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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 21, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 99,58 SC Ch 20 SC Ch 23 SC Ch 22 Allied Ships SS Saury SS Saury launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 20 Saury diving deep .... SC Ch 22 attacking submerged sub .... SC Ch 22 attacking submerged sub .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Naval bombardment of Chittagong at 55,41 - Coastal Guns Fire Back! 4 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. CA Kinugasa CA Aoba Allied ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Chittagong Fortress firing at CA Kinugasa CA Kinugasa firing at Chittagong Fortress E13A1 Jake acting as spotter for CA Aoba CA Aoba firing at 6th Australian Division -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Tulagi at 114,137 xAK Jusan Maru, Torpedo hits 1, heavy damage, sunk PB Santos Maru Allied Ships SS Halibut, hits 3 SS Halibut launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Jusan Maru PB Santos Maru attacking submerged sub .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Perth at 44,147 SS I-171 Allied Ships DD Le Triomphant SS I-171 is sighted by escort -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Fukue-jima at 99,58 SC Ch 26 Allied Ships SS Saury SS Saury launches 2 torpedoes at SC Ch 26 Saury diving deep .... SC Ch 26 attacking submerged sub .... SC Ch 26 is out of ASW ammo -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Katherine , at 76,128 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9 9 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Calcutta , at 52,37 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 37 Ki-43-Ic Oscar: 3 destroyed – 3 x KIA and 3 x MIA from 11th Sentai today Allied aircraft – a rag tag collection of allied fighters. Martlet II x 3 Hurricane I Trop x 7 Hurricane IIa Trop x 5 Hurricane IIb Trop x 16 P-38E Lightning x 1 – first contact with the P38E Hurricane I Trop: 1 destroyed Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed Hurricane IIb Trop: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 15 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet * CAP engaged: No.17 Sqn RAF with Martlet II (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 3 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 0 and 15000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 35 minutes No.30 Sqn RAF with Hurricane I Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 5 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 2 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (1 airborne, 4 on standby, 11 scrambling) 5 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 18 minutes No.605 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIa Trop (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 3 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 2 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 20000 Time for all group planes to reach interception is 16 minutes 51st FG/25th FS with P-38E Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 9 9 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Calcutta , at 52,37 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 30 No Japanese losses – 64th Sentai then pounce on the tired CAP and get away untouched. Allied aircraft Martlet II x 1 Hurricane I Trop x 3 Hurricane IIa Trop x 2 Hurricane IIb Trop x 6 P-38E Lightning x 1 Martlet II: 1 destroyed Hurricane I Trop: 1 destroyed Hurricane IIa Trop: 1 destroyed Hurricane IIb Trop: 3 destroyed Aircraft Attacking: 28 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet CAP engaged: No.17 Sqn RAF with Martlet II (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 10 minutes No.30 Sqn RAF with Hurricane I Trop (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 15000 , scrambling fighters between 15000 and 20640. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 53 minutes No.136 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIb Trop (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 20000 , scrambling fighters between 13000 and 19000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 29 minutes 51st FG/25th FS with P-38E Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 11 minutes No.605 Sqn RAF with Hurricane IIa Trop (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 18000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 67 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Katherine , at 76,128 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 2 2 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Ki-30 Ann x 25 Ki-32 Mary x 19 Ki-51 Sonia x 16 Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 26 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Ki-21-Ic Sally x 27 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 28 Ki-21-Ic Sally: 3 damaged Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 13 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Airbase hits 4 Airbase supply hits 5 Runway hits 25 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Ki-21-Ic Sally x 9 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 19 Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 44 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 3 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Darwin , at 76,124 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 43 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 10 Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 51 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 8 Also attacking 19th Australian Battalion ... Also attacking Darwin ... Also attacking 2nd RAN Base Force ... Also attacking 19th Australian Battalion ... Also attacking Darwin ... Also attacking 19th Australian Battalion ... No sign of 8th Australian Div today, so maybe it is on the train south. Darwin looks ripe for 4th Infantry Div to take but I need some CV and BB down here to protect the invasion force. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Calcutta , at 52,37 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 4 Allied aircraft P-38E Lightning x 1 4 x Ki-43-Ic Oscar sweeping at 20000 feet * CAP engaged: 51st FG/25th FS with P-38E Lightning (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 0 scrambling) 0 plane(s) not yet engaged, 1 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 16000. Raid is overhead -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Barisan KNIL Regiment, at 57,105 (Pamekasan) Ki-30 Ann x 23 Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 1 1 x Ki-43-Ib Oscar sweeping at 15000 feet * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 59th Chinese Corps, at 81,46 (Patung) Ki-51 Sonia x 14 Ki-51 Sonia: 1 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 85th Chinese Corps, at 82,47 , near Ichang Ki-36 Ida x 17 Ki-36 Ida: 2 damaged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Paoshan , at 65,45 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 27 Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Airbase hits 8 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 27 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 54th Chinese Corps, at 65,45 (Paoshan) Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 62 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 25 Ki-21-IIa Sally: 3 damaged Allied ground losses: 9 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Chungking , at 76,45 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 6 Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Airbase hits 1 Runway hits 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 52nd Chinese Corps, at 75,48 , near Kweiyang Ki-32 Mary x 10 Allied ground losses: 11 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Changsha , at 82,52 Ki-51 Sonia x 6 Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 89th Naval Guard Unit, at 120,150 (Luganville) – The planned LRCAP didn’t fly so I checked the Zero unit and it turns out Luganville is one hex too far from Tulagi for LRCAP… I didn’t spot the message that it was too far the day before. I need to build Ndeni airfield to size 2 before I can counter these bombers. It’s level 1 now and 39% to level 2. B-25C Mitchell x 12 Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 89th Naval Guard Unit, at 120,150 (Luganville) B-25C Mitchell x 12 Japanese ground losses: 19 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 89th Naval Guard Unit, at 120,150 (Luganville) Allied aircraft LB-30 Liberator x 6 Japanese ground losses: 7 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 81,40 (near Tienshui) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 32055 troops, 397 guns, 385 vehicles, Assault Value = 1101 Defending force 20943 troops, 233 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 685 Japanese adjusted assault: 675 Allied adjusted defense: 709 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 – close to 1:1 result but not close enough. I’ll let the infantry in this stack rest for at least a week before checking if they are up for another deliberate attack. Artillery will continue to bombard. Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), supply(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1070 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 74 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled) Allied ground losses: 432 casualties reported Squads: 5 destroyed, 57 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled) Assaulting units: 12th Tank Regiment 27th Division 32nd Division 110th/A Division 8th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 4th Medium Field Artillery Regiment North China Area Army 3rd Hvy.Artillery Regiment 22nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 9th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 52nd Field AA Battalion 12th Army 4th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 26th Fld AA Machinecannon Company Defending units: 48th Chinese Corps 24th Chinese Corps 84th Chinese Corps 7th Chinese Corps 95th Chinese Corps 21st Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Changsha (82,52) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 31147 troops, 246 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 1134 Defending force 72245 troops, 331 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 2516 Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 77,47 (near Chungking) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 380 troops, 47 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1179 – probably just one more day to recover disruption and fatigue before I attack here again Defending force 7192 troops, 31 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 223 Allied ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Assaulting units: 3rd Division 6th Division 34th Division 11th Army 14th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment Defending units: 40th Chinese Corps 8th New Chinese Corps 24th Group Army 15th Chinese Corps -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Chuhsien (88,56) – Chuhsien is now completely surrounded with all red hex sides, so this was just to remind me who the defenders are. I won’t attack here until Chungking and Chengtu are captured. Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 15593 troops, 122 guns, 43 vehicles, Assault Value = 664 Defending force 21958 troops, 135 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 738 Assaulting units: 1st RGC Route Brigade 22nd Division 24th RGC Temp. Division 56th Infantry Brigade 25th RGC Temp. Division Defending units: 88th Chinese Corps 3rd New Chinese Corps 28th Chinese Corps 16th Construction Regiment 3rd War Area 10th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Tsiaotso (88,42) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 27012 troops, 228 guns, 138 vehicles, Assault Value = 1018 Defending force 44777 troops, 209 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1325 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 87,41 (near Tsiaotso) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 17448 troops, 169 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 591 Defending force 38247 troops, 193 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1145 Allied ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 88,39 (near Yenan) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 11712 troops, 76 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 422 Defending force 7703 troops, 52 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 203 Assaulting units: Mountain hex, so once supply arrives I will try a deliberate attack. 4th Ind.Mixed Brigade 9th Ind.Mixed Brigade Defending units: These three units were pushed back by one IMB, but I won’t rush the attacks here. 35th Chinese Corps 3rd Prov Chinese Corps 13th Group Army -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 82,47 (near Ichang) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 5838 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 209 Defending force 10252 troops, 50 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 370 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 80,39 (near Tienshui) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 13001 troops, 125 guns, 42 vehicles, Assault Value = 470 Defending force 30740 troops, 143 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 805 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 83,43 (near Sian) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 4156 troops, 33 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 153 Defending force 966 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 72 Allied adjusted defense: 19 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(-) Allied ground losses: 360 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 26 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Assaulting units: 110th/C Division Defending units: 55th Chinese Corps OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR May 21, 42 Manokwari is occupied by the Japanese Repairs completed on SS I-10 at Hakodate, ship returned to service – to West Coast patrols DD Isokaze in ARD Dublon ARD at Truk TF 44 shadowed by PBY-5 Catalina at 51,45 near Akyab – allied naval search patrols spot two IJN bombardment task forces heading to Dutch Harbour and Calcutta. Two allied task forces are spotted by IJN naval search – one with 2 x CA and the other with 10 ships, showing 5 x CVLs, 33 fighters, 21 bombers. TF 6 sighted by Catalina I at 53,46 near Akyab CPT Kuroe, Y. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2 2LT Ohashi C. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 3 1LT Kanai, M. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 3 1LT Aoyagi, Y. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 3 WO Shono, T. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2 WO Iizuka C. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 2 2LT Ayanori U. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 6 2LT Hyakutake A. of 11th Sentai is credited with kill number 5 2LT Hyakutake A. of 11th Sentai attains ace status!! WO Ohmori, S. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 2 2LT Ochi B. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 4 2LT Hida C. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 2 WO Azusa S. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 5 WO Azusa S. of 64th Sentai attains ace status!! WO Kimiyama R. of 64th Sentai is credited with kill number 3 7 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 41st Infantry Regiment to Kunming 9 x Ki-56 Thalia transporting 41st Infantry Regiment to Kunming 9 x H6K2-L Mavis transporting supplies to Luganville 8 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham 6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham 8 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Koepang 6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham 6 x Ki-57-I Topsy transporting supplies to Wyndham 9 x MC-21 Sally transporting supplies to Kalemyo 8 x MC-21 Sally transporting supplies to Kalemyo Repairs completed on DD Natsugumo at Singapore, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Arashio at Singapore, ship returned to service Repairs completed on DD Asashio at Singapore, ship returned to service Boise expands airfield to size 6 Lunga expands fortifications to size 1 Diamond Harbour expands airfield to size 2 Wyndham expands fortifications to size 3 - stopped Kweiyang expands fortifications to size 2 Kalemyo expands airfield to size 1 – this allows air landing operations which start immediately. 1st Sentai also fly 42 Oscars in immediately to provide local CAP. Loss of xAK Jusan Maru on May 21, 1942 is admitted xAP Van Imhoff is reported to have been sunk near Padang on Feb 08, 1942 PT TM-9 is reported to have been sunk near Derby on Apr 06, 1942 RADM Sakamaki takes command of 21st Air Flotilla. Nells and Zeros based at Rangoon are setup for a max escorted range 14 strike if the CVLs can be spotted again tomorrow. CA Div 2 is already moving south after bombardment of Chittagong, but BB Div 1 and CA Div 1 are ordered south to avoid sea and land based allied strikes. Most dangerous for BB1 and CA1 is a rush forward by the allied CVLs, but if they do that they should get pummeled by the Rangoon Nells.
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