25 décembre 1941
Dur journée pour les alliés au petit matin de noël.
des avancés mineurs en divers endroit:
Sibuyan is occupied by the Japanese (Philippine)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Sidate !!! (n. guinée)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Vanimo !!! (celebes)
Port Blair:
Plusieurs raid de mon aviation, avec un groupe de Betty partiellement équipé de torpille (ce qui ne sera plus le cas demain car mon QG air vient de débarquer à Bankok. Des dégâts mineur mais ça fait toujours du bien.J'ai renforcé mes escortes car je pense qu'il va réagir bientôt avec ces chasseurs en protection. Vaudrait mieux pour lui qu'il enlève ces bateaux sinon demain devrait faire mal sauf si mauvais temps.
apanese aircraft
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 21
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 28
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 1
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Port hits 5
Port fuel hits 1
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Blair at 48,61
Weather in hex: Severe storms
Raid spotted at 10 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 3 minutes
Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
Allied Ships
CM Kung Wo, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk
"avec le peu de torpille ils ont attaqué ce bateau à la place des AP
xAP Matang
xAP Sin Kheng Seng
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Japanese aircraft
G4M1 Betty x 22
Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 27
Allied aircraft
Buffalo I x 1
Japanese aircraft losses
G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged
No Allied losses
Allied Ships
CL Ceres
xAP Santhia, Bomb hits 1
CL Dauntless
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A noter la très belle perf de nos soums:
Japanese Ships
SS I-18
Allied Ships
TK Augustina, Shell hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage
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Japanese Ships
SS I-10
Allied Ships
xAKL James Cook, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage
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Japanese Ships
SS I-3
Allied Ships
DD O'Brien, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Walke
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second attaque
Japanese Ships
SS I-3
Allied Ships
DD O'Brien, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
DD Walke
bon je pense qu'il doit avoir coulé
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notre marine aussi a été active. pas de grosse prise mais bon.
Japanese Ships
CA Maya
CA Ashigara
CL Kuma
DD Minegumo
DD Asagumo
DD Samidare
Allied Ships
AM Lark, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
xAKL Sagoland, Shell hits 5, and is sunk
xAKL Anakan, Shell hits 3, and is sunk
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par contre j'ai un croiseur qui prend une torpille mais ca ira!
Japanese Ships
CA Ashigara, Torpedo hits 1
DD Minegumo
DD Samidare
DD Asagumo
Allied Ships
SS S-36
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Au sol nous avons lancé un premier essai à Johore Bahru. on recommence demain!
Ground combat at Johore Bahru (50,83)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 15154 troops, 203 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 410
Defending force 8143 troops, 90 guns, 90 vehicles, Assault Value = 170
Japanese adjusted assault: 254
Allied adjusted defense: 139
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2)
Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
173 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Allied ground losses:
346 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 24 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Assaulting units:
4th Ind. Engineer Regiment
55th Infantry Regiment
15th Ind. Engineer Regiment
114th Infantry Regiment
23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment
25th Army
3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
34th Field AA Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Field Artillery Regiment
11th Shipping Engineer Regiment
Defending units:
22nd Australian Brigade
27th Australian Brigade
110th RAF Base Force
223 Group RAF
1st HK&S Heavy AA Regiment
29 Battery/3 HAA
III Indian Corps
111th RAF Base Force