Landings:
Jolo
Davao
Lost:
Victoria Point
Kuching
Davao
Central Pacific
Guam and Wake remain free.
China
Continued bombardments at HK. It looks like he’s moving units from Canton to help out. I may look for a way to take advantage of that. If I cause enough trouble there, he may keep the 38th IJA division in China for a while, which would work to my benefit.
Philippines
The big ARD ran into a large group of BBs, CAs, and escorts. RIP ARD Dewey [:(]
He landed with over 100AV at Jolo after unleashing a massive shore bombardment. I think he’s been having problems with some of his landings (Guam, Wake, HK, Kuching) and wanted some insurance. None needed, the garrison was tiny and he overwhelmed them immediately.
Min-KB is headed east, probably to re-arm. I need to find a way to take advantage of that.
Evacuation of the air from Luzon continues.
DEI
Not much to report. The B-17s are operating here now, but not to much effect.
Lots of sub activity. He’s parked what seems like most of his submarine fleet in the Java Sea, wreaking havoc on civilian evacuation efforts but not accomplishing much of any real military value. He did completely obliterate a lone sampan with a torpedo, which was an entertaining bit of overkill. Interestingly, his Thai submarines are some of the most successful. I also just found an RTN destroyer at Jolo.
I caught a signal intel whiff of an aggressive invasion site that’s a bit off the beaten path, so I’m trying to set up a warm welcome. I may not have time.
I’ve moved my air away from the southwestern tip of Borneo. Kuching fell, and Singkawang can’t be supplied effectively once he’s really settled in there. I did send a couple of Dutch air raids to Kuching, which unsurprisingly accomplished nothing.
Malaya
With the loss of most of a division here, forward defense is implausible. We’re in a full Sir Robin, and using the RAF to slow down his units as much as possible. There was a small battle on the line of advance from Kota Bharu where we successfully held off most of the 18th IJA division.
Ground combat at 51,76 (near Kota Bharu)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 2854 troops, 66 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 286
Defending force 4280 troops, 45 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 169
Japanese adjusted assault: 89
Allied adjusted defense: 49
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
106 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
216 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
18ID 56th Infantry Regiment
18ID 114th Infantry Regiment
18ID 22nd Recon Regiment
18ID 18th Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units:
FMSV~ Brigade
9ID 8th Indian Brigade
3rd ISF~ Base Force
I’ve started prepping for defensive moves in CENTPAC and SOPAC in earnest. More on that later. Also organizing a defense of the Aleutians.
A large British division arrives in Cape Town in about a week. A load of fast transports are on their way to meet them there. Where they go will depend on the situation in Burma.
