aztez vs katsuragi (DaBabes mod december 7th start)

[aztez]

December 29th - 30th 1941


The closing days of december for allied side were not from "Best of" category.

Allied destroyer TF was ambushed near Davao. I assume these planes did fly from KB itself.

If that is the case than main carrier fleet is moving towards Borneo.

Looking at the bright side of things at least I have confirmed where some of his carriers are patrolling.


Morning Air attack on TF, near Davao at 79,91

Weather in hex: Light rain

Raid spotted at 37 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 51
B5N2 Kate x 57
D3A1 Val x 31



Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged

Allied Ships
DD Van Nes
AM Penguin
DD Alden, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD John D. Edwards, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
DD Witte de With, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Whipple
DD Edsall
DD Banckert, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage


In Luzon allied troops launched failed counterstrike at Clark Field... (base shown in pic below)


Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 13966 troops, 280 guns, 245 vehicles, Assault Value = 507

Defending force 12649 troops, 195 guns, 203 vehicles, Assault Value = 393

Allied adjusted assault: 124

Japanese adjusted defense: 1204

Allied assault odds: 1 to 9

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

Japanese ground losses:
260 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
630 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 101 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 30 destroyed, 12 disabled
Guns lost 44 (3 destroyed, 41 disabled)
Vehicles lost 48 (3 destroyed, 45 disabled)


Assaulting units:
14th PS Engineer Regiment
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
Subic Bay Defenses
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Far East USAAF
North Luzon Force
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Clark Field AAF Base Force
1st PI Base Force

Defending units:
48th Division
4th Tank Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion


It was worth the shot to see whether he had actually screwed his movement orders. This time around that was not the case.

Japanese had begun the invasion operation at Cotabato. He is definately trying to sneak into Cagayan more swiftly.

The orders have been given and next BC Repulse and heavy cruisers are trying intercept enemy ships at Mersing.

There are at least BB Haruna, BB Kongo and some other surface combat vessels in that area. I moved some Buffalo fighters into Singapore to provide LRCAP but that will be leaky.

The bad news is that Mini KB elements are still in that region. Oh well.. sometimes you have roll the dice.

Bases captured by Japanese: Taiping and Tavoy.

[aztez]

Fist off thanks to all the readers. It seems we have passed 1000 views mark.


December 31st 1941 - January 1st 1942


HMS Repulse (on the pic) ambushes some enemy transports unloading supplies at Mersing.

My opponent stated that he thought these ships were on the other side of DEI.

There were no LBA strikes againts the TF either so all in all the gamble went good.


Night Time Surface Combat, near Mersing at 51,82, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese aircraft
no flights

Japanese aircraft losses
E7K2 Alf: 1 destroyed

Japanese Ships
CL Kinu, Shell hits 41, and is sunk
SC Ch 21, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
SC Ch 22, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
SC Ch 23, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
AS Nagoya Maru, Shell hits 29, and is sunk
xAK Keisyo Maru, Shell hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
xAK Holland Maru, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Hukusei Maru, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
xAK Kotohira Maru, Shell hits 26, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Yamabuki Maru, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
xAKL Bokuei Maru, Shell hits 18, and is sunk
xAKL Chosen Maru, Shell hits 13, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk
xAKL Kokuei Maru, Shell hits 20, and is sunk

Allied Ships
BC Repulse, Shell hits 6, on fire
CA Houston, Shell hits 1
CL Java
CL De Ruyter
CL Tromp
CL Danae, Shell hits 2, on fire
CL Dragon
CL Boise
DD Piet Hein
DD Kortenaer
DD Evertsen
DD Van Ghent
DD Scout
DD Thanet

Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Japanese TF suspends unloading operations and begins to get underway
Improved night sighting under 96% moonlight


US Destroyer TF also finds enemy transports near Laoag and manage to fire shells in unsuspecting transports.

Nice and to be honest got lucky here...


Day Time Surface Combat, near Laoag at 81,72, Range 16,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
SC Ch 16, Shell hits 3
SC Ch 17, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
SC Ch 18, Shell hits 19, and is sunk
xAK Keisho Maru, Shell hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Hokuan Maru, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Maya Maru, Shell hits 14, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Takaoka Maru, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Atlas Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Kamoi Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Shinyubari Maru, Shell hits 13, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Shirogane Maru
xAK Tenzan Maru, Shell hits 2
xAK Yamadori Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire

Allied Ships
DD John D. Ford, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Peary, Shell hits 2
DD Pillsbury, Shell hits 1
DD Pope, Shell hits 2

Japanese ground losses:
316 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 34 destroyed, 25 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 81 (36 destroyed, 45 disabled)
Vehicles lost 23 (13 destroyed, 10 disabled)

Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Japanese TF suspends unloading operations and begins to get underway
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards


Enemy carriers finish off those destroyers that were attacked last turn. The ships were fleeing towards safety but failed to make it.

SS S-37 torpedoes xAK Shinyubari Maru aftet near Laoag.

Japanese launch first bomber raid againts Manila.

Bases captured by Japanese: Cotabato

[JocMeister]

Oooh, nice work on the enemy TFs. [&o]

Seems your opponent is playing a bit careless operating outside his LBA and without proper naval protection?

[aztez]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

Oooh, nice work on the enemy TFs. [&o]

Seems your opponent is playing a bit careless operating outside his LBA and without proper naval protection?

That ambush went well and nice bonus on scoring some transports with those destroyers.

Basically I have now lost mostly surface combat ships that I can afford lose. Those were out dated.

He actually is moving under LBA cover but I think he had some "victory disease" after knocking few ABDA ships out.

As he stated I think he thought HMS Repulse was near Balikpapan were it was spotted few days earlier. The whole idea on the operation was move full speed to the other "end of DEI" before he actually had the chance to get better intel. Sometimes you win some and sometimes you lose some...

I'am trying to keep him somewhat honest with his offensive operations and hopefully buy some time.

[obvert]

Nice work!

This happened to me in my first PBEM against Dan Nichols. A blind-side by the full weight of Force-Z where I lost a bunch of stuff including 4 CA! Yuck.

Japanese TFs are very poorly organized to start the game, also. If the player doesn't change those up they are slow and have lots of ships in there that shouldn't be in dangerous waters (like the AS in the TF above, and the lack of anything bigger than an SC in the second one). I also feel too many players go in without trying to set up deceptive 'false' invasions first to assess responses. Keep using it against him.

[aztez]

ORIGINAL: obvert

Nice work!

This happened to me in my first PBEM against Dan Nichols. A blind-side by the full weight of Force-Z where I lost a bunch of stuff including 4 CA! Yuck.

Japanese TFs are very poorly organized to start the game, also. If the player doesn't change those up they are slow and have lots of ships in there that shouldn't be in dangerous waters (like the AS in the TF above, and the lack of anything bigger than an SC in the second one). I also feel too many players go in without trying to set up deceptive 'false' invasions first to assess responses. Keep using it against him.

Yup. Touche that LBA bombers managed to damage Prince of Wales a couple weeks earlier.

I do have to agree with you than again many players don't try hard enough to intercept those TF's. Not saying I'am above aggressive level but I do take risk when I feel it is worth the effort.

When playing with 2 day turns you must remember that if you manage to delay something even for 3-4 turns than that means full week in game time. Things are somewhat diffrent when playing with 1 day turns and actually propably would not have done HMS Repulse had the cycle being that.

After that Malaya blitzkrieg I'am hoping that I can hold out there until late January 1942 or early february 1942. It might possible but not taking any bets on that issue.

[aztez]

January 2nd - 3rd 1942


IJA launches their first heavy airstrikes againts Singapore. This would indicate that he will soon march into the city.

Allied AA units managed damage some G3M2 Nell bombers (pic below) but really cannot match their numbers here.


Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 6,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M2 Nell x 77
G4M1 Betty x 12



Japanese aircraft losses
G3M2 Nell: 18 damaged
G3M2 Nell: 1 destroyed by flak
G4M1 Betty: 5 damaged
G4M1 Betty: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
AG Vyner Brooke, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
AG Ban Hong Liong, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
AG Pangkor, Bomb hits 4, and is sunk
MMS-51, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
ML No. 311, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Rahman, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAK Wulin, Bomb hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
ML No. 310, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAP Sin Kheng Seng, Bomb hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
AMc Jerantut, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AMc Gemas, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
HDML 1096, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk

Port hits 6
Port fuel hits 1


xAK Tatuwa Maru is torpedoed near San Fernando.

There were also few ground battles in China where japanese are trying to deal with the Chinese partisans.

KB is spotted by allied patrol planes cruising just south of Davao. No intel whether it heading into DEI or towards New Guinea.

Bases captured by Japanese: Alor Star

[aztez]

January 4th - 5th 1942


Quiet two days around the map. Both sides preparing for next episodes.

Singapore received another bombing runs as expected. The AA units managed to damage quite a few Ki-21-IIa Sally bombers.

Japanese troops reach Cagayan in southern Philippines. Allied troops are ordered to fight for the last man.

Bases captured by Japanese: None

[aztez]

January 6th - 7th 1942


Another quiet turn around the map.

Singapore receives another turn of visits from the Japanese bombers. The AA crews are kept busy.

In Luzon allied troops have now moved into Manila (pic). After thinking about the situation it was wise to abandon Clark Field.

Whether this is a good move well that remains to be seen.

Elsewhere the preparations are continuing as planned...

[aztez]

January 8th - 9th 1942


The japanese invasion forces are unloading at Kuching, I do not expect the base to hold.

PBY-4 Catalina's torpedoes xAK Yokohama Maru near Batangas and xAK Yamahagi Maru near Laoag.

CV Yorktown (pic) is reported to be preparing for rendevouuz with other allied fleet carriers.

Japanese continue their bombing campaign targeting Singapore and Manila.

Bases captured by Japan: Clark Field, Mergui and Nanyang

[aztez]

January 10th - 11th 1942


DM Stronghold sunks while engaging Mini KB near Kuantan. This ship surely put up an fight!

PBY Catalinas sunk xAK Arizona Maru near Hong Kong.

The old US destroyers engage enemy TF near Dinagat... (pic showing DD John D. Ford)


Day Time Surface Combat, near Dinagat at 84,87, Range 16,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CM Tsugaru, Shell hits 1
PB Kyo Maru #8, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Kyo Maru #10, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
PB Shoei Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire
AV Kiyokawa Maru
xAK Matsue Maru, Shell hits 6
xAK Venice Maru, Shell hits 7
xAK Kogyoku Maru, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Nishimi Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire

Allied Ships
DD John D. Ford, Shell hits 1
DD Peary
DD Pillsbury, Shell hits 1
DD Pope

Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards


There are yet again severeal bomber raids againts Manila and Singapore.

The first ground units arrive at Kuala Lumpur. This battle is expected to begin with next couple of days.

Bases captured by Japan: None

[aztez]

January 12th - 13th 1942


SS Gar (pic) torpedoes xAK Calcutta Maru near Iwaki.

Japanese launch 1st bombardment assault at Kuala Lumpur. Maybe launching an counterstrike on turn or two?

I know that Imperial Guards division is enroute but it might take few days for them to reach this area.


Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur (49,79)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 7880 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 292

Defending force 22192 troops, 177 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value = 646



Assaulting units:
21st Infantry Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment

Defending units:
15th Indian Brigade
28th Gurkha Brigade
5/14th Punjab Battalion
3rd SSVF Battalion
FMSV Brigade
1st Mysore Battalion
1st Hyderabad Battalion
6th Indian Brigade
9th Indian Division
2/215th Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment
223 Group RAF
109th RN Base Force
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
2nd ISF Base Force
137/155th Field Regiment


KB is spotted again sailing just south of Luzon.

Bases captured by Japan: Kuching and Malaybalay.

[aztez]

January 14th - 15th 1942


The cruiser TF lead by CL Boise (pic) manage to sunk whole enemy transport TF unloading at Kuching.

That ought to hurt the enemy operations at least a bit...


Day Time Surface Combat, near Kuching at 58,88, Range 13,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Asagiri, Shell hits 23, and is sunk
DD Hakaze, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
DD Tsuta, Shell hits 12, and is sunk
DD Yomogi, Shell hits 4, and is sunk
TB Kasasagi, Shell hits 6, heavy fires, heavy damage
TB Hayabusa, Shell hits 13, and is sunk
SC Ch 7, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
SC Ch 8, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
SC Ch 9, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
xAK Kashii Maru, Shell hits 18, and is sunk
xAK Asakasan Maru, Shell hits 19, and is sunk
xAK Atutasan Maru, Shell hits 22, and is sunk
xAK Kenyo Maru, Shell hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kogyo Maru, Shell hits 23, and is sunk
xAK Teiyo Maru, Shell hits 20, and is sunk
xAK Nako Maru, Shell hits 23, and is sunk
xAK Naruto Maru, Shell hits 18, and is sunk
xAK Noto Maru, Shell hits 26, and is sunk
xAK Koryu Maru, Shell hits 16, and is sunk

Allied Ships
CA Houston, Shell hits 1
CL De Ruyter
CL Tromp, Shell hits 1
CL Dragon, Shell hits 4
CL Boise
DD Bulmer, Shell hits 1
DD Piet Hein
DD Kortenaer, Shell hits 2, on fire
DD Evertsen, Shell hits 6, heavy fires
DD Van Ghent
DD Scout
DD Thanet

Japanese ground losses:
130 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 10 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied Ships Reported to be Approaching!
Japanese TF suspends unloading operations and begins to get underway
Low visibility due to Rain
Maximum visibility in Rain: 15,000 yards


KB shows up east of Manila and launches few airstrikes againts allied shipping in the area. The brave and old US destroyers are toasted.

SS Snapper torpedoes xAK Tonan Maru near Toroshima.

SS KXVII torpedoes xAK Ikuta Maru near Patani.

Bases captured by Japan: Bataan

[aztez]

January 16th - 17th 1942


A turn that you summarize with "You win some and you lose some...".

Allied troops launched two counterstrikes at Kuala Lumpur and and at Cagayan. I really should have done the Kuala Lumpur offensive turn earlier since it failed miserably.

The Imperial Guards division arrived along with some other elements. This ofcourse means more troubles ahead at Malaya peninsula...


Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur (49,79)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 19327 troops, 151 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 654

Defending force 33428 troops, 277 guns, 125 vehicles, Assault Value = 1085

Allied adjusted assault: 153

Japanese adjusted defense: 1217

Allied assault odds: 1 to 7

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

Japanese ground losses:
544 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 47 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled


Allied ground losses:
3648 casualties reported
Squads: 214 destroyed, 208 disabled
Non Combat: 52 destroyed, 93 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 13 disabled
Guns lost 27 (16 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
28th Gurkha Brigade
FMSV Brigade
5/14th Punjab Battalion
3rd SSVF Battalion
1st Hyderabad Battalion
1st Mysore Battalion
15th Indian Brigade
6th Indian Brigade
9th Indian Division
2/215th Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
2nd ISF Base Force
109th RN Base Force
223 Group RAF
137/155th Field Regiment

Defending units:
55th Infantry Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
21st Infantry Regiment
Imperial Guards Division
114th Infantry Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
5th Engineer Regiment
143rd Infantry Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment


Oh well.. good reminder to be more decisive with the operations. Not everything went bad last turn since Philippine troops managed to gain a victory at Cagayan.



Ground combat at Cagayan (79,89)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 10313 troops, 40 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 347

Defending force 6701 troops, 62 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 179

Allied adjusted assault: 442

Japanese adjusted defense: 103

Allied assault odds: 4 to 1

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

Japanese ground losses:
2200 casualties reported
Squads: 44 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 44 destroyed, 19 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 13 (5 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Units retreated 4


Allied ground losses:
432 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 66 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
3rd PA Constabulary Regiment
103rd PA Infantry Regiment
101st PA Infantry Regiment
102nd PA Infantry Division
Del Monte AAF Base Force
III Philippine Corps
205th Base Sqdn

Defending units:
144th Infantry Regiment
1st Indpt SNLF Coy
Kure 2nd SNLF
Bandasan SNLF


..definately an nice victory here. You really don't get many victories with Philippine troops early on so enjoy while you can.

Next turn we will launch an counterstrike at Manila. If we succeed there than that really would be awesome. My opponent moved 11 units into the capital city.

There are 4 more units enroute and they might arrive in time or not. Despite that the orders have been given to throw enemy out of Manila...


Ground combat at Manila (79,77)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1209 troops, 70 guns, 115 vehicles, Assault Value = 2408

Defending force 29119 troops, 260 guns, 353 vehicles, Assault Value = 829

Japanese ground losses:
277 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)



Assaulting units:
4th PA Constabulary Regiment
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
1st PA Infantry Division
45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
71st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
192nd Tank Battalion
41st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
194th Tank Battalion
51st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
21st PA Infantry Division
61st PA Infantry Div /1
31st Infantry Regiment
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
14th PS Engineer Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
31st PA Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
81st PA Infantry Div /1
Clark Field AAF Base Force
202nd PA Construction Battalion
1st USMC AA Battalion
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
1st PI Base Force
Provisional GMC Grp
I Philippine Corps
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
201st PA Construction Battalion
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
Asiatic Fleet
Cavite USN Base Force
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
Far East USAAF
PAF Aviation
USAFFE
II Philippine Corps
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
65th Brigade
7th Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
16th Division
Sasebo 1st SNLF
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Army
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion


CVE Hosho (pic) is attacked by allied 4E bombers near Lingga. The bombs unfortunately miss the target. Allied bombers crews report that CVL Ruyjo and CVL Zuiho are with this TF.


Bases captured by Japan: None

[obvert]

You are doing extremely well intercepting these invasion TFs. The more you do this the more exponential his delay will become. If these are set to invade bases in succession throughout the invasion bonus period they will not only have to be replaced for the current invasion but also of the next few. The ships losses won't help him either.

Nice work!

[aztez]

obvert: Yup! Have to say that any capital ship losses have not been for nothing.

My opponent is not doing much in south pacific so I think he has extra transports committed to Malaya, Luzon and forthcoming DEI invasion.


January 18th - 19th 1942


The invasion of Palembang begins with overwhelming force. If the reports are correct CA Atago, CA Takao and DD Asashio (pic) are hit with mines.

However I'am not too optimistic that this is true and believe that the enemy cruisers are at least fine.

We have talked about the risks and the diffrence using 2 day turns and the battle of Manila is very good example on this issue.

The first allied assault recieves 1:1 odds thus we launch again 2nd day. This is something I did not want to happen but it was close for sure.

Now looking at the 1st odds I really should have used shock assault there. Oh well... this will speed up the enemy progress in Luzon.


Ground combat at Manila (79,77)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 65330 troops, 922 guns, 395 vehicles, Assault Value = 2434

Defending force 28844 troops, 260 guns, 352 vehicles, Assault Value = 799

Allied adjusted assault: 2019

Japanese adjusted defense: 1265

Allied assault odds: 1 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
988 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 48 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 76 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 24 (4 destroyed, 20 disabled)
Vehicles lost 157 (34 destroyed, 123 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
3923 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 352 disabled
Non Combat: 68 destroyed, 48 disabled
Engineers: 39 destroyed, 20 disabled
Guns lost 58 (9 destroyed, 49 disabled)
Vehicles lost 46 (16 destroyed, 30 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
14th PS Engineer Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
11th PA Infantry Division
51st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
1st PA Infantry Division
61st PA Infantry Div /1
41st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
71st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
4th Marine Regiment
4th PA Constabulary Regiment
192nd Tank Battalion
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
194th Tank Battalion
45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
21st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
81st PA Infantry Div /1
PAF Aviation
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
USAFFE
II Philippine Corps
Asiatic Fleet
201st PA Construction Battalion
1st PI Base Force
Clark Field AAF Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
I Philippine Corps

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Ground combat at Manila (79,77)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 61892 troops, 914 guns, 371 vehicles, Assault Value = 2051

Defending force 29798 troops, 363 guns, 506 vehicles, Assault Value = 699

Allied adjusted assault: 1836

Japanese adjusted defense: 2361

Allied assault odds: 1 to 2

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

Japanese ground losses:
992 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 114 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 22 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 51 (4 destroyed, 47 disabled)
Vehicles lost 85 (41 destroyed, 44 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
4095 casualties reported
Squads: 79 destroyed, 251 disabled
Non Combat: 55 destroyed, 49 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Guns lost 62 (8 destroyed, 54 disabled)
Vehicles lost 114 (89 destroyed, 25 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
194th Tank Battalion
1st PA Infantry Division
31st PA Infantry Division
61st PA Infantry Div /1
4th Marine Regiment
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
4th PA Constabulary Regiment
31st Infantry Regiment
1st PA Constabulary Regiment
51st PA Infantry Division
11th PA Infantry Division
57th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
192nd Tank Battalion
45th PS Infantry Regimental Combat Team
71st PA Infantry Division
91st PA Infantry Division
41st PA Infantry Division
3rd/12th PA Inf Battalion
2nd PA Constabulary Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Constblry HW Regiment
81st PA Infantry Div /1
1st PI Base Force
Clark Field AAF Base Force
200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment
Far East USAAF
Provisional GMC Grp
202nd PA Construction Battalion
86th PS Coastal Artillery Battalion
Asiatic Fleet
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
USAFFE
PAF Aviation
Cavite USN Base Force
201st PA Construction Battalion
803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
I Philippine Corps
II Philippine Corps
1st USMC AA Battalion
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
16th Division
2nd Tank Regiment
4th Tank Regiment
65th Brigade
7th Tank Regiment
Sasebo 1st SNLF
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
14th Army
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Cavite USN Base Force
202nd PA Construction Battalion
Far East USAAF
Provisional GMC Grp
Nichols Field AAF Base Force
1st USMC AA Battalion
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
2nd Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
65th Brigade
16th Division
Sasebo 1st SNLF
14th Army
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion


The Commonwealth forces did not fair any better in Malaya. We did manage to hold the first assault but the second day was too much.

You can see how close the dice rolls were here too.


Ground combat at Kuala Lumpur (49,79)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 30647 troops, 281 guns, 125 vehicles, Assault Value = 942

Defending force 17972 troops, 164 guns, 132 vehicles, Assault Value = 301

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 311

Allied adjusted defense: 155

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Kuala Lumpur !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
1243 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 110 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 12 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 23 disabled
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Allied ground losses:
7407 casualties reported
Squads: 134 destroyed, 18 disabled
Non Combat: 359 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 80 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 93 (90 destroyed, 3 disabled)
Vehicles lost 131 (131 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 12
Units destroyed 2


Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
Imperial Guards Division
55th Infantry Regiment
12th Engineer Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
5th Engineer Regiment
1st Tank Regiment
21st Infantry Regiment
56th Infantry Regiment
143rd Infantry Regiment
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
1st Hyderabad Battalion
15th Indian Brigade
28th Gurkha Brigade
6th Indian Brigade
9th Indian Division
2nd ISF Base Force
3rd SSVF Battalion
1st Mysore Battalion
3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment
5/14th Punjab Battalion
109th RN Base Force
2/215th Bty 80th AT Gun Regiment
223 Group RAF
137/155th Field Regiment


Bases captured by Japan: Kuala Lumpur

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January 20thth - 21st 1942


The Palembang was captured by IJA 21st and 38th Division.

He truly was committed on seizing that objective.

ABDA cruiser TF engaged enemy ships at Palembang.

I would have prefered to have found those transports but I guess this is better than nothing.

The bad news is that IJN carrier based bombers found some of the damaged and well the outcome was obvious.


Day Time Surface Combat, near Palembang at 48,91, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CA Atago, Shell hits 43, heavy fires, heavy damage
CL Jintsu, Shell hits 5, heavy fires
DD Oshio, Shell hits 7, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Michishio
DD Arashio, Shell hits 1
DD Akatsuki, Shell hits 1
DD Hibiki, Shell hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA Houston, Shell hits 1, heavy fires
CL De Ruyter
CL Tromp, Shell hits 3
CL Dragon, Shell hits 3
CL Boise, Shell hits 1
DD Bulmer, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
DD Piet Hein, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Van Ghent, Shell hits 3, on fire
DD Scout
DD Thanet, Shell hits 2, on fire

Low visibility due to Rain
Maximum visibility in Rain: 15,000 yards


The coastal guns at Palembang damage few DMS W-x ships.

SS 021 torpedoes the crippled CL Jintsu near Tandjoengpinang.

The pic below showing USS Houston...

Bases captured by Japan: Palembang and Langsa

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January 22nd - 23rd 1942


A quiet turn in terms of combat action around the map.

IJN carrier pilots sunk the crippled USS Houston near Toboali.

Few other merchant ships sailing in the DEI region are sunk as well.

The whole japanese carrier fleet is spotted south of Singapore.

This means that the IJN is going to cruise around Java in next couple of days.

I have to be honest and sometimes hate the game since there really is not much you can do about it. This is the blitzkrieg a'la pacific all over again.

Bases captured by Japan: None

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January 24th - 25th 1942


SS Stingray (pic) torpedoes AO Kyokuto Maru near Calayan. Nice to have first japanese tanker burn in flames.

P-39D Aircobra squadron shoots down around 10 Zero fighters while defending Manila.

Japanese carriers bomb some small allied merchant ships around the DEI. No capital ship losses reported.

BB Arizona enters back into active duty after being hit in Pearl Harbour. The allid Battleship armada is building up.

Bases captured by Japan: Praboemoelih

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This in game picture showing what types of ships are reported of being sunk in these naval battles.

I doubt the screen is more than 65% accurate so reality might be somewhat diffrent.

However the intelligence screen indicates 60 enemy vessels lost thus far in the war.