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RE: 14 Apr 42 reports - 1/22/2020 11:26:01 AM   
jdsrae


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ORIGINAL: rustysi

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203rd Sentai arrives at Ominato – part of 2nd Air Div so it also takes rookie pilots. Once the two planes repair it will fly to Korea then into Manchukuo. Once the pilots reach 50 experience this group will move to China. It is on my shortlist to buy out for service in 3rd Air Army.


Again, if you buy out the 2nd Air Div HQ to a non-restricted HQ, the 203rd would enter as a non-restricted 2nd Air Div unit. Free to move or not to wherever you choose.

Just sayin'.


It's 81 points to buy out an Air Div, so not even two days worth of PP.
I don't need to do it right now but both HQ 2nd and 4th Air Divs would be more use for the next 3 years of the war as part of Southern Army, especially in Burma/NE India. I am using them both in China now with no issues, so once Chungking and Chengtu are captured that is probably when I will do it. I am saving all PP right now to buy 52nd Div out of Japan.

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15 Apr 42 reports - 1/22/2020 11:27:27 AM   
jdsrae


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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 15, 42
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Sub attack near Adak Island at 161,53
SS I-8
Allied Ships
APD Sands, Torpedo hits 2, on fire, heavy damage, reported sunk and I believe it
SS I-8 launches 2 torpedoes – 2 hits from 2!
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ASW attack near Pearl Harbor at 178,111
SS I-19
Allied Ships
DD Hughes
SS I-19 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Hughes
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-12
SC CHa-13
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin
Captain of SS Sculpin elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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ASW attack near Muntok at 50,89
APD Nadakaze – carrying half of a JNAF Coy to Cocos Islands to support a naval search det
Allied Ships
SS Perch, hits 1 – I wish I knew what sort of damage this caused, I’m assuming not much. Reported sunk inside the Intel screen but I don’t believe that report
SS Perch launches 4 torpedoes at APD Nadakaze – 0 hits from 4!
Perch bottoming out ....
APD Nadakaze attacking submerged sub ....
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Amphibious Assault at Reef Islands (121,142)
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ASW attack near Kanoya at 103,62
BB Ise
DD Uranami
DD Shirayuki
Allied Ships
SS Thresher
SS Thresher is sighted by escort – lots of noise for no hits in deep water
DD Uranami attacking submerged sub ....
DD Shirayuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Shirayuki attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Lingga at 51,88
TK Ogura Maru #2
PB Shinko Maru #2
Allied Ships
SS KXV
SS KXV launches 2 torpedoes at TK Ogura Maru #2
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 94,167
SS I-20
Allied Ships
DD Blue
AO Kaskaskia – close but no cigar. This may mean that CVs and BBs are nearby, but I suspect CS is just using AOs as TKs to move fuel to Australia from the USA at the moment.
AO Sabine
DD Mugford
SS I-20 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Blue
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Sub attack near Malacca at 49,82
PB Kamitu Maru
SS KXIV launches 2 torpedoes at PB Kamitu Maru
PB Kamitu Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39 – about 50 allied fighters spotted at Comilla, but they must all be flying LRCAP over Chittagong. I’ve ordered a 40 plane Oscar sweep plus another 30 Oscars to escort Sallys to bomb Comilla airfield tomorrow.
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 38
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Morning Air attack on 68th Chinese Corps, at 78,50 (Chihkiang)
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 22
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 99th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha)
Ki-36 Ida x 4
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-36 Ida: 1 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Also attacking 20th Chinese Corps ...
Also attacking 37th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha)
Ki-36 Ida x 11
Ki-36 Ida: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha)
Ki-51 Sonia x 4
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged – not many damaged, so I will keep flying these missions at 10k’ as they are getting some good hits
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 13
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 21
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 12
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 102nd RAF Base Force, at 62,45 , near Lashio
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 16
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Also attacking 9th Chinese Base Force ...
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Morning Air attack on 106th RAF Base Force, at 63,41 (Warazup) – I’m a bit wary of LRCAP from somewhere like
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 35th Group Army, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9
Also attacking 64th Chinese Corps ...
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 5
Japanese Ships
DMS W-12
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Blenheim IV bombing from 1000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 250 lb SAP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
A6M2 Zero x 16
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed – I’ll take a 1:1 trade on these aircraft, and there were no pilot casualties in this group so I hope the B17s keep coming.
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Hitati Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (4 airborne, 12 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000
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Morning Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 18
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Afternoon Air attack on 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso)
Ki-30 Ann x 7
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Milne Bay at 101,133
A6M2 Zero x 8 – even better, no Zeros lost
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed
Japanese Ships
xAK Yamagiri Maru
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
CAP engaged:
Tainan Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000
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Sub attack near Akyab at 54,45
AMc Kibi Maru
Allied Ships
SS Trusty
Captain of SS Trusty elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-12
SC CHa-13
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin
SS Sculpin is located by SC CHa-12
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Ground combat at Chihkiang (78,50)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5395 troops, 322 guns, 435 vehicles, Assault Value = 3602 – deliberate attack ordered for tomorrow.
Defending force 47045 troops, 311 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1107
Allied ground losses:
193 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack – recon by artillery
Attacking force 670 troops, 68 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 485
Defending force 23541 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 704
Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
51st/A Division
51st/B Division
51st/C Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Mortar Battalion
Defending units:
1st Group Army
52nd Chinese Corps – two big Corps of 350ish AV each. I won’t attack until reinforcements arrive or these Corps withdraw, which is unlikely.
60th Chinese Corps
11th Chinese Base Force
20th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 81,51 (near Changsha)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 980 troops, 94 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 1041
Defending force 38859 troops, 266 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1113
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 750 troops, 93 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1137
Defending force 69722 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2316
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled) – not good, I will pause this for a bit
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 26190 troops, 230 guns, 168 vehicles, Assault Value = 1011
Defending force 44068 troops, 233 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1187
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack – not much point doing this it seems, so I will pause on this bombardment too
Attacking force 5439 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 165
Defending force 10814 troops, 103 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 304
Assaulting units:
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
35th Chinese Corps
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
13th Group Army
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack – stopping this one tomorrow too, the whole 1st Army sector can go quiet to save supply as the defenders can wait to be captured after Chungking and Chengtu fall.
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 400
Defending force 38482 troops, 234 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1083
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Ground combat at Reef Islands (121,142)
Japanese Shock attack
Japanese forces CAPTURE Reef Islands !!!
Assaulting units:
2nd Indpt SNLF Coy
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Ground combat at Kunming (69,48)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 12324 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 349
Defending force 9200 troops, 60 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 327
Allied adjusted assault: 148 – the Chinese are going to need to bring a lot more combat power if they want to recapture Kunming.
Japanese adjusted defense: 814
Allied assault odds: 1 to 5 (fort level 3)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
564 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 44 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Assaulting units:
11th Chinese Corps
63rd Chinese Corps
65th Chinese Corps
1st Construction Regiment – does CS think the construction engineers will help reduce forts? I assume you need combat engineer squads to reduce forts, but I might be wrong on that.
2nd Construction Regiment
2nd Chinese Base Force
13th Chinese Base Force
Defending units:
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
21st Ind.Mixed Bde /1 – mainly just support squads left to fly in, with the MAJGEN. A few things are too heavy to fly in, like the tanks and some of the larger artillery pieces.
1st Raiding Regiment
2nd Raiding Regiment
12th JAAF AF Coy – this unit is not preparing for Kunming, so may be the reason for the (-) while the infantry are between 40-100% prepared.
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Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 3967 troops, 31 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 148
Defending force 5928 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 142
Assaulting units:
35th/C Division
Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 15, 42
Kofiau is occupied by the Japanese
Repairs completed on CS Chiyoda at Hiroshima/Kure, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on CVL Ryujo at Truk, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Arashio at Singapore, ship returned to service
Hurricane PR.II sighted over 25th Army
18 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade to Kunming
18 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade to Kunming
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 8th JAAF AF Coy to Ternate
8 x MC-21 Sally transporting 29th JAAF AF Coy to Magwe
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 7th Indpt SNLF Coy from Vanikoro, back to Tulagi
6 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
Repairs completed on DD Yunagi at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Asanagi at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Hayate at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Minazuki at Truk, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DMS W-6 at Truk, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Kuroshio at Soerabaja, ship returned to service
Japanese forces CAPTURE Reef Islands !!!
Mishan expands fortifications to size 4
Shortlands expands port to size 2 – engineers will now work on the airfield for a while
Horn Island expands fortifications to size 1
Calgary expands airfield to size 5
Lautem expands airfield to size 3
Device NE turbojet advances R&D - to 11/45
Ominato Ku S-1 on CV Hiryu converting to size 71 from 27
APD Sands is reported to have been sunk near Adak Island on Apr 15, 1942


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16 Apr 42 reports - 1/22/2020 11:44:54 AM   
jdsrae


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From: Gandangara Country
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 16, 42
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TF 292 encounters mine field at Singapore (50,84)
Allied Ships
SS KXIV, Mine hits 1 – I hope it was a big mine
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ASW attack near Hengchun at 84,68
DD Kuretake
DD Yugao
DD Fuyo
SS Trigger is located by DD Kuretake
DD Fuyo attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 93,167
SS I-27
Allied Ships
CM Bungaree, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage, reported sunk
SS I-27 launches 4 torpedoes
I-27 diving deep ....
Sub escapes detection
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 94,167
SS I-20
Allied Ships
DD Kortenaer
SS I-20 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Kortenaer
I-20 diving deep ....
DD Kortenaer attacking submerged sub ....
DD Kortenaer is out of ASW ammo
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Morning Air attack on Calcutta , at 52,37
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19
19 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso)
Ki-30 Ann x 10
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha)
Ki-36 Ida x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-36 Ida: 1 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha)
Ki-36 Ida x 11
Ki-36 Ida: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 10th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha)
Ki-51 Sonia x 7
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Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 61,43 (Katha)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18
Also attacking 46th Indian Brigade ...
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Morning Air attack on 1st Chinese Cavalry Corps, at 75,45 , near Chungking – in the clear hex one W of Chungking, spotted moving W. At the end of the turn this bomber group was targeting Neikiang, so I assume the 1st Chinese Cav Corps moved NW. I wonder if they are going to garrison Neikiang or if they are making for the Mountains and India…
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 21
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
111 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Calcutta , at 52,37
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 5
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Morning Air attack on 89th Chinese Corps, at 76,51 , near Chihkiang
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 3
Ki-51 Sonia x 16
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
24 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 35th Group Army, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Allied ground losses:
28 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 5
Blenheim IV: 3 destroyed
CAP engaged:
77th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (10 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Akyab at 54,45
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 5
Blenheim IV: 2 destroyed, 1 damaged
Japanese Ships
xAK Nasusan Maru
CAP engaged:
77th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 40
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 8
P-40E Warhawk x 20
Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed
P-40E Warhawk: 6 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
CAP engaged:
No.17 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
51st PG/16th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(7 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 31 minutes
51st PG/26th PS with P-40E Warhawk (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(13 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 8 being recalled, 4 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 38 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on 102nd RAF Base Force, at 62,45 , near Lashio
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 11
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Afternoon Air attack on 103rd RAF Base Force, at 63,41 (Warazup)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12
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Sub attack near Billiton at 53,93
TK Syoyo Maru, Torpedo hits 1
PB Uruboko Maru
SS Perch launches 4 torpedoes at TK Syoyo Maru
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Ground combat at Chihkiang (78,50)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5395 troops, 322 guns, 435 vehicles, Assault Value = 3623 – got my days mixed up with two reports to process, the deliberate attack will go in tomorrow!
Defending force 46979 troops, 311 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1107
Allied ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 670 troops, 68 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 488
Defending force 23513 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 700
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 81,51 (near Changsha)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 975 troops, 93 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 1041
Defending force 38830 troops, 266 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1107
Allied ground losses:
74 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 750 troops, 92 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1137
Defending force 69787 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2321
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 25902 troops, 224 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1009
Defending force 44150 troops, 231 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1202
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5448 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 166
Defending force 10781 troops, 103 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 301
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 404
Defending force 38441 troops, 234 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1079
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Ground combat at 84,43 (near Sian)
Japanese Bombardment attack – deliberate attack ordered for tomorrow.
Attacking force 4103 troops, 34 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 611
Defending force 1614 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19
Assaulting units:
110th Division – 110th Div just arrived at the same time as the Chinese who I had spotted moving here. After this attack it will split into thirds and take the place of 32nd Div so it can move to join the 12th Army stack.
32nd/C Division
Defending units:
77th Chinese Corps

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 16, 42
SS I-5 reports having been sighted by the enemy at 162 , 53
Wetar is occupied by the Japanese
Repairs completed on DD Oite at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Harukaze at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DD Asakaze at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DMS W-7 at Truk, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SC Ch 7 at Miri, ship returned to service – back to ASW patrol with slightly improved depth charges
Repairs completed on SC Ch 8 at Miri, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SC Ch 9 at Miri, ship returned to service
2LT Okajima F. of 77th Sentai is credited with kill number 6
2LT Ayanori U. of 11th Sentai attains ace status!!
WO Takagaki, H. of 11th Sentai attains ace status!!
Mitchell PR.II sighted over Akyab
2 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 7th Indpt SNLF Coy from Vanikoro
18 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 1st Raiding Regiment from Kunming – moving the Raiding Regts to Hanoi then will fly them to Burma.
17 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment from Kunming
6 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
Repairs completed on CVE Hosho at Yokohama/Yokosuka, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on CV Shokaku at Truk, ship returned to service – the Combined Fleet is ordered to sortie south towards Noumea to see what it can find.
Repairs completed on CV Soryu at Truk, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on DMS W-5 at Truk, ship returned to service
Santa Ana expands airfield to size 6
Mombasa expands airfield to size 6
Cox's Bazar expands fortifications to size 2
Port Moresby expands fortifications to size 3
Edmonton expands airfield to size 7
Denpasar expands fortifications to size 1
Ominato Ku T-1 on CV Hiryu converting to size 71 from 27
BB Kongo available for service in damaged state at Truk – minor damage only left on these ships, so they are all good to sail with the CV and CVL task forces.
BB Haruna available for service in damaged state at Truk
BB Hiei available for service in damaged state at Truk
DD Shiratsuyu available for service in damaged state at Truk
DD Murasame available for service in damaged state at Truk
DD Harusame available for service in damaged state at Truk
DD Yudachi available for service in damaged state at Truk
DD Yamakaze available for service in damaged state at Truk
DD Hatsushima available for service in damaged state at Truk
CM Bungaree is reported to have been sunk near Newcastle on Apr 16, 1942


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17 Apr 42 reports - 1/23/2020 11:13:58 AM   
jdsrae


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ASW attack near Rangoon at 53,55
DMS W-16
DMS W-19
DMS W-18
Allied Ships
SS O20, hits 5
SS O20 is sighted by escort
DMS W-18 attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Singapore at 49,83
PB Shonon Maru #10, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage, sunk
PB Showa Maru #5
SS KX launches 2 torpedoes at PB Shonon Maru #10
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TF 254 encounters mine field at Horn Island (91,128)
AMc Tsuneshima Maru
AMc Toyotsu Maru
62 mines cleared
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ASW attack near Ebadon at 130,113
AG Honan Maru
PB Daiya Maru
SS Argonaut is sighted by escort
PB Daiya Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 93,167
SS I-27, hits 2 – moderate damage so ordered to Truk for repairs
Allied Ships
APD McKean
APD Stringham
SS I-27 launches 2 torpedoes at APD McKean
APD Stringham attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
26 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 40
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Allied Ships
xAP Hong Peng, Bomb hits 1, on fire
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 46th Indian Brigade, at 61,43 (Katha)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18
Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 93rd Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso)
Ki-30 Ann x 10
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 99th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha)
Ki-36 Ida x 3
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 99th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha)
Ki-36 Ida x 15
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-36 Ida: 1 destroyed by flak
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Morning Air attack on 74th Chinese Corps, at 82,52 (Changsha)
Ki-51 Sonia x 7
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 6
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 47
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 9
Hurricane IIb Trop: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
19 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet – raised to 20k’ for tomorrow
20 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet
CAP engaged:
No.17 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 4 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 20000.
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Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 23
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 4
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 15000 feet *
Airfield Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
No.17 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 25000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
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Morning Air attack on 1st Chinese Cavalry Corps, at 75,44 (Neikiang)
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 21
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
127 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
21 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 102nd RAF Base Force, at 62,45 , near Lashio
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 89th Chinese Corps, at 76,51 , near Chihkiang
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 106th RAF Base Force, at 63,41 (Warazup)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
37 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Sub attack near Horn Island at 91,128
AMc Tsuneshima Maru
SS Nautilus launches 2 torpedoes at AMc Tsuneshima Maru
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 94,167
SS I-20
Allied Ships
AM Punjab
SS I-20 launches 2 torpedoes at AM Punjab
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Amphibious Assault at Funafuti (138,147)
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Ground combat at Chihkiang (78,50)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 117216 troops, 1376 guns, 1416 vehicles, Assault Value = 3644
Defending force 46899 troops, 309 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1106
Japanese adjusted assault: 4681
Allied adjusted defense: 871
Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Chihkiang !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
3008 casualties reported
Squads: 5 destroyed, 238 disabled – spread fairly evenly over the attacking infantry Divs.
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 15 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 18 disabled
Vehicles lost 11 (2 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
19437 casualties reported
Squads: 701 destroyed, 132 disabled
Non Combat: 721 destroyed, 106 disabled
Engineers: 96 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 70 (56 destroyed, 14 disabled)
Units retreated 10 – east across the river. I will follow with the majority of this force, despite the assault river crossing shock attack that it will cause. HQ Korea Army, 19th and 20th Divs will move west. All other HQ and Divs will move east. Artillery will hold until the river crossing is forced.
Assaulting units:
34th Division
9th Division
10th Division
13th Tank Regiment
14th/A Division
20th Division
10th Tank Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
5th Tank Regiment
13th Division
19th Division
15th Division
17th Division
14th/B Division
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
1st Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
56th Field AA Battalion
20th Fld AA Machinecannon Company
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
25th Field AA Machinecannon Company
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
49th Field AA Battalion
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
28th Field AA Machinecannon Company
16th Field AA Machinecannon Company
29th Fld AA Gun Co
55th Field AA Battalion
10th Mortar Battalion
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th RF Gun Battalion
13th Army
China Expeditionary Army
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
57th Field AA Battalion
53rd Field AA Battalion
27th Fld AA Machinecannon Company
28th Fld AA Gun Co
24th Fld AA Machinecannon Company
Korea Army
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
27th Fld AA Gun Co
23rd Field AA Machinecannon Company
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
30th Field AA Machinecannon Company
6th RF Gun Battalion
8th JAAF Base Force – engineers will expand the airfield to size 2 then start hosting bombers.
Defending units: 4 of these Corps looked like they were reduced to 0 AV during the combat animation, the rest are heavily reduced, but still up to 1000 raw AV left.
2nd Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
45th Chinese Corps
44th Chinese Corps
67th Chinese Corps
32nd Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
26th Group Army
4th War Area
3rd Construction Regiment
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 670 troops, 68 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 490
Defending force 23526 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 699
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Ground combat at 81,51 (near Changsha)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 975 troops, 93 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 1042
Defending force 38827 troops, 265 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1110
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Ground combat at 84,43 (near Sian)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 16617 troops, 136 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 611
Defending force 1615 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19
Japanese adjusted assault: 569
Allied adjusted defense: 22
Japanese assault odds: 25 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Allied ground losses:
920 casualties reported
Squads: 14 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 18 destroyed, 27 disabled
Engineers: 6 destroyed, 9 disabled
Units retreated 1
Assaulting units:
110th Division
32nd/C Division
Defending units:
77th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5458 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 180
Defending force 10752 troops, 102 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 298
Assaulting units:
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Mongol/A Cavalry Division – will move back out and around to close another hex side. This will take a while…
Defending units:
35th Chinese Corps
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
13th Group Army
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Ground combat at Funafuti (138,147)
Japanese Shock attack
Japanese forces CAPTURE Funafuti !!!
Assaulting units:
9th JNAF Coy
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Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 3957 troops, 31 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 147
Defending force 5961 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 146
Assaulting units:
35th/C Division
Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 17, 42
Gorong is occupied by the Japanese
Task Force 88 lays defensive minefield at Lingga ( 50 , 87) and sets course for Singapore
Repairs completed on SS I-6 at Hakodate, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on CA Haguro at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SC Ch 1 at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SC Ch 2 at Singapore, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SC Ch 3 at Singapore, ship returned to service
E13A1 Jake from 19th Ku T-2 attacking SS S-47 at 132,113
E13A1 Jake from 19th Ku T-2 attacking SS S-47 at 132,113
E13A1 Jake from 19th Ku T-2 attacking an Allied SS at 131,113
Allied Recon sighted over Shwebo
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 7th Indpt SNLF Coy from Vanikoro
18 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 1st Raiding Regiment from Kunming
17 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment from Kunming
5 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
Repairs completed on SS RO-67 at Truk, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SS I-162 at Truk, ship returned to service
Japanese forces CAPTURE Chihkiang !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Funafuti !!!
Ominato expands fortifications to size 3
Nagasaki/Sasebo expands airfield to size 6
Haiphong expands fortifications to size 1
Madras expands airfield to size 8
Katherine expands airfield to size 3
Sorong expands fortifications to size 2
San Luis Obispo expands airfield to size 6
Tateyama Ku T-1 on CV Hiryu converting to size 71 from 27
Loss of PB Shonon Maru #10 on Apr 17, 1942 is admitted



This image shows the state of the attacking force after the Battle for Chihkiang.
Disruption and fatigue will recover quickly, and supply top up should arrive tomorrow.
It will be interesting to see if this sparks a withdrawal from Changsha.
I am going to move most of this force east to try and encircle the Chinese at and NW of Changsha.




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Post #: 514
18 Apr 42 reports - 1/24/2020 12:19:12 PM   
jdsrae


Posts: 2716
Joined: 3/1/2010
From: Gandangara Country
Status: offline 		A fairly quiet day. Lots of reinforcements moving to SEAF.
The priority to move are the aviation support units followed by the naval guard units.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 18, 42
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ASW attack near Newcastle at 95,167
SS I-23
Allied Ships
DD Stronghold
PG Isabel
SS I-23 is located by DD Stronghold
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ASW attack near Newcastle at 95,167
SS I-23
Allied Ships
APD McKean
APD Stringham
SS I-23 is located by APD McKean
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Night Naval bombardment of Chittagong at 55,41
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
Allied ground losses:
92 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 8 disabled
Vehicles lost 4 (2 destroyed, 2 disabled)
BB Yamashiro firing at 6th Australian Division
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for BB Fuso
BB Fuso firing at 7th Australian Division
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ASW attack near Akyab at 54,45
PB Rikusen Maru
SS O23 is sighted by escort
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Amphibious Assault at Taberfane (82,117)
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ASW attack near Cox's Bazar at 54,43
BB Yamashiro
BB Fuso
DD Fubuki
DD Murakumo
DD Hatsuyuki
Allied Ships
SS Truant, hits 5
SS Truant is sighted by escort
DD Murakumo attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12
12 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Calcutta , at 52,37
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19
19 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 75th Chinese Corps, at 79,50 , near Chihkiang
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
34 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6
Port hits 1
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7
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Morning Air attack on 46th Indian Brigade, at 61,43 (Katha)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 18
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 10
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-51 Sonia x 10
Runway hits 3
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 18
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
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Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 28
28 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Burma Corps , at 61,42 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 18
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 3
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Morning Air attack on 102nd RAF Base Force, at 62,45 , near Lashio
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Calcutta , at 52,37
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 5
5 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
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Morning Air attack on 106th RAF Base Force, at 63,41 (Warazup)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Dacca , at 56,38
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 18
18 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on 34th Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso)
Ki-30 Ann x 6
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Afternoon Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 10
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Amphibious Assault at Morotai (80,101)
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 670 troops, 68 guns, 24 vehicles, Assault Value = 492
Defending force 23509 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 700
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Ground combat at 81,51 (near Changsha)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 980 troops, 93 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 1042
Defending force 38851 troops, 265 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1112
Allied ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5476 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 182
Defending force 10731 troops, 102 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 298
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Ground combat at 61,42 (near Katha)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 12357 troops, 122 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 402
Defending force 2259 troops, 5 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 67
Assaulting units:
33rd Division
Defending units:
Upper Burma BAF Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
9th Burma Rifles Battalion
10th Burma Rifles Battalion
Burma Corps
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Ground combat at 62,45 (near Lashio)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 7370 troops, 66 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 438
Defending force 591 troops, 8 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6
Japanese adjusted assault: 155
Allied adjusted defense: 7
Japanese assault odds: 22 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Allied ground losses:
262 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 14 destroyed, 13 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (8 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Assaulting units:
144th Infantry Regiment
112th Infantry Regiment
143rd Infantry Regiment
55th Engineer Regiment
Defending units:
102nd RAF Base Force
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Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 3962 troops, 31 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 301
Defending force 5968 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 147
Assaulting units:
8th/C Division
35th/C Division
Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 18, 42
Misool is occupied by the Japanese
Search E14Y1 Glen destroyed by CAP – near Noumea, so there is some form of allied fighter presence there.
G4M1 Betty from 4th Ku K-1 attacking SS S-18 at 109,133 SS S-18 is reported HIT
8 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Const Co to Magwe
1 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 7th Indpt SNLF Coy from Vanikoro
23 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 1st Raiding Regiment from Kunming
21 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment from Kunming
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
SSX Ha-3 abandoned due to heavy damage – it was attached to the mothership sub but must have been getting worse…
Repairs completed on SC Ch 10 at Singkawang, ship returned to service
Iwo-jima expands airfield to size 1
Great Falls expands airfield to size 3
Port Hueneme expands airfield to size 6
Santa Barbara expands airfield to size 2
Anchorage expands airfield to size 7
Akyab expands port to size 2
Rangoon expands airfield to size 5
Milne Bay expands airfield to size 3
Comilla expands airfield to size 3
Rybolov expands airfield to size 3
Yokosuka Ku S-1 on CV Hiryu converting to size 71 from 36
Southwest Area Fleet arrives at Soerabaja – HQ Southern Fleet is moving to Soerabaja, to allow HQ SW Area Fleet to move to Singapore.


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Post #: 515
19 Apr 42 reports - 1/26/2020 1:38:35 AM   
jdsrae


Posts: 2716
Joined: 3/1/2010
From: Gandangara Country
Status: offline 		Allied air forces attack in Burma but cause no damage.
My main focus for the next few turns is moving KB and about half of the IJN surface combat force towards the Brisbane-Noumea-Fiji line to see what targets are in that area.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 19, 42
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TF 395 encounters mine field at Tandjoengpinang (50,85)
Allied Ships
SS KXVI, Mine hits 1, on fire, heavy damage – reported sunk. I’ve got 1x ACM and mines here, plus in the Lingaa and Singkep hexes in an attempt to block the Straits of Malacca to allied subs.
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Submarine attack near Port Moresby at 98,130
xAK Iburi Maru, Shell hits 3, on fire – oops, I’d disbanded both PBs so this ship could dock. PB reassigned.
Allied Ships
SS Pike
Japanese ground losses:
23 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
xAK Iburi Maru is sighted by SS Pike
SS Pike attacking xAK Iburi Maru on the surface
New, W.A. decides to submerge SS Pike due to damage
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Morning Air attack on 25th Army, at 56,42 , near Chittagong – this is the big news of the day, a large bombing raid on the 25th Army stack one hex SE of Chittagong from the combined allied air forces.
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8 – outnumbered 2:1 but with 70+ experience pilots.
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed – only 1 pilot KIA, 2 WIA.
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 16 – I’m guessing that there are some decent experience pilots in these Warhawks too
8 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet
CAP engaged:
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(8 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 6 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 1 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 24
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
SS Stingray, Bomb hits 2, heavy damage – great to see this result
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Port hits 1
Port fuel hits 1
Port supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
4 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied Ships
SS Stingray, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk – even better!
Port hits 3
Aircraft Attacking:
17 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Port Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 98th Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso)
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 14
Ki-51 Sonia x 18
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-51 Sonia x 5
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 3
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 24
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
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Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 56,42 , near Chittagong
Allied aircraft
SB-III x 10 – at the end of this turn, all of these bombers achieved nothing with single digit disruption and no fatigue increases to the IJA land units. In total I count about 50 fighters and 50 bombers. I’ve put up high % CAP over Akyab and Cox’s Bazar plus about 70 LRCAP over HQ 25th Army in case the allies try this again.
Hurricane IIb Trop x 14
P-400 Airacobra x 11
Allied aircraft losses
SB-III: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SB-III bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x SB-III bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
Also attacking 18th/C Division ...
Also attacking 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment ...
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Morning Air attack on 25th Army, at 56,42 , near Chittagong
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 6
6 x Hurricane IIb Trop sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 18th/B Division, at 56,42 , near Chittagong
Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 10
Blenheim IF x 6
Wellington Ic x 12
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking 14th Tank Regiment ...
Also attacking 18th/B Division ...
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Morning Air attack on 18th/A Division, at 56,42 , near Chittagong
Allied aircraft
Hurricane I Trop x 7
LB-30 Liberator x 7
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Ground Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
Also attacking Imperial Guards Division ...
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Morning Air attack on Imperial Guards Division, at 56,42 , near Chittagong
Allied aircraft
SB-III x 6
P-400 Airacobra x 6
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x SB-III bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 25th Army, at 56,42 , near Chittagong
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 16
16 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 10000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39 – IJA sweeps missed allied sweeps. The tricky part is guessing who will do what so that the aircraft are on the correct mission over the correct base to make contact…
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30
30 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 18
18 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Afternoon Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 12
12 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Afternoon Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
46 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 94,167
SS I-20
Allied Ships
DD Banckert
DD Kortenaer
DD Witte de With
SS I-20 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Banckert
DD Kortenaer attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Colombo at 28,48
SS I-174
Allied Ships
DD Panther
SS I-174 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Panther
DD Panther attacking submerged sub ....
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Ground combat at 81,35 (near Lanchow)
Japanese Deliberate attack – the road in the Mountains is open again.
Attacking force 29839 troops, 251 guns, 574 vehicles, Assault Value = 1209
Defending force 2486 troops, 36 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 86
Japanese adjusted assault: 877
Allied adjusted defense: 19
Japanese assault odds: 46 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
166 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Allied ground losses:
2311 casualties reported
Squads: 93 destroyed, 27 disabled
Non Combat: 75 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 4 disabled
Guns lost 46 (11 destroyed, 35 disabled)
Units retreated 3
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
20th Army – all of these units will move to Changsha initially then to wherever the main battle hex is once they get there.
1st Division
3rd Tank Regiment
9th Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
23rd Tank Regiment
Mongol Garrison Army – MGA and 26 Div will relieve 11 and 12 Divs to that they can move south.
26th Division
Defending units:
34th Separate Brigade
81st Chinese Corps
17th Group Army
17th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 890 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 494
Defending force 23525 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 701
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
51st/A Division
51st/B Division
51st/C Division
23rd Army
15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
21st Mortar Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
Defending units:
52nd Chinese Corps
60th Chinese Corps
1st Group Army
11th Chinese Base Force
20th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 81,51 (near Changsha)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 26836 troops, 317 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 1048
Defending force 38802 troops, 264 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1110
Allied ground losses:
80 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 15 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
6th Division
3rd Division
90th Infantry Regiment – moving to block the retreat path from this hex to the West, but it will take them a few weeks to get into position.
7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Army
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
54th Field AA Battalion
Defending units:
8th Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
30th Group Army
18th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 750 troops, 92 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1137
Defending force 70017 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2342
Japanese ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5530 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 188
Defending force 10696 troops, 100 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 296
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Ground combat at 80,39 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13410 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 773
Defending force 30328 troops, 153 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 741
Assaulting units:
12th/A Division
11th Division
12th/C Division
Defending units:
3rd Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
42nd Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
96th Chinese Corps
36th Group Army
18th Group Army
34th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force
15th Chinese Base Force
7th Construction Regiment
4th Construction Regiment
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Ground combat at Morotai (80,101)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Japanese forces CAPTURE Morotai !!!
Assaulting units:
1st Indpt SNLF Coy
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Ground combat at Taberfane (82,117)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Japanese forces CAPTURE Taberfane !!!
Assaulting units:
Bandasan SNLF
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Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 8578 troops, 76 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 302
Defending force 5975 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148
Assaulting units:
8th/C Division
35th/C Division
Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 19, 42
Kaimana is occupied by the Japanese
Repairs completed on SC Ch 4 at Palembang, ship returned to service – ASW duty over spotted allied subs near Palembang
Repairs completed on SC Ch 5 at Palembang, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SC Ch 6 at Palembang, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on SC Ch 11 at Singkawang, ship returned to service – ASW duty near Singkawang
Repairs completed on SC Ch 12 at Singkawang, ship returned to service
E13A1 Jake from Yura-1 attacking SS Plunger at 109,133 SS Plunger is reported HIT – near Shortlands in the Solomons
G4M1 Betty from 4th Ku K-1 attacking SS Plunger at 109,133
8 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Const Co to Magwe
1 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 5th Indpt SNLF Coy from Ndeni
22 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 1st Raiding Regiment from Kunming
21 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment from Kunming
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
Japanese forces CAPTURE Morotai !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Taberfane !!!
Sydney expands airfield to size 9
Alliford Bay expands airfield to size 1
Sian expands airfield to size 4
Tuyun expands airfield to size 2 – oodles of engineers here working on airfield construction. 3rd Air Div bombers will move here as the airfield increases. To keep them flying, aviation support is moving here in the form of 2nd Air Div, 2nd and 6th JAAF Base Forces from Manchukuo
Djambi expands airfield to size 2
Vladivostok expands port to size 9
Yokosuka Ku K-2 on CV Hiryu converting to size 71 from 36
SS Stingray is reported to have been sunk near Darwin on Apr 19, 1942


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20 Apr 42 reports - 1/27/2020 2:50:50 AM   
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From: Gandangara Country
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 20, 42
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ASW attack near Newcastle at 94,167
SS I-20, hits 4 – moderate damage, will head to Truk for repairs
Allied Ships – the best RAN destroyers seem to be on ASW duty off Sydney. Big ships in port I’m guessing.
DD Nestor
DD Stuart
DD Nizam
SS I-20 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Nestor
DD Nestor attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Truk at 111,108
TK Nissyo Maru
DD Hasu
TK Tatekawa Maru
DD Susuki
DD Tsuga
Allied Ships
SS Drum
SS Drum launches 4 torpedoes at TK Nissyo Maru – all miss
DD Tsuga attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,108
DD Hasu
TK Tatekawa Maru
DD Susuki
DD Tsuga

Allied Ships
SS Cachalot
SS Cachalot launches 4 torpedoes at DD Hasu – all miss again
DD Tsuga attacking submerged sub ....
DD Tsuga attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-13
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin
SS Sculpin launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-13
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ASW attack near Akyab at 54,45
AMc Kibi Maru – this little AMc takes the award for best ASW performance today…
Allied Ships
SS O23, hits 1
SS O23 is sighted by escort
O23 bottoming out ....
AMc Kibi Maru attacking submerged sub ....
AMc Kibi Maru is out of ASW ammo
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Sub attack near Brisbane at 97,160
SS I-26
Allied Ships
AM Quail
SS I-26 launches 2 torpedoes at AM Quail
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ASW attack near Akyab at 54,45
DMS W-12
DMS W-11
Allied Ships
SS O23
SS O23 is located by DMS W-12
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ASW attack near Pearl Harbor at 178,111
SS I-19
Allied Ships
AM Robin
SS I-19 is sighted by escort
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ASW attack near Rangoon at 53,55
DMS W-18
DMS W-16
DMS W-19
Allied Ships
SS O20
SS O20 is located by DMS W-18
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ASW attack near Vella Lavella at 109,133
PB Taiko Maru
PB Hokutai Maru
Allied Ships
SS S-18
SS S-18 is located by PB Taiko Maru
PB Hokutai Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Horn Island at 91,128
xAK Senko Maru
PB Kensin Maru
Allied Ships
SS Nautilus
SS Nautilus is sighted by escort
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-13
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin
SS Sculpin is sighted by escort
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Morning Air attack on 68th Chinese Corps, at 79,50 , near Chihkiang
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 19
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 42
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged
Allied Ships – recon is still spotting 1 x SS in port which is the one I really want to sink
xAP Hong Peng, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAKL Wollongbar, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires
Port hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50 – Changteh is showing as vacant at the end of the turn, with the defenders moving West. The other Chinese defenders one hex NW of Changsha are moving to Changteh and will probably arrive tomorrow. No sign of the Changsha defenders withdrawing yet though.
Ki-36 Ida x 14
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 20
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 15
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Morning Air attack on 87th Chinese Corps, at 81,50 (Changteh)
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 13
Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 2
Ki-51 Sonia x 16
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 35th Group Army, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 5
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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ASW attack near Akyab at 54,45
AMc Ayaha Maru
Allied Ships
SS O23
SS O23 is sighted by escort
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Ground combat at 79,50 (near Chihkiang) – the assault river crossing to follow up the Chinese stack that was pushed out of Chihkiang.
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 84101 troops, 756 guns, 775 vehicles, Assault Value = 2786
Defending force 32955 troops, 262 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 567
Japanese adjusted assault: 2801
Allied adjusted defense: 553
Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
2199 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 156 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled
Guns lost 12 (1 destroyed, 11 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
13605 casualties reported
Squads: 479 destroyed, 44 disabled
Non Combat: 623 destroyed, 112 disabled
Engineers: 19 destroyed, 6 disabled
Guns lost 97 (61 destroyed, 36 disabled)
Units retreated 9 – One unit remained in hex, typically this is the HQ or the engineer unit. The rest moved East which is great, as they now have to move cross country if they want to make it to Chungking. The unit that remained will be attacked again tomorrow and likely destroyed. I will leave the 2 x 14th Div RCTs in this hex to guard against the Chinese unit moving across the river from the NW, and move the rest East to pursue.
Assaulting units:
China Expeditionary Army
13th Army
9th Division – from Manchukuo
10th Division – from Manchukuo
13th Division – 11th Army
14th/A Division – from Manchukuo
14th/B Division – lost about 50 disabled infantry squads, the rest of the disablements seem to have been shared around.
15th Division – 13th Army
17th Division – 13th Army
34th Division – 11th Army
5th Tank Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
7th Tank Regiment
10th Tank Regiment
13th Tank Regiment
Defending units:
45th Chinese Corps
32nd Chinese Corps
44th Chinese Corps
67th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps – this is now the strongest Corps in raw AV, 44th Corps second, the rest have been zeroed.
26th Group Army
4th War Area
3rd Construction Regiment
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 887 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 494
Defending force 23563 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 705
Allied ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
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Ground combat at 81,51 (near Changsha)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 26866 troops, 317 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 1051
Defending force 38731 troops, 264 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1099
Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
142 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 9 disabled
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Assaulting units:
6th Division
3rd Division
90th Infantry Regiment
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
11th Army
7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
54th Field AA Battalion
Defending units: An unknown number of these units have been moving to the NW for the last few days, to Changteh. As Changteh is now vacant I assume that the moving units will change hexes in the next day or two. I know this force is out of supply from a recent attack, so all Chinese units in the general vicinity are likely out of supply too.
8th Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
30th Group Army
18th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 750 troops, 91 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1137
Defending force 70101 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2347
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units: I am not going to attack with this 11th Army force as Changsha likely has level 4+ forts by now. They will watch and wait while the flanking force moves into position.
39th Division
40th Division
51st Infantry Brigade
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
Defending units: This force still isn’t showing movement out of Changsha, they can move NW if they want to, but if all Chinese units from the hex NW of Changsha move out then all hexsides will flip to the IJA. If that happens the Chinese Changsha force will be trapped inside a two hex pocket.
58th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
29th Group Army
27th Group Army
9th War Area
17th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack – I will keep up this bombardment despite no casualties showing, and try to remember to compare the defending force AV tomorrow to see if it is falling as these defenders are out of supply.
Attacking force 5557 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 191
Defending force 10671 troops, 99 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 297
Assaulting units:
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Mongol/A Cavalry Division
Defending units:
35th Chinese Corps
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
13th Group Army
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Ground combat at 80,39 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13410 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 773
Defending force 30426 troops, 153 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 750
Assaulting units:
11th Division
12th/A Division
12th/C Division
Defending units:
57th Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
3rd Chinese Corps
42nd Chinese Corps
96th Chinese Corps
7th Construction Regiment
18th Group Army
34th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force
36th Group Army
15th Chinese Base Force
4th Construction Regiment
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Ground combat at Katha (61,43)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 13112 troops, 114 guns, 85 vehicles, Assault Value = 500
Defending force 1388 troops, 50 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 29
Japanese adjusted assault: 419
Allied adjusted defense: 13
Japanese assault odds: 32 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Katha !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
385 casualties reported
Squads: 25 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 14 (6 destroyed, 8 disabled)
Vehicles lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2 – to the East along the road which is good news. I will try to get another attack against them which may force their surrender.
Assaulting units:
56th Division – will follow up
Defending units:
46th Indian Brigade
17th Indian Division
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Ground combat at 61,42 (near Katha)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 12460 troops, 122 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 410
Defending force 3023 troops, 10 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 81
Japanese adjusted assault: 367
Allied adjusted defense: 45
Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Attacker: leaders(+)
Japanese ground losses:
271 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
726 casualties reported
Squads: 29 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 6 disabled
Units retreated 6 – also moved East along the road, joining the other routed Burma Corps units.
Assaulting units:
33rd Division – will follow up as quickly as possible and join 56 Div for the next attack
Defending units:
Upper Burma BAF Battalion
10th Burma Rifles Battalion
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
9th Burma Rifles Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
Mandalay BMP Battalion
44th Indian Brigade
Burma Corps

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 20, 42
G4M1 Betty from 4th Ku K-1 attacking SS S-18 at 109,133 – I’m using the Bettys on long range naval search from size 2+ airfields. They are starting to get the odd ASW attack in but no hits from this one.
8 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Const Co to Magwe
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
Repairs completed on SS I-22 at Truk, ship returned to service
Japanese forces CAPTURE Katha !!!
Adak Island expands airfield to size 3 – very tempting to see if 52nd Div can capture this base… VADM Nagumo has been sent a message to open the sealed envelope labelled “Operation Shirokuma”.
Adak Island expands port to size 3
Jessore expands airfield to size 2
Cox's Bazar expands fortifications to size 3
Newcastle expands airfield to size 4
Wellington expands airfield to size 6
Yokosuka Ku K-3 on CV Hiryu converting to size 71 from 36
Sanuki Maru-1 converting to E13A1 Jake – at Manila which has 20k+ supply and size 7+ airfield.

One of the challenges I’ve had is to keep 20k+ supplies at a few key bases to allow airgroup upgrades. I’ve started to rectify that over recent turns with the main Area Fleet HQ locations all to hold more than 20k supplies from now on. HQ SWAF is moving to Singapore which has 20k+ supply. HQ Southern Fleet is moving from Cam Ranh Bay to Soerabaja but Soerabaja needs about 10k more supply after I moved most of it to Timor. Manila is effectively Southern Fleet (HQ rear). HQ SEAF has moved forward to Rabaul which has 30k+ supply and a reasonable fuel stockpile, mainly from Balikpapan. HQ 4th Fleet has taken over responsibility for Truk which has 50k+ supply, and is rebuilding a fuel stockpile after KBs last replenishment nearly drained it. HQ NEAF (5th Fleet currently) is at Hakodate with ample supply and enough fuel for local fleet operations.


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21 Apr 42 reports - 1/27/2020 12:02:11 PM   
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Posts: 2716
Joined: 3/1/2010
From: Gandangara Country
Status: offline 		The sub war got a bit spicy again today.


AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 21, 42
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ASW attack near Soerabaja at 56,103
DMS W-1
DMS W-3
SS Skipjack is located by DMS W-1
Skipjack bottoming out ....
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,108
DMS W-4
DMS W-7
DMS W-6
SS Cachalot is sighted by escort
Cachalot diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Tawi Tawi at 72,88
PB Yahada Maru
SS Sturgeon is sighted by escort
Sturgeon diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Malacca at 48,81
SC CHa-31 – great work by this little SC
Allied Ships
SS KXVI, hits 7, heavy damage – I think this was the sub that hit a mine yesterday
SS KXVI is sighted by escort
KXVI bottoming out ....
SC CHa-31 attacking submerged sub ....
Underwater explosion, debris and oil appear on surface!
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
xAK Lisbon Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage – one of the big Limas that runs troops and supply to Singapore and resources back. I’ve had USS Sculpin spotted for days by Jakes but I have nothing to hit it with in deep water…
xAK Matumoto Maru
PB Teimei Maru
SS Sculpin launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Lisbon Maru
Sculpin diving deep ....
PB Teimei Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Horn Island at 91,128
AMc Tsuneshima Maru
SS Nautilus is sighted by escort
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Amphibious Assault at Lolobato (79,102)
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Amphibious Assault at Calayan (83,71)
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Amphibious Assault at Arorae (138,137)
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Amphibious Assault at Baker Island (149,136)
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Sub attack near Isle of Pines at 116,161
SS I-30, hits 3 – light damage, but there are lots of ASW ships around here so ordered back to Truk for repairs.
Allied Ships
xAK West Ivis, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage
APD Litchfield
SS I-30 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK West Ivis
APD Litchfield attacking submerged sub ....
APD Litchfield is out of ASW ammo
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 5 damaged
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 26
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 3
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124 – no ships left spotted in port, so the bombers will target the airfield and the bombers on the ground tomorrow. I need more supply in Timor as yellow exclamation marks are starting to appear at the IJA (eastern) end of the island.
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 40
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged
Allied Ships
xAKL Wollongbar, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage
Port hits 2
Port supply hits 2
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Morning Air attack on 93rd Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso)
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 16
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 89th Chinese Corps, at 76,51 , near Tuyun
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 5
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ASW attack near Amami Oshima at 98,63
SC Ch 26
SS Snapper is sighted by escort
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ASW attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-12
SC CHa-13
SS Sculpin is located by SC CHa-12
Sculpin diving deep ....
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Sub attack near Auckland at 117,184
SS I-17
Allied Ships
AM Kiwi, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
AM Moa
SS I-17 launches 2 torpedoes at AM Kiwi
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Amphibious Assault at Saumlaki (78,117)
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Ground combat at 79,50 (near Chihkiang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 82635 troops, 755 guns, 775 vehicles, Assault Value = 2620
Defending force 460 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 1364
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 1364 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker:
Allied ground losses:
570 casualties reported
Non Combat: 41 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
7th Tank Regiment
6th Tank Regiment
9th Division
10th Division
17th Division
13th Tank Regiment
13th Division
15th Division
34th Division
5th Tank Regiment
10th Tank Regiment
14th/A Division
14th/B Division
China Expeditionary Army
13th Army
Defending units:
4th War Area – the Chinese stack to the east is moving back west, but there is no way it can get through the IJA force now. In even better news, the Chinese stack one hex NW of Changsha did all move NW, so the Chinese Changsha force should be trapped now.
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 895 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 506
Defending force 23568 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 705
Allied ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 750 troops, 91 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1138
Defending force 70225 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2359
Japanese ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
40th Division
39th Division
51st Infantry Brigade
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
Defending units: This force should now all be trapped at Changsha. There are 2-3 Corps here with 400+ AV and none below 200 AV, so it will be good to shut the gate on this stack, leave a guard force of 2 x Divs and move the rest of 11th Army forward.
99th Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
9th War Area
27th Group Army
29th Group Army
17th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 76,51 (near Tuyun)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 225 troops, 0 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 35
Defending force 1565 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 72
Japanese adjusted assault: 22
Allied adjusted defense: 118
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 5
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
8th Armored Car Co – just arrived via assault river crossing to join the Infantry Bn
I./33rd Inf Regt
Defending units:
89th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5576 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 192
Defending force 10628 troops, 96 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 296
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Ankang) – this is the Mountain hex at the northern gate to the Chungking plains.
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 548
Defending force 22216 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 833
Assaulting units:
North China Area Army
12th Army – the rest of 12th Army and some more artillery from Kwantung Army is moving here to try and keep these defenders from withdrawing to Chungking. If the defenders do withdraw I will follow them.
12th Tank Regiment
27th Division
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units:
84th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
24th Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
21st Group Army
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Ground combat at 80,39 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13410 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 773
Defending force 30467 troops, 153 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 755
Assaulting units:
12th/A Division
11th Division
12th/C Division
Defending units:
3rd Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
42nd Chinese Corps
96th Chinese Corps
7th Construction Regiment
36th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force
18th Group Army
34th Group Army
15th Chinese Base Force
4th Construction Regiment
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Ground combat at 61,42 (near Katha)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 12298 troops, 122 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 395
Defending force 1338 troops, 4 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 9
Japanese adjusted assault: 152
Allied adjusted defense: 9
Japanese assault odds: 16 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-)
Allied ground losses:
509 casualties reported
Squads: 51 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 57 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 8 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1
Assaulting units:
33rd Division
Defending units:
44th Indian Brigade
Burma Corps – the HQ unit may have stayed again
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Ground combat at Baker Island (149,136)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 324 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 5
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Baker Island !!!
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
PBY-5 Catalina: 7 destroyed – happy with this, recon from Mavis floatplanes had spotted 2 x ships in port and some auxiliaries which I assumed were Catalinas. No ground forces were spotted so the JNAF Coy occupied the base and destroyed the Catalinas on the way through. The ships have disappeared.
Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-)
Assaulting units:
7th JNAF Coy
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Ground combat at Arorae (138,137)
Japanese Shock attack
Japanese forces CAPTURE Arorae !!!
Assaulting units:
8th JNAF Coy
Mavis recon of Canton Island showed one ground unit of about 500 men, so this JNAF Coy diverted to occupy a vacant dot hex.
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Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8578 troops, 76 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 302
Defending force 5985 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 148
Japanese adjusted assault: 202
Allied adjusted defense: 130
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: fatigue(-)
Japanese ground losses:
473 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 19 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Allied ground losses:
177 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 25 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units: I will let these units rest up and attack again in a few days to try and reverse this Chinese Corps and get a few more points for destroyed squads.
8th/C Division
35th/C Division
Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 21, 42
Repairs completed on DD Yayoi at Truk, ship returned to service – CL escort, will join its CL task force at Shortlands.
TF 1 snooped by Allied Aircraft at 114,143 near Kirakira – CV task force is spotted moving SW through the Solomons towards the Coral Sea. I will zig back to the SE to see if I can spark a reaction, but stay underneath Mavis and Betty search arcs. The allies could either all run away or the combined USN+RN carriers might show up.
TF 3 shadowed by Allied Level Bomber at 114,143 near Kirakira – CVL task force following TF1 is also spotted.
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 1st Raiding Regiment to Chiang Mai
16 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Chiang Mai
8 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Const Co to Magwe
6 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
Japanese forces CAPTURE Baker Island !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Arorae !!!
Baybay expands airfield to size 2 – that will do for now
Delhi expands airfield to size 8
Lahore expands airfield to size 3
Wagga Wagga expands airfield to size 4
Tuyun expands airfield to size 3 – airfield works are progressing rapidly here
6th Ku S-1 on CV Hiryu converting to size 71 from 45
Pilot Tobita, H. is reported as having been found
Previous report of sinking of SS Salmon incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
Loss of xAK Lisbon Maru on Apr 21, 1942 is admitted
SS KXVI is reported to have been sunk near Malacca on Apr 21, 1942
AO Pecos is reported to have been sunk near Tandjoengselor on Dec 10, 1941
xAK West Ivis is reported to have been sunk near Isle of Pines on Apr 21, 1942
AM Kiwi is reported to have been sunk near Auckland on Apr 21, 1942


The main action in China fits onto one slide now.






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RE: 21 Apr 42 reports - 1/28/2020 2:50:06 AM   
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Posts: 2716
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From: Gandangara Country
Status: offline 		Getting tactical in China, I just spent some time waiting for the turn to come back looking for ways to free up some of 1st Army to join the general advance.
There are two Chinese forces, one around Yenan and the other around Tsiaotso.
If any of these Chinese forces fall back towards Sian that is fine. Sian now has level 3 forts and can be defended by 110th Div from NCAA.
I will leave Yenan to be watched by the 4th Mongol Cavalry Div.

1. 4 IMB (210AV) part of 62nd Div, will move SE after 4th MC Cav/A arrives to maintain hex control. 4th and 9th IMB will then try a combined deliberate attack.
2. 9 IMB (210AV) will keep up bombardments to try and wear down the Chinese stack
3. 3 IMB (210AV) will conduct an assault river crossing NE to close the SW Tsiaotso hexisde as it is excessive AV for Loyang garrison. I expect it to take heavy disablements but shouldn’t be destroyed. The disablements will recover. It can then make some slow cross country moves to close other hexsides around Tsiaotso.
4. 9 RGC Route Bde will move to be the permanent Loyang garrison with 26/20 AV
5. 5th AC Coy – I don’t want to sacrifice it with an assault river crossing, but seeing as the defenders are out of supply it might not be destroyed. I don’t have many other forces spare up here so I will just do it and see what happens. If it doesn’t destroy itself it will move to close the other hexsides of the 3 unit Chinese stack. This will take a few weeks due to the cross country movement.
6. 15th Tank Regt belongs to 12th Army but is moving east to see what the single Chinese unit is. This Tank Regt only has 28 tanks so I doubt it would hold up to an attack by 10k riflemen. This movement might prompt a backwards move from the 9 unit Chinese stack.
7. The two Bdes from 69th Div will remain at Tientsin as the garrison they can be replaced by a couple of NCAA Bdes + something small to make up the 320 garrison requirement.

Out of all of this I might be able to free up 3rd and 4th IMBs to conduct slow cross country movement to try and close other hexsides. If 5th Armd Car Coy doesn’t destroy itself it will be used to do the same, but I will move 15th Tank Regt back to 12th Army.

Potential reinforcements
15 Jan 43: 8th Mongol Cav Div (52AV) MGA – a long time until any of these units arrive so I need to make do with what I’ve got.
1 May 43: 63rd Infantry Bde (168AV) part of 62nd Div, 1st Army
10 Dec 43: 1st Ind Inf Bde (152AV) NCAA
10 Dec 43: 2nd Ind Inf Bde (152AV) NCAA
10 Dec 43: 3rd Ind Inf Bde (152AV) part of 114th Div, 12th Army
10 Dec 43: 4th Ind Inf Bde (152AV) part of 117th Div, 12th Army
7 Jan 44: 10th Ind Inf Bde (152AV) NCAA
15 Feb 44: 14th Ind Inf Bde (152AV) NCAA
11 Jul 44: 3 x Infantry Bdes to 12th Army
2 Feb 45: 131st Div to 12th Army
11 Mar 45: HQ 43rd Army





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TF 254 encounters mine field at Horn Island (91,128)
AMc Tsuneshima Maru
AMc Toyotsu Maru
31 mines cleared
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Sub attack near Karachi at 38,7
SS I-175
SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes at KV Thyme
KV Thyme attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-175 eludes KV Thyme by diving deep
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,108
DMS W-6
DMS W-4
DMS W-7
SS Salmon is located by DMS W-6
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ASW attack near Isle of Pines at 116,161
SS I-165, hits 3
Allied Ships
APD Manley
APD Little
APD Gregory
SS I-165 is located by APD Manley
APD Gregory attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Vella Lavella at 109,133
APD Hagi
SS S-18 is sighted by escort
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Sub attack near Colombo at 28,48
SS I-174
Allied Ships
DD Fortune
DD Encounter
SS I-174 launches 4 torpedoes at DD Fortune
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ASW attack near Perth at 48,147
SS I-170, hits 1
Allied Ships
AM Ballarat
AM Toowoomba
AM Toowoomba attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Amami Oshima at 98,63
SC Ch 24, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage, sunk
SC Ch 26
SS Snapper launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 24
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ASW attack near Lingga at 51,88
SC Ch 6
Allied Ships
SS KXV, hits 3, heavy damage
SS KXV is sighted by escort
KXV bottoming out ....
SC Ch 6 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 6 attacking submerged sub ....
SC Ch 6 is out of ASW ammo
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 93,167
SS I-23
Allied Ships
AM Echuca
AM Punjab
Captain of SS I-23 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
AM Punjab attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Soerabaja at 57,103
xAKL Ina Maru
PB Yokae Maru
SS Skipjack is sighted by escort
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ASW attack near Shortlands at 111,130
DD Fumizuki
SS S-18 is sighted by escort
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 14
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed – underwhelming result, they will try again tomorrow
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 7
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *
CAP engaged:
8th PG/35th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 37 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 40
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 4 damaged
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Airbase hits 13
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 22
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Morning Air attack on 46th Indian Brigade, at 62,42 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 22
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Morning Air attack on 46th Indian Brigade, at 62,42 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 27th Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso)
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 8th Chinese Corps, at 81,50 (Changteh)
Ki-51 Sonia x 23
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 8th Chinese Corps, at 81,50 (Changteh)
Ki-36 Ida x 16
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 6th Chinese Corps, at 70,48 , near Kunming
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 14
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
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Morning Air attack on 6th Chinese Corps, at 70,48 , near Kunming
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 2nd Chinese Base Force, at 69,48 (Kunming)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43 – a big show in the skies over Cox’s Bazar today
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 39
Allied aircraft
SB-III x 9
P-400 Airacobra x 20
SB-III: 3 destroyed, 4 damaged
SB-III: 1 destroyed by flak
P-400 Airacobra: 5 destroyed
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 7
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x SB-III bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
3 x SB-III bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
77th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (4 airborne, 9 on standby, 5 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 6 on standby, 4 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 18000
6 planes vectored on to bombers
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 16000
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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 28
Allied aircraft
SB-III x 7
P-400 Airacobra x 6
SB-III: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
P-400 Airacobra: 4 destroyed
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x SB-III bombing from 5000 feet
Airfield Attack: 6 x 100 kg GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
77th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 20000.
8 planes vectored on to bombers
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (4 airborne, 3 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 18000.
8 planes vectored on to bombers
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
5 planes vectored on to bombers
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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIb Trop x 10
Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
77th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 4 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 10535.
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
8 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 9000.
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 5000.
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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 17
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IF x 6
Blenheim IV x 4
Hurricane I Trop x 7
Blenheim IF: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed, 1 damaged
Runway hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
2 x Blenheim IF bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 1 plane(s) with no ordnance
Airfield Attack: 4 x 40 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 6000 and 11000.
3 planes vectored on to bombers
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
5 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 10000.
1 planes vectored on to bombers
77th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (5 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
Raid is overhead
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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Blenheim IV x 3
Hurricane I Trop x 7
Blenheim IV: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
1 x Blenheim IV bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters to 8000.
1 planes vectored on to bombers
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (1 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
1 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 10000.
1 planes vectored on to bombers
77th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (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 20000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 10000.
1 planes vectored on to bombers
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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 6
B-17E Fortress x 3
Runway hits 4
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
77th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 10000.
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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
Japanese aircraft
no flights – this might encourage the allies to try this again tomorrow. I have set a fresh Zero unit to LRCAP to help the Oscars.
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft
LB-30 Liberator x 6
Runway hits 2
Aircraft Attacking:
6 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
P-40E Warhawk x 12
12 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
P-40E Warhawk x 24
24 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet
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Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 62,42 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 18
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Sub attack near Soerabaja at 57,103
xAKL Ina Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage, sunk
PB Yokae Maru
SS Skipjack launches 4 torpedoes at xAKL Ina Maru
Skipjack bottoming out ....
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Sub attack near Horn Island at 91,128
AMc Tsuneshima Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage, sunk
AMc Toyotsu Maru
Allied Ships
SS Nautilus, hits 2
SS Nautilus launches 2 torpedoes at AMc Tsuneshima Maru
Nautilus bottoming out ....
AMc Toyotsu Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Colombo at 28,48
SS I-174
Allied Ships
DD Panther
SS I-174 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Panther
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Sub attack near Auckland at 117,184
SS I-17
Allied Ships
DD Jupiter
SS I-17 launches 2 torpedoes
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 895 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 507
Defending force 23540 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 701
Allied ground losses:
64 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 745 troops, 90 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1138
Defending force 70241 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2361
Japanese ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 9 (1 destroyed, 8 disabled)
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 26989 troops, 228 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1016
Defending force 44308 troops, 224 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1237
Japanese ground losses:
26 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 11844 troops, 131 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 407
Defending force 38476 troops, 229 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1105
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5586 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 193
Defending force 10602 troops, 95 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 293
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Ankang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 548
Defending force 22232 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 834
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Ground combat at 80,39 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13400 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 460
Defending force 30462 troops, 153 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 755
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Ground combat at 61,42 (near Katha)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 12328 troops, 122 guns, 33 vehicles, Assault Value = 398
Defending force 520 troops, 0 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 622
Allied adjusted defense: 3
Japanese assault odds: 207 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), morale(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(+)
Allied ground losses:
217 casualties reported
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 13 disabled
Units retreated 1
Assaulting units:
33rd Division
Defending units:
Burma Corps
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Ground combat at Lolobato (79,102)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Japanese forces CAPTURE Lolobato !!!
Assaulting units:
1st Indpt SNLF Coy
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Ground combat at Saumlaki (78,117)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Japanese forces CAPTURE Saumlaki !!!
Assaulting units:
Bandasan SNLF
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Ground combat at 82,36 (near Kungchang)
Japanese Bombardment attack – deliberate attack ordered for tomorrow, which might destroy these units.
Attacking force 4481 troops, 41 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 154
Defending force 864 troops, 25 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 6
Assaulting units:
12th/B Division
Defending units:
34th Separate Brigade
81st Chinese Corps
17th Chinese Corps

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 22, 42
Calayan is occupied by the Japanese
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 1st Raiding Regiment to Chiang Mai
18 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 12th JAAF AF Coy from Kunming
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
Japanese forces CAPTURE Lolobato !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Saumlaki !!!
Harbin expands airfield to size 9
Eureka expands airfield to size 4
Mare Island expands airfield to size 7
Wake Island expands fortifications to size 2
Baybay expands fortifications to size 1
Port Augusta expands airfield to size 3
Milne Bay expands airfield to size 4
Dili expands port to size 3
Aircraft A6M5 Zero advances R&D- advancing about 2 months every month
33rd Ku T-1 on CV Hiryu converting to size 71 from 27
DD Isokaze available for service in damaged state at Port Moresby
xAK Maya Maru available for service in damaged state at Port Moresby
Previous report of sinking of SS S-37 incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service
Loss of SC Ch 24 on Apr 22, 1942 is admitted – a good day for USN torpedoes today
Loss of PB Tomitu Maru on Jan 19, 1942 is admitted
Loss of AMc Tsuneshima Maru on Apr 22, 1942 is admitted
Loss of xAKL Ina Maru on Apr 22, 1942 is admitted


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TF 292 encounters mine field at Merak (48,97) – Sunda Strait also has defensive mines and ACM at Merak
Allied Ships
SS KXIV, Mine hits 1, heavy damage
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,108
DMS W-6
DMS W-4
DMS W-7
SS Cachalot is located by DMS W-6
Cachalot diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Rabaul at 106,124
PB Yoshida Maru
SS KXVII is located by PB Yoshida Maru
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Sub attack near Kume-jima at 92,61
TK Akatuki Maru
PB Fumi Maru #3
SS Grampus launches 4 torpedoes at TK Akatuki Maru – one dud hit, about 5-6 dud hits in total today after 4 explosive hits yesterday.
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Sub attack near Hengchun at 84,68
xAK Nanko Maru
xAK Saiho Maru
xAK Enzyu Maru
PB Eifuku Maru
SS Trigger launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Nanko Maru
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ASW attack near Noumea at 115,160
SS I-123
Allied Ships
APD McKean
APD Stringham
SS I-123 is located by APD McKean
I-123 bottoming out ....
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Night Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1 – no damage showing at the next orders phase
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Night Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Aircraft Attacking:
7 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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ASW attack near Noumea at 115,160
SS I-123, hits 5 – back to Truk for repairs
Allied Ships
APD Stringham
SS I-123 is located by APD Stringham
I-123 bottoming out ....
APD Stringham attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Noumea at 115,160
SS I-123
Allied Ships
APD Stringham
SS I-123 is sighted by escort
I-123 bottoming out ....
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TF 496 encounters mine field at Noumea (115,160) – sub laid mines score no hits
Allied Ships
AMc Bantam
AMc Aroe
6 mines cleared
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Sub attack near Truk at 111,108
DMS W-6
DMS W-4
DMS W-7
Allied Ships
SS Drum
SS Drum launches 4 torpedoes at DMS W-6
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Sub attack near Auckland at 117,184
SS I-17, hits 1
Allied Ships
AM Moa
SS I-17 launches 2 torpedoes
AM Moa attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 18
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 5
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
16 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
CAP engaged:
8th PG/35th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 22 – these are rookie pilots at average 50 experience, 70 air skill
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 26 – these are 70+ experience 70+ air skill

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 14
P-40E Warhawk: 6 destroyed
CAP engaged:
Kanoya Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 22 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. The Zeros are set to LRCAP with range 2 to cover Cox’s Bazar and the 25th Army stack in the field two hexes to the NE
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 6 minutes
77th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 2 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 21 minutes
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 3 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 18000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 4 on standby, 2 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140 – clear skies over Cairns
A6M2 Zero x 2
2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 41
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
Allied aircraft losses
Hudson I: 3 damaged
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 8
Aircraft Attacking:
18 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
23 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 46th Indian Brigade, at 62,42 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 27th Chinese Corps, at 88,42 (Tsiaotso)
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-30 Ann x 15
Ki-32 Mary x 7
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 18th Chinese Corps, at 81,50 (Changteh)
Ki-36 Ida x 16
Ki-51 Sonia x 18
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 8th Chinese Corps, at 81,50 (Changteh)
Ki-51 Sonia x 4
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Morning Air attack on 6th Chinese Corps, at 69,48 (Kunming)
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed by flak – effective flak over Kunming, I might have to increase the altitude to 10k’ for a while.
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 7 damaged
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Base Force, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 14
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
A6M2 Zero x 22
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 25
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft
Hurricane IIa Trop x 6
Hurricane IIb Trop x 5
Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed
Hurricane IIb Trop: 2 destroyed
CAP engaged:
Kanoya Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
77th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 4 on standby, 0 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
A6M2 Zero x 22
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 15
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed on ground
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 5
LB-30 Liberator x 8
P-400 Airacobra x 4
B-17E Fortress: 1 damaged
LB-30 Liberator: 1 damaged
Japanese ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Runway hits 5 – no damaging showing at the next orders phase
Aircraft Attacking:
5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
8 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 20000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged:
Kanoya Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 22 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters to 19000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 43 minutes – a long time until interception, the earlier allied sweepers did their job
22 planes vectored on to bombers
77th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 22000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 27 minutes
7 planes vectored on to bombers
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 2 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
2 planes vectored on to bombers
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 24 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
A6M2 Zero x 9
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 8
A6M2 Zero: 2 destroyed
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 25
P-40E Warhawk: 3 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P-40E Warhawk sweeping at 15000 feet
CAP engaged:
Kanoya Ku S-1 with A6M2 Zero (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
9 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 562 minutes – wow, 9 hours to get back from chasing the bombers!
77th Sentai with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
4 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 20000 and 23000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 68 minutes
77th Sentai Det A with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 18000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
77th Sentai Det B with Ki-43-Ic Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 16000 , scrambling fighters to 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 64 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 7
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed – not good for no kills in return
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 11
CAP engaged:
8th PG/35th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 2 on standby, 8 scrambling)
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 6
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 6
P-39D Airacobra: 3 destroyed – that’s better
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *
CAP engaged:
8th PG/35th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
6 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 17000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 36 minutes
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Afternoon Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 30
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 5 damaged
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15
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Afternoon Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 5 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 12
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Sub attack near Horn Island at 91,128 – I’m withdrawing the Maizuru SNLF to move to NEAF and the 21st/C Div to return to reserve at Rabaul. 1 x 80something Naval Guard will replace them.
xAK Jusan Maru
xAK Awajisan Maru
PB Santos Maru
Allied Ships
SS Nautilus, hits 5
SS Nautilus launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Jusan Maru
PB Santos Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Truk at 111,108
DMS W-7
DMS W-4
DMS W-6
SS Drum launches 2 torpedoes at DMS W-7
DMS W-6 attacking submerged sub ....
DMS W-6 attacking submerged sub ....
DMS W-6 is out of ASW ammo
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 895 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 508
Defending force 23491 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 695
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 740 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1138
Defending force 70320 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2365
Japanese ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 76,51 (near Tuyun)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 717 troops, 5 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 35
Defending force 1560 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 72
Japanese adjusted assault: 31
Allied adjusted defense: 34
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
180 casualties reported – I will keep this up whenever the attackers have supply
Squads: 1 destroyed, 10 disabled
Assaulting units:
8th Armored Car Co
I./33rd Inf Regt
Defending units:
89th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 26992 troops, 228 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1016
Defending force 44417 troops, 223 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1249
Japanese ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 11835 troops, 131 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 406
Defending force 38493 troops, 225 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1105
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5586 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 193
Defending force 10554 troops, 94 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 290
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Ankang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 548
Defending force 22264 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 835
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Ground combat at 80,39 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13400 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 460
Defending force 30499 troops, 153 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 754
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Ground combat at Bhamo (63,44)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8738 troops, 65 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 439
Defending force 171 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese adjusted assault: 219
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 219 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Bhamo !!!
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), preparation(-), morale(-)
experience(-)
Allied ground losses:
181 casualties reported
Non Combat: 24 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units: This is the 55th Div spread out across two hexes, the rest are moving in while this force advances NE towards Myitkyina. Only a few more allied bases to take before the first Burma campaign is over.
143rd Infantry Regiment
112th Infantry Regiment
144th Infantry Regiment
55th Engineer Regiment
Defending units:
102nd RAF Base Force
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Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8324 troops, 76 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 276
Defending force 5824 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 130
Japanese adjusted assault: 253
Allied adjusted defense: 238
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses: As the defender is out of supply I will attack again whenever supply allows which should slowly increase the odds towards 2:1. The aim is just to clear the enemy from the road in this area and destroy a few more Chinese squads in the process.
189 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Allied ground losses:
126 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Assaulting units:
8th/C Division – this RCT will move to join the advance from Changsha to Chungking after clearing this hex
35th/C Division – will stay on road protection duty in this area to protect against the persistent attempts from the Chinese to cut IJA lines of communication.
Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 82,36 (near Kungchang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 4481 troops, 41 guns, 13 vehicles, Assault Value = 308
Defending force 825 troops, 22 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 7
Japanese adjusted assault: 80
Allied adjusted defense: 10
Japanese assault odds: 8 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Allied ground losses:
275 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 19 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 4 (4 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 3 – moved SE along the good road. Looks like these enemy troops will keep retreating towards Yenan as there is no way open for them to retreat SW.
Assaulting units:
26th/C Division – part of MGA, will reform as 26th Div if/when this stack is destroyed
12th/B Division – will move SE to join the Changsha-Chungking advance as soon as the road is clear
Defending units:
34th Separate Brigade
81st Chinese Corps
17th Chinese Corps

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 23, 42
SS I-123 lays minefield at Noumea ( 115 , 160) and sets course for Truk
Repairs completed on AK Kaga Maru at Truk, ship returned to service
G4M1 Betty from 4th Ku K-1 attacking SS S-18 at 109,133
CPT Eto, T. of 77th Sentai Det A attains ace status!!
Hurricane PR.II sighted over Cox's Bazar
H6K4 Mavis from Yokohama Ku T-2 crashes on landing – not good to lose any Mavis. I am currently only making 6 x Mavis / month despite my calcs showing I should ideally be building 10/month to replace losses and fill out the recently arrives 14th Ku T-1 in 4th Fleet area. My plan is to make do with 6xMavis / month but increase to 10xEmily / month once it enters production in Jul 1942. So far I’ve lost a total of 19 Mavis, 1 A2A, 1 Flak, 17 Ops losses in 4.5 months, so a bit over 4 losses/month. At a net +2/month it will take me 8-9 months to fill out the 14th Ku T-1, but Emily will enter production before then.
E13A1 Jake from 17th Ku T-1 attacking SS S-18 at 109,133 SS S-18 is reported HIT
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 1st Raiding Regiment to Chiang Mai
18 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Chiang Mai
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
8 x MC-21 Sally transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
4 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
Repairs completed on SS I-16 at Hakodate, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on APD Shimakaze at Soerabaja, ship returned to service
Repairs completed on APD Nadakaze at Soerabaja, ship returned to service
Japanese forces CAPTURE Bhamo !!!
Chichi-jima expands fortifications to size 3
Kanko expands airfield to size 5
Tulagi expands airfield to size 1 – making rapid progress to level 2 airfield which will allow a Betty search Kokutai to move forward.
Sining expands fortifications to size 2
Tuyun expands airfield to size 4
33rd Ku T-2 on CV Hiryu converting to size 71 from 27
Chokai-2 converting to F1M2 Pete – every now and then something random and unwanted happens like this due to a toggle being set the wrong way. This is a 24 plane FP group that is still training. I am trying to keep them with <24 aircraft while training to save on supply use. I am seeing just as good training outcomes with 2 aircraft in a group compared to 24. One of the main factors to increasing training rate is to base the groups at large airfields with ample aviation support, plus a decent leader. From posts from those who know more about this than me, the other main thing I could do is add 1x 80+ experience veteran to each training group as the Chief Instructor, but they seem to be progressing well enough without that added detail.
xAK Teiren Maru arrives at Saigon – an Akasi that I restarted because it can convert to AKE


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Post #: 521
24 Apr 42 reports - 1/31/2020 4:33:29 AM   
jdsrae


Posts: 2716
Joined: 3/1/2010
From: Gandangara Country
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 24, 42
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TF 496 encounters mine field at Noumea (115,160)
AMc Bantam
AMc Aroe
15 mines cleared
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ASW attack near Colombo at 28,48
SS I-174
Allied Ships
DD Encounter
DD Fortune
SS I-174 is located by DD Encounter
I-174 diving deep ....
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Night Air attack on Cox's Bazar , at 54,43
Allied aircraft
Wellington Ic x 12 – I’ve set some Zeros to night CAP to try and shoot a few of these down, or disrupt them
12 x Wellington Ic bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 95,167
SS I-26, hits 1
Allied Ships
DD Napier
DD Stuart
DD Nizam
DD Nestor
SS I-26 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Napier
I-26 diving deep ....
DD Nestor attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-26 eludes ASW attack from DD Nestor
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Night Naval bombardment of Baker Island at 149,136 – a probing bombardment from a lone old USN CL, dodging the couple of subs I have SW and SE of Baker Island. I didn’t get a clue as to which direction this ship came from, maybe directly East from Christmas Island (PO)?
I have nothing nearby to counter this so may have to withdraw the JNAF Coy by Mavis transport.
Allied Ships
CL Trenton
Japanese ground losses:
108 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 3
Runway hits 10
Port hits 3
Port supply hits 4
CL Trenton firing at Baker Island
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Amphibious Assault at Camiguin (84,72)
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Amphibious Assault at Babar (76,117)
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Amphibious Assault at Nanumea (136,141)
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TF 496 encounters mine field at Noumea (115,160)
Allied Ships
AMc Bantam
AMc Aroe
19 mines cleared
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TF 182 encounters mine field at Merak (48,97)
Allied Ships
SS KXV, Mine hits 1, heavy damage – KXV was heavily damaged two days ago by depth charges, so I hope this finishes her.
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ASW attack near Akyab at 54,45
xAK Ikoma Maru
PB Manyo Maru
SS O23 is sighted by escort
O23 bottoming out ....
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Sub attack near Truk at 111,108
PB Rokko Maru
PB Toshi Maru #2
SS Drum launches 2 torpedoes at PB Rokko Maru
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Sub attack near Auckland at 117,184
SS I-17
Allied Ships
AM Moa

SS I-17 launches 2 torpedoes
AM Moa attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 16
16 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft – Zeros winning the war of attrition over these P39s
P-39D Airacobra x 2
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
8th PG/35th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 13 minutes
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 2
2 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 12
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *
6 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 38
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 5 damaged
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 destroyed by flak
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 16
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 6 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 10
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Morning Air attack on 46th Indian Brigade, at 62,42 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Allied ground losses:
15 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 22nd Chinese Corps, at 86,41 , near Loyang
Ki-30 Ann x 9
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-30 Ann x 12
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Allied ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 6th Chinese Corps, at 69,48 (Kunming)
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12 – these 3rd Air Div Sally-Ic are next to upgrade to IIa. That will provide more Ic for 2nd Air Div units to use as replacements while they continue their “advanced training” in China.
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 8 damaged
Allied ground losses:
67 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Base Force, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Ndeni at 120,143
A6M2 Zero x 6
Allied aircraft
B-17D Fortress x 3
B-17D Fortress: 3 damaged – 1 reported destroyed, 2 ops losses on the Int screen.
Japanese Ships
CA Mikuma
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb
CAP engaged: all CV fighter groups are in range but only CarDiv1 fighters show here
Akagi-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Raid is overhead
Kaga-1 with A6M2 Zero (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000.
Raid is overhead
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-13
Allied Ships
SS Sculpin
Captain of SS Sculpin elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
SC CHa-13 attacking submerged sub ....
SC CHa-13 is out of ASW ammo
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 93,167
SS I-23
Allied Ships
AM Echuca
AM Punjab
Captain of SS I-23 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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Ground combat at 79,50 (near Chihkiang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 91550 troops, 1158 guns, 1351 vehicles, Assault Value = 2803
Defending force 32726 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1244
Japanese adjusted assault: 1987
Allied adjusted defense: 1234
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) No supply negative which is an unpleasant surprise, but this battle likely used any surplus the Chinese had.
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2091 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 157 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 34 disabled
Guns lost 14 (1 destroyed, 13 disabled)
Vehicles lost 23 (1 destroyed, 22 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
4444 casualties reported
Squads: 31 destroyed, 419 disabled – this should change the raw AV ratio to something like 2600:800 in the IJA’s favour. The IJA has fatigue <15 and disruption <10 across the board, so they will attack again tomorrow to try and force the Chinese stack to retreat before it can be reinforced.
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 69 disabled
Engineers: 20 destroyed, 38 disabled
Assaulting units: Lots of artillery were in support, having arrived the day before from Chihkiang.
15th Division
10th Division
6th Tank Regiment
14th/A Division
10th Tank Regiment
9th Division
17th Division
34th Division
7th Tank Regiment
5th Ind. Engineer Regiment
13th Division
5th Tank Regiment
13th Tank Regiment
14th/B Division
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
3rd RF Gun Battalion
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
10th Mortar Battalion
6th RF Gun Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
7th RF Gun Battalion
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
13th Army
China Expeditionary Army
1st Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th RF Gun Battalion
Defending units:
94th Chinese Corps – all three of these Chinese Corps started the battle with 400+ AV so they were big and fresh. It was important to hit them before they could build field fortifications. It will be good to reverse them tomorrow and push them back onto the other stack of battered Chinese troops evicted from Chihkiang recently. The IJA stack will then move east once this stack is forced back. The Chinese forces may be beaten up enough for me to move all Tank Regts forward at move speed to flip a hexside and follow up with the Infantry/artillery a day or two later.
53rd Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
6th Construction Regiment
6th War Area
20th Group Army
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Ground combat at Changteh (81,50)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13372 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 459
Defending force 38776 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1101
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
3rd Division
Defending units: I can’t remember the exact AV of these Chinese Corps, but they average just under 200 each, so the 3rd Div should be able to defend until reinforcements arrive from the west.
9th Prov Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
30th Group Army
18th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Shock attack – 90th Infantry Regt sacrifices itself to flip the last Changsha hexside and slam the door on the Chinese defenders. Some interesting intelligence provided as a result, but I didn’t expect them to be all but destroyed during this crossing. If I’d known I probably would have sent them anyway, but this was a 90 experience unit that will now take quite some time to get back to anywhere near that level.
Attacking force 4371 troops, 125 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 1425
Defending force 70372 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2368
Japanese adjusted assault: 0
Allied adjusted defense: 7117 – I will not be attacking Changsha until after Chungking and Chengtu are captured, so have a few months to reduce supply and this adjusted AV level by bombardment.
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 99 (fort level 4) – level 4 forts, so I need to keep the runway damaged to stop the forts building any more. This will be the 2nd Air Div’s live fire bombing range for the next few months.
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), leaders(+), experience(-). The main news is that the Chinese defenders are still in supply. I will start working on that with more 2nd Air Div 1E bombers moving to bases nearby to bombard Changsha for the next few months.
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
3977 casualties reported
Squads: 168 destroyed, 0 disabled – there go all but a few squads of an elite Infantry Regt…
Non Combat: 152 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 25 (25 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Assaulting units:
90th Infantry Regiment – only this unit attacked via assault river crossing from the NW. All hex sides are now red. Will move to Hankow to rebuild.
39th Division – will stay as POW guards
40th Division – POW guards
51st Infantry Brigade – POW guards
14th/C Division – will move NW to allow 14th Div to recombine once all forces meet up at Changteh.
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
1st Mortar Battalion
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
Defending units: 2368/7 = 338 average AV per Corps, but from memory I thought they were all showing as 400+. These are all big and fresh Chinese Corps, so it is good to trap them here. 39th and 40th Divs should be enough of a garrison force to stop them winning any counter attack in Urban Light terrain, but I will also leave 51st Bde there for added insurance.
99th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
29th Group Army
27th Group Army
9th War Area
17th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42) – based on the near destruction of the 90th Regt, I am now expecting a similar fate for the 3rd IMB assault river crossing into Tsiaotso which will occur in two days.
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 27002 troops, 228 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1016
Defending force 44516 troops, 223 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1258
Assaulting units:
1st Army
36th Division
37th Division
5th NCPC Infantry Brigade – I just realised I can also use this NCPC Bde to help close some more hexsides around Tsiatso, so will try to remember to set them marching after the 3rd IMB opens the SE hexside.
Defending units:
27th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
7th Group Army
14th Group Army
15th Group Army
39th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5622 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 198
Defending force 10518 troops, 93 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 288
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 406
Defending force 38474 troops, 224 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1106
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Ankang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 548
Defending force 22230 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 834
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Ground combat at 80,39 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13405 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 461
Defending force 30534 troops, 153 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 758
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Ground combat at Nanumea (136,141)
Japanese Shock attack
Japanese forces CAPTURE Nanumea !!!
Assaulting units:
8th JNAF Coy

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 24, 42
Hurricane PR.II sighted over 18th/C Division
7 x L3Y2 Tina transporting 84th Naval Guard Unit to Horn Island – temporary garrison from Port Moresby as the SNLF and IJA RCT are withdrawn.
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 1st Raiding Regiment to Chiang Mai – the allies seem to be reinforcing the India-Burma border so I will be very surprised if there are any vacant bases in rear areas for Raiding Regt paradrops. If not, the Raiders will help garrison and watch for opportunities to para drop in somewhere to make a nuisance of themselves.
18 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Chiang Mai
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
6 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
Japanese forces CAPTURE Nanumea !!!
Kanko expands fortifications to size 1
Fort Ord expands airfield to size 5
Davao expands port to size 5
Mandalay expands fortifications to size 2
Nakhodka expands airfield to size 1
Tjepoe expands airfield to size 2
Kurakane U. of Zuiho-2 is promoted to CPO – interesting detail. This Kate pilot is clearly the most experienced in Zuiho-2, so he may have been promoted for that reason.
11th Tank Regiment - some devices have been upgraded at Sian – Type 97 Medium Tanks
Masuda JAAF Base Force - some devices have been upgraded at Akita – Ta-Chi 6 radar
CM Tokiwa available for service in damaged state at Milne Bay – I’ve formed “CrocDiv 1” with a random collection of ships damaged during the assault on Port Moresby. As allied subs are lurking around Rabaul they will try to dodge them using waypoints, repair a bit more damage at Rabaul, then move back to a shipyard like Manila to complete repairs.
AMC Asaka Maru available for service in damaged state at Milne Bay
xAK Nagara Maru available for service in damaged state at Truk
90th Infantry Regiment takes replacements from Rashin – interesting that the replacements would be provided from Rashin in Korea. I just noticed that Rashin has a supply stockpile of 35k despite only having a Special Base Force and a Fortress present. With HQ Korea Army in China, it looks like Rashin has become the de facto capital of Korea.
Loss of DD Arare on Mar 24, 1942 is admitted


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25 Apr 42 reports - 1/31/2020 12:57:08 PM   
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ASW attack near Soerabaja at 56,102
DMS W-3
SS Skipjack is sighted by escort
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Sub attack near Truk at 111,108
DMS W-4
DMS W-7
SS Salmon launches 4 torpedoes at DMS W-4
Salmon diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Colombo at 28,48
SS I-174
Allied Ships
DD Encounter
DD Fortune
SS I-174 is located by DD Encounter
I-174 diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Colombo at 28,48
SS I-174
Allied Ships
DD Arrow
DD Fortune
DD Encounter
SS I-174 is located by DD Arrow
I-174 diving deep ....
DD Encounter attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-174 eludes ASW attack from DD Encounter
DD Encounter attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Akyab at 54,45
xAK Ikoma Maru
PB Manyo Maru
Allied Ships
SS O23, hits 6
SS O23 is sighted by escort
O23 bottoming out ....
PB Manyo Maru attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 93,167
SS I-23
Allied Ships
DD Nestor
DD Stuart
DD Nizam
SS I-23 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Nestor
I-23 diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Colombo at 28,48
SS I-174
Allied Ships
DD Arrow
DD Fortune
DD Encounter
SS I-174 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Arrow
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Amphibious Assault at Sangi (77,97)
17 troops of a SNLF Squad lost from landing craft during unload of 1st Indpt SNLF Coy
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TF 84 encounters mine field at Luganville (120,150)
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ASW attack near Rekata Bay at 114,134
PB Hokutai Maru
SS S-35 is sighted by escort
S-35 diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,108
DMS W-7
DMS W-4
SS Drum launches 2 torpedoes at DMS W-7
DMS W-7 attacking submerged sub ....
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Sub attack near Rossel Island at 106,137
DD Mikazuki
DD Kikuzuki
DD Nagatsuki
SS Swordfish launches 4 torpedoes at DD Mikazuki
Swordfish diving deep ....
DD Mikazuki attacking submerged sub ....
DD Mikazuki attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Newcastle at 93,167
SS I-23
Allied Ships
DM Montgomery
xAK Tambua
xAK Cold Brook
xAK Clevedon
xAK Crown City
xAK City of Rayville
SS I-23 launches 2 torpedoes at DM Montgomery
I-23 diving deep ....
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Submarine attack near Karachi at 38,7
SS I-175
Allied Ships
xAK Filleigh, Torpedo hits 1
xAK Filleigh is sighted by SS I-175
SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Filleigh
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 8
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 2
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
8th PG/35th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 1 scrambling)
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 5
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 40
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 6 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on 22nd Chinese Corps, at 86,41 , near Loyang
Ki-30 Ann x 6
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 20
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
8 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 28
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 26
Allied ground losses:
14 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 35th Chinese Corps, at 89,39 , near Taiyuan
Ki-30 Ann x 22
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Base Force, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 14
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-51 Sonia x 9
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 7
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Morning Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 120,150
Allied aircraft
B-17E Fortress x 3
Japanese Ships
CL Isuzu – dropping off a JNAF Coy to occupy Luganville
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Luganville at 120,150
LB-30 Liberator x 3
Japanese Ships
CL Nagara
Aircraft Attacking:
3 x LB-30 Liberator bombing from 15000 feet
Naval Attack: 8 x 500 lb SAP Bomb
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Sub attack near Auckland at 117,184
Japanese Ships
SS I-17, hits 5, heavy damage – about 50 float damage so ordered back to Truk
Allied Ships
DD Jupiter
SS I-17 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Jupiter
DD Jupiter attacking submerged sub ....
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Ground combat at 79,50 (near Chihkiang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 90311 troops, 1157 guns, 1350 vehicles, Assault Value = 2681
Defending force 29113 troops, 114 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 828
Japanese adjusted assault: 1384
Allied adjusted defense: 295
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), fatigue(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
1848 casualties reported
Squads: 9 destroyed, 115 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 20 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 24 disabled
Vehicles lost 37 (1 destroyed, 36 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
11088 casualties reported
Squads: 332 destroyed, 214 disabled
Non Combat: 436 destroyed, 186 disabled
Engineers: 29 destroyed, 19 disabled
Guns lost 25 (7 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Units retreated 4 – I think the 2 x HQ units stayed
Assaulting units: same as yesterday
Defending units:
87th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
20th Group Army
6th War Area
6th Construction Regiment
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 41369 troops, 500 guns, 165 vehicles, Assault Value = 1201
Defending force 23498 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 696
Japanese ground losses:
39 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
20th Division
19th Division
51st Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
23rd Army
Korea Army
21st Mortar Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
Defending units: About 350 average AV per Corps, I will bombard for a while before trying a deliberate attack here
52nd Chinese Corps
60th Chinese Corps
1st Group Army
11th Chinese Base Force
20th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1275 troops, 109 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1310
Defending force 70488 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2377
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 76,51 (near Tuyun)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 724 troops, 5 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 34
Defending force 1434 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 55
Japanese adjusted assault: 32
Allied adjusted defense: 28
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-)
experience(-), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
3 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
128 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 14 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
8th Armored Car Co
I./33rd Inf Regt
Defending units:
89th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 26993 troops, 228 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1015
Defending force 44540 troops, 223 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1261
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5667 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 203
Defending force 10489 troops, 92 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 288
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 408
Defending force 38614 troops, 223 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1130
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Ankang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 548
Defending force 22212 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 837
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Ground combat at 80,39 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13410 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 461
Defending force 30512 troops, 153 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 757
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Ground combat at Babar (76,117)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Japanese forces CAPTURE Babar !!!
Assaulting units:
Bandasan SNLF
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Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8278 troops, 76 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 271
Defending force 5673 troops, 70 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 115
Japanese adjusted assault: 261
Allied adjusted defense: 214
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
125 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
241 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
8th/C Division
35th/C Division
Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 25, 42
Camiguin is occupied by the Japanese
Repairs completed on SS I-4 at Hakodate, ship returned to service
E13A1 Jake from 19th Ku T-2 attacking SS S-47 at 133,114
E13A1 Jake from 19th Ku T-2 attacking SS S-45 at 133,114
E13A1 Jake from 19th Ku T-2 attacking SS S-45 at 133,114
16 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Chiang Mai
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard AMC Asaka Maru – should make Rabaul
Submarine TF 295 ordered to return to Kwajalein Island due to damage – changed to Tulagi as it is closer. If it makes it there it will patch some holes then head for Truk.
Japanese forces CAPTURE Babar !!!
Funafuti expands fortifications to size 1
Tuyun expands airfield to size 5
Tjepoe expands fortifications to size 1
SS I-32 arrives at Cam Ranh Bay – will base out of Soerabaja and patrol the SW coast of Aus
A./50th JNAF Coy arrives at Osaka/Kyoto – will move to Ominato then forward into the Aleutians


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RE: 25 Apr 42 reports - 2/1/2020 2:41:49 AM   
jdsrae


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Joined: 3/1/2010
From: Gandangara Country
Status: offline 		Question for the IGHQ Staff please, I am playing version 1.8.11.26b, scenario 1.
I don't want to post this in the open areas of the forum in case CS sees it and confirms hunches he must already have that I am trying to get my carriers into action.

- What are the altitudes to set for Dive Bombers to make them dive bomb?
- Are there still altitudes at which DB will level bomb, even though glide bombing has been removed?

I've searched the forum and the patch notes, but apart from noting that glide bombing was removed in about 2014 I can't find a more recent post that confirms the latest details on Dive Bombing.

Any help on this appreciated before my carriers run into something and I learn the hard way!

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RE: 25 Apr 42 reports - 2/1/2020 3:15:17 AM   
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Status: offline 		Glide bombing taken out. 7.2 AIRCRAFT MISSIONS:

FAQ / Info for Newb's

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RE: 25 Apr 42 reports - 2/1/2020 3:22:17 AM   
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ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

Glide bombing taken out. 7.2 AIRCRAFT MISSIONS:

FAQ / Info for Newb's

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2260137


Cheers Joe, I think low naval is now <=2k as well.
So are the following edits (in bold) true?

Mission: Bombing
A/C type: DB

- Group altitude: <=2K - low level attack
- Group altitude: 3-9K - normal horizontal attack
- Group altitude: 10-15K -diving attack
- Group altitude: 16-19K - glide attack normal horizontal attack
- Group altitude: 20+ normal horizontal attack
The attacks are based on altitude flown.

Diving attacks have a better chance than level bombing attacks to make a hit; pilots with good NAVAL_BOMB skills have a better chance. Exit altitude is 1000-4000'.


That tells me that I need to set my DBs on naval attack only ever between 10-15k right?

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RE: 25 Apr 42 reports - 2/1/2020 3:37:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yes, that is correct on the dive bombing. There is a link to another thread that probably goes into more detail. It is a good thread to bookmark.

I usually use 1000 feet for my low Nav. If the medium bomber normally carries torpedoes but there are none available when set to torpedoes, it will use a full bomb load. If set to bombs on low Nav and it is not an attack plane, it is penalized to one half bomb load. This covers the Bettys/Nells and such like.

Torpedo planes are not penalized on low Nav carrying bombs. I like Kates at 1000 feet on bombs against soft targets, where it carries two 250 kg bombs.

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RE: 25 Apr 42 reports - 2/1/2020 4:56:23 AM   
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I’ll try to remember to mark it up later with a few updates:
https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=4631063


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26 Apr 42 reports - 2/1/2020 12:28:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 26, 42
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ASW attack near Newcastle at 94,167
SS I-28
Allied Ships
DD Kortenaer
DD Banckert
DD Witte de With
SS I-28 is located by DD Kortenaer
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 94,167
SS I-23, hits 1 – moderate damage so back to Truk for repairs
Allied Ships
DD Van Nes
DD Banckert
DD Witte de With
SS I-23 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Van Nes
DD Witte de With attacking submerged sub ....
SS I-23 eludes DD Witte de With by diving deep
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,108
DMS W-5
DMS W-4
DMS W-7
Allied Ships
SS Cachalot
SS Cachalot launches 4 torpedoes at DMS W-5
DMS W-7 attacking submerged sub ....
DMS W-7 is out of ASW ammo
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ASW attack near Karachi at 38,7
SS I-175
SS I-175 is located by KV Thyme
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ASW attack near Soerabaja at 56,102
xAP Shanghai Maru
APD Tade
SS Skipjack is sighted by escort
Skipjack bottoming out ....
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Night Time Surface Combat, near Noumea at 115,160, Range 8,000 Yards
BB Nagato
BB Mutsu
DD Yugumo
DD Akigumo
DD Kazegumo
DD Makigumo
Allied Ships – my biggest and baddest BB Division gets its first two kills!
AMc Aroe, Shell hits 6, and is sunk
AMc Bantam, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
Improved night sighting under 82% moonlight
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions and 82% moonlight: 8,000 yards
DD Kazegumo engages AMc Bantam at 8,000 yards
AMc Bantam sunk by BB Nagato at 7,000 yards
DD Akigumo engages AMc Aroe at 4,000 yards
AMc Aroe sunk by BB Nagato at 2,000 yards
Combat ends with last Allied ship sunk...
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Sub attack near Nadi at 130,161
SS I-162
Allied Ships
ACM Buttress, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage
SS I-162 launches 2 torpedoes – the second one hit but was a dud
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Night Naval bombardment of Noumea at 115,160 – a total of 19 allied aircraft reported destroyed on the ground on the Intel summary page today.
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 11 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 31 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed on ground
B-17D Fortress: 15 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 13 damaged
F4F-3 Wildcat: 2 destroyed on ground
B-17E Fortress: 30 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 12 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed on ground
F2A-3 Buffalo: 4 damaged
F2A-3 Buffalo: 1 destroyed on ground
F4F-3A Wildcat: 7 damaged
F4F-3A Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground
Japanese Ships
CA Kumano
CA Suzuya
CA Mikuma
CA Mogami
Allied ground losses:
97 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 32 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Vehicles lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled)
Airbase hits 10
Runway hits 29
Port hits 2
E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Kumano
CA Kumano firing at Noumea
CA Suzuya firing at Noumea
CA Mikuma firing at Noumea
CA Mogami firing at Noumea
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Night Naval bombardment of Noumea at 115,160
Allied aircraft
no flights
Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 20 damaged
P-40E Warhawk: 2 destroyed on ground
F2A-3 Buffalo: 7 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 20 damaged
B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground
F4F-3A Wildcat: 6 damaged
F4F-3A Wildcat: 2 destroyed on ground
P-39D Airacobra: 1 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 5 damaged
B-17D Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground
Japanese Ships
BB Mutsu
BB Nagato
Allied Ships
AG Steel Seafarer, Shell hits 1, on fire
Allied ground losses:
71 casualties reported
Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 10 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 3 (2 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Vehicles lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 18
BB Mutsu firing at Noumea
BB Nagato firing at Noumea
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,108
PB Rokko Maru
PB Toshi Maru #2
SS Salmon launches 2 torpedoes at PB Rokko Maru
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Day Time Surface Combat, near Noumea at 115,160, Range 16,000 Yards – waste of ammo with no hits…
CA Tone
CA Chikuma
DD Hatsukaze
DD Yukikaze
DD Shiranui
DD Hamakaze
Allied Ships
PT-21
PT-22
PT-23
PT-24
PT-27
PT-28
Maximum visibility in Overcast Conditions: 20,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-28 at 16,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-21 at 16,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-28 at 11,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-27 at 11,000 yards
DD Hatsukaze engages PT-28 at 11,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-27 at 7,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-24 at 7,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages PT-23 at 8,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-28 at 8,000 yards
Simmons K. orders Allied TF to disengage
CA Chikuma engages PT-21 at 11,000 yards
DD Hatsukaze engages PT-27 at 11,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-24 at 10,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-22 at 10,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-24 at 9,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-21 at 9,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-22 at 9,000 yards
DD Hatsukaze engages PT-22 at 9,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages PT-24 at 11,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-23 at 11,000 yards
Simmons K. orders Allied TF to disengage
CA Chikuma engages PT-28 at 15,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-27 at 15,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-28 at 15,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages PT-22 at 15,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-21 at 15,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-24 at 16,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-27 at 16,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-27 at 16,000 yards
DD Hatsukaze engages PT-28 at 16,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-28 at 17,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-27 at 17,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-28 at 17,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-23 at 17,000 yards
DD Hatsukaze engages PT-28 at 17,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages PT-27 at 17,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-21 at 17,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages PT-28 at 18,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-27 at 18,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-22 at 18,000 yards
DD Hatsukaze engages PT-21 at 18,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-24 at 18,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-22 at 18,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-28 at 18,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-21 at 18,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-28 at 19,000 yards
DD Hamakaze engages PT-24 at 19,000 yards
DD Shiranui engages PT-27 at 19,000 yards
DD Yukikaze engages PT-22 at 19,000 yards
DD Hatsukaze engages PT-23 at 19,000 yards
CA Tone engages PT-28 at 27,000 yards
CA Chikuma engages PT-21 at 27,000 yards
Simmons K. orders Allied TF to disengage
Task forces break off...
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Sub attack near Truk at 111,108
AO Iro
AO Hayamoto
PB Toshi Maru #2
SS Drum launches 4 torpedoes at AO Iro
Drum diving deep ....
PB Toshi Maru #2 attacking submerged sub ....
PB Toshi Maru #2 is out of ASW ammo
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 7
7 x A6M2 Zero sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 37
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 22
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 15
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 5 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on 17th Indian Division, at 62,42 , near Katha
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
14 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet *
Ground Attack: 2 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 22nd Chinese Corps, at 86,41 , near Loyang
Ki-30 Ann x 7
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 6
Runway hits 20
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x Ki-51 Sonia bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 50 kg GP Bomb
8 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 12
Airbase hits 3
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 18
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 6th War Area , at 79,50 , near Chihkiang
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 12
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 5 damaged
Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-21-Ic Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
20 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
7 x Ki-21-IIa Sally bombing from 5000 feet
Ground Attack: 4 x 250 kg GP Bomb
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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Base Force, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 14
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-51 Sonia x 9
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 2
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Afternoon Air attack on 35th Group Army, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-30 Ann x 15
Allied ground losses:
32 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 22
22 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
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Afternoon Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 35
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 35th Chinese Corps, at 89,39 , near Taiyuan
Ki-30 Ann x 15
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-32 Mary x 6
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ASW attack near Hengchun at 84,68
SC Ch 33
SS Trigger is located by SC Ch 33
Trigger diving deep ....
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Ground combat at 79,50 (near Chihkiang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 63864 troops, 886 guns, 1151 vehicles, Assault Value = 2570
Defending force 1165 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2
Japanese assault odds: 1596 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Allied ground losses:
1432 casualties reported
Non Combat: 218 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 2
Assaulting units: All will move east except for HQ 13th Army, 15th and 17th Divs which will guard against any relief effort and recover some disabled squads
13th Army
15th Division
17th Division

China Expeditionary Army
10th Tank Regiment
34th Division
13th Division
13th Tank Regiment
10th Division
14th/A Division
6th Tank Regiment
9th Division
7th Tank Regiment
5th Ind. Engineer Regiment
5th Tank Regiment
14th/B Division
7th RF Gun Battalion
1st Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
3rd RF Gun Battalion
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
10th Mortar Battalion
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
6th RF Gun Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th RF Gun Battalion
Defending units:
6th War Area
20th Group Army
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 895 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 1200 – a couple more IJA Divs and some Tank Regts here would be worth a deliberate attack, but that will have to wait until 11th Army can join the advance.
Defending force 23471 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 692
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
20th Division
19th Division
51st Division
2nd Ind.Mixed Regiment
15th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Korea Army
23rd Army
21st Mortar Battalion
2nd RF Gun Battalion
Defending units:
52nd Chinese Corps
60th Chinese Corps
1st Group Army
11th Chinese Base Force
20th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changteh (81,50) – the large CEA stack is moving east but needs to clear one more hex before moving into Changteh.
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 972 troops, 96 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 924
Defending force 38820 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1106
Allied ground losses:
55 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
Assaulting units:
3rd Division
6th Division
11th Army
7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
54th Field AA Battalion
Defending units:
73rd Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
30th Group Army
18th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1290 troops, 112 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1310
Defending force 70613 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2388
Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
17 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
40th Division
90th Infantry Regiment – moving east to rebuild
39th Division
51st Infantry Brigade
14th/C Division – moving NW to reform 14th Div
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
2nd Air Division – moving west to Tuyun to support more bombers
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
Defending units:
37th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
29th Group Army
27th Group Army
9th War Area
17th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 32863 troops, 266 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1229
Defending force 44489 troops, 222 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1256
Japanese adjusted assault: 64
Allied adjusted defense: 1459
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 22 (fort level 3)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), preparation(-), supply(-). Good to see this supply (-)
Attacker: shock(+)
Japanese ground losses:
1441 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 88 disabled – less than expected after 90th Regt losses yesterday.
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled
Allied ground losses:
151 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
1st Army
36th Division
37th Division
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade – only this unit attacked from the SW to turn that hexside red. It will now move back out and around into the hex to the W to threaten the enemy flank/rear
5th NCPC Infantry Brigade – will follow 3rd IMB to help switch hexsides
Defending units:
34th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
15th Group Army
39th Group Army
7th Group Army
14th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5685 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 205
Defending force 10472 troops, 89 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 287
Assaulting units:
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Mongol/A Cavalry Division – moving NEand around to the NW
Defending units:
35th Chinese Corps
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
13th Group Army
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 410
Defending force 38607 troops, 219 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1136
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
41st Division
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
1st Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
47th Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
8th Group Army
4th Group Army
43rd Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Ansi (80,23) – IJA cavalry is advancing into NW China to see what enemy units remain out there
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 1422 troops, 20 guns, 50 vehicles, Assault Value = 43
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese assault odds: 21 to 1 (fort level 0)
Assaulting units:
4th Cavalry Brigade
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Ankang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 28 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 548
Defending force 22235 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 839
Assaulting units:
North China Area Army
12th Army
12th Tank Regiment
27th Division
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units:
48th Chinese Corps
24th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
21st Group Army
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Ground combat at 80,39 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 13410 troops, 122 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 461
Defending force 30522 troops, 153 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 759
Assaulting units:
11th Division
Defending units:
3rd Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
42nd Chinese Corps
57th Chinese Corps
96th Chinese Corps
18th Group Army
10th Chinese Base Force
7th Construction Regiment
36th Group Army
34th Group Army
15th Chinese Base Force
4th Construction Regiment
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Ground combat at 62,42 (near Katha)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 13050 troops, 114 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 493
Defending force 2896 troops, 51 guns, 3 vehicles, Assault Value = 90
Japanese adjusted assault: 404
Allied adjusted defense: 39
Japanese assault odds: 10 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), morale(-), experience(-)
Japanese ground losses:
157 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
1043 casualties reported
Squads: 19 destroyed, 8 disabled
Non Combat: 22 destroyed, 9 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 9
Assaulting units:
56th Division
Defending units:
Upper Burma BAF Battalion
10th Burma Rifles Battalion
46th Indian Brigade
9th Burma Rifles Battalion
Railway BAF Battalion
3rd Burma Rifles Battalion
Mandalay BMP Battalion
17th Indian Division
Burma Corps
44th Indian Brigade
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Ground combat at Luganville (120,150)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 324 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 5
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Luganville !!!
Assaulting units:
2nd JNAF Coy
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Ground combat at Vaitupu (138,145)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 411 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 12
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Vaitupu !!!
Combat modifiers
Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), morale(-); looks like they might need a few days of rest shortly
Assaulting units:
8th JNAF Coy
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Ground combat at 82,37 (near Kungchang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8744 troops, 82 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 308
Defending force 580 troops, 15 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 4
Japanese adjusted assault: 174
Allied adjusted defense: 4
Japanese assault odds: 43 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Allied ground losses:
263 casualties reported
Squads: 11 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 13 (13 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 2 – to the SE along the road again
Assaulting units: both RCTs will follow and attack again.
26th/C Division
12th/B Division
Defending units:
81st Chinese Corps
34th Separate Brigade

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 26, 42
Sangi is occupied by the Japanese
D3A1 Val from Zuikaku-2 attacking SS S-34 at 120,150
E13A1 Jake from 17th Ku T-1 attacking an Allied SS at 106,137 an Allied SS is reported HIT
15 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting 2nd Raiding Regiment to Chiang Mai
7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 1st JAAF Base Force to Magwe
6 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
Repairs completed on SSX Ha-8 at Truk, ship returned to service
Japanese forces CAPTURE Ansi !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Luganville !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Vaitupu !!!
Kobe expands fortifications to size 3
Spokane expands airfield to size 8
Tulagi expands airfield to size 2
Port Blair expands airfield to size 2
Charters Towers expands airfield to size 5
Perth expands airfield to size 7
Tuyun expands fortifications to size 2
Koepang expands fortifications to size 2
Abadan expands port to size 6
ACM Buttress is reported to have been sunk near Nadi on Apr 26, 1942
AMc Aroe is reported to have been sunk near Noumea on Apr 26, 1942
AMc Bantam is reported to have been sunk near Noumea on Apr 26, 1942


< Message edited by jdsrae -- 2/1/2020 9:40:34 PM >

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Post #: 529
RE: 26 Apr 42 reports - 2/1/2020 9:08:37 PM   
jdsrae


Posts: 2716
Joined: 3/1/2010
From: Gandangara Country
Status: offline 		We received this message from CS via the foreign minister today with the turn:

"p.s. I promise our CVs can have a play date some time in the future. :)
p.p.s. Attached is a radio transmission your listening post picked up in the clear."


On point 1, psyops attempt or a hint?
He might have a combined USN/RN carrier force somewhere in SOPAC/SWPAC (Sydney or Auckland can support them now) - looking to use the RN carriers before they withdraw

I asked him whether "some time in the future..." means when they have Hellcats and Avengers on them?!

You don't get psyops and banter from the AI!

On point #2, it looks like poor CMDR Fife's war is over.




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27 Apr 42 reports - 2/1/2020 10:59:07 PM   
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SS I-175
Allied Ships
KV Thyme
Captain of SS I-175 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
I-175 diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Trivandrum at 26,43
SS I-24
Allied Ships
DD Fortune
DD Encounter
SS I-24 is sighted by escort
DD Fortune attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Victoria at 207,54
SS I-10
Allied Ships
KV Dawson
KV Chilliwack
SS I-10 is sighted by escort
I-10 diving deep ....
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Sub attack near Clark Field at 78,76
TK Matsumoto Maru
PB Sonan Maru #6
SS Grenadier launches 2 torpedoes at TK Matsumoto Maru
Grenadier diving deep ....
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Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 100,59
SC CHa-13
SC CHa-12
SS Sculpin launches 2 torpedoes at SC CHa-13
Sculpin diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Truk at 112,109
xAK Hukuyo Maru
PB Shonon Maru #15
SS Drum is sighted by escort
Drum diving deep ....
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Amphibious Assault at Damar (75,115)
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Sub attack near Karachi at 38,7
SS I-175
Allied Ships
KV Jasmine
KV Thyme
SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes at KV Jasmine
I-175 diving deep ....
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Submarine attack near Trivandrum at 26,43
SS I-24

Allied Ships
xAK Somelsdijk, Torpedo hits 1, on fire
xAK Somelsdijk is sighted by SS I-24
SS I-24 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Somelsdijk
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Sub attack near Trivandrum at 26,43
SS I-24
Allied Ships
DD Fortune
DD Encounter
SS I-24 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Fortune
I-24 diving deep ....
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Morning Air attack on Cairns , at 92,140
A6M2 Zero x 7
Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 4
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
8th PG/35th PS with P-39D Airacobra (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling)
Group patrol altitude is 15000
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 53
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 7 damaged
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 24
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 8
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 22nd Chinese Corps, at 86,41 , near Loyang
Ki-30 Ann x 7
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-30 Ann x 15
Ki-32 Mary x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 14
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
54 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 14
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 3
Runway hits 36
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 12
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 20
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Morning Air attack on Imphal , at 60,40 – I spotted some allied fighters and bombers at Imphal, possibly preparing to do some bombing of IJA ground forces in Burma.
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 27
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 1 destroyed
21 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
H81-A3 x 14
Mohawk IV x 4
H81-A3: 4 destroyed
Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Mohawk IV (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(4 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
3 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 1 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes
AVG/1st Sqn with H81-A3 (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 10 scrambling)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 22000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 22 minutes
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 15
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 16
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Airbase hits 10
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 25
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Morning Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 12
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 8
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Afternoon Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 26
Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 2 destroyed
14 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet *
Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 23
P-40E Warhawk: 10 destroyed – 5:1 kills again here
CAP engaged:
51st PG/16th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 5 on standby, 6 scrambling)
5 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 12 minutes
51st PG/26th PS with P-40E Warhawk (0 airborne, 7 on standby, 0 scrambling)
7 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 3 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 24000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 2 minutes
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ASW attack near Trivandrum at 26,43
SS I-24
Allied Ships
DD Fortune
DD Encounter
SS I-24 is sighted by escort
I-24 diving deep ....
DD Encounter attacking submerged sub ....
DD Encounter is out of ASW ammo
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Sub attack near Makassar at 64,107
PB Fukui Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage – sunk…
PB Tyuwa Maru
Allied Ships
SS Skipjack
SS Skipjack launches 2 torpedoes at PB Fukui Maru
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 895 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 1212
Defending force 23473 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 691
Allied ground losses:
19 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Ground combat at Changteh (81,50)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 972 troops, 96 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 921
Defending force 38811 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1106
Japanese ground losses:
11 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1290 troops, 111 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1320
Defending force 70654 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2391
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Ground combat at 76,51 (near Tuyun)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 733 troops, 5 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 35
Defending force 1348 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 44
Japanese adjusted assault: 33
Allied adjusted defense: 13
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Allied ground losses:
450 casualties reported
Squads: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 21 destroyed, 8 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units retreated 1 – to the NW so I will follow them to push them back again.
Assaulting units:
8th Armored Car Co – will rejoin 13th Army and be used on flanks to help flip hexsides to keep it out of large scale combat
I./33rd Inf Regt – due to withdraw in about 30 days
Defending units:
89th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 25979 troops, 224 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1126
Defending force 44310 troops, 222 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1236
Japanese ground losses:
10 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5703 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 207
Defending force 10446 troops, 88 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 284
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 410
Defending force 38578 troops, 217 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1136
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at 62,42 (near Katha)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 12951 troops, 113 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 483
Defending force 45 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1
Japanese assault odds: 473 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+)
Attacker: leaders(+)
Allied ground losses:
51 casualties reported
Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled
Units destroyed 1
Assaulting units:
56th Division – will move east towards Myitkyina
Defending units:
44th Indian Brigade – finally destroyed
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Ground combat at Kunming (69,48)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 16747 troops, 104 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 507
Defending force 7236 troops, 54 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 247
Allied adjusted assault: 265
Japanese adjusted defense: 898
Allied assault odds: 1 to 3 (fort level 3)
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-) a bit strange as fatigue is only 4 for both units during the orders phase. Preparation is 97 for 4th IMR but only 36 for 21st IMB
Attacker: supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
104 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Allied ground losses: The allies would need to bring about triple this strength to make a dent on the Kunming defenders. There are 6 more Chinese units spotted one hex to the east, so there is a chance they could recapture Kunming if they concentrate enough force there.
Once I have cleared the Chihkiang-Chengteh road I will moe west to capture Kweiyang, then relieve the siege of Kunming. Once Kunming is relieved it will free up the 2x Southern Army reserve units to be flown out to Burma. I will then use 23rd Army (with Korea Army units attached) to capture Tsuyung. 23rd Army will then be able to advance onto the Chungking Plain from the west, clearing the Yunnan Mountain roads as they go.
698 casualties reported
Squads: 3 destroyed, 43 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 13 disabled
Assaulting units:
12th Group Army
6th Chinese Corps
11th Chinese Corps
63rd Chinese Corps
65th Chinese Corps
1st Construction Regiment
2nd Construction Regiment
2nd Chinese Base Force
13th Chinese Base Force
Defending units:
21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
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Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8214 troops, 76 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 265
Defending force 5493 troops, 70 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 92
Japanese adjusted assault: 182
Allied adjusted defense: 181
Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 – slowly tipping the odds in my favour here. Fatigue is 4, disruption 0 and in supply, so they will attack again tomorrow. Allied adjusted AV should drop to about 140 so a 2:1 attack is probably still about a week away.
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
99 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Allied ground losses:
185 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Assaulting units:
8th/C Division
35th/C Division
Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 27, 42
Lakatoro is occupied by the Japanese
ASW Combat TF 90 terminates patrol and enters Tsu for repairs – 1 of 3 subchasers had 4 minor system damage. I think the sailors are just looking for any excuse to hit the bars of Tsu! I didn’t notice this until after the turn was sent back so they have just managed to sneak in a 24 hour leave pass…
SS I-27 in ARD Dublon ARD at Truk*
CL Oi detects Allied Aircraft at 72,115 near Lautem – Darwin is still sending out naval search bomber patrols
4 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 2nd Indpt SNLF Coy from Reef Islands back to Tulagi
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting supplies to Magwe – now that 1st and 2nd Raiding Regts are both at Chang Mai I have ordered 1st RR to paradrop on Kalemyo on the Burma-India border to prepare the camp for when 53rd Div marches out of the jungle in about one week.
9 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate – a few yellow supply warnings are popping up in the DEI now as I concentrate as much as I can at Timor to support the upcoming NW Australia raids.
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate – Babo and Boela need a bit more supply too, so I have turned off their airfield construction until I can get some there.
Toyohara expands airfield to size 2
Bombay expands airfield to size 8 – the allies are building their way to victory all over the map
Karachi expands airfield to size 6
Adelaide expands airfield to size 6
Christchurch expands airfield to size 5
Tuyun expands fortifications to size 3 – all of the engineer units at Tuyun are about to be free for their next project. I just need to figure out what it is… It’s effectively a construction Division with 5 x Ind Engr Regt, 3 x Road Const Coy and 4 x Const Coy. Other engineers present are the 17th JAAF Base Force (Air Bde/Sector HQ) with 2 x JAAF Coys who will remain as the garrison force. They are currently supporting 3x 3rd Air Div Sally Sentai who are keeping Kweiyang airfield damaged to stop fort construction there.
Bengkalis expands airfield to size 2 – no more for this defensive fighter airstrip
Medan expands fortifications to size 2
Spassk-Dalniy expands airfield to size 6
Pilot Ishimori P. is reported as having been found – there is a 55 experience pilot by this name now reported as WIA in IJA Bomber reserve
90th Infantry Regiment takes replacements from Tuyun – Tuyun is 8 hexes away from 90th IR, but Tuyun has 23k supplies as I have toggled the demand to keep 20k+ at a few of my main airbases in China.
Loss of PB Fukui Maru on Apr 27, 1942 is admitted
Loss of AO Sata on Mar 06, 1942 is admitted
C./50th JNAF Coy arrives at Tokyo – will move to Ominato then deploy forward to Attu Island in NEAF.


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RE: 27 Apr 42 reports - 2/2/2020 6:59:28 PM   
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quote:

the allies are building their way to victory all over the map


A good way for the Allies to avoid a Japanese auto-vic.

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28 Apr 42 reports - 2/3/2020 12:51:55 PM   
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From: Gandangara Country
Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 28, 42
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Amphibious Assault at Babuyan (84,71)
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ASW attack near Taihoku at 88,61
TK Tonan Maru #3 – USS Silversides gets the first look at a Tonan Waler that I can remember. I do not want to lose any of these ships but it is inevitable so I hope they all stay afloat for a long time yet. I have all 5 x Tonans in this task force escorted by 4 old DDs of the Wakatake class. I started these convoys soon after the Singapore/Palembang area was secure and all Fuel and Oil convoys are now operating, generally keeping Palembang and Singapore drained of the good stuff.
I’m not sure if others do this or think it is a waste of Political Points, but I have replaced all of the large AO and large TK skippers with decent IJN regular officers that have at least 50+ naval skill but low aggression. They are the types from naval college who knew they were never going to be competitive to command a warship but still like spending time at sea. I have no way to tell if this will help the TKs spot or avoid attack, but I like to think that they’ll have a better chance than if I left some of the starting skippers with stats in the 20s and 30s in command.
TK Nisshin Maru #2
DD Yugao – I also checked the DD skippers when I setup the convoys and made sure that the skippers have at least 50+ naval skill and high aggression.
DD Fuyo
Allied Ships
SS Silversides
SS Silversides is sighted by escort – BZ to the escort crews, commendations to the lookouts. They can have the weekend off when they get to port.
Silversides diving deep ....
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ASW attack near Salajar at 67,108
PB Tyuwa Maru
Allied Ships
SS Skipjack
SS Skipjack is sighted by escort
Skipjack diving deep ....
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Sub attack near Victoria at 207,54
SS I-10
Allied Ships
KV Dawson
KV Chilliwack
Captain of SS I-10 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
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ASW attack near Karachi at 38,7
SS I-175
Allied Ships
KV Jasmine
KV Thyme
SS I-175 is located by KV Jasmine
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Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 19
19 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet *
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-30 Ann x 18
Ki-32 Mary x 3
Ki-51 Sonia x 14
No Japanese losses – good to see, flying at 10k’
Airbase hits 5
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 16

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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 23
No Japanese losses – again at 10k’
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 4
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 10 – at 5k’ here, so I am assuming defenders are low on supply here too
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Morning Air attack on 22nd Chinese Corps, at 86,41 , near Loyang
Ki-30 Ann x 7
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged – bombing at 5k’
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-32 Mary: 1 destroyed by flak – but there is still flak coming up to 10k’. If I only lose the odd pilot each day then this is still good pilot training in China, on top of the benefits when it is time for the ground forces to attack.
Airbase hits 2
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 2
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 17
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 12
No Japanese losses
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 9
Aircraft Attacking:
12 x Ki-36 Ida bombing from 10000 feet
Airfield Attack: 4 x 30 kg GP Bomb – only a few more days until I can start building Nicks and converting Light Bomber groups to the Fighter Bomber role.
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 11
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 4 – I’m keeping the runway damage of the airfields I’m bombing in the 30s and 40s, so have just switched a few bomber groups (max of 1 per target) to ground attack. I want to keep the airfields damaged to stop fort building, but also start raising the fatigue and disruption of the defending ground units.
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 9
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 3
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Morning Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 16
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 29
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 6 damaged
Airbase hits 9
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 27 – good hit % and damage. These are 3rd Air Div bomber crews and all have bombing skill of 70+ and experience in the 60s and 70s
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
22 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-51 Sonia x 6
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 14
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Afternoon Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
21 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 3
No Allied losses
CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Mohawk IV (2 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(3 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.) – on LRCAP from somewhere but don’t want to stay and fight
2 plane(s) intercepting now.
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 3 minutes
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 895 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 1232
Tempting to try a deliberate attack here shortly but I don’t expect it to capture the base. I am just curious to see how high the forts are and try to reduce them a notch.
The real attack will come when 9th, 10th and 14th Divs arrive from the battles NW of Changsha.
8th Div is also marching to that battle, but it is currently split into RCTs and spread out between Wuchang and just west of Nanyang.
Further away, my guesstimate is about 3-4 weeks march, is HQ 20th Army with 11th and 12th Divs.
The four Tank Regts that were in north China are moving relatively quickly, approaching Sinyang now, so they are also about 2 weeks from joining the southern front which may still be at Kweiyang.
Defending force 23478 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 691
Last time I waited for a 3:1 raw AV ratio it was a bit of overkill, so I might just wait until I have a raw AV ratio of 2.5:1 for this attack. Once one more Div arrives I will have about 1650:700 so that will be the trigger.
Japanese ground losses:
13 casualties reported
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Defending units:
1st Group Army
52nd Chinese Corps
60th Chinese Corps
11th Chinese Base Force
20th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changteh (81,50)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 980 troops, 96 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 923.
3 to 4 more IJA Divs needed here before I attack. They are moving in from the west, so Changteh should be captured in about mid May. Kweiyang should also be captured by late May, then operations to relieve Kunming and move onto the Chungking Plains from the SW in early June.
Defending force 38838 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1110
Allied ground losses:
20 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled
Defending units:
73rd Chinese Corps
18th Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
30th Group Army
18th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1290 troops, 111 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1318
Defending force 70815 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2409
Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 6 (2 destroyed, 4 disabled) – that’s not good, the defenders are still responding with effective counter battery fire. I checked the artillery units and think it is a few of the lighter calibre guns as the recently arrived heavy guns all look undamaged.
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Defending units:
9th War Area
27th Group Army
29th Group Army
20th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
17th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 25961 troops, 224 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1129
Defending force 44335 troops, 222 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1242
Defending units: Most of these Chinese Corps are in bad shape and don’t seem to be improving. It will take months to encircle the Chinese force in this area by closing hexsides which I will try to do, but it’s a sideshow to what is happening further west. I am not sure that CS is even looking at this part of the map anymore.
93rd Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
98th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
15th Group Army
7th Group Army
14th Group Army
39th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5712 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 208
Defending force 10413 troops, 88 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 283
Allied ground losses:
9 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
4th Mongol/A Cavalry Division – moving very slowly NE so it can move very slowly back to the NW
Defending units:
35th Chinese Corps
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
13th Group Army
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 411
Defending force 38610 troops, 216 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1140 – I wonder how this stack would go if the Chinese force at Tsiaotso joined it for an attack on the lone IJA Div here. That would be about 2300:400 raw AV ratio, but the attackers have low supply, fatigue, disruption, experience and leadership disadvantages. The IJA defenders are in supply, in range of their Corps HQ and have very good leaders. I’m guessing that the 2300:400 might get 1:1 odds but I doubt 2:1. I also doubt that the Chinese defenders will vacate Tsiaotso as it generates some supply, so this hex should stay a stalemate for months.
Defending units:
47th Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
4th Group Army
8th Group Army
43rd Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5856 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211
Defending force 10531 troops, 59 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 379
Assaulting units:
5th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
12th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Babuyan (84,71)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Babuyan !!!
Assaulting units:
8th Indpt SNLF Coy
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Ground combat at 83,45 (near Nanyang)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8163 troops, 76 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 259
Defending force 5325 troops, 70 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 72
Japanese adjusted assault: 251
Allied adjusted defense: 79
Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Japanese ground losses:
47 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
Allied ground losses:
1849 casualties reported
Squads: 60 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 78 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 7 (7 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units retreated 1 to the SW – I thought this would take a few more attacks
Assaulting units:
8th/C Division – this RCT will now move to Changsha and beyond
35th/C Division – will stay to hold ground
Defending units:
30th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Kalemyo (59,42)
Japanese Shock attack
Attacking force 258 troops, 1 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 19
Defending force 0 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 0
Japanese adjusted assault: 17
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 0)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kalemyo !!!
Assaulting units:
1st Raiding Rgt /1

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 28, 42
Damar is occupied by the Japanese
B5N2 Kate from Soryu-3 attacking SS S-35 at 114,134
TF 201 followed by Hudson I at 75,115 near Damar
Hurricane PR.II sighted over Cox's Bazar
Hurricane PR.II sighted over 25th Army
Allied Aircraft sighted over Baker Island – likely Catalinas from Canton Island
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy dropping 1st Raiding Regiment at Kalemyo
7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 34th Road Const Co to Toungoo
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 43rd Const Co to Toungoo
8 x MC-21 Sally transporting 47th Const Co to Toungoo
4 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 2nd Indpt SNLF Coy from Reef Islands
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate
Japanese forces CAPTURE Babuyan !!!
Japanese forces CAPTURE Kalemyo !!!
Changchun expands airfield to size 7
Port Blair expands fortifications to size 1
Liuchow expands fortifications to size 2
18th Ku T-2 converting to E13A1 Jake at Saipan – this group will move to Guam once the aircraft repair, but the pilots need to keep training for a few more months.
xAKL Shinshui Maru available for service in damaged state at Tarakan – CrocDiv 2 forms. These ships have been trying to patch themselves up at Tarakan with very few tools and only basic facilities. They will try to make Manila repair yard without sinking.
xAKL Fuyukawa Maru available for service in damaged state at Tarakan
xAP Kongo Maru available for service in damaged state at Tarakan
AV Akitsushima arrives at Tokyo – will move to Singkawang with a few DD Kamikaze class as escorts
9th Armored Car Co arrives at Tokyo – bought out to Southern Army so I can move it back to China


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RE: 28 Apr 42 reports - 2/3/2020 6:10:50 PM   
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Tonan Waler that I can remember. I do not want to lose any of these ships but it is inevitable so I hope they all stay afloat for a long time yet.


In addition to giving these vessels a good escort I like to place a bunch of xAK's of similar speed around them.

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I’m not sure if others do this or think it is a waste of Political Points, but I have replaced all of the large AO and large TK skippers with decent IJN regular officers


PP's are too precious to waste on such matters. I don't look at any skipper below the level of a CA.

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RE: 28 Apr 42 reports - 2/4/2020 12:50:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		For IJN, I go down to DD routinely. IJ simply has too few DD's and they have a surfeit of good skippers. I also do SS's, early in the war when it can matter. after 10/43 they are all pretty much just VP's … both of these can usually be changed for 2 or 3 PP per ship. they are not nearly the cost of a capital ship.

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RE: 28 Apr 42 reports - 2/4/2020 1:05:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		Cheers gents, I do DD and SS too when they arrive.
I think AO and TK are only 2-3 PP each as well, so I feel like it’s worth it for the big capacity ships.
Ive noticed that some SC and PB are free, but there are not enough decent LCDRs in the pool to use for them anyway.

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RE: 28 Apr 42 reports - 2/6/2020 4:58:53 AM   
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Status: offline 		I’ve got a few daily reports to load as I should get the 1 May 42 turn back today.
1 May brings some new toys including G3M3 Nell’s and Nick A fighter bombers, both of which will be useful.
Land Reinforcements have arrived for NEAF and are moving to their ports or embarkation.
I also started 7 x AR Husimi conversions at Kure but they take 360 days to finish.

I’ve spent a bit of time recently reading old posts on how best to setup carrier air groups.
Thanks to ADM Castor Troy for some initial guidance, these are the settings I am planning to use.
Feedback from other ADMs on the War Council most welcome.

The theory:
When not in contact with the enemy, need to decide whether to actively search or try to avoid being detected by cancelling DB/TB search and ASW missions
When in contact, need to find a balance between strike power including fighter escorts vs defensive CAP.
I will use CAP from 2x CV F groups plus all available CVL F groups
This will setup the task force to strike hard and fast to try and land the first blows.
All Jakes in the task force are split 50:50 between night and day naval search 50-60% at max normal range 8, altitude 6k.
I will set Jakes to range 10 temporarily in high threat locations / forward areas.
BB/CA/CS based FP groups to work in pairs, eg: one BB provides day search while the other provides night search.
If the first strike goes well, assess whether to follow up with another strike or switch to defence.
Support chances of first strike effect with land based search from Mavis, Betty, Nell and any available fighter escorts.
Support chances of spotting enemy task forces by using a submarine scouting screen.

Possible enemy setups and reactions
Allied CVs may also be setup for strike or defence
If allies are setup for defence and the IJN first strike does not go well, switch to defensive posture and withdraw to reset
If the allies are setup for a strike, having enough CAP up will be critical

Orders changes between setups are highlighted in yellow
DB & TB orders can be changed quickly with "set all DB/TB in hex" command

Question:
What's the best option for strike range? Set it to 9 to try and get the first strike despite reduced ordnance, or set to range 7 to only launch with max ordnance?
I think it depends on whether the target is likely to be only a few enemy CVs or all of them.




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Status: offline 		AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 29, 42
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ASW attack near Truk at 111,108
DMS W-4
DMS W-5
Allied Ships
SS Salmon
SS Salmon launches 2 torpedoes at DMS W-4
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ASW attack near Tandjoengpinang at 51,86
PB Shinko Maru #2
SS O21 is sighted by escort
O21 bottoming out ....
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Sub attack near Karachi at 38,7
SS I-175
Allied Ships
KV Auricula, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage – I don’t usually have the sound on but it was on this turn. Sinking sounds heard and reported sunk.
KV Nigella
SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes at KV Auricula
KV Nigella attacking submerged sub ....
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ASW attack near Newcastle at 96,167
SS I-26
Allied Ships
DD Witte de With
DD Banckert
SS I-26 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Witte de With
I-26 diving deep ....
DD Witte de With attacking submerged sub ....
DD Witte de With is out of ASW ammo
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Sub attack near Karachi at 38,7
SS I-175
Allied Ships
KV Nigella
Captain of SS I-175 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
KV Nigella attacking submerged sub ....
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-30 Ann x 22
Ki-32 Mary x 13
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
No Japanese losses
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 6
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 33
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 3 damaged
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Airbase hits 1
Runway hits 26
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Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 11
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 2
Runway hits 9
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-30 Ann x 17
Ki-32 Mary x 7
Ki-51 Sonia x 3
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 16
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 4
Airbase supply hits 4
Runway hits 59
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Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 5
Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 1
CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Mohawk IV (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(1 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 14
Allied ground losses:
5 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 13
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Airbase hits 7
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
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Morning Air attack on 35th Group Army, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-51 Sonia x 12
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 60th Chinese Corps, at 74,49 (Kweiyang)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
49 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
77 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39
Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 21
21 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet
Allied aircraft
Mohawk IV x 2
Mohawk IV: 1 destroyed
CAP engaged:
No.5 Sqn RAF with Mohawk IV (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling)
(2 plane(s) diverted to support CAP in hex.)
0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact.
Group patrol altitude is 20000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 20000.
Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes
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Ground combat at 80,50 (near Changteh)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 64735 troops, 904 guns, 628 vehicles, Assault Value = 2279
Based on the raw AV ratio of more than 3:1 a deliberate attack is ordered for tomorrow. I think I see a movement indicator on the Chinese stack to the NW but they won’t be able to move out in time. As I have most of 11th Army at Changteh already, this Chinese stack should retreat NW into the rough terrain, leaving the road to Changteh open.
Defending force 40465 troops, 290 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 718
Allied ground losses:
159 casualties reported
Squads: 6 destroyed, 14 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled
Guns lost 6 (4 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Defending units: 10 x Corps here, so an average of about 70 AV each. “Corps” in name only now and from memory at least half have been zeroed
26th Group Army
32nd Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
67th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
44th Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
45th Chinese Corps
3rd Construction Regiment
6th Construction Regiment
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 885 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 1247
Defending force 23401 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 689
Allied ground losses:
16 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1290 troops, 112 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1512
Defending force 70921 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2421
Allied ground losses:
18 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
4th Tank Regiment – passing through to Changteh
8th/B Division – passing through to Changteh
14th/C Division – passing through to Changteh
2nd JAAF Base Force – Passing through to the air base two hexes SW of Changsha, then on the train to Tuyun.
39th Division
40th Division
51st Infantry Brigade
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
1st Mortar Battalion
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
Defending units:
9th War Area
29th Group Army
27th Group Army
37th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
74th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
17th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 25961 troops, 224 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1130
Defending force 44370 troops, 221 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1250
Assaulting units:
1st Army
37th Division
36th Division
3rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
5th NCPC Infantry Brigade
Defending units:
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
7th Group Army
15th Group Army
39th Group Army
14th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5721 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 196
29 Apr 42: Defending force 10379 troops, 88 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 282
1 Apr 42: Defending force 11302 troops, 115 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 344
I prepare this report in a word doc before cut/paste onto the interweb, so I just did a word search for “Taiyuan” to see if these bombardments are having any effect. The defenders are definitely losing combat power of about 1-2 AV per day, but over 30 days that adds up. The 9th IMB could probably put in one deliberate attack per month and bombard the other days to recover, to eventually push this Chinese stack backwards.
I will try to remember to put in a supporting deliberate attack when the Armoured Car Coy is due to shock attack over the river (still a few weeks away) to see if that helps to avoid all the cars being destroyed.
Assaulting units:
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
35th Chinese Corps
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
13th Group Army
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 412
Defending force 38530 troops, 214 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1138
Assaulting units:
41st Division
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
36th Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
47th Chinese Corps
1st Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
8th Group Army
4th Group Army
43rd Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5851 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211
Defending force 10501 troops, 58 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 377
Assaulting units:
5th Ind.Mixed Brigade
This sector in central China is a stalemate, but I have just ordered 54th Bde (half of 59th Div) to move NE of Ichang to help flip hexsides and put more Chinese units in direct contact. 53rd Bde will stay guarding the river on the NE road exit from Changteh.
Defending units:
12th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Ankang) – there is still Chinese movement showing west out of Ankang, likely moving to reinforce the defenders in this stack.
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1905 troops, 139 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 705
Defending force 22263 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 840
Allied ground losses:
41 casualties reported
Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
North China Area Army
12th Army
12th Tank Regiment
27th Division
32nd/B Division – will recombine once /A and /C arrive here.
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units:
21st Group Army
7th Chinese Corps
24th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at Nikunau (139,134)
Japanese forces CAPTURE Nikunau !!!
Assaulting units:
8th JNAF Coy
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Ground combat at 83,38 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 8757 troops, 82 guns, 26 vehicles, Assault Value = 309
Defending force 361 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2
Japanese adjusted assault: 74
Allied adjusted defense: 1
Japanese assault odds: 74 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Allied ground losses:
512 casualties reported
Squads: 4 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 39 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 2 – I haven’t destroyed many Chinese LCUs as they respawn squads at Chungking, but it doesn’t hurt to destroy a few and it removes the risk of them interfering with supply movement through rear areas.
Assaulting units:
12th/B Division – can now move south to reform 12th Div on the southern front
26th/C Division – will move west to join HQ MGA and reform 26th Div
Defending units:
34th Separate Brigade
81st Chinese Corps

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 29, 42
Moa is occupied by the Japanese
SS I-30 in ARD Dublon ARD at Truk
E13A1 Jake from Mutsu-1 attacking a KXIV Class class SS at 106,124 a Electric Boat S-42 class SS is reported HIT
G3M2 Nell from Chitose Ku K-1 attacking SS S-45 at 133,115 SS S-45 is reported HIT
Allied Recon sighted over Cox's Bazar
Allied Level Bomber sighted over Baker Island – I’m now in contact with US recon planes in 4th Fleet area of operations
Allied Heavy Bomber sighted over Luganville – more recon in SEAF area of operations
Allied Heavy Bomber sighted over Baker Island
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy dropping 1st Raiding Regiment at Kalemyo – the airborne engineer squads are starting to scratch out a runway to allow air-landing of more reinforcements
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy dropping 2nd Raiding Regiment at Katha
7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 34th Road Const Co to Toungoo
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 43rd Const Co to Toungoo
8 x MC-21 Sally transporting 47th Const Co to Toungoo
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 2nd Indpt SNLF Coy from Reef Islands
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
8 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate
Japanese forces CAPTURE Nikunau !!!
Baker Island expands fortifications to size 1
Trincomalee expands airfield to size 5
Tulagi expands port to size 2
Cox's Bazar expands airfield to size 3
Geraldton expands airfield to size 3
Milne Bay expands airfield to size 5 – will stop there
Tienshui expands airfield to size 1 – many bases in China are worth 10 points to the Japanese side. I think this is one of those bases, so one point of airfield makes the base worth 20 points
Zuikaku-1/C at CV Zuikaku takes A6M2 Zero replacements – KB refuels, rearms and replenishes airgroups at Rabaul
Akagi-3 at CV Akagi takes B5N2 Kate replacements
Kaga-3 at CV Kaga takes B5N2 Kate replacements
Soryu-2 at CV Soryu takes D3A1 Val replacements
Nisshin-1 at CS Nisshin takes E13A1 Jake replacements
Chitose-1 at CS Chitose takes E13A1 Jake replacements
Haruna-1 at BB Haruna takes E13A1 Jake replacements
Device(s) upgraded in 9th Armored Car Co supplied from Tokyo
KV Auricula is reported to have been sunk near Karachi on Apr 29, 1942
SC Ch 29 arrives at Kobe
Maizuru 3rd SNLF arrives at Maizuru – to the Aleutians
301st Ind.Infantry Battalion arrives at Asahikawa – Aleutians
302nd Ind.Infantry Battalion arrives at Asahikawa – Aleutians
303rd Ind.Infantry Battalion arrives at Asahikawa – Aleutians
Kure 5th SNLF arrives at Hiroshima/Kure – to SEAF to help raid forward or garrison one of the many islands
Yokosuka 5th SNLF arrives at Yokohama/Yokosuka to 4th Fleet area, possible use is to try and capture Canton Island if it is lightly defended.
Ichiki Det. arrives at Asahikawa – to 4th Fleet, also possible to use to capture Canton Island
79th Garrison Battalion arrives at Singapore – the original plan was to move these garrison Bns to Georgetown and Kuala Lumpur, but those bases currently have Thai RCTs on garrison duty. My alternative now is to leave both of these garrison Bns at Singapore which will free up the 41st Infantry Regt (30th Div, detached to 25th Army) that is the current Singapore garrison. I have decided to move the 41st to Hanoi by ship and fly it to Kunming to provide about another 100 AV to the defenders, just in case the Chinese Army do try to retake Kunming. Another 100 AV at Kunming should make it impregnable against anything but the entire Chungking force moving against it. Once the Kunming defenders are relieved (in about 4-6 weeks) the 41st and the other two 30th Div Regts (74th and 77th) that are currently on garrison duty in China will move to Burma/India.
80th Garrison Battalion arrives at Singapore


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30 Apr 42 reports - 2/6/2020 8:40:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		The 1st of May orders phase brings new toys in the form of G3M3 Nells and Nick-As.
The G3M2 Nell factory is immediately upgraded to G3M3 and will continue to produce at about 25 per month. The priority for G3M3 Nells will be those groups that will most benefit from a boost to normal range search, such as NEAF and 4th Fleet areas that have to search into vast ocean areas.
Nick-As enter production at 60/month based on the 1 x research factory that I had upsized after it wasn’t going to accelerate anything at 30/month anyway, plus the Mary factory that had recently run out of engines has been switched to Nick-As and expanded to another 60/month. All of these Nick-As will be used to start filling out Light Bomber units that can convert to Fighter Bomber. I have a few groups that will have trained fighter bomber pilots that will move forward to help provide defensive CAP against allied bombers as soon as possible. 3rd Air Div in Burma has priority for Nicks, followed by 5th Air Div on Timor, then airgroups in China, then a few basic training groups in Japan.
I am very keen to get the Nick-As into action over Burma.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 30, 42
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Sub attack near Victoria at 207,54
SS I-10, hits 1 – moderate damage from a single hit. The tactic of placing subs too close to major allied ports is a risky one that didn’t work in real life… I probably need to identify the major shipping lanes and move the subs further away from major ports and try to make contact further away from the standing ASW patrols. Easier said than done, but the Glen equipped subs can at least see up to 3 hexes around.
Allied Ships
KV Wetaskiwin
KV Dawson
KV Chilliwack
Captain of SS I-10 elects not to launch torpedoes at this target
I-10 diving deep ....
KV Dawson attacking submerged sub ....
KV Dawson attacking submerged sub ....
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Amphibious Assault at Vanua Lava (121,148)
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Amphibious Assault at Donggala (68,99)
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Sub attack near Miyako-jima at 92,66
TK Huzisan Maru
TK Toa Maru
TK Kaizyo Maru
E Ishigaki
E Kunashiri
SS Tambor launches 2 torpedoes at TK Huzisan Maru
Tambor diving deep ....
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 28
Allied ground losses:
12 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 22nd Chinese Corps, at 86,41 , near Loyang
Ki-30 Ann x 8
Ki-30 Ann: 1 damaged
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Morning Air attack on 64th Chinese Corps, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-30 Ann x 17
Ki-32 Mary x 3
Allied ground losses:
35 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 8
Ki-51 Sonia x 15
Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged
Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 5
Runway hits 30
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Morning Air attack on Changteh , at 81,50
Ki-36 Ida x 11
Airbase hits 8
Airbase supply hits 2
Runway hits 15
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Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan)
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 13
Allied ground losses:
7 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Morning Air attack on 9th Chinese Base Force, at 72,58 (Pakhoi)
Ki-32 Mary x 5
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Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-51 Sonia x 9
Runway hits 4
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Afternoon Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52
Ki-30 Ann x 13
Ki-32 Mary x 9
Ki-51 Sonia x 8
Airbase hits 4
Runway hits 4
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Afternoon Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 22
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Airbase hits 1
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 10
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Afternoon Air attack on 66th Chinese Corps, at 76,45 (Chungking)
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 9
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
4 casualties reported
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Afternoon Air attack on Kweiyang , at 74,49
Ki-21-Ic Sally x 9
Ki-21-IIa Sally x 17
Ki-21-Ic Sally: 2 damaged
Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged
Allied ground losses:
69 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled
Airbase supply hits 1
Runway hits 1
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ASW attack near Billiton at 53,93
xAP Tsingtao Maru
APD Tade
SS Shark is sighted by escort
Shark bottoming out ....
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Ground combat at 80,50 (near Changteh)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Attacking force 69908 troops, 916 guns, 1225 vehicles, Assault Value = 2309
Defending force 40212 troops, 283 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 704
Japanese adjusted assault: 1636
Allied adjusted defense: 670
Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
1170 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled – barely noticeable across the infantry Divs
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled
Vehicles lost 46 (2 destroyed, 44 disabled) – a bit of work for the vehicle mechanics.
Allied ground losses: lots of destroyed squads and devices but there are still at least 32k troops in this stack that given time will recover. They are now off road but will probably get back onto the road before I have captured Changteh and can move back along the road to attack them again.
8374 casualties reported
Squads: 471 destroyed, 3 disabled
Non Combat: 648 destroyed, 31 disabled
Engineers: 13 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 42 (33 destroyed, 9 disabled)
Units retreated 13
Assaulting units:
7th Tank Regiment
10th Division
13th Tank Regiment
5th Tank Regiment
10th Tank Regiment
34th Division
9th Division
6th Tank Regiment
5th Ind. Engineer Regiment
14th/A Division
13th Division
14th/B Division
20th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
11th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
7th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
3rd RF Gun Battalion
4th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
7th RF Gun Battalion
10th Mortar Battalion
13th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
Tonei Hvy Gun Regiment
2nd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
China Expeditionary Army
5th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
10th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
5th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
Botanko Hvy Gun Regiment
1st Ind. Field Artillery Regiment
6th RF Gun Battalion
Defending units: 10 x trashed “Corps”
44th Chinese Corps
53rd Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Corps
67th Chinese Corps
75th Chinese Corps
32nd Chinese Corps
68th Chinese Corps
87th Chinese Corps
94th Chinese Corps
26th Group Army
45th Chinese Corps
3rd Construction Regiment
6th Construction Regiment
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Ground combat at Kweiyang (74,49)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 885 troops, 89 guns, 39 vehicles, Assault Value = 1256
Defending force 23371 troops, 84 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 687
Allied ground losses:
21 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
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Ground combat at Changteh (81,50)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 980 troops, 96 guns, 40 vehicles, Assault Value = 924
Defending force 38894 troops, 263 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1115
Japanese ground losses:
Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
27 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Assaulting units:
3rd Division
6th Division
11th Army
7th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
54th Field AA Battalion
Defending units:
18th Chinese Corps
8th Chinese Corps
9th Prov Chinese Corps
73rd Chinese Corps
78th Chinese Corps
30th Group Army
18th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Changsha (82,52)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1290 troops, 113 guns, 52 vehicles, Assault Value = 1304
Defending force 70980 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2427
Japanese ground losses:
Guns lost 3 (1 destroyed, 2 disabled)
Assaulting units:
51st Infantry Brigade
40th Division
39th Division
8th/B Division
1st Mortar Battalion
2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
12th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
11th Ind.Hvy.Art Battalion
52nd Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
51st Ind.Mtn.Gun Battalion
2nd JAAF Base Force
Defending units:
74th Chinese Corps
10th Chinese Corps
58th Chinese Corps
20th Chinese Corps
37th Chinese Corps
26th Chinese Corps
99th Chinese Corps
5th Construction Regiment
29th Group Army
27th Group Army
9th War Area
17th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 25970 troops, 224 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 963
Defending force 44384 troops, 220 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1250
Assaulting units:
36th Division
37th Division
1st Army
Defending units:
98th Chinese Corps
34th Chinese Corps
93rd Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
33rd Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
5th New Chinese Corps
14th Group Army
15th Group Army
39th Group Army
7th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
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Ground combat at 89,39 (near Taiyuan)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5721 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 196
Defending force 10377 troops, 87 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 282
Assaulting units:
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
35th Chinese Corps
3rd Prov Chinese Corps
13th Group Army
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Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 240 troops, 29 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 411
Defending force 38474 troops, 212 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1134
Assaulting units:
41st Division
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
Defending units:
1st Chinese Corps
38th Chinese Corps
36th Chinese Corps
16th Chinese Corps
47th Chinese Corps
61st Chinese Corps
4th Group Army
8th Group Army
43rd Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 5851 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 211
Defending force 10503 troops, 58 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 378
Assaulting units:
5th Ind.Mixed Brigade
Defending units:
12th Chinese Corps
85th Chinese Corps
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Ground combat at 81,40 (near Tienshui)
Japanese Bombardment attack
Attacking force 1905 troops, 139 guns, 127 vehicles, Assault Value = 864
Defending force 22266 troops, 257 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 842
Allied ground losses:
6 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Assaulting units:
12th Tank Regiment
27th Division
32nd/A Division
32nd/B Division
4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment
North China Area Army
12th Army
4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment
Defending units:
24th Chinese Corps
7th Chinese Corps
84th Chinese Corps
48th Chinese Corps
95th Chinese Corps
21st Group Army
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Ground combat at Efate (120,154)
Japanese Deliberate attack
Japanese forces CAPTURE Efate !!!
Assaulting units:
1st JNAF Coy

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR Apr 30, 42
Catanduanes is occupied by the Japanese
SS I-30 in ARD Dublon ARD at Truk
Repairs completed on SS I-20 at Truk, ship returned to service
Allied Recon sighted over Lakatoro
Allied Aircraft sighted over Shwebo
Allied Heavy Bomber sighted over Funafuti
Allied Fighter sighted over Cox's Bazar
Hurricane PR.II sighted over 25th Army
Allied Recon sighted over Akyab
B5N2 Kate from Shoho-2 attacking a KVIII Class class SS at 106,124 a Electric Boat S-18 class SS is reported HIT
Hurricane PR.II sighted over Cox's Bazar
19 x Ki-57-I Topsy dropping 1st Raiding Regiment at Kalemyo
20 x Ki-57-I Topsy dropping 2nd Raiding Regiment at Katha – the combat engineers are helping to build the airfield.
7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 34th Road Const Co to Toungoo
6 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 43rd Const Co to Toungoo
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 47th Const Co to Toungoo
3 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting 2nd Indpt SNLF Coy from Reef Islands
7 x MC-21 Sally transporting 15th Army from Cox's Bazar
7 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate
6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Ternate
Japanese forces CAPTURE Efate !!!
Port Hueneme expands airfield to size 7
Magwe expands airfield to size 4 – still too small to support all the aircraft I have based here so I will expand it again to level 5. HQ 3rd Air Div is still based here with a JAAF Base Force and a couple of JAAF AF Bns.
Bangalore expands airfield to size 6
Cairns expands airfield to size 4
Rabaul expands port to size 6
Blenheim expands airfield to size 2
Palmerston North expands airfield to size 2
Vladivostok expands airfield to size 9
Group '13th Spc.Tpt.Unit A' changes name to '13th Tpt.Chutai'
Group '13th Spc.Tpt.Unit B' changes name to '14th Tpt.Chutai'
Group '15th Spc.Tpt.Unit A' changes name to '15th Tpt.Chutai'
Group '15th Spc.Tpt.Unit B' changes name to '16th Tpt.Chutai'
13th Tpt.Chutai converting to size 9 from 12
15th Tpt.Chutai converting to size 9 from 12
Loss of DD Kasumi on Mar 24, 1942 is admitted
Loss of xAK Kiyoshima Maru on Feb 13, 1942 is admitted
SC CHa-33 arrives at Hirosaki/Aomori – will move all the way to the Rangoon ASW Div
17th Army arrives at Tokyo – will move to the Solomons area as it did historically. I don’t have any Divisions free for it to command yet but I do have a plan to allocate additional forces to 17th Army to be ready when operations switch to the defensive phase in the SEAF / 8th Area Army part of the map.


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The allies turn the corner with their score moving forward for the first time.
Despite the allies losing bases, their points for bases owned increased through their construction efforts.

My points gain is ok but the AV ratio starts to flatten out and I expect that trend to continue for the next few months.
I am going to have to work harder for points now with China my best option for the next few months.

Both sides are in contact in NE India, South Pacific and North Pacific so things are getting interesting all over the map.
I need to keep trying to make some points gains but there are no quick wins in the above areas.

Other than China, I will press ahead with NW Australia raids using Timor as a base to try and get some points out of that area.
I am also shifting the IJN focus temporarily to NEAF to try and force a lodgement in the Aleutians and keep the allies from establishing themselves too far forward too early up there.




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