Nix mit der schitzengrubers! sprior v undercovergeek

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Things go mostly right:

Night Time Surface Combat, near Jolo at 74,90, Range 7,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Shinonome
DD Shirakumo, Shell hits 9, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Fuji
xAK Syoka Maru, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
xAK Rokko Maru
xAK Igasa Maru, Shell hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage

Allied Ships
CA Houston, Shell hits 3

Still no landing on the PI though. And none in sight.

Any WJDs on board those ships?

[sprior]

Sadly not.

[sprior]

Dec 18th.

Most of the troops in Malaya make it to Singers. The rest are moving to the NW to whatever that island is.

[sprior]

In other news nothing much happens. HK holds out for another day:

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
915 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 37 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled


Allied ground losses:
197 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 13 destroyed, 29 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 13 (9 destroyed, 4 disabled)


Assaulting units:
104th Division
66th Infantry Regiment
1st Ind.Inf.Group
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
5th RF Gun Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd RF Gun Battalion
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
1st Middlesex Battalion
Hong Kong Fortress
Rifles of Canada Battalion
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
Kowloon Brigade
102nd RN Base Force

Shouldn't the 38th Div be there too?

This one did have WJDs on board:

Submarine attack near Palembang at 49,90

Japanese Ships
xAK Ueizuru Maru, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS KXVI

Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Dec 18th.

Most of the troops in Malaya make it to Singers. The rest are moving to the NW to whatever that island is.

Uh...Sumatra?

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Shouldn't the 38th Div be there too?

Interesting. He's obviously swapped out the 38th (unrestricted) for a restricted division. I expect it will be turning up shortly in the Southern aspect of the theatre.

Still nothing going on in the Phillipines?

[sprior]

Uh...Sumatra?

George Town

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: sprior

Shouldn't the 38th Div be there too?

Interesting. He's obviously swapped out the 38th (unrestricted) for a restricted division. I expect it will be turning up shortly in the Southern aspect of the theatre.

Still nothing going on in the Phillipines?

Nada.

Personally I'd have used both at HK, then move on quickly.

[Ossian]

Hong Kong can be a tougher nut to crack than the WJD tend to realise.

[sprior]

18/12/42

Found them!

Ground combat at Kota Bharu (51,75)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 1206 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 47

Defending force 13776 troops, 122 guns, 67 vehicles, Assault Value = 475



Assaulting units:
FMSV Brigade
3rd ISF Base Force

Defending units:
38th Div /1

[Chickenboy]

What sort of jiggery pokery is that gormless WJD prat up to? How will your pukka defenses on Malay stand?

[sprior]

I fear the answer is, "Not very well".

Still no landings in the PI.

[USSAmerica]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Day 2.

I made a complete toes up of turn1 and forgot to sortie the boast from Manilla. Now I don't have to.

At least I'm not the only one who gets things wrong:

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 30
B5N2 Kate x 140



Allied aircraft
P-26A x 1
P-36A Mohawk x 32
P-40B Warhawk x 47
F4F-3 Wildcat x 4


Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 27 destroyed, 21 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-36A Mohawk: 1 destroyed
P-40B Warhawk: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged
P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed, 3 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground
A-20A Havoc: 1 destroyed on ground
B-18A Bolo: 1 destroyed on ground
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground
SBD-1 Dauntless: 1 destroyed on ground

Allied Ships
BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 5, on fire
BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 3, on fire
BB Maryland, Bomb hits 5, on fire
BB Arizona, Bomb hits 3
BB Nevada, Bomb hits 6, on fire
BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 6, on fire
AR Vestal, Bomb hits 1, on fire
BB California, Bomb hits 2
BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 5, on fire, heavy damage
SS Cachalot, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
CA Minneapolis, Bomb hits 1

Dag, and not a single torpedo carried by the Kates. Well done, Simon!

Any of those old battle wagons in danger of visiting Davey Jones?

[sprior]

Any of those old battle wagons in danger of visiting Davey Jones?

Nope, airfields missed too which is why we put up such a good CAP on day 2. 27 kates - yummy.

[sprior]

Ships under repair at Pearl:

[sprior]

Ships awaiting repair:

[sprior]

20/12

The Japanese government accuse western forces of using gurning to excuse IJN cowardice. Of course we deny such scandalous accusations:

Day Time Surface Combat, near Georgetown at 48,75, Range 21,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
CL Naka
DD Natsugumo
DD Yamagumo
DD Minegumo
DD Asagumo
DD Murasame
DD Harusame
DD Yudachi

Allied Ships
xAK Bellerophon
xAP Glenapp
xAP Kota Tjandi
xAK Bintang
xAK Boero
xAK Langkoeas
xAK Somelsdijk
xAK Mariso
xAK Toendjoek
xAP Van Cloon
xAP Kajang
PC Tydeman



Maximum visibility in Partly Cloudy Conditions: 28,000 yards
CONTACT: Japanese lookouts spot Allied task force at 21,000 yards
CONTACT: Allied lookouts spot Japanese task force at 21,000 yards
Both TF attempt to withdraw!
Range increases to 21,000 yards...
Both Task Forces evade combat

Another ground attack at Hong Kong:

Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 21420 troops, 317 guns, 191 vehicles, Assault Value = 613

Defending force 5464 troops, 132 guns, 66 vehicles, Assault Value = 160

Japanese adjusted assault: 141

Allied adjusted defense: 389

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

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

Japanese ground losses:
269 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled


Allied ground losses:
581 casualties reported
Squads: 21 destroyed, 16 disabled
Non Combat: 16 destroyed, 53 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Vehicles lost 13 (5 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Units destroyed 1


Assaulting units:
1st Ind.Inf.Group
104th Division
19th Ind. Engineer Regiment
66th Infantry Regiment
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
2nd Mortar Battalion
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th RF Gun Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion

Defending units:
Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion
Hong Kong Fortress
Rifles of Canada Battalion
1st Middlesex Battalion
Kowloon Brigade
102nd RN Base Force

And the first attack at Singers:

Ground combat at Singapore (50,84)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 65386 troops, 809 guns, 362 vehicles, Assault Value = 2079

Defending force 28247 troops, 358 guns, 188 vehicles, Assault Value = 712

Japanese adjusted assault: 984

Allied adjusted defense: 427

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

Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0

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

Japanese ground losses:
3374 casualties reported
Squads: 7 destroyed, 167 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 217 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 59 disabled


Allied ground losses:
1155 casualties reported
Squads: 40 destroyed, 120 disabled
Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 226 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Vehicles lost 44 (1 destroyed, 43 disabled)


Assaulting units:
18th Division
41st Guard Battalion
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
143rd Infantry Regiment
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
3rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
5th Division
48th Division
21st Ind. Engineer Regiment
91st Naval Guard Unit
III/81st Naval Guard Unit
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
124th Infantry Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy
3rd Mortar Battalion
14th Army
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Field AF Construction Battalion
14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st RF Gun Battalion
3rd Engineer Construction Battalion
Southern Army
25th Army
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
5th Mortar Battalion
8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Shipping Engineer Regiment

Defending units:
22nd Australian Brigade
2nd Gordons Battalion
3/16th Punjab Battalion
15th Indian Brigade
1st Manchester Battalion
SSVF Brigade
Singapore Fortress
1st Malay Battalion
27th Australian Brigade
2nd Loyal Battalion
3rd Cavalry Regiment
2/17 Dogra Battalion
2nd Malay Battalion
28th Gurkha Brigade
6th Indian Brigade
5/2nd Punjab Battalion
224 Group RAF
2nd HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
Singapore Base Force
110th RAF Base Force
29 Battery/3 HAA
11 Battery/3 HAA
2nd ISF Base Force
III Indian Corps
112th RAF Base Force
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
111th RAF Base Force
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
24th NZ Pioneer Coy
Malayan Air Wing
Malaya Army
137/155th Field Regiment

[sprior]

And on the 21st the IJN deploys their new mine sweeper:

TF 107 encounters mine field at Balikpapan (64,97)

Japanese Ships
CL Kinu
PB Tonon Maru
PB Kinsyo Maru #4
PB Shosei Maru
PB Keiko Maru
PB Edo Maru
PB Busho Maru
BB Nagato, Mine hits 1



8 mines cleared

And the landing forces:

Ground combat at Balikpapan (64,97)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 587 troops, 16 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 21

Defending force 15558 troops, 145 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 480


Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled


Assaulting units:
VI KNIL Battalion
Balikpapan Base Force

Defending units:
Kimura Det /1
9th Infantry Rgt /1
20th Infantry Rgt /1
16th Engr Rgt /1
Miura Det /3
16th Recon Rgt /1
5th Base Force /1

[sprior]

Still no landings in the Philippines. The south and west are locked down tight, I'm thinking about trying to sneak some supplies in from the west. It's a long way from anywhere.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Still no landings in the Philippines. The south and west are locked down tight, I'm thinking about trying to sneak some supplies in from the west. It's a long way from anywhere.

I am thinking you mean "from the East". Go for it! Midawy or Oahu then North of Marcus and bring it home. Ask for "volunteers". Scrounge up some 10 Kt. scowls and there you have it.