At dawn we slept...in the cab on the way back from Olongapo

[Cap Mandrake]

Sumatra: Another day of uninterrupted disembarkation at Sabang.

The LARPers get mauled by air attacks all day and then 4th Tank Regiment shows up and there is nothing left but make-up and furry suits. Damnit..now they will start bombing somewhere else.

Ground combat at Djambi (48,88)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 1232 troops, 3 guns, 71 vehicles, Assault Value = 65

Defending force 1521 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 48

Japanese adjusted assault: 36

Allied adjusted defense: 17

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

Japanese forces CAPTURE Djambi !!!

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

Japanese ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Vehicles lost 32 (4 destroyed, 28 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
2053 casualties reported
Squads: 55 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 91 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2

Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment
3rd Raiding Regiment

Defending units:
111th LRP Brigade
95th Heavy AA Rgt /2

[Cap Mandrake]

First town down the coast is Langsa and 3rd SNLF. They are going to get the Djambi treatment.

Morning Air attack on Sasebo 3rd SNLF, at 46,74 (Langsa)

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 9
B-17F Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 7
B-24D1 Liberator x 34
B-25C Mitchell x 8
B-25D1 Mitchell x 7

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
120 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

[Cap Mandrake]

PI: Damnit. I forgot to wave off the B-24's over Manila today. The whole point was to divert fighters to CAP.

I blame the staff.

Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 13 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 37

Allied aircraft
B-24D1 Liberator x 13

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
B-24D1 Liberator: 5 destroyed, 5 damaged

Runway hits 2

[Cap Mandrake]

We live to fight another day at Clark. Good result.

Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 30398 troops, 429 guns, 181 vehicles, Assault Value = 1077

Defending force 34349 troops, 444 guns, 318 vehicles, Assault Value = 575

Japanese adjusted assault: 230

Allied adjusted defense: 478

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
2470 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 190 disabled
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 26 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 35 (3 destroyed, 32 disabled)
Vehicles lost 7 (1 destroyed, 6 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
441 casualties reported
Squads: 26 destroyed, 37 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)

Assaulting units:
25th Division
28th Division
2nd Division
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Art.Mortar Regiment
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion

Defending units:
2nd Constabulary Regiment
71st PA Infantry Division
2nd PA Infantry Regiment
45th PS Infantry Regiment
4th Constabulary Regiment
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
91st PA Infantry Division
1st Constabulary Regiment
21st PA Infantry Division
762nd Tank Battalion
51st PA Infantry Division
627th Tank Destroyer Battalion
54th British Brigade
11th PA Infantry/A Division
31st Infantry Regiment
57th PS Infantry Regiment
11th PA Infantry/C Division
26th PS Cavalry Regiment
!/23rd PS FA Battalion
86th PS Field Artillery Battalion
88th PS Field Artillery Regiment
165th Field Artillery Battalion
501st Coast AA Regiment
24th PS FA Regiment
III/Prov'nl SPM Grp
301st PA Field Artillery Regiment
I/Prov'nl SPM Grp
II/Prov'nl SPM Grp
11th PA Infantry/B Division

[Bif1961]

Back to back shock attacks he should take a few days off from the ground assaults and let the artillery and air attacks continue to soften you up and then maybe his shock attack will move the multipliers in his favor.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Bif1961

Back to back shock attacks he should take a few days off from the ground assaults and let the artillery and air attacks continue to soften you up and then maybe his shock attack will move the multipliers in his favor.

Yes. The local Allied air superiority over Bataan is protecting the field but consuming a lot of supply. I had to do something. A few units returning to Bataan from Clark are also drawing supply. Ultimately, the only solution is to bring in a massive resupply effort.

[Cap Mandrake]

****************May 23******************

I forget exactly . [:)] A bunch of E boats showed up at Padang and were dispatched by the RN. Jap fighters swept over Padang. They are planning something.

PI...ground bombardments

[Cap Mandrake]

*************May 24, 1943(e)**************

Sumatra: They try to take out our CAP over Padang. This is largely effective.

Morning Air attack on Sabang , at 44,70

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 23 NM, estimated altitude 24,560 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 10
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 19

Allied aircraft
Martlet IV x 3
Beaufighter VIc x 2
Hurricane IIc Trop x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Martlet IV: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed

[Cap Mandrake]

Morning Air attack on Sabang , at 44,70

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 21 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 24
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20

Allied aircraft
Martlet IV x 1
Beaufighter VIc x 2
Hurricane IIc Trop x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-43-IIb Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 7 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 damaged

Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 11

[Cap Mandrake]

Utoh. The medium bombers at Clark have moved over to Singers (I think)

Morning Air attack on Sabang , at 44,70

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 7,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 12 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 19
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 24

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-44-IIa Tojo: 1 destroyed
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed, 10 damaged
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 3 damaged
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed on ground

Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 5

[Cap Mandrake]

Langsa is down the coast from Padang. We run into Zekes. Probably they have brought up some carriers.

Morning Air attack on Sasebo 3rd SNLF, at 46,74 (Langsa)

Weather in hex: Overcast

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 2

Allied aircraft
Mitchell II x 8
B-17F Fortress x 3
B-24D Liberator x 7
B-24D1 Liberator x 20
B-25C Mitchell x 3
B-25D1 Mitchell x 3

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese ground losses:
48 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

[Cap Mandrake]

Our CAP at Padang has been "attrited" [:D]

Morning Air attack on TF, near Sabang at 44,70

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 41 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 17
D3A1 Val x 45
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 10

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 13 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
xAP Moreton Bay, Bomb hits 1, on fire
CA Cornwall, Bomb hits 1
xAK Jalapalaka, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
CA Sussex, Bomb hits 1
CL Adelaide
DD Banckert, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

That is all she wrote for Banckert. To tell you the truth they have just been sponging free fuel oil and food. Phillips was going to say something

[Cap Mandrake]

One cannot make zee omelette weesout breaking a few eggs, eh?

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sabang at 44,70

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 67 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 21
G3M3 Nell x 36
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 9

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
xAP Clan Macindoe, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk
DE Kane
xAK Sepia
xAP President Tyler, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
xAP Jalabala
xAP Wallingford
PC Onondaga
xAP Dundula
xAK Catrine
xAP Harmonides

Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)

[Cap Mandrake]

OK, OK, zat ees enough eggs, eh?

36 Nells, could have been 3 dozen eggs

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sabang at 44,70

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 75 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 28 minutes

Japanese aircraft
G3M3 Nell x 36
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 9

Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIc Trop x 1

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M3 Nell: 8 damaged

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
CL Adelaide
CL De Ruyter
xAP Diomed
CL Sumatra
xAP Jalaratna, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
xAK Jalapalaka, on fire

[Cap Mandrake]

26 Vals and zey only heet one coastal minesweeper. Zees ees not zee A-team, eh?

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sabang at 44,70

Weather in hex: Severe storms

Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 11
D3A1 Val x 28
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 9

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 8 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

Allied Ships
CA Sussex
YMS BYMS-2018, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
YMS BYMS-2015
CA Cornwall

[Cap Mandrake]

A shiney object at Sinabang distracts the IJN. [:)]

Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Sinabang at 42,76

Weather in hex: Heavy rain

Raid detected at 97 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 36 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 4
D3A1 Val x 8

Allied aircraft
Beaufighter VIc x 6

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 3 damaged
D3A1 Val: 1 destroyed by flak

No Allied losses

Allied Ships
xAK Itola, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage

[Cap Mandrake]

Banckert, an 8 pt AK and a 6 pt AP is sunk. One RN CA has to head for Colombo for Bondo and a paint job. I don't think the Imperial High Command will be happy about that. There were probably 25 AP's and 2 CA's at Padang.

Another British Brigade is ashore. We have a likely permanent foothold on Sumatra.

[Cap Mandrake]

PI: No air attacks on Clark or Bataan, Very substantial IJN naval blockade off of Bataan. All 4 of our AK's trying to reach Mindanao are sunk by carriers or E boats in the Phillipine Sea

[Cap Mandrake]

Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1900 troops, 157 guns, 121 vehicles, Assault Value = 960

Defending force 34099 troops, 426 guns, 370 vehicles, Assault Value = 536

Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)

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

[Cap Mandrake]

****************May 25, 1943(e)***************

Sumatra: I pulled back all the transports that could move and left one heavily damaged AP and a 5 pt AK at Padang to bait in some Vals

Afternoon Air attack on Sabang , at 44,70

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid spotted at 18 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M3a Zero x 15
G3M3 Nell x 36
Ki-43-IIb Oscar x 9

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 4
Martlet IV x 1
Hurricane IIc Trop x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M3a Zero: 1 destroyed
G3M3 Nell: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
Hurricane IIc Trop: 1 destroyed

Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7