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1942 August 29 INVADED Paoshan, Mengtze, Urumchi are invested. CHANGED OWNERSHIP Overall • No carrier sightings. West Coast USA, Alaska, Hawaii • Enemy sub activity near San Diego, Pearl Harbor. • All convoys report no contacts. • A USA Inf Rgt is loading at San Francisco to bolster defenses at Palmyra. Pacific • No enemy sub activity detected. • All convoys report no contacts. New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, New Britain • No enemy sub activity detected. • All convoys report no contacts. • Fuel unloading at Melbourne. • They are hurting us too much. quote:
Morning Air attack on 2nd Tank Battalion, at 72,128 , near Wyndham Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 G3M2 Nell x 16 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 134 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 22 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 16 x G3M2 Nell bombing from 7000 feet Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb, 4 x 60 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 3rd Tank Battalion ... Also attacking 2nd Tank Battalion ... Also attacking 3rd Tank Battalion ... Also attacking 2nd Tank Battalion ... quote:
Morning Air attack on 2/11th A/Car Regiment, at 72,128 , near Wyndham Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 4 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 16 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 33 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Aircraft Attacking: 19 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 7000 feet * Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb Also attacking 2/7th Armoured Regiment ... Also attacking 2/11th A/Car Regiment ... • Keeping them suppressed. quote:
Morning Air attack on 38th Division, at 72,128 , near Wyndham Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 16 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 5 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 11 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 5 damaged Japanese ground losses: 37 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 2 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 5000 feet Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: Chitose Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 10000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 10000. Raid is overhead 1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (9 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 9 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 25000. Raid is overhead 3rd Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 4 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 13000. Raid is overhead 16th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 25000. Raid is overhead Also attacking 21st/A Division ... quote:
Morning Air attack on 38th Division, at 72,128 , near Wyndham Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 4 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 1 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 3 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 3 Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 3 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 35 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 5000 feet * Ground Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 102 minutes 3rd Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes 16th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 3 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 94 minutes quote:
Morning Air attack on 38th Division, at 72,128 , near Wyndham Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 17 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 2 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 1 Allied aircraft P-38F Lightning x 17 Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed No Allied losses Aircraft Attacking: 17 x P-38F Lightning sweeping at 20000 feet CAP engaged: 1st Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 3rd Ku S-1 Det B with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 13000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 4 minutes 16th Sentai with Ki-45 KAIa Nick (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 25000 , scrambling fighters to 5000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes quote:
Morning Air attack on 38th Division, at 72,128 , near Wyndham Weather in hex: Partial cloud Raid spotted at 15 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-24D Liberator x 4 Allied aircraft losses B-24D Liberator: 1 damaged Japanese ground losses: 34 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Aircraft Attacking: 4 x B-24D Liberator bombing from 5000 feet * Ground Attack: 5 x 500 lb GP Bomb • Hitting supply is good - make them ship in more through our subs. quote:
Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 5 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb quote:
Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 3 minutes Japanese aircraft no flights Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 3 No Japanese losses No Allied losses Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 6 Aircraft Attacking: 3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 10000 feet * Airfield Attack: 4 x 500 lb GP Bomb • The other P-38 Sqn is moving back to Tennant Creek with orders to sweep Darwin. Let's hope supply holds up. Philippines DEI, Dutch new Guinea, Borneo, Malaya China • Slowed them down, all we could hope for. quote:
Ground combat at 78,47 (near Chungking) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 31896 troops, 341 guns, 907 vehicles, Assault Value = 1082 Defending force 11610 troops, 107 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 271 Japanese adjusted assault: 924 Allied adjusted defense: 94 Japanese assault odds: 9 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 80 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 4302 casualties reported Squads: 121 destroyed, 149 disabled Non Combat: 71 destroyed, 42 disabled Engineers: 6 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 55 (21 destroyed, 34 disabled) Units retreated 3 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 13th Tank Regiment 9th Tank Regiment 15th Tank Regiment 12th Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 39th Division 27th Division 23rd Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment 6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 4th Mortar Battalion 4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment 1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion Defending units: 49th Chinese Corps 34th Chinese Corps 62nd Chinese Corps • Good defense. quote:
Ground combat at Ankang (82,42) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 45218 troops, 397 guns, 125 vehicles, Assault Value = 1425 Defending force 12829 troops, 85 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 444 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 2 Japanese adjusted assault: 991 Allied adjusted defense: 595 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(-), preparation(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 3368 casualties reported Squads: 29 destroyed, 172 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 27 disabled Guns lost 17 (2 destroyed, 15 disabled) Allied ground losses: 458 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 51 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled) Assaulting units: 61st Infantry Brigade 36th Division 12th Division 24th Division 41st/B Division Defending units: 47th Chinese Corps 77th Chinese Corps 4th Construction Regiment • We held them off nicely, especially with so many tanks assaulting. quote:
Ground combat at 64,45 (near Paoshan) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 10786 troops, 184 guns, 582 vehicles, Assault Value = 516 Defending force 21774 troops, 94 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 791 Japanese adjusted assault: 187 Allied adjusted defense: 1750 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 9 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 466 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 20 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 23 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Vehicles lost 59 (1 destroyed, 58 disabled) Allied ground losses: 597 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 69 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled) Assaulting units: 4th Tank Regiment 2nd Tank Division 14th Tank Regiment 2nd Tank Regiment 33rd/C Division 3rd Mortar Battalion Defending units: 54th Chinese Corps 28th Chinese Corps 39th New Chinese Division India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina • Enemy sub activity near Bombay. Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia • Were these escorts for carriers? quote:
ASW attack near Chichi-jima at 113,71 Japanese Ships DD Murasame CA Mikuma DD Suzukaze Allied Ships SS Silversides SS Silversides launches 2 torpedoes at DD Murasame Silversides diving deep .... DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Suzukaze fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub Complete combat report attached.
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