Empire101
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Jan 20, 42 ( cont'd ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pre-Invasion action off Luganville (120,150) 3 Coastal gun shots fired in defense. Allied Ships CA Salt Lake City CL Concord CL Trenton DD Reid DD Conyngham APD Waters DD Van Ghent DD Talbot Oh dear. DH is certainly not going to stand for any nonsense from me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Luganville (120,150) TF 252 troops unloading over beach at Luganville, 120,150 Allied ground losses: 89 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 17 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 6 (0 destroyed, 6 disabled) 13 troops of a USMC Rifle Squad lost in surf during unload of 2nd Marine Rgt Well I can't stop him, KB is refueling and rearming in Truk and will take 4-5 days to get down there. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Singapore , at 50,84 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 35 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 36 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 50 Ki-43-Ia Oscar x 17 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 28 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 24 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 13 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 2 damaged Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Airbase hits 1 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 16 Port hits 2 Port fuel hits 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on Port Blair , at 46,58 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 9,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 8 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 11 Ki-21-IIa Sally x 63 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 26 Allied aircraft Buffalo I x 6 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 11 damaged Allied aircraft losses Buffalo I: 2 destroyed Airbase hits 5 Airbase supply hits 4 Runway hits 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on 5th Amphibious Brigade, at 76,109 (Ambon) Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Allied aircraft B-17D Fortress x 13 No Allied losses Japanese ground losses: 31 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled I've got to find out where they are coming from...Recon, start your engines!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on 92nd Chinese Corps, at 85,45 (Nanyang) Weather in hex: Thunderstorms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-Ic Sally x 25 Ki-27b Nate x 33 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 26 No Japanese losses Allied ground losses: 178 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 22 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Nice -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon Air attack on Rangoon , at 54,53 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 32 NM, estimated altitude 19,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 10 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 9 Allied aircraft H81-A3 x 2 No Japanese losses Allied aircraft losses H81-A3: 1 destroyed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Madjene (65,103) TF 168 troops unloading over beach at Madjene, 65,103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Wenchow (89,58) Japanese Bombardment attack Attacking force 42829 troops, 558 guns, 373 vehicles, Assault Value = 1619 Defending force 40072 troops, 194 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1297 Allied ground losses: 81 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 77,56 (near Wuchow) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 17079 troops, 260 guns, 161 vehicles, Assault Value = 505 Defending force 7871 troops, 71 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 195 Japanese adjusted assault: 76 Allied adjusted defense: 286 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 3 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 63 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Guns lost 5 (2 destroyed, 3 disabled) Allied ground losses: 364 casualties reported Squads: 28 destroyed, 27 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 26 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled) Ouch!! 1-3 odds....Ref!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 71,57 (near Pakhoi) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3554 troops, 32 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 121 Defending force 2971 troops, 37 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 56 Japanese adjusted assault: 107 Allied adjusted defense: 39 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), op mode(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 42 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 1139 casualties reported Squads: 57 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 33 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 4th Ind.Mixed Regiment Defending units: 64th Chinese Corps Get off my lawn!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at 53,61 (near Tavoy) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 3956 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 130 Defending force 819 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 23 Japanese adjusted assault: 93 Allied adjusted defense: 7 Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 40 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 380 casualties reported Squads: 17 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 9 destroyed, 3 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Units retreated 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 144th Infantry Regiment Defending units: 6th Burma Rifles Battalion 108th RAF Base Force There are three CW units bottled up around Tavoy, and I will have them surrender soon, but DH's ploy to buy time is paying off, holding out in jungle... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Moulmein (55,55) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 3884 troops, 42 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 142 Defending force 1814 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 84 Japanese adjusted assault: 15 Allied adjusted defense: 37 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 0) Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: leaders(-), fatigue(-) Japanese ground losses: 31 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 64 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 12 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 7th RTA Division Defending units: 11th Burma Rifles Battalion 2nd Burma Brigade What possessed me to employ the Thai army I don't know -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ground combat at Ambon (76,109) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 3711 troops, 50 guns, 16 vehicles, Assault Value = 155 Defending force 2195 troops, 23 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 78 Japanese adjusted assault: 58 Allied adjusted defense: 31 Japanese assault odds: 1 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 0 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+), disruption(-), preparation(-) fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-), morale(-) Japanese ground losses: 72 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 164 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 9 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Assaulting units: 5th Amphibious Brigade Defending units: Molukken Garrison Battalion 4th Coastal Gun Battalion Ambon Base Force Well at least its already down to 1-1 odds and I destroyed their last remaining fort. I'll rest for a turn and then go again. Elsewhere:- China Wenchow is almost completely surrounded, and once its cut off, the assault can begin. I've gone for plan B at Chengchow and Loyang. I'm going to cut them off and siege them out. Burma 33rd Div will be in Rangoon tomorrow. Malaya Mopping up in Nth Malaya. Then onto Singers, which I doubt will hold out very long.
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Our lives may be more boring than those who lived in apocalyptic times, but being bored is greatly preferable to being prematurely dead because of some ideological fantasy. - Michael Burleigh
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