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January 8-9, 1946
I'm starting to understand why late war AARs are sporadic and tend to show actions over weeks rather than days. This was has devolved into Allied Strat bombing, sweeps and massive armies roaming China looking for straggling IJA troops.
The flak and NF still get some points for the bad guys, but that's my only hope of pushing up the permanent VP score. He seems reluctant to do anything more exciting or involved, which is probably smart.
On the 9th
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 8, 1946
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Night Air attack on Matsuyama , at 105,59
Weather in hex: Moderate rain
Raid detected at 77 NM, estimated altitude 11,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes
Japanese aircraft
J1N1-Sa Irving x 13
Ki-45 KAId Nick x 11
Ki-102c Randy x 7
Allied aircraft
Lancaster B.1 Spcl x 5
Lancaster B.1 FE x 15
Liberator B.VI x 9
B-24J Liberator x 8
B-29-25 Superfort x 3
No Japanese losses
Allied aircraft losses
Lancaster B.1 Spcl: 1 damaged
Lancaster B.1 FE: 10 damaged
Lancaster B.1 FE: 2 destroyed by flak
Liberator B.VI: 1 destroyed, 2 damaged
B-24J Liberator: 4 damaged
B-29-25 Superfort: 1 damaged
Aircraft Attacking:
8 x Lancaster B.1 FE bombing from 7000 feet
City Attack: 1 x 4000 lb GP Bomb, 6 x 1000 lb GP Bomb, 2 x 250 lb GP Bomb
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Ground combat at Liuchow (74,55)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 259816 troops, 2282 guns, 1719 vehicles, Assault Value = 7308
Defending force 84428 troops, 741 guns, 431 vehicles, Assault Value = 1316
Allied adjusted assault: 1880
Japanese adjusted defense: 672
Allied assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 5)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 4
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
8841 casualties reported
Squads: 240 destroyed, 158 disabled
Non Combat: 116 destroyed, 121 disabled
Engineers: 7 destroyed, 73 disabled
Guns lost 171 (91 destroyed, 80 disabled)
Vehicles lost 45 (33 destroyed, 12 disabled)
Units destroyed 3
Allied ground losses:
3934 casualties reported
Squads: 17 destroyed, 589 disabled
Non Combat: 5 destroyed, 92 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 29 disabled
Guns lost 40 (2 destroyed, 38 disabled)
Vehicles lost 70 (3 destroyed, 67 disabled)
Assaulting units:
1st USMC Amphb Tank Battalion
95th Chinese Corps
6th Rifle Division
27th Chinese Corps
3rd New Chinese Corps
1st New Chinese Corps
76th Chinese Corps
11th (East African) Division
54th Chinese Corps
6th New Chinese Corps
147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment
5th Chinese Corps
CenPac Amphib Tank Brigade
71st Chinese Corps
49th Chinese Corps
4th USMC Tank Battalion
20th Indian Division
40th Chinese Corps
9th Colonial Division
2nd Armoured Brigade
2nd West African AA Regiment
8th Belfast Heavy AA Regiment
137th USA Base Force
2nd Medium Regiment
134th (East Ang) Regiment
2/9th Field Regiment
148th Field Artillery Battalion
Eighth USAAF 3rd Division
32nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
2/11th Field Regiment
57th AT Gun Regiment
4th Heavy Mortar Regiment
Defending units:
25th Ind.Mixed Brigade
91st Naval Guard Unit
1st Ind.Infantry Brigade
26th Ind.Mixed Brigade
105th Division
103rd Division
31st Division
70th Division
6th Division
20th Ind. Engineer Regiment
2nd Guards Div /1
5th Mortar Battalion
24th JNAF AF Unit
62nd Field AA Battalion
34th Field AA Battalion
14th Tank Regiment
6th RF Gun Battalion
3rd Ind.AA Gun Co
11th Shipping Engineer Regiment
13th RF Gun (Pack) Battalion
11th Ind.AA Gun Co
2nd RGC Route Brigade
6th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
1st Ind. Engineer Regiment
53rd Construction Battalion
18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
22nd Air Flotilla
29th JAAF AF Coy
1st Air Defense AA Battalion
11th Air Defense AA Battalion
38th Ind. Engineer Regiment
20th JAAF AF Bn
Burma Area Army
23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
12th Naval Construction Battalion
125th AA Regiment
55th Naval Guard Unit
1st JAAF Base Force
56th Field AA Battalion
16th Army
2nd Medium Mortar Battalion
113th AA Regiment
88th JAAF AF Coy
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Ground combat at Hankow (85,50)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 101112 troops, 1655 guns, 899 vehicles, Assault Value = 2142
Defending force 68956 troops, 607 guns, 407 vehicles, Assault Value = 1329
Allied engineers reduce fortifications to 0
Allied adjusted assault: 1189
Japanese adjusted defense: 705
Allied assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 0)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 0
Combat modifiers
Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), experience(-)
supply(-)
Attacker:
Japanese ground losses:
2170 casualties reported
Squads: 13 destroyed, 150 disabled
Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 35 disabled
Engineers: 2 destroyed, 27 disabled
Guns lost 17 (2 destroyed, 15 disabled)
Vehicles lost 22 (4 destroyed, 18 disabled)
Allied ground losses:
2642 casualties reported
Squads: 25 destroyed, 135 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 40 disabled
Engineers: 5 destroyed, 46 disabled
Guns lost 53 (2 destroyed, 51 disabled)
Vehicles lost 5 (1 destroyed, 4 disabled)
Assaulting units:
3rd Marine Division
2nd Marine Division
365th Rifle Division
3rd Motor Brigade
11th Indian Division
31st Infantry Division
637th Tank Destroyer Battalion
105th Rifle Division
40th Infantry Division
614th Rifle Regiment
203rd Rifle Division
96th Coast AA Regiment
163rd Light AA Regiment
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
4th USMC Field Artillery Battalion
1/198th Coast AA Battalion
56th Rifle Corps
35th Army
26th Guards Mortar Brigade
Defending units:
23rd Ind.Mixed Brigade
104th Division
13th RGC Temp. Division
8th Tank Regiment
118th Division
26th Division
11th Tank Regiment
Maizuru 1st SNLF
65th Construction Battalion
2nd Mortar Battalion
5th Raiding Force /1
Hankow Special Base Force
7th RGC Temp. Division
49th Mountain Gun Regiment
18th RF Gun Battalion
56th JNAF AF Unit
23rd RF Gun Battalion
14th Base Force
227th Naval Construction Battalion
Wake Coastal Gun Battalion
55th Air Division
5th South Seas Det. /1
28th RGC Temp. Division
206th Naval Construction Battalion
66th JNAF AF Unit
31st Special Base Force
53rd Ind.Mixed Bde /1
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 9, 1946
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Morning Air attack on Fukuyama , at 107,58
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 25 NM, estimated altitude 24,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 16
N1K1 Rex x 5
N1K5-J George x 33
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 12
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 17
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 29
Ki-84a Frank x 1
Ki-84r Frank x 90
Ki-100-I Tony x 25
Ki-102a Randy x 14
Ki-102b Randy x 6
Allied aircraft
F8F-1 Bearcat x 25
Japanese aircraft losses
N1K1 Rex: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 2 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 2 destroyed
Ki-100-I Tony: 2 destroyed
Ki-102a Randy: 1 destroyed
Ki-102b Randy: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
F8F-1 Bearcat: 3 destroyed
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Morning Air attack on Fukuyama , at 107,58
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 5 minutes
Japanese aircraft
A7M2 Sam x 5
N1K1 Rex x 1
N1K5-J George x 15
Ki-43-IV Oscar x 6
Ki-44-IIc Tojo x 8
Ki-45 KAIa Nick x 14
Ki-84a Frank x 1
Ki-84r Frank x 35
Ki-100-I Tony x 11
Ki-102a Randy x 5
Ki-102b Randy x 3
Allied aircraft
P-51H Mustang x 22
Japanese aircraft losses
A7M2 Sam: 1 destroyed
N1K5-J George: 1 destroyed
Ki-43-IV Oscar: 1 destroyed
Ki-45 KAIa Nick: 1 destroyed
Ki-84r Frank: 7 destroyed
Ki-102a Randy: 1 destroyed
Allied aircraft losses
P-51H Mustang: 5 destroyed
Aircraft Attacking:
2 x P-51H Mustang sweeping at 17000 feet *
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Ground combat at Liuchow (74,55)
Allied Deliberate attack
Attacking force 256019 troops, 2281 guns, 1718 vehicles, Assault Value = 6847
Defending force 76812 troops, 649 guns, 403 vehicles, Assault Value = 1089
Allied adjusted assault: 1339
Japanese adjusted defense: 288
Allied assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 4)
Allied Assault reduces fortifications to 3
Combat modifiers
Defender: forts(+), preparation(-), supply(-)
Attacker: disruption(-)
Japanese ground losses:
8035 casualties reported
Squads: 281 destroyed, 435 disabled
Non Combat: 66 destroyed, 280 disabled
Engineers: 106 destroyed, 48 disabled
Guns lost 171 (99 destroyed, 72 disabled)
Vehicles lost 48 (9 destroyed, 39 disabled)
Units destroyed 2
Allied ground losses:
3608 casualties reported
Squads: 42 destroyed, 340 disabled
Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 75 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 37 disabled
Guns lost 51 (2 destroyed, 49 disabled)
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The Allies got about 2:1 on sweeps, with about 150 IJ airframes destroyed, thanks to this monster effort from the USN CVs that moved 6-7 hexes from Kagoshima.
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