German Pacific Expedition

[Eric Skrevski]

Order of Battle for the Pacific Expeditionary Force:

Heer:
Units on Sumatra:

2nd Armee:
Commanding Officer: General Oberst Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Weichs
Location: Headquarters located in the town of Oosthaven, Sumatra.

Armee Attachments:

-- 200th Sturmgeschütz Battalion
Commanding Officer: Oberst
Location: Oosthaven, Sumatra
Strength: 600 Men, 54 StuG-IIIFs

- 543rd PanzerJager Battalion (36 7.5cm PAK 40 ATGs) (Setup along the beach of Oosthaven)
- 46th Pioneer Battalion (Mot) (In Palembang improving Airfields)
- 666th Pioneer Battalion (Mot) (In Oosthaven, expanding port and Airfields)
- 560th Pioneer Battalion (Brucko B) (In Oosthaven, expanding Port)
-- I./14th FlaK Regiment (12 88mm AAGs, 8 20mm AAGs) (Guarding Airfield in Oosthaven) (1st and 2nd Companies detached)

- V Infantrie Korps:
Commanding Officer: General of Infantrie Rudolf Ruoff
Location: Headquarters located in Oosthaven, Sumatra

Korps units:

-- I./361st FlaK Regiment (36 88mm AAGs, 24 20mm AAGs) (Setup around port area to guard against air attack)
-- II./61st Heavy Artillery Regiment (Mot) (12 150mm Howitzers, 6 105mm Howitzers) (Setup as Coastal Artillery)
-- II/71st Heavy Artillery Battalion (Mot) (12 150mm Howitzers, 6 105mm Howitzers) (Setup as Support Artillery)
-- 1./405th Brucko B
-- 2./405th Brucko B

-- 58th Infantrie Division:
Commanding Officer: GM I. Heunert
Location: Around Medan, Sumatra
Strength: 15,325 Active Soldiers
Losses: 675 Soldiers

-- 87th Infantrie Division:
Commanding Officer: GL B. von Studnitz
Location: Guarding the port of Oosthaven, Sumatra
Strength: 16,000 Active Soldiers

-- 225th Infantrie Division:
Commanding Officer: GL E. Schaumburg
Location: Around Palembang, Sumatra
Strength: 16,000 Active Soldiers

-- 40th Panzer Battalion
Commanding Officer: Oberst Carl Meeks
Location: Oosthaven, Sumatra
Strength: 480 Soldiers, 24 PzKpfw VA Panthers and 21 PzKpfw IIIFs
Losses: 32 Soldiers, 1 PzKpfw VA Panther and 5 PzKpfw-IIIFs

- XXX Infantrie Korps:
Commanding Officer: General of Artillierie O. Hartmann
Location: Makassar, Celebes Island

Korps units:

-- 430th Heavy Artillery Battalion (Mot) (12 150mm Howitzers, 6 105mm Howitzers)
-- 446th Heavy Artillery Battalion (Mot) (12 150mm Howitzers, 6 105mm Howitzers)
-- 1./430th Brucko B
-- 2./430th Brucko B

-- 1st Marine Infantrie Division
Commanding Officer: General Lieutenant Karl Timmerman
Location: Makassar, Celebes Island
Orders: Reading for Operations
Strength: 15,500 Active Soldiers
Losses: 500 Soldiers

-- 75th Infantrie Division
Commanding Officer: GL E.Hammer
Location: Makassar, Celebes Island
Orders: Sweeping Makassar Inland for Guerrillas
Strength: 15,900 Soldiers
Losses: 100 Men

-- 209th Infantry Division
Commanding Officer: GM H. Stengel
Location: Makassar, Celebes Island
Strength: 16,000 Soldiers

-- 214th Infantry Division
Commanding Officer: GL T. Groppe
Location: Reading for Operations
Strength: 16,000 Soldiers

- XXXII Infantrie Korps:
Commanding Officer: General of Pioneers Walter Kuntze
Location: Unloading in Oosthaven, Sumatra

Korps Units:

-- 10th Machine Gun Battalion (Mot)
-- 672nd PanzerJager Battalion (36 7.5cm PAK 40 ATGs)
-- II./65th Heavy Artillery Regiment (Mot) (12 150mm Howitzers, 6 105mm Howitzers)
-- II./72nd Heavy Artillery Regiment (Mot) (12 150mm Howitzers, 6 105mm Howitzers)

-- 6th Infantrie Division
Commanding Officer: GL A. Reichsfreiherr von Biegeleben
Location: Unloading in Oosthaven, Sumatra
Strength: 16,000 Soldiers

-- 9th Infantrie Division
Commanding Officer: GL G. von Apell
Location: Unloading in Oosthaven, Sumatra
Strength: 16,000 Soldiers

-- 131st Infantrie Division
Commanding Officer: General der Artillerie Heinrich Meyer-Bürdorf
Location: Unloading in Oosthaven, Sumatra
Strength: 16,000 Soldiers

Royal Dutch Armed Forces Command, Dutch East Indies:
Commanding Officer: Lieutenant General Gerardus Johannes Berenschot

2nd Royal Dutch Infantry Division:
Commanding Officer: General Major Bert Sas
Location; Unloading at Oosthaven, Sumatra
Strength: 16,000 Soldiers

1st "East Indies" Infantry Regiment:
Commanding Officer:
Location: Oosthaven, Sumatra
Strength: 5,000 Soldiers (12 75mm Howitzers)

Flieger Korps XII:
Commanding Officer: General Major Richard Putzier
Headquarters Location: Palembang, Sumatra

Reconnaissance Flights in Korps:

1) 1.(F)/122 - 12 Do-17P Reconnaissance Bombers

- Stab/Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter"
Commanding Officer: Oberst Eduard Ritter von Schleich
Location: Palembang, Sumatra
Headquarters Flight: 3 Messerschmidt Bf 109F Fighters

- I./Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter"
Commanding Officer: Maj Gotthard Handrick
Location: Palembang, Sumatra
Strength: 48 Messerschmidt Bf-109F Fighters

- II./Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter"
Commanding Officer: Hptm Herwig Knüppel
Location: Oosthaven, Sumatra
Strength: 48 Focke-Wulf Fw-190A Fighters

- III./Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter"
Commanding Officer: Major Adolph Galland
Location: Medan, Sumatra
Strength: 48 Focke-Wulf Fw-190A Fighters

- III./Lehrgeschwader 2
Commanding Officer: Obstlt Günther Lohmann
Location: Makassar, Celebes Island
Strength: 48 Messerschmidt Bf-109F Fighters

-- IV./Lehrgeschwader 1
Commanding Officer: Hptm Peter Kögl
Location: Palembang, Sumatra
Strength: 36 Junkers Ju-87B Dive Bombers

- Stab/Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"
Commanding Officer: Oberst Hans Behrendt
Location: Palembang, Sumatra
Headquarters Flight: 9 Heinkel He-111H Bombers

-- I./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"
Commanding Officer: Maj Gerhard Ulbricht
Location: Palembang, Sumatra
Strength: 36 Heinkel He-111H Medium Bombers

-- II./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"
Commanding Officer: Maj de Salengre Drabbe
Location: Oosthaven, Sumatra
Strength: 36 Heinkel He-111H Medium Bombers

-- III./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"
Commanding Officer: Maj Manfred Speck von Sternberg
Location: Medan, Sumatra
Strength: 36 Heinkel He-111H Medium Bombers

-- III./Kampfgruppe zur besonderen Verwendung 3:
Commanding Officer: Maj Dr. Max Ziervogel
Location: Oosthaven, Sumatra
Strength: 52 Junkers Ju-52 Transports

-- IV./Kampfgruppe zur besonderen Verwendung 3:
Commanding Officer: Obstlt Friedrich-Wilhelm Morzik
Location: Oosthaven, Sumatra
Strength: 52 Junkers Ju-52 Transports

Kriegsmarine Task Forces in the Dutch East Indies:

Task Force Rot:
Commanding Officer: Konteradmiral Wilhelm Marschall
Location: Somewhere around the Dutch East Indies
Orders: Protect German forces in the Dutch East Indies

Carrier Division 1:
- KMS CV 01 Graf Zeppelin (Flag)
-- I./Tr.G 186: Oberst Walter von Wild
--- 1./Tr.G 186: 30 Me-109Ts
--- 2./Tr.G 186: 15 Ju-87Cs
--- 3./Tr.G 186: 15 Fi-167s
- KMS CVL 01 Großer Kurfürst
-- II./Tr.G 186: Oberst Alexander von Klaus
--- 4./Tr.G 186: 15 Me-109Ts
--- 5./Tr.G 186: 10 Ju-87Cs
--- 6./Tr.G 186: 5 Fi-167s
- KMS CVL 02 Paul Behncke
-- III./Tr.G 186: Oberst Karl Ackerman
--- 7./Tr.G 186: 15 Me-109Ts
--- 8./Tr.G 186: 10 Ju-87Cs
--- 9./Tr.G 186: 5 Fi-167s

Cruiser Division 2:
- KMS CA 03 Blucher
- KMS CA 04 Lützow

Cruiser Division 10:
- KMS CL 03 Karlsruhe
- KMS CL 04 Emden
- KMS CL 05 Nurnberg

- Destroyer Flotilla 2 - Kapitän F. Bonte
-- KMS DD Z-1 Leberecht Maas (Flag)
-- KMS DD Z-5 Paul Jacobi
-- KMS DD Z-6 Theodor Riedel
-- KMS DD Z-7 Hermann Schoemann
-- KMS DD Z-8 Bruno Heinemann
-- KMS DD Z-22 Anton Schmitt

- Destroyer Flotilla 3 - Fregattenkapitän H. Hartmann
-- KMS DD Z-17 Diether von Roeder
-- KMS DD Z-18 Hans Lüdemann
-- KMS DD Z-19 Hermann Künne
-- KMS DD Z-20 Karl Galster
-- KMS DD Z-21 Wilhelm Heidkamp

Task Force Grun:
Commanding Officer: Admiral Gunther Lutjens
Location: Somewhere in the Dutch East Indies.
Orders: Protect the German Forces in the Dutch East Indies.

Battleship Division 2:
- KMS BB 03 Bismarck
- KMS BB 05 Gross Deutschland

Cruiser Division: 3
- KMS CA 06 Prinz Eugen
- KMS CA 07 Pommern

Cruiser Division 9
- KMS CL 08 Frankfurt
- KMS CL 09 Essen
- KMS CL 10 Munich

Destroyer Flotilla 5: - Kapitän Erich Bey
- KMS DD Z-23
- KMS DD Z-24
- KMS DD Z-25
- KMS DD Z-26
- KMS DD Z-27
- KMS DD Z-28

Destroyer Flotilla 6 - Kapitän Friedrich Ezechiel
- KMS DD Z-29
- KMS DD Z-30
- KMS DD Z-31
- KMS DD Z-32
- KMS DD Z-33
- KMS DD Z-34

Task Force Blau:
Commanding Officer: VizeAdmiral Theodor Krancke
Location: Departing the Dutch East Indies
Orders: Unloading Troops in Oosthaven.

Cruiser Division 7
- KMS CL 11 Kessel
- KMS CL 12 Frankfurt
- KMS CL 13 Düsseldorf

Destroyer Flotilla 13

- KMS DD Z-71 (old USS Aaron Ward DD-132)
- KMS DD Z-72 (old USS Alden DD-211)
- KMS DD Z-73 (old USS John D. Edwards DD-216)
- KMS DD Z-74 (old USS Whipple DD-217)
- KMS DD Z-75 (old USS Edsall DD-219)
- KMS DD Z-76 (old Barker DD-213)

Destroyer Flotilla 14

- KMS DD Z-77 (Old USS Parrot DD-218)
- KMS DD Z-78 (Old USS Bulmer DD-222)
- KMS DD Z-79 (Old USS Stewart DD-224)
- KMS DD Z-80 (Old USS Pope DD-225)
- KMS DD Z-81 (Old USS Peary DD-226)
- KMS DD Z-82 (Old USS Pillsbury DD-227)

Transports:
KMS AV 12 Max Stinsky (3 Planes)
KMS RS 01 Dithmarschen
KMS AP Europa (Can carry 2,500 Troops)
KMS AP Potsdam (Can Carry 2,500 Troops)
KMS AP Athen (Can Carry 2,000 Troops)
KMS AP Thielbek (2,815 Tons) (Can Carry 2,750 Troops)
KMS AP Wandsbek (2388 tons)
KMS AP Wigbert (3648 tons)
KMS AP Scharhorn (2643 tons)
KMS AP Barenfels (7569 tons)
KMS AP Rauenfels (8460 tons)
KMS AP Alster (8514 tons)
KMS AP Sao Paolo (4977 tons)
KMS AP Levante (4779 tons)
KMS AP Main (7624 tons)
KMS AP Rodo (6780 tons)
KMS AP Buenos Aires (6097 tons)
KMS AP Campinas (4541 tons)
KMS AP Cordoba (4611 tons)
KMS AP Dessau (5933 tons)
KMS AP Entreriro (5179 tons)
KMS AP Florida (5542 tons)
KMS AP Friedrich Breme (10397 tons)
KMS AP Koln (7821 tons)
KMS AP Leuna (6856 tons)
KMS AP Moltkefels (7862 tons)
KMS AP Ultlandshorn (2642 tons)
KMS AP Urundi (5791 tons)
KMS AP Dahia Castillio (8580 tons)
KMS AO Jan Wellem (11776 tons)
KMS AO Dollant (252 tons)


Ships Located in the port of Oosthaven, Sumatra:

Torpedo Flotilla 5 - Korvettenkapitän Heyke
- KMS DE Greif (Flag)
- KMS DE Mowe
- KMS DE Seeadler
- KMS DE Albatros
- KMS DE Konder
- KMS DE Falke
- KMS DE T-13
- KMS DE T-14
- KMS DE T-15

5th Schnellboote Flotille
Commanding Officer: Korvettenkapitän von Metz
Location: Oosthaven, Sumatra
Orders: Patrol area around Oosthaven

- KMS PT S-26
- KMS PT S-27
- KMS PT S-28
- KMS PT S-29
- KMS PT S-58
- KMS PT S-59
- KMS PT S-60
- KMS PT S-61

2nd Motor Minesweeper Division
Commanding Officer: Korvettenkapitän von Kamptz
Location: Half at Oosthaven, Sumatra. Half moving to Makassar, Celebes Island.

- KMS AMM R-25
- KMS AMM R-26
- KMS AMM R-27
- KMS AMM R-28

Seaplane Tender Division 5:
- KMS SPT 09 Hans Rolshoven (3 Planes)
- KMS SPT 11 Karl Meyer (3 Planes)

- KMS RS 02 Nordmark
- KMS AG 01 Hela
- KMS AG 05 Otto Wünsche
- KMS AP Friedenau (5219 tons)
- KMS AP Hamm (5874 tons)
- KMS AP Rosario (6079 tons)
- KMS AP Hanau (5892 tons)
- KMS AP Tucuman (4621 tons)
- KMS AP Wolfram (3648 tons)
- KMS AO Skagerrak (6044 tons)
- KMS AO Moonsund (322 tons)
- KMS HS Bonn

Ships Located in the port of Makassar, Celebes Island:

6th Schnellboote Flotille
Commanding Officer: Korvettenkapitän von Berger
Location: Makassar, Celebes Island
Orders:

- KMS PT S-39
- KMS PT S-40
- KMS PT S-41
- KMS PT S-42
- KMS PT S-43
- KMS PT S-44
- KMS PT S-45

Detachment 1/2nd Motor Minesweeper Division:
Location: Makassar, Celebes Island
Orders:

- KMS AMM R-29
- KMS AMM R-30
- KMS AMM R-31
- KMS AMM R-32

- KMS AP Gneisenau (Can Carry 2,500 Troops)
- KMS AP Cairo (Can Carry 2,500 Troops)
- KMS AP Bremen (Can Carry 2,500 Troops)
- KMS AP Wilhelm Gustloff (Can Carry 2,000 Troops)
- KMS AP Espana (7465 tons)
- KMS AP Kellerwald (5023 tons)

[Eric Skrevski]

Coast of Sumatra
August 28th, 1940

It had taken three weeks for the Task Force to arrive in the Pacific Ocean and get to their target. Refueling hadn't been as big as a problem as if could of been, as the British had allowed the Task Force to refuel in their ports, also with the occupation of Iran now complete they were able to resupply their as well. Now at long last the Task Force was heading for it's destination with the sun just starting to peak across the horizon.

In the pre-dawn darkness engine noises could be hear coming from the Eastern half of the Island as Planes from KMS Graf Zeppelin, KMS Großer Kurfürst, and KMS Paul Behncke arrived over the coast and began hitting the Dutch Airfields at Palembang and the port defenses of Oosthaven. Fifteen Me-109Ts flew high level cover as twenty-five Ju-87Cs, twenty Fi-167 Torpedo bombers and Five Me-109Ts hit the airfields, as ten Ju-87Cs, five Fi-167 Torpedo bombers and ten Me-109Ts hit the port defenses.

A few minutes after the air attacks started going in, the Naval Ships of Task Force Grun, under command of Admiral Gunther Lutjens began firing on the landing site, located about five miles from the port city. Also at this time, the landing craft bring in the 1st Marine Infantry Division began heading towards the beach and would arrive in about thirty minutes. The German attack into the Dutch East Indies was underway.

[Eric Skrevski]

Coast of Sumatra
August 28th, 1940
4:15 PM

Konteradmiral Wilhelm Marschall sighed heavily as he read the priority message from Germany. He looked over his staff and quickly began issuing orders.

"I want double ASW patrols around all ships of the fleet and want our planes in the air looking for U-Boats."

"Aye Admiral. Something up?"

"It would seem the Japanese are going to be "Keeping an eye" on us with U-Boats. I don't want them to get close to the fleet."

The aide nodded and quickly moved to carry out the Admiral's orders.

Wilhelm turned to another aide and looked up at him. "Status on the landing?"

"The 1st Marine Division is fully ashore and is pushing forward towards Palembang and has taken over Oosthaven. The 5th Division is landing now along with the 40th Panzer Battalion and one of the Flak Battalions. We expect to have access to the airfields shortly, where the Luftwaffe can get their planes operational."

"Very good. Close the transports up and have our forces be on full alert. I don't want any surprises."

"Aye Admiral.."

[Eric Skrevski]

Coast of Sumatra
September 1st, 1940

Things were moving nicely for the German forces landing in the Dutch East Indies. With the port of Oosthaven secured, the transport ships could dock in the harbor and begin fulling unloading at a quicken pace. Over two-thirds of the landing force had been unloaded, with the major part being the three fighter squadrons of Jadgeshwader 26, which were flying off a makeshift airfield outside of the town. Further north the 58th Infantry Division along with the 40th Panzer Battalion were advancing on Palembang and hope to be at least on the outskirts by the end of the day.

The naval forces continued to patrol the area intensely, making sure nothing slipped by them. Helping them were the seaplanes of the Task forces, which continued to prowl the skies ever watchful.

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OOB:

Units on Sumatra:

- V Infantrie Korps:
Commanding Officer: General of Infantrie Rudolf Ruoff
Location: Mostly unloaded on the Island of Sumatra, Dutch East Indies.

Korps units:

-- 543rd PanzerJager Battalion (36 7.5cm PAK 40 ATGs) (Setup along the beach)
-- 46th Pioneer Battalion (Mot) (Building an Airstrip around Oosthaven)
-- I./361st FlaK Regiment (36 88mm AAGs, 24 20mm AAGs) (Setup around port area to guard against air attack)
-- II./61st Heavy Artillery Regiment (Mot) (12 150mm Howitzers, 6 105mm Howitzers) (Setup as Coastal Artillery)
-- II/71st Heavy Artillery Battalion (Mot) (12 150mm Howitzers, 6 105mm Howitzers) (Setup as Support Artillery)
-- 1./405th Brucko B
-- 2./405th Brucko B

-- 1st Marine Infantrie Division
Commanding Officer: GL Karl Timmerman
Location: Along the beaches of Oosthaven, Sumatra (Building defense positions)

-- 58th Infantrie Division:
Commanding Officer: GM I. Heunert
Location: Advancing on Palembang, Sumatra (Spread out formation)

-- 87th Infantrie Division:
Commanding Officer: GL B. von Studnitz
Location: Guarding the port of Oosthaven, Sumatra (Land side, forming defense positions)

-- 40th Panzer Battalion (24 PzKpfw VA Panthers and 24 PzKpfw IIIFs)
Commanding Officer: Oberst Carl Meeks
Location: Advancing on Palembang, Sumatra (Supporting 58th Infantrie Division)


- Detachment, FliegerKorps III:
Commanding Officer: Genenal Major Richard Putzier
Location: Makeshift Airfield outside of Oosthaven, Sumatra

-- Stab/JG26 (3 Bf 109F Fighters) - Ob von Schleich
--- I./JG26 (48 Bf 109F Fighters) - Maj Handrick (Planes still being put together)
--- II./JG26 (48 Fw 190A Fighters) - Hptm Knüppel (Planes still being put together)
--- III./JG26 (48 Fw-190A Fighters) - Major Adolph Galland (Flying air patrols, two twelve plane patrols at a time.)
-- IV.(St)/LG1 (36 Ju-87B Dive Bombers) - Hptm Kögel (Only half of aircraft put together)

- I./100th FlaK Regiment (36 88s, 24 20s) (Providing anti-aircraft cover for Airfield)
- I./108th FlaK Regiment (36 88s, 24 20s) (Providing anti-Aircraft cover for airfield/port)

[Eric Skrevski]

Coast of Sumatra
September 5th, 1940

A sharp fight had taken place at Palembang, Sumatra as the German 58th Infantrie Division and the 40th Panzer Battalion advanced on the two Airfields there. After losing about three hundred troops and a couple of Panzer IVs the airfields were taken and the Dutch forces surrendered. They were quickly disarmed and rounded up, but were treated with the respect they deserved after a gallant fight. Members of the Royal Netherlands Army that had been attached to each Division quickly moved in and began talking to the troops trying to recruit them back to serve the Princess the New Royal Army.

The airfields were quickly put back into action and the planes from Jagdgeschwader 26 began using them a couple of days later. All the planes of the group had now been assembled and thus there was now full air cover for the operation. The rest of the landing force had also been unloaded and now the Kriegsmarine began adjusting their dispositions. A small group of transports were organized into a Transport task force to support the Expedition, while the rest of the Transport force began making it's way back to Germany. The ground forces continued to organize a defense, as the next stage of the operation was worked on.

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OOB:

Units on Sumatra:

- V Infantrie Korps:
Commanding Officer: General of Infantrie Rudolf Ruoff
Location: Mostly unloaded on the Island of Sumatra, Dutch East Indies.

Korps units:

-- 543rd PanzerJager Battalion (36 7.5cm PAK 40 ATGs) (Setup along the beach)
-- 46th Pioneer Battalion (Mot) (In Palembang repairing Airfields)
-- I./361st FlaK Regiment (36 88mm AAGs, 24 20mm AAGs) (Setup around port area to guard against air attack)
-- II./61st Heavy Artillery Regiment (Mot) (12 150mm Howitzers, 6 105mm Howitzers) (Setup as Coastal Artillery)
-- II/71st Heavy Artillery Battalion (Mot) (12 150mm Howitzers, 6 105mm Howitzers) (Setup as Support Artillery)
-- 1./405th Brucko B
-- 2./405th Brucko B

-- 1st Marine Infantrie Division
Commanding Officer: GL Karl Timmerman
Location: Along the beaches of Oosthaven, Sumatra (Building defense positions)
Strength: 16,000 Active Soldiers

-- 58th Infantrie Division:
Commanding Officer: GM I. Heunert
Location: AroundPalembang, Sumatra
Strength: 15,700 Active Soldiers
Losses: 300 Soldiers

-- 87th Infantrie Division:
Commanding Officer: GL B. von Studnitz
Location: Guarding the port of Oosthaven, Sumatra (Land side, forming defense positions)
Strength: 16,000 Active Soldiers

-- 225th Infantrie Division:
Commanding Officer: GL E. Schaumburg
Location: Around Oosthaven, Sumatra about half way to Palembang.
Strength: 16,000 Active Soldiers

-- 40th Panzer Battalion
Commanding Officer: Oberst Carl Meeks
Location: Oosthaven, Sumatra (1st/2nd Companies)
Palembang, Sumatra (3rd Company)
Strength: 480 Soldiers, 24 PzKpfw VA Panthers and 21 PzKpfw IIIFs Losses: 20 Soldiers, 3 PzKpfw-IIIFs

-- 200th Sturmgeschütz Battalion
Commanding Officer: Oberst
Location: Oosthaven, Sumatra
Strength: 600 Men, 54 StuG-IIIFs

Detachment, FliegerKorps III:
Commanding Officer: Genenal Major Richard Putzier
Location: Palembang, Sumatra
- I./100th FlaK Regiment (36 88s, 24 20s) (Providing anti-aircraft cover for Palembang)
- I./108th FlaK Regiment (36 88s, 24 20s) (Providing anti-Aircraft cover for Palembang)

- Jagdgeschwader 26:
Commanding Officer: Oberst Eduard Ritter von Schleich
Location: Palembang, Sumatra
Headquarters Flight: 3 Bf-109F Fighters

-- I Gruppe/Jagdgeschwader 26
Commanding Officer: Maj Gotthard Handrick
Location: Palembang, Sumatra
Strength: 48 Messerschmidt Bf-109F Fighters

-- II Gruppe/Jagdgeschwader 26
Commanding Officer: Hptm Herwig Knüppel
Location: Airstrip outside Oosthaven, Sumatra
Strength: 48 Focke-Wulf Fw-190A Fighters

-- III Gruppe/Jagdgeschwader 26
Commanding Officer: Major Adolph Galland
Location: Palembang, Sumatra
Strength: 48 Focke-Wulf Fw-190A Fighters

-- IV Gruppe/Lehrgeschwader 1
Commanding Officer: Hptm Kögel
Location: Palembang, Sumatra
Strength: 36 Junkers Ju-87B Dive Bombers

[Eric Skrevski]

Coast of Sumatra
September 10th, 1940

Cheering broke out from the troops at Palembang as the first Ju-52 Transport planes started to land on the airfield known as P1, which was the old civilian field. The first and second groups of Transport Group Three had made the trip all the way from Germany, flying through Romania, Iran and India to arrive in Sumatra. One of the people arriving aboard the transports was General Oberst Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Weichs, commander of the 2nd Army and overall commander of the operations in the Pacific. With the arrival of the transports other units as arrived, these being two more FlaK Battalions, two Pioneer Battalions and a Fallchimjager Regiment. Also arriving was the first German medium bomber units, specifically II./KG 27 with 36 He-111Hs Level Bombers.

In the early morning of the 9th the 209th and 220th Regiments of the 58th Infantrie Division, along with two battalions of Artillery and the 3rd Company of the 40th Panzer Battalion slowly began moving north heading for Padang in the middle of the Island. They began meeting resistance from the Dutch Garrison forces on the west of the Island about mid-day and by night fall had only pushed about ten miles forward. It was going to be a long and slow fight to get to Padang.

While this was going on, the 1st and 4th Marine Infantry Regiments loaded up on ships and began moving towards to Island of Borneo, heading for the town of Kuching. Moving with them were the ships of Task Force Grun, which would help protect the German forces as they neared their target. Also with them were the Dutch 1st "East Indies" Infantry Company which had been formed from the units still loyal to the Princess that were on Sumatra.

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See First Post in Thread for Order of Battle.

[Eric Skrevski]

Island of Sumatra, Dutch East Indies
September 28th, 1940

Major Adolph Galland grinned as he lined up on a Dutch Martin 139 Bomber and sent a couple of quick bursts from his two 13mm Machine Guns and four 20mm cannons into the doomed bomber. Smoke flared from the left wing and the bomber began a quick decent that it would not recover from. Adolph quickly glanced around to see what all was going on with the rest of his Jagdgeschwader as they engaged the latest Dutch air strike. They had been warned of the incoming strike by the recently arrived Freya Radars set up in Oosthaven and had had ample time to get into a position to intercept the incoming strike.

Adolph had decided to only send up two Shlaffen to try and intercept the Dutch as the other Shlaffen had just returned from a patrol. Thus Thirty Fw-190s were in the air when the Dutch arrived with Nine Brewster 339D Fighters and eighteen Martin 139 Bombers. The German planes plowed into the Dutch planes and quickly scattered them.

The far faster planes of the Luftwaffe decimated the Dutch forces and were able to knock down six of the Fighters and ten of the bombers before they could reach their targets. The bombers continued in as over two hundred 88mm Anti-Aircraft guns opened up, downing four more bombers. The remaining four bombers were able to drop their payload and even hit the merchant ship KMS Tucuman with two 500 pound bombs damaging her heavily. Only minor damage was done to the part area and the surviving Dutch aircraft quickly sped away from the German holdings. All in all Adolph was proud when he landed on the airfield back at Palembang and found out he had only one plane shot down and four damaged, two of them repairable.

The invasion of Makassar on the Island of Celebes had gone well, though there was still a guerrilla movement on the Island who were keeping the Marines of the 1st Division busy. The two regiments of the division had suffered about three hundred total causalities while taking the city and a couple more from guerrilla attacks. The city was no secure though with the port and airfield captured intact. Two companies of the 1./14th FlaK Battalion were airlifted into Makassar and one each was covering the port and airfield.

On the ground the whole Island of Sumatra was now under control of the Royal Dutch and German military. Over five thousand Dutch soldiers had come over to the Royal Dutch and were now organized into two Infantry Battalions and a Artillery Company and called the 1st "East Indies" Infantry Regiment.

Task Force Grun arrived in Oosthaven in the early morning dawn of the 28th and began unloading troops and supplies from the XXX Korps. It would take a couple of days for them to unload, but once that was achieved it would allow the Germans and Royal Dutch more freedom in operations and they could look to begin mounting larger operations. Things continued to move well for the two forces, though so far they had not engaged the full might of the Dutch forces in the Islands.