1944 September 09
The Empire captured:
The Allies captured:
There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:
There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:
Imperial Naval Bombardments
Allied Naval Bombardments:
Allied Ships Bombarding Ternate
Allied Ships Bombarding enemy troops at Vinh
Allied Ships Bombarding Ternate
Our subs are trying, really they are. One was pummeled near Hong Kong.
Quiet in China.
Same around Chiang Mai and on the Malay Peninsula. Never send armour down a railway trail. The Sabang invasion convoy is loading supplies. Recon of Sabang should begin tomorrow.
Attacks at Hanoi and Vinh went well.
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Ground combat at Hanoi (68,56)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 23510 troops, 357 guns, 214 vehicles, Assault Value = 712
Defending force 4831 troops, 42 guns, 22 vehicles, Assault Value = 155
Allied adjusted assault: 419
Japanese adjusted defense: 188
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 3)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), op mode(-), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
426 casualties reported
Squads: 8 destroyed, 61 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 11 (4 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
401 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 54 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
31st Infantry Division
5th Australian Division
Defending units:
17th/A Division
3rd JAAF AF Coy
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Night Naval bombardment of Vinh at 65,59
Allied Ships
CL Santa Fe
CL Denver
Japanese ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CL Santa Fe
CL Santa Fe firing at 22nd/B Division
CL Denver firing at 22nd/B Division
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Ground combat at Vinh (65,59)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 23999 troops, 395 guns, 1016 vehicles, Assault Value = 1041
Defending force 15442 troops, 92 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 103
Allied adjusted assault: 555
Japanese adjusted defense: 41
Allied assault odds: 13 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2477 casualties reported
Squads: 224 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 8 destroyed, 45 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 37 (36 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
775th Tank Battalion
1st Army Tank Regiment
22nd Australian Brigade
754th Tank Battalion
23rd Australian Brigade
671th Tank Destroyer Battalion
124th Cavalry Regiment
81st Infantry Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
2/6th Armoured Regiment
503rd Parachute Regiment
2/5th Armoured Regiment
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
27th Australian Brigade
45th Construction Regiment
2/544th Boat&Shore Engineer Battalion
XXIV US Corps
46th Construction Regiment
II Australian Corps
91st Construction Regiment
1st Medium Regiment
251st Field Artillery Battalion
2nd Medium Regiment
Defending units:
51st Infantry Brigade
83rd Infantry Brigade
66th Infantry Brigade
11th Indpt Infantry Regiment
22nd/B Division
16th Recon Regiment
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Ground combat at 62,67 (near Kratie)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 3060 troops, 46 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 187
Defending force 285 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
11th Airborne/A Division
11th Airborne/B Division
Defending units:
12th Base Force
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Ground combat at 62,66 (near Pakse)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 3033 troops, 46 guns, 18 vehicles, Assault Value = 93
Defending force 2189 troops, 9 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 26
Japanese ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
11th Airborne/C Division
Defending units:
2nd Ind.Mixed Brigade
33rd Division
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One or two of our armored units at Haiphong will cross the river into Hanoi tomorrow, their shock attack on the flank adding to the continued assault of the divisions. There was a large Helen raid on that armor that was attrited and smartly disrupted by RAF No. 146 Sqn with 16x Thunderbolt I operating at Haiphong. More units will rest at Vinh so tomorrow's attack will be much smaller. The 4x CA TF will bombard tonight. That 2x CL TF was delayed by offshore fishing at Vinh and so cannot make Cam Ranh Bay to rearm for another 2 days.
A number of C-46A transport aircraft at Moulmein are commencing to transport the 11th LRP Bde to Haiphong.
The attack at Ternate again went well enough.
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Night Naval bombardment of Ternate at 78,102
Allied Ships
CA Prome
CA Baltimore
Japanese ground losses:
129 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 1
OS2U-3 Kingfisher acting as spotter for CA Prome
CA Prome firing at Ternate
CA Baltimore firing at Ternate
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Night Naval bombardment of Ternate at 78,102
Allied Ships
CA Boston
CA Northampton
Japanese ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Runway hits 3
SOC-1 Seagull acting as spotter for CA Boston
CA Boston firing at 12th Garrison Unit
CA Northampton firing at Ternate
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Ground combat at Ternate (78,102)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4507 troops, 178 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 112
Defending force 5476 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 100
Allied adjusted assault: 20
Japanese adjusted defense: 40
Allied assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 5)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
87 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
31st Infantry Regiment
148th Field Artillery Battalion
260th Field Artillery Battalion
147th Field Artillery Battalion
131st Field Artillery Battalion
205th Field Artillery Battalion
134th Field Artillery Battalion
Defending units:
12th Garrison Unit
11th Special Base Force
2nd JNAF AF Unit
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Those defenders are stubborn, most of all about keeping our squads away from their defensive position during attacks (low adjusted AV for our guys). The terrain and fortifications are heavily in their favor.
Indochina.
