kaleun
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 08/04/42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 43,46 Japanese Ships PG Myoken Maru PG Kiso Maru MSW W.20 APD Patrol Boat No. 38 APD Patrol Boat No. 37 APD Patrol Boat No. 36 APD Patrol Boat No. 35 APD Patrol Boat No. 34 APD Patrol Boat No. 33 Allied Ships SS Halibut, hits 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 43,46 Japanese Ships AP Yamura Maru PG Myoken Maru PG Kiso Maru APD Patrol Boat No. 38 APD Patrol Boat No. 37 APD Patrol Boat No. 36 APD Patrol Boat No. 35 APD Patrol Boat No. 34 APD Patrol Boat No. 33 Allied Ships SS Halibut, hits 13, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack at 69,118 Japanese Ships SS I-31 Allied Ships DD Cummings DD Ralph Talbot DD O'Brien DD Meredith -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on Akyab , at 30,28 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 5 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 29 Ki-21-II Sally x 26 Ki-48-I Lily x 36 Allied aircraft Hurricane IIb x 13 P-40B Tomahawk x 7 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 2 destroyed Ki-21-II Sally: 1 destroyed, 4 damaged Ki-48-I Lily: 2 destroyed, 8 damaged Allied aircraft losses Hurricane IIb: 5 damaged P-40B Tomahawk: 2 damaged Blenheim I: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 8 casualties reported Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 -------------------- Day Air attack on Wyndham , at 30,85 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 21 G4M1 Betty x 22 Ki-49 Helen x 21 Ki-46-II Dinah x 3 Allied aircraft P-40E Warhawk x 6 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed G4M1 Betty: 1 damaged Ki-49 Helen: 1 damaged Allied aircraft losses P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed Allied ground losses: 22 casualties reported Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 84,87 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 72 Japanese aircraft losses G4M1 Betty: 2 damaged Allied Ships AK Regulus, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Manini, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Florence D., Torpedo hits 1, on fire AK Charles F. Windsor, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage AK Bingera, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF, near Port Blair at 23,34 Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 52 G3M Nell x 53 Allied aircraft Spitfire Vb x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 3 destroyed, 1 damaged G3M Nell: 1 destroyed, 16 damaged Allied aircraft losses Spitfire Vb: 6 destroyed Allied Ships CLAA Jacob Van Heemskerck, Torpedo hits 7, on fire, heavy damage AK Empire Flamingo, Torpedo hits 1, on fire It may be expensive to try and supply Port Blair -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 85,87 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 3 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AP U.S. Grant, heavy damage Aircraft Attacking: 3 x G4M1 Betty launching torpedoes at 200 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Air attack on TF at 84,87 Japanese aircraft G4M1 Betty x 13 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AK Manini, on fire, heavy damage AK Bingera, on fire, heavy damage AK Regulus, on fire, heavy damage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chungking Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 149894 troops, 1363 guns, 109 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 3304 Defending force 268046 troops, 1210 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 6004 Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 39,33 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 166315 troops, 1537 guns, 103 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 3360 Defending force 5704 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 16 Japanese max assault: 2889 - adjusted assault: 4220 Allied max defense: 14 - adjusted defense: 11 Japanese assault odds: 383 to 1 Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Guns lost 2 Allied ground losses: 233 casualties reported Defeated Allied Units Retreating! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pakhoi Allied Shock attack Attacking force 4328 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 30 Defending force 6747 troops, 57 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 147 Allied max assault: 48 - adjusted assault: 0 Japanese max defense: 161 - adjusted defense: 60 Allied assault odds: 0 to 1 (fort level 0) Allied ground losses: 127 casualties reported -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 40,37 Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 4948 troops, 53 guns, 10 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 99 Defending force 1320 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Beginning Assault Value = 0 Japanese max assault: 96 - adjusted assault: 96 Allied max defense: 0 - adjusted defense: 2 Japanese assault odds: 48 to 1 Allied ground losses: 36 casualties reported
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Appear at places to which he must hasten; move swiftly where he does not expect you. Sun Tzu
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