ORIGINAL: warspite1
Singora, Thailand
During the first turn a couple of stringbags attacked one of my transports. I will see if I can find what happened to this ship.
Here she is. She's not sunk but there's a lot of red and orange numbers here. Call me old fashioned, but I don't think that's a good thing.... There is no mention of any troops so hopefully these were unloaded before the cowardly attack by the British.
With fires at 96 this ship will likely sink in the next 5 minutes. Sorry.
As for Kota Bharu and forming divisions -
1) You currently have sufficient force at Kota Bharu to capture it. The transports there will continue to unload, increasing the infantry regiment's AV to 126 (that's standard for a fresh IJA regiment) and unload supply and a bit of fuel. Set the units there to deliberate attack and you should defeat the demoralized and inexperienced Brit/Indian units defending the hex. It might also be a good idea to bring your BB TF there to cover the landing, because even though you've sunk PoW and Repulse, those pesky Brit DD's may try to mess up your amphib TF's (the AI will try this, don't know about your human opponent). Also, provide air cover (LRCAP) from Singora for the BB's. All three landing sites (Singora, Patani, and Kota Bharu) need to be covered by a combat surface force, with the strongest in the south.
2) Singora and Kota Bharu are connected by rail. Patani is not. But, the road from Patani across Malaya to Georgetown is mostly a major road; only minor roads connect Singora to the west coast. You can change the destinations for your amphib TF's to get 5th Div units to land at Singora and 18th Div to land at Kota Bharu, but they really don't need to be reformed into the divisions until Alor Star, Georgetown, and Taiping on the west coast are captured. At this point, speed of attack is more important than getting organized. I would want at least 1 good infantry regiment to land at Patani (or even better 1 tank regiment) to move west and cut off retreat from Alor Star.
3) There is not much aviation support in the preplanned amphib TF's, but there is plenty in Indochina. That needs to be brought across the Gulf of Siam by ship (or rail thru Bangkok). The Imperial Guard Division is in Battambang and should be changed to rail movement and sent to Singora. It will take 3+ days to get there after the 2-3 day packing delay.
4) Also, find the 4th Div (I think Osaka) and 33rd Div (Hiroshima?) and get them on an amphib TF heading to (whatever your plan is). The 33rd is prepped for Rangoon, but Palembang might be a good first target (don't change the prep). There are many targets available for the 4th Div - Wenchow, Palembang, Mindanao, Luzon, Rabaul, Malaya - I like Palembang. Also, the 21st Div is at Shanghai and is unrestricted, but if you move it Shanghai will not meet the garrison requirement of 720.