Rumble in the Southwest witpqs-A vs Andav-J 2011-11-29 to 2017-02-08

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Java Sea.

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Okinawa.

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Today's air losses.

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Today's ship losses.

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Rawlings' carriers. LBA search coverage from last turn is what you see here. Adjustments have been made.

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Daito Shoto. I have a feeling I might have maxed out the engineers.

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Here are the three operations with the port and airfield sizes and potentials added (in game standard port then airfield).

Operation Hokkaido

Hokkaido:
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Hakodate (woods) 7(4) 2(7)
. 1944-10-04 . 12th Air Fleet
. 1944-10-05 . 12th Field Construction Battalion
. 1944-10-18 . 31st Air Defense AA Regiment
. 1944-10-22 . Hakodate Fortress
. 1944-10-27 . Hokuto JNAF Base Force

Muroran (woods) 3(4) 2(7)
. 1944-08-07 . 177th JAAF AF Bn
. 1944-09-19 . 3rd Amphibious Brigade
. 1944-10-21 . Muroran Fortress

Sapporo (clear) 9(6) 7(7)
. 1944-03-09 . Northern Army
. 1944-05-22 . 23rd Port Unit
. 1944-07-11 . 24th Air Defense AA Regiment
. 1944-09-13 . 1st JAAF AF Bn
. 1944-10-21 . 21st Field Construction Battalion
. 1944-10-22 . 1st Air Division
. 1944-10-22 . 7th/A Division
. 1944-10-27 . 27th Army
. 1944-10-31 . 178th JAAF AF Bn
. 1944-11-03 . 141st AA Regiment
. 1944-11-03 . 24th Port Unit

Asahikawa (clear) -(-) 1(7)
. 1944-08-29 . 77th Division
. 1944-10-25 . 69th Ind.Mixed Brigade

Kushiro (woods) 3(2) 2(6) <--- Entry point <---
. 1944-09-29 . 73rd Field AA Battalion
. 1944-10-14 . 77th JAAF AF Bn
. 1944-10-23 . 7th/C Division

Bihoro (clear) 1(1) 5(6)
. 1944-10-07 . 27th Air Flotilla
. 1944-10-12 . 73rd JAAF AF Bn
. 1944-10-20 . 7th/B Division
. 1944-10-26 . 27th JNAF AF Unit
. 1944-10-27 . 5th Area Army
. 1944-11-03 . 83rd JAAF AF Bn

Wakkanai (woods) 3(4) 4(6)
. 1944-10-14 . 4th Amphibious Brigade
. 1944-10-20 . 49th JAAF AF Bn
. 1944-10-24 . Soya Fortress
. 1944-11-04 . 63rd JAAF AF Bn

Supporting Islands:
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Kunashiri (woods) 1(1) 0(5)
. 1944-07-23 . 65th Ind.Mixed Brigade

Shikotan (woods) 0(0) 0(4)
-- None --

Sakhalin:
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Toyohara (woods) 4(1) 5(6)
. 1944-08-25 . Karafuto Mixed Brigade

Shikuka (clear) 6(6) 2(6)
. 1944-02-22 . 10th Port Unit
. 1944-10-03 . 38th Const Co

Operation Nudge

Tanegashima (clear) 3(1) 3(4)
. 1944-03-05 . 7/65th Construction Battalion
. 1944-08-14 . 3/60th Ind.Mixed Brigade
. 1944-07-07 . 27th Special Base Force
. 1944-07-29 . 91st Division
. 1944-09-13 . 78th Field AA Battalion
. 1944-10-21 . 10th RF Gun Battalion
. 1944-11-04 . 65th Construction Battalion

Yakushima (woods-rough) 1(0) 0(3)
. 1944-10-10 . 109th Division

Tokara Retto (woods, island size 2) 1(0) 0(2)
. 1944-08-12 . 3/774th Ind.Infantry Battalion
. 1944-08-12 . 4/774th Ind.Infantry Battalion
. 1944-09-01 . 774th Ind.Infantry Battalion
. 1944-10-05 . 16th Ind.Mixed Regiment
. 1944-11-01 . 15th Port Unit

Koshiki-jima Retto (woods) 1(0) 0(4)
. 1944-11-01 . 49th Ind.Mixed Brigade

Operation Nudge Closer

Fukue-jima (woods) 2(2) 2(4)
. 1944-11-01 . 47th Ind.Mixed Brigade

Nakadori-jima (woods) 2(0) 1(4)
. 1944-11-02 . 76th Infantry Brigade

Iki-shima (woods) 1(1) 1(4)
. 1944-09-22 . Iki Fortress

Tsushima (woods) 3(1) 1(5)
. 1944-10-17 . Tsushima Fortress

[Drakanel]

Well, andav really is super aggressive. That single cruiser strike. Wow. And it actually hit with a torpedo And his bombardments might be working well, but he's really using up a lot of bombers!

About Hokkaido, as expected a lot of potential size-9 airfields, and even a size 9 port which is always nice.
Operation Nudge and Nudge closer instead would give you several size 7 airfields and one size 8, which is better than I expected. The question then is still whether or not you have enough planes right now to embark in such a prolonged war of attrition


And yes you completely maxed out the engineers on Daito Shoto. According to some table I found on this forum, for Daito Shoto the maximum amount of engineers usable is something like 500, and you have more than 1700 counting engineering vehicles

[Lowpe]

Jintsu! Too bad she didn't cause any collisions, too.

Andav doesn't have much at all on Hokkaido. Heck, I had more on Hokkaido and I lost it in Jan 44 I think.[:(]

Are there a lot of engine factories on Hokkaido?

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Lowpe

Jintsu! Too bad she didn't cause any collisions, too.
Bite your tongue! A spy in our midst! Partisan! Saboteur! [:D]

Andav doesn't have much at all on Hokkaido. Heck, I had more on Hokkaido and I lost it in Jan 44 I think.[:(]

Are there a lot of engine factories on Hokkaido?
Don't know. I'll have to look next turn. Preparations for a New Year's Eve dinner tonight.

[RangerJoe]

I think that you have turned the corner at Long San since the destroyed items are greater than the disabled ones. Except for the clerks and cooks while the ditch diggers are equally destroyed/disabled.

As far as the lone cruiser, it is better to go out that way than bombed in port.

As far as bombing your troops, unless he can use them effectively as "Special Attack" units, the bombers are best used to slow down your attacks than getting bombed on the ground.

[witpqs]

Radio Tokyo is claiming that CA London only got one 8 inch hit on Jintsu. Drat!

[Lowpe]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

Radio Tokyo is claiming that CA London only got one 8 inch hit on Jintsu. Drat!

Jintsu! Banzai!

[RangerJoe]

It only takes one hit if it were to explode in an important place like the magazine. I sank an "E" with one 6" shell that way.

Maybe make a small SCTF and have your carriers follow it? A CA, CL and two DDs with good captains as well as excellent day/night training?

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I think he was implying that the hit wasn't very much. As far as a separate SCTF, the carrier TF is down there alone. CA London is the biggest escort. Remember that this game has been a "little tough" on RN, et al cruisers. [:D]

The battleships are at/near Alor Star so that when (translate = planning for success) the Imperial stack is retreated into Georgetown, the battleships will shatter their formations so our troops have time to cut them off and trap them there.

[BBfanboy]

Magazine explosions are pretty rare - about one in a hundred penetrating hits results in one from what I have seen. You can't rely on them in your planning - a naval battle is more likely to be a grind where the less capable force gets ground down the most.

PS - even more rare: someone reported getting an enemy CV with a magazine explosion (not the usual Ammo Storage Explosion) and a couple of times in my games I have seen a non-penetrating hit trigger a magazine explosion (after a deck hit and "fires on the main deck" message).

[witpqs]

1944 November 06

The Empire captured:


The Allies captured:


There were Imperial amphibious or airborne operations at:


There were Allied amphibious or airborne operations at:


Imperial Naval Bombardments


Allied Naval Bombardments:
Allied Ships Bombarding enemy troops at Daito Shoto
Allied Ships Bombarding Naha
Allied Ships Bombarding Naha
Allied Ships Bombarding Naha


Our subs got CL Jintsu. Twice. And CL Oyodo.

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Submarine attack near Toboali at 50,94

Japanese Ships
CL Jintsu, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Tarpon

CL Jintsu is sighted by SS Tarpon
SS Tarpon launches 4 torpedoes


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Sub attack near Djemadja at 53,82

Japanese Ships
DD Yudachi

Allied Ships
SS Golet

SS Golet launches 2 torpedoes at DD Yudachi
DD Yudachi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yudachi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yudachi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yudachi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yudachi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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Submarine attack near Toboali at 50,94

Japanese Ships
CL Jintsu, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage

Allied Ships
SS Tarpon

CL Jintsu is sighted by SS Tarpon
SS Tarpon launches 4 torpedoes


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Sub attack near Djemadja at 53,82

Japanese Ships
CL Oyodo, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
DD Yudachi

Allied Ships
SS Golet

SS Golet launches 4 torpedoes at CL Oyodo
DD Yudachi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yudachi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yudachi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yudachi fails to find sub, continues to search...
DD Yudachi fails to find sub, continues to search...
Escort abandons search for sub


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The action in China was in the air.

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Morning Air attack on 1st Army Tank Regiment, at 75,60 , near Kwangchowan

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 8

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 3 destroyed

No Allied losses

CAP engaged:
No.123 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Raid is overhead
No.146 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Raid is overhead
No.258 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Raid is overhead
No.261 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on 1st Army Tank Regiment, at 75,60 , near Kwangchowan

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 7 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 2 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 18

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 12

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 11 destroyed, 2 damaged

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
2 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 6000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.123 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000.
Raid is overhead
No.146 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 46 minutes
No.258 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
No.261 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Raid is overhead



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Morning Air attack on 1st Army Tank Regiment, at 75,60 , near Kwangchowan

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 13

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 8

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
9 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.123 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
No.146 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes
No.258 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 44 minutes
No.261 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes



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Morning Air attack on 1st Army Tank Regiment, at 75,60 , near Kwangchowan

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 27

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 5 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
26 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.123 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes
No.146 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Raid is overhead
No.258 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes
No.261 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 6000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 40 minutes



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Morning Air attack on 1st Army Tank Regiment, at 75,60 , near Kwangchowan

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 2 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 0 minutes

Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIb Helen x 16

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 5

Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIb Helen: 2 destroyed

No Allied losses

Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-49-IIb Helen bombing from 12000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb

CAP engaged:
No.258 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 50 minutes
No.261 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 48 minutes



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Morning Air attack on 1st Army Tank Regiment, at 75,60 , near Kwangchowan

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 35,800 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes

Japanese aircraft
N1K1-J George x 17

Allied aircraft
Thunderbolt I x 2

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Thunderbolt I: 1 destroyed

Aircraft Attacking:
17 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 33800 feet

CAP engaged:
No.258 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 9 minutes
No.261 Sqn RAF with Thunderbolt I (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters to 12000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 17 minutes



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Clever Imperial bombers are trying to deplete our stocks of .50 cal ammo! Our southern armoured unit still has 95% disruption but I suspect they will start to recover. Our P-51B sweeps over Tuyun fought to about even. See air losses below. The Hainan invasion convoys will move to a point 1 hex NW of Kiungshan, covered by the 2x CL TF and 2x groups of Spitfire VIII. The continued heavy losses to Imperial bomber groups should make their passage less treacherous. None of our ships in the Gulf of Tonkin have been spotted by naval search recently. Annoyingly, Haiphong is short of fuel.

All the armour in the spearhead moving down the Malay Peninsula has caught up to the enemy between Alor Star, Georgetown, and Taiping and will attack tomorrow. Two divisions will catch up then and be able to carry on the attack the following day if necessary, the idea being to retreat the enemy troops into Georgetown and prevent them from reaching Taiping. Meanwhile enemy units are seen already moving SE from Georgetown, so Burnett with Valiant and Queen Elizabeth will bombard tonight to hamper their progress. Willis with Prince of Wales, Howe, King George V, Richelieu, and Renown is also at Alor Star, waiting for the Imperial main body to be retreated into Georgetown so that similar treatment may be applied.

When first one and then a second base on the western coast of Malaya came over to our side, I neglected to take advantage of that by immediately flying in troops from Victoria Point and moving them out to block roads and rails. One has since gone back to the Dark Side, but Utan Melintang is still ours. Two units will begin flying in at once and the balance will be brought in by sea in assault transport. A small part of one is loading now on a single LST at Langkawi, the island they seized NW of Alor Star. That element will land in the clear hex just NE of Utan Melintang, set up a blocking position and await the rest of their unit. Not to mention cross their fingers.

Good progress at Lang Son.

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Ground combat at Lang Son (70,56)

Allied Bombardment attack

Attacking force 4920 troops, 413 guns, 220 vehicles, Assault Value = 2023

Defending force 25641 troops, 206 guns, 30 vehicles, Assault Value = 232

Japanese ground losses:
432 casualties reported
Squads: 28 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled)

Assaulting units:
23rd LRP Brigade
36th Chinese Division
3rd New Chinese Corps
22nd Australian Brigade
27th Australian Brigade
4th Armoured Brigade
111th LRP Brigade
23rd Australian Brigade
8th New Chinese Corps
96th Chinese Division
I Corps Engr Grp
II Aus Corps Engineer Battalion
88th Chinese Division
9th Australian Division
417th Base Group
31st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
85th Medium Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
16th Indian Heavy AA Regiment
25th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
II Australian Corps
33rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
32nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
27th Indian Field Artillery Battalion
134th (East Ang) Regiment
14th RAAF M/W Sqn
87th Medium Regiment
251st Field Artillery Battalion
1st Medium Regiment
17th Indian Light AA Regiment
312th Base Group
2nd Medium Regiment
IV Indian Corps
2/11th Field Regiment
Southwest Pacific
2/1st Med Regiment
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
18th SP Field Artillery Regiment
30th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment

Defending units:
58th Infantry Regiment
27th Division
59th Infantry Brigade
37th Division
34th/A Division
1st Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
31st Mountain Gun Regiment


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The assault troops are still recovering so will continue to rest. The additional artillery - fresh from extended zombie elimination duty - has been arriving and the first of their guns will be heard tomorrow.

The ACM at Oosthaven was finally got.

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Morning Air attack on Oosthaven , at 48,96

Weather in hex: Severe storms

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

Allied aircraft
B-24J Liberator x 12

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
ACM Tasei Maru, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
AS Heian Maru, Bomb hits 4, on fire

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

Port hits 3
Port fuel hits 4

Aircraft Attacking:
12 x B-24J Liberator bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 10 x 500 lb GP Bomb



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Rawlings' carriers were under heavy cloud and so made no strikes against the PB horde guarding Palembang. Tomorrow they will move to a position 1 hex SW of Padang, 7 hexes from both Palembang and Singapore. A TF off Singapore scouts as a CV and a BB, perhaps preparing to make a dash.

The two armored units attacking alone made a good showing on Daito Shoto.

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Ground combat at Daito Shoto (98,69)

Allied Deliberate attack

Attacking force 1254 troops, 101 guns, 190 vehicles, Assault Value = 748

Defending force 4959 troops, 56 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 25

Allied adjusted assault: 78

Japanese adjusted defense: 3

Allied assault odds: 26 to 1

Combat modifiers
Defender: leaders(-), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
442 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 6 (3 destroyed, 3 disabled)

Assaulting units:
2nd Arm Amphib Battalion
112th Cavalry Regiment
93rd Infantry Division
1st Arm Amphib Battalion
102nd Cmbt Engineer Regiment
3rd NZ Armoured Sqn
III Amphib Corps
40th US Naval Construction Battalion
17th Base Maint Engineer Battalion
26th USN Naval Construction Regiment
26th US Naval Construction Battalion
16th USN Naval Construction Regiment
Pacific Ocean Areas
12th USN Naval Construction Regiment
4th RNZAF Base Force
39th US Naval Construction Battalion
4th Pioneer Battalion
30th USN Naval Construction Regiment
198th Field Artillery Battalion
868th Aviation Engineer Battalion
225th Field Artillery Battalion
15th USN Naval Construction Regiment
1 Group RNZAF
Seventh USAAF
5th RNZAF Base Force
31st USN Naval Construction Regiment

Defending units:
37th Ind.Mixed Brigade
25th Special Base Force


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Tomorrow they will be joined by the other armored unit, the division, and the regiment. Daito Shoto airfield is now size 2, Corsairs moving in. A Kamikaze group was destroyed by P-47D25 on CAP (from DS) before they could attack a DD SCTF patrolling a line NE of Daito Shoto to up near Tokunoshima.

The troops at Naha have been resupplied and are in great shape. AV is up to 2,751 and while not fully recovered in that sense, they will make their first attack tomorrow. The B-29 groups will be diverted from attacks on Daito Shoto to strike defensive positions around Naha. The CVE based Avengers will all join in. All five old BB (1 per TF) will bombard, as will several CA and CL TF, and the three Iowa BBs.

Troops on New Guinea have begun loading for the Tokunoshima invasion.

IJN cruisers spotted in the South China Sea.

[witpqs]

China. There is now an enemy unit in the forest just west of Canton: that was the movement seen out of Canton a few days ago. NE of Tuyun Imperial forces have disengaged. They're running away!

[witpqs]

Malay Peninsula & Sumatra.

[witpqs]

Java Sea.