Hi all,
The best 2 days for the Empire in over a month.............
First and foremost Singapore falls on the 28th as predicted. Over 90,000 Allied scum are captured and 2 x Dutch subs are scuttled in port:
Ground combat at Singapore
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 109409 troops, 787 guns, 389 vehicles
Defending force 59687 troops, 160 guns, 11 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Singapore base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
615 casualties reported
Guns lost 26
Vehicles lost 3
Allied ground losses:
93464 casualties reported
Guns lost 284
Excellent. This means that several LCU's are free to prosecute Phase 1c.
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Also Palembang falls after fine Dutch resistance and Allied air support from Batavia:
Ground combat at Palembang
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 15292 troops, 112 guns, 0 vehicles
Defending force 4048 troops, 25 guns, 1 vehicles
Japanese assault odds: 6 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Palembang base !!!
Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Guns lost 3
Allied ground losses:
65 casualties reported
Guns lost 7
Unfortunately only 181 of the oil production has been captured intact.
Other good news follows..........
SS I-170 patrolling due south of Tarawa found an AK, surfaced and sunk her with 3 torpedo's....interestingly this was achieved by a tip off.. The captain was Japanese. Look see for yourself in the message log below [:D]
