Feb 4
Sampit flipped, but would have been captured anyway. Pare Pare and Noemfoor were captured unopposed. Malang was easily captured -
Ground combat at Malang (55,105)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 952 troops, 0 guns, 144 vehicles, Assault Value = 79
Defending force 1018 troops, 0 guns, 25 vehicles, Assault Value = 48
Japanese adjusted assault: 73
Allied adjusted defense: 10
Japanese assault odds: 7 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Malang !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses: NONE
Allied ground losses:
292 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 26 (26 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
8th Tank Regiment
Defending units:
Lijfwacht Cav Sqn
3rd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
8 Tank Rgt will follow the retreating units to Loemadjang on the 5th and attack them there on the 6th. At the same time, 2 Tank Rgt will move east through Malang to Probolinggo, which recon has shown to be vacant.
In China (see the map at post #154), the hex SE of Changsha was vacated by the Chinese as they moved into Changsha. They will be followed by 8 Armd Car Co to open the hexside. If Changsha is not captured after 1 more attack (it will be reinforced by two divisions tomorrow and attacked on the 6th), many of the troops there will move out to reinforce attacks below Hengyang.
Pingsiang is also being reinforced within the next day or so, as the regiment there is not gaining ground against the two Chinese Corps defending -
Ground combat at Pingsiang (82,54)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 3313 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 118
Defending force 5347 troops, 53 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 181
Japanese adjusted assault: 100
Allied adjusted defense: 47
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), morale(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)
Japanese ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
44 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
Defending units:
28th Chinese Corps
88th Chinese Corps
On Java, the forts at Soerabaja were reduced by the first attack -
Ground combat at Soerabaja (56,104)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 19138 troops, 184 guns, 215 vehicles, Assault Value = 702
Defending force 12322 troops, 85 guns, 82 vehicles, Assault Value = 310
Japanese adjusted assault: 993
Allied adjusted defense: 205
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 3)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1098 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 71 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1484 casualties reported
Squads: 37 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 38 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 23 (2 destroyed, 21 disabled)
Assaulting units:
38th Division
56th Recon Regiment
14th Tank Regiment
2nd Recon Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
17th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
1st Regt Cavalerie
Artilleriecommando Coastal Gun Battalion
2nd KNIL Landstorm Battalion
6th KNIL Regiment
Commandement Marine
Soerabaja Base Force
2 ML-KNIL Aviation
MLD
Malang Base Force
Soerabaja will be reinforced by 5 Div and others tomorrow or the next day.
; Julia Child
