GreyJoy
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Dec 21, 41 Another disaster strikes above our mighty fleet. The british capital ships arrived again at Singawang, smashing through the undefended convoy that was unloading (undefended after the battle of yesterday where 2 of our CAs and 2 more CLs were put out of action). Obviously it's a carnage. Once again my subs didn't even spot the enemy arriving or going back... Then our invasion fleet approached Kuantan.... our BBs did well in screening the transports, but then, after sinking the Exeter, decided to move back to Saigon to reload ammos...damn! Half of our LRCAP was targeting the BB TF!!!!.... during the day the enemy arrived in waves...and my CAP was too little to stop them....2 of my CAs ate 2 fishes each and one more got hit by a bomb.... The transports unloaded safely so we can say that the fleet did her job....but the price was really really high! Now i have 6 CAs out of action and ready to sink!!! We swept Manila and today we achieved good results...the defenders are becoming weaker and weaker every day... we achieved a good 64 to 20 today in the air! Force Z is retiring to Batavia...unmolested... Singawank AF is closed... but i need to keep on pushing...no matter the cost....BANZAI!!!!! Lots of transports approaching Manila...he's trying to resupply it by sea!!!! gotta close the gap asap! what else? Tomorrow we'll land at Rabaul, screened by the KB...Shortland was conquered empty.... No sign of enemy's CVs... I'm pretty pissed with my cruisers...yes, i checked the captains...they are all good.... Tanaka was leading the TF that got struk by his torpedo bombers...he didn't even engage in surface action...simply leaving the BBs doing the job....and now he's out of an active command.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Kuantan at 51,79, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Kongo BB Haruna DD Arashi DD Hagikaze DD Asashio DD Oshio DD Michishio DD Arashio DD Tsuta DD Yomogi Allied Ships TM-10 TM-11 TM-12 TM-13 TM-14 TM-15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Singkawang at 56,88, Range 5,000 Yards Japanese Ships DD Asakaze, Shell hits 10, and is sunk DD Harukaze Allied Ships CA Houston, Shell hits 5, Torpedo hits 1, on fire CL Mauritius CL Boise, Shell hits 1 DD Stewart, Shell hits 2 DD Van Ghent Well...i had only 2 DDs left at Singkawang...they did well considering the odds... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Kuantan at 51,79, Range 9,000 Yards Japanese Ships BB Kongo BB Haruna DD Arashi DD Hagikaze DD Asashio DD Oshio DD Michishio DD Arashio DD Tsuta, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DD Yomogi Allied Ships CL De Ruyter, Shell hits 2 CL Dragon CL Caledon, Shell hits 1 DD Evertsen, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Van Nes Oh, com'on!!! Where are the japanese nightfighting capabilities!?!?!?!? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Kuantan at 51,79, Range 9,000 Yards Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Walrus II: 1 destroyed Japanese Ships BB Kongo, Shell hits 1 BB Haruna, Shell hits 1 DD Arashi DD Hagikaze DD Asashio DD Oshio DD Michishio DD Arashio DD Yomogi, Shell hits 2, heavy fires Allied Ships CA Exeter, Shell hits 11, and is sunk CL Java CL Glasgow, Shell hits 3, on fire DD Piet Hein, Shell hits 2, on fire DD Kortenaer A bit better....but still!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Time Surface Combat, near Singkawang at 56,88, Range 8,000 Yards Japanese Ships xAK Hukuzyu Maru, Shell hits 7, and is sunk xAK Argun Maru, Shell hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAK Ryuun Maru, Shell hits 9, and is sunk xAK Sugiyama Maru, Shell hits 10, and is sunk xAK Tyoko Maru, Shell hits 3, and is sunk xAK Chojun Maru, Shell hits 9, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAK Yamura Maru, Shell hits 14, and is sunk xAK Yamakuni Maru, Shell hits 12, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAKL Buyo Maru, Shell hits 6, and is sunk xAKL Kamishima Maru, Shell hits 5, on fire xAKL Keizan Maru, Shell hits 8, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Taiyo Maru, Shell hits 8, and is sunk Allied Ships BB Prince of Wales BC Repulse DD Vampire DD Tenedos DD Electra DD Express Japanese ground losses: 855 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 28 destroyed, 37 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Singkawang at 56,88 Japanese aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses H6K4 Mavis: 1 damaged Allied Ships BB Prince of Wales BC Repulse DD Express DD Electra DD Tenedos DD Vampire Japanese ground losses: 248 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Airbase hits 11 Runway hits 20 Port hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 36 NM, estimated altitude 20,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 32 Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 9 P-40E Warhawk x 17 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Manila , at 79,77 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 23,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 24 Allied aircraft P-40B Warhawk x 1 P-40E Warhawk x 7 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses P-40B Warhawk: 1 destroyed P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kuantan at 51,79 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 9 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 19 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 26 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 16 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 5 Buffalo I x 49 Swordfish I x 24 Vildebeest III x 24 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses H81-A3: 1 destroyed Buffalo I: 11 destroyed Swordfish I: 4 destroyed, 2 damaged Japanese Ships DD Oyashio DD Isonami CA Chokai DD Fubuki CA Kumano, Bomb hits 1 DD Kuroshio CA Atago, Torpedo hits 2 CA Takao, Torpedo hits 2, on fire CL Jintsu -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kuantan at 51,79 Weather in hex: Overcast Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 3,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 15 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 15 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 5 Blenheim I x 9 Blenheim IV x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses Blenheim I: 3 destroyed, 3 damaged Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed Japanese Ships xAK Kotohira Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Pegu (55,53) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 2823 troops, 26 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 94 Defending force 654 troops, 12 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12 Allied adjusted assault: 44 Japanese adjusted defense: 1 Allied assault odds: 44 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 810 casualties reported Squads: 54 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 9 (9 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 4th Burma Rifles Battalion 48th Gurkha Brigade Defending units: Yokosuka 3rd SNLF /1 Yokosuka 1st SNLF /2 My paras were destroyed.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Kuantan (51,79) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 2839 troops, 13 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 101 Defending force 21651 troops, 169 guns, 46 vehicles, Assault Value = 691 Assaulting units: 22nd Indian Brigade 3rd HK&S Light AA Regiment 1st ISF Base Force Defending units: 21st Division 148th Infantry Regiment 56th Recon Regiment 113th Infantry Regiment 56th Engineer Regiment 56th Field Artillery Regiment
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