1942-01-22
Yesterday's News
Sources have confirmed that yesterday off of Merak two ships were torpedoed and others damaged during attacks by Allied joint forces motor torpedo boats. Several boats were lost, many damaged, and the survivors are en route to Singapore.
Luzon Lingers
Lingayen was indeed captured by the Lost Battalion, but at virtually the same time Cabanatuan was again wrestled out of Allied hands. In an odd battle of the starving, two out of supply IJN units attacked an out of supply PA division. Air attacks may have played a major role in the defeat.
Java Update
Batavia is bracing for the inevitable ground assault even as furious air attacks again pounded all major Javanese airfields. Aircraft from Batavia have been relocated, some finding the as yet peaceful haven of Kalidjati a couple of hours drive up the beautiful northern coast road.
Mindinao Malaybalay Delay?
The main resistance on Mindinao now is besieged in the mountain redoubt of Malabalay, where several PA units hope to delay the enemy as long as possible.
Singapore Invested!
Large enemy forces moved to surround the defenses at Singapore today. In response Percival has issued a memorandum to all units in Singapore to begin considering defensive plans.
Sub Wars
Fierce battles raged in the waters around Java, resulting in modest damage to Dutch boats but no successes against the invaders. An ocean away a PC was sunk two hundred miles from San Francisco while hunting an I-boat.
Clark Probed Again
Enemy forces at Clark Field again attacked to test Allied defenses and were thrown back. Worryingly, they achieved 1 to 1 odds and caused more casualties than they suffered. In a strange twist there is an unconfirmed report that an enemy unit was utterly destroyed during the attack. The commander's report of the action follows.
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Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 63793 troops, 678 guns, 468 vehicles, Assault Value = 1802
Defending force 48840 troops, 758 guns, 289 vehicles, Assault Value = 1252
Japanese adjusted assault: 1409
Allied adjusted defense: 1315
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2116 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 53 disabled
Non Combat: 79 destroyed, 83 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 30 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 107 (81 destroyed, 26 disabled)
Units destroyed 1 <--------------------------- What is this?
Allied ground losses:
2513 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 56 disabled
Non Combat: 37 destroyed, 57 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 68 (46 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Assaulting units:
2nd Tank Regiment
3rd Ind Engineer Regiment
16th Recon Regiment
38th Division
48th Division
16th Engineer Regiment
20th Ind Engineer Regiment
4th Division
33rd Division
65th Brigade
7th Tank Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
47th Field AA Battalion
14th Army
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
48th Field AA Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
45th Field AA Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
194th Tank Battalion
71st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
1st/45th PS Inf Battalion
51st PA Infantry Division
21st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
41st PA Infantry Division
4th PA Constabulary Regiment
3rd/45th PS Inf Battalion
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
Subic Bay Defenses
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
14th PS Engineer Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
91st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
USAFFE
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
1st USMC AA Battalion
PAF Aviation
II Philippine Corps
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
Provisional GMC Grp
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
I Philippine Corps
Clark Field AAF Base Force
Far East USAAF
301st Construction Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment
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