Val x 34

Japanese aircraft losses

D3A1 Val: 7 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships

AO TAN 3, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires
AVP Bellatrix, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage

Port hits 1

A somewhat better result (again attacking in heavy rain) but at least 1 fleeing TF has been sighted to the east. Yamaguchi orders his carriers east and the hunt begins.

BURMA

Rangoon is bombed – 6 runway hits.

Japanese capture Meiktila.

Japanese bombard at Rangoon.


Kure 3rd SNLF arrives at Hiroshima/Kure.
12th Naval Construction Battalion arrives at Osaka/Kyoto.

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31 January 1942

MALAYA/DEI

Mine field cleared at Georgetown – 25 mines.

1 B-339D and 4 CW-22 Falcon turn back after running into 11 Oscar near Semarang after the B-339 was destroyed. In the afternoon 3 more Falcon make an attempt but turn back after 1 is shot down.

Medan is bombed – 3 airbase hit and 6 runway hits.

Japanese bombard at Soerabaja – J 2 guns and 1 vehicle lost to A 27 casualties.

Japanese bombard at Bandjermasin.

AUSTRALIA

At 78,122 near Bathurst Island Carrier Div 5 runs afoul of SS S-37. She sneaks through the screen of escorts and obtains a single torpedo hit on CVL Ryujo!!!! Fortunately flooding is only 17 and no fires. Ryujo breaks off and heads to Babel before trekking back to the HI for repair. Todd is hopeful that she had significant damage and is too far away from a port. I’m confident she will make it as long as she doesn’t locate more Allied subs. As for S-37… she took 5 hits in return.

Carrier Div 5 catches up with the fleeing ships and launches an attack at 86,129 near Horn Island.

Japanese aircraft

A6M2 Zero x 14
B5N2 Kate x 22

No Japanese losses

Allied Ships

xAP Raranga
CM Willem v d Zaan, Bomb hits 1, on fire
xAP Marella, Bomb hits 1, on fire

CHINA

Liuchow is bombed – 5 airbase hits, 1 airbase supply hit and 13 runway hits.

88th Chinese Corps at Pucheng is bombed – 5 casualties.

74th Chinese Corps at Changsha is bombed.

Japanese bombard at Changsha – A 19 casualties.

Japanese bombard at Nanyang.

Japanese bombard at Liuchow – J 13 to A 112 casualties.

Japanese bombard at Pucheng – A 9 casualties.

Japanese cross the river and mount a shock attack at 86,47 near Sinyang and achieve 18-1 odds – J 35 to A 1411 (84 combat squads, 29 non-combat squads and 2 engineer squads destroyed + 9 guns lost) casualties. The battered 48th Chinese Corps retreats.

PHILIPPINES

Manila is bombed – 1 Betty lost to flak, 5 airbase hits, 2 airbase supply hits and 14 runway hits.

Japanese bombard at Manila – J 109 (1 combat squad destroyed) to A 33 casualties.

Babuyan is occupied by the Japanese.

PACIFIC

The 3 carrier KB (Kaga, Soryu and Hiryu) finally locate AO Trinity at 142,91 near Wake Island. 13 Val are sent out to deal with her. Trinity is overwhelmed by 10 bomb hits and was last seen with heavy fires and damage. I’m quite sure she will turn up on the sunk list eventually.

Troops unloading over beach at Salamaua.

BURMA

Rangoon is bombed – 1 airbase hit and 1 runway hit.

Japanese deliberate attack at Rangoon reduces forts to level 1 and achieves 11-1 odds and the base is captured. J 560 (1 combat squad and 1 engineer squad destroyed) to A 1458 (34 combat squads, 82 non-combat squads and 11 engineer squads destroyed + 5 guns and 6 vehicles lost. 1 unit is eliminated and four of the following units retreat.

RM Viper Force
4/8th Gurkha Battalion
9/11th Sikh Battalion
2nd King Own YLI Battalion
12th Burma Rifles Battalion



AG Kinesaki arrives at Osaka/Kyoto.

xAK Steel Scientist is reported to have been sunk near Kandavu Island on Dec 16, 1941.


33rd Ku T-1 arrives at Oita
33rd Ku T-2 arrives at Oita
35th Ku T-1 arrives at Takao
40th Ku T-1 arrives at Chiba
40th Ku T-2 arrives at Chiba

4th Air Division arrives at Changchun
52nd Infantry Brigade arrives at Shanghai
58th Infantry Brigade arrives at Shanghai
56th Infantry Brigade arrives at Shanghai
62nd Infantry Brigade arrives at Shanghai
60th Infantry Brigade arrives at Peiping
54th Infantry Brigade arrives at Peiping
69th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Changchun
99th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Changchun
201st JAAF AF Bn arrives at Changchun
205th JAAF AF Bn arrives at Changchun

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Here is the current situation in central China.

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Southern China

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Malaya... not much left here to clean up.

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Progress in Burma.

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One big obstacle left to overcome in Java.

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Manila is the prize here... it is going to be a tough nut.

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The situation around New Caledonia.

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The leading pilots. Looking good at the moment.

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The points standings.

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Current production levels.

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Sunk ships by most valuable. Portland is an exception. In time this should turn out to be CA Australia.

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The IJN ships lost so far. Last time I reckon I will be able to post this onto one single screen shot.

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Now that we are some 7 weeks into the game it is high time I did some talking about where I think I am going with this brute of a game.

I do have a map with my proposed outer boundary and I’ll post that. I’ve already managed to move outside the boundary by capturing Noumea. I know you stick to a plan, however, after the success of my merchant raiders in the South Pacific and the submarine plunder of merchant shipping hot footing it to the U.S. I sensed an opportunity. I like the idea of making it hard to reinforce Australia so when it became apparent that striking further south than the Solomons would be to my benefit I decided to act. I don’t see it as a long term proposition and if I can get it to last until 1943 so much the better. I think that Noumea was part of Todd’s line in the sand last time around. I’m sure he has such a plan for this time around so messing with that early on has to be a good thing.

Up until now I’ve had a fairly clear idea of what I wanted to capture and how I would go about doing that. The Mersing gambit was central to my plans. Singapore has fallen and the army has captured Rangoon and will soon be knocking on the doors of Mandalay. Java is almost within my complete control and the Philippines awaits the destruction of the Allied army holed up in Manila.

I still have most of the major oil production centres to seize but this should happen within the next month.

The enemy has conducted a Sir Robin and concentrated forces in Singapore, Manila and Soerabaja. This massive pull back is at the heart of what I should do next. I know from previous experience that Todd is more than prepared to sit back, absorb the punishment and build his forces into a super juggernaut. So far I’ve done a reasonable job of keeping him off balance and dejected at the stranglehold on shipping attempting to flee from the Philippines. This is all good but what to do now to make life difficult for the western enemies.

The Russian option is one that I find intriguing. I’ve not hinted to Todd but when we started the game I’d already given a deal of thought to the possibility of doing more than simply prodding the bear. Last game we did a fair amount of diplomatic dancing. We’ve already started down that path in this game. For now we have a truce and I think that Todd would be quite happy to keep it that way. I know it is a complete folly to take on the Soviets but they coming anyway and Todd has hinted that Stalin is not to be trusted… I’m inclined to think that acting sooner rather than waiting is the lesser of two evils. Anyway, for the time being it is not a done deal but certainly something I am thinking about. I’m not looking at any earlier than March, when the winter freeze is turned off, or April should I go all out with hostilities.

I’m also contemplating moving on Ceylon supported by a KB foray to eliminate as much of the RN as I can. Again this is outside of my initial planning but with the quick fall of Burma capturing Ceylon will hopefully slow things down on this part of the board.

My initial planning regarding Australia was for an attack on the Darwin axis. I like it but may forgo that and look at capturing the east coast towns in Queensland down to Brisbane as a complement to taking Noumea.

I certainly have my work cut out for myself and a number of interesting, if not downright silly, options to consider. I’m not totally naïve on the perils of such risk taking behaviour but it is after all a game. Todd has said that I’ve been far more aggressive in this game than the last one… may as well continue in that style. Besides we all like to look back a grand venture of daring deeds and hopefully Todd and I will come up with a few stirring tales as we lock horns.

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1 February 1942

MALAYA/DEI

Mine field cleared at Ambon – 4 cleared + the one that DMS W-7 ran into and set it off. Scratch one DMS.

Troops unloading over beach at Koepang.

Soerabaja is raided by 18 Betty escorted by 9 Oscar. They see off the CAP of 2 B-339D and 1 CW-21B Demon and score the following results.

Allied Ships

CMc Pro Patria, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
AG Canopus, Bomb hits 1, on fire
AMc Merapi, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
SS KXIII, Bomb hits 1
CM Krakatau, Bomb hits 1, on fire

Port hits 1


Medan is bombed – 1 airbase hit and 3 runway hits.

Japanese bombard at Soerabaja – J 2 guns lost – A 50 casualties.

Japanese bombard at Bandjermasin.

Allies bombard at Koepang.

CHINA

10th Group Army at Pucheng is bombed – 11 casualties.

70th Chinese Corps Changsha is bombed – 1 Sonia lost to flak.

Liuchow is bombed – 5 airbase hits, 2 airbase supply hit and 30 runway hits.

Japanese bombard at 84,48 near Ichang.

Japanese bombard at Changsha – J 10 to A 17 (1 combat squad destroyed) casualties.

Japanese bombard at Nanyang – A 7 casualties.

Japanese deliberate attack at Liuchow achieves 1-1 odds (fort level 0) – J 295 (2 combat and 1 engineer squads destroyed) and A 745 (4 combat squads destroyed) casualties.

Japanese bombard at Pucheng.

PHILIPPINES

Manila is bombed – 12 airbase hits, 2 airbase supply hits and 29 runway hits.

Japanese bombard at Manila – J 118 (2 combat and 1 engineer squad destroyed) to A 114 (6 combat squads destroyed) casualties.

AUSTRALIA

Carrier Div 5 launches 24 Kate escorted by 9 Zero and attacks the following at 91,129 near Horn Island.

Allied Ships

CM Willem v d Zaan, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk

A second attack composed of 17 Val escorted by 7 Zero attacks the following at 92,129 near Horn Island

Allied Ships

xAP Marella, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage

BURMA

Magwe is occupied by the Japanese…. Forgot about these bases flipping when no enemy is present. I shall have to keep some LRCAP over these oil field to deter British bombers ruining my gain.



CM Willem v d Zaan is reported to have been sunk near Horn Island on Feb 01, 1942.
AMc Merapi is reported to have been sunk near Soerabaja on Feb 01, 1942.

32nd Ku T-1 arrives at Davao.

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2 February 1942

MALAY/DEI

One of my fast transport TFs runs across SS KXVIII at 53,93 near Billiton. The ASW manages to score 4 hits before the hunt is abandoned.

2 139WH-3, 1 B-339D and 3 CW-22 Falcon attempt to bomb DD Shiratsuyu near Soerabaja. The threads her way through the bomb splashes.

DD Peary is located at 76,98 near Manado. A lone Mabel makes an attempt to torpedo her but fails. Another ship making a run from Manila. I rearrange my warships in the area with a view to either an intercept or air power interfering with her progress.

Soerabaja is bombed by 17 Betty escorted by 8 Oscar. They get past the CAP of 2 B-339D and 1 CW-21B Demon and score a single bomb hit on SS KVII (heavy damage).

Medan is bombed – 3 airbase hit and 8 runway hits.

Japanese bombard at Soerbaja – J 6 casualties to A 45 (1 combat squad destroyed + 1 gun lost) casualties. It will take a while before a deliberate attack eventuates here. I only have 1 division in place and assault values shown from this bombardment are Japan 567 to Allies 691. I expect the forts to be up here as well by now. The Dutch has many units here too.

Defending units:

Mobiele Eenheid Battalion
4th KNIL Regiment
1st KNIL Regiment
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion
1st Regt Cavalerie
Marinier Battalion
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
2nd KNIL Regiment
6th KNIL Regiment
3rd KNIL AA Battalion
MLD
Djojakarta Base Force
ABDA
1st KNIL AA Battalion
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
KNIL Army Command
Banjoewangi Base Force
1 ML-KNIL Aviation
Madion Base Force
Commandement Marine
Soerabaja Base Force
ML-KNIL
Malang Base Force

Japanese deliberate attack at Bandjermasin achieves 4-1 odds (fort level 1) and the base is captured. J 41 to A 355 (14 combat and 8 non-combat squads destroyed) casualties. SE Borneo KNIL Battalion and Bandjermasin Base Force retreat.

Japanese bombardment at Koepang. Allies reply.

PACIFIC

At 93,138 near Cooktown SS I-24 scores 3 shell hits and 2 torpedo hits on xAP Raranga. She is last seen on fire and appearing to dealing with heavy damage. I’d parked I-24 near Cooktown in the hope of some fleeing ships crossing her path… it worked. So far, apart from that torpedo into Ryujo, I’m pleased with the results of the Darwin raid… flushed out some shipping and enough removed from the board to make me happy.

CHINA

Liuchow is bombed – 1 airbase and 12 runway hits.

88th Chinese Corps at Pucheng is bombed – 13 casualties.

27th Chinese Corps at 87,41 near Tsiaotso is bombed – 30 casualties.

Chinese Corps at 82,52 Changsha is bombed.

Japanese deliberate attack at 84,48 near Ichang achieves 1-2 odds – J 120 (1 combat squad destroyed) to A 258 ( 4 combat and 1 non-combat squad destroyed) casualties.

Japanese bombard at Changsha – J 34 (1 non-combat squad destroyed) to A 6 casualties.

Japanese bombard at Nanyang – A 38 (1 combat squad destroyed) casualties.

Japanese bombard at Pucheng – J 12 casualties.

Japanese bombard at Liuchow – A 107 casualties.

Tienshui is occupied by the Japanese.

PHILIPPINES

Manila is bombed – 13 airbase hits, 5 airbase supply hits and 28 runway hits.

Japanese bombard at Manila – J 139 (1 combat squad destroyed) to A 88 (3 combat squads destroyed + 3 guns lost) casualties.

BURMA

9/11th Sikh Battalion at Bassein is bombed – 83 (1 non-combat squad destroyed) casualties.


Previous report of sinking of DD Peary incorrect. Ship sighted and engaged at 76, 98.
Previous report of sinking of SS KVII incorrect. Ship sighted and engaged at 56, 104.

Repairs completed on CV Akagi at Truk, ship returned to service.

xAK Kanzaki Maru arrives at Maizuru.

xAP Raranga is reported to have been sunk near Cooktown on Feb 02, 1942.