Gensui jdsrae (J) vs SolInvictus (A). IJ War Council room

rustysi · Post by **rustysi** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 1:14 pm

move to threaten Sian along the grey road from Nanyang.

Tough nut to hoe, all x3 terrain. Your opponent can cause you grief if he has decent forces in this area.

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Tue Oct 29, 2019 9:26 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 14, 42
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ASW attack near Darwin at 74,123
SS I-160 is located by AM Warrnambool
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ASW attack near Tambelan-eilanden at 54,91
SS Salmon is sighted by escort
SC Ch 19 fails to find sub and abandons search
SC Ch 18 fails to find sub, continues to search...
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ASW attack near Dutch Harbor at 171,51
SS I-16 is located by PC Morris
PC Crawford fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Night Naval bombardment of Manado at 75,99
Japanese Ships
BB Hyuga
BB Ise
DD Kasumi
DD Arare
DD Yamagumo
DD Oshio
DD Asashio
Allied ground losses:
124 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
E8N2 Dave acting as spotter for BB Hyuga – will be upgraded to Jakes when they get back to a decent sized port
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Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58 – BB Div 3 arrive a night earlier than expected, failing to coordinate with the Army after the downhill run from Shanghai with a tail wind and following seas...
GEN Hata is not impressed as it is now too late to change ground force orders and bring the assault forward a day. The second deliberate attack on Wenchow has been confirmed for 15 Jan, with the limited objective of reducing fortifications. An Army/Navy coordination conference will be arranged to improve coordination with the BBs prior to the next deliberate attack.
Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
DD Sanae
DD Kuretake
DD Wakatake
DD Akigumo
DD Yugumo
Allied ground losses:
132 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Manpower hits 4
Fires 1335
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 12
Port hits 5
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Mutsu
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Nagato
DD Sanae firing at 70th Chinese Corps
DD Kuretake firing at 70th Chinese Corps
DD Yugumo firing at 70th Chinese Corps
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ASW attack near Manado at 76,98
SS Stingray launches 4 torpedoes at DD Asashio
DD Kasumi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arare fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Sub attack near Noumea at 116,160
SS I-25 launches 4 torpedoes at AO Platte – I got excited seeing the big AO in the sights but all torpedoes miss… AOs at Noumea. Question for my Int Staff that they cannot answer: Is this just a fuel convoy building a fuel stockpile at Noumea or is this evidence of USN CVs and BBs nearby?
DD Phelps attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attacks on Singapore , at 50,84
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Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Also attacking 50th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attacks on Bataan , at 78,77
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Morning Air attacks on Singapore , at 50,84
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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58
Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 38
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 24
H81-A3 x 19
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
H81-A3: 2 destroyed
AVG/1st Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 13 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 11
H81-A3 x 4
H81-A3: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91
A6M2 Zero x 9
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 13
Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 6
139WH-3: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on 2nd/C Division, at 47,93 , near Praboemoelih – I will put some Oscars up on LRCAP to try and take down some of these pesky Dutchmen.
Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 12
CW-22 Falcon x 9
9 x CW-22 Falcon bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 2 x 50 kg GP Bomb
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ASW attack near Hengchun at 85,68
SS Porpoise is sighted by escort
DD Akikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 51333 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1744
Defending force 63165 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1859
Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 27848 troops, 273 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 1472
Defending force 61982 troops, 425 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1783
Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43773 troops, 382 guns, 83 vehicles, Assault Value = 1870
Defending force 48114 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1388
Japanese ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at 92,38 (near Chengting) – this is Objective (A) in NCAA.
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 43776 troops, 397 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 1480
Defending force 16349 troops, 120 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 468
Japanese adjusted assault: 745
Allied adjusted defense: 325
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-). The terrain bonus more than offset by the supply, fatigue and morale factors.
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
1326 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 79 disabled – fairly evenly shared across all units. Fatigue/disruption remains <10 for all units and they are all still in supply, so they will continue the attack tomorrow. The next attack should clear this hex.
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Allied ground losses:
2911 casualties reported
Squads: 119 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 51 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 1 – three allied units remain to face another attack tomorrow.
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
1st Division
26th Division
36th Division
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
13th Group Army
35th Chinese Corps
83rd Chinese Corps
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso) – this is the HQ 1st Army + 2 x Div stack
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 23940 troops, 249 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 795
Defending force 35199 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1092
Allied ground losses:
30 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled – despite the terrain the allies are still taking losses
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Ground combat at Djambi (48,88) – I need Djambi’s oil wells to keep Palembang’s refinery operating at full capacity, as oil at Palembang is getting a little low. I have 1 x AA Regt and 1 x IJNAF base force moving here to provide air defence. The IJNAF BF is an emergency measure as there isn’t an IJAAF BF available on Sumatra yet. It will be replaced later with air defence to be handed over to the Army.
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 675 troops, 0 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
Defending force 130 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7
Japanese assault odds: 56 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Djambi !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(+), preparation(-)
fatigue(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Units retreated 1
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
2nd Tank Regiment – I don’t want this unit moving too far into Sumatra as they are needed for the Java invasion, but I need Singapore to fall before they can be replaced.
Defending units:
Pakanbaroe Det.
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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)
Japanese Bombardment attack – the infantry Divisions are not bombarding, but fatigue only dropped to the 30s-40s range. The Imperial Guards are 2-3 days march away, in move mode. I think I will just wait those few days until the IG Div arrives to join the attack as that should help keep my losses down. Singapore should fall on that attack.
Attacking force 1745 troops, 159 guns, 75 vehicles, Assault Value = 1908
Defending force 30252 troops, 414 guns, 359 vehicles, Assault Value = 324
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
84 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 991 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 44
Defending force 1341 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 51

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 14, 42
Hansa Bay is occupied by the Japanese
Repairs completed on DMS W-10 at Singkawang, ship returned to service
CS Convoy TF 32 begins loading Oil at Muroran for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori
CS Convoy TF 102 begins loading Resources at Sapporo for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori
CS Convoy TF 120 begins loading Resources at Fusan for delivery to Shimonoseki
CS Convoy TF 137 begins loading Resources at Muroran for delivery to Ominato
Task Force 174 lays defensive minefield at Palembang ( 48 , 91) and sets course for Groot Natoena
B5N2 Kate from Zuikaku-3 attacking an Allied SS at 72,94 an Allied SS is reported HIT
2LT Ohashi R. of 77th Sentai Det A is credited with kill number 4
2LT Ohashi R. of 77th Sentai Det A is credited with kill number 5
2LT Ohashi R. of 77th Sentai Det A attains ace status!! The first IJAAF ace of the war. Mr Ohashi is making a name for himself against the AVG.
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 8th Base Force to Rabaul
8 x L3Y2 Tina transporting 8th Base Force to Rabaul
9 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting Yokosuka 3rd SNLF to San Jose
CS Convoy TF 13 begins loading Oil at Shikuka for delivery to Wakkanai
CS Convoy TF 131 begins loading Resources at Amami Oshima for delivery to Kagoshima
Japanese forces CAPTURE Djambi !!!
Palembang expands fortifications to size 3
DD Fubuki beginning refit in shipyard at Shanghai – all 9 x Fubuki Is start their ASW upgrade so the crews will enjoy 3 weeks of evening leave in the big city.
48th Division - some devices have been upgraded at Manila – 47mm AT guns
SC CHa-26 arrives at Ominato – will move to the Wakkanai local ASW patrol Div in NEAF.
2nd Raiding Sentai arrives at Kagoshima – Rookie pilots need to train up before they are used on the front line. They will move to Thailand to support the Burma campaign. Day 1 admin move to Formosa. One plane crashed with the pilot killed. Thankyou for your service…

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Tue Oct 29, 2019 9:48 am

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 15, 42
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Sub attack near Darwin at 74,123
SS I-160
Allied Ships
AM Cairns, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
AM Warrnambool
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ASW attack near Ketapang at 55,93
SS Salmon
SS Salmon launches 4 torpedoes at DD Maikaze
DD Hagikaze fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Arashi fails to find sub and abandons search
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9
Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 2
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attacks on Singapore , at 50,84
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Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58
Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 49th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 –clear skies over Rangoon.
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 29
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ketapang at 55,93
Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 3
Do-24K-1 x 2
139WH-3: 2 damaged
139WH-3: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships – caught without air cover trying to reload an Infantry Regt
CA Mogami
xAK Hokko Maru
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Morning Air attack on 2nd/C Division, at 47,93 , near Praboemoelih
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 19 – on LRCAP
Allied aircraft
CW-21B Demon x 12
CW-22 Falcon x 9
CW-21B Demon: 4 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Ketapang at 55,93
Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 2
139WH-3: 1 damaged
139WH-3: 1 destroyed by flak
Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Rangoon at 54,53
G4M1 Betty x 21 – I rolled the dice on an unescorted Betty raid seeing as the Oscars were doing so well. Only a few xAKL but that may stop C.S. from bringing any more supply to Burma by sea.
Allied Ships
xAKL Hermelin
xAKL Nordhval, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Agnes, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAKL Ardent, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
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Afternoon Air attack on 102nd PA Infantry Regiment, at 80,90 (Malaybalay)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ketapang at 55,93
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 4 – flying from Batavia
B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
xAK Kinkasan Maru
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ketapang at 55,93
Allied aircraft
Do-24K-1 x 2
Japanese Ships
SC Ch 2
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ASW attack near Ketapang at 55,93
SS Salmon is sighted by escort
SC Ch 3 fails to find sub, continues to search...
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ASW attack near Ketapang at 55,93
SS Salmon launches 2 torpedoes at APD Aoi
APD Aoi fails to find sub, continues to search...
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ASW attack near Noumea at 116,160
SS I-25 is located by APD Waters
DD Kennison fails to find sub and abandons search
DMS Dorsey fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 61980 troops, 632 guns, 261 vehicles, Assault Value = 2092
Defending force 42878 troops, 242 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1436
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 997
Allied adjusted defense: 2374
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-). The defenders are still in supply and the BB bombardments don’t seem to be damaging morale or causing fatigue yet.
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
3511 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 510 disabled – 17th Div takes most of the disablements so will be placed in reserve to recover squads. Fatigue and disruption is relatively low, max in the 20s, so maybe 2-3 days I will go again to try and make the defenders use supply quicker than the city can produce it.
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 60 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 81 disabled
Guns lost 39 (3 destroyed, 36 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
725 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 210 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 15 (1 destroyed, 14 disabled)
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 51493 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1760
Defending force 63143 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1857
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Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 27847 troops, 273 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 1472
Defending force 62070 troops, 425 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1794
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 43779 troops, 382 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1873
Defending force 48246 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1398
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Ground combat at 92,38 (near Chengting)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 42222 troops, 397 guns, 153 vehicles, Assault Value = 1324
Defending force 10593 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 228
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
564 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
4617 casualties reported
Squads: 111 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 226 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 10 (4 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Units retreated 3
Defeated Allied Units Retreating! The railway is now clear.
Assaulting units:
26th Division – will wait in this hex for a day to see if it can spot allied movement before moving to NW China.
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade – will move to Tsiaotso
36th Division – will move to Tsiaotso
1st Division – will move to Tsiaotso
Defending units: Pushed back into the Mountains with no road.
35th Chinese Corps
13th Group Army
83rd Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 23985 troops, 249 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 800
Defending force 35188 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1090
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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1745 troops, 159 guns, 75 vehicles, Assault Value = 1940
Defending force 30593 troops, 414 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 333
Allied ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Ground combat at 57,90 (near Pontianak)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 3977 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 132
Defending force 522 troops, 2 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 25
Japanese assault odds: 55 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(-), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
366 casualties reported
Squads: 32 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
144th Infantry Regiment
Defending units:
2/15 Punjab Battalion
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Ground combat at Manado (75,99)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1441 troops, 11 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60
Defending force 1392 troops, 2 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 50
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Manado !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
105 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1740 casualties reported
Squads: 71 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 120 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2
Assaulting units:
15th Naval Guard Unit
Defending units:
Manado Garrison Battalion
Manado Base Force
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 996 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 44
Defending force 1368 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Benkoelen (45,91)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4606 troops, 49 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 160
Defending force 946 troops, 5 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15
Japanese assault odds: 28 to 1 (fort level 1)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Benkoelen !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), op mode(-), preparation(-)
fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)
Allied ground losses:
358 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 30 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 4
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
2nd/A Division
Defending units:
Zuid KNIL Battalion
So.Sumatra Garrison Battalion
Djambi Base Force
Palembang Base Force

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 15, 42
Treasury Islands is occupied by the Japanese
CS Convoy TF 42 will load Oil at Hakodate for return to Ominato
CS Convoy TF 110 begins loading Resources at Muroran for delivery to Ominato
G4M1 Betty from Kanoya Ku K-1 has spotted an Allied AMc at 54,53 a Merbaboe class AMc is reported HIT
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 8th Base Force to Rabaul
8 x L3Y2 Tina transporting 8th Base Force to Rabaul
8 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting Yokosuka 3rd SNLF to San Jose
CS Convoy TF 166 begins loading Resources at Hakodate for delivery to Ominato
Japanese forces CAPTURE Manado !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Benkoelen !!!
Bangkok expands airfield to size 5
xAKL Uragami Maru arrives at Maizuru
AM Cairns is reported to have been sunk near Darwin on Jan 15, 1942
xAKL Nordhval is reported to have been sunk near Rangoon on Jan 15, 1942
xAKL Agnes is reported to have been sunk near Rangoon on Jan 15, 1942
xAKL Ardent is reported to have been sunk near Rangoon on Jan 15, 1942

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Wed Oct 30, 2019 9:40 am

A bit of a slow news day. Deliberate attack ordered at Singapore for next turn.
I'm expecting Singapore to be captured with the next attack, but if it isn't the 18th Division is now only 2 days march from joining in.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 16, 42
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ASW attack near Dutch Harbor at 171,51
SS I-16 is located by PC Crawford
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Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58
Allied ground losses:
184 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Fires 67
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11
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Morning Air attacks on Rangoon , at 54,53 – Rangoon airfield seems to have been vacated. I will send the sweeps back to Toungoo tomorrow.
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 26
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Morning Air attacks on Wenchow , at 89,58
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Morning Air attacks on Singapore , at 50,84
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Morning Air attack on 2nd/C Division, at 47,93 , near Praboemoelih
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 18
Allied aircraft
B-339D x 1
CW-21B Demon x 6
CW-22 Falcon x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-Ia Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
CW-21B Demon: 1 destroyed
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Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
G4M1 Betty x 25
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
HDML 1100, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
Port hits 2
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Afternoon Air attack on 103rd PA Infantry Regiment, at 81,89 , near Butuan
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Sub attack near Pago Pago at 149,162
SS I-21 launches 2 torpedoes
AM Kingfisher fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 51511 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761
Defending force 63203 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1860
Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 27902 troops, 273 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 1479
Defending force 62246 troops, 424 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1800
Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 53192 troops, 446 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1874
Defending force 48307 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1402
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 24021 troops, 249 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 804
Defending force 35177 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1089
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Ground combat at 47,88 (near Djambi)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 675 troops, 0 guns, 102 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
Defending force 71 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2
Japanese assault odds: 43 to 1
Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
2nd Tank Regiment
Defending units:
Pakanbaroe Det.
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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1980 troops, 186 guns, 75 vehicles, Assault Value = 2424 – the Imperial Guards Div has arrived, so the next deliberate attack will go in tomorrow.
Defending force 30679 troops, 413 guns, 362 vehicles, Assault Value = 340
Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Ground combat at 87,47 (near Sinyang)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 546 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26
Defending force 215 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese assault odds: 12 to 1
Allied ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 3 disabled
Assaulting units:
9th RGC Route Brigade
Defending units:
Lusu War Area
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Ground combat at 57,89 (near Kuching)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1488 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61
Defending force 654 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Japanese ground losses:
25 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
181 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 1 disabled
Units retreated 2
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
Sasebo 1st SNLF
Defending units:
Sarawak Force
106th RN Base Force
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 993 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 43
Defending force 1408 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 16, 42
Tapul is occupied by the Japanese
D3A1 Val from Zuikaku-2 attacking an Allied SS at 79,100 an Allied SS is reported HIT
D3A1 Val from Hiryu-2 attacking a KXI Class class SS at 79,100 a O16 Class class SS is reported HIT
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 8th Base Force to Rabaul
8 x L3Y2 Tina transporting 8th Base Force to Rabaul
8 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting Yokosuka 3rd SNLF to San Jose
CS Convoy TF 32 begins loading Oil at Muroran for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori
CS Convoy TF 42 begins loading Fuel at Ominato for delivery to Hakodate
CS Convoy TF 135 begins loading Resources at Fusan for delivery to Shimonoseki
CS Convoy TF 138 begins loading Resources at Sapporo for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori
Rabaul expands fortifications to size 1
Device(s) upgraded in 18th Division supplied from Johore Bahru

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Wed Oct 30, 2019 6:37 pm

Breaking news, Singapore attack gets 1.9895:1! The defenders hold but are worn down again...
I don’t think LGEN Percival is in command any more.
18th Div over achieved and are in hex already, but fatigue is up in the 40-50s for most Divs again so I’ll give them a day to reorganise themselves.
I’m assuming that the urban terrain is the main cause for high disruption and fatigue.
Next attack planned in 2 days should end this.

On Luzon, the whole of 14th Army plus attachments are 2 days from arriving at Bataan.

rustysi · Post by **rustysi** » Wed Oct 30, 2019 7:00 pm

I don’t think LGEN Percival is in command any more.

Fine, from what I understand its costs a lot of PP to replace him. PP lost.

rustysi · Post by **rustysi** » Wed Oct 30, 2019 7:02 pm

On Malaya, the whole of 14th Army plus attachments are 2 days from arriving at Bataan.

Malaya... Bataan... [&:]

[:'(][8|]

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Wed Oct 30, 2019 8:51 pm

ORIGINAL: rustysi

On Luzon, the whole of 14th Army plus attachments are 2 days from arriving at Bataan.

Malaya... Bataan... [&:]

[:'(][8|]

Corrected. The clerk made an error decoding the sitrep.

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Thu Oct 31, 2019 5:49 am

ORIGINAL: rustysi

I don’t think LGEN Percival is in command any more.

Fine, from what I understand its costs a lot of PP to replace him. PP lost.

Confirmation from correspondence received by the Foreign Minister:

"Yah, I sacked Percival. He's pretty useless.
You'll regret losing that local minesweeper later on."

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 17, 42
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Sub attack near Channel Islands at 220,80 – first contact off the US West Coast! The skipper of I-8 will need to explain why he didn’t aim at the TK…
SS I-8
Allied Ships
xAK Anglo Indian, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
TK Gulfcoast
xAK Tai Yin
DD Aylwin
SS I-8 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Anglo Indian
DD Aylwin fails to find sub, continues to search...
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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 64,73
SS KXV is sighted by escort
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ASW attack near Nagai Island at 175,49
SS I-5 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Brooks
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Sub attack near San Francisco at 215,76
SS I-9, hits 1
SS I-9 launches 2 torpedoes at DMS Hovey
DMS Elliot fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Sub attack near Kwajalein Island at 132,115 – the Foreign Minister reported that C.S. was praying for a working USN torpedo, and he got one!
AMc Shonan Maru #7, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
SS Gar launches 2 torpedoes at AMc Shonan Maru #7
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Submarine attack near Pago Pago at 149,160
AG Coast Trader is sighted by SS I-21
SS I-21 launches 2 torpedoes at AG Coast Trader
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Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58
Allied ground losses:
70 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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ASW attack near Muntok at 50,89
SS O24 is located by SC Ch 16
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ASW attack near Darwin at 75,123
SS I-160 is sighted by escort
AM Warrnambool fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Morning Air attacks on Singapore , at 50,84
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Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 50th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attacks on Bataan , at 78,77
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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
Also attacking 49th Chinese Corps ...
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Afternoon Air attacks on Wenchow , at 89,58
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 28
Also attacking 21st Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 49th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ...
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Afternoon Air attack on Toungoo , at 57,50 – Allied fighters are present at both Toungoo and Rangoon but they don’t want to get on the dance floor.
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 35
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 33
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ASW attack near Noumea at 116,160
SS I-25 is sighted by escort
AM Wollongong fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 68056 troops, 765 guns, 503 vehicles, Assault Value = 2923
Defending force 30957 troops, 416 guns, 363 vehicles, Assault Value = 354
Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 1900
Allied adjusted defense: 955
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1122 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 139 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 28 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 85 disabled
Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1999 casualties reported
Squads: 66 destroyed, 58 disabled
Non Combat: 53 destroyed, 129 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 34 disabled
Guns lost 55 (31 destroyed, 24 disabled)
Vehicles lost 64 (12 destroyed, 52 disabled)
Units destroyed 1 – missed who it was, but it was something coloured “UK brown”.
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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 12631 troops, 173 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 1646
Defending force 41582 troops, 241 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1282
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 51548 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1764
Defending force 63302 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866
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Ground combat at Sinyang (86,48)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 27913 troops, 273 guns, 79 vehicles, Assault Value = 1480
Defending force 62301 troops, 424 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1802
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 53214 troops, 446 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1875
Defending force 48357 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1403
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 24022 troops, 249 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 805
Defending force 35134 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
Defending force 1781 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 42
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-)
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 981 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 41
Defending force 1409 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 57

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 17, 42
Roxas is occupied by the Japanese
Coastwatcher Report: 4 ships in port at Wenchow
SS I-20 in ARD Dublon ARD at Truk
CS Convoy TF 7 begins loading Resources at Port Arthur for delivery to Fukuoka
CS Convoy TF 95 begins loading Resources at Hakodate for delivery to Ominato
CS Convoy TF 146 begins loading Resources at Naha for delivery to Kagoshima
SS I-17 in ARD Dublon ARD at Truk
Seishin expands airfield to size 2 – just in case the war goes into 1945. I’m not building many airfields anywhere yet to try and save supply, but Seishin will be one of my aircrew training bases.
Mare Island expands port to size 6
Seattle expands port to size 8
Tacoma expands airfield to size 5
Chumphon expands airfield to size 4
Mizuho-1 on CS Mizuho converting to size 20 from 24 – this ship will stay with the slow CVE task force to provide additional Naval Search / ASW capability so was reduced back to size 20 to fit the ship.
Loss of AMc Shonan Maru #7 on Jan 17, 1942 is admitted

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:25 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 18, 42
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Sub attack near Port Moresby at 96,133 – good shooting! I value my AV highly so I like taking out allied auxiliaries like this. The USN don’t get a lot of AVD/AVP and I don’t think they can convert any, so chipping away at their capability to provide forward support for Catalinas is a good thing.
AVD William B. Preston, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SS I-123 launches 2 torpedoes
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Sub attack near Isle of Pines at 116,161
SS I-25, hits 1
SS I-25 launches 2 torpedoes at AM Wollongong – I used to cool off at North Wollongong beach on hot summer days as a kid so it’s hard to get upset at this boat landing a punch.
AM Wollongong attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near San Francisco at 215,76
SS I-9
Allied Ships
DM Tracy
TK Emidio
SS I-9 launches 2 torpedoes at DM Tracy – unable to get a clear shot at the TK, but it looks like my subs are making C.S. keep ASW assets in rear areas to protect his TK convoys.
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Morning Air attacks on Singapore , at 50,84 – I’ve allocated more bombers to ground attack now than airfield attack to try and increase disruption and fatigue of allied units prior to the next deliberate attack going in.
Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking 27th Australian Brigade ...
Also attacking Singapore Fortress ...
Also attacking 12th Indian Brigade ...
Also attacking Malaya Army ...
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Morning Air attacks on Wenchow , at 89,58 – As BB Div 3 is keeping the port and airfield heavily damaged forts shouldn’t be rebuilding. The bombers are starting to come in lower to try and get more hits on the defenders. As Chinese AA seems non existent in this hex, any aircraft that can convert to Nicks later will start strafing as some live training.
8 x Ki-48-Ib Lily bombing from 2000 feet *
8 x Ki-30 Ann bombing from 2000 feet
8 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 2000 feet *
6 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 2000 feet *
Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ... I’m hoping this results in fatigue and disruption increases to each ground unit attacked.
Also attacking Wenchow ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 86th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Wenchow ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Wenchow ...
Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attacks on Bataan , at 78,77 – working on the airfield mainly, with some ground attacks mixed in. I expect forts will be 3+ by now but we will find out for sure in a few days when the first deliberate attack goes in.
Also attacking Manila Bay Defenses ...
Also attacking Bataan ...
Also attacking Manila Bay Defenses ...
Also attacking Bataan ...
Also attacking Manila Bay Defenses ...
Also attacking Bataan ...
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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 100th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Wenchow ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Base Force ...
Also attacking Wenchow ...
Also attacking 70th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking Wenchow ...
Also attacking 14th Chinese Base Force ...
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Morning Air attack on 272/273rd Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment, at 50,84 (Singapore) – a very specific target for a few Sallys.
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Morning Air attack on Singapore Fortress, at 50,84 (Singapore) – and Marys
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Morning Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow) – and Sonias
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Afternoon Air attack on 103rd PA Infantry Regiment, at 81,89 , near Butuan – and Nells
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Singkawang at 56,88 – I meant to move one of my 9 x Zero groups to Singkawang this turn but forgot… I bet this happens again tomorrow.
Allied aircraft
Do-24K-1 x 3
Japanese Ships
CA Suzuya
3 x Do-24K-1 bombing from 6000 feet *
Naval Attack: 2 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
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ASW attack near Noumea at 116,160
SS I-25, hits 2 – moderate damage in the 20s at turn end, but no automatic orders to return to port. I manually order I-25 to return to Truk for repairs as HMAS Wollongong seems to have the edge over her.
Allied Ships
AM Whyalla
AM Wollongong
AM Wollongong attacking submerged sub ....
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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)
Japanese Bombardment attack – another deliberate attack ordered for tomorrow, but the most disabled Division will remain in Reserve and sit it out. I am not expecting to get 1:1 but the aim of this attack is to reduce forts to 0.
Attacking force 12655 troops, 173 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 1689
Defending force 41665 troops, 241 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1285
Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack – I’ll keep this up as long as I have supply until 13th Army arrives to the south. Then I will move about half of this assault value SW one hex to join the assault river crossing. That’s probably a month away.
Attacking force 51521 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1761
Defending force 63286 troops, 334 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1862
Japanese ground losses:
57 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
42 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Kukong (79,57) – I am itching to put a deliberate attack in at Kukong but from past experience in this war the individual Regts and Mixed Bdes don’t do well without combat engineers and armoured vehicles in support. I have RGC garrison troops moving past Wenchow now on their way to garrison roles at a few bases near Amoy that will free up the last few components of the 51st Division. It will probably take 3-4 weeks to get these troops reorganised and 51st Div reformed at Kukong, then I will test the Chinese defenders in this sector.
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 16773 troops, 214 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 587
Defending force 12973 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 412
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 53251 troops, 446 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 1881
Defending force 48467 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1414
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Ground combat at 87,46 (near Sinyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 330 troops, 0 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 28
Defending force 120 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1 – Tanks vs HQ Staff resulting in zero losses. I am going to let the last few remnants of HQ Lusu War Area escape to the NW and move these tanks to Sinyang.
Assaulting units:
15th Tank Regiment
Defending units:
Lusu War Area
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 24086 troops, 249 guns, 131 vehicles, Assault Value = 809
Defending force 35137 troops, 200 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083
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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)
Japanese Bombardment attack – fatigue of the IJA Divs range from <10 up to the 40s. Based on the 10:1 raw AV ratio I’ve ordered another deliberate attack for tomorrow.
Attacking force 1975 troops, 186 guns, 75 vehicles, Assault Value = 2756
Defending force 29340 troops, 388 guns, 355 vehicles, Assault Value = 277
Allied ground losses:
153 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 7 (4 destroyed, 3 disabled)
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Ground combat at 74,82 (near Puerto Princesa)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 1446 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60
Defending force 99 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2
Japanese assault odds: 50 to 1
Allied ground losses:
90 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
91st Naval Guard Unit – now that Palawan is clear, this unit will move to help capture and then provide the garrison at Cebu in the Philippine Islands.
Defending units:
2nd PI Base Force
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Allied Bombardment attack – no damage inflicted
Attacking force 981 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 41
Defending force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 18, 42
CS Convoy TF 77 begins loading Oil at Taihoku for delivery to Kagoshima
CS Convoy TF 86 begins loading Resources at Port Arthur for delivery to Fukuoka
Task Force 192 lays defensive minefield at Puerto Princesa ( 73 , 83) and sets course for Davao – this was my error, they must have been docked… they were meant to move to Davao to create a defensive minefield there. I wasn’t planning on creating a minefield at P.Princesa but I have an ACM there so I will keep it for now.
CS Convoy TF 42 will load Oil at Hakodate for return to Ominato
G3M2 Nell from Genzan Ku K-1 Det attacking an Allied SS at 50,90 an Allied SS is reported HIT
G3M2 Nell from Genzan Ku K-1 Det attacking an Allied CL at 49,89 a Electric Boat S-18 class SS is reported HIT
CS Convoy TF 13 begins loading Oil at Shikuka for delivery to Wakkanai
Chiang Mai expands airfield to size 4 – I am getting more recon eyes into Burma and have lots of Oscars here. I will be moving some bombers up here shortly to try and reduce the AVG on the ground if they keep refusing to fly against the Oscars.
Cochin expands port to size 5 – interesting development. Cochin looks like it will make a pretty good backstop port to support any move I make on Ceylon. I assume that’s what C.S. is up to in this area.
2nd Raiding Sentai at Saigon takes Ki-57-I Topsy replacements – training required so they will stay at Saigon for now, but they are planning for airborne ops into Burma based out of Chiang Mai in the near future.
11th Sentai converting to Ki-43-Ic Oscar – currently in Malaya, but once these Oscars are ready they will move north to join the Burma campaign.
AVD William B. Preston is reported to have been sunk near Port Moresby on Jan 18, 1942
HDML 1100 is reported to have been sunk near Rangoon on Jan 16, 1942

obvert · Post by **obvert** » Fri Nov 01, 2019 5:38 am

ORIGINAL: jdsrae
I also don't want to leave large pockets of enemy troops unsupervised in rear areas or they will try to break out and cut my supply lines. That's the reason for my current obsession with Wenchow and Tsiaotso as they generate supplies, but I'm massing as much force as I can before attacking them. If it takes me a little while to capture them that's ok, as I still need to capture Singapore and then move to cut the Burma Road to turn that supply tap off.

I understand why you think you need to do this. The entire reason I'm writing these posts is to tell you from experience that this is not something you need to worry about. Be Soviet about it. Exploit forward opportunities to cut into the gut of your opponent and leave the rear areas to the arriving troops, garrisons and mostly, your airforce.

The Chinese cripple themselves with any attempt at an offensive simply from the supply usage involved. They will also get pounded anytime they pick up and move away from fortifications, especially into the clear.

You're hurting yourself in two ways here. One is reducing the number of your IJA units you send forward. The other is beating those IJA units down in a fight that will be much easier in 6-10 months when the Chinese troops have no supply (their bases can't support them, especially if bombed regularly), and making your army use use supply and time to recover, all of which add to the difficulty level in moving farther forward against the Chinese.

As you've correctly observed already (not wanting to destroy units and have them reappear back in Chunking as zombies) you want Chinese units forward, out of good rear defensive terrain and away from the ultimate goal of your troops capturing Chunking/Chengtu.

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Fri Nov 01, 2019 6:42 pm

Breaking news. Singapore is captured, but not before LCDR Sagara gets his PB Div sunk on its mines and CD guns, himself killed and the 5th JAAF Coy destroyed due to a destination error... That frees up 6 Infantry Divisions for their next task. 2 to Burma, 2 to Sumatra, 1 plan for Java and 1 to theatre reserve.

The next deliberate attack at Wenchow fails to reduce forts. GEN Hata is prepared to reconsider his approach in China and will return to Tokyo to brief the war council on a revised plan. He will get 6 reinforcement Bdes in about 12 days and he’s been instructed not to waste them doing more of the same. I think most of them form C grade garrison divisions so I will probably allocate them as guards of the Chinese stacks in rear areas and move the A and B grade divs forward.

GEN Hata has voiced an opinion that the lack of tanks at Wenchow means the infantry are getting bogged down. The impact of massed tanks supporting 4-5 Infantry divisions will be tested in about one week at Sinyang. Another factor in that upcoming battle is that I own the city and the Chinese should be low on supply, but they are still in decent defensive terrain.

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Tue Nov 05, 2019 12:45 pm

I’m travelling for work this week so can’t run the next game turn until my Friday evening.
We did get 4 more turns in over the past weekend with the results below.
I also used the time in between turns to revise plans for China and prepare for the Burma and Java offensives.
The summary is that I need more aircraft carriers and tanks!

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 19, 42
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ASW attack near Muntok at 49,89
SS KXII is located by DMS W-12
DMS W-12 fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58
Allied ground losses:
91 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Light Industry hits 1
Runway hits 13
Port hits 1
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Naval Gun Fire at Singapore - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
23 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
Japanese Ships – destination orders stuff up results in this massacre… Those PB are Ansyus at 10 points a pop so this mistake costs 60+ points. I keep a separate pre-save turn to review while C.S. is giving his orders so checked it for what the error was. I had ordered this Fast Transport convoy to go direct to Johore Bahru. I can’t remember the plan for them, but it was probably to take a small dot hex south of Singapore, not get themselves sunk for no gain. Singapore Fortress has a turkey shoot…
PB Toyotu Maru, Shell hits 5, Mine hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Tomitu Maru, Shell hits 9, Mine hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Taiko Maru, Shell hits 2, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PB Tokati Maru, Shell hits 11, Mine hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Taikei Maru, Shell hits 1, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
PB Taian Maru, Mine hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
147 casualties reported – “luckily” I only had the 5th IJAAF Coy on board. They have been rebought for 1 PP and will reappear in just over 30 days.
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
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TF 275 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84) – more mine hits = less for my DMS and AMc to clear.
Japanese Ships
PB Toyotu Maru, Mine hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Tomitu Maru, Mine hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Taikei Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Taiko Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
PB Taian Maru, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
Japanese ground losses:
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
3 mines cleared
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Morning Air attacks on Singapore , at 50,84
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Morning Air attacks on Wenchow , at 89,58
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Morning Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on Singapore Fortress, at 50,84 (Singapore)
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Afternoon Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
Also attacking Subic Bay Defenses ...
Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...
Also attacking Manila Bay Defenses ...
Also attacking 4th Marine Regiment ...
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Sub attack near Pago Pago at 149,162
Captain of SS I-23 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
I-23 diving deep ....
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Sub attack near Port Moresby at 97,132
SS I-162
Allied Ships
CL Tromp, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage. Fingers crossed she goes under.
DD Witte de With
SS I-162 launches 4 torpedoes at CL Tromp
DD Witte de With attacking submerged sub ....
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Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 81142 troops, 892 guns, 551 vehicles, Assault Value = 2784
Defending force 29380 troops, 388 guns, 354 vehicles, Assault Value = 271
Japanese adjusted assault: 2199
Allied adjusted defense: 557
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Singapore !!!
Allied aircraft losses
Walrus II: 1 destroyed
S.19 Singapore III: 1 destroyed

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1229 casualties reported – minimal losses
Squads: 3 destroyed, 45 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled
Vehicles lost 31 (1 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
17177 casualties reported
Squads: 438 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3019 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 197 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 303 (303 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 513 (513 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 31

Assaulting units:
25th Army – next stop Palembang as HQ Sumatra garrison. It will plan for Colombo as a deception measure to try and spook allied SigInt.
4th Division – Southern Expeditionary Army (SEA) Reserve, will plan for Java ops which I may launch in Feb prior to the Luzon ops being complete. The forces currently on Luzon can reinforce once they are victorious at Bataan, but that may take a few weeks if forts have been built and supply was stockpiled.
Imperial Guards Division – will move on paper to SEA Reserve and plan for Java ops with 4th Div.
5th Division – will split into thirds and move to capture NW Sumatra via amphibious landings asap.
18th Division – to Palembang as Palembang garrison and as reserve for Java ops or ready reaction force if something unexpected occurs.
33rd Division – under command 15th Army, is boarding amphibious ships and will assault Pegu ASAP.
56th Division – will move on paper to 15th Army and assault Pegu with 33rd Div ASAP.
41st Infantry Regiment – a part of 30th Div, it will provide the Singapore garrison force until relieved and then move to Burma. It will eventually reform into its parent Div, possibly in Burma.
1st Tank Regiment – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops
6th Tank Regiment – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops
1st RF Gun Battalion – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops
3rd Mortar Battalion – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops
5th Mortar Battalion – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops
31st Field AA Battalion – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops
34th Field AA Battalion – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops
21st Fld AA Gun Co – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops
26th Fld AA Gun Co – in reserve at Singapore, planning for Java ops
20th AA Regiment – Singapore garrison
35th Field AA Battalion – Singapore garrison
35th Fld AA Gun Co – Singapore garrison
96th JAAF AF Bn – Singapore garrison

Defending units: The butcher’s bill at Singapore. Some of these units may be bought back. If it were me I would buy back HQ III Corps, the 2 x RAF Group HQs and the RAF base forces as a priority.
Malaya Army
III Indian Corps
22nd Australian Brigade
27th Australian Brigade
12th Indian Brigade
SSVF Brigade
3rd Cavalry Regiment
2/17 Dogra Battalion
1st Manchester Battalion
2nd Gordons Battalion
2nd Malay Battalion
5th Field Regiment
137/155th Field Regiment
2/215th Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment
272/273rd Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
3rd Heavy AA Regiment
AHQ Far East
223 Group RAF
224 Group RAF
Malayan Air Wing
Singapore Fortress
Singapore Base Force
109th RN Base Force
2nd ISF Base Force
110th RAF Base Force
111th RAF Base Force
112th RAF Base Force
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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 49263 troops, 572 guns, 250 vehicles, Assault Value = 1725
Defending force 41633 troops, 241 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1277
Japanese adjusted assault: 647
Allied adjusted defense: 1834
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 1) – not even close and forts weren’t reduced. The almost daily BB bombardments don’t seem to be having an impact on allied supply levels, morale or disruption.
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1856 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 304 disabled – minimal squads destroyed, but that’s about 8 x Battalions of men that need to spend time in hospital. GEN Hata and his staff have agreed to implement a revised plan based on HQ Imperial General War Council advice, bypass Wenchow/Chuhsien defenders, link up with 11th and 20th Army units and drive directly into central China. GEN Hata vows to return to crush Wenchow at a later date.
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 36 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 51 disabled
Guns lost 34 (3 destroyed, 31 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1153 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 127 disabled – not bad, but not great either as it is way less than half IJA disablements.
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 51533 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1762
Defending force 63332 troops, 335 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1862
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 53693 troops, 458 guns, 128 vehicles, Assault Value = 1884
Defending force 48582 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1424
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Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1478 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 61
Defending force 2884 troops, 18 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 115
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
Defending force 1792 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 43
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 5 (fort level 1) - not even close, but minimal losses. Reinforcements required, which will come from the SNLFs currently mopping up the Philippine Islands
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
31 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
Sasebo 2nd SNLF
Defending units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion
Tarakan Base Force
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Allied Bombardment attack – ineffective.
Attacking force 1002 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 43
Defending force 1388 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 19, 42
CS Convoy TF 42 will load Oil at Hakodate for return to Ominato
CS Convoy TF 120 begins loading Resources at Fusan for delivery to Shimonoseki
CS Convoy TF 166 begins loading Resources at Hakodate for delivery to Ominato
G3M2 Nell from Bihoro Ku K-1 Det attacking an Allied SS at 55,93 a Dolphin class SS is reported HIT
D3A1 Val from Hiryu-2 attacking an Allied SS at 97,109 a O21 Class class SS is reported HIT
B5N1 Kate from Ryujo-2 attacking an Allied SS at 97,109 a KXIV Class class SS is reported HIT
PB Taian Maru sinks at sea
PB Taikei Maru sinks at sea
PB Tokati Maru sinks at sea
PB Taiko Maru sinks at sea
PB Tomitu Maru sinks at sea
PB Toyotu Maru sinks at sea
D3A1 Val from Soryu-2 attacking an Allied SS at 97,108 a KVIII Class class SS is reported HIT
D3A1 Val from Shokaku-2 attacking a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS at 97,108 a O19 Class class SS is reported HIT
5th JAAF AF Coy DISPERSES!! – a new way to say “DROWNS”
CS Convoy TF 32 begins loading Oil at Muroran for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori
CS Convoy TF 110 begins loading Resources at Muroran for delivery to Ominato
Japanese forces CAPTURE Singapore !!!
Pisanuloke expands fortifications to size 1
Ledo expands airfield to size 4 – Interesting. My previous recon about a week ago showed a single allied unit at Ledo, likely a small RAF Base Force. I have moved two more Recon airgroups to Chiang Mai and split them into thirds. That gets me eyes on 6 more allied bases in Burma and I plan to maintain constant recon over the allied airfields on the Burma Road. The allies don’t have the troops to be able to defend all bases in Burma and they seem to have 3 x Divs concentrated in the south. The 1st and 2nd Raiding Regts are moving to staging areas at Bangkok ready to move forward to Chiang Mai. IJAAF Transport Groups are also moving to staging bases like Saigon, Phnom Penh and Bangkok. I need to get some engineers to Hanoi so I can use that airfield to recon the Chinese bases from Kunming west towards Burma as one of them may be vacant and ripe for an airborne operation.
Vladivostok expands port to size 7
Abadan expands port to size 5

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Tue Nov 05, 2019 12:51 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 20, 42
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ASW attack near Dadjangas at 79,93
Japanese Ships
CM Naryu, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage – sank almost immediately. This is a shame as it costs me a future Escort
CM Kyosai
PB Nanpo Maru
SS S-37 launches 4 torpedoes at CM Naryu
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ASW attack near Dadjangas at 79,93
SS S-37 is sighted by escort
PB Nanpo Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
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ASW attack near Cairns at 93,141
SS I-166, hits 1
AM Townsville attacking submerged sub ....
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TF 126 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84)
70 mines cleared
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TF 140 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84)
83 mines cleared
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TF 199 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84)
98 mines cleared
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ASW attack near Darwin at 75,123
SS I-160 is sighted by escort
AM Warrnambool fails to find sub, continues to search...
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TF 126 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84)
32 mines cleared
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TF 140 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84)
4 mines cleared
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,108
Japanese Ships
DD Wakaba
BB Kirishima
CS Chitose
DD Ariake
DD Yugure
SS Cachalot launches 4 torpedoes at DD Wakaba – C.S. gets a good look at this task force, but doesn’t spot the CVLs that are in it.
Cachalot diving deep ....
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TF 199 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84)
7 mines cleared
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Sub attack near Davao at 79,91
Japanese Ships
AG Ronsan Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage, sinks later.
PB Kozan Maru
Allied Ships
SS S-37
SS S-37 launches 4 torpedoes at AG Ronsan Maru. Hopefully the S-37 is out of torpedoes as that is two kills in one day…
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Morning Air attack on Batavia , at 49,98 – recon shows fighters and bombers on the ground, but no allied fighters scramble.
Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 25
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Morning Air attacks on Wenchow , at 89,58
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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
Airbase hits 1
Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...
Also attacking Manila Bay Defenses ...
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Morning Air attack on Wenchow , at 89,58
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Morning Air attack on Bengkalis Base Force, at 48,82 (Bengkalis)
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Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on 86th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,76 (Medan)
Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,76 (Medan)
Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Also attacking Van Aaran Garrison Battalion ...
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Morning Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 50,90
Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 3
139WH-3: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
SC Ch 1
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 2nd/C Division, at 47,94 , near Oosthaven
Allied aircraft
B-339D x 2
CW-21B Demon x 6
CW-22 Falcon x 9
No Allied losses
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 50,90
Allied aircraft
PBY-5 Catalina x 2
Japanese Ships
SC Ch 3
2 x PBY-5 Catalina bombing from 6000 feet
Naval Attack: 4 x 250 kg SAP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on Pakhoi , at 72,58
B5M1 Mabel x 2
Port hits 1
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Afternoon Air attack on 103rd PA Infantry Regiment, at 81,89 , near Butuan
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Afternoon Air attack on Bengkalis Base Force, at 48,82 (Bengkalis)
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Muntok at 50,90
Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 3
139WH-3: 2 damaged
Japanese Ships
SC Ch 2
3 x 139WH-3 bombing from 100 feet
Naval Attack: 1 x 300 kg SAP Bomb
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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1120 troops, 110 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 1464
Defending force 40926 troops, 241 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1194
Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 51550 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1762
Defending force 63369 troops, 335 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1862
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Ground combat at Kukong (79,57)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 16794 troops, 214 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 588
Defending force 12968 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 412
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 55882 troops, 554 guns, 340 vehicles, Assault Value = 1890
Defending force 48654 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1427
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
137 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 87,46 (near Sinyang)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 330 troops, 0 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 28
Defending force 115 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese assault odds: 50 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(+), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Allied ground losses:
163 casualties reported
Non Combat: 20 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
15th Tank Regiment
Defending units:
Lusu War Area – this unit was making a nuisance of itself by sitting on the railway, so it was exterminated.
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Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90)
Japanese Deliberate attack – not even close to winning due to the terrain and raw AV of the defenders. Reinforcements are required, but will keep up bombardments to force them into using up more supply.
Attacking force 1469 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 60
Defending force 2901 troops, 18 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 117
Japanese adjusted assault: 8
Allied adjusted defense: 76
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 9 (fort level 0)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 26 disabled
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
Kure 2nd SNLF
Defending units:
3rd PA Constabulary Regiment
102nd PA Infantry Regiment
1st /101st PA Battalion
Cagayan USAAF Base Force
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Ground combat at Bacolod (79,85)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 966 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 41
Defending force 1533 troops, 19 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 61
Assaulting units:
73rd PA Infantry Regiment
Defending units:
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1002 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 43
Defending force 1388 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54
Assaulting units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion
Tarakan Base Force
Defending units:
Sasebo 2nd SNLF

 
OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 20, 42
Serasan is occupied by the Japanese
Repairs completed on DD Yugiri at Saigon, ship returned to service
Submarine TF 61 ordered to return to Truk due to damage
CS Convoy TF 42 begins loading Fuel at Ominato for delivery to Hakodate
CS Convoy TF 102 begins loading Resources at Sapporo for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori
Blenheim I sighted over 124th Infantry Regiment – some of the allied fighters at Rangoon are Blenheims.
G3M2 Nell from Chitose Ku K-1 attacking an Allied SS at 130,115 (near Kwajalein) an Allied SS is reported HIT
G4M1 Betty from Kanoya Ku K-1 Det has spotted a Basset class AMc at 54,53 (near Rangoon) an Allied SC is reported HIT
B5N2 Kate from Hiryu-3 attacking a 'T' 1940 Programme class SS at 111,108 (near Truk) a 'T' War Emergency class SS is reported HIT
CS Convoy TF 131 begins loading Resources at Amami Oshima for delivery to Kagoshima
Manila expands port to size 6 – Manila was captured with only minor damage to industry which won’t be repaired. I’m considering an expansion of the Repair Shipyard but that’s not a high priority for now. After Bataan falls I will move a lot of the supply that is currently on Luzon forward.
Chittagong expands airfield to size 2. I assume forts will be building here too.
Djambi expands fortifications to size 1 – to try and help protect the oil fields
Voroshilov expands airfield to size 7
Loss of CM Naryu on Jan 20, 1942 is admitted
Loss of AG Ronsan Maru on Jan 20, 1942 is admitted
TK Iris is reported to have been sunk near Batavia on Dec 15, 1941 

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Tue Nov 05, 2019 12:54 pm

 
AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 21, 42
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TF 126 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84)
DMS W-9
DMS W-8
DMS W-7
4 mines cleared
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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,73
SS KXV is sighted by escort
PB Shinko Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
PB Nanrei Maru fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Manyo Maru fails to find sub and abandons search
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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,73
SS KXV is sighted by escort
PB Kyo Maru #10 fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Pakhoi at 72,58, Range 2,000 Yards
Japanese Ships – a bit of gunnery practice for the MGBs on the South China coast
MGB G-1
MGB G-2
Allied Ships
xAKL Paz, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
Poor visibility due to Rain with 17% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Rain and 17% moonlight: 2,000 yards
Range closes to 2,000 yards...
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 2,000 yards
Japanese open fire on surprised Allied ships at 2,000 yards
MGB G-2 fires at xAKL Paz at 2,000 yards
MGB G-1 fires at xAKL Paz at 2,000 yards
MGB G-2 engages xAKL Paz at 2,000 yards
MGB G-1 engages xAKL Paz at 2,000 yards
MGB G-2 engages xAKL Paz at 2,000 yards
Range increases to 3,000 yards
Allied Task Force Manages to Escape
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Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58
Allied ground losses:
129 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
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ASW attack near Lihue at 177,104
SS I-168 is sighted by escort
DD Hammann fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Anderson fails to find sub and abandons search
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 – about 20 fighters spotted by recon on the ground, but clear skies. The only reason C.S. would be keeping these fighters here is to try and spring an ambush on unescorted bombers. I’ll keep mixing up where I attack and keep sweeping regularly in case he does set any to CAP.
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 29
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 56
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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on Bataan , at 78,77
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2
Port fuel hits 1
Also attacking Subic Bay Defenses ...
Also attacking Manila Bay Defenses ...
Also attacking Asiatic Fleet ...
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 11
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8
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Morning Air attack on 49th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91
A6M2 Zero x 9
Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 4
B-339D x 2
No Japanese losses
B-339D: 1 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91
A6M2 Zero x 9
Allied aircraft
PBY-5 Catalina x 2
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
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Afternoon Air attack on 103rd PA Infantry Regiment, at 81,89 , near Butuan
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Palembang at 48,91
A6M2 Zero x 9
Allied aircraft
139WH-3 x 3
139WH-3: 1 destroyed
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 51629 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1770
Defending force 63449 troops, 335 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1866
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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1120 troops, 110 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 1520
Defending force 40864 troops, 241 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1188
Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 48602 troops, 502 guns, 340 vehicles, Assault Value = 1890
Defending force 48636 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1417

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 21, 42
Batjan is occupied by the Japanese
Repairs completed on DMS W-16/17/18 at Pescadores, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DMS W-1/2/3 at Cam Ranh Bay, ship returned to service
SS I-20 in ARD Dublon ARD at Truk
CS Convoy TF 57 begins loading Resources at Toyohara for delivery to Wakkanai
CS Convoy TF 95 begins loading Resources at Hakodate for delivery to Ominato
CS Convoy TF 103 begins loading Resources at Taihoku for delivery to Kagoshima
CS Convoy TF 135 begins loading Resources at Fusan for delivery to Shimonoseki – CMK Resource stockpile has been reduced significantly. The large Aden convoys that I had running from Port Arthur will now replace the Limas that I had at Fusan. The Limas will now be used to provide long range troop and supply exports from Japan to Area Army / Area Fleet HQ locations.
D3A1 Val from Kaga-2 attacking an Allied DD at 111,109 (near Truk) an Allied SS is reported HIT
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 8th Base Force to Rabaul
6 x L3Y2 Tina transporting 8th Base Force to Rabaul
9 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting Yokosuka 3rd SNLF to San Jose
CS Convoy TF 94 begins loading Resources at Toyohara for delivery to Wakkanai
Delhi expands airfield to size 6
Akagi-3 at CV Akagi takes B5N2 Kate replacements – KB has arrived at Truk and replenished air groups to 100%. Some ships need one more day to finish refuelling, especially the escorting BB Kongos.
Kongo-1 converting to E13A1 Jake
Haruna-1 converting to E13A1 Jake – there aren’t many afloat FP groups left to upgrade to Jakes.
Sanyo Maru-2 on CS Chitose converting to size 24 from 2 – currently at Truk. I have all 3 x CS at Truk now. They are about to move forward into 4th Fleet area to resize FP groups there, behind the cover of a KB sweep from Tarawa to Wake Island.

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Tue Nov 05, 2019 12:57 pm

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 22, 42
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ASW attack near Victoria at 207,54 – first contact with the RCN
SS I-1 is sighted by escort
KV Dawson fails to find sub, continues to search...
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ASW attack near Cam Ranh Bay at 63,73
SS KXV is located by SC Ch 13
SC Ch 15 fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58
Allied ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Pre-Invasion action off Bacolod (79,85)
CA Kako firing at 73rd PA Infantry Regiment
CA Furutaka firing at 73rd PA Infantry Regiment
Amphibious Assault at Bacolod (79,85)
TF 6 troops unloading over beach at Bacolod, 79,85
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ASW attack near Truk at 112,109
Allied Ships
SS Pickerel, hits 1
SS Pickerel is located by DD Harusame
DD Murasame attacking submerged sub ....
DD Murasame attacking submerged sub ....
DD Murasame is out of ASW ammo
Allied subs are massing around my main bases, especially Palembang, Truk and Kwajalein. I am going to form a 24 x Jake group at each of these locations as a priority, and fill them out with my best available patrol pilots, which at the moment are 60+ experience with naval search training only. One third will conduct day naval search, one third night naval search and the other third will train for ASW patrols. They will be at least a month from their first operational ASW patrol…
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,109
Allied Ships
SS Cachalot
SS Cachalot launches 4 torpedoes at DD Murasame
DD Harusame fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Sub attack near Truk at 111,109
Allied Ships
SS Pickerel, hits 1
SS Pickerel launches 4 torpedoes at DD Shiratsuyu
DD Harusame attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 – the RAF/AVG don’t want to try and challenge my massed Oscars for some reason!
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 29
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 56
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Morning Air attack on 70th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on 107th RAF Base Force, at 55,53 (Pegu)
Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Also attacking 17th Indian Division ... recon by aerial bombardment.
Also attacking 107th RAF Base Force ... no aircraft present, but I am wary of an RAF/AVG ambush so need to keep moving the bomber targets and keep trying to escort them.
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Morning Air attack on 100th Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on 21st Chinese Corps, at 89,58 (Wenchow)
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Morning Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8
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Morning Air attack on Medan Coastal Gun Battalion, at 46,76 (Medan) – due to the coastal guns, I will land elsewhere and march to Medan to capture it.
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 103rd PA Infantry Regiment, at 81,89 , near Butuan
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Afternoon Air attack on 1st Burma Division, at 55,55 (Moulmein)
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Afternoon Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 55,53 (Pegu) – if 17th Indian Div stay in this clear hex, and I can keep the Sallys escorted, I can grind it down through aerial bombardment. 2 x Divs are loading on amphibious task forces at Singapore and will move north within days. It’s about D-7 for that landing, I haven’t crunched the numbers on the movement rate.
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 55,53 (Pegu)
Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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ASW attack near Muntok at 50,89
SS O20 is sighted by escort
SC Ch 6 fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Sub attack near Pago Pago at 149,162
Captain of SS I-23 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
AM Kingfisher attacking submerged sub ....
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 51655 troops, 601 guns, 136 vehicles, Assault Value = 1770
Defending force 63613 troops, 335 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1872
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Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1120 troops, 110 guns, 54 vehicles, Assault Value = 1566
Defending force 40788 troops, 241 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1181
Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Kukong (79,57)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 16831 troops, 214 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 590
Defending force 13012 troops, 86 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 414
Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported – the defenders may not have forts yet, but I don’t think I have the raw AV or firepower available here yet to find out.
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 48631 troops, 502 guns, 340 vehicles, Assault Value = 1890
Defending force 48641 troops, 315 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1416
Japanese ground losses:
38 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
107 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 7 disabled – some heavy artillery and mortars have arrived which is having an impact, despite the good defensive terrain.
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Ground combat at 87,31 (near Ningsia)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 5489 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 216
Defending force 170 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese assault odds: 82 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), leaders(+), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:
Allied ground losses:
145 casualties reported
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 7 disabled
Defeated Allied Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
1st Cavalry Brigade
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
11th Chinese Corps – this unit is all but destroyed so it is probably being sacrificed in rear guard actions as once destroyed it will return stronger than it is now for free.
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Ground combat at 58,90 (near Kuching)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 4014 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 136
Defending force 580 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 15
Japanese assault odds: 50 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(-), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)
Allied ground losses:
356 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 5
Assaulting units:
144th Infantry Regiment
Defending units: less than 200 of all ranks left in these five units, a long way from a friendly base with no supply. 144th Regt will leave them stranded, move back to the coast to meet transports and move to the Burma front.
Sarawak Force
Singkawang Base Force
West Borneo KNIL Battalion
Sambas Base Force
106th RN Base Force
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Ground combat at Malaybalay (80,90)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1371 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 48
Defending force 2895 troops, 18 guns, 20 vehicles, Assault Value = 116
Assaulting units:
Kure 2nd SNLF – awaiting reinforcements
Defending units:
3rd PA Constabulary Regiment
102nd PA Infantry Regiment
1st /101st PA Battalion
Cagayan USAAF Base Force
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58
Defending force 1794 troops, 46 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 44
Assaulting units:
Sasebo 2nd SNLF – awaiting reinforcements
Defending units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Coastal Gun Battalion
Tarakan Base Force
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Ground combat at Bacolod (79,85)
Japanese Bombardment attack – deliberate attack ordered for tomorrow
Attacking force 3052 troops, 38 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 123
Defending force 955 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40
Assaulting units:
Sasebo 3rd SNLF
Sasebo 8th SNLF
Defending units:
73rd PA Infantry Regiment
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Ground combat at Iloilo (79,84)
Japanese Bombardment attack – deliberate attack ordered for tomorrow
Attacking force 2642 troops, 38 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 156
Defending force 3169 troops, 53 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 124
Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 4th SNLF
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /1
Defending units:
61st PA Infantry Division
3rd PI Base Force
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Ground combat at Bacolod (79,85)
Allied Bombardment attack – wasting supply
Attacking force 955 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 40
Defending force 3052 troops, 38 guns, 4 vehicles, Assault Value = 123
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Ground combat at Tarakan (67,91)
Allied Bombardment attack – also wasting supply
Attacking force 1013 troops, 30 guns, 7 vehicles, Assault Value = 44
Defending force 1418 troops, 19 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 58

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Jan 22, 42
Sibuyan is occupied by the Japanese
CS Convoy TF 42 will load Oil at Hakodate for return to Ominato
Repairs completed on DMS W-4/5/6 at Truk, ship returned to service – just in time to try their new depth charges on some nearby sub
PB Tama Maru #2 collides with PB Noshiro Maru #2 at 67 , 72 – Near Cam Ranh Bay, only 4 x PB in this task force, it must be the poor skippers and inexperienced crews. Heavy damage to both ships, they will limp to Saigon for repairs.
Allied Aircraft sighted over 124th Infantry Regiment – no sign of allied ground units reacting with any movement.
D3A1 Val from Kaga-2 attacking a Electric Boat S-18 class SS at 111,108 (near Truk) an Allied SS is reported HIT
D3A1 Val from Shokaku-2 attacking an Allied SS at 111,108 (near Truk) an Allied PG is reported HIT
TF 5 observes PBY-5 Catalina at 50,84 near Singapore – I have a lot of ships in the Singapore hex now, but I haven’t disbanded many ships as the B17s might try and find a way to strike the port.
CS Convoy TF 32 begins loading Oil at Muroran for delivery to Hirosaki/Aomori
CS Convoy TF 137 begins loading Resources at Muroran for delivery to Ominato
Truk expands port to size 7 – maxed out. The construction engineers will move forward to Rabaul now, leaving fort construction to the base force engineers.
Rabaul expands fortifications to size 2
Auckland expands port to size 7 – Is this the location of the allied HQ SoPac? The kiwis can now rearm allied CVs…

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Wed Nov 06, 2019 7:01 am

This is the revised plan in NCAA. Not radically different in this area.

NCAA Reserves will clear Sinyang and Nanyang then move into defensive posture, but be ready to move forward if the Chinese withdraw anywhere.
27 Div: NCAA, in support of 12th Army. It will help clear Sinyang-Nanyang and then push one hex N of Nanyang to maintain contact with the Chinese on the main road to Sian.
35 Div: NCAA, in support of 1st Army. It will remain at Tsiaotso to help watch the large Chinese stack there
63 Div: NCAA, Peiping garrison C grade Div, currently oversized but it has zero combat engineers so will remain as the Peiping garrison for the duration of the war. Reflecting their status, the C grade Divs will be commanded by reasonable MGEN to free up more of the best LGEN to command A and B grade Divs.
110 Div: NCAA, Tientsin garrison. As a B grade Div I will replace it with the soon to arrive C grade 69 Div. It will then move to relieve 10 Div at Loyang, and defend against the Chinese stack which would probably try to move SW out of Tsiaotso if Loyang was left vacant.

Mongol Garrison Army will conduct a limited offensive into NW China.
26 Div: MGA, will move into NW China from its current position

1st Army will remain in defensive posture vic Tsiaotso and be ready to move forward if the Chinese withdraw towards Sian. Independent Bdes will block the secondary roads.
36 Div: 1st Army, will move to Tsiaotso to help watch the Chinese stack there
37 Div: 1st Army, will move to Tsiaotso to help watch the large Chinese stack there
41 Div: 1st Army, will remain on the high road to Sian
69 Div: 16 IMB will become the 69th Div in 13 days. As a C grade Div it will move to replace 110th Division as the Tientsin garrison.

12th Army will push the front line forward beyond Nanyang then move into a defensive posture. It will then watch and be ready to move forward if the Chinese withdraw along any of the roads in this area. 5th IMB (12th Army) is currently the garrison force at Tsingtao but will be replaced by 1st IMB (NCAA) after the Chinese are cleared from Sinyang and 1st IMB can move by rail from Sinyang.
32 Div: 12th Army, will help clear Sinyang-Nanyang then advance to contact on the main road to Sian
59 Div: 10th IMB will become the 59th Div in 13 days. As a C grade Div it will move to replace the 34th Div and push SW of Ichang to watch over the Chinese stack at Changteh.

11th Army Divs will be relieved and move to join the main effort SW of Changsha.
13 Div: 11th Army, it will help clear the Chinese from Sinyang and Nanyang then move SW to vic Changsha.
34 Div: 11th Army, will move to vic Changsha after it is relieved by 59 Div (12th Army).

Reserves from Manchukuo (in grey)
1, 8, 9, 10, 11 Divs: Now that the NCAA front is stable, these Divs will all move to help clear Sinyang and Nanyang. This should help to convince C.S. that I am making a serious attempt at Sian so I hope it draws more Chinese units forward into the rough country SE of Sian. After Nanyang is captured these Divs will all move to join the main effort vic Changsha.
12 Div: Manchukuo garrison force assault value has risen high enough to allow 12 Div to move into China. It is moving by rail directly to Sinyang.
14 Div: Remains at Jehol in strategic move mode, ready to move by rail once another 500 AV of garrison force is available in Manchukuo. Many garrison units are still recovering their starting disablements so it might be another month before 14 Div can move.

awaw · Post by **awaw** » Wed Nov 06, 2019 8:19 pm

ORIGINAL: jdsrae

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 22, 42
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Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58
Allied ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Is this the same 2x BB tf that has bombarded Wenchow earlier? If it is not too much of a trouble, can you list the air squadrons you have that is also detailed to suppress wenchow? I am doing some “budgeting” and will appreciate comparing to similar operations by other players. Thanks

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Wed Nov 06, 2019 9:31 pm

ORIGINAL: awaw

ORIGINAL: jdsrae

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 22, 42
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Night Naval bombardment of Wenchow at 89,58
Allied ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Is this the same 2x BB tf that has bombarded Wenchow earlier? If it is not too much of a trouble, can you list the air squadrons you have that is also detailed to suppress wenchow? I am doing some “budgeting” and will appreciate comparing to similar operations by other players. Thanks

Yes, the same 2xBB TF conducting almost daily bombardment runs from Shanghai. Some days they miss making it back to Shanghai for happy hour by one hex.
I also have 3x AMc patrolling in the Wenchow hex to defend against allied sub laid mines, plus a SC Div sitting offshore in case allied subs want to have a go at my BBs.

OK here is the Wenchow Air task force:
Shanghai based: 44th and 45th Sentai, 66th IF Chutai, 8CSU all from CEA. The Myoko-1 FP group is training because CA Myoko is in the Shanghai repair yard.
Taihoku based: 3rd and 4th Sentai from 1st air Div; 71st and 73rd IF Chutai from Southern Army reserves.
I will eventually spend PP for all LB groups that can to become FB groups when the Nicks arrive.
These groups are already conducting on the job strafe training at Wenchow.

jdsrae · Post by **jdsrae** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 12:46 am

Revised South China Ops Plan

12th Army will first relieve 11th Army’s 13th and 34th Divs at Ichang and Sinyang.

11th Army will remain at Changsha until 13th and 34th Divs arrive plus the partcipating 13th and 20th Army Divs get into position.
Half will remain at Changsha to attack if the Chinese withdraw, while the HQ and the other half will move to the assault river crossing point (clear hex 81,53).

13th Army will leave some garrison Divs in the rear and move the others forward to the crossing point.
60th and 70th Divs are about to be formed from reinforcement Bdes. 70th Div will free up 116th Div from Shanghai garrison duty.
116th Div will move to Wenchow to cover the Chinese there.
17th Div will cover the Chinese at Chuhsien.
15th and 22nd Divs will move forward to an assembly area at Pingsiang, which I hope is out of view of allied recon being one hex back from the crossing point.

CEA reserves will be committed to the crossing. 19th and 20th Divs will also move forward to the Pingsiang assembly area.

20th Army will test out a tank/infantry combined arms attack at Sinyang shortly. I want to clear Sinyang and Nanyang before moving 20th Army to the Pingsiang assembly area.
The massed Tank Regts, 1st, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Divs will cross the river and push forward along the Chihkiang-Kweiyang axis.
13th and 11th Army Divs will provide flank protection for 20th Army to keep the supply line open.
14th Div will join 20th Army as soon as it can move out of the Manchukuo garrison without risking the Soviet activation.

23rd Army will maintain contact in the SW sector. Once reformed, 51st Div with 19 IMB in support will have a go at attacking Kukong.
Recent recon of Liuchow, the clear hex between Kweilin and Nanning, suggests that it is vacant so it is a potential para drop target, but the few para units have higher priority targets in the upcoming Burma and Java operations.

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