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It's also quite a mystery why the Philippine forces attacked this region before attacking Kuala Lumpur. As most of us may know, if you control a country's capital city, you have less problems to worry about. But the past is past, so let's get on with this battle!
A little bit of background into the region of Northern Peninsular-Malaysia:
This region is actually divided into six smaller regions, or districts. Each district's center of government is housed in its main cities. These six cities are:
1. Kuala Terengganu - a port city which may be used by the Navy.
2. Kota Bahru - another port city, controlling these two will allow the Navy to land large amounts of troops into the region, and are the starting points of attack from Pahang.
3. Kangar - the northernmost main city, Has a garrison of combat-ready Malaysian troops, which may be sent to reinforce other cities. Malaysia's allies may also send reinforcements to this city.
4. Alor Setar - a key midway point between Kangar and the other cities. Controlling Alor Setar may stop the arrival of reinforcements from the north.
5. Georgetown - an industrial island city separated from the mainland, Georgetown may be easily converted into a highly defensible fortress.
6. Ipoh - a valuable staging point where reinforcements from Kuala Lumpur may meet with forces from Kangar. Malaysia's military might use this as an origin of their counterattacks. If the Philippines gains control of Ipoh, they will be able to separate Malaysia's forces into two smaller and more vulnerable divisions.
The points in red are Kuantan, which the Philippines occupied in their conquest of Pahang, and Merapob, a town bordering Pahang and North Malaysia. A main railway runs along Merapob, and will allow Philippine force deployment in the middle of Malaysian lines.
Round 1:
Similar to the Battle of Pahang, the Philippines' attack force is divided into three main groups. Group A consists mostly of naval forces and some light armored vehicles. Their aim is to apply pressure on the Malaysian troops in Kuala Terengganu and Kota Bahru, allowing Group B to force their way into the two cities. Group C is a larger force and prepares to strike the enemy in the center of their formation.
Round 2:
Group A resumes its aerial bombardment on the two coastal cities. Since Malaysian troops positioned themselves in the cities and not in the open (this is an effective defense against air attacks) they left the area in between undefended. The beach is now free for the Philippine troops to land their assault force in between K. Terengganu and Kota Bahru. Group B decides to attack the moving reinforcements from the west, instead of attacking the well-defended city directly. A Malaysian artillery unit or Ground Ballistics Unit (GBU) is caught off guard. They tried to bombard the incoming Filipino soldiers, but were too late. Group C is preparing to attack directly to the north.
Round 3:
Group A resumes its air raids from their sea-based helicopter carriers and aircraft carriers. Land-based troops establish a successful defensive line. The Malaysian forces decided not to attack the landing force as they may get caught off-guard by the Philippine Air Force. Group B now sees an opportuniy to strike K. Terengganu while simultaneously attacking its reinforcements from the west.
Round 4:
Group A's landing operations remain unhindered. Group B is pushing into K. Terengganu, slowly but surely. A light tank contingent from Group C is sent to harass the enemy supply convoys, but were met instead with a fierce Malaysian defensive line. It would seem that Malaysia learned that the Philippines would try to attack its weak spot, so it defended that area instead. The light tanks from Group C were forced to retreat to the city. They would probably wait for another opportunity to strike at the defensive lines when they weaken. The Malaysians were successful in their defensive operations.
Round 5:
Although the defensive maneuvers in Round 4 were successful, it spread Malaysian forces too thin. Reinforcements to K. Terengganu were pushed westward by Group B. Group A joined the ground intercept operations, and struck the flank of the convoys. Defenders at K. Terengganu seem weakened and will most probably retreat or surrender in a few days. Their city is now surrounded by Philippine forces and they have no way to get more reinforcemens or supplies.
Round 6:
Now with more room to move around, Group A captures K. Terengganu and resumes attacking to the west. Group B, aided by Group A, also begins to encounter the Malaysian garrison in Kota Bahru. Group C, after their stunning defeat, return with more force and attack the defensive lines once again. The Malaysians' defenses were less effective this time because of their previous losses to Group B. Their line were also being attacked from the flanks, making them lose more units in this round.
Round 7:
Kota Bahru is captured by the combined forces from Groups A and B. Group A is now tasked to attack the forces moving to retake Kota Bahru. Group B attacks the hastily formed defense lines. Group C continues pushing the enemies from the southeast. Air units from Merapob begin bombarding Ipoh. The Malaysians were caught off-guard by this three-pronged move.
Round 8:
Group B managed to punch a large hole through the center of the Malaysians' troops. A small pocket is left isolated to the north, which was promptly taken care of by Group A. Group C was also successful in pushing the remaining enemies back to the city of Ipoh. A fast moving battalion from Group A (consisting mostly of some light tanks accompanied by armored troop carriers) was reported to move so fast that they reached the city of Alor Setar and surprise its defenders. With such a large coordinated force on the offensive, this battle is nearing its end.
Round 9
The remaining forces from Group A were able to catch up with their fast-moving unit, and managed to capture both Alor Setar and Kangar. The Philippines won't have to worry about reinforcements from the north. Group B continues on a straight path and begins its attack on Georgetown. Group C was also able to capture Ipoh. From there, they staged both attacks on Georgetown, and a counterattack against reinforcements from Kuala Lumpur. The Malaysian garrison in Georgetown surrendered after three days of heavy fighting.
The Philippines gained control of all six key cities in Northern Peninsular-Malaysia, thus giving them control over the entire region.
An important lesson from the strategies by Malaysia: Never stretch your forces too thinly, and use them in the most important areas, preferably your weak points.
From the Philippine strategies: An coordinated attack is very effective if you have a large force which you can freely distribute. Also, take advantage of undefended territories.
Mabuhay ang Dakilang Pilipinas!
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