1944 December 11
The Empire captured:
The Allies captured:
There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:
There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:
Singkep
Imperial Naval Bombardments
Allied Naval Bombardments:
Allied Ships Bombarding Amami Oshima
Allied Ships Bombarding Amami Oshima
Allied Ships Bombarding Enggano
Allied Ships Bombarding Nago
Allied Ships Bombarding Amami Oshima
Allied Ships Bombarding Nago
Allied Ships Bombarding Nago
Allied Ships Bombarding Nago
Allied Ships Bombarding Nago
Allied Ships Bombarding Nago
Allied Ships Bombarding Nago
Allied Ships Bombarding Amami Oshima
Our subs are having quite the siesta!
It is now apparent the Empire is abandoning Kweilin or leaving at most a small garrison behind.
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Ground combat at Kweilin (76,54)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 270 troops, 28 guns, 23 vehicles, Assault Value = 938
Defending force 12586 troops, 130 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 328
Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Assaulting units:
2/11th Armoured Car Regiment
11th PAVO Regiment
3rd New Chinese Corps
9th Australian Division
517th Field Artillery Battalion
II Australian Corps
544th Field Artillery Battalion
Defending units:
28th RGC Temp. Division
87th Infantry Brigade
17th/B Division
15th AA Regiment
74th Field AA Battalion
1st Army
86th Field AA Battalion
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Rather than wait for the additional forces we shall attack at once with what is in place.
The Singapore liberation task force begins marching tomorrow! More Enggano action.
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Night Naval bombardment of Enggano at 44,94
Japanese Ships
xAK Tuyama Maru, Shell hits 1, on fire
xAK Yamaura Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Kasagi Maru, Shell hits 1
xAK Hokutai Maru, Shell hits 1, heavy damage
Allied Ships
DD Knapp
DD Haggard
Port hits 6
Port supply hits 2
DD Knapp firing at Enggano
DD Haggard firing at Enggano
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Morning Air attack on Enggano , at 44,94
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid spotted at 46 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes
Allied aircraft
B-25H Mitchell x 10
Allied aircraft losses
B-25H Mitchell: 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
E Karukaya, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk
xAK Kimishima Maru, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Tuyama Maru, Shell hits 12, Bomb hits 5, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Kasagi Maru, Shell hits 4, Bomb hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Hokutai Maru, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk
AS Heian Maru, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Yamaura Maru, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
10 x B-25H Mitchell bombing and strafing from low level
Port Attack: 6 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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The base force is now at Iloilo and can commence repairing the field.
Nago & Amami Oshima.
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Ground combat at Amami Oshima (98,64)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 38672 troops, 758 guns, 848 vehicles, Assault Value = 1111
Defending force 18732 troops, 274 guns, 47 vehicles, Assault Value = 445
Allied adjusted assault: 468
Japanese adjusted defense: 1762
Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 4)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
382 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 46 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Guns lost 20 (4 destroyed, 16 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
2129 casualties reported
Squads: 91 destroyed, 154 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 57 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 15 disabled
Guns lost 55 (7 destroyed, 48 disabled)
Vehicles lost 64 (16 destroyed, 48 disabled)
Assaulting units:
24th Infantry Division
38th Infantry Division
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
37th Infantry Division
5th USMC Tank Battalion
3rd Regiment
2nd AmphTrac Engineer Battalion
82nd Mortar Battalion
226th Field Artillery Battalion
7th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
97th Field Artillery Battalion
145th Field Artillery Battalion
223rd Field Artillery Battalion
4th Field Artillery Battalion
4th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion
Defending units:
Oshima Naval Guard Unit
21st Ind.Mixed Regiment
53rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
Amami Oshima Fortress
22nd/C Division
6th Ind. Field Artillery Battalion
72nd Field AA Battalion
8th RF Gun Battalion
21st Special Base Force
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Ground combat at Nago (95,65)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 58776 troops, 1079 guns, 1636 vehicles, Assault Value = 1955
Defending force 23822 troops, 189 guns, 134 vehicles, Assault Value = 475
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 4
Allied adjusted assault: 2381
Japanese adjusted defense: 589
Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 4)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1872 casualties reported
Squads: 20 destroyed, 161 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 26 (2 destroyed, 24 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
2357 casualties reported
Squads: 64 destroyed, 87 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 11 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 42 (15 destroyed, 27 disabled)
Vehicles lost 41 (24 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Assaulting units:
5th Marine Division
40th Infantry Division
2nd USMC Tank Battalion
111th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
193rd Tank Battalion
25th Infantry Division
194th Tank Battalion
710th Tank Battalion
77th Infantry Division
670th Tank Destroyer Battalion
1st USMC Tank Battalion
766th Tank Battalion
716th Tank Battalion
767th Tank Battalion
11th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion
10th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
8th AmphTrac Engineer Battalion
Defending units:
45th Ind.Mixed Brigade
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
30th Recon Regiment
Nakagusuko-wan Fortress
102nd AA Regiment
29th Field Construction Battalion
31st Army
72nd Air Flotilla
101st AA Regiment
13th Base Force
149th JAAF AF Bn
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1,782 AV at Nago, 833 AV at Amami Oshima. Enough of the units at Nago need to rest that only the artillery will work tomorrow. Perhaps the day after that the attack will continue. The troops at Amami Oshima need R&R. It would be best to recover a couple of hundred AV before continuing. At Nago, after a day or at most two days of rest, maybe a shock attack? There is one division with 59% disruption and one with 32%, so it is even possible we will shock attack with a partial force.
Over the next two days the British carriers will be pulling into Cam Ranh Bay, and the remaining battleships just behind. The carriers will have to reform into two TF. Together with the USN fleet carriers, they will escort the Takao (Formosa) invasion. The British LSI(L), just behind the battleships, will also take part.
China.
