castor troy -> RE: AAR 42 (11/14/2021 2:36:19 PM)
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Apr 06, 42 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sub attack near Sydney at 92,168 Japanese Ships SS I-175, hits 2 Allied Ships DD Hughes DD Sims DD Anderson besides I-173 in the area we attack I-175 today achieving a whopping two near misses before Anderson ran out of depth charges... SS I-175 launches 2 torpedoes at DD Hughes DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Anderson attacking submerged sub .... DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASW attack near Sydney at 92,168 Japanese Ships SS I-175 Allied Ships DD Hughes DD Sims DD Anderson SS I-175 is located by DD Hughes I-175 diving deep .... DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search... DD Anderson attacking submerged sub .... SS I-175 eludes DD Anderson by diving deep SS I-175 eludes DD Anderson by diving deep SS I-175 eludes DD Anderson by diving deep DD Anderson cannot establish contact with SS I-175 DD Anderson fails to find sub, continues to search... Escort abandons search for sub -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 [image]local://upfiles/13774/BAAC92840CC542DCA767CF8AA713949D.jpg[/image] Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 12 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 13 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 13 Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 6 B-17E Fortress x 27 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-43-Ib Oscar: 1 destroyed Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 1 damaged B-17E Fortress: 7 damaged Japanese Ships CA Maya, Bomb hits 2 xAK Nissen Maru #3, Bomb hits 1, on fire xAK Mikasa Maru, Bomb hits 1 xAP Buenos Aires Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire BB Haruna, Bomb hits 6 CA Ashigara, Bomb hits 2 CL Yubari, Bomb hits 1 xAK Azuchi Maru, Bomb hits 1, on fire, heavy damage Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 the B-17 strike out of Port Moresby goes in at Rabaul in bad weather unfortunately and unlike previous port strikes the hit rate isn't as high but this is also related to the fighter presence and more flak fire (which isn't as heavy as expected)... we do find the expected Oscars on CAP though both Sentais still flying the totally obsolet -Ia and -Ib models which can hardly down an Allied fighter with their armament let alone a heavy bomber so the kill rate was in favour of the bombers as we didn't lose a B-17 to the Oscars... the damage to the ships looks better on paper than it actually is, the 500lb bombs bounced off the heavy cruisers just as they did on Haruna so the only damage we did was against the freighters and transports as even Yubari's deck armor can withstand 500lb bomb hits... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 5 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 13th Sentai with Ki-43-Ia Oscar (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 4 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 5000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 32 minutes 244th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (3 airborne, 6 on standby, 4 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 1000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 8 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 8 Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 6 B-17E Fortress x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 5 damaged B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged Japanese Ships BB Haruna, Bomb hits 3 CL Sendai, Bomb hits 1 CA Maya, Bomb hits 3 Port hits 1 Port fuel hits 1 more bombers show up and this time we even had a bomb penetrating the deck of CL Sendai... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 13th Sentai with Ki-43-Ia Oscar (0 airborne, 3 on standby, 4 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 12000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 30 minutes 244th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (3 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 3 plane(s) intercepting now. 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 3000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 26 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 5 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6 Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 6 B-17E Fortress x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17D Fortress: 4 damaged B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed by flak Japanese Ships BB Haruna, Bomb hits 3 CA Chokai, Bomb hits 1 CL Yubari, Bomb hits 1 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 1 Port supply hits 1 Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17D Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 13th Sentai with Ki-43-Ia Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 1 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 8000 and 10000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 41 minutes 244th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) 2 plane(s) not yet engaged, 0 being recalled, 0 out of immediate contact. Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters between 7000 and 8000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Rabaul , at 106,125 Weather in hex: Moderate rain Raid detected at 38 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 11 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 4 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 4 Allied aircraft B-17E Fortress x 6 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 2 damaged Japanese Ships BB Haruna, Bomb hits 1, on fire CA Chokai, Bomb hits 1 CA Ashigara, Bomb hits 1 last wave dropping their load leaving us with a mixed feeling about the attack... probably due to the earlier successes with B-17 port strikes we expected a better outcome, I'm unsure we even sink a merchant today and caused only minor damage to the warships at Rabaul and in total we lost 7 bombers to flak/ops... in terms of damage done/received this strike was a bad day but naval search spotted all shipping running North from Rabaul, most likely going back to Truk so strategically the day was a success as Mundy sees Rabaul as a threatend port he can't use (at least for the moment)... Aircraft Attacking: 6 x B-17E Fortress bombing from 8000 feet Port Attack: 8 x 500 lb GP Bomb CAP engaged: 13th Sentai with Ki-43-Ia Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 7000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 28 minutes 244th Sentai with Ki-43-Ib Oscar (0 airborne, 0 on standby, 4 scrambling) Group patrol altitude is 15000 , scrambling fighters to 13000. Time for all group planes to reach interception is 34 minutes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Clark Field (79,76) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 142167 troops, 1547 guns, 1070 vehicles, Assault Value = 3452 Defending force 51749 troops, 632 guns, 283 vehicles, Assault Value = 360 Japanese adjusted assault: 1040 Allied adjusted defense: 982 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 4631 casualties reported Squads: 41 destroyed, 305 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 51 disabled Engineers: 13 destroyed, 55 disabled Guns lost 41 (6 destroyed, 35 disabled) Vehicles lost 44 (9 destroyed, 35 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1422 casualties reported Squads: 176 destroyed, 130 disabled Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 84 disabled Engineers: 7 destroyed, 19 disabled Guns lost 23 (5 destroyed, 18 disabled) Vehicles lost 24 (6 destroyed, 18 disabled) enemy is pushing his troops hard at Clark but Allied troops lack numbers and combat power now and we suffer four times the destroyed combat squads than the enemy even though we could disable a good number... but also this is looking better on paper than it really is as the disablements are spread over all those units and can be recovered pretty quickly... Assaulting units: 65th Brigade 82nd Naval Guard Unit 38th Division 20th Ind Engineer Regiment 1st Tank Regiment Guards Mixed Brigade 16th Engineer Regiment I./4th Infantry Battalion 18th Division 20th Infantry Regiment III./4th Infantry Battalion Kure 3rd SNLF 2nd Tank Regiment 2nd Recon Regiment 2nd Indpt SNLF Coy Maizuru 1st SNLF 16th Infantry Regiment 83rd Naval Guard Unit 5th Division 6th Tank Regiment Yokosuka 1st SNLF 3rd Ind Engineer Regiment 41st Guard Battalion 9th Infantry Regiment Yokosuka 3rd SNLF 4th Tank Regiment Imperial Guards Division 56th Division 24th Infantry Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 21st Ind Engineer Regiment Sasebo 8th SNLF 19th Ind Engineer Regiment 14th Tank Regiment Yokosuka 2nd SNLF Kimura Det 48th Division 63rd Inf Group Brigade 2nd Engineer Regiment Sasebo 3rd SNLF 1st Sasebo SNLF Coy 30th JNAF AF Unit 47th Field AA Battalion 21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Base Force 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 30th Fld AA Gun Co 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 36th Const Co 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Ship Engineer Regiment 2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 44th Field AA Battalion 1st Ship Engineer Regiment 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 45th Field AA Battalion 2nd Field Artillery Regiment 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion 9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 1st Naval Construction Battalion 23rd AA Regiment 38th Field Const Co 39th Field Const Co 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 3rd Construction Battalion 37th JNAF AF Unit 48th Field AA Battalion II./4th Infantry Battalion 24th Nav Gsn Unit 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 8th Port Unit 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 14th Army 37th Const Co 15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion 1st RF Gun Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 2nd Mortar Battalion 2nd Port Unit 16th AA Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 40th Field AA Battalion 48th JAAF AF Bn Defending units: 21st PA Infantry Division 31st PA Infantry Division 91st PA Infantry Division 61st PA Infantry Division 101st PA Infantry Division 192nd Tank Battalion 26th PS Cavalry Regiment 57th PS Infantry Regiment 11th PA Infantry Division 194th Tank Battalion 3rd Constabulary Regiment 1st Constabulary Regiment 71st PA Infantry Division 45th PS Infantry Regiment 51st PA Infantry Division 4th Constabulary Regiment US Forces Far East II Corps 803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion Nichols Field AAF Base Force 31st Infantry Regiment 86th PS Field Artillery Battalion 200th & 515th Coast AA Regiment II/Prov'nl SPM Grp Del Monte AAF Base Force 1st Port Maint Engineer Battalion 3rd Heavy AA Regiment Subic Bay Defenses 73rd PA Infantry Regiment I Corps 88th PS Field Artillery Regiment 4th PAAC Avn Sup I/Prov'nl SPM Grp III/Prov'nl SPM Grp 1st USMC AA Battalion 24th PS FA Regiment 24th Avn Sup 11th PAAC Avn Sup Clark Field AAF Base Force !/23rd PS FA Battalion 301st PA Field Artillery Regiment
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