jdsrae
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Day 2 attack at Dacca gets 4:1 and drops forts to 3. One more attack should do it. No rest allowed or some defenders will escape. Two more IJA Divs and support troops cross the river NW of Tezpur but they trigger another shock attack which was not planned. Another IJA Div is disabled but the elite 11th Div does well and is still in top shape. The allies take about even losses and only bombard, which shows the post battle damage. I’ll post images later. IJA reinforcements are moving forward but allied movement shows withdrawals, so the advance will continue. AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR May 27, 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Chittagong at 55,41 xAK Zuiko Maru, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage xAK Sumanoura Maru PB Aso Maru #7 Allied Ships SS O20 SS O20 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Zuiko Maru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Laoag at 81,71 TK Seishin Maru AMC Aikoku Maru TK Asashio Maru TK Mirii Maru TK Toa Maru TK Teiyo Maru TK San Clemente Maru TK Nitiei Maru E Yomogi E Tsuta Allied Ships SS Peto, hits 1 SS Peto launches 2 torpedoes at TK Seishin Maru E Tsuta attacking submerged sub .... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39 Weather in hex: Clear sky Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 5 Allied aircraft Wellington Ic x 9 Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Airbase hits 2 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41 Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 16 Allied aircraft Liberator GR.III x 4 4 x Liberator GR.III laying Mk 13 Mine from 8000 feet – nuisance mines, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 5 Allied aircraft Wellington GR.VIII x 7 Airbase supply hits 2 Runway hits 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 16 Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 5 Allied aircraft Wellington GR.VIII x 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 5 Allied aircraft Wellington Ic x 7 Wellington Ic: 1 damaged Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 5 Allied aircraft Wellington GR.VIII x 5 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14 Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Comilla , at 56,39 Ki-45 KAIc Nick x 5 Allied aircraft Blenheim VD x 5 Blenheim VD: 1 damaged Runway hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Night Air attack on Chittagong , at 55,41 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14 Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft B-24D1 Liberator x 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Kochi at 105,62 SC CHa-23 SC CHa-22 SS Seadragon is sighted by escort -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kowloon Brigade, at 59,35 , near Tezpur Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 40 27 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Kowloon Brigade, at 59,35 , near Tezpur Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 68 29 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet 3 x Ki-44-IIc Tojo sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 50th Tank Brigade, at 59,35 , near Tezpur Weather in hex: Heavy cloud Ki-21-IIa Sally x 4 Ki-21-IIb Sally x 15 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 29 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 8 Ki-21-IIb Sally: 1 damaged Allied ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Also attacking 255th Armoured Brigade ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 50th Tank Brigade, at 59,35 , near Tezpur Ki-21-IIa Sally x 9 Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 16 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 19 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 20 Ki-21-IIa Sally: 2 damaged Ki-49-IIa Helen: 5 damaged Allied ground losses: 83 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Also attacking 29th British Brigade ... Also attacking 70th British Division ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 255th Armoured Brigade, at 59,35 , near Tezpur Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 29 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 14 Allied ground losses: 40 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Vehicles lost 12 (2 destroyed, 10 disabled) Also attacking 23rd British Brigade ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 50th Tank Brigade, at 59,35 , near Tezpur Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 29 Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 21 Ki-49-IIa Helen x 10 Allied ground losses: 6 casualties reported Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Vehicles lost 8 (1 destroyed, 7 disabled) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Tulagi , at 114,137 25 x N1K1-J George sweeping at 20000 feet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Dacca (56,38) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 93315 troops, 1211 guns, 2569 vehicles, Assault Value = 3422 Defending force 19879 troops, 471 guns, 677 vehicles, Assault Value = 200 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 3 Japanese adjusted assault: 1085 Allied adjusted defense: 219 Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1081 casualties reported Squads: 4 destroyed, 180 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 28 disabled Guns lost 30 (2 destroyed, 28 disabled) Vehicles lost 89 (11 destroyed, 78 disabled) Allied ground losses: 2430 casualties reported Squads: 142 destroyed, 23 disabled Non Combat: 11 destroyed, 144 disabled Engineers: 36 destroyed, 10 disabled Guns lost 101 (78 destroyed, 23 disabled) Vehicles lost 71 (14 destroyed, 57 disabled) Assaulting units: 1st Tank Division 35th Division 18th Division 19th Tank Regiment 12th Tank Regiment 27th Division 18th Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Regiment 3rd Tank Division 9th Tank Regiment 2nd Guards Division 5th Division 2nd Tank Division 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Art.Mortar Regiment 8th RF Gun Battalion 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 13th Army 25th Army 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 2nd Area Army 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Mortar Battalion 5th Mortar Battalion 9th RF Gun Battalion Defending units: 26th Indian Brigade 9th Indian Division 84th Indian Brigade 26th Indian Division 44th Cavalry Engineer Regiment 14th Indian Light AA Regiment 117th RAF Base Force XXXIII Indian Corps 9/10 Baluch Battalion 6th Medium Regiment 42nd Cavalry Engineer Regiment 163rd Light AA Regiment 85th British AT Gun Regiment 1st Indian Light AA Regiment 3rd West African AA Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 59,35 (near Tezpur) Japanese Shock attack – oops, reinforcing units shock across the river. The first wave mustn’t have created enough space for the follow on force to move into the bridgehead… The last few days in this hex have been more typical of real life IJA tactics than has been seen during this war to date! Attacking force 27844 troops, 302 guns, 425 vehicles, Assault Value = 988 Defending force 17814 troops, 367 guns, 741 vehicles, Assault Value = 768 Japanese adjusted assault: 228 Allied adjusted defense: 620 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 3214 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 188 disabled Non Combat: 4 destroyed, 29 disabled Engineers: 4 destroyed, 34 disabled Guns lost 25 (1 destroyed, 24 disabled) Vehicles lost 50 (10 destroyed, 40 disabled) Allied ground losses: at least this shock attack dealt out some reasonable damage in return. 2146 casualties reported Squads: 74 destroyed, 194 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 57 disabled Engineers: 8 destroyed, 49 disabled Guns lost 136 (28 destroyed, 108 disabled) Vehicles lost 66 (17 destroyed, 49 disabled) Assaulting units: 15th Army 11th Division 51st Division 56th Division 4th Tank Regiment 11th Tank Regiment 23rd Tank Regiment 4th RF Gun Battalion 2nd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion Defending units: 29th British Brigade – this Bde was zeroed from about 150, which is the main positive. 50th Tank Brigade 70th British Division 255th Armoured Brigade Kowloon Brigade 23rd British Brigade 45th Recce Regiment 7th Artillery Regiment 4th Heavy Mortar Regiment 56th AT Gun Regiment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 59,35 (near Tezpur) Allied Bombardment attack – this bombardment allows the damage to be assessed. Attacking force 13673 troops, 340 guns, 475 vehicles, Assault Value = 509, minus 259 AV for the allies. Defending force 35313 troops, 433 guns, 604 vehicles, Assault Value = 635, minus 353 for the IJA. Japanese ground losses: 23 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: same as earlier Defending units: same as earlier -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 57,36 (near Rangpur) Allied Deliberate attack Attacking force 8767 troops, 171 guns, 228 vehicles, Assault Value = 306 Defending force 26816 troops, 308 guns, 15 vehicles, Assault Value = 888 Allied adjusted assault: 122 Japanese adjusted defense: 979 Allied assault odds: 1 to 8 Combat modifiers Defender: Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 359 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 30 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 613 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 49 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 16 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 27 disabled Guns lost 39 (1 destroyed, 38 disabled) Assaulting units: 23rd Indian Division Gardner's Horse Regiment Defending units: the allies would have been surprised to see 2x Divs arrive this turn. 3rd Division – just arrived 4th Division – just arrived 15th Ind.Medium Field Artillery Regiment 2nd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 5th RF Gun Battalion OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR May 27, 43 Repairs completed on DD Kamikaze at Truk, ship returned to service Ki-21-IIa Sally from 34th Sentai attacking SS Kingfish at 75,114 SS Kingfish is reported HIT Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Snapper at 100,60 SS Snapper is reported HIT Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT AMc Fukkai Maru followed by PBY-5A Catalina at 101,133 near Milne Bay PB4Y-1P Liberator sighted over Kusaie Island – those PB4Y-1P have got some long legs! I’ll try and figure out where they are flying from to reach Kusaie, probably Tulagi. PB4Y-1P Liberator sighted over Ponape Ki-21-Ic Sally from 3rd Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT Ki-21-IIa Sally from 35th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 67,107 a O21 Class class SS is reported HIT Ki-21-IIb Sally from 92nd Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 101,126 a KVIII Class class SS is reported HIT Ki-21-IIa Sally from 94th Sentai attacking SS Seadragon at 105,62 SS Seadragon is reported HIT Ki-21-IIa Sally from 95th Sentai attacking an Allied SS at 112,62 a Electric Boat S-18 class SS is reported HIT Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Amberjack at 104,56 SS Amberjack is reported HIT Ki-21-IIa Sally from 208th Sentai attacking SS Silversides at 101,56 SS Silversides is reported HIT PB4Y-1P Liberator sighted over Truk Repairs completed on DD Harukaze at Truk, ship returned to service Fukuoka expands airfield to size 6 Kusaie Island expands port to size 2 – stopped Bayombong expands fortifications to size 2 Aircraft A6M8 Zero advances R&D to 5/44 +12/day Pilot Kawato H. is reported as having been found – 74 experience, 3 kills from 202 Ku S-1. Always good to get IJN fighter pilots back. Previous report of sinking of SS S-35 incorrect. Intelligence reports ship is still in service Loss of xAK Konzan Maru on Nov 25, 1942 is admitted
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