[squadleader_id]

New Mod on the horizon CC5:Battle Of Surabaya 1945.
The mod is still in its embryonic stages, will be worked on by a very small Indonesian team from Surabaya. More details and updates will be posted soon.
[It's interesting to note that the wheels started rolling on the mod this month, same month as the battle - November 10-24, 1945].

From wikipedia:
On October 25, 1945, the United Kingdom sent in 6000 lightly armed British-India troops from 49th Indian Infantry Brigade, 23rd Division, led by Brigadier General A.W.S. Mallaby to take over Surabaya from the Japanese and soon found itself in conflict with the Republic Indonesia (RI) troops and militia.

British forces brought in a small Dutch military contingent which it termed the Netherlands Indies Civil Administration (NICA). The British became worried about the increasing boldness and apparent strength of the nationalists, who attacked demoralized Japanese garrisons across the archipelago with crude weapons like bamboo spears in order to seize their arms. The main goals of British troops in Surabaya were seizing weapons from Japanese and Indonesian troops/militia, taking care of former prisoner of war (POW), and sending the remaining Japanese troops back to Japan. The Japanese troops surrendered their weapons, but more than 20000 Indonesian troops and several thousands militia refused to hand over their weapons.

Lt. Gen. Sir Philip Christison got angry when he heard that Brig. Gen. Mallaby was killed in Surabaya. The initial report blamed Indonesian militia for the death of Brig. Gen. Mallaby. Lt. Gen. Sir Philip Christison sent additional 24,000 fully armed Indian 5th Division troops led by Major General E. C. Mansergh, with 21 M4 Sherman tanks, 2 cruisers and 3 destroyers to conquer Surabaya. On November 9, 1945, British issued an ultimatum for Indonesian troops and militia to surrender all their weapons. On November 10, 1945, British troops began to bomb Surabaya from air and sea. The fierce battle in Surabaya went on for 10 days. On November 10, 1945, two British planes were shotdown by Indonesia troops. One of the passengers, Brigadier General Robert Guy Loder-Symonds was badly injured and passed away on the following day. On November 20, 1945, British troops managed to conquer Surabaya with more than 1,000 casualties. More than 20,000 Indonesian troops, militia and residence of Surabaya were killed during the battle. Most of Surabaya were destroyed during the battle.

The battle for Surabaya was the bloodiest single engagement by British troops in the war and demonstrated the determination of the rag-tag nationalist forces. It also made the British reluctant to be sucked into a war it did not need, considering how outstretched their resources in southeast Asia were during the period after the Japanese surrender. On November 1946, the last British troops left Indonesia. The "10 November Hero" statue in Surabaya commemorated this epic battle. 10 November is declared as "Hero Day" in Indonesia.

This is the first CC mod for the team, so we might shout out for help here from time to time.

[Ryz]

Glad to hear of your project!
was any armor used? screenshots would be nice.

[squadleader_id]

[StasiuX]

great news !

[7A_Ghoa10]

good luck, please make a balance mod

[squadleader_id]

Thanks for the feedback!
Eventhough the battle was a fighting retreat for the Indonesian Army defending the city of Surabaya...I'm pretty sure the fighting will be fierce and not one sided on this mod.
The inner city house to house combat favors the Indonesian defenders and limits the use of the British tanks. On paper the Indonesian troops and freedom fighters were no match for the experienced British-Indian troops (who fought ferociously in Burma), but they held the city for over 2 weeks.
Eventhough their organization was crude, the core of the Indonesian Army were experienced home guard units trained by the Japanese. The Special Motorized Police Brigade even had captured Japanese Tankettes in their arsenal. Even the rabble of freedom fighters and youth/student volunteer units were pretty well equiped with either Japanese weapons or captured British equipment. Most of these men were willing to fight to the death for Indonesian independence.
In one report, the British Indians division lost 14 Shermans...how did the Indonesians destroy or disable them you ask? Captured bazookas? Piats? Japanese AT guns? Nope...Special Suicide Squads! A few men running at the Shermans and blowing themselves up with satchel packs or hand-held mines will usually do the trick.
The fighting will be firce, bloody and brutal! We hope to simulate this on the mod. And we hope CC players will have some fun playing a mod set in one of the forgotten exotic theaters of WW2.