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I don't remember in this mod, do you still get the supply point with the refinery?
Otherwise halting the production can delay a little the fuel stockpile.

They are playing DBB 28C, so I am pretty sure the refineries do NOT generate any supply.

Yeah, I'll double check next turn but I think refineries are not generating supply.

1942 February 07

INVADED
Amphibious TF 88 offshore of Deboyne Islands
Kokoda, Bataan, Pontianak, Singapore, Changsha, Liuchow, Kweilin, Toungoo are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Ramree Island is occupied by the Japanese
Japanese forces CAPTURE Cagayan !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Panggoe !!!



Overall
• KB2 @ Hong Kong.

• Lots of figuring and clicking in progress to coordinate device upgrades (mostly squads). At this point most of that involves NZ, Aus, and British/other Commonwealth units.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
• Subs.

• A number of APD conversions came ready at Alameda. Two convoys will be prepared in the coming days at San Francisco, a fast one for aircraft and one for troops. The aircraft are for the Pacific; the troops will be for the Pacific and Australia (especially engineers).


Pacific
• The convoy heading into Suva will almost certainly run over an enemy sub tonight/tomorrow. An AM at Suva will try to suppress the sub, and air search was allocated to the approach route yesterday.

• All remaining to unload in the main convoy at Pago Pago is a few motorized support and 10,000 supply. Switching from building the port (currently 3 of 2) to building the airfield (currently 1 of 4). Most or all of the aircraft in the new convoy to form at San Francisco will be fighters for Pago Pago. A PBY group will tag along.


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
• Horn Island has been amply resupplied by submarine.

• Moving some small units to the northeast to at least protect air bases against paratroopers or light landings.


Philippines
• Cagayan falls.

Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 9125 troops, 72 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 273

Defending force 6280 troops, 24 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 104

Japanese adjusted assault: 131

Allied adjusted defense: 61

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Cagayan !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
426 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
7410 casualties reported
Squads: 221 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 410 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 24 (24 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 7

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 4th SNLF
146th Infantry Regiment
Miura Det
8th Tank Regiment
16th Naval Guard Unit

Defending units:
103rd PA Infantry Regiment
2nd PA Infantry Regiment
3rd Constabulary Regiment
101st PA Infantry Regiment
102nd PA Infantry Regiment
Agusan Constab Battalion
Mindanao Force

• Bataan extracts a small measure of revenge.

Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1377 troops, 84 guns, 97 vehicles, Assault Value = 888

Defending force 30721 troops, 380 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 562

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 16 (12 destroyed, 4 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
48th Engineer Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
Tanaka
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
65th Brigade
9th Infantry Regiment
Kimura Det
47th Infantry Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
31st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
1st Constabulary Regiment
2nd Constabulary Regiment
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
31st Infantry Regiment
301st Construction Battalion
57th PS Infantry Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
45th PS Infantry Regiment
4th Constabulary Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
Far East USAAF
Bataan USN Base Force
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Clark Field AAF Base Force
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
I/43rd PS Inf Battalion
24th PS FA Regiment
Manila Bay Defenses
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
US Forces Far East
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
I Corps
35th Avn Sup
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
192nd Tank Battalion
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• The Empire is clearing mines at Tarakan and shooting down our bombers overhead.

• The Imperial slackers at Pontianak are getting at least one unit to reinforce them.

• Base damage at Singapore has accumulated again so fortifications are stuck at 2 + 73%.


China
• Continuing the pullback from the Changsha plain.

• Starting to pull back deeper into the forest in front of Sian. I believe those 4 armoured units are in Nanyang and plan to increase the concentration on that road.

Ground combat at 85,44 (near Nanyang)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2526 troops, 143 guns, 271 vehicles, Assault Value = 824

Defending force 38222 troops, 206 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 952

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
168 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)

Assaulting units:
41st/A Division
11th Tank Regiment
37th/B Division
41st/C Division
10th Tank Regiment
37th/A Division
41st/B Division
37th/C Division
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
3rd Chinese Corps
120th Red Chinese Division
42nd Chinese Corps
30th Chinese Corps
129th Red Chinese Division
115th Red Chinese Division
92nd Chinese Corps
3rd Group Army

Let's see if we can pull out of the hex before the armour arrives and attacks.

• Enemy spotted 3 hexes from Lanchow.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• On the run. Bad weather allowed our unit just outside Prome (16th Indian Bde) to make full speed today. Bad weather expected and hoped for tomorrow.

• In a recent graphic you might have noticed our unit moving to to road just south of Toungoo to trap the Imperial regiment there. Our unit arrived in hex today but has company. Although the hex looks empty it was already occupied, as evidenced by hex side ownership. We own only the hex side our unit crossed and the Empire owns the rest. If there were no enemy present we would own all hex sides. We know the enemy unit(s) was already present because in cases of simultaneous arrival all hex sides show no ownership. Further, since our unit was not forced to shock attack crossing the river I suspect the Imperial unit(s) is not a direct combat type, perhaps headquarters or artillery.

13th Burma Rifles Battalion attacks tomorrow!

• The civilian administrators of Ramree Island will rue the day.


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Serendipity.

Sub attack near Utsonomiya at 120,71

Japanese Ships
xAK Kinjosan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
xAK Tarushima Maru
PB Aso Maru #7

Allied Ships
SS Silversides

SS Silversides launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Kinjosan Maru
Silversides diving deep ....
PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
PB Aso Maru #7 fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Sub attack near Utsonomiya at 120,71

Japanese Ships
xAK Kinjosan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Finback

SS Finback launches 2 torpedoes

Two of our subs on the way to their patrol zones much farther west ran into a convoy. Kinjosan Maru is listed as sunk.


Complete combat report attached.

1942 February 07

Clear as mud.

1942 February 08

INVADED
Kokoda, Bataan, Pontianak, Singapore, Changsha, Liuchow, Kweilin, Yenan, Toungoo are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Deboyne Islands is occupied by the Japanese



Overall
• KB2 @ Hong Kong.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
• Subs.

• The aircraft convoy for Pago Pago has formed and is loading. It will leave in two days when another destroyer is available.


Pacific
• Gale sank but cleared a path through (now) 2 enemy submarines for the convoy to make Suva without incident.

Sub attack near Suva at 132,161

Japanese Ships
SS I-10

Allied Ships
AM Gale, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

SS I-10 launches 2 torpedoes
I-10 diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection

New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
• SigInt indicates KB1 will appear in the Coral Sea.


Philippines
• Defenders at Bataan continue smiting enemy bombardment actions.

Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1665 troops, 116 guns, 113 vehicles, Assault Value = 908

Defending force 30869 troops, 380 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 573

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 12 (10 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 19 (14 destroyed, 5 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
29 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
Tanaka
9th Infantry Regiment
48th Engineer Regiment
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
65th Brigade
Kimura Det
47th Infantry Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
31st PA Infantry Division
45th PS Infantry Regiment
51st PA Infantry Division
2nd Constabulary Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
1st Constabulary Regiment
301st Construction Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
4th Constabulary Regiment
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
35th Avn Sup
1st USMC AA Battalion
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
Bataan USN Base Force
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
24th PS FA Regiment
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Clark Field AAF Base Force
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
Far East USAAF
I/43rd PS Inf Battalion
US Forces Far East
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
Manila Bay Defenses
192nd Tank Battalion
I Corps
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Quiet overall. A swarm of Imperial ships at Tarakan. A unit heading into Pontianak.


China
• Timing is everything.

Ground combat at Hengyang (80,53)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 4147 troops, 32 guns, 11 vehicles, Assault Value = 135

Defending force 43624 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1180

Japanese adjusted assault: 0

Allied adjusted defense: 418

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 3)

Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), supply(-)

Japanese ground losses:
3742 casualties reported
Squads: 132 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 79 disabled
Engineers: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 19 (17 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (5 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Assaulting units:
22nd/B Division

Defending units:
25th Chinese Corps
49th Chinese Corps
65th Chinese Corps
63rd Chinese Corps
46th Chinese Corps
3rd New Chinese Corps
7th War Area

22nd/B Division RETREATING towards Pingsiang

If that regiment had crossed the river tomorrow instead of today they would have taken an abandoned Hengyang.

• I think more tanks have made an appearance here. Our units will not withdraw for three more days and so will certainly be attacked while moving.

Ground combat at 85,44 (near Nanyang)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 2526 troops, 142 guns, 270 vehicles, Assault Value = 984

Defending force 38186 troops, 205 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 953

Allied ground losses:
257 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Assaulting units:
11th Tank Regiment
37th/A Division
13th Tank Regiment
37th/B Division
10th Tank Regiment
41st/A Division
23rd Tank Regiment
41st/B Division
5th Tank Regiment
3rd Tank Regiment
41st/C Division
37th/C Division
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
42nd Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
115th Red Chinese Division
30th Chinese Corps
120th Red Chinese Division
129th Red Chinese Division
92nd Chinese Corps
3rd Group Army

India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• Our assessment was right.

Ground combat at 56,51 (near Toungoo)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 525 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Defending force 180 troops, 21 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 1

Allied adjusted assault: 2

Japanese adjusted defense: 5

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Assaulting units:
13th Burma Rifles Battalion

Defending units:
1st RF Gun Battalion

But 13th Burma Rifles simply lacked the necessary combat power.

• Weather was good to our fleeing forces today and all those moving maintained full speed.

• BB Revenge arrived at Cape Town.


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Our new patrol set is approaching their assigned zones.


Complete combat report attached.

1942 February 08

DD Hamakaze is moving to 104,139.

Why? Intel Monkey Ships Report shows 7 contacts with Hamakaze, and Intel Monkey Battles Report shows all 7 of them were in escort for KB1.

ORIGINAL: witpqs
Why? Intel Monkey Ships Report shows 7 contacts with Hamakaze, and Intel Monkey Battles Report shows all 7 of them were in escort for KB1.

Yet another reminder for JFBs to regularly reshuffle their escorting ships [:D] It is not only carrier intel that counts

1942 February 09

INVADED
Kokoda, Bataan, Pontianak, Singapore, Changsha, Liuchow, Kweilin, Toungoo are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Munda is occupied by the Japanese



Overall
• Possible sighting KB2 @ Hong Kong, but reported as 2x BB.

• No additional Intel regarding KB1 whereabouts.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
• Sub(s) near San Francisco.

• The aircraft convoy for Pago Pago will be finished loading and under full escort for departure after one more day.


Pacific
• Subs off Suva. A 2x DD ASW TF will begin patrolling over them the day after tomorrow prior to the convoy's departure.

• Convoy at Pago Pago has finished unloading, convoy at Suva is more than 3/4 unloaded.


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
• A sub appeared off Sydney and sank a Dutch CM arriving there.

Sub attack near Sydney at 91,168

Japanese Ships
SS I-170

Allied Ships
CM Gouden Leeuw, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
CM Krakatau
DM Thracian
CM Willem v d Zaan

SS I-170 launches 4 torpedoes at CM Gouden Leeuw
I-170 diving deep ....
CM Willem v d Zaan fails to find sub, continues to search...
CM Willem v d Zaan fails to find sub, continues to search...
CM Willem v d Zaan fails to find sub, continues to search...
CM Willem v d Zaan fails to find sub, continues to search...
CM Willem v d Zaan fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub

Did not want to give the Empire Intel on the whereabouts of Dutch naval forces.

• Sub off Brisbane.

• No enemy surface ships sighted in this area today. These sightings of most of our submarines operating in the Solomon Sea were reported.

SS Pompano reports having been sighted by the enemy at 108 , 128
SS Cuttlefish reports having been sighted by the enemy at 110 , 112
SS Thresher reports having been sighted by the enemy at 108 , 131
SS Gudgeon reports having been sighted by the enemy at 102 , 129

I can't be sure if these were due to LBA search or the advanced search from carrier decks, espcailly in light of yesterday's SigInt.


Philippines
• The usual bombardment at Bataan but without the counter-battery mushroom cloud.

• Recon at Iloilo.

Ground combat at Iloilo (79,84)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1762 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 54

Defending force 4296 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 116

Assaulting units:
Sasebo 2nd SNLF

Defending units:
61st PA Infantry Division
Roxas Constab Battalion

DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Continued shipping activity at Tarakan and while today our sole attack did not make it to the ships nor did they suffer losses.


China
• An armour only deliberate attack near Nanyang. With our units sans-forts casualties were high. Two more days until they exit the hex.

Ground combat at 85,44 (near Nanyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 29301 troops, 341 guns, 727 vehicles, Assault Value = 994

Defending force 38138 troops, 205 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 951

Japanese adjusted assault: 157

Allied adjusted defense: 1927

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 12

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

Japanese ground losses:
52 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
1328 casualties reported
Squads: 24 destroyed, 168 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)

Assaulting units:
41st/B Division
10th Tank Regiment
41st/C Division
41st/A Division
23rd Tank Regiment
37th/A Division
11th Tank Regiment
5th Tank Regiment
13th Tank Regiment
37th/B Division
3rd Tank Regiment
37th/C Division
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
129th Red Chinese Division
115th Red Chinese Division
30th Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
42nd Chinese Corps
120th Red Chinese Division
92nd Chinese Corps
3rd Group Army

• The withdrawal on the Changsha plain goes well. Hengyang is now abandoned. Shaoyang and Siangtan are being being abandoned in combat formation.

• The enemy is bringing more units into the Liuchow/Kweilin area. 1 at Liuchow, 2 at Kweilin, and now 7 in between.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• No additional units have been caught just yet, but powerful forces are nipping at their heels.

• Trouble upgrading the two AVG squadrons at level 4 airfield Calcutta. Bringing in an Air HQ to see if that helps. There is already a command HQ present and there are no larger airfields in all of India.

• 3 USA fighter groups (plus HQ Sqn) have arrived at Bombay but they are under equipped and untrained.


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Tomorrow and the next day assigned subs will arrive at the new patrol coverage area. By flooding the area we hope to find targets.


Complete combat report attached.

1942 February 09

Changsha, Liuchow/Kweilin. The Enemy unit moving to cut the road west of Shoayang will be met by over 2,000 AV of our forces.

1942 February 10

INVADED
Amphibious TF 298 offshore of Vangunu
Kokoda, Bataan, Pontianak, Singapore, Changsha, Liuchow, Kweilin, Toungoo are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Yenan is occupied by the Japanese



Overall
• KB2 @ Hong Kong.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
• Subs off San Francisco.

• The aircraft convoy for Pago Pago will depart San Francisco tonight.


Pacific
• The convoy at Suva should finish unloading supply and sail for Pago Pago during the night. The destroyer ASW TF is beginning sweeps over the exit route.


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
• Repairs completed on CA Houston. She will join the surface fleet at Brisbane.

• Our subs in the Solomon Sea are spotted far less today than they were yesterday.


Philippines
• It looks like the IJN is picking up troops at Cagayan, perhaps for duty conquering the DEI.

DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Similar action at Tarakan.


China
• More of the same near Nanyang. All of our units should exit the hex tomorrow, but one has only 39 miles traveled.

Ground combat at 85,44 (near Nanyang)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 29220 troops, 341 guns, 725 vehicles, Assault Value = 972

Defending force 37015 troops, 204 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 829

Japanese adjusted assault: 111

Allied adjusted defense: 1852

Japanese assault odds: 1 to 16

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

Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 93 (50 destroyed, 43 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
1492 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 123 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 16 (2 destroyed, 14 disabled)

Assaulting units:
10th Tank Regiment
37th/A Division
13th Tank Regiment
37th/B Division
5th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
41st/A Division
3rd Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
41st/B Division
41st/C Division
37th/C Division
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
115th Red Chinese Division
120th Red Chinese Division
42nd Chinese Corps
129th Red Chinese Division
92nd Chinese Corps
3rd Group Army

• More and more enemy units piling near and trying to surround Liuchow and Kweilin. With 1,460 AV in place at Liuchow in open terrain facing one Imperial unit, likely a division, we shock attack tomorrow.

• Four Chinese Army units are heading to India. Three are bought out and the fourth will be long before crossing out of China. Others might follow or, more likely, will follow as circumstances dictate. The notion is to take advantage of Allied supply to build the units full and strong.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• An xAKL is at Port Blair to pick up the sound detector and 2 motorized support squads. The rest of the base force was airlifted out. Illinoian has been spotted with DL 8/8. Will she make a getaway?

• The ground forces deemed important for rebuilding continue to make their retreat. The strategy at this point is such units withdraw to India, other units first cover for them then withdraw to Lashio.


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• All subs entering patrol zones by tonight.


Complete combat report attached.

1942 February 11

INVADED
Amphibious TF 88 offshore of Tagula Island
Kokoda, Bataan, Singapore, Changsha, Hengyang, Liuchow, Kweilin, Toungoo are also invested.

CHANGED OWNERSHIP
Vangunu is occupied by the Japanese
Japanese forces CAPTURE Pontianak !!!



Overall
• KB2 @ Hong Kong.


West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii
• Subs near San Francisco. Their search aircraft did not spot the aircraft convoy.


Pacific
• Sub(s) near Suva but the convoy got away. A supply convoy is inbound to suva in two days.

• Pago Pago airfield is size 2.


New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain
• At least 4 subs from off Brisbane to south of Sydney.

• SigInt indicates Tulagi is a current target. See graphic below - the convoy at Thousand Ships Bay (just north of Tulagi) has not unloaded there.


Philippines
• A mushroom cloud.

Ground combat at Bataan (78,77)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1575 troops, 117 guns, 106 vehicles, Assault Value = 931

Defending force 31067 troops, 379 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 592

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 15 (6 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Vehicles lost 11 (7 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Units destroyed 1

Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
Kimura Det
48th Engineer Regiment
20th Infantry Regiment
47th Infantry Regiment
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment
Tanaka
65th Brigade
9th Infantry Regiment
16th Engineer Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
301st Construction Battalion
2nd Constabulary Regiment
31st PA Infantry Division
1st Constabulary Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regiment
45th PS Infantry Regiment
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
4th Constabulary Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
Far East USAAF
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
I/43rd PS Inf Battalion
192nd Tank Battalion
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
US Forces Far East
I Corps
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
24th PS FA Regiment
35th Avn Sup
Bataan USN Base Force
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
Manila Bay Defenses
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
Clark Field AAF Base Force
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

One of the Imperial artillery types was destroyed but no idea yet which one.

• Imperial shipping activity continues at Cagayan.

• At Bataan, the quartermaster for the 4th Marine Regiment finally located that presumed-lost equipment delivery he'd been looking for all these weeks of chaos and destroyed crates. He tallied enough inventory for a few additional rifles per squad (anti-soft from 20 to 23) and goodly supply of sticky bombs to stop enemy tanks (anti-armor from 10 to 15). "Now," he thought, " we can take a few more enemy squads with us."

DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya
• Pontinanak finally falls.

Ground combat at Pontianak (56,90)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3573 troops, 26 guns, 73 vehicles, Assault Value = 146

Defending force 1505 troops, 10 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 29

Japanese adjusted assault: 80

Allied adjusted defense: 16

Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Pontianak !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
122 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
344 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 5

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
6th Tank Regiment
III/124th Infantry Battalion
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF

Defending units:
W Borneo KNIL Battalion
W Borneo Mil'ie Cdo
Singkawang ML Base Force
2e-VLG-I Sup Afd
1e-VLG-V Sup Afd

• Some cleanup in the jungles of Borneo.

Ground combat at 67,92 (near Tarakan)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 3784 troops, 32 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 104

Defending force 2300 troops, 14 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 30

Japanese adjusted assault: 55

Allied adjusted defense: 25

Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
134 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

Allied ground losses:
470 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 3

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
21st/B Division

Defending units:
VII KNIL Battalion
Tarakan Defenses
HQ TC Borneo
Tarakan MLD Base Force

Heroically, the headquarters unit is standing fast to give the others a head start.


China
• It wasn't even a division.

Ground combat at Liuchow (74,55)

Allied Shock attack

Attacking force 47977 troops, 164 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1471

Defending force 3777 troops, 16 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 127

Allied adjusted assault: 1876

Japanese adjusted defense: 5

Allied assault odds: 375 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
4614 casualties reported
Squads: 166 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 49 destroyed, 99 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 12 (12 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Allied ground losses:
545 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 92 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled

Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
9th Prov Chinese Corps
31st Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
70th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
100th Chinese Corps
4th War Area
10th Group Army
2nd Group Army
9th Group Army
12th Group Army

Defending units:
1st Ind.Inf.Group

The problem is that Liuchow and Kweilin are both well of their way to being surrounded, as with many things somewhat faster than we hoped. We will now withdraw from Liuchow and Kweilin to more favorable terrain.

• Just west of Shaoyang (3 hexes west of Changsha) three good units are holding the road against whatever enemy has arrived to cut it. All of our units now in Shoayang will arrive in-hex tomorrow, so let's hope the Imperials order a shock attack. We just might do so the day after.

• Two enemy units crossed the river into a - this time - undefended Hengyang.

• Our force near Nanyang made it out of the hex without further ground assault. In the graphic below you can see the Empire is already pursuing.


India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina
• Our counter-thrust was ejected.

Ground combat at 56,51 (near Toungoo)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 3987 troops, 41 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 128

Defending force 530 troops, 3 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 20

Japanese adjusted assault: 113

Allied adjusted defense: 3

Japanese assault odds: 37 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
339 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
112th Infantry Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion

Defending units:
13th Burma Rifles Battalion

The 13th has almost nothing left and will be destroyed when the 112th crosses the river.


Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia
• Quiet.


Complete combat report attached.

1942 February 11

The presence of these ships in the southern Solomon Islands makes me wonder if KB1 is nearby but was missed passing through our naval search coverage. A gap southwest of this area will be searched beginning tomorrow by a PBY-4 group just flown into Aoba. USN sub Saury is on station at the hxe Indicated in SigInt a few days ago but makes no sighting, nor does air search over that area.

1942 February 11

3 hexes east of Sian we have gathered 2,024 AV in hex with a single enemy division in rough terrain. Most of that just moved into the hex from the hex to the east and it is possible that the Imperial spy masters did not notice our movement. Our forces shock attack tomorrow.

1942 February 11

The situation around Changsha and Liuchow/Kweilin.

1942 February 11

We are out of supply at Singapore but our AV there is still slightly recovering. There is no daily supply at Singapore, so I am wondering: does industry continue producing when enemy LCU are present in hex? I had been under the impression it did not, but I suspect I am wrong about that.

Singapore has 64,088 resources and 53,843 fuel on hand but no oil and shows 20 supply. Can anyone clear this up for me?

Resource and oil production cease when the enemy is in the hex. LI will continue producing as long as it has the resources. Call it the Stalingrad seige model.

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Resource and oil production cease when the enemy is in the hex. LI will continue producing as long as it has the resources. Call it the Stalingrad seige model.

Ah! I do wish Singapore had a Traktorworks producing tanks! [:D]

That's good news for some bastion locations, then.

Thanks!

ORIGINAL: witpqs

1942 February 11

We are out of supply at Singapore but our AV there is still slightly recovering. There is no daily supply at Singapore, so I am wondering: does industry continue producing when enemy LCU are present in hex? I had been under the impression it did not, but I suspect I am wrong about that.

Singapore has 64,088 resources and 53,843 fuel on hand but no oil and shows 20 supply. Can anyone clear this up for me?

As long as there are resources and fuel stockpiles LI and HI continue to produce, and all production immediately goes straight into LCUs in your case. So you would have problems supporting planes.

ORIGINAL: GetAssista

ORIGINAL: witpqs

1942 February 11

We are out of supply at Singapore but our AV there is still slightly recovering. There is no daily supply at Singapore, so I am wondering: does industry continue producing when enemy LCU are present in hex? I had been under the impression it did not, but I suspect I am wrong about that.

Singapore has 64,088 resources and 53,843 fuel on hand but no oil and shows 20 supply. Can anyone clear this up for me?

As long as there are resources and fuel stockpiles LI and HI continue to produce, and all production immediately goes straight into LCUs in your case. So you would have problems supporting planes.

OK, all planes are long gone from Singapore. The airfield is totally trashed.