1944 June 14
The Empire captured:
The Allies captured:
Kudat
There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:
There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:
Our subs came up empty, but theirs hit pay dirt.
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Sub attack near Jesselton at 68,85
Japanese Ships
SS I-12, hits 6
Allied Ships
CVE Petrof Bay, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage
DE Loeser
DD Robinson
DD Prichett
Ammo storage explosion on CVE Petrof Bay
Ammo storage explosion on CVE Petrof Bay
SS I-12 launches 6 torpedoes at CVE Petrof Bay
DD Robinson fails to find sub and abandons search
DD Prichett fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Prichett attacking submerged sub ....
DD Prichett attacking submerged sub ....
DD Prichett fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Prichett attacking submerged sub ....
DD Prichett cannot reach attack position over SS I-12
DD Prichett cannot reach attack position over SS I-12
DD Prichett is out of ASW ammo
Escort abandons search for sub
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She sank during the day. I bought back the Avenger squadron but have to wait two or three days for enough PP to buy back the Hellcats.
Quiet in China. We have reshuffled forces and will try again to eject the two enemy units on the road between Tsuyung and Kunming.
The strikes on retreating Imperial forces north of Rangoon continued, as did the ground attack on the tail of that column.
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Ground combat at 55,51 (near Prome)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 44778 troops, 851 guns, 502 vehicles, Assault Value = 1126
Defending force 12489 troops, 145 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 268
Allied adjusted assault: 485
Japanese adjusted defense: 373
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1016 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 96 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 21 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 27 (16 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
473 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 75 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Guns lost 13 (1 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Assaulting units:
14th Army Engineer Battalion
14th Indian Division
27th Infantry Division
77th LRP Brigade
111th LRP Brigade
XXXIII Corps Engineer Battalion
26th Indian Division
32nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
30th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
8th Belfast Heavy Regiment
56th Heavy Regiment
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units:
2nd Guards Division
34th Field AA Battalion
16th AA Regiment
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Ground combat at Rangoon (54,53)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1098 troops, 104 guns, 94 vehicles, Assault Value = 3408
Defending force 49426 troops, 345 guns, 227 vehicles, Assault Value = 1272
Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Assaulting units:
23rd LRP Brigade
3rd Cavalry Regiment
3rd Carabiniers Regiment
81st (West African) Division
14th LRP Brigade
18th British Division
72nd British Brigade
254th Armoured Brigade
150th RAC Regiment
18th Cavalry Regiment
44th Indian Brigade
192nd Tank Battalion
25th Indian Division
45th Indian Brigade
255th Indian Tank Brigade
Gardner's Horse Regiment
20th Indian Division
50th Tank Brigade
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Americal Infantry Division
16th LRP Brigade
5th Indian Division
XV Indian Corps
2/1st Med Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
88th Medium Regiment
Defending units:
3rd/C Division
47th Infantry Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
19th Tank Regiment
21st/B Division
3rd/A Division
16th Garrison Unit
63rd Inf Group Brigade
18th Garrison Unit
1st RTA/A Division
1st RTA/B Division
1st RF Gun Battalion
20th AA Regiment
15th Army
28th Army
62nd JAAF AF Bn
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Ground combat at 56,51 (near Toungoo)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 570 troops, 44 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2557
Defending force 72001 troops, 590 guns, 158 vehicles, Assault Value = 2275
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
2nd Gordons Battalion
19th Indian Division
23rd Indian Division
29th British Brigade
96th Chinese Division
Rifles of Canada Battalion
88th Chinese Division
22nd (East African) Brigade
22nd New Chinese Division
3rd New Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
7th Indian Division
36th Chinese Division
11th PAVO Regiment
2nd Reserve Division
27th Indian Field Artillery Battalion
IV Indian Corps
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units:
40th Inf Group Brigade
53rd Division
56th Infantry Regiment
40th Division
14th Division
1st Mobile Infantry Regiment
29th Division
77th Infantry Regiment
55th Mountain Gun Regiment
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Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55)
Allied Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5146 troops, 33 guns, 12 vehicles, Assault Value = 219
Defending force 7325 troops, 44 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 248
Assaulting units:
1st Hyderabad Battalion
BFF Brigade
13th Burma Rifles Battalion
1st Mysore Battalion
Defending units:
4th RTA Division
21st Air Flotilla
26th Fld AA Gun Co
At Moulmein Imperial troops are seen withdrawing to the SE, but does that include the 4th RTA Division? The 2nd British Division needs probably two more days to cross the river into Moulmein. They are in that gray area where they could possibly make it in one day, but I doubt it. The troops at Moulmein will wait one more day before attacking, presuming that the 2nd will attack with them. The 82nd West African Div and 4th USMC Div have caught up with 2nd British Div and need two or three days to reach Moulmein in movement mode. The USA 5307th Composite Rgt (Rangers) will likely catch up to them tomorrow with the mission of expelling whatever Japanese unit has arrived in this hex (yesterday or day before) to delay our forward progress. With the divisions bypassing them, they have not achieved their mission.
Over at Pegu all units have finished unloading and only one convoy is still unloading supply. With fewer than 1,000 tons to go I will let them finish. Two other convoys finished unloading supply and are passing south of Rangoon on their way to Ramree Island. A convoy of small ships with an engineer Bn should arrive at Pegu tonight. The convoy of LSI(L) at Ramree has finished loading base forces and engineering units for Pegu or, if it is captured quickly, Moulmein. They'll take about three days to reach Pegu, and the carriers, plus Renown, will stand out to provide air escort around the horn, although Victorious is still en route.
CV Indomitable has upgraded at Bombay and should be back on line in 74 days.
Allied Ships Bombarding Kudat
Allied Ships Bombarding Babar
Allied Ships Bombarding Haha-jima
Allied Ships Bombarding Pagan
The good news is that Kudat is ours despite losing a CVE.
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Ground combat at Kudat (69,86)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 3259 troops, 17 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 133
Defending force 402 troops, 0 guns, 76 vehicles, Assault Value = 30
Allied adjusted assault: 112
Japanese adjusted defense: 7
Allied assault odds: 16 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied forces CAPTURE Kudat !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 65 (65 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Defeated Japanese Units Retreating!
Assaulting units:
4th Armoured Brigade
Defending units:
9th Tank Regiment
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The port at Manado is working right to its limits but luckily it will expand to size 4 tomorrow. Frantic movement of forces to ready for the advanced timetable invasion of Cam Ranh Bay continue. CV Franklin has finished upgrade at Pearl Harbor and will rush directly to Manado to join the fleet. SWPac HQ will be moved from Kendari to Balabac to (hopefully) support the Cam Ranh Bay invasion 12 hexes away. I'm not certain of the rules on that - do command HQs help at all from a multiple of their range? We had a false start with recon of Cam Ranh Bay but it will begin tomorrow form two different bases.
The USA 147th IR will cross the river from Tarakan to Tanjoengselor tomorrow and assault the ex-defenders of Tarakan. The 158th at Balikpapan continues to recover, despite a strike by Bettys today which the Cobras on LRCAP did not stop. The Allied attack bombers flying from Celebes did far more damage to the garrison there.
Here is a little pic of the ground control in Burma. At least some Imperial troops are pulling out of Moulmein and at least some others are pulling back from their position SE of there. We do not yet have recon of the three bases to the east but they must be too lightly held for the Admiral's taste. Possible also is the spectre of a landing on the Pacific side of the continent is now influencing deployments.